As the sound of the whip sounded, in front of the Huangji Gate of the Forbidden City in Nanjing, a great court meeting finally ushered in after many years!

Due to the construction of Laoshan Palace and Pukou City, the capital of the Ming Empire has actually been moved from Nanjing City to Laoshan Pukou in the north of the Yangtze River. Therefore, the imperial city in Nanjing City has been vacant and became an idle palace. However,

Because the Ming Dynasty royal family under the leadership of Zhu Cixiang was extremely wealthy and spent money very efficiently, they continued to maintain and repair the imperial city.

Under the auspices of the Royal Chamber of Commerce, the Nanjing Imperial City overhaul project, which took more than ten years, was completed in the 26th year of Hongxing's reign. It is said to be an overhaul, but in fact it is almost a reconstruction.

First of all, the buildings on the periphery of the imperial city, that is, the large number of houses outside Chengtian Gate that originally belonged to various government offices such as the Six Ministries, Nine Ministers, and the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, were demolished, freeing up a large area of ​​land. This is the gold in the center of Nanjing.

What a location! It is separated from the most prosperous Qinhuai River area by an inner moat. According to Emperor Zhu's arrangement, this land will be used to build residences and shops, and eventually become a new commercial district! And the owner of this land,

Of course it’s the Ming Dynasty Royal Chamber of Commerce!

Secondly, all the buildings within the Imperial City and outside the Forbidden City were also demolished and rebuilt. Except for the Imperial Ancestral Temple and the Taishe Ji Temple, which were rebuilt in their old places. They originally belonged to the Inner Palace Supervisors, the Inner Palace Army, the Right Guards of Yulin, and the Left Guards of Yulin.

The land of the Nanjing Guard Eunuch's Mansion and the Nanjing East Factory were all allocated to the Cabinet Office and the Generalissimo's Mansion. This was used to replace the land outside the imperial city that originally belonged to the two mansions. However, the two mansions did not build too many buildings within the imperial city.

, they just built a few rows of bungalows for backup.

Thirdly, all the buildings in the Forbidden City were also overhauled or rebuilt. Among them, the three main halls belonging to the front part were all overhauled, while all the buildings in the harem were demolished, and then planned construction was carried out again. Gardens were repaired and digging

The pond was filled with rockeries, turning it into a royal garden.

The newly renovated Imperial City of Nanjing is vacant for most of the year. It is only used for a period of time around the New Year's Eve every year. When the worship of heaven and earth and the memorial to Xiaoling are completed, the Imperial City of Nanjing will

will be closed.

However, on the second day of February in the 30th year of Hongxing, the first month had clearly passed, and Emperor Zhu had already returned to Laoshan with his court. However, the civil and military officials received the news that day that a grand ceremony would be held in the Imperial City of Nanjing on February 4th.

There is a court meeting, and there is important news to be announced!

Over the years, the Ming court has announced major news from time to time, most of which are good news, but it has never been the same as this time. It cannot be announced at Laoshan Palace, but has to go to the Imperial City of Nanjing to announce it.

It seems that the news to be announced this time is extraordinary!

Moreover, some of the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty already knew what was going on! And those officials who were not very confidential could vaguely guess some of the news to be announced today, which must be extraordinary good news!

Most likely the peaceful and prosperous days of the Ming Dynasty are back!

For people who are suffering from chaos, peace is definitely the word that they yearn for the most.

They are the ones who can truly understand what it means to be a peace dog rather than a person in troubled times.

On the fourth day of February, when the sky was still dark, there were strings of carriages and horses outside Chengtian Gate, dotted with white lanterns, neatly dressed civil and military officials, and all the important officials from the three government offices (Cabinet Office, Generalissimo's Office, and Uijeongbu).

Gather together and wait for the official meeting.

The officials who entered the square outside the Huangji Palace, led by the honor guard of the armored bodyguards, were all beaming with joy and were particularly energetic. Although they all got up before dawn, they were not tired at all.

This is really how people feel refreshed during happy events!

"His Majesty the Emperor has arrived! His Majesty the Emperor has arrived!" As the loud voice of the edict rang out, the officials standing in the square outside Huangji Gate hurriedly bowed and saluted, shouting long live the mountain.

