Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 350 The Enthronement Ceremony
The first day of June in the second year of Hongguang.

Just after midnight, the bright moon hangs high, and the lingering Huangmei rainy season seems to have left.

Since three days ago, Nanjing City has once again ushered in a wave of cleaning.

Clean from the inside out.

On the royal street, the road is paved with loess and sprinkled with clear water.

Tens of thousands of guard battalion soldiers and horses stood upright, guarding the imperial road.

The soldiers and horses of the five cities of Nanjing also got up early in the morning to work. In addition to supervising fire prevention and anti-theft, they also strictly investigated thieves and fugitives to eliminate the last hidden danger.

Zhu Mou came to Nanjing in a hurry and saw this appearance. Even with the token, it took less than half an hour to enter the inner city.

As the person in charge of the second division of merit examination and food and payment under the General Staff Department, he had no free time until today to come to Nanjing.

Not long after entering the inner city, he met Feng Xianzong, the deputy head of the staff department who was equally eager.

He came all the way from Henan just to attend the enthronement ceremony of King Yu.

"You two, change into your clothes!"

The eunuch was hurriedly being served, while whispering about today's etiquette, time and so on.

However, the two of them read the regulations in advance and remembered most of them.

After talking for more than half an hour, the eunuch said: "You two can just do what the people around you do, just watch more and talk less."

Although it was midnight, His Royal Highness Prince Yu had already started to get up and be tormented.

Change clothes, drink less water, eat less food, and be at the mercy of others.

"Your Highness, Shu Liang has left Sichuan and arrived in Jiujiang."

After changing his clothes, Zhu Mou quickly came to report the news.

"En!" Zhu Yixi nodded, and said, "According to the established regulations, half of it will be shipped to Luzhou."

To guard the river, we must guard the Huai River. With Chaohu Lake as a convenient grain transportation channel, Luzhou is naturally the center point.

He also talked about the transfer of money, and Zhu Mou stepped down as soon as possible.

On the other side, Feng Xianzong followed closely behind, reporting on the situation in Henan.

Backed by Tongguan and Nanyang, the situation in Luoyang is relatively good. The Manchu and Qing Dynasties can't get enough food, so they are not interested in Henan, which is thousands of miles away.

Of course, maybe they also knew the reason for Fangcheng's defense line.

"Chen Tongzhi (Chen Yongfu) was very excited when he heard about His Highness, but unfortunately he couldn't come to congratulate him due to the situation."

Feng Xianzong obviously spoke for Chen Yongfu.

It can be seen that the two cooperated well in Henan.

"Hmm!" Zhu Yixi snorted softly, "I told them not to come. There will never be less things that should be there. Keeping the territory is the first priority."

Except for Chen Yongfu, even Liu Tingjie from Yulin and You Shiwei from Guyuan in Shaanxi were strictly prohibited from going to Nanjing in case something went wrong.

The same is true for Li Jizu in Guizhou.

Sun Kewang swept Yunnan. If he broke through from Guizhou, Lingnan and Huguang would be in danger and had to be guarded against.

"Bring me the map!"

Thinking of this, Zhu Yixi suddenly became eager.

After a while, the huge map placed in the study was placed in front of him.

From north to south, they are Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang, Sichuan, Guizhou, and now, Nanzhili has been added.

After King Yi of Jiangxi entered Beijing, the entire Jiangxi Province also expressed obedience.

As for Zhao Guangyuan and Qin Yiming, they are rushing to Zhejiang, and the day when they will be in the bag is not far away.

The naughty King Lu should also clean up.

In this way, as long as he ascends the throne today, Guangdong and Guangxi will naturally win.

Only King Tang of Fujian still pretended to be deaf and dumb, as if he hadn't heard.

Of course, it is also possible that Zheng's coercion has no choice but to do so.

Thinking of Zheng Zhilong, Zhu Yixi's heart sank.

For him, the pirate Zheng's, who is criss-crossing the southeast waters, and his large-scale navy, are just icing on the cake.

But for Man Qing, it was a timely gift.

Even if you can't own it, you can't give it to Man Qing.

"I hope there are more smart people in the Zheng family."

In this way, after a while, the sky brightened slightly, the eastern purple air emerged, and the dim moon gradually withdrew from the sky, giving way to the real protagonist.

Good luck, today is a sunny day.

"Your Highness, the auspicious time has come."

At this time, there was a crisp sound, and then the vocal music was loud, and elegant and solemn music came from all directions.

Zhu Yixi wears a red and black crown dress with cross-collared right lapel, with patterns of the sun, moon, and dragon on the shoulders; stars and mountains on the back; and patterns of fire, Chinese insects, and Zongyi on the sleeves.

Two pieces each of weaving algae, vermicelli, rice flour, and rice grains.

The so-called "twelve coats of arms" pattern.

On the head there are twelve crowns, the chin is tied with a ribbon, the ears are drooping, elegant and luxurious, stepping down the steps, he can enter the imperial court.

Whether it was the crown or the heavy clothes, they were extremely heavy. He didn't dare to move, so he simply sat in the imperial palace, closed his eyes and rested his mind.

As early as a few days ago, after a group of court ladies and eunuchs from Xiangyang arrived in Nanjing, King Yu lived in the simply repaired Nanjing Imperial Palace.

"Dang——" several eunuchs rang the huge bell, and the sound went straight to the sky.

The ceremonial officer was dressed in Chinese clothes and shouted loudly: "Get up——"

At this time, the ceremony and music team composed of thousands of people played for a while.

Huang Zhong Da Lu, harp harmony, chime bells and copper chime, cooperate with each other, it seems to be the music of the fairy palace, and it is like the ethereal sound, which makes people have to bend down to express their submission.

This is different from any music in later generations, even Zhu Yixi was unknowingly affected, and his expression became solemn.

Amidst the solemn music, the entire Yuyu was lifted up steadily, and the rich families opened up one after another!
As soon as he stepped out of the palace gate, he rushed towards him, the sound of mountains and sea waves.

"Long live, long live—"

Civil and military officials kneeled together, and soldiers held their weapons on one knee. There were only a few hundred people. Because of their duties, they had to stand up, and their eyes kept sweeping back and forth to eliminate the last trace of risk.

Zhu Yixi was as motionless as a mountain, squinting his eyes, watching the prostrate and kneeling crowd through the slack (liú) line.

This is surrender, both physical and mental, total surrender.

Thinking of how proud these people were in front of the common people, but now in front of him, he was filled with admiration for a moment.

Surrounded by guards of honor, they walked out of the imperial city and walked on the spacious imperial street. The troops were no more than one foot apart, forming a long human wall, blocking everything.

On both sides of the Imperial Street, no matter rich or poor, high or low, wise or foolish, old or young, all had to put flowers and incense tables in front of the door.

It's just that when they saw Yu Jia approaching from a distance, they were all asked to kneel down by the yamen servants on the side, shouting endlessly, saying long live.

Zhu Yixi sat still, under the influence of the crown, it was even difficult to lower her head, and she could only look at it from the corner of her eye.

I saw that no matter it was the white-haired old man or the immature child, they knelt down on the left and right mountains and shouted long live.

The sound of the mountain whistling like a tsunami shook his chest.

The clan that used to be as humble as a beggar has now become the supreme in the world. Is there anything more inspirational than this?
I don't know how long it took, Yuyu came to the outside of Zhengyangmen, the sun of Zhongshan.

This is where the Circular Mound is, the Temple of Heaven.

(End of this chapter)