At the beginning of this morning, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty issued the sixth edict of sin, giving up the throne and appeasing the people......"

At the newspaper kiosks all over Nanjing, the newspaper singers held the "Huangming Times" in their hands, and read the edict of Emperor Chongzhen in a frustrated manner.

"The crown prince Cihong, with the strategy of divine martial arts, the posture of the saint, the south and the north to fight, the Zuo Zhen prison country, the emperor is in the sky, and the merit is saved...... Today, I respect the Zen artifact, and the emperor is located in Erbow! ”

In various teahouses and wine shops, there are also storytellers pinching the "Jinling Times" and making interpretations and comments there.

"What? Holy Zen let go? ”

On the streets and alleys of the south of the Yangtze River, literati and artists, peddlers and pawns were all shocked by this explosive news.

There are conspiracy theories and private discussions, Emperor Nan Xing has only been for more than a month, why did he give in a hurry? Was it the crown prince who did Yang Guang's thing and forced his father to usurp the throne?

However, these people were soon slapped in the face, and some courtiers said that the emperor was announced in court at the court meeting, and the civil and military officials were there, and the emperor's expectations for the crown prince were very high at that time.

Indeed, Chongzhen's choice to announce Chan Rang at the court meeting was also for Zhu Cihong's consideration, so that he could inherit the throne justifiably, otherwise it would inevitably be unscrupulous speculation by people with bad intentions, causing turmoil in the situation.

Emperor Chongzhen's concession, under the propaganda of the three major newspapers of "Huangming Times", "Jiangnan Xinbao" and "Jinling Times", swept through all parts of the Ming Dynasty like a hurricane, and also dispersed to several provinces in the north and Liaodong.

Before the enthronement ceremony, the imperial court was very busy, and the various departments operated collectively, and no less than the future generations held an Olympic Games.

First of all, the issue of era names, the Ministry of Rites prepared seven or eight alternative era names for Zhu Cihong, namely Yixing, Tingen, Qiansheng, Xingfu, Xianjia and so on.

Yixing is the name of Zhu Cihong in history, which means that the violence is in the middle of the rise, it seems that Wu Sangui made it, Zhu Cihong didn't even look at it, and he was not enough.

Tingen is quite domineering, which means that thunder and rain and dew are all Jun'en, but the literal meaning is not too domineering.

As for the three era names of Qiansheng, Xingfu and Xianjia, when Emperor Chongzhen first ascended the throne, the courtiers gave him a backup, and Chongzhen finally chose one of the four and chose the era name of Chongzhen, and these three were abandoned.

The era name that the emperor can't even look down on, Zhu Cihong naturally can't look down on it.

After picking and choosing for a long time, Zhu Cihong decided not to use those bells and whistles, and decided to take the era name "Tianwu", which is the emperor of Tianwu.

Zhu Jiqi and other officials of the Ministry of Rites had a headache, the new emperor took the name of the army as the year name, which is rare in history, but they are not easy to object, after all, the choice of the era name is the emperor's final say, just like naming his son, even if it is called Grandpa Zhu, it is also a matter of others.

The most excited about the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty is the generals of the Tianwu Army, this is not just as simple as having face, it is simply Longen, this marks the future of the Tianwu Dynasty, the Tianwu Army will be with the Tianwu Emperor, it is a proper long live army!

After the year name is determined, it will not be officially used until the enthronement, and the Ministry of Rites plans to hold the enthronement ceremony on the first day of the new year on the first day of the new year.

In the following time, the Ministry of Rites needs to prepare the emperor's crown and a batch of dragon robes, as well as the emperor's jade seal and the queen's treasure seal to be remanufactured, and the Forbidden City also needs to be re-cleaned and painted, which will take about two months.

The emperor's jade seal is not only one, and different jade seals are used for different occasions and different documents.

From the Qin and Han dynasties to the Tang Dynasty, the implementation of the eight seals system, Wu Zetian, the old lady likes to mess around, said that the emperor ingeniously added a side of the "Emperor Tianjing Destiny Virtuous Chang" divine seal, the formation of the nine seals system, and changed the "seal" to "treasure", from then on all dynasties have followed the change, calling the "jade seal" as "treasure".

