Everything goes on.

On the sixth day of the eighth month, the crown prince, accompanied by the ministers of the four orders, led a hundred officials to conduct a military parade at Chengtianmen. Because it was still during the state funeral, this review ceremony was very simple. The 30,000 Beiyang soldiers and horses in Beijing finally selected and transferred more than 3,000 people and horses, forming a total of 18 phalanxes of infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineering, and baggage, and walked in front of Chengtian Gate in turn.

It was the first time for the crown prince Zhu Cihong to see such a mighty and majestic army, with unified and neat equipment, neat phalanx, and powerful steps, and the young prince was full of enthusiasm.

Zhou Yanru and other hundred officials were secretly frightened, as far as they knew, Beiyang Town was a sailor. In the hearts of the court officials, the sailor is naturally equivalent to a second-line auxiliary force. But they didn't see how powerful Liu Jun's sail battleship gunboats of the Beiyang Naval Division were, but they saw that the Beiyang Naval Division also had a majestic cavalry team and a mighty artillery team.

The fire guns carried on the shoulders of the infantrymen, the bright and sharp bayonets, shone brightly and blindly.

And the tall horses dragged the gun carriages, the iron cannons with a faint blue luster, the bronze cannons with a yellow glow, and even the bronze cannons with a tinge of turquoise. Even if Beiyang only pulled out the field artillery of the ordinary field artillery battalion, and did not pull out the heavy artillery, it still made the prince and the hundred officials standing on the Chengtian Gate greatly amazed.

No wonder Liu Jiye was invincible in Liaodong, killed the Tartar Emperor, broke Liaoyang, and surrounded Shenyang. The Chu army had an aura that was completely different from the other officers and soldiers they had seen before, just like the armor on their bodies, they were neat and amazing, and the phalanxes were like a whole.

After a simple review ceremony, the prince was very satisfied and ordered to reward all the Beiyang soldiers who were paraded.

"How much? Your Highness?" Wang Chengen still serves as the eunuch of the celebrant and seal, and continues to be the first head of the palace.

The prince did not have a very precise concept of gold and silver. He thought for a moment, "Ten taels of silver per person." ”

Wang Chengen hurriedly approached and reminded the prince in a low voice that there are more than 3,000 people in the Beiyang Army who are read today, and each person will get more than 30,000 taels of silver. And you can't just reward the Beiyang soldiers who are read, there are more than 20,000 Beiyang troops in Beijing. ”

"Don't we have any money?" The crown prince asked, "Didn't the imperial brother just send two million silver to Beijing?" ”

"Your Highness, although the king of the county has given two million silver dollars, two million silver dollars is only equivalent to one million taels of silver. Moreover, this silver had to be used for the funeral of Emperor Daxing and the cost of building a mountain mausoleum. Wang Chengen had to remind again, "There are only 200,000 silver dollars left in the treasury, and there are less than 100,000 yuan in the treasury, but more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in the nine towns of Gyeonggi are in arrears for three months." The military salaries owed by these nine towns alone are no less than one million silver dollars, and the other five major military regions owe even more than a dozen towns."

Zhu Cihong frowned, "Then remember to remember the reward silver first, and then give it when you have the silver?" "In the past, he used to be like this in the palace, and when he didn't have any money to reward the palace people, he let people keep accounts.

Wang Chengen lowered his head, "Your Highness, don't do this with silver rewards. Otherwise, it is better not to reward it. If you want a reward, you have to honor it. Otherwise, it will invite resentment. ”

"So what do you say?" Zhu Cihong was a little unhappy, and his voice was a little higher.

"It is better to reward each soldier under review with one silver dollar, the officer under review with two pieces of silver, and the soldier and officer without reading each with wine and meat."

Ten taels were changed to one, which was reduced by twenty times at once, and more than 3,000 people only needed 3,000 silver dollars. Moreover, if the other more than 20,000 Beiyang soldiers and horses were only rewarded with wine and meat, a few thousand silver dollars would be enough.

However, Zhu Cihong was very dissatisfied, only one person had a silver dollar, how to get this reward.

Just when the crown prince was unhappy, of course the other three ministers on the side also saw it. But they are also good women, and it is difficult to cook without rice. Money was needed everywhere, and they wished they didn't have to reward a penny, so that the thousands of silver dollars could be saved.

