On the 19th day of February in the sixth year of Wanli, the British Duke Zhang Rongchong was envoy to hold the ceremony, and the academician Zhang Juzheng and others went to the Queen's mansion to hold a welcoming ceremony and read out the book of the Queen's appointment.
Prior to this, Du Fang, the empress's father, had been granted the title of Commander of the Imperial Guard and Tongzhi of the Rear Army Governor's Mansion, and was granted a residence in Beijing.
Therefore, the queen now has her own natal residence in Beijing.
After the British Duke Zhang Rong and the bachelor Zhang Juzheng read out the book of the queen's appointment, they welcomed the queen into the palace.
Not long after the queen entered the palace, Zhu Yijun took a chariot to Fengxian Hall, where he waited for the arrival of his queen, and visited Fengxian Hall with her, before returning to Qianqing Palace to change clothes and perform the Henu ceremony.
During the whole process, Zhu Yijun could not see the appearance of his queen. He only looked at the figure of a young girl with a phoenix crown and a robe, and together with himself, a young emperor wearing a crown and robes, they performed the ceremony under the command of the etiquette officer.
It wasn't until he came to the inner hall and changed into casual clothes that Zhu Yijun had the opportunity to lift the queen's hijab and see the smiling face illuminated by the red candle.
Zhu Yijun gradually moved closer, and then he could smell the queen's breathing becoming more and more rapid, and her breathing became rapid as well.
A night of silence.
The next day, Zhu Yijun did not dare to sleep too much, nor did he go to Wushan with the Queen again. Firstly, there was still a big ceremony to be done, and secondly, he was still a young man, so he should exercise restraint and cherish his body to avoid premature ejaculation.
"Get up, we have to meet the queens today!"
Zhu Yijun finally spoke to the queen for the first time.
The Queen's first response to him was a shy "Yes!"
Soon after, Zhu Yijun took the queen to Cining Palace and Ciqing Palace to meet the queen mothers of the two palaces.
Due to Wanli's wedding, the queen mothers of the two palaces temporarily moved back to live in the palace. Therefore, Zhu Yijun and the new queen did not need to leave the palace to see the queen mothers of the two palaces.
The empress dowagers of the two palaces were very happy to see the emperor and empress coming to court on time, especially Empress Dowager Li, who breathed a sigh of relief on the spot and, like Empress Dowager Chen, prepared generous gifts for the new empress.
Precisely because the empress dowagers of the two palaces had generous gifts, Zhu Yijun had to wear his crown clothes on the next day, which was February 21, the sixth year of Wanli. At the same time, the empress put on her formal attire and went to the empress dowagers of the two palaces together again. Come here to attend the ceremony of thanksgiving.
After the ceremony of thanking him, Zhu Yijun came to the Huangji Palace and told the ministers that he would be enthroned in the central palace.
It was not until the 22nd that Zhu Yijun was officially married, and all civil and military officials went to court to celebrate.
At the same time, Zhu Yijun also wanted to pass the decree at this time, naming the Liu family as the Zhao concubine and the Yang family as the Yi concubine.
These are the two concubines who need to be crowned besides the queen.
At this point, Zhu Yijun's wedding was considered complete, but the ceremony was not completely over yet. On the fourth day of March, due to the completion of the wedding, Zhu Yijun asked the Ministry of Rites to follow the order and grant the title of Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces:
Among them, Empress Dowager Rensheng Chen was added as Empress Dowager Rensheng Yi'an, and Empress Dowager Cisheng Li was added as Empress Dowager Cisheng Xuanwen.
Zhu Yijun had to make sacrifices to the heaven and earth, the ancestral temple, and the country for this when he added two palaces to the queen mother.
At this point, Zhu Yijun has completely completed the entire wedding ceremony system.
And because of this, not to mention that it took the emperor Zhu Yijun a month, and he was exhausted.
As for government affairs, it seems that they are not important anymore.
In addition, the ministers seemed to care more about how well he, the emperor, did in this etiquette system, and because he, the emperor, and even the queen of the middle palace also cooperated well, they congratulated him and directly praised him as the emperor. After the rebirth of Yao and Shun, the queen also gained a good reputation as a virtuous and virtuous woman.
But Zhu Yijun himself knew that these were all false, and because he had not seen Zhang Zuo in the past month, he felt even more unsure.
In fact, Zhu Yijun was even more worried about whether many new problems would arise in the ongoing nationwide purge of the abbot, whether any clan was obstructing the purge, or whether a wealthy gentry was wooing corrupt officials, thereby slowing down the local purge.
