In the orange-red morning glow, the sound of drums in the distance awakens the magnificent imperial city and the buildings in the grand capital. The drums at the hour of Mao seem to remind people that a new day has arrived.
However, the new Ming emperor Zhu Gaoxu had already started taking action.
There was a large area between Bei'an Gate in the north of the imperial city and Xuanwu Gate in the imperial palace. The Yulin Left Guard and the Fujun Left Guard were stationed in the east, and the Yulin Right Guard was stationed in the west.
Zhu Gaoxu led more than a thousand people to run in a line in the area where the Yulin Youwei was deployed; in the area to the east, there were another thousand people running there.
These more than 2,000 people are all military generals, the lowest level being a centurion, and they were all elite troops before the "Crime-Suppressing Army" entered Guangxi.
Zhu Gaoxu required these generals to run six or seven mile
Zhu Gaoxu looked at Yao Ji's appearance and had a lot of wild thoughts in his mind: If he was not the emperor, but an imperial envoy sent out to find beauties for the emperor, and suddenly found someone like Yao Ji, he would definitely not want to present her to the emperor, but would try to hide her secretly!Ji Gang, the commander of the Jinyiwei during the Yongle period, seemed to have done this. All the concubines in Ji Gang's mansion were beauties he got by abusing his power for personal gain.Yao Ji's beauty is rare, and it is not something you can find by searching for or picking from a group of women. He looked at her carefully for a while. Although Yao Ji was beautiful in every way, there were two most rare things about her. Her skin was very good, smooth as satin, white as jade, and very watery, as if only a woman who was not in the world could grow like this. Her skin below the collarbone was very full and plump. Zhu Gaoxu saw a small piece of skin from
In early March of the seventh year of Yongle, after the palace was fully prepared, Zhu Gaoxu summoned a group of generals in Fengtian Hall. Today we will reward all the vassals for their merits and give banquets to them.Seven dukes: Mu Sheng, duke of Guizhou, Qu Neng, duke of Ba, Sheng Yong, duke of Shao, Ping An, duke of E, Wang Bin, duke of Ding (it was decreed that Xu Jingchang, the son of Xu Zengshou, would succeed Xu Da as Duke of Wei), Wei Da, duke of Wei , Zheng Guogong Liu Ying.There are more than ten marquises, including Chen Zhen, Chen Dachui, Zhao Ping, Yin Desheng, Du Erlang, Wang Yu, Zhang Sheng, Li Rang, Xu Hua, Wan Quan, Yao Fengji, Lu Bing, etc., all of whom have been granted the title of marquis; there are also several counts.At the banquet, the newly composed dance music of the Jiaofang Bureau began to be performed one after another, including "The Song of Breaking the Battle at Taiping Field" and "The Song of Victory at Baoqing". After
The eunuch Wang Gou'er looked very haggard, he stood there with his back hunched, dragging his iron chain, and did not answer Zhu Gaoxu 's words for a long time. He raised his head and looked at the sky outside the west window.The sun had already set, but the last rays of light still lingered in the western sky. Wang Gou'er looked at the orange tinge on the edge of the dark clouds, and his eyes gradually became lively.I don’t know if it was because he hadn’t seen the sky for a long time or if he was still nostalgic for the scenery on earth, but Wang Gou’er was so engrossed in the sight.Zhu Gaoxu observed the expression on his dirty face and did not care about Wang Gou'er's rudeness of not answering the emperor. After a moment, Zhu Gaoxu also turned his head curiously and admired the remaining clouds in the direction Wang Gou'er was looking.It was originally a matter of judging sins, but somehow, Zhu Gaoxu clearly felt a little sad."If everyo
The air was chilly in the night, and there was the rustling sound of Lezhi Hou Zhang Sheng's brush on the white paper; Wang Gou'er had said a lot just now, and Zhang Sheng had heard it all, but he hadn't finished recording it yet.The atmosphere was inexplicably sad, but Zhu Gaoxu felt a little happy in his heart.This kind of pleasure is simply the joy of winning.Although his affection for Zhu Di was limited and he never felt the kind of sadness that comes from his father's death, in name and in people's eyes, Zhu Di was his father, and Zhu Gaoxu also inherited a lot from Zhu Di.His father was murdered, and Zhu Gaoxu thought he "should" find out the real murderer, otherwise he would feel incompetent; and now he has done it. Zhu Gaoxu is indeed a bit competitive in some things."Call the people in and take Wang Gou'er back to the cell. Lingchi will be executed together with Xiao Jie'en." Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand.Zhang Sheng clasped his f