"Your Highness." Liu Jun spoke at this time.

"Brother Huang." When Zhu Cihong faced Liu Jun, he was still a little embarrassed.

Liu Jun smiled at him and stuffed a stack of papers into his hand. Zhu Cihong looked down and saw that it was a stack of large silver tickets. 10,000 silver tickets are 20 pieces.

Zhu Cihong had never personally mastered so much silver, and he was in a daze with that handful of silver tickets.

"Your Highness, this is a silver ticket issued by the Four Seas Bank, which can be exchanged at any time, and Jingshi also has their branches."

"So much money?" Zhu Cihong whispered.

"Your Highness, you are the lord of a country, and the whole world is yours. These are a little filial piety of the ministers, and His Royal Highness keeps rewarding his ministers. ”

Zhou Yanru and Wu Fu, as well as Liu Zongzhou, the three ministers and Wang Chengen all looked at it in a daze, they didn't expect Liu Jun to openly send money to the emperor, and also sent 200,000 silver dollars at once, which was a bribe to the new emperor.

This Zhu Ciye is so generous.

Looking at the prince again, he hesitated for a while with the money, and finally showed excitement on his face, and then he directly drew three silver tickets of 10,000 yuan to Wang Chengen, "The Beiyang officers and soldiers will be rewarded with ten silver dollars each." Then he thought about it and drew three more sheets, "The Beiyang officers and soldiers who have not been read will each be rewarded with a silver dollar and rewarded them with wine and meat." ”

Wang Chengen looked at the 60,000 silver tickets handed over, and he didn't accept it, and he didn't accept it. In the end, he still took it, although he felt that the prince was lavish, but this money was given to the prince by the prince of the county, and it was his business how the prince was willing to spend it.

Zhou Yanru and the three of them were also distressed, as soon as they made a move, 60,000 yuan was gone, and the prince was really extravagant. Liu Zongzhou endured it and didn't come out to spray the prince, forget it, I'll give the prince a face today.

Wang Chengen hurriedly stepped forward and loudly announced the prince's reward to the Chu army who were read.

Ten silver dollars per person, which is equivalent to five taels of silver, even if it was the Beijing army in the past, this is basically equivalent to two months' salary. However, the officers and soldiers of Beiyang did not take this bit of silver in their eyes, and the people who could come to the reading today were basically the old nine-headed birds, and the supplementary Black Flag Army was not included. The vast majority are still non-commissioned officers.

In the past few years, everyone has made a lot of money in the south and the north. Although the basic salary of the Chu army is not high, it can be very generous with various allowances and subsidies, rewards for war merits, etc. Especially since entering Liao, the city has been attacked and plundered, demolished and moved one city and township after another, and each time the spoils of war have to be returned to the public, but in the end, Liu Jun will take out a lot of part to reward.

Fortunately, the officers leading the team below are very smart. At this time, even if the prince only rewarded a copper yuan, he must not show an expression of disgust, and he must be grateful.

"Quick, kneel down and thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for the reward." Liu Yunsheng, the chief officer of the Beiyang Naval Division, hurriedly said.

Officers at all levels reacted quickly and quickly put their subordinates in order.

"Thank you, Your Highness, thank you, Your Highness. Thank you, Your Highness! ”

The cheers rang out over and over again, neatly and loudly.

On the Chengtian Gate, Zhu Cihong listened to the voice of thanks, and immediately felt refreshed. The money was not spent in vain, it was worth it.

Later that day, the 30,000 Chu troops withdrew from the inner and outer cities of the Beijing division in an orderly manner, and the seven outer city gates and the thirteen inner city gates were all returned to the Praetorian Guard battalion one by one.

After withdrawing from the capital. The Beiyang Naval Division was stationed in the area of Lugou Bridge and Xishan. Anyway, the soldiers have already come, and Liu Jun will not easily withdraw these soldiers.

Liu Jun proposed to Zhu Cihong and other ministers to stay for the time being, on the grounds that he wanted to maintain the stability of the Beijing division and prevent the unpaid officers and soldiers from making trouble at this important time. Zhu Cihong had a good impression of the Beiyang Naval Division, and directly agreed, and Zhou Yanru and others also reluctantly agreed.

