Wei Zhongxian happily took the order and left, and when he left the Qianqing Palace, his steps seemed much lighter, as if he was dozens of years younger in an instant. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info He understands that his head has been preserved, and his glory and wealth have also been preserved. As long as he is still useful, King Shin will not easily move himself, so that he will have the power in his hands, at least for now.

Watching Wei Zhongxian walk out of the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, seemed to see the imperceptible smile on Wei Zhongxian's face. He understood that he and Wei Zhongxian had reached a consensus. His first opponent in the Ming Dynasty temporarily stood in the same camp as himself. This first hurdle is passed, but whether Wei Zhongxian can become his confidant or not, this may still have to go a long way.

The night was very long, and King Xin understood that after the funeral of Ming Xizong, he would become the emperor of this great empire. So, the night became very long, and every minute and every second was tormenting.

The darkness of the sky gradually revealed some sunlight after a long wait. The sun shy like a maiden, looming in the distance, and the clouds near the sun were red and red. Gradually, the sun's rays illuminated the clouds above the palace, rushing like thousands of horses, and the entire palace was suddenly shrouded in a golden glow.

Shin looked at the newborn sun, and his heart was filled with energy for a while. Can he also rise like the rising sun, bringing new hope to the people of the Ming Empire and himself.

The funeral of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, also known as the great funeral. The whole funeral process can be divided into three parts: the edict, the ministry and the ritual note. Since Ming Xizong did not have a crown prince, and King Xin was his only heir to the throne, the funeral of Ming Xizong was a little special. After Wei Zhongxian received the order to leave last night, he sent eunuchs and notified the emperor of the death of the first emperor of the civil and military officials in Beijing.

The sky was slightly bright, and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were waiting in front of the Qianqing Palace for a long time. The leaders were the eunuchs Wang Chengen and Sun Chengzong. The ministers of civil and military affairs include Li Yingsheng, Zhou Zongjian, and Huang Zunsu; Shi Fenglai, Zhang Ruitu, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites; Ning Guogong, Wei Liangqing, etc.

The gates of the Forbidden City, after ringing the bell, were completely opened. Bands of soldiers poured out of the gates, lined up neatly on both sides of the gates. The entire soldier's armor was already covered with a white cloak, and for a time the Ming Empire was shrouded in sadness.

At this time, Tian Ergeng was dressed in white filial piety clothes, followed by the soldiers in a row, and walked from the gate of the Qianqing Palace to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. He put his hands forward and said, "Meet the prince and the ministers, there is an order for the nine thousand years old, and the ministers please go to the Qianqing Palace with their humble posts to see off the emperor." ”

Wang Chengen stepped forward and said, "It's hard work, General Tian." At this time, a big stone in Wang Chengen's heart finally fell to the ground at this moment. This night, Wang Chengen seemed to have passed a year. Since King Xin entered the palace by order, he knew that the emperor's limit was approaching, and the most important moment for King Xin was coming. And as the great companion of King Xin, his rise and fall of honor and disgrace have long been associated with King Xin. If King Shin can successfully ascend the throne, he will not be far from the day of glory and wealth.

This night, Wang Chengen didn't close his eyes, kept running in the capital, and almost broke his legs. The eunuchs carrying the sedan chair have changed many batches, and I don't remember it anymore. Later, Wei Zhongxian sent someone to inform the civil and military officials, and Wang Chengen felt a little relieved. But there was still a little worry, so I waited in front of the Qianqing Palace early in the morning.

Tian Ergeng had already led the way in front, and the civil and military ministers also had their own hearts, and for a while, no one said a word, only heard clear footsteps.

The Qianqing Palace was not far away, and the ministers soon came to the palace gate. In the past, it was a place where the emperor and his courtiers discussed state affairs, but today the atmosphere is very unusual. Not far from the Qianqing Palace, you can see the palace decorated with white juan, even if the sun shines, you can't see the slightest warmth, and the ministers of civil and military affairs feel as gloomy as hell.

