The emperor died, according to the ancestral system, the emperor's burial period, there is a saying that "the Son of Heaven will be buried in seven days, and he will be buried in July". The burial period of the emperor and queen of the Ming Dynasty did not say this, only the queen has the record of Zigong citing "no more than a hundred days", the emperor only chooses auspicious and buried, long or short without customization, but Yang Rong and others feel that it is still according to the ceremonial ceremony, which was called "Yu Li" in ancient times. There are nine Yu ceremonies, one to seven on the road, and eight Yu outside the capital, all of which are presided over by funeral officials. The Jiuyu ceremony was held in the "Several Banquet Hall" of the imperial palace, and the emperor bowed in his own clothes. After the Jiuyu ceremony, the god attached himself to the temple. At this point, the funeral ended. In this way, there is enough time, and secondly, there are still a few major events that have not yet been decided, Yang Rong's mention and everyone said, Yang Pu and others immediately agreed, and Yang Rong wrote to Zhu Zhanji in the name of everyone.

Zhu Zhanji, who had just lost his father, was still grieving, thinking that his father had been the prince for 20 years, and finally ascended the throne as the emperor——?

Although his heart was sad, but his father's words, he had to hold back his grief and began to deal with state affairs, after watching Yang Rong and others, he also knew the current situation, so operating, it was indeed very beneficial to the court situation, but the emperor died, according to the ancestral system, it can be announced to the world, in this way, it is inevitable that the king of Han will know the news, and I don't know what he will do? Let him just start to deal with the affairs of the imperial court, he can't help but be a little worried, in order to stabilize the situation, this worry he doesn't dare to show too much, for fear of being seen as cowardly, his father has entrusted the country to himself, he can't live up to his father's trust, he is the prince of the dynasty, and now according to his father's edict:"

After the funeral, he was buried in seven days. The crown prince is the emperor in front of the coffin, according to the old system of the Zhou and Han dynasties, military affairs, can not be stopped, ordinary leisure affairs, and there is a division. (Note 1) He can be regarded as the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but the enthronement ceremony has not yet been held, and the world does not know it.

On Yang Rong's recital, after quickly approving his opinion, he immediately sent someone to the cabinet.

Yang Rong and the others didn't expect the prince's opinion to come so quickly, in the past, Renzong was unwell, and he sent it up, and it was inevitable to delay it for a few days, but now seeing the prince's effectiveness, he was stunned, and nodded and said: "God is really not thin on me Daming, the new emperor can be civil and martial, and he is full of vitality, which is really the blessing of my Daming?"

After reading the prince's reply to the ministers, he began to issue various orders for Renzong's funeral, and there were chamberlains in the palace who began to set up a mourning hall and arrange the palace, and the mixed hall division began to prepare mourning clothes for the emperor, and the relatives of the Ming Emperor, such as the Scarf and Hat Bureau, the Needlework Bureau, and the Inner Weaving and Dyeing Bureau, prepared funeral clothes.

Cabinet ministers, according to the size of their official positions, will take turns on duty from today, and other government offices should not delay government affairs due to the death of the emperor, and work as usual.

After issuing this order, everyone discussed the matter of the emperor's death to the world, in order to prevent the king of Han from making a move, the major yamen in the capital paid tribute on the spot, and the same was true for the vassal king, there was no need to enter Beijing, the discussion was established, and Yang Rong wrote the notice according to the meaning of several cabinet ministers, and covered it with the cabinet guard. After everyone was busy with these things, it was almost dawn, and some eunuchs had already brought meals, a few bowls of millet porridge, a few plates of chestnut cakes, and a few dishes of side dishes in the palace.

Several ministers had been busy all night, and they were already very hungry at this time, and when they saw that the meal was delivered, they immediately put down the lake pen in their hands and began to eat breakfast.

Yang Rong doesn't like millet porridge very much, but he likes chestnut cake, which is also called flower cake, which is named after a steamed Jiang rice lined with whole chestnuts.

When making zuò, the raw chestnuts are peeled and steamed and pounded into a puree, the chestnut puree is divided into three parts, spread out with one for the bottom layer, then spread a layer of Beijing cake slices, and then use one to smooth out the Beijing cake slices, and then wipe a layer of Chengsha filling, and the last part of the chestnut mud is smeared on the top layer, and the top is cut into a small water chestnut cake slices and fine green plum silk to form a pattern, and it becomes a chestnut cake with five layers of red and brown in the middle. When eating, pour the sugar juice made from white sugar and sugar osmanthus on top. The color is gorgeous, the texture is soft and delicate, sweet and delicious, Yang Rong ate three pieces, drank a big bowl of herbal tea and was full, and was about to continue to deal with the official business at hand, but saw Yang Pu a guard outside the door and said: "Lord Hongji, the house has sent some things, let the humble post bring you in?"

Yang Pu sighed, put down the millet porridge in his hand, took the burden from the guard, opened it and took out the mourning clothes from it, only to see him go to the screen behind the cabinet, change out of the official clothes on his body, and when he came out, he was already wearing a cyan mourning dress.

After breakfast, Yang Rong and Yang Pu were quite tough, stayed up all night, but nothing, Xia Yuanji, Huang Huai and others were old, some couldn't eat, Yang Rong and everyone went back to the duty room to rest, and he and Yang Pu sat in the cabinet, after Yang Pu's reminder just now, Yang Rong had ordered someone to take down the red lanterns on the doors of the various buildings in front and back of the courtyard of the cabinet, and replaced them with white gauze watermelon lamps with the word "Dien" The white gauze watermelon lantern was hung up, and the former lively cabinet courtyard immediately had a somewhat more solemn and sad atmosphere.

