In order to prevent accidents at the enthronement ceremony, Li Chun authorized Li Mao to recruit a personal army to be used for the internal security of the Taiji Palace.

Li Maowan refused: "A certain person is not familiar with the officers and soldiers of the two armies, and in a hurry, I am afraid it will be difficult to do it." ”

Li Chun smiled: "As long as loyalty is available, why do you have to be limited to the garrison, I think it is not impossible for you to come forward to recruit a group of warriors." ”

Li Chun asked Li Mao to act as a private security warrior of the Son of Heaven, but this is a temptation, which does not seem to be very clever, but it is very deceptive, Li Mao is not fooled by him, and said: "Private placement warriors have lost the royal system. I think it's very inappropriate. Li Chun said: "Otherwise, my brother will hand over all the guards of their respective palaces to you, and let you choose." The number of people does not need to be too many, 100 people are enough. ”

This is naturally a good idea, whether you are close to the family or not, the foreign minister will be intimate and reliable.

A hundred personal guards were assembled in an instant, and most of them came from the Guangling Mansion and the Yangchuan Palace. Li Chun has obviously been preparing for this day for a long time, and most of his guards are military generals, and most of them still have official positions, so there is no problem with innocence and background.

And even from Li Mao's harsh eyes, these people can be regarded as dragons and phoenixes among people, and they don't have to do anything to pick and choose, just accept them all.

The enthronement ceremony had been prepared in advance, the date was certain, and everything went very smoothly according to plan. Li Mao was still dressed in the uniform of the four-grade Qianniu Wei Zhonglang general, and led the crowd to inspect every node.

The inner palace guards are self-contained, hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and there are many talents.

Under Li Mao's strict supervision, everything was in place and flawless.

The conspiracy had died in the night, and when dawn came, everything would be bright again.

The Taiji Hall under the sun is majestic and majestic, and a heavy rain washes away the dirt on the tile roof, and washes the square of dozens of acres in front of the main hall spotlessly.

Li Mao stood on the palace platform guardrail, looking at the past from a distance, the golden Taiji Palace was like a fairyland.

Thousands of chamberlains were arranged on the square like ants, far outside the palace walls, and hundreds of officials were sorting out their makeup, rehearsing etiquette, and preparing to participate in the enthronement ceremony.

Li Mao looked down at the military uniform on his body, and felt a little funny, the dignified Qianniu Wei Sipinlang General turned out to be a parallel import, holding a sharp blade at such a celebration, and played the role of the guard of the Son of Heaven in a grand manner.

This would have been unimaginable five days ago.

His task was to be in charge of the inner guard of the enthronement ceremony, specifically to deal with those courtiers who might not cooperate, and of course he knew in his heart that no one would not cooperate in such an occasion.

The majestic and magnificent palace compares people to such small and insignificant, such a grand ceremony, the participants have long been deprived of their courage, and they have been coerced and lost their sense of initiative, who can still have the courage to do something out of the ordinary at this time.

Melodious music sounded, and the hundred officials began to go to the hall. Wang Wei once wrote a poem "The Work of the Daming Palace in the Early Dynasty of the Jiazhisheren":

The chicken man reported the dawn, and the clothes entered the Cuiyun Qiu.

The palace was opened in nine days, and all the nations were crowned with crowns.

The sun is approaching the cactus moving, and the cigarette wants to float on the dragon.

The court must cut the five-color edict, and the sound of Pei will return to Fengchitou.

As far as the grand occasion of the Son of Heaven is seen, "the palace is opened in nine days, and all the nations are crowned with crowns." These two sentences are often quoted by the world, Li Mao read this poem in the old days and imagined the pomp and circumstance in it. After he came to Beijing, he also participated in several court meetings, all of which were mixed in the bustling crowd, and when he went up the steps, he looked at other people's buttocks, and others looked at his buttocks.

