Chapter 166: Enthronement Ceremony (I)

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In 301 AD, on the third day of the third month of the third month, a grand celebration was held in Luoyang, the capital of Beijing, to celebrate the ascension of the new monarch to the throne. It was a very sunny day, with clear skies and no clouds, which was the perfect time for a big ceremony.

Early in the morning, representatives from all walks of life gathered in the Taiji Hall to deliver a persuasion form to Sima Shu, asking the prince to ascend the throne as emperor.

According to the pre-arrangement, Sima Shu reluctantly accepted everyone's request to agree to ascend the throne as emperor after repeated resignations.

Immediately, Zhang Hua, the first assistant of the cabinet who participated in the ceremony with illness, read out the edict of the abdication of the emperor Sima Zhen to everyone, and Sima Zhen, who had been the emperor for ten years, abdicated and was called Emperor Hui.

Sima Shu officially announced the beginning of his rule over the Great Jin Empire, and since then the Great Jin Dynasty has entered another glorious history!

Surrounded by countless palace maids and guards, Sima Shu ascended the high platform and announced that he had ascended the throne, and at the same time changed the yuan to the first year of Hongwu.

On the issue of the era name, the court has been arguing for a long time, some people have proposed to use Jianxing, Taishi, etc., and some people have even proposed the era name Yongjia. However, in the end, he was denied by Sima Shu, and he chose the era name of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty in the future, thinking that this is more in line with the current situation and his taste!

Immediately afterwards, Sima Shu stood on the altar and first thanked God for his virtue of a good life, gave him a chance to lead the people of the world to prosperity and strength, and then counted the cruelty of the northern Hu people and vowed to expel the northern Hu people!

Then it was announced that the crown princess Wang Huifeng was the queen, Jin Luzhu was the virtuous concubine, Wang Huiying was the concubine, and Yang Xianrong was the concubine, and at the same time, there was a daughter of the Pei family, Pei Jin, who was named one of the four concubines, plus other low-level concubines, a total of fifteen concubines were sealed, which was the result of reaching a compromise with everyone under Sima Shu's great resistance, otherwise there would be more women in his harem.

"Hooray, hooray, hooray!" All the participants in the ceremony knelt down and stopped shouting, long live, and their voices soared into the sky.

"All the ministers are flat!" After accepting the mountain call of the ministers, Sima Shu said calmly, and then he slowly sat down in the dragon chair, and for a while there was a feeling that the whole world was in his hands, and he swept everyone with a calm gaze.

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Hooray, hooray, hooray! "The ministers shouted again long live.

At this point, Sima Shu was officially the supreme ruler of the Great Jin Empire.

Sima Shu raised his hand to signal, and Xiao Dengzi read out the first holy decree of the new emperor after he ascended the throne in his delicate voice: "Appoint Zhang Bin as the first assistant of the cabinet, the scholar of the Taiji Palace, the scholar of the Shangshu Order, and the secretary of the Ministry of the Army." ”

"Appoint Du Xi as the deputy assistant of the cabinet, the scholar of the Guangming Temple, the right servant of the Shangshu, and the Shangshu of the household department."

"Appoint Pei Wei as the deputy assistant of the cabinet, a scholar of the Baohe Temple, and a servant of Shangshu."

"Zhou Xun, the assassin of Yongzhou, was appointed as the secretary of the ministry, and the title of scholar of the Guangming Temple was added to the cabinet."

"Appoint Yang Xuanzhi as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and add the title of Scholar of the Temple of Honor to the cabinet."

"Appoint Zu should be the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture."

"The history of the Qinzhou Thorn is the book of the Ministry of Industry.

"Zuo Si, editor-in-chief of the Luoyang Times, is the secretary of the school."

"Appoint Li Fu as the secretary of the Ministry of Caoyun."

"Appoint Xun Song as the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs."

"The Liangzhou Assassin Zhou was appointed as the Zhongshu Ling, and the title of Scholar of the Guangming Temple was added to the cabinet."

"Appoint Wang Yan as the right attendant of the Zhongshu, and add the scholar of the temple to the cabinet."

"Appoint Wen Xiang as the left servant of the Zhongshu and concurrently serve as the imperial history of the left capital."

"Appoint Jiang Tong as the head of the province of Huangmen Shilang, and add the title of scholar of Guangming Temple to the cabinet."

"Appoint Liu Qiao as the right attendant of the scattered cavalry, and assist the province of Menxia."

"Appoint Cui Liang as the left permanent attendant of the scattered cavalry, and the assistant of the province."

"Appoint Ji Shao as the director of the General Procuratorate to take charge of the Dajin procuratorate."

"Appoint Lu Zhang and other seven people as the Zhengqing of Dali Temple to take charge of the judicial organs of Dajin."

"Appoint Zu Ti as the chief envoy of the Privy Council, and add the title of Scholar of the Temple of Harmony to the Cabinet."

"Appoint Meng Guan as a co-confidant of the Privy Council and an associate of the Privy Council."

"Appointment of Litt as a Privy Councillor and Associate Privy Councillor."

Through this decree, everyone present understood in their hearts that the relationship between the crown prince and the family began to ease, and at least half of this appointment list came from the previous family. It seems that after a period of investigation, the crown prince has relaxed his monitoring of the family.

For example, this time, big families such as the Yingchuan Xun family, the Qinghe Cui family, the Hedong Pei family, and the Bingzhou Wang family were all reused by the crown prince, which also made the families present happy and encouraged, and this time they finally changed the previous situation that was not embarrassing or embarrassing. The reason why Sima Shu made such a gesture was nothing more than that the foundation of his rule was already solid, and he was not afraid of any more trouble from the family. Like before ascending the throne, many families avoided the pull of Jiangdong like a plague, which is very revealing.

