The emperor's wedding does not end with the bridal chamber. The next day was the day when the queen visited the two palaces. Zhu Yijun and Zhuang Jingjia overcame the urge to sleep in, got up early, and wore wedding auspicious clothes according to the etiquette to visit the two palaces.
Because Empress Dowager Li has returned to the palace and no longer has the status of Empress Dowager Bingzheng, according to protocol, she should receive the audience after Empress Dowager Chen. When Zhu Yijun was reviewing the entire wedding process, he was afraid that Empress Dowager Li would be disappointed, so he asked Empress Dowager Chen to bear with her. I plan to pay my respects to Queen Mother Li today.
Empress Dowager Chen had an uncontested temperament. Zhu Yijun said what was in her heart, and Empress Dowager Chen had nothing to do with it, so she nodded in agreement. Then Zhu Yijun arranged for someone to report back to Ci Sheng, but Ci Sheng firmly refused - so Zhu Yijun finally went with her The queen arrived at Ciqing Palace first.
After the palace attendants led the emperor to Ciqing Palace, Empress Dowager Chen's face was full of spring breeze, and she was enthroned in a royal robe. Since Zhu Yijun's time travel, except when receiving congratulations on her birthday, Empress Dowager Chen has rarely been seen dressed so grandly.
After the Queen Mother ascended the throne, the main entrance of Ciqing Palace opened wide, and the palace attendants stood on the left side of the Queen Mother holding a plate with glutinous rice cakes. The so-called glutinous rice cakes are the "crackers" recorded in the "Book of Rites. Nei Principles", which are made from ant eggs. The processed ant egg paste is used for "the emperor's food" and "sacrifice", and is also a delicacy on the banquet.
The internal officials paid tribute, and Zhu Yijun and the Queen bowed four times outside the palace gate. The two deacons brought the case to the center of the Ciqing Palace. Empress Dowager Chen was smiling, and with a warm voice, she called Zhuang Jingjia into the inner hall and touched her hand. Ask in a low voice.
Zhuang Jingjia's face turned red, and she answered something in a low voice. Zhu Yijun could not hear clearly outside the palace. Zhang Hong, the chief of the ceremony committee beside the Empress Dowager Chen, coughed in a low voice, reminding the Empress Dowager Chen that this was not part of the etiquette system.
Empress Dowager Chen glanced at Zhang Hong and said: "We mothers are talking about being polite, why are you coughing? You only know how to kowtow, and your people's hearts have been chilled by you!" Zhang Hong couldn't stand still and knelt down to apologize. .
Empress Dowager Chen smiled again and said to Zhuang Jingjia: "Don't pay attention to him. Although the rules in this palace are very strict, they can't control you and me. In the future, when you come to my palace more often, you have to drag the emperor with you. Don't let him Staying up late every day dealing with state affairs has exhausted my body."
Zhuang Jingjia lowered her head and agreed. Empress Dowager Chen asked again if the emperor was good to her. Zhuang Jingjia understood what the Empress Dowager meant, and replied with a blushing "yes", like a mosquito snoring.
Queen Mother Chen asked Zhuang Jingjia again: "Can you play mahjong? It's interesting to say that this mahjong was 'invented' by the emperor. It is indeed interesting!"
Zhuang Jingjia shook her head and replied: "I don't know how to do it." Empress Dowager Chen encouraged her to learn quickly and opened her mouth to recite the Mahjong Sutra.
Zhu Yijun saw that this was not the case, so he broke the ceremony and went into the palace to apologize and said with a smile: "Mother, my son will go to Cining Palace with his bride. In two days, Jingjia will come to pay homage to his mother and learn this mahjong." Empress Dowager Chen let Zhuang Jingjia go.
Zhuang Jingjia then followed the emperor out of the palace, and bowed again amidst the praises of the palace officials. Empress Dowager Chen looked upright, motioned to the minister beside her, and handed the plate of clam chowder to Zhuang Jingjia. Zhuang Jingjia placed it on the table in front of the palace and bowed again.
The internal official praised: "The ceremony is over!" Zhu Yijun breathed out, said a few words to Queen Mother Chen, and then went straight to Cining Palace with Zhuang Jingjia.
The ceremony outside Cining Palace was brief. Empress Dowager Li also had a smile on her face as she accepted the courtesy from the emperor and empress. She was accustomed to abiding by the etiquette and did not make any mistakes like Empress Dowager Chen.
