After the British Duke Zhang Mao took the lead in writing a letter asking for the punishment of Zhang Yu, Liu Wentai and others, many people from Beijing to Nanjing, from Kedao Yanguan to the director of the six ministries, followed suit. The gnashing of teeth seemed to want these individuals to be punished.
The main culprits who caused Emperor Hongzhi's maternity funeral to be torn alive. Not only them, but also many of the concubines who were studying in the Hanlin Academy followed suit. In the end, Zhu Houzhao, who had not yet ascended the throne, personally issued an edict.
The case was jointly tried by Ma Wensheng, the Minister of Household Affairs who led the six departments, Shi Daishan, the Zuodu Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Fu Si of Beizhen. When the people were transferred from the internal prison prison, a group of people thought they would die in the rat
The prisoners who were eaten by cockroaches all burst into tears.
The so-called Three Law Departments were originally the Dali Temple of the Procuratorate of the Ministry of Punishment. However, with the power of the Jinyi Guards, Dali Temple had already lost power. Even the Ministry of Punishment was excluded from hearing this case, which inevitably aroused a lot of suspicions inside and outside.
And only Xu Xun knew that the reason was simply because Min Gui, the Minister of Punishment, dragged Zheng Wang and others away from execution, and Zhu Houzhao was very angry, that's all.
However, even if these prisoners were no longer under his control, he still had something to do, that is, on May 18th, when Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, the young prince appointed him to lead the army's vanguard as a retinue, and he would line up with the Jin Yiwei. But
After practicing the enthronement ceremony over and over again for three or four days, Xu Xun, who was exhausted and paralyzed, saw Zhu Houzhao, who had also been rehearsing for several days and had a bad look on his face, and a strange thought came to his mind.
While he was still thinking, Zhu Houzhao snatched the purple clay teapot Liu Jin sent him and drank directly into his mouth. Then he looked at Xu Xun and laughed and said: "How is it, this feeling is uncomfortable? Since you are my confidant,
, you can’t just watch me suffer misfortune alone, you know, we share the blessings and share the hardships!”
Seeing Xu Xun's grinning look, Zhu Houzhao looked at Liu Jin and others and snorted: "And you, in short, none of you can escape from this skin-shedding ceremony!"
When Zhu Houzhao said these words, people in the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace suddenly burst into tears. Xu Xun had been kneeling and worshiping with the ceremony officials in the past few days, and his whole body was completely sore. He knew that Zhu Houzhao would first need it on the day he ascended the throne.
After paying homage to the Emperor Daxing, followed by worshiping Heaven, worshiping the late Empress Dowager in the Xian Palace, worshiping Emperor Daxing, worshiping the Empress Dowager, and worshiping the Queen Mother. These various kowtows are far better than the five or three kowtows of civil and military officials. Therefore,
Now Xiaoxiao was being tormented by Zhu Houzhao, and the little prince made it clear that we share blessings and share hardships, and he was choked to the point of being speechless.
When it came to the enthronement ceremony on May 18th, I don't know whether it was God's openness or a deliberate test, but the sun was as hot as a furnace early in the morning. Zhu Houzhao first walked out of the Qianqing Palace in mourning clothes, and then passed the chariot.
By the time he arrived at Fengtian Hall, the first layer of his clothes had already stuck to his body. However, this long day had only just begun.
He bowed four times in front of Emperor Hongzhi's former throne, and then bowed four more times after reading the congratulatory speech. Then, under the service of more than a dozen eunuchs, he quickly changed into a suit that was no less than ten layers inside and outside.
The Emperor Gung Mian was so hot that he was almost dizzy from the heat. When he stepped out of the Fengtian Palace to pray to heaven on Danbao and perform five bows and three kowtows, he felt that as he kowtowed, there were beads of sweat the size of soybeans on his head.
One by one they fell on Na Dan. After all this tossing, he finally breathed a sigh of relief until he got on the chariot and headed to Fengxian Hall. After wiping his sweat, Liu Jin stuffed a piece of cloth into his mouth unpreparedly.
Bring it over.
Zhu Houzhao felt ice cold when he squeezed it. He couldn't help but was stunned for a moment. Seeing that Liu Jin did not dare to speak and only made a gesture of covering his face, he wisely covered the cloth bag on his hot cheek. The next moment, he just He felt that his nostrils and face, which were originally hot and uncomfortable, suddenly cooled down, and even his breathing became much smoother. The feeling of almost collapse was relieved a little. So, when he got off the chariot in front of Fengxian Palace, he While others were not paying attention, he pulled Liu Jin's sleeve.
"Do you still have this thing?"
"Don't worry, Your Highness, I have prepared these things in several palaces along the way. There are sufficient quantities."
Seeing Zhu Houzhao let out a long sigh, Liu Jin glanced at Xu Xun who was not far away and said, "This is all Xu Xun's cleverness. He said that he took the ice cubes and carried them with three layers of soft cloth inside and three outside. It’s not easy to make, and secondly, it can be used anytime and anywhere.”
With such supplies, Zhu Houzhao kowtowed all the way in the Fengxian Hall, and finally managed to survive. Then he went to visit the two palaces, and he felt much better. After all, the Empress Dowager and the Wang family were separated by one floor. , Empress Zhang was secretly worried when she saw the scorching sun early in the morning. However, the enthronement ceremony was no different than other times, and the timing was not wrong at all. She could only squeeze her son's hand hard after he stood up and left after bowing. As a result, One hand just happened to touch the cold cloth bag, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. He only realized when Zhu Houzhao blinked at him.
