Chapter 113: Enthronement Ceremony

The rising sun shines on Bianjing City, and the layers of houses are gilded with a layer of golden yellow, which sets off the magnificence of the city.

A straight street on the central axis of Bianjing leads from the south gate to the Xuande Gate, and the widest section of the imperial road is more than 200 meters wide. From this, it can also be seen that the atmosphere of Bianjing City is planned, showing the style of the Bianjing Empire.

At this moment, the civil and military officials of the Great Song Dynasty are at the north end of the imperial road, entering from the Xuande Gate of the Imperial Palace, and standing according to the rank outside the square in front of the Daqing Palace, standing solemnly and quietly.

A moment later, amid the melodious music of the palace band, a royal honor guard circled in front of the Daqing Palace Square. The honor guards of the golden helmets and golden armor cavalry came in a mighty manner, and the soldiers wore treasure swords at their waists and rode horses, all of them were energetic and majestic.

The soldiers on foot in the back held one hundred and eight colored flags, which were embroidered with golden dragons, colorful phoenixes, unicorns, Xiangluan, peacocks, cranes and other fairy birds and beasts. Fluttering in the morning breeze, hunting and dancing.

After the ceremony, seventy-two palace maids came slowly with treasure fans, and after the treasure fan procession, followed by the twelve Chinese buildings, the tassels hanging down around the Chinese buildings fluttered with the morning breeze.

Then one hundred and sixty guards walked by with a neat stride in their hands. Then followed by dozens of eunuchs, holding gold milling, copper horns, red stirrups, gold cymbals and other ornaments and musical instruments, one by one, without squinting, slowly walking.

Behind is Li Hao's ride, carried by thirty-six eunuchs, coming slowly.

Behind Chengyu, Xiaomei and Xiaolan crossed and held a pair of treasure fans, Xiaozhu held the incense box, Xiaoju held Yu Ruyi, and dozens of palace maids followed.

The last one hundred and eighty Ouchi guards were held back, one by one, full of energy.

Chengyu slowly came to the outside of the Daqing Hall and stopped, Li Hao got off the dragon and walked to the red carpet in the middle.

The eunuch said in a loud voice: "The emperor has arrived!" ”

The civil and military officials knelt down in unison, "See the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live!" ”

Li Hao glanced at the civil and military officials kneeling in the square, and then looked up at the Daqing Hall in front of him.

In front of the Daqing Palace, there is a thick wooden pillar that hugs, and the coiled dragon is carved on it, and the green glazed tiles on the top of the big knotweed. The whole hall is solemn and magnificent, showing the royal atmosphere, and at this moment it is golden and brilliant under the morning light.

Li Hao walked calmly across the carpet.

His thoughts were a little wandering, from an ordinary little person in the main world, to this point.

Walk to the end of the carpet, climb step by step from the steps paved with white stone, walk to the dragon seat in the Daqing Palace, and walk to the peak of power of the most powerful empire in this time and space.

Li Hao's heart is surprisingly quiet, there is no inexplicable excitement, no inflated **, and there is more of an indifference in his heart.

Power is a power, and the Force is a force, both of which are forces that can transcend the constraints of the world and do whatever they want.

"When you have power, can you keep your heart intact?"

"Never lose your awe, never lose your awe of the vast universe, of the vastness of the Force."

"Do what you want, don't go beyond the rules. In the world of the Force, there is as much power as the heart is. We must let go of our own hearts, dare to love and hate, dare to do and act, but we must not lose all restraints and keep the bottom line of doing everything. ”

The bits and pieces of the usual conversation with the intelligent system flashed in my mind. On the path of Force practice, it is equally important to sharpen the will of the mind.

A truly strong person must not only have great power, but also have a mind that can harness this power. If we fail to harness this power, we will inevitably lead to self-destruction.

Like Song Huizong, who is engaged in Huashi Gang, why hasn't he lost his sense of awe?

Li Hao retracted his thoughts, walked into the Daqing Palace, and sat down on the throne in the middle.

Xiaomei and Xiaolan held treasure fans in their hands, holding them cross-legged behind the dragon chair, and Xiaozhu and Xiaoju held incense boxes and jade ruyi on both sides. The four maids followed, and there were more than a dozen other palace maids holding honor guards.

The eunuch pulled his throat and said loudly: "Xuanwen Wu hundred officials enter the palace!" ”

A group of ministers rushed in, stood according to the rank in the Daqing Palace, and with the singing of the eunuchs, the ministers visited the mountain again and shouted long live.

Li Hao sat on the dragon chair and was condescending, with a panoramic view of the civil and military officials. Sitting on this throne, there is naturally a momentum of dominating the world and being the only one.

The celebrant eunuch began to read out the edict, informing the world that the new emperor would ascend the throne, and then there was a whole set of etiquette and procedures for ascending the throne.

When all this was over, Li Hao looked around the hall and said, "Song Taizu and the previous emperor handed over the country to me, and I can't help but feel conscientious.

"The Chinese nation, from the Three Emperors and Five Emperors all the way to the present, has created countless glories. Now that the country is in my hands, it is my duty to continue this glory. I can only diligently seek governance, in order to create a prosperous world, so that the country will be smooth and the country will be safe; The foreign envoys bowed to each other, and all the nations came to court.

