Chapter 43: The Emperor's Enthronement Ceremony
"Clang! Clang! Clang..."
On the second day of the 10th month of the first year of Taichang, when it was still dark, the bell towers and temples in the capital city hit big bells one after another.
At this moment, millions of people in the capital knew that the new emperor was about to ascend the throne.
In the past month, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Works, the Department of Department has set up supervisors, the Shangbao Department, the Jiaofang Department and other departments have been ready.
As the bell rang, all the prepared officials in the capital put on court uniforms, held tablets, and went to Chang'an Gate in an orderly manner.
Some officials from the Ministry of Rites have been in the palace last night and took the lead in going to the Temple of Heaven, Xiannong, and Taimiao informed the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty.
Officials in Beijing, no matter how big or small, were more than 3,000 people wearing court uniforms and rushed to Chang'anmen.
As for the palace, Zhu Youxiao, as the emperor, was the master of today. Unlike what later generations knew, he could not directly wear a crown garment to participate in the throne ceremony, but first wore a white mourning uniform and walked out without wearing a crown. Qing Palace.
When he came to the gate of the Ganqing Palace, the escort force composed of 800 Han generals and two extremely luxurious cars were particularly conspicuous.
Among the two cars, Zhu Youxiao was very familiar with the second car. It was the emblem that the prince was riding. The owner Zhu Youjian, who was riding it, was also wearing a mourning uniform and standing in front of the eunuchs in the twenty-fourth yamen.
When Zhu Youxiao walked out of the Ganqing Palace, Zhu Youjian took the lead in holding a tablet and bowed his hands to make compilations, bowing slightly, and the eunuchs of the twenty-four yamen and the eight hundred Han generals were also like this, and no one sang the salute.
This is one of the etiquette systems, and Zhu Youxiao nodded slightly, raised his hand from the air, signaling everyone to get up, and then looked at the first luxurious car.
This is a cart that is two feet long, one meter wide, one meter high, one meter high, and is made of golden nanmu wood, and is decorated with jade and gold throughout.
Compared to the elephant pulled by four horses, the livestock that this big cart is responsible for pulling the cart is even more majestic.
Two Siamese elephants shaking their noses and wrapped around their bodies with ropes that pulled the cart.
This is the highest standard etiquette car for the emperor. Normally, even the emperor can only experience it a few times in his life.
Zhu Youxiao's eyes stayed on the elephant more and was very interested, but he was a little disgusted with the extremely luxurious Dalu. It seemed that in his opinion, the skill was a bit poor.
"The emperor is here!"
Suddenly, the Minister of the Honglu Temple sang a loud ceremony, and the Minister of the Honglu Temple next to him raised a bell to strike.
"clang……"
The bell echoed, and Zhu Youxiao slowly climbed to Dalu, and Zhu Youjian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw this scene.
"The prince is here!"
"clang……"
It was his turn, and Zhu Youjian also held the tablet to prevent the two jade bis at his waist from making a sound while slowly getting on the bus.
After he got on the car and sat firmly, the Minister of the Honglu Temple continued, "Get up~~~"
"clang!"
After the emperor and the prince were ready, eight hundred Han generals began to guard the guards, and the twenty-four officials in the yamen followed Dalu, and a mighty team drove towards the Jiyan Hall.
Regarding all this, Zhu Youjian and Zhu Youxiao, the two brothers, have been informed of various etiquette procedures by officials of the Ministry of Rites in advance.
The first step to do now is to go to the Qiyan Hall, and then in the Qiyan Hall, the Emperor will only accept the order.
After receiving the order, the filial piety clothes should be replaced with Tongtian crown clothes. After going to Chengtian Gate, Zong Zheng was Zhu Youxiao and crown.
After the crown, the Tongtian crown garment was replaced as the crown garment, waiting for the arrival of all officials to congratulate.
After congratulations, the Cabinet, Six Departments, and 18 ministers, including the Cabinet, Six Departments, and Six Departments, requested Zhu Youxiao to ascend the throne according to the rules. Zhu Youxiao needed to reject the six departments first, then the Six Departments, and finally agreed when the Cabinet requested.
After agreeing, he promised the ceremony of heaven and earth, and he wanted to turn to Fengxian Hall to pay homage to his ancestors.
After the end, he continued to wear a crown robes, returned to the Banquet Hall, and before the Emperor's banquet, they all performed five bows and three bows.
Only after the ceremony can you go to Huangji Palace to ascend the throne.
