Zhao Siliang shook his head, "Little brother is stupid, please make it clear!" ”

Chu Suiliang next to him sighed softly, "There is Mount Tai in the county!" The prime minister is going to Mount Tai on patrol, and the Son of Heaven will go to Mount Tai, as the parent official of Mount Tai's jurisdiction, the elder brother has a great responsibility, but there are also unlimited opportunities. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Zhao Siliang was suddenly happy and worried, the joy was that he would have a lot of opportunities to perform in the future, but the worry was that if he accidentally behaved badly and angered the Son of Heaven, would he never come out?

After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Siliang said in a low voice: "Brother Xu, will His Highness go to Mount Tai to seal Zen?" ”

Xu Jingzong nodded, "Within three years, he will definitely go, Mount Tai will be enshrined in Zen, and the throne will be granted by heaven, and he will completely get rid of the influence of the Sui Dynasty." ”

The topic of several people gradually talked about the hot things in the past two days, and Chu Suiliang asked: "Jingzong should know a little bit more about the inside story than us, why is His Highness unwilling to choose the two national titles of Qi and Wei?" ”

The three of them all looked at Xu Jingzong, Xu Jingzong drank a glass of wine, and whispered to the three of them: "You all know that my seat is close to Du Senjun's meeting room, I happened to hear Du Senjun and the room chief Shi chatting yesterday, I will first affirm that this is not easy to spread, you can listen to it, but don't harm me." ”

"Don't worry! Now the gossip is flying all over the sky, and no one can tell whether it is true or false, and we will not talk nonsense. ”

Xu Jingzong whispered: "The chief of the house said that His Royal Highness the King of Qi was furious about the country name, and angrily scolded Ziwei Pavilion for being insatiable in the seven phases, and he was not satisfied with the power of the minister, and he wanted to seize the power of the Son of Heaven. ”

This news was indeed shocking, and Lu Han came to his senses: "I heard a rumor that His Royal Highness is using the country name to vote to expand the right to vote, but in fact, it is restricting the power of Ziwei Pavilion in disguise. ”

Zhao Liangsi also said: "This matter Ziwei Pavilion has indeed gone too far, I heard that marrying Princess Guangling to His Royal Highness King Qi is also Ziwei Pavilion's plan, although they said that they are eager to promote King Qi to ascend the throne, but this degree is not grasped well, and the hand is a little long, I hope they can learn a lesson, if the monarch is not in harmony, it will be very harmful!" ”

"Brother Zhao Xian is right, this time to vote for the country, His Royal Highness the King of Qi is to teach Ziwei Pavilion a lesson, but you don't have to think too seriously, there is always a run-in process between the monarchs and ministers, and bumps and bumps are inevitable."

Chu Suiliang pondered for a moment and asked, "Then why is His Highness unwilling to choose the two country titles of Qi and Wei?" ”

Xu Jingzong said with a smile: "Fang Junshi said that although Qi is the overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period, the pattern is still a little smaller, and he has never unified the world, originally His Royal Highness wanted to choose one from Wei and Zhou as the national name, but considering the Northern Wei established by the Yuan family and the Northern Zhou established by Yuwentai, His Royal Highness was a little hesitant, worried that future generations would mistakenly think that he wanted to inherit the Northern Zhou or Northern Wei, but the military advisor persuaded him that Zhou was the national name, and it would never be limited to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, everyone would only think of Zhou Tianzi in the prosperous era of the world, and Zhou was already the era of feudal vassal states two thousand years ago. In the era of centralized counties, there should be a new Great Zhou Dynasty, and His Royal Highness decided to abandon Wei and use Zhou as the national name. ”

"But what if the officials voted for Qi Wei?" Zhao Liangsi asked worriedly.

Xu Jingzong couldn't help sneering, "You guys underestimate His Highness's wrist too much, don't look at His Highness's throwing out the right to vote, it seems to have been expanded, but in fact, the right to decide on the country name is still firmly in the hands of His Highness, and the senior military officials who have half of the voting rights will listen to whose orders?" This is called the open release and actual collection, and if you control the military power, you will also control the political power. ”

Everyone nodded silently, and they all deeply felt that if they didn't have superb political skills, it would indeed be difficult to control the scheming Xiangguo of Ziwei Pavilion.

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Two days later, the grand voting ceremony was held in front of the Anyang Palace, under the attention of nearly a thousand officials, about 200 high-ranking civil and military officials lined up in a long line on Chaoyang Square, casting their choice, each official with the right to vote will have four votes, namely Zhou, Qi, Wei, Zhao, but in the end can only vote for one signed name, which is counted by the officials of Zhongshu Province and reviewed by the officials of the Yushitai.

An hour later, Su Wei announced the number of votes loudly on the steps, a total of 230 votes, the lowest vote was Zhao, only 7 votes, followed by Qi, with 25 votes, followed by Wei, with 37 votes, and Zhou with 161 votes, a complete victory.

Even if the army's 100 and 3 votes are removed, Zhou still has 58 votes among the civilian officials, and still firmly occupies the first place, which shows that the restoration of Zhou etiquette morality is already expected by everyone.

"I hereby solemnly announce that our new dynasty will be named Zhou, and we will soon establish the Great Zhou Empire." The square suddenly resounded with a deafening cheer.

