Jingming

Chapter 27 Take office in the capital!

The ritual of entering the palace is to send officials to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, the ancestral temple, and the country. Enter the Meridian Gate through the Daming Gate, first go to the Wenhua Hall to approve the draft edict of enthronement and the imperial title, and then go to the Huagai Hall to change into mourning clothes and go to the Daxing Emperor. , Then went to the Fengtian Hall to change into the clothes and crowns, and called on the ancestors.

Then there is the enthronement ceremony, and the process is even more cumbersome.

At this moment, the enthronement ceremony was already running unstoppable, and no one was in the mood to argue about anything anymore.

The staff of the Qin Tianjian should set the time drum, the Honghe Temple should set up the table table, the priest of the Jiaofang should arrange the rituals and music, and the Jinyiwei should prepare the cloud cover, the cloud plate and the cloud cloud.The twelve supervisors, four divisions and eight bureaus in the palace are all busy, and the emperor's guard of honor must be ready to welcome the emperor into the city.

Being busy outside, Zhu Houcong temporarily returned to the hall.

At noon, we set out to enter the Daming Gate.

Yuan Zonggao looked at Zhu Houcong from the side, and suddenly said softly, "I'm not as good as Zhou Xizheng."

Zhu Houcong froze for a moment, then laughed: "Master Yuan is humble."

"His Royal Highness was less than nine years old when I left the palace. His Highness is now a sage, and Xizheng has made more contributions."

"...Master Zhou has indeed taught a lot, but during this period of time, sir, his rhetoric strategies have been quite effective in dealing with the court situation and arguing with Mr. Yang Ge."

Zhu Houcong was not very proud.

Strictly speaking, he had been preparing for this matter for more than a year.

Although he knew the general strategy, Zhu Houcong's greatest reliance was actually the fact that Yang Tinghe and the queen mother finally gave in.The Great Ritual Discussion caused so many people to be killed, and the world did not become chaotic because of this incident.

That being the case, he wanted to take advantage of this first meeting to establish some rules.

After all, Lao Qin said that Yang Ting and the others really worked hard in the early days of Jiajing.Jiajing was too suspicious and not confident enough, so he kept fighting for power in the way of big rituals.Yang Ting and them wanted to compete with Jiajing while implementing the New Deal, which made Jiajing look like a ZTE in his early years.

Zhu Houcong really felt that there was no need to toss about this matter endlessly.

The following operations such as building Xianwang Chengzong Temple and making Zhu Di become the ancestor, etc., will really make Zhu Di's coffin board very excited.

In comparison, the stimulation given to Yang Ting and them is a little bigger now, but there will be another benefit in getting more and more "kind" later on.

Does this count as PUA against Yang Ting and them?

Yuan Zonggao didn't know that Zhu Houcong was thinking about this, so he just looked at him with some admiration: "What Xi Zheng said more in his letter was His Highness's intelligence and diligence. Today, His Highness was astonishing before the cabinet ministers, but it's a pity that Xi Zheng is old and can't come to Beijing to hear it together. Witnessed it. Chen and Xizheng dare not speak of their merits, and they have no embarrassment in the face of people like Mr. Yang Ge, but it is His Majesty who speaks sharply and with full evidence."

Zhu Houcong thought to himself because I have the heart of an adult after all, he smiled and shook his head: "It makes me appear more lonely. The one who is the king himself rushes to the forefront, is it also a sign of not knowing how to use the emperor's power?"

"With today's debate, who dares to despise His Majesty so much? The power of a king is used according to the time, and hidden because of the time." Yuan Zonggao knelt down with emotion: "Your Majesty is not only subduing today, but also a victory of righteousness. Your Majesty's destiny belongs to you. It is truly a blessing to the Ming Dynasty. I will spare no effort to help His Majesty clarify the universe and rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty."

"Yuan...Qing, flat life." Zhu Houcong accepted the flattery and loyalty of the enlightenment teacher in his childhood, and after helping him up, he restrained his smile, "Since I have been ordered, I will live up to my teacher's teaching. I hope to rejuvenate Daming as an example." It is my duty, and I wish you more encouragement every day.”

At this moment, the real monarchs and ministers looked at each other.

The 68-year-old Yuan Zonggao is also very old. He has been in Jiangxi for many years and looks older than Zhou Zhao.

His eyes were rosy, and he was also relieved: "I don't know how long I will be able to assist His Majesty, but based on what I have seen and heard in the past few days, His Highness treats people with kindness, demeanor, far-reaching ambitions, and a deep heart. Looking at it today, Liang Shuhou seems to have returned to his heart. Jingzhi is ready to move. After ascension to the throne, the rewards for meritorious deeds, the case of Qian Ning and Jiangbin, the dispute between Yang Jiefu and Wang Dehua for many years, and the selection of new ones in the imperial examination, I think His Majesty has already thought about it."

