Chapter 493 492 Exploring the Holy Will

"Is it necessary to change the name of the three halls?"

But at this moment, King Yu really looked at them in confusion, hoping to have an answer.

Yin Shidan thought about it and replied: "Your Highness, the three halls have been repeatedly burned by heavenly fire since they were built."

Just after opening, he couldn't continue. It was because the Fengtian Palace had too many times.

If he talked about it on weekdays, he wouldn't think it was, but after reading the notes sent by Gao Gong and the words of Emperor Jiajing mentioned above, he couldn't help but mutter about this matter.

Although he didn't explain it clearly, King Yu still understood it, and he thought about it.

In the 18th year of Yongle, Zhu Di, the Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, had just moved the capital to Beijing. A fire broke out in the second year, burning all the newly built Fengtian and Huagai, and I was very careful to live in the three main halls.

However, because science and technology were not developed at that time, most people thought it was "divine punishment" and it was God's retribution for Zhu Di's arbitrariness to seize the throne.

As a result, the calls for the government and the people to return the capital to Nanjing began to rise, but Zhu Di resisted the pressure from all parties and refused to move the capital. Three years later, he died of illness on the fifth northern expedition, ending his legendary life.

During this period, due to the constant discussions between the government and the opposition, Zhu Di did not start rebuilding the three halls in the last three years of his life due to fear of "heaven punishment" and the consumption of the treasury by years of war.

After Zhu Di's death, Emperor Hongxi, Ming Renzong, succeeded to the throne, and the three halls were still filled with ruins.

The question facing Zhu Gaochi at this time is very clear. Are the three halls still being built?

On the surface, this problem is an engineering repair problem, but behind it is the dispute over the capital. Rebuilding the three halls means continuing to establish the capital of Beijing. On the contrary, it indicates that the emperor will return to Nanjing.

Although he is a novice as an emperor, Zhu Gaochi has always been the prince, so he has rich political experience.

After consideration, he decided not to rebuild the three main halls but to return to Nanjing, that is, to abandon Zhu Di's policy of returning to Nanjing. He ordered the son-in-law Mu Xin to take charge of the governor's office of the Nanjing Later Army, and ordered the eunuchs Wang Gui and Zheng He to lead the official army to guard Nanjing. He also sent the prince Zhu Zhanji to Nanjing and ordered the renovation of the Nanjing palace.

However, before I issued an edict to return to the capital, Ming Renzong, who was determined to return to Nanjing, suddenly died.

After Zhu Gaochi passed away, the one who ascended the throne was Emperor Xuanzong of Ming Dynasty. He wanted to move back to the old capital according to his father's wishes, but the frequent earthquakes in Nanjing left too deep an impression on the new emperor.

According to historical records, from the first year of Xuande to the eighth year of Xuande, Nanjing earthquakes occurred 35 times and Beijing earthquakes occurred five times.

Therefore, the intensive earthquake in Nanjing interrupted the work of reinstatement of Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty. Until Zhu Zhanji died, the capital was still in Beijing.

All of this was finally resolved during the Zhengtong period, when Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Qizhen, officially issued an edict to use Beijing as the capital and Nanjing as the capital. At this point, the problem of the capital of the Ming Dynasty was finally solved. In the sixth year of Zhengtong, the three burned halls of the Yongle Dynasty were finally rebuilt.

However, in the 14th year of Zhengtong, the three newly built halls were struck by lightning again. Fortunately, the heavy rain poured down and the hall was not burned. The craftsmen from the Ministry of Works worked overtime to repair them again.

Later, similar lightning strikes occurred in the three halls many times, but they were all controlled in time and did not cause much consequences. The court and the people have always criticized this, but they did not dare to discuss it publicly because the edict was issued during the Zhengtong period.

However, a fire in Jiajing once again completely destroyed the three halls. At this time, what Emperor Jiajing said did not seem to be nonsense.

"Zhengfu felt that his father was right."

King Yu asked.

"I dare not disagree with Your Majesty, but perhaps it is better to change your name."

Yin Shidan couldn't say clearly whether it was right or wrong, but changing the name of the three major halls was not a big deal, and he was not the one who read pedantic people.

It was limited to the times. After seeing the reasons for Emperor Jiajing, he could not think of a reason to refute.

"Actually, Brother Suqing has already agreed with this matter, so there is no need to worry about it."

At this time, Wei Guangde spoke.

"But Su Qing also said that he always feels that his Majesty should have deep meaning behind this matter."

Yin Shidan spoke.

This is actually what King Yu wants to know. Although he seems to have been positioned as the heir by Emperor Jiajing, he is still uneasy after all, he has not been named the crown prince.

Therefore, he might want to be consistent with Emperor Jiajing in his thoughts so that he will not be evil.

King Yu looked at Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng. These two people were the most valued by the father and the emperor could see from the re-recording of the edict, so he hoped that they could see something.

Facing King Yu's gaze, Zhang Juzheng shook his head gently, his meaning was very clear, and he didn't know what Gao Gong said.

Wei Guangde just lowered his head at this time, as if he was still thinking.

"I also feel that this matter is not that simple, familiar, but I can't think of the reason."

Tang Ruji interrupted at this time.

Yin Shidan and Zhang Juzheng nodded slightly to agree.

However, Wei Guangde, who had previously bowed his head, suddenly looked up at Tang Ruji, and his mouth opened slightly unconsciously.

"Shandai is thinking what is Shandai?"

Seeing his performance, Tang Ruji asked curiously.

“It seems familiar.”

Wei Guangde just repeated one of his previous words, and then his eyes lit up: "I may know what's going on.

