Representatives of the military and civilians, as well as civil and military officials, were kneeling outside the Meridian Gate when they suddenly heard the sound of a drum, which was the time drum arranged by the Qin Tian Jian.
As the drums sounded, the eastern twilight rose and shone on the Meridian Gate.
Everyone raised their heads and looked towards the tower.
I saw Tongzan, Zanli, Suwei officers, bodyguards and other attendants filing out and opening a path on the gate tower to greet them.
Cloud cover and cloud disk follow closely behind.
A figure wearing a crown slowly appeared surrounded by people.
"There is an edict!" someone shouted.
All the military and civilian officials immediately bowed their heads: "Listen respectfully to the Holy Edict!"
Zhu Yijun looked at the dark place below the tower, where people were kneeling down. He could not see their heads at a glance, and his chest could not help but rise and fall several times.
I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and finally felt relieved.
Then he turned to the bottom and said word by word in a loud voice: "The glory of our country has inspired the grand plan, which will be passed down to all generations. The ancestors and saints have been united in creating and maintaining it for more than two hundred years."
At the same time, the eunuchs on duty on the left and right repeated it to the ears below, and at intervals below there were eunuchs who repeated it and shouted backwards.
Overlapping and overlapping, like waves of sound.
"My emperor is the emperor of Daxing. He sets a wise example and works hard to govern... The dragon controls the guest, and I bow to pay attention to my orders. It is a sacred weapon."
"In order to obey the imperial edict and obey the public opinion, on the tenth day of the sixth month, I only reported to heaven and earth, the ancestral temple, and the country."
Zhu Yijun paused, closed his eyes, and with full energy, he said the words: "He is the emperor."
At this moment, the Zhonghe Shao music arranged by the Jiaofang Secretary was played, with the bells and fou ringing at the same time, and the drums and drums blaring in unison.
The guards on duty on both sides vibrated their armor and made hunting noises.
All the military and civilian officials below, regardless of their thoughts, bowed their hands and foreheads one after another, and bowed once, then again, three times, and four times.
Everyone shouted: "Long live!"
"Long live!"
"Long live!"
Hundreds and thousands of people shouted long live together, soaring into the sky.
Shouts, shouts, music, armor ringing, bells and drums, surging waves, like the resonance of heaven and earth, resounding throughout the Forbidden City!
…
The sound gradually stopped.
"He regards next year as the first year of Wanli and the beginning of the revolution with the people..."
The sound of the edict being read out continued, and military and civilian representatives were still kneeling to listen to the edict.
All the officials had already stood up and entered through the Meridian Gate one after another.
Zhu Yijun also turned around and walked down the tower.
Later, he would visit the Zhongji Hall to receive congratulations from hundreds of officials, but at this moment, his ascension ceremony was complete.
The core of the ceremony is to announce that when everyone shouts long live the ceremony, the ceremony has ended early.
From now on, he will be the emperor respected by millions of people in the Ming Dynasty.
But... this is far from the end, or in other words, this is just the beginning of his journey of thousands of miles.
He is not the only one waiting for this time.
Gao Gong was also waiting. He was waiting for a ten-year-old child to sit on the emperor's throne, so that he could pretend to serve the emperor and abolish the ceremonial supervisor and let the emperor become a nodding machine.
Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng are also waiting. They need Li to ascend the throne as Queen Mother to supervise the country so that they can expel Gao Gong and take sole control of power.
The battle between Zhu Yijun, Feng Bao, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng will also officially begin at this moment.
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Different from the regular dynasty, enthroning and approaching the dynasty is a ritual for hundreds of officials to make a pilgrimage.
The number of people is dozens of times that of the court, and the Wenhua Palace cannot be used at all.
In order to demonstrate the majesty of the Heavenly Family, Taizu made a rule that all ceremonies before his enthronement should be held in the Fengtian Hall, which is located on the central axis of the Forbidden City.
Now, the Ministry of Rites asked for orders from the two palaces, but it was changed to the Zhongji Palace.
Shang Baoqing's attendants had already set up a throne in the palace, and Zhu Yijun sat on it.
He no longer paid attention to the process of his ascension to the palace, but quietly waited for the congratulations from all the officials.
