On the seventh day of August in the 14th year of Ming orthodoxy, the auspicious day of the zodiac, everything is appropriate. Early in the morning, the autumn sun was shining, the clouds were light and the wind was light, and it was a rare good weather.

As soon as the hour passed, the melodious bell rang from the solemn Forbidden City, echoing in every corner of the entire Forty-Nine City, so that many early risers couldn't help but put down the work at hand, and subconsciously looked in the direction of the imperial city, although they may not even be able to see the walls of the imperial palace.

Because everyone in the city, from the dignitaries to the peddlers and pawns, all know that today is the big day when the court has chosen to set up a new king. That is to say, starting today, the Ming Dynasty will turn a new page, and the new emperor will be established, which is naturally enough to attract the attention of the vast majority of people.

As the bell gradually stopped, the stirring drum sounded again, and then the closed palace gate opened one after another, and the road leading from the noon gate to the Taihedian Square had already been splashed with clean water, and the loess mat road, everything was the highest specification to welcome the arrival of the Son of Heaven.

And in the wide square outside the noon gate, hundreds of officials, big and small, all stood solemnly, bowing their heads and waiting for that moment to come. With the exact arrival of the auspicious time, the rumbling footsteps sounded from the end of the royal street facing the noon gate, and everyone looked intently, and saw a thousand soldiers of the forbidden army in armor escorting a magnificent carriage drawn by eight pure white horses slowly towards the palace gate.

The windows on both sides of the carriage had been removed, and the blinds in front of it had been removed, so that no matter which direction it was hit, people could easily see the dress and appearance of the people sitting inside. This is a young man dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, with an imperial crown on his head, and a solemn and solemn expression. He is naturally the former King of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Qiyu, who is about to take over the position of the Son of Heaven.

I saw that he tightened his face tightly, looking quite dignified, which made the ministers who saw his figure from a distance quickly bow down, and shouted in unison: "Wait for the ministers to meet His Royal Highness King Yu!" At this time, he had not really ascended the throne and became emperor, so this title could not be changed.

At this time, the carriage had already driven to the square, and when he saw the ministers who were kneeling down in the dark, Zhu Qiyu only felt that his heart was beating as fast as a drum, and his face became rosy because of excitement. opened his mouth to calm everyone down, but under the dry throat, he couldn't say anything.

It wasn't until he coughed slightly that Zhu Qiyu calmed down and said in a somewhat hoarse voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, please excuse yourself and enter the palace with King Lone!" ”

The carriage continued onward, and soon crossed the Jinshui Bridge and entered the noon gate, which symbolized the supreme status of the emperor. Entering the Forbidden City again, Zhu Qiyu felt completely different, every time he took a step, he felt that his heart was beating faster, and when he saw the majestic Taihe Gate from afar, he even felt that his whole heart was about to jump out of his throat.

And the ministers also stood up from the ground one after another at this time. After glancing at each other a few times, patting the floating ash on their bodies, they lined up according to their titles or official positions, and then entered through the palace gate at the other end. The noon gate is not something that ordinary people are qualified to walk, only the Son of Heaven, or those who are about to become the Son of Heaven, can enter the palace here.

At this time, on the square in front of the Taihe Palace, there were already eunuchs and palace maids who did not kill the Empress Dowager Sun

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, Queen Qian and the prince Zhu Jianshen, who still needs to be embraced, are waiting here. Seeing the carriage slowly approaching the front, many people had extremely strange thoughts in their hearts, especially Queen Qian, who was full of confusion and uneasiness.

Her relationship with Zhu Qizhen has always been excellent, but with the mentality of the youngest daughter, she originally thought that she would be able to respect the Son of Heaven in this life and become a beautiful talk for future generations. But as a result, this accident caused her to fall from heaven to hell suddenly.

Now that her husband is in the hands of the Mengren, it is difficult to know whether he will live or die, and for the sake of the stability of the Ming Dynasty, he can only agree to let the brother of the Son of Heaven inherit the throne. I'm afraid that from now on, my identity in the palace will become extremely embarrassing and weird, right? Of course, what she is most worried about is Zhu Qizhen, if the people know about this, what will they do to him? Also, now that he knows about this, what kind of thoughts will he have?

In fact, the entanglement in Empress Dowager Sun's heart is not under her daughter-in-law, but for the sake of her ancestors, she can only grieve her son, daughter-in-law and grandson.

