On the seventeenth day of the first month of the twenty-fourth year of Wucheng in China, Zheng Anyang began his inspection of South China as the crown prince.

After Zheng Anyang left Beijing, Zheng Kezhang summoned his ministers and officially announced his decision to abdicate on Chinese New Year's Eve that year.

The ministers who had already heard about it, regardless of whether they were sincere or fake, tried to dispel Zheng Kezang's determination, but Zheng Kezang was as stubborn as ever and did not waver at all. Seeing Zheng Kezang's stubbornness, the ministers had no choice but to show their obedience, so the succession ceremony and the new monarch's enthronement Hajj work was quickly launched.

To be honest, I don't know, I was shocked when I did it, compared to the ceremony of canonizing Zheng Anyang as the crown prince, the preparation for the throne replacement ceremony was several times more arduous, and the first priority was to prepare a palace for Zheng Kezang--- because the succession ceremony and the new monarch's enthronement pilgrimage had been decided to be carried out in Chinese New Year's Eve and the second year of the New Year's Day, so even in order to show the benevolence and filial piety of the heir, it was impossible for Zheng Kezhang and the empress dowager to leave Wuchang and go north to Tianjin in the New Year, but if Zheng Kezhang did not leave the Phoenix Mountain palace, Zheng Anyang's family may be forced to live in the palace or can only stay in the palace of Liuguo, both of which will cause many problems in the etiquette system, so it is necessary to re-establish a palace for Zheng Kezang, so that Zheng Kezhang can let out the big inside--- but Zheng Kezhang is worried that the two emperors will be in the same palace will make Zheng Anyang uncomfortable, so this new palace can only be built outside the palace of Phoenix Mountain, plus Zheng Kezhang will take away a considerable number of female officials, palace maids, and chamberlains, so the scale of this palace complex is not small, To complete it in a short period of time, it is really urgent to build the inner court.

Fortunately, this project is not temporary, in fact, as early as the twentieth year of Wucheng, Zheng Kezhang started construction of a new palace around the Prince Lake in Hanyang, although the project is huge, it can not be completed for a while, but before the succession ceremony to complete part of the main building, so that Zheng Kezhang and a group of concubines and attendants can still be settled, of course, this also has to be done at night, for which even a part of the funds will be added.

The problems that can be solved with money are naturally not a problem, but in addition to the construction of the Taishang Emperor's Palace, there are more problems to be solved, such as the envoy of the ceremony. It must be known that in the just-concluded crown prince canonization ceremony, all the internal and external vassals are here, and the more important succession ceremony and the new monarch's enthronement pilgrimage cannot be inferior.

But the problem is that the previous wave of envoys from the inner and outer vassals has just returned, and they want to send new envoys over, which seems to be a bit of a toss-up. In addition, the ceremony and the pilgrimage are to prepare a generous gift, and Zheng Kezhang is more stingy in this regard, never putting on any Celestial Empire style, in other words, after receiving the gift, he rarely gives back rewards and money that exceed or equal to the value of the gift, and sometimes even does not pull out a dime, and even does not reimburse the invoice and return fare, so that the surrounding vassals are deeply afraid of coming to the Hajj. Under such circumstances, the Chinese imperial court held two ceremonies for two consecutive years, will the vassal states think that Huaxia is taking the opportunity to converge, thus affecting bilateral relations? In this regard, the governor Yamen, who felt a headache, had to turn in contradictions.

Zheng Kezang, who received the report from the governor's yamen, felt that this was not a serious problem, after all, the reason why the surrounding vassal countries were willing to become vassals of China was not because of how much benefit Huaxia could bring to them, but because they were afraid of Huaxia's force. It's just that what the governor Yamen said also has some truth, it is always bad to eat too ugly, so Zheng Kezhang finally decided to invite envoys from various countries and internal and external vassals to watch the ceremony, and at the same time, the inner treasury instead of the provincial treasury Cao allocated a certain degree of compensation to the viewing party, at least to reimburse the cost of carriages and horses for the comers.

The invitation to watch the ceremony was also sent out, and Zheng Kezhang was trying to take a break, but the Rite Institute was in trouble again.

The Rite Institute is responsible for ceremonial affairs, and the drafting of the era name is naturally their business, so a group of old scholars are enthusiastic about more than a dozen era names, many of which are selected from Confucian classics such as "University", "The Mean", and "I Ching", such as Jiaqing, Qianlong, etc., Zheng Kezang's eyes are straight, and he has to categorically deny it.

Several performances were vetoed, and the Rite Institute couldn't hold on, so they had to ask Zheng Kezhang to make a decision. Zheng Kezhang felt that according to the rules of Yiyuan No. 1, the new era name Zheng Anyang would be used for a lifetime, so other people's candidates might not be in line with Zheng Anyang's thoughts, so he delegated power and let Zheng Anyang decide for himself. But Zheng Anyang, who was on patrol, was humble, and repeatedly asked Zheng Kezhang to decide for him. After kicking the juju several times, Zheng Kezhang became impatient, so he made a decision, set the name of the heir to the year as Renqing, and stipulated that after December 30, the twenty-fourth year of Wucheng, was the first year of Renqing

No matter how many problems have been solved, now I just wait for Zheng Anyang to return from the tour.

On September 23, Zheng Anyang, who had been watching all the way, finally returned to Wuchang. The next day, Zheng Kezhang ordered the crown prince to supervise the country, and he retreated to the Taizi Lake Palace in advance to start a semi-retired son. Of course, the supreme power is still in the hands of Zheng Kezang, and the appointment of officials of the third grade must be approved by Zheng Kezang, and even the personnel changes of the first and second divisions of the Praetorian Guard must be approved by Zheng Kezang.

