Chapter 263: Enthronement (1)
The new emperor ascended the throne in a hurry.
Because it is a national funeral, this year cannot be passed.
The whole capital is covered with white silk, and the crying of the people can be heard everywhere, which is the obligation of the people of the Great Zhou, they have to cry, and they have to cry more sadly than when their relatives die at home, and they are more heartbreaking, so as not to be caught in pigtails, which inevitably involves the whole family.
Originally, the new emperor would ascend the throne as soon as a month later, but the Jinzhou disaster victims were congested, although a large number of victims were intercepted outside the city, and the Tatars had already issued a letter of surrender, unexpectedly heard that the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty had died, waiting for an opportunity to spy secretly, and was ready to move in the area of Lake Belga.
There is also Xiao Yangxu's remnants of the party in the Great Zhou, who also advocated the incompetence of the imperial court and instigated a peasant uprising.
Just these factors made the Great Zhou worry about external troubles, and the courtiers couldn't help it, and asked the new emperor to ascend the throne every day.
Finally, half a month later, the Ministry of Rites and Qin Tianjian jointly set an auspicious day, and the court and the central government also handled the new emperor's accession to the throne.
It's just that the palace hasn't been so deserted for a long time.
The first emperor died, the concubines, in addition to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother can still live in the palace, and the other concubines except for the burial, those who have children will move to Shoukang Palace to live.
Concubine Yu naturally followed her son King Jin to the fertile fiefdom in the southwest and was no longer allowed to stay in the capital.
And Zhou Chuhan, the king of Wen, ascended the throne with the support of the queen mother, overwhelmed the controversy between the court and China, announced the will of the emperor to the world, abolished the crown prince Zhou Chujing, demoted him to the king of Chu, moved to the northwest fief, and was never allowed to leave the fief.
Either Caesar or nothing.
The dying decree of the first emperor, even if the courtiers have disputes, the prestige of the queen mother is equally important, no one dares to argue with it, if there is a protest to the decree, it will be strangled on the spot, and the family will be harmed.
Before the prince, King Wen, and courtiers who were kneeling outside came to their senses, they were already surrounded by the Royal Forest Legion, which was coercive and gave everyone a face.
The prince was silent from beginning to end, and when everyone faced Zhou Chuhan, he finally bowed his head to Zhou Chuhan, not indignant, only yielding.
"Your Majesty has arrived—"
As the announcer sang loudly, he made a peace.
Hundreds of officials outside the Fengxian Hall knelt down together, shouting long live, long live, long live!
This half month Zhou Chuhan was in a trance, he guarded the filial piety spirit every day, he didn't know why he left an edict before the death of the first emperor, and let the queen read it out, he never knew that Zhou Yan had this thought about him, even if he thought about it, he also realized that the opportunity was slim, all he could do was to live up to his talents.
Looking at the prostrate ministers on the ground, he suddenly felt a chill blowing, and the warm spring breeze seemed to have not yet blown into the capital.
The spring is cold.
The consular officer beside him secretly reminded and urged, and Zhou Chuhan's wide dragon robe cuffs waved, as if brushing away the past, and he had heard a sentence early on - the height is not cold.
His steps were very firm, and he stepped into the towering Fengxian Hall step by step, waiting for him was a golden dragon chair, and he could immediately know what it was like to sit on that chair.
The sound of wind in his ears covered up the edict of Xuanbiao, and his eyes gradually became clear.
Yes, from today onwards he is an emperor.
Kill the decisive emperor like the first emperor.
The throne was in front of him, Zhou Chuhan stopped, turned around and sat down steadily.
The ministers hurriedly bowed and prostrate.
"Zhongqing is flat."
Fortunately, it's not too embarrassing.
Zhou Chuhan thought, the expression on his face was completely different from when he was the prince and prince, yes, he had just sat in this position, and he already needed to wear a mask that no one could understand, and his joys, sorrows, and sorrows would be hidden under this cold mask.
Moreover, this dragon chair was too hard, and there was no support for the left and right, which made him extremely uncomfortable, and then he thought that the first emperor had been sitting here for many years, but being an emperor was not just a hard thing.
Then there is the cumbersome enthronement ceremony, waiting to worship the Taimiao, show the heavens, and finally the ceremony is completed!
It's getting dark.
The new emperor also dragged his tired body to the imperial study.
This has just ascended the throne, the harem is empty, Lin Hao and Gu Wanzhi have not officially entered the palace, after this position is down, they moved from the palace to live in the palace, and everything in the harem is temporarily controlled by the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother.
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has been waiting for you for a long time."
Zhou Chuhan entered the palace, and it was not appropriate to follow the letters of the old servant around him, and of course the errand of the consul eunuch was accompanying him.
This eunuch is Yun Hai's apprentice Chang Gui'er, born is quite Zhouzheng, and he is also an elf, since Yun Hai went with the first emperor, Chang Gui'er has naturally taken charge of the errand of the consul eunuch, mainly because the queen mother is promoted, seeing that he served the first emperor in the past, it is a bit of eyesight.
"Hmm."
Zhou Chuhan only felt that this dragon robe was too tight, and he just wanted to change into his regular clothes, so he could easily review the folds, and there would be a lot of troubles tomorrow morning.
I have to deal with it tonight, and when I heard that the queen mother was coming, I naturally had to do my filial piety first.
"Grandson to visit the imperial grandmother."
Zhou Chuhan still saluted as usual, but the Queen Mother was happy, "Quick, come and sit down, it's been a tiring day." ”
"Thank you, grandmother."
Zhou Chuhan didn't shirk, so he sat aside, and drank a few sips of tea before he felt a lot more sober.
"Grandmother is here to see you and gossip with you. Even if you don't like to listen to it, your grandmother should tell you a few words. "The queen mother is now also the most respected position in the palace, since she wants to advise, Zhou Chuhan naturally has to listen respectfully, not to mention that many old ministers in the court respect the queen mother very much, and her words also have some weight.
"The mourning family didn't dare to put more beaks in the court, but the king of Chu and the king of Jin left the capital one after another and went to the fiefdom, and the capital is even more deserted, and the position of your queen and the concubines in the harem should also be arranged."
The queen mother became more and more loving, she had never been so close to Zhou Chuhan before, so the situation has changed, and she has become a grandmother who is trying her best to eliminate public opinion and support him to ascend the throne.
"Yes, Grandmother arranged it."
Zhou Chuhan nodded, which can be regarded as an agreement.
"Needless to say, the position of the queen is also Princess Wen Lin, the noble concubine...... Naturally, it is the Gu family, and there is another person, your mother also mentioned that your mother's cousin and niece Wu, who is three years younger than you, was summoned into the palace to be named Concubine De, and the daughters of several important ministers should also enter the palace to extend the heirs of the royal family......"
Zhou Chuhan didn't listen carefully to what the queen mother said, he naturally knew that the queen mother's methods were nothing more than afraid that the situation in the court would be unstable, so he hurriedly summoned the daughters of the powerful ministers into the palace, on the one hand, to show kindness, and on the other hand, to stabilize the hearts of these powerful ministers.
The power tricks in the hands of the queen mother have long been at ease, but her power tricks are only limited to the harem, and Zhou Chuhan has no reason not to follow her advice, so he responded to them one by one.
As soon as the queen mother left, he ordered Chang Gui'er to present the mountains of folds, and served some supper to eat hastily, and had no time to take care of anything else, I am afraid that I will have no sleep tonight......