Chapter 14 There is an emperor Hongzhi, proclaiming to the world

As the sun shone down on the earth near noon, the palace complex looked even more dazzling.

Zhu Youzhu left from Renshou Palace, and took the dragon chariot directly to the Huagai Palace. This is a palace located in the middle of the three major halls, the scale is inferior to the Fengtian Palace, and a throne surrounded by dragons is placed above the main hall.

The court ritual music of the Ministry of Education is playing, and the repertoire of the enthronement ceremony is being played.

Zhu Youzhu sat down on the throne of the Huagai Palace, but there were no officials in front of him. If it weren't for the music outside, and the guards and eunuchs standing around, it would undoubtedly seem too deserted.

After Liang Fang, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor's palm seal, invited Zhu Youji, he shouted loudly outside: "Congratulations to the hundred officials!" ”

The officials of Honglu Temple, who were kneeling outside, learned of the will, and even if it was passed on by word of mouth, the officials of Honglu Temple in front of the sixth day of the Fengtian Temple passed the decree and said: "Congratulations to all officials!" ”

"The ministers ask Your Majesty to ascend to the palace, long live my emperor, long live long live!" The civil and military officials led by Wan An, the first assistant of the cabinet, knew that this was the result, and immediately knelt down in the Fengtian Hall to pray.

Fengtian Hall is the first of the three major halls, so from the Huagai Hall to the Fengtian Palace: ascend to the Palace.

Zhu Youzhu didn't know why he wanted to play this play, but he still said according to etiquette: "Quasi-hundred officials are invited!" ”

"Drive to the Heavenly Temple!" After Zhu Youzhu sat on the dragon chariot, Liang Fang sang evenly.

Today's honor guard is particularly grand, not only the palace music next to it is continuous, but also the wind and blow all the way.

Zhu Youzhu turned his head to look at Liu Jin, who had been accompanying and silent, Liu Jin saw Zhu Youzhu stretching out a hand towards him, and handed over the "Enthronement Edict" that had been holding him in his arms to Zhu Youji.

The enthronement edict is a document for the new emperor to proclaim the world, and it is also the governing program of each new emperor.

Zhu Youzhu knew that in the original history, Emperor Hongzhi was deceived by those civil servants and tied his hands and feet, or Emperor Hongzhi had indeed been assimilated by the civil official group.

History has always been strikingly unanimous, and an identical "Enthronement Edict" was presented by the Cabinet.

Zhu Youzhu opened the "Enthronement Edict" drawn up by the cabinet, and saw that the beginning of the content was: "But my ancestors, the saints and saints, are destined by heaven and are the lord of Huayi." Its entrepreneurship is successful, the divine merit is holy, and the sincerity is more and more ancient. my emperor examined the emperor of Daxing and the heir of the emperor ......"

heir, this is already an undisputed inheritance qualification, and it can be regarded as the confidence of his own accession to the throne.

The Ming Dynasty's enthronement edict had a fixed format, usually affirming the legitimacy of his succession to the throne to the people of the world, followed by the announcement of an amnesty to disturb the people's hearts, and then some new policy provisions that benefited the people.

It is worth mentioning that the amnesty does not mean the release of all the criminals in custody, and the ten articles of felony are not included in the amnesty, so there is an idiom called "ten heinous crimes".

The first two items of the "Enthronement Edict" in Zhu Youji's hand are the specific contents of the amnesty.

1. Before the 6th day of the ninth month of the 23rd year of Zichenghua, officials, soldiers, and civilians committed crimes, except for plotting rebellion: children and grandchildren murdered grandparents and parents, wives and concubines killed husbands, slaves and maids killed masters, murdered and killed, poisoned and charmed, murdered and robbers, and the party did not forgive the evil of the party. Whoever dares to forgive the past will be punished for his sins.

2. Military attachés, prisoners, intellectuals, messengers, banner soldiers, and the rest of the craftsmen's school buildings, etc., have made meritorious contributions to the matter, transporting ashes, transporting charcoal, chasing and punishing horses, workmanship, nano, stationing, frying salt, frying iron, sentry, and issuing military companions and ceremonial meals, etc., all of which are exempted, and each of them is returned to service, and the Ning family lives with him. Their civil officials, prison officials, intellectuals, and those who have committed adultery shall be remanded back to their original places of origin to be citizens; Those who have committed crimes in the military profession and violated the law and harmed the military are still in the original guard and are not allowed to manage the military affairs.

Zhu Youzhu knew that the contents of these two amnesties were based on the previous dynasty, so it was naturally difficult to revise them, and he did not plan to revise them.

It's just that when he saw the new deal of the third regulation, he couldn't help but smile bitterly on his face, and said with emotion in his heart: I really can't wait!

