In the Forbidden City, one of the 24 eunuchs in the Great Inner Department set up a mourning hall to deal with the aftermath of the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

The palace is full of white lanterns, holding white curtains, hanging plain curtains, everywhere is a sad atmosphere, and the melancholy fills the entire palace.

The tablet of the Emperor of the Apocalypse is enshrined high in the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, with curling smoke, three as a bunch, smoking cigarettes, all the civil and military ministers, kneeling in the hall.

Under the control of the Ministry of Rites, the new emperor's enthronement ceremony was about to begin, and Zhu Youzhen was surrounded by eunuchs and came on his shoulders. A eunuch shouted in a shrill voice: "King Xin has arrived." ”

The three scholars of the Ming Dynasty, the Gonghou Xunqing, the Six Ministries and the Nine Qings and other civil and military ministers, hurried out of the Qianqing Palace. When Huang Liji, the head of the court, knelt on the ground, wept silently, and said, "Please hold the enthronement ceremony of King Xin." ”

Zhu Youzhen had been very nervous on the road, his palms were sweating, but at this moment, he calmed down, and with the support of the eunuchs Wang Tiqian and Wei Zhongxian, he stepped into the hall step by step. Everyone watched him closely, and everyone knew that when he completed these dozens of steps, he would be the new master of this empire.

After the little eunuch read out the last photo, he helped Zhu Youzhen to sit on the dragon chair, and the officials in the palace shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." Zhu Youzhen's heart was surging, his face was flushed, his tone was a little deformed, and he said: "Zhongqing's family is flat." Next, the celebrant Wang Tiqian read out the holy decree of the new emperor, granted amnesty to the world, crowned meritorious people, and entered the harem concubines. Huang Liji, Shi Fenglai, and others have all entered the seal. The ministers in the palace listened attentively to the new emperor's will and secretly put their minds at ease.

The people of Wei Zhongxian's party were not targeted, but they should not be rewarded. Except for Wei Zhongxian himself, because he can't enter anymore, he is already nine thousand years old, and there will only be the emperor if he enters again. Wei Zhongxian's face was triumphant, and Wang Tiqian glanced at each other, and said in his heart that the king really obeyed the last orders of the first emperor, but it was ridiculous that Cui Chengxiu and others were worried about the sky, and they actually instigated me to get along with the new emperor, which was really stupid.

Wei Zhongxian is not a stupid person, he knows that the emperor will not let one family dominate, if he dies, those Donglin Party will return to the imperial court, and their power needs to be checked and balanced by people like themselves. But he never expected that Zhu Youzhen, who had just ascended the throne, had never thought about this truth at all. Emperor Tianqi was young, he never considered that he would die in his twenties, and King Xin was never the successor he cultivated, and he had never learned the emperor's mind at all.

Zhu Youzhen sat on the dragon chair, and just caught a glimpse of Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tiqian behind him, a feeling like a man's back slowly grew in his heart, and an unknown color flashed in his eyes.

At the same time, on the avenue leading to the capital, Zhao Hong rode a horse and walked side by side with the little marquis Zhang Zhize.

Zhao Hong entered Beijing three times, and each time his mood was different, and this time he was even more proud, and he was a little apprehensive in his heart, looking uncertain and absent-minded.

Zhang Zhize, as the commander of the Shenji Battalion, was defeated and captured, not to mention that all the firearms and artillery of the Shenji Battalion were actually detained by King Xiaofu and refused to return. Zhang Zhize is under the roof and has to bow his head, his life is saved by others, and he has no way if he doesn't give it to himself. But thinking of what a beautiful scenery his soldiers had when they left Beijing, and now they returned empty-handed, I was indignant.

Seeing that Zhao Hong was preoccupied, Zhang Zhize deliberately teased him and asked, "Brother Zhao, you have made such a great contribution to the Fuwang Mansion, why don't you see joy on your face?" ”

Zhao Hong smiled and said: "Most of the people in Henan who have been pacified this time are poor people who can't survive natural and man-made disasters. The father and the old man had no food to live, and he was forced to rebel with him. ”

Zhang Zhize sneered and said, "In any case, Xiaofu Wang is out of the limelight this time. Since becoming an ancestor, Prince Fu is now the first vassal king of the Ming Dynasty. His words were extremely vicious, and he expected that Zhao Hong must be afraid, worried about arousing the suspicion of the imperial court. Who knew that Zhao Hong just smiled faintly, and said disappreciatively: "There are extraordinary people, and then they become extraordinary achievements, the prince is a genius, and he is a virtuous king who is rare to see in hundreds of years, how amazing is it to have such a rare military exploit in hundreds of years." ”

Seeing Zhang Zhize's unbelievable expression, Zhao Hong laughed, and scolded in his heart, the fool thought that we would be afraid of such suspicions as the master of high merit, but I didn't know that I was going to the foot of the capital to show off my might this time.

Before the army arrived, the messenger had already entered the capital and passed the news of King Xiaofu's pacification of Henan to the military department. The secretary of the military department saw the clue at a glance, hurried to the palace, and told Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen's face turned pale, threw King Fu's recital to the ground, and said sharply: "Since King Fu has successfully quelled the chaos, he should disband Xiangyong on the spot and ask the court for rewards, why do you want to send troops to the capital?" What does he want to do! ”

The military department Shangshu Tianji, where his face was burned by Wei Zhongxian's medicine jar, and there was a faint scar, which was skillfully covered by him with the fat powder of his wife and concubine. Thinking that he had been hated by Wei Zhongxian because he recommended Wei Liangqing to send troops, he must not be able to please him, so it was better to simply work for the new emperor.

Tian Ji leaned forward and said: "Your Majesty, King Fu's soldiers and horses are here, you must not be unguarded, the soldiers and horses in our Beijing Division were all taken by Wei Liangqing, the former Duke of Ningguo, and now they are still in King Fu's army." ”

Zhu Youzhen was shocked: "You mean, there are no available soldiers in the capital?" ”

"The minister does not dare to deceive Your Majesty, the capital... It's an empty city. ”

Zhu Youjian's hands and feet were icy, he gasped, and asked in a trembling voice: "Does Xiaofu Wang have any objections?" Quickly pass the decree and let the nearby soldiers and horses come to the capital to serve the king. ”

"No, Your Majesty. King Xiaofu's army will arrive in Beijing today, and before King Qin's will is spread, they will come. If we hastily deploy troops and frighten them, we will have no objection and will make a mess. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded, thoughtfully, and instructed the little eunuch beside him: "Pass Wei Zhongxian to see me." ”

Tian Ji's face was worried, a trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes, and he said: "King Fu supervised the soldiers to ask for thieves was proposed by Wei Zhongxian and Wei Gonggong to the emperor, and even our military department was kept in the dark, so it is better to send Wei Gonggong to inquire." "His hand is extremely insidious, if King Fu really wants to rebel, then Wei Zhongxian will definitely be the first to die.

When Zhu Youzhen heard that the absurd idea of the vassal king's overseer was indeed made by Wei Zhongxian at the instigation of Tianqi, he secretly hated it in his heart, but he pretended to be calm on his face, and said, "Okay, let Wei Zhongxian ask what they are going to do." ”