"Take your time." Zhu Houcong said with a smile, "Yuan Qing Jiangxi, if you have a good talent, you can recommend him. The officials in the royal family are limited by their background, and I am afraid that there will be no successors. Then Xie Changjie..."

An angry look appeared on Yuan Zonggao's face: "Since he is the head of the palace, he actually committed such acts of disloyalty, embezzlement, corruption and perverting the law! This person cannot be used!"

"Of course it's not usable." Zhu Houcong sighed softly, "When the disputes resume, let's kill chickens and monkeys. Now that I am the Son of Heaven, there is no distinction between the old ministers of the court and the old ministers of the hidden mansion. Only talents are selected, and talents are used."

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Zhu Houcong smiled, and saw Zhang Zuo walk into the hall and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, it's already noon, please move your majesty."

Yuan Zonggao stood up again and saluted, and went out first to be included in the list of hundreds of officials.

Around Zhu Houcong, there are only people in the inner palace, Gu Dayong, Zhang Jin, Wei Lin, Zhang Zuo, and Huang Jin are all in front of him.

He walked forward and said, "Gu Dayong."

"The servant is here!"

"You have also heard what I said today." Zhu Houcong said lightly, "What new insights do you have from what you said before?"

Gu Dayong lowered his head and replied in a low voice: "It's the servant who made a mistake. Your majesty is so talented, it should be your majesty's, so naturally it is your majesty's."

"After all, it's been a bit of hard work to serve the emperor for so many years." Zhu Houcong glanced at him, "Now that Qian Ning and Jiang Bin are in prison, and the Chenhao Rebellion is still chasing down those who made false contributions, the crowd is raging, you can't hide It was in the past. After returning to the palace, you guys should have a discussion, and I will deal with it simply, so as to save you from a bleak end."

"...Slaves thank His Majesty for your kindness."

Gu Dayong knelt behind him, thinking about the words relayed by his godson when he came to pass the oral instruction last night.

Wei Bin and the others made a mistake in their calculations. His Majesty did not really want to tear faces with the courtiers and replace them with a group of newcomers.

In this matter, Yang Ting and the others went down the steps without much power to fight back on the spot.

The remnants of the Eight Tigers are villains in vain, and they still want to fish in troubled waters.

After today, will the DPRK and China continue to fight over the issue of His Majesty's succession to the throne, so that they can have both sides in the wrestling between the Empress Dowager, His Majesty, and courtiers?
It's over!
Your Majesty has cut the mess with a sharp knife, and the general situation is set.

Fortunately, after all, His Majesty still wanted to promise them a night scene and accept some of the things they had in their hands for the sake of what he had risked his life to see and say.

Since it is an evening scene, it is not a prison or execution ground after all.

He knelt behind him, Zhu Houcong had already walked out of the hall, and strange faces knelt down on one knee after him, which was a military ceremony.

The ass determines the head, and the times determine the practice.

Zhu Houcong can neither fully use the thinking and concepts of later generations to apply to many things now, nor is he qualified to look down on anyone morally.

Gu Dayong, Wei Bin, and Zhang Yong are indeed not clean, but they have their functions.

Zhu Houcong knew that this first victory was nothing, because he lifted the roof, which made Yang Ting and them extremely worried about what he would do after succeeding to the throne, so he agreed to open a window for the next best thing.

If Zhu Houcong hadn't retracted the overall evaluation of "conservative" and told them that "everyone's direction is the same", how could Yang Ting and the others calm down so easily?

The latter is the eternal struggle of a lifetime, the quarrels related to personnel arrangements, financial power control, and major policies.

But at the moment, Zhu Houcong had to give Yang Ting and them something to look forward to that they were most afraid of.

That is to clean up the courtiers and lucky ministers who were arrogant and domineering in the Zhengde Dynasty.

If not, Yang Ting and the others would keep making trouble, after all, that was the real problem: the emperor really didn't trust them.

Right now Yang Ting and the others are not blocking it for the time being, it's just because they don't want to be treacherous ministers in this matter, and they don't have the courage to covet greater power.

To put it bluntly, it was the loyal minister who was pointed at by the powerful monarch.

But you can't really point a gun at them all the time, and there are still many eunuchs sharpening their knives standing beside them.

So I had to clean up Gu Dayong and them, after all, this was what I had to do.

Fortunately, they already had this kind of awareness, and their original expectations were already pitifully low. Zhu Houcong's ability to take over the power in their hands seemed to be a favor to them.

Zhu Houcong had just finished the first battle with a strategy, and he no longer had a strategy for everything that followed.

But after all, he is going to ascend the throne, and he is already more confident.

Next, Gu Dayong talked about military power. In the reshuffle of the power structure in the court, imperial power will be his weapon, the most powerful weapon.

Terrible imperial power.

"Get off!"

In the long and clear voice, Dajia Lubo moved slowly.

He is the Son of Heaven, so far, he has taken office in the capital!

(End of this chapter)