The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 761

After arriving at the Meridian Gate, everyone lined up to enter in order according to their official positions, and soon came to the Huangji Gate (Fengtian Gate).

Only then did Ding Yi realize that later generations were photographed indiscriminately in which halls and early dynasties, and the early Ming Dynasty was at the Huangji Gate.

This is called "Yumen listening to politics". After the Qing Dynasty, it was changed to Qianqingmen, and after Qianlong, it was changed to Qinzheng Hall.

When the officials arrived at the Huangji Gate, they found that the three ministers, Ding Yi, King of Zhenbei, and Cai Maode, Governor of Shanxi, had arrived early.

But careful people found that today's position is a bit wrong.

Generally speaking, civil servants stand on the left and military officials stand on the right.

At the beginning of the founding of some countries, the military officer stood on the left and the civilian officer stood on the right. After all, when the country was founded, the military officer had a higher status.

Today Ding Yi is also standing on the left side, beside him are the former Taiyuan General Soldier Xie Zhiliang, Ningxia General Soldier Fu Min and other Ming Soldier Generals, as well as his own generals from Dongjiang.

The first position on the right was previously occupied by the princes. This time, Wang Duo, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, will be ranked first, followed by Zhang Jinyan and Zhang Xin.

The new Duke of Cheng, Zhu Zeli (of course, the government has not yet issued a decree to make him hereditary) naturally dare not compete with these people, and other officials stand obediently behind them.

This is already obvious, and the dynasty is about to change, because only the status of military officers at the founding of the country is above that of civilian officials.

After everyone took their positions, they found that the prince was not there.

Ding Yi was the first to speak: "Today, all the ministers are called together to discuss the matter of welcoming the crown prince to the throne."

Speaking of this, Ding Yi seemed to find that the prince was not there.

"Where is His Royal Highness?" Ding Yi turned around and asked in a good voice.

A little eunuch came out tremblingly from one side, and whispered, "Your Highness hasn't gotten up yet."

This little eunuch looked to be only fourteen or fifteen years old. He was qualified to come to this kind of scene before, and almost none of the officials knew him.

But once the emperor and the courtiers, all the original eunuchs in the palace were probably replaced.

As soon as the little eunuch finished speaking, the officials were in an uproar.

Guang Shiheng came out on the spot and cursed: "It's three poles in the sun, and I'm still lazy. If I want to become emperor, isn't it just another stupid king?"

He said another one, and he almost scolded Chongzhen by name.

Yesterday he also said that the prince is virtuous, but today he called the prince a foolish emperor, his face changed so quickly that no one could match him.

As soon as Guang Shiheng finished speaking, Chen Mingxia jumped out again during the incident, "The crown prince loses his morals, how can he ascend the throne, and how can Jiangshan Sheji be entrusted to him?"

Then all the ministers were aggressive and yelled at each other, Zhu Cihong would definitely be scolded bloody for being here.

Ding Yi was also dumbfounded. He had heard that officials of the Ming Dynasty were good at cursing people, even the emperor. Today is an eye-opener.

"The prince is here." At this moment, the prince was called from outside.

All the ministers turned their heads to look.

I saw the prince trotting over in a panic, followed by a few young eunuchs, their clothes a little disheveled.

Last night, the prince thought a lot about his thoughts and fell asleep very late. He was just woken up by the eunuch. He was furious, and he didn't have time to blame the eunuch for not calling him, so he ran over here.

He arrived at the scene panting, saw the 'Royal Couch' in the Huangji Gate, wanted to sit but didn't dare to sit, and heard the officials scolding him from afar.

He stood awkwardly beside Ding Yi, glaring at the officials.

"Where are King Ding and King Yong?" Zhang Jinyan, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, suddenly asked loudly.

Swipe, all eyes looked at Prince Zhu Cihong.

Zhu Cihong was furious: "How did I know, what do you think I mean?"

Ding Yi said slowly: "The king has sent people to search around, and sent additional people to the capital, but there is no news yet."