"Wang Zongzai, the governor of Sichuan, reported that due to the order of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he was not allowed to lose the original amount lightly. Therefore, when the governors of Shunqing, Baoning and other prefectures were cleared, they had to shrink their bows to take advantage of the surplus, and falsely increased the number of acres, turning one acre into two hundred and forty steps. A hundred steps leads to an acre.”
"Fujian Governor Pang Shangpeng reported that many people in Fujian have abandoned their farmland and gone to sea. However, Quanzhou Prefecture in Fujian did not dare to disobey the order of the Ministry of Household Affairs and feared that the land would not be enough, so it actually increased the real land per mu by 2.7%. This undoubtedly increased the burden on the people. !”
Therefore, when Zhu Yijun had some leisure time after completing a series of etiquettes, he discovered that many new problems had arisen in the government affairs when he read the memorials.
Especially in terms of clearing the abbot, the new Minister of the Ministry of Revenue obviously wanted to please himself, the emperor and the chief minister, and issued a harsh rule that the abbot was not allowed to be less than the original number of acres.
"There is really a problem! This Yin Zhengmao is fine leading troops to fight, but the household management department is really in a mess. They only want to make the accounts look good. I don't know if the number of acres in each prefecture and county will be increased!"
Zhu Yijun said and threw Zhang Zuo on the case.
Because Zhang Han, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, resigned and returned to his hometown, Wang Guoguang, the Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, who was good at managing money, food and civil affairs, was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and the new Minister of the Ministry of household affairs was appointed Yin Zhengmao.
Of course, these were Zhang Juzheng's recommendations, and Zhu Yijun did not refuse them.
After all, if he wants to support Zhang Juzheng's reforms, it is impossible not to support his proposals for the appointment and removal of relevant personnel.
Zhang Juzheng appointed Yin Zhengmao as the Minister of Household Affairs because Yin Zhengmao was decisive, strict, organized and efficient in his work.
Zhang Juzheng obviously also hopes to rely on Yin Zhengmao to speed up the process of clearing the country.
To put it bluntly, Zhang Juzheng still wanted to complete the New Deal as soon as possible after the emperor's wedding and retreat bravely.
Precisely because Zhu Yijun knew why Zhang Juzheng did this, he did not stop him and accepted Zhang Juzheng's arrangement of letting Yin Zhengmao be the Minister of Household Affairs.
But it is obvious that haste makes waste. Yin Zhengmao has outstanding advantages and disadvantages. In order to make the New Deal look good on the surface, he actually asked the local government not to easily allow the number of acres after clearing land to be less than the original number of acres.
This kind of unrealistic intervention will undoubtedly do bad things.
Fortunately, Zhang Juzheng has already voted to deal with this matter, so that the Ministry of Household Affairs shall not interfere with the results of local abbotship, and requires that the official examination shall not be based on whether the abbotship result increases or decreases.
However, because Zhu Yijun had been busy participating in the grand ceremony during this period, the change of the Minister of Household Affairs was delayed.
After all, the replacement of the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue still requires the nod of the emperor.
The first assistant can only propose who should be appointed.
Procedurally, according to the current rules of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor personally appointed the person after the decision was made.
What's more, as usual, new ministers have to meet him as the emperor when they take office.
In short, because nominally the Six Ministers and the Imperial Censors and other Dajiuqing were already ministers under the emperor's direct leadership, their replacement and appointment had to be decided by the emperor himself.
But now, a big gift has prevented the Minister of Revenue from being replaced in time, and no one knows whether new problems will arise in the Ministry of Revenue.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. The ministers are not doing their job, but as long as Your Majesty understands, it will not be too bad. Your Majesty should not be impatient because of this and hurt the Holy Body. Although I am a bride, I have to speak boldly for Your Majesty's sake. If you speak inappropriately, I am willing to be punished!"
Not long after Zhu Yijun complained, Queen Du Weirou stood up from behind Zhu Yijun, walked over gracefully, bent down and said something.
Zhu Yijun had someone take the memorial to Kunning Palace for reading.
Because he and the queen had a ritual to worship the Ancestral Temple together tomorrow, they simply slept together so that they could travel together tomorrow morning.
And because of this, the empress heard Zhu Yijun's gaffe while reading the chapter memorial, and the empress had to persuade him not to be angry.
After Zhu Yijun heard what the queen said, he nodded: "You are right, so of course you should not be punished. You can go to sleep first, and I will read a few more chapters. Otherwise, I won't be able to ask you many questions tomorrow morning."
(End of chapter)
