"I've been walking for half an hour, and I'm almost in Bazhou. Do you want to chase it back? Choi Chengxiu asked cautiously.

Wei Zhongxian shook his head and said, "Where can I catch up?" Never mind! ”

Cui Chengxiu heard that he seemed to be a little helpless and disappointed in his words, and asked, "Daddy, don't want to kill King Xin?" ”

"We're weighing it."

"Where is King Shin?"

"Mandarin Palace."

"In the dead of night, it's time to kill it." Tian Ji said in a gloomy voice.

Wei Zhongxian said: "It's too reckless. ”

"Daddy changed his mind? Wasn't it discussed in the Bamboo Wind Pavilion? Cui Chengxiu looked at Tian Ergeng, puzzled and uneasy.

"This matter has nothing to do with Da Lang, and the incident will be discussed slowly in detail in the future, at this time, the minister has entered the palace, and it is not the time to kill him. Besides, the soldiers of the Beijing camp have not been able to enter the palace for a long time, there must be something wrong, it should not be the will of heaven! Wei Zhongxian sighed.

"Things are man-made, and providence can be known. Send someone to urge again! Cui Chengxiu was unwilling, but he still had to be persuaded.

Wei Zhongxian said: "The meaning of your words, our family understands. People will win the day, but let's talk about it, if this is the case, how can there be any frustration and defeat in the world? According to our family, the words of the predecessors are very incomprehensible, the plan is in the people, the success is in the sky, and the will of heaven is also unpredictable, and it is reluctant to do it, and it is inevitable that there will be some wishful thinking. He picked up the tea cups on a few cases, drank them all, and said: "It has been thirty-eight years since our family entered the palace at the age of twenty-two. On the way to and from the capital, in a dilapidated temple, I saw a couplet, and I still remember clearly that it was a mockery of those who had no descendants, but it was very appropriate. The upper link is childless and grandchildren, all of which are other people's things, and the lower link is the song of flowers and wine chatting for the death of the year. Thinking about these many years, our family has been happy in time, and it is rich enough, it should have been laissez-faire, but the world has called you five tigers, five biao, ten dogs, ten children, and forty grandchildren, and put them under our family, and we want to seek a rich future for a hundred generations with you. Our family weighed it just now, Jingying failed to move on time, the sky has been four watches, and it will be clear, it is not good to kill that Zhu Youzhen again, but he has entered the court and let him indulge in the gods again, after all, he is a doll, our family has served three generations of emperors, how many forces and scheming have been accumulated, but he can't be manipulated? What's more, he is just a weak crown, and his blood is strong, and he must be better. When he was not an emperor, he was naturally cautious, and when he became an emperor, he must have fun, otherwise what is the difference between him and the ordinary people? As long as he is discouraged, our family has Tianxian in his mouth and Wang Gang in his hand, what can't he do? Isn't it the same prosperity in the end? ”

Ni Wenhuan said: "Daddy's words are very reasonable, the so-called born in sorrow, died in peace, sorrow can rejuvenate the country, Yiyu can die, and the principle of nature is also." Forgive that Zhu Youzhen is not a royal gentleman, he is also an ordinary man, with the grace of his grandfather, he ascended to the Dragon Court, how much experience has he received, and how much skill will he have? ”

Wei Zhongxian shook his hand and said, "But don't be underestimated about him." ”

"The child thinks that he eats the fireworks of the world, and he will not be able to attack without gaps, as long as we do what he likes and do whatever he wants, it is nothing more than a treasure of beautiful women and strange things, what will he have in his heart?"

Cui Chengxiu said worriedly: "It is indeed a safe strategy. It's just that it's not as good as landing on the head, and I'm afraid that something will happen in the future and cause trouble. ”

Wei Zhongxian said conceitedly: "As long as our family is in charge of the celebrant and controls the inside and outside, Zhu Youzhen is Sun Monkey has no stick to play, isn't it a puppet in the hands of the Jianghu people?" ”

"Then aren't you a trickster? What else is the celebrant in charge? Ke Yinyue came in with a smile on her waist, "Whoever enters the palace to be the emperor, we will all be at the mercy of the emperor after all, if we can't be manipulated, what kind of emperor will be changed, but we don't have any good fruit to eat." I was in favor of Chengxiu, but I was annoyed that you were late, but now that I think about it, you think about it in the long run, as the so-called act at the opportunity, change with the situation, it is good to be able to kill the king of letters, and it is not impossible not to kill him, but it is good to think more about the ways to manipulate him. ”