Guang Shiheng even dared to scold Chongzhen at the beginning, but this will pop up again: "The prince has lost his virtue, he should support King Ding or King Yong."

"I—Ben Gong—why lose virtue?" Zhu Cihong was ashamed and angry, trembling with anger.

"When the first emperor was here, he never asked the ministers to wait. The crown prince came to the court on the first day, and he came late. Will you be the emperor in the future?" Chen Mingxia asked unceremoniously.

Although Chongzhen was a terrible emperor, he was diligent at work and never left early or late.

Zhu Cihong was late on the first day, and everyone didn't seize the opportunity to explode.

"The king is also at fault for this matter. He didn't ask his servant to remind him in time." Ding Yi looked embarrassed at this moment: "It has nothing to do with the prince, and all ministers must not be rude."

"It has nothing to do with King Zhenbei." Zhu Cihong blushed even more, gritted his teeth and said, "It's my fault."

This is all right, all the ministers jumped up one after another.

"Since the crown prince knows that he has made a mistake, he should reflect on it." Chen Mingxia suddenly knelt down: "I think that the king is wise and should be the son of heaven."

"Yong Wang is intelligent, he can be the emperor." Someone knelt down and shouted.

Immediately, the officials were divided into two factions. Strange to say, those on the left supported King Ding, and those on the right supported King Yong. Everyone cursed and supported King Ding and King Yong as emperors.

Zhu Cihong was stunned. Standing beside Ding Yi, his mind went blank and he didn't know how to deal with it.

The courtiers were turbulent, but no one supported him as emperor. Zhu Cihong's young heart was directly injured by millions of critical strikes.

He looked at the faces of civil and military officials in the court, and then thought about their appearance when Li Zicheng came in, the young Zhu Cihong completely broke out.

He pointed at the officials like crazy and cursed: "A group of treacherous ministers, I will be your emperor all night. If I become emperor, I will kill them all."

The faces of the officials changed again, and some people secretly laughed.

"The prince has lost his virtue, let it go." Guang Shiheng jumped up and scolded, almost pointing his hand to Zhu Cihong's face.

Zhu Cihong was terrified and could not help but back away.

"Let's go."

"Let's go."

The audience shouted loudly, someone wanted to rush up and beat the prince.

Ding Yi was in a hurry: "Take the prince down quickly."

Several young eunuchs hurriedly pulled the prince down.

Zhu Cihong didn't dare to stay any longer, and ran back to the East Palace in disgrace.

The officials were furious, and many people were still cursing.

Cursing and cursing, suddenly Shangshu Wang Duo of the Ministry of Rites took a step forward, and said loudly in a voice full of anger that he had never seen before: "Don't make any noise."

Wang Shangshu's lion's roar shocked the officials.

There was an instant silence in front of Huangji Gate.

Wang Shangshu said loudly: "The prince lost his virtue, but the court is still there, King Yong and King Ding are also there, and the court is already looking for the two princes, but the world is still in chaos. There are slaves outside the Ming Dynasty and bandits inside. In such a precarious time, Please, King Zhenbei, stand up to supervise the country and assist the government for the sake of the country and the country."

Ding Yi's face turned red, and he shook his head loudly: "The crown prince and the kings are still here, how can this king step in and take over? This king will lead his troops to find the bandits and Jiannu. He will not go out of the capital until sunrise, and supervise the affairs of the country. It is absolutely impossible."

"My lord, please don't refuse." With a plop, Zhang Jinyan, Minister of the Ministry of War, knelt down in the hall, crying bitterly, his voice was louder than that of his dead mother: "The prince is young and immoral, and all the ministers in the court, except the lord, who will be If you can turn the tide, even if you don’t do it for the country, you have to do it for the people of the world.”

Ding Yi blushed, and shook his head desperately: "Supervising the country and assisting the government is a big matter, and you have to think twice before you act. I also ask all the ministers to discuss it carefully—"

When the ministers heard the words, suddenly, all the civil and military officials in the audience shouted: "I invite King Zhenbei to supervise the country and assist the government."