Once a son of heaven, a courtier. Now the day is about to change, and the courtiers are also thinking about the future in their hearts. At this moment, such civil and military ministers have no sadness for the death of the emperor and the rise and fall of the country in their hearts, only their own consideration of the future. Maybe this is human nature, people are sometimes very persistent, they can live for one thing, or they can die for something. But people are sometimes very selfish, whether they live in the temple for a long time, or stay away from the rivers and lakes, they will rush to fame or fortune, and they will not regret it for life.

The ministers entered the Qianqing Palace in turn, and everything that was in sight made them very confused. King Xin and Wei Zhongxian were facing the emperor together at this moment. There is nothing strange about this, but it is strange that King Xin and Wei Zhongxian are very close, to be precise, it is better to whisper.

In particular, King Xin's eldest companion, Wang Chengen, was even more puzzled, he didn't dare to imagine the scene in front of him. He knows King Xin too well, just as Wei Zhongxian understands Zhu Youxiao. This letter Wang Pingsheng and the Donglin Party are very close, and they have long been brainwashed by the Donglin Party, and the most hated person in his life is the eunuch party represented by Wei Zhongxian. Moreover, King Xin thinks very highly of himself, is very conceited, suspicious by nature, and it is difficult to listen to the opposition of others, even if it is himself, he must follow the character of King Xin. Even if King Xin and Wei Zhongxian reached a compromise, they should not get so close, which is very inconsistent with King Xin's character.

Wei Zhongxian was much earlier than the courtiers, and in fact, he didn't sleep all night. He also thought about it over and over again in bed that night, and he actually couldn't understand why King Shin's attitude towards him had changed so much. It is true that he leans towards the government and the opposition, but in the final analysis, he is still a domestic slave of the Zhu family, so after thinking about it repeatedly and without results, he attributed all this to the royal bloodline.

Early in the morning, Wei Zhongxian came to the Qianqing Palace. Just in time for King Shin to stare at the sun. That scene may never be forgotten in his life.

Wei Zhongxian only saw the sun shining on King Xin's body, and King Xin was also looking up at the sun at the moment, at that moment, Wei Zhongxian seemed to see King Xin's body emitting a golden light, Wei Zhongxian rubbed his eyes, he couldn't believe everything in front of him. But disappointed him, he opened his eyes again, and the golden light seemed to shine even brighter, as if to blind his eyes. Coupled with King Xin's naturally confident look, Wei Zhongxian's heart actually sprouted fear at this moment, which was an inexplicable feeling of imperial power.

In fact, this was the result of Wei Zhongxian's sleep all night and his spirit was extremely excited. The human eye will deceive itself, what is seen may not be the truth, the most important thing for people is not the eyes, but our brain. We must be able to analyze and think, so that we will not be blinded by our eyes. However, Wei Zhongxian at this moment will not think so much, the sudden change of King Xin coupled with the scene he is seeing now and the worship of imperial power, Wei Zhongxian seems to have seen the arrival of a Ming monarch.

After a while, Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, also found Wei Zhongxian who was stunned. He didn't understand why Wei Zhongxian was looking at himself in a daze, could it be that he had become handsome?

"Zhongxian, you are here, why are you in a daze there, and you don't inform this king." King Xin was a little curious, so he simply asked Wei Zhongxian directly, and now he wanted to completely tie Wei Zhongxian to his own warship step by step, so it was best not to have doubts.

"It's okay, it's okay, the old slave just saw that His Highness's heroic posture was a little fascinated, just like Emperor Hongwu, so he didn't dare to disturb His Highness." Wei Zhongxian was a person, and he quickly reacted, and a sycophant was immediately patted. This explains the current embarrassing situation, and praises the king of letters.

"Zhongxian, you have an overreputation, this king has not yet ascended the throne, and it is not as good as Emperor Hongwu." King Xin himself knows how many catties and taels he has, at least for now, King Xin still has no way to compare with Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Wei Zhongxian's words, he believed that it was strange, but since Wei Zhongxian didn't want to say it, forget it. Maybe it's good to keep some secrets.

