On August 22, the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Ming Dynasty died.
There are many rumors about the cause of death. Some say that he died because he fell into the water on a cruise ship. In fact, he fell into the water two years ago.
It is also said that Wei Zhongxian was responsible for his death. In fact, Wei Zhongxian wished that Emperor Tianqi could live a long life.
Because Emperor Tianqi gave him the power, he will be in power as long as the emperor is alive. Only if he is crazy will he remove his own backer.
The real cause of Emperor Tianqi's death was his long-term use of a longevity medicine called 'Xianfang Linglu Drink'.
There is no need to think too much about anything, as long as you see the three words "Eternal Life Medicine", you will understand everything.
In history, no one who relied on elixirs to seek immortality had a good ending.
If you eat too much of this stuff, you will definitely be poisoned to death.
Li Yunze arrived at the Forbidden City, and surrounded by more and more palace officials and eunuchs, he went straight to the Banquet Hall.
Emperor Daxing has already been sent here.
"Brother Imperial~~~"
Entering the main hall, Li Yunze immediately wiped away his tears and stumbled straight to the coffin.
Falling down next to the coffin, Li Yunze wiped the corners of his eyes and watched carefully.
Through the light of many candles burning around him, one could see that Emperor Tianqi's face was swollen and livid, his cheeks on both sides were severely swollen, and there were obvious traces of ulcers on his hands.
If you can touch it, you can feel that there are ulcers in many parts of the body and the liver is as hard as iron.
Well, it's the liver part.
If you take heavy metal substances such as lead, quartz, and mercury for a long time, it will be difficult to survive.
"My condolences to the King of Letters."
Empress Zhang, who was wearing a phoenix crown, stepped forward with red and swollen eyes to persuade her, "It's important."
The only people in the palace who can wear phoenix crowns are the empress and the empress dowager. Now that there is no empress dowager in the Forbidden City, the one in front of me must be Zhang Yan and empress dowager.
Of course, she will be upgraded to Queen Mother Zhang in a few days.
A slightly older eunuch also stepped forward and saluted respectfully, "Your Highness, please take care of yourself and focus on important matters."
This eunuch is the famous Wei Zhongxian. Among the many eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty, he, who was nine thousand years old, was the most famous.
Good dumplings. Ahem, the good sister-in-law has spoken, and Li Yunze just nodded, "The emperor's sister-in-law will decide everything."
Zhang Yan is firmly on King Xin's side.
Wei Zhongxian had struggled before. At the beginning, some of his subordinates persuaded him to stand on his own feet.
But thinking about it, I know that this kind of thing is impossible. The civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty and the nobles who hold military power will definitely not tolerate a eunuch as the emperor.
Not even nine thousand years old.
If he really dared to do this, King Qin's army would immediately swarm in, kill him and his gang members cleanly, and the nine tribes would have to say thank you together.
Later, he planned to pretend that the son of his nephew Wei Liangqing was the son of Emperor Tianqi, and exchanged a civet cat for the prince's bird to occupy the dove's nest.
However, when this plan was reported to Zhang Yan, she was sternly rejected.
Without the Queen's endorsement, no one would acknowledge the bird occupying the dove's nest.
With no other choice, Wei Zhongxian took the initiative to show his favor to King Xin to see if he could trick King Xin into becoming the new Emperor of Tianqi.
The emperor doesn't care about anything, just enjoy himself. Just leave all external state affairs to him.
"Please rest in the palace." Zhang Yan wiped her tears with a silk scarf, "Waiting for the ministers and officials to discuss important matters."
The important thing that has been mentioned several times is actually the matter of which chair to sit on.
After the collapse of Tianqi, this is the most important thing in the current Ming Dynasty.
A country cannot live without a king for a day.
"Yes." Li Yunze nodded and responded, "The emperor's wife will decide everything."
"Zhongxian." Zhang Yan greeted Jiu Qiansui, "Go and see if all the officials have arrived."
Wei Zhongxian saluted very respectfully and then withdrew from the palace.
At this time, Zhang Yan took a step forward, lowered her voice and whispered in Li Yunze's ear.
"Before you achieve great things, don't eat the food given by the palace. You must be careful and careful!"
"knew."
For Wei Zhongxian, even if he found a child from the clan to sit on that chair, it would be better than King Xin who knew everything.
So you really need to be very careful about safety.
Li Yunze was sent to a palace to rest temporarily, while Princess Xin and everyone in Prince Xin's palace were taken away by Zhang Yan.
After closing the palace door, Li Yunze looked around to confirm that no one was there, and immediately opened the time and space door and returned to the modern world.
After returning, Li Yunze immediately let out a long sigh of relief.
The intrigue over there is too depressing, but it's better to relax here.
Sitting on the sofa with my mobile phone, I first informed my parents at home that I was safe, and then ordered a stab-proof suit online.
Since there are no superpowers, we can only rely on technology.
You can come back here to eat, sleep, etc., but if someone really wants to assassinate you, you have to rely on technological products to protect yourself.
After all, it takes time to open the space-time door and get in. If there is a sudden assassination, stab-proof clothing will definitely be useful.
Despite its low price, the anti-stab suit is absolutely amazing in terms of its defensive effect against knives, swords, bows, and needles.
"This is the power of technology."
In the next two days, Li Yunze stayed at home and carefully reviewed relevant information about the late Ming Dynasty.
When the stab-proof suit arrived, he put on the stab-proof suit and opened the space-time door to return to the Ming Dynasty.
Li Yunze paced back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back. "The information says that on August 24th, that is, he will ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor the day after tomorrow. There are also three invitations and three resignations in between, which is quite fast."