When Zhu Qiyu came to stand in front of them, and the ministers also arrived one after another, Empress Dowager Sun gave her confidant eunuchs a look. The latter stepped forward and preached loudly: "Do the ministers have a play? ”

"Minister, Yu Qian, the squire of the military department, has a play!" Yu Qian stood up in response. As a courtier who advocated for Zhu Qiyu to ascend the throne before, the first merit of this persuasion certainly belongs to him: "Now that my son will fall into the hands of the enemy tomorrow, the whole world will be shocked, and this sincerity is in danger of survival." In the humble opinion of the ministers, a new king should be set up, in order to calm the hearts of the people, and determine the military situation! ”

After a pause, he glanced at Zhu Qiyu, who looked a little nervous on the side, and said the most critical sentence: "At such a critical time, please make the emperor's own brother, the servant king Zhu Qiyu as the emperor, and hope that the queen mother Yuzhun!" ”

"Good, what Yu Shilang said is reasonable." Empress Dowager Sun immediately nodded.

It was Zhu Qiyu, but at this time, he waved his hand again and again, and he was not talented enough to be the emperor. Although this is suspected of being a drama - everything was actually completely decided more than ten days ago, and even the days were selected - but this kind of rule of three lets and three invitations still has to be done, even if the actors and the audience are actually a group of people.

The next process was actually arranged a long time ago, and the elders of the court and the clan came to persuade them, but Zhu Qiyu once again expressed his refusal to be the king, and also mentioned the fact that the prince was in Beijing.

As this process progressed slowly, a few of the eunuchs who existed as the background on the side were really panicked. Among them, the one who felt the most frightened and desperate was Cao Rui, who was the celebrant of ceremonies.

He remembered it clearly, some time ago, he thought that Zhu Qiyu was just an idle prince, and it was difficult to get ahead, so he suppressed and made it difficult for him in every way, which completely offended the other party to death.

Unexpectedly, in just two or three months, things have changed so drastically, and the original idle prince has become the master of the entire imperial city and the rightful son of heaven. In this way, the situation of himself and his children and grandchildren is quite worrying.

There is a way that once the son of heaven is a courtier, in fact, this is not too obvious to foreign officials, at least the new son of heaven will have to take a few years to exclude the former reused courtiers from the center one by one.

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But inside the palace, when dealing with domestic slaves like eunuchs, the Son of Heaven would not have any worries. Even if the son inherits the father's throne, the eunuch who originally served his father will be quickly expelled from the palace, not to mention the current situation.

It was precisely because he was worried that this would happen to him that Cao Rui would use all available forces to rush to the north to find the whereabouts of the Son of Heaven after learning of the defeat ahead. It's a pity that what they got was the terrible news that the Son of Heaven was captured, which naturally dealt them a great blow.

And the bigger blow is that this time the Queen Mother actually let Zhu Qiyu be the emperor, how much Cao Rui regretted that he would do such a thing before. At the same time, I felt so helpless......

This is the limitation of the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty, don't look at the Ming Dynasty There were a lot of eunuchs who brought disaster to the country and the people, such as Wang Zhen who just died, and Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian, who carried all this forward, but in fact, they only harmed officials and the people at most, but they have never been like their ancestors, such as the eunuchs who were in power during the Han and Tang dynasties, they can really manipulate the court situation, and even decide the abolition and life and death of the Son of Heaven.

If these two dynasties were replaced, with the strength of eunuchs, they could completely find someone who could at least not threaten their own safety to be the emperor, such as the young crown prince Zhu Jianshen. It's a pity that in the Ming Dynasty, eunuchs didn't have this power at all, and even when the queen mother and the ministers agreed on this matter before, they didn't know about it until they heard the news afterwards.

And at this point, it is even more impossible for them to prevent this from happening, which makes the hearts of Cao Rui and others completely sink to the bottom.

By their side, the scene of the monarch and the minister has come to an end. After Zhu Qiyu refused again, the Queen Mother finally persuaded her. The words of persuasion are actually not much different from what they said in Cining Palace that day, but the words are more atmospheric and the attitude is more resolute.

At the end of the day, Zhu Qiyu finally stopped insisting, and had to promise to take over this heavy country and ascend to the highest position.

With the matter finalized, after Zhu Qiyu took over the jade seal representing the imperial power from the Queen Mother, this persuasion was completely completed.

So in the sound of a mountain shouting long live, Zhu Qiyu slowly walked to the high throne, and after taking a deep breath, he sat down.

At the same time, Empress Dowager Sun, Empress Qian and others, who had completed their mission, retreated silently. Next, the only protagonists here are their monarchs and ministers.

"Ministers knock on Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live!" After he sat down, the ministers bowed down again and greeted him with great solemnity. For a while, in the entire Taihemen Square, only Zhu Qiyu was sitting upright, and the others had all knelt on the ground.

Looking down from his position, it was all the backs of prostrate feet. This feeling of trampling all the people and officials under his feet made Zhu Qiyu's heart stunned for a moment, and then he felt a sense of happiness in his heart, which was a feeling he had never experienced before.

This is the feeling of being the first person in the world, and I am the only one...... With a thought in his heart, Zhu Qiyu still shouted: "Zhongqing is flat!" ”

As soon as this statement came out, it represented the real establishment of the new emperor, and the new era of the Ming Dynasty was also opened!

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