On New Year's Day of the first year of Qiongyuan, the Daping Dynasty was established and the country name was changed to "Qiongyuan". On the same day, a grand founding ceremony was held in Beijing.

Although because the capital was dilapidated and in the midst of the war, Wu Shigong ordered it to be "simple", but the founding ceremony still carried out a lot of preparatory work.

The Ministry of Rites, the Qin Tianjian, the Shang Bao Division, and the Jiaofang Division all took action. The department is equivalent to the logistics department of the ceremony, which consists of the prime minister, management, secretary, bookkeeper, director, clerk, supervisor and other personnel; The affairs of the Qin Heavenly Prison are to observe the celestial phenomena, calculate the solar terms, and formulate the calendar. There are supervisors, supervisors, deputies, etc., who report to the emperor the so-called "providence"; The two departments of Shangbao and Jiaofang are responsible for the placement of equipment and the other for theatrical performances during the ceremony. These departments are the main institutions preparing for the "Pole Ascender".

The soldiers and civilians of the capital were also mobilized, and they cleaned up the entire capital. Although the inner city is still in ruins, the scattered garbage is always cleaned up. Coupled with the capture of the population and the dredging of the sewer ditches, the plague that has spread in the capital for a year has finally been controlled, which can be regarded as an unexpected joy!

In the early morning of that day, the new imperial court sent officials to sue the Heaven and Earth Sect. The emperor's robe (dragon robe) is used to worship ancestors and gods. The founding ceremony also kicked off. First of all, the officials of the Ministry of Rites should go to the Temple of Heaven, the Xiannong Altar, and the Taimiao to inform the ancestors. At that time, the bell and drum are sounded, and the emperor is subdued to worship Tianmen (Tiananmen). And when Wu Shigong, the emperor of Qiongyuan in a yellow gown, ascended the Fengtianmen Tower, the enthronement ceremony officially began.

The officials who had been waiting in front of the Fengtian Gate for a long time were all dressed in court clothes, under the guidance of the officials of the "Honglu Temple". They crossed the Jinshui Bridge into the Forbidden City. But at this time, they were not allowed to enter the "Imperial Palace", because the emperor was still praying at the Mukdengate, so. The ministers could only stay in the square outside the noon gate. They knelt on both sides of the royal road in the manner of "Wendong Wuxi", and after the sacrifice was completed, they descended from the gate of Fengtian.

After Emperor Wu Shigong came down from the Fengtianmen City Tower, he entered the Dragon Chair of the Imperial Palace and took a seat. Only then did the ministers enter according to their rank and greet the new emperor. Then, the second assistant Zhou Yanru officially read out the edict to confirm the identity of the new emperor. A new dynasty began.

After that, there are congratulations from the "foreign" envoys, etc.

But in the whole founding ceremony. It didn't go very well. First of all, when the imperial historian Zhou Yilun was on the table, he also admonished Wu Shigong. He proposed: Wu Shigong at the beginning of the new dynasty. married the princess and concubine of the former Ming Dynasty, which is not conducive to cleaning up the remnants of the former Ming Dynasty, but also proves that Wu Shigong, the emperor, is slacking off on state affairs and indulging in beauty. So I hope Wu Shigong will repent of this.

This advice made Wu Shigong furious. It's not that this advice is unreasonable. Instead, he was quite disgusted by Zhou Yilun's behavior. He could have given this advice before and after the founding ceremony. Doing this today is simply fighting for eyeballs and blackmailing yourself.

In fact, Zhou Yilun's admonition this time is an extension of the "fine tradition" of the former Mingke Taoist official, and he does have his own selfish intention to deceive the court staff and fight. But the deeper reason is that the civilian clique is a kind of test of the scope of the new dynasty's monarchy, and there is also a kind of "trial operation" of the means of restricting the monarchy's power.

And Wu Shigong was also furious when he encountered the "nuclear weapon" used by the former Mingke Taoist official for the first time. If that admonition was aimed at state affairs, Wu Shigong could still bear it. But this advice is completely a royal private matter, which makes Wu Shigong intolerable. Under the rage. Wu Shigong immediately ordered Zhou Yilun to be dragged out of the city and beheaded. Fortunately, Wu Shigong finally controlled his emotions, left people under the knife at the last moment, and ordered Zhou Yilun to be confined to his house under house arrest, and then he was released.

However, Zhou Yilun's behavior also made Wu Shigong resolute in his determination to reform the institution of Yushitai.

In the congratulations of the "foreign" envoys, Wu Shigong also encountered rude behavior.

In fact, there are only two groups of "foreign" envoys in the current city of Beijing. One group was an envoy sent by the Southern Ming to negotiate; The other group were the envoys of the Korean state who remained in the city of Beijing. And these two envoys did not perform the three kneeling and nine bowing bows when congratulating.

The envoy sent by Nanming, he refused to kneel and fell to the bottom of the forgiving. After all, this envoy is here to negotiate, not to surrender. Therefore, this envoy of the Southern Ming Dynasty will never kowtow to Wu Shigong. Therefore, Wu Shigong saw that he was rude, that is, he drove him away, and he didn't even say a word.

And the envoy of the Korean state was originally stationed in the city of Beijing. Although the current North Korea has long since surrendered to the Manchu Dynasty, the small country that is deeply afraid of the majesty of the Celestial Empire, is still afraid that the Ming Dynasty will come to attack the army in the future, so they still secretly sent the envoy to the city of Beijing, so as to ride the wall and watch.

