Chapter 882: Enthronement and Becoming Emperor (3)
When he slowly walked to the altar, Zheng Xunrui's heart became calm.
The enthronement ceremony started at the time of Yinshi, which Zheng Xunrui did not expect.
Zheng Xunrui set out from the Forbidden City and went to the Yuanqiu, that is, the Temple of Heaven, which is the place where every emperor ascends the throne, and the emperor wants to worship the heavens.
A table has been set up on the altar.
After crossing, Zheng Xunrui rarely knelt and kowtowed, and when he saw Zhu Youzhen kowtowing several times, he was reluctant in his heart, but this time he knelt willingly, and in his heart, Zheng Xunrui prayed to the heavens and the earth, bless himself, and bless the peace of the world.
On the way back from Yuanqiu, Zheng Xunrui really managed to be as still as water, and even he felt strange, as if he had never been so calm.
There are five steps in the enthronement ceremony, the first step is to worship heaven and earth in Yuanqiu, the second step is to worship heaven and earth again in front of the Fengtian Temple, the third step is to wait for the minister to greet the minister in the Huagai Palace, the fourth step is to go to the Fengtian Temple to ascend to the temple, accept the bow of the minister of civil and military affairs, and officially ascend the throne, and the fifth step is to issue an edict and read it at the Chengtian Gate.
According to the schedule, all the ceremonies ended at noon.
Presiding over the enthronement ceremony was Yang Tingshu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.
Zheng Xunrui returned to the Forbidden City, and first worshiped the heaven and earth at the Dan Majesty in front of the Fengtian Temple.
The huge Fengtian Hall was cleaned very cleanly, and the table on His Majesty Dan was particularly eye-catching.
When he walked towards the table, the corners of Zheng Xunrui's mouth showed a smile, this emperor is all hunting and managing the world, whether it is a happy thing or a troublesome thing. Basically, they have to worship heaven and earth, in fact, this is deceiving themselves, and they are also fooling the people in the world, but some people believe in this.
Of course, this can also be said to be a kind of faith, from the emperor to the ordinary people. They are in awe of the heavens and the earth.
After five bows and three bows, Zheng Xunrui went to the Huagai Palace, where he needed to change his clothes, put on the emperor's crown, and wait for the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to come to the Huagai Hall to greet him.
The emperor's ascension to the throne was very hard, he had to get up early, bathe and change clothes, not only to worship heaven and earth in the mound and Fengtian Temple, but also to go to the harem to meet his mother and even grandmother. That is, the so-called Queen Mother and the Queen Mother, etc., after a few laps, the kowtow was numb, and the whole person was dizzy.
However, Zheng Xunrui is not so troublesome, he doesn't need to visit the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother, because he doesn't.
Zheng Xunrui's father Zheng Fugui and his mother Ma and Erniang Sun also came to the capital again, but they will not participate in today's enthronement ceremony, which makes many civil and military ministers breathe a sigh of relief. After all, the events of the great ceremonies of the Ming Dynasty left too deep an impression on people. If Zheng Xunrui insists on giving his parents a name, it will be another war of words.
Zheng Xunrui also has no such plan, one person has ascended to heaven, this is definitely not wrong, but there must also be a bottom line, and relatives can live a good life. Don't ask too much for the rest, not to mention that Zheng Xunrui will never allow his relatives to have any privileges, only allow the state officials to set fires and not allow the people to light the lamps, as long as you do one, there will be a steady stream of followers. And it is the system that suffers.
After changing clothes, Zheng Xunrui came to the Huagai Palace.
The throne has already been set up, and the guards waiting outside the Huagai Hall are the brocade guards, these brocade guards are all written by Zheng Xunrui's side, and their duty is to guard the palace and protect Zheng Xunrui's safety.
When they reached the Huagai Palace, all the two hundred brocade guards standing outside on guard knelt down.
Zheng Xunrui looked at the kneeling crowd, did not speak, and slowly walked into the Huagai Palace.
When he walked to the front of the throne, Zheng Xunrui looked at the throne carefully, and his eyes were very deep.
A quarter of an hour later, Yang Tingshu led the officials of the imperial court above the third rank, as well as the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Honglu Temple, to invite Zheng Xunrui to ascend to the palace and go to the Fengtian Temple.
For the ceremony of greeting, officials above the third rank can enter the Huagai Palace.
Yang Tingshu walked in the front, led everyone into the Huagai Palace, knelt down and spoke.
"Greeting the emperor to the Fengtian Temple to ascend to the ......"
Everyone knelt down, including the officials who were waiting outside.
At this time, Zheng Xunrui still couldn't speak, and he couldn't speak.
Soon, Jin Yiwei commanded Hong Xinyu to come to Zheng Xunrui's side and gently helped him get up.
Zheng Xunrui slowly walked towards the Fengtian Temple, and in front of him was the canopy held by the Jinyi guard.
Outside the Fengtian Palace, the waiting ministers of civil and military affairs lined up neatly.
Everyone's eyes looked at Zheng Xunrui, who was walking slowly.
Zheng Xunrui's eyes swept over everyone, he saw Zhu Cihong, Zhu Cijiong, Zhu Cizhao and Zhu Cihuan in front of the team, the appearance of these people, including the appearance of Zhu Youzhen's edict, once caused a lot of shock in the capital, so that everyone has a deeper understanding of Zheng Xunrui, the emperors of all dynasties are taboo for people who have the status of the crown prince, and they want to get rid of it quickly, ensure the stability of their own throne, and can also eliminate all hidden dangers, but Zheng Xunrui did not do this, and let them participate in the enthronement ceremony, That's a lot of confidence.
