On the first day of the ninth month of the seventh year of the Great Tomorrow Apocalypse (1627 AD), the British public Zhang Wei and the first assistant of the cabinet Huang Liji presided over Zhu Youzhen's enthronement ceremony.

The enthronement ceremony was held in the Imperial Palace.

The officials of Taichang Temple sacrificed to the sky first, the officials of the Ministry of Rites sacrificed to the ground, and the officials of the Zongren Mansion came to the Jiaotai Hall under the leadership of Zhu Youzhen, summoning the ancestors and the ancestors: the new emperor will be established, and the Ming royal family has a long history, and it will last for thousands of years......

One of the captains of the Golden Guard lowered a golden chair in front of the altar, facing south and facing north. In addition, a treasure case was placed, and a purple embroidered dragon robe was placed on the case.

Huang Liji led hundreds of civil and military officials to kneel forward with the treasure case where the imperial robe was placed: "The sacrifice is completed, please take the emperor's throne." ”

The ministers hugged Zhu Youzhen and sat down in front of the golden chair, the deacon held a dragon robe and stood beside Zhu Youzhen, Zhang Wei stepped forward to take off the imperial robe and draped it on Zhu Youzhen's body.

The music began, and the ministers performed three kneels and nine bows.

Zhu Youzhen signaled to be flat, the ministers were flat, and the music stopped.

Huang Liji held the jade seal of the country and took a step forward: "The emperor has ascended to the throne, and the ministers have presented the imperial treasure." Wei Zhongxian, the first supervisor of the Si Li Bingbi, took the jade seal and placed it in the box. The ministers met again, and the mountain shouted long live.

After Zhu Youzhen received the salute, he ordered the hundred officials to be flattened, and Zhang Wei and Huang Liji led the hundred officials to retreat.

Zhu Youzhen officially ascended the throne, and the year name Chongzhen took the meaning of "revitalizing the Ming Dynasty".

The new emperor ascended the throne and granted amnesty to the world, except for the crime of rebellion and rebellion, all the prisoners in the country were released. Because there has been no rebellion in recent years, all the criminals in the country have been released, and the prisons have been emptied for a while.

The ministers deserved to be rewarded because of their meritorious service in supporting Zhu Youzhen's succession, but there was a lot of overlap among the court officials, so they temporarily replaced the title with a reward, and the position remained unchanged, and the reward was given when there was a vacancy.

Zhu Youzhen chased after his biological mother Liu, and gave him the title of Filial Piety and Filial Piety and Filial Piety, which was later called the Empress Dowager of Filial Piety, and moved to Qingling on a certain day and was buried with his biological father Emperor Taichang.

Zhu Youzhen crowned the princess Zhou Yufeng as the queen of Lanxin, and the palace maid Wan'er as the princess of Ju. Hu Xinxue has been exonerated because of the amnesty she received and was named Concubine Mei.

Because of his official accession to the throne, Zhu Youzhen could not live in the Xinwang Mansion outside the palace, he had to live in the Qianqing Palace. Wan'er and Hu Xinxue are still in Shaanxi and have not returned, and the only woman beside him is the queen Zhou Yufeng, and Zhou Yufeng also lives in the Qianqing Palace with him.

When the new emperor first ascended to the throne, the court gave three days off as a transition, and three days later, Zhu Youzhen will come to the court for the first time.

"Look, this bed is satisfactory?" Zhou Yufeng knew that Zhu Youzhen liked to lie on the bed and read, so she asked the carpenter to add a backrest to Zhu Youzhen's dragon bed, and placed a thick pillow on the backrest.

"Feng'er bothered!" Zhu Youzhen pinched Zhou Yufeng's jade hand, and secretly laughed in his heart, he is now the emperor, and he will definitely increase the number of concubines in the future, and he may not know where he sleeps at night, if he really cares, then it should be arranged like this on your phoenix bed, maybe it is more practical.

Zhou Yufeng was about to speak, when the palace maid Cai'er came to report: "Your Majesty, the queen's mother...... No, damn it...... Empress Zhang sent someone to see His Majesty. "Cai'er is Zhou Yufeng's dowry girl, she entered the Qinqin Palace with Zhou Yufeng, and now she has come to the Qianqing Palace to serve Zhou Yufeng.

