Looking at the civil and military ministers and vassal kings prostrating themselves on the ground below, Zhu Pangpang felt a little nervous when he sat on the throne and used the power of the emperor for the first time.

After taking a few deep breaths to suppress the turmoil in his heart, he raised his fat hand slightly and said in a calm voice:

"Everyone is safe!"

Everyone below kowtows and kneels again.

"Kowtow to my emperor for his grace!"

When everyone stood up and stood up one by one, the civil servants raised their heads slightly and looked at Zhu Pangpang who was sitting on top wearing a crown gown, and felt happy in their hearts.

From today on, the old man who kills people at every turn and confiscates homes and exterminates families will no longer be able to reach out to them.

Now the benevolent Crown Prince is in charge of the world. Although the old man is the Supreme Emperor, according to the rules, he is still the greatest.

If the old man wants to kill someone, the emperor has the right to deny it.

Thinking of the prince's past benevolence, the civil servant felt relieved.

The military generals group still didn't care. As they said, as long as the emperor's grandson is here, oh no, he should be called the prince now.

As long as the prince Zhu Zhangui is here, the fat emperor in the seat will probably not interfere in various military operations.

After all, a ruler is longer than an inch. Although this fat emperor has fought in wars, his strategic vision is still slightly inferior to Zhu Zhangui, let alone compared with the old man.

Coupled with what they learned about the relationship between Zhu Pangpang and his son, without those bullshit barriers, the general group can 100% conclude that the fat emperor in the seat will definitely use the country's military force and foreign wars.

The matter was left to the Crown Prince Zhu Zhangui.

"Ahem!"

After asking everyone to stand up, Zhu Pangpang didn't know what to say for a while.

Although he has been in power for so many years, this is the first time that he can use his power as emperor.

In fact, Zhu Zhangui had already rehearsed with him last night, but now that he was sitting on the throne, he was so nervous that he forgot about it.

After thinking for a long time and not being able to think of what to say, Zhu Pangpang quickly winked at his son standing below and asked him to help remind him.

The old man sitting next to him didn't give any advice, he just put his hands in his sleeves happily and looked at the embarrassment of his fat son.

Didn't this fat boy think it was good for him to be the emperor? He was quarreling and angry with himself all day long.

Well, now, the fat boy has become the emperor himself, and it seems that he has forgotten something. Haha, weren't you an old man before? I want to see how you solve the problem in front of you.

Zhu Zhangui, who was standing at the front of the crowd, noticed his father's appearance and glanced around slightly. Seeing that everyone had their heads lowered, he quietly stretched out his hand and made a few gestures.

Seeing his son's gestures, Zhu Pangpang finally remembered.

As a newly ascended emperor, before canonizing his wife and son, he needs to tell his civil and military ministers and the people about his ambitions and philosophy of governing the country. To put it bluntly, it is an inauguration speech.

In the past, when the old man ascended the throne, he only made a speech in the court, and then the officials announced it to the world.

It's just that the old man at that time just kept denounced Jianwen's crimes and didn't say anything about his ambitions and ideals. Those words that were later notified to the people of the world were written by officials themselves.

But now Zhu Pangpang can't do what his father did, because there are many microphones in front of him and everywhere in the hall.

These microphones are connected to rows of loudspeakers outside. Outside the imperial city, there are countless people attending the ceremony waiting. If you say something that shouldn't be said, it will make people laugh.

After pondering for a while in his heart, recalling the words he exchanged with his son yesterday, Zhu Pangpang coughed lightly and slowly began his inaugural speech.

Zhu Pangpang also knew that there were many things to do today and he was very pressed for time, so he didn't say much.

He briefly talked about his ambitions and said that he would lead all the officials in the court to work hard to develop the Ming Dynasty and move towards greater prosperity and strength.

In addition, Zhu Pangpang also announced two benefits.

As the new emperor, it is still necessary to give some benefits to the people and officials and win people's hearts.

After all, a civil couple gets married and invites relatives and friends to a meal. You are already the emperor. If you don't get some benefits from such a high status, you will probably be gossiped about.

Of these two benefits, the first is a salary increase for officials.

With the blood transfusions in many colonies in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty gradually became richer.

Considering that the salaries given to officials by the imperial court were too low, the old man, Zhu Pangpang and Zhu Zhangui discussed how to increase the officials' benefits, which would be like giving a stick to a sweet date.

After all, we have just caught corruption several times in the past few years, and many officials have been frightened, and they simply do not dare to extend their hands to the people.

Some Qingliu officials, like those at the Yushitai, are so poor that they can't even bear to eat a meal of meat. During the Chinese New Year, if the imperial court hadn't issued some vouchers from the Chamber of Commerce, these guys wouldn't be able to survive the New Year.

So the three of them, the grandfather and the grandson, thought that it was time to give these officials a salary increase, not for the sake of the corrupt officials, but for the sake of those truly honest censors who should be longer, otherwise the dignified court officials would starve to death.

, then the Ming Dynasty would become a joke.

Originally, the old man wanted to announce this policy last year, but considering that his fat son would be on the throne next year, he decided to make the officials suffer a little longer and give the fat son this opportunity to win people's hearts.

Sure enough, as Zhu Pangpang proposed the salary increase and announced that Yongle 18 years would be included in the salary increase, the officials' eyes showed excitement, especially those Qingliu officials, whose faces turned red with excitement.

