Chapter 8: The Enthronement Ceremony

After this incident, Zhu Qizhen's status was determined, and there were no more twists and turns. But it doesn't mean that Zhu Qizhen is idle.

On the contrary, Zhu Qizhen is even busier.

Because of the enthronement ceremony.

This is a serious national event, and it cannot be ignored at all. Although there are still a few days before the ninth day of the first lunar month, the enthronement ceremony is a very grand ceremony, and the time of a few days is not long at all, and it is very short.

Of course, Hu Hu was responsible for preparing for the enthronement ceremony, because Hu Hu was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

But there are some things that no one can replace Zhu Qizhen.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen has to practice etiquette frequently in the past few days, and on the enthronement ceremony, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at him. If there is a trace of inadequacy, it will be known by the ministers of the world.

Originally, the young emperor ascended the throne, and if he lost his temper in such a ceremony, I am afraid that he would be taken lightly by the world.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen has practiced etiquette almost every day and night in the past few days, just to be foolproof.

Ten years of Xuande, the ninth day of the first month, Youqi, Shuo.

The early morning sun just shone on the Fengtian City Tower.

You may not be familiar with this Fengtian Tower, but in later generations he had a very famous name, called Tiananmen.

Before dawn, the Ministry of Rites sent officials to the Temple of Heaven to worship the heavens, and then went to the temple to worship the ancestors, and then invited the spiritual positions of the ancestors and ancestors into the Fengtianmen Tower.

It's in the middle of the Mukden Tower. Zhu Qizhen knelt and sat in filial piety clothes, and in front of the throne, Emperor Taizu Gao, Emperor Taizongwen, Emperor Renzongzhao, and Emperor Daxing. Behind the tablet, there are also portraits of the ancestors and ancestors.

Above the red case, on which are enshrined sacrifices. Solemn and solemn.

Zhu Qizhen only felt that Taizu, Taizong, Renzong, and his father were all looking at him.

Outside, the voice of persuasion from hundreds of officials.

This kind of three invitations and three concessions are purely etiquette, and there are hundreds of officials below

With honorable ministers, civil and military officials, and relatives of the clan, they persuaded the prince separately.

These three groups of people must elect representatives and read aloud at the bottom of the Fengtian City Tower: The country is unfortunate, the world has no owner, you should inherit your ancestors' inheritance and ascend the throne as emperor.

Then someone from the Hanlin Academy will come forward and read out the prince's will, and he will not be filial and unable to take on the big responsibility.

It's still a highly ritualized act, as if it's acting.

However, Yang Shiqi took into account Zhu Qizhen's body. This matter is simplified, Zhu Qizhen doesn't need to come forward at all, just sit in the city tower and let the Hanlin Academy read the holy decree.

It's just a process.

After the three invitations, Wang Zhen and others went up to Fengtian Tower, each holding a mahogany lacquer plate. There are crowns, robes, jade belts, and so on.

Wang Zhen stepped forward to remove filial piety clothes for Zhu Qizhen and put on his clothes.

This gown, the so-called dragon robe, is ochre yellow. The chest is a dragon pattern, the upper arm and other places also have a dragon pattern, and then there are twelve crests.

The so-called twelve crests are twelve different things such as the sun, moon and stars.

Among them, the sun, moon and stars are all on the shoulder, which is the so-called meaning of the shoulder against the moon.

This set of clothes is a whole. Up and down the body, there is not a trace of stitching, just on the loom, directly woven, the so-called seamless, that is, this.

And the golden dragons on it are all woven with gold thread. When you look at it from a different angle, it's like you're swimming. It's beautiful. Every time a dragon robe is woven, a special loom must be used, and it must take more than a year.

The size size gold is possible.

Wang Zhen and another eunuch pulled the dragon robe left and right, and Zhu Qizhen put it on from behind, but with his arms open, the eunuchs below cooked Zhu Qizhen comfortably.

Wait for Zhu Qizhen to take care of everything.

The drums are playing in unison below. All kinds of bells rang out.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang established the imperial court and wanted to collect Yale, the times are long, and Yale has long been lost, and although the court music that was finally made out is grand and solemn, there are still some differences with the ancient court music. 、

It's just that Zhu Qizhen can't hear these differences.

He just followed Zhong Dingsheng, walked down the Fengtian City Tower step by step, and looked down.