"Empress Zhang? Zhang Yan/What did she send someone to do? "Zhu Youzhen is a little puzzled." Bring her to me. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Cai'er brought in a woman who looked like a palace, it turned out to be Zhu Youzhen and Zhou Yufeng's acquaintance, and Zhang Yan's personal maid Ting'er.

"Slave maid knock to see His Majesty." Ting'er saluted Zhu Youzhen and found that Zhou Yufeng was also there, "The slave and maid knocked to see the queen." ”

"Ting'er, did the imperial sister-in-law ask you to come?" Zhu Youzhen asked knowingly.

"It's 陛xià. Queen Mother...... Empress Zhang asked the slave maid to ask Her Majesty Xià: Her Majesty Xià was first established, Queen Lanxin must stay in Kunning Palace, and Empress Zhang asked Her Majesty to give the palace. ”

According to the palace system, Kunning Palace is the residence of the queen, Zhu Youzhen became the emperor, and Zhang Yan of course had to give up Kunning Palace. Zhu Youzhen frowned: "Ting'er, go back and tell the emperor's sister-in-law, now that the first emperor's funeral has not passed, I am not a widowed person, let's wait until the first emperor's funeral is over!" ”

Zhou Yufeng's red lips opened, wanting to say something, but she didn't say anything when she saw Zhu Youzhen's frowning brows.

"Anything else?" Zhu Youjian Ting'er was still rubbing, and had no intention of leaving immediately.

Ting'er looked at Zhu Youzhen: "Empress Zhang said, Your Majesty must pay attention to tea and diet." ”

It turned out that it was still for the safety of the palace, Zhu Youzhen and Zhou Yufeng glanced at each other, "Let the imperial sister-in-law bother." Go back and tell the emperor's sister-in-law, my qiē diet is all from the Xinwang Mansion. ”

"The slave and maid know, and the slave and maid will go and reply to Queen Zhang." Ting'er was blessed and floated away.

Zhu Youzhen was about to laugh with Zhou Yufeng, and Xu Yingyuan came to report: "Your Majesty, Wei Zhongxian asks to see." ”

"Wei Zhongxian? When did he need to report when he entered the Qianqing Palace? Let him in. Zhu Youzhen cheered up: "Feng'er, you step back first." ”

As soon as Zhou Yufeng withdrew, Wei Zhongxian came in: "The old slave knocks to see His Majesty!" Wei Zhongxian made a big salute.

"Haha, get up. Grandpa Wei, has you ever had a cold? ”

Wei Zhongxian got up from the ground and stood in front of Zhu Youzhen's chair with his head down: "Your Majesty cares, the old slave is already well." ”

"Oh, that's good. Grandpa Wei is in such a hurry to see me, what's the matter? ”

Wei Zhongxian waved his hands: "Your Majesty, the old slave has served the first emperor for many years, and he is already old and weak, and he often forgets some old things recently, and asks His Majesty to allow the old slave to return to his homeland." ”

"Huh?" Zhu Youzhen glanced at Wei Zhongxian deeply, and found that Wei Zhongxian did not go to the palace to return to his hometown, "Zhongxian, are you bullying your youth?" ”

"Your Majesty, how dare the old slave bully Your Majesty?" Wei Zhongxian hurriedly knelt down and knocked on the ground with his head to express his sincerity to Zhu Youzhen.

"Zhongxian, you get up first." Zhu Youzhen waited for Wei Zhongxian to get up, "Zhongxian has served the first emperor for many years, and he is very familiar with the affairs inside and outside the palace, and he is the most important helper of the first emperor. Now that I have first ascended to the great treasure, I need the help of a skilled hand like you, but Zhongxian is leaving, am I not worthy of being the emperor of the Ming Dynasty? ”

"Your Majesty, the old slave should die." Wei Zhongxian kowtowed like a green onion, and Zhou Yufeng could feel the ground shaking in the inner room.

Zhu Youzhen left the seat, came to Wei Zhongxian, grabbed Wei Zhongxian's arm, and pulled him up: "When the first emperor was dying, he repeatedly asked him that Zhongxian was loyal to the royal family and could be reused. Now I have two things that need to be considered by the loyal and virtuous. ”

"Majesty?" Wei Zhongxian's eyes were hot, and he couldn't speak anymore.

