Daming heir

Chapter 313 Amnesty
Yu Tian is a very good personal eunuch.

The 14-year-old young man, without the impetuousness and yearning for power of those companions in the palace, knows what it means to be dedicated and what is duty.

This is also the reason why Zhu Yunxi selected him from dozens of candidate servants and put him by his side at the beginning.

Yutian knows the rules.

But for him to disregard the rules and recklessly rush into the small study of the East Palace, what happened must be unusual.

If you are not in a hurry, you will be heavy.

Yu Tian, ​​who was very handsome, but was pierced by the sternness on his face, lowered his head: "Your Majesty has made a decree, because His Highness's wedding is coming, to show the emperor's favor, and to celebrate with the people. Besides the death penalty, officials commit stolen goods." Those who pervert the law shall be pardoned under heaven."

After finishing speaking, Yutian finally showed a faint smile on his always stern face.

"Your Highness, the decree has now left the imperial city and sent to the yamen of various ministries and all the counties in the world."

Putting away the smile on his face, Yu Tian stepped aside and stood with his hands together.

He didn't say some things that were too obvious and unruly.

Such a decree of amnesty for the world because of the grandson can be said to be the deep grace of the emperor.

You must know that the Ming Dynasty has been established for 27 years, and from the first year of Hongwu to the present, there has only been one amnesty.That was as far back as August [-]th of the first year of Hongwu, shortly after he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang issued a decree to amnesty the world.

Yuanbu Puen, who started reform with the people, can amnesty the world.

This is all the words in Zhu Yuanzhang's edict when he amnesty the world in the first year of Hongwu.

Its purpose is to reform with the people, end the turmoil in the former Yuan Dynasty, and deal with the situation that the Central Plains is full of waste, which is full of political amnesty.

Now this edict of amnesty is only because of Zhu Yunxie's big marriage.

Not too heavy.

The emperor's love for his grandson has reached the point where it cannot be increased.

Prosperity and glory.

Yutian was very lucky, he was favored by his grandson at the beginning.

Zhu Gaochi also silently looked at Zhu Yunxi, who was frowning slightly, and chuckled: "It seems that Grandpa attaches great importance to your wedding on August [-]th, and I'm afraid the scene will be extremely spectacular."

At this time, Yutian echoed in a low voice: "Your Majesty Yan doesn't know something. Now, even Lee's Korea and the vassal states in the south, Dongfan (Taiwan), Ryukyu, and Wa Kingdom in the east and the Northern and Southern Dynasties in the east, and the Northern and Southern Dynasties in the west. The Great Merciful Dharma King is already on his way to send envoys to Beijing."

"Oh?" Zhu Gaochi leaned back on the chair, squinting at Zhu Yunxi: "This is really spectacular, and if you want to come to the world, officials from various prefectures and counties, and noble generals around the town, I am afraid they will all send people to see you off." Let’s enter Beijing with congratulatory gifts.”

Zhu Yunxi helplessly rolled his eyes at Xia Pang: "Do you think this is a good thing? Amnesty to the world, now not only foreign envoys, but also all the Taoists in the world have heard the news."

Zhu Gaochi moved his mouth and looked to the side.

Zhu Yunxi ignored Xiaopang, turned his head to look at Yutian, and ordered: "Go and take a message to Xie Jin, and tell him that it is Mu Xiuyu who will be destroyed by Lin Feng now. Let him draw up the Grandson of the Superintendent of the State, and spread it to the public." All the nobles and generals in the prefectures, counties and border towns of the world, the lonely matter is not a state matter, if you have the heart, you don’t have to come, take a bucket of old rice from the local area, and send a rusty knife from the border town, which is enough to show your heart.”

Yutian bowed his hands to accept the order, then hesitantly raised his head and frowned and said: "If the frontier is far away, what should we do if we have already set off?"

"Ok?"

Zhu Yunxi frowned, accentuated his tone, and glanced lightly at Yutian.

Yutian trembled all over, and hurriedly cupped his hands again: "Your servant takes orders."

Wait until Yutian retreats.

Only then did Zhu Gaochi raise his head, and said in a low voice, "So I'm going to be taught by the grandson? Why do I think that grandpa probably doesn't like it."

Zhu Yunxi snorted twice: "Why do you go to war so much? Amnesty to the world is already the peak of grace. Let the world go to the heaven together? I don't know how much taxes those people will impose on the local government for this congratulatory gift.

Even if there is no additional levy, how much food will be spent on officials going to Beijing, receiving locals along the way, and staying overnight in official posts.The imperial court has not yet run out of money, and Xia Yuanji is thinking day and night where he can get more money back. "

I'm afraid it's impossible for the magistrate to come up with any kind of grand gift.

