The mourning period of Emperor Daxing lasted twenty-seven days.

Therefore, civil and military officials and edicts still have to enter the palace to worship as usual.

Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian, the second assistant of the cabinet, naturally changed their mourning clothes, and came to the palace of Emperor Zi of Daxing early the next morning.

At this time, the little eunuch who was sweeping in the morning immediately called a thousand when Liu Jian and others passed by: "I have seen a few pavilion elders." ”

Liu Jian threw a piece of silver over: "What did Your Majesty do last night?" ”

"If you go back to the pavilion, Liu Jin thought that the prince was too sad and needed to relieve his boredom, and found ten beauties to accompany the emperor, and the Xinuan Pavilion where the emperor slept was brightly lit last night, lit up all night, and danced all night", the eunuch replied.

Sanfu Xie Qian couldn't help but smile contemptuously after hearing this: "This new majesty is also clever, he will cry in front of people, and he still can't control himself in the future, plus some eunuchs will be lured from the side, and there will be no doubt that he will be a faint king in the future!" ”

"If there is no faint king, how can there be a virtuous minister! If Emperor Du Ruo is like this, and finally proposes to collect some commercial taxes, and wants to change us, wouldn't we have to do that thing to change the dynasty again. ”

Li Dongyang said with a smile at this time.

"Humph! The young man ascended the throne, how to govern the world, fortunately, now the master of ceremonies is Wang Yue, who is old and respectful, and the cabinet has us, no matter how much trouble he makes, he can't turn the sky upside down, and the eight tigers around him can play with him, but he has to tell Wang Yue not to let these eight tigers take away his position in the inner court. ”

Liu Jian said and said: "After the new emperor ascends the throne, he will inevitably choose the queen, since His Majesty likes beauties, when the time comes, he will choose some stunning ones, which is also beneficial to the emperor's heir." ”

"What the first minister said is extremely true, to say that His Majesty is not worried, the left and right are just easy to do, as long as the celebrant and the cabinet are in our hands, he naturally can't do anything, but now the key is that Ma Wensheng, a member of the party, is really too stupid and loyal, especially Ma Wensheng, who has to investigate the cause of Emperor Daxing's death, isn't this deliberately looking for us guilty?"

Li Dongyang said.

"This old horseman! The thief who wants to enter the cabinet does not die! If he is not in the cabinet, what qualifications does he have as a vulgar person! ”

Liu Jian couldn't help but get angry when he thought that Ma Wensheng had stolen the limelight from him yesterday and defeated his own good deeds.

Xie Qian also said from the side: "If you want me to say, this turbidity can't be listed in the court, he Ma Wensheng is a handful of years, once a son of heaven and a courtier, it is time for him to be a minister." ”

At this time, Liu Daxia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, followed: "Rest assured, the lower officials have already contacted the imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate, and after the emperor ascends the throne, he will join him on the grounds that he is old but still loves the throne, he Ma Wensheng has always cherished his reputation, and he will definitely take the initiative to retire when the time comes!" ”

"That's great!"

Liu Jian said with a smile and went up the jade steps first.

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Zhu Houzhao saw this scene, couldn't help but smile faintly, hurriedly put down the curtains, put on filial piety clothes for him, and then came to the main hall of Emperor Daxing's Zigong Palace and knelt down, and held a nine-ring in his hand to fiddle, after all, only in this way can it appear that he is a playful young emperor.

After Liu Jian and the others came in, they cried again, Zhu Houzhao didn't know if they had chili peppers on their faces, and they cried bitterly without preparation.

After Ma Wensheng and the others came in, they only knelt to the side by default, and after seeing Zhu Houzhao again, they became a little sad and depressed: "Although Your Majesty is benevolent and filial, it is indeed too playful to lose your mind, Emperor Xian, you shouldn't have left so early!" ”

Every day in the future, Zhu Houzhao was mourning Emperor Hongzhi according to the arrangement of the Ministry of Rites, and Liu Jian and others would regularly come to cry and then return to the Wenhua Palace cabinet to do business.

Zhu Houzhao also took advantage of these days to record all the modern knowledge he could remember, he naturally had to rely on these to make money, otherwise even if he was the crown prince, he would not be able to get silver, and if he wanted to control the power of the court, he must have money and military power, and having money is the premise of military power, and earning silver can be said to be the most important thing for him now.

