In the city of Nanjing, the streets were empty, and everyone wanted to watch the enthronement ceremony.
Officials who really need to participate should have received etiquette training in advance to avoid making jokes during the ceremony.
Hanlin Academy, officials gathered.
Qian Qianyi and Zhang Pu walked side by side. They were now brothers in need. They had been fighting for a long time, both wanting to be the dean of the Hanlin Academy, but suddenly Wang Tiaoding appeared in the air.
I can't object, I don't even dare to say weird things.
Because in the latest edition of "Datong Collection", there are several articles with the author's signature changed to Wang Tiaoding.
"Xi Ming, have you heard about the inner and outer court system?" Qian Qianyi asked.
Zhang Pu whispered: "I heard that there will be trouble."
Qian Qianyi sighed: "Why don't you, the cabinet ministers, know how to dissuade you?"
Zhang Pu said: "The founding monarch is not easy to persuade. As a minister, I can only make amends slowly in the future."
Wang Tiaoding walked in front and could vaguely hear the conversation between the two.
He felt the same about this, but he always felt that Zhao Han would not leave such big loopholes in his work.
Especially since the royal family does not own private property, what will the emperor do if he is short of money in the future? Should he shamelessly beg from civil servants?
It’s very simple, and there is overseas income!
Zhao Han treated the royal family, clan, and relatives very harshly. While allowing them to serve as officials, he also set an upper limit for official positions. However, he deliberately mentioned the navy as an exception and deliberately did not mention overseas official positions.
In the future, the royal family will also take a large part of the income from overseas colonies.
If the emperor cannot make much money at home, he must actively develop overseas territories and actively make money from overseas colonies. If the royal family, clan and relatives want to obtain more benefits, they can also go overseas for adventure.
At the same time, Zhao Han will also set rules for how much of the income from overseas colonies should be distributed to the court and how much to the royal family.
Moreover, a gap was intentionally left open. When the overseas colonies developed to a certain extent, they could declare the establishment of provinces. At that time, even if the colonies were local, all the income would go to the imperial court, leaving only a part for the royal family.
In this way, the emperor had the initiative to open up colonies, and the civil servants had the initiative to develop colonies.
As for the degree of development of the colony, it was assessed based on the number of registered Han people and the local tax revenue.
The degree of colonial development can be divided into four levels: worry, upper, middle and lower.
In lower-class colonies, 70% of the income goes to the royal family and 30% goes to the court.
For medium-sized colonies, 60% of the income goes to the royal family and 40% to the court.
In the upper colonies, the royal family and the imperial court shared the profits equally.
A superior colony can negotiate the establishment of a province. After the establishment of a province, within twenty years, the imperial court will receive 60% and the royal family will receive 40%. After twenty years, the imperial court will receive 80% and the imperial family will receive 20%. After fifty years, the imperial family will receive only 10%.
, and always keep 10%.
The emperor and civil servants will have a hard time deciding whether to establish a province, and may even engage in a series of embarrassing operations in the colony.
But doesn’t this conflict shift outward?
Colonies don't sound good, they can be called "overseas territories".
By that time, the royal family was not only not poor, but also extremely rich. The more overseas territories there were, the richer the emperor would be, and at the same time, the court would be able to share the money.
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The officials from Hanlin Academy lined up for two blocks and then met up with the team from Qintian Academy.
Not long after, Zhao Han's two thousand personal guards began to come over with a guard of honor, and Zhao Han and Fei Rulan rode a carriage.
Li Xiangjun and Kou Baimen are both among the ranks of female officials.
They all wear an improved version of the yisa as their uniform, and the style was modified by Fei Ruyi, with only slight adjustments to the traditional yisa.
As for what is Yisa?
The Qilin suit and Feiyu suit of the Ming Dynasty both belong to the drag style.
The onlookers on both sides of the road first saw the majestic and neat guards, then the majestic female officials, as well as the civil and military ministers at the rear, and they all felt the freshness of a new dynasty and a new atmosphere.
