The monarch and his ministers each took a step back, paving the way for Zhu Si to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.
Zhu Si entered the city in the morning of the same day and entered the palace from Daming Gate at noon. He was escorted by the guards of the Yiwei Department of Prince Xing's Mansion, the Jinyi Guards, and the Royal Forest Army to the Fengtian Hall to meet the ministers who had been waiting there for a long time.
Officially enthroned.
Yang Tinghe presided over the enthronement ceremony.
Many of the civil servants and generals present were unknown to Zhu Si. Yang Tinghe personally introduced them to Zhu Si. In fact, this was originally the eunuch's responsibility, but Yang Tinghe obviously wanted to use this method to tell Zhu Si who he should listen to after becoming emperor.
After a brief introduction, Zhu Si's eunuch Wei Bin, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, took out the "imperial edict" prepared by Yang Tinghe in advance, which was equivalent to the first enthronement edict issued by the emperor after he ascended the throne. The last two sentences were: "...
…I follow the imperial brother’s orders and enter the Fengzong Temple, and change the next year’s title to Shaozhi.”
Issuing edicts in the name of the emperor is what Yang Tinghe has been doing recently. As a cabinet scholar, he helped the emperor draft edicts and did not overstep his bounds. However, this edict only received Zhu Si's approval to call Zhu Houzhao "Emperor Brother". Regarding the matter of Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Sike
Never agreed.
Originally, after the edict was announced, it was meant to be implemented immediately, and all the ministers had to do was bow their heads and obey orders.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Si asked loudly: "The reign name of Shaozhi is not good. Didn't the cabinet make other alternatives?"
When a question comes up, the hairs on the hair of everyone present stand on end.
It has been announced as your edict, and you suddenly ask if there are any other alternatives?
Is this clearly telling the ministers present that I did not issue this edict, and I did not choose the reign name of Shaozhi?
Yang Tinghe's face turned dark, and he felt as if he had been slapped several times in the face.
But Yang Tinghe still had to bite the bullet and said: "The title of Shaozhi reign means the rule of Shao Hongzhi and the reform of the shortcomings of the previous dynasty. It was established to highlight the emperor's civil rule..."
What Yang Tinghe means is that the reign name of Shao Zhi has been chosen, so don't mess around. You are young and don't understand the truth. I will tell you the benefits of this reign name, and you can just accept it.
Zhu Sidao: "What I'm asking is, are there any other alternatives?"
Yang Tinghe's breath was a little uneven, and he said: "There are still two choices, Mingliang and Jiajing."
Before Zhu Si arrived in the capital, the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites were formulating the issue of the reign name for the coming year. The three candidates were Shaozhi, Mingliang and Jiajing. Yang Tinghe made the final decision to choose Shaozhi, but now it is clear that Zhu Si does not want to let Yang Tinghe be good at it.
Specialize.
Zhu Si nodded and said: "Jiajing is a better year. It is taken from the "Shangshu" saying, 'I dare not waste peace, Jiajing Yin State. As for the small and big, there is no time to complain', which means the emperor's encouragement to be diligent in governing the country.
I think the year name for the coming year will be Jiajing!"
The words seemed ordinary, but they seemed to tell everyone present that I, the new emperor, may seem young, but I have never slacked off in cultural knowledge. If you just tell me a word, I can clearly tell you the source and explain its origin.
The connotation, but it also just hits back at you, making people think that my change of the year name you originally decided is justified.
Yang Tinghe originally had some contempt for Zhu Si. He was just the son of a vassal king and the only son of King Xing. He had been pampered since childhood. Even after systematic education, he should be no different from a playboy. Who would have thought that he would quote scriptures to refute himself?
He also said it so convincingly that neither Yang Ting nor himself knew how to refute.
Wang Qiong, the official secretary of the Ministry of Personnel, came out and said: "This is a very good idea!"
Just these four words show that Wang Qiong is making his final death struggle.
