Now Qingyang Palace suddenly became busy, after days of preparation, the canonization ceremony of the second crown prince of the Great Jin Dynasty has been ready to stop, in fact, when Gongzi Sheng himself was still on the way, Huo Zheng had already begun to hint that the ministers in the court began to prepare for the canonization ceremony of the new prince, but the edict was not officially promulgated, and no one knew who the master was? It wasn't until Gongzi Sheng rushed back to Beijing from the fiefdom and entered the East Palace that the government and the opposition understood who would be the next heir to the empire.

The winter sun is warm, the sky is cloudless, the sky is blue and pure, the heavy snow for many days has already stopped, and the inside and outside of the palace are still covered in silver.

At this time, in the East Palace, Mu Sheng put on the prince's crown suit and walked out of the East Palace slowly under the service of the palace people, and the prince's chariot had already been parked outside the palace, and the prince's ceremonial guards on both sides of the chariot stood solemnly, with guards holding gorgeous fans, golden melons, umbrella covers, and hundreds of princely guards with bright armor to guard both sides.

There must be a gap between the specifications of the prince's ceremonial guard and the emperor's ceremonial guard, but the prince's ceremonial guard, compared with the ceremonial guard of the general prince, is still much grander, just under the emperor's ceremonial guard, which belongs to the prince's ceremonial guard specifications, so the prince mostly calls himself lonely, or calls himself a widow.

His Royal Highness Mu Sheng, the second crown prince of the empire, sat on the chariot with eight-character steps, the prince's chariot was carried by eight people, and the emperor's honor guard was carried by at least 16 people and at most 28 people.

The prince's guard of honor was mighty, all the way through the palace to the four seas to return to the first hall, Mu Sheng himself sat on the step, swaying, thinking of what he had experienced over the years, he sighed in his heart, things are people, he never had any idea of fighting for the position of the prince, even if he had, he didn't dare to think about it, he knew very well that his chances were slim, but now he really never thought that he would become a real prince one day? The world is really impermanent!

The prince's guard of honor passed by the huge golden statue in the square and finally arrived at the big hall of the four seas, Mu Sheng got down and walked slowly into the main hall, now the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty in the main hall are among them, the bells and drums in the main hall are ringing in unison, the melodious ancient music, highlighting the whole ceremony of the prince is quite solemn and solemn.

When Mu Sheng stepped into the main hall, the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu bowed forward slightly, saluted the prince, and said, "The ministers will meet His Royal Highness the prince Chitose." ”

Mu Sheng wanted to return the salute to the ministers, after the ceremony, he walked forward and went to the emperor's throne near the center of the main hall, he was going to thank the heavens for the empty throne, originally the crown prince, the emperor was to be present, and now the emperor is seriously ill and unable to govern, and he can only complete the ceremony on the empty throne.

On the left and right of the emperor's throne stood the left prime minister Huo Zheng, the right prime minister Wang Yi, and the emperor's close attendants were temporarily represented by Yang Jin, the head of the inner court.

At this time, Huo Zheng, the prime minister of Zuo, as the head of the auxiliary ministers, carefully opened the gold cabinet, took out the emperor's edict to appoint the crown prince, and handed it to the temple people to read, which was exactly the same as the content of the edict that day, but today's reading was a formal occasion......

"When the weather is good, I was ordered by the emperor to say: Mu Chen, the fourteenth son of the emperor, is the head of the clan, and the will of heaven belongs, and I hereby abide by the original edict...... I would like to tell heaven and earth, Zongmiao, Sheji, grant the treasure, set up as the crown prince, the east palace, with the unity of ten thousand years, with the heart of the four seas, I have been suffering from illness for a long time, thinking about one day and ten thousand opportunities can not be long away, I hereby order the crown prince to hold the seal to ascend to the palace, divide the government, raise the army and supervise the country, and the things played by the hundred divisions are all decided by the crown prince, and the announcement will be released at home and abroad, and the Xian envoy will know that the fifth day of December in the thirty-fourth year of the Great Unification. ”

After reading the emperor's edict, the official of the salute led the crowd, and he came to the crown prince and sang: "The crown prince Mu Sheng receives the seal." ”

When Yang Jin heard this, he stepped forward and respectfully sent the prince's seal in the tray to Mu Sheng's eyes, and Mu Sheng respectfully accepted the jade book and seal.

