Take a plane to the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 445 The old man
Zhu Changyuan walked towards the middle of the hall step by step, and after climbing the ninth imperial steps, he suddenly turned his head and looked at the ministers respectfully standing up to His Highness one by one, with an indescribable aura.

Is this to be the emperor?Is this the king of the world from now on?That is to say, in the future, life and death can be decided with one word, and whoever doesn't like it can be pulled out and clicked?

Zhu Changyuan asked himself, then almost held his breath, walked to the side of the dragon chair, and sat down near the center.

Some of the following courtiers, because they offended Zhu Changyuan before, had no choice but to kneel and lick him to help him to the throne, hoping to be forgiven; Some people don't like Zhu Changyuan in their hearts, but in the Ming Dynasty, they really couldn't find a character who could rule Wanfang, so they could only be forced to choose him.

As for those who really like Zhu Changyuan and want to push him to the throne of the emperor, I am afraid that only Zhang Guoji, Cao Huachun, and members of the Xu family are the only ones.

"bow down!"

The moment Zhu Changyuan sat on the chair, the courtesy officer yelled, and then all the officials fell to their knees, their heads touching the ground, and their buttocks pouted high, which was funny to watch.

Zhu Changyuan didn't laugh.

"Prayer!" The ritual officer continued to shout.

Then, the officials kowtowed.

"Long live three times!" The ceremonial officer said one by one according to the etiquette, and then all the officials shouted in unison: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live!"

He yelled three times in a row before stopping.

"Pingshen!" Zhu Changyuan stretched out his hand, making all the ministers stand up,

So far, he has climbed to the throne, but there is still one step away from the real King's Landing: Grand Ceremony!

The grand ceremony is the enthronement ceremony, including: enthronement, worshiping heaven, offering sacrifices to land, and offering sacrifices to ancestors and ancestral temples!

Waiting for a set of grand ceremonies to be completed can be regarded as the system of pronouncing the court, ruling the world, and becoming a righteous emperor.

In fact, when the grand ceremony is offering sacrifices to the ancestors, it is also showing to the people: You have an emperor, and you have someone to be loyal to in the future.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The officials congratulated and shouted.

Zhu Changyuan nodded and said: "Let the officials of the Ministry of Officials draw up the matter of the enthronement ceremony, and inquire about the auspicious time, and report to me!" The voice was steady and soft, but everyone at the scene could hear it clearly.

Then, as soon as Zhu Changyuan's words fell, Qin Tianjian Zheng Tang Ruowang came out, cupped his hands at Zhu Changyuan, and said: "My lord, Qin Tianjian Zheng Tang Ruowang reported that the fourth day of the first month of the new year will be an auspicious time, and the enthronement ceremony can be held!"

It was the first time for Zhu Changyuan to speak to this foreign missionary, and he felt that his Chinese was very good, but the foreign flavor in his spoken language was a bit strong, so his speech seemed a bit blunt.

Jiang Fengyuan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, further said: "I report to Your Majesty that Emperor Taizu also succeeded to the throne on the fourth day of the first lunar month. Now it's all right. The founding emperors of our Ming Dynasty all succeeded on the fourth day of the first lunar month!"

Jiang Fengyuan didn't say the following words, but everyone understood that this raised Zhu Changyuan to the same height as Zhu Yuanzhang.

However, no one came out to object.

"That's good!" Zhu Changyuan said: "The enthronement ceremony is scheduled for the fourth day of the first lunar month. I hope that you will prepare carefully and be careful! I think about the achievements of my ancestors, and I dare not change the course. I still use Daming as the name of the country. To treat it differently, the 13th year of Chongzhen The previous Great Ming is called Qianming! Do you have any objections?"

A hammer!
The purpose of doing this is naturally to tell the world that Lao Tzu's position as emperor was not inherited from you Chongzhen, but Lao Tzu himself.

After all, the merits of the founding king and the successful one are not the same.

After the officials below heard Zhu Changyuan's words, no one raised any objections, they all bowed their hands upwards, and said in unison: "I will obey the edict!"

"Okay!" Zhu Changyuan smiled and looked at the obedient ministers below, and said: "The cabinet has drawn up a year name for me to choose, and I will submit it to the Qianqing Palace tomorrow!"

"I obey the decree!" Wei Zaode and Xue Guoguan knelt down at the same time, accepting the decree!
Zhu Changyuan said: "If you have something to report to the cabinet, retreat!"

Zhu Changyuan didn't bother to care about those idle things, and handed over all the affairs of those mother-in-laws to the cabinet. Anyway, the right to wear red is in the hands of Cao Huachun, and he will report to himself if there are important matters, and he is not worried that those guys will take power for the time being.

Moreover, Zhu Changyuan believed that they would not dare!
On the afternoon of the day when Zhu Changyuan took office, the cabinet proposed four reign names and reported them.

Zhu Changyuan took a look at the year name, "Qiansheng", "Xingfu", "Xianjia" and "Zhengtai".

The four year titles are all very good. Which "Chint" is Zhu Changyuan's favorite, but it seems awkward to read and read, and is always confused with Zhengtai in modern society, and whenever he reads these two characters, There was a kind of dumbfounding emotion in him.

"That's it!" Zhu Changyuan pointed to the word Zhengtai and said to Cao Huachun: "Order the cabinet to reverse the order of the two characters, and just say Taizheng!"