Today, everyone is wearing formal clothes. Zhao Han had someone pay to have them custom-made and only wear them on large and solemn occasions.
Official uniforms are all khaki in color.
Datong New Dynasty, Tu De!
As for the Manchu and Qing Dynasties in the north, Shuide.
Just looking at the attributes of the Five Elements, it is difficult to tell who is the authentic one, because Zhu Yuanzhang was confused at that time.
Kublai Khan inherited the legal system of the Jin Kingdom and declared that the element belonged to water.
So Zhu Yuanzhang had two choices, one was to inherit the Song Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty was earth; the other was to inherit the Yuan Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty was wood.
But Zhu Yuanzhang just wanted to mess around, and the sun and moon reopened the Song Dynasty, announcing that the Ming Dynasty was a fire like the Song Dynasty.
Zhao Han didn't struggle with this aspect and just followed tradition.
Fire generates earth, Daming belongs to fire, and Datong belongs to earth.
The soil attribute is also in line with the people-oriented concept. The core of this dynasty is basically farmers.
As for the Qing Dynasty, they were just acting randomly, trying to use water to overcome the fire.
Sun Chuanting stood on the roadside, looking at the huge team, and couldn't help but sigh: "We are late. We arrived in Nanjing yesterday, and today the new emperor will ascend the throne."
"It's not too late, it's not too late," Cao Bianjiao said with a smile, "General Fei said he would expand the cavalry and collected all our horses and soldiers. He also asked us to come to Nanjing to meet the new emperor. We will definitely have a place in the army in the future."
Wang Tingchen also said: "Yes, the new dynasty already has half of the country, and it will definitely be able to drive away the Tartar slaves and establish the empire."
"What should I do with the imperial concubine and the prince?" Sun Chuanting asked.
Wang Tingchen even changed his title and said: "Your Majesty is upright and will not treat the former prince harshly."
Sun Chuanting was silent.
Cao Bianjiao said: "General Fei has already learned about the existence of the imperial concubine and the prince. No matter what we think, it depends on the attitude of the new emperor. We can't steal the prince away quietly, right?"
The prince had smallpox and recovered, but his face was left with many pockmarks.
Suddenly, some onlookers knelt on the ground and shouted, imitating the opera: "Long live my emperor!"
"Long live my emperor! Long live!"
One after another, many people knelt down, and finally everyone on both sides of the street was kneeling. Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen also knelt down.
Sun Chuanting is neither standing nor kneeling.
It was not that he was nostalgic for the previous dynasty. In order to protect the imperial concubine and the prince, he had already served as an official for Li Zicheng. Why did he care about joining Zhao Han and becoming a second minister again?
I just have a lot of thoughts and feel that I belong to the survivors of the previous dynasty.
He didn't feel this way when he took refuge with Li Zicheng, because Li Zicheng would definitely not last long.
Zhao Han was different. Sun Chuanting came all the way south, and the great rule of the south left a deep impression on him.
"Bang bang bang bang!"
A shop assistant, at the boss's instruction, took out firecrackers and lit them at the door.
Soon an official came and angrily said, "I told you not to set off firecrackers, but if someone takes the opportunity to set off a cannon, it's hard to catch them! You'll be fined two hundred coins!"
The shop owner smiled and took out the copper coins: "It's your Majesty's happy day. Two hundred coins is nothing. There are six hundred coins here. How about I set off three firecrackers?"
The official was stunned for a moment, gritted his teeth, and said in a low voice: "Just go ahead and set off the firecrackers. I'll be hurt too. You can't even think about living in peace in the future!"
"Haha, you're joking, you're joking." The shop owner didn't dare to amuse the officials anymore.
Zhao Han did not disturb the people and everything remained as usual.
In the Ming Dynasty, even when the prince got married, the whole city was decorated with lights and red silks and satins were hung everywhere on both sides of the streets - the government paid for it.
At this moment, officials lined up to follow behind, heading to the abandoned Imperial City of Nanjing.
