Huo Zheng showed embarrassment on his face, and he didn't rush to express his position, he actually wanted to use this to sell his favor to the emperor.

Gao Zhong saw that Huo Xiangguo didn't say anything, so he had to keep silent.

Mu Sheng saw Huo Xiang's face embarrassed, thinking that it couldn't be done, so he said: "Huo Xiangguo, this matter is just a proposal of mine, if it can't be done, let it go first, the national funeral is important, let's discuss it later." ”

When Huo Zheng heard this, he pretended to make a gesture after a while: "Your Majesty, this matter is not impossible, and the minister also understands His Majesty's filial piety to the first emperor, so the minister will move the courtiers to agree to this matter and praise the first emperor to show the merits of the first emperor." ”

Seeing this, Gao Zhong also hurriedly said: "What Lord Xiangguo said is very true. ”

Mu Sheng said: "Then please Xiangguo." ”

An hour later, the court discussion continued, and the ministers entered the main hall one after another to wait, waiting for the emperor, Prime Minister Huo Cheng and others to continue the discussion.

The ministers continued to discuss for a long time, but neither of the two parties could convince anyone, at this time Huo Zheng stood up and pretended to cough a few times, and the ministers saw that Huo Xiang was going to speak, so they all kept silent.

Huo Zheng said: "Colleagues, the ministers think that it is feasible to give the name to the first emperor, so let's discuss it in today's court meeting." ”

As soon as Huo Zheng's words fell, when the ministers saw Huo Xiang's statement, they changed their flags and sides with Tian Jian's faction, and strongly supported the first emperor's name, and the other faction instantly became a minority, which shows Huo Zheng's influence in the imperial court.

At this time, Fengchang Zhang Xi, who was the first to oppose the title, said: "Your Majesty, Lord Xiangguo, the old minister thinks that the imperial court has its own law, and the law of the ancestors cannot be violated, how can it be said that it will change." ”

When Gao Zhong heard this, he stepped forward and said, "Master Zhang, how can the law of the ancestors not change?" If I was still conservative and didn't know how to be flexible, how could I get to the current situation of my Dajin? ”

When several ministers heard this, they also stepped forward to second, and Zhang Xi saw that he couldn't do anything, so he had to retreat.

Seeing that most of the courtiers agreed with the first emperor's name, everyone began to discuss what was the best name for the first emperor.

At this time, Tian Jian, who was still the first to advocate the title of the first emperor, first led the crowd out and proposed: "My lords, the merits of the first emperor, shaking the past and the present, saying the law, being strong and straightforward, saying martial arts, being strong and virtuous, overcoming disasters and chaos, and overcoming the criminal people to say martial arts, this martial word is just right for the great martial arts of the first emperor to conquer the south and the north and sweep away the princes of the Kwantung region. ”

At this time, Wang Yi, the right prime minister who had been pretending to be deaf and dumb next to him, also stepped forward and said: "This minister seconded the proposal, my ancestors of the Jin Dynasty also had the name of Wu, in order to distinguish by sight, they also had to be in the name of the first emperor on the word, the minister felt that in the law, the word Zhuang was very suitable, and the soldiers and armor were eager to make the village, and the army overcame the village, and the enemy was strong and strong, and the army was repeatedly killed and killed, and the martial arts were not successful......

Sima Qin, one of the servants of Jiuqing, stepped forward and said: "The old minister thinks that the first emperor's book is the same text, the car is on the same track, and the world is governed by a family, which is a long-term peace and stability policy in the world......

The ministers are your words, I almost said the appropriate words in the law, the word is determined, this word is the top beauty in the emperors of all dynasties, and everyone is still fighting for the remaining name, I don't know which one is good.

