Nine hundred and fifty-three: Edict

"Since ancient times, emperors have ruled the world, and they must take respecting the heavens and the ancestors as the first priority, and the ancestors of the heavens are based on the sincere heart, and they are not allowed to breathe in between.

"Emperor Taizong Wen of Emperor Zhenmeng is the subject of the sect, carefully selected among the sons, and ordered me to inherit the unification, Shao Deng Dabao, and work hard all night, and I am afraid that I will not be able to bear the load."

"But the heart ,,,of the Emperor of the Emperor

"Over the past 16 years, I have worked hard, worked hard day and night, exerted political efforts, worked hard, disciplined my ministers, and never relented."

"Although it was not as expected, and the government has gradually been cleared, the people's hearts have gradually become good, the subjects are all over the world, the people are all over the world, there are many frequent books, and Jiaxiang is stacked!"

"I uphold this sincere heart, diligently recklessly, although I work hard, I don't dare to slack off, Fang Yitu is safe, and I have been transformed for a long time!"

"I am not hesitant today, I am dying, I have no life in my body, and I will come and go, but the emperor has been entrusted by Emperor Taizongwen, although I can be confident and unashamed, and the volunteer is unfinished, it is not without regrets,,,"

"Prince Ning Jing, benevolent, benevolent, upright, filial piety and wisdom, Emperor Taizong is the most beloved among his grandchildren, raising the palace, and his grace is more than usual!"

"Now that a major event has occurred, I will succeed me to ascend to the pole, that is, the emperor's throne! Relying on the blessing of heaven and the conspiracy of the ancestors, when the universe is peaceful and peaceful, we will be able to share the blessing of peace with hundreds of millions of people! ”

"Jing admires the accumulation of the ancestors, the depth of my teachings, and the princes are close to each other, and they are really one, especially when they are sincere and fraternal, and they are related to each other,,,

"Be close to the righteous, do the right thing, listen to the right words, don't be tempted by villains, don't be confused by heresies,,,"

"The ancestors of the ancestors should be friendly, the virtuous ministers used by the country should be protected, the nature is harmonious, and the ancestors of the society are celebrated for ten thousand years!"

"Prince Yue is kind-hearted, peaceful and prudent, but he is less responsible in case of trouble, and he will not make mistakes! Prince Wu is loyal and upright, has excellent talents, and is useful to the country, and you are a brother and brother, and you are a brother, so you should use your heart to assist the left, and you should not be lazy,,,"

"Prince Ning Jing, although he is young and strong, but he has been seriously injured in a long battle, his gas is weak, and he is not tired of hard work, if he encounters a major event, the kings and ministers should be considerate, do not let it hurt his body, if this damages the spirit of the virtuous monarch, and cannot handle government affairs for the country, it is a pity,,,

"Yang Jisheng, a university scholar, is pure and complete, sincere in service, and has made outstanding contributions to the three generations of veterans."

"The university scholars are like the sea, they are loyal, they are talented and economical, they are the officials of the people, they appease the frontier, and Xun is a famous minister who is not born in the world."

"The university is upright, clean and self-conscious, virtuous, loyal and reasonable, deferential and submissive, and there are many places to rely on in the government."

"These three people, I can ensure that they are unswerving, and in the future, the three ministers will be worthy of enjoying the Taimiao, in order to show grace! It has long been decided that the university scholars should be the same! The rest of the virtuous and loyal ministers such as Chen Xing and Li Chunfang are old and respectful, and they should be reused, so as not to cause chaos in the country. ”

"The common sense of life and death, the number of shortages, but not just inherit the flood of the saints, and finally serve the Virgin Queen Mother's food, the center of the thought, although the death of Funing, Prince Ning, and when I do my filial piety, I will feel a little at ease."

"The funeral is in accordance with the emperor's examination system, the day changes to the month, the 27th is released, and the mother forbids music to marry."

"The heir's inheritance, for a heavy wedding, cannot expire, there is a division outside 100 days, and the mother has to be violated."

"The commander-in-chief of the town guards and other officials and the officials of the three divisions of the capital cloth are strictly sealed to appease the army and the people, and they are not allowed to leave their posts without permission.

"Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and the Yamen below the seven grades of the political secretary are exempt from incense, and the edict is issued at home and abroad, and the salty envoys know about it."

Although most emperors didn't have the heart to leave an edict, or most of them were too anxious to leave an edict, so most of them were ghostwritten by scholars, but it is obvious that this edict is really from the hands of Emperor Yongxi!

Because between the lines, Emperor Yongxi's worries about the future of this empire and everyone are slowly speaking, and it is this letter that reminds everyone of Emperor Yongxi's kindness, rather than being mean and unkind!

The previous edicts are naturally no different from other edicts, all of them say how difficult it is for them, how hard-working they are, this Emperor Yongxi is really right, he can be said to be more diligent than Emperor Taizu since he ascended the throne! So there is nothing unconvinced by this!

Then he began to tell his own future, the first thing to mention must be the new monarch, not surprisingly, it was Li Jing, and everyone present was not even the slightest surprised, including several princes!

Li Jing knelt silently in the front, behind him were the princes, and on both sides of it were the queen mother and the queen, both of whom were weeping and listening to the reading of the will, and next to them were the concubines of Emperor Yongxi.

The ministers are after the princes, in fact, they are several humerus ministers, the nobles of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and the elders of the cabinet.

Although the few words about Li Jing are not long, they can be said to be the last insurance for Li Jing's identity, saying that Li Jing is Emperor Taizong's favorite grandson, who has been raised in the palace since he was a child, and was raised by me myself.

These two sentences can be said to have completely freed Li Jing from the suspicion of "usurpation" from now on, because it was Emperor Yongxi who personally took the blame, indicating that I knew about this matter, and I knew that Li Jing was my nephew!

With Emperor Yongxi taking the blame, although it may be a bit incredible to read it in later generations, after all, there are still adopted nephews and adopted biological sons? Plus the throne passed to nephews and not their own biological sons?

But at this time, in the hearts of all the people, and even in the history books in the future, Li Jing is a well-deserved successor! No matter how much future generations speculate, they can't change the fact that Li Jing is justified!

So Li Jing knelt there silently and shed tears again, until he died, Emperor Yongxi was still thinking about himself and trying his best to remove all obstacles for himself! Although the two are not father and son, they are like father and son! Therefore, although Li Jing was still holding on at this time, after all, he wanted to prepare a funeral for Emperor Yongxi, but he couldn't stop crying!

The words that followed can be seen as an exhortation to Li Jing, let him be friendly to his brothers, be friendly to his clansmen, be close to the virtuous ministers, and govern the world well!

Although Fang Cai didn't say it in it, at this time, Emperor Yongxi said his words to Li Jing, his teachings and worries about Li Jing, and the words of earnest teachings were like a loving mother and a strict father, which made Li Jing's heart almost broken!

followed by the words of several princes, Emperor Yongxi never praised them even a word in his life, but at this time, in the edict, the first sentence was Li Ming, the king of Yue who he despised the most and scolded the most!

also proves that Li Ming is his favorite son, and he is also the son he can't rest assured of, not only did he not scold in the edict, but on the contrary, he affirmed some of Li Ming's qualities.

followed by Li En, who was once only one step away from the throne, although he disappointed Emperor Yongxi again, but in the edict, Li Yi was said to be the virtuous king of the world who ruled the world by the left, and he did not scold a bad word!

At the same time, it is also an entrustment to Li Jing, let Li Jing treat his sons well, and don't do anything to them that is bitter and hateful! I also hope that my sons can be honest and down-to-earth, don't think about anything more, this thought is just to make Li Jing and his sons friendly!

He has never experienced the affection between brothers in his life, and only felt a little brotherly affection when he was young under the care of King Ning, so he thinks all kinds of feelings are precious!

Even if his relationship with the clan is very poor, he himself still hopes to integrate into the clan, and hopes that Li Jing can inherit his wish and have a good relationship with the clan!

When he listened to this paragraph, Li Ming directly collapsed on the spot, knocked his head on the ground and cried loudly: "Father! ”

Several princes finally felt the fatherly care from Emperor Yongxi at this time, and they couldn't help but sob, and everyone present couldn't help crying again!

