As the east gradually brightens, the entire Forbidden City slowly becomes clear in the morning light.

In the square in front of the noon gate, hundreds of civil and military officials came to mourn, and lined up here in the order of participating in the early dynasty. After receiving the rhino horn belt and cutting clothes from the officials of the Ministry of Rites, he immediately knelt on the ground in the direction of the Qianqing Palace and cried.

Whether it is to show his loyalty to the king's life philosophy, or to be afraid that the Kedao Yanguan will catch the pigtail, he will try to squeeze out a tear at this time, but he can't do it, so he has to squeeze the inner flesh of his thighs.

There are a lot of people who really cry! For example, Li Yu, the secretary of the ministry, had already learned that the Qing faction was going to nominate Wang Shu to take his place, and when he thought that he was about to roll up the quilt and go home, his heart felt like a mess of hemp.

Although the saints taught that "what is used is done, and what is given away is hidden", after tasting the taste of power, how can there be any saints. Those clear streams that keep talking about it are actually not trying to climb up in every possible way, and real saints will not participate in the imperial examination at all.

Xu Pu, a scholar from Hanlin Academy who was kneeling on the ground, wanted to laugh, but he knew that it was not time to be happy at this time, so he held back his breath.

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!

Two tall palace brocade guards appeared on both sides of the palace road with a long whip in their hands, standing in the open space in front of the civil and military officials, and brandished the long whip with skill.

The whip is thick and long, and the tips are made of special soft leather and coated with a special wax that produces a hair-tingling sound with each whip.

In the sound of the whip, the main entrance of the noon gate, which had been sealed for many years, slowly opened, and a jade chariot drove out of the royal road.

Sitting on the jade chariot is naturally Zhu Youji, Zhu Youzhu is still wearing filial piety clothes, but his face does not look smiling, and the whole person already has a bit of an emperor's spirit.

Although he realized a few days ago that he would face the Manchu civil and military alone, he only faced more than 3,000 officials alone, and he also felt a trace of pressure.

If you just want to be a foolish emperor, then you can be in this position without fighting, but there will undoubtedly be a long way to go if you want to dominate the world alone.

The eunuch Li Rong, the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch, sent the edict, and Wan An, the first assistant of the cabinet, read out the edict and said: "I am thin, and I have inherited the ancestors for twenty years and three years. Now the disease is dying, and the Buddha can prosper. The common sense of life and death, ancient and modern people are inevitable, fortunately, the succession is unified, and the people of the sect and society depend on it, although I abandon the world, I will regret it again! The crown prince is intelligent, benevolent and filial, virtuous and long-awaited, and it is appropriate to be the emperor, and the Chinese and foreign civil and military ministers are the assistants...... Chin this! ”

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This edict was not written by civil officials, but was drafted by Zhu Jianshen himself when he was alive.

Zhu Jianshen neither exaggerated his own merits nor reviewed his mistakes in governance, but he made it very clear that he passed the throne to the crown prince Zhu Youji.

"Ministers and other edicts, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

The civil and military officials have long been clear about the candidate for the new emperor, and since ancient times, there has been no crown prince who has died and cannot succeed to the throne, but now seeing that things have not changed, they have knelt down and bowed.

Zhou Hongmo, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stood in front of the civil and military officials, and sang loudly: "The new monarch is here, and he still doesn't salute!" ”

"The ministers knock on the new king, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

The civil and military officials faced Zhu Youzhu on the jade chariot, and saluted again.

Zhu Youzhu looked at the civil and military officials kneeling in front of him, and watched them pay tribute to him, and he couldn't help but feel the taste of power.

It's just that if you want to really make these people surrender, it is naturally far from enough to rely on this identity, but to have the wrist to slap and reward a sweet date.

Zhu Youzhu didn't speak, and exchanged a look with Liang Fang, the eunuch of the palm seal of the Imperial Horse Division next to him, and Liang Fang arranged for Yu Yuan to return to the Forbidden City.

"Ministers send off the new monarch, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

When the civil and military officials led by Wan An saw Yu Yuan return to the Forbidden City, they immediately knelt down again.

It is impossible for Zhu Youzhu to ascend the throne as emperor just after the death of the first emperor, but as courtiers, they naturally have to make their stand as soon as possible and firmly support Zhu Youzhu as emperor.

The reason why the civil bureaucracy can become the backbone of every dynasty is that they absolutely uphold orthodoxy, so as to obtain the affirmation of the orthodox heirs.

Although Zhu Jianshen has become a thing of the past, the ceremony of the national funeral will not be sloppy at all.

Knock knock knock......

