Jinyi Wei Zhou Zhifan has been leading people to secretly observe the movements of Zheng Zhilong and Zhu Ping'an, and when Zhou Chang calmly presented Xiang Yuan Chong's head to Zheng Zhilong, Zhou Zhifan's heart rose to his throat.

As Zhu Yujian's confidant, Zhou Zhifan knows how complicated Nanjing's shape is. The enthronement ceremony is imminent, and if an uncontrollable battle breaks out between Zhu Ping'an and Zheng Zhilong, it will be a fatal blow to the soon-to-be-established Longwu court.

Fortunately, at the last moment, Zheng Zhilong was finally not carried away by the anger, and stopped the troops in time, which made Zhou Zhifan, who was secretly sweating, finally put his mind at ease.

Seeing Zheng Zhilong, Huang Daozhou and others leave one after another, calm was restored near the General Soldier's Mansion, and Zhou Zhifan ordered the Jinyi guards under his command to close the team.

But someone behind him stopped him, and when he looked back, Zhou Zhifan was very surprised. It turned out to be the young man named Zhou Chang who had just presented his head to Zheng Zhilong.

Different from the calm face just now, a faint smile appeared on Zhou Chang's face at this time, bowed down, and his demeanor made people can't believe that he was just a teenager who had just tied his hair.

Zhou Zhifan knew that this person was by no means idle, and he didn't dare to hold it up, so he immediately nodded slightly and asked, "Could it be that General Zhu has something to inquire about?" ”

"Uncle is polite, my handsome family does have something to trust. In recent days, the gossip in the capital will never hide from the ears and eyes of Jinyiwei. I think that Uncle * also heard it just now, and recently I have been searching around the General Military Mansion, and finally caught some of the main people. The matter involves the crime of slandering the royal family, and it is safer for my family to hand it over to Jinyiwei for disposal. ”

When Zhou Zhifan heard this, his head suddenly grew twice, but what Zhou Chang said was reasonable, and he couldn't say no.

"The marshal of my family has ordered someone to submit the confessions and physical evidence and human evidence to the Jinyi Wei Yamen, and the uncle will be able to see him after he returns. My handsome family, please deal with it impartially! ”

After Zhou Chang finished saying this, he smiled and said goodbye, leaving Zhou Zhifan standing in place, and he didn't come back for a long time.

These things are a hot potato, and Zhou Zhifan understands the intricacies behind it better than anyone else. Implicated in the matter of the establishment of the prince, Zhou Zhifan did not want to be involved in these troubles. But Zhu Ping'an even prepared his confession, physical evidence, human evidence and other things, and sent them to the Jinyi Guard's yamen, leaving him with the slightest room for reversal. This made Zhou Zhifan have a splitting headache.

Jin Yiwei is the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, in charge of prisons, inspections, and arrests, and such important cases of slandering the royal family are naturally for Jin Yiwei to interrogate. But this time the matter is different, whether to deal with it or not, and how to deal with it indirectly shows the attitude of the Son of Heaven. In this way, what was originally simple becomes complicated in an instant. It is undeniable that Zhu Ping'an's move will inevitably make public opinion in Nanjing again

Time. Zhou Zhifan's head was filled with all kinds of thoughts, and he couldn't help but feel a little dizzy, and even when he got on the horse, he was a little depressed, and he almost kicked in the air and fell off the horse.

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March 26 was the day when Zhu Yujian held the enthronement ceremony. Prior to this, as soon as Zhu Yujian entered Nanjing, he went to worship the Tomb of Filial Piety and the Mausoleum of Prince Yiwen. And build a mausoleum, and move the remains of Yixing Emperor Zhu Cihong and his wife into burial. Afterwards. Perform the state ceremony in the Imperial Palace. Later, Zhu Yujian deliberately restored the names of the three halls named in the Jiajing period, namely the Huangji Palace, the Zhongji Palace, and the Jianji Palace, to Fengtian Palace, Huagai Palace, and Jinshen Palace, but deliberately added the word "Xingzai", which also showed Zhu Yujian's determination to go on the Northern Expedition and recover his homeland.

