Due to Zhu Changluo's violent death, Qingling ended hastily soon after the start of construction, and people sighed at the same time that this short-lived son of heaven turned all their attention to the enthronement ceremony of the new monarch.

As soon as the fifth and third watches of the first month of September arrived, Wang An took Cao Huachun, Wei Jinzhong and others to check the layout in the Imperial Palace, and then rushed to the Qianqing Palace to pick up the car. Zuo Zhan has already begun to dress neatly under the service of several palace maids, although he still can't figure out the elegance of these clothes, but according to the understanding of the history of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor's crown clothes are divided into crowns, gons, white Luo big belts, jade leather belts, jade pendants, big ribbons, small ribbons, white Luo middle singles, yellow socks, yellow boots. As the saying goes, people rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles, and the left battle who wears a dragon robe is heroic, but the tassel crown is too heavy, and it is inlaid with gems, and he walks like a teletubbie, and he will be unlucky when he encounters a thunderstorm.

Everything was packed up, and the day after tomorrow was already slightly bright, and Zuo Zhan slowly came to the Huangji Hall under the support of everyone. According to Zuo Zhan's original intention, he ended this boring ritual as soon as possible, but as soon as he arrived at the main hall, he was stunned by the scenes in front of him. All kinds of dresses are new and bright, and all kinds of flags are fluttering in the wind. The internal envoy supervised Huang Lu to fight on the Huangji Palace, the left and right guards of Danqi held covers, umbrellas, fans, flags, etc., and Jin Wuwei held twelve dragon flags of various types and countless cloth flags.

When he stepped on the auspicious time, he sat on the dragon chair, and all the officials, relatives of the emperor and foreign envoys in Beijing knelt outside the imperial palace, and bowed three times and bowed nine times, and the mountain shouted long live.

It can be said unceremoniously that the enthronement ceremony of the Ming Dynasty emperor is the most extravagant, luxurious, spectacular and majestic inauguration ceremony in the history of mankind, and of course the most cumbersome. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang began to convene the old and famous people from all over the country to restore the etiquette system, and the importance of etiquette can be seen. After more than 200 years of evolution, the Ming Dynasty already had a complete system to highlight different identities and statuses.

In this ceremony, although Huang Zuozhan is the protagonist, he does not need to make any inaugural speech, but allows him to understand this history up close, as if entering another dream from one dream.

In any case, Zuo Zhan finally boarded the dragon chair of the morning and evening thoughts, and he could revive the Ming Dynasty according to his own ideas. After receiving the prostrations of the people, he motioned to Wang An to read the holy decree:

"Respect the last order of the first emperor, I ascended the throne today, ponder the weight of entrustment, be conscientious, and practice the way of benevolence and filial piety. Self-only Liangde, still rely on pro-sage, and try to rule the new country. The posthumous queen mother is the queen mother of filial piety, and the biological mother is the queen mother of filial piety, and the matter of posthumous sealing is treated solemnly by the Ministry of Rites. Amnesty to the world, set August this year as the first year of Taichang, and next year as the first year of the apocalypse. ”

When the ministers heard this, they knelt down and echoed according to the etiquette system: "The emperor is benevolent and filial, and I respectfully obey the holy order, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Today is the emperor's great day to ascend the throne, Zuo Zhan thought that he could go back to the palace for breakfast after the ceremony, but things were not as simple as he imagined. The first to stand up was Yu Shi Jia Jichun, only to see him crying with tears in his eyes:

"The first emperor Bintian, his flesh and blood are not cold, but he chooses to coerce the holy driver, which is a disaster for the Wu clan. The first virgin was beaten, and it was done by the chosen servants, so please have no accident with the eighth sister of the Holy Royalist. ”

Zuo Zhan listened to it in a fog above, and carefully checked the twists and turns to figure out what it meant. It turned out that he was saying that Zhu Changluo's bones were not cold, and Li Xuanzhi wanted to hold the Son of Heaven hostage in order to listen to the government. Considering that Zhu Youxiao's biological mother, Wang Cairen, was beaten and humiliated to death by Li Xuanzhi, Li Xuanzhi's biological daughter Princess Le'an Zhu Huiyuan should be handed over to other concubines to raise, and Li Xuanzhi was sent to the cold palace.

