When Zhu Qizhen returns to Beijing, what kind of etiquette should the imperial court use to greet him?

This is what the Manchu civil and military are most concerned about.

People, that's how cheap they are.

If you really let these ministers practice the code of conduct of 'the king worries about the humiliation of the ministers, and the king humiliates the ministers to death', it is a pipe dream. No one wants to die for Zhu Qizhen.

These ministers don't want to say that they died for the emperor, even if they were asked to bathe and fast at home, don't eat meat, don't play with women, eat quietly and fast and recite Buddha, and pray for the emperor, they will never be willing.

However, as soon as they saw the 'gentle and benevolent' Emperor Jingtai, the ministers immediately remembered the teachings of the old master Zhu Xi, and all kinds of theories of heavenly reason and human desires came easily, and they couldn't drown the emperor with saliva.

Zhu Qiyu was full of spring breeze and smiles, immersed in the joy of the four favorite concubines being pregnant, and did not care at all about the courtiers' criticism.

As an emperor, he occupies the position of righteousness, as long as he is not in a hurry, there are at least one hundred and twenty-one good ways to deal with ministers.

Jingtai in history was too anxious, and what did he do to change the prince at a young age, but he just gave up the moral high ground to the ministers in vain.

Zhu Qiyu crossed his fingers and calculated repeatedly, if he was lucky, during the examination in February next year, his eldest son would be born.

During the palace examination, many princes and princesses will be born. When the time comes, I will have to be angry with these ministers.

Anyway, it's you who do yours, I'll do mine, I'll do it step by step, and I don't follow the rhythm of yours.

Zhang Lun saw that the emperor was smiling and silent there, so he repeated his question again.

Only then did Zhu Qiyu reply: "This matter should be the responsibility of your Ministry of Rites, come according to the rules, find out what precedents there are, formulate a good process, and then report it to the widow." ”

Zhu Qiyu kicked the ball back again, and he didn't say anything at all, acting in strict accordance with his previous sin edict, only calling him a widow, not me.

Zhang Lun's face was red when he was choked, and the emperor asked the Ministry of Rites to formulate a ceremonial process to welcome the emperor, which was reasonable and blameless.

However, the emperor asked the Ministry of Rites to act with reference to precedent, which was a clear response to the people. What is the precedent for this?

Not only the Ming Dynasty, even if you go back in time, in all dynasties, is there a precedent for the captured Emperor Taishang to return to the capital?

The only thing that is a bit similar is Tang Xuanzong, but although Tang Xuanzong was mediocre in his later years, he was not captured after all.

This question was blocked, and the next thing to discuss was where the Emperor Taishang should live after returning to Beijing.

Considering that the orthodox emperors of the old Zhu family were uncomfortable if they didn't live in the Forbidden City for a day, Zhu Qiyu behaved extremely generously and humbly here:

"After the Emperor Taishang returns to Beijing, he will definitely live in the imperial city. Originally, the widow had always kept the Qianqing Palace for the emperor, but unfortunately, a fire burned down.

It doesn't seem very suitable to live in Kunning Palace, after all, as soon as you open the window, you can see the ruins of Qianqing Palace and Jiaotai Palace, which really affects your mood.

The widow can't make the decision for the Emperor, so you should ask the Holy Empress Dowager to decide. ”

When Yu Shiyue, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, heard this, he immediately corrected: "Your Majesty, the title of the Holy Empress Dowager has been cancelled, and now there is only the Empress Dowager. ”

Zhu Qiyu put on a modest and teachable expression, and nodded yes again and again.

In fact, Zhu Qiyu deliberately said something wrong, firstly, to let Yu Shiyue, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, express his stance on his side, and secondly, to dial the ministers present.

Although the emperor himself succeeded to the throne by the order of the Empress Dowager, theoretically speaking, the legitimacy of the throne comes from the Empress Dowager.

However, according to Zhu Qiyu's plan, he wants to learn from Ming Taizong Zhu Di.

