The enthronement ceremony of the new emperor was held at the Temple of Heaven in the imperial palace, and Cao Yun and Guo Xiao entered the imperial palace under the leadership of civil officials. Walking in the imperial palace, Cao Yun was a little novel at first, and he was novel for the buildings of the imperial palace. From entering the door to the altar of heaven, some of the buildings and houses you see all the way give people solemnity, some give people a deep feeling, and some give people peace, all kinds of different feelings, but they make Cao Yun's back sweat slightly. The Imperial Palace is indeed the Imperial Palace, with different styles, which directly shocks a person's soul thoughts.

Although Cao Yun's soul thoughts were strong enough, this was the first time he came to the Imperial Palace, and he was shocked by the momentum of the Imperial Palace in a trance. However, Cao Yun quickly calmed down, after all, his soul thoughts were already strong to a certain point, and he had Confucian righteousness in his heart.

After Cao Yunguo smiled at the Temple of Heaven, he saw that there were already many officials standing on both sides of the Temple of Heaven road, Cao Yun's eyes collided with that Sun Wu, and he felt that Sun Wu's eyes were extremely gloomy. Cao Yun snorted coldly in his heart, sooner or later he will kill this son! The civil official arranged for the two to stand on the left side of the avenue leading to the Temple of Heaven, but they were lined up behind Sun Wu, which made Cao Yun feel slightly unhappy in his heart.

The officials of the Manchu Dynasty came to the altar one after another, standing on both sides in order. Cao Yun saw Jia Xu among the ministers who came over, and Guo Xiao also saw it, and the two looked at each other in surprise, completely unthinking that Jia Xu was also an official. At this moment, Na Jia Xu also looked over, and his eyes met Cao Yun. Cao Yun saw that the corners of Jia Xu's mouth were slightly upturned, with a hint of yin owl taste.

There was silence under the altar of heaven, no one was talking, and there was a serious aura lingering in everyone's hearts. Looking at some old ministers with solemn expressions, Cao Yun faintly felt that something seemed to happen.

It didn't take long for the ceremony time to arrive, and with a hoarse and sharp voice sounding 'The King has arrived', a young man wearing a golden crown of Nine Dragons and a red-tailed golden black robe, surrounded by a group of sergeants, came on a dragon chariot. There was also a dragon chariot behind the dragon chariot, and on it sat a general in golden armor, and Cao Yun guessed that the person was Dong Zhuo. However, this did not attract Cao Yun's attention, but what attracted his attention was the general on horseback in front of the group of sergeants.

I saw this person, seven feet tall, shoulders folded, face like Fu Fan, a pair of swords eyebrows, nose like a jade pillar, mouth like Danzhu, big ears towards the arms, wearing a bright silver crown, wearing a hundred flowers robe, wearing a long sword under the ribs, riding a horse in front, really majestic, magnificent.

Just when Cao Yun was guessing who this person was, the ministers standing on both sides were a little restless, but it was because Dong Zhuo was also riding the dragon chariot. However, now is the great gift of sacrificing to the sky, it is really not suitable for any chaos, and the upright people among the ministers only stared at Dong Zhuo fiercely, and did not make a sound.

When he arrived at the altar of heaven, the young monarch ascended the altar of heaven step by step under the guidance of an old eunuch, however, Dong Zhuo's next move caused the anger of these old ministers even more, if it was not the new emperor's enthronement ceremony at this time, I am afraid that these old ministers would really jump in front of Dong Zhuo and scold. I saw that Dong Zhuo walked up to the altar first after getting off the dragon chariot, and looked down on the ministers on the altar.

Dong Zhuo was equipped with a sword at his waist, and after pressing the sword on the altar of sacrifice and looking down at the ministers, he said loudly: "The first emperor died, the whole country mourns, and remembers the heroic soul." However, the country should not be left without an owner for a day, and a new king should be established as soon as possible to settle the world. My general, Dong Zhuo, is now specially edicted by the first emperor to support the crown prince Liu Wei as the new monarch. Dong Zhuo said and arched his hands to the sky. This Dong Zhuo replaced He Jin as the general of the Ming Kingdom.

Cao Yun under the altar of heaven looked at Dong Zhuo's smug appearance, and laughed in his heart, how long can you be rampant, now that the troubled times are coming, you don't know how to be low-key and win people's hearts, after all, you are a reckless man.

The old ministers on both sides of the altar were already extremely angry, their whole bodies trembling and twitching, and they were about to get out of anger.

"Please ask the new king to worship heaven and earth. Dong Zhuolang shouted.

Immediately, the old eunuch led Liu Wei to the center of the altar of heaven, and then guided Liu Wei to worship heaven and earth, and worship his ancestors, so as to tell the common people and reign over the world. The old eunuch read aloud a sacrificial text, and Liu Wei personally stamped the jade seal on the sacrificial text, of course, this jade seal was made temporarily, not an orthodox jade seal. The old eunuch then burned the sacrificial text, and then recited a holy decree, to the effect that it was a proclamation to the kingdom, an edict to the subjects, and the world was cloudy.

Immediately, the old eunuch read another edict of the Great Qin Dynasty, which was an edict recognizing Liu Wei as the new monarch of the Ming Kingdom. Because the Ming Kingdom was a vassal state of the Great Qin Dynasty, before the new emperor ascended the throne, he had to submit a document to the emperor of the Great Qin Dynasty and obtain the approval of the emperor of the Great Qin Dynasty before ascending the throne. Under normal circumstances, it will be approved, and the Great Qin Dynasty does not interfere with the affairs of the Ming Dynasty at will.