On December 23, Zheng Kezhang returned to Wuchang from Hanyang, marking the final countdown to the Wucheng Dynasty.

At noon on December 30, Zheng Kezhang feasted his ministers and said his final goodbye to the officials in Beijing, but for the first time in his life, he was drunk and drunk, and he was not awakened from a good dream by the palace people who counted the time until the time.

At the same time, Zheng Kezang, who had washed up and changed his clothes, reappeared in front of the ministers. At this time, there was silence in the Qinzheng Hall of Ke Rong, and everyone was waiting with bated breath for the arrival of the historical moment, only the occasional burst of lights and candles and the sound of Zheng Kezang's ring knocking when he walked knocked on everyone's hearts.

Standing in front of the throne, overlooking the ministers worshipping in front of him, Zheng Kezang, who was full of emotion, sighed, and immediately signaled to the attendants beside him, and soon, the voice of summoning the prince spread all the way.

Zheng Anyang, who had been waiting under the corridor of the hall, walked up the stairs slowly in the wind and snow, and handed over the thick coat to the warriors outside the hall before entering the Qinzheng Palace, but stepped into the warm hall, and walked to the Sumeru seat under the gaze of the ministers, and after three bows and nine bows, he knelt down on his knees in front of Zheng Kezang.

Zheng Kezhang looked at the son in front of him carefully, and reached out to untie the crown crown of the crown prince on his head. There were already chamberlains on the side who read Zheng Kezang's abdication edict aloud, and when the edict was read, Zheng Kezhang took the emperor's crown and brought it for Zheng Anyang, and his own chamberlain put a dragon robe on Zheng Anyang as a neat dress. Subsequently, Zheng Kezhang took out the imperial seal and handed it to Zheng Anyang, and after Zheng Anyang bowed again, he stood up and accepted the congratulations of the ministers side by side with his father.

In the sound of the mountain roaring and tsunamis, Zheng Kezhang retreated to the side of the dragon chair that had just been moved up and sat down, leaving the center position to Emperor Renqing. Emperor Renqing then sat down on the dragon chair in the middle, and then read out his first edict by the chamberlain to respect Zheng Kezhang as the emperor, Chen Qianqiao as the queen of the emperor, the crown princess Wang as the queen, the emperor's eldest son and mother Liu as the imperial concubine, Zheng Andi as the king of Chu, Zheng Anyu as the king of Zhao, and the rest of the royal brothers as the king of the county.

The edict was over, and the sound of Zhongzheng Shao's music rang out, and Zheng Kezhang got up and retreated, and Emperor Renqing took his ministers to kneel down to see the emperor leave, so far, the Wucheng era was over

Although the Wucheng era came to an end, Zheng Kezang's life lasted for fifteen years.

During the third year of Renqing, the Tibetan Khan Luobu Zang Danjin rebelled against Xia, and Emperor Renqing was not good at military affairs and could only ask Zheng Kezhang to return to the dynasty to preside, and then the Xia army spent two years, and finally put down the rebellion of Xi Zàng, and set up a minister of affairs in Xi Zàng, and was in charge of the military administration of Xi Zàng together with Lhasa Kasha and Ri Kaze; In the seventh year of Renqing, the Great Khan of Dzungar died and was succeeded by his son Galdan Tsering, who clashed with Huaxia over the ownership of Wulianghai and other territories, and Zheng Kezhang returned to the court to preside over military affairs again, and three years later forced Dzungar to cede the Kobdo region on the premise of recognizing Huaxia's sovereignty over the Ulianghai Sea.

After the age of seventy, Zheng Kezhang gradually grew old, he occasionally looked around, only to find that his wife Chen Qianqiao had passed away in the seventh year of Renqing, Li Guifei also died in the eighth year of Renqing, and even his favorite Feng Lianniang died in the tenth year of Renqing, and Geng Tang'er, who was once in his prime, was also terminally ill, only his mother Chen Zhaoniang left for him Concubine Fang Yuniang was still with him, but she was also dying.

It's not that Zheng Kezhang doesn't have young concubines around him, it's just that watching his wife and concubines who have been with him for many years wither one after another, Zheng Kezhang can't find a caring person to talk to. Knowing that his destiny is not eternal, he can only watch the changes of the times with an insightful eye, until he enters the palace of the final world.

"You're here, you've changed, you've done it."

When Zheng Kezhang was dying, a voice sounded in his ears, and at this moment, he realized it. Yes, he came, he changed, he did, it's just that he didn't see the end result.

"It's a little unwilling." Zheng Kezhang muttered. "Can you give me another fifty years?" There was no answer, Zheng Kezhang chuckled. "Yes, I'm greedy, okay, wait for me to go"

In September of the fifteenth year of Renqing in China, Zheng Kezhang passed away, and Emperor Renqing respected him as Emperor Taizu, and said that Chengtian Hongyun Shengde Shenwu Zhaoye Liji Renxiao Rui Ying Duanyi Qin'an Zhangwen Ding Ji Gao Emperor.

(End of book)

Postscript: About the new book, Xiao C already has an outline, but at present, the task of going out of the group is heavy, and only a small number of code words can be used, so it may take a month or two to earn the manuscript, please be patient, during which "Warlord" will still be released slowly on QQ, thank you for your long-term attention.