Then I heard the resounding voice of Emperor Zhu Cixiang of the Ming Dynasty: "Pingshen, Pingshen!"

Everyone straightened up and looked up. They saw Zhu Cixiang in court uniform. On the throne on the white marble platform outside the Huangji Gate, there was another chair beside him, with the 66-year-old Emperor sitting on it.

Zhu Youjian. Zhu Cihong and Zhu Youjian, the father and son, were all smiling today, and their faces were almost shining. When he saw the ministers bowing and bowing, Zhu Cihong smiled and said, "I invite you all to come to the Forbidden City today."

We came to the court to announce a major event that will be celebrated by the whole world. The night before yesterday, the urgent military report from 600 miles in front of the Yunnan Army delivered the good news that we had been waiting for for a long time! Hanlong Pass was destroyed by us on the twelfth day of the first lunar month.

Recovered!

At this point, the ancestral lands of the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty are all under the control of the Ming Dynasty! Our country, the Ming Dynasty, has been reunited!"

"I would like to congratulate the Ming Dynasty, His Majesty the Emperor, His Majesty the Supreme Emperor!"

The ministers cheered again!

Zhu Cixiang raised his hand, and the cheers below quickly stopped.

Zhu Cixiang's voice rose again, "Thanks to the blessings of our ancestors and the hard work of all the ministers and frontline soldiers, our Ming Dynasty has been prosperous and prosperous in recent years.

.No one from Zhenguan or Kaiyuan can compare with us! You are all contributors to the prosperous Ming Dynasty, and the soldiers have also made contributions and worked hard. I should not be stingy with rewards. As for the soldiers who are not involved in the king's affairs, not only should they be generously cared for

, you must also enter the shrine to worship the loyal saints and sages, and never forget their merits from generation to generation."

His tone at the beginning was brisk, almost as if he was laughing, but later on, his tone became a little more serious: "If Mencius says it, he will be helpless when he enters, and when he goes out, he will be invincible to foreign patients, and the country will perish!"

Although our Ming Dynasty is already in a prosperous age now, it is definitely not a peaceful and prosperous age, and there will never be a peaceful and prosperous age!

Because in today's world, great powers are rising together, and outside of the Celestial Empire, all are enemies and foreign troubles! Seeking for peace can only bring temporary comfort, and it is impossible to maintain a prosperous age for a long time. If you want to keep the flag of the sun and moon from falling, you want to make the Ming Dynasty prosperous.

No more, we can only stay on the sidelines and not seek peace! "Sima Law" says that no matter how big the country is, if it is warlike, it will perish; no matter how peaceful the world is, if it forgets to fight, it will be in danger. But in my opinion, being warlike is always better than forgetting to fight! Being warlike is not necessarily the case.

If you forget to fight, you will be in danger!

With the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, those who are eager to fight will have to fight far away! If they forget to fight, enemies from far away will approach step by step, which will definitely endanger the mainland in the future.

Therefore, although our Ming Dynasty has unification and prosperous times today, there is no peace! From now on, the descendants of our Ming Dynasty cannot talk about peace and forget about war! This is the ancestral method that I want to pass on to future generations!"

There is no more peace and prosperity; there is only prosperity, no peace!

However, the civil and military officials present will not be disappointed. Most of them have never seen peace and grew up in troubled times and strife.

If it were really peaceful, they would definitely not be used to it.

Moreover, they have all heard the old saying that when a high bird dies, a good bow is hidden; when a cunning rabbit dies, a lackey will be cooked; when an enemy's country is destroyed, his advisers perish!

Although the world is now unified and the Ming Dynasty is extremely prosperous, the enemy country has not been broken!

In the southwest there is the Dashun Empire of India, in the northwest there is the Rakshasa Kingdom, the Republic of Siberia, the Kazakh Khanate, etc., and in the west there is the extremely powerful Roman State.

Everyone still needs to work hard, Ming Dynasty still needs big guys!

Emperor Chongzhen, who was sitting next to Zhu Cixiang and "study", nodded slightly and learned the trick again today!

Taiping is not a good place!

When there is peace, there will be ease, dullness, and weakness.

Therefore, the country needs enemies, and the Ming Dynasty also needs enemies. If there is really no enemy, just create one!
Chapter completed!