Early the next morning, Li Chengqian changed into the emperor's crown dress under the service of the palace maid, and wore the crown of the Son of Heaven with twelve crowns. Flash Dance

At this time, the palace was already in a state of plainness, which was made by the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace who worked overnight.

In the early morning, the sky was hazy, but at this time, a heavy bell rang, and everyone in Chang'an City woke up from their sleep.

Listening to the number of times the bell rang, they knew that this was the death knell from the palace, which represented that the emperor had died and the court had begun to mourn.

Dressed in filial piety clothes and tied around his waist, the messenger rode out of the quiet city of Chang'an on a fast horse and mourned all over the country.

In ancient times, there was no such convenient communication as in later generations, and a phone call could notify distant relatives to come to mourn.

The fastest communication transmission in ancient times could only be transmitted through post stations, which was the fastest communication method in this era.

This is also why after the death of the emperor, it takes so long to stop the spirit, mainly to wait for the distant vassal king to come back to worship the first emperor, after all, the journey back and forth takes time.

The fastest means of transportation in this era is naturally horses, which are not as fast and convenient as airplanes and high-speed trains in later generations.

The civil and military officials have changed into plain clothes, and according to the size of the official rank, they are standing on the Taiji Palace, and they know in their hearts that today is the day when the new monarch will be enthroned.

Li Chengqian came slowly from outside the palace, and under the attention of hundreds of civil and military officials, he slowly walked to the throne, Li Chengqian turned to look at the eldest grandson Wuji and Chu Suiliang. 35xs

Chu Suiliang immediately went out to announce the fact of Li Er's death to the hundred officials, and immediately the civil and military officials in the palace wept bitterly and were heartbroken.

Li Chengqian quietly looked at the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and thought to himself that in this civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, how many people were sincerely sad and crying, and how many of them were hypocritical.

After everyone was almost crying, the eldest grandson Wuji stood up and said, "Don't be sad, the country can't be without a king for a day!" The first emperor died, and the edict ordered the prince to be the emperor, and now please order Chu Suiliang to read out the edict of the first emperor. ”

Chu Suiliang wiped his tears and faced the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu Dao, "The crown prince is a dry man, the land is only the eldest grandson, and he is in the Ming Dynasty, training "poems" and "books", and teaching "rites" and "music" ......"

I read a long preceding paragraph, and now I am starting to read the main topic, "...... The crown prince will be able to overcome the unification. He succeeded me to the throne, that is, the emperor's throne. ”

"The edict is like the right, and it is in line with the ...... Zhenguan 23rd year May 29th. ”

It took about half an hour to read Li Er's edict to completion, in addition to the true content of the edict, there were also the signatures of officials from various departments, dates, and so on.

"Hundreds of officials pay homage to the new monarch." The eldest grandson Wuji took the lead like Li Chengqian to perform the courtesy of the monarch and the minister: "The minister greets Your Majesty!" Long live our emperor! Banzai! Hooray! ”

"Your Majesty! Long live my emperor, long live, long live! The civil and military officials immediately bowed to the new king. 35xs

Li Chengqian sat on the throne at this time and accepted the bowing of hundreds of officials.

"All Aiqing is exempt from courtesy!" Li Chengqian raised his hand and said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The civil and military officials stood up.

Reading the edict of the first emperor, the new monarch accepts the worship of hundreds of officials, but it is the first to establish the name of the new monarch, and if the new monarch wants to truly become the master of the empire, he also needs to hold a grand enthronement ceremony.

At that time, the new monarch took over the eight seals, sued the emperor Tianhou soil, sacrificed to the temple, and announced the succession of the new monarch to the world, so that the new monarch is the real emperor.

The current Li Chengqian only has the name of the emperor, but not the fact of the emperor.

According to the funeral system, the period of filial piety is three years, but as a new monarch, it is obviously impossible to leave behind military affairs and keep filial piety for his father for three years.

So there was a compromise solution, as long as the new monarch wore filial piety clothes for more than 20 days, he could take off his filial piety clothes, and other funeral rites remained unchanged.

In addition to these, the new monarch will also ascend the throne as soon as possible with the support of the ministers.

Li Chengqian's enthronement ceremony will be held on the first day of the next month, that is, two days later, he will hold a grand enthronement ceremony in this Taiji Hall and become the real new emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

As evidenced by the name, the new monarch and the hundred officials moved to the Liangyi Hall to mourn the first emperor.

Seeing the huge coffin parked in the Liangyi Palace, the hundred officials immediately cried, and Li Chengqian even cried.

Li Chengqian was crying, thinking in his heart how he should exercise the emperor's rights after the enthronement ceremony was completed.

First of all, it is natural to reward the old ministers of the East Palace, such as Di Renjie, Xue Rengui, Xu Jingzong, Qiu Shenji and others.

After all, they have followed him for many years, and they can be regarded as conscientious and conscientious, and they are also loyal to him Li Chengqian.

There is no reason why they should not be rewarded, and it would be chilling to not reward even a loyal courtier like them.

After that, who would dare to work hard for the emperor.

What's more, these former ministers are Li Chengqian's team, and they are the foundation for him to truly control the court and directly control the power in the future.

Li Chengqian's crown prince for more than 20 years has not been in vain, and now he can be said to be deep-rooted and full-fledged.

The old ministers arranged by the first emperor naturally can't move casually, but he can appoint and dismiss the general of the Sixteen Guards.

At the same time, he can also arrange his henchmen and cronies to important yamen such as the six ministries of the three provinces, and he cannot become the number one leader of the six departments of the three provinces, and there is no problem with the second and third leaders.

At this point, Li Chengqian's advantages as the crown prince for more than 20 years were revealed, although he could not immediately control the government and politics as soon as he succeeded to the throne, he could control most of the power.

This point is not comparable to Tang Gaozong in the history books.

After all, Tang Gaozong has only been the crown prince for a few years, and he has no time to establish his own team.

How can such a new monarch confront the old ministers in the court, which also makes the old ministers in the court more and more presumptuous, often thinking that the first emperor is alone, and the power is even more above the imperial power.

So between the monarch and the ministers, a battle for power began, and if the new monarch was more skilled, he would naturally be able to take back the rights and then execute the ministers.

If the new monarch's strength is not good, the ministers may turn around and turn against the guest, and the new monarch will be reduced to a puppet and puppet, and even, if the new monarch does not cooperate obediently, the ministers will depose the new monarch.

In addition, an obedient new monarch will be established, and when the time is ripe, the new monarch will be given the throne to the ministers, and the ministers will become the new emperors.

Li Chengqian was thinking in his heart about what position should be arranged for Di Renjie and them.

A eunuch hurriedly came to him, and Li Chengqian wondered in his heart that what else was going on at the moment would be more important than holding a funeral for the first emperor.

"Your Majesty! Hundreds of people from the four Yi entered the court and came to pay tribute, and when they heard that the first emperor had died, they were all saddened, cutting their hair, cutting their faces with knives, cutting their ears, etc., bleeding all over the ground. The eunuch reported to Li Chengqian.