Early in the morning, the Yamen such as the Celebrant Supervisor, the Qin Tianjian Supervisor, the Jiaofang Division, and the Ministry of Rites were busy, although Zhu Yujian had already ordered a qiē to be simple in order to save state money for social security. But the ritual should not be sloppy at all.

Zhu Yujian ascended to Fengtianmen to worship heaven and earth, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites went to the Taimiao to worship, and the cultural relics gathered outside the noon gate, kneeling to welcome both sides of the royal road, and greeted Zhu Yujian and the British Duke Zhang Shize, the Duke of Wei Xu Wenjue, the Marquis of Nan'an, Zheng Zhilong, and other nobles, cabinet ministers, and officials of the six ministries entered the Fengtian Palace. Zhu Ping'an was in the ranks of the clan relatives. For example, King Hui, King Rui, and Zhu Lunkui, King of Zhou, were among them, and even Zhu Yihai, King of Lu, and Zhu Cishuo, King of Xinlide, also came to Nanjing under Zhu Ping'an's arrangement.

After the death of the former Gui King Zhu Changying, his third son Zhu Youai had already succeeded to the throne, but died of illness soon after, so the young son Zhu Youlang inherited the throne. But he thinks that the descendants of Shenzong should inherit the throne, that is, he Zhu Youlang should be the dragon seat of Nanjing. Therefore, he was extremely dissatisfied with Zheng Zhilong and others supporting the Tang Dynasty, so even if the overall situation was decided, he said that he could not come to Nanjing.

Recently, it has been reported that he has a close relationship with Qu Shiyun, the governor of Jiangxi, and has faintly had the implication of fighting against the central court of the imperial court.

Although Zhu Ping'an does not have any official position in the clan at present, the vassal kings are extremely in awe of him, although he is young, he is at the forefront of the clan. Zhu Ping'an did not give in, his expression was calm and calm, and he accepted it calmly.

After entering the Fengtian Palace, the ministers entered in turn, and the eunuch Lu Jiude, who was in charge of the seal, read out the edict, announcing to the world that Zhu Yujian inherited the throne and the year name Longwu. Since then, the enthronement ceremony has come to an end.

The first thing Zhu Yujian did after ascending the throne was to be the fourth generation of God for his great-great-grandfather, Zhu Yuwen, the king of Tang Jing, as Emperor Hui, the great-grandfather of Tang Shun, Zhu Zhouyi, the king of Tang Shun, as the Emperor Shun, his grandfather Zhu Shuoxi, the king of Tang Duan, as the Emperor Duan, and his father Tang Yuwang Zhu Qiqi as Emperor Xuan, and the four generations of ancestors were all posthumously crowned queens. The younger brother Zhu Yuyi was the king of Tang and sealed the country of Nanning; Posthumously crowned his younger brother Zhu Yu as King Chen, and his son Zhu Linmiao was the son of King Chen. After that, Emperor Chongzhen was honored as "Emperor Xiaolie", and Emperor Yixing was named "Emperor Sheng'an".

Among the cabinet ministers, the first assistant Huang Daozhou is a scholar of Wuyingdian University and a scholar of the Ministry of Officials; Shi Kefa is a scholar of Wenyuange University and a scholar of the Ministry of War; Su Guansheng is a scholar of Dongge University and a scholar of the Ministry of Officials, and Zeng Ying is a scholar of Dongge University and a scholar of the Ministry of Engineering; Huang Mingjun was in charge of the military department; Zhou Yingzhi is the secretary of the Criminal Department. Zhu Jizuo, Li Guangchun, and Lin Xuji are all scholars of Dongge University, and they are appointed as servants of the three departments of rites, households, and workers. Zhang Kentang is the imperial history of the capital, in charge of the Imperial Procuratorate, and Cao Xuegao is the secretary of the Taichang Temple. It can be said that the number of people who have entered the cabinet far exceeds that of previous generations.