"There should be no problem in sitting on that chair. The question now is, how to save the Ming Dynasty?"
The Ming Dynasty fell due to natural and man-made disasters as well as internal and external troubles.
Needless to say, natural disasters coincided with the Little Ice Age, which had a weird climate.
The severe drought that has lasted for many years has also been compounded by typhoons and tsunamis, hail, snowstorms, locusts, and all kinds of plagues that make people laugh.
The most exaggerated situation is that when there has been severe drought for several years, there are heavy rains in some areas.
Logically speaking, rainfall in a drought year is a good thing, but if it rains continuously for ten days and a half, that is not a good thing, but a fatal thing.
Climate change reduces food production and when there is no food to eat, anything can happen.
Needless to say, man-made disasters are a standard two-hundred-year dynasty cycle in the feudal era.
The landlords and gentry colluded with the government to annex land and issue usurious loans, leaving the common people without a place to stand.
The rich and powerful do not pay taxes, but the common people who are too poor to afford food are burdened with heavy taxes.
The common people were either forced to death by starvation, or they simply said, "Princes, generals, prime ministers, ministers, Ning, they have the guts"!
The place is powerful and the imperial court has no money and takes the blame every day. How can it not perish?
The internal worries are rogue bandits, and rebels from all over the country have sprung up to suppress them, and they are unable to suppress them, and they even suppress more and more people.
They continued to suppress them until the end, and simply entered the Forbidden City directly.
The commander-in-chief of the suppression of rogue bandits also suppressed himself on Meishan.
As for foreign invasion, there is no doubt that the biggest foreign invasion is the Tartars in the North.
This gang of bloodthirsty bandits relied on slaughter and blood, plus super luck, to steal the land of China, causing the mainland to sink for three hundred years!
The most powerful country in the world was brought to the brink of extinction by these bandits.
In any case, even if Ming is handed over to the postman, the wild boar skins will never be allowed to harm the land of China again.
In addition to the wild boar skins and the rogue bandits in the northwest, there was also the She'an Rebellion in the south of the Ming Dynasty, and there were constant nuisances from overseas barbarians in the east.
All the bad things that should happen in the last years of a dynasty happened.
Li Yunze was pacing in the room, thoughts racing in his mind.
'The key lies in supplies. With sufficient supply, no natural or man-made disasters, internal or external disasters, will be a big deal.'
‘I have a time and space door, the terrifying productivity of the modern world’
At this time, Wei Zhongxian's voice came from outside the palace door: "Your Highness, all civil and military officials are here. Please see Your Highness."
After opening the door and walking out, Li Yunze looked at Wei Zhongxian, who was standing aside with a bow, and said with an amiable smile, "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Wei."
"I don't want to be an old slave." Wei Zhongxian looked happy and lowered his waist.
When Li Yunze left, Wei Zhongxian's smiling face gradually darkened.
He looked at Li Yunze's back thoughtfully with his shrewd eyes. It's not yet clear whether he can control this King Xin. Let's wait and see.
The funeral bells had been ringing for so long, so naturally the officials and nobles in the capital got the news and hurried over.
What they did after they arrived immediately opened Li Yunze's eyes.
A large number of civil and military officials gathered in Wu Yang Yang, posing in all kinds of weird postures and crying and howling.
The first thing the officials and nobles did after they arrived was to cry.
You don't need to worry about your manners, just cry with all your heart.
It doesn't matter whether it's beating your feet and chest, crying loudly, or rolling on the ground and letting go of your breath.
No one would accuse them of losing their manners, except that they did not cry hard enough to express their deep condolences for Emperor Daxing.
This is also a rule.
“It’s not easy to make ends meet in this era.”
Although most of these crying people are acting, they may be so realistic that they are enough to shame all the halflings in the modern world who are labeled as actors.
The crying scene is very exciting, but I still have to continue to do what needs to be done, and continue to follow the process that needs to be followed.
The cabinet read out the posthumous edict of Emperor Daxing, "Feng Tian Cheng Yuan Emperor": The edict said that the emperor's fifth brother believed in Wang Jian's long-awaited writings, was a benevolent and filial piety, and followed the "Ancestor Instructions" written by the last brother and his brother. The preface by Pi Shaolun is the emperor's throne.
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All the officials and nobles shouted in unison, "Please believe that King Xin will inherit the throne."
Seeing so many people saluting him, Li Yunze honestly felt very happy. He stood there with his hands behind his back, feeling this strange feeling that made his heart surge.
The eunuch following behind him coughed softly, reminding Li Yunze to follow the rules and go down.
The so-called rules are three invitations and three resignations.
There are traditional processes and routines. Even the rebels have to follow this.
Officials and nobles invited Li Yunze to ascend the throne as emperor, but he politely refused.
After that, you will be asked and rejected again, and it will take a total of three times before you have gone through this process.
Over the years, the routine has not changed.
'Ahem.'
Li Yunze cleared his throat and prepared to go through the process. "Since it's hard to refuse everyone's hospitality, I will be disrespectful."
If it was just wearing it, then Li Yunze would definitely have to rack his brains to think of ways to expand his power, and try not to do anything that would break the rules in the early stage.
But now he has the Time Door in his hand, and behind him is a whole world of terrifying productivity.
With a strong backing, he naturally won't have so many worries when doing things.
As soon as these words came out, there was silence all around.
‘∑(°Д°ノ)ノ’
What about the three invitations and three resignations that were agreed upon? What about the agreed-upon process and drama?
Everyone was dumbfounded, this is wrong!
The eunuch behind him persuaded with a trembling voice, "Your Highness, this is the time."
Li Yunze waved his hand and shouted, "Are you teaching me how to do things?"