In addition to specific official appointments, Sima Shu also issued promotion orders to generals in the army. I only heard Xiao Dengzi continue to read: "Promote Zu Ti to General Zuo, promote Meng Guan, Li Te, Xu Chao, and Ma Ya to Zhonglang generals, promote Liu Kun, Tao Kan, Gou Xi, Zu Yue, and Li Liu as generals, promote Yao Gezhong, Li Xiong, Fu Hong, Zhou Zha, Zhu Zheng and other twelve people as captains, and promote Li Jun, Wang Wei, Li Zhao, Zhang Mao and other thirty-five people as captains. ”

A series of appointments formalized the new structure of the Jin Empire.

At the same time in this long decree. Sima Shu also enshrined eleven marquis of the Great Jin Empire: including Zhang Bin, Du Xi, Pei Wei, Jiang Tong, Zu Ti and others were all awarded first-class marquises, and Taifu Zhang Hua was awarded the title of first-class British Duke by the crown prince because of his outstanding merits, becoming the first minister under the crown prince to be awarded the title of duke.

In addition, one hundred and thirty-three people were awarded the titles of earl, baron, viscount, etc. The titles of the Great Jin Empire have a total of five ranks, princes, uncles, sons and men, and they only enjoy food and do not own fiefs, and food is issued by the imperial court in gold and silver. Among the people who were knighted this time, soldiers accounted for a considerable part, and it was obvious that Sima Shu wanted to stimulate the generals of the empire to continue to expand the territory and accumulate more military exploits.

At this time, Zu Ti, who was dressed in military uniform, stepped forward and knelt on one knee in front of Sima Shu, "Your Majesty, the more than 10,000 soldiers who are waiting for the review have been prepared, and the parade can begin, please review it!" ”

Sima Shu turned to the back and changed into the emperor's exclusive armor, rode a white horse, and slowly walked out accompanied by Zu Ti.

"Master Zhang, what do you think this Sima Shu is doing?" A young man in the crowd looked puzzled and asked a tall middle-aged scribe beside him. This Lord Zhang is Zhang Hong sent by Jiangdong to Jiangbei to contact the family, after the failure to contact the family, he did not leave in a hurry, but lurked in Luoyang to prepare to investigate the details of the court.

"I don't know, maybe this is Sima Shu watching the army to threaten the princes!"

At this moment, only a long horn was heard suddenly blowing, which immediately quieted the area around the somewhat "lively" square. At this time, Sima Shu wore a dark yellow bright light fish scale armor and rode a white high-headed horse, and galloped along the avenue under the escort of a camp of elite cavalry guards.

Sima Shu first bent down to the viewing platform and gave a slight salute, and the court officials, generals and gentry on the stage stood up together and saluted him back. Sima Shu then turned his horse's head and stood in front of the viewing platform, facing the people in the square, while the elite cavalry of the Su Guard Army behind him immediately divided into two teams and stood neatly behind him.

Seeing the prince appear, the people in the square couldn't help but burst into earth-shattering cheers, one higher than the other, like the waves of the sea. Countless people held various flags in their hands, constantly waving and shouting, expressing their emotions to Sima Shu in the distance.

In the midst of the cheers, a dull sound of war drums came, heavy and shocking, neat and regular, and rolled up the square one after another, and in the midst of the war drums, there was the sound of horses' hooves and the rumbling of cars.

The crowd suddenly stopped cheering, and due to the introduction of the government and militia systems, almost half of the people here had received military training. They were very sensitive to the sound of war drums and trumpets, and when they heard the sound of war drums, everyone immediately became solemn, and the people next to them also became quiet, looking intently to the east side of the square.

In the light of the sun, thirty-six chariots marched in a square formation, each of which, in addition to the grooms, had a huge war drum, on which stood a shirtless sergeant who swung his drumsticks and beat the sheepskin drum to the sound of a command.

Seeing the chariot galloping past him, Sima Shu waved the horizontal knife that had already been drawn and raised it vertically, with the tip of the knife pointing upwards and saluting the chariot forward.

Behind the war drum array were the students of the Chang'an Military Academy, and three hundred students wearing black bright light armor held three hundred red flags, and marched neatly in a rectangle, like a sea of red.

The red flag of the cadets walked under the attention of Sima Shu and the sword salute, and finally walked to the east of the war drum corps and turned to stand.

Behind the cadet team is a group of saber and shield bearers, they are wearing infantry armor, the left hand of the round shield is tightly leaning on the left side of the body, the right hand is holding the snow bright Pu knife, upside down on the shoulder is walking in front of everyone.

Then came a group of longbowmen, who carried longbows and quivers, and crossed swords, and walked past Sima Shu in a straight stride.

The longbowmen were followed by a group of heavy crossbows. Looking at the crossbow arrows that were as long as a spear in the cold light, everyone's hearts sank, these large bows and crossbows were "famous far and wide" and "well-known at home and abroad", and the rebels who died on them were probably tens of thousands, and many enemy troops were even more frightened, and it was precisely by relying on such sharp weapons that the imperial army could hold the Tiger Prison Pass and Mengjin with weak troops.

After the bow and crossbow array passed, a heavy footstep came, just like the sound of the war drums just now, which shook everyone's hearts, and everyone in the square clearly felt a burst of domineering murderous aura faintly attacking. What kind of team will it be? Cavalry? But you didn't hear the sound of horses' hooves?

Everyone couldn't help but crane their necks to look to the east and start to guess. (To be continued.) )