After the etiquette was completed, Zhuang Jingjia returned to Kunning Palace, and Zhu Yijun returned to Qianqing Palace to process the memorial.
The third day was the day of thanksgiving. Early in the morning, Zhu Yijun no longer wore wedding clothes, but wore the emperor's imperial crown clothes. The queen still wore a formal dress, and went to the two palaces together to perform eight bows like yesterday. Today, the two palaces each want to take care of the queen. Called in to talk - Yesterday Empress Dowager Chen allowed the Queen to enter the inner hall directly, which indeed violated the wedding procedures, but she allowed the Queen to enter the palace in advance, which was considered a good move.
Then the two returned to the Palace of Qianqing. Zhu Yijun changed out of his crown robes, wore leather bean robes, and ascended to the throne. The female officer Zan Yin introduced the queen, stepped forward to worship, and bowed eight times to Zhu Yijun. After this worship, there was a gap between Zhu Yijun and Zhuang Jingjia. The equal period of newlyweds is over, and the two are now divided into monarchs and ministers in terms of etiquette and law - otherwise the emperor is called a loner, and his wife will be equal to him for three days.
After Zhuang Jingjia paid homage to the emperor, she returned to Kunning Palace, wore the queen's crown, and ascended the throne. The internal officials invited King Lu, the princess and other relatives of the Zhu family to pay eight obeisances to the queen, and Princess Leping was among them. After this bow, It clearly shows the distinction between king and minister between King Lu, the princess and the queen. To them, the queen is the king and they are the ministers.
Later, Zhuang Jingjia's mother and sister, Zhu Yijun's mother-in-law, sister-in-law and other relatives, who entered the palace early in the morning and were waiting in Kunning Palace, paid eight obeisances to Zhuang Jingjia. This was still the use of etiquette to cut off family ties and let everyone understand that the king and his ministers Divide.
After Zhuang Jingjia seized the opportunity and finished talking to her mother and sister, the female officials led the six ministers and other female officials into the palace to perform eight obeisances. Afterwards, they invited the internal officials and envoys from the supervisory bureaus of the inner court to perform eight obeisances. This visit was for These people knew the queen and legally understood her status as the master of the harem.
Zhu Yijun of the Qianqing Palace waited for the queen to express her gratitude and then went to the Fengtian Palace. He issued an edict to both Chinese and foreign countries: "I am only in the position of Liangyi, the successor of Qian and Kun... The nearest person is the Queen Mother of the Holy Mother, the Holy Mother. The Empress Dowager Cisheng has issued a special order, and she has written a brief request for orders from Shu to accompany her. I respectfully comply with this order. I would like to inform Heaven and Earth and the ancestral temple of this order, and on March 9, the fifth year of Wanli, Zhuang will be enthroned as empress, and she will be enthroned in the central palace. The ancestors worshiped and supported the two palaces, and the customs spread throughout Jiuwei. The Mianben branch lasted for all generations. It was announced to China and foreign countries. The Xian envoys heard about it."
After this edict was promulgated, all nations and subjects in the world knew that there was a master of the harem, and he was the Zhuang family.
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The next two days are the day of congratulations and the day of giving gifts. Early in the morning on the fourth day, all civil and military officials went to the palace to celebrate. Zhu Yijun and his crown princes, princes, princes, wedding deacons, etc. came to the palace to salute in turn. Later, Zhu Yijun ascended to the palace, and the leading officials led the way, and hundreds of officials came to express their congratulations.
On the same day, the queen accepted the princes and princes to go into the inner palace to celebrate the eighth salutation, and the foreign wives went into the palace to perform the eighth salutations. The queen mothers of the two palaces also wore formal attire and ascended to the palace respectively, received the congratulations from the inner and outer wives and received the congratulations from the foreign wives.
Bathing day is the last day of the long wedding ceremony. The queen wants to set an example for all the daughters-in-law to serve their mother-in-law: in the early morning, the food supervisor prepares the food for the ceremony. The queen goes to the two palaces in formal attire and passes the food around. The queen arrives In front of the Queen Mother's case, four bows were made. The female officer of the Shangshi Bureau presented the Queen with a meal. The Queen brought the meal to the table, then bowed four times and stepped back to the southwest of the Queen Mother to stand in wait. After the Queen Mother had eaten a few mouthfuls, she returned to the palace after the ceremony.
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It's not easy to be a queen, and it's not easy to be the queen mother's daughter-in-law. Zhuang Jingjia is like a puppet these days, bowing and receiving gifts, and is so overwhelmed by the etiquette in the palace that she can't even laugh. Fortunately, the emperor's company in Kunning Palace every night makes her She can feel better.
