Chapter 237: Enthronement
When everyone was shocked by what Cheng Yi said, Cheng Yi added: "It's just that they are dead and can't be delayed, and after all, they were the empress dowager and emperor of the Great Zhou, if they really want to whip the corpse, they will lose the face of the Great Zhou."
When everyone heard Cheng Yi's words, they breathed a sigh of relief.
Whipping the corpse of the Queen Mother and the Emperor, this is really shocking and outrageous.
"What do you think?" Shen Zhao asked the ministers.
After the words fell, none of the ministers dared to speak.
All the ministers present knew how big the contradiction between Shen Zhao and the Empress Dowager and Emperor Dowager was.
I'm afraid that no one wants the queen mother and the emperor to die more than Shen Zhao.
Not to mention that even if you really want to whip the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, although it seems to be a little cruel, it is not impossible.
After all, with what the two of them have done, they really deserve this "honor".
Who knows what Shen Zhao is thinking in his heart now, seeing that the future emperor of the Great Zhou is King Jing, who dares to disobey him.
Seeing that everyone didn't dare to speak, Shen Zhao didn't force them to give an answer, and said in a cold voice: "Since there is no objection, according to the Prime Minister's wishes, the Prime Minister will draw up a specific document and hand it over to the Ministry of Rites for implementation as soon as possible."
"Obey." Cheng Yi hurriedly said.
After explaining this matter, Shen Zhao left.
The crowd breathed a sigh of relief.
It's finally over.
It's just that the Ministry of Rites and other relevant officials haven't been able to breathe a sigh of relief, so they can only quickly discuss a charter with Cheng Yi overnight.
Otherwise, it would not be a solution to let the bodies of the Queen Mother and Chu Xuanjin stay in the palace all the time.
The ministers discussed all night, and finally thought of digging two pits near the emperor's mausoleum and burying the queen mother and the emperor in them.
The Queen Mother, there is no title, and even all the previous titles have been abolished.
Chu Xuanjin, the emperor, finally gave him the title of Abolished Emperor.
Once the charter is settled, it is easier to solve.
All the titles of the Queen Mother were abolished, Chu Xuanjin was also designated as the abolished emperor, the two of them died, and the whole Zhou did not need to go into the mourning period, and the people lived as usual.
Some brave people even set off firecrackers to celebrate their deaths.
As for the concubines in Chu Xuanjin's harem, Shen Zhao didn't think about letting them go to the funeral, and Chu Xuanjin didn't deserve to let so many women accompany him to the funeral.
The concubines of the harem let the inner court check clearly, if they have not done anything in the harem, they will give gold out of the palace, otherwise, they will be questioned in accordance with the laws of the Great Zhou.
The final result of the investigation was that there were as many as fifty or sixty concubines in Chu Xuanjin's harem, and in the end, only three of them were clean in their hands, and these three people had just entered the palace for less than three months.
There were five people who entered the palace with them, and the other two already had human lives on their hands.
After this incident spread, everyone deeply felt that what is called the upper beam is not correct and the lower beam is crooked.
Because the emperor and the queen mother are ruthless people, they can do anything for their own interests, so everyone in the harem also thinks so, for the sake of the throne, in order to get what they want, even if their hands are covered with blood?
Anyway, they are noble people who are invaluable, and the lives of those lowly people are not lives at all.
He who should pay for his life should pay for his life, he should be exiled, he should be exiled, he should be confiscated from his house, and he should be put in prison.
Because of what these concubines have done, their Lao Tzu or brothers in the previous dynasty are also involved.
In this wave, Shen Zhao's main focus is not to break or stand, and follow this line to find out what these people have done over the years.
Everyone in the court was in danger for a while, and they were thinking about how to hide the responsibility for their crimes.
However, after raiding two mansions in succession, everyone can be considered to understand.
Since entering Beijing, this scene seems to be inconspicuous
His Royal Highness, in fact, has been secretly checking on all their affairs.
They were in front of him, like transparent people with no secrets.
At this time, some people couldn't help but think of the first banquet that Sheng Qingyuan had just attended in Beijing, and in the Prime Minister's Mansion, he accurately said some information about each noble lady.
Perhaps, before entering Beijing, the couple had already begun to prepare.
Also, after all, one is the heir most valued by the first emperor, and the other is the eldest daughter of Yanbei, these two people are impeccable people both in terms of blood and brain.
Ordinary people, how can they fight them?
Some people chose to give up the struggle and took the initiative to find Shen Zhao and explain all the things they had committed over the years.
Anyway, in the end, they can't escape being found out, and if they take the initiative to confess, they can be punished less, and the final crime can also be reduced a little for the sake of taking the initiative to confess.
Some are just embezzlement, but there is no human life in their hands, as long as the greedy silver is spit out, and even the official position can be maintained if the amount is not large, otherwise it will only be a demotion at most, at least, the black yarn hat is kept.
Compared with those who can't even save their lives, I don't know how much better.
The imperial court directly came to a big blood exchange.
This is something that all ministers can think of, after all, once a prince of heaven and a courtier, but they never thought that Shen Zhao's actions would be so big, and they were so open-minded that they had no way to resist to let them leave.
For the first time, the courtiers were in awe of Shen Zhao from the bottom of their hearts.
As for the vacancies, Shen Zhao was not in a hurry, and slowly selected people with the officials and the cabinet.