The salute continued to sing: "Worship." ”

Mu Sheng knelt down to the empty throne and bowed: "Ten thousand years of the Great Jin Dynasty, my son Mu Sheng bows to thank Tian's grace, long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

The salute of the salute sang, "Worship." ”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince bowed three times and kowtowed three times.

The salute of the salute was sung: "The ceremony is completed, and the ministers worship." ”

Yang Jin stepped forward to help His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, guided him to stand next to the emperor's throne, turned to face the courtiers, and accepted the courtiers' great salutes.

The ministers under the throne and the prime ministers bowed ninety degrees to the emperor's throne and said: "Ten thousand years of the Great Jin, the ministers see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

After the ceremony, the ministers turned their heads to Mu Sheng and said, "See His Royal Highness the Prince, Chitose." ”

The emperor was not there, and no one dared to say that Zhong Aiqing was flat, but the one who praised the official sang: "The ceremony is ......"

When the ministers heard this, they straightened up and returned to their seats.

Huo Zheng, the prime minister of Zuo, stepped forward on behalf of His Majesty the emperor and said: "Your Majesty's decree, the prince is established, the society is safe, the world is amnesty, and the salty envoy hears it." ”

The ministers bowed slightly and said in unison: "Ten thousand years of the Great Jin Dynasty, my emperor is benevolent." ”

The salute in the salute sang: "Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to the East Palace......"

Mu Sheng followed suit with the crown prince's silk seal and slowly withdrew from the hall.

The ministers in the palace bowed slightly again and said in unison: "Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

The prince bowed slightly and slowly withdrew from the hall.

After this series of processes, the ceremony of canonizing the crown prince is completed, and Mu Sheng will be the official successor of this empire from today onwards.

Today's ceremony to set up the crown prince, the edict was also announced, which is equivalent to publicly admitting that the emperor is no longer in good health, and he can't even participate in the ceremony of establishing the prince, and the ministers in the hall also have their own thoughts, they understand that the new prince who just quit the palace is estimated to not wait long and will soon inherit the throne, but it is not as tragic as the former prince Gongzi Bai, who survived for more than ten years and finally died in defeat......

The prince's guard of honor returned to the East Palace, Mu Sheng touched the prince's seal and jade book in the tray, as if in a dream, he picked up the small prince's seal and played with it in his palm, and sighed in his heart, is all this in front of him true? It's really incredible, inexplicably mixed up with the position of the prince?

Even at this time, the ceremony of canonizing the prince has not officially ended, and after dinner in the afternoon, the permanent officials were ordered to come and ask Mu Sheng to drive to the prince's car to the temple to worship the ancestors of the Great Jin Dynasty.

As the carriage swayed, he couldn't help but think of the time when he first came to this world many years ago, when he participated in his father's palace relocation ceremony, how high-spirited the former prince was at that time? Now it is also a matter of right and wrong, and he can't help but sigh in his heart.

This incident reminded him that even if he is sitting on the throne of the prince now, it is not safe, only when he really ascends to the highest position is it really insurance, and he keeps reminding himself in his heart that he still has to be low-key, low-key, and low-key.

The prince's guard of honor came to the temple, there are already many officials waiting here, and the royal family relatives in the temple are also present, and the current guard of honor is already the specification of the emperor's travel, it was originally the prince who accompanied the emperor to the temple to worship, and now the "emperor is seriously ill" can only be the prince's Royal Highness temporarily performing the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky on behalf of the Son of Heaven.

The royal family members saw His Royal Highness the new crown prince enter the temple in a crown robe, and then the clan representative Wu Xinjun took the lead in saluting and said, "See His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

He is the sixth uncle Wuxin Jun Gongzi Qing who gambled on his chariot to win at the Ali Mutai Conference that year, and now he is the younger brother of the emperor's mother's compatriot and the only clan child who serves in the court to see the new prince.