Dai Quan also choked up and cried and continued to read, Emperor Yongxi still couldn't rest assured of Li Jing in the end, and said a lot of words back to Li Jing, although Li Jing is young and strong, but still ask the ministers to take care of Li Jing, I am afraid that he has been fighting and hurting his body, during which his care for Li Jing can be said to be beyond words!

I also mentioned a few ministers who can be used by themselves, Li Jing can continue to use them in the future, and I am afraid that Li Jing will forget, so I asked one side again, and in the future, Yang Jisheng Lin Ruhai and Ning Zhi will be worthy of enjoying the Taimiao, and naturally Yang Jisheng Lin Ruhai and other ministers will be moved beyond words!

The emperor's edict specially put forward the names of a few of them, and it can be said that in the future, with this edict alone, a few of them will be equivalent to having a layer of golden body! No matter what the final outcome is, at least one of them will definitely be Baoding!

The most important thing is that when everyone thought that Emperor Yongxi had forgotten or deliberately did not mention it, Emperor Yongxi still announced the disposal of Shangguanyi, saying that it had been decided a long time ago, and asked Li Jing to directly deserve Shangguanyi to enjoy the Taimiao and bury the emperor's mausoleum!

This also made the few remaining representatives of the new party who were present cry, and when the new party was about to be liquidated, Emperor Yongxi still remembered the old feelings and took action to protect them! This kind of grace, how can they not be moved to tears!

At the end of the edict, except for the routine mentions, there is no need to make it too big, just deal with it simply, and other officials who are too remote do not need to come to Beijing to incense.

Before this, I couldn't help but say a word about the Queen Mother, let Li Jing honor the Queen Mother in the future, although he didn't get too much maternal love from the Queen Mother, but it was obvious that at the end of his life, what he was most worried about was his mother!

This inevitably reminded the Queen Mother of Emperor Yongxi's goodness, and she inevitably cried to death and live, until this moment the Queen Mother regretted it slightly, she never seemed to have given much maternal love to this lonely fourth child, and she pampered so many "angry" sons, but in the end, what she missed most was this son who had hardly given much good face!

Emperor Yongxi's edict was full of two words: "Reluctant!" ”

He has too much anxiety and reluctance towards this empire, his relatives, his clan, many people who even hate him, Li Jing, and his son, but he has the helplessness to leave!

The edict was not even read in its entirety, and almost after reading a paragraph, it caused everyone to cry loudly!

In the end, the Queen Mother couldn't hold on, Li Jing could only send someone to send the Queen Mother back to Cining Palace first, and the Queen also fainted from crying, and in the end, only Li Jing and the princes and ministers were still left.

After Dai Quan finished reading it, Li Jing took the edict, knelt down and cried loudly, and the ministers around him also knelt down and cried loudly, until Dai Quan dissuaded him, and then persuaded Li Jing and others.

Li Jing wiped his tears, this party was refreshed to prepare for the funeral of Emperor Yongxi, Li Jing first handed over the edict to Yang Jisheng and said: "Sir, you have already heard the edict, please read it in front of the ministers tomorrow." ”

Yang Jisheng sighed, took the edict without saying a word, and nodded to Li Jing, Li Jing then said to Lin Ruhai and Li Chunfang, the Ministry of Works: "Next, the funeral of the first emperor will bother you." ”

The three of them hurriedly said they didn't dare, and then Li Jing left the three of them to go to the side hall for a while to discuss what to do with the funeral, and the three of them retreated first.

Immediately afterwards, Li Jing instructed Ren Jingli and Wu Kui again: "Everything is still done according to the time of Emperor Taizong's great trip, the nine gates are on guard, the army is transferred to Beijing for martial law, the imperial city is blocked, and the Jinyi guard takes over the imperial city guard." ”

"Yes."

