"......" Ge Tianzhang really wants to say that this Wang Jue is only 20 years old this year, and he is as old as Your Majesty - you ascended the throne and became the emperor because you have a good background, he is a 20-year-old young man, and he is already the commander of the first army, do you want to give the youngest general in the empire?

However, Ge Tianzhang is over eighty years old this year, and he does not have the energy to fight for the position of a major general at the enthronement ceremony of His Majesty the new emperor. Now his health is very bad, and the thing he is most worried about is to annoy His Majesty the new Emperor because of trivial matters, and shake the national strategic policy of first south and then north that he has been trying to achieve all his life.

Thinking of this, Ge Tianzhang closed his mouth, glanced at Wang Jianfeng, who was a little embarrassed next to him, then shook his head and took a step back, which can be regarded as acquiescing to the fact of this promotion. For him, the secretary of the military department, after all, Wang Jue is also wiping his ass for his top boss when he regains the lost ground, so he has no reason to obstruct Wang Jue's promotion too much.

Zhao Hongshou clenched his fists at this time and said: "Your Majesty, now is your enthronement ceremony, this order should be issued later in the form of Your Majesty's will, which can not only show the immensity of the emperor, but also let Wang Jue remember Your Majesty's trust, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds." ”

Zhu Mu moved his gaze back from Ge Tianzhang and landed on the first assistant minister who had just satisfied him. Then he nodded, and said: "What Lord Shoufu said is very much in line with the meaning of this palace, so I will send it to Wang Jue as the first holy decree after this palace ascends the throne, I think it is very meaningful." ”

"Yes! The minister remembered this incident, and immediately after the enthronement ceremony, he drafted a holy decree and sent it to Liaodong with a telegram. After Zhao Hongshou bowed his head and responded to Zhu Mu's request, he stepped aside.

After Zhu Mu said this, the maids around him had already finished putting on the dress, he looked at the mirror, and then nodded with satisfaction. To be honest, this dress on his body is much more energetic than that worn on his father Zhu Changle's.

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The Imperial Palace is a symbol of the supreme power of the Ming Empire, and almost all of the halls are decorated with gold, and the floor tiles are even solid gold bricks. Every detail here has been repeatedly pondered by craftsmen, and it can be said that this place symbolizes the glorious past of the Ming Empire, and also represents the strength of the Ming Empire, which plundered the world.

Located on the central axis of the Forbidden City, it was once the tallest building in the palace. It's just that after the reform of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, there are more and more high-rise buildings built by the entire Jingshi in the Forbidden City, and now this is no longer the height standard that is not allowed to be exceeded.

But it is still the pinnacle of power that the whole world does not dare to underestimate, representing a huge empire that is very important. What's more, it is indeed a benchmark for luxury architecture, with the best works of art from around the world placed in every humble corner.

Now, outside this not very spacious Imperial Palace, there are soldiers and officials from all over the country, and each of them represents great power and status. Now these feudal officials who represent authority in various parts of the Ming Empire all bow their heads and stand there waiting for their new monarch to come to the chair that represents the supreme one.

Behind these feudal officials were foreign ambassadors dressed in various costumes, including the United States, which had recently established diplomatic relations with the Ming Empire, and the United Kingdom, an old European power. In addition to France, Germany, and Muscovy, these ambassadors also stood there with different thoughts, waiting for the man who would represent the Ming Empire in the future to step into that sacred position.

The German ambassador Hannathan stood in his place, tilted his head and quietly glanced at the somewhat arrogant British ambassador Johann, who was over 60 years old, standing there expressionlessly, as if he were a statue, motionless. The French ambassador and the American ambassador stood together, and neither of them spoke, just bowed their heads and waited for the moment when they needed their cooperation.

The position next to the ambassador of Muscovy was originally the position where the Japanese representative should stand. Although many Western countries have recognized the fact that Japan has seceded from the Ming Dynasty, in terms of diplomatic relations, the Ming Dynasty and Japan have never recognized each other, so at the previous Zhu Changle enthronement ceremony, the Japanese envoy participated as a representative. However, an armistice agreement was signed between the Ming Dynasty and Japan, so there was a procedure for declaring war a few days ago.

"The hour has come! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is invited to ascend the throne! The ceremonial officer who was standing on the side and was in charge of the enthronement ceremony saw the prompt, and when the crown prince Zhu Mu walked to the Imperial Palace, he sang and said loudly. His voice was a signal to the civil and military officials, and after this singing, all the civil and military officials were to kneel down and make a great salute to invite the new Emperor to ascend the throne.

Sure enough, rows of ministers began to bend their knees, but unlike the old kneeling rituals, these people had soft cushions prepared in front of them, which made them more comfortable when they bowed. After kneeling on the ground, the ministers also sang and said, "Please enthrone His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Zhu Mu heard the mountain call, surrounded by four ministers who persuaded him, walked to his own position, and then announced to the ministers that they were exempted, so the ministers bowed to His Majesty the new emperor for the longest time The ceremony ended. After that, unless there is a national celebration or a serious mistake, these ministers do not have to bow down, but only bend down.

Foreign envoys also need to bow down, even the United Kingdom, which has never been occupied by the Ming Empire, must bow down at this enthronement ceremony to celebrate, which is one of the provisions of the "Ming-British Armistice Treaty" that year, and this treaty has always been regarded as a great shame by the British monarch.

Of course, this is an important reason why Britain is fully committed to supporting Japan in Asia. Japan's rapid rise is inseparable from the support of Ceylon and Britain, and the rebellion of the Jin Kingdom is also inextricably linked to the ghosts of these countries behind the scenes.

However, everyone still only maintains the corresponding relationship on the surface, although they look good, they easily do not tear off the last fig leaf. Everyone knows that when the Ming Empire was strong, Prussia and France did not save half of the face for these European countries.

Looking at the Chinese and foreign ministers and envoys who knelt down outside the door, Zhu Mu finally heard the shout that represented the ceremony. Now he was the rightful monarch of the empire, and until he stopped breathing, he was the representative of the empire, the most powerful man in the empire - at least, on the surface.