—— After seeing Li Longji close his eyes and his head hanging to the side weakly, the two imperial doctors waiting on the side stepped forward quickly, probed Li Longji's breath, and after checking Li Longji's pulse, announced the emperor's death to the ministers kneeling in the palace.

There was a burst of crying in the palace, and Yang Yuhuan, who was kneeling in front of Li Longji's sickbed, looked like he was crying and grabbing the ground. The same is true of the crown prince Li Jue, who was holding Li Longji's hand tightly, almost touching the ground with his head. Li Lan and other Li Longji sons, who knelt behind Li Ying at a distance, were similar, especially Li Lan, who cried as sadly as he cried. Some things are about to be done, but at a critical time, his father has no energy to deal with things, and he also asked him not to make more trouble, and the bright future is shattered in an instant, how not to make him heartbroken?

The people in the hall weeping were in different moods, but now they expressed a common meaning, that is, they were all saddened by Li Longji's death.

It was announced that Li Longji had died, and the entire palace immediately entered a state of mourning. Because he had lost hope for Li Longji's illness, he had been preparing for Li Longji's funeral for a long time. After announcing Li Longji's death, the palace people on call hung up the prepared white curtains at a very fast speed, and those palace people who had long been waiting outside the Datong Hall to deal with the emperor's aftermath also arranged the mourning hall with their hands and feet, and wore filial piety for the people in the hall.

No one dared to be sloppy in the emperor's funeral, and no one dared to make even the slightest mistake in any detail.

At the same time as the arrangement, the door of the Datong Hall opened, and the hundred officials who were waiting outside the hall were also let in, and all knelt in front of Li Longji's couch. The bell tower and drum tower in the palace? The mournful death knell sounded, and then the bells and drums of the entire Chang'an City also mourned. The palace people of Taiji Palace and Daming Palace also hung up white curtains at a very fast speed, and there was white solemnity everywhere in the three major ones.

These white decorations indicating the emperor's death will not be removed until the end of Li Longji's mourning period, and during the funeral, not only entertainment and meat are prohibited in the palace. Even the people of Chang'an have to be like this, those green buildings and restaurants are destined to have a light business.

After Li Longji died of illness, he had to stop for seven days, and before entering the coffin, he had to undergo plastic surgery and replace the well-prepared mourning clothes, and only after he had performed the emperor's death ceremony could he be moved to the coffin for burial. All this is because Emperor Taizong Li Shimin had a training before his death: "After the death, the funeral will be carried out in seven days." The crown prince is the emperor in front of the coffin, according to the old system of Zhou and Han. Military affairs, can not be stopped, ordinary idle affairs, let it be ......"

The funeral after the death of the emperor is simple, and requires the future emperor to die, the new emperor is all in front of the spirit of the first emperor, Li Zhi is in front of the spirit of Li Shimin, and the eldest grandson Wuji read out the edict to announce the news of the prince's accession to the throne, and arrange military affairs.

It's just that next because of Wu Zetian's interference. When Li Zhi died in Luoyang, he did not fully comply with this point, don't say anything about Li Dan's accession to the throne! And Li Longji was given the throne by his father Li Danchan, and all the ceremonies were different from what Li Shimin told him. But before his death, Li Longji demanded that the ceremony strictly follow what Li Shimin had set down. After his death, the emperor's last order was announced at the end of the ritual of prostration.

Before Li Longji died, he still made several decisions that people did not expect at all, that is, to give Guo Ziyi a vacant position. In addition to its political affairs. Fang Xuan took over his position as the left minister, and was ranked as the first assistant of the political hall. Although such a decision surprised Guo Ziyi, Yang Xi and others, it also made other ministers stunned. But they soon understood what the emperor was doing this for.

Then Guo Ziyi was not completely trusted by Li Longji, and Li Longji "ended" Guo Ziyi's political future before his death.

Guo Ziyi had expected that Li Longji would slowly snub himself, and he would be further snubbed after the new emperor ascended the throne, but he didn't expect the emperor to come like this before he died, and removed him from the position of left minister, and he could not participate in political affairs, and was only given a fictitious title of Si Rong.

This move was a bit ruthless, so that Guo Ziyi didn't have time to respond, and Yang Xi, who originally expected to join forces with Guo Ziyi to settle Li Ying after Li Longji's death, was also unexpected. It seems that Li Longji is not old to the point of mediocrity, he was still very sober before he died, and he thought of removing some obstacles for his son. However, Yang Xi himself was selected as one of the four ministers to assist the new emperor, which is still satisfactory.

In front of Li Longji's coffin, Fang Xuan, who had faintly become the head of a hundred officials, read Li Longji's edict to the crown prince Li Jue and his ministers who knelt in front of the emperor's coffin. The meaning of the edict is to make the crown prince enthrone in front of the spirit, and his funeral will be done simply, etc. Of course, the adjustments of the hundred officials were also stated in it, and these new changes were not revealed at all before Li Longji died, and only Gao Lishi, who wrote the pen, knew about it.

With Fang Xuan as the left minister, Li Mi as the right minister of the school, Yang Xi as the governor of the military department, Zhang Hao as the Zhongshu Shilang and the Ming chapter of the same Zhongshu Men, Yan Zhenqing as the Shangshu of the Ministry of Culture, Li Lin as the Shangshu of the Constitutional Department and the Pingzhang of the same Zhongshu Menxia. Gao Shi is the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Li Xian is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Li Guangbi is the secretary of the household department. There were also very big changes in officials at other levels, which surprised the ministers who were kneeling on the ground.

