Yongle Emperor's grandson: Zhu Yuanzhang with cheats, Zhu Di went crazy

Chapter 83 A unique imperial decree! (Subscribe)

"Look, there is indeed a corner missing."

"According to legend, Wang Mang wanted to ask Empress Dowager Xiaoyuan for the imperial seal. Empress Dowager Xiaoyuan was angry because of the Wang family's disloyalty, so she hit Wang Mang with the seal, and it fell and broke a corner. Later, she used gold to repair it."

Under the old man's vigilant gaze, a great scholar talked freely, pinching his beard with his hand.

Of course, he didn't dare to use his fingers. If he dared to use his fingers, the old man would definitely bend his fingers.

This is a national treasure. If you touch it carelessly, it could be fatal.

While the great scholar was narrating, officials from the Hanlin Academy were rummaging through a pile of books, trying to confirm the authenticity of this thing from historical materials.

"Your Highness, please take up the sacred vessel and allow us to have a closer look."

The Minister of Rites Zhao Xian wanted to check the other side, but he didn't dare to touch it. He didn't dare to ask the old man. He turned his eyes to Zhu Zhanjun, who was listening to their stories boredly.

Zhu Zhanjun glanced at the old man, who nodded slightly.

This thing was brought by Zhu Zhanjun. God knows how long he had been playing with it that night. Now that he had played with it, it might as well be touched.

Under the envious and jealous gazes of everyone, Zhu Zhanjun carefully held up the imperial seal.

He didn't really care about this stuff, but if he was too casual in front of so many people, people would take the opportunity to talk about him.

"Your Highness, move a little over here and turn over. That's right, that's right."

Under the guidance of everyone, Zhu Zhanjun turned the jade seal in his hand almost all the way.

After an hour-long discussion and various dialectics, everyone finally came to a happy conclusion.

This jade seal is the imperial seal that was made by the First Emperor and written by Li Si himself.

"I congratulate Your Majesty."

After the appraisal, everyone congratulated the old man.

A satisfied smile appeared on the old man's face.

He knew clearly in his mind that the ministers' congratulations were not congratulations on him receiving the imperial seal, but recognition of his identity and heritage.

"Someone, take the Holy Book."

The old man stood up and shouted loudly, and the little snotty boy came over with the imperial edict in his hand and unfolded it on the altar.

The old man said to Zhao Xian and the others, "Since you are all here, let's apply for visas together."

"Yes."

No one thought much about it, thinking that the old man was planning to use this first imperial edict with the imperial seal to announce the good news to the world, thereby proving his legitimacy and striking a blow to Emperor Jianwen, who was either dead or hiding somewhere, and his remaining factions.

The heads of each department came forward one by one, signed their names in the corresponding positions, and stamped the department seals they carried with them.

After everyone had finished writing and stamped their official seal, the old man picked up the cinnabar brush and started writing with ink.

After finishing writing, he nodded with satisfaction, grabbed the imperial seal with both hands, pressed the ink on it, and stamped it heavily on the imperial edict.

"Declare the decree."

The old man pointed at Zhu Zhanjun.

Zhu Zhanjun glanced at Fat Dad and saw him nod slightly. Then he stepped forward, picked up the rolled-up imperial edict, and stood behind the altar.

"Your subjects are listening respectfully to the Holy Word!"

Led by Father Zhu Pangpang, all the civil and military officials knelt in front of the altar and waited quietly.

Zhu Zhanjun cleared his throat, unfolded the imperial edict in his hand, his eyes widened instantly, and he looked back at the old man. Seeing him nod, he gritted his teeth and read aloud:

"By the providence of Heaven, the Emperor proclaims:"

After reading the beginning aloud, Zhu Zhanjun fell silent.

The ministers kneeling below listening to the imperial edict were all confused as to why the edict stopped at the beginning.

But Zhu Zhanjun hadn't finished reading, and no one dared to stand up. They could only kneel on the ground and wait.

After a long while, Zhu Zhanjun finally spoke slowly, "Announce it to the world, so that everyone can hear it!"

Everyone was confused and thought they were deaf and did not hear what Zhu Zhanjun said in the middle.

The Minister of Rites, Zhao Xian, nudged the Minister of Personnel, Jian Yi, who was standing beside him.

Jian Yi also looked at him blankly, indicating that he didn't hear what was said in the middle either.

The other ministers did the same. They lowered their heads and looked around, trying to confirm whether others had heard what was said.

The responses I got were all "I didn't hear it".

"Everyone, what are you waiting for? It's gone."

After Zhu Zhanjun finished reading, he saw that everyone looked confused, so he gave a helpless reminder.

In fact, let alone the civil and military officials, he was also confused now, because apart from the signatures of the officials, which were the words he read out, there was really nothing else, and there was a large blank space in the middle.

He was silent just now because he was thinking about whether he should add something.