As a modern person, Zhu Yijun was afraid that Zhuang Jingjia would get pregnant at a young age, so he did not have sex with her every day, but also used some tricks when he did. When Zhuang Jingjia asked him why he was like this, Zhu Yijun gave her a lesson on physical hygiene.
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Although the two of them were on good terms, Zhuang Jingjia was still troubled when the wedding was over. The emperor issued an order on the orders of the two palaces, and named the Wang family's Xi sister as the Zhao concubine, and the Yang family's famous concubine as the Yi concubine. "
The Ministry of Rites will select a day to hear the rituals."
The two concubines were appointed, and then the nine concubines took their places. Compared with Zhuang Jingjia's pomp, these people were nothing more than carried in from the side gate of the imperial city in a sedan chair. The ceremony for the canonization of the two concubines could be more complicated.
The Duke and his assistant ministers presided over the canonization in Jinshen Hall, but compared with the treatment Zhuang Jingjia enjoyed, it was not reasonable.
Although the concubines and concubines who were canonized had to salute the queen, and they could only stand and serve when the queen was present, Empress Zhuang still felt as uncomfortable as a ball of cotton in her heart. What was even more annoying was that the Shangyi Bureau subsequently
The list of concubines had to be entered every day, and the queen arranged where Zhu Yijun would stay at night - this power was so poisonous that Zhuang Jingjia almost broke her teeth.
However, the object on Zhu Yijun's body was also called "The Umbilical Cord of History." No matter how panicked Zhuang Jingjia was, she had to pretend to be generous and not dare to dote on her. Zhu Yijun was more particular about this aspect, except in Zhao
Except for the concubine and concubine Yi, who stayed for one night each, no matter what the queen arranged for the rest of the time, Zhu Yijun objected and took the initiative to live in Kunning Palace, which made Zhuang Jingjia feel better.
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As the dust of the wedding settled, Zhu Yijun turned his energy to political affairs. On March 26, Zhu Yijun issued the first national edict after taking office: "Since I ascended the throne, I have diligently sought governance, and I dare not not be vigilant.
He governs his country diligently and loves the people diligently. Although the country is prospering day by day, it still cannot benefit the world. It is pitiable that hundreds of millions of people are crying for food. Whenever there is a disaster, the people are harmed countless times and cannot be saved. I care for the people. I would rather
Aren't you ashamed? However, the accumulation is getting deeper and deeper, and it will be difficult to return for a while."
"It has been two hundred and nine years since our ancestors founded the Ji! When the world changes, things will change. When time changes, the trend will change. Good things have to be done. Can we use one method to last forever? Today is governance, and we should use the pioneering trend to rule the world.
, We should not rule the world with the power of being conservative; we should rule the world with the power of accepting all rivers, and we should not rule the world with the power of unifying oneself! If we create new things, we can renew them, and good laws can lead to the rule of the world; if we keep things established, we can follow the old rules, and old disadvantages will accumulate.
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"To govern the world, we must carefully choose the way to govern, and then implement the measures. Yi said: 'Every day is new, which is called virtue.' The book says: 'People only seek the old, and tools only seek the new.' The Zhongyong says: 'Wen the old
And know the new. The new and the old, the rise and fall of the past and the present, the rise and fall of the past, the road to rise and fall. If you are in politics, those who govern, would rather not think deeply about it?"
"I now want to reform politics and follow the will of heaven to create a new governance. Yi said: 'The Qianyuan period used nine to civilize the world.' This is my ambition."
"The way to govern is to recruit people. Nowadays, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Duke of Shihuang, and Zhang Juzheng, the great scholar of the Intermediate Palace, have all started to govern the common people. If they are familiar with the matter, they will be successful; if they work hard, they will make the country rich.
, raising the people, priests, running the army, talents and other things, everything can be done without waiting for me. Understand the emotions and unite all their efforts, be careful about the left and right, and regulate the yin and yang, and the Yuan auxiliary will be manifested.
Therefore, there is a special edict: Zhang Juzheng will be granted the title of "Prime Minister of the Cabinet" immediately in order to reward him for his hard work and dedication to his duties and his contribution to revitalizing the country. It is clear that I am promoting revolutionary politics and innovating to seek governance. Although I am not appreciating it, I still show my respect for it.
Sincerely, I must keep my heart in mind - this minister should not resign!"