The Jingshi was foggy, and Guo Ming walked around. He had been hesitating for many days about whether to persuade the prince to go to the book.

Guo Ming wanted to discuss with Xue Yan, the secretary of Dali Temple, but Xue Yan was still in Annan and couldn't be contacted for a while. And when Guo Ming went to visit Xue's house, he overheard about something.

When Xue Yan, the secretary of Dali Temple, sent an envoy to Annan, he was arrested by the Hu family and almost killed at Yuqin Station. Later, Xue Yan shouted in public that he had an old relationship with the King of Han, which made the people of the Hu family feel that he had some value and let him live a life...... The relationship between Xue Yan and the King of Han, the main event is that the King of Han marries Guo Wei and Xue Yan is the matchmaker.

But on the other hand, Empress Xu's edict is obviously to help the prince correct his name. And Guo Ming's wife is also a member of the Xu family, and Guo Ming has to consider the fact that the Xu family is between the prince and the king of Han, and they tend to favor the former.

Guo Ming was anxious, and he never dreamed that five or six years had just passed since the "Battle of Jingyan", and he had to face a choice again.

Mrs. Xu saw it in her eyes and said: "After all, Wei'er is the wife of the King of Han, and it is more useful to speak in front of the King of Han." Yan'er seems to be often pressed by the crown princess in the East Palace, and her words are not necessarily useful. ”

When Guo Ming heard this, he patted his head and suddenly said: "Look at me in a hurry, I didn't expect such a simple truth!" ”

He didn't think carefully about what his wife meant by saying that, but a sentence reminded him, and he said in his heart: Even if King Han wins in the future, Wei'er is the wife of King Han after all, and the Guo family can still rely on Wei'er to protect themselves, and they should be forgiven.

Guo Ming felt more and more that letting his two daughters marry the prince and the king of Han was the wisest thing he had ever done in his life.

He hurriedly changed into his official uniform, hurriedly went out to the imperial city, and sent the persuasion form that had been written to the General Political Envoy in person. It seems a little late, and today the crown prince is about to ascend the throne. But as long as Guo Ming shows his attitude, it doesn't matter if it's late......

Seven days have passed since the day after the palace announced the death of Emperor Yongle.

In the past seven days, Gao Chi refused the persuasion of the ministers three times in a row, and all kinds of reasons have been found, no talent, too sad and so on. However, the ministers thought he was too modest and sincerely persuaded him to ascend the throne. Gao Chi's refusal was not recognized by the people, and he finally reluctantly accepted to be the emperor.

The place where Gao Chi promised to be the emperor was in front of the coffin of the Qianqing Palace. The official enthronement ceremony will be held at the Mukden Gate and the Mukden Temple.

But Shang Bao Si and Jiaofang Si have long been preparing for the enthronement ceremony. The officials of the Shang Bao Division counted the things needed to ascend the throne day and night, and the Church Division also rehearsed the etiquette and songs and dances.

Early in the morning, officials of the Ministry of Rites went to the Temple of Heaven in the southwest of Beijing, the Altar of Mountains and Rivers outside the Hongwu Gate, and the Taimiao Temple in the Imperial City to burn paper to tell the ancestors of heaven and earth that the new emperor of the world hoped to be recognized by the gods of heaven and earth and the blessing of the ancestors in the heavens.

Gao Chi was surrounded by a large group of eunuchs and palace maids, and first wore filial piety clothes and came to the Qianqing Palace to worship Zhu Di. He knelt down in front of the spiritual throne and silently recited in his heart: Although the son did resent his father a little in his heart before, the father should know in the heavenly spirit that your death really has nothing to do with your son!

After the worship, Gao Chi left the Fengtian Palace, immediately changed his clothes, and after taking off his filial piety clothes, he directly put on the dragon robe that only the emperor could wear.

