Chapter eight hundred and sixteen: this is not messed up
In the square in front of the spacious Fengtian Hall, the ministers knelt on the ground, and the wind and clouds were moving.
Hu Hu, the Minister of Rites, held the imperial edict in his hand, and his old voice sounded steadily in the ears of everyone present.
"I was entrusted with the destiny of the emperor by heaven, and he said: I have endured hardships and dangers with my coolness, and I have relied on the blessings of my ancestors from heaven and earth for my prosperity. I have been honored by my mother and my subjects, and I have accepted the Zen position of the supreme emperor. I will inherit a great treasure and consolidate my family."
"Since ancient times, a country must have a king, and for the safety of the country, the king must have a prince and his subjects have someone to look up to. He is the foundation of the country and should not be more important than the prince. The previous emperor went to the north to hunt. In accordance with the decree of the Holy Mother, I have appointed him as the emperor.
The eldest son of the emperor's concubine has become the crown prince."
"The prince is young now, and I am afraid that his burden will be unbearable, so I have not considered teaching him. The emperor's relatives, princes, princes, consorts, and all the civil and military ministers in the court have jointly addressed the invitation, saying that God will bless the king who is the king of the people, and his legacy will be safe."
In the four seas, the prince’s teachings will lay the foundation of the country, and don’t focus on reading.”
"The empress dowagers of the two palaces heard about the matter and suddenly agreed with public opinion. Therefore, in line with the benevolent orders of the two palaces and the virtuous sentiments of the court and the public, on April 15, I ordered the prince to go out to study."
"Since the original text is upright and Yilun is clear, the righteousness of relatives should be respected. My eldest son Jian Ji was specially named King of Hui, my second son Jian Shu was named King Chong, and the second son of the Supreme Emperor Jian Qing was named King Rong.
, the third son saw Shi as King Xin, the fourth son saw Chun as King Xu, the same country, Wei'an Zongshe, love extends kindness to the far and near, and mediocrity shows favor to the subjects, how awesome is it!"
The dragon flag is hunting, and when the wind is swaying, the loud sound is rolling through the sky.
Hu Bi folded up the imperial edict in his hand, stepped into the square, faced the nervous little baby in front of him, knelt down on the ground, and raised the imperial edict high above his head.
At this moment, a trace of nervousness flashed through the heart of this old man who had been in the court for a long time.
This is the time in the entire ceremony when things are most likely to go wrong. As long as this level is passed, everything will be easy to handle.
At this moment, the eyes of the entire court, civil and military officials, and senior citizens were all focused on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the center of the square.
Zhu Jianshen's little face tightened, and he tried hard to recall the etiquette procedures that Sister Wan had taught him time and time again. He first turned sideways and handed the jade guide in his hand to Liang Fang, who was holding the case at the side. Then he straightened up and stretched out his hand.
The chubby little hand took the imperial edict from Hu Hui's hand, raised it high above his head, and shouted in a childish voice.
"My nephew, Zhu Jianshen, has accepted the decree. Thank you for your grace!"
Done!
Including Hu Hui, all the ministers present could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Niu Yu on the side almost didn't dare to stop for a moment. He took the imperial edict from Zhu Jianshen and placed it on the edict table that had been prepared long ago.
Immediately afterwards, the loud voice of the salute officer rang in everyone's ears.
"bye!"
When the great music started, all the ministers, led by the Crown Prince, bowed five times and kowtowed three times.
At this point, the ceremony of leaving the cabinet has come to an end.
For the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, regardless of whether they were civil or military, the overall situation had been decided!
You must know that the reason why the prince's emergence from the cabinet has the political significance second only to the canonization of the prince is that it essentially marks the prince's beginning to become an adult. From a child in the inner palace, he begins to truly assume the responsibilities of the prince.
As for the complicated and awkward relationship in today's family, the prince's resignation not only means that the prince has the power to participate in government affairs in name, but also further confirms the royal order.