Nominally, the crown prince has not yet ascended the throne, and the military affairs of the imperial court are handled by the ministers. Just wait for him to ascend the throne. But before he took office, the major affairs of the court were still handled by the ministers.

But no one wants to be on the back foot with the prince right away. Let the prince first, and the days will be long.

On the eighth day of the eighth month of August, that is, three days after Chongzhen's death, he was buried.

Then the hundred officials were led by the ministers who took care of their lives, and asked the emperor to listen to the government.

Great Burial. Ready-to-wear.

"The great filial piety of the sage is about the good succession. The importance of cardinalism and the importance of the military state should not be neglected. The sun changes the month. But the old chapters. The emperor should listen to the government on the third day, Xiaoxiang on the thirteenth, Daxiang on the twenty-fifth, and release on the twenty-seventh. ”

In the Han Dynasty, when the emperor died, the crown prince also had to mourn for three years. Later, some ministers thought that three years was too long, so there was a change of day and month, and the prince only held a mourning for 36 days. Later, there was a new system of listening to the government for three days and releasing it on the 27th, and it has been used since then.

The sun is already rising, and the incandescent sunlight shines on the glazed tiles of the Forbidden City, reflecting the sunlight.

The weather is still hot, and the Qianqing Hall has been completely renewed, and many furnishings have been replaced. Even the palace maids and eunuchs have almost been replaced with new ones, Emperor Chongzhen's Zigong has been moved to Fengxian Palace, and the crown prince has officially moved to Qianqing Palace.

The crown prince Zhu Cihong has listened to the government, but he has not yet officially ascended the throne, and a grand enthronement ceremony will be held for the official enthronement. Under the auspices of the minister, the enthronement ceremony of the new emperor is in full swing.

A kingdom shall not be without a king for a day.

Zhou Yanru, who is also the chief minister of the cabinet and the first assistant of the cabinet, made a note on the persuasion ceremony according to the etiquette, hoping that the prince would ascend the throne as soon as possible, and then Wu Fu, the minister of the minister and the second assistant of the cabinet, also went to the throne ceremony.

On the 10th, all the civil and military officials came to the gate of Huiji to persuade them. This is all a program in the "One Etiquette". Although it is empty, it has to be carried out meticulously. The crown prince received the "Persuasion Table" and also replied according to etiquette, which was also drafted by Zhou Yanru, the chief minister of care: "Reading the note of the office, seeing the intention of the Qing and others to worry about the country, taking care of the grief and the matter of maintaining the unity, how can I bear to hear it, and I am not allowed." ”

Conventionally, this kind of persuasion must be persuaded three times to do it.

After two back-and-forths like this, on August 12, Zhu Ciliang was in the Wenhua Hall and once again accepted the persuasion of the hundred officials.

For the twelve-year-old Zhu Cihong, this is a boring and boring red tape, but this is a system of etiquette, can not be violated and changed, he just sat in the hall like a wooden man, listened to the third profound and difficult persuasion table offered by the hundred officials, and then listened to the courtiers of the palace to discuss some valuable matters, and finally the cabinet drafted the vote, and after the approval of the ministers, the edict was issued.

This time, it was finally possible to agree.

"Qing and other words have been expressed to the third time, and they have been faithful. The heavenly position is extremely important, it is difficult to be honest for a long time, and the situation is bowing to the end, and I dare not be stubborn, and I reluctantly obey the invitation. ”

After three persuasions and three resignations before agreeing, Qin Tianjian began to choose an auspicious day for enthronement.

The date of enthronement is set for 18 August, which is also to hold the enthronement ceremony as soon as possible, and it cannot be delayed for a long time.

On the third day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhu Cihong ascended the throne.

Early in the morning, the prince sent Dingguo Gong, Chengguo Gong, British Gong and other nobles to the southern suburbs, northern suburbs, Taimiao, and Sheji altar to pay tribute.

Zhu Cihong came to Chongzhen's spirit, offered his orders, and then put on a crown to tell heaven and earth and the ancestors.

Then he bowed to his father's coffin and his mother. After this great gift, he came to the Zhongji Hall and accepted the congratulations of the hundred officials in the sound of the mountain shouting long live drums. He also sent an edict to the world, declaring next year the first year of the Qianqing Dynasty.

"Amnesty to the world!"