Zheng Xunrui looked at Zhu Cihong and the others, turned his head and walked towards the hall of Fengtian Palace.
The throne is directly in front, and there is a roller curtain in front, once he sits in this position, Zheng Xunrui will become the seventeenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but his emperor is different from the front, he is not surnamed Zhu.
In fact, the Ming Dynasty has undergone earth-shaking changes, this is clear to everyone, Zheng Xunrui did not ascend the throne because of Zhu Youzhen's edict, and he was the emperor without the edict Zheng Xunrui.
Zheng Xunrui slowly walked to the front of the throne, he did not turn around and sit down, but saluted the throne through the rolling curtains.
This action made the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs who entered the Fengtian Hall a little dazed.
Turning around, Zheng Xunrui spoke to everyone.
"I am in awe of the throne, this throne means responsibility, if you can't let the people of the Ming Dynasty live a rich life, can't let the Ming Dynasty become strong, I don't deserve to sit on this throne, I hope you are the same as me, fear your own status, don't think that the status you have is for enjoyment, I hope you remember, the worries of the world first, and the joy of the world after the world."
The temple was unusually quiet.
It wasn't until Zheng Xunrui sat down that Yang Tingshu stood up straight.
"The emperor ascended the throne and bowed down."
Jin Yiwei commanded Hong Xinyu to throw a leather whip to the ground next to the main hall, and the sound of the leather whip falling to the ground spread far away.
Zheng Jinhong, the secretary of the Criminal Department and the chief soldier of the Zheng family, slowly rolled up the curtains.
Just when the curtain was rolled up, all the ministers of civil and military affairs knelt down and bowed five times and bowed three times.
"Everyone loves to be flat."
When Zheng Xunrui said this, it was very natural, without the slightest pause, nor the slightest unnaturalness.
This surprised Yang Tingshu, who presided over the ceremony, all emperors need a process of adaptation to the throne, and they don't say a word during the enthronement ceremony, so as not to show hurried or uneasy emotions, but Zheng Xunrui ascended the throne, and the whole process was very calm, and the calm made everything a matter of course.
Next, many civil and military ministers went to Chengtianmen, where they listened to the emperor's first holy decree after his accession to the throne.
This is an edict that no one expected, the edict did not have the slightest evaluation of the emperor, nor did it mention any words such as thanking the heavens and the earth, all of which were requirements for how the minister of civil and military affairs should do things, not so much that this was the emperor's edict on the throne, but that this was the emperor's clear request to the minister of civil and military affairs.
The edict was read and the enthronement ceremony ended.
Then it was the first early dynasty, in fact, it can no longer be said to be an early dynasty, but a noon dynasty.
At the beginning of the early dynasty, Zheng Xunrui issued an order to change the name of the year to Ruiyuan, and change the seventeenth year of Chongzhen to the first year of Ruiyuan.
The decree was read out by Hong Xinyu, the commander of the Jinyi Guard.
The next decree was the canonization of the queen.
Wen Manshan was canonized as the queen, Dongmei was canonized as a virtuous concubine, Lotus Ye was canonized as a concubine De, Yang Aizhen was canonized as Concubine An, Xu Fojia was canonized as a concubine Jing, Bian Yujing was canonized as Concubine Gong, and Kou Baimen was canonized as Concubine Shun.
This is a very normal holy decree, but it has attracted everyone's attention, Wen Manshan was canonized as the queen, which should be, but after the queen's mother, it should be the imperial concubine, and the holy decree is not involved, which makes people think of Zhu Huijiao, the daughter of the former emperor, who wants to marry the emperor's princess according to the edict of the emperor, is it the future imperial concubine.
No one will ask, and Zheng Xunrui will not give any explanation.
After everything is dealt with, it is already Shen time.
Zheng Xunrui came to the harem, which was the first time he entered the harem.
After Li Zicheng's ravages in the palace, it seems a little depressed, and Zheng Xunrui does not approve of the palace being too luxurious, nor does he approve of too many people in the harem, so when he enters the harem, he feels clean.
Wen Manshan is naturally in Qianning Palace.
After seeing Zheng Xunrui coming, Wen Manshan hurriedly wanted to salute, and when the queen saw the emperor, she naturally wanted to salute.
Zheng Xunrui was just about to open his mouth to stop it, but suddenly thought of something, did not speak, and silently watched Wen Manshan salute, he is already the emperor, and he needs to make many changes in the future, this is one of them.
The queen mother of the world, she definitely needs to set an example for the people of the world, if there are no rules in the harem, wouldn't it be ridiculed by the people of the world, you must know that the mouth of the reader is the most poisonous, Zheng Xunrui doesn't care, but Wen Manshan and others can't bear it.
"Queen, from now on, you have to stay in the palace, isn't it a little unaccustomed?"
Wen Manshan's face was slightly red.
"The concubines are used to it, there is nothing ......"
Zheng Xunrui sighed softly.
"Okay, don't say these words, I know what you think in your heart, you have been married for many years, for me, for the sake of this Ming general, the queen is ready to be wronged."
Wen Manshan didn't speak, and tears could be faintly seen in the corners of her eyes. (To be continued.) )