Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 372 Someone give advice?

"Master! It's raining!"

Wang Yin walked into the tent.

Qin Shao raised his head and got up, and sure enough, he heard the sound of rain outside.

"Master, the boat on the ferry is ready, look at us..."

Wang Yin replied.

"Pack up your things and notify us to head straight to the ferry!"

Qin Shao ordered.

"Yes!"

"Captain, the new emperor seems to understand something... something different from us!"

Xu Guangzuo murmured to Gu Dayong beside him while directing people to carry things to the boat.

He felt that the new emperor was getting more and more difficult.

"Mr. Ding, the weather in this capital may be changing..."

Gu Dayong also looked a little dazed.

From Anlu Prefecture to here, they have dominated from the beginning, and now only the two of them are left as the leaders, and now the team led by Xinhuang is completely dominant, and the two can only follow, and it is only these few days , seems to have undergone earth-shaking changes.

In the night the ship galloped forward.

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Beijing.

Yang Tinghe has been very busy recently.

In addition to disbanding and pacifying some frontier troops, there are still many things to be decided by him.

Although Zhu Houzhao's death was kept secret until the arrival of the new emperor, it means that it was not announced to the local government.

It is impossible to hide the news about the emperor's death in the capital. The whole city is under martial law, guarded by officers and soldiers from all walks of life, and the people under the emperor's feet are all shrewd and transparent people. Even if you hide it, you can't hide it, especially those ministers.

Therefore, regarding the news of the emperor's death, the cabinet represented by Yang Tinghe did not hide the officials, but passed it on directly, and the emperor Zhu Houzhao's last decree for Xing Wang Zhu Houxi to inherit the throne has been announced!
The Ministry of Rites has already started discussing the emperor's posthumous title, where to be buried, etc. After discussing these matters, they must be handed over to Yang Tinghe for review.

This ancient funeral, especially the emperor's funeral was extremely complicated.

On the second day after the emperor's death, officials working in the capital must wear plain uniforms, black gauze hats, and black horn belts, and rush to the inner palace to wait for the reading of the will.

All of these require the participation and hosting of Yang Tinghe.

Then there are several procedures:

First, there is the small mortuary:
It is to tidy up the appearance of the deceased emperor (comb hair, wash face, etc., this is the most basic), change the shroud, and display sacrifices in front of the corpse.

These must be guided by the staff of the Ministry of Rites.

Then came the funeral:
It is to put the dead in the coffin.In front of the coffin, there are "several banquets" (confessions with sacrificial objects such as wine and food), soothing silk (a kind of silk fabric), and erected Ming banners.

Then the coffin was placed in several banquet halls, and officials from various departments had to fast and sleep in their own official offices, and they had to cry for a period of time in several banquet halls (the mourning hall where the deceased emperor's coffin was stored).

For civil and military personnel in Beijing and wives of civil and military rank three or above, it is necessary for several consecutive days (three days or more), in the morning or twice in the morning and evening.

Wearing mourning clothes (a kind of filial piety made of coarse cloth that does not wear a border), he entered the palace from the Xihua Gate to the Sishan Gate (the gate of the courtyard of the Hall of Renzhi) and came weeping.

Three days later, officials need to change from plain clothes to ready-made clothes (also known as grand clothes, after the funeral, relatives wear different mourning clothes according to their relationship with the deceased), and continue to go to the designated place for mourning and mourning. The procedure needs to continue until the emperor's burial to end.

Although Yang Shoufu was just going through the motions, these things still had to be done.

Because the new emperor has not yet arrived, Zhu Houzhao's funeral work can only be carried out in the first half.

The Ministry of Rites discussed that if the new emperor could arrive in the capital as soon as possible, according to the rules, he would definitely pay homage to Emperor Zhengde and participate in the funeral ceremony of Emperor Zhengde together.

It's just that Anlu Prefecture is too far away from the capital. After all, the new emperor is a prince who is out of the city, and he is delicate and fleshy. If he considers the dragon's body, it is normal to stop and go for two to thirty days.

If Emperor Zhengde had been waiting for the new emperor to be buried, even if he was kept in ice, what kind of rotten and stinky corpse would it be?
Therefore, when discussing this issue, be prepared.

The burial work in the capital is going on normally, and at the same time, we must pay attention to the news from the new emperor.

"Where has the emperor gone?"

Yang Tinghe asked the guards around him.

"The news came that Mao Shangshu and Uncle Guo were separated from King Xing and the others because they were unwell. Mao Shangshu was too seasick, and now he is taking the official road, and now he seems to be in Henan. Governor Gu and Duke Ding are now accompanying Looking at the emperor, they sent a letter saying that the journey was smooth, they changed the road for safety, did not say the specific location, only said that they would try their best to bring King Xing to the capital safely."

The guard reported back.

Yang Tinghe sighed.

Zhu Houzhao is gone, the boulder that was stuck in his chest should have fallen to the ground, but for some reason, various things seem to be getting more and more unsatisfactory recently.

The Empress Dowager ordered someone to summon Jiang Bin to Beijing, but the fellow refused to enter Beijing on the grounds of infectious diseases.

Ordinarily, in this case, someone should be sent to arrest him and come back.

It's just that the situation in the capital is unstable now, and Jiang Bin still has some troops around him.

He was favored by the emperor before, and he had influence in himself, but now the generals outside Tongzhou City don't know the news in the city, they know that Jiang Bin is a favorite minister, and treat him with courtesy.

Jiang Bin took advantage of those relationships and didn't take them seriously.

It's so nasty!

And Wang Qiong, Minister of the Ministry of War, is basically excluded by them now, but there are still some people around the old boy, who seem to be against him vaguely.

Yang Tinghe really wanted to catch all these people and arrest them directly. When the new emperor came, he could use the name of the new emperor to get rid of these people directly.
It's just that these can only be carried out quietly in the city. If the target is too big and the new emperor does not arrive, those people suddenly turn against it, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

No one knows better than Yang Tinghe what the current situation of Daying in the third capital of the capital is.

These civil servants are still very powerful if they want to engage in some infighting or something. If they really want to do it with real guns and knives, they don't know what to do.

Who is most afraid of wars and wars?
Definitely those who hold a lot of wealth in their hands, and they are afraid that what they have in their hands will depreciate or disappear!

So, when the Qing army entered the customs, what was the reason why those landlords in the south of the Yangtze River surrendered so quickly?
Apart from their lack of blood and fear of death, the biggest reason is that they are reluctant to part with the wealth in their hands, thinking that they can keep it if they surrender!
Yang Ting and these civil servants are actually representatives of those people and part of them.

Even though Yang Tinghe is smart and capable of tricks, he is just a scholar who has never experienced war.

His way of dealing with Jiang Bin is actually to use tricks to catch Jiang Bin without affecting the overall situation.

After Jiang Bin refused to go to Beijing due to his illness, Yang Tinghe also found several people who made peace, and even wrote some letters himself, hoping that Jiang Bin could come to Beijing to discuss and preside over the enthronement of the new emperor.

Based on Yang Tinghe's understanding of Jiang Bin as a martial artist, he thought that Jiang Bin would not refuse, but he threw stones to ask for directions several times, but the result was like nothing, and Jiang Bin never responded.

"Master, is there someone around Jiang Bin giving advice?"

Huang Tong said suddenly.

(End of this chapter)