prosperous age

Chapter 611 Preparations for Succession 610
"Yifu, you should come with me and go back to the palace. You are the minister of the Ministry of Rites. You should preside over His Majesty's funeral in the palace at this time."

This visit to Prince Yu's Mansion was actually the cabinet's invitation to Prince Yu to enter the palace. On the one hand, he presided over the funeral of Emperor Jiajing, and on the other hand, he was preparing for the enthronement ceremony.

The edict had already been shown to King Yu, and it was not expected that King Yu would succeed Dabao.

The edict will be announced tomorrow in Fengxian Hall after King Yu formally enters the palace, and then promulgated to the world.

By this time, everything was in accordance with the court system. Officials like Wei Guangde and Yin Shizhen who had no real power in the court actually had nothing to do, which was to accompany Yu Wang, the new emperor.

Talk to him more, don't think about it.

After Chen Yiqin nodded, Gao Gong said to Yin Shizhen and Wei Guangde: "Tonight you will temporarily rest in the palace, and I will ask Li Fang to prepare a room for you."

At this time, Gao Gong didn't have the slightest idea that he had already entered the court as an official, and still regarded the palace as his one-acre three-point land, and arranged it directly.

Wei Guangde turned his head sideways, not intending to argue with Gao Gong, although he felt uncomfortable.

And Yin Shizhen was similar to him, although he was dissatisfied, he didn't show it, he just nodded casually, seemingly agreeing.

Although Wei Guangde hasn't returned home for two days, his family must know about the commotion in the capital today.

He was in Prince Yu's mansion, and King Yu would soon become emperor, and his mother and wife should be happy to see him succeed.

Gao Gong left with Xu Jie and others, and Chen Yiqin also followed. He came here for the reason of checking the preparations of Prince Yu's Mansion.

Chen Yiqin was very satisfied that the palace had been prepared long ago and did not panic.

And he also knew that His Majesty had seen His Highness and His Royal Highness at the last moment today, so he was even less worried.

Now as long as the funeral of Emperor Daxing is done and the affairs of the new dynasty are prepared, the affairs of the Ministry of Rites will be very busy during this period.

In the evening, King Yu still didn't want to eat, but after Yin Shizhen, Wei Guangde and others persuaded him in turn, he finally opened his mouth to eat.

Wei Guangde could only quietly tell Li Fang to bring more pastries and other food with him.

In the next few days, King Yu's life will not be easy.

Fusi Dungeon in Jinyiwei North Town.

Jin Yiwei's news transmission speed was no slower than that of the Ming Dynasty's official circles. After all, many of them were closest to the imperial palace and knew many things inside.

"I heard that the new emperor will pardon Hai Rui."

"I've also heard about this. This old man Hai is really lucky. He was locked in and interrogated for two days at the beginning. After that, he ate and drank offerings. Those who didn't know thought he was invited back."

"What did I say when the order came down from above, this man should not die, otherwise he would have been made to go through all kinds of torture instruments in the torture room."

"It should be these few days. Make some arrangements and let him say hello to us when he leaves. We didn't treat him badly."

Several jailers chattered together. There are no repeat offenders in the prison now. There are a few criminals who have committed crimes, and they have been waiting for the emperor to punish them.

Those people have confessed their crimes long ago, and they have nothing to say, that is, that Hai Rui, who dares to talk back to Qianhu and Zhenfu, is not afraid of death.

For this kind of person, the jailers still have a little admiration, because he did this, and nothing happened.

Anyone else would have been beaten to pieces.

So, Hai Rui was miserable tonight.

He took back the food box and took out the rather sumptuous dinner inside, but Hai Rui didn't move his chopsticks for a long time.

Four dishes, one soup and five dishes, including fish, meat and chicken soup, the other two dishes are vegetarian dishes, and most importantly, there is a jug of wine. This is the standard configuration for the last dinner of executed prisoners.

Yes, Hai Rui saw the sumptuous food and drink tonight, and thought that he would be dragged out tomorrow and beheaded for public display.

Not to mention that the emperor wanted to kill people before the Autumn Judgment. As for the imperial criminals, there was no need to wait until after the Autumn Judgment to kill them. They could kill them whenever they wanted.

In fact, a person's mentality will change at any time due to changes in the environment.

When he first appeared on "Zhi An Shu", he was determined to die, and it could be said that he will succeed if he fails, which is why he prepared the coffin.

But the next few months were safe and sound, and Emperor Jiajing did not get angry and wanted to punish him.

Especially during this period of time, many officials who hadn't spoken a few words before chatted with him intentionally or unintentionally, and made friends with him, which made him have a very nourishing time.

Although there was no positive news from the palace, Emperor Jiajing still went his own way, but Hai Rui really didn't want to die at this time.

