Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 744 Emperor Bintian
Long Wu still had many regrets in his heart, but he couldn't arrange them one by one. Wang Yan was ordered to call everyone in. Tang Wang frowned slightly when he saw the edict in Wang Yan's hand, and led the ministers in.

The emperor's body was exhausted, and he talked with Wang Yan for a long time, unable to support himself, he just explained a few words to his ministers, and finally dismissed all the ministers, leaving only Tang Wang in the wing room to make the final explanation.

Not long after, Tang Wang came out, and Yan Longwu had fainted.

All the ministers were gloomy, and Tang Wang, Wang Yan and other important officials ate a little something, and then waited in the room, waiting for the emperor to wake up.

It was the middle of the night, and Wang Yan and Tang Wang, who were kneeling on the futons, were already exhausted. Suddenly, a gust of night wind blew, and Wang Yan woke up with a start. He looked up and saw that Long Wu had already sat up in the middle of the night, crying .

The ministers were also startled by the noise. They only heard that Longwu shouted "Da Zu" for a while, "Cheng Zu" for a while, and "Yi Zong" for a while, crying, tearing up and down, terribly hurt, and from time to time There are also words such as "I'm sorry for the ancestors" and "Failed to recover Nanjing".

Seeing this, all the ministers burst into tears, with grief from the heart, and many people have already cried bitterly.

Long Wu quarreled for a while, and suddenly realized that the figures of Taizu, Chengzu and other emperors of the past dynasties were all gone. He heard the ministers in the palace crying, and after a while he came back to his senses, tears fell like rain, saying that everyone The minister said: "The Taizu has come to call me!"

King Tang, Wang Yan and others were shocked, and rushed to the dragon couch, Long Wu's eyes were already dull, Wan Ji asked in a painful voice, "What else do you want to say, Your Majesty?"

Long Wu was stunned for a while, and said inarticulately: "After I die, the people in the government are not allowed to mourn for me. The people are not allowed to drink and eat meat, and they are not allowed to curfew at night, so as not to affect the court's taxation."

He stopped for a while, and then ordered: "My mausoleum is kept simple, and there is no extravagance~ Zhuqing~ I won't lay down~Nanjing, I won't bury~"

After finishing the speech, after a short while, Wanji took a look, and died. The old emperor lived for 47 years, and died in the autumn of August in the fourth year of Longwu.

For a while, all the civil and military personnel in the house cried loudly. While embalming first, and then encoffining Longwu in a coffin, they sent people to Nanchang, Wuchang and other places to report the funeral.

When the news spread to Nanchang, Empress Zeng hugged the eldest son of the emperor and wept bitterly when she heard about the emperor's birth.

Su Guansheng, a university scholar who was behind the scenes in Ganzhou, heard the news and wept bitterly and fainted. In Wuchang and other places, the whole city also wore mourning.

It was night, and crying spread from the top of Ma'an Mountain. The defeated Jiangxi soldiers at the foot of the mountain heard the crying and heard the temple bell ringing.

The entire barracks fell into a sea of ​​sorrow.

After a sleepless night, everyone put Longwu's body in the coffin, put on the plain clothes they had driven out, and moved the coffin to the camp at the foot of the mountain. Many officials mourned and cried loudly in the mourning hall.

At this time, Gu Yuanjing, a senior scholar, suddenly stood up, wiped his tears with his plain clothes, and bowed his hands to the crowd. Everyone knew that he had something to say, so they all paid attention to him.

Gu Yuanjing bowed to Tang Wang and Wang Yan, and then said in a deep voice: "Jianguo, Your Highness is sorry for the time being, there are still important matters to discuss right now."

Wang Yan probably knew what he was going to say, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

"The Emperor Daxing Bintian, the world is bound to shake. I think that Jian Guo should ascend to the throne early to reassure people's hearts!" After finishing speaking, Gu Yuanjing saluted and kowtowed.

The other ministers should have agreed immediately and persuaded Tang Wang to board the plane, but now that Wang Yan is here, they can't do so.