"Your Highness, in the eyes of the old slave, you are the king of Zhongxing of the Ming Dynasty." King Xin was modest, but Wei Zhongxian was on the back again.

"Okay, Zhongxian, don't be like this in the future, you don't have to be a sycophant in front of this king. This king does not need praise and praise, this king needs a pragmatic helper, and if you listen to too many good words, people will be numb. Every word that this king wants to hear in the future is a major matter related to the society and the people of Li, so Zhongxian, you are in charge of the master of ceremonies and the factory guard, and the burden on your body is very heavy. King Xin interrupted Wei Zhongxian's words of praise, and he understood that high positions of authority were most likely to lose their way. The higher you stand, the heavier you will fall. The greater the power in your hands, the greater the responsibility on your body, and your words and deeds in the future will affect thousands of Li people, so everything must be cautious in words and deeds.

"Yes, yes, the old slave understands." Wei Zhongxian felt a chill in his back, this letter to the king is not simple, after being able to have the highest power, he can still have such a clear mind and a clear mind, and the future of the Ming Dynasty is just around the corner. Wei Zhongxian looked at the king of faith in front of him, he was young, but he could have such a sense of thinking, and he was glad that he had already been attached, otherwise, whether he could win in this power contest might have little hope.

"Zhongxian, come here with your ears, this king has an important matter, arrange for you to do it." King Xin did not dwell on this matter, and after a night of thinking, he had a preliminary idea of the future rule of the Ming Dynasty, but this requires good manpower to do it, and Wei Zhongxian in front of him is the best helper.

"Your Highness, please speak." Wei Zhongxian felt a little unable to keep up with the rhythm of King Xin, but he still followed his words.

"Zhongxian, you help this king find a few things, namely limestone, clay, iron ore powder and gypsum, these materials should be more and more, but you must pay attention to secrecy, each thing should be arranged for different people to find, it is better to find the corresponding ore vein, if not, go to purchase, the larger the better." King Xin felt that he was speaking too quickly, and was worried that Wei Zhongxian would not be able to remember, so he ordered someone to bring pen, ink, paper, and inkstones, and write the names of these minerals on fine rice paper.

After the names of the minerals were clearly written, he continued to say to Wei Zhongxian: "These minerals are very common, it should not be difficult to find, you find some reliable eunuchs to do this." In addition, let the Ministry of Industry Shangshu arrange a lime refining field, and everything in this field must be kept secret. ”

"Your Highness, what are you doing here? Do you want to refine lime? Wei Zhongxian felt that his head was a little big, and his brain was really a little bit unturned, how could the emperors of the Zhu family be so different. Ming Xizong prefers carpenter work, and now this king of letters, the future new emperor of the Ming Dynasty, has to refine lime before he ascends the throne, forget it, he may really be a little old, just do it.

The two people involved didn't feel anything special when they whispered this, but the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu felt weird when they looked at all this. Everyone is confused, this Ming world is really more and more incomprehensible. One is Wei Zhongxian, the great eunuch who has power in the world, and the other is King Xin of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor of the future Ming Empire, the two people who should have been pinched to death now seem to be so harmonious, and, judging from the current situation, Wei Zhongxian gives everyone the feeling that he seems to be obedient to King Xin's words.

After King Xin whispered to Wei Zhongxian, he found that there were densely packed civil and military ministers behind him. It was a spectacular scene, and I forgot how to speak for a while.

The ministers saw King Xin and Wei Zhongxian turn their heads to look at everyone, and they didn't know who got up first, and they all knelt down. The crowd shouted in unison as if they had rehearsed it thousands of times: "See His Royal Highness King Xin!" ”

"All the ministers, this king is very grateful to you for participating in the funeral of the emperor." After King Shin finished speaking, he seemed to be a little choked, clasped his hands in front of his chest, and bowed deeply to the ministers.

A group of ministers hurriedly returned the salute, and said with some trepidation and excitement: "These are the duties of the ministers, and I hope to mourn the king's day." ”

"All the ministers and ministers, worship the emperor with this king." King Xin didn't have too much politeness, he understood that at this moment, completing the funeral of Ming Xizong was the top priority, and getting Wei Zhongxian was done, and the world of the Ming Dynasty was already in the bag.