"Your Majesty, it's here!" Liang Fang found that Zhu Youzhu was holding the "Enthronement Edict" and was fascinated, and immediately reminded softly.

Zhu Youzhi handed over the "Enthronement Edict" in his hand to Liu Jin, who was only in his early twenties, Liu Jin is not now a famous eunuch in later generations, but a little eunuch who poured the toilet for himself, and it is rare that he was born as a celebrant eunuch.

Liu Jin knew that he had hugged the thickest thigh, and he respectfully took back the "Enthronement Edict", protecting this "Enthronement Edict" as if he was protecting his own life.

Zhu Youzhu came to the Fengtian Palace, and sat down on the throne of the golden lacquer carved dragon, which was to look condescendingly at the black civil and military officials under the steps.

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!

The brocade guard waved a large long whip in front of the gate of the Fengtian Palace, and the sound of this long whip made the scalp tingle, and it was warning all the civil and military officials below.

"Ministers knock to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" The civil and military officials present saluted one after another, and they seemed to bow five times and bow three times like a tsunami.

Zhu Youzhu condescendingly looked at the more than 3,000 civil and military officials kneeling in front of him, and at this moment he really felt that his status was different, and he was already the rightful lord of the world.

It's just that he knows very well in his heart what kind of virtue these civil officials are. If he only promises to be a virtuous king, these ministers will be more loyal if they want to be loyal, but if they want to completely control the world, especially if they do things that infringe on their interests, these people must want to go to hell, and even secretly do things to kill the king.

At this moment, the Teaching Workshop Division once again played the court music.

"Your Majesty, please issue the "Enthronement Edict"!" The officials of Honglu Temple came out and asked Zhu Youzhu on the throne.

In a sense, today's Zhu Youzhu can be regarded as a justifiable emperor.

Zhu Youzhu saw Li Rong, the eunuch holding the jade seal, so he nodded lightly and said, "Use the seal!" ”

Liu Jin has been holding the copy of the "Enthronement Edict" tightly, and when it is time to use the seal, he handed the "Enthronement Edict" to Li Rong, and Li Rong printed it on it.

With the fall of the jade seal, this enthronement edict of Emperor Hongzhi was freshly released.

Xu Pu, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, was an edict official, and he received the "Enthronement Edict" from the master of ceremonies and eunuch Li Rong, but for some reason Li Rong looked at him with complicated eyes.

The bell of the noon gate tower rang, which was a signal to the hundred officials to leave.

The civil and military officials retired, but they were going to Chengtianmen to give the edict.

Under the supervision of Zhu Ji, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Xu Pu left the Fengtian Temple with this heavy "Enthronement Edict" in his hands, and walked steadily towards the noon gate.

When leaving, he was particular, but he had to take the left road.

Xu Pu, who is also a bachelor of Hanlin, walked down the stairs, but he was afraid that the "Enthronement Edict" in his hand would fall and affect his career, so he walked extremely carefully.

Waiting at the noon gate, there are brocade guards here to marquish the edict, so they put the "enthronement edict" in the clouds and transport, and then go all the way to Fengtianmen.

Zhou Hongmo, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites who was in charge of reading the edict, was already waiting here, and after receiving the edict, he immediately faced all the civil and military officials and said in a deep voice: "There is a system! ”

"Ministers and other edicts, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" In the face of this enthronement edict, Wan An, the first assistant of the cabinet, and other officials immediately knelt down to greet him.

Xu Pu naturally wanted to enter the ranks of civil and military officials to kneel, but when he saw Zhou Hongmo about to read out the "Enthronement Edict", the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.

The two old guys in the cabinet were quite sensible this time, but they let him participate in the drafting of the "Enthronement Edict", and even the entire "Enthronement Edict" was made by himself.

As long as this "Enthronement Edict" is announced to the world, not to mention whether it can create a "Hongzhi Zhongxing" according to the new policy, he will definitely become a hero in the eyes of the civil and official group in one fell swoop.

Among the 44 new cases, there are a lot of their own private goods. This "Enthronement Edict" not only limited the imperial power through regulations, but also directly cut the power of the eunuchs, and even restrained the emperor's relatives.

According to this ruling idea, the new dynasty will definitely belong to the world of civil officials, and it is a trivial matter for Zhang Yi, a big salt merchant brought by his proud protégé, to invite him.

Zhou Hongmo didn't know that Xu Pu, who was kneeling in front of him, had so many thoughts, and after reading out the first two amnesty decrees, he immediately continued to read: "Third, the salt and grain state uses all the resources. In recent years, there have been a large number of admiration and rewards, and they have been begged for by powerful people inside and outside, bought and accumulated permanent shares, and cut off their private surplus salt, mixed up and sold, and entrained smugglers, so that they have damaged the national tax and robbed the people of their interests......"