After a blast of whips and drum music, all the officials filed in.
The four nobles who had been ordered to report the matter were the first to come out: "I am fortunate to have fulfilled my orders and reported it to the Tiandi Ancestral Temple."
"The Tiandi Ancestral Temple must be extremely happy to hear that His Majesty ascended to the throne and there are auspicious colors falling down."
"I, my ministers, are brave enough to present a form of congratulations to His Majesty."
After saying this, Zhu Xizhong glanced at the emperor on the throne in a vague way, with a lot of thoughts in his heart.
Zhu Yijun's sight was blocked by Mianqi, and he just nodded: "I know you are sincere."
Then he looked at Feng Bao: "Feng Qing, the chief official of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, presented me with a congratulatory form."
Feng Bao bowed down and said: "I obey the decree."
Then he walked down the imperial steps and received the congratulatory forms from the hands of the four nobles.
The four honorable men returned.
There were also cabinet ministers who came out: "I congratulate His Majesty on his ascension to the throne, and also pay tribute."
Zhu Yijun nodded.
Afterwards, all the officials, from the assistant ministers of the cabinet, the nine ministers of the six ministries, to the Wei Mo of the seventh rank, all the big and small officials presented their congratulations in turn.
Everything is in order.
until……
"Your Majesty ordered the Chief of Ceremonies to collect the congratulatory form. Who are you!?" Zhang Wei, the censor of Guangxi Province, frowned and looked at Feng Bao.
The hall fell silent for a moment.
Zhu Xizhong seemed to be feeling unwell and closed his eyes tightly.
His eyes were high and he didn't squint, as if he didn't hear anything at all.
Zhang Juzheng's lips were slightly open, suitably surprised.
Gaoyi held the wat in both hands, looking as if he was expecting it.
Only the uninformed officials looked around and looked at their colleagues, with confusion and panic in their eyes.
Even though Feng Bao was facing such difficulties, he had done all he could to nourish his energy and his eyelids didn't even twitch.
He just raised his hands towards the imperial case and said slowly: "Our family is the Chief of Ceremony."
Zhang Wei flicked his sleeves, raised his finger and pointed at Feng Bao, looking around, asking the officials: "Is this the palm seal of the Supervisor of Ceremonies!?"
All the officials are human beings, so they don't know when something is going to happen.
Not to mention whether you recognize him or not, but you still have doubts in your heart. Should you roar at Zhongji Palace at this time?
Officials, big and small, looked away when they met Zhang Wei's eyes, unwilling to get involved in this whirlpool.
The ceremonial officer at the bottom of the imperial steps also immediately shouted: "Zhang Chui! The emperor, please pay attention to your decency!"
Zhang Wei bowed down and confessed to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I have returned from a patrol in Guangxi. I didn't know that the late emperor had left an edict to change the seal of the Supervisor of Ceremonies. I am guilty!"
Since Feng Bao is the Chief of Ceremonies, it must be a legacy of the late emperor, right?
Use retreat to advance!
Although Zhang Wei's words were a confession, they actually put on the table the fact that Feng Bao's appointment as Supervisor of Ceremonies was not in accordance with the procedures.
Feng Bao still didn't know what part this was going on. Even though he was prepared, he couldn't help but look at Gao Gong with hatred.
Zhu Yijun also knew what was going on, he was just a pawn.
When he saw this, he simply pretended to be stupid and said: "Zhang Qing, please stand up. Those who don't know are not guilty."
"What you don't know is that Feng Dajun was commissioned by my mother and not by the late emperor's decree."
Of course Zhang Wei asked knowingly. Not only did he know, but he was also waiting for this to happen.
He caught a glimpse of Ge Shouli nodding secretly, and he felt confident, so he continued to pester: "Oh...it turns out that it was Empress Dowager Chen's decree at that time, which was really unreasonable."
Theoretically speaking, the position of Chief of Ceremonies and Palm Seal can only be used by the emperor.
But when the emperor dies, the queen should be the supervisor of the country, and it is reasonable to do so expediently.
Although... Zhang Wei knew clearly that it was not the Queen Mother Chen's order.
When the play reached this point, someone helped set the scene and sang the tune.
