Chapter 31 Chapter 31 Long Live My Emperor
The golden-yellow glazed tiles of the Daming Palace are more shining and shining under the sunlight, showing the aura of supremacy and supremacy; Created a luxurious and wealthy atmosphere, and cooperated with the people who were active in the palace, and became the number one place in the world.
These people who are active in it, although they have different appearances, wear the same costumes, dragon robes and crowns, jade enclosures and black shoes, like uniforms; their identities are Taizu, Chengzu, Renzong, Xuanzong, Yingzong, Xianzong, Xiaozong, Wuzong, Sejong, Muzong, Shenzong and Guangzong of the previous generation lined up and sat upright, showing the inheritance that lasted for more than two hundred years.
And because of the inheritance of blood, these tall, short, fat and thin people with different face shapes and eyebrows all have a more or less similar look, as if they are connected with an uncut umbilical cord—although the real person is dead, But the puppets made by Emperor Tianqi himself are so lifelike that they only have a breath and invisible life less than real people, so they also reveal this inheritance.
Although these are just puppets, the Daming Palace they live in is only made of wood carvings. The glazed tiles on the roof are a thousand times smaller than the real tiles, and the sunlight reflected on them is just a ray of light penetrating through the window lattice. Like the original Daming Palace, they live in the real Daming Palace—these puppets stare fixedly at the magnificent surroundings, and most directly face the last generation of the Ming Dynasty: the descendants of the descendants of the generation, Emperor Tianqi Zhu Youxiao.
"The Ming Dynasty will end in the hands of the descendants of the 'You' generation—" But the puppets were speechless, unable to utter this verse that had surfaced in reality and was a foregone conclusion; none of these The ancestors of the soul can only watch the Emperor Tianqi bury his head in the carpentry day and night.
The most remarkable work he expected in his life was finally completed. This work is like a court history of the Ming Dynasty, which completely presents the appearance of "ancestors and clans". Every emperor except himself follows him. The hand comes to life; he certainly considers this work his most important masterpiece.When he finished the work, he took the portraits and compared them one by one with these puppets—in fact, during the completion of the whole work, he was already familiar with his ancestors from generation to generation. Just for the sake of prudence - and the conclusion is of course "there is no mistake", he was so excited and moved, and then he bowed to the puppets, and finally sat in meditation facing the puppets.
However, he did not find a single omission in this work from the beginning to the end—he forgot himself and his younger brother Zhu Youjian, and did not make these two people into puppets; whole.
This may be because he lacks the wisdom to predict the future, or it may be because he forgets himself completely in the process of creation.
He hadn't taken a selfie in the mirror for many days, and in fact, even if he saw himself in the mirror, he would mistakenly think that it was his dead father, Emperor Guangzong.
Originally, his appearance was somewhat similar to that of Emperor Guangzong, but not morbidly thin and slightly plump like Emperor Guangzong; but, in the process of making this work, he devoted himself wholeheartedly and forgot to sleep and eat. As a result, he became thinner and thinner day by day, and he lost his shape unconsciously, resembling the appearance of Emperor Guangzong before his death.
In particular, his decrepit complexion was like ashes, and it was even more similar. Many palace people who were left behind from the previous dynasty were secretly shocked, but no one dared to speak out and give advice in front of him who didn't know it.
In essence, his status in the Daming Palace is no different from that of "Emperor Guangzong"; a puppet, a portrait, exists in form but has no life, no soul; as far as he is concerned, he does not actually live in Daming Instead of living in the imperial palace, he lives in the world of his woodwork art; in the spiritual realm, at the age of twenty-two, he has a complete extraterrestrial world alone.
Wei Zhongxian is the owner of the Daming Palace.
Although he is still "nine thousand years old" in name, and even though he is still an incomplete eunuch who is physically irreparable - Wei Zhongxian's power is not only the number one in the world today, surpassing Emperor Tianqi, but also surpassing the emperors of all dynasties since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Become the first person in the two hundred years since the founding of the country.
His ancestral temples have been spread all over the world—the magistrates in no place dare not build them for him—the ancestral halls are beautifully built, and his portrait is enshrined in them, and the incense burns all day long, surpassing any other temple in the country , as if declaring that he is the first living saint and living god who has been widely respected by the whole people throughout the ages, so he has such a way of worship that has never been done before, and there will never be another person in the world. The whole country widely builds a shrine!
There was not a single person listed in Donglin left, and he believed that there was no one in the world who would disapprove of him in the slightest.
And although he couldn't change the fact that he was a "eunuch who never had sons or grandsons", he found Wei Liangqing, his nephew who always listened to him the most, as his son, and conferred the title of "Marquis of Suning", and soon he was promoted to "Marquis of Suning". Ning Guogong"; there were too many courtiers who volunteered to be his adoptive sons and grandsons, so he valued gifts and personally selected "ten children" and "forty grandsons" to " Cheng Huan's knees"; various titles are also given to the party members of the sect. Cui Chengxiu, Tian Ji, Wu Chunfu, Li Jilong, and Ni Wenhuan, who were the chief counselors of civil servants, are known as the "Five Tigers", and Tian Ergeng, Xu Xianchun, Sun Yunhe, and Yang Huan, who were killed by military officials , Cui Yingyuan are known as the "Five Biao"; Zhou Yingqiu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Cao Qincheng, the great servant, and others are known as the "Ten Dogs"; Of course, the people were overjoyed to offer generous gifts again, and then they also reaped the benefits-not only these people were promoted to ranks, but even their relatives and friends also entered the eunuch party and were rewarded with official positions. Everyone is happy In a group, the government will become even more corrupt.
The white-boot captains have become a group of villains who specialize in making things out of nothing, arbitrarily domineering, and committing crimes-there is no objection in the world, so they have nothing to do, they can only "find in the eggs". "Bones" like to arrest some people who are "disrespectful to nine thousand years old" and torture them to show that they are working hard; for example, Hu Shirong of Jizhou Road did not have a good life to write the essay on building temples, and Geng Ruqi of Zunhua Road entered Wei Zhongxian's ancestral hall Those who did not kneel down were caught and imprisoned after they found out everything, and sentenced to death after being tortured.
The number of eunuchs sent to various important military towns to supervise the army began to increase significantly—the example of going to Liaodong to supervise the army brought a new enlightenment to Wei Zhongxian: "Military power in the whole country must be firmly grasped. The local commander-in-chief is the best, if not, I will replace my own troops to be the commander-in-chief!"
Thus, he began to control the army—from the palace as the center, to the cabinet, the six ministries, and even the local governors, governors, prefectures and counties, and the army in every place, all fell under his control.
Every day, he receives eunuchs of all sizes in the imperial palace and civil and military officials in the imperial court, who sing praises to him in unison: "The nine-thousand-year-old sage is holy in the sky, the nine-thousand-year-old virtue, the virtue is universal——the nine-thousand-year-old man The age is tall, the first in the past—"
The master of the Ming Dynasty has long been changed from "Zhu Tianzi" to "Wei Tianzi", but the life expectancy is running out.
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