This is reflected in many aspects, the most core of which is the canonization of kings.
In fact, the canonization of royal princes should have been carried out at the same time as the prince. The purpose was to distinguish the superior and inferior and clarify the moral order.
However, when the country was in crisis and the country was about to fall, the prince's canonization was done in a hurry, so naturally he did not care about other princes.
Now that the government is stable and the country is stable, the canonization of the prince has naturally been put on the agenda.
The ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, the direct eldest son is respected.
This point is vividly reflected in all aspects, including the canonization of the prince.
Unlike an imperial daughter who can obtain a title almost as soon as she is born, a prince must be much more cautious since it involves a fiefdom.
According to the practice of past dynasties, the canonization of princes is not based on age, but on time points.
Normally, before the crown prince is established, the sons are not registered.
To put it bluntly, the canonization of a prince depends entirely on the prince.
Generally speaking, whenever a prince is canonized, leaves the cabinet, and ascends the throne, there will be three large-scale canonizations.
The reason for this is, firstly, to highlight the noble status of the prince and clarify the order of superiority and inferiority, and secondly, to consider that new princes will be born at different times.
This time, there will be no exception!
Since the emperor agreed to the crown prince's request to leave the cabinet, he had to hold a ceremony to confer kings on the throne.
If not, it will definitely be discussed by everyone in the court, and it will be easier to reserve the position.
Therefore, the most important thing in the edict just now is not actually the large number of orders for the prince to leave the cabinet at the beginning, but the canonization of the princes at the end.
As soon as this edict was issued, the status of the royal princes was immediately clear. Compared to the previous situation, when the princes were appointed but the princes still had no status, the canonization of the kings undoubtedly established the status quo again to another extent.
The status of Crown Prince and Crown Prince.
This is the true foundation of the country, which is both solid and Yilun is clear!
As the voices of the ministers shouting "Long Live the Mountain" fell, the salute officer shouted again.
"Crown Prince Xie Zhonggong!"
So, under the guidance of the usher, the little Crown Prince stood up respectfully, and, surrounded by his entourage, went to the east wing to change clothes.
Originally, at this time, the ceremony was almost in progress. Of course, for the emperor, the part that needed to be presided over was over.
The next part is the prince's home court. Theoretically speaking, the ministers should send the emperor off, the prince goes to Hezhong Palace, and the ministers, under the guidance of the guide, go outside the Meridian Gate to wait for the edict of amnesty for the world.
Everyone returns to his or her own place and does his or her own thing.
After the ministers finished listening to the imperial edict outside the Meridian Gate, they went to the Wenhua Hall, where they waited for the prince to express his gratitude to the empress dowager, the empress of the middle palace and his biological mother, the imperial concubine, and then congratulated the prince on his coming out of the cabinet in the Wenhua hall, and entered the table to receive the prince's order.
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To put it bluntly, this step still declares the status of the crown prince and heir apparent.
In the Imperial Palace of Wenhua, he received congratulations from hundreds of civil and military officials, and then handed out rewards, which were accepted by the ministers. This process actually meant that the crown prince had the power to become a prince, and it also meant that the ministers recognized the status of the prince.
After all, only the emperor is qualified to be worshiped by his ministers.
In fact, the reason why etiquette is so complicated is that every step of it contains a strong political meaning. It is precisely because of this that it is very difficult when it is easier to follow the ritual.
How to make appropriate adjustments to the etiquette system while adapting to the actual situation and ensuring that the political effect of each link is sufficient is a big question.
Of course, the prince's departure from the cabinet this time was different from the usual procedures, so adjustments were also made in this link.
Because it was placed in the inner hall of Fengtian Hall as a courtesy, there was no need to rush back and forth, so the subsequent process was not so complicated.
After receiving the imperial edict, the Crown Prince was led by the ceremonial officer to the ear room to change clothes and prepare for the subsequent ceremony. At the same time, on Danqi, the emperor did not drive away, but waved his hand to indicate that the imperial edict should continue.