General Affairs Envoy Si You Tongzheng Han Ji scolded: "Zhang Zhuo is presumptuous! How good the Empress Dowager Chen is at knowing people, how dare you make false accusations! Feng Dajuan, the chief seal officer of the Ceremony Supervisor, was chosen by the current Empress Dowager Li!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Kezuo, the official of the Song Dynasty, immediately came out to argue: "Han Tongzheng, please be careful when speaking. I, the Sixth Section, have never seen Empress Dowager Li give an explicit edict at that time."
These two people were students of Gao Gong, and everyone knew about them.
At this time, those officials who were unaware of what was going on finally realized that it turned out that the Chief Assistant and the Chief of Ceremonies were going to fight with real swords and guns!
The Taijian censor, the six subjects, the general affairs envoys, and the general affairs envoys are all high-ranking people.
Nowadays, these people are singing in harmony. If it wasn't Gao Gong's instruction, then that's a damn thing!
The court is Gao Gong's home court, and the poor Master of Ceremonies, Zhang Yin, can only be beaten by everyone. There is really no way to do it.
The person involved, Feng Bao, saw himself being roasted on the fire in the blink of an eye. Although his face showed no expression, there was no trace of hatred in his heart.
Even though I knew in advance that Gao Gong would launch an attack in the near future and I was mentally prepared, I still felt extremely angry at this moment.
He has long been aware of this shortcoming.
When the late emperor died, Concubine Li disliked Meng Chong, so she expelled him and promoted herself.
As for the imperial edict... the palm seal of the Supervisor of Ceremonies is really not something that a mere noble concubine can decide with just one word.
Moreover, at that time, Meng Chong was the chief minister of etiquette, and Gao Gong was the chief minister of the cabinet. They were allies. It was surprising that the imperial concubine could only obey the orders.
So he advised Concubine Li at that time and asked her to bypass the outer dynasty and directly use himself to cook the raw rice into cooked rice.
Sijun's biological mother has a certain status, and she leads the Dongchang factory with manpower, so there is no need to worry about the procedures and etiquette.
The way of fighting in the inner court is different from that in the outer court.
Therefore, it was really an expedient measure to cut the knot with a quick knife, and it was impossible to issue an explicit order to the cabinet at that time.
Otherwise, he will be dismissed from the six subjects at the least, or in more serious cases, it may affect Li - Gao Gong can really scold Si Chen.
From then on, thanks to Li's pressure, no one pursued him for a while. Even if there was, the memorial could still be kept.
Moreover, with the killing of Meng Chong a few days ago and the fact that Li became the Queen Mother today, Feng Bao's position has become unshakable.
However, he didn't expect that Gao Gong would dare to order the censor to expose this matter in person during the enthronement ceremony!
Even if he knew it was useless, it would disgust him.
You really don’t care about the two palaces or the little emperor’s face!
Feng Bao glanced vaguely outside the hall, but did not wait for the expected movement.
But he couldn't fight back at all. He immediately carried out Empress Dowager Li: "You might as well think about it again, Empress Dowager Li gave an oral order at the beginning!"
Feng Bao insisted on the word "Queen Mother".
This is to remind these people that this is not just him who is offended, but behind him is the emperor's biological mother, the empress dowager who oversees the country!
That's all for the high arch, you guys, in these things, does the censor really want to go all the way to the dark side?
But Zhang Chui didn't know what he was promised. Not only did he not restrain himself at all, but he intensified his efforts.
After hearing Feng Bao's words, Zhang Zhuo's eyes widened with anger. After kowtowing to the imperial court, he asked loudly: "How can there be a decree from a noble concubine that can determine the position of internal minister!?"
He loudly asked the officials on the left and right: "Is this the case in our country?"
These words were directed at Empress Dowager Li, and all the officials were frightened and wished they could avoid the table and run away.
What kind of huge war is going on today, and he actually accuses the Queen Mother of the Supervisor!
When Feng Bao saw him barking, he started to speak fiercely: "Is Zhang Yushi asking about the crime of Empress Dowager Li?"
If the position of Chief of Ceremony's Palm Seal had been removed with just a few words, Gao Gong would have done it long ago, why wait until now.