After paying off the debt, I finally have enough money to celebrate the New Year. I can also buy some meat and go back to make dumplings. I don’t have to let my wife and children eat bran vegetables with me anymore.

After the officials thanked him three times, Zhu Pangpang announced another benefit for the people.

And this benefit is the announcement of the lifting of Yao service.

When the people outside the city heard about this benefit, they were so excited that they trembled all over.

Corvée, a nightmare in the hearts of countless people.

Over the past thousands of years, countless people have gone out to do corvées and died of exhaustion on construction sites, never to return. Many families were heartbroken and torn apart because of this.

Every time the court distributed corvees, the officials and minor officials who went to collect people used their little power to do a lot of evil.

Some officials and minor officials even took money from big landlords and forcibly allocated their quotas to the common people.

Originally, only one of those people needed to go, but as a result, all the young people in the family were taken away, resulting in a lack of labor in the family and a waste of farmland.

It is precisely because of the ugliness of the corvee system that the people deeply hate this system and are extremely disgusted with it.

In order to avoid corvee labor, some people in the family had their hands and feet broken when the court sent people to collect people. They used disability as an excuse to avoid the court's corvee labor.

Although my legs and feet will be broken by doing this, at least I can save my life.

But now, the newly ascended emperor has announced the complete abolition of the corvee system, which means that from today on, they no longer have to worry about the court assigning corvees, and the young men in the family will risk their lives to work for the court for free.

The officials were also a little shocked by this policy. They secretly looked at Zhu Pangpang sitting on top with confusion, and their hearts were full of confusion and questions.

Why did Zhu Pangpang not discuss such a big matter with them and just make a rash decision? It would be difficult to regret it later.

As those in power, they know very well that once some things are known to the people, it will be extremely difficult to take them back.

In fact, they don't know.

Originally, when Zhu Zhangui told his father about this benefit, Zhu Pangpang was a little hesitant.

But when Zhu Zhangui told the number of slaves in Penglai and Asan areas, as well as other colonies, Zhu Pangpang happily agreed.

Zhu Pangpang was a good emperor. His goal in life was always to put the people first. With such good benefits for the people of the Han family, he wished he could have more of them.

As for the life and death of those slaves? Well, that's not his business.

He has already made an agreement with his son Zhu Zhangui that domestic government affairs will be handled by his father, and foreign wars and the colonies that were seized will be managed by his son.

After announcing the two benefits and waiting for the officials and people to show their gratitude, the next major event began, which was the canonization of Zhang's Zhu Zhangui and others.

In order to ensure the stability of the court and avoid any mistakes, it is the best guarantee to decide the prince in advance.

There is no doubt about the selection of the crown prince. With Zhu Zhangui's influence, no one dares to grab his crown prince position.

Next, Zhu Pangpang's personal eunuch took out the imperial edict and announced that Zhang, who had been waiting for a long time, entered the palace.

Mrs. Zhang is indeed a woman who has been in charge of the harem since she was a princess, and her calm expression is unmatched by ordinary people.

After hearing the imperial edict that Zhu Pangpang be conferred the title of Queen, Mrs. Zhang accepted the decree very calmly to express her gratitude. Then, accompanied by the palace maid, she went to the next room to change into her phoenix robe, sat next to Zhu Pangpang, and received the invitation from all the civil and military officials.

worship.

Next is Zhu Zhangui.

No one has any objection to Zhu Zhangui's position as the crown prince. Of course, those who have objections do not dare to raise it at this time.

Witnessed by hundreds of civil and military officials and vassal kings from all over the world, Zhu Zhangui became the third prince of the Ming Dynasty. (The first Zhu Biao, the second Zhu Pangpang.)

Then came Zhao Ling'er, who was named Crown Princess and assisted Queen Zhang in managing the harem.

What everyone didn't expect was that Zhu Qirui, a little guy in the mess, was called out by Zhu Pangpang in a friendly manner, and was named the emperor's grandson on the spot, confirming the identity of his third generation heir.

Zhu Pangpang has done everything right at once, just to prevent his brothers from competing against each other from happening to his sons and grandsons.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Zhanji and others were named different princes one after another. However, what surprised everyone was that in the imperial edict, Zhu Pangpang did not mention where the fiefdoms of his sons were.

In fact, everyone didn't know that Zhu Zhangui, Zhu Pangpang and the old man had been discussing the matter of fiefdom for a long time.

Zhu Zhangui felt that allocating fiefdoms to vassal kings was a destabilizing factor and would also affect local management. If it was not handled properly, it would harm the local people.

Therefore, Zhu Zhangui proposed that starting from the generation of their brothers, all vassal kings would be raised in the capital. Except for their direct descendants, other descendants could have the status of nobles and participate in various court positions except the army.

Regarding Zhu Zhangui's proposal, the three of them discussed it for a long time, and finally Zhu Zhangui persuaded them to agree to his proposal.

After the enfeoffment was completed, Zhu Pangpang led the civil and military officials and his family, accompanied by the old man, to the Ancestral Temple to pay homage to their ancestors.

Various ceremonies were busy until midday, and the enthronement ceremony was completed. Then everyone, led by Zhu Pangpang, went to Yongding Gate in Peiping to participate in the largest military parade and celebration ceremony in history.

"Long live the emperor, long live the emperor!"
To be continued...