The guards outside the door had been ordered by Yang Rong early in the morning, and they had already worn a white shirt outside the armor, and the eunuchs and palace ladies in the palace were mostly wearing white clothes walking in the palace.

In the huge palace, there was a solemn and desolate place.

At noon, a eunuch came to the cabinet and informed the emperor that the mourning hall had been built, and invited the ministers to come and take a look.

Yang Rong woke up Xia Yuanji and the others, ate something indiscriminately, and tidied up, which was like walking in the emperor's mourning hall.

The mourning hall is set up in the main hall of the Qin'an Palace, the white lanterns in the hall are hung high, the plain curtain is white, the atmosphere is solemn and solemn, the Ministry of Rites that only learned the news early in the morning, after a period of hurry, finally came to their senses, and sorted out the etiquette after the emperor's big trip, but also worked out in time.

According to the rules set by the Ministry of Rites, there are five steps in total.

The first step is to bathe Emperor Injong's face, brace his hair (comb his hair into sideburns), change his shroud, and set up a memorial service in front of the corpse. The mortuary is set up in the Qin'an Hall where Renzong lived before his death, and only in this way is called "the end of life".

The second step is the burial: that is, Renzong is put into the coffin. In front of the coffin, there are "several feasts" (offerings with sacrificial objects such as wine and food), a soothing silk (a kind of silk fabric), and a standing inscription (like a flag, with the words "Daxing Emperor Zigong" or "Daxing Empress Zigong"). The time of the burial is generally arranged on the second day of the small burial. On this day, the heir emperor and the concubines and concubines of the deceased emperor will wear plain clothes to pay their respects. The civil and military personnel in Beijing and the women of the civil and military rank or above should wear mourning clothes for several days in a row (three days or more), in the morning or twice in the morning and evening (before the finished clothes, the civil and military officials wore plain clothes, crowned black yarn, and tied with black rhino horn belts around the waist, and after the finished clothes, they wore "chopping clothes", that is, a kind of filial piety clothes made of coarse cloth without seizing the edges), and wept outside the palace from the Xihua Gate to the Sishan Gate (the door of the courtyard of the Renzhi Palace).

The third step is to hear the funeral, that is, from the day of Renzong's death, the temples in the capital will each strike the bell 30,000 pestles, and the emperor and queen who died on behalf of him will "benefit the underworld". Slaughter was forbidden in the capital for 13 days. Princes, county kings, princesses, princesses, county princesses, county lords and civil and military officials who were divided into foreign places all wept and mourned in the local palace, and did not have to return to the capital to mourn.

The fourth step is to respect the emperor, this is after the funeral, according to the emperor's posthumous photo, the prince must be persuaded by the ministers to choose a day to ascend to the pole. After the new emperor ascended the throne, in addition to promulgating the edict of enthronement, he should start to pay homage to the late emperor and the queen. Because the late emperor and the descendants were the lords of a country during their lifetimes, and their status was supreme, they had to play the banner of "God-given" when they went to the court, that is, they were given by God, which was called "autumn and confession". The etiquette of the Emperor is also extremely complicated, first by the civil and military ministers to discuss, draft the "Supreme Proposal", after the emperor personally Xuanzhi Gate approved, by the Hanlin Yuan official to write the official text. Then, the emperor himself performed the ritual and placed the book treasure in several banquet halls.

The sixth step of the Zigong Introduction: Folk commonly known as "funeral", that is, the coffin of the emperor and the queen is buried in the cemetery from the palace. During the burial period of ancient emperors, there was a saying that "the Son of Heaven was buried in seven days and buried in July". The burial period of the emperor and queen of the Ming Dynasty did not say this, only the queen has the record of Zigong citing "no more than a hundred days", and the emperor only chose auspicious burial, or long or short without customization. For example, Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, was buried in the filial piety tomb seven days after his death, and Guangzong stopped worshipping after his death, which was called "Yu Li" in ancient times. There are nine Yu ceremonies, one to seven on the road, and eight Yu outside the capital, all of which are presided over by funeral officials. The Jiuyu ceremony was held in the "Several Banquet Hall" of the imperial palace, and the emperor bowed in his own clothes. After the Jiuyu ceremony, the god attached himself to the temple. At this point, the funeral ended.

These are just the Ministry of Rites hastily drawn up the funeral system, if you want to specify in detail, these procedures are only easy to say, when you really want to do it, it will be troublesome to die, finally before the emperor died, left a word, the funeral is simple, in this way, there are these six steps are enough to deal with.

Yang Rong and the others had already attended the emperor's funeral once, and they knew a little bit about these similar rules, so they were not worried about any chaos.

Note: It means that after I die, I can stop for seven days before I can go out for funeral. Therefore, according to the practice of the Zhou Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, the crown prince can be enthroned in front of my coffin, and military affairs must be handled in person, and ordinary affairs are only responsible for the departments.

It can be seen from here that the emperor will not drop out of the dynasty after his death, and it is very likely that the old emperor will die and the new emperor will ascend the throne.

The etiquette of the Ming Dynasty should also be implemented in accordance with this.

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