When Zhu Gaoxu woke up the next morning, he found that he was the only one in the empty bed. The palace maids and eunuchs on duty in the bedroom had been replaced; those people did not stay overnight, and Zhu Gaoxu fell asleep alone.When he first woke up, his consciousness was still a little fuzzy. At one moment, he even felt that the joy of last night was just a dream.He was not in good physical condition this morning and got up a little late, so he did not go to Xuanwu Gate to lead the soldiers for a run. He did not even want to go to work, but thinking that there were still many things to do in the court recently, he hesitated for a moment and immediately got up...In his previous life, Zhu Gaoxu had a simple mindset for a while; but after some suffering, he lowered his expectations of people. He never expected people to be loyal from the bottom of their hearts, but considered whether a person was useful from all aspects, such as whether he was a threat
As eunuch Wang Gui said, Honglu Temple, Hanlin Academy, Ministry of Rites and other palace agencies are all preparing for the Queen's canonization ceremony recently.Not only the officials were busy, but Zhu Gaoxu and Guo Wei also had to prepare. They had to bathe and fast three days in advance. Zhu Gaoxu had slept alone for three consecutive days, not approaching women, and not eating meat.The ceremony of enthronement was even more complicated than the coronation ceremony. It consumed countless manpower and material resources, but the purpose was actually very simple: to establish Guo Wei's status as queen.However, Zhu Gaoxu did not look at this matter with the arrogance of modern thinking, nor did he think that it was purely a waste.After he suddenly became the ruler of the country, he also tried his best to understand the current order with his own thinking.The Ming Dynasty absorbed a lot of Confucianism and other dynasties from the perspe
Xie Jin was indeed a man who would not stop until he made something shocking statement.Xie Jin, who returned to Beijing from Jiaozhi Province to report on his work, also brought Chen Jikuo's chief and deputy envoys. The day after Xie Jin arrived in Beijing, he submitted a memorial from the Tongzhengshisi to the imperial gate: he thought that "deposing the crown prince" was a bit unfair!Because the evidence and confession that could convince everyone could only prove that the previous emperor died in the Eastern Palace and that there was a forged imperial edict to allow the current emperor to enter the palace. Although the deposed crown prince and the officials of the Eastern Palace were guilty, they might not be the masterminds of the murder of the previous emperor.When Zhu Gaoxu saw this memorial, his head was a little big, and he suddenly felt that his bad premonition was very accurate.He stuffed Jie Jin's memorial into his sleeve pocket, glanced
The ministers in the palace have sent envoys to confer the title of Imperial Concubine on Mu, and welcome Mu Zhen into the palace.Located in the East Sixth Palace area to the east of Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace, the newly decorated Imperial Concubine Palace is magnificent. The momentum here is not as impressive as Kunning Palace, but there are pavilions, pavilions, flowers and plants dotted between the palaces, making it appear more delicate and lively. The afterglow of dusk shines on the glazed tiles, and the palaces and palaces are enveloped in the radiance of various colors.Zhu Gaoxu and Mu Zhen both wore complicated formal attires and sat on two large chairs. The palace maid came forward and was pouring wine.Zhu Gaoxu turned to look at Mu Zhen, as if he had a thousand words to say, but at this moment, after a few polite words, the two of them were speechless.Mu Zhen wore a Zhai crown and a blue and red dress. Her delicate face was red at