Chapter 953
Since the army cannot be used to help with the funeral, it is no problem to ask someone to do it. Jingyun Gong just wants someone to help with it, which does not mean that the army must do it.
But when it comes to hiring people, you have to use money and be careful. Liu Yuanqiao only gave 100,000 taels of silver, and judging from Xiao Ning's attitude, he would not provide additional help. It would be even worse to want them to contribute money and work.
So Jingyun Gong ordered his family to immediately take the money and purchase related items. He set up a huge white sacrificial shed outside the Donghua Gate, and then purchased related items to prepare for the funeral.
If there were no Chinese army accompanying and without their help, I would probably not have been able to get so many things and many things would not be able to buy, because many stores have not opened yet, and no one understands the attitude of the Chinese army. When opening a store to do business at this time, it is easy to become a pioneer.
Now every household has posted red paper on the door, and the red paper is written on it: Long live the Chinese army!
Only those who paste these red papers can follow the people and will not be embarrassed by the Chinese army.
The people of Jingyun Gong, accompanied by the soldiers of the Hua Family Army, knocked on these shops engaged in funeral business one by one and purchased things from them.
Jingyun had never done these things, and he didn't know much about it. It was not until he got guidance from the store that he realized that there were still many things to buy and all of them.
For example, the scholar Jingyun Gong only knew how to hold funerals, invited monks, invited Taoists to chant scriptures and ceremonies, set up water and land temples, and cross the dead. But he didn't understand what to do, how to invite, how much money he spent. This had to be guided by the shop owners who were engaged in these businesses, and they got on track.
As an emperor, he naturally had to work in a water and land temple for several days to save the dead. These were all things that required people to do, and they needed to spend money. The situation is very subtle and no one dared to do these things in large quantities. If it weren't for the soldiers of the Chinese army, he would probably really not be able to do it.
However, all this began. They set up a sacrificial shed outside Donghua Gate, and invited the emperor's spiritual throne and coffin here, and began to accept worship from his former subjects.
At this time, Jingyun also noticed one thing, that is, the emperor and his family were all reunited here, and there was another important person who did not appear, which was Queen Yi'an Zhang Yan.
King Jingyun heard some rumors that Emperor Chongzhen went to Ciqing Palace himself before committing suicide and asked Empress Yi'an to commit suicide. So he thought of bringing the body and having a collective funeral together.
But when he came to the Ciqing Palace Gate, he was refused entry by Chen Runde, who was in charge of the palace.
Seeing Chen Runde here, Jingyun Gong also seemed a little surprised. This eunuch is very famous. It is not because he had worked in the palace or because he was once a subordinate of Wei Zhongxian.
But because this eunuch has become a eunuch, he still dares to covet Zhang Yan's beauty and wants to get along with her.
This incident is known to everyone in the world, which has caused two consequences, one is Zhang Yan's stunning beauty, and the other is Chen Runde's lust.
It is said that many censors were still writing a letter to ask Chen Runde to be castrated again. They believed that only people with impure six senses would have such thoughts. However, at this time, the emperor believed that family scandals should not be made public, so he quickly settled the matter and sent Chen Runde to Xiaoling to grow vegetables. It is estimated that this person would never turn over again. Who knew that he actually appeared in Ciqing Palace again, wearing the clothes of the leader and eunuch, and was responsible for the work here.
King Jingyun said, "Ephesian Chen, what are you doing here?"
Chen Runde said, "Our family and His Highness, the king and even the old acquaintance, have been appreciated by His Highness and have been appointed as the leader and eunuch, responsible for the affairs of the harem. Now we are sorting out the harem, recruiting people, and welcoming the lord to the palace."
Since Liu Yuanqiao wanted to use this person, Jingyun Palace had nothing to say. No matter how good he was, he couldn't care about how Liu Yuanqiao used people and who he used.
In fact, as far as Liu Yuanqiao is employed, Jingyun Gong doesn’t like it. None of the people under Liu Yuanqiao’s men like it, so he really can’t interfere.
Jingyun Gong explained his purpose. Chen Runde said: "When our family arrived at the palace that day, Empress Yi'an had committed suicide. Thinking of our friendship, our family had ordered people to send Empress Yi'an's body to Deling outside the city, and the tomb guardian put it into the tomb and buried it with Emperor Xizong."
When King Jingyun heard this, he had to give up. Zhang Yan was the queen. Since she was dead, she put her spiritual throne into the imperial tomb and buried her with the late emperor. This was also a matter of course. The other party's statement was reasonable and he also came up with relevant handover certificates. He had to give up and turn around and leave.
Little did he know that Zhang Yan was placed under house arrest in Ciqing Palace and was taught etiquette to welcome the new master.