At the same time, under the instruction of Sheng Qingyuan, Du Shujun and Ye Yuxing also cleaned some shops in the Great Zhou.
It's just that compared with Shen Zhao's drasticism, this line is obviously much more low-key, and even many shop guys only know that the boss has changed, but they don't know the specific reason, how to work or how to work.
In about half a month, the shops that were previously in the hands of the Queen Mother's family and Chu Xuanjin have changed owners, and the owners of these shops have become Sheng Qingyuan.
All of a sudden, Sheng Qingyuan became the richest person in the whole Zhou.
Sheng Qingyuan used this group of forces and the large amount of money he received to continue to improve the medical system in various places.
Some of the dirty silver that Shen Zhao recovered in the imperial court was also used to support the improvement of Sheng Qingyuan's medical system.
No one has any questions about it.
As soon as everyone has already acquiesced to Shen Zhao as the emperor, isn't Sheng Qingyuan the queen? Isn't it right for the emperor to support the empress's charity?
Second, the medical system has been improved, and the people will ultimately benefit.
In the past two years, the people have realized the convenience and benefits of Yixintang, and naturally welcome more Yixintang across the country.
For another half a month, Shen Zhao, who had been dragging on the throne without succession, finally stepped into the highest position at the urging of all his subjects.
The subjects of the Great Zhou cheered.
Merely......
When everyone looked at Sheng Qingyuan, who walked up the white jade steps hand in hand with Shen Zhao, they all began to murmur in their hearts.
This has never been such an honor for a queen, who can accompany the new emperor to complete the enthronement ceremony and accompany him to the highest position.
Moreover, Sheng Qingyuan's identity is so sensitive.
How do you count this?
The first thing Shen Zhao did after ascending the throne was to make Sheng Qingyuan the queen and allow her to discuss political power.
Shen Zhao's attitude was very hard, even if there were some old courtiers to persuade him, it was useless, and the old courtiers had even used to force each other to death, and Shen Zhao beat them back with a fluttering word.
"If I can't even make decisions about such a trivial matter, then you can find someone else to be the emperor."
If it were someone else, it would be angry to be him, but everyone knew that Shen Zhao had been dragging on not being the emperor, just looking for the Chu family
Is there a more reliable child who can inherit this throne?
He really didn't want to be this emperor.
He really did the thing of leaving this throne at any time and leaving.
Now that the Great Zhou has drastically replaced so many ministers, when everything is in ruins, no one in the Chu family can be better than Shen Zhao, and the old ministers are really worried that he will follow Sheng Qingyuan to Yanbei and never come back.
Therefore, for Shen Zhao's "willful" behavior, he can only come.
The enthronement ceremony was finally over, Sheng Qingyuan took off all the ornaments on his body, rubbed his sore neck and said to Shen Zhao, "You can handle the affairs of the Great Zhou yourself, don't expect me."
Shen Zhao smiled and pressed Sheng Qingyuan's neck and said, "Can the queen bear to let me deal with so many twists and turns alone? Tired?"
Sheng Qingyuan tugged at the corners of his mouth and said, "Am I relaxed?"
In the past month, Shen Zhao has been busy with government affairs, and she has not been idle, improving the medical system, improving the charities in various places, washing the blood of the Empress Dowager's family and Chu Xuanjin's commercial power, she is really not idle for a moment.
Not to mention Yanbei's side, Emperor Yanbei sent her a letter every three or five days, although the letter did not explicitly urge her to return to China, but this meaning was revealed between the lines.
Since she is the daughter of Yanbei, it is always inappropriate to stay in another country for too long.
"Well, it's been hard work." Shen Zhao smiled and continued to rub Sheng Qingyuan's shoulders.
Sheng Qingyuan enjoyed Shen Zhao's service very comfortably, and after being quiet for a while, he said to him, "Father's letter arrived yesterday, and he asked me to send you Yanbei's blessings."
"With you, it's already the greatest blessing and the greatest gift." Shen Zhao said with a smile.
Sheng Qingyuan glared at him lightly, "Don't be poor, I haven't finished talking yet."
Shen Zhao sighed helplessly, he could already roughly guess what Emperor Yanbei was going to say next, "He let you return to China, didn't he?"
"Well, it's hard for me not to go back all the time." Sheng Qingyuan nodded and said.
"When you want to go back, I'll have someone prepare it for you." Shen Zhao said.
Sheng Qingyuan held Shen Zhao's hand that was massaging her with one hand, and turned her head to look at him, "You actually agreed so readily?"
She also thought that Shen Zhao would definitely try his best to keep her.
Shen Zhao said, "I have my responsibility, you also have your responsibility, I can't be so selfish and let you give up everything for me."
From this period of time, whether it was what Sheng Qingyuan did in Yanbei Weifu or what he did for the people in Da Zhou, he could see that Sheng Qingyuan was extremely talented in this regard.
If she is confined to the small world of the harem, then she has really been wronged.
Sheng Qingyuan's heart just rose a little moved, and then he heard Shen Zhao's words, "You have decided the time, I will go back with you."
"Huh?" Sheng Qingyuan was surprised.
He just left Da Zhou as soon as he succeeded to the throne, isn't that okay?
"The lady is too good, I'm afraid I'll leave, what should I do if someone snatches my lady away?" Shen Zhao said with a smile.
Sheng Qing Yuan: "............"