This process is complicated. Even if Zhu Youjian is a prince, he will only have less than the ceremony. Now he only needs to wear mourning clothes to go to a few banquet halls, and then change his crown clothes when he goes to Fengtian Hall, and there is no need to change them.
Tongtian crown suit.
But even so, the cumbersome process made him feel uncomfortable.
"Stop..."
After resting for more than ten minutes, before Zhu Youjian took a rest, the Minister of the Honglu Temple sang a ceremony and beat the bell, and then continued:
"Please ask the emperor, the prince!"
"clang!"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian slowly stepped down, one after another, and went to the Qifang Hall.
At this time, the temple still maintained the appearance of the national mourning half a month ago, but there was already some strange smell in the coffin.
"bye……"
The voice of the Minister of the Honglu Temple came again, and Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian performed five bows and three bows.
After the ceremony, the Minister of the Honglu Temple read out the congratulations, and Zhu Youxiao was ordered in front of the spirit.
Since the congratulations were already well known to everyone, after reading them, the brothers Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian slowly stood up, slowly left the temple, and finally climbed back to Dalu and Xianglu again.
But after getting in the car, someone had already prepared and started changing clothes for both of them.
Zhu Youjian changed into a thick and restrictive big fur coat. The size of the big fur coat is Chapter 12, including sun, moon, stars, mountains, dragon, flower insects, algae, fire, pink rice, Zong Yi,
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He held Yugui in his hand and slowly got off the car. Then he saw Zhu Youxiao holding Dagui and wearing a Tongtian crown uniform without a crown.
When Zhu Youxiao saw his younger brother's appearance, he raised his eyebrows at him, and his face was full of smiles. Zhu Youjian could only nod helplessly to respond.
"Climbing the Gate of Chengtian!"
"clang!"
It was already half over, and the sky was already slightly bright, and the bells in the capital stopped one after another.
Zhu Youjian and Zhu Youjian went to Chengtian Gate under the escort of the eunuchs in the 24th Yamen. Here, Zong Zheng from Zhu Ming royal family had been waiting long ago, and there were ministers of the cabinet, six ministries and six departments standing next to him.
When he was standing, Zhu Youjian was slightly behind, while Zhu Youxiao stepped forward and the crown prince, and few people paid attention to him.
"How is the palace of the Qingling Lord?"
He asked Wang Chengen, and Wang Chengen also saluted slightly:
"You can be buried just after the ceremony is over."
"That's fine..." Hearing this news, he felt much better, and the feeling of depression brought by the thick fur-crowned suit on his body subsided.
When he came to his senses, Zhu Youxiao had already been wearing the Tiantian crown.
"I would like to ascend the throne for thousands of years to benefit the people!"
The six subjects saluted one after another, including Yang Lian, Yao Zongwen and others.
"The great mourning of the imperial examination, don't discuss this matter anymore." Zhu Youxiao answered according to the procedure.
"Please ascend the throne for a thousand years, the country cannot be without a king for a day!"
After politely refusing, the six ministers of the ministries stood up one after another and dressed in court robes to celebrate the ceremony.
"The imperial examination is a great mourning, and the orphan is considered." Zhu Youxiao continued to respond.
"Please ascend the throne for a thousand years!" The six cabinet ministers stood up and spoke, and here they refused again and again.
"Since that's the case, I have to obey!" Zhu Youxiao said something rare, and Zhu Youjian, who was listening next to him, felt it was quite new.
"Long live my emperor..."
Everyone knelt down one after another, bowed their heads and sang loudly, and Zhu Youxiao replied, and then he signaled to flatten his body, turned around and walked into the Chengtian Gate Tower.
The sound of changing clothes with "rustling" can be heard vaguely. When the door opened again, Zhu Youxiao had already changed into a crown suit.
I have to say that although Zhu Youxiao is not as handsome as Zhu Youjian, he looks more similar to Emperor Wanli. At first glance, he looks like him wearing a crown robe, which made Fang Congzhe and others think he has returned to more than 40 years ago.
, When Emperor Wanli ascended the throne.
"Long live my emperor!!!"
Pushing the gold mountain and turning the jade pillar. When Zhu Youxiao came to Chengtianmen Women's Wall in a crown robe to look at Chengtianmen Square, three thousand officials in court uniforms knelt on the ground, holding tablets in their hands, and singing loudly.
A new chapter of the Ming Dynasty was opened, and its owner also changed its name.
When Emperor Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne, his future actions will become his evaluation in history books.
Chapter completed!