The palace moved quickly, and on that day, the officials and supervisors set up a mourning hall and arranged the palace to clean the clothes for the old emperor, and the internal weaving and dyeing bureau prepared mourning clothes for the princes and princesses, officials of various halls and ministries.

The forbidden army soldiers guarding the palace gate wore a white shirt outside their armor, and even the waist knife was wrapped in a layer of white silk, and when everything in the palace was arranged, it was already night, and the lanterns with white paper were hung everywhere in the palace forbidden, and the whole palace was a gloomy cloud.

The mourning hall is covered with white curtains, the cigarette smoke is swirling, it is very solemn and solemn, and the tablet of the old emperor is enshrined high in the middle.

As early as when the emperor was critically ill, the Ministry of Rites had already drawn up various ceremonial procedures for the new emperor to be applied, these procedures were simple to say, that is, first to make a dress, then issue a testament, and then hold a great ceremony, but in the meantime, all kinds of cumbersome and miscellaneous ceremonies are dazzling.

Zhao Xian didn't know anything about this kind of funeral etiquette in the palace, but he didn't have to worry about losing his manners, although he had a special identity, but now he hasn't even touched the edge of the government, in general, he is still a guard standing guard, and he is not qualified to enter the palace to cry and salute, he only needs to control the guards outside the palace and maintain the palace ban.

The officials in charge of the various ministries and halls stepped into the palace in a panic, and even many princes and lords who rarely stepped into the palace gate also appeared at this time. Zhao Xian stood at the foot of the palace steps, saw the six departments and the three dukes coming out of the palace to look into the distance and wait, a little effort, two lines of eunuchs surrounded by a shoulder and walked over, someone sang loudly: "The crown prince has arrived!" ”

Prince Ye Mu didn't understand these many rules, and the two chief eunuchs held him one left and one right, and whispered a few words in his ear from time to time, how to walk, how to salute, how to speak, Prince Ye Mu was in a trance, and he lost all his debauchery energy, and did it one by one like a puppet.

More than a dozen old ministers from the court on the stairs hurriedly rushed down the stairs to pry their robes and kneel, and Shen Lingshan cried: "Please invite the prince to enter the palace and make a ceremony!" ”

Zhao Xian saw boredom on the side, and when they all entered the hall, he suddenly heard a cry outside the palace gate. The officials who were not allowed to enter the palace gate gathered outside the noon gate and cried bitterly, and the officials cried and guarded the spirits, and Zhao Xian was also afraid that something would go wrong, so he took people to the four cities to walk around.

In the hall, the ceremonial officials sang the ceremony. Old man An, Xu Ming, and Xie Mo, the three ministers of Tuogu, helped Ye Mu onto the yellow silk dragon chair, and hundreds of officials knelt forward to worship the new monarch, and the mountain roared like a tsunami, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live" sonic boom roof tiles.

Zhao Xian left in this call to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, and inspected the palace under the guidance of two guards holding lanterns, not knowing that the old etiquette of reading the edict of the first emperor on the main hall and then following the rules and regulations of the new emperor and giving the edict of the new emperor will go wrong today. He hadn't gone far yet, and the palace was already in chaos like a vegetable market.

When the old emperor felt that his body was difficult to heal, he had already made arrangements for the aftermath, and at this time, the eunuch Liu Gonggong of the master of ceremonies held the seal of the old emperor with tears and presented the edict of the old emperor, and Shen Lingshan passed the edict and promulgated the edict of the new emperor to ascend the throne, and then announced that the new emperor would amnesty the world and reward the meritorious ministers.

This was originally arranged, the so-called new emperor's will, in fact, is also the old emperor's will, no matter how Niu the prince in the first emperor just died, did not dare to rebuild his leadership team in a big way, in the final analysis, it is the old emperor's idea in advance.

As one of the prince's teachers, Shen Lingshan knew that the prince was more stubborn today, and he didn't ask for red tape, as long as he sat well. After Shen Lingshan sacrificed to the old emperor, wiped away his tears, first announced the edict of the first emperor, and set next year as the first year of the founding, and then led the civil and military officials to kneel down and bow to the new emperor.