Wu Xinjun is not very powerful, he can't compare with Prime Minister Huo Cheng's important ministers of the court, he is only a part-time job in Zongzheng Mansion, specializing in managing the royal family's sons, so he still has a high prestige among the Mu clan.

Mu Sheng's mind turned, although he is the crown prince at the moment, but the time to be the prince is too short, and he is also alone, Wu Xinjun is his own uncle, and he should show favor to him more, although the past dynasties have almost no actual power in order to prevent the royal family from coveting the throne, the clan has almost no actual power, and their influence in the court is almost dispensable.

Mu Sheng thought of this, went up and saluted: "Sixth uncle, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you in good health?" ”

Wu Xinjun bowed slightly: "It's okay, it's okay, the old man was originally a person who practiced martial arts, and he also followed His Majesty to fight in the south and the north back then, and his body was very hard." ”

Mu Sheng said: "Sixth uncle, I believe this, your old Wu Xinjun's title is real, unlike when I was lazy and the emperor's grace, I have no real name, I still respect you very much in my heart." ”

Wu Xinjun listened, his heart warmed and waved his hand again and again: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the old man's little work is not enough, Your Highness, the temple has always been in charge of the management of the minister, and now the time has come, the minister will take His Royal Highness down to worship the ancestors and the ancestors, right?" ”

When Mu Sheng heard this, he bowed his head and said, "Then there is Sixth Uncle Lao." ”

Wu Xinjun accompanied the prince and walked for a while, wanting to speak and stopping.

Seeing this, Mu Sheng asked, "Sixth Uncle, do you have anything unspeakable?" ”

Wu Xinjun said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is aware of it, I heard that His Majesty is seriously ill, and I am a little worried, Your Highness, you know that I am a compatriot with His Majesty today, and I have played since I was a child, and I have a deep relationship, so I have this question." ”

When Mu Sheng heard this, he sighed: "Sixth uncle, I understand your feelings, in fact, I have just rushed back to Beijing from the fiefdom not long ago, to be honest, until now I have not seen my father and his old man, I heard that my father has been living in Changle Palace, and he is personally taken care of by the national teacher, I heard Huo Xiangguo say that my father's physical condition is indeed not good, and I am not very clear about the rest, and now no one is allowed to visit without Huo Xiangguo's order in the inner palace." ”

When Wu Xinjun heard this, he sighed and said, "Thank you Your Highness the Crown Prince for informing me." ”

Then the group passed through the palace gate, the huge tablet on the table in the temple, indicating the ancestors of the Jin Kingdom since the founding of the country, this tablet is dense, and you can't see the head at a glance.

The Jin Kingdom was enshrined from the reign of King Yu Weilie of the Yu Dynasty, and it has been more than 800 years since the country, and the tablets of the ancestors of the past dynasties are full of temples.

The first thing to sacrifice is the original ancestor Jiang clan leader Zongzong, he was the founder of the Yu Dynasty under the command of King Wu, and was later named a doctor for his outstanding military achievements, and he is also the earliest ancestor of the Jin Dynasty in this different world, and almost one of the founding fathers of the Yu Dynasty in the previous dynasty.

After worshipping the original ancestor, Gongziqing and a group of officials who were subordinate to the prince and guided His Royal Highness the prince to make a grand sacrifice was the founding monarch Jiang Boyong, who was the direct ancestor of the royal blood of the Jin State and the most important ancestor who laid the national inheritance.

Mu Sheng knelt down in the face of the tablet of the founding ancestor Jiang Boyong and bowed respectfully to the incense, bowed three times to the tablet of the ancestors, and offered sacrifices, and its ceremony was the most grand.

When worshipping the tablet of the ancestor Liang Boyong, he remembered the life deeds of this legendary ancestor and the origin of the Jin Kingdom, and this Liang Gong Jiang Boyong was the founding ancestor who laid the foundation of the Jin Kingdom today.

More than 800 years ago, a descendant of Jiang's Xiaozong passed to Jiang Qian's generation, hereditary Shu Chang Jishi, the second doctor, is the lowest official of the Yu Dynasty, Jiang Qi was originally a hereditary official at the bottom of the Yu Dynasty, talented when he was young, both civil and military.

