Zhu Jingyuan roughly confirmed the construction results of Yingtian New City, and Emperor Zhu Zhongliang of the Ming Dynasty moved the next day.
He moved directly into the palace area in the valley north of the new palace.
In the morning meeting of the day, Emperor Zhu Jianyan of the Ming Dynasty first issued an imperial edict announcing the official completion of the Yingtianfu New City of the Ming Dynasty.
At the same time, the name of the main palace was officially announced, still copying the name of the original Forbidden City.
The main hall is called Fengtian Hall, the Wenchang Hall is called Wenhua Hall, and the Wuchang Hall is called Wuying Hall.
The emperor's palace in the harem is called Qianqing Palace, and the queen's palace is called Kunning Palace.
The residence of the Supreme Emperor was named Renshou Palace, and the residences of the prince and princess were named Chunhe Palace.
The two palaces where the Queen Mother lives are named Cining Palace and Ciqing Palace respectively.
The palaces of other secondary concubines remained as before.
Then he continued to issue an edict, requiring the cabinet to organize and coordinate the various ministries of the imperial court and start the relocation of offices and accommodation institutions to the principality.
And requested the full assistance of official and royal passenger and freight companies.
The emperor issued the third imperial edict, announcing that the official "Da Ming Building Specifications and Standards" will be implemented from today.
This standard clarified that the height limit of Ming folk buildings was 64 meters.
At the same time, very clear regulations were made on the overall length and width of other buildings, as well as the height, width, and length of single rooms and halls.
Compared with existing private buildings, most data are very loose.
Yingtian New City has raised the official architectural standards of the royal family and the court by a huge order of magnitude compared to before.
Even if it is based on the official buildings of the imperial court and slightly downgraded, it is still quite loose as a standard for private buildings.
Private citizens can now build buildings with a height of up to 64 meters and a floor of up to 20 floors.
Of course, according to Zhu Jingyuan's original suggestion, this highest standard was aimed at the northern and southern Beijings.
The building standards of other low-level provincial cities, prefectures, and villages must be reduced sequentially above this indicator.
During the formulation process, this regulation has been widely circulated and discussed in the court and among the people.
Most officials and nobles were not completely satisfied, but they were not too disappointed either.
They knew that the emperor was building an absurdly high palace, which could not be stopped by one hundred or two hundred meters.
Many well-informed people were planning to hoard construction materials and even prepare to buy land on a large scale.
Anyone with enough business acumen knows that building height will directly affect the upper limit of land prices.
Once the private sector begins to build 200-meter-high buildings on a large scale, urban land prices and housing prices will soar.
In fact, after the relevant news spread, land prices and room prices have already started to rise. However, because there is no accurate news yet, the upward trend is relatively slow.
As a result, when the standards were formulated, the emperor directly gave a rough framework, which restricted the height of the building.
The height limit standards for private buildings should be reduced according to the standards of the official office buildings of the imperial court, not the official palaces of the emperor.
The expected increases in land prices, housing prices, and building materials were soon and simultaneously reduced significantly.
Compared with the original market price, it has definitely risen, but it cannot rise too much.
The initial investment won’t be wasted, but you won’t make too much money either.
None of these three imperial edicts surprised the ministers, and they accepted the edicts honestly as they were mentally prepared.
After the major announcements were made, the emperor began to discuss daily affairs with his ministers.
After the morning dynasty ended, the relocation work of the Ming Central Court began immediately.
The new city and the old city are originally in the same city. There are only a dozen kilometers in total and there are specially built express railways and highways to connect them. The relocation speed is still very fast.
By the end of June in the 15th year of Ankang, most institutions had moved into the new city one after another.
As the emperor, Zhu Jianyan did not live in the Qianqing Palace in the core area of the harem.
Instead, he moved directly to the palace area in the north of the harem area to keep company with his father, the Supreme Emperor.
On the morning of July 7, the fifteenth year of Ankang, Emperor Zhu Jianyan of the Ming Dynasty was enthroned in the new main hall.
This new 16,000-square-meter hall is six times larger than the original Fengtian Hall in the Forbidden City.
The layout of the hall has also undergone tremendous changes.
It was originally similar to the Wenhua Hall, with a large discussion platform in the middle and four rows of seats around it.
Only officials at the level of Jiuqing Shangshu, as well as personnel specially arranged according to actual needs, are eligible to participate in the meeting.
The current layout has been changed to a model similar to that of a later auditorium.
In the middle, facing north and south, are two thrones for emperors of two generations.
Below, towards the rostrum, seats and tables of different levels are arranged from front to back.
A total of 10,000 seats are arranged in the main hall, surrounding the left, right and front three sides of the emperor's throne.
This layout determines that actual affairs will no longer be discussed in this hall.