Unexpectedly, Li Zicheng's Dashun army and Qing army came one after another, and of course the envoy did not dare to show his face in public, so after arriving at the end of the day, he also fled to the outer city of the capital, and he also survived.

And this time, the founding ceremony of the Daping Dynasty, in order to support the façade, let the North Korean envoy go to the court to congratulate. Unexpectedly, the North Korean envoy was so stiff that he refused to kneel down and pay homage.

It's no wonder that this North Korean envoy is shallow-eyed, his previous scope of activity was near the city of Beijing, and a year ago, he didn't even know that there was Wu Shigong's Runing Army in this world. So he didn't have that much faith in the new dynasty. In his opinion: The Southern Ming Dynasty is Zhengshuo, the Manchu Qing Dynasty is now the suzerainty of Korea, and the Daping Dynasty, which is attacked by the north and the south, will not feel good.

Besides, even if it is rude first, the current Daeping Dynasty will not be able to spare its hands to punish North Korea, so let's talk about the future in the future! At least now he can't cause trouble for North Korea, after all, the family of the North Korean envoy is now in Seoul.

And Wu Shigong was unceremonious to the North Korean envoy. After a reprimand, he immediately ordered the messenger to be beaten out of the mess. And also informed the Korean envoy: Emperor Daping is very angry and will send troops to settle accounts with the small Korean country!

But at that time, Mandian Wenwu and the Korean envoy, except for a few people who knew the strategy of the Daping Army, all the other people did not take Wu Shigong's words to heart.

After those unpleasant scenes had passed, the ceremony went relatively smoothly.

Stay until noon, after the monarch and the minister have simply finished eating. Emperor Wu Shigong of Qiongyuan and his important ministers went to the gate of heaven to watch the ceremony, and began to watch the military parade and enjoy the monarch and the people. In the evening, he celebrated with the state banquet of important ministers. It's been a busy day.

After the ceremony on the first day, starting from the second day of the first lunar month, Wu Shigong summoned all the concubines and princes, representatives of noble relatives, including the former Ming prince and the prince, representatives of the former Ming Xun, officials above the rank of squire of each ministry and military attache above the level of deputy commander of the Beijing Association, to announce the first batch of new decrees and new policies of the new dynasty in the Imperial Palace.

Since there was a lot of content in this political discussion, and it lasted for three whole days, Wu Shigong arranged seats for everyone who participated in the political discussion. Since then, "sitting and discussing politics" has also become a common practice, and officials will no longer stand to discuss state affairs except during the court meeting. This is also the embodiment of the Daping Dynasty's respectful attitude towards the civil and military personnel who govern the country.

Let's start with the new decree. This time, Wu Shigong will promulgate the "Amnesty Order," the "Recruitment Order," and the "Grace Order" to the whole world.

The first is the Amnesty Decree:

The core idea of the "Amnesty Decree" is: Before the establishment of the Qiongyuan Dynasty, all the rebellious small courts of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng's Dashun Army and Zhang Xianzhong's Great Western Army, other peasant armies that rebelled, the Manchu regime in Liaodong, and the Mongolian tribes outside Guanwai, as long as they laid down their arms and returned to the Daping Dynasty, their past crimes would not be punished. If they still resist stubbornly, or start a new rebellion, then the Daping Dynasty will be punished severely.

Of course, in this core idea, it is absolutely impossible for a small court in the Southern Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng's Great Shun Army, and the Manchu regime in Liaodong to lay down their arms and return to obedience. But why do you want to include this? It is not that the Daping Dynasty wants to get over the addiction, but to appease those former rebels and former Ming officials who have returned to the Daping Dynasty, indicating that the Daping Dynasty will never settle accounts after the autumn. So this is an "amnesty" that is both internal and not external.

In the "Amnesty Decree", there are three points that are more crucial:

1. How should the leaders and civil and military forces of the Southern Ming Dynasty, the Great Shun Army of Li Zicheng, and the Manchu Qing regime in Liaodong, which were hostile to the Daping Dynasty in the future, be severely punished? It was not specified in the "Amnesty Decree", which also left room for the flexible disposal of the Daping Dynasty in the future;

2. On the placement of the former Ming royal family, royal family and nobles. The royal family and royal family of the former Ming Dynasty, if they did not resist and returned to the new dynasty, they would be deprived of a certain amount of property and then knighted and honored. If there is a rebellion, it will exterminate the clan and confiscate all property.

For example, the crown prince Zhu Cihong will be crowned the prince of the Daping Dynasty, the other two princes of Emperor Chongzhen and the prince of the former Ming Dynasty will be made marquis, the prince of the county will be made an earl, and the following members of the royal family will be converted to commoners.

All members of the royal family with titles, except for the fifty acres of land reserved for each person, the rest of the land will be confiscated. And it will be at the price of 50,000 taels for the prince and 20,000 taels for the prince of the county...... By analogy, pay the money of indulgence.

And these new dynasty titles of the former Ming royal family will not have Lujin. That is, just an honorary title. And it's a kind of knighthood that regresses every generation. For example: the Duke. The next generation will be the Marquis, the next will be the Count, and then the Lord. And after the lordship, each generation can retain this title as a way to prove its "noble status". At the end of the day, this title is meant to make them look good, but it's actually a title that doesn't really do much.

And the same is true of the nobles of the former Ming, they will also retain the title of the former Ming, and they will retire every generation without Lu Jin. However, all the property of the nobles will not be confiscated. This is also the reason why Wu Shigong's relatives have too many former Ming nobles! (To be continued......)