Chapter 318: National Funeral
Emperor Yuanwu lasted for an extra month, but after all, he still couldn't withstand the call of death, and after leaving a will and an edict to pass on, he died suddenly. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Before he died, he returned to the light and chatted with King Rui calmly for a while.
The last thing he asked King Rui was whether he felt that he was incompetent as a monarch.
King Rui calmly replied to him, "To your sons, you are the king first, and then the father. The sons and sons are you, first the monarch and the minister, and then the father and son. You are a gentleman, and you are naturally competent. ā
Emperor Yuanwu thought about it himself, maybe he figured out the joints, and after a long sigh, he died regretfully.
At that time, the concubines knelt in the hall, the courtiers knelt outside the hall, and after the imperial doctor choked up and said, "Your Majesty has gone", the continuous howls rang out.
The ministers outside the palace waited for King Rui to come out of the palace, and immediately bowed their heads and paid homage to the new emperor.
The grief on King Rui's face was also faint, and after calling Ping, the minister of the Xuanli Department discussed the funeral of Emperor Yuanwu and the enthronement of the new emperor.
National filial piety should also start from this day. The people are not allowed to marry, they are not allowed to hold large feasts, they must avoid festive colors such as red, and they must not show joy.
This time lasts for three months.
Within a month of Emperor Yuanwu's death, King Rui needed to perform the enthronement ceremony.
At this time, the Ministry of Rites and the Department of Internal Affairs began to rush to make the emperor's dragon robe, and in addition, the masters in the Ruiwang Mansion also had to move to the palace one after another.
Emperor Yuanwu died, and the ministers and magnates were secretly planning to send their daughters to the palace to the new emperor.
King Rui is not dedicated, but he respects his wife very much, but there are too few women in King Rui's backyard, and the harem grade is not satisfied.
The ministers thought they needed to strike first.
While the palace is busy in an orderly manner, the former Marquis of Anyuan's Mansion and now the Anyuan Bo's Mansion are also busy.
Xiao Han invited the old lady out, posted the news of His Majesty's death in her ear, and said that her grandson-in-law succeeded to the throne as the emperor, and Mu Zhi was the queen if nothing else.
The old lady was behind her ears, and Xiao Han didn't dare to speak loudly, so as not to cause extraneous branches, so she said it several times before the old lady heard it all.
The old lady was still calm, and nodded when she heard the words: "What should you do, don't get carried away and let people look at you and say that you are frivolous." ā
Xiao Han suppressed the smile at the corner of his mouth and nodded again and again.
Yes, she will be the emperor's mother-in-law and the queen's mother-in-law in the future, how can she not be happy?
But Xiao Han also knows what time it is, the new emperor has not yet performed the enthronement ceremony, and has not yet canonized the queen, if she shows a little smugness, it will inevitably make Mu Zhi's face dull, and it will also make King Rui dissatisfied with Mu Zhizhi.
Xiao Han restrained the people in the mansion and did not allow them to show the slightest insolence. Once they are found or denounced, they will be sold far away.
It was rare for Xiao Han to use such iron-blooded methods, and after catching a few typical examples, the mansion suddenly quieted down.
Princess Rui also paid attention to her mother's actions, and when she saw that her mother's family was so knowledgeable, she was also relieved.
The enthronement ceremony prepared by the Ministry of Rites was successfully held, and the year name was Taichang, and this year was set as the first year of Taichang.
Then, as usual, the harem must be canonized.
Concubine Xian is naturally the queen mother, and Chang Muzhi is undoubtedly canonized as the queen. The other three concubines of King Rui, the niece of Concubine Xian's mother was named a concubine, and the other two were given a concubine.
In addition, the new emperor has no more women to seal.
From ancient times to the present, this new emperor is probably the most pure-hearted, worthy of only four women to serve......
Compared with him, the number of concubines in the harem of the first emperor can be regarded as huge. If he has a son, he will move outside the palace with his son and live with him. Those who do not have sons will either move to the palace or move to the royal family temple.
The new emperor did not hesitate to hold the title, and almost all of the concubines of the first emperor entered the first level.
But so what? Those who have sons still have some hope, and those who do not have sons, who are still young, can only spend the rest of their lives in the palace walls or temples.
The noble concubine Niangniang got the title of benevolent concubine, and left the palace with some sentimentality.
Liu Tong and Chang Runzhi took her to the new Rongjun Palace, and Chang Runzhi had already let people clean the courtyard she had chosen, just waiting for her to go in and live.
As soon as the first emperor died, the concubine seemed to be a few years older, and the grace on her face was a little less, but a little more haggard.
Chang Runzhi said softly: "Mother, the yard has been cleaned up, and the things you want to buy have also been added." You live for a while, and if you feel that there is something inappropriate, I will ask someone to change it for you. ā
The noble concubine nodded, took Chang Runzhi's hand and said, "Good boy, hard work." ā
"The mother concubine is polite, this is what the son should do." Chang Runzhi helped the concubine, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law went to the courtyard while talking, and the concubine also asked about Chang Runzhi's body with concern.
"It's a bit of a loss, but it's fine now." Chang Runzhi said with a smile: "The imperial doctor said that I sat well in confinement, and if I recuperate for a few more years, my body and bones will be fine." ā
"That's good." The concubine said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about the children, you have two sons, teach them well, and your blessings can't be broken." ā
Chang Runzhi smiled as it should be.
Ling'er has also entered school, and he is still a competitive and nagging stinky boy, who is so angry that his master blows his beard and glares.
The brothers Yangyang and Ling'er also came to see the noble concubine, and the noble concubine was overjoyed and gave them a lot of things.
As for Liu Jingtao, the pearl of the county king's mansion and the lord of Linhui, the concubine has prepared a generous gift.
All in all, this new family gets along quite well.
The new emperor has just ascended the throne, and many things need to be dealt with urgently, Liu Tong is so busy that his feet do not touch the ground, and he goes out early and returns late.
The new emperor intended to hand over the affairs of the criminal department to him, and this idea was revealed, and the ministers, who had suffered more or less in the Jiangdong invasion case, expected that in the future, the king of Rongjun would not enter the oil and salt, and they were worried that they would have no oil and water to fish, so they immediately jointly opposed.
But the new emperor did not listen, and sent the two ministers who opposed the most fiercely, claiming to learn the "death advice" of the imperial history, to prison, and collected their criminal evidence with lightning speed, and handed it over to the criminal department to try and close the case.
The meaning of the new emperor's efforts to protect Liu Tong's right to manage the criminal department is so obvious that even the imperial history cannot find anything wrong in the new emperor's handling of those two ministers.
Who allowed these two men to commit these sins?
But if they hadn't jumped out to oppose the decision of the new emperor after he ascended the throne, how would the new emperor put them on the bright side to rectify it?
But then again, the new emperor should not have expected the exact opponents, but the new emperor just laid out the evidence of the two people who opposed the most.
Could it be that these other courtiers also have all kinds of handles in the hands of the new emperor?
The ministers immediately became cautious in their words and deeds, for fear that one day the new emperor would sneak out and lay out his own crimes.
In this way, no one dares to put a beak in the power of the Rongjun Wang's Criminal Department. (To be continued.) )