For Blessings and Propaganda:on the"Qindianjuanji"Stele Set up in Leizu Temple of Guangdong
Leizu Temple(Ancestral Temple of Thunder)set up a stele titled"Qindianjuanji"(En-graving Record of an Imperial Ceremony)in September of the 31st year of Jiajing reign.The inscription is in Emperor Jiajing's concubine Du's tone,praying for her own son,King Yu.However,it is obviously in-consistent with the historical facts that Du is called"Imperial Concubine"and King Yu is called"Crown Prince".After textual research,Du's final title was only"Concubine Kang"and King Yu was never estab-lished as"Crown Prince".During the Jiajing period,the God of Thunder was worshiped in the palace,so an official of Zhengyi Taoism Mansion was sent to Leizu Temple to pray for the blessings of King Yu.The civil and military officials of Leizhou prefecture took the opportunity to sensationalize that King Yu would succeed to the throne,showing that King Yu's succession was a common option among courtiers and grass-roots officials.The inscriptions reflect the willingness of Leizhou's mobile civil servants and hereditary mi-litary officials to jointly strive for social resources.
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