It's better to die than to live, why must you ask to die?

He also faintly felt something from the changes in the people around him during this period, and he seemed to have become the representative of Qingliu inadvertently.

Of course, it cannot be said to be a leader.

When interacting with those Jinshi, he can still feel their imperceptible contempt for him.

After all, he was born in Juren.

It's just that there was an unforeseen event, but he was finally arrested. When he was still on duty in the household department, a group of Jin Yiwei rushed in like wolves and took him away.

After two days of interrogation, he was finally thrown in this prison and left alone.

After being imprisoned for so long, today the jailer brought this sumptuous table of food and drink. Hai Rui thought that today was not his birthday, nor was it an important day, so it could only be the last meal in his life: the meal of severed head.

Hai Rui couldn't eat, so it was the same for King Yu in King Yu's mansion.

No matter who it is, the father is gone, maybe it will be like this.

Only time may allow him to gradually recover.

Half an hour later, the jailer came to collect the food box. He stood outside the cell and looked inside. The food and drink hadn't been touched. Hai Rui just sat there in a daze, and didn't pack up the food box.

"Huang San, come here."

The jailer yelled at the jailer at the entrance of the alley.

"what's up?"

Huang San came over slowly and asked.

"Open the cell door, there seems to be something wrong with Mr. Hai inside."

The jailer who delivered the food said.

"Really? It was fine before."

Huang San walked to the prison door and went inside to have a look, he was also startled.

Although the light was dim, they had long been accustomed to the environment in the dungeon, and they could tell that the food and drink had not been touched.

With the sound of flipping the key, Huang San found the key and quickly opened the cell to enter.

Hai Rui remained completely unaware of these movements.

Arriving in front of Hai Rui, Huang Sanban squatted down and looked over. At this moment, Hai Rui's eyes moved, and he just stared at him firmly.

Although he was very reluctant to admit it, Huang San's heart trembled at the moment, he was a little scared by Hai Rui's stare.

"Master Hai, is this food and drink not to your liking?"

Huang San asked boldly.

Hai Rui didn't answer, but still stared at him.

"Come on, you didn't have two meals in this big prison. I thought you were going to prepare something for you. If you don't eat, forget it."

Although Huang San didn't know what was going on with Hai Rui, he didn't want to waste the food and drink on the table, so he greeted the person next to him, "Master Hai doesn't want to eat, then let's eat."

"You said that I didn't have two meals in the prison. What do you mean by that?"

A deep voice sounded, and it was Hai Rui who asked.

"You've been in the prison for a long time, and you should be going out soon, that is, these two days."

The jailer said casually.

"Why was I released? I scolded His Majesty."

Hai Rui asked.

In Beizhen Fusi Prison, in order to avoid trouble, Hai Rui was directly detained in the dungeon, so the ringing bell outside could not be heard here at all.

"The first emperor died today, no one will cut off your head, I thought about it"

Huang San said casually, but stopped right away.

"Wait, what are you talking about? The emperor... No! Ah."

When Hai Rui heard the news of Emperor Jiajing's death, he didn't show joy, but was very sad, and not only retched.

"Master Hai, you are fine now, you should be happy, why are you crying?"

Seeing Hai Rui like this, the jailer felt displeased, and the two quickly packed up the food and drinks, and didn't bother to talk to him.

When he locked the cell again, he not only spat, "Scholars are hypocritical."

It doesn't matter who the emperor is to those who eat royal meals, as long as the emperor doesn't dismiss them.

Not long after they left, the retching Hai Rui finally calmed down. Not only did he whimper and cry, he wailed twice from time to time, making the prison restless all night.

For a scholar like Hai Rui, being an official is naturally thinking of making decisions for the people and working hard for the country. Seeing Emperor Jiajing's misbehavior, he risked his life to admonish him, and he must be scolded if he should.

But in his bones, the thought of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism had already been deeply rooted in his bones. Hearing that the emperor had passed away, he couldn't help crying.

Many people in later generations regarded courtiers crying about the emperor as acting, but it was not the case. Perhaps only those officials who were half buried in the ground would have such thoughts. Most officials would cry because of the death of the emperor.

Loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith have been repeatedly mentioned by their teachers since they were studying, and they have been more or less integrated into their bones and connected with their blood.

Only those who know the destiny will understand that death is like that, and no one can escape.

In the capital city in the early morning, a heavy snow fell last night, turning the whole city into white.

The gate of King Yu's mansion has been opened, and King Yu walked out of the mansion wearing the black winged good crown, green cloth robe, and black horn belt around his waist, and got into the carriage that had been prepared.

Yin Shizhen, Wei Guangde and others followed him and got into the carriage behind him.

Although the guards at the front and back of the convoy were still fully dressed today, they were also wrapped in a layer of plain clothes.