Then he came to Fengtianmen, and the officials of Honglu Temple knelt down and said: "The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs has arrived outside the noon gate, please go to Fengtianmen to pray." ”

So Gao Chi completely followed the arrangement of the officials of Honglu Temple, first went to Fengtianmen and walked around, let the officials cast spells to let him have sex with the gods, and then returned to Fengtian Temple. In the dazzling ritual vessels, the people of the Teaching Workshop Division played a grand ritual music, and Gao Chi walked step by step to the throne above the Fengtian Temple.

Outside the hall, a large group of civil and military nobles entered the Fengtian Hall in order.

Gao Chi straightened his waist and looked at a large number of people kneeling on the ground in the main hall. Then an official came up and unfurled the decree and said loudly:

"Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: I am only born in heaven, the monarch of heaven, the benevolence of Zhaoshu, the salty bottom in Taihe, and the rule of Huayi. My first emperor was blessed with heaven and fortune, and his rule was higher than that of the hundred kings, and his martial arts and martial arts were ...... in the four seas."

No matter what Gao Chi felt about the "first emperor" in his heart, most of the words in his enthronement edict were talking about the power of the first emperor, because when the officials wrote the edict, they thought that they should first repeatedly emphasize that the emperor of Yongle Emperor should be good, and Gao Chi should inherit the throne justifiably.

The officials of Honglu Temple announced that the Holy Lord would grant amnesty to the world, and the following year the name was changed to Hongxi.

At this moment, suddenly the shouts of the hundred officials were deafening, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

"Zhongqing is flat." Zhu Gaochi spoke. For a while, he was a little unaccustomed to saying this kind of thing, but as soon as he sat in this position, he immediately got used to it and never wanted to come down again.

…… A few days later, Zhu Gaochi sat on the chair of the East Warm Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace for the first time. Guo Zi, the head of the household department, then came to see him, and stepped forward and whispered: "Zhenyuan Marquis Gu Cheng has eight hundred miles to expedite the report." He received a letter and deployed troops on the border of Guizhou, and detained more than 100 guards of the King of Han on the grounds that the soldiers and horses of the Han King did not have an official document from the imperial court. But King Han is not in the guard! ”

Although Guo Zi's voice was small, several former officials surnamed Yang in the East Palace were standing beside the emperor, and they also heard these words. Yang Shiqi's head was raised slightly, his eyes were empty, and his pupils were constricted.

Yang Shiqi didn't say anything, but the subtle movements had already revealed his thoughts: he had long known that it was not so easy to stop King Han.

Yang Rong saw Yang Shiqi's expression in his eyes, and Yang Rong hurriedly said: "The Holy Lord should immediately arrange Sichuan, Guizhou, and Annan on three sides to block the King of Han in Yunnan. At the same time, he tried to get Xiping Hou Musheng to go to Dali and drag the Han King to Yunnan and couldn't move. ”

Jin Zhong said: "The minister seconded the proposal, but Zhang Fu and Mu Sheng's attitude is unclear, so they should be wooed first." ”

Yang Pubai said: "The veteran of Zhenyuanhou (Gu Cheng) is heavy, and he guards Guizhou all the year round. The minister recommended Xue Lu, the governor of the capital, to serve as the commander of the Sichuan capital, and Guo Butang also led the political envoy of Sichuan. ”

Zhu Gaochi accepted the advice, and the group quickly formulated a strategy to deal with the King of Han. Everyone decided to suspend the construction of the imperial city in Beiping, postpone the relocation of the capital, and change the political envoy of Beiping who was both Shangshu and Guo Zi to the political envoy of Sichuan.

Then Zhu Gaochi took into account Xue Lu's repeated miraculous achievements in the "Battle of Jingjing", and firmly stood on the side of the East Palace when he ascended the throne. Zhu Gaochi consulted with the ministers, gave Xue Lu the title of marquis, added officials, and gave iron coupons, and transferred him to Sichuan, where he served as the commander of the Sichuan capital and the chief military officer of Sichuan.