For women like Zheng and Li, Zuo Zhan didn't want to care, after all, he has now become an emperor, and he has to be forgiving and forgiving. But when Jia Jichun mentioned the cause of Wang Cairen's death, he had to ask:

"Our Lady is still young, you said that it was the choice of the servant, is there any basis?"

Najia Jichun was entrusted by Wang Cairen's mother's family, thinking that Li Xuanzhi forced Wang Cairen to death This is a well-known thing, and now the emperor will definitely avenge his mother, so he didn't know the details, and when Zuo Zhan asked like this, he had nothing to say, so he could only excuse himself:

"I don't know the details, but I just heard about it."

Zuo Zhan thought to himself what day it is, you have to come up with ironclad evidence for me, and I will be very businesslike. But you are embarrassed to play with me, and angrily reprimanded:

"The county government still needs evidence to judge the case, and there are rumors and rumors above the Golden Palace! Jia Jichun slandered the concubines of the first emperor for no reason and was demoted to commoners. ”

Zuo Zhan wanted to kill the chickens and make an example of the monkeys, but he didn't expect the monkeys to rebel! The ministers wrote letters to impeach Zheng and Li for causing trouble in the harem, generally centering on the "Attack Case", "Red Pill Case" and "Moving the Palace Case", which were the three famous cases of the Ming Dynasty, which involved a wide range of people, and it was not clear until the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

"Holy!" Zuo Zhan secretly exclaimed, he finally understood why the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was reluctant to go to court, it was too brain-burning. You must know that the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty was a nationwide selection of talents, and after decades of officialdom forging, these people can stand here are all thick black families with walls like wells and walls. According to their generations, they are all Jinshi in the Wanli period, serving in the three dynasties, whether it is ability or qualifications, they can compete with the emperor.

In fact, the question of whether to go to the DPRK or not has long been considered by Zuo Zhan, and in the end he still chose to be in charge of the dynasty. Of course, this is not to say that the emperor who does not go to the court is a faint king, first of all, they are not lazy, and not going to the court does not mean that they will not do things, the hippie Zhu Houzhao repelled the little prince in Yingzhou, the Taoist priest Zhu Houxi drove away the Japanese Kou, and the otaku Zhu Yijun completed the three major conquests. During their tenure, the Ming Dynasty continued to increase its arable land and population, which was progress. Secondly, they are not stupid, since Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister, the emperor has stood naked in front of the minister, for Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, of course, this is not a problem, but Zhu Zhanji said that he had different opinions. He first cultivated the good habit of reading books and newspapers among the eunuchs, and then used these eunuchs to set up celebrant eunuchs, let them fight with the courtiers, and hide behind himself. The emperor in the back also tasted the sweetness, and of course he didn't want to compete with these nerds.

If it weren't for the fact that Daming Company was about to go bankrupt and liquidate, Zuo Zhan wouldn't have bothered to sit here and talk nonsense to the ministers. Seeing that there were more and more folds handed over, the more the ministers spoke, the more angry they became, Zuo Zhan opened his mouth and said:

"The sudden collapse of the two emperors in the past few months is a great disaster for the country. I will also personally keep a vigil and pray for the blessing of the country. Wang An was promoted to the head of the Internal Affairs Office, in charge of all the affairs of the palace. Wei Jinzhong was the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor and the eunuch of Bingbi, who commanded the East Factory. Qi Changguo was the commander of the Jinyi Guard and was responsible for the protection of the imperial city. Luo Sigong was the commander of the five armies and was responsible for the defense of the capital. Fang Congzhe remained as the first assistant of the cabinet, and the affairs of the court should be carried out according to the regulations. ”

Zuo Zhan's words were awkward, but the meaning was very clear, Shoufu was still Shoufu, Shangshu was still Shangshu, and they all said that they had just misunderstood, and they would definitely fulfill their duties in the future and share their worries for the king.

