Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 287 Dead?
"Xi'er, the Empress Dowager is dead!"

As soon as Qin Shao returned to the palace, Prince Xing Zhu Youzhao swayed out on crutches and said.

"The Empress Dowager is gone?"

Qin Shao was a little surprised.

He thought for a while before he remembered that it was the old queen mother, the old lady who was said to live with the concubine.

It can be said to be a typical tragedy. Even if you become a queen, you will not be liked by your husband;

"Is princess alright?"

Qin Shao knew that it should be the news from Wang Tu, but the court has not released the news yet.

Now that the transportation is inconvenient, it will take several days for the news to spread to various places.

"The concubine seems to be okay, she is old, but the concubine mother has always been determined, Wang Tu said she is okay."

Zhu Youtang's eyes were a little dim, he must be thinking of his old mother.

But soon he talked about it frankly.

Even though the vassals cannot go to Beijing to pay homage, after the death of the empress dowager, there will be sacrifices everywhere, and they must be prepared.

Daming paid great attention to filial piety. Although the Empress Dowager Wang was neglected when she was alive, her status was there. After her death, it was equivalent to a national mourning, which was quite grand.

According to the situation here in Daming, during the national mourning period, banquets, drinking, and having fun are prohibited for 27 days, and killing is prohibited in the capital for 12 days.

Civilian marriages are prohibited, but the royal family prohibits marriages and concubines within one year.

The princes, county kings, princesses, princesses, princesses, and civil and military officials who were entrusted to other places all cried and mourned in front of the palace.

King Xing was very fortunate to marry his son early.

As for his poor health now, having a son means that he can perform filial piety instead of King Xing.

But for the sake of looking good, on the first day, King Xing went briefly, and within half an hour, Qin Shao quietly asked someone to carry a sedan chair to send King Xing back.

Fortunately, this is not Shangjing, just fool around and pass.

If it is in Shangjing, the ministers and princes and grandsons will cry and kneel every day to show their filial piety.

Many people who are sick and in poor health have to go, because many people look at it, and if they don't go, it will appear that they are not filial and respectful.

For things like funerals, there are often things where loved ones cry and belch themselves because of poor health.

However, when this happens, people here will not feel cruel, and many people will praise filial piety and the utmost kindness.

The louder you cry and the better you behave, the more filial you appear to be, even if you were inferior to the old pigs and dogs before, no one mentioned it again.

This custom actually continued for several years after Qin Shao's later generations, and many rural areas still have the habit of mourning.

Those unfilial children and parents were reluctant to stutter when they were alive, and cried hoarsely after they died.

This is a criticism of unfilial children.

But in fact, this custom also has many disadvantages. In order to show the so-called filial piety, the funeral is extremely complicated, which consumes manpower and material resources, and exhausts those so-called descendants.

Zhu Houzhao suffered a lot from it.

The empress dowager is gone. As a junior, he has to go every day during the mourning period. Under the arrangement of those so-called ministers who know etiquette, he is devastated every day.

After the small funeral is the big funeral.

The emperor and his concubines and family members should wear plain clothes to pay their respects.

The civil and military personnel in Beijing and the wives of civil and military ranks above three consecutive days, in the morning or twice in the morning and evening, will enter the palace from the Xihua Gate to the Sishan Gate in mourning clothes and cry.

Under the arrangement of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, Zhu Houzhao did all kinds of red tape.

These days, he has been correcting various documents and dealing with various things in the Qianqing Palace, and he has been extremely busy.

I thought I could have a good rest for two days during the holidays.

Unexpectedly, at this juncture, the Empress Dowager is gone.

Even though Zhu Houzhao didn't have much affection for the Empress Dowager, after all, his identity was there, and he actually felt pity for the old man in his heart.

It's just that so much red tape made him tired, and he was already restless.

"Your Majesty, just be patient for a few more days."

Seeing Zhu Houzhao's face getting darker and darker, Jiang Bin knew that his patience was reaching its limit.

