As Yin Ziping said, the old emperor died in the night.

On the second day, Shen Li went to the early court, and the palace was a scene of funerals, with white cloth hanging on the door, white paper pasted on the pillars, and red palace lamps also changed to white, and there were ministers, palace maids, and eunuchs wearing white mourning clothes everywhere.

Shen Li's purple official robe was very eye-catching, and a eunuch hurriedly brought Shen Li a white robe and white hat, which Shen Li immediately put on.

Shen Li entered the main hall and looked at the dragon chair, the side seat next to the dragon chair where the prince was sitting before had been removed, and the prince was sitting on the throne in the center.

Because the coronation ceremony was not carried out, the crown prince still wore the prince's nine-crown crown, dressed in white, bowing his head and silent, crying and mourning.

The ministers were all crying and crying, and Shen Li didn't know if they were really crying or pretending to cry, anyway, most of them were sobbing, wailing, and calling for the first emperor.

"If my father has a spirit in the sky, he must be very relieved and moved to see that the Qing family is so nostalgic and nostalgic for his old man!" The new emperor said with red eyes.

"Let's stop for a moment, and I will announce the emperor's edict." Yin Ziping stood up and said to the ministers.

After Yin Ziping finished speaking, the noisy hall instantly fell silent.

Yin Ziping took out a golden holy decree and read it out:

"I have reigned for more than 31 years, worked hard in government affairs, did my best, protected the country from danger, brought order to chaos, cultivated the common people, the people were happy and self-sufficient, the army was strong, and I dominated the countries of the Eastern Regions.

The descendants of the Feng clan and the ministers of the Vermilion Bird Empire listen to me, do not covet wine and pleasure, waste the community, and must work together to do their best for the country, and work hard internally, so that the people can work happily, and use troops cautiously externally, and strive to ensure peace in the Eastern Regions. If I can save my heart, I will pass away peacefully.

The crown prince is my eldest son, generous and benevolent, and has won my heart, and immediately succeeded to the throne and ascended the throne under the canonical system. ”

As soon as Yin Ziping finished reading the last sentence of "Immediately succeed to the throne and ascend the throne with the canonical system", all the ministers hurriedly knelt down and shouted in unison:

"See the new emperor!"

Shen Li and several ministers who were immortal cultivators did not need to kneel, they only needed to bow and salute.

"Zhong Aiqing is flat, my father and the emperor have passed away, my heart is very sad, now I am going to guard the soul of my father, and the matter of the state funeral will be handed over to the Ministry of Rites, and you can obey the arrangement of the prime minister for other political affairs, and say goodbye." The new emperor said that, and went straight to the outside of the palace.

"Is there something important to do in various ministries and places?" Yin Ziping asked.

"Feng Geng, the waiter of the Criminal Department, has something to play." Feng Geng said.

"Please!"

"Lord Prime Minister, Ji Xiaoquan, the Shangshu of my Criminal Department, has been imprisoned for the crime of treason, the so-called family cannot be left without an owner for a day, there are four servants in my Criminal Department, Lord Prime Minister, who do you think is the most suitable person for me to preside over the Criminal Department now?" Feng Geng said.

"Then let's do it, I nominate Shen Li, the imperial historian of the Imperial Procuratorate, as the secretary of the Criminal Department, how about everyone discuss it?" Yin Ziping asked.

Although Feng Geng and the other three servants of the Criminal Department looked displeased, they did not raise any objections.

Feng Geng thought to himself: "Everyone knows that Shen Li is your cronie, you promote him, who dares to say no, isn't it clearly against you?" ”

"Shen Li has meritorious service in supervising the case of Ji Xiaoquan and the second prince's rebellion, he is upright, his character, literary talents, and martial arts are good, and he is a young talent from Qingyunmen, so he should be promoted, and the lower officials very much agree with the prime minister's proposal!" A minister standing in the first row was the first to speak.

"The lower official seconded the proposal!"

"The lower official seconded the proposal!"

……

At this time, the four attendants of the Criminal Department looked at each other, all as uncomfortable as swallowing a fly, like a fish in their throats, daring to be angry and not daring to speak, they thought that the Shangshu of the Criminal Department had to promote one of the four of them, but they didn't expect Shen Li to come to the Criminal Department.

"Okay, since we all agree, then this matter is settled, Shen Li, everyone agrees to appoint you as the new secretary of the Criminal Department, do you have any objections?" Yin Ziping said.

"How can I Shen Li? I sincerely thank the Prime Minister and all my colleagues for their love, Shen Liding should live up to expectations and make some achievements in the Criminal Department, thank you, thank you......" Shen Li hugged his fists and thanked the ministers who seconded the proposal one by one.

"Who has something to do?" Yin Ziping asked.

"Prime Minister, Yue Yunlong, the secretary of the military department, has something to play." An old man with a tiger's back came out and said.

"Lord Yue, please speak."

"Prime Minister Qiqi, according to yesterday's report from the spies, there has been a conflict between the Xuanwu Island Country in the East China Sea and the Chuyun Empire, and the Xuanwu Island Country has sent troops to land in the eastern coastal area of the Chuyun Empire." The old man said.

"How's the battle going?" Yin Ziping asked.

"The battle is stalemate, and there are still small-scale battles for the time being."

"It's almost the New Year, are the pirates of Xuanwu Island trying to find the Chuyun Empire to make some money to spend?" Yin Ziping said.

"Prime Minister, Xuanwu Island's ambitions are very big, they have been thinking of building a country in our Eastern Regions for many years, and our coastal army has also fought with them several times, and Xuanwu Island's combat power should not be underestimated." A military officer stood up and said.

"Prime Minister, Xuanwu Island does have some strength, but as long as the war does not spread to the territory of our Vermilion Bird Empire, I don't think there is any need to pay too much attention to it." A Wenchen in the first row stood up and said.

"In that case, the military department will send people to continue to closely monitor the trend of the war, and report to me as soon as there is any situation." Yin Ziping said.

"Yes!" Yue Yunlong Shangshu replied.

"General Rong, strengthen the deployment of defenses in the coastal areas, let the troops guarding the ports along the coast enter a state of combat readiness, and carefully investigate the ships and merchants from Xuanwu Island to prevent them from mixing in and working carefully." Yin Ziping commanded.

"Yes!" The military attache who stood up and spoke just now clenched his fists and said.

……

The mansion of the former criminal department Shangshu Ji Koizumi.

"Yes, yes, there is such a big mansion on the edge of the imperial city, you can get a lot of money." Shen Li walked around the Shangshu Mansion and said.

"Lord Shen, this mansion is from the exclusive specifications of ministers above the first grade, Fengcheng merchants gather, there are many people who can afford this kind of house, but they are not qualified to buy the mansion on the edge of the imperial city, this is the exclusive mansion of the important ministers from the first grade." The butler on the side explained.

"Steward Wu, I personally sent Master Ji to prison, the people in the house are afraid that there will be Master Ji left, you say they won't hate me, right?" Shen Li pretended to ask casually.

"My lord, no, all the cronies of Lord Yuan Shangshu have been dismissed, and my original errand in the Prime Minister's Mansion has also been filled by the people of the Prime Minister's Mansion." Steward Wu said.

"It's still Senior Brother who thinks it through. Prepare the car, I want to go to the yamen of the criminal department. Shen Li said.

Shen Li entered the yamen of the Criminal Department, and the officials of the Criminal Department greeted him warmly, even if Shen Li was still wearing the official uniform of the imperial history, everyone could accurately recognize him as the newly appointed Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and even the miscellaneous servants who swept the floor in the Criminal Department could call out that sentence:

"Hello Shangshu!"