On the 29th, Zhu Changyuan held a small-scale court meeting, and only the cabinet members and the emperor Zhang Guoji participated. , I order you to come here today, just for this matter!"

Xue Guoguan couldn't figure out Zhu Changyuan's intentions, he hesitated for two seconds, and then said: "Since she is Empress Yi'an, she should be buried in Deling and be buried with Emperor Xizong!"

Zhang Guoji burst into tears, as if his daughter had really died. He wailed loudly and said, "I heard that the queen was missing a while ago, so I thought she was robbed by thieves." Speaking of this, he suddenly found that his daughter was robbed by Zhu Changyuan, and he was so frightened. He quickly changed his words and said, "I thought I was plundered by Li Chuang's bandits, but I didn't expect to die for my country! Queen!"

Zhang Guoji cried with tears and tears, as if mourning a concubine.

Zhang Sizhi next to him looked crying, and said, "Master Zhang's condolences, the matter has come to an end, I think it's better to bury the queen as soon as possible!"

"Yes!" Zhang Guoji bowed his head to Zhu Changyuan, and then said: "I suggest that the queen be buried in Deling tomorrow, lest her soul wander and be alone!"

"No!" Zhang Si knew: "There is no need to be so hasty. Now the ceremony of His Majesty's ascension to the throne is the most important thing, and everything else can be postponed!"

Zhu Changyuan looked concerned, and said: "The dead should be the greatest. I believe that with the abilities of the ministers, the enthronement ceremony will not be affected. Just as Zhang Aiqing said, Empress Yi'an and Deling will be buried tomorrow!"

Zhu Changyuan is now the naked emperor, without a crown of jade algae or a jade belt!He didn't want to wear the dragon robe given to him by Chongzhen, so now he is wearing casual clothes like everyone else.

Others wear casual clothes because the emperors are all wearing casual clothes, and they dare not wear official clothes.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that the loss comes first and the happy event comes later, and something will happen!" Xue Guoguan bowed his hands to Zhu Changyuan and said.

Zhu Changyuan waved his hand, "No problem, let's do it!"

"Also!" Zhu Changyuan said solemnly to all the cabinet ministers: "My succession ceremony is coming soon, and there is no queen yet, and there will be no queen after succession in the future. Princess Xiaohe and Gu Lun are both foreigners, and it is not suitable for mothers to honor the world. Chen The concubine has a cold personality, and she shunned me when I had a discussion with her earlier, so, you all have to bother to choose a queen for me!"

Pick a queen!
Several cabinet ministers were shocked after hearing this!

Choose the queen directly!
But then, if Concubine Chen is really going to be made queen, do I need her to agree or disagree?Xue Guoguan and the others only had a question in their minds, but they didn't really dare to ask.

"Sir, obey the order!"

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the empress cannot be selected from the clan of heroes, but must be chosen among the people.In this way, the emperor can not only get the beautiful woman he likes, but also prevent his relatives from interfering in politics, and can also prevent the subordinate ministers from competing with each other.

On the 29th, the so-called empty coffin containing Empress Yi'an was carried out of the capital, and buried together in the Deling Mausoleum, and the whole country was completely untouched!

During this period, Zhu Changyuan got another piece of good news from Cao Huachun.

Qian Qianyi and Wu Weiye brought many unemployed scholars from the south of the Yangtze River to work in Beijing.

Zhu Changyuan undoubtedly welcomes this point.

Moreover, according to the point of view of hindsight in history, he also specially arranged for Cao Huachun to invite several people: such as Liu Zongzhou, the former minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Huang Daozhou, who later sacrificed his life for righteousness.

But these are all well-educated people, famous scholars, whether they can be pulled over is another matter.

Zhu Changyuan also wanted to merge the managers of Riyue Island into the Ming bureaucracy, but now is obviously not a good time.

After Empress Yi'an's funeral was over, the people in the capital began to get busy celebrating the New Year.

Due to being attacked by Li Zicheng, many residents of the capital fled, making this year's New Year's atmosphere much weaker than before, but after all, the capital is also a super huge city, and there are more people staying.

During the Chinese New Year, Zhu Changyuan also made a special call to Lana.

Ever since she sent Fulin's mother, Da Yu'er, into Zhu Changyuan's room in silence, Zhu Changyuan gradually became dissatisfied with her. Lana knew this well, so she asked to stay in Japan when she came to Beijing this time. Tsukishima, don't come with me.

Zhu Changyuan didn't force it either, and wanted to neglect her for a while, so that she could think about whether her mother's family or her husband's family was more important?
"How is it? Old Cao!" Zhu Changyuan looked at Cao Huachun and laughed, and said, "This king is right, I will definitely let you celebrate the New Year in the palace this year!"

Cao Huachun smiled wryly, and said constipatedly: "Your Majesty, you are no longer King Yanming, you should be more careful with your words!"

Zhu Changyuan didn't care, and said hesitantly: "I can hold it in front of everyone in the world, but I am still an old man when I face Duke Cao! Hahahaha."

After hearing Zhu Changyuan's words, Cao Huachun burst into tears of gratitude, sighed and said: "I really hate you, why was I born 30 years earlier, otherwise I can still serve Your Majesty!"

After the new year, the fourth day of the junior high school came in a blink of an eye, a very important day for Zhu Changyuan and the officials of Daming, because on this day, the enthronement ceremony was held!

(End of this chapter)