Yixin sat on the dragon chair, sitting upright and looking a little reserved.
His hands were flat on his knees, his eyes were slightly narrowed, his expression was solemn, and he tried to look majestic, as if he, Yixin, was the master of the world and the emperor of the Manchu Empire. However, in Yixin's eyes , also had a trace of worry and anger, because after he returned to the Forbidden City with his soldiers last night, he immediately searched the place where Cixi, Ci'an and the young emperor Zaichun lived, but did not find the seal used by the emperor. He was obviously coerced by Cixi. Then left Beijing.
Without the jade seals passed down from previous emperors, Yixin had to create his own unique jade seals, which meant that the throne he obtained was usurped and not legitimate.
"Your Majesty, all the officials are waiting outside the palace."
A eunuch trotted in and said respectfully.
"Xuan."
Yixin said one word lightly.
The eunuch ran to the gate and shouted at the top of his lungs: "All officials have entered the court."
"Hundred officials enter the court."
"Hundred officials enter the court."
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As the eunuchs standing outside the palace passed the news one by one, the order for the officials outside the palace to enter the court was passed out one by one like a baton, and soon reached outside Donghua Gate, where the officials who had already been waiting were After getting the order, they immediately entered the palace. These officials got the news of Yixin usurping the throne last night, knew what they were going to do today, and were already prepared.
When hundreds of officials entered the court, they immediately shouted long live the emperor.
"Long live the emperor, long live the emperor."
In an instant, the uniform mountain call resounded inside and outside the palace.
Yixin was sitting on the dragon chair, looking down at the officials who were kneeling before him. He looked at the officials kowtowing one by one, and his mind was in a trance. He felt like he was becoming light and airy, as if he were in the clouds. At this moment, how did Yixin really feel? When the emperor reached the level of power, Yixin's eyes swept across all the officials who were kneeling before him, and he felt that this was the real right.
As a true man, this is what you should do.
"Everyone is safe."
Yixin cleared his throat and said something majestic, and then all the officials in the court dared to stand up. All the officials stood up and stood respectfully with their heads lowered. At this time, Yixin's dog-headed military commander Fan Jian stood up. , it was suggested to hold a coronation ceremony. This fellow assisted Yixin in taking the throne. He had already taken charge of the central government and became the military minister of the court.
Zaiyuan, Jingshou, Mu Yin and other auxiliary ministers agreed with Fan Jian's proposal, and the officials in the court did not dare to interrupt. They all agreed honestly and became the ones who cheered for Yixin.
Yixin accepted Fan Jian's suggestion and held a grand enthronement ceremony.
After ascending the throne, Yixin became the emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
After Yixin ascended the throne, the first thing he did was to honor Zai Chun as the Supreme Emperor. He himself was the current emperor. At the same time, Yixin announced the change of the Yuan Dynasty, abolished the reign title of Emperor Tongzhi, and took back all the copper coins of the Tongzhi reign. , ready to be recast. As the new emperor, Yixin naturally has an era name, and the new year's name is Datong.
1856 was not only the first year of Datong, but also the first year of Tongzhi.
Historically, Xuantong was the reign name of Puyi. Xuan means "Da", which means great unification. Yixin positioned his reign name as Datong, which is homophonic to Datong. He believed that he inherited the great unification and was the authentic royal family. This one The words are Yixin's excuse for himself, declaring that he is the great leader and the authentic one.
In addition, Yixin's reign title is still ambitious.
The so-called world is unified. Yi wanted to achieve this goal, so he formulated the era name of Datong. After Yixin finalized the era name, he immediately ordered the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry to customize copper coins for the first year of Datong and prepare to distribute them to mark his ascension to the throne. It is proved that after Yixin ascended the throne, the people did not react much, and the officials in the DPRK and China did not make a violent reaction.
Next, Yixin devoted himself to stabilizing the situation in Beijing, gradually wooing the royal family, nobles, and officials at all levels to form his own strength.
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Li Zhen and his party went to the Jiangbei camp, and got the news of Yixin's ascension to the throne on the way. Cixi was the most angry. She gritted her teeth and said angrily: "When the traitor Lao Liu is eliminated, the Ai family will definitely cut him into pieces. Traitors and dog thieves." His son's throne was taken away by Yixin, and the two of them had no choice but to live outside, which made Cixi accumulate countless resentments in her heart.
Ci'an also said angrily: "Master Li, Yi Xin is the one who committed the crime. You must defeat this thief. The longer it takes, the worse it is for us. I hope you can capture Nanjing as soon as possible, develop your strength, and do your best to defeat Yi Xin." Prepare."
Li Zhen said respectfully: "I will do my best."
Cixi said: "Let's hurry up and get to the Jiangbei camp as early as possible to suppress the bandits early."
Li Zhen had no objection and immediately ordered to rush on. Thousands of people went straight to the Jiangbei camp without stopping on the way. They hurried on quickly. Even so, it still took more than a month to arrive. On September 25, Li Zhen The group arrived at Jiangbei Camp. After entering the military camp, Li Zhen settled down Cixi, Ci'an and the young emperor, and immediately summoned the military generals to discuss matters.
Li Zhen sat at the head of the conference table, looked at the generals sitting on both sides, and asked in a deep voice: "During the time when Yang Banhou, Huang Shihai and Smith left with the soldiers, what was the situation in the army like in Nanjing?" How is the situation over there?"
Yang Banhou replied in a neither humble nor overbearing manner: "Commander, everything is fine in the military camp, nothing happened, and the progress in Nanjing is even smoother. The mercenaries led by Lars have become an extremely important force in Nanjing. It became an important force that Hong Xiuquan relied on. According to the news from Lars, in order to retain the foreign soldiers led by Lars, Hong Xiuquan spent a full 300,000 taels of silver to hire Lars' soldiers."
"Haha, Hong Xiuquan is really a rich man."
Li Zhen chuckled twice and sighed with emotion. Immediately, Li Zhen returned to the topic and said in a deep voice: "Now that Lars has a firm foothold in Nanjing City, the resistance we will encounter in attacking Nanjing City will be smaller. A lot, pass the news to Lars that we will attack Nanjing soon and let him prepare."
"clear."
Long Ao agreed. He was responsible for intelligence matters, so he would naturally handle this matter.
Zheng Zaoru sat below and said: "Commander, Emperor, the Queen Mother of the two palaces has arrived at the Jiangbei Camp. Are you going to summon officials from various places to come and see you immediately?"
Li Zhen shook his head and said in a deep voice: "There is no need to give orders for the time being. Officials who come to the Jiangbei Camp on their own initiative will be received. If they don't come, they will be ignored for the time being. At the same time, we will closely monitor the people who come into contact with the Queen Mother of the two palaces. There should be no situations beyond our control. Our main task is to capture Nanjing, and after Nanjing is established as the capital, we can then send orders to officials from all over the country to visit us."
Li Zhen was confident and had considered everything clearly. Li Zhen's current mission was to seize a piece of territory, not to argue with the officials who came to the Jiangbei camp. Li Zhen quickly gave all the orders before leaving the Chinese army. Head to the big tent and head towards the place where Zhilan and her two children live.
It is now the end of September, and it will soon be October. October is when Li Zhen's two children turn one year old. This festival is very important, and Li Zhen will naturally not forget it.
