Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 554 Welcome to Yellow Book

Hongwu 11 years, the end of the year.

There are only three days until the New Year's Eve, Nanjing City is already full of New Year's flavor, shops are closed, people stop working, and everyone from top to bottom has begun to enter the rhythm of the New Year.

However, at this time, the officials and officers and soldiers of the imperial court suddenly became busy. On the royal road between Zhengyangmen and the imperial palace, colorful buildings were erected, and banners and ribbons were inserted.

Seeing this posture, the people in the capital thought that some general had returned triumphantly and would hold a prisoner offering ceremony.But I haven't heard of any big battles this year.

Amid all the speculation, on the day of 28, a scene that shocked the people even more appeared.

On this day, the main gate of the imperial palace was wide open, and even Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and the imperial chariots of His Highness the Crown Prince were dispatched.

King Qin and King Jin, who had returned to Beijing for the New Year, led the princes to welcome them as well.

Not to mention all the civil and military officials, all those who are worthy of the grade are dispatched, and there is no shortage of them.Even Prime Minister Hu, who had been ill for a long time, appeared in the team.

"Who is it? Such a big face?" The citizens of Nanjing were completely confused.

"In the past, no matter whether it was General Xu or any other general, the crown prince greeted him personally on behalf of the emperor at most." Someone said like a treasure: "The emperor only came out to greet Kaiping King's coffin twice, and once was last year. Welcome to the coffin of King Ninghe..."

"Don't talk nonsense, this time it's not the whole army. They are beaming. Something good must have happened." Everyone shook their heads, their appetites completely whetted.

At the hour of the hour, the mystery was revealed.

His Royal Highnesses King Yan and King Chu led the most solemn guard of honor and the strictest guards, and escorted a convoy carrying books, slowly coming from Jiangdongmen Wharf.

The big banner with gold lettering on the blue background is fluttering in the wind, and there is a line of eye-catching gold letters on it-'Qing Jiangxi Inherited and Announced the Yellow Book of Political Envoys'!
Under the Zhengyang Gate, Boss Zhu, who had been waiting eagerly, couldn't help but smile when he saw the big banner.

"It's coming."

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, Congratulations to Your Majesty, your wish has finally been fulfilled!" Hu Weiyong, the Prime Minister of the Left, offered his flattery at the right time.

At the beginning of the year, he had been complaining of illness at home, but he waited and waited. He didn't wait for the imperial edict to punish him. Instead, he waited for the imperial physician to treat him and the emperor's order to come back as soon as possible.

Hu Weiyong shirked again and again, seeing that the emperor was very determined and really intended to continue to use him, so he went down the slope, wrote a letter claiming to have recovered, and returned to Zhongshu Province.

"This is just the beginning." Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Hu Weiyong, who seemed to have nothing to do, and said indifferently: "There are still eleven provinces in the country that have not done so."

"Everything is difficult at the beginning." Hu Weiyong hurriedly apologized with a smile: "Now your two Highnesses have made a good start in Jiangxi, and the provinces will have rules to follow in the future, so the speed will be faster."

"I hope." Zhu Yuanzhang stopped looking at him, turned his gaze to the escort convoy that was already in front of him, and said quietly, "I hope everything goes well."

At this time, he saw the fourth and sixth elders coming out in a row, quickly dismounted from the horse, and walked towards him quickly.Can't help but smile again on his face, and smiled to the prince and the kings: "Our pair of unicorns are back."

Most of the brothers laughed happily when they heard the words, only the third and the seventh were smiling.

However, the objects they are targeting and the places they are uncomfortable with are different.

The third child was upset that the fourth child stole the limelight again, and the seventh child was unhappy that the sixth child stole the limelight again.This year, I am afraid that I will live an uneasy life again.He was slapped on the back when he was slapped with a whip, who could stand it?

But at this time, no one paid any attention to their little thoughts, and everyone's attention was on the fourth and sixth.

