From the time Emperor Gaozu of Yan issued an edict clearly stipulating the funeral rites for Emperor Daxing, it remained unchanged until Chen and Chu.
Emperor Gaozu of Yan once said in the past: "Don't let what happens after your death interfere with the people's livelihood. Those who eat the emperor's salary should share his worries."
Therefore, Dachu, which followed the ancient system of Yan, also shortened the period of national filial piety to three months. After three months, ordinary people could still hold banquets and get married.
On the other hand, there is a family with an official position, where weddings, banquets, and drumming often need to be postponed for twenty-seven months.
Since the three dynasties of Yan, Chen and Chu shared the same imperial city in Kyoto, the coffins of the emperors of the three dynasties were all located in the Anping Palace in the outer garden of the palace.
Of course, the thrones of the three dynasties have changed dozens of times, but never before has dozens of coffins and coffins gathered in Anping Palace like this one.
"According to the old rules, all civil and military officials and those with titles should go to Qingyuan Palace to mourn for several days in a row, and the ceremony should be in charge of the Qing Li Division." In the north hall of the Classics Hall, the cabinet ministers discussed the ritual procedures.
According to the funeral arrangements of the late emperor Chengyuan, Emperor Jinghe's coffin would be placed in Qingyuan Palace for a few days and then moved to the funeral palace near the imperial mausoleum, waiting for the Qintian Supervisor to arrange for it to be moved to the underground palace.
But now the situation is different, and there are two problems that need to be solved urgently.
Firstly, this time the royal family was brutally murdered, and few of the children and grandchildren of Emperor Chengyuan survived. In other words, there were too many coffins buried with Emperor Jinghe this time. If the princes and ministers were arranged to kneel down at designated points during the entire trip, it would be easier for the local government to do so. The people are panicked, which is not conducive to the subsequent rule of the successor.
Secondly, when the emperor's coffin was moved to the underground palace, the subsequent emperor would personally offer sacrifices and preside over it.
However, according to the opinions of the Grand Council, the succession of the crown prince was delayed, and the opinion of the Qin Tian Jian was to order Emperor Jinghe and his relatives to move to the underground palace as soon as possible. If Princess Yuanning, who was temporarily acting as the crown prince, was ordered to preside over the sacrifice ceremony, then it would be This means that the inspection period mentioned earlier is cancelled.
Even if Princess Yuanning does not succeed to the throne for the time being, the throne will basically not be lost.
This was not very friendly to the courtiers who were still hoping that Princess Hui would give birth to a posthumous son.
Most officials in the imperial court still have the idea that "they would rather serve a child as their king than serve as an official under the Queen's knees."
Of course, except for that other fool, most officials would not express this idea.
After all, if the Queen really takes the throne, they will still have to hold on to their official positions and climb up the ranks!
Although they have their own ideas, they are just ideas, and it does not affect their struggle for power and striving for power.
Who says there is a huge difference between ideal and reality!
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"Keep everything simple!" The Empress Dowager Qin read the cabinet memorial and remained silent for a whole day and night. At dawn the next day, she made an explanation to the ministers who came in the Lanzheng Palace.
"Strictly follow the date given by Qin Tianjian to move the coffin of Emperor Daxing to the underground palace. As for the sacrifice and ceremony, the Ai family will do it for them."
After hearing the first half of the sentence, the first assistant Yan Yuan and others had just breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the last half of the Queen Mother Qin's sentence. Their expressions suddenly changed and they blocked her repeatedly.
"Ai Jia is the biological mother of Emperor Daxing. It was Ai Jia who personally brought him into the world more than fifty years ago. More than fifty years later, Ai Jia personally sent him back to the underground palace. Why not?"
The Empress Dowager Qin touched her eyes that could no longer shed tears and sighed softly: "When the late emperor built the imperial mausoleum, he arranged for the construction of the underground palace of the Ai family. The location is next to the underground palace of the Daxing Emperor. The Ai family went over to host it this time. I also want to see where I will sleep in the future.
Emperor Daxing never saw the Ai family once before his death. This time, the Ai family sent him off in person, which was also a sign of companionship. The Ai family wanted to tell the Emperor Daxing personally, so that he should not be afraid. After the mother and son are reunited, they will never be separated again. "
The Empress Dowager Qin spoke slowly and hoarsely, never losing her composure from the beginning to the end. However, the first assistant, Yan Yuan, and others felt great grief in their hearts when they heard this. The sadness and helplessness of a white-haired person sending a black-haired person to her, was like a wave of sadness. The air ball was tightly stuck in their throats, and they couldn't breathe for a long time.