At this time, Yang Shiqi said again: "The minister thinks that the first thing to do is to choose a minister to negotiate peace. After the king of Han appeared in Yunnan, he was immediately sent to stabilize the king of Han and try to buy as much time as possible. ”

Zhu Gaochi thought about it and thought it was good.

After the ministers finished their deliberations, they withdrew from the Dongnuan Pavilion one after another. The celebrant and eunuch also brought in the latest recital.

Zhu Gaochi stood up and turned straight to face the wall behind him. Brother Meng of the eunuch bowed forward and silently pulled back the curtain, and a huge map suddenly appeared on one of the walls.

Zhu Gaochi looked at the map that drew the surrounding countries for a long time, and finally spoke: "Take it, change it to a more detailed map of the territory of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Brother Meng hurriedly said: "The slave obeys the order." ”

At this time, the eunuch Hou Hai and Jinyiwei commanded Tan Qing to enter, and the two of them bowed back and forth: "The slave and maid (minister) are ordered to meet and knock on the saint." ”

Zhu Gaochi waved his hand and told Brother Meng to go out.

Haitao approached and whispered: "The emperor guessed right, the tunnel under the Fengxian Palace, the eunuchs around the previous emperor didn't know. The slave maid also asked clearly, before the king of Han went to Yunnan, the first emperor had secretly ordered the king of Han to investigate the whereabouts of Jianwen; So King Han met with Queen Ma several times......"

Zhu Gaochi asked, "Where is she?" ”

Haitao said: "I used to be in the palace, but when Jianwen's father and son died, she was sent to Fengyang to guard the mausoleum." Why don't you ask her about it? ”

Zhu Gaochi stood by the wall and paced back and forth a few steps and waved his hand. Then he suddenly asked, "Wen Gui seems to be in Fengyang too?" ”

Haitao said with a blushing face: "Yes." The slave understood. ”

Zhu Gaochi looked back at the two and said, "You two will do it in person, don't tell the truth." ”

…… As soon as the Holy One ascended the throne, he discussed with the ministers every day and was very diligent. But at this time, the aftermath of the first emperor was far from being completed, such as the funeral concubines were still being arranged.

The saint didn't ask about these things, and it should have been done by Zhu Gaochi's mother, Xu, but Xu's condition has been deteriorating for a while, and he can't get out of bed for a long time. So the person who handled this matter was Zhu Gaochi's wife, Zhang.

The first emperor had a total of three sons, all of whom were born to the Xu family. The other concubines and the women who were fortunate enough to be in the emperor's presence were all martyred according to the rules!

The emperor and the concubines were born together and died in the same cave. It was originally a very romantic thing, but the concubines of the first emperor did not seem to be happy, and the harem was full of crying, and the women were crying.

The concubines had to cut themselves in the palace first, and then go to the emperor's tomb to be buried. There are more concubines and different places to live, so they go to the house where they hang themselves in batches.

The young palace ladies wept and cried, and they were not willing to set foot at all, and they were completely dragged in by the palace maids and eunuchs. Among them, only Concubine Zhang, the daughter of Rong Guogong (posthumously) Zhang Yu, did not cry, and no one dragged her.

After all, she was a noble concubine, and her background was also very prominent, and the concubine was also very respectful of honor and demeanor at this time. She walked into the room by herself, and her face turned white. There were already many people hanging dead in the house, and they were all wearing filial piety clothes, hanging on the beams of the house, and the scene was very horrible. The faces of those women were twisted and twisted, and the air was filled with the stench of incontinence at death.

Apparently the other concubines who had just entered were also frightened, and the big room was filled with wailing. A concubine couldn't care about her identity anymore, and knelt down to the eunuch: "Please spare me and let me be a palace maid and slave......"

At this moment, the Zhang family, who was wearing filial piety clothes, came to this place surrounded by the palace people.