Zhu Biao looked at his younger brother excitedly and said, "Oh, I haven't seen Lao Liu for a whole year, I really miss him... Hey, why is he so thin?"

But Zhu Yuanzhang muttered secretly: "It's broken, and I'm going to be talked about again..."

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Under the attention of all the people, the two His Royal Highnesses King Yan and King Chu came to the imperial court side by side, kowtowed to their father and saluted.The sixth child held up a copy of the "Jiangxi Yellow List Made by Shangqin", and said in a loud voice:
"My sons, Yan Wangdi, Chu Wang and Hai Wangzhen, led Jiangxi's civil and military forces, soldiers and civilians, to present Jiangxi Chengxuan's thirteen government offices, 78 county yellow books and fish scale albums to my father. Please read them!"

"Okay, okay, my son has worked hard." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded gratifiedly, and waved: "Prince, hurry up and take the yellow book."

"Yes, father." The prince hurriedly stepped forward, bowed deeply to the yellow book motorcade behind the two younger brothers, and then took the performance form from the sixth hand and presented it to father, which means the handover is over.

Then the two younger brothers followed him into the ranks, but Yu Jia did not return to the city immediately, but went eastward with the yellow book, and came to the Great Sacrificial Altar not far away to hold the ceremony of recommending heaven.

The officials of Zhongshu Province checked the customs defenses, and after confirming that they were correct, the man with the knife lifted the heavy wooden boxes containing the yellow book and the fish scale album, and carried them to the altar and stacked them neatly.

Taking advantage of this time, Zhu Yuanzhang and his son changed their mianfu in the palace.

Mianfu is the highest-level formal attire and sacrificial attire for members of the royal family. It is used in major ceremonial occasions such as offering sacrifices to the Heaven and Earth Ancestral Temple, Sheji Xiannong, and ascension to the throne.

When appearing in front of all the officials, the Zhu family's Tian Tuan all wore flat sky crowns and black uniforms.Among them, Zhu Yuanzhang has the highest rank, with twelve crowns on his flat sky and twelve chapters on his clothes.

The princes and princes who accompanied the sacrifice wore nine crowns and nine chapters.

There is also the only county king at present, Zhu Shouqian, King of Jingjiang, wearing an eight-chapter crown.He is the son of Zhu Wenzheng, who was raised by Zhu Yuanzhang since he was a child, and grew up with the princes.

These princes followed Zhu Yuanzhang to the altar and stood in their respective positions.Only the prince can accompany the emperor to the altar, hold a grand sacrifice ceremony with him, and solemnly read the sacrificial text on behalf of his father.

Zhu Yuanzhang knelt in front of the altar with a serious expression, raised his eyes to look at the sky, and listened to the sacrificial oration he wrote by himself last night, it was difficult to contain the surge in his heart.

He has always clearly remembered that at the symposium before the founding of the People's Republic of China, Mr. Liu solemnly told him that unifying the country militarily cannot be regarded as truly ruling the country.

Only when the national household registration census is completed and household posts compiled; when the national account is cleared and the fish scale album is compiled, and the two are combined into one to make the "Yellow Book of Taxes and Service", can it represent the return of all rivers to the sea and the return of the world. One, the authority of the imperial court is far and wide!
Zhu Yuanzhang took this very seriously, and regarded these words as a standard.Ever since he unified the country, he has been dreaming of accomplishing this.

Unexpectedly, it took a full ten years to complete the yellow book of a province.

Although there is still a long way to go, Jiangxi, where the situation is the most complicated, has been completed, and the rest of the provinces have no excuses and can shirk and perfunctory!

He swears to God that no matter how many people oppose him, no matter how many difficulties he encounters, he will definitely complete the compilation of the yellow book of the whole country, lay the foundation for the Ming Dynasty, and let the people enjoy the happiness of life forever!

In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang personally burned the sacrificial text to the heavens...

(End of this chapter)