Do you still remember what happened when His Majesty first ascended to the great treasure?"

"A dispute over big rituals?"

Zhang Juzheng asked first.

“That’s right.”

Wei Guangde immediately replied, and then continued in confusion eyes of King Yu, Yin Shidan and others: "Taizu was not Taizu before."

"hiss"

Zhang Juzheng took a deep breath, and obviously his thoughts had been opened by Wei Guangde's words.

In the 22nd year of Yongle, Zhu Di died, and the temple name was Taizong, and his posthumous title was Titianhongdao Gaoming Guangyun Shengwu Divine Treasure Chunren Zhizhi Emperor Xiaowen. However, now he changed the temple name to Taizu. This change came from the 17th year of Jiajing, and he also changed the posthumous title to Qitianhongdao Gaoming Zhaoyun Shengwu Divine Treasure Chunren Zhizhi Emperor Xiaowen.

With this beginning, King Yu and others' ideas were opened and they also understood.

Emperor Jiajing was the cousin of Emperor Zhengde. He was originally a vassal king who was granted a title in Huguang and had no chance of being with the throne. He was only because Emperor Zhengde suddenly died in his prime and had no descendants. Because of his closest blood relationship, he was welcomed into Beijing and promoted to the emperor.

After ascending the throne, Emperor Jiajing broke out in a big ritual debate with Yang Tinghe, the leader of the court and the opposition, and then implemented a series of etiquette reforms.

"Shandai means that the name of the three halls is a continuation of the dispute over the great rituals?"

Yin Shidan asked.

Wei Guangde nodded slightly, but then shook his head and said, "It may be that I have thought too much. How can the ministers understand His Majesty's thoughts?"

To understand the saint's will, this is a difficult technical job. If you are not careful, your head will fall to the ground. As the saying goes, accompanying the king is like accompanying a tiger.

Although it was in Prince Yu's mansion, Wei Guangde did not dare to take on this relationship, although everyone was actually doing this.

In fact, in Wei Guangde's heart, it is easy to imagine that because of his origin, he wanted to start from him and make a cut with the previous dynasty, to further prove that the Ming Dynasty opened a new era from him.

But he didn't say this.

Since he felt that changing the name of the three halls was not a big deal, King Yu had no interest and said, "Since that's the case, then let's do it. Anyway, Master Gao said that he would not object."

“More than that.”

However, after he finished speaking, Wei Guangde spoke: "Your Highness, you should ask the officials to support Your Majesty. If anyone among his colleagues has objections, everyone should try their best to convince them."

"Will it be too much to do this?"

Hearing Wei Guangde's words, Tang Ruji hesitated.

"Actually, no one thinks it is a big deal to change the name of the three major halls. In order to avoid the incident causing heated controversy in the government and the public, I think it is better to support Your Majesty's decision clearly from the beginning."

Wei Guangde said bluntly.

"There must be people who oppose it. If you can convince some, you can persuade some to avoid court struggles. I think it's OK."

Zhang Juzheng's attitude was similar to Wei Guangde. Hearing him say this, he naturally supported him.

Tang Ruji was still a bit literati-like and felt that doing this was a bit flattering, but seeing that Zhang Juzheng also supported him, he stopped talking.

King Yu and Yin Shidan looked at each other, but Yin Shidan had no objection. King Yu thought for a while before saying, "Shan Dao's opinion is good, to avoid conflicts in the court. Li Fang, please remember this matter."

King Yu said this, but in fact, he ended today's conversation, asking Li Fang to convey messages to the officials who surrendered to support the name change.

"Yes, Your Highness."

Li Fang naturally understood and bowed and agreed.

"Tonight the palace holds a banquet to celebrate Shandao, and the full school officials of the Uncle University will participate in the re-recording ceremony."

Then, King Yu smiled again.

Although there has not been a formal edict yet, the edict drafted by the cabinet has been sent to the Ministry of Legal Affairs and the Six Sections and will be issued soon, and there will be no changes.

It is also a matter of course to celebrate in the royal palace.

They discussed it in Prince Yu's Mansion, and in the Ministry of Rites, there was also a lot of discussion about the name change of the three halls.

Most of the people who oppose the opposition are the doctors of the Qing Lishu, the Yuanwailang, and the Shangshu and the first-level senior officials of the Minister of State for their own career or whatever, the opposition is very small.

The discussions of the Ministry of Rites naturally spread throughout the major yamen in Beijing, and the Six Ministry, Five Temples and Second Courts became lively for a while.

Before, the Hanlin Academy was congratulating Qu Jingchun, Ding Shimei, Xu Shixing and others, especially Xu Shixing, who had just become the top scorer and received such a beautiful match.

There was nothing in the Hanlin Academy in the past. For various reasons, the emperor's record of the past did not pay attention to it at all. Even if you work hard to do it well, you will not get too many rewards, so you are naturally very jealous of the re-recording ceremony.

The Ministry of Works and Right Attendant Lu Guangxun handed the official document to Lei Li, and introduced in detail the situation he saw on the southwest river embankment of Lugou, saying: "Sir, there is a big river in the southeast of Lugou Bridge from Liyuanzhuang to Zhigu to the sea, with sand and mud silt for more than ten miles. There is a Cha River a little east from Gu'an to Zhigu to the sea. If the terrain is slightly higher, it is necessary to first dredge the river and return the water to the old road, and then build the long embankment. The breach is low and the soil floats deep and the deep flow is fast, and manpower is difficult to apply. There is an old embankment on the west bank about 800 feet long, so it is suitable to build according to the ruins."
To be continued...