The two responded, and then Ren Jingli sighed and patted Li Jing's shoulder and said, "Brother Jing'er, you have to hold on, now it's not just these things on your shoulders, the whole world is on you, you must take care." ”

Li Jingqiang smiled and nodded: "I know, thank you uncle." ”

Ren Jingli nodded, and then Li Jing looked at Li Ming, who was still kneeling on the ground and crying, and said in a deep voice: "Don't cry!" Stand up for me! ”

Hearing this, Li Ming knelt on the ground, raised his head and looked at Li Jing and cried: "Second brother! Father, father, he ,,,"

The people who were supporting Li Ming around also shed tears, and Li Jing said in a deep voice when he heard this: "Who doesn't want to cry? Everyone wants to cry! If you want to cry, go back to crying! Wait for the mourning hall to stand up, and you can cry as long as you want! Now get the hell out of me! Not at all! ”

Li Ming heard this, so he collected his tears and nodded: "Second brother is right, first, do the right thing first." ”

Li Yan on the side also stepped forward and said to Li Ming: "Let's do the right thing first, Xiao Qi, if you really can't stand it, go back and rest first?" ”

Li Ming hurriedly shook his head: "No! No, my brothers are here, what do you say when I'm gone? I won't have the face to see my father again! ”

In this way, Li Jing's face looked a little better, and then Li Jing said to Li Yi: "There is Fifth Brother Lao here, and I have to discuss the next matter with the officials of the Ministry of Rites." ”

Li Yi nodded and said, "You go, we are here." ”

Li Jing nodded, Li Yi sighed, patted Li Jing's shoulder and said, "Don't be too sad, the most important thing now is you, take care of your body." ”

Li Jing nodded, and without saying anything, he turned his head and entered the side hall, and outside Li Yi and the others went to the Qianqing Palace to wait for Li Jing's arrangement, and also guarded the body of Emperor Daxing.

The procedure for the emperor's death is very complicated, anyway, even Li Jing, who studies history, doesn't remember it or even doesn't know it very well, but fortunately, because it is too complicated, even few people in the royal family know about it, so it is generally handled by officials of the Ministry of Rites, and Li Jing just needs to listen to what they are going to do.

Because it is too complicated and cumbersome, it also requires the participation of many departments, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites ordered Qin Tianjian to check the appropriate time for the funeral, and on the other hand, they were here to talk to Li Jing about what to do next.

First of all, the officials of the Ministry of Rites came up and asked Li Jing, the new emperor who was about to ascend the throne, to write down the temple number of Emperor Daxing, followed by the tablet, all of which were written by the new emperor, because no one dared to write another emperor except the emperor!

After Li Jing finished writing, the Ministry of Rites quickly sent people to the Ministry of Industry to customize the spiritual position, to customize several, during the Great Line in the spiritual hall of the Qianqing Palace, as well as in the Imperial Tomb Longen Palace, and in the Taimiao, in short, a lot of spiritual positions are needed.

After that, it is to do the next thing to popularize science with Li Jing, so that Li Jing has a number in his heart, first of all, Li Jing has to go to Cining Palace and Kunning Palace to invite the Queen Mother and the Empress and the concubines and concubines of the palace to bathe the body of Emperor Yongxi and change into a funeral dragon robe.

The dragon robe worn by the emperor for burial has long been prepared, compared to the past, it is actually not gorgeous, the really gorgeous is the emperor's dragon crown, the winged crown made of gold wire, and the two golden dragons are holding red beads, which can be said to be gorgeous and abnormal!

It's because it's too gorgeous, so the emperor usually doesn't wear this, it's usually just a black gauze dotted with a golden dragon's winged good crown, such a gorgeous one is just a dead weapon worn during the funeral, so in many film and television dramas, the emperor usually wears a golden silk winged good crown, which is a bit taken for granted,,,

After bathing and changing clothes, there should be news from Qin Tianjian's side, and when they tell when the time is for the small funeral, the mourning hall must be put up as soon as possible during this period, and when the time comes, it will be carried by the princes into the funeral.

The coffin has already been prepared, in fact, the first thing every emperor does when he ascends the throne is to repair the imperial tomb for himself and get a coffin, so it has already been prepared.

The emperor's coffin, of course, can't be called a coffin,,, of course it's not a dragon coffin, it's called Zi Palace, this Zi Palace is very big and complicated, and the materials are of course extraordinary, it is a high-quality golden silk nanmu from Yunnan, and it costs at least 480,000 taels of silver to build one! At the very least, it takes 128 people to be able to lift it!

On weekdays, this is stored in the Emperor's Tomb Longen Palace, at this time it is necessary to order someone to carry it out, before lifting it out, it is necessary to brush forty-nine gold lacquers on it, and after it is dry, it is sent to the Qianqing Palace.