Then he launched a holy decree, in the name of the new emperor amnesty to the world: not to be killed, the prisoners awaiting trial will be pardoned and released from prison, the edict exempts the peasants from the arrears of more than three years of taxes, this means that the new emperor's will to be benevolent is announced, and the third new emperor's decree to seal and reward the ministers who support the establishment was promulgated: An Chen, Xu Ming, Xie Mo, Shen Lingshan were crowned as the pillars of the kingdom, and the queen Xiao was promoted to the queen mother, etc...

Whenever the new emperor ascends the throne, the old ministers will have this kind of treatment, and the courtiers are also accustomed to it, anyway, although these positions are glorious, they are all fictitious positions with no power, and they will not have any impact on the current distribution of power in the imperial court.

Ye Mu, who had just become the founding emperor, was very serious when he heard it, although it was only three minutes of enthusiasm, but these three minutes had not passed.

Shen Lingshan finished reading the holy decree, and saw that Ye Mu was sitting quite seriously, and secretly raised his sleeve to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, which could be regarded as a sigh of relief, and before he could express himself, the Emperor of the First Emperor suddenly spoke.

Ye Mu frowned tightly, and said strangely: "Shen Aiqing, did you miss a few people?" ”

Shen Lingshan's white face stiffened slightly, and he sighed in his heart, this heart was raised again, he hurriedly unfolded the holy decree, swept it at a glance, and turned his head to ask the eunuch next to him who was reciting the holy decree, and then said with relief: "Your Majesty, the minister has not omitted." ”

Ye Mu listened strangely, he remembered that his father said that Yan Ling, Lin Zhiping, Ling Xian and others could be entrusted with important tasks in the future, and at the beginning he also said that Zhao Xian was his minister, but the day before yesterday he changed his hexagram to let him be careful, and the kindness of reusing these people should be given by him personally, why is this edict issued in his name without the names of these people?

If the poor old emperor really had a spirit in the sky, he would definitely regret not telling Ye Mu a specific time for everything to be carried out at this time. Just after ascending the throne, he wantonly reused the words of the newcomer, what do you make a bunch of old ministers think?

It's a pity that Ye Mu obviously didn't have this awareness, and his slightly chubby hand was raised: "No, it is true that a few people have been missed, Yan Ling and Ling Xian, who are young and promising, can be regarded as pillars, huh...... Since the will is missing, then go back and make up the will, and let the two of them enter the ministry as a squire. ”

Ye Mu waved his hand and directly sealed the two good buddies who played with him, and his heart was still proud.

Shen Lingshan heard this, Rao is his supernatural martial arts, and he almost fell down the steps with an upside-down onion, and the two yellow-mouthed children who were only weak crowns wanted to enter the first squire of the six departments? How are you going to let the courtiers below who are over half a hundred years old? They've been up for most of their lives, and they're not as good as playing with you for two years?

Shen Lingshan hurriedly knelt down and shouted, "Your Majesty, by all means. ”

Xu Ming and Xie Mo, the two princes and emperors, and the six Shangshu fell down together, and the officials said urgently: "Your Majesty, the promotion of officials has been hereditary, recruiting talents, military merits, recommendation, waiter selection, grace and imperial examination since ancient times, no matter which one, Ling Xian can't rely on it, and although Yanling is the champion of the new department, but the prestige, ability, and qualifications are insufficient, how can you suddenly be promoted to the position of the servant of the ministry, please think twice." ”

A group of white-bearded ministers, seeing a few juniors who accompanied the prince to eat, drink and have fun, were about to enter the ministry and sit in a position second only to Shangshu, and immediately opposed it, and all the officials had their own words.

Ye Mu had just become the emperor in the end, and when he saw most of the courtiers kneeling down below, he was also a little panicked, but he couldn't get over his face when he took the words back like this, so he had to say with an ugly face: "Since this is the case, I will withdraw this will, and if I don't make them officials, then I will be named Uncle Yongyi and give them a title." ”

Shen Lingshang's face immediately darkened, he had made great contributions to Daliang all his life, and he was about to hug his grandson before he became a marquis of Dingbei, and a few little children came up to be earl, and they were rewarded like this, and a group of old ministers had to strike all of them.