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After the country name is determined, the next step is the enthronement ceremony of the new emperor, which takes at least a month to prepare, Su Wei once participated in the preparation of the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Wen of Sui, he regardless of his age, he once again sent out to ask Ying to be the chief of the preparations.

Although the weather was very hot, the hearts of the people were even more enthusiastic, and the whole of China and even the whole world was concerned about the establishment of a new empire.

Tens of thousands of people in Zhongdu took the initiative to participate in the construction of various buildings regardless of remuneration, including the Sui Temple built on the south bank of Huanshui and the Sui Temple under Yangling Mountain, the construction of the Sui Temple was the suggestion of the Empress Dowager Xiao, who canceled the original Zen ceremonies, and instead married Princess Guangling in the Sui Temple and the Empress Dowager Xiao announced the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The construction of the Sui Temple can be understood as the new emperor's remembrance of the old Sui Dynasty and his gratitude to the old dynasty, which is different from Li Yuan and Wang Shichong's Zen Rang enthronement, showing the affection and righteousness of the Great Zhou Emperor, drinking water and thinking of the source, which can be more acceptable to the people of the world.

On July 25, Zhang Xuan married the princess Yang of Guangling, the daughter of Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, in the newly built Sui Temple, and named her the concubine of King Qi.

At dusk the next day, Zhang Xuan and Yang Jier returned to Ziwei Palace, the capital of the capital, and held an internal welcome ceremony in accordance with the etiquette in Ziwei's harem.

On the first day of August, the sky was just dawning, and under the witness of thousands of officials, Empress Dowager Xiao officially announced the end of the Northern Sui Dynasty in the Sui Temple, and then the gate of the Sui Temple was slowly closed, and the Northern Sui Dynasty, which lasted for nearly five years, ended in the sound of the door slamming down.

"Knock-knock-"

The Jingyang bell on the tower of Duanmen City rang, and the low bell rang throughout the city, and millions of people in Zhongdu and nearby Xin'an County walked out of their homes and stood on the street, looking at the direction of Ziwei Palace with excitement.

Including the kings of Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje, Turkic envoys, envoys of various Tiele tribes, and other hundreds of foreign envoys, in addition to the Taishou from all counties in the world, the army Yingyanglang generals and above, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military officials, etc., thousands of people gathered in Chaoyang Square, and tens of thousands of cavalry were deployed around Ziwei Palace to maintain order.

As the low bell rang, three thousand armored warriors escorted the Son of Heaven and the dragon chariot slowly entered the end gate, on which sat Zhang Xuan, the founding emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and Lu Qing, the empress who was about to ascend the throne.

Zhang Xuan was dressed in an ochre-yellow silk nine-dragon robe, wearing a cupola crown, a thirteen-ring belt around his waist, and six-fold boots on his feet, while Lu Qing was wearing a queen's phoenix crown, wearing a five-color robe, jewelry flowers and twelve trees, with a soft smile, sitting next to her husband.

When the emperor's jade chariot drove into Chaoyang Square, tens of thousands of soldiers and thousands of officials knelt down and shouted long live, and the atmosphere of ascending the throne gradually reached a climax.

Emperor Zhang Xuan led the hand of the empress along the dragon head road and slowly ascended the stairs until he entered the Anyang Palace, followed by sixteen palace maids holding long-handled palace fans and three hundred guards holding various honor weapons.

After a while, Zhao Wenshen, the palace supervisor who served as the enthronement deacon, walked to the steps of the dragon's head and shouted: "His Majesty the Emperor has a decree, announce the audience of hundreds of officials!" ”

Under the leadership of Su Wei and Lai Hu'er, the two teams of civil and military officials marched towards the main hall, and soon stood in the main hall, on the dragon couch on the high place of His Majesty, the newly enthroned emperor and the empress sat side by side, at this time, Zhao Wenshen shouted loudly: "Hundred officials bow to His Majesty the Emperor!" ”

Thousands of ministers knelt down and bowed, shouting three times, "Long live His Majesty the Emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Zhang Xuan was high up, looking at the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, he felt infinite in his heart, and he actually had a feeling of being like a dream.

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"There are clouds in the historical records, the Yellow Emperor has Baoding Divine Strategy, it is the winter solstice of the year and the winter solstice, the era of heaven, and the end and the beginning, so the year is named Baoding, and it is called the first year of Baoding."

On the first day of August in the first year of Baoding, Zhongdu held a grand emperor enthronement ceremony, the regent Zhang Xuan ascended the throne of the emperor, changed the country name to Zhou, his wife Lu Shi was the queen, and named Yang as a concubine, Pei as a concubine, Wu as a concubine, Hu Yang as Zhaoyi.

At the same time, the eldest son Zhang Ting was appointed as the crown prince, and the rest of the children were crowned princes and princesses.

The former Empress Dowager Xiao of the Northern Sui Dynasty was renamed the Lady of Sui and raised in the harem, and the little emperor Yang Yi was renamed the Duke of Liaoyang, because he was still young and raised by his mother.

Zhang Xuan immediately announced an amnesty for the world, announced the establishment of the Great Zhou Empire, the sea was boiling, the people's hearts were cohesive, and everyone was eager for the arrival of the prosperous era.

A month after Zhang Xuan ascended the throne, the Great Zhou delegation led by Xiangguo Wei Yunqi entered Guanzhong and slowly headed towards Chang'an. (To be continued.) )