"Zhongxian doesn't want to worry about me?"

Wei Zhongxian prostrate on the ground again: "Your Majesty, the old slave swears to die to serve His Majesty." ”

"Okay, Zhongxian gets up and recalls."

Wei Zhongxian got up for the fourth time, he already had a sore back, but he still insisted on standing beside Zhu Youzhen.

"The first thing is that Empress Zhang asked to move the palace, Zhongxian, you see, where should she be arranged?"

Wei Zhongxian's eyes were so bright that he forgot to wipe the blood oozing from his forehead. He carefully considered Zhu Youzhen's words, Zhu Youxiao had died, and Zhang Yan, as the former queen, should leave Kunning Palace and enter Cining Palace, where the concubines lived. Zhu Youzhen grew up in the palace since he was a child, it is impossible not to know these palace rules, is it ......

Wei Zhongxian secretly looked at Zhu Youzhen's face, and found that Zhu Youzhen's face was full of anxiety, and he suddenly realized. "Your Majesty, the concubines of the Wanli and Taichang dynasties all live in Cining Palace, and now Cining Palace is overwhelmed, so it's better to ...... Let Empress Zhang move...... The Ciqing Palace where His Majesty lived as a child. ”

"Ciqing Palace? Good! Zhu Youzhen almost jumped up from his seat, "That's it!" ”

The stone in Wei Zhongxian's heart fell to the ground: It turned out that Zhu Youzhen was really such a person. His waist was no longer sore, and his forehead was no longer painful.

Zhu Youzhen looked at Wei Zhongxian for a long time, his eyes full of approval. Straight Road calmed down again, and Zhu Youzhen remembered the second thing: "Zhongxian, I am still young, and I don't want to go to court before dawn every day, but what can I do?" ”

And so it was! Wei Zhongxian secretly rejoiced, "Your Majesty, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty does not go to court, there are two ways, one is to quarrel with the ministers and not go to the court, such as Emperor Jiajing and Emperor Wanli; Second, because of his young age, he did not go to court for the time being, such as Emperor Zhengzheng, Emperor Zhengde, and Emperor Wanli. ”

"Hmm." Zhu Youzhen nodded slowly, closed his gaze, and thought deeply, "I have just ascended to the great treasure, it is not appropriate to quarrel with the ministers and vomit, then it is in the name of being young." But I'm not young, am I? Zhongxian, what do you say? ”

"This ......" Wei Zhongxian's eyes rolled, "Your Majesty will hold two court meetings on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar new year on the grounds that he is young and unfamiliar with government affairs, and then hold a normal court meeting after next year's birthday." ”

"However, it is not a few months before the sixth day of February next year?" Zhu Youzhen was a little dissatisfied, he was a night owl, even if he became an emperor, he hoped to wake up naturally after sleeping.

"Your Majesty, if the ministers are used to having an early pilgrimage twice a month, maybe they no longer require their Majesty to have an early pilgrimage every day." Wei Zhongxian was secretly happy, no matter whether Zhu Youzhen went to the court or not, as long as he was too lazy to manage boring government affairs, he was not afraid that he would not push the chapter into his arms. Zhu Youxiao is too, every day he is above the court, he doesn't care about anything, is their brother so similar? If you send him a few more stunning beauties......

The more Wei Zhongxian thought about it, the more proud he became, and he almost laughed out loud: Fortunately, he didn't assassinate Zhu Youzhen or launch a mutiny, otherwise, this infamy would have been in vain.

Sure enough, it's a minion! I don't know if the master's approach is beneficial to the country, I only know that he blindly pleases the master, no wonder Zhu Youxiao likes him. "Well, that's all for now. But what if the courtiers were against the early dynasty twice a month? ”

"Rest assured, the old slave will let more than half of the ministers support His Majesty." Wei Zhongxian has already thought about it, the last time Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne in the court, those rats abandoned him, and now it is just right to beat them, and the opportunity to change can be given to them, but their loyalty still has to be shown, and if they don't do it, they can make a windfall.

"Then it's up to you, and you must do it at the court meeting the day after tomorrow. Zhongxian, you are really my lucky star. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the old slave will do it." Wei Zhongxian's steps were neat, and he was no longer the half-dead look he had when he came in.