He had already seen that those officials from the Ministry of Rites were simply trying to give the emperor a bad blow.

Although there were many etiquettes in the early days, they were not used in many cases, and they were deliberately used to toss the emperor.

The problem is these so-called understandings, such as washing the face of the empress dowager, usually a simple gesture is enough, and the emperor has to go forward and wash it three times in a row.

In the name of filial piety, if you don't do it, you are not filial, tossing the emperor over and over again.

Jiang Bin was very worried that the emperor would not be able to hold on to the attack, so he could only comfort him over and over again.

"Hey! Those old guys did it on purpose."

Zhu Houzhao grinned helplessly.

His body is not bad, but he can't stand the toss over and over again.

At this moment, it started to rain lightly.

Now that it has entered the first month of the month, the weather is humid, and the rain is even colder.

"It's time to give a big gift tomorrow. If it rains overnight, there will be a lot of water in the square tomorrow, and it will be cold and wet..."

Zhu Houzhao looked at the weather and couldn't help but said.

Jiang Bin also nodded.

However, the various rituals of the emperor's kneeling and worship have been completed, and the ministers will perform the big ceremony tomorrow. At that time, the emperor will carry the coffin to Changping, and the task of burying the Empress Dowager next to Xianzong will be completed.

As for those ministers kowtowed and bowed nine times, Jiang Bin didn't care so much.

"Wen Yi, you said that this person is gone, and it will be over if he is buried. When he is alive, he should live well and be filial. What's the use of tossing so much when he is dead? None of these people, the Empress Dowager, remembered her when she was alive. The old man, dead is like his own mother, making him more filial than me, it's really hypocritical!"

Zhu Hou looked after the officials who arranged the etiquette in the square and said.

"Your Majesty, please keep your voice down, don't let those people hear, what kind of hat do you put on!"

Jiang Bin said hastily.

Look around, those people are still some distance away from them, fortunately they can't hear them, otherwise they will give the emperor a reputation of being unfilial, that would be...

"Your Majesty, the big ceremony will be held tomorrow. You only need to watch on the spot. Things are almost done today. Let's go back!"

Jiang Bin persuaded.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the sky, then at the chaotic square, got up and took Jiang Bin back.

……

The second question, the rain stopped, but the sky was still gloomy.

There was a lot of water stains on the square. Although someone cleaned it, the water stains were still impenetrable after a day of rain.

A group of ministers knelt on the square, and it was still wet in the early January weather.

It's okay to say that those who are in the high places are all those big officials, so his place is naturally better.

The place where some petty officials kneel is in a low-lying place.

Zhu Houzhao saw an official kneeling in a puddle, the water soaked his cotton trousers, his face was purple with cold, and his teeth were creaking.

If this goes on like this, you will definitely get seriously ill!
Zhu Houzhao couldn't bear it.

"Wen Yi, this is not acceptable. What if someone gets sick and dies?"

Zhu Houzhao spoke to Jiang Bin in a low voice.

"Your Majesty, they are the ones who want to kneel. If you refuse to kneel, they might not agree. This is the time for them to show their loyalty and filial piety."

Jiang Bin is in charge of Jinyiwei, so he naturally knows the thoughts of those so-called civil servants.

Jiang Bin was very familiar with the person whom the emperor saw just now. He was Shu Fen, the number one scholar in the last imperial examination.

"When can't you show your loyalty? Do you have to risk your own life? The old queen is a pure and kind person, and she definitely doesn't want everyone to be like this! Today's big ceremony, why don't you bow instead of kneeling! Go and save Yang Tinghe and Liang Chu for them!" Call here!"

Zhu Houzhao insisted.

"Your Majesty, this is not good! They..."

Jiang Bin thought about the virtues of those people. I'm afraid it would be a thankless task to do this, and they might be able to figure it out.

"go with!"

Zhu Houzhao said sharply.

The anger he had accumulated in the past few days made him a little uncontrollable, and he couldn't listen to Jiang Bin's persuasion at all.

(End of this chapter)