At this time, Huo Zheng stepped forward and suggested to Mu Sheng: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the first emperor's name is taking a word, what word should I use?" ”

As soon as Huo Zheng's words came out, the ministers quieted down, and Mu Sheng thought about it and said: "I think that the merits of the first emperor are indeed ancient and modern, even if the records in the history books in the future will inevitably shine in China, I think that the nickname that Huo Xiangguo just suggested is very good, Rongyi Gongmei said Zhao, Zhaode has Lao Zhao, Shengwen Zhou Da said Zhao, Shengwen Xuanyuan said Zhao, Weiyi Gongming said Zhao, Mingde has merit and Zhao, then use the word Zhaowu." ”

Huo Zheng nodded with satisfaction when he heard this: "Okay, since Your Majesty agrees with the proposition of the true appearance, then it is so decided." ”

When the ministers heard this, they all agreed, even if the matter came to an end temporarily, the "big funeral" ceremony will be held tomorrow, and the officials in Beijing, the prince's concubines, princesses, and royal relatives all need to go to the four seas to return to one hall to pay homage to the "Daxing Emperor", and the coffin ceremony, Mu Sheng also has to return to the East Palace to prepare.

In the early morning of the next day, Mu Sheng went to the main hall to sit quietly in a white filial piety suit, at this time the main hall has been wrapped in silver everywhere, white has become the main color here, the huge coffin of the first emperor is parked in the center of the main hall, the emperor's coffin, called the Zi Palace, the Zi Palace is parked in the center of the main hall for everyone to pay homage and worship.

Mu Sheng looked at the huge emperor's coffin, he didn't know what he was thinking in a trance, but he sat beside the Zigong with an expressionless face, and the Zigong Palace was surrounded by officials and priests who presided over the ceremony, and dozens of sorcerers held up the sacrificial vessels around the Zigong Palace and chanted words.

At this time, all the ministers outside the hall wore filial piety clothes and rushed here one after another, after the royal family and the ministers were basically in place, Yang Jin, the head of the inner court, stepped forward to open the edict of the first emperor again, and read it out again in front of the first emperor's palace, indicating that the new monarch was in the right position.

After reading the edict, Yang Jin said in a loud voice: "Ministers, princes, princes, princesses, the great sacrifice begins. ”

Under the guidance of the ceremonial officer, a group of ministers knelt in front of the Zigong Palace of Emperor Daxing and wept and bowed to the head to see loyalty, the minister kowtowed, and Mu Sheng, as the chief priest, bowed slightly to show the salute.

At this time, a man who was nearly fifty years old was ushered in outside the hall, he knelt in front of the tablet of the first emperor and cried silently accompanied by his family, this person was Gongziqing of Wuxinjun, Gongziqing wept sadly: "Your Majesty, my brother is late, I don't know that you have ......."

Wu Xinjun's son Qing and the first emperor are compatriots of the same mother, and they had a good relationship when they were young.

Seeing this, Mu Sheng, who presided over the ceremony, hurriedly stepped forward to help Gongziqing up, and comforted him in a deep voice: "Sixth uncle, don't be overly sad, take care of your health......

Gongziqing glanced at Mu Chen, bowed slightly, and said, "The old minister has not yet had time to pay homage to the new monarch, forgive the sin." ”

"It's okay, it's all my own family, in today's special period, these customs are exempt."

Mu Sheng comforted him again and again, helped him to the side and sat down, and invited Yang Jin to instruct: "You find a few people to serve Wu Xinjun." ”

Yang Jin heard the words and said, "No, the slave will arrange it." ”

After the courtiers came forward to pay homage to the emperor's coffin in turn, it was the princes and princesses left by the emperor who came to kneel, and the concubines who had children left by the emperor to come to mourn the emperor, among which the emperor's twelve sons and sons cried and howled, and his biological mother, Mrs. Li, accompanied him, also with a sad face, and kept comforting the son.

Gongzizhuo is now the only adult prince except Mu Sheng, and the rest of the adult princes are either plotted to death or assigned to the frontier in the process of competing for the post of emperor, and the two of them are the only ones left.

Mu Sheng actually didn't fight for it by himself in the strict sense, he belonged to being carried up by others and rushed into the finals to win, in fact, everyone didn't expect that the emperor's throne would finally fall to Mu Sheng, the fourteenth prince of Anlehou.