When they arrived outside Dong'an Gate, the convoy stopped, and King Yu got out of the car and walked into the imperial city with mourning tools.

Walk from Dong'anmen to Qianqing Palace, release the crown, wear hair, kowtow and cry in front of Yutuo, and then give orders to the palace people.

The Daxing Emperor Bintian announced to the Fengxian Hall, promulgated the edict to the world, reported the obituary to the clan kings, strictly guarded the capital, and ordered the Ministry of Rites to meet with the Hanlin Academy to discuss the funeral etiquette.

This is what King Yu will do on the first day he enters the palace, and the Ministry of Rites is already preparing to conduct the emperor's funeral etiquette notes. After all, there are conventions.

On the second day, the Ministry of Rituals carried out a large-scale note on the emperor's funeral etiquette, and had detailed requirements for the honorable ministers in Beijing, wives of various families, soldiers and civilians.

When Wei Guangde and the others left the palace, they were still lamenting how much etiquette there is. From tomorrow onwards, like other ministers, he will wear plain black gauze hat and black horns and bring Ju Chen Yi Sishan to cry outside the door. After that, those who should go to work will continue to work.

Wei Guangde doesn't need to go to the school records hall these days, this is what King Yu ordered him to come into the palace every day.

Fortunately, he is only a fourth-rank official now, if he is promoted to the third rank, his wife will also come to Sishan's gate and cry for three days.

Afterwards, Emperor Jiajing's funeral was carried out according to the ritual notes. The first thing Wei Guangde did when he entered the palace every day was to look at today's arrangements, and then pick the key points to share with King Yu.

That day King Yu was in the mourning hall, and Wei Guangde came out to get some air. He saw Chen Yiqin walking towards here with a gauze cap wrapped in cloth, a sash, a plain suit, waistband, and hemp shoes.

In fact, these days, all officials are dressed like this, even after crying and returning to the Yamen office.

"The Shuntian Mansion is ready. Tomorrow is the time for civil and military officials, soldiers and civilians, seniors, etc. to persuade them to come in."

After walking in front of Wei Guangde, Chen Yiqin whispered to him.

"Okay, so what officials will be involved tomorrow?"

When the emperor succeeds to the throne, even if he has no choice but to be King Yu, he has to be persuaded three times before he agrees. This is already a ritual.

Every time the persuasion is not only for officials to participate, but also for the government to find representatives from the people, that is, young and middle-aged people and the elderly with clean family backgrounds to participate.

"Tomorrow will be led by me. It will mainly be officials at the first level of ministers and nobles such as the Earl in Beijing. The rest will be selected by Shuntian Mansion."

Chen Yiqin said in a low voice, "In the future, the Six Ministers and the Nine Ministers will participate. The Marquis of Beijing will also be present. The common people will change a group of people. The Shuntian Mansion has already made arrangements."

The last persuasion, of course, is to come again by the cabinet, the minister, and the princes in Beijing, etc., and the common people, and this time King Yu also agreed with half-push and half-way.

"Is there anything else to do today?"

Wei Guangde nodded and asked again in a low voice.

"How is the preparation of His Royal Highness's crown clothes, Gao Shangshu wants me to ask."

Chen Yiqin replied.

Mianfu is the name of a kind of dress in ancient China.

It is said to have appeared in the Xia Dynasty. It is mainly composed of crowns, Xuanyi, clothes, white belts, yellow knees, plain gauze, and red lapels. It is the dress worn by ancient emperors for important ceremonies.

The shoulders of Xuanyi are woven with patterns of the sun, moon, and dragon; the back is woven with patterns of stars and mountains; the sleeves are woven with patterns of fire, Chinese insects, and Zongyi.There are two patterns of weaving algae on clothes, two of rice, two of two, and two of Fu, which are the so-called "twelve heraldry" patterns.

In addition, there are mid laners and knee shields.Weaving weaving algae, powdered rice, 軼, 軻 grain.In addition, there are yellow, white, red, black, ethereal, and green six-color ribbons and ribbons, jade hooks, jade pendants, gold hooks, jade rings, and red socks and boats.

Mianfu is the most noble dress among all the emperor's clothes, and it is only worn during important ceremonies, and the enthronement ceremony is undoubtedly such an occasion.

"According to Eunuch Huang, it will be corrected within two days."

Mianfu is made of 琦玄 and 狝. The method starts from dyeing silk, which is very complicated. Of course, it will not be made temporarily, and there is no time at all.

Fortunately, there are many sets of mianfu in the inner court, all of which have never been used by Emperor Jiajing, and are being modified according to the figure of King Yu.

Naturally, Wei Guangde had asked Huang Jin about these, so there would be no mistakes.

(End of this chapter)