The bell of the noon tower rang uninterruptedly and spread throughout the city of Beijing.

The bell of Berlin Temple in the north of the city rang, the bell of Longfu Temple in the east of the city rang, the bell of Chongxuanguan in the west of the city rang, and the bells of the whole city rang at this time.

According to the national funeral system of the Ming Dynasty, the temples in the capital must strike 30,000 pestles every day during this period, on behalf of the Chenghua Emperor who has just died, "benefit the underworld".

Since today, the entire Ming Dynasty has officially entered the state funeral.

The obituary and testament will be published throughout the country from provincial capitals, prefectures, counties, towns and villages, and the whole country will enter the national funeral.

The yamen everywhere should bow to the north, including the vassal kings everywhere every day.

The yamen of the capital ceased to operate, and the whole city had to fast. The entire capital is forbidden to slaughter for about half a month, so from today onwards, it is difficult to eat fresh meat.

Emperor Chenghua's Maoling has already been built, but the emperor's burial is not a child's house, usually choose an auspicious day of the zodiac, and the interval between this period is often as long as several months.

Due to the finalization of the temple number and the name of Emperor Chenghua, Zhu Jianshen can enter the Zi Palace after passing the small and large burials. Although the weather is cooler in August, it is not beautiful to have the smell of corpses for too long.

The place where the civil mortuary is called the mourning hall, but the royal family here is called the hall of several feasts.

The Ming Dynasty's feast halls were usually selected in the Renzhi Palace, also known as the White Tiger Palace, which was located in the outer court area of the Forbidden City, and was a secluded palace located in the north of the Wuying Palace.

The plaque of this palace is covered with a white cloth, the tree in front of the door is hung with spirit flags, white flags, etc., and the offerings placed in the hall are placed on the sacrificial objects such as wine and food, and in the middle is the spiritual seat of Emperor Chenghua.

When civil and military officials come to the palace, whether they are true or false, they must cry and mourn at this moment. In addition to the civil and military people and noble relatives, the ladies of the three grades or above in Beijing also came.

Although Zhu Youzhu has become the new monarch, he now has to wear linen and guard filial piety in the mourning hall every day.

No matter how anxious he is, it is impossible for the old emperor to ascend the throne immediately as soon as he dies. Especially now that it is still a time of peace, it is necessary to go through a process.

The Prince's Mansion, where a white curtain was also hung, did not fall along with the trees in the courtyard.

Although everyone was wearing mourning clothes, there was still a hint of excitement between their eyebrows. As long as the crown prince ascends the throne, then the prince's mansion will become history, and their status back to the palace will naturally rise.

The sandalwood in the main hall room curled up, and a fair-skinned and beautiful woman was combing her hair in front of the bronze mirror.

Under the skillful hands of the two palace maids, a black green silk is slowly coiled into a delicate three-dimensional high-volume hairstyle, and a hundred birds are inserted in front of the phoenix golden hairpin, and the earlobes are hung with round pearls, which is resolutely a noble beauty image.

Although she was going to wear linen and filial piety, her long skirt was tight, her waist was covered with a green belt, and a touch of white brocade wrapped around her chest, and this woman's capital was also one of her weapons.

Now that the old emperor has passed away and the crown prince is about to succeed to the throne, the most happy person in the entire prince's mansion is naturally the crown princess Zhang Yujiao, who is the mother of the world.

Zhang Yujiao rarely got up early today, and she seemed to be in a good mood. After combing his hair, he took matters into his own hands and began to put on his makeup in front of the bronze mirror.

Different from the heavy makeup that prevailed in the Ming Dynasty nowadays, she has always painted her face with light makeup, pursuing elegance and simplicity, which is one of the reasons why Zhu Youzhu was once fascinated.

"Crown Princess, makeup is not allowed at the national funeral now!" An elderly palace maid next to her saw Zhang Yujiao in the thrush, and reminded her carefully.

Zhang Yujiao almost made a mistake, her face suddenly froze, but her eyes fell on the palace maid Xiaozi through the bronze mirror.

Xiao Zi immediately stepped forward, and before the palace maid could react, she slapped her hard and said, "It's really presumptuous!" Come on, lock her up and starve her for three days! ”

"Yes!" The two eunuchs who were in the outer room immediately came in and dragged the crying palace maid away.

After half a pillar of incense, after some delicate light makeup, Zhang Yujiao resolutely became "skin like condensation, bright like the morning glow".

She looked at herself in the mirror, the corners of her mouth rose slightly, but she believed that she would shine when she entered the palace this time. As for the prince, whom he had not seen for many days, he would surely fall to his knees under his pomegranate skirt.