In addition, Zhu Houzhao felt that he could not live in the Qianqing Palace for the time being, he didn't know how many eunuchs in the Qianqing Palace were the eyes of the cabinet civil officials, staying here was equivalent to staying under their noses, and he couldn't make money staying in the palace.

Therefore, he felt that he had to find an opportunity to escape from the Forbidden City, and only by escaping from the Forbidden City could he be a free emperor, not a puppet emperor who was watched.

Anyway, now Zhu Houzhao's character is a playful and ignorant young emperor, and he is even afraid that he has been regarded as a faint king, and it is not surprising that he moved to live in a separate garden outside the palace.

On the 27th, the mourning period of Emperor Daxing soon ended.

Immediately afterwards, it was the civil and military officials, the common people, etc., who invited Zhu Houzhao to ascend the throne and become emperor.

This is all a precedent.

One please.

Zhu Houzhao refused.

Two please.

Zhu Houzhao refused again.

After the three invitations, Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne on an auspicious day with the crown prince's decree to the Ministry of Rites, and then prepared to announce to the world that he would change the Yuan Zhengde next year.

During this period of time, at the strong request of a group of officials such as Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the ministry, Zhang Yu, the chief of ceremonies, Shi Qin, the right minister of the Zhangtai Hospital, Liu Wentai, the court judge, Gao Ting, the imperial doctor, and these people were still sent to Jinyi and Prison because of the death of Emperor Hongzhi.

But soon, after Zhu Houzhao became the emperor, there was a grace of amnesty for the world when he ascended the throne and announced his will to the world, so Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, etc. strongly demanded pardon for the capital crimes of these people on this ground, and changed it to a border guard.

Zhu Houzhao has been watching coldly the struggle between Liu Jian's party and Ma Wensheng's party over the death of Emperor Hongzhi, and listened to both Ma Wensheng and Liu Jian, making many ministers and ministers think that Zhu Houzhao is really a young emperor who has no opinions.

The officials became more fearless, and corruption naturally began to become serious.

Of course, many civil officials will blame Zhu Houzhao for this phenomenon, saying that Zhu Houzhao's abandonment of the government and politics led to this phenomenon.

But in fact, Zhu Houzhao has been honestly playing the role of a "puppet emperor" according to the arrangement of civilian officials.

As for the behavior of the Eight Tigers, it did not attract much attention, and Zhu Houzhao did not worry that their actions would fail, he believed that since these eight people could stand on the stage of history in later generations and defeat the civilian clique, it was impossible for them to even complete these tasks.

"Emperor, the leopard house is almost built, you see when you will move over", one day, Luo Xiang found Zhu Houzhao and said.

"I'll move tomorrow, I'll go and tell the queen mother today, you will announce it to the public now, saying that the emperor himself feels tired of living in the palace, and he wants to go to the leopard room to live for a while and see the tiger and lion!" Find all the beauties in the palace again! ”

Zhu Houzhao picked up a box of drawings and handed them to Luo Xiang.

Early the next morning, Zhu Houzhao took his mother Zhang to move to the leopard house on the grounds of summer vacation.

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Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet, was furious when he heard this, and even directly shouted Zhu Houzhao's name: "What is Zhu Houzhao going to do!" If you want to get out of the palace, you can leave the palace, does he still think he is the prince! ”

"The first one is angry, our new emperor was fun when he was the crown prince, which is understandable, but he is out of the palace, and it is true that we can't control it, no matter what, we have to let him go back to the palace! Immediately the speaker played the advice. ”

Li Dongyang calmed Liu Jian's emotions, and said: "Things have to come one by one now, the day after tomorrow is the dynasty, Liu Daxia has already found the imperial history, and when the time comes, he will impeach Ma Wensheng in front of the ministers, as long as Ma Wensheng is forced back to his hometown, this court is not our final say, and it is only easy to let the emperor return to the palace." ”

"What the second assistant said is very true, isn't he Ma Wensheng proud to be loyal to Emperor Daxing, then let him see the virtue of the emperor today, when he Ma Wensheng is disappointed, the official will not believe that he is still in the mood to stay in the court", Xie Qian said with a smile.

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang both laughed after hearing this, and Liu Jian even proposed: "When the time comes, we will all send this elder of the Four Dynasties, after all, everyone has worked together for so long." ”

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian both agreed, with smug smiles on their faces.