On the afternoon of the first day of the ascension, in the warm pavilion of Ciqing Palace, Wang Chengen was busy punctuating the edict sent to the pole, Ye Xiang looked at his focused appearance, wandering into space, and remembered that in the morning in the Wenhua Palace, a group of old men were fighting over the matter of the year name. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The era names proposed by the cabinet and Li Ruogui and others are: Hengxing, Anhe, Tianqi, Qianshun, and so on.

The era name was created by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and formed a system, until the Ming Dynasty, the use of the era name was all up to the emperor's happiness, or when encountering a major event to change the fortune of the country. For example, Wu Zetian has successively used the Sheng, the Holy Calendar, the Divine Skill Long-Sighted, the Divine Skill, and the Divine Dragon, starting from the Ming Dynasty, each emperor only uses one era name in his life, and the name of the era name is also based on the brainstorming of officials, of course, it must also have a good meaning.

In addition to the era name, the emperor also has a temple name, a nickname and an honorific name. The temple number is the name of the memorial in the Taimiao, out of the founding of the country called the ancestor, and then called the sect, such as the temple number of Wanli is 'Shenzong', also known as the temple; Hui (beautiful meaning) number', are all to the Venerable added number, in order to express the meaning of respect and praise, or to Wanli as an example, his honorific title is 'Fan Tianhe Dao Zhe Su Dun Jianguang article Wu An Ren Zhi Xiaoxian Emperor'.

Ye Xiang knew that the original Zhu Youxiao would choose the apocalypse, because according to Fang Congzhe, the apocalypse originated from "Zuo Chuan: The First Year of the Min Dynasty": "Bu Yan said: 'After Bi Wan, it will be great. 10,000, the surplus is also; Wei, the daimyo also. It is the beginning of the reward, the apocalypse. '", which means to be inspired from heaven.

Regarding the name of the Apocalypse, it was later used four times, the Yuan monk of the Northern Wei Dynasty (525-536), the Liang Yongjia Wang Xiaozhuang (558-560) of the Southern Dynasty, and the Southern Zhaosheng Fengyou (840-859), and according to the "Taihe Old Chronicles" "Yuan to Tianwuxu 1358-1359", the red scarves Xu Shouhui and Chen Youliang were trapped in Jiangxi, and Ji'an and Taihe were called the Apocalypse.

What's also interesting is that later generations borrowed Li Bai's "Fifty-nine Songs of Ancient Style" to imply that there is an omen of death, which is a bit mysterious. Putting aside the preconceived notions, the name of the Apocalypse does have a profound meaning, Wanli has been the emperor for 48 years, and Zhu Changluo has only been the emperor for one month before it is Zhu Youxiao's turn, and he does have such a sense of destiny as providence.

Stopping the quarrel of the courtiers, Ye Xiang decided to follow the original intention of Zhu Youxiao and stood up from the throne, "Your opinions are reasonable, let's just name the country as Apocalypse, whether it has been used in the past or not, the word Apocalypse not only has a good meaning, few font strokes, but also catchy." ”

In fact, if the era name is written as "Tianqi" in traditional Chinese, there are many strokes, but Ye Xiang is already accustomed to simplified Chinese characters in his mind, just like Wanli, and it is written as '萬歷' in traditional Chinese, but Ye Xiang's impression has always been that it is very simple, like a trademark.

After the era name is set, it is to change the yuan. After the new monarch ascended the throne, a new era name was used to indicate a new beginning, usually with the following year as the first year, and here again there was trouble, because of the problem of Emperor Taichang. Zhu Changluo died as the emperor in only one month, the new era name has not had time to use it, it is still Wanli 48 years, if the Yuan Tianqi is changed next year, then Taichang has become the emperor who has not used the era name.

In response to the argument that next year is the principle of the apocalypse, Zhang Po, the imperial historian of Zhejiang Province, expressed his opposition, "The first emperor ascended to the pole in August, and set next year as Taichang, this year as Wanli, and do not forget the temple." Your Royal Highness will ascend to the pole tomorrow, if you take next year as the apocalypse, where will you put the first emperor? Although the first emperor only ascended the throne for a long time, and the good government has been enough for thousands of years, how can the era name not exist. The minister thought that next year should be the first year of Taichang, and postpone it for a year to be the apocalypse. ”

Guangxi Provincial Imperial History Huang Yanshi has a different opinion, "The first emperor ascended to the edict to next year as the first year of Taichang, and now the year name is Wanli, and has not been changed, and it can be changed today, for example, August can be changed to Taichang, and after September is the apocalypse." ”