"The emperor was assassinated, and not even one of the royal family's children was left alive. This has greatly damaged the court's face. It is only right to tighten the procedures, reduce unnecessary etiquette, and end the chaos as soon as possible." The Queen Mother Qin shook her head at the hesitant ministers. Shaking his head, "If the Ai family goes there in the future... the scale of the entire set of ominous rituals will be reduced by another 30% according to the scale of Emperor Daxing."
Seeing that she insisted on doing this, Chief Assistant Yanyuan and others had no choice but to compromise.
Of course, it is said that it is helpless, but in fact it is not that helpless.
It's just a step back, a step back, a habit.
After all, since they could compromise on the issue of the crown prince's heir, they were quite receptive to the fact that the Queen Mother wanted to send Emperor Daxing to the underground palace in person.
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Now that the Empress Dowager has made the decision, the Qing Li Department of the Ancestral Sacrifice began to arrange for the Daxing Emperor Zi Palace to be moved to the treasure bed of Qingyuan Hall.
After that, for three consecutive days, civil and military officials went to mourn twice a day, morning and night.
The wife of the emperor in Beijing went to Anning Palace as scheduled to mourn.
Among the large family members of the Yongxing Hou Mansion, only the Hou's wife Zheng and the Crown Prince's wife Shu went to Anning Palace to have their wedding performed.
For example, Sheng Xiangxun, the Marquis of Yongxing, Sheng Xin, who is about to take office as the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, Sheng Yuan, who is about to step down as the chief minister of Dali Temple, and Sister Kuang Qi of Hai'an Bo, are all going to Qingyuan Palace.
Speaking of which, the total number of children and grandchildren in the Yongxing Marquis Mansion is only a handful. Compared with the noble families nowadays, their family is not prosperous.
But for a family with such a refined population, it is a unique sight in the world for father, son, brother, sister and wife to go to Qingyuan Palace together.
Especially for officials whose families were poor, seeing Sheng Xiangxun's children surrounding him like his right and left arms, he suddenly felt a little bitter. Some of his previously stubborn thoughts were shaken at this moment.
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Before the family entered the palace, Sheng Xiangxun promised Mrs. Zheng that he would never grieve excessively.
But as soon as he stepped into Qingyuan Palace, he staggered and couldn't stand.
When he saw Jinghe Emperor Zi Palace, he sobbed and fell to his knees on the ground, wailing bitterly.
Although Sheng Yuan and her brother Sheng Xin were worried, they couldn't say anything to stop him. They could only kneel beside him, crying and paying attention to his condition.
I don't know how much time passed, but when Sheng Yuan was crying until her head was swollen, the servant of Cining Palace came and asked Sheng Xiangxun to come over.
Sheng Xiangxun stood up unsteadily, and just as he was about to take a step, he felt that his knees were weak, his legs went weak, and he almost fell down.
Fortunately, brothers Sheng Xin and Sheng Yuan had quick eyesight and quick hands to support him.
After Sheng Xiangxun's figure disappeared from the Qingyuan Palace where the howling was deafening, it was time for the civil and military officials to leave the palace.
"Sister Yuan, please go to Anning Palace to pick up our mother. Your sister-in-law and I are waiting for our father outside the palace." Sheng Xin looked at her sister, whose nose was red from crying, and patted her shoulder, "Follow our mother. , you go back home first, we will go back after we pick up our father. After you go back, you can rest and have a meal yourself, there is no need to wait for us."
"Okay." Sheng Yuan gasped and nodded.
After separating from her brother, Sheng Yuan walked alone on the palace road. Although there were people coming and going around her, she felt an indescribable chill and desolation.
"Sheng Wenzhen." In the Anning Palace, Princess Yongping looked at the haggard Sheng Yuan walking towards Madam Yongxing Hou and raised her eyebrows.
Princess Hong'an, who had fainted from crying before, had just returned here with the help of palace attendants. She heard her daughter talking to herself and couldn't help but follow her gaze.
"She will soon be the governor of Shuntian Mansion. She was only in her early twenties and reached the fourth rank... The Imperial Grandmother really loves her!"
