My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 570 Zhu Di passes away

When Zhu Di died, the army blocked the news and did not announce the funeral for the time being. Then the whole army returned to the capital as quickly as possible.

Zhu Gaochi in the city had also received the secret report from Jin Yiwei. When he learned the news of his father's death, he was also struck by lightning and could not recover for a long time.

However, as the prince, Zhu Gaochi was not allowed to have the opportunity to be sad, because next he had to shoulder the heavy burden of the Ming Dynasty and ensure the smooth handover of the throne.

So Zhu Gaochi convened the cabinet for secret discussions while preparing for Zhu Di's funeral.

When the army escorted Zhu Di's body back to the capital, Zhu Gaochi led hundreds of civil and military officials to greet him. Only then did he announce the news of Zhu Di's death. At that time, many officials were extremely shocked and even doubted whether they had heard the news. wrong.

In fact, the reaction of the officials was quite normal, because although Zhu Di was over 60 years old, he was usually in good health and would launch the Northern Expedition at every turn. He would personally command the army every time. Therefore, in the impression of ordinary people, Zhu Di has always been in good health. Many people have even forgotten that Zhu Di is already an old man in his sixties.

When Zhu Di's chariot was opened to reveal the coffin inside, all the civil and military officials also cried for him. Then the whole army put on plain silk and slowly escorted Zhu Di to Beijing. Zhu Gaochi personally supported the coffin, Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhan He also accompanied him.

When Zhu Di's coffin entered the city, the people in the entire city of Beijing also got the news. Beijing was the place where Zhu Di started. During the Jingnan period, Beijing was surrounded by the Southern Army. Queen Xu led the women's gang in the city Guard the city.

It can be said that the city of Beijing has a life-and-death relationship with Zhu Di's family. When Empress Xu passed away, she could not forget her desire to return to Beijing. In her last words, she asked Zhu Gaochi to go to Beijing for her and entertain the women and women who guarded the city with her. common people.

Even after the death of Empress Xu, Zhu Di never buried Empress Xu, but kept it in Nanjing for several years. Finally, he decided to build Changling around Beijing, and Empress Xu's Zi Palace was also moved to Changling for burial.

Empress Xu is no longer here, and now Zhu Di has passed away. The former couple of Prince Yan will also be buried in Beijing.

When many people in Beijing learned about Zhu Di's death, they spontaneously gathered on both sides of the street. In particular, some elderly people in Beijing burst into tears with grief.

Zhu Di's coffin was then welcomed into the imperial city for parking, but Zhu Gaochi still had one thing to do, and that was to ascend the throne immediately.

As the saying goes, a country cannot live without a king for a day. According to the rules, Zhu Gaochi must ascend the throne as emperor on the day Zhu Di died. However, due to the blockade of news at that time, there was no emperor in the Ming Dynasty for several days during this period. This situation is very rare in history.

Now that the news of Zhu Di's death has spread, Zhu Gaochi must ascend the throne immediately before he can do the next thing legitimately.

So as soon as Zhu Di's coffin was parked in the palace, Zhu Gaochi, surrounded by the people, came to Fengtian Hall to hold the enthronement ceremony.

It was not until this time that Zhu Gaochi officially became the de jure emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

The first thing Zhu Gaochi did after he ascended the throne was to discuss Zhu Di's funeral with his ministers.

Zhu Di had actually made arrangements for his own funeral. Empress Xu had been parked in the Nanjing Palace for several years without being buried in order to transport her to Beijing for burial. Changling had already been under construction.

Moreover, Zhu Di had already said before his death that he would be buried with Empress Xu, so there was no objection to Zhu Di's funeral. Everything should be done according to his arrangements during his lifetime.

During this period, Zhu Zhanhe did not join in the fun, but quietly stayed in front of Zhu Di's soul. According to the rules, relatives must be guarding the soul. If Zhu Gaochi ascended the throne, Zhu Zhanji must also participate. Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui None of them are in the Ming Dynasty, so only Zhu Zhanhe is qualified to stay here.

This is the Pavilion of the Souls. Zhu Di's coffin is parked in the main hall. This coffin was collected from the tin utensils of General Yang Rong and then cast into a coffin. It looks a bit rough and may need to be replaced in the future.The Jinling Hall is not far from the Fengtian Hall, so when the enthronement ceremony was held in the Fengtian Hall, Zhu Zhanhe could faintly hear it.

Compared with the bustle in Fengtian Hall, Jinling Hall seemed very deserted. Zhu Zhanhe had already sent people to notify the palace, asking them to find a way to send people out to sea to inform Zhu Gaoxu of Zhu Di's death.

Although Tianzhu is very far away and it can take up to a year to come back, Zhu Gaoxu, as his son, has to come back no matter what. Fortunately, Zhu Di's funeral cannot be completed in a day or two. Zhu Gaoxu should have enough time to come back for the funeral.

However, Princess Han may have to work harder. She has just gone to Tianzhu. Calculating the time, it is estimated that she may have arrived in Tianzhu soon. Unfortunately, she will have to come back with Zhu Gaoxu by then, and she will have to travel on the sea for a year or two.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps coming from outside the palace, and then Zhu Gaochi, dressed in a dragon robe, walked in.

"Greetings to your Majesty!"

In the middle of his words, Zhu Zhanhe immediately changed his words, because Zhu Gaochi was now the emperor and could no longer be as casual as before.

Hearing Zhu Zhanhe's changed name, Zhu Gaochi sighed, then stepped forward and said: "Zhanhe, you don't need to change your name. In the future, as long as there is no one else, you can still call me uncle!"

"Ok!"

Zhu Zhanhe nodded. In fact, he also felt that it was a bit awkward to change the title.

"Zhan He, I saw you bowing your head and saying nothing just now. What were you thinking about?"

Zhu Gaochi raised his eyes and looked at the coffins in the palace, and then asked Zhu Zhanhe.

"I'm thinking about my father and my mother, especially my mother. She is probably still at sea now. When she arrives in Tianzhu, she will probably come back soon. I don't know if her body can handle it?"

Zhu Zhanhe replied truthfully.

"Yes, my brothers and sisters have worked really hard. I have already discussed with the ministers and am going to send someone to notify the second and third brothers to order them to come back for the funeral!"

Zhu Gaochi straightened his chest at the end, and his fat body actually looked a bit majestic.

According to the rules, after the emperor's death, except for the prince, the other princes must stay in their own fiefs. This is to prevent these princes from competing with the prince for the throne.

But Zhu Gaochi didn't care. Zhu Gaochi went to Tianzhu and Zhu Gaojiang went to Japan. In addition, Zhu Gaochi has now ascended the throne, and his prestige in the court is not comparable to that of his two younger brothers. Therefore, Zhu Gaochi has enough confidence to secure the throne. This also gave him the confidence to send someone to notify his two younger brothers to return to Beijing for the funeral.

"I knew uncle would do this!"

Zhu Zhanhe smiled and said that he had sent someone to notify Zhu Gaojiu in advance because he knew that Zhu Gaochi would agree to let Zhu Gaojiu come back for the funeral. After all, Zhu Gaojiu was the person least likely to come back to compete with Zhu Gaochi for the throne.

(End of this chapter)