Chapter 7 2. Scarlet Edict

After Zhu Di won the throne, he had to write an imperial edict and announce it to the world.Beforehand, monk Daoyan introduced Fang Xiaoru to him, and entrusted him: After you arrive in Jinling, no one can kill Fang Xiaoru. ("History of Ming Dynasty Fang Xiaoru Biography" Volume 141) Emperor Yongle nodded in agreement. Fang Xiaoru (1357-1402), a native of Ninghai, Zhejiang.He was alert and alert when he was young, with piercing eyes, and read books every day, and the number was too small.He was taught by Mencius that "Heaven will send a great mission to the people of Sri Lanka, and they must first suffer from their will, their muscles and bones, and their bodies and skins", "Trying to be sick and starving for food".The family members were very puzzled, so he explained with a smile: "The ancients lived at thirty and nine meals, and I am the only one who is poor!" The allusion of "wearing a crown" means that food and clothing are difficult to be self-sufficient.When Xiaoru grew up, he was trusted by Emperor Taizu of Ming Dynasty and Emperor Jianwen. He served as a lecturer at the Imperial Academy, gave lectures to the emperor, and participated in the drafting of confidential documents.It is said in history that "the articles are abundant and the discussions are turbulent".

After King Yan's soldiers entered Jinchuan Gate in Nanjing, Fang Xiaoru was arrested and brought to King Yan.Zhu Di ordered him to draft the succession edict.Fang Xiaoru cried out in grief, and the sound of crying shook the hall.Because of Daoyan's entrustment, Zhu Di disregarded the Ninth Five-Year Honor, stepped down from the throne, and went to Fang Xiaoru, and the monarch and his subjects had a conversation. Zhu Di said: "Sir, you don't have to ask for trouble. I want to follow Duke Zhou's example and help you become king!" Xiaoru said, "Where is King Cheng?"

Zhu Di said, "He burned himself to death!" Xiaoru said, "Why don't you become the king's son?" Zhu Di said: "His son is too young, the country needs an older monarch." Xiaoru said, "Why don't you make his younger brother?" Zhu Di said: "This is our family business!" Xiao Ru said, "I cannot draft an imperial edict!" Zhu Di said: "This document that will be announced to the world must be drafted by Mr.!" After finishing speaking, he ordered the eunuch to put the pen, ink, paper and inkstone in front of Xiaoru.

Xiaoru confronted Zhu Di directly, not only did not write, but threw the imperial pen and ink on the ground, wept and cursed, and said: "Death is death, and the edict must not be ignored!" Zhu Di was furious, and forgot (or discarded) Daoyan's entrustment, saying: "If you don't write, you are not afraid of punishing the Jiuzu?" "There are two sayings: one refers to great-grandfather, great-grandfather, grandfather, father, oneself, son, grandson, great-grandson, and great-great-grandson. Three, wives and family two. Xiao Ru said, "I can't even write about the Ten Clans!"

Zhu Di threatened to kill his younger brother.Fang Xiaoru burst into tears in the face of his younger brother Xiaoyou's imminent execution. His younger brother chanted a poem: "Brother, why bother to shed tears, and take righteousness and become benevolent here. After thousands of years of Huabiao pillars, the soul of travel still returns to the mountain." ("The Chronicle of Ming Dynasty" Volume 18) Zhu Di was furious, and ordered someone to cut Fang Xiaoru's mouth with a knife, split it to both ears, and then put him in the city, and killed his ten clans.The ten clans are clan relatives and nine clans plus students.Pity those scholars who have been involved with the Fang family, they were killed innocently, and blood stained Huangquan.According to the historical records, Xiaoru's mouth is full of desperate poems, and he goes to death with great integrity.Ni Ruixuan from the Qing Dynasty said in a poem: "Ten families are buried in Bixue District (ou), and the Qingshan protects the lonely tomb through the ages." This expresses the respect and nostalgia for Fang Xiaoru of later generations.

Fang Xiaoru didn't write the edict, but someone did.On June 17th in the fourth year of Jianwen (1402), Zhu Di announced to the world that he was the emperor in the Fengtian Hall of the Jinling Palace. The above story reflects a bloody reality: between the new aristocrats of Yongle and the old aristocrats of Jianwen, there was a cruel fight between life and death, heaven and hell-"Ming History Chronicles" records: Fang Xiaoru's party, 870 people died In the case of Zou Jin, 440 people were killed; in the prison of Lianzining, 150 people were abandoned; in the case of Chen Di's party, 180 people were guarded by sticks; people; Dong Yong was arrested, and 230 people from the in-laws were killed and garrisoned.The above 7 cases involved more than 2,200 people!Many of them were former court officials and celebrities!Historians praised them: "Loyalty and indignation are aroused, and seeing a knife sawing a cauldron is as sweet as sweetness. After a hundred generations, it will still be alive!" ("History of the Ming Dynasty" Volume 141)

As soon as the turmoil of Xiaoru's "Bloody Edict" subsided, Zhu Di's "Day Nightmare" tragedy was staged again.