The legitimacy of my succession comes from the identity of the eldest son of Empress Hu, and I have nothing to do with the concubine of the Sun family. And the position of the queen mother of the Sun family will be abolished sooner or later.

As for the recognition of later generations, it is completely determined by Wenzhi and martial arts, and has nothing to do with Xuanzong, Renzong, and orthodoxy.

The thing that Zhu Qiyu hates the most is that he has something to do with Xuanzong and Renzong. Therefore, you have to make every effort to make contributions and eventually become your own line.

Between the monarch and the minister, there is nothing to say. Seeing that Zhang Lun's teacher was unfavorable, the other ministers kept silent and stopped doing things.

It's like a silent protest.

Zhu Qiyu gave Wang Wen a look.

It's easy to convene a big court meeting, and it's impossible to make it so anticlimactic. If you want to set the Gongyuan on fire, you have to fan the wind hard.

After Wang Wen received the instructions, he went out and said: "Your Majesty, Xu Youzhen, the right of the Imperial Procuratorate, said in a book about welcoming back to the emperor, and proposed that the emperor should issue an edict to punish himself, and officially abdicate, cancel the title of 'Emperor Taishang', and demote it to 'Emperor Gongrang'." ”

After that, Wang Wen handed over Xu Youzhen's recital.

Zhu Qiyu took it and looked at it carefully, nodded with satisfaction in his heart, but there was no expression on his face, but raised his head and asked, "What does the cabinet mean?" ”

For Zhu Qiyu, it is necessary to demote Zhu Qizhen to the emperor of Gongrang. As for Xu Youzhen coming to this script, it has been discussed a long time ago.

Although Zhu Qiyu cherishes Xu Youzhen's talent very much, it is impossible to let Xu Youzhen be free and jump back at any time.

Xu Youzhen must accept this vote. Otherwise, he would have been a left squire at most.

Chen Xun, Wang Wen, Jiang Yuan, He Wenyuan and others stood up one after another and seconded Xu Youzhen's proposal.

Zhu Qiyu nodded, and looked at Yu Shiyue again: "What does Yu Aiqing think?" ”

What else can Yu Shiyue say, he can only follow the crowd and follow the emperor all the way to the dark.

Zhu Qiyu was not stingy, and directly promoted Yu Shiyue to a scholar of Dongge University.

So far, all the six Shangshu in Beijing have been drawn into the cabinet.

Zhu Qiyu and his cronies and ministers were happy, but the others were unwilling.

All the people present were from Jinshi, and none of them were stupid. Emperor Taishang, Emperor Gongrang, and Emperor Gongrang are ranked from the three in terms of the ceremony, obviously the Emperor Taishang is the most honorable, the emperor is second, and the relative status of Emperor Gongrang is the lowest.

Zhu Qiyu, the younger brother, wants to live above Zhu Qizhen's brother in turn, so can the ministers be willing.

Just when everyone looked at each other and hesitated about how to make the emperor break his delusion, Zhu Qiyu waved his hand directly, ordered everyone to disperse, and then left without looking back.

In the palace of the new Qi king, there is also a city that is two miles wide from east to west and three miles long from north to south, which encloses Yuquan Mountain as a whole.

This is the city within a city.

The area enclosed by the outer city is called the Qi Palace; The area enclosed by the inner city is called Lingyu Palace.

Lingyu Palace, only the emperor and fifteen favorite concubines live.

Zhu Qiyu left the ministers and went straight back to his Lingyu Palace.

The ministers had no choice but to disperse and go home.

The Gongyuan used for the township test and the meeting test is located in Mingshifang in Dongcheng, next to Mingshifang grassland.

The emperor's new Qi Palace, the inner and outer city walls are all made of blue bricks, and they can't be pointed; The buildings in the house are all made of white marble, and they can't be lit.

But Gongyuan is different, the building itself is a wooden structure, and it is also close to the grassland.

According to the ministers, if I can't point to the Qi Palace, I can't even point the Tribute Academy?

(End of chapter)