Now he has changed his angle, changed his identity, and when he looks at this grand occasion again with the eyes of a bystander, his mood is different from the past, and his gaze has unconsciously changed to looking down, even if he has seen the three prime ministers who have seen each other before and are still difficult to ascend to the sky, they can also look at them with a level eye at this moment.

This is what it feels like to be in charge, in this magnificent and gorgeous palace, you are no longer a humble passerby, but a member of the master who can dominate him.

The wonderful feeling of power reached its peak in this moment.

The emperor's enthronement ceremony has always been a performance stage for all kinds of people, Li Mao is not a good actor, he can only perfunctory many links, although everyone already knows exactly that Li Shi has gone to another world and will never come back, but when the edict is read out again and the legal principle of the new emperor's accession to the throne is established, the cry still swept like a torrent and tsunami.

Thousands of officials fell to the ground, wailing and crying to show their nostalgia for the Daxing Emperor and their loyalty to their successors.

The guards could not prostrate themselves on the ground like the courtiers, but the sadness still needed to be expressed. They kept their heads down, trying to squeeze out their tears, and acted like mourners.

Li Mao also lowered his head, trying to squeeze out a few tears, but he didn't close his eyes for three days and three nights, his eyes were so dry that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't squeeze out a single tear.

Also unable to squeeze out tears is Qingmo, Qingmo is wearing the uniform of the captain of Qianniuwei, lowering his head, constantly rubbing his eyes with his hands, humming and chirping, he doesn't know whether to cry or laugh, he found that Li Mao was looking at him, and he stuck out his tongue unknowingly.

Li Mao glared at him fiercely, and the little guy was startled, stuck out his tongue, and hurriedly changed into a bitter gourd face.

Mo Qi Shentong held the jade stone with one hand, there were no tears in his eyes, but he saw sweat on his forehead, in the Weiyuan Army Council Hall of Anshanfang, he ate a gun from Chen Zhongyan, broke three ribs, and was shot several times, the injury was not light, Li Mao wanted him to stay in bed to recuperate, but he struggled to come over.

Li Mao is now standing in the camp of the victors, but there are not many people available around him, and he can't leave his brother behind at this time.

The lengthy enthronement ceremony continued, and Mo Qi's divine power was tormenting, as were Li Mao, Qingmo, and all the stakeholders involved.

At the end of the new monarch's enthronement ceremony, Mo Qi's divine power was already unstable on his feet, and Li Mao asked Qingmo to help him go back to rest. The enthronement ceremony can be roughly divided into two parts: succession and enthronement, and the two were held once in the Tang Dynasty. Just one succession ceremony tossed for an hour, coupled with the enthronement ceremony, Li Mao doubted whether the magic power could hold up.

Mo Qi Shentong politely refused Qingmo's support, and stood there stubbornly until the emperor's enthronement ceremony ended perfectly.

Theoretically, the emperor's enthronement ceremony did not end here, and there were still many trivial links behind, but this was not what Li Mao cared about, and now that the title has been decided, there is no possibility of changing.

He wanted to be lazy and take off the tortoise shell on his body, but he didn't know who to talk to, and some officials in the court who were originally familiar with him looked at him a little weirdly at the moment. It's the kind of coldness, the indifference that rejects people from thousands of miles away.

The prime ministers still had a lot to do, and after coming out of the main hall, they did not disperse immediately, but gathered together, and said that they were walking and went down to the door of Zhongshu. When Prime Minister Zheng Yu and Li Mao passed by, they glanced at him in surprise and opened their mouths wide in surprise. Li Mao nodded at him, and Zheng Yu smiled back meaningfully.

Du Huangshang is still too Changqing, but the market is bullish, and in the eyes of many officials, he seems to have the halo of a prime minister shining on his head. After stepping out of the Taiji Palace, Du Huangshang took the initiative to greet Li Mao, looked him up and down, and said: "Maohua, I don't think you should go to Liaodong, stay in Chang'an to guard the Son of Heaven, after two years of qualifications, go out to the feudal town, and then return to Beijing to worship the prime minister after the local tempering is mature. ”

Du Huangshang has always been straightforward, and Li Mao didn't feel strange when he said such things in public.

