Chapter 4: Enthronement Ceremony
After tossing for most of the night, at this time the east was already a glow, and a round of red sun was erupting.
"The sun rises in the east and the gods shine, it is suspected that there are immortals in the sea of clouds, waiting to watch all mundane things, and waiting for all things to be the cause."
Zhu Youzhen stood on the high platform of the Qianqing Palace, looked at the east, and suddenly felt compulsive, and then recited an ancient poem in his memory.
This poem is paired with the scene just now, and the glow shines, and Zhu Youzhen is immediately set off like a son of heaven.
The eunuchs and palace maids around hulala knelt down and sang in unison, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”
In the midst of everyone's chanting, Zhu Youzhen strode into the Qianqing Palace to welcome his own great moment.
However, the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and Zhu Youzhen, who was sitting in the side hall of the Qianqing Palace, not only did not usher in the highlight moment, but was a little dizzy by several officials of the Ministry of Rites.
Grandma's, there are too many etiquettes for ascending the throne, Zhu Youzhen listened carefully, and secretly complained in his heart.
"Ladies and gentlemen, everything is according to the old calendar, you don't have to report to me about everything, you can watch it, and rest for a while."
Zhu Youzhen waved his hand impatiently, and then the attendant beside him drove the officials of the Ministry of Rites out with understanding.
After tossing for half a night last night, Zhu Youzhen was sleepy at this time.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the ministers are late for escort, it's a capital crime."
Zhu Youzhen was a little sleepy as soon as he screamed, and he woke him up with a hoarse shout.
"What a howl, do you have a sense of public morality, don't rely on your age to disturb the people here, if you don't stop, I'm going to call the police."
Zhu Youzhen didn't open his eyes, so he scolded outside, and then turned over and prepared to continue sleeping.
The pleas outside the door then came to an abrupt end, and several important cabinet ministers looked at each other, not knowing what His Majesty meant by this.
But the phrase "don't rely on your age" still touched their sensitive nerves, and the important ministers who were over half a hundred years old were scared out of half their lives in an instant.
Especially when Huang Liji and Shi Fenglai heard this, they glanced at each other's gray beards, and they didn't dare to come out of the atmosphere.
Your Majesty is angry, and it seems that the fire last night shocked Your Majesty.
As the noise outside stopped abruptly, Zhu Youzhen sat up.
Oh no, these are not the aunts who dance the square dance downstairs in their own house, these are all cabinet ministers.
Obediently, Zhu Youzhen is a little waxy now.
But then I thought about it, my brother is now the emperor, and he can say whatever he wants, and it is not very normal to scold someone or something.
"Come in."
Zhu You corrected his clothes, and then sat upright, waiting to watch these important ministers perform.
"Your Majesty, the ministers are guilty."
Hulala, the ministers in the room who knelt on the ground in an instant, especially the old ones shouted the most.
"Your Majesty, it should be a capital crime if the ministers are late to save the car, but seeing that Your Majesty is unscathed, this is my luck and the blessing of the people."
Huang Liji took the lead in patting Zhu Youzhen's ass.
"Your Majesty has been undamaged by the fire, it is the true dragon son of heaven, it can be seen that Your Majesty has been blessed by the emperors of the past dynasties, and I should have heavenly help."
Shi Feng came to see that Huang Liji grabbed the first shot, so he also hurriedly stepped forward to compliment, and as soon as he came up, he pulled the real dragon Tianzi up.
Said, is this the first and second assistant of the Ming Dynasty, why is one more shameless than the other, this kind of naked sycophant is not blushing at all, but my brother blushes when he hears it.
"Your Majesty is the true Son of the Dragon! I should be blessed by God! ”
Yes, now it's not just the first assistant and the second assistant who are making sycophants, but the ministers are starting to form a group to pat themselves.
"That's it, that's it."
Zhu Youzhen really couldn't listen to it anymore, and then waved his hand.
"How's the enthronement ready?"
Today is his big day, Zhu Youzhen didn't have time to listen to them slapping here, so he opened his mouth and asked.
"It's all set."
Huang Liji stepped forward and replied.
"Okay, let's follow the path."
As soon as Zhu Youzhen finished speaking, a figure rushed up again.
"Your Majesty, the Hongde Hall suddenly caught fire, please investigate thoroughly."