However, Zhu Biao refused with a smile and told him not to add anything, to remain silent for a while and then finish reading the rest.

"minister……"

As a representative, the Minister of Rites Zhao Xian had just started the discussion, but the rest of the group didn't know what to say. Was this a reward or an imperial edict? How should they respond?

Finally, after holding it in for a long time, he kowtowed and shouted, "Your Highness, I accept your order."

The other ministers were also confused and kowtowed to accept the order.

After serving as officials for so many years, this was the first time they had heard of an imperial edict with a complete beginning and end and no middle.

If the old man had not been sitting there, and they had not seen him write with their own eyes, and if the old man had not said anything, they would have suspected the second prince, thinking that the content in the letter was unfavorable to him and had deliberately not read it.

After everyone stood up, Zhao Xian could no longer hold back and said, "Your Majesty, can you let me read the imperial edict?"

He was really curious. What was written on it?

In addition, as the Minister of Rites, you also need to understand the above contents clearly.

"Don't read it. Apart from the beginning and the end, I didn't write a single word."

The old man gave the answer directly.

The old man's answer made everyone even more confused.

If there is not a single word written on it, how can it be called an imperial edict?

Could it be that Your Majesty intends to have the Hanlin Academy write for you?
But this is not right. If the Hanlin Academy had been asked to write it, it would not have been read out now.

You have to know that this is an imperial edict. Once it is read out, its legitimacy will be completely certified.

There are also signatures and official seals of various ministries on it. Oh, yes, there is also the Imperial Seal. It is the first imperial edict in the Ming Dynasty to be printed with the Imperial Seal, and its significance is extraordinary.

"His Majesty,……"

Zhao Xian took a step forward, wanting to ask for clarification, but the old man waved his hand again, stood up and walked to Zhu Zhanjun, took the imperial edict from Zhu Zhanjun's hand, and said as he rolled it up:

"The second grandson, Zhu Zhanjun, has made an invaluable contribution to the Ming Dynasty in bringing back the holy relic. Such a great contribution must be rewarded."

"But after thinking for a while, I still don't know what reward I should give to be worthy of such a contribution."

"So I decided to give him a blank imperial edict and let him make the decision himself."

"Now and in the future, no matter what the Second Grandson writes on this imperial edict, the imperial court and all the foreign countries in the world must approve it."

"Boom!"

The old man's out-of-this-world idea shocked everyone present.

Can this reward be played like this?
No, you can't play it like this.

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely unacceptable. Please think twice!"

It was Old Zhao who jumped out first, and he knelt on the ground and protested loudly.

Jian Yi, Jin Zhong, including Xia Yuanji, all the heads of various departments knelt down in front of the old man one by one.

Giving him fiefdoms, money, military power, and even making him the crown prince, were all acceptable, but they would never agree to the old man's decision.

Zhu Pangpang, who had just gotten up, looked at the civil and military officials kneeling on the ground, then looked at the old man with anger in his eyes. He was silent for a moment, came to the front, and knelt down silently.

"Your Majesty, please think again!"

When they saw that the prince had also stood on their side, all the ministers were instantly shocked and shouted in unison, asking the old man to retract the imperial edict.

Faced with the collective opposition of the officials, the old man did not get furious as expected, but just looked at them calmly.

He pulled Zhu Zhanjun and turned around and walked towards the back hall.

The ministers felt sad for a while, but they became more determined.

At this time, the old man suddenly came back.

Everyone's eyes lit up, thinking that the old man had figured it out.

As a result, the old man didn't even look at them. He asked Zhu Zhanjun to hold the box. He put the imperial seal into the box, turned around and left.

The grandfather and grandson returned to the study, and the old man sat down on the chair.

Zhu Zhanjun placed the imperial seal and edict on the desk, ran to the old man, and helped him take off his boots.

"Little guy, do you understand?"

The old man closed his eyes and spoke slowly while enjoying his grandson's service.

Zhu Zhanjun, who was helping the old man relax his feet, nodded and said, "The imperial seal has returned to its place, and the Ming Dynasty has been recognized by heaven and earth. Grandpa's move is to show the world that the emperor's power is irreversible."

"The nobles opposed it because they sensed fear."

"This is a confrontation between the imperial power and the scholars of the world."

"If Grandpa Emperor takes back this imperial decree, then the arrival of this imperial seal will be meaningless."

"Hahaha……"

The old man laughed with satisfaction: "That's right, since the Song Dynasty, these literati and scholars have been accustomed to ruling the world together with the emperor."

The old man stopped smiling, and the coldness in his eyes grew stronger and stronger: "But as time went on, they really thought that the world belonged to them, and the king's power became a toy in their hands."

"Today, the Imperial Seal is returned. Grandpa will use this opportunity to make them understand the truth of who owns this world."

(End of this chapter)