It seems that Li Longji has put a lot of thought into his son's accession to the throne, and has idle a group of ministers who originally had a good status, such as Guo Ziyi, who was awarded Sikong, Wei Jiansu, who was awarded Situ, and several elder brothers of Yang Xi. Ministers like Zhang Hao, Li Lin, Li Xian and other ministers who were not very valued were suddenly promoted, and these ministers were relatively close to Li Jue, and it can be said that Li Jue is a very capable supporter.

After hearing the matters announced on the edict, Yang Xi became more and more frightened, although Li Longji showed such a miserable appearance before his death, his mind was still clear, and he also made a lot of arrangements for Li Ying with his limited energy. Fortunately, Li Longji only put Guo Ziyi's phase, and other people close to him were not greatly affected, and Wei Jiansu and his three elder brothers were thrown into idle positions, which had almost nothing to do with him.

However, Yang Xi also knew that things would change very much in the future, and it would not be so easy for him to achieve his wish.

Although he was elected as one of the four ministers of the Gu Department because of various relationships, Fang Xuan and Zhang Hao are not good people, and these people will definitely be loyal to Li Ying according to Li Longji's will. How to do it in the future, I have to think about it carefully, and plan with Guo Ziyi, Gao Shi and others. Anyway, during Li Longji's funeral, no one dared to act rashly. If someone dares to do anything, they will inevitably be spurned by the world, and no one dares to do anything extraordinary in these days, even Li Jue must be like this.

After Fang Xuan announced Li Longji's edict, the crown prince Li Jue, who knelt in front of Li Longji's coffin, was enthroned as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty in front of all the ministers, and the coronation ceremony was held, and the four prime ministers Fang Xuan, Yang Xi, Zhang Hao, and Li Mi were invited to assist in handling court affairs and amnesty to the world!

Li Longji died, and Li Jue, who was enthroned as the emperor, also had to keep filial piety for the emperor, but the emperor's filial piety was different from ordinary people, he didn't need three years, just three months. In the end, the emperor is the one who is in charge of a major political matter, if he ignores the military and political affairs for three years, the world will be chaotic.

During the period of filial piety, although the emperor can deal with court affairs, just like Li Zhi back then, but Li Jue still insists on keeping the soul of Li Longji in order to show his filial piety.

The main duty of the four during the funeral is to take care of court affairs for the emperor, but when they encounter indecisiveness, they must ask the emperor and let the emperor call the shots-

Li Longji's funeral was solemnly held.

In order to show filial piety, Li Ying ignored Li Longji's funeral and kept it simple, but gave an order that Li Longji's funeral must be held very grandly, and there must be no sloppiness. Although Li Jue's order was opposed by some ministers, there were more people who supported it, and in the end, Li Jue's wish was fulfilled, and the funeral was held very grandly.

Today's Tang treasury is solid, although it has experienced An Lushan's rebellion and several conquests, but after these experiences, the Tang Dynasty's treasury is not worse than that of the Kaiyuan period, the imperial court is not worried about money, and the grand funeral is not at all.

After informing the world of the emperor's death, the entire Chang'an City was immersed in a solemnity, any joy stopped, the palace looked white, not only the curtain covering the vermilion was white, all the soldiers of the forbidden army were also dressed in white silk.

The same is true for the people, looking at it, the whole Chang'an is the same similar color, and even the greenery of midsummer is covered, and the mourning sound resounded inside and outside the imperial city. The whole world is dressed in linen and filial piety for Li Longji's death.

The death of the emperor is the biggest mourning event of the Tang Empire, not only the courtiers of the Tang Dynasty have to mourn, but also the leaders and kings who have submitted to the Tang Dynasty will come to mourn. The emperor's funeral has been announced to the world, and these leaders and kings in remote places have also received the news, and they have also rushed to Chang'an. Of course, it will be a month or two before these people arrive in Chang'an, and then they can only go to the temple where the spirit has stopped to mourn. Now the funeral on their behalf is the envoys who stayed in Chang'an City, and these people serve as representatives to mourn for Li Longji's filial piety.

Most people are busy with the emperor's funeral, even the newly enthroned emperor Li Jue, but there are still many ministers who are busy with state affairs while fulfilling their filial piety. A huge empire, there are a lot of things happening every day, and many things will never stop because of the death of the emperor, and if no one deals with the affairs of the court, the world will be chaotic.

The four ministers who are busy with state affairs are mainly Fang Xuan, Yang Xi, Zhang Hao, and Li Mi. Although Li Jue succeeded to the throne as emperor, he stayed in front of Li Longji's spirit all day long, and all court affairs were handled by Fang Xuan, Yang Xi, Zhang Hao, and Li Yu, and the manuscript was also reviewed by them!

"Ziliang, you have to wait and see what happens, and strive to use the opportunity of yourself to assist in handling the affairs of the court, and then make some arrangements!" Guo Ziyi, who was finally dismissed from politics by Li Longji, was indignant, and he also instructed him when discussing the situation with Yang Xi in private.

"Father-in-law, son-in-law will see how the new emperor will act after the emperor's funeral is over, and then decide how to act!" (To be continued......)