During the reign of King Yu Zhaowei, the founding ancestor Jiang Qi assisted the Son of Heaven to expand the territory, and conquered the barbarian Xiyi to expand the land for thousands of miles and was awarded the title of earl, and was canonized by the Son of Heaven in Liangdi, the country name Liang, Jiang Qi got the title of Liang Bo, and the country was only a hundred miles of projectile land.

After Liang Bo, Liang passed on the country for nearly two hundred and seventy-three years, the state affairs gradually strengthened, several generations of Liang monarchs worked hard, expanded thousands of miles, and the strength was not the same, and finally Liang Guo from poverty to middle peasants, advanced to become a landlord, and was a little bit of a voice among the princes, until the eighth generation of monarch Liang Mugong came to power, Liang entered the heyday, and the era of Mu Gong was also the golden age of Liang.

After worshipping the ancestors of the past dynasties in turn, the next thing to be solemnly worshiped is the fourteenth generation of Liang monarchs, Liang Huigong Mu Zigao's tablet, he is the most direct blood ancestor of the Jin royal family, if it weren't for the fact that he had usurped the throne and seized the throne of Liang Aigong, with the bloodline of the Mu family, the concubine of the Liang State, how could there be today's situation? The Jin state also developed from the foundation of the Liang state.

Mu Sheng raised his head and glanced at Mu Zigao's tablet, and secretly sighed in his heart about the life and deeds of this former king.

The thirteenth monarch of the Liang State, Jiang Wu, died in a palace coup, and the throne of the Liang State was usurped by Mu Zigao, the minister of power.

Liang Guoquanchen Mu Zigao's surname is Jiang, his great-grandfather Jiang Xuan is the eighth generation of Liang Guojun, Mu Gong Jiang Yan's son, because the great grandfather worshiped Mu Gong's martial arts, so he took Liang Mugong's name as the clan, and since then called Mu's family, in fact, it is still the descendant of Liang Guogong, but the ancestor is a concubine, not qualified to inherit the throne, can only be a hereditary petty official in the court.

Until Jiang Xuan's great-great-grandson Mu Zigao usurped the throne and seized power as the secretary of Liang, he was known as Liang Huigong in history, because it was a vendetta within the Liang State Office to fight for the throne, and the descendants of Liang Guo usurped the throne of the lineage.

Huigong Mu Zigao was originally a descendant of Mu Gong's lineage, after Zigao usurped the throne did not cause fierce opposition from the ministers of Liang, the ministers who strongly opposed were basically killed by Mu Zigao, and it was just in time for the decline of the Yu Dynasty, the Son of Heaven was too busy to take care of himself, and he was unable to interfere in the internal affairs of Liang, and there was the support of the Central Plains overlord Song State abroad, Mu Zigao killed all the bloodlines without scruples, and sat firmly on the throne of Liang State.

Liang Huigong reigned for seven years after moving the capital to Bocheng, changed the country name to Jin, after the death of Mu Zigao, the nickname was changed to Jin Huigong, although the country name was changed, moved the capital to Bocheng, the record of Jin Huigong in the history books is still mostly Liang Huigong as the number.

After the complete decline of the Yu Dynasty, in this era of bad etiquette, the monarch is not a king, the minister is not a minister, the princes of each family attack each other, the family is actually not very peaceful, thousands of guards against thieves are difficult to prevent, the princes of this era are either their relatives usurped the throne, or they are foreign surnames to usurp the throne, Liang Huigong Mu Zigao is one of the representatives of the relatives of the family usurping power, the bloodline of the Jin Kingdom is still in the Jiang lineage, barely reasonable to say.

After the rise of the Jin Kingdom, the Duke of Jin was renamed the Queen of Jin, and the history books sometimes recorded that the ancestors of the Jin Kingdom were the King of Liang, which is also a kind of retrospective of the origin of the Jin Kingdom in the past.

At this moment, under the patient guidance of his imperial uncle Wu Xinjun Gongzi Qing, the crown prince of the Great Jin Dynasty, he worshipped the famous ancestors in history, completed the ceremony of sacrificing to the temple, and then got on the carriage and went to the outskirts of Qingyang City to preside over the ceremony of worshipping the heavens.