The old man is still in good spirits at this time, and it is absolutely impossible to allow these local officials to not check how those gifts came because they came to Beijing to present gifts.

On the contrary, by the way, the financial balance of the official post station, which has just completed the reform and entered the stage of deepening reform, will only increase the cost.

Zhu Gaochi shook his head, and then said a little funny: "Why do I think that grandpa may not just amnesty the world, I always feel that grandpa is planning something in the past two days."

Zhu Yunxi was taken aback for a moment: "Grandpa is planning something?"

The things that happened recently are nothing more than the matter of the old uncle's conversion of Liudao to the land tax, his own sweet potato planting after returning to Beijing from Jiaozhi Road, and the steam engine incident that just happened.

The imperial court can't count as having any major events this year.

Could it be that the old man dislikes someone again?

Zhu Yunxi couldn't help shaking his head, and looked at Xiaopang.

Both brothers looked puzzled.

But at this time, the little eunuch Yu Tian, ​​who had just left the small study, left and returned.

At this moment, Yutian stood outside the door of the small study with his hands folded, and whispered into the room: "Your Highness, there is an order. Director Sun has come to deliver the order."

Zhu Yunxi raised his brows, stood up, and silently looked at Xiaopang.

The old man just issued a decree to amnesty the world, and now he has another decree to send to the East Palace.

Zhu Yunxi, who thought nothing was wrong, suddenly felt something was wrong.

The old man must be doing something big.

Dare not to think too much.

Zhu Yunxi had already dragged Xiaopang to the front of the East Palace.

Waiting for a few people to arrive at the front hall of the East Palace.

Sun Gou'er, the head of the inner palace who came here according to the order, was already standing in front of the collar altar that had been set up.

Seeing Taisun and Shizi Yan coming together, Sun Gou'er held the imperial decree in his hand, with a smile on his face.

"This old slave sees His Highness the Grandson, sees Prince Yan."

Zhu Yunxi cupped his hands in return, and glanced at the imperial decree held by Sun Gou'er, then looked at Sun Gou'er, and blinked to indicate that the other party could talk about things.

But this time, Zhu Yunxi was stunned.

Just listen to Sun Gou'er's deep voice: "Your Majesty ordered the grandson to kneel and listen to the order."

For a moment, Zhu Yunxi was confused and doubtful.

In the past, when the old man gave orders to others, he basically gave them oral orders, and then gave himself an order.

This was the first time that he had specifically told him to kneel and listen to his will.

For a while, I became more and more puzzled.

Zhu Gaochi was already kneeling on the ground at this time, and seeing no movement from Zhu Yunxi, he frowned and tugged at the other's sleeve heavily.

Only then did Zhu Yunxi come to his senses, and knelt down on the ground.

Only then did Sun Gou'er cough lightly, and slowly opened the imperial decree in his hand.

"Bong, Emperor Tian Chengyun, the imperial edict says..."

"I hereby bestow upon the emperor's grandson Yunxi, five-color eight-bead and ten-pronged crowns, and black ten-piece crowns, which can be worn for a grand wedding. They can be worn for offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, ancestral temples, Zhengdan, winter solstice, holy festivals, and court meetings. Best red silk Tongtian Crown Clothes are worn on the day of the big wedding. One set of black leather bien clothing, Wu Bibian clothing, and ordinary clothing are given. From then on, all sacrifices and ancestral temples will be received by the king when they meet."

The voice of Sun Gou'er passing the decree echoed in the front hall of the East Palace, and could not be dispersed for a long time.

But at the altar, whether it was Zhu Yunxi or Zhu Gaochi, the two brothers were completely dumbfounded.

This decree is even more powerful than the previous decree to amnesty the world.

Even the decree of amnesty for the world involves the entire Daoist prefectures and counties of Daming, involving countless prisoners in prisons, and thousands of households.

But right now, this decree, from the beginning to the end, is nothing more than rewarding some clothes and the like.

But it is even more explosive than Amnesty.

Zhu Yunxi only felt that his scalp was numb and his back was cold.

If he didn't know the old man's feelings and expectations for him in his heart, he would have wondered if this was the old man's conspiracy to kill him.

"Your Highness, get up quickly."

Sun Gou'er's voice pulled Zhu Yunxi back from the shock, and he also stretched out his hand to pull him up from the ground.

Zhu Yunxi turned to look at Sun Gou'er blankly: "Sun Banban, this matter..."

With a smile on his face, Sun Gou'er stuffed the will into Zhu Yunxie's hands: "Your Highness, you can rest assured that you don't have to worry about it. This is a gift from His Majesty, as an elder, to your children and grandchildren who are about to get married, and His Highness accepts it."