Zuo Guang, who is also the imperial history of Zhejiang Province, objected, "The year name of Taichang exists because of the collapse of the first emperor, not because the first emperor was born." Today is the name of the Taichang year with the apocalypse, whether it is the Taichang time to discuss Wanli. Of course, the Wanli year name of this year did not need to be changed during the first emperor's time, and the Taichang year name should be saved during the apocalypse. Although the reign of the first emperor was only a month, he was also a monarch. In the middle of this month, and the beauty of Wanli 48 years is thick, and the auspiciousness of hundreds of millions of years of apocalypse is the beginning, inheriting the past and the future. Weichen thought that the first day of the first month of next year should be the apocalypse, the first day of August this year to the end of the year is not Taichang, and the year of Wanli has ended in July. ”

Li Rugui echoed the matter, "The minister thinks what Lord Zuo said is extremely true, in this way, the name of the first emperor will not lose the actual number of Wanli, and it will not hinder His Royal Highness from changing the yuan next year, the best of both worlds." If the Taichang era name does not exist, it is to trap His Royal Highness in unfilial piety. ”

"Yes, yes, what Zuo Yushi said is very true."

The majority of Mr. Zuo and Mr. Lee's views are unprecedented, but they are a compromise, and the remaining months of the year will have to deal with the legacy of Taechang's January politics.

Ye Xiang didn't understand, and he had been tossed by them, since the minister had reached an agreement, there was no need to object, anyway, he was used to the A.D. era, and the concept of the era name was rather vague.

"Since it has been agreed, then it will be Wanli before July, Taichang from July to the end of this year, and the first day of the first month of next year will be the apocalypse. In addition, the Cabinet and the Ministry of Rites should agree as soon as possible on the temple name, the name of the Imperial Examination and the honorific name. ”

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"Your Highness, Your Highness, this edict has been marked according to your meaning, please take a look." Wang Chengen handed over the draft of the edict annotated in red.

Ye Xiang was awakened, smiled embarrassedly, took it, and thought that yesterday's internal treasury had counted out that there were only more than 2.8 million silver in the internal treasury, so he ordered, "A few days ago, the palace promised to reward the ministers who participated in the palace transfer, how do you think it should be rewarded?" ”

"This, it's hard to say the slave."

Ye Xiangben didn't want him to decide, after looking at the recent recitals, he already had an idea, nodded and said, "Well, a while ago, Li Kezhuo entered the red pill, and the emperor rewarded 50 taels for the imperial examination, and before that, the imperial ancestor rewarded the imperial examination for only 2,000 taels every time." In this way, except for the first assistant reward of 500 taels, the rest of you will be rewarded with 300 taels, and you will have people send the silver today. Also, call a companion. ”

"Yes."

After Wang Chengen left, Ye Xiang concentrated on looking at the edict he had marked. If the edict is an indication that the overall situation of the transfer of power has been decided, then the edict is tantamount to rewarding meritorious deeds.

The new emperor often gave amnesty to the world, which was reflected in the edict of the emperor, and also dealt with some of the legacy of the previous emperor. Ye Xiang thought that this should be the same as the inaugural speech of later generations, and it should be a policy program, but after reading it, he didn't feel that he had any prospects for the future.

Since it can form a document that is finally put on the table, it means that this edict has coordinated the interests of all parties, and Ye Xiang doesn't know the situation of the country yet, so he doesn't want to interfere too much. I don't know if the original Zhu Youxiao has also seen it, after all, he has never officially entered school, and his literacy is also taught by the palace eunuchs Wu Jinzhong and Liu Liangxiang, who left the palace because of old age and lived idle.

"Your Highness, are you looking for me?"

Ye Xiang saw that Wang An had arrived with the support of the Wei Dynasty, closed the edict of Dengji, got up and pointed to his leg and asked, "Companion, what's wrong?" ”

Wang An pushed Wei Dynasty away, coughed a few times hard, and said, "It's sick, it's okay." Then he took out a fold from his bosom and handed it to Ye Xiang, "Your Highness, this is the list of the heads of the twelve prisons, four divisions and eight bureaus in the palace that the slave ministers and Gonggong Lu agreed to count for His Highness, some are preparing for new appointments, and some are original, please take a look at them." ”

Ye Xiang helped him sit down first, and then looked through the list of people he handed over. Regardless of status, after all, he is almost seventy years old, his health is not good, and more importantly, he has also made great contributions in the selection of the palace and the transfer of the palace.