Although most of the palace inside collapsed, the entire wall of the imperial city was intact, and Zhao Han even sent people to repair it.
This time I will not go out of the city to worship at the altar of heaven and earth. There is an altar of sheji in the imperial city, where heaven, earth and sheji are worshiped together.
Next to the Sheji Altar is the Daming Ancestral Temple, which is now the Datong Ancestral Temple, and is also the Yinghun Temple.
In the main hall of the Imperial Ancestral Temple, there is currently only the memorial tablet of Zhao Han's father.
The side halls on both sides are densely packed with martyrs' tablets. From now on, the spiritual tablets of monarchs of all generations will be guarded by these martyrs.
Kong Zhenyun, the leader of Nankong, was invited to be the master of ceremonies today, and this is the only use he has left.
The host of the enthronement ceremony was Chief Minister Pang Chunlai. After everyone arrived at the Ancestral Temple, they worshiped at the martyrs' tablets. Then they went to the Sheji Altar next door to worship the Heaven, Earth, Mountains, Rivers and Sheji, accompanied by ritual music throughout the process.
After the sacrificial ceremony was over, the officers moved many benches and all the officials sat down.
Pang Chun said a few words about the arrangements, and Kong Zhenyun shouted: "Xuan Dengji's imperial edict!"
Li Banghua stepped forward, held up the edict with both hands, opened it and read: "In response to the people, Heaven will carry the emperor. The edict says: Emperor Gao, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, obeys the people, drives out the barbarians, restores China, and becomes the king of the Chinese people."
…The Ming Dynasty has been a country for more than 200 years, but its fate has come to an end…”
Don't think that the content of the edict is very dramatic. The first sentence of Zhu Yuanzhang's edict on his ascension to the throne is "I am the king of the Chinese people, since the Song Dynasty ended."
Zhao Han's edict mainly contains four contents.
First, make it clear that he is an emperor who serves the people and puts the people first in everything he does.
Second, praise Zhu Yuanzhang’s achievements and acknowledge Ming Dynasty’s contribution to China.
Third, summarize the reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty.
Fourth, the Tatars pretended to be Qing Dynasty and occupied Beijing, the bandits and rebels were still there, and Zhao Han would continue the Northern Expedition.
Kong Zhenyun retreated to the side and shouted: "Officials, stand up!"
The officials who were sitting immediately stood up and held tablets in their hands.
"kneel!"
All the officials knelt down.
"bye!"
All the officials paid homage.
When Zhao Han abolished the kneeling ceremony, he explained the rules from the beginning, except for major occasions such as sacrifices.
From now on, there is no need to kneel when attending court, and everyone will be given a seat, so there is no need to stand while attending court meetings.
However, this is a grand ceremony, and Zhao Han does not represent himself. He is now the "Emperor who serves the people and serves the destiny of heaven."
Kong Zhenyun shouted again: "Shan Hu!"
The officials shouted: "Long live!"
Kong Zhenyun shouted: "Shanhu!"
The officials shouted: "Long live!"
Kong Zhenyun shouted: "Zaishanhu!"
The officials shouted: "Long live!"
Zhao Han was wearing a ceremonial robe and a crown, standing at the top facing the ministers. Fei Rulan had already retreated with the female officials.
Hearing the scene of the mountain shouting long live made Zhao Han's blood boil and he couldn't help but feel a little elated.
He turned around and looked behind him. It was the abandoned imperial palace of the Ming Dynasty. The Forbidden City was overgrown with weeds and the palace was in ruins. Everything reminded Zhao Han of the rise and fall of the dynasty.
The mountains call for long live, and the flowers wish for a thousand years. Quietly, the whip sounds three times, and the clothes and hats are bowed.
The civil servants are talented, the military commanders are vigorous. The royal court is divided into high and low, and the Danqi ranks among the best.
This is a description of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty in "Journey to the West". I wonder if Zhao Han can briefly touch on it.
