Chapter Forty-Four: Listening to the Corner of the Corner
"I bow down to the great treasure, and I dare to live in the administration of all people, and the imperial examination will be held ...... mourning."
"The eldest son of the emperor is rich in quality, and the artifact of the lotus is suitable for fleas, and the heir of the emperor abides by the constitution of his ancestors, and is diligent in his studies, in government and in peace with the people, in accordance with the canonical crown, and in and out of marriage, and in and out of life, it is advisable to be cautious and cautious in serving the imperial affairs, and the near end of the good internal and external civil and military affairs......"
"The edict was made known to Chinese and foreign envoys......
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
On the Chengtian Gate, when Zhu Changluo's edict was read out, the three thousand officials in the capital sang the salute, and Zhu Youxiao also took out his own edict on the throne, and the eunuchs sang:
"The country is burdened by the mandate of heaven, and the saints have inherited and increased their virtues, and the emperor has been the master of the emperor for more than 20 years, and he has been wise and ......wise."
"The edict was only announced on the second day of the first month of October, heaven and earth, ancestors, and sheji, that is, the emperor's throne was based on the Liang German side in the young chong deep ......"
The edict of enthronement of thousands of words was sprinkled with thousands of words, and by the time the eunuchs of the twenty-four yamen finished reading, the sky was already completely bright.
The time has come, and the scene of Chengtianmen is over.
Historically, Zhu Youxiao's succession should have been in the Wenhua Palace, Wenhua Gate, and Wumen, but because the enthronement ceremony was delayed for nearly a month, there was more time to prepare, so he did not take the throne hastily like Zhu Changluo.
When the process is completed, the next step is to go to the Fengxian Hall to pay homage to the emperors of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Youxiao, who was dressed in the crown of the Son of Heaven and held the Dagui handed down from the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, walked in front of the hundred officials, and after getting off the Chengtian Gate, he ascended to the big chariot, and Zhu Youzhen also went to the elephant chariot.
Compared to them, who could still take a car, the other fifty or sixty-year-old officials could only follow and walk to the Fengxian Hall to the west of the outer court of the palace.
Zhu Youzhen was bored sitting on the elephant chariot, so he saw that the imperial historians couldn't see the situation in the car, so he ran to the elephant chariot door and said to Wang Chengen, who was driving:
"Cheng'en, tell someone to wait and go back to prepare something to eat, starve to death."
"Your Highness, wait a minute, wait a minute, Your Majesty may want you to accompany you to the Fengxian Palace." Wang Chengen responded quietly, but Zhu Youzhen said helplessly:
"The enthronement ceremony is done early in the morning, and the big kitchen and the imperial dining room are not ready to order food, this is to starve people to death before the enthronement ceremony?"
Zhu Youzhen, whether it is in his previous life or in this life, can bear his anger in anything, but he can't stand starvation.
As soon as he starved, he was easily anxious, and when Wang Chengen saw this, he could only hand the reins of the elephant chariot to Cao Huachun next to him, and then avoided the sight of the imperial historians, secretly took out a bag wrapped in yellow satin from his arms, pushed the door and handed it in.
"Okay, I really didn't misunderstand you, Chengen!"
After taking the yellow satin, Zhu Youzhen's mood suddenly improved, and he hurriedly opened the silk and saw the mung bean cake he liked to eat.
"Your Highness, eat slowly, don't choke, don't get it on your crown robe, it's easy to be seen."
Cao Huachun pushed in a bamboo kettle, and Zhu Youzhen wanted to respond to him, opened his mouth and showed off seven or eight mung bean cakes, and then poured a mouthful of water and swallowed it.
"Hiccup......
The sound of hiccups came from the elephant's bridle, and a royal historian who was closer to them looked at him suspiciously, but fortunately, Wang Chengen coughed quietly and masked the sound.
I ate eight pieces of mung bean cake in my hand, but there were still four pieces left.
Zhu Youzhen didn't eat it himself, but wrapped it in silk and hid it in his arms.
He thought about it and felt that Zhu Youxiao probably didn't eat it, but he could give him a few to eat when he entered the Fengxian Palace.
Thinking so, he wiped his mouth, and took a picture of the bronze mirror inside the elephant chariot, and after making sure that there were no flaws, he picked up the jade gui again, and waited for the news of going to the Fengxian Hall.