Old man An doesn't care, anyway, he has nothing to seal, and he happily watched Shen Lingshan deflated.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty below saw that the emperor did not increase his official position, and changed to a knight, where was he willing to agree, and a group of officials knelt on the ground and kowtowed again and again. A few old courtiers with developed tear glands cried loudly, hammering their chests and saying that the Son of Heaven gave gifts indiscriminately, and the crowd would be surging and the officials would not accept it. Of course, the most unconvinced should be a few of them.

"Uh... Shen Aiqing, isn't this okay? Ye Mu consciously gave in a step, and seeing that the hundred officials were still unrelenting, he was also stunned at this time, so he could only say stupidly: "That's it, you look at the reward, lonely... I just listen. ”

The emperor took back his fate, and the ministers secretly breathed a sigh of relief, their palms were covered with cold sweat, and they had served the old emperor for most of their lives, and suddenly changed to such a master, and their hearts were all up and down.

Shen Lingshan's face finally softened a little, and he picked up the fourth will: Xu Ziqing added the title of Chengyi Marquis, Ren Wailang of the Ministry of Rites, Zhao Xian added the title of Zhongyong Bo, Ren Zhengbei General, and the descendants of the princes of other families also had their own rewards.

Before he finished reading, the Emperor had something to say. If the old emperor is reincarnated, he will definitely smoke his two ear scrapers, and the day before yesterday should not have told the prince to beware of the An family, because he didn't understand the meaning of beware at all.

Ye Mu couldn't sit still when he heard this, so he turned around and frowned and said: "No, no, Yan Ling and Ling Xian can't be knighted, why can Zhao Xian and Xu Ziqing be crowned Marquis Earl directly?" Isn't it too high? ”

As soon as the words fell, Old Man An and Prime Minister Xu Ming's faces turned blue and white for a while, and they couldn't get off the stage on the spot, and the whole hall was almost planted.

These rewards are obviously awarded to the princes who support the new lord, and most of the rewards are the heirs of each family, taking this opportunity to slowly take over the things of their fathers, as for the titles of earls and marquises, they are just good, most of them are going to inherit the higher titles of their fathers, these things are of no use at all except for a few more burdens, these people are essentially different from Yanling and others.

Also, do you think that the title is high, and you shouldn't say it in front of the old ministers, people have been loyal to the emperor all their lives, the first emperor's bones are not cold, you just came to power and slapped them in the face, how can people support you?

Feeling the oppressive atmosphere in the hall, Ye Mu was also a little panicked, this is different from the scene when his father was alive, the ministers were trembling, the few people standing in front were basically his teachers, his momentum was already a little weaker, seeing this, he hurriedly changed his words: "I thought about it, and I also think that such a reward is appropriate, Zhao Xian's military achievements are great, Xu Ziqingwen is outstanding, and he also received this reward, so it will be decided." ”

"Huh..."The ministers all breathed a sigh of relief, Shen Lingshan's heart really couldn't stand the toss of the founding emperor, but fortunately, the ceremonies that should be held now were almost over, so Shen Lingshan hurriedly arranged for the civil and military officials to keep the spirits in the Qianqing Palace, and it was estimated that he was just kneeling there to burn paper, and he should not offend people.

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At this time, Zhao Xian didn't know about this kung fu, and he had already become an uncle inexplicably. After inspecting the palace gates, he casually had a meal with the palace soldiers to fill his stomach, and it was almost late at night.

With such a big Miyagi turning around a few times, Zhao Xian's heels hurt terribly, but Miyagi couldn't ride a horse, and his legs were about to break from exhaustion. Things were almost busy, and I wanted to go home, but when I passed by the East Warm Pavilion where the old emperor was funeral, I suddenly heard a woman's crying.

It can't be haunted, right? Zhao Xian shuddered, turned his head to see the cold and deserted figure, and walked over with curiosity, and when he raised his eyes, it was actually a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, dressed in the clothes of a little medicine boy, shrinking into the room and crying quietly.