The news that the Eight Banners Army took the initiative to evacuate Shanhaiguan soon spread to the capital.

The last thing that Wen Zhenheng and Yang Tingshu and others were worried about was solved, and the main thing they were doing at the moment was the matter of Zheng Xunrui's accession to the throne, the first emperor died on March 19, and it is now May, more than a month has passed, and there has been no emperor in the Ming court, which is abnormal and inappropriate.

On the fifth day of the fifth month of May, Zhou Yanru, Xu Wanghua, Gan Xuekuo, Chen Yutai, Liang Xingli and others all rushed to the capital.

Zheng Xunrui's family will need two days at most to be able to reach the capital.

Zheng Xunrui asked Nanjing Sixth Metropolitan Procuratorate and other institutions to move to the capital at the end of May, and Yang Tingshu asked for mid-May.

Zhou Yanru served as the first assistant of the cabinet for two terms. He was very clear about many etiquettes, and after coming to the capital, he began to take over the matter of the emperor's accession to the throne and continue to prepare.

First of all, we need to see the auspicious day of the zodiac, the emperor's enthronement is the biggest thing in the world, and it must not be negligent, but this auspicious day of the zodiac also has different views, in view of the special situation, Zhou Yanru decisively decided to change the auspicious day of the zodiac that originally needed to be calculated by twelve Taoist priests and approved by the Zongren Mansion to seven Taoist priests to calculate together, and it must be calculated within one day, without the approval of the Zongren Mansion.

The date of the calculation is also limited, and it must be in May or early June, and cannot be postponed.

Zhou Yanru even personally guarded the outside of the house, waiting for the results.

The auspicious day of the zodiac was soon determined, May 28.

Next is the issue of the era name, the new emperor ascended the throne, the era name must be changed, and Chongzhen's era name cannot be used anymore. And everyone in the world knows that Chongzhen's year name is unlucky, Chongzhen's early years to seventeen years, disasters and famines, wars and chaos, the emperor was even forced to hang himself, indicating that there was a big problem with this year.

Zhou Yanru and the others didn't understand the reason why the emperor hanged himself, but they couldn't investigate the reason for it.

After two full days of discussion. Zhou Yanru and Xu Wanghua reported to Zheng Xunrui, and the year name was determined to be Ruiyuan.

Zheng Xunrui has no opinion.

The next step is to determine the name of the emperor and the temple number.

Zhou Yanru and others did not dare to discuss this matter, this is something that Zheng Xunrui has confirmed.

Zheng Xunrui is also very simple, Zhu Youzhen's temple name is Sizong, and his nickname is Emperor Zhenren Xiaolie.

This is a historical title, but it also contains its truth, and the evaluation of Zhu Youzhen is different from each other. Even the official is difficult to completely unify, but fortunately, this is not a problem that Zheng Xunrui needs to focus on.

The last and most important thing is the canonization of the queen.

This matter is a bit complicated, the emperor's edict was passed on to Zheng Xunrui, and his daughter Zhu Huijiao was married to Zheng Xunrui, although the identity of Zhu Huijiao was not clarified in the edict, but it would definitely not work if it was lower. Of course, it does not necessarily mean that Zhu Huijiao must be the queen, after all, Wen Manshan is Zheng Xunrui's original wife. Everyone knows that it is impossible to make a change.

Besides, there was no wedding ceremony between Zheng Xunrui and Zhu Huijiao.

The canonization of the queen is the emperor's family affair, but the queen's mother is the world, and it is also related to the rise and fall of the world, so Zhou Yanru and others are not too concerned about it.

really gave Zhou Yanru and others a headache. It is Zheng Xunrui's peculiar approach, that is, Wen Manshan and others are doing things outside, Wen Manshan is the big shopkeeper of Hongmen Qianzhuang and has a great reputation, if she is the queen's mother. It is definitely not possible to continue to show up outside, let alone be the big shopkeeper of Hongmen Qianzhuang.

There are also Dongmei, Lotus Ye, Yang Aizhen, Xu Fojia, Bian Yujing and Kou Baimen and others, all of whom are to be canonized, if they continue to do things outside, won't they cause people all over the world to talk.

Zhou Yanru and others were not good at mentioning these things in front of Zheng Xunrui, but Wen Zhenheng stood up.

At this time, Wen Zhenheng's identity is the most special, he is not only the imperial history of the left capital of the Imperial Palace, but also the third grandfather of Wen Manshan, and the words he said are of course unusual.

Wen Zhenheng made it clear in front of Zheng Xunrui that all the ladies, including Wen Manshan, can't do things outside, and since they have come to the palace, they have to stay in the palace and continue to show up, which has a very bad impact on the emperor.

Zheng Xunrui was anxious when he heard Wen Zhenheng say this, the role of Hongmen Qianzhuang and the Investigation Department is too important, especially Hongmen Qianzhuang, which has a life-and-death role in the prosperity of the dynasty, and Hongmen Qianzhuang has always been directly taken care of by Wen Manshan, Bian Yujing and Dongmei and others, if the three of them leave Hongmen Qianzhuang at the same time, there must be a problem.

