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Chapter 120 Succession
According to the etiquette system of this dynasty, the emperor's coffin lasted for a full forty-nine days, so every seven days, all the clansmen, dignitaries, civil and military ministers in Beijing had to enter the palace to cry.

But there are exceptions, like today is the third day, but almost all those who can enter the palace have come, because today the will will be read in front of Emperor Daxing's coffin.

After all the noble clansmen in Beijing, civil and military officials arrived, the Supreme Emperor walked in with the support of Dai Quan and a few other attendants, and then followed the crown prince Tuzhen.

After everyone saw the ceremony, the Supreme Emperor sat on the dragon chair on the side of the coffin, nodded to Wang An, and then closed his eyes.After receiving the signal, Wang An came to the spiritual seat in the center of the hall, and shouted loudly, "Read out the will, and all the officials bow down."

All the people except the Supreme Emperor, under the leadership of Tu Zhen, kneeled neatly in the hall, and then Wang An cleared his throat and began to read ten wills.

Mu Xu knelt behind the clan in the crowd, listening to these obscure imperial edicts, he felt like he had a splitting headache.After listening for a long time, he only understood a few of them.Just like the first one, it talks about the life achievements of Emperor Jiading, the second one mentions the issue of heirs, and the fourth one is about mourning and mausoleum system.

After about half an hour, the last sentence was finally read, and at the end of the will, the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs was instructed to assist the heir, so that the country and society could be stabilized.

After reading all the imperial edicts, when all the officials were flattened, Mu Xu suddenly realized that many people's knees were stuffed with cushions.Because he was wondering just now, with his physical fitness, his knees and feet were numb, why those ministers who looked very old were fine.

The Supreme Emperor waited for everyone to calm down, opened his eyes just now, and asked Huang Mingguang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, "Have you ever prepared for the succession of the new emperor?"

Huang Mingguang came out and replied, "Report to the Supreme Emperor, the Ministry of Rites is already making preparations, and the succession ceremony in nine days will not be missed."

The Supreme Emperor responded without further words, and stood up tremblingly. Tu Zhen and Dai Quan quickly went up to support him, and walked towards the outside of the hall.After seeing off the Supreme Emperor, all the people in the hall bowed to Emperor Jiading's spiritual seat, and then dispersed in twos and threes.

Mu Xu came out of the main hall, and wanted to find a place to play for a while, but Jia Lian came to him instead, "My lord, can I take a step to talk."

Mu Xu nodded, took him to a secluded place near the palace gate, and asked, "What do you want from me?"

Jia Lian looked embarrassing, hesitated for a moment, and still gritted his teeth and said, "I want to ask my lord, about the matter of big sister Yuanchun, how will she arrange it?"

Hearing him ask about Jia Yuanchun, Mu Xu couldn't help frowning.Seeing his appearance, Jia Lian hurriedly opened his mouth to explain, "My lord, forgive me, but the old lady at home forced me to inquire. I have no choice, so I have the audacity to ask you."

Mu Xu waved his hand, "Okay, I understand. But this matter is really hard to say. According to common sense, generally a concubine who has not given birth will be posthumously named a concubine and live in the palace for the elderly, but this one of your family is Hard to say."

Seeing his puzzled face and the fact that there was no one around, Mu Xu made it clear to him, "I'm not going to hide it from you, the eldest lady of your family is taking the position this time, and it's Concubine Zhen who is walking in the face. But in fact, it was arranged by Prince Yizhong. I guess the empress knows the inside story, so you can decide for yourself what happens to her."

Jia Lian's face turned pale, "Didn't it mean that Uncle Wang finally made meritorious service? I heard from our second wife the day before yesterday that he was promoted to the inspection point of the nine provinces."

Mu Xu pinched his brows speechlessly, "You've been an official for a while, why are you so clueless. Go back and ask your father, what is the difference between the two officials before and after Wang Ziteng?" After saying this, he also I didn't bother to talk to him, waved to him, and went away.

Looking at the back of Mu Xu going away, Jia Lian thought for a while but couldn't figure it out, so he simply smashed the jar, planning to ask Jia amnesty when he went back.

When he returned to the mansion, he didn't go to answer Jia's mother, but went directly to the East Road Courtyard to see Jia Amnesty.

