As soon as the time passed, all the palace people, monks, Taoists, musicians, gong players, etc., who were in charge of the ritual system, were arranged in class under the command of officials at all levels.

The officers and men who stood guard and were in charge of the ceremonial array also went into battle in white.

Yin Shizheng, civil and military officials, clan nobles, imperial edicts and other personnel, also lined up outside the noon gate to wait, until the time to enter the palace, and then in the spacious white stone square outside the Daming Palace, according to the phalanx silently standing.

At this moment, inside and outside the Forbidden City, there was a white cloud, and tens of thousands of people hung their heads in unison, quietly coughing.

"Boom-"

"Boom-"

“……”

In the silence of heaven and earth, nine drums resonated.

"Kneeling ——!"

Accompanied by the eunuch singing initiated in the Daming Palace, tens of thousands of horses bowed down step by step, kowtowing.

At this time, there was still silence between heaven and earth, only the sound of "kneeling~" was still in the mouths of newspaper singers at all levels, from Daming Palace, to the imperial city, and then to all directions......

Soon, the entire capital, at least hundreds of thousands of people bowed down.

"From—"

In front of the Daming Palace, tens of thousands of people heard the sound again.

"Kneeling ——!"

“……”

After kneeling three times, there was no more calling, and then Jia Baoyu stood on the stone steps, facing the civil and military officials, and recited the sacrificial text.

This memorial was jointly drafted by the scholars of the Hanlin Academy and the cabinet ministers, and it is very long, but it is only a beautiful word, praising the character and merits of Emperor Jingtai during his lifetime, and has no substantive meaning.

After the sacrificial text is announced, in the main hall, the dragon coffin is closed, and the ceremony is completed.

"Cry—"

Between heaven and earth, the sound of mourning arose.

Everything seems solemn and dull, and no one dares to show half of their personality at this time......

……

On this day, civil and military officials and edicts that all people must cry for the emperor of Daxing according to the hour and place, and every half an hour, there is only half an hour of repair time.

In this way, it is too difficult for those who are old and weak and delicate.

But it is a matter of the national system, the imperial authority is strict, and no one dares to complain and be lazy......

Just when the center of the entire Daxuan Dynasty was seeing off Emperor Daxing, an urgent document from the west of the border passed into the capital at an accelerated speed of 800 miles and was sent to the General Administration.

As soon as the left-behind officials of the General Administration Department received the documents, they were so frightened that they "lost their faces" and immediately went to their superiors.

As a result, the news that the countries of the western part of the strait had waved their troops to invade the border soon spread.

Shousuke and the adults of the six cabinets took advantage of the gap between the weepings to find a pantry and discussed the matter.

After some ordinary suspicion and discussion, before everyone could agree on their opinions, Ge Bingde, the head of the household department, threw out a cruel fact, which immediately dispelled everyone's generous statement.

"Treasury, there really is no money!!"

Ge Bingde cried with a bitter gourd face, and said loudly: "Shoufu, my lords, there is really no silver in the treasury!"

In the past year, first the preparation of the birthday ceremony of the emperor, then the funeral of the great prince, the autumn hunting, the flooding of Jiangzuo, and now the emperor's funeral, and then the expansion of the mausoleum for His Majesty, which one did not ask for tens of millions of silver?

Even if the imperial court has a huge amount of silver, it can't withstand such expenses!

What's more, the imperial court doesn't have a huge amount of silver......"

Ge Bingde's crying made everyone shut up.

This is not the first time Ge Bingde has cried poor, in fact, since these days, whenever there is a little bit of money in the DPRK and China, Ge Bingde will come to such a show.

Although I am a little unhappy with this old boy's style, everyone looks back and thinks about it, this year is really an eventful year for the imperial court, and it seems that the silver has indeed been spent a little more......

Let's not talk about anything else, just the two major events of Emperor Taishang's 80th birthday ceremony and Emperor Jingtai's funeral, which dynasty is placed in, any one of them will lose half the life of the treasury, but this dynasty has made a piece this year.

Under such circumstances, if the imperial court fights another big war with those small countries in the west, where will this armament and food come from?

Tell the household to squeeze it?

"My lords, the imperial court really doesn't have the money to fight this battle anymore!

As for the last discussion, the matter of expanding the mausoleum for His Majesty, there is still a deficit of more than one million taels, and our household department does not know where to make up for it. ”

Without waiting for everyone to say, the household department has already blocked everyone's mouths first.

No way, they all know that Ge Bingde is not lying.

Emperor Jingtai's death was very sudden, and his mausoleum had not yet had time to be built.

Now, although the emperor must be placed in the imperial mausoleum first, he can't always let Emperor Jingtai live under the roof of his ancestors, right?

Naturally, he wanted to make up a mausoleum, and he didn't have to say that the emperor would die and live in a small house......

"It seems that this battle really cannot be fought...... Thinking that those countries of the West Sea are just thinking about taking advantage of the onset of winter to enter our borders and plunder, it is impossible to pose any real threat to us, so we should ignore them for now...... Or, send someone to negotiate peace. ”

Fighting a war costs a lot of money, and the princes of the court don't particularly like it in the first place.

Now that the court really has no money, those who advocate peace have no scruples and directly give such a sincere suggestion.

Wang Weiren glanced at everyone, and said: "According to the old man, this matter needs to be reported to Xiyuan immediately, in addition, whether it is war or peace, or ignorance, it cannot be decided by us, and we should respectfully ask for the opinion of Prince Jing......"

As soon as these words came out, everyone nodded in agreement.

Anyway, it's just those small countries in the West Sea, and the imperial court can't be in a hurry......

……

took advantage of the time when everyone went to invite Jia Baoyu, but Wang Weiren left under the pretext of leaving and secretly met with King Zhongshun.

King Zhongshun was very surprised: "I heard that the small country of the West Sea raised troops to attack the border? ”

Wang Weiren heard that the Zhongshun King's tone was contemptuous, and he couldn't help reminding: "Although the countries of the West Sea were conquered by the Emperor Taishang in the early years, now that decades have passed, I am afraid that they have recuperated again.

This time, the four countries of them jointly raised troops to attack, but they were afraid that the plot was not small.

The Emperor Taishang knew that the Western Regions were vast, and the prince must not show contempt for the Western Sea Front in front of the Emperor. ”

King Zhongshun smiled, but did not argue with Wang Weiren, but only asked, "Then what now?" Could it be that the imperial court really wants to fight with them? ”

When Wang Weiren heard this, he shook his head, and a hint of scheming flashed in his eyes.

"Whether it is fought or not, it doesn't matter if you say it, even if King Jing says it, it doesn't count, everything depends on what the emperor means......

King Zhongshun nodded yes.

The Emperor Taishang does not care about political affairs, but the military, the Emperor Taishang has never ignored it.

During the ten years of Emperor Jingtai's reign, there were evil neighbors who came to attack, and Emperor Jingtai also had to ask Emperor Tai for advice.

So the king of Zhongshun sighed and said: "The emperor is best in military affairs, but I am afraid that he will not compromise with those small barbarian countries."

I hate that I have no foundation in the army, and if I really fight this time, I will grow the momentum of those rude military attachés again.

That stinky boy, I'm afraid I'm going to be even more proud......"

Although King Zhongshun followed Emperor Jingtai and enjoyed all the blessings, he still had a little knowledge.

Knowing that the Emperor Taishang was belligerent, he also knew that fighting a war would give the military attache a strong position, so he naturally would not be happy.

But Wang Weiren said: "The prince doesn't have to be discouraged, in fact, this border emergency document may be a good thing for us."

Perhaps, it can be an opportunity for the prince to break the current situation......"