Perhaps Wang Qiong himself knew that he had no good fruits after Yang Tinghe came to power, so when the emperor first ascended the throne, he desperately tried to side with the new emperor.
Yang Tinghe glanced at Wang Qiong and then saluted: "I second the proposal!"
Zhu Sidao: "Well, I have met you all, and I want to arrange for some of the people who came to the capital with me to be used by me in the court. Do you have any opinions?"
Yang Tinghe had known for a long time that Zhu Si might install someone from Prince Xing's palace in the court, but he didn't expect that Zhu Si would speak so directly. He had previously thought that this guy was not easy to deal with, but when he saw that he would be nepotistic when he first took office, he suddenly felt that the new emperor was not good enough.
There are so many cities, maybe I am just too worried.
"It should be evaluated by the Ministry of Personnel, recommended by the court, and decided by the ministers before it can be finalized," Yang Tinghe said.
Zhu Si asked: "Yuan Zonggao, the chief historian of the palace who followed me to the capital, is my husband since childhood. With his erudition and talents and his qualifications in the court, what official position should he be entrusted to?"
Zhu Si wanted to appoint Yuan Zonggao to official positions when he first came up. In fact, he wanted to push Yuan Zonggao out and stand at the forefront of the storm.
Before Yang Tinghe could speak, Wang Qiong, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, came out again and said: "Now the position of Right Minister of the Ministry of Personnel is vacant."
"Well, I will propose that Yuan Qing's family take over the position of Right Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Do you have any objections? If not... let's do it this way!" Zhu Sida said.
What he said was too arbitrary.
One thing after another, Yang Tinghe originally wanted to tell Zhu Si that this kind of thing can be done slowly and there is no need to rush. Now it is just a simple enthronement ceremony to quickly stabilize the court and people's hearts. There is no need to appoint officials immediately, and
We will not treat the subordinate officials of Prince Xing's mansion badly.
But now Zhu Si brought it up, and Wang Qiong, the official minister, was adding fuel to the flames, making Yang Tinghe passive.
"Mr. Yang Ge, what do you think?"
Zhu Si looked at Yang Tinghe.
Yang Tinghe was confused for a while and thought to himself, you are quite awesome.
So many ministers of the DPRK and China are gathered here. As a young man, it is your first time to participate in such a large-scale DPRK meeting. You are not afraid of the stage at all. You are also very organized and put forward the motion first before asking me for my opinion. Those who don’t know would think you are
Having been an emperor for several years already has experience.
Yang Tinghe wanted to refuse or delay, but when he saw that Liang Chu and Jiang Mian next to him were reminding him with their eyes not to refuse bluntly, which would lead to confrontation between the emperor and his ministers, Yang Tinghe said: "If your colleagues have no objections, I second my opinion."
Zhu Sidao: "Who among you here has any opinion?"
Of course no one would have any objections.
After Zhu Si asked three times, he said: "Then the Ministry of Civil Affairs will submit a memorial, and I will approve Yuan Changshi's official position. As for other matters, everything will be handled in accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty. I will not interfere too much. Now I have experienced the disaster of treachery and sycophancy."
In our country, people's lives are miserable, and everything should be focused on recuperation and recuperation. I am the first to ascend the throne, so I would like to ask you all to give me some pointers if I have any questions... I would like to thank you all here in advance."
"I don't dare!"
Originally, Yang Tinghe wanted to label Zhu Si as "willful" and "nepotistic", but after listening to Zhu Si's next words, it was clear that he knew the rules and advance and retreat, and just wanted to have someone in the court who could help him speak, so he arranged for Yuan Zonggao.
He went to the Ministry of Civil Affairs as a minister, and because of Yuan Zonggao's age and qualifications, he had also served as an inspector in Jiangxi. After passing the examination for nine years, he was transferred to the capital as a minister, which was in line with the law.
It is difficult to put a bad label on the new emperor.
