Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 69 Xiaoling Mausoleum
The sun goes down quickly.

After night fell, Zhu Gaoxu led five hundred divine machine soldiers and lined up outside the city gate to wait for a long time.

During this period, he had successively received visits from Princes such as King Tang, King Qin (second term), King An, and King Dai, and sent people to escort the kings into the palace in turn.

After the kings saw the five hundred divine machine soldiers led by Zhu Gaoxu, they were all shocked and speechless for a long time, because they all knew the huge power of the flintlock muskets.

"Your Highness, it's almost time to close the city gates."

The city gate guard on duty bowed and clasped his fists, and said respectfully to Zhu Gaoxu.

"Wait a moment." Zhu Gaoxu replied.

Seeing that the closing time was approaching, he still didn't see Prince Ning's Wang Jia, but two acquaintances arrived - Zhu Gaochi, Prince of Gaoyang County, and Zhu Gaosui, Prince of Lingshou County.

"Big brother, third brother!"

Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

Zhu Gaochi was fat and had inconvenience on his feet. He was sitting in a carriage. Because the soldiers at the post station told him that Zhu Gaoxu was waiting outside the city and it was very hot in Yingtianfu, he had already asked someone to roll up the curtains and sat in the driver's seat. later.

At this time, when he saw Zhu Gaoxu coming to greet him, he quickly asked the driver to stop, and asked his entourage to help him get out of the car to greet him.

Zhu Gaosui rode a horse and followed Zhu Gaochi's carriage with a group of his guards.

When he saw Zhu Gaoxu coming to greet him, he quickly got off his horse and responded with clasped fists.

"Second brother (second brother)."

At this time, the flag officer on duty led dozens of divine soldiers armed with flint-haired muskets, and surrounded the entourage of the two county princes Gao Yang and Lingshou.

"According to the new emperor's decree, all guards are prohibited from entering the city. Please follow us to the designated camp outside the city to rest."

Seeing the guards being taken away, Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui did not dare to object.

Zhu Gaoxu chatted with the sad-looking Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui for a while, and then ordered his personal guards to escort them into the palace.

After the two left, his expression instantly darkened.

Gaoyang County and Lingshou County are both within the jurisdiction of the Beiping Chengxuan Envoy Division, and are closer to the Jinling Imperial City than the Liaodong region.

But the four kings of Dai, Liao, Han, and Shen, whose vassal territory was in the Liaodong area, had arrived in the capital one after another before the two of them.

But the two of them arrived late at the same time, which made Zhu Gaoxu have to be suspicious.

So, he led Zhao Junchen to a remote place and ordered him to send someone to investigate the real reason for Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui's late arrival.

Afterwards, Zhu Gaoxu stayed outside the city for a while.

"Your Highness, it's time to close the city gate."

The city gate guard came to Zhu Gaoxu's side, bowed and said respectfully.

"Then close the city gate and wait no longer."

Zhu Gaoxu responded.

After saying this, he turned around and looked at the group of divine machine soldiers, and ordered: "Follow me into the city."

A moment later, just as the city gate was about to close, everyone noticed a messenger approaching quickly.

"Report!"

After the messenger dismounted, he knelt on one knee and handed a fully enclosed document to Zhu Gaoxu, who was standing at the city gate.

"Your Majesty, the station has just received a document sent by King Ning."

Zhu Gaoxu originally planned to ask the courier what kind of document it was, but then he thought about it and realized that the courier in front of him was just the person responsible for delivering the letter at the post station, not the guard under King Ning, so it was useless to ask.

Therefore, after receiving the document, he sent the messenger.

"understood."

Zhu Gaoxu waved the messenger to retreat, and then signaled the city gate guard to close the city gate.

Immediately, he galloped on his horse and headed straight towards the palace gate, followed closely by Zhao Junchen and a group of divine soldiers.

Zhu Gaoxu wanted to personally hand over the documents sent by King Ning to Zhu Di.

After half an hour.

The side room behind the mourning hall in the West Palace.

Zhu Di opened the document sent by King Ning in front of Zhu Gaoxu.

After reading the contents of the document, Zhu Di sighed, and then handed the document to Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaoxu took the document and opened it, only to find out that King Ning had not left for the funeral in Beijing on the grounds that he was a bandit from the north.