Sun Yunhe cheered: "After listening to what the nine thousand years old and Mrs. Lao Zu said, the little heart felt relieved. ”

Cui Yingyuan also said: "Nine thousand years old scheming, a small one will follow him for life, and he can't learn what to do, it's really embarrassing." ”

Wei Zhongxian's face softened a lot, and he said with a smile on his face: "This is not created by our family, there are old gentlemen who have come before us to lead the way." ”

Tian Ji said: "Which predecessor and sage is Daddy talking about?" ”

"It's like revenge, and it's good." Wei Zhongxian pondered: "He said that the emperor should not have a day of leisure, which can be described as a wise saying, and our family also learned from him when we served the emperor of Daxing." ”

Tian Ji said: "But Qiu Shiliang in the Tang Dynasty Taihe and Kaicheng years? ”

"Like the name."

Tian Ji said: "Qiu Shiliang is in charge of civil and military power, killing two kings, one concubine, and four prime ministers, greedy and cruel for more than 20 years, grace is undiminished, and he does have the art of self-determination, and his method is not what his father said." When Qiu Shiliang returned home to care for the elderly, all the eunuchs in the palace who had official positions rushed to see him off, and set up a banquet for more than ten miles. Those few words, the child was dull, but he still remembered, so he read them to his father. As he spoke, he looked at others with his eyes, and saw Cui Chengxiu smiling slightly, understanding that he knew the origin of these words, clearing his throat, and chanting: "Shiliang said: 'The Son of Heaven must not be idle, he must read books in his spare time, and when he sees Confucianism, he will be admonished, wise and far-sighted, reduce play, and save luck. For the sake of the kings, if you breed wealth and goods, sheng eagles and horses, and hunt with the ball every day, you will be extremely extravagant, so that you don't know how to breathe, then you will rebuke the scriptures, foreign affairs, all opportunities are in me, and the power of grace is desired? 'Farewell, everyone. These words are from "New Tang Dynasty Book: The Biography of Qiu Shiliang", my father has a good memory, and he remembers it so truly. ”

Wei Zhongxian listened, although there were many incomprehensible points in the text, but the gist of it was understood, and said with a smile: "Our family has played all my life, and I have played with the emperor for decades, what haven't we played?" How is Zhu Youzhen, let's use a little trick and give him a try. Will he be a person without seven emotions and six desires? ”

"So Daddy has a plan?" The five tigers each moved in their hearts and flattered each other.

"The Heavenly Maiden also has a heart of thought!"

"Even if it is a monk, we will also teach him to return to the vulgar."

Wei Zhongxian gently tapped a few cases with his left hand, listening to the sycophants of everyone, his expression couldn't help but become proud, and he secretly thought: The money is on official business, and the fire is rotten. As long as you work hard, don't worry about his calculations that he won't enter our family?

Tianjiao five drums, six Jiuqing successively went to the court, because of last night's British public Zhang Weixian's incident, Yu Liangfu was scolded by Wei Zhongxian, if it weren't for Wang Tiqian, Li Yongzhen and others to speak for him, he would naturally be taken off the crown belt and driven out of the palace, Yu Liangfu was so frightened that he didn't dare to leave the city again, and he hated Gao Qiqian so much that he went deep into the bone marrow, but he was helpless, so he taught him to guard and guard him strictly. At this time, the civil and military officials were waiting outside the Chengtian Gate, Yu Liangfu did not have Wei Zhongxian's warrant, did not dare to open the door at will, and did not dare to impose obstruction, so he had to pay for the smiling face, and persuaded the hundred officials to go back to the house to wear mourning clothes to cry and come. Yu Liangfu saw it, and asked again, "Have you ever brought the costumes with you?" When everyone heard this, they regretted it and hurriedly went back to get the clothes. Running back and forth twice, the sky was already bright, the four gates of the imperial city were opened, and hundreds of officials entered the Chengtian Gate, each on standby in the courtroom, and then gathered in Longdao Pavilion. At this time, the mourning of the six palaces, the Ministry of Industry was outside the planning of the Zi Palace and the imperial tomb, the Ministry of Rites checked the enthronement instrument, and the Ministry of Household also prepared to cooperate with the silver two.