Just because his appointment is firmly bound to Queen Mother Li!
Once a big hat is put down, it depends on how the censor dares to pick it up.
Unfortunately, Zhang Wei charged into the battle, but there were many people behind him.
At this time, someone naturally came out to control the situation.
Gao Gong said without hesitation: "Both of you, please be careful and don't involve your own problems in others."
Zhang Wei knows what is enough, and he knows how to handle it well.
He ignored Feng Bao and continued to say to Zhu Yijun: "At the beginning of the emperor's reign, how could he be spying on you? How can his name and weapon be used as a dummy?"
"Since the congratulatory form is collected by the Chief of Ceremonies, I dare not give it to anyone else!"
In his words, it was revealed that Feng Bao was spying on the famous weapon, and that he had committed the grave crime of overstepping the imperial authority.
As the censor of Zuodu, Ge Shouli could not really let the enthronement ceremony be disturbed by people who were admonishing him.
He stepped out of the queue and scolded: "Zhang Wei! Do you really want to disturb His Majesty's Majesty? Retreat immediately without giving me a congratulations!"
After that, he added: "Your Majesty, even if what Zhang Zhuo said is reasonable, it is just a mere minister trespassing on a sacred weapon, and it is not as serious as your Majesty's imperial court today. Please deal with it later."
With just a few words, these officials branded Feng Bao as a person who had stolen possessions of the ceremonial department and usurped the artifacts.
Feng Bao was not allowed to interrupt at all.
Zhu Yijun only thought it was ridiculous. These people really didn't take the emperor seriously. Even his ascension ceremony could be used as a battlefield.
It is no wonder that Emperor Xiaozong was praised to the heavens by these civil servants, calling him a truly benevolent emperor for three generations or less - this was the state of affairs among the civil servants when Xiaozong was at the court meeting.
According to the records of the Ming Dynasty in Korea, when Xiaozong attended the court meeting, the courtiers held small meetings and argued endlessly. Xiaozong could only sit on the dragon chair and act like a wooden man.
Is this kind of emperor what these people want?
Fortunately, Zhu Yijun had other plans at the moment. Otherwise, seeing how arrogant these people were, he would have turned against them in public.
Thinking like this, with the mentality of watching a drama, he borrowed the donkey down the slope and said: "Ge Qing is right, Zhang Qing, we can discuss this matter later, don't get entangled here."
The current disturbance at court is at most the first step to put this matter on the table, and it cannot shake Feng Bao's position.
There will definitely be backup plans for the high arch, and there will definitely be storms in the future.
Today's prologue should be enough.
As a pawn on the horse, Zhang Wei's mission has been completed. After hearing these words, he immediately bowed down and obeyed the order: "I am worried that my ministers will usurp the sacred weapons and blind their ears and eyes, and I am very anxious for a moment."
"Unexpectedly, I accidentally disturbed His Majesty when he ascended to the throne. After I went down, I will report my sins to the meeting and leave it to Your Majesty."
"As for Feng Bao's matter, I will also write a separate report."
After that, the congratulatory form was handed over to Feng Bao.
But when the two of them missed each other, Zhang Chuo quietly sneered.
Feng Bao took a deep breath, suppressed the emotions in his chest, and fucked himself.
His face was expressionless, as if he was waiting for something.
Zhang Wei couldn't help but feel happy when he saw Feng Bao swallowing his anger. He was about to return to the train, but before he even took a step forward, a eunuch suddenly came in from the side hall.
"The Queen Mother's decree!"
Note 1: In June of the sixth year of Longqing, Guangxi Taoist censor Zhang Zhuo wrote: In the early days of the emperor’s reign, no one could spy on anything he did! Names and utensils, how could they be dummies? Meng, who was in charge of the printing department of the ceremonial board
Chongye, if you haven't heard of the order to remove someone and use someone, once the order is passed, the person
, from Ma Baochen and others, who looked at each other in shock and did not know what they were doing. - "Records of Ming Shenzong" Note 2: Under normal circumstances, Queen Mother Li would not issue orders directly, but would use the names of the two palaces and the emperor to issue orders together.
, the plot is simplified and changed here.
Chapter completed!