The current relationship between the Tian family is very sensitive, so many things need to be done. Originally, although the prince's coming out of the cabinet was a happy event, it could be a big or small event. However, given the current situation of the Tian family, in order to show his trust in the prince, the emperor
Naturally, we need to do something bigger.
This is also the reason why, even though His Highness the Crown Prince is still young, the Ministry of Rites tacitly agreed to the Emperor to complete every ritual procedure without issuing an edict to avoid it.
This was not only to further consolidate the crown prince's status, but also to silence the people of the world who criticized the emperor for his desire to save money.
Therefore, after the imperial edict was issued, there was a general amnesty for the whole country.
However, the most important ritual process has been completed, and the next process is relatively easy. After receiving the emperor's signal, Cheng Jing respectfully picked up the edict from the edict table, read it out again, and said.
"The emperor is entrusted with the destiny of heaven, and the edict says: The foundation of the country is established in the throne room. Now that the prince has left the cabinet, all the people will celebrate, the ministers and common people will be happy, the country will be stable, and the world will be amnesty. With my heart in mind, all the cooperation matters will be stated in this article.
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“Before the 15th day of April in the second year of Jingtai, officials, soldiers and civilians committed treason and treason, descendants murdered their grandparents and parents, wives and concubines murdered their husbands, slaves and slaves murdered their masters, poisoned people, nightmares, poisoned people and robbers.
Except for not pardoning, the rest of the sins that have been discovered but not realized and have been settled, no matter how big or small, can be pardoned."
"Those who should be corrected must be corrected, and those who dare to tell others about past mistakes will be punished for their crimes..."
Different from the edict just now, the edict of Amnesty to the World is long and complicated, and each article needs to be read for a long time.
According to usual practice, the emperor would not listen to this kind of edict, which was a waste of time.
But this time, due to the merger of Yicheng, in order to leave time for the crown prince to pay his respects, the emperor continued to stay here and listened quietly to the edict.
However, it is visible to the naked eye that some of the group of elders below have begun to lose focus...
At the same time, in the ear room, the maid Wan Zhen'er had been waiting for a long time. Seeing His Royal Highness the Crown Prince come in, she immediately changed out of the complicated court clothes and put on a bright red gold-woven dragon robe.
Looking at the white and tender forehead of His Highness the Crown Prince, the red marks pressed by the heavy beam crown, and the kowtows all the way, Wan Zhen'er bit her lips and felt distressed for a while, but she did not dare to say anything more, so she could only hold tight
Then he removed the Liang Guan and replaced it with a lightweight Yishan Guan.
Later, as soon as she took a few palace maids to sort out the folds of her clothes, Liang Fang came in to urge her.
"Sister Wan, we can't delay any longer. The Supreme Emperor and the Holy Mother are already waiting in the inner hall."
Speaking of which, Liang Fang was able to shout out loud. Even if he did not mention that his status was much higher than that of a palace maid like Wan Zhen'er, even in terms of age, he was seven or eight years older than Wan Zhen'er.
Zhu Jianshen likes Wan Zhen'er more, and he can call her sister without hesitation.
After hearing this, Wan Zhen'er also knew that she could not delay, so she straightened the clothes of the little baby in front of her and handed her over to Liang Fang to take him out.
Generally speaking, although the set of ritual procedures revised by Hu Hui saves a lot of unnecessary troubles to the greatest extent and takes into account the integrity of the ritual procedures, it has one unique shortcoming, that is, the time is short.
It has to be a little tight.
Therefore, the poor Crown Prince, who had been struggling for a long time with kowtowing and receiving orders, only rested for a moment while changing clothes, drank some water, and then continued to the inner hall of Fengtian Hall.
When we arrived at the inner hall, it was relatively quiet. The eunuchs of Shang Baosi had already arranged the inner hall properly, and the maids and eunuchs serving around them all stood respectfully.