"Your Highness, the newly promoted ones are those who have served you before, this is the usual practice, such as Wu Jinzhong who taught you to learn characters, Wang Tiqian of the Dianxi Bureau, and Shen Yin. The others were promoted according to seniority in the palace. In addition, except for Tian Zhao and Cui Wensheng, the rest of the celebrants are in their original positions. ”

What is a good assistant, what the leader thinks of must be done well, and what the leader does not think of, must be thought of for him first, and now Wang An's actions are an example of a good assistant. Ye Xiang also wanted to find him to make some arrangements for the position of Ouchi, which was like drowsiness and a pillow.

Ye Xiang roughly browsed, among which he was most concerned about, and felt that the important thing was the celebrant supervisor, the list indicated that the admiral was Gao Yong, the palm print Lu Shou, the pen Zou Yi Zhangdong Factory, the pen Wang An, Wang Tiqian, Liu Kejing, Li Shi, Gao Shiming, Wu Jinzhong, Li Yongzhen, Suitang Du Mao, Liu Yong, Pei Sheng, Shi Bin, the clerk Ji Lun, Li Jin, Jin Zhong, the master of ceremonies Zhang Wenyuan, Shen Yin, the book Ma Qian, Ji Yong, the writing Fengyu Liu Ruoyu, Shi Yuanya and so on.

The palm prints of other bureaus, the more important ones are Li Shi, the imperial eunuch, Zou Yi, the imperial dining room, Gao Hong, the Shangyi supervisor, the admiral of the Shengji Palace, Wang An, the palm print of the inner transport warehouse, Zhao Bingyi, the internal official supervisor, the silver bureau and the Siyuan bureau Wang Chaofu, etc., there are hundreds of officials, so I will not repeat them one by one.

Ye Xiang looked at the members of his inner court, most of whom he didn't know, and they were just symbols to him.

In the past few days, Wang Chengen seems to be like a shadow, with no sense of existence by his side, Ye Xiang is very satisfied, so he took the list and shook it, "Well, let Wang Chengen concurrently serve as the steward of the Heart Cultivation Palace." In addition, Shen Yinsheng is in writing, Liu Ruoyu is promoted to the ceremonial supervisor in the hall, and everything else remains the same, so let's do this for the time being. ”

For Wang An, he has something to do with most people in the palace, and it is the same for him to use whoever does not use it, because Ye Xiang did not object to him being in charge of the internal affairs, so he nodded, he had other things to do here, so he asked thoughtfully, "Your Highness, Dongchang has already tried Tian Zhao and others, and a total of 13 accomplices have been found, you see?" ”

Ye Xiang pointed to the edict on the table, "The edict is imminent, the ministers think that they should be amnestied, and Tian Zhao and the others are not heinous." Well, then let Zou Yi go to the house and expel them from the palace. What you said reminds me of something, did Li Jinzhong catch it? ”

Ye Xiang looked at Wang An, saw him shake his head in denial, and thought that now that the servants had moved to the palace, he was not afraid that he would make a mistake, and then said, "Then let Dongchang continue to arrest him with all his might...... Wei Chao, what are you doing? ”

"Your Highness, Brother Wei is not their accomplice, please ask Your Highness to forgive him of his crimes." Wei Chao pleaded while kowtowing.

"Brother Wei?"

"It's Wei Jinzhong, who once cooked a meal for His Royal Highness." Wang An explained on the side, "According to the results of the interrogation in Dongchang, he was not deeply involved in the selection of the servants, and the old slave also begged His Highness to forgive him for the sake of his diligence back then, and begged His Highness to be lenient." ”

Ye Xiang closed his eyes and weighed it, and then looked at Wei Chao who was kneeling on the ground, "You are now the steward of the Qianqing Palace, and your companion recommended you to be the palm seal of the War Bureau, go and lead him out, and leave it to you to take care of, remember, if there is a problem, you are the only one who asks." ”

"The slave and maid thank His Highness, and also thank His Highness for his innocence on behalf of Brother Wei." After Wei Chao finished speaking happily, he kowtowed vigorously.

As for the technique of controlling the subordinates, Ye Xiang is still learning, and he has not yet obtained its essence, and he is still not at ease with Wei Jinzhong, so he said sharply, "Eh, slow down, this palace has never said that he is not guilty, he has prevented this palace from leaving the Qianqing Palace before, but there is something to do." If they had succeeded, it would have been a different story today. ”

After the palace was moved, Wei Chao and the others were also shocked in private, but fortunately, the matter had completely passed, this was to intercede for Brother Wei, and quickly said obediently, "The slave understands that when you turn around, you must let Brother Wei behave well, and make meritorious contributions, Your Highness will look at it." ”

Ye Xiang and Wei Chao were immersed in the tacit understanding, and neither noticed that Wang An, who was sitting next to him, was gently shaking his head and sighing as thin as mosquitoes and flies' wings.