In the shout of "willing to listen to the order", the four-chapter covenant was passed!

These four chapters will later be engraved on the bronze pillar, and the pillar will be erected as a letter—the bronze pillar will be erected in the Mukden Gate, and it will be visible to the officials when they go to court in the future.

Since everyone is willing to listen to orders, Zhu Cihong reluctantly agrees to ascend the throne.

The enthronement ceremony had already been prepared, and it was arranged on the sixteenth day of the first month, that is, the day after Zhu Cihong accepted the Zen concession and made an agreement with his ministers.

Early in the morning, Qian Qianyi took the officials of the Ministry of Rites to pay homage to the Temple of Heaven and Earth and the Sect Temple. And Zhu Cihong went to worship Chongzhen, who was about to become the emperor - if Chongzhen became the first emperor, then Zhu Cihong would have to wear filial piety clothes to worship and pray. Because Chongzhen is still alive and kicking now, he changed it to a big gift to worship, and offered a "pension" of 10,000 taels (gold).

Emperor Chongzhen...... Although the edict of Neizen has been promulgated, and Zhu Cihong has reluctantly accepted it, he is still the emperor. First, Zhu Cihong did not officially ascend the throne; Second, Zhu Cihong, who did not ascend the throne, could not give Chongzhen the honorific title of emperor.

Therefore, Chongzhen accepted the visit of the emperor-designate Zhu Cihong for the last time as the emperor!

After receiving the "pension" of 10,000 taels (gold) offered by Zhu Cihong, he handed over all the jade seals of the Son of Heaven to Zhu Cihong one by one to symbolize the transfer of imperial power.

Because the Ming Dynasty did not get the "jade seal of the country" (this jade seal symbolizing the mandate of heaven was taken away when Emperor Yuan Shun ran away, it is said that it is now in the hands of the Qing Dynasty), so it made a large number of jade seals, to win by quantity, the beginning of the country made seventeen, Emperor Jiajing asked people to make seven, a total of twenty-four jade seals, called twenty-four imperial treasures.

When Zhu Cihong escorted Chongzhen to run away, these twenty-four imperial treasures were "confiscated" by Zhu Cihong, and Chongzhen knew that he was going to officially retire today, so he saw them again...... I took them in my hand and touched them, so I was reluctant to give them to my son Zhu Cihong.

And Zhu Cihong took it one by one, and then handed it over to the eunuch who held the seal, Shang Bao, and collected it. In the future, Zhu Cihong's order will not be an order, but a serious holy decree.

When the twenty imperial treasures were handed over one by one, it was almost an auspicious time, the bells and drums rang out inside and outside the imperial city of Nanjing, and the ceremonial music was magnificent, Zhu Cihong put on the gown that had been prepared long ago, and wore a crown with twelve rays of jade algae, and together with Emperor Chongzhen, he went to the platform outside the Fengtian Gate, where he accepted the worship of hundreds of officials.

The officials also put on gorgeous dresses, and were guided by the officials of the Ministry of Rites, walked across the Jinshui Bridge, entered the noon gate, and entered the Fengtianmen Square. Then it is divided into two classes, the civil official kneels on the left side of the royal road, the military attache kneels on the right side of the royal road, the guard in front of the palace whips, and the Han general rolls the curtains, and performs three bows and nine mouths.

After the completion of the hundred official ceremonies, it was the first assistant Wei Zaode who read the edict of Emperor Chongzhen's Zen throne, and then the edict of Zhu Cihong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Qian Qianyi.

And Emperor Chongzhen also sat on the emperor's throne for the last time!

After Wei Zaode finished reading the edict of the Zen throne, Chongzhen's ass had to say goodbye to the emperor's throne forever, and he got up and walked to the chair where Zhu Cihong was sitting.

Of course, Zhu Cihong had already stood up, bowed to his father, and walked to the emperor's throne.

Then the father and son sat down together!

After Zhu Cihong sat down, Qian Qianyi began to read the edict of enthronement.

The year name belonging to Zhu Cihong will also be announced in the edict read by Qian Qianyi, taking the meaning of Hongwu Zaixing, called Hongxing!

That is, Emperor Hongxing of the Ming Dynasty!

It sounds very majestic and righteous, he must be a good emperor!

However, this year will not change the yuan, and the name of Chongzhen's 20th year will still be used. From the next year, that is, from 1648 AD, the name of Hongxing will be used.

The enthronement ceremony is over here, Zhu Cihong, who has officially become the Hongxing Emperor, sat on the throne, looking at the civil and military ministers in two shifts in the square, and was really excited in his heart!