Zhu Yujian can be said to be a reward for the Zheng family, Zheng Zhilong transferred the title of Pingyu Marquis, Zheng Hongkui was named Dingyu Marquis, Zheng Cai was named Yongshengbo, and even Zheng Sen was awarded a third-rank military position under the command of the deputy left-behind commander and was named General Zhaoyong. As for Fang Yuegong, because he was attacked by the ministers for implementing the new policy during the Yixing Dynasty, Zhu Yujian did not reuse it at this time, but only gave a false position as a guest of the prince as his own staff.

Shandong is a series of people, Lu Zhenfei Governor Huaiyang, plus the title of senior doctor, Lu Xiangsheng Feng Yongpingbo, plus the title of secretary of the Ministry of War, Yang Tinglin is the general of Zhenguo, Yue Jinfeng, Qiu Ze and others have been awarded the title of General Mingwei, General Guangwei and other fictitious titles. Zhao Guangchen was the governor of Shandong, and Yin Shigang was the political envoy of Shandong.

He Tengjiao of Hunan, Yuan Jixian of Jiangxi and Wu Zhaoyuan of Yunnan all added the title of secretary of the military department, and respectively supervised the soldiers and horses of various provinces as governors, and came under the command of Zheng Zhilong, the marquis of Dingju, and his governors discussed with the cabinet ministers to determine the Northern Expedition.

After the reward was completed, the courtiers also understood the current reliance of the imperial court and the Son of Heaven on the Zheng family in Fujian. It is no wonder that Emperor Longwu's ascension to the throne was supported by Zhu Ping'an and Zheng Zhilong, such as the gap between the eldest son and the eldest son because of the establishment of the prince today, and he can only rely on the Zheng family to stabilize the situation. In the cabinet, Su Guansheng and Huang Mingjun are both members of the Zheng family, the Zheng family is even more one and two candidates, and there is also Zheng Cai in the position of earl, the Zheng family army has fully entered the Yangtze River Valley, controlling the rich land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and their control of the government, except for Zhu Ping'an, it is difficult for anyone to compete with it.

But the next problem is to involve Zhu Ping'an. Zhu Yujian ascended the throne, in addition to canonizing the queen Zeng, he also specially issued an edict to explain that he was unwilling to accept concubines in recent years, which shows his respect for the queen. Speaking of which, it is no wonder that Zhu Yujian and his wife have gone through hardships, and the Zeng family has never given up, accompanying each other, and the relationship between them is comparable to that of Emperor Hongzhi back then.

According to some sources, Zhu Yujian did not exclude Zeng's participation in court politics, when he was in the palace, the ministers played things, and Zeng's listened behind the screen, whenever he encountered hesitant affairs, Zhu Yujian also had to discuss with Zeng's family, it can be said that in the harem, Zeng's position has been as stable as Mount Tai.

From this point of view, Zhu Yujian's candidate for the prince is bound to be inclined to Zhu Linyuan, the son-in-law born to him and the Zeng family. And the candidate for the prince recommended by the Zheng family in Fujian is precisely Zhu Linyuan, and on this point, Zhu Yujian and the Zheng family have reached a consensus.

In this way, Zhu Ping'an's position is a little awkward, and it can even be said to be dangerous.

After the reward, the ministers thanked him, and the first assistant Huang Daozhou stood up and proposed the establishment of the reserve. As the first assistant, he has the responsibility to remind the Son of Heaven of the importance of the prince to the imperial court. Moreover, as Zhu Yujian's most trusted minister, he also proposed his own construction, followed the ancestral system, and appointed his son-in-law as the crown prince. Although it was not explained, it was clear to everyone that he had already chosen Zhu Linyuan.

Most of the ministers showed a knowing smile, Zheng Zhilong stood in the first row of military ministers, only behind the Duke of England and the Duke of Wei, although his expression did not change, the corners of his mouth were inadvertently raised slightly.

Lu Xiangsheng, Lu Zhenfei and others exchanged glances with each other, and they all turned their eyes to Zhu Ping'an, but found that he was still a calm and breezy appearance, although the two were worried, but seeing Zhu Ping'an's determined appearance, they could only barely suppress the agitation in their hearts.

Just when the ministers were impatient and swarmed along with the voice, a figure slowly walked out, stood at the foot of the imperial stairs and bowed, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the ministers have objections!" (To be continued......) R1292