During the Northern Song Dynasty, some emperors were disgusted with the egg and increased the jade seal to 12 treasures, the Southern Song Dynasty got 17 treasures, and the Ming Dynasty directly increased to 24 treasures.

Fortunately, these jade seals were all left in Beijing when Li Zicheng broke Beijing, and Zhu Cihong directly ordered the previous twenty-four treasures to be abolished, rebuilt, and restored the eight-seal system.

All the things of the enthronement ceremony, Zhu Cihong gave full authority to the Ministry of Rites to handle, and asked to be simple, whether it is the cost or the process, not too troublesome, and save if you can.

The grand enthronement ceremony is not only a symbol of imperial power and status, but also means that the people and officials welcome and expect the new emperor, but history always likes to joke, the more grand the enthronement ceremony, the higher the cost of the emperor, often extravagant, the people can not feel the immensity of the emperor's grace at all.

On the contrary, those emperors with simple ceremonies often focused on reducing the burden on the common people and creating a prosperous and stable social situation when they were in power.

Zhu Cihong doesn't like these bells and whistles, but he plans to make the enthronement ceremony more ceremonial, on the day of his accession to the throne, a grand military parade will be held, and the troops will go directly to the Northern Expedition after the parade, which will not only save money but also stimulate morale.

It is now the beginning of October of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, and there are still two months before the enthronement ceremony, and there is enough time to transfer troops and prepare grain and grass.

At this time, Zhu Cihong was most worried about the situation in Liaodong, the Qing army of 100,000 troops had besieged Shenyang for nearly two months, and Hong Chengchou's men and horses had lost more than half.

According to the information from Mao Yuanyi, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, Li Zicheng is recruiting the generals of Liaodong, and has also promised rich conditions, such as Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui, and Zu Dashou can all be crowned marquis, and the rest of the general soldiers can at least be crowned an earl.

Not only that, Dolgon of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was also persuading the generals of Liaodong to surrender, and the conditions were no worse than Li Zicheng's, and Dolgon even learned the routine of Huang Taiji, preparing to seal the king of Sanshun again, and tempted Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui and others with the prince.

What Zhu Cihong was worried about was that no matter whether Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui and others surrendered to Li Zicheng or Dolgon, Mao Yuanyi's position was very embarrassing, and once Shanhaiguan could not keep the matter, it would be troublesome, and the previous efforts of the Liaodong War would be in vain.

The best result is that Li Zicheng leads the army out of the pass, fights with the Qing army, and loses both, but this situation is almost impossible to happen, after all, they all know that the strength of the south is the strongest.

Zhu Cihong summoned Li Tingbiao and asked, "Have the thieves ever sent troops to Shanhaiguan?" ”

Li Tingbiao shook his head and said: "No, not only did they not send troops to Shanhaiguan, but even Shaanxi, Henan and other places did not have too many troops to defend, and almost all of those thieves enjoyed happiness in Beijing. ”

Zhu Cihong sneered: "A thief is a thief, he doesn't have a big picture at all, and the world has not yet been decided, so he began to enjoy it." ”

Zhu Cihong sometimes really doesn't understand what Li Zicheng thinks, could it be that in his eyes, the hundreds of thousands of Tartars outside the gate are all scum? It's ridiculous!

Since Li Chuang's operation is so sassy, Zhu Cihong naturally has to seize the opportunity, and he secretly ordered Mao Yuanyi, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan: try to delay the time, and the imperial court will have a full-scale northern expedition within three months.

In order to alleviate the pressure of Hong Chengchou and others, Zhu Cihong ordered the Jinghai Fleet of the Ming Royal Navy to attack Incheon in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which was only sixty or seventy miles away from Shengjing, the capital of Manchuria, and was bound to panic and fear when attacked, and did not dare to attack Liaodong with all his might.

Zhu Cihong also transferred part of the naval fleet to Juehua Island only, and secretly provided Shanhaiguan with a steady stream of supplies and troops.

Mao Yuanyi once served as the deputy general of the water division of Juehua Island, and he knew every pass in eastern Liaodong very well, and he secretly commanded the sea route to cooperate, no problem, as long as the logistics were sufficient, I believe he could hold the Shanhaiguan.

(End of chapter)