On 15 May, today is the day when Zhu Yousong, the superintendent of the state, ascends the throne. The ceremony was scheduled to be held at seven o'clock in the morning, but Feng Ruoshu came over at five o'clock to call Zhu Hongsan.

Zhu Hongsan got up and asked, "Uncle, it's not dawn yet, what are you doing so early?" ”

Feng Ruoshu said: "Confused, Chenshi is the official start time, and now it's a little late for us to go, get up and freshen up." ”

Zhu Hongsan had no choice but to get up and get dressed.

When Zhu Hongsan finished preparing and came out, he saw that Feng Ruoshu had been waiting on the sedan chair for a long time.

Feng Ruoshu saw Zhu Hongsan come out and handed him a small cloth bag. Zhu Hongsan opened it and looked at the peanuts, raisins and other dried fruits inside. Feng Ruoshu said: "I don't know when the ceremony will end, these will fill your stomach, be careful not to eat too much, there is no water." ”

It seems that older people have experience, Zhu Hongsan thanked him and put it in his arms.

Zhu Hongsan rode on a horse and followed Feng Ruoshu's sedan chair to Hongwumen outside the imperial city. The Imperial City of Nanjing is not as big as the Forbidden City in Beijing, so it didn't take long to enter the Hongwu Gate to reach the Noon Gate.

Zhu Hongsan saw that many people had come, and he stood on his side.

Feng Ruoshu naturally went to the circle of his friends of the same year, leaving Zhu Hongsan standing there alone.

Zhu Hongsan is wearing the uniform of Lieutenant Fengguo, but this title is really inferior to the soft-shelled turtle in the Jinshui River in Nanjing, let alone the enthronement ceremony.

There are several princes in the noon gate square, and there are more than a dozen county kings, and there are even more other dukes and marquises.

Zhu Hongsan didn't care about what people were pointing at him, and he didn't say anything to these nobles when he stood there.

When the hour came, the noon gate opened, and Zhu Yousong, the prisoner, came out wearing a bright yellow robe, and all the nobles and ministers knelt down and kowtowed.

Zhu Yousong's first step is to go to the Taimiao and Sheji Temple to worship, the minister has to wait here in the square, and the clan and the nobles have to go to the Taimiao with Zhu Yousong.

Everyone followed Zhu Yousong according to the level of the title, and Zhu Hongsan stood stupidly in the local area without anyone telling him what to do.

This is Zhu Yousong seeing Zhu Hongsan, smiled and waved his hand to Zhu Hongsan, and let Zhu Hongsan pass.

Zhu Hongsan came to him and asked, "Uncle Huang called me?" ”

Zhu Yousong said: "Come, the imperial nephew is standing behind me." ”

As soon as Zhu Yousong said this, several princes on the side were shocked, you must know that behind the emperor is the closest prince who can stand. There are only three princes present now, the eldest is King Lu, and the other is King Hui and King Gui.

If Zhu Hongsan was the king of Chu, naturally no one would speak when he stood in the first place, after all, the king of Chu was the first generation of princes named by Zhu Yuanzhang, and he was half a level higher than the descendants of Zhu Di, the king of Yan.

But now Zhu Hongsan is only a lieutenant of Fengguo, seven or eight levels lower than the prince.

King Lu on the side said: "Prison country, this is not in accordance with the etiquette law, right? ”

Zhu Yousong smiled and said: "It's okay, no one from Chu Fan is attending the ceremony now, so let him replace him." ”

King Lu thought to himself: "Can the prince say that he will be replaced?" But seeing that Zhu Yousong said so, he didn't say anything.

The other princes had nothing to say when they saw the second King Lu, and naturally no one came forward. Zhu Hongsan also occupied the position behind Zhu Yousong.

After arranging the position, Zhu Yousong, the supervisor of the country, led the clan to the Taimiao Temple first. Nanjing Taimiao is in the imperial city, not far away. After walking about 1,000 meters, I came to Nanjing Taimiao.

This temple is dedicated to the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, and the other emperors are all in Beijing.

After entering the gate, there are three main halls of the front hall, the middle hall and the back hall arranged on the central axis, and the front hall and the middle hall are built on a three-story white marble pedestal in the shape of earth characters.

The front hall is the place where the emperor worships when he worships, it is nine, and the yellow glazed tile is the top of the palace. There is a platform and a wide courtyard in front of the palace, and fifteen rooms are built on the east and west sides respectively, respectively, with the meritorious royal family and the meritorious heroes, the meritorious heroes of the founding of the country, Xu Da and others are here.

The nave is dedicated to the emperors and queens of the past dynasties, the face is wide and nine, it is the top of the yellow glazed tile single eaves palace. Five halls were built on the east and west sides of the nave to store sacrificial vessels.

The apse is dedicated to the emperor and queen who moved out of the middle hall for generations, but Nanjing has been treated by two emperors, and one still can't be said Zhu Yunwen, so the middle hall has a Zhu Yuanzhang tablet.