Zhu Youzhen had already finished washing, and ordered Wang Chengen to go to the imperial kitchen to make bird's nest soup, which was used on the imperial case of the Wenhua Palace, and just cleaned up, the British Duke Zhang Weixian and other dukes, Hou, Bo, and concubines and ministers Huang Liji, Shi Fenglai, Zhang Ruitu, and Li Guo (Mu Bian Jiapu) led hundreds of civil and military officials to persuade them to come together with the seal, repeated three times, Zhu Youzhen was humble according to the etiquette, and then agreed. The Ministry of Rites Shangshu came to the sect to teach the emperor of Daxing to "reach the heavens to expound the Tao Dunxiao Zhangwen Xiangwu Jingmu Zhuang Qinzhe Emperor", Zhu Youzhen said: "The first emperor Dunxiao, the world is heard, and the brothers are also very friendly, when I am in the outer residence, the things used in the application of rice, clothes and shoes are all from Feng, and the slaves around me are rewarded, and the duo needles, branches, and peach canes are rewarded, and the word "Du You" should be added to the back of "Dun Xiao". It was decided like this first, and when the national mourning period expired, an auspicious day for sacrifice was chosen, and my relatives went to the Taimiao Temple to pay tribute to the ancestors and ancestors. All the ministers praised in unison. Zhu Youzhen selected the temple number as Xizong, and ordered Shi Fenglai and Li Yongzhen to choose the cemetery. The Ministry of Rites also submitted the four years of "Qiansheng", "Xingfu", "Xianjia" and "Chongzhen", and Zhu Youzhen looked at it and said in a deep voice: "I dare not call myself the saint of the world, nor dare I dare to call myself the lord of Zhongxing, the word 'Xian' is written with 'Ge', its righteousness is ominous, I am afraid of the main sword soldiers, the current national strength is weak, the people are miserable, and it is a top priority to stop the war, or choose 'Chongzhen'!" However, it is better to add a few strokes to the word 'zhen' and replace it with the word 'zhen'. Saying that, he took the white jade pen carved dragon pattern from the white glazed double dragon play bead pen holder, and Wang Chengen had already studied the cloud dragon pattern cinnabar ink in the green jade carved double dragon shaped inkstone, and he dipped it slightly, and circled the word "Chongzhen".

The Ministry of Rites also presented the etiquette procedures for ascending to the pole, and the next morning, Emperor Daxing set up wine and food in front of several cases, and Zhu Youzhen wore filial piety clothes and went to the memorial service in person to receive orders. Then set up incense cases and wine and fruit things in front of the Imperial Palace, and Zhu Youzhen wore a crown and wore a gon to pay tribute to heaven. Then go to the Fengxian Hall to tell the ancestors, go to the Emperor Shenzong Xuanyi Liu Zhaofei to go forward with five bows and three bows, and then go to the Daxing Emperor Zigong to go forward with four bows, and finally return to the Zhongji Palace. Yu Yi as usual. Zhu Youzhen nodded and said: "I will ascend to the pole tomorrow, the etiquette is complicated, I can't be separated, and many things still rely on the lords." "On the ceremony, the British public Zhang Weixian was sent to the southern suburbs, Baoding Hou Liang Shixun to the northern suburbs, Hou Gongchen to the Taimiao, and Ning Jinbo Liu Tianxi to the Sheji. Zhu Youzhen said: "The British duke is old, and he couldn't rest last night, so it is inconvenient to work for him more, so I thought that I could order Wei Liangqing, the Duke of Ningguo, to pay tribute to the southern suburbs, and the others chose as discussed." The people obeyed. The cabinet also ordered Qin Tianjian to choose a day to ascend to the pole, and Qin Tianjian consulted the almanac, and only tomorrow in this month was an auspicious day for the zodiac.

On August 24th, the three major halls of the Huangji, the Middle Pole and the Jianji that were renovated were illuminated with lanterns, and the ceremonial guards were furnished, Zhu Youzhen wore the crown of E'e, there were 12 before and after, each of which was decorated with 12 colorful jade beads, and the clothes of the Xuanyi and the yellow clothes were embroidered with the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the dragons, the Chinese insects and the 12 chapters of Zongyi, algae, fire, powdered rice, yellow, and yellow, and the red socks and red shoes, and accepted the worship of the ministers in the Jianji Palace, and officially ascended the throne as the Chongzhen Emperor. Wei Zhongxian had already heard that Chongzhen ordered his nephew Wei Liangqing to sue the southern suburbs, and he couldn't guess the intention of Chongzhen's move for a while, so he was hesitant to test it again according to yesterday's plan. ”