In fact, behind all quarrels are interests, and everyone is naturally happy to have their own place. Watching them withdraw from the Imperial Palace, Zuo Zhan was quite satisfied with the first advent of the dynasty. First of all, he realized that it was not possible to directly deal with the Donglin Party now, and he still needed to be obscene under the tower. Secondly, he found that Daming Company was still running step by step, and there were two key people in it.

The first is Fang Congzhe, the head of the mixed faction, who has been the first assistant of the cabinet since the 41st year of Wanli, and has been torn between the emperor, the harem, the eunuchs, and the ministers. Although he has the heart to help Sheji, he does not have the strength of Xia Yan, Zhang Juzheng and others, so he can only go around like a firefighter.

The second is Zhang Weixian, the head of the Xun faction, whose ancestor is Zhang Yu, the general next to Zhu Di. Although his ability is not strong, his prestige is extremely high, and many nobles have to give him face, and he is a good hand at maintaining stability.

With these two people supporting him in the front court, he can concentrate on dealing with the harem first. According to Cao Huachun's statistics, there are still 19 million taels of silver, more than 400,000 pieces of various national treasures, celebrity calligraphy and paintings, 200,000 horses of fine silk, and countless others. Looking at the huge warehouse, Zuo Zhan sighed: "It's really fun to be rich!" ”

Of course, he is still the richest man in the world. The inner vault alone is filled with boxes full of silver tickets, gold bars, and silver ingots, which are piled up like a small mountain, and there are all kinds of diluted treasures. It takes about half a day to walk around the warehouse, not including the underground floors.

Looking at these mountains of gold and silver treasures, Zuo Zhan thought to himself that the Ming Dynasty was saved. Wang An saw that the emperor was overjoyed, and added:

"Your Majesty, Mr. Cao only counted until yesterday, according to the gift list, His Majesty will also pay tribute of 100,000 taels of gold, more than 3 million taels of silver, 500,000 horses of silk and cotton, and countless other treasures for enjoyment."

Zuo Zhan swallowed his saliva and asked angrily:

"If all of these things were exchanged for silver, what would be the approximate amount?"

Cao Huachun didn't expect the emperor to convert it like this, and said without thinking: "According to the current market price, it will not be less than 50 million taels." ”

The master and servant are slightly embarrassed to ask and answer, since ancient times, the emperor has been poor and extravagant to collect all kinds of treasures, in order to be rich in the world, trying to blur the specific value. Zuo Zhan didn't think so, when the king entered Beijing and the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the emperor's life was gone, what was the use of these cold yellow and white things, it was really a lament in the history books.

Although Zuo Zhan is still unclear about the income and expenditure of the Ming Dynasty, according to the annual deficit of 3 million taels of silver, the internal silver can be fully supported for more than 20 years. Thinking that he had such a long time, Zuo Zhan said cheerfully:

"Wang An, in the future, you will manage this inner treasury for me, and the things you pay tribute will be directly converted into hard currency such as gold and silver as much as possible, and all the things you will be rewarded will be used in kind."

"The emperor is also greedy for money?" Wang An muttered in his heart, although he still couldn't figure out the bottom of the little emperor, he was sure of one thing, there would be an ambassador to spend money in the future.

Seeing Wang An's confused face, Zuo Zhan didn't want to explain too much to him at once. Since coming to this era, as soon as he closed his eyes, he seemed to see Nurhachi's saber and Li Zicheng's red tassel spear, so he didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and tried his best to race against time. Now that the former dynasty has been appeased, he must solve the remaining problems of the harem as soon as possible.