"Grandpa said it himself?" Zhu Yunxi was still a little worried.

Sun Gou'er nodded, with a wider smile on his face: "Your Majesty also said that no matter how calm and composed that kid is usually, his expression will change drastically today, and his heart will be turbulent. Please tell that kid to be calm and not to be impatient. Just remember what Grandpa said."

Zhu Yunxi's eyes flickered, his thoughts were racing, he pondered for a long time before he sighed heavily, took out a piece of bright jade from his bosom, stuffed it into Sun Gou'er's hand, and before the other party could refuse, he frowned and said, "It's not to break the rules. , such a happy event, even the common people have to send some small gifts to the neighbors. It's just that today's matter is..."

Only then did Sun Gou'er nod with a bright smile, and put the valuable piece of bright jade into his sleeve, then took a step closer, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, rest assured, the prince also received an order early in the morning. .”

Dad also received the order?

Zhu Yunxi looked at Sun Gou'er with doubts in his eyes.

Sun Gou'er continued in a low voice: "The crown prince has eleven crowns, and black eleven-chapter crowns. Leather, military, and regular clothes are all in black."

Zhu Yunxi became more and more shocked and astonished, and felt that his brain was almost out of use.

Sun Gou'er looked at the weather outside and said softly, "Your Highness, this old slave has to go back to serve His Majesty."

Zhu Yunxi waved his hand: "Yutian, send off grandson Banban."

Yu Tian immediately stepped forward to serve the Yingtian Imperial City, the biggest direct leader of the eunuchs left.

But Zhu Yunxi's whole body softened, and he grabbed Xiaopang's arm, and then sat on the chair beside him.

He took two deep breaths, his eyes wandered around, and then he grabbed the teapot on the table and poured cold water into his mouth.

After pouring half of the pot of water into his stomach, Zhu Yunxi's mood calmed down a little.

"You really hit the spot, the old man is really doing big things!"

Zhu Yunxi stared at Zhu Gaochi who was sitting in front of him like a torch, and when he saw that the other party ignored him, he reached out and grabbed the other party's wrist.

Zhu Gaochi, who had just picked up the teacup, felt his hand unsteady, spilled half of the tea in the cup in an instant, frowned and looked at Zhu Yunxi: "My grandson has already said, it's not a big deal, just let you rest assured."

Even though he said so, Zhu Gaochi was shocked in his heart.

Zhu Yunxi let out a long breath of foul air and opened his mouth wide.

"Ten crowns, ten chapters crown suits! Great wedding crown suits, all costumes are mysterious! Meet the king and receive gifts..."

Zhu Gaochi turned a deaf ear and tried his best to digest the two wills that will follow today.

Zhu Yunxi rested his hands limply on the chair, and slid his body down, as if stuck to the chair, only his eyes kept flickering.

The Central Plains is also called Huaxia.

It means ceremonial service.

Since ancient times, there have been strict and inviolable rules on what kind of clothes people of different classes wear and what colors they use.

And whenever the world is in chaos, there will be chaos in the service and confusion.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty in the first year of Hongwu, regulations on what styles of clothing the monarchs, ministers and common people should wear were quickly determined.

Dagon Mianfu is the most important set of clothing for the king.

The emperor's headgear is one foot two inches wide and two feet four inches long. It is made of paulownia boards, and the front and back of the boards are woven with colorful reeled silk. Twelve colorful jade beads are strung together to form twelve crowns.

Wearing black clothes, yellow clothes, white belts, yellow knee covers, plain gauze singles, red gowns, embroidered sun, moon, stars, dragon and mountain patterns and other twelve-chapter crown clothes.

This is the inheritance of the ancient system, almost unchanged.

And what comes next is what matters.

The Great Ming Huidian has a system. Crown princes and princes wear nine-armed crowns, princes use eight-armed crowns, and county kings wear seven-armed crowns.There are also crown princes wearing black nine-chapter mianfu, and princes and below wearing blue mianfu with different chapters.

This is a rule that the Ming Dynasty has long established.

However, now, the old man's two wills have completely changed the appearance of his and his own clothes.

Dad uses eleven crowns and eleven chapters, which is only one chapter and one chapter less than the emperor's.

I have ten crowns and ten chapters, and I am only one chapter and one less than my father.

There is also the sentence aimed at myself, outside the ancestral temple, when you meet the king and accept the gift.

In the future, unless the imperial clan worships the Heaven and Earth Ancestral Temple, I don't have to salute the other party at all, but can calmly accept the great gift from the clan kings.

"This is the unprecedented harmony between the heavenly family..."