Zhu Si suddenly looked at Yang Tinghe again and said: "I heard that since the death of the emperor's brother more than a month ago, Mr. Yang Ge has been supervising the state affairs and captured a group of traitors, waiting to be held accountable. They have caused harm to the country and the people, harmed the people, and made the capital and the people of the world uneasy.
, the crimes they have committed need to be brought out of chaos, and I want to convict them as soon as possible to reassure people. May I ask Mr. Yang Ge, do I have the right to take over and let Dongchang and Jinyiwei investigate and punish the crimes of their comrades together and punish them?
"
Zhu Si's attacks were one after another.
Arrangement of Yuan Zonggao as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs was successfully completed, and then the power of edict and prison was firmly in his hands. The opportunity was to convict Jiang Bin, Qian Ning, Yu Jing, Zhang Zhong, Zhang Rui and other sycophants around Zhu Houzhao.
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Originally, Yang Tinghe did not want to delegate power, but the imperial edict was the exclusive power of the emperor. Now Dongchang and Jinyiwei were only under his temporary control. If the imperial edict was in the hands of civilian officials, it would not be in line with the original intention of the imperial edict.
"I dare not have any objection."
Yang Tinghe Shixiang let it go, which means that you can decide on this matter yourself.
Zhu Si was very satisfied, nodded and said: "I will not act arbitrarily. I will first send these traitors to prison. After the crimes and accomplices are found out, they will be handed over to the Ministry of Punishment for conviction. If there are still traitors in the court who have not been investigated, the criminal justice department will
The Dao Yanguan also submitted a petition for impeachment, and I will consider the pros and cons as appropriate and hand it over to the prison for investigation!"
As soon as these words came out.
Not to mention Yang Tinghe, even the other ministers present felt that this young emperor was not simple.
It was the first time for everyone to meet, and it was also the first court meeting. The little emperor did several important things in such an orderly manner that people thought it was incredible. He first changed his reign name to let people know that he would not obey the cabinet and the six ministries in everything, and then arranged
When Yuan Zonggao entered the center of the imperial court, he finally came up with the issue of ownership of the imperial edict. It can be said that he followed each step step by step, which made people look at him with admiration.
Yang Tinghe didn't know whether to be happy or sad.
The Zhengde Dynasty was in chaos, the emperor was acting recklessly, and the recent sycophants were all causing harm to the country and the people, causing public resentment to boil over. Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, he has set out his banner to govern the country diligently and bring order to the chaos. In addition, the young emperor is relaxed and relaxed in doing things. The Ming Dynasty has returned to the right path, and the civil servants have
You should be happy.
But why can't I be happy?
He took power at the first opportunity and held it so firmly and ruthlessly that Yang Tinghe felt that the situation was not good. An emperor who is good at using power is good in the short term, but in the long run he will be self-willed and rule the country in his own way. The final result may be worse than that of an emperor.
A foolhardy emperor is harder to control.
But right now he couldn't say anything.
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A coronation ceremony ended.
All the ministers left the palace and performed their duties.
Before leaving the court, Zhu Siming made it clear that he would not stop attending court meetings every day from now on, and seemed to be fulfilling his promise to govern the country diligently.
Originally, Yang Tinghe wanted to raise the issue of when the imperial examination, which had been postponed for a year, would be held, but he thought that the emperor had just ascended the throne and would have a lot of time to meet in the future, so there was no need to throw it all out at once. In addition, he had eaten a lot during this court meeting.
Being mute, he didn't say much.
As soon as the ministers left, Zhu Si, led by Zhang Yong, the eunuch of the imperial palace, went to the inner hall to check out his future living quarters, and went to pay homage to Empress Dowager Zhang.
"I want to see my grandma..."
Zhu Si asked Zhang Yongdao who was following him in small steps.
Zhang Yong said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, you can't call yourself me. Now you are the lord of the world. In the palace, where are you going, just let me know."
Zhu Sidao: "Then who I let into the palace is just a matter of words, right?"