After almost three years of hard work, I finally got to the moment of ascending the throne and becoming the emperor...... He swept down Chongzhen sitting next to him from the corner of his eye, and saw a stiff smile on his face, thinking: His face is stiff with a smile! How happy you are! Think about it, it was originally the last king of the Ming Dynasty, but now it's okay, it's not the last generation. And there is no need to hang on the coal mountain, there are dozens of happy lives in the cold and summer.

At least one million taels a year...... I have to spend tens of millions of taels of silver on you! It's so beautiful!

Zhu Cihong sighed lightly: I'm suffering, I took on such a mess at a young age, and I haven't run away after working hard all my life!

But now it's too late to regret it, Chongzhen has already given up the throne, Zhu Cihong has also taken over, and now they are all Emperor Hongxing......

Although the enthronement ceremony is over, Zhu Cihong can't "get off work" for the time being, because there is still one work that has not been completed, that is, honoring the emperor's father Zhu Youzhen as the emperor!

"Imperial Father!" Zhu Cihong stood up at this time and bowed to Chongzhen, "Erchen asks the emperor to ascend to the throne of the emperor and be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

This is the Emperor...... Chongzhen sighed in his heart, but he still had to be happy on his face - he just got a "pension" of 10,000 taels of gold, can he not be happy? If you're not happy, you won't be there next time......

"Emperor," Chongzhen smiled, "I have wanted to go into seclusion for my father for a long time, and today I finally achieved my wish, and I am very happy!" ”

Zhu Cihong thought to himself: You should be satisfied...... In the original history, Chongzhen was only seventeen years! It's been twenty years now, and you've lived longer than Li Zicheng, so what's the reason to be unhappy?

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen asked again: "Emperor, can the queen be decided?" ”

The selection of the queen is still a big problem...... Wu Sanmei is pregnant again, but no one can guarantee whether she can give birth to a son. And Zheng Chagu is also favored now, after Wu Sanmei is pregnant, she sleeps almost every night (except for those few days), and she will be pregnant sooner or later!

"Father," Zhu Cihong said, "Erchen does not plan to set up a queen for the time being, and chooses to serve the Wu family and the Zheng family, all of whom are virtuous and virtuous, and they are all crowned imperial concubines."

Choose to serve Ning's and Fei's, all of whom are concubines, Ning's is a virtuous concubine, and Fei's is a concubine. ”

The harem level of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty has 12 levels, such as queen, imperial concubine, concubine, concubine, concubine, Zhaoyi, Jieyu, beauty, talent, nobleman, waiter, lady, etc. And the prince's concubines don't have so many ranks, only the main concubine, the second concubine, and the selection of servants (ladies), no matter how low they are, they have no reputation.

After Wu Sanmei, Zheng Chagu, Ning Xiangyu and Fei Zhen'e followed Zhu Cihong, they all only got the title of elector, and they never got promoted later. And Zhu Cihong is not lustful, and he is busy with military affairs, so he did not accept other women.

So his harem is now four women, Wu Sanmei and Zheng Chagu are both shoulder-to-shoulder, so they are both crowned imperial concubines second only to the queen!

And although Ning Xiangyu and Fei Zhen'e did not have a good father, they also shared hardships with Zhu Cihong, so they were both concubines. The reason why she is not a concubine is that there is room for a promotion - after the two of them give birth to a son, they can be promoted to be a concubine.

As for the imperial concubine, she still has to fight for her father to become it!

Therefore, in addition to Wu Sanmei and Zheng Chagu, there is also Dolgon's daughter Donggu Gege who is also qualified to be the imperial concubine. After Zhu Cihong ascended the throne, Zu Kefa went to Beijing again to propose marriage to Dolgon, asking Nadongor Gege to be the imperial concubine!

Of course, the Northern Expedition still has to be cut...... Regardless of success or failure, Zhu Cihong will fulfill the marriage contract. Even if the Qing Dynasty is gone, the imperial concubines of Donggu will not be yellow!

Emperor Hongxing is righteous and trustworthy!

"Oh." Emperor Chongzhen nodded, thoughtful - now Emperor Hongxing doesn't have a son! He didn't know about Concubine Dona, and he was bent on letting Wu Sanmei and Zheng Chagu give birth to the emperor's eldest son. Hehe, don't have a son to take over in the end! But it doesn't matter if that's the case, the emperor has many sons......

Just when Chongzhen nodded, Zhu Yousong, the blessed king, walked to the middle of the platform outside the Fengtian Gate with the "Edict of Respecting the Emperor's Father" that had been prepared long ago, and began to read aloud!