Zhu Gaochi let out a long breath, stared at Zhu Yunxi with flickering eyes, and sighed.

Zhu Yunxi shook his head: "It's not in line with etiquette."

The etiquette system is just an excuse, the real reason is that I am a little panicked.

Zhu Gaochi laughed, and said softly and heartily: "Now you are truly under two people, above ten thousand people."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Gaochi waved his robe and got up, his appearance was extraordinarily meticulous.

While waving his body, he was already preparing to pay respects.

"Minister, Zhu Gaochi, the son of King Yan of the Ming Dynasty, see the grandson of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty."

When Xiaopang was really about to kneel on the ground, Zhu Yunxi stood up and stretched out his hands, wrapped his arms around him, and then pretended to be sullen: "Look for a beating!"

After Zhu Gaochi's frolicking, Zhu Yunxi finally suppressed the worries in his heart, turned around and walked to the door of the small study.

"Brother Chi, do you think Grandpa's expectation of me is wrong?"

Zhu Gaochi let out another breath from behind, and then walked slowly behind Zhu Yunxi: "This time when I returned to Beijing from Jiaozhi Road, I only saw more smiles on the faces of the people along the coast. After the summer harvest a few days ago, some In just a few days, the goods of the merchants in Yingtian Mansion were almost sold out."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Gaochi looked outside to Zhu Yunxi who was in front of him.

In previous years, regardless of summer harvest or autumn harvest, the people have been busy for a whole year. After paying the taxes levied by the court, at most they save some rations so that their families will not starve to death.

If there is a year of natural disasters and man-made disasters, let alone whether you will starve to death, you may also worry about whether the taxes collected by the court and the government will be paid in full.

If the payment is insufficient, in the end, you can only go down the road of selling the land at a low price, or even selling your sons and daughters, and become a tenant in the family of local gentry and nobles alone.

But now.

The people in Zhili area, after paying the taxes, can not only keep the surplus grain, but also sell the extra grain to the grain merchants for silver taels, and then take the silver taels to the city to buy food that they dared not and would not give up in the past. , Things that cannot be bought.

It is an exaggeration to say that the merchants from all over Yingtianfu bought up all the goods, but it is true that the common people have more surplus food and fragments of silver.

Zhu Gaochi sincerely hopes that this situation can last longer, preferably forever.

"Are you interested in serving as an official in the court?"

Zhu Yunxi suddenly looked out at Xiaopang, asking with a smile in his eyes.

Zhu Gaochi hurriedly jumped out of the small study and went to the yard, shaking his head with his hands up.

"Don't bother me."

"Don't you see how many things I have done now?"

"It's the same for the Cuju competition, the same for the tax office, and the same for the military and political summary over Jiaozhi Road. Do you really want me to leave all these catties of meat on Yingtian?"

Zhu Yunxi turned a deaf ear to it, can this matter be considered a heavy burden?
Then as he walked outside, he half-truthfully said, "I'm doing this for your own good."

Zhu Gaochi rolled his eyes.

While turning around, he waved his sleeves back.

……

"Fortunately, outside the city that day, the old man did not agree with Wei Fan and others' remonstrance."

In the official room of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Zhan Huixin spoke with emotion, holding a teapot in his hand to pour tea for Ru Yu and Ren Hengtai who were sitting in front of them.

Ru Yu smiled and stretched out her hand to rest on the teacup. When the tea soup was about eight minutes old, she tapped the table lightly and thanked her with a smile, but she just didn't say a word.

On the other hand, Ren Hengtai, who was sitting next to him, looked quite serious. Even Zhan Hui poured tea for him and motioned him to enjoy it, but he didn't notice the reaction.

After pondering for a while, Ren Hengtai said with a heavy heart: "The reform of the service code is not a good thing. Your Majesty is doing things now, and I have become more and more incomprehensible."

Zhan Hui smiled slightly, but talked about another matter on this topic: "You mean, your Majesty promoted Zhang Ergong to a seventh-rank master craftsman, and the rest are nine-rank craftsman officials?"

Ren Hengtai pursed his lips tightly and nodded heavily.

Ru Yu finished the tea in the cup, and reached out to take the teapot to pour tea for herself.

Zhan Hui said with a smile: "Cheng Shi Lang, General Shi Zuo Lang... It's good to be an official, why should I be awarded a dismissal rank?"

Ren Hengtai shook his head with deep emotion.

Only in between.

It was probably Ru Yu, who couldn't drink any water, who just raised her head and looked at the two with a funny face.

Then Youyou said: "Are you really not understanding, or are you pretending not to understand His Majesty's thoughts?"

(End of this chapter)