Shi Fenglai stepped forward and knelt down to ask for advice.
The fire in Hongde Palace, it is estimated that these old guys all know that it was done by the eunuchs, but this Shi Fenglai dares to be open and tough, and he should have made up his mind to abandon Wei Zhongxian and move closer to Zhu Youzhen.
Zhu Youzhen then glanced at the ministers, but saw that the British Duke Zhang Weixian nodded his beard, Cui Chengxiu, the secretary of the military department, looked nervous, and the other courtiers either nodded yes or hung their heads silently.
Looking at these important ministers with their own ghosts, Zhu Youzhen was a little discouraged.
Grandma's, this set of teams left by Zhu Youxiao is really bad.
Zhu Youzhen knew that Wei Zhongxian set the fire, but he didn't want to investigate it on the day he ascended the throne, so he waved his hand at Shi Fenglai and signaled him to step down.
"Put aside the matter of walking the water for the time being, and the ministers should work hard to help me rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty."
Shi Fenglai wanted to say more, but seeing that Zhu Youzhen didn't want to delve into the matter, he had no choice but to retreat.
Shi Fenglai, who had returned to the court, began to feel uneasy, could it be that His Majesty did not want to punish the eunuchs, so wouldn't he have a big eye for speculation this time.
So he peeked at Cui Chengxiu again, but saw that the guy was looking at him with some pride, and Huang Liji was quite a bit interested in seeing himself.
Shi Fenglai's heart was broken, and he glared back at Cui Chengxiu.
Now that he has turned his face, he simply defected to the new emperor in a bright way.
Zhu Youzhen sat on the stage and took in all this, it seems that the move of immortality in the fire still shocked many people, at least the first and second assistants are moving closer to themselves.
This is a good sign, indicating that they are gradually taking the initiative.
In fact, just killing Wei Zhongxian was not difficult for Zhu Youzhen at this time, after all, the pistol was still pinned to his waist.
But how to take the power from the hands of the eunuch party without being picked by the Donglin party, this needs to be carefully considered.
Besides, the eunuch party is not useless, and the Donglin party is not a righteous gentleman, which side wants to drink the blood of the Ming Dynasty, and even drink the blood of him, the emperor.
There is a long way to go to clarify the road of government governance and political clarity.
suppressed the fire in the Hongde Palace, and Zhu Youzhen, surrounded by courtiers, began the process of the new emperor's accession to the throne.
Zhu Youzhen first assigned officials from the Ministry of Rites to go to the Temple of Heaven and the Temple of Earth to pay homage to the Temple of Heaven and Earth, while he himself prayed in front of Zhu Youxiao's mausoleum.
After the prayer, Zhu Youzhen changed into a full set of gowns and crowns, and ascended to the Fengtian Gate to continue praying.
At this time, the officials wore court clothes and entered the palace, kneeling on the square outside the noon gate and waiting to enter the palace to pay homage to the new emperor.
After Zhu Youzhen finished praying, he went to sit on the dragon chair of Fengtian Temple, and the hundred officials got up and began to enter the temple to perform five bows and three kowtows according to the size of their official positions, and presented the edict.
The general of the Jinyi Wei Han sounded the whip, and Zhu Youzhen covered the edict with a jade seal.
Then the hundred officials withdrew from the Fengtian Hall and came to the Chengtian Gate, waiting for the ceremony of the golden phoenix's edict.
The edict covered with the jade seal was delivered to the edict platform of Fengtianmen by the dragon chariot, and the edict official began to read out the holy decree.
"Our country is sacred, and the martyrs are inherited, and the beauty 。。。。。。 the vulgar and the beautiful"
"I am the emperor, Rendu Hantian, Yingmo Xian Gu。。。。。。 Kubin Dragon. ”
"Respect your life, and bow down, listen to a few words, and remember the importance of inheritance."
"The civil, military, and military ministers and the people of the army and the elders persuaded them to advance, and as for the repeated refusal, they refused to get it, but they obeyed the edict and only told heaven and earth on August 24, that is, the emperor's throne 。。。。。。"
After reading the edict, the edict was placed in the mouth of the wooden gold-lacquered phoenix, and then slowly lowered it from the Chengtian Gate.
The hundred officials then bowed three times and bowed nine times, and just as they were about to get up, suddenly there was a thunderclap in the western sky.