This Honglu Siqing didn't let him wait too long, and after a stick of incense, he struck the bell and said:
"Stop!"
"Get off the car, the ministers avoid, the Prince of Heaven enters the ancestral hall, and obituaries to the first emperors of the Ming Dynasty."
The voice sounded, and all the ministers turned around one after another, while Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen walked slowly towards the Fengxian Palace.
Generally speaking, if the emperor wants to see his ancestors, he comes to worship at the ancestral hall.
There are only nine locations in the front hall of the Taimiao, namely Ming Dezu (Zhu Yuanzhang's great-grandfather Zhu Bailiu, posthumously sealed, enjoying the "privilege" of never leaving the Taimiao), Ming Taizu, Ming Chengzu, Ming Xuanzong, Ming Yingzong, Ming Xianzong, Ming Xiaozong, Ming Ruizong (Jiajing Dad), Ming Wuzong.
No matter how these nine people look at it, they all feel a little alienated, so it is better to come to Fengxian Hall to see the portrait.
But it's usually nothing to be idle, and no one comes here to observe the appearance of the ancestors.
Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen walked into the Fengxian Hall one after the other, and at this moment, the Fengxian Hall was empty, only Honglu Temple Qing and the living note official followed.
In the hall, there are portraits of the fourteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty, among which Zhu Youzhen took a special look at the portrait of Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Isn't this the normal portrait of the future generations, I just said that normal people can't look like that......"
Looking at the portrait of Zhu Yuanzhang hanging high in Fengxian Hall, wearing a round-necked robe and sitting in the hall, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but complain about the portrait of the shoehorn face in later generations.
But looking at it, he felt that something was wrong.
He looked at Zhu Youxiao, then at Wanli, then at Zhu Changluo, and then thought about himself.
"Bad ......"
Thinking that he looked more like Zhu Changluo, Zhu Youzhen scolded in his heart.
"Saluting ......"
At this time, Honglu Siqing began to ring the bell and sing, and Zhu Youzhen and Zhu Youxiao began to bow five times and bow three times.
After the ceremony was over, the living note official and Honglu Siqing also walked out of the Fengxian Palace.
According to the process, Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen need to stay in for a quarter of an hour, and this is a good opportunity for Zhu Youzhen.
"Brother......
Zhu Youzhen poked Zhu Youxiao's back with Yugui, and Zhu Youxiao turned his head to look at it in confusion, his face was a little pale.
"What's wrong?" Zhu Youxiao was a little puzzled, but his eyes lit up in the next second.
I saw Zhu Youzhen take out the mung bean cake wrapped in yellow satin from his arms, Zhu Youxiao didn't have time to ask him if he had eaten it, so he grabbed it and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Slow down, don't get it on your clothes......"
Looking at Zhu Youxiao's gobbling up, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but feel proud.
"Sure enough, it's my first priority."
"Is there any water?" Zhu Youxiao was eating, feeling a little choked, but it would be good for Zhu Youzhen to bring mung bean cake, where is there room for water.
He could only look around the temple, and finally saw the gin jug on the sacrificial table.
In front of Zhu Youxiao's wide-eyed eyes, he directly brought the gin jug, and muttered in his mouth:
"The ancestors can't watch their descendants choke to death in front of the palace......"
As he spoke, he handed it to Zhu Youxiao, and Zhu Youxiao was about to choke and roll his eyes, where could he manage so much, and he suddenly poured it down.
Finally calmed down the suffocating feeling of being choked, he took a long breath, and then respectfully put the wine jug back, clasped his hands together and said:
"The ancestors are on top, my brother is naughty, don't be weird with him......"
"......" looked at Zhu Youxiao's actions, and Zhu Youzhen was numb.
He obviously took the wine jug to save Zhu Youxiao's life, why did this become his own joke?
However, seeing that Zhu Youxiao had almost eaten, he helped Zhu Youxiao pat the mung bean cake residue on his body, and after checking that there was no problem, he followed out of the Fengxian Palace.
It's just that they don't know that when they walked out of the Fengxian Palace, in the corner of the wall under the window outside the Fengxian Palace, a living note official who was biting a pen was wrinkled, and said in a tangled way:
"This thing...... Do you remember......"