Hearing Cheng Jing's words, Zhu Qiyu didn't react at all. He took the brocade silk, opened it and started reading.
This decree was sent to the Ministry of Rites, so there was no need for him to kneel down to receive it.
After unfolding it, Zhu Qiyu was a little surprised.
"Because the bandits invaded the border and poisoned the people of Ming Dynasty, the emperor was deeply afraid that the bandits would bring harm to our ancestors of the Ming Dynasty, so he had no choice but to personally command the Sixth Army to correct their crimes. Unexpectedly, the bandits were cunning, and the emperor was left in the imperial court. I mourned him. I remember that my subjects must not be without a master, and the court must not be without a king."
"On the twenty-first day of the eighth month of the fourteenth year of Zhengtong, I selected the virtuous and elder among the three emperor's concubines. Seeing that Shen Zheng was enthroned in the East Palace, I still ordered King Yin to serve as his assistant to take charge of the affairs of the country and bring peace to the world."
"Oh, the country must have a king, and the country must be safe. The king must have reserves and the subjects can look up to him. He must announce it to the world, and the envoys will hear about it."
After reading it, Zhu Qiyu frowned slightly, but then relaxed.
Just now Cheng Jing said that this decree was issued to the Ministry of Rites. In fact, this statement is not accurate. This decree was actually issued to the world.
It's just that the matter of appointing the crown prince is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, so the Ministry of Rites carries out the decree on his behalf.
The establishment of the East Palace was a major event, and the imperial court had its own set of cumbersome regulations.
According to the system, the emperor should issue an order to the Ministry of Rites to prepare the registration matters, and then the Ministry of Rites will submit the registration and etiquette notes. After discussion by the ministers, it will be submitted to the emperor. After the emperor approves, an auspicious day will be chosen, and the registration ceremony will be performed in the presence of all ministers and officials. It was when the edict appeared in his hand.
In other words, Empress Dowager Sun directly omitted all the previous steps, not even caring about the canonization ceremony, and directly issued an order to announce it to the world.
Rubbing his forehead, Zhu Qiyu sighed. This was the result of his sharpness these days.
In her previous life, Empress Dowager Sun followed the rules step by step and established the crown prince in an upright manner.
Now that he is issuing such an urgent decree to the world, it seems that he is still in a hurry...
However, although there was no grand ceremony of canonization, this edict to spread the world is the core of all ceremonies, and the rest are side effects.
Empress Dowager Sun was not overwhelmed with anxiety. At least this edict followed the procedures completely.
With the seal of the Empress Dowager and the Empress, the Etiquette Department did not deny it, nor did the Etiquette Department reject it.
In order to make the name change seem justifiable, even the content of the edict was drafted by the Hanlin Academy.
No, there is a countersignature from Mr. Chen Xun!
In other words, this edict was approved by the court officials and was a valid canonization edict. It would still be effective even without the canonization ceremony.
Zhu Qiyu glanced at Jin Ying meaningfully and said quietly.
"No wonder the two elders of the cabinet arrived so early in the morning. They are here to record edicts for the Queen Mother?"
Zhu Qiyu spoke in an understatement, but Jin Ying wiped away a cold sweat.
These words were about the cabinet, but Jin Ying couldn't help but think of himself.
What Cheng Jing could think of, he didn't believe Prince Tan could not think of.
The Empress Dowager Sun has lived in the palace for a long time and is not familiar with the court rituals. The only person who can grasp the core of the registration so accurately and can make the Empress Dowager trust her is Jin Ying.
After thinking for a while, Jin Ying asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, do you need to send the next memorial to the cabinet first?"
Recording imperial edicts is one of the responsibilities of the Hanlin Academy, and this edict was personally written by Mr. Chen Xun.
If Prince Tan becomes angry because of this, the Hanlin Academy will inevitably be implicated.
So Jin Ying was not only asking about the vote, but also himself.
"Send it, why not send it?"
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand, looking indifferent and said calmly.
"How can the major affairs of state affairs be changed just because of one person's joy or anger? It is not the work of those who are in charge of politics!"
As soon as he said this, Jin Ying felt even more anxious.
King Tan seemed to be talking about the drafting of votes, but how could you know that he was not insinuating that the Queen Mother ignored the etiquette?
But now that the words were said, it was no longer easy to continue, so Jin Ying stepped aside and ordered someone to go to the cabinet to deliver the message.
Zhu Qiyu didn't know what Jin Ying was thinking.
But for God's sake, he really didn't mean anything else.
In the current situation, the power in the palace and the capital is still in the hands of the Queen Mother, and he cannot stop the registration.
What's more, it is in line with etiquette and law to appoint a prince, and he has no position to stop it.
On the contrary, under this situation, establishing the crown prince is actually beneficial to him!
The matter of enthronement is closely connected with the inheritance of the throne. Once the matter of enthronement is mentioned, the succession of the throne will inevitably be discussed.
Although the emperor is now captured, the king is still nominally safe and sound.
It is very taboo to discuss the succession of the throne without authorization!
But since it is necessary to establish a prince, this taboo is not very binding.
The courtiers will accept the establishment of the East Palace because it is a matter of etiquette and justice.
But it’s hard to tell whether the courtiers would accept a two-year-old baby as emperor at such a critical moment...
While thinking about it, Jin Ying came over holding half a stack of memorials and said.
"Your Majesty, I have sent an order to the General Administration Department and the Cabinet. According to your wishes, all future memorials will be sent to the Cabinet first. These memorials were just delivered and were not sent to the Cabinet in time. The ministers took a look at them and found that they contained the Ministry of War and the Ministry of War. The candidates submitted by the Ministry of Personnel, the list of Autumn Judgments submitted by Dali Temple, and some memorials from the imperial censor were all urgent matters, so the ministers took it upon themselves to make the decision and brought them over directly."
In fact, it looks like a lot, but only about ten copies.
Zhu Qiyu nodded, picked it up and looked at it.
The ones on his head were still the imperial censor's memorials. After reading them, Zhu Qiyu took out two from the middle and kept them, while still throwing the others to Jin Ying and said.
"These are the same as the previous ones, stay in the middle!"
Jin Ying picked it up and looked at it. He had not read the previous memorials carefully.
But he had glanced at the few books just now, and he was still somewhat impressed by the contents.
The books currently thrown over by Zhu Qiyu are basically for impeaching Wang Zhen for harming the country. As for the two books left by Zhu Qiyu, if he remembers correctly, they should be for impeaching the accompanying ministers...
Glancing at the few memorials left by Zhu Qiyu among the previous pile of memorials, Jin Ying secretly guessed that they probably contained the same content.
Before he could figure out why Zhu Qiyu did this, he heard him ask Cheng Jing.
"Cheng Jing, how is the news that the king ordered you to find out today?"
Cheng Jing glanced at Jin Ying warily, but still said: "Go back to the prince, he has entered the city and is thanking guests behind closed doors in the mansion."
Zhu Qiyu continued to ask: "What about the families who ordered you to pass the message?"
This time Cheng Jing was even more hesitant, and after pondering for a moment, he said: "Your Majesty, those few people entered the palace early this morning. It is said... that they handed over the sign asking to see the Queen Mother! I guess they should be there now. In Cining Palace..."
Regardless of Cheng Jing's weird look, Zhu Qiyu said with an expected look.
"That's fine. You order people to wait outside Cining Palace. As soon as they come out, ask them to come to Jiyi Palace!"
Cheng Jing followed the order, but Zhu Qiyu turned his attention to Jin Ying...
