Chapter 462 The arrival of a new era

Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

Chapter 462 A new era is coming

Emperor Hongzhi died and was given a new title, Emperor Daxing. Even though the palace had been prepared for this, there was still chaos.

Empress Zhang fainted from crying, and the ministers outside the palace went to the side hall to formulate a decree to be announced to the world.

The eunuch of Huntang Si knelt in the palace, waiting to cleanse the body of Emperor Hongzhi of Daxing. However, Zhu Houzhao insisted not to allow anyone to move his father's body. He held Emperor Hongzhi's cold palm tightly and sobbed silently.

Tears, without even looking at the person next to me.

Seeing this, the eunuchs from the Hunchang Division had no choice but to ask Xia Yuan on the side to persuade the prince, but Xia Yuan ignored them and just knelt down beside the cave with an expressionless face.

He was a little confused, feeling that an important person and a relative were suddenly missing in this world.

The person lying on the couch had no blood relationship with him, but he was still one of the few relatives he had in this world.

The definition of family is not only blood connection, but also close relationship and deep feelings. The relationship between this man and him is not only a monarch and a minister, but also a son-in-law. In the past, he always recognized the former first and pushed aside the latter's son-in-law.

But now, he feels that the latter is greater than the former. This father-in-law has long become an indispensable person in his heart.

But now, he is dead.

After an unknown amount of time, Xia Yuan suddenly fell to the ground and kowtowed heavily to the lifeless man on the couch. Before that, he had performed such a grand ceremony countless times, but every time before, he did not take it seriously.

As a person with modern thinking in essence, he certainly disdained this etiquette of kneeling back and forth and sneered at it.

But he didn't dare to show his disdain. He would kneel down when others knelt down. Whether he followed his heart, went with the flow, or took it as he came, he always knelt down when he was told.

But this time, he came from the bottom of his heart and was willing to give this gift. Apart from kneeling down and bowing, he didn't know how to say goodbye to his father-in-law and the emperor who had worked hard for half his life.

After three prostrations and nine prostrations, he straightened up. This time his face was no longer expressionless, but solemn.

He thought that one day, he would tell the success of the future reform in front of the tomb of Emperor Hongzhi in Tianshou Mountain and display the grains he brought back from the Western Ocean.

Your Majesty will be able to see you then.

After a while, he seemed to remember the previous request of the eunuch of the Hung Hall Division. He looked at Zhu Houzhao next to him. Seeing that he was in a daze and turning a blind eye to others, he did not try to persuade him. Instead, he said: "Your Highness, I am young.

I heard my parents say that after death, people will become stars in the sky and watch the lives of their descendants.

His deceased Majesty will also turn into stars in the sky, looking at His Highness in the sky and the great tomorrow he entrusted to His Highness."

Zhu Houzhao's expression changed after hearing this. He sniffed, held his father's hand tightly, and turned to look at Xia Yuan, "Which star will your father turn into?"

"Your Majesty is a rare wise king and a benevolent king in the past. Whenever your Highness looks up at the sky at night, the brightest star in the sky is Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao listened in silence for a while, then stood up and said, "Come here, please clean up your father and change his clothes."

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In the early morning of March 25, the 17th year of Hongzhi's reign, the melodious Jingyang bell rang. In front of the Meridian Gate, all the officials of the seventh rank and above wearing filial piety were kneeling. Thousands of people were sobbing together. The sad atmosphere did not need to be brewed before it could be expressed.

The sky will last forever.

At the right time, the left door opened, and Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Wang Shu and others came out wearing filial piety.

The right door also opened, and Zhang Mao and a group of honorable ministers came out wearing filial piety.

A group of six cabinet ministers and a group of princes and ministers walked out of the two doors and immediately stood respectfully on the left and right of the Meridian Gate, standing on both sides with tears in their eyes. They were waiting for the Meridian Gate to open and the new emperor to read the imperial edict.

The kneeling officials in the field raised their heads and looked towards the Meridian Gate, waiting for the vermilion door to open.

No one spoke, no one moved, just like a sculpture, there were only sad sobs.

"Buzz"

The bell of Jingyang Bell rang again, and in the sound of the bell, the thick Meridian Gate slowly opened to both sides.

Countless pairs of tearful eyes looked at the Meridian Gate that was gradually opening.

Behind the deep doorway is the deeper inner palace, and Zhu Houzhao, dressed in military uniform, walked out of the doorway.

Liu Jian led the officials from the six cabinet departments to kneel down, Zhang Mao led a group of distinguished ministers to kneel down as well, and all the officials also bowed their heads to the ground.

At this time, there was no need for anyone to take the lead. Almost at the same time, the mountain cry was issued, "I respectfully welcome the new emperor!"

Xiao Jing, who was following Zhu Houzhao, shouted loudly: "Here is the late emperor's order. All the ministers will bow to you."

All the ministers shouted long live and bowed to the ground.

Xiao Jing unfolded the imperial edict and read: "I bow with my bow and admire Pi Xu. I have ascended the throne for seven years. I respect heaven and the people, be filial and responsible, and work hard day and night. However, I am afraid of carrying out the entrustment of the late emperor. Now,

The illness is dying, and it is almost impossible to recover. The common principles of life and death, although the sage wisdom cannot be ignored, what regrets are there in inheriting the throne and gaining people?

The Crown Prince Houzhao is smart, benevolent and filial, and has a natural nature, so he should ascend to the throne of the emperor. He should abide by the laws of his ancestors, serve the two palaces with filial piety, study and cultivate virtues, appoint virtuous people, be able to spend money with his loved ones, be neither arrogant nor lazy, and apply to foreign civil and military ministers.

Let’s work together to protect the sect’s legacy for thousands of years.

