According to the "History of the Ming Dynasty", the first year of Ming Taizu Hongwu set the Zhengdan Dynasty Conference, which was "slightly similar to the enthronement". That is to say, starting from him, every New Year's Day, the emperors of all dynasties have to accept the congratulations of hundreds of officials in the main hall of the Forbidden City. According to the etiquette regulations of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor, the queen, and the concubines, including the officials in Beijing, should be courteous on this day, because of the large pomp and procedure, it is a very hard thing. However, the Ming Dynasty takes virtue as the foundation of the country, and such a ceremony is the best moment to strengthen the monarchy's divine mandate to the emperor, so even if they are unhappy, everyone has to endure it.

The grand ceremony began to prepare for the Chinese New Year's Eve, and Shang Baoji first set up the emperor's throne in the Huangji Hall, and set up the treasure case in the east of the throne and the incense case in the south of His Majesty. The Teaching Workshop Division prepares the various musical instruments of the Shao Music (Note) in the main hall.

At dawn on the first day of the new year, the brocade guards began to furnish the halogen, the guard of honor was in the Dan Majesty Danqi, and the bright fan was set up in the hall, and the four eunuchs of the quiet whip who were holding the long whip in their hands were also in place, playing with the whip flowers, and striving not to make mistakes during the ceremony.

In a few days, the Han generals dressed in golden armor rushed in, lined up from the main hall to the outside of the noon gate, and the dragon flag in his hand was waving in the wind, making a fierce sound, and a majestic and solemn atmosphere burst out.

When the day is about to dawn, the Imperial Horse Warden Pastoral Office brought out the special horses, rhinoceros, and elephants that are usually raised, and the fish are arranged on both sides of the royal road, south of the Wenwu Building. The Imperial History of the Correction, who is responsible for picketing the words and deeds of hundreds of officials, is in place, standing on the Danqi, and passing on the system and other officials to enter the palace, and everything is completely ready.

As the musician of the sect beat the big drum on the side of the Fengxian Gate, hundreds of civil and military officials wearing the court clothes of birds and beasts lined up outside the noon gate, and the congratulatory ceremony officially began.

Zhu Yijun has experienced this kind of ceremony dozens of times, he obeyed the dragon crown, sat on the throne of the Zhongji Hall and waited for a long time, and the deacon Ding Guogong Xu Wenbi entered the house to perform the five knocks, and respectfully asked to get off.

And with the rhythm of Lu, the text with five tones, eight tones, jade vibranium. Zhonghe Shao music melodiously sounded, in the music, Shang Bao Si Fengbao eunuch held the jade seal in the front of the front, Zhu Yijun followed, to the Huangji Palace, cross the royal road, on the Dan Majesty, the Ming fan opened, the bead curtain rolled up, Fengbao eunuch entered the jade seal on the treasure case, Zhu Yijun stopped in front of the throne, stood facing south, sat down, stopped, the crisp silent whip sounded, shouted "Mountain Hu" to the praise official, His Majesty Dan had already lined up the civil and military officials one after another, Qi and "Long live!" Banzai! Hooray! ”

"All the ministers are flat!" Zhu Yijun had a solemn face, raised his hand to support him, waited for Wenwu to get up, and motioned to announce "Watch." (The Emperor's written speech to his subjects at the beginning of the new year is equivalent to the New Year's speech delivered by the current head of state)

Sun Xiu, as the official of the watch, took the bright yellow watch from the hand of the official and read it out loud, the content is nothing more than a sentence of looking forward to the wind and rain and the peace of the country and the people, this is the text of the official language, and there is nothing surprising about it.

At the end of the declaration, the civil and military ministers will worship again, and the mountain will call long live. Zhang Siwei, who was wearing a big red python robe, stepped forward and congratulated Zhu Yijun as a representative of the hundred officials, holding Yugui and reciting: "Weichen is fortunate to meet Zhengdan, Sanyang Kaitai, and everything is salty and new." Respect to my Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Yingqian Nahu, Fengtian Yongchang. After saying kowtow, the sound of Shao music rose again, and all the ministers and workers prostrated to the mountain and shouted long live.

Next, the herald Chen Ju stepped forward to ask for an order, and shouted according to the will that had been prepared in advance: "The celebration of the end of the performance is the same as the Qing." "The opening ceremony is over, and the process of congratulatory tables is entered by the ministers. After so many years, the herald has changed one after another, and the ceremony has never gone wrong.