Jingyun Gong naturally could not have expected that Liu Yuanqiao, who was upright and very powerful in his eyes, had actually done something to do. They released the smoke just to cover up their eyes.
Chen Runde breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the other party leaving. He knew that as long as he had concealed this person, the matter would be over and no one could investigate the matter. Even Liu Bu dared not ask about it, let alone other people.
Even if some people have some doubts, so what? Doubt is not evidence. If there is no evidence, don’t talk nonsense. Now it is really a death sentence for making rumors about the Chinese army.
As for the people in Zhang Yan's palace, they were all controlled by him one by one. If anyone refused to cooperate, they would be executed by him one by one.
This is done perfectly, with the purpose of making the king enjoy the beauty of the queen of the previous dynasty, and at the same time, it is not as bad as any.
Chen Runde saw Jingyun Gong falling from the palace and making a great fuss. He seemed a little disapproving. The Ming Dynasty was over, so what's the use of doing these things? Who should I show it? It's a shame to make it for myself and cause trouble.
Therefore, Chen Runde, who was in charge of the affairs of the palace, also ordered all his subordinates not to get involved in this matter. If someone dared to intervene indiscriminately, he would punish him severely.
Chen Renrunde is a person who urgently needs to draw a clear line with the Ming Dynasty. If a person like him is pointed out to be nostalgic, it is probably the time when everything is over, so he will not get involved in such thankless things.
You should know that he hated Emperor Chongzhen very much, and thought that it would be better if his family died, and it would be better if he died. He was driven to Xiaoling by the emperor to grow vegetables. If Liu Yuanqiao hadn't pulled him, he would probably die of hard work in his life. So while watching all this coldly, he laughed secretly. He dared to rush our family to grow vegetables, and his whole family deserved to be killed.
When Mr. Jingyun returned to the sacrificial shed in front of Donghua Gate again, he had already started to build a shed. Because he had money, he hired a lot of people and had enough items. They moved quickly and quickly built a huge spiritual shed. They also asked someone to invite all the emperor's coffins. There were spirit cards written here and incense. At the same time, the Taoist priests and monks they invited also came. They had already started beating drums and drums, started vegetarianism, and started to chant scriptures, and practiced rituals to save the dead.
As for Emperor Chongzhen's spiritual throne, it is not easy to write. If this is still the world of the Ming Dynasty, he would have to be given a posthumous title and a temple name. But now, he is just an ordinary person, how should he write it? This is difficult?
After thinking about it, Jingyun Gong wrote the spiritual position, which is: the position of Zhu Youjian, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty." As for the posthumous title and temple name, there is nothing left.
The Ming Dynasty was over, and these things must be gone. He was embarrassed to ask Liu Yuanqiao for instructions.
In this way, I feel that it is a bit simplified. For example, the spiritual position of Empress Zhou is written as the position of Empress Zhou of the Ming Dynasty, and the other princes also wrote their names and titles, and then gave up.
The sacrificial sheds outside Donghua Gate were everywhere. The elegy couplets here were written by Jingyun Gong himself, and many wreaths were made. Almost everything was ready, just waiting for these people to come and pay tribute.
But he thought a little redundantly. Since they had ordered the gate of the palace city to be wide open, no one could help but come in, but no one came.
Just kidding, during the Ming Dynasty, there were no ordinary people here who could come and go. Those who were in contact were officials or powerful people. When the war was in chaos and the Chinese army was in power, who would come here to worship the emperor of the previous dynasty for nothing?
Such a deserted scene made Jingyun Gong feel a little sad. He was thinking that such a dignified emperor actually turned out to be like this.
Jingyun Gong was wearing mourning clothes and mourning himself, guarding the spirit here. While he was idle, he would fold some paper money and burn it. When he was idle, he would write some elegiac couplets.
What he considered was that all the civil and military officials in the court came to worship, but that was a little overthinking, and basically nothing was left.
He was wondering whether the officers and soldiers of the city gate were stopping the people from coming in. He himself ran to the city gate to take a look. However, he saw that the city gate was indeed wide open and wrote a notice, which means that the funeral of the late emperor was held at Donghua Gate. Those who related people wanted to worship could go and worship, so on. No one stopped them, but no one came.
No one comes, but considering that people coming and going on the streets are coming and going in a hurry, it is reasonable that no one has this leisure, but it is really chilling that officials and the powerful people do not come.
King Jingyun was sighing: The Ming Dynasty nurtured scholars for more than two hundred years, and this was the last integrity of the scholars and officials.
Just as Jingyun Gong was feeling sorry for himself, the hooves in front of him were making loud noises. When he looked at him, he found that it was Liu Bu who led a large number of people to arrive.
When he heard that it was Liu Bu and Liu Dashen, Xiao Ning immediately threw away Jingyun Gong and quickly greeted him.
Chapter completed!