If it was before, it would be fine, but now that Jiangxi has just been defeated, they have to consider Wang Yan's feelings.

If a group of people support Tang now, it is tantamount to forcing Wang Yan to express his opinion.

After Wang Yan ran away from the court this year, since the establishment of the vassal state, they no longer dare to force Wang Yan.

Long Wu gave Wang Yan a decree to designate him as a general. This position has been abolished after Xu Da's death in the early Ming Dynasty. Now it is not an official position in the law, but more like an honor. The general has the right to control the soldiers and horses in the world.

Although this is just a name, if you don't take him seriously, it's just an honor, but Wang Yanfei uses chicken feathers as an arrow, and the people below cooperate, then he really has the power to control the world's soldiers and horses.

At this time, the king of Tang could be said to be very afraid of Wang Yan, because after the Great Victory Pass and one defeat, the other forces in the entire Ming Dynasty were not as powerful as Wang Yan.

Seeing that Wang Yan didn't express his opinion, Tang Wang said with a little bit of embarrassment: "Brother Fang Beng, how could Gu take the throne at this time, besides, Brother Huang has a son, so it is difficult to convince the public."

After finishing speaking, Tang Wang glanced at Wang Yan, obviously to test his attitude.

Wang Yan knew what he meant, but he had some thoughts in his heart. Gu Yuanjing was so eager to let Tang Wang succeed to the throne, which just showed that the ministers of the Tang Dynasty faction were not confident enough to secure the throne, so they wanted to seize the opportunity. Be the first to ascend the throne.

Now it can be said that Longwu's bones are not yet cold, and they are scrambling to become the throne here. It is a bit ugly to eat, and their lack of self-confidence just shows that Tang Wang has great resistance to succession.

Wang Yan is now thinking about how to finish the Jiangnan battle. If King Tang ascends the throne now, even if he has no objection, King Lu will definitely have an opinion.

After all, there was an agreement between the Longwu court and the king of Lu to decide the reserve position by recovering Nanjing.

Now that Tang Fan's family has lost the battle, but is the first to ascend the throne, King Lu will definitely complain. Whether he will cooperate with the attack on Nanjing will be a big problem.

Thinking of this, Wang Yan murmured, and said, "Emperor Daxing, since he appointed the Supervisory State to inherit the Datong, he thought nothing of it, so there is no need for Mr. Gu Ge to worry. Right now, he still has to deal with the funeral affairs of Emperor Daxing first. The will of Emperor Daxing is important. When Nanjing is conquered, Jian Guo will ascend to the throne, so that the whole world can be conquered!"

Gu Yuanjing heard this, but said: "Your Highness, Emperor Daxing died outside. If Jian Guo does not ascend the throne, other vassal kings ascend the throne privately, what should we do?"

He was afraid that the king of Lu would get the news and ascend the throne first. Wang Yan's face turned cold when he heard this, "Who dares to disregard the overall situation and only for his own selfishness, alone with the five loyal army, absolutely agree! The court did not respond, who Dare to ascend the throne privately?"

The expressions of Wanji and the others changed. This was no longer the Wang Yan he knew, and all the officials fell silent.

Seeing this, the king of Tang came out and said: "Gujue Wang Qing is right. As soon as the emperor left, Gu took the throne. It is inevitable that some people will not be convinced. If there is another dispute, Nanjing will not be able to fight."

Tang Wang heard from Wang Yan's words that Wang Yan respected Longwu's will and recognized him as Longwu's chosen successor, so his heart was relieved.

Seeing that the Tang king had compromised, all the ministers did not mention it for the time being.

It was night, and the crying lasted all night. If this negative emotion is not well controlled, it is very likely to cause the army to collapse, but if it is handled properly, there is a saying that the mourners will win.

The crying lasted all night. In the early morning of the next day, Jiangxi soldiers and Jiangshang navy dismantled many military tents left by the Qing army overnight, and rushed to make plain clothes. Tens of thousands of people had plain horses and white flags. The next one is white.

(End of this chapter)