When Cui Chengxiu was shouted by Li Chaoqin, most of the courtiers did not disperse, and when they heard Wei Zhongxian's summons, they all looked sideways, Huo Weihua and Yang Weiyuan secretly sneered, Cui Chengxiu was extremely embarrassed, and was faintly unhappy, and after listening to Wei Zhongxian's question, he calmed down and replied: "The child can't see two meanings." First, he favored his father like the first emperor, so he had such courtesy. The second is to appease the father, so that the father will not have doubts. ”

"Our family doesn't think it seems to be like grace, but has a deep meaning, shouldn't it be to paralyze our family, pretend to be forbearing, and have other plans?" Wei Zhongxian looked at Cui Chengxiu, his gaze wandering.

"Then Daddy can be tempted again. If you can't figure out Chongzhen's thoughts, how can you take the camera and coax him? ”

"It's hard to guess out of thin air. If there is no real evidence, blindly guessing, I am afraid that my head will fall off, and I don't know who moved the knife! Okay, you go down first, it's okay in the future, our family won't summon you at will, you still have to avoid the limelight and see the direction of the wind, so as not to be easily caught. Our family has sent someone to Da Lang, and they have also said that they should be more restrained and be careful. ”

"Daddy is wise." Cui Chengxiu withdrew, secretly wondering if it was the unhappiness on his face just now that made his father have such words? Although the direction of the wind is undecided at the moment, if he offends his father, he is not a trick, he can't help but regret it, and the sweat soaked through his middle coat.

Emperor Chongzhen's bedroom is still in the Qianqing Palace according to the custom, but it has been changed to the Dongnuan Pavilion. Qianqing palace heavy eaves palace, face wide nine rooms, into the deep five rooms, in the middle of the gold lacquer nine dragon throne, the imperial case, is the place of the foreign ministers' court, the warm pavilion in the east is the place where the emperor rests, also set up a few cases, the front wall behind hangs a large plaque of black ground mud gold, there are four big characters in the handwriting of Emperor Shizong Jiajing, "night clothes and food". At this time, the Qianqing Palace had already been newly arranged, and the frightened princesses who were guarding the Xinwang Mansion also came to the palace and settled in the neat and tidy harem. Chongzhen changed his crown clothes, and as soon as he sat down on the throne in the palace, Wei Zhongxian told Wang Tiqian to lead the eunuchs of the twenty-four yamen and above the five grades of the inner palace to enter the house to worship and celebrate the mountain call. Wei Zhongxian wore a sunflower chest and back collar shirt, decorated with four-grade complements, a rhino horn belt around his waist, white socks and soap boots, and came to the outside of the Qianqing Palace. Besides, which piece of this head and body was not given by the first emperor, and it was not worn by you in disregard of etiquette and law, what does it matter if you change it or not? ”

Wang Tiqian was difficult to figure out thoroughly for a while, and he didn't know the true meaning of his words, so he said: "The new monarch has just been established, and the small ones want to be grander, so I don't know what to avoid, so I wear them according to the rules of weekdays." But 9,000 years old is dressed in an ordinary dress, how can the little one be so arrogant? ”

Wei Zhongxian said in a harmonious voice: "You and I serve the Lord of Long Live together, we belong to the same hall, and our love is in siblings, what are you thinking about?" The auspicious time has come, go in and worship, the ministers of the outer court have worshipped, if you are slow, won't you teach people to laugh at our internal officials for being rude? Wang Tiqian saw that his words were calm and contrary to the norm, and he felt even more confused, and he didn't have time to think about it, so he hesitated and led everyone to enter the hall in turn behind Wei Zhongxian, turned down to worship, and shouted long live.

Chongzhen ordered everyone to be flat, and gave Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tiqian an exception to the throne in the prince. The two of them sat down slightly, and Chongzhen saw that Wei Zhongxian did not wear a mink crown with a green forehead under the hairpin and Zhu Ying according to the duke's grade, and only wore court clothes according to the internal supervision system, and Wang Tiqian's clothes were back and forth with Wang Tiqian's python clothes, and guessed his intentions in his heart, so he pretended to be displeased: "Wei Companion and his ministers don't want me to inherit the unification?" ”

Wei Zhongxian saw that Chongzhen's words were so straightforward, but he didn't know where he offended Tianyan, he was secretly shocked, and hurriedly left his seat and knelt down and said: "The old slave is frightened, he has served the three dynasties, and he is confident and loyal to the royal family. ”

