Mention the era name after Jae-chun's succession. Su Shun was alive again. He saluted Cixi and Ci'an, and said solemnly: "The queen mother, Concubine Yi, the minister thinks that the new emperor's accession to the throne should be auspicious. The word "Qixiang" is the meaning of auspiciousness and harmony, which is in line with the meaning of the new emperor's enthronement and the celebration of the whole world. ”

After that, he glanced at Li Zhen proudly.

This time, he was absolutely right, there would be no more mistakes, and there would be no problems of principle.

Li Zhen thought about it carefully, isn't the era name 'Qixiang' the era name used by the Tongzhi Emperor Zaichun for 69 days in history? According to historical records, after Xianfeng died of illness, eight auxiliary ministers, including Su Shun, Duanhua, and Zaiyuan, grasped the power of the court, and the name given to Zaichun was Qixiang.

It's just that after the collapse of the eight auxiliary ministers of the eight auxiliary ministers with the joint launch of the Xinyou coup d'état by Cixi and Yi 60, Cixi, Ci'an and Yi 60 agreed to revise the era name of Zaichun and set the name of Zaichun as 'Tongzhi', which has the will of Cixi and Ci'an to rule the world together, and also has the intention of Cixi, Ci'an and the ministers of the court to rule the world together.

Li Zhen listened to Qixiang's year name, and felt very awkward, and he was not used to seeing the arrogance of Su Shun. Without waiting for Duanhua, Zaiyuan and the others to speak, Li Zhen said aloud: "Queen Mother, Concubine Yi, the minister does not agree with Su Zhongtang's opinion!" ”

A smile flashed in the corner of Cixi's eyes, and she was happy to see Li Zhen and Su Shun fighting.

She asked with a smile on her face, "Master Li, what do you think?" ”

Duanhua is also an old fox, he did not openly refute Li Zhen, and said in a soft or hard voice: "Lord Li, we gathered together to discuss the new emperor's year name. Su Shun put forward the word 'Qixiang', which is still the best choice. You can say whatever you think, as long as it is in line with it, we will adopt it. ”

Du Han echoed: "Admiral Li, tell me your opinion. ”

Kuang Yuan, Mu Yin and others also looked at Li Zhen, waiting for Li Zhen to say the new era name.

Li Zhen flicked his sleeves and arched his hand: "Qi Xiang's intentions are good, but they are too cheesy. The name of an emperor means that the emperor ascends the throne, and it also reflects the attitude of the imperial family towards the government. Lord Shunzhi ascended the throne and named Shunzhi, which means 'governing the country smoothly and realizing the unification of China', which was the attitude of the imperial court at that time. ”

"When Kangxi ascended the throne, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang gave Kangxi the name of the year 'Kangxi', which means 'all the people are happy and peaceful, and the world is prosperous', which is also the embodiment of the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang's thoughts on the governance of the royal family at that time."

"Qianlong's year name Qianlong means that heaven is prosperous. The next Jiaqing Ye and Daoguang Ye all reflected their own ideas after the new year. Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, if it is still an ordinary auspicious meaning, Weichen feels that it is too ordinary. Now it is the eight auxiliary ministers who assist the new emperor, and the two queen mothers make decisions for the new emperor, which is the emperor's hope that our auxiliary ministers and the two queen mothers will work together to govern the Qing Dynasty. ”

Li Zhen raised his fist and said loudly: "The minister thinks that it is undoubtedly the most appropriate to use 'Tongzhi' as the name of the year. This not only represents the current situation, but also reflects the idea of governing the Qing Dynasty together. ”

After speaking, he looked at Cixi and Ci'an.

In these words, Li Zhen was more to let Cixi and Ci'an gain a certain right to speak. With 'Tongzhi' as the name of the era after Zaichun succeeded to the throne, he could gradually expand the power of Cixi and Li Zhen's power among the auxiliary ministers. Although Li Zhen didn't know if Cixi would become the Cixi of later generations, Li Zhen needed Cixi's help at the moment, so he chose 'Tongzhi' as the era name.

At the mention of the era name, Li Zhen felt funny in his heart.