Jia Amnesty had just returned from the palace, had just taken off his court clothes, and was about to relax when he saw Jia Lian coming.After listening to what Mu Xu said just now, he hated the way that iron cannot be made into steel,
"No wonder people don't want to talk too much. When you talk about you, why are you like a stick? Let me ask you, although the Jingying Jiedu Envoy is a second-rank official, he commands [-] Beijing camps. What about the nine provincial inspection points? It sounds nice to be a first-rank official, but who can it control, do you really think that this organ can control those soldiers from the Nine Borders?"

Only then did Jia Lian understand the key point, and couldn't help but blush, "Then how should I reply to the old lady."

Jia She said with a sneer, "Just follow what Wang Shizi of Dongping said. Also, go back and tell your mother-in-law to avoid contact with Wang Ziteng's family in the future."

"Father said..." Jia Lian was a little surprised, but Jia She ignored him and admired a fan by himself.Jia Lian had no choice but to retreat.He came to Rongqing Hall full of thoughts, and told Jiamu what Mu Xu had said again.After listening to this, Mother Jia was silent for a long time, and first told the mandarin ducks beside her,

"Go and tell your wife later that she gave up halfway when she was asked to pray for Baoyu last time. This is disrespectful to the Buddha. From tomorrow onwards, I will start again. This time, without my order, she is not allowed to leave the Buddhist hall again."

After Yuanyang nodded in agreement, Mother Jia sighed to Jia Lian again, "Oh, your eldest sister seems to be in trouble, but after all, she went to that shady place at a young age for our family. So I want to let you Go and beg Prince Dongping to see if you can help her."

Jia Lian looked embarrassed, "Old lady, it's not that I don't want to, but this matter is too involved. Even if I plead for mercy, they may not help me."

"Forget it, you don't have to worry about this matter." When Jia Lian left, Jia's mother said to herself, "It seems that I still have to ask Yu'er for this matter..."

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In the twinkling of an eye, it has been twelve days since the emperor passed away, and today is the day when the new emperor succeeds to the throne, but this ceremony is only for the purpose of rectifying the throne, it is not considered a real enthronement ceremony, and the previous year name will still be used .

The real enthronement ceremony, how can it be so simple, not only will it be announced to the whole country in advance, but also local officials, vassal kings of various towns, and envoys of various countries will all pay homage to the new monarch at the ceremony.

Mu Xu has been guarding outside the Daqing Hall since early in the morning, and is in charge of welcoming the honorable clan members and ministers of civil and military affairs who will participate in the succession ceremony of the new monarch.After all these people arrived, it was estimated that the time was about the same, and the six divisions and nine ministers came out of the palace again, looking into the distance, and after a while, they saw two rows of eunuchs walking in a carriage, and someone shouted Said, "The crown prince is here~" More than a dozen senior court officials rushed down the steps to lift their robes and knelt down. The Minister of Rites, Huang Mingguang, cried, "Please invite the crown prince to enter the palace to perform the ceremony!"

Tu Zhen didn't understand these many rules, so he had two chief eunuchs, Dai Quan and Wang An, one on the left and one on the right, whispering a few words in his ear from time to time, how to walk, how to salute, how to speak, the crown prince Tu Zhen's expression In a daze, he lost all his usual mischievous energy, and just followed suit one by one like a puppet.

When they all entered the hall, Mu Xu just got up, but he didn't go in, just stood at the door and looked inside.

In the Daqing Hall, the tribute officials of Honghe Temple came out to sing ceremonies, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Rites, three ministers helped Tu Zhen onto the yellow silk dragon chair, and all the officials walked on crane steps, knelt down to worship the new monarch, and the mountains shouted the tsunami It's like paying homage to the new king.

After all the ministers sang the ceremony, the Minister of Rites reported the selected year names to the new emperor one by one. Mu Xu listened to some of the year names they picked out, his face brightened, because most of these year names he had I've heard that it's nothing more than Qingli and Hongchang. The most outrageous things are Hongxing, Qianlong, and Xuantong.

After the last dispute, a group of people decided on Hongchang as the year name for next year's change to Yuan.Mu Xu thought to himself, it's a good thing it wasn't Hong Xing, otherwise he thought that Tu Zhen had become a leader.

After setting the year name for next year, Wang An launched an imperial decree, which used the tone of the former emperor to prove the legitimacy of the new emperor's succession.Then came the second decree, amnesty for the world in the name of the new emperor: all prisoners who are not awaiting death or trial will be pardoned and released from prison, the decree will be exempted from the taxes owed by farmers for more than three years, and the decree will be exempted from the three years that fishermen have not paid. The above fish oil, swim bladder, etc...

(End of this chapter)