At least this kid is smart, otherwise he would be sick all day long!
When the circle of kowtow-worms was over, Zhu Houzhao returned to Fengtian Hall to ascend the throne again. He was finally refreshed. Seeing the royal guards whipping their whips in praise of Honglu Temple, and the officials bowing and kowtowing three times, he had a feeling that he would be like Ling Jueding. While looking at the mountains, he could sit on the throne and look at the rows of heads below him, and then glance at the thrones that had no place to lean on, and he suddenly felt a sense of emptiness in his heart.
From today on, he is truly alone? No, he still has his mother and queen, he also has Liu Jin, his loyal companions who have been with him for several years and more than ten years, and he also has Xu Xun, a resourceful adviser, and he himself If he wants to marry a wife and have children in the future, he won't be alone, never!
"Long live the emperor, long live the emperor..."
The sound like a roaring mountain and a tsunami continued from inside the main hall to outside the main hall. The voice of chanting saints seemed to shake the main hall, but Zhu Houzhao, the person listening, felt in a trance. Soon, his eyes moved from the front The dignitaries and the chief ministers of the cabinet moved back one by one, but under the same uniform attire, he could hardly recognize them... He didn't know how long it took, but he suddenly noticed a strange scene around him. Jing Jing immediately came back to his senses. Looking around, he realized that the day's rituals had finally come to an end, and it was time to send the imperial edict issued by the throne to Chengtian Gate for reading.
"Issue an order."
"The Emperor has decreed that he will be granted a general amnesty upon his accession to the throne!"
Although it was an imperial edict drafted by the cabinet, Zhu Houzhao read it carefully several times beforehand, and even gathered all his confidants to study it together. In the end, he was afraid that Liu Jian and others would be deceived, so he specially summoned Xiao Jing to come and explain everything. He explained that he had been thinking about the name of the year for a long time even if the Yuan Dynasty was changed to Zhengde next year, so when he was reading out the imperial edict, he couldn't help but get distracted again. But it didn't matter that he was distracted, the one in his sleeve The bag of ice gradually turned into water and dripped down his knee-draped sleeves. Liu Jian, who was much older, didn't see it, but Li Dongyang and Xie Qian both saw it clearly and quietly looked at each other without saying a word. .
After most of the day's work, it was getting late. As soon as the ceremony was over, Zhu Houzhao left his seat first. As soon as he got on the chariot, he fell on the seat as if paralyzed. He didn't even notice that his sleeves were completely wet. It took a while. , he reached out to untie the tie around his neck very rudely, took off his hat and threw it away casually. When he was about to reach out to take off his boots, Gao Feng beside him finally couldn't stand it anymore and hurriedly came closer. After a while, he said: "Your Majesty, we are almost at Qianqing Palace, please be patient for now.
"Qianqing Palace? I..., no, I will not stay in Qianqing Palace tonight, but I will still stay in Qian Palace!" Zhu Houzhao sat up straight and said decisively, "If they ask before, just say that the late Emperor Cu'er Passed away, my heart is so sad that I can't bear to live in Qianqing Palace, I thought they would have nothing to say!"
Facing the stubborn little emperor, Gao Feng was stunned for a moment, and finally refused to persuade him. Liu Jin, who had known about it for a long time, and even went out of his way to tidy up the Chengqian Palace, naturally didn't say anything. When Zhu Houzhao returned to Chengqian Palace where he had lived for more than ten years, the first thing he did was to kick off his boots, and shouted for help in taking off his clothes. A large group of people struggled for a quarter of an hour before finally After finally peeling off the layers of clothes, someone knowingly brought a bathtub and hot water in to help Zhu Houzhao take a bath.
Zhu Houzhao, who was covered in sweat, sat down in the tub and breathed a sigh of relief. After a while, he lazily said: "Where is Xu Xun, let him come to see me... No, It’s to see me!”
Several eunuchs who were pinching their hands and feet looked at each other for a while, and then Liu Jin apologized and said: "Your Majesty, the Chengqian Palace is not as good as the Qianqing Palace, so there is no reason to summon the outer palace..."
"Who says not? Last time when I was sick, my father clearly ordered him to persuade me to take medicine. Go quickly, I used to be the prince and you didn't dare to disobey me. Could it be that I am the emperor now and you dare not to listen?" Go, Liu Jin, go in person, so that others will not convey the message unclearly." This sentence drove Liu Jin away and he ran out to convey the message. He then said in a wan tone, "I am really exhausted today. I will finally be able to do well in the future." Take a break for a while."
"I'm afraid the emperor can't." Ma Yongcheng looked at this suggestion and said with a smile, "The three gentlemen of the cabinet have sent people to the Supervisor of Ceremonies before, and according to the previously set schedule, please ask the emperor to go to the west corner gate to attend court tomorrow... …”
"Tomorrow!" Zhu Houzhao was so shocked that he stood up naked in the bathtub in excitement, "On this hot day, the court only heard about five things, and they are so enthusiastic about it! No, no, absolutely not tomorrow. , I feel weak all over now! My father...when my father ascended the throne, did he go to court the next day?"
"Reporting to your Majesty, I remember that when the late Emperor ascended the throne on the sixth day of September, he avoided going to court for many days because of his grief. On September 12th, he began to go to the west corner gate to go to court..."
"Since my father has been absent from court for six days, I, as his son, should have a few more days... Well, if they come back to make noise, just say that I am feeling sad. Today is May 18th... I will wait until the second day of June to start going to court. towards