Zheng Xunrui firmly disagreed.

Although Zheng Xunrui has made a lot of compromises in the matter of ascending the throne and becoming emperor, he is resolutely unwilling to compromise on matters involving the harem.

Wen Zhenheng had no choice but to find Wen Manshan, who had just arrived in the capital.

Wen Manshan understood the reason, and immediately said that she could stay in the palace and not go out to do things, but Hongmen Qianzhuang still needed Bian Yujing and Dongmei to take care of it, otherwise Qianzhuang would be unsustainable.

If Wen Manshan is canonized as the queen mother, she will be directly in charge of the affairs of the harem, not only Bian Yujing and Dongmei, but also Xu Fojia and Yang Aizhen and others, in Wen Zhenheng's opinion, Xu Fojia and Yang Aizhen continue to do things in Zheng Jiajun's Investigation Bureau, it will definitely not work, so the impact is too bad.

Wen Manshan was very smart, knowing that Zheng Xunrui must not have let go of this matter, so he did not express his position on the spot.

However, Wen Manshan still found Zheng Xunrui and specifically talked about this matter, Wen Zhenheng was right, Zheng Xunrui's identity is no longer the same, if Wen Manshan and the others are not in the palace, they will show up every day, which will definitely cause people in the world to discuss, Hongmen Qianzhuang and the Investigation Department can find others to take care of it, but it takes a familiar process.

Wen Manshan clearly supports Wen Zhenheng's opinion.

Zheng Xunrui had long been in deep thought, he didn't expect that he would face so many problems when he ascended the throne and became emperor, and what he thought about the most these days was the officials of the six ministries of the capital, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and other departments, as well as the adjustment of departmental responsibilities.

It is impossible to do whatever the emperor wants, even if he abandons the previous situation of confrontation with civil and military officials, but he must also clarify and refine the responsibilities of various departments, some should be strengthened, and some should be abolished.

There is a specialization in the art industry, the more the emperor manages the more and more detailed, he is tired to death, and the time is opposite to the hundred officials, and the play is not good.

Zhu Youzhen didn't have this problem, he was ambitious, but he had to take care of everything, and he had to save face and suffer the crime.

Zheng Xunrui, who has crossed over, is familiar with history, and has a lot of historical accumulation that others cannot know, but as an emperor, he can't have any experience, so he can only explore slowly.

The first thing involves the harem.

Confucianism advocates that women are virtuous if they are not talented, although many of them are proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but that is all behind the scenes, imagine that everyone will stand up and show off these things, and the one who really takes out these skills to show off, that is, the Qinglou woman of Qinhuaihe, the reason for showing off is nothing more than raising her value.

The historical environment has not yet undergone fundamental changes.

Although Zheng Xunrui is about to become an emperor, it is impossible for him to immediately contend with secular thoughts, and think that hundreds of years later, there will be many remnants of secular thoughts.

Zheng Xunrui knows very well that being the emperor is supreme and has the greatest authority and power, but being an emperor does not mean doing whatever he wants, on the contrary, being an emperor has a lot of constraints, you can't go out casually, you can't walk on the street like everyone else, your words and deeds have been supervised, and those great emperors throughout the ages have all had great restraint and vigorous energy.

Being a good emperor is actually drudgery.

Zheng Xunrui must compromise on the affairs of the harem, this is just one of his many compromises, and being the emperor is to slowly do a lot of things from many compromises.

But there is one thing, Zheng Xunrui will not compromise no matter what, that is, about the adjustment of the responsibilities of the capital and the local government, some duties must be adjusted, and the officials' fortune is the first thing that needs to be adjusted, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, has an extreme understanding of extremes, and is extremely harsh on officials at all levels. The amount of silver that can be obtained every year is only more than 2,000 taels, and if officials at all levels are not corrupt, their families will not be able to support them.

Confucianism requires officials to be pure in thought and willing to suffer from poverty, Zheng Xunrui does not agree, such an initiative violates human nature, there may be some people with lofty ideals, willing to fight for Xinyang for life, and regardless of remuneration, but there are too few such people, very rare, the vast majority of people are ordinary people, including officials at all levels.

It is impossible to last for the rules that violate human nature, which is also the reason why corruption and bribery are common among officials at all levels in the Ming Dynasty from top to bottom.

It is a systematic project to mobilize the whole body, strengthen the rule of officials, and it must be fully moved, and in the process of implementation, it is necessary to consider it thoroughly, this matter can not be delayed, can not be taken slowly, a good atmosphere must be established first, so that many officials are used to it, and many bad atmospheres in the officialdom must be completely eradicated for hundreds of years.

Zheng Xunrui didn't discuss this matter with anyone, he thought alone, wrote down all his thoughts and thoughts in detail, and then continued to analyze and improve, and slowly determined many "rules" of the new dynasty. (To be continued.) )