Many people came out and shouted.

Ding Yi stamped his feet, but still refused: "Why are you forcing me?"

The sage refuses three times.

Gong Yonggu in the back row saw that it was almost done, and suddenly rushed out and put his arm around Ding Yi's left hand.

Zhang Xin was over 50 years old, and his movements were faster than that of his youth. He rushed up and hugged Ding Yi's right hand.

The two dragged and dragged Ding Yi to the imperial couch in the middle of the Huangji Gate.

Where the imperial gate listens to the government, there is an imperial couch and copywriters in the middle of the Huangji gate, which is also the place where the emperor sits.

Ding Yi was startled and angry, and desperately refused: "What are you doing, what are you doing? It doesn't match the etiquette--"

Amidst his roar, two or three officials stepped forward, and four or five people worked together.

With a plop, he pressed Ding Yi on the imperial couch.

Zhang Xin, Gong Yonggu and others immediately fell to their knees.

At the same time, all the officials in the audience knelt down and shouted again: "Your Majesty, I invite you to supervise the country and assist the government."

The sound at the scene was like a mountain roaring and a tsunami, deafening.

The moment Ding Yi sat down, his whole soul seemed to be sublimated.

A surge of hot blood rushed to his forehead at the same time, and Ding Yi's mind went blank for a while.

He shook his head desperately, when he saw all the officials kneeling in front of him.

His first feeling was that the chair under the ass was obviously like sitting on pins and needles, but after sitting down, he didn't want to get up, and he didn't want to let it go.

On April 28, under the repeated requests of courtiers, Ding Yi reluctantly agreed to assist the government and supervise the country.

But Ding Yi also said that if you can't assist the government and supervise the country by yourself, that would be a word of speech. If the king makes a mistake, who will supervise the king?

From all the ministers in the world, call for wise and wise people to assist them, so it was agreed to find a few more shrewd and capable ministers to serve as auxiliary ministers.

Following Ding Yi's decree, ministers from various ministries in Southern Zhili were called to Beijing to discuss matters of auxiliary administration.

On the same day, Ding Yi issued orders one after another to all parts of Daming.

First of all, the whole country is required to search for the other two sons of Chongzhen, Zhu Cijiong and Zhu Cizhen. These two princes disappeared after Li Zicheng broke the city. Even Ding Yi doesn't know where he went. Ding Yi said that to find them back, choose the wise Ascend to the throne as the new emperor. At that time, the king can retire and return the military power.

The decree was sent to the six important ministers of Nanzhili, except for a few people, to go to the capital to discuss the matter of assisting the government.

The decree was sent to the princes of the clans from all over the country to go to Beijing.

An order was sent to the general soldiers from all over the country to gather in the capital.

At the same time, Li Yan was appointed as the governor of Shanxi, Xu Fuzuo was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Pingyuan, and Fang Xinghan was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Datong. In the whole of Shanxi, there will only be two commander-in-chiefs.

Xu Fuzuo led 7000 troops and was stationed in Pingyang Mansion. He was in charge of the defense of Pingyang Mansion and Lu'an Mansion plus Liaozhou and Qinzhou. Fang Xinghan led [-] troops and stationed in Datong. State defense.

There are 3 soldiers in Shanxi Province.

After Li Zicheng is pacified in the future, Ding Yi will ask Li Yan to form a large number of officials (including artisans from the Craftsmanship Bureau, teachers from the Academy, doctors from the Craftsmanship Bureau, etc.) and police officers in the five local prefectures, eighteen prefectures, and 74 counties.

There are 1000 officials in prefectures and 500 in counties.

There are 60000 more officials in the province.

Including officials, officers and soldiers in the whole province, and those who eat administrative meals in Shanxi Province, there are about 10 people.

This is also the person Ding Yi will need to support in Shanxi in the future.

Ding Yi calculated that, excluding military expenditures, the salary of so many people is about 300 million taels a year.

(End of this chapter)