All funerals should be simple, with days and months, clothes should be released on the twenty-seventh day, sacrifices should be made plain, music should not be allowed, weddings should be allowed, the royal family, princes, and feudal lords should be sent to the screen, and should not leave the country, guarding everywhere, general soldiers, governors, and the capital

Officials from the three departments including the Inspectorate, Chief Envoy, and Inspectorate Envoy strictly secure the territory, appease the military and civilians, and are not allowed to leave their posts without authorization.

On the day of hearing the funeral, we will only cry at our place for three days, day and night, and send incense to each official. All the yamen of the fourth rank and below in all provinces are exempted from offering incense, and we have issued an edict to the world's salty envoys to hear about it."

After reciting the will, the ministers cried again and kowtowed.

"The late emperor made great achievements, the new emperor succeeded to the throne, he took advantage of the opportunity to respond, he renewed his holy dynasty, his saintly virtues lasted forever, and his monarchy was enshrined."

"The late emperor made great achievements, the new emperor succeeded to the throne, he took advantage of the opportunity to respond, he renewed his holy dynasty, his saintly virtues lasted forever, and his monarchy was enshrined."

"The former emperor made great achievements, the new emperor succeeded to the throne, and he took advantage of the opportunity to accept the request and renew the holy dynasty."

The voices were spread far and wide one after another, and all the ministers bowed down in unison. For the first time, they formally paid homage to Zhu Houzhao with the etiquette of ministers meeting the emperor.

The ground was full of people kneeling outside the Meridian Gate. Zhu Houzhao looked at the ministers who kowtowed to him three times and nine times. He felt panicked, at a loss, and at a loss.

Feeling sad and confused, hesitant and helpless, he raised his head and looked at the sky. There were no stars in the sky, and he couldn't see where the brightest star was.

Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to lower his eyelids and search the crowd with increasingly dazed eyes, and then he saw the master who was also worshiping him.

Such a discovery made him feel an indescribable sense of loss. In the past, his master never talked about dignity or etiquette, and got along like friends and brothers, but now he was worshiping him in a solemn way. It turned out that being an emperor really meant

He became a loner.

He clenched his fists, feeling the stinging sensation from his nails digging into his palms.

According to the rules, he should give way at this time, and the ministers should persuade him to come forward and inherit the throne after making three concessions. But now, he just stood there in despair, silently, and completely forgot about the three concessions.

Seeing this, the ministers could not remind Zhu Houzhao, so they had to continue to kowtow and shout louder and louder, trying to remind Zhu Houzhao.

Suddenly, Zhu Houzhao noticed something. He raised his eyes and saw Xia Yuan, who was still bowing to him respectfully just now. At this time, he raised his head and stared at him, his lips still opening and closing.

Through his lips that kept opening and closing, he read a sentence, - Why are you standing there standing there in a daze? Are you taking advantage of me?

Upon discovering this, Zhu Houzhao suddenly smiled with relief. The loss in his heart disappeared and he felt a joy of regaining his lost heart. It turned out that the master was still the master, and even if he became the emperor, he would not lose his friends.

Seeing that Xia Yuan's lips were still opening and closing, Zhu Houzhao hurriedly said: "Everyone, please calm down quickly."

Hearing this, there was a moment of silence in front of the Meridian Gate, and then Liu Jian said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, the new king should be succeeded by the ministers three times, and the new king should say three words. Your Highness's actions are not in line with the court etiquette."

After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao remembered that there was still this problem, "Oh, yes, that, I cannot be the emperor."

The officials present twitched their faces. Although this sentence was also a concession, it really did not make sense. Logically speaking, it should be due to my lack of virtue and failure to serve the general system.

But it was not easy for Zhu Houzhao to change it, so he had to hold his nose and go through the motions, and tried to persuade him to come in. Zhu Houzhao continued to give in.

After these three words and three concessions, the new king has been decided, and everyone then performs the ceremony of three kowtows and nine bows to see the new king.

From this moment on, Zhu Houzhao became the emperor in the true sense. An old era passed and a new era began.

He looked at the ministers who were all over the ground paying homage to him. In addition to the sadness for the passing of his father, he also felt the pleasure of ruling the world and taking control of the power. He couldn't wait to exercise his power and issued the first imperial edict in his emperor's career, "You must

I want to arrange a funeral ceremony for my father to live well. Before he died, my father said that his biggest regret was that he could not sweep Mobei. When the funeral ceremony is over, I, no, I will personally conquer the Tatars to comfort my father's spirit in heaven!"

【Complete book.】

PS: In the past two days, I have been sorting out the plot arrangements after Emperor Hongzhi went offline. After sorting through it, I found that there is nothing to write about. The reform has already begun. It is nothing more than continuing step by step. I have money to go to the West, so I can go.

The plots of Korea and Japan have been left in the background, and there is no need to write anymore for the time being. The plot here will have to wait for more than ten or even decades after the timeline.

Now that Zhu Houzhao has become the emperor, the protagonist has the power, which is to change the law, reform, conquer the Tatars and Jurchens, make this era better together, and then have a child with Xiaolizi, and then...what else, nothing more

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Based on the relationship between the protagonist and Zhu Houzhao, the Liu Jin Eight Tigers who will follow will not be able to make any waves at all, and they will not have such things.

I found that if I continued writing the whole book, it would become a running account, as if I was upgrading, fighting monsters, and completing tasks. I could see the development of the plot at a glance, so I decided to stop here and add a postscript later to talk about the future.

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And then here we are.

Stopping writing at this point feels like it's unfinished, and I feel that way too, but I'd better stop here. It won't be interesting to write any more.

Another reason is that this book is actually a deformity. When I finish this review, I will explain in detail why it is deformed.

That's it, salute.
Chapter completed!