"The younger brother led the ministers to worship the emperor, and may the emperor ascend to bliss as soon as possible." King Xin and all the ministers knelt down in front of the body of Ming Xizong together, bowing three times and bowing nine times. For a while, the atmosphere became very solemn, and the choking voices of the ministers gradually became louder, gradually resounding throughout the entire Qianqing Palace.

After a long time, King Xin and Wei Zhongxian, Wang Chengen, and the general ministers got up. The ministers gradually withdrew from the Qianqing Palace, and the civil and military forces were listed outside the gate of the Qianqing Palace.

At this time, under the leadership of Empress Zhang, the female dependents wore filial piety clothes and came to the Qianqing Palace to kneel and worship Ming Xizong. The cries of the ladies were much louder and more noisy than those of the courtiers, and the scene of this crying made King Shin and the others who remained in the palace cry. Most of the ladies were not sad about the death of the emperor, they were sad that they could only live their lives with green lanterns. Although the ** funeral system of the Ming Dynasty has been abolished, there are still strict restrictions on the freedom of ** female dependents. All famous ** female dependents, including queens, concubines, virtuous, Shu, Zhuang, Jing, Hui, Shun, Kang, Ning and other concubines, as well as Jiehao, Zhaoyi, nobles, beauties, etc., below the concubines, will be strictly restricted in their lifelong freedom. If there is a prince, the prince will go out of the palace with the prince, and if there is no heir, he can only live in this deep palace.

** of the female dependents, most of them are outstanding, and their power in the court is intertwined, so the new successor emperors of the past dynasties will strictly control it, otherwise it will not only cause trouble to the court, but also endanger the society of the country if it is not done well.

King Xin looked at the group of concubines who were kneeling and crying, and his heart was very unbearable. However, I can't change this status quo for the time being, and it is very difficult to change the concept of the world, especially in this troubled era, if you don't control the concubine and let it go, it will definitely hurt the royal dignity and shake the foundation of the society.

Subsequently, the mourning began, and after everyone paid homage to the remains of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, King Xin personally covered the coffin of the Emperor of the Apocalypse. The coffin of the Emperor of the Apocalypse was extremely luxurious and full of royal atmosphere, and the coffin was carried by eight eunuchs into a carriage. The carriage was drawn by eight pure white horses, and there was not a single motley of hair on their bodies. In this era of extreme lack of sycophants, even in the emperor's house, it is not easy to find such eight pure white horses. Therefore, this carriage, which received the highest treatment during the lifetime of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, was one of the few things that the Emperor of the Apocalypse liked except for carpentry work.

The body of the carriage was personally processed by the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and the whole carriage was made of fine golden silk nanmu. On the walls around the carriage, nine lifelike five-clawed golden dragons are carved. Each dragon has a different form and is vivid, as if it will take off at any moment. The interior is also extremely luxurious, with handmade dragon chairs. The cushion made of good tiger skin on the dragon chair, and the two handles of the dragon chair, are not carved with a five-clawed golden dragon in a foreign way, although this is the case, but the hands touch it, and the feel is excellent.

The width of the dragon chair coincides with the width inside the carriage, so that it is a good guarantee that the dragon chair will not be moved due to the movement of the carriage. The front of the dragon chair was now empty, just enough to put the coffin of the Emperor of the Apocalypse inside. The carriage is very cleverly designed with good shock absorption. So, even with the addition of the coffin, the carriage did not make much noise when it was moving. All this can be seen that the carpenter of the Emperor of the Apocalypse is working finely.

The carriage was moving slowly, followed by the general civil and military ministers such as King Xin and Wei Zhongxian, while the concubines followed closely behind the civil and military ministers. From the Qianqing Palace to the Wenhua Palace, the coffin of the Emperor of the Apocalypse was temporarily parked in the Wenhua Palace. After waiting for the tomb of the Emperor of the Apocalypse to be built, he will choose an auspicious day to be buried in the earth.