Chapter 12: Enthronement
As the saying goes: a country cannot be without a king for a day, so in ancient times, even if the emperor died, the new emperor ascended the throne first and then held the funeral of the first emperor. In the Ming Dynasty, it was common for a new emperor to ascend the throne within three days of the emperor's death.
This day is already the second day, which means that Zhu Cijiong will have to ascend the throne tomorrow.
The new emperor's accession to the throne is a very grand event, the process is extremely cumbersome, and there are many things to be determined, so just after the time has passed, the palace gate has just opened, and Sun Chengzong pulled Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, to find Zhu Cijiong to discuss the enthronement.
At this time, Zhu Cijiong was still lying in the main hall of Cining Palace and was asleep, although Cao Huachun was a little unbearable, he still stepped forward and gently woke him up, such a big thing as the new emperor's accession to the throne could not be delayed.
Zhu Cijiong woke up in a daze, listened to Cao Huachun's report, and looked at the crumbling group of stewards and eunuchs below, and with a roll of his eyes, he asked Cao Huachun to come up and explain.
Soon a few eunuchs came up with washing utensils, Zhu Cijiong hurriedly washed up under their service, and a few eunuchs came over with a large bucket of porridge.
This is not an ordinary porridge, there are not a few grains of rice in it, and almost all of them are precious ingredients such as walnut kernels, dates, and lotus seeds.
Zhu Cijiong asked the little eunuch to serve a bowl to each of the eunuchs, and asked them to fill a bowl for themselves, and then said generously: "You are fortunate, I will reward you with a bowl of breakfast, hurry up and go back to rest after drinking." ”
Then, he stared at the eunuch below and did not move.
This means obviously, I will reward you for eating with me at any time, if you want to poison me, then you have to think about it carefully, don't poison me by then, you yourself will be poisoned!
The eunuchs below were about to faint, so they all drank it in a hurry after blowing a few sips.
Zhu Cijiong stared at them for a while, and then slowly picked up the porridge in front of him, took the spoon, and drank it slowly.
After he finished drinking, he rinsed his mouth under the service of the eunuch, and then waved his hand to let the eunuch below, and he himself walked towards the study, where Sun Chengzong and they are waiting for you.
The first thing the new emperor did when he ascended the throne was naturally to determine the era name, and the morning was mainly to discuss the issue of the era name.
Of course, in Sun Chengzong's opinion, he is still just a child, and he can only witness this discussion process as an audience.
When he came to the study, Zhu Cijiong was hugged by Zhu Youzhen to the chair behind the desk and sat down, Zhu Youzhen stood on one side, Sun Chengzong and a group of cabinet ministers stood neatly in front of the desk.
When Zhu Youzhen saw that he was seated, he raised his hand and said, "Take it out and discuss it." ”
Hearing this, Sun Chengzong took out a recital from his arms and read it aloud: "Your Majesty, after deliberation, the cabinet has initially decided on four era names, namely: Qiansheng, Xingfu, Xianjia, and Chongzhen, please ask the emperor to decide." ”
When Zhu Youzhen heard this, he looked at Zhu Cijiong, and when he saw him in a daze, he shook his head and said: "Dry for the sky, the sage is also a saint, dare to be?" It is not advisable to be sacred; ZTE is very good, but how easy is it? Nor is it advisable to prosper; Xian is next to Ge, and if you want to rest and fight, Xianjia is not available; It's better to be Chongzhen! ”
When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he was shocked, and said in his heart: "Chongzhen! You didn't even become the emperor, and you still can't forget this sad name! If you want to worship you, I won't worship you! ”
He rolled his eyes and followed a stupid recitation: "Chongzheng, Chongzheng, Chongzheng......"
As soon as the emperor's chanting voice sounded, Sun Chengzong, Zhu Youzhen and the cabinet ministers were all incredulous and looked at him in a daze.
Well, the emperor Chrysostom said, Chongzheng is Chongzheng, no one will commit this crime of bullying the monarch for a word, so Zhu Cijiong insisted on changing the year name to "Chongzheng".
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Early the next morning, Zhu Cijiong was called up early again and began to prepare for the enthronement ceremony.
First bathed, he was surrounded by a bunch of palace maids and scrubbed for a while, then put on his underwear and began to burn incense. When he was dazed by the smoke, he was put on a crown with twelve coats of arms, with nine crowns, and hung a bunch of ornaments. After this set, he can't walk a little bit, it's too heavy!
Then, accompanied by Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, he went to Longlin, went out of the Qianqing Palace, and went to the Huangji Palace.
There are no less than 1,000 Jinyi guards who open the road in front and escort them behind, and there are at least 10,000 Jinyi guards standing all the way who bow their heads to greet them.
There is no way, although Wei Zhongxian has been honest in the past two days, his strength has not been affected, and he has to guard against it.
When Long Yuan arrived at the Zhonghe Palace, Zhu Cijiong was invited, Sun Chengzong had already held the edict in the palace, and Zhu Youxiao helped Zhu Cijiong sit on the dragon chair and helped him sort out the crown.