Chen Ju is the first time to be a system official, he has been waiting for this moment, as soon as he saw Zhang Siwei kowtowing to the ground, he began to prepare, and when the sound of the earth shaking the mountains quieted down, he was about to follow the steps to ask for instructions, and a young voice sounded in His Majesty Dan: "The official is slow, Weichen has something to say to play Your Majesty!" Suddenly shuddered, and when he looked back, he saw a young official in a green robe taking two steps out of the group, too far away to see who it was.

Chen Ju had never encountered such a situation, his mind was racing, he didn't care about the request, pointed his finger at the green-robed official, and shouted: "Where is the Han general?" Don't drag down this madman who disturbed the Asaga ceremony......"

"Wait!" Zhu Yijun had already recovered from his composure, got off the throne with a smile, walked to His Majesty Dan, and beckoned to the green-robed official: "You have something to say, but it's okay to step forward!" ”

Zhang Siwei's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and he turned around and looked at the green-robed official who stepped forward viciously, although he didn't recognize who he was, but he saw clearly that he was embroidered with a badger on his chest and back, knowing that it was the imperial history of the Imperial Palace, and he couldn't help but look at Zhao Jin, the imperial history of the left capital who had just recovered, if his eyes could kill, Zhao Jin would definitely die without a whole body.

Zhao Jinzi Yuanpu, studied under Wang Shouren, is a Jinshi during the Jiajing period, in the early years because Wang Yangming built a shrine and saw evil in Jiajing, under the Jinyi Guard Prison, derogatory for the people, the family fifteen years before the resumption of the resurgence, successively served as the governor of Guizhou, the Nanjing Criminal Department of the Ministry of Rites and Rites, and finally because of the offense Zhang Juzheng dismissed, until Zhang Siwei came to power, this was reinstated again, the official worship of the left capital of the imperial history.

In the Ming generation, most of the officials who could do the position of the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Court were square people, especially Zhao Yuyao (Zhejiang place name). Zhang Siwei's angry eyes pierced his face red, and he stared viciously at Wei Yunzhen, the imperial history of Shanxi Dao, who had already walked to the side, and shouted in a low voice: "Zhengdan Congratulations Ceremony, Wei Yushi still wants to respect himself!" ”

The imperial history corrected the hundred divisions, identified the wrongs, supervised the provinces, and was the minister of the Son of Heaven's eyes and discipline, and it was within his scope to participate in the impeachment, and Zhao Jin was not angry because of this. What he was angry about was that he could guess what Wei Yunzhen was going to say, and that kind of thing, couldn't he stagger the ceremony and then play it?

Wei Yunzhen is only thirty years old, and the grade is only seven grades, listening to Zhao Jin's threatening warning, his face does not change color, and he calmly passes by, in the focus of the eyes of hundreds of officials, Shi Shiran knelt under His Majesty Dan, and said loudly: "Wei Yunzhen, the imperial history of Weichen Shanxi Province, has seen Your Majesty...... I heard that the night before yesterday there was a fire in the Fengxian Palace, the fire was soaring to the sky, and it was impossible to extinguish it, and now there is only the scorched earth left, dare to ask Your Majesty, but there is such a thing? ”

Sure enough, it came!

A few days ago, when the disaster broke out in Liaodong, the person who was appeased by Li Chen was Wei Yunzhen, listening to him report to his home, Zhu Yijun couldn't help but look at him a few more times, and saw that he was wearing a badger regular clothes, wearing a badger crown, kneeling with a long body, full of justice, and couldn't help but secretly scolded a gentleman for selling straight, but it was a pity that he had such a good skin, Fang Zi nodded: "There is indeed such a thing!" What do you say, but it doesn't hurt to speak! ”

"Fengxian Hall is the place to worship the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, Chinese New Year's Eve the night before the fire, the micro-ministers steal that this is a sign of the ancestors of the previous dynasties......"

"What does this sign portend?" Zhu Yijun interrupted Wei Yunzhen and asked indifferently, his face was as usual, even if Zhang Siwei, Shen Shixing, Zhu Xixiao, Xu Wenbi and other people who often saw him, they couldn't guess what he was thinking at the moment.

Note: Shao music, the emperor can enjoy the ritual music.

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