"Uncle Ning Wang should be afraid that after entering the capital, his father will not let him return to the feudal land." Zhu Gaoxu analyzed. "Your uncle, Prince Ning, was too cautious after all."

Zhu Di nodded.

After a pause, he added: "Tomorrow is the day when your grandpa Huang will be buried. There are some things you still need to take care of, so go down and rest first."

Zhu Gaoxu said so respectfully and retreated.

All night.

The next day.

Following Zhu Di's order, relevant officials from the Ministry of Rites and Yousi began to handle Zhu Yuanzhang's funeral matters.

As in history, Zhu Yuanzhang's funeral method was very unique.

On the day of the burial, the coffins were taken out of the thirteen gates of Jinling Imperial City at the same time, and thirteen coffins were transported out of the palace.

The people in the city had never seen such a scene before, and their minds were filled with thoughts about which of the many coffins contained the true body of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

This has formed a historical mystery, that is, where is the real burial place of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty?

But Zhu Gaoxu knew that there were twelve coffins filled with concubines who had been buried, including Huang Ning's concubine Guo.

Emperor Daxing went to the funeral, and the funeral procession was huge.

Because there are thirteen coffins, different people can support the souls.

The funeral procession that Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu were in was where Zhu Yuanzhang's real body was.

The father and son stood at the front of the coffin, one on the left and the other on the right. Behind them were the King of Wu (Zhu Yunzhen, the fourth son of Prince Yiwen and Zhu Biao), the King of Qin (second term), the King of Zhou, the King of Chu, the King of Shu, and the King of Jin (formerly Xiang). King), a total of eight people supported Zhu Yuanzhang.

The funeral procession of the eight of them left the imperial city from Chaoyang Gate in the morning and headed towards the Xiaoling Mausoleum.

Chaoyang Gate is named because it is located in the east of the city and is the first to welcome the sun.

This city gate is a single-hole coupon gate, which is an arc-shaped doorway made of bricks and stones. It is also the passage that connects the Wengcheng to the palace city inside the city and the Xiaoling Mausoleum outside the city.

Although Xiaoling is the mausoleum of Zhu Yuanzhang, the first person buried in the tomb was Empress Ma who died of illness in Hongwu 15 years ago.

The name of Xiaoling Mausoleum comes from the word "filial piety" in the posthumous title, which means "ruling the world with filial piety". One theory is that Queen Ma's posthumous title means "filial piety and kindness", hence the name.

After Queen Ma was buried in Xiaoling, the construction of the mausoleum did not stop.

It was not until the 16th year of Hongwu that the imperial court mobilized [-] military personnel to basically complete the main projects such as the Xiaoling Hall.

Xiaoling Tomb in history was only completed in Yongle three years after the Battle of Jingnan.

Although Zhu Gaoxu changed a lot of history after traveling through time, the construction of Xiaoling Mausoleum remained the same as in history and was not completely completed until Zhu Yuanzhang's death.

As the funeral procession moved forward, they entered the Xiaoling Mausoleum and came to the Shinto.

Shinto consists of several sections, one of which is called Shixiang Road.

On this section of the road, there are twelve pairs of stone animals facing each other, including six types: lions, camels, elephants and horses. There are two pairs of each kind, with one pair lying down and one facing each other.

Further back is a pair of tall Chinese watches with carved clouds and dragons on them, which is very impressive.

As for the Shinto that turns to the north, there are four pairs of civil servants and generals wearing armor or python robes.

These stone beasts and stone men are huge in size, majestic and shocking.

Finally, Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu arrived in front of the underground palace, the main building of Xiaoling Mausoleum.

Next, Zhu Yuanzhang will be buried in this underground palace with Queen Ma.

The so-called underground palace is actually a large circular mound with a diameter of about 400 meters, surrounded by stone walls made of strips of stone.

It was approaching noon.

"Your Majesty, the auspicious time has come."

The officials of the Ministry of Rites bowed before Zhu Di and bowed down.

When Zhu Di heard the official's report, he nodded reluctantly, and then looked at the coffin beside him with tears in his eyes, silent.

"Send Dahang Emperor Zi Gong to his mausoleum! Bye!"

Following the official's shout, Zhu Di, Zhu Gaoxu and other princes and princes all fell to the ground and cried bitterly, wailing endlessly.

From then on, the Hongwu era of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, came to an end!

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