Chapter 553: Enthronement
The first rays of sunlight in the morning pierced the clouds and sprinkled the light on the entire Jingshi. The sleeping city gradually woke up, and the pedestrians and merchants began to follow their own trajectory and start their daily lives. Since the death of the Son of Heaven, the lives of the people of Jingshi have been more or less affected.
During the national funeral, entertainment was prohibited, and the rhythm of the entire life of the Jingshi was also disrupted. People who grew up in the capital have long been accustomed to the change of emperors. Everyone is waiting, the new king will ascend the throne, and then he will live as he wants.
The news of the new emperor and the cabinet has spread in the capital, and everyone has already seen it once a few days ago, when the officials lined up to greet them, and then the pigeons were released en masse. Thinking about it, I don't know how long I have to stalemate before I can have a certain number. The people of Beijing have always prided themselves on being well-informed, and in the streets and alleys, everyone is talking about the news they have inquired about, showing their erudition.
After getting up today, those Kuhaha, who were pushing carts to sell food, had just pushed their carts out of the house, and they were driven back by the officers and soldiers patrolling the streets, and they were asked to hold up the basins and kneel on both sides of the long street to pick up the car.
"Is this the new gentleman coming again? In the end, Xinjun and Ge Lao, who won this contest? "The people took advantage of the fact that the guard of honor did not arrive, and exchanged words and ears to exchange information about all this. And the officials, who knew more than the common people, at least they could be sure that they would not be released again today.
Receiving notes in the suburbs, they went directly to Fengtian Hall to take the throne, which can be regarded as a step back for everyone. The emperor no longer asked to spend the night in the Qianqing Palace, and the ministers no longer asked him to act according to the ceremonial arrangement. Zhu Houxi knew very well the truth of accepting it when he saw it, so he agreed to enter Beijing to take over, and Liang Chu, Mao Cheng, Cui Yuan and other ministers who welcomed the Son of Heaven into Beijing finally determined their own merits. The government, which had been stagnant, can finally get back on track.
This kind of ending can be regarded as a happy ending, but everyone tacitly avoids the fact that in this competition, it is the cabinet that loses to the heir, or the emperor who has the last laugh.
Thanks to Yang Tinghe's foresight, he drove all those foreign envoys back, otherwise, the ugliness of the Ming family would be spread. If the monarch is not compatible, there will be some instability in the future government and politics, but at this time, most of the civil and military forces are betting on Yang Tinghe's side, and they believe that the new monarch, a tree without roots, will eventually succumb to Shoufu after making a child's temper.
The huge guard of honor approached Zhengyangmen, and Yang Tinghe stood at the head of the class, looking at the huge and mighty team, and actually did not have the confidence of his subordinates in his heart. This new monarch may just be the willfulness of a young man, but if he is not willful, but really assertive, then he will be a monster with one hand. Not only can their ambitions not be realized, but even the pattern created now will be completely destroyed.
"The new monarch came from Anlu, and he has no foundation in the court, so he is relying on Yuan Zonggao, Yang Chengzu and others. If you can cut off the wings of the new king, you can only rely on your father. Yuan Zhongde is old, old and unusable, the terroir of the south and north of the Yangtze River is different, but a climate is enough to crush him, and his people are not enough to trouble. As for Yang Chengzu, if he sits big in the future, he may be a Jiang Bin again...... Fathers should be early in the picture. ”
What echoed in his ears was his son's advice to him on the way back to Beijing overnight. However, Yang Tinghe thought about it, but he still couldn't accept this point of view, although his son was smart, he still lacked experience.
A military minister, and he doesn't have the military power of the four armies in his hands, how can he threaten himself? If you want to cut it off, you still have to start with Yuan Zonggao first. Although the emperor won the cabinet once in this contest, as long as the court uses people with the same aspirations as himself, the final victory must still be in the hands of the cabinet.
"Big brother, it turns out that this is Jingshi?" Zhu Houxi on the elephant chariot whispered with emotion, after the gallop last night, he is now happy both physically and mentally, with an indescribable ease.
When he thought that the entire empire was about to fall into his hands, and the dragon crown that symbolized supreme power was about to be worn on his head, his heart was beating violently, and he thought of finding someone to talk to, and only in this way could he soothe his mood.
Yang Chengzu did not dare to sit on the elephant's chariot now, but as a personal guard, he always rode a horse and followed closely beside the elephant's chariot. Hearing the Son of Heaven ask, he nodded and said, "Yes, this is Jingshi." This brick, tile, grass and tree is the property of His Highness, and the thousands of Li people in this city are all the people under your rule. Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, mountains and rivers on the surface, are your industry. ”
Different from the policy of not building the city wall in the south of the Yangtze River, the capital division is close to the border, and once the northern captives break the Great Wall, they can easily wave the city under the city. It was built with a city wall and was extremely tall and majestic, and in the eyes of these Anlu people, such a huge city would be unbelievable if they had not seen it with their own eyes.
In this era, the population of Paris can not be compared with the Jingshi, today, if the population is huge, the city is magnificent, Beijing City can be called a veritable unparalleled in the world. However, in Yang Chengzu's eyes, these scenes are nothing more than that. The household registration is only one million, and in his previous life, he also lived in Beijing, and at that time, the resident population of Jingshi had already exceeded 20 million. Compared with the two, the Jingshi in this time and space is actually a larger city, nothing unusual. He just thought, I don't know if the Jingshi in this era has bean juice, coke rings, boiling, and fried liver......
Zhengyang Gate is the main gate of Jingshi, Xuanwu Gate in the west, and Chongwen Gate in the east. On weekdays, the Zhengyang Gate is not opened, the military and civilians go to the Xuanwu Gate, and the businessmen go to the Chongwen Gate, and because of this, the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Chongwenmen tax supervisors, are all fat and oily positions, and they are not allowed to be awarded by the cronies of the Son of Heaven.
Thinking of the lovely man last night, Zhu Houxi glanced at Yang Chengzu next to the car, "Big brother, are you interested in being a Chongwenmen tax supervisor?" ”
"This? It doesn't seem like much, right? It's not yet time to reward meritorious deeds, and besides, there are still so many ministers waiting to be canonized, and the ministers dare not ......"
"There's nothing you don't dare, that's it. If you can't even decide a little tax supervisor, then what kind of heaven is it? Zhu Houxi straightened his waist, "Since Jingshi has invited me to be the emperor, then everything must be listened to me, and I want to see if it is the first decree that cannot be implemented!" ”
Yang Chengzu smiled helplessly, although he had thought about Taoguang at the beginning, now it seems that the Son of Heaven will also establish his authority in some places and determine his status. In the days to come, the collision and competition between the two giants of the empire is just the beginning.