Historically, the name of the Daoguang Emperor meant the glory of the Great Dao, but during the Daoguang Dynasty, not only did not see any light, but instead allowed China to enter the darkest section of the Great Dao in history.

As for the name of Xianfeng, "Xian" is the universal meaning, "Feng" is the meaning of abundance, which means "the whole world, abundant food and clothing" Unfortunately, the goal of Xianfeng is only half completed, and the corrupt officials and corrupt officials under the whole world are rich, but the people are not rich, but they are all raising the banner of rebellion.

As for the later Xuantong Emperor Puyi, the era name was 'Xuantong', which means 'great unification', but less than three years after Emperor Xuantong succeeded to the throne, Yuan Shikai told Pu Yi with facts that Yuan Shikai was orthodox.

Li Zhen's mind turned around, and he looked at Zaiyuan, Duanhua and the others, with a look of expectation in his eyes.

Zaiyuan nodded slightly and said, "Lord Li's suggestion is good, I think it can be adopted." ”

Duanhua also said: "I think it's feasible! ”

Du Han and Li Zhen have a grudge, but they rarely agree with Li Zhen's statement. As for Kuang Yuan, Jing Shou and others, they did not raise objections at all. These Auxiliary Ministers all nodded in agreement, mainly because they were one of the Auxiliary Ministers. After the emperor used the era name of Tongzhi, he would think of the situation of their auxiliary government.

Li Zhen's opinions satisfied the ideas of these old foxes, so no one stood up against them. Su Shun sighed, understanding that the era name of 'Tongzhi' was better than the Qixiang he proposed.

After all, Su Shun also wants to leave a name in history.

Su Shun had other thoughts in his heart, now Duanhua and Zaiyuan are older, and the rest of Du Han, Kuang Yuan and others are not as good as him, so he is already one of the leaders among the eight auxiliary ministers. As long as Li Zhen is the great enemy, he will be the number one auxiliary minister, powerful and powerful, and absolutely famous in the world.

After Su Shun figured it out, he said, "Queen Mother, the minister agrees with Admiral Li's suggestion. ”

Seeing that Li Zhen did not contradict, Ci'an said with a smile: "Very good, the new emperor's year name is determined to be Tongzhi." ”

When Zaichun's era name was set, Duanhua immediately said: "Now that everything is ready, Lord Li has also taken control of the Yamen of the Nine Gates in Beijing City, and the situation has been stabilized. The minister thought that he should immediately prepare to converge for the Daxing Emperor, and then prepare for the new emperor to ascend the throne. Now it's time to cut through the mess quickly, the faster the better, and when everything is decided, the variables will be smaller. ”

Duanhua experienced it once and understood why.

Li Zhen agreed: "I agree with Prince Zheng's opinion, and immediately prepare for the new emperor to ascend the throne!" ”

This time, everyone was on a unified page.

In the afternoon of the same day, Xianfeng was buried, and his Zi Palace (Zi Palace: the coffin made of Zi wood by ancient emperors and queens) was placed in the Qianqing Palace. After Xianfeng's death, according to the custom, the kings of the imperial court, Beile, Beizi, Gong, Princess, Fujin and other high-ranking nobles went home to fast, and the ministers and officials of various ministries of the imperial court went to their respective yamen dormitories to stay and fast, and they were not allowed to go home. As for the idle officials in the court, they all gathered at the noon gate to fast and stay.

In addition, since the beginning of Xianfeng's funeral in the capital, the temples and temples have sounded the bell 30,000 times.

Such a huge amount of work can only be done by the death of the emperor.

On the second day of Xianfeng's funeral, Su Shun, Duanhua, Zaiyuan and others presided over the new emperor's enthronement ceremony, and Zaichun, who was only four months old, ascended the throne and changed the yuan to the first year of Tongzhi.

After Emperor Tongzhi ascended the throne, everything entered a period of calm.

However, the active Yi 60 kept a low profile, which made Li Zhen very strange. For this reason, Li Zhen has been paying attention to the movements of Yi 60, but he has not got the slightest result. As time dragged on, Li Zhen's heart began to mutter, what is Yi 60 going to do? Because he didn't believe that Yi 60 would obediently be an idle prince.

ps: The third shift, call it a day;