Chongzhen sighed: "When the first emperor, I heard that Wei Banban wore a mink crown every time in the inner court, why did I only wear a four-grade complement suit on the day I ascended to the pole, but I am thin and gracious, do I lose the heart of the courtiers of the first court?" ”

Wei Zhongxian raised his head and replied: "Long live the old slave to teach the old slave to be embarrassed, the old slave has no credit to the imperial court, and the mink Zen crown is just a special gift from the first emperor who remembered the old slave for decades of hard work." When the first emperor was there, the old slave always thought about dressing, not to show off, but to remember the kindness of the first emperor all the time, and to wear the grace of the first emperor all the time, the first emperor saw it, and his heart was also happy. Now that the first emperor is in the sky, how can the old slave dare to show off those old things of the previous dynasty? has already been well collected and enshrined, and the old slave is also afraid of seeing things and thinking about people, so he cried for no reason, and rushed to the joy of the long-lived lord. Long Live Lord wants to blame the old slave, and the old slave doesn't dare to be wronged in his heart, all blame the old slave for his small contributions, and he has no size for the Long Live Lord, so he can only see him like this, not with contempt. The old slave can show the sun and the moon, and he doesn't dare to deceive at all! After that, he shed a few tears and choked up.

Chongzhen listened to him speak earnestly and emotionally, and couldn't help but secretly admire it in his heart, and sighed: "How can Wei accompany Yu I without the skill of size? Sending the loyal and brave battalion to take me into the palace can be regarded as a great achievement. A few days ago, the first emperor had an edict in front of the dragon couch that he was loyal and virtuous, and he was conscientious and loyal, and he could do great things. Zhongxian is a rare capable talent, and he can entrust government affairs to him! Can Wei Banban remember? ”

Wei Zhongxian responded: "The old slave doesn't dare to forget. Wang Tiqian also hurriedly left his seat and knelt down and kowtowed.

Chongzhen said: "The words of the first emperor are still in my ears, how can I be mean to the old ministers? It is a virtue that Wei is accompanied by merit, but if he is blindly humble, he will inevitably be hypocritical, and it will make the government and the opposition ridicule me for being too stingy, rewarding and punishing me excessively, and being reluctant to add officials to knighthood and reward jewelry, which is really detrimental to the prestige of heaven. ”

"The old slave is ignorant and superficial. Then I went down to change the court clothes, and then came to worship Long Live Lord. Wei Zhongxian kowtowed again.

Chongzhen smiled: "That's not necessary. I just want you to understand my thoughts, and I will treat you like the first emperor, and you should also assist me like an assistant to the first emperor, don't worry too much. ”

Wei Zhongxian originally had the heart of fighting to test the emperor, but when he saw Chongzhen's harmony, he felt uneasy, and secretly thought: This yellow-mouthed child will not be so easy to deal with, how can there be such a effortless good thing in the world? When Chongzhen used the Emperor of the Apocalypse as an example to persuade him, he was unconsciously moved, but he became more and more uneasy in his heart, how did Chongzhen see our family's thoughts? If this is just one thing, if everything is guessed by him in the future, then how can we get along? How to be at ease? Thinking of this, I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and faintly felt a kind of fear and threat, but I don't know how the fear and threat will come, but the person who brings the fear and threat must be the thin young man in front of him. Wei Zhongxian's whole body was cold, and he was stunned in the hall, forgetting to thank him.

"Isn't it our sister's turn yet?" A crisp cry suddenly floated in outside the hall, and a flower appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and a beautiful woman in palace clothes with a peerless style and a graceful body stepped into the hall, followed by two beautiful women in palace clothes. The three of them looked like immortals, Shi Shiran stepped forward to worship in turn, and the people in the hall were stunned.

Note: The twenty-four yamen of the inner palace: including the twelve eunuchs: the celebrants, the internal officials, the royal officials, the secretary, the imperial horse, the shrine, the Shangshan, the treasure, the seal, the straight hall, the clothes, and the knowing; Set up eunuchs (four products), left and right young eunuchs (from four products), left and right eunuchs (five products). Four divisions: salary, bells and drums, treasure money, mixed hall. Eight bureaus: soldiers, silver, raccoons, scarves and hats, needlework, inner weaving and dyeing, wine vinegar noodles, and Si Yuan. Collectively known as the twenty-four yamen of the inner palace.