"But I don't know why they look at me obediently."

Du Huangshang and Li Mao have very different personalities, but they are very angry, and Li Mao is very willing to ask him to solve the doubts in his heart.

"Hugh should ignore them, hating people and laughing at people. Maohua, you have to remember that not being envied is mediocre. After Du Huangshang finished speaking, he smiled heartily, looked at Li Mao again, and said: "The ceremony is over, you should go back to rest, although this suit is good, I am tired of wearing it." ”

Du Huangshang is actually reminding Li Mao that extraordinary methods are applied in extraordinary times, and after everything returns to normal, it is necessary to return to the original state, and be low-key and cautious. After all, Li Mao wearing this military uniform is not right, and it is inevitable that he will be gossiped about.

This is very much in line with Li Mao's mind, he has already done what should be done, and now it is time to retire.

Wang Shuwen and Wang Ling are both Li Yu's confidants, and now that the lord of the mansion has ascended the throne and become the emperor, the two of them are naturally good at the market, especially Wang Shuwen, the rumors that he wants to pay homage to the prime minister have swept the officialdom of Chang'an overnight, and it seems to be a sure thing.

Even those who belong to the rule of officials also infer that even if Wang Shuwen has shallow qualifications and cannot hold the title of prime minister for the time being, with his identity and situation, he will definitely hold the real power of the prime minister.

Now the more popular view is that Wang Shuwen will participate in government affairs behind the scenes as a bachelor of Hanlin, and when he has enough qualifications, he will officially pay homage to the prime minister from behind the scenes to the foreground.

When Wang Shuwen walked out of the main hall, a group of people surrounded him, stammered him, greeted him, and made friends with him.

Wang Shuwen was casually perfunctory, his expression was light, and he already had a bit of the demeanor of a prime minister in his words and demeanor, and his interest was in another person at the moment. He saw that Li Mao and Du Huangshang were talking as they walked, very intimate, so he greeted them with a smile and said: "The two of you are more than 20 years apart, but they are rare year-end friends. ”

Du Huangsheng's qualifications are far better than Wang Shuwen's, and he has always looked down on Wang Shuwen, and said with a smile: "The old man only hates being born twenty years early, otherwise he can be like Qin Mo and Mo Ke Shentong and be inseparable from Maohua." Wang Sigong, listening to your words, are you jealous? ”

Wang Shuwen's current identity is Hanlin to be edicted. Hanlin was edicted, and it was established in the early Tang Dynasty. Those who are good at writing, scriptures, medical divination and various skills such as calligraphy and painting, and fighting games live in the palace (after Xuanzong, they live in the Hanlin Academy) in order to prepare for the edict. The ministers sent by the emperor mainly accompany the emperor for recreation and entertainment, as well as articles and articles. No grade. His official is only the Suzhou Gong.

A person in the officialdom who wears several positions is generally called by the highest rank or the most powerful official title, and when Chang'an officialdom calls Wang Shuwen, he generally calls Wang Hanlin, and Du Huangshang mercilessly points out his own official, which makes Wang Shuwen very embarrassed.

Wang Shuwen forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, laughed dryly, and walked away under the pretext.

Looking at Wang Shuwen's distant back, Du Huangshang commented to Li Mao: "Zhida is talented, but in the end, he will only mislead the country and himself." ”

Li Mao has always admired Du Huangsheng's insight and talent, and he also admires his straightforward character, but he is a little disagreeable with his open-mouthedness. So there was no talk.

His impression of Wang Shuwen was still good before, but since he learned that he had hired Tian Qian for his son, the more he looked at him, the more unpleasant he became. Li Mao also reviewed this matter, but the result was that he gave up indignantly. (Dissertation College)