However, now Nanjing is the capital, and the Ministry of Rites has rushed to make the tablets of the following emperors under Zhu Di and put them in the middle hall. I don't know what Zhu Di's mood is when he knows that future generations will not be able to get his tablet to Nanjing.

Zhu Hongsan thought maliciously behind Zhu Yousong, and Zhu Yousong in front came to the front hall. Begin to read the edict aloud.

Zhu Hongsan didn't understand what the edict meant, and he didn't understand it when he looked at the surrounding clans. Zhu Hongsan knew that none of them had ever read a book, but pretending to know very well was really annoying.

Zhu Yousong read for more than an hour, probably telling Zhu Yuanzhang why he went back to Nanjing, definitely not thinking about Lao Zhu, mainly because the enemy was too hateful and had no way to come back, and now that the new emperor is in power, please Zhu Yuanzhang bless him.

However, it was later seen that Zhu Yuanzhang took what Zhu Yousong said as a fart, or the Hongguang regime would not have collapsed in a year.

Zhu Hong's legs were numb, and it was easy to wait until Zhu Yousong finished reading the edict. But the next step is not over, and I have to go to the shrine altar opposite to worship the shrine god and the god of Ji.

The altar is square, consisting of four white marble stairs and an altar with five-colored soil in the middle.

The five-colored soil symbolizes gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, which is the foundation of all things, and contains the meaning of "under the whole world, it is not the king's land". The foundation of the altar is all made of white marble, and the altar is surrounded by a wall, covered with glazed tiles, and the tile color is opposite to the soil color on the altar. In the center of the altar there is a square stone pillar, named Jiangshan Stone, which means that the country is eternal.

In the north of the altar, there is a solemn and delicate wooden hall, called the worship hall. This hall was built in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, the top is a single eaves rest mountain yellow glazed tiles, vermilion doors and windows, white marble pedestal.

Zhu Yousong entered the worship hall, followed the set just now, muttering and reading the edict.

This time it was not as long as it was read to Zhu Yuanzhang just now, and it was about half an hour to end. Then Zhu Yousong led the clan to worship Sheji.

The next thing is to go to Fengtianmen to announce the heavens and the earth.

At this time, the clan could not follow the Fengtian Gate, and the clan and the nobles had to go out of the Fengtian Gate and kneel outside the gate.

Outside the Fengtian Gate, there are clansmen kneeling in front, and citizens of Nanjing in the back, which is probably the only time ordinary citizens can see the emperor.

This time it was longer, because there were various ceremonies to be prepared, and in the end, Zhu Yousong announced to heaven and earth that he was going to ascend the throne as emperor.

Next, all the unlucky sects will accompany Zhu Yousong to enter the noon gate, where they will gather all the ministers and enter the Fengtian Palace.

In the Fengtian Palace, Zhu Yousong officially sat on the dragon chair, and Han Zanzhou, the chief eunuch of the celebrant and the chief eunuch, issued an edict of enthronement. In this way, the entire enthronement ceremony is completed.

Zhu Hongsan was so tired that he was dizzy, and he didn't dare to eat more dried fruits given by Feng Ruoshu, and he was too thirsty to eat too much without water.

Lack of sleep, coupled with no food and no water, Zhu Hongsan can't afford to be in the prime of life. Zhu Hongsan looked at the clan on the side, the faces of several older people were pale and sweaty.

Zhu Hongsan found that Zhu Changying, the king of Gui, had a normal complexion, and Zhu Hongsan took a closer look and found that this guy originally had a small gourd in his sleeve, which was filled with water, and he took a sip from time to time.

Zhu Hongsan saw that everyone was listening to Han Zanzhou's edict on the throne, and no one paid attention to him, so he turned around and snatched Zhu Changying's gourd, Zhu Changying was startled, and he screamed. Zhu Hongsan glared at him, and several princes on the side saw that Zhu Hongsan was so unreasonable, and they glared at Zhu Hongsan angrily.

Zhu Hong said in three hearts: "I care about you, anyway, you will all be beheaded in a year, and it is nothing to offend you." After thinking about it, I opened the gourd and tasted it, and it was filled with honey water.

Zhu Hongsan scolded Zhu Changying, an old bastard, but he didn't expect to use honey water to quench his thirst and hunger. Zhu Hongsan drank the remaining half gourd honey water in one gulp, relieved his hunger and thirst, and returned the gourd to Zhu Changying.

At this time, the enthronement edict was also read to the end. After the old eunuch Han finished reading, everyone bowed three times and bowed nine times to meet the new emperor, so that the enthronement ceremony was completely completed. Zhu Yousong, the superintendent of the state, also became the new emperor with legitimacy, and the first year of Hongguang will begin next year, although it will only be five months.

After the enthronement ceremony, Zhu Hongsan and Feng Ruoshu returned to the inn, it was already afternoon, and this day was really tiring to death. Zhu Hongsan asked people to call for bath water, take a hot bath to relieve fatigue, and then hugged Zhu Yujiao and fell asleep.

This sleep lasted until dark, and Zhu Hongsan was exhausted when he got up.