However, I saw that the civil and military officials were in the square inside the Fengtianmen, divided into civil and military officials, and stood neatly, and the generals of the Han Dynasty in the front of the Jinyi Guard, all dressed up mightily, with three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, one by one wearing armor and holding various weapons.

These weapons are more ceremonial than practical, such as Mo Dao, such as gourd.

Every official was dressed in formal attire, and it was extremely solemn, and in the whole square, except for the sound of elegant music, there was not a single murmur at all.

Seeing this, Zhu Qizhen was stunned for a while.

Wang Zhen whispered beside Zhu Qizhen: "Your Majesty, the auspicious time has come. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Let's go." ”

Zhu Qizhen was wearing a formal dragon robe, wearing a crown on his head, coming down from the Fengtian Gate, walking on the royal road in the middle, Wang Zhen bowed his body, and supported Zhu Qizhen with one hand as the lead, but Zhu Qizhen was only nine years old and his body had not yet grown, so Wang Zhen's posture was extremely uncomfortable, but no matter how uncomfortable it was, he didn't dare to say a word.

Being able to make him appear on such a ceremony is already the greatest gift.

The civil and military officials on both sides knelt on the ground one by one, and did not dare to raise their heads, only the majestic court music played slowly, and the whole square echoed in a solemn atmosphere.

Zhu Qizhen slowly walked in the direction of the Taihe Palace.

Originally, he should have sat on the throne of the Taihe Hall and accepted the congratulations of hundreds of officials, even if he became the king of a country.

It's just that in the Yongle period, after the three major halls were just built, they were burned into a white ground. It has not yet been rebuilt, and Zhu Qizhen received congratulations in the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Qizhen walked through the long imperial road and was sitting on the throne under the Qianqing Gate.

This throne was originally a chair, but it was only decorated with gold and silver. It's just that after Emperor Taizu, the life of the royal family has become more and more luxurious.

Today's throne has become a throne similar to a bed.

There are more than three people sitting on the throne horizontally, and there are three backrests behind it, the one in the middle is high, and the two sides are low, similar to the mountain type. There are two swimming dragons on the handrails on both sides, and the end of the handrails is in the shape of a dragon's head with beads.

It's just that Zhu Qizhen's body is too small, and when he sits on, he doesn't lean on all sides, it's empty, Wang Zhen has also thought about it before, and he has added two more opponents to Zhu Qizhen's left and right.

The so-called hand-holding is similar to two small pillows. Let Zhu Qizhen put his hands down and be less lonely.

When Zhu Qizhen sat down in the sound of Yale. There are eunuchs in the back who cover the back with two peacock feather fans.

Wang Zhen took a few steps forward, stood under the eaves of the Qianqing Gate, and read aloud to the civil and military officials on the square: "Relying on the achievements of the ancestors, the way of harvest, the scale is far-reaching, and the light is eternal. Magnificent politicization. The country of the Fang period is Yongdi Yongxi, and unfortunately abandoned. He bowed unbridled, undertook his will, and became emperor on the ninth day of the first month of the tenth year of Xuande-------"

The tirade was sprinkled, Zhu Qizhen didn't listen carefully, but he couldn't estimate it in hundreds of words. It is from the hand of the Hanlin Academy, but the connotation is just that, first of all, the matter of changing the yuan is that today is the tenth year of Zhengde, and next year is the first year of orthodoxy.

The second is all kinds of upgrades, and the queen Sun has become the queen mother. And the Queen Mother became the Queen Mother, and there were several princesses. Promoted to the rank of eldest princess.

I won't explain them all here.

There are some political things in it, but all of them are the Cabinet's intentions. Zhu Qizhen has no ability to control, probably inheriting the policy during the Xuande period, and everything is as usual. An Cheng Cheng to do it.

After the edict of enthronement was read, the following civil and military officials shouted long live. Immediately, all the civil and military officials stepped forward to see Zhu Qizhen.

Of course, Zhu Qizhen doesn't need to speak, just sit. After the officials below saluted one after another, Wang Zhen replied on behalf of Zhu Qizhen. It can be regarded as a monarch and a minister.

Now that's easier said than done. But a set of processes came down, and I was busy from morning to afternoon. is officially the emperor.

Since then, although the era name is still Xuande ten years, the Ming Emperor has become Zhu Qizhen, who is nearly nine years old.

Although Zhu Qizhen is the emperor, he himself knows that it will be a long, long time before he really reigns in the world.