As soon as he sat down and rested for a while, a voice came from outside: "Please read out the edict of the emperor." “
Sun Chengzong bowed to Zhu Cijiong, and then walked out with the edict in both hands.
At this time, the square outside the Huangji Hall was already full of officials at all levels, neatly arranged there according to the size of their positions, and there were no less than 3,000 people.
Sun Chengzong held high the edict, walked to the middle of the second step outside the Imperial Palace, and said loudly: "Xuan Xianhuang's edict, all the officials listen to the edict." ”
All the officials hurriedly knelt down, kowtowed and said in unison: "Weichen respectfully listens to the emperor's last words." ”
Sun Chengzong read aloud:
"I bowed to the ancestors of the ancestors for seven years, and the emperor was admitted to the training of Fa Yao Shun, and he was conscientious and conscientious, and he did not dare to slack off. The three halls of the world were completed, the hall was restored, the atmosphere was repeatedly frustrated, and the border was gradually settled.
Fang is determined to rule peace and rest with the people. It is not said that the endowment is weak, since the Qinggong has been, and since the Imperial Palace, there are many police, day and night, and it is beneficial to use worry and labor, and think more about hurting the spleen, so it leads to lingering. Now it is a relapse of long-cherished illness, blood and blood suddenly, with a few dying, unable to get up, there is a negative first test of the life of Gu Tuo,
I'm exhausted. If the husband dies and tastes reason, people will not be able to avoid it, but in the succession, the people of the clan and society will depend on it, and all of them will be obedient, so I have no regrets.
The crown prince is benevolent and filial, and he is the heir to the throne of the emperor......"
After reading the edict, Sun Chengzong shouted luckily: "Please ask the new emperor to succeed to the throne!" ”
All the officials below shouted in unison: "Please new emperor to succeed to the throne, please new emperor to succeed to the throne, please new emperor to succeed to the throne!" ”
At this time, Zhu Youzhen led Zhu Cijiong out of the Zhonghe Hall and walked to the platform in front of the Huangji Palace.
The dragon chair had already been placed on the platform, and Zhu Youzhen helped Zhu Cijiong onto the dragon chair, took out the edict of enthronement from his arms and read it again.
It is probably to first praise the merits of the previous emperor, then to indicate the future policy program, and finally to celebrate the new emperor's enthronement and amnesty to the world.
After Zhu Youzhen finished reading the edict on his accession to the throne, he shouted luckily: "The new emperor will succeed to the throne and change the yuan to Chongzheng!" ”
The officials below immediately shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”
Shouted nine times in a row, more than the same again, bigger than the other, and the last time it was simply shouted and the earth shook!
As soon as he finished shouting here, the voice of the system beauty sounded in Zhu Cijiong's mind: "Ding Dong, congratulations on completing the first glorious task, and now the reward will be issued: the original machine tool drawing." ”
Zhu Cijiong only felt dizzy this time, and he didn't know how many drawings and principles were poured into his mind. After the vertigo, he had a lot of knowledge in his mind: what was the primitive lathe, the primitive drilling machine, the primitive grinding machine......
There are all kinds of machine tools, it is almost possible to open a small military factory, of course, these are the most primitive versions, and now European countries are about to develop them one after another.
The reward for this glorious mission was so huge that Zhu Cijiong couldn't figure out how much knowledge he had mastered for a while.
He was about to comb it carefully, and the system beauty immediately prompted: "Ding Dong, friendly reminder: the barrel of the flintlock pistol is more than one meter, please consider the processing problem." Tips are over, happy playing. ”
Zhu Cijiong was stunned when he heard this, he just thought about the flintlock pistol, but he forgot the appearance of the flintlock pistol.
The barrel of the gun is more than one meter, and with the current military level of the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to make it at all!
No wonder the guns made by Da Ming are so bulky and short, they also want to lengthen the barrel, they also want to reduce the weight, but, relying on the current processing equipment, they can't do it!
Here, after Zhu Youzhen finished reading the edict of enthronement, Sun Chengzong began to read the letter of consecration again: "Respect the Empress Zhang as the Empress Dowager of Yi'an, in charge of the East Sixth Palace; The noble concubine Ren is the Queen Mother of the Virgin Mary, in charge of the West Sixth Palace......"
Over there, Zhu Cijiong was thinking about how to make the barrel, and he didn't care what he was reading.
In this way, he was carried to the Sheji altar in a daze to worship the heaven and earth, and was carried to the Taimiao Temple to worship the ancestors and ancestors, and the enthronement ceremony was completed.
Finally, he was carried back to the Imperial Palace, and sat on the dragon chair to receive the worship of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs.
By this time he had finally figured out how to make a barrel from a primitive drilling machine, but the problem came again, he was only five years old!
His father wore a dragon robe as a carpenter, and everyone was barely acceptable, after all, his father was an adult. What's wrong with the emperor liking to play with wood? It's good if you don't play with gold, jewelry, or anything!
But a five-year-old child goes to play with various machine tools, even if it is the most primitive version, even if you are the emperor, people can't accept it!
Are you a human or a monster?
The ministers stepped forward one by one, but Zhu Cijiong was thinking: "How can I properly make all kinds of machine tools without being suspected of being a monster?" ”
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