As for the little princes and princesses of the other emperors, they are only half-grown children, the oldest is only thirteen years old, and the youngest is only five years old, Mu Sheng looked at the "legacy" left by these emperors, and his heart was also mixed for a while, and the fate of these people in the future was in his thoughts.

After the death of the first emperor, their direct blood relatives of the first emperor became ordinary clans, and they all had to move out of the palace to live, of course, the court wanted to support them, and the standard of living must be lowered a lot, and there was no comparison with the palace, it is estimated that half of the sadness in their hearts is also based on this.

After these direct blood relatives worshiped the first emperor, under the guidance and arrangement of the officials, they turned their heads to bow down to the new emperor who had just been edicted to succeed to the throne.

In the crowd, Gongzizhuo glanced up slightly at Mu Sheng, who was on the throne, and a trace of envy flashed in his heart, and then he was surrounded by a huge sense of fear. I hope he has a lot of adults and can let himself go.

The ceremony went on until the afternoon, and more than 20 slender women came in outside the main hall, dressed in plain clothes, with a white silk cloth covering their faces, kneeling in front of the Daxing Emperor Zigong and crying shook the heavens and the earth, and even Mu Sheng was moved to see it.

Mu Sheng then summoned Yang Jin, the head of the inner court, and asked, "Who are they?" Why so much sorrow? ”

Yang Jin's eyes showed a hint of sympathy, and said: "Your Majesty, they are all concubines of the first emperor, but they are all concubines who have never given birth to children. ”

When Mu Sheng heard this, he was shocked, no wonder they were so sad, looking at their figures, they should be very young, at such an age, they actually had to accompany the old emperor to the funeral? It's so cruel, this evil old society.

Mu Sheng pondered for a long time and asked, "Yang Jin, if you invite Huo Xiangguo over, you will say that I have something important to discuss with him." ”

"No."

After a while, Huo Zheng stepped forward and sat next to the emperor and asked, "Your Majesty summoned the ministers to come, what is the matter?" ”

Mu Sheng said in a steady tone: "Huo Xiangguo, are these women all concubines of the first emperor who did not have children?" ”

Huo Zheng nodded when he heard this: "That's true." ”

Mu Sheng said: "Huo Xiangguo, I saw that they were so young, and they were in a good age, they actually wanted to be martyred for the first emperor, God has the virtue of a good life, these are all living people, is it possible to release them out of the palace to fend for themselves?" ”

When Huo Zheng heard this, he said in a serious tone: "Your Majesty, this matter is absolutely impossible, the old minister can understand Your Majesty's benevolence, but this is the ancestral system, the rules that have been set since the founding of the Jin Kingdom, if there is no special explanation in the edict of the first emperor, they must be martyred for the first emperor, this has been the case for hundreds of years, if Your Majesty insists on breaking the ancestral system, this is a great unfilial piety, I am afraid that it will attract criticism from the government and the opposition, please think twice." ”

Mu Sheng said angrily when he heard this: "Then what if I insist on pardoning them? ”

Huo Zheng's tone was also very hard, and he directly refused: "Your Majesty, you have not officially ascended the throne yet, and after the enthronement ceremony, you are considering abolishing this ancestral system of martyrdom." ”

Mu Sheng was suddenly speechless, too, he is only the acting emperor now, and he wants to abolish the ancestral system, which is equivalent to re-amending the constitution, this kind of big project must be done after officially ascending the throne, this is not a trivial matter, it must be discussed by the court to finally abolish this law, what can he do now, after he ascends the throne? The state funeral is over, and these women are already cold.

At this moment, as the emperor, he suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness, at least he couldn't do anything now, although he had pity in his heart, he could only stop there, at this moment he secretly swore in his heart that the first thing he did when he came to power was to abolish this inhumane ancestral system.

In fact, this kind of human martyrdom system is the residue of the slave era to the present, and later with the development of society and maturity, the living sacrifice became a terracotta figurine, and later became a lower-cost paper man and paper horse, after all, the population is the most valuable resource of the country in any era, and it is the burial of the living at every turn, which is too cruel.