The official accession of the crown prince to the throne also means that the four ministers who take care of their lives officially praise all government affairs. From this time on, until the emperor is in power, all military affairs of the Ming Empire in the future will be handled by these four ministers.

They will take the place of the little emperor, whether it is the cabinet or the celebrant or the six ministries, they will obey the orders of the four of them from now on. In fact, the new emperor did not actually dispose of the power of the court until he became pro-government.

Next to the Imperial City Cabinet, a newly renovated courtyard was used as the office of the ministers.

The four ministers all have other positions, Zhou Yanru is the first assistant of the cabinet, Wu Fu is the second assistant of the cabinet, Liu Zongzhou is the imperial history of the left capital of the Imperial Procuratorate, and Zhu Ciye is the governor of Zhili and the governor of the military capital.

In the future, every day, the four ministers will meet in this courtyard first, discuss the cabinet draft votes, and then hand them over to the celebrant for approval.

Today is also the first time that the ministers of the four lives have discussed the meeting.

"How to determine the name and temple number?" Zhou Yanru asked.

Wu Fu picked up a page, "The first plan to respect: Shao Tian Yi Dao Gangming Ke Ming Ke Jian Wen Fen Wu Dun Ren Mao Xiaolie Emperor." ”

"Where's the temple number?"

"Temple number Sizong."

"Sizong?" Liu Jun frowned, this temple number is not good. According to the law, morality is pure and one thinks, the people of the big province think about it, and think about it outside and inside. Think about it before repenting. Speculation is not thought about. Obviously, Chongzhen's thinking is the meaning of thinking before repentance.

The temple number is regarded as the final conclusion for each emperor's coffin. Chongzhen's life is a very tragic life. Sitting in the world for 14 years, from the beginning of the succession to his death, the Ming Empire has been in internal and external turmoil.

even let Houjin hit the pass several times, and even once came to the city of Beijing. And even the ancestral tomb of Fengyang was dug up by bandits.

If it weren't for Liu Jun's last time in Liaodong to turn the tide, the Qing army might have entered the pass again.

"Sizong is not worthy of Emperor Daxing." Liu Jun spoke directly. Although he is the last of the four ministers, he is also the minister.

"Does the county king have any objections?" Zhou Yanru looked at Liu Jun, and there was even mockery in his eyes, as if to say, do you understand this?

"Sizong is not worthy of Your Majesty, Your Majesty since the beginning of the throne, the Ming Dynasty has fallen into internal and external turmoil, but Your Majesty has been in power for 14 years, and he has worked hard to eat, and he has a moment of slackness. I thought that the temple number could be used to power. Liu Jun said slowly.

"Fierce Congo is mighty, fierce is strong and strong, and strong and righteous faith is mighty!" Liu Zongzhou stroked his beard and said.

"Reward and persuade punishment and punishment, fiercely take the Congo, obey the far with responsibility, be strong and resolute, and say might." Wu Fu also nodded and groaned.

Zhou Yanru was a little surprised, thinking that he must have been told by the staff.

"Weizong is better than Sizong to make a temple number, I think you can use Weizong." Wu Fu said.

"Well, let's use Weizong."

Zhou Yanru saw that both of them agreed, so he said, "Then the temple is called Weizong, and the temple is called Weizong, and the Emperor of Shao Tianyi Dao Gangming is frugal and frugal, and he is the emperor of Wudun Renmao Xiaolie." ”

The nickname is generally to be asked for in the southern suburbs after the burial of the emperor of Daxing, but it also needs to be agreed on in advance.

According to the system, the new emperor only needs to hold a mourning for 27 days before being released, but the harem concubines have to mourn for three years. The hundreds of officials observe the March funeral with the sun and the month, and the military and civilians in the world only need to observe the three-day funeral.

Agree on the temple number and the name of the temple, Chongzhen's life is a coffin, and the history of the Ming Dynasty can turn a page and start a new chapter.

Zhou Yanru looked at Liu Jun, "King of the County, last time you said that three million silver dollars would enter Beijing soon, when will it arrive?" ”

Liu Jun smiled slightly, and finally started.

Three million silver dollars, and it's nothing. Liu Jun is now very rich in his hands, much richer than the imperial court with an empty treasury. However, Zhou Yanru wants to take money from his own hands, but it will not be so easy, Liu Jun's money has never been so easy to take. (To be continued.) )