"The Qingjia may not know me yet, but in fact, it is not difficult for me to wait, and the Zhongqingjia do not have to guess my intentions, I can tell the Zhongqingjia unmistakably. But whatever is beneficial to all the people of the world, I will support and praise it. But if there is anything that harms the people, my constitution and the law will not tolerate it. ”

"There are too many things in the world, even if I work diligently at night, I can't do everything myself. Therefore, I decided to expand the power of the prime minister and form a cabinet of ministers, and the government of the court should be agreed upon by the cabinet in advance, and then reported to me for approval and implementation. ”

"The Minister of the Prime Minister has temporarily selected four people, and will increase or decrease them according to the situation in the future. The first minister of the Prime Minister was the former governor of the government, Xiao Zhongzhi and Xiao Qing's family. ”

Xiao Zhong came out and said: "Minister Xiao Zhong directly thanks the emperor Longen!" ”

Li Hao continued: "The second minister of the Prime Minister is the original right servant, Cai Jing and Cai Qing's family. ”

There was a slight "buzz" in the Daqing Palace, and this appointment was a bit of a surprise to the officials. Xiao Zhongzhi served as the minister of the Prime Minister's Cabinet, and the officials felt that it was normal, this was originally a person from Li Hao's line. But Cai Jing also entered the Prime Minister's Pavilion, which is a little strange, could it be that Li Hao also plans to reuse Zhao Ji's henchmen?

Cai Jing himself didn't think it was strange, he came out and said: "Minister Cai Jing thanks Lord Longen." ”

Li Hao also announced: "The third minister of the Prime Minister is the former Taichang Shaoqing, Li Gang and Li Qing's family. ”

If Cai Jing is appointed as the minister of the Prime Minister's Cabinet, although it is a bit unexpected, it can still be explained, after all, Cai Jing was originally the prime minister, and his protΓ©gΓ©s and officials are all over the world, and he is a deep-rooted faction in the DPRK and China.

But how did Li Gang also be promoted to prime minister?

The most stunned in the palace was Li Gang himself, and he had faintly heard from his colleagues that Li Hao controlled the palace, but except for the day when Xia Yue, the former secretary of the palace, rebelled, Zhao Ji was no different.

Since he saw Emperor Taizu appear yesterday, Zhao Ji wanted to give up the throne, he was stunned at this scene, he felt that all this was really incredible, and he was amazed by Li Hao's means of reaching the sky. But he vaguely felt that this was not a good thing for the world.

He was stunned for a long time, until an official next to him pulled his official uniform, he came back to his senses and hurriedly went out to thank him.

"Minister Li Gang thanked the emperor Longen."

"The fourth minister of the Prime Minister is the former commander of the expedition to the north, Liu Zhongting, Liu Qing's family."

"Minister Liu Zhongting, thank the emperor for Longen."

This fourth person is finally Li Hao's character again.

"The rest of the secretaries will maintain their original official positions, and the foundation will be improved by one percent on the original basis."

The officials in the Daqing Hall breathed a sigh of relief, and it was good that they could maintain their original official positions. As for mentioning Yicheng Fenglu, it is nothing, and the officials who rely entirely on the foundation of Fenglu to live a good life, even if they are Qing officials, they have all kinds of subsidies and some income.

But Li Hao's promotion of Fenglu is a message of goodwill, which to a certain extent indicates that there will be no major replacement and purge of officials for the time being.

"After retiring from the court, the four ministers of the Prime Minister went to the Zichen Hall to discuss matters." Li Hao said, and glanced at the eunuch Si Li.

The eunuch pulled his throat and shouted, "Retreat!" ”

Li Hao got off the dragon chair and walked out of the Daqing Hall through the side door. The ministers were discussing as they withdrew from the Daqing Palace.

Li Hao walked out of the Daqing Palace, did not sit on the dragon again, but walked away. He asked Xiaomei and Xiaolan: "You guys also watched the excitement, you're tired of holding a fan, go back and rest first." ”

"I'm not tired, it's just a little boring, and the eunuch can't understand the article he reads."

"Actually, I don't understand it either." That kind of esoteric Chinese edict, Li Hao really can't understand it. Anyway, it's an article with gorgeous words and empty content.

When Li Hao came to Zichen Palace, Xiao Zhongzhi, Liu Zhongting, Cai Jing, and Li Gang were already waiting.

When selecting the candidate for the Prime Minister's Cabinet, Li Hao also considered it. Of course, Xiao Zhongzhi wants to go in, and among his cronies, only Liu Zhongting can try it out.

People like Jiang Wulang, Jiang Liulang, and Sun Hong, it's okay to let them lead troops to fight, let them take care of the government? It's really not that piece of material.

As for Cai Jing, at this time, whether in the center of the imperial court or in the locality, he still has huge influence, and if he is willing to cooperate, it will be much smoother to push the administrative order.

Let him enter the Xiangge Pavilion is to test it, if he refuses to cooperate, then he will have no use value for Li Hao, and Li Hao will appoint a new person to replace his place.

Cai Jing is a Zhanchen, and it is written into the biography of the Jianchen in the history of the Song Dynasty, but Li Hao doesn't care what he was like under Song Huizong, as long as he still has usable value in his own hands, so why use him?

Cai Jing has been rolling in the court all his life, and he should be able to understand his intentions. If he has a tendency to be passive and sabotage, he will be kicked out of the prime minister's cabinet as soon as possible, and if there is something more serious, he will be taken down.

As for Li Gang, he was a famous anti-gold minister in history, and later served as prime minister. In the case that the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were not familiar with each other, Li Hao naturally wanted to use a more "familiar" person.

In history, Li Gang was dismissed by Song Weizong at this time, and he was transferred back to Bianjing City to serve as Taichang Shaoqing at a later time. But history has already been in chaos under the butterfly effect, Jin Bing has gone south early, and it is not surprising that he became Taichang Shaoqing early.

(To be continued)