On the seat in the middle of the inner hall, Zhu Qizhen is wearing an ocher-yellow Gonglong robe and a Yishan crown. On both sides of him are the Empress Dowager Sun and the Empress Dowager Wu, each wearing a green Zhai robe with nine lines of Hui Zhai patterns embroidered on it.
, the edge of the clothes is decorated with cloud and dragon patterns on a red background, which is kind and graceful.
Further down on the two sides, there are Queen Qian and Queen Wang, wearing bright red bows, nine dragons and four phoenix crowns, ocher yellow blouses, and red-bottomed gold dragon patterns with blue rims. They are dignified and luxurious.
At the bottom, next to Empress Qian, is Zhu Jianshen's biological mother, the imperial concubine Zhou. She is also wearing a blue ceremonial dress, a bright red shirt, a Qizhai crown on her head, and a red-bottomed Luan and Phoenix pattern with a blue edge Xiapei.
Zhu Jianshen came step by step with distress in his eyes, but also a bit of pride.
As the ceremonial officer ushered the crown prince into the palace, the same great music began, and Zhu Jianshen walked to the center of the palace to pay his respects and stopped enjoying himself.
The etiquette officer said loudly.
"kneel!"
So, Zhu Jianshen knelt down on the ground as instructed, raised his two chubby hands seriously, and said with a childish voice.
"My dear Zhu Jianshen, I am hereby ordered by His Majesty the Emperor to leave the cabinet. I would like to pay my respects to Your Majesty the Supreme Emperor, Your Majesty the Queen Mother, Your Majesty the Queen Mother, Your Royal Highness Queen Duanjing, Your Highness the Queen, Your Royal Highness the Concubine, thank you very much!"
This roundabout way of speaking saved Zhu Jianshen from the pain of running back and forth between various palaces. Looking at the little baby kneeling on the ground in an orderly manner, Zhu Qizhen also showed a rare smile on his face and said.
"Get up, today you are going to study in the pavilion and you will be in charge of the government. My father has nothing to give you, so I will give you a set of four treasures of the study room left by your imperial grandfather. I hope you will study well and become a promising king in the future!"
As he spoke, Zhu Qizhen waved his hand, and a chamberlain came forward and held out a set of pens, ink, paper and inkstones. This moment made the little kid underneath feel a little at a loss.
I haven't rehearsed this before...
At the same time, Queen Mother Wu and Queen Wang on the side were also a little surprised by this, and they unanimously turned their attention to the Supreme Emperor.
You must know that how the crown prince should approach Xie Zhonggong, what etiquette should be performed, and what words should be said are all clearly written in the ceremonial notes handed over by the Ministry of Rites.
From the beginning to the end, only the Crown Prince Zhu Jianshen thanked him, but there was no time for them to speak.
The official was obviously aware of this, and was about to speak to stop him, but when he looked up, he saw the Supreme Emperor glancing in this direction, and he immediately kept silent and did not dare to speak.
However, this kind of unexpected situation is not a trivial matter. When the Supreme Emperor was not paying attention, he quickly sent a small official to report outside the Fengtian Palace.
Zhu Jianshen was stunned on the spot and didn't know what to do. However, Liang Fang, who was beside him, had obviously known about this change for a long time. He leaned down and looked at the overwhelmed Zhu Jianshen in a low voice,
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"Your Highness, thank you."
Therefore, Zhu Jianshen continued to kowtow and said in confusion.
"My dear father, I thank you for your kindness."
After the words fell, Liang Fang quickly sent someone to collect the Four Treasures of the Study.
Seeing this situation, the etiquette officer on the side was about to continue the ceremony, but he didn't expect that it was not over yet.
As soon as the Supreme Emperor finished speaking, the Queen Mother Sun on the side spoke again and said.
"Good, good, good. With the demeanor of a prince of a country, the eldest brother can be where he is today. The support of the ministers at home and abroad is indispensable!"