During the whole ceremony, Cao Yun and others kept chanting words such as 'Long live the monarch' and 'God bless my country' under the Temple of Heaven, according to the rules of the ceremony, but there was not much to do. After the ceremony on the altar of heaven, Dong Zhuo and Liu Wei led the hundred officials of the Manchu Dynasty to the front hall of the imperial palace.

Cao Yun and Guo Xiao quietly followed the ministers to the front hall of the imperial palace. As soon as he entered the front hall, Cao Yun Guo Xiao was surprised to find that there was also a throne on the right side of the throne, and after a closer look, he found that the two armrests of the throne in the center were not carved with a gluttonous tiger head, but a prisoner's cat's head, and the throne on the right was carved with a gluttonous tiger head. At this time, some old ministers seemed to guess what was going on, and they were already trembling with anger.

Liu Wei walked towards the throne with an expressionless face, and Dong Zhuo followed closely behind. Liu Wei slowly sat on the throne, raised his right hand, and suddenly realized that the carving on the armrest was no longer a gluttonous tiger, and put his hand down again. At this time, Dong Zhuo sat on the throne on the right with a proud face, his hands on the heads of the gluttonous tigers on both sides, and his back leaned back, so he was not majestic.

As soon as Dong Zhuo sat on the throne and stood in the center of the main hall, among the ministers, three old ministers immediately stood up in line, and the three of them asked Dong Zhuo loudly at the same time: "Dare to ask General Dong Zhuo why he sits on the right side of the king?"

Dong Zhuo raised his hand, gently stroked his white beard, and did not answer, but just turned his head and glanced at the young monarch. Liu Wei naturally understood what Dong Zhuo meant, and said slowly: "General Dong Zhuo has meritorious service in punishing thieves, and he has been crowned a general. Lonely and thinking that the general is old, he is specially given a seat on the right. ”

The three old ministers did not calm down their anger after listening to Liu Zhuo's words, but became even more excited, and one of them pointed at Dong Zhuo and asked sharply: "General Dong Zhuo, dare to ask you what virtue you have to accept the king's favor and sit on the king's right?"

One person asked: "Dong Zhuo, you sit on it and accept the congratulations of the hundred officials, have you borne it?"

The other person asked angrily: "Dong Zhuo, why is your seat carved with a gluttonous tiger head, while the king's seat is carved with a prisoner's cat's head?"

Dong Zhuo saw the three of them questioning himself like this, he snorted coldly in his heart, slowly stood up, and took a few steps forward, "You three are crazy, right? My seat is obviously carved with a prison cat, and the king's seat is carved with a gluttonous tiger, what is your intention to reverse black and white?"

"Dong Zhuo, it's you who reverses black and white. ”

"Dong Zhuo, what are your intentions?"

"Dong Zhuo, do you think we're all dazzled, can't we even tell the difference between the gluttonous tiger and the imprisoned cat?"

"Oh, is it?" Dong Zhuo said lightly, "Then let me ask this Manchu official, who still thinks like you that my seat is carved with a gluttonous tiger, and the king's seat is carved with a prison cat." ”

Immediately, Dong Zhuo raised his voice and said, "Who else has the same opinion as the three of them?

Dong Zhuo glanced at the hundred officials, and when the hundred officials saw Dong Zhuo glance coming, they lowered their heads one after another, not daring to look at them, and the three ministers turned their heads to look at the hundred officials of the Manchu Dynasty who lowered their heads, and their expressions changed a lot, including anger, surprise, disappointment, and pain.

At the same time, Dong Zhuo also ordered a few ministers who were not very compatible with him before, and asked them what their respective thrones were carved, and there was no doubt that these ministers said in unison that Dong Zhuo's seat was carved with a prison cat, and the throne of the monarch was carved with a gluttonous tiger.

Dong Zhuo looked at the three ministers slightly proudly and said, "Three ministers, have you heard? No minister has the same opinion as you. You have deceived the people with your gossip, disturbed the court, and committed the great crime of deceiving the king. ”

When the three ministers heard that they were going to be beaten to death by a stick, they were also panicked, and hurriedly bowed down and shouted "Wang", Dong Zhuo would turn his head to look at the young monarch, "Your Majesty, as long as you say that they are right, it is the minister who reverses black and white, and the minister, let them go immediately, otherwise, they will be beaten to death by the stick." ”

When the young Liu Wei heard this, he felt a pain in his heart, but he was ruthless, his eyes looked ahead with nothingness, and he said a little weakly: "Pull it down!"

The three ministers who were bowing down, although they panicked when they heard that they were going to be beaten to death by a stick, they quickly calmed down, and at this moment, hearing what the monarch said, the three of them did not beg for mercy, but stood up and scolded Dong Zhuo. was dragged out of the house by the sergeant, but he couldn't stop scolding, and he didn't have any fear of life and death.

The court was silent, and from time to time there were painful cries of "ah" and "ah" outside the hall, and it didn't take long for the shouts to be quieter until they disappeared. Cao Yun, who was standing in a corner of the hall, watched all this indifferently. When the three ministers were dragged out, the spirit of not taking life and death in his eyes made him feel that something touched him.

Cao Yun felt that he knew a lot of things and experienced a lot of things, but when they were witnessing the other side of history and found that they were experiencing something but couldn't do anything, he was a little unhappy in his heart. After all, he now represents Qingzhou, if he goes against Dong Zhuo's intentions and pushes Qingzhou to the opposite side of Dong Zhuo, it is really unwise in this troubled time. However, I couldn't bear to see those three ministers being beaten to death with sticks like this.

Only when we have experienced, endured, and suffered can we truly see the truth of the world and bravely embark on our own path.