Chapter 114 Chapter 1 The Strongman Dies

Zhu Yuanzhang is a workaholic and rarely entertains and rests. After more than 20 years of "cutting, chopping, painting and whitewashing", the appearance of the building under the Great Tomorrow is finally close to Zhu Yuanzhang's blueprint: the world is peaceful, the four directions are stable, the people's livelihood is restored, and the foundation is stable.The main enemy, Mongolia, has been suppressed in a corner, the powerful and powerful clans in the world who have the strength to challenge the imperial power have been eliminated, the economy has recovered rapidly, and the society has become increasingly stable.

In the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu (AD 1393), the Ministry of Household Affairs submitted the latest statistics. The country's cultivated land area reached more than 8.5 million hectares, which was the highest number of cultivated land in the Northern Song Dynasty recorded in historical records (Song Zhenzong Tianxi five years, 5.24 million hectares), an increase of 3.26 million hectares.The population of the whole country is 60.54 million, surpassing the highest population figure of the Yuan Dynasty recorded in "Yuan Shizu" (59.84 million in the 28th year of Yuan Shizu to Yuan Dynasty).The country's land tax income is only one item of rice and wheat, which is as much as 32.78 million shi, which is nearly twice the annual income of the Yuan Dynasty's 11.11 million shi.

The price of these statistics is that Zhu Yuanzhang’s super brain has been overloaded for many years, and the uninterrupted intense work continues to consume Zhu Yuanzhang’s health, and two relatives died in his later years, which dealt a major blow to Zhu Yuanzhang’s spirit: Hongwu fifteen years At the age of 51, Empress Ma died of illness, and Zhu Yuanzhang was very sad.The bigger blow was the death of Zhu Biao in the 25th year of Hongwu.The sixty-five-year-old emperor was like a corner of the sky collapsing, his spirit almost collapsed.According to historical records, on the third day after Zhu Biao's death, Zhu Yuanzhang "went to the east corner gate and called the courtiers to say: 'I am old! The prince is unfortunate, so he is here, and he is destined!' Because of this, he cried a lot."

In the second year, Zhu Yuanzhang suffered from a serious illness. Although he was rescued from the death line, he was "wounded by illness" and his health was not as good as before.On the eighth day of May in the 31st year of Hongwu, the 71-year-old Zhu Yuanzhang fell ill again.He was so strong all his life, but he still barely supported his sick body at the beginning, "I will make a decision every day, and I will be as tireless as usual", thinking that I can survive it, and I don't want to use various treatments, but my condition has never improved.After moving along for more than a month, on the tenth day of the fifth lunar month, I stopped breathing on the couch in the West Palace.On the day of his death, he issued the will that had been prepared long ago:

I have been ordered by the emperor to take a great responsibility in the world, to prevent disasters and chaos, to stop the army, and to live in the city and the people.I would like to caress and control it to fulfill the destiny. Today, thirty years ago, I have been worrying about dangers and concentrating on it, working hard every day, and focusing on benefiting the people. But he started from humble beginnings, without the broad wisdom of the ancients, likes good and hates evil, not so much.Seventy one this year, my muscles are weakening.Fear day and night, fear endless.Now that I have learned the principle of nature in all things, I mourn the emperor's grandson Yun, who is a benevolent and filial friend, and the world is at heart.Chinese and foreign civil and military ministers and bureaucrats work together to assist and bless our people.The rites of the funeral are the same as those in the Chinese language.Announce the world, so that I know what I mean.For this reason, the mountains and rivers of Xiaoling Mausoleum should not be changed.

On the seventh day after Zhu Yuanzhang's death, Zhu Yunwen, the grandson of the emperor, ascended the throne and buried Zhu Yuanzhang in Xiaoling. The posthumous title was "Emperor Gao" and the temple name was "Taizu".In the first year of Yongle (1403 A.D.), Zhu Di, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was given the posthumous title of "Holy God, Wenwu, Qinming, Qiyun, Junde, and successfully ruled the world, the great filial piety and high emperor".In the seventeenth year of Jiajing (AD 1538), Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty changed his posthumous posthumous title to "the emperor who opened the sky and walked the way, set up the great sage, the supreme god, the benevolent, the righteous, the Wu Junde and the successful high emperor".