In front of Xuanzheng Hall is a long white jade railing.
Under the railing, there is a huge square where civil and military officials stand. Above the square, stands a high sacrificial platform. At this moment, the flag is flying, and the national master is standing on it in white.
If you look carefully, you can see that the Imperial Master's face is not very clear, and his figure is also vague.
Huge incense candles are burning and fireworks are flying.
Jiang Qi and Liu Ruyun are the leaders of the hundred officials, ranked on the left and right.
Soon, Eunuch Xie stood on the high white jade steps and sang: "The emperor has arrived! The prince has arrived!"
And publicly announced the emperor's edict to establish the crown prince.
All civil and military officials were solemn.
The emperor, who had been ill for a long time, attended the ceremony dressed up and looked down at the civil and military officials under the steps. Next to him were the queen and the prince.
"Queen, you have been ill for many days, but are you feeling better now?" the emperor asked.
The queen said: "Thank you for your consideration, Your Majesty. I am feeling much better."
The emperor let out a "hmm" in his nose, "That's very good... Your Majesty, come to me."
He waved to the eldest prince Wei Cheng. Wei Cheng's legs had recovered and he walked to him as usual, "Father."
Seeing the eldest son's well-dressed and calm appearance, as well as his restored healthy legs, and no longer showing any abnormality in walking, the emperor was extremely satisfied and nodded repeatedly, "In the future, you will be the prince. Remember, as a prince, you must have the world in mind."
, help me well."
"Yes, Father."
The eldest prince responded obediently, and the emperor stopped talking and looked straight ahead.
By this time, Eunuch Xie's singing had ended, and the edict declaring the eldest prince as the crown prince had been announced to the world.
On the altar, the fire of karma was suddenly pulled up, the imperial master began to recite the incantation, and the emperor and the prince walked down the steps in front of the civil and military officials and stepped onto the high platform step by step.
All the civil and military officials were watching closely, the eldest prince Wei Cheng, who became their crown prince today.
I saw that although he was only eight years old, his face was cold and calm, and he had the air of a prince.
Walking to the altar, the emperor and the prince paid homage to the ancestors of heaven and earth, and then prayed for the peace and happiness of all people in the world.
When it came to the important matter of establishing a heir apparent, the emperor was even more happy to grant a general amnesty, and countless prisoners who had not committed serious crimes were released in advance.
The worship ceremony was solemn, complicated and long, with people constantly kneeling and standing up. Civil and military officials also had to kneel down, stand up, and kneel down again. Many old officials had their legs trembling, and even the wise ones had something secretly tied to their knees, and they couldn't bear it.
After standing like this for a long time, my legs became sore and weak.
The eldest prince's legs were almost trembling when he knelt down before it was over.
At this moment, the sun has set in the west, and the fiery red sunset shines on the horizon.
The Imperial Master turned around, and the eldest prince saw his face clearly.
A man with thick eyebrows and carved facial features, young and handsome.
It was also the first time that the eldest prince saw the appearance of a real imperial master, but he did not expect him to be so handsome. The eldest prince was shocked, but his face remained calm.
"The sacrifice is over. Your Majesty, please come back."
Before leaving, the emperor couldn't help but ask: "The matter of the lucky star coming to the world..."
The Imperial Preceptor just said: "Your Majesty, destiny cannot be violated, and I don't know who the lucky star is."
The emperor never gave up looking for lucky stars, including suspecting lucky treasures.
But it had been some time since Fubao had returned to Beijing, and the emperor's spies had not found any key evidence that Fubao was a "lucky star."
It looked like a lucky star, so the emperor also suspected that he had misjudged the lucky star. In fact, there was someone else who had received the lucky star from heaven.
If there is someone else, then the emperor hopes to find him as soon as possible and use it, or leave it to the eldest prince... If not, then get rid of it. If he can't use it, then there is no need to live.
The eldest prince listened silently to the emperor and the imperial master playing riddles, and remembered the word "lucky star" in his mind.
He glanced sideways and glanced at Eunuch Xie under the high platform.
Naturally, Eunuch Xie will stay with him for the whole day. Now that he has become the crown prince, the eldest prince is still waiting for Eunuch Xie to make a move... He just doesn't know what Eunuch Xie can do...
After the sacrifice was over, it was time to start the first court meeting between the prince and the emperor.
It happened that the emperor had been ill for a long time, so this court meeting was particularly important.
"Your Majesty, Qin Tian is supervising the agricultural affairs. I'm afraid there won't be much rain next year and the crops will fail..."
Agriculture, science, water conservancy, etc. were all matters of concern to the court.
Among them, there are three that everyone is most concerned about: one is about the prevention and treatment plan for possible drought in the coming year; the second is about the actions of vassal kings in various places; and the third is about the war on the northwest border.
Tianqi's country is about agriculture and mulberry, and most of the time the weather is good, but almost every ten years there may be a drought or flood disaster that lasts for two to three years. What's worse is that such disasters sometimes come at the same time, that is, there may be floods in the south.
Barriers flooded, and the ground in the north was dry and cracked. Whenever this happened, the number of refugees in Apocalypse Kingdom would increase sharply, starvation would spread everywhere, and even plague would follow. The people would complain and complain, and it would be difficult for the court to control it.
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Usually such a catastrophic year will last for several years before the Apocalypse Kingdom can slowly adjust, and a large population movement will occur across the country. Therefore, in response to the feedback from the farmers and the Qin Tianjian's prediction and control of the weather, the imperial court chief
Will pay special attention to it.
It is now the 48th year of the Apocalypse Kingdom. What I am afraid of is that the so-called major disaster in ten years will occur again. In fact, this year’s summer and autumn harvests are only 80% of previous years, and there are already many rumors speculating that the weather will only be worse in the coming year. Qin Tian
The prison officer also gave a bad omen, so the court became anxious and wanted to take advantage of this winter to arrange grain and grass, purchase grain from the private sector, and fill the granary...
As for the second issue about local vassal kings, it was because after our ancestors conquered the country, they enfeoffed many vassal kings who followed our ancestors. Even during the time of the late emperor, the power of the princes and kings from various places became more and more powerful. In the later years of the late emperor, he even controlled the various regions.
The vassal king was wary, so cutting down the vassal became an important task for the court.
However, the vassal kings entrenched in various places have long been entrenched. How could it be so easy? Later, the vassal kings in several places gathered their forces to cause turmoil and rebelled in the name of "King Qin". The late emperor was furious and
They did not hesitate to wipe out those few feudal kings with blood as a warning to others. Only then did the feudal kings everywhere become honest for a while, and the imperial court's desire to reduce the feudal clans also achieved a staged victory.
Then the former emperor passed away and the new emperor, who is now the Holy Emperor, succeeded to the throne. At first, in order to gain a firm foothold, he did not dare to bring up the old issues easily, so the issue of the vassal king was shelved. In recent years, the emperor's position has been stable, and he has thought about dealing with the vassal king.
But they didn't dare to make a big show of it, so they could only use the name of the New Year's Eve banquet to summon the feudal kings from all over the country, and then detain their legitimate sons as "protons" to threaten the feudal kings not to act rashly.
The third one is the war in the northwest. The Kingdom of Apocalypse is next to the Kingdom of Si. Unlike the Kingdom of Apocalypse, which is about farming and mulberry, the Kingdom of Si is a nomadic people on horseback. Almost all of them are tall and strong men, and the horses are also fat.
They are strong. However, their nomadic characteristics destined them to have a hard time in winter, so there will be many large and small wars in the northwest frontier in winter. Most of them are caused by the Si people who lack food and clothing in winter and come to Apocalypse to rob people.
These three issues that the imperial court is most concerned about are also mentioned together today.