It will only be used to hold major ceremonies and announce major decrees and orders.
and direct instruction to as many personnel as possible.
Now, members of the clan and nobles with official positions, all officials from the fifth rank and above of the Ming Dynasty's central court, as well as officers of the central military agencies of the same level, and shopkeepers of the same level from the Royal Consortium and the Ming Dynasty Consortium, gathered together in a very rare event.
Everyone stood in front of their positions and bowed to the emperor on the stage.
Zhu Jianyan calmly sat down on the throne, looked around at all the officials present and waved.
The ceremonial officer loudly announced that everyone should be seated.
The new hall is equipped with sound and amplification equipment, so there is no need to shout at the top of your lungs.
Today's court meeting ceremony is equivalent to confirming that the capital move has been officially completed, and the Ming Dynasty's court has officially moved to the new city of Yingtianfu.
According to most people's understanding, the emperor said a few words and the ceremonial visit should be over.
It's time for the ministers to return to their departments and do their own business.
We have just opened an office area, so we should adapt to the new environment as soon as possible and resume our daily work as soon as possible.
If the emperor really wanted to discuss what important matter it was, he should summon the nine ministers and bachelors to participate alone in the Wenhua Palace.
Zhu Jianyan sat on it for a while, but just looked at the crowd below quietly, and did not speak for a long time.
When the ministers at the front were a little confused, Zhu Jianyan took out an envelope from his pocket unhurriedly.
Instead of handing it to anyone else, he opened the envelope himself and pulled out a note.
Then he read the contents of the note directly:
"The fourth son of the emperor, Jingyuan, is ordered to take the throne as emperor."
There is only this very simple sentence on this note, but it is the most important sentence in the world.
According to the rules left by Emperor Shizu Guangwu, the emperor's edict of succession should be written by himself as much as possible.
You should write it in advance as much as possible. As long as you feel uncomfortable, no matter whether you are seriously ill or not, you should write one immediately.
If you feel you are still dissatisfied with the original heir after you recover, you can just burn it and rewrite it.
In order to avoid being unable to write too many words in some cases, the content of the edict is required to be as concise and clear as possible.
The key is to explain who will succeed him.
Don't write any additional praise, considerations, expectations, requests or other nonsense.
In fact, in the original history, the edicts of succession written by the real old emperor were also very simple.
Basically there is only one sentence.
Because normally when an emperor passes the throne, he is either seriously ill or very old, and is basically at the end of his life.
It is unscientific to ask him to write a long speech and praise one of his sons at the last moment.
Even if the minister is asked to write for him, he will not let the minister slowly write nonsense. The emperor will watch him write the key points with his own eyes, and let the person he designates become the emperor after his death.
Most of the real so-called throne edicts basically do not let a certain son "become the emperor", but canonize the prince.
Because the emperor himself was not dead yet.
It is in line with etiquette and law to let the designated son be the prince and succeed him after his death.
Most of the lengthy edicts on succession were basically written by the queen mother or empress or ministers, as well as the succeeding emperor after the emperor died.
Regardless of whether the old emperor had a real edict or not, he usually had to add another copy afterwards.
This edict was intended to be recorded in the annals of history as a record.
In fact, these are all special cases. Under normal circumstances, the emperor does not need to mention the succession in his edict.
Because most emperors succeeded to the throne according to the traditional patriarchal order.
Emperor Shizu Guangwu gained supreme prestige after rebuilding the Ming Dynasty.
On this basis, a complete set of rules was designed to protect the emperor's absolute authority.
The system of eldest son inheritance was completely abolished, and the patriarchal system that had lasted for two thousand years was completely succumbed to imperial power.
Whoever the emperor designates as his heir becomes his heir.
The official positive statement left by Emperor Shizu is not to choose "virtuous", but to choose "those who are as I wish."
Because if you choose "virtuous", there will be many standards.
The key is to allow people other than the emperor to have the opportunity to interfere in the succession of the throne by discussing the standards of "virtuous".
As long as someone can speak in the selection of the emperor, it is possible to gain influence on the new emperor and the court situation.
Although Emperor Shizu ordered that no ministers participate in discussions about the succession of the throne.
However, efforts are still made to avoid this situation in the design of the rules.
After the Renwu Dynasty, when the emperor's successors were selected, they would not pay attention to test scores during the education of the reserve. A passing evaluation would be regarded as being selected.
During the administrative training stage, it does not depend on the rating during the training. As long as you are not eliminated, you will be selected.
This is to avoid the influence of teachers and exam administrators.
After these princes are "selected", the final choice of who will succeed depends only on whether it is "as I want".
In other words, it all depends on the emperor's wishes. There is no standard in name, or whether it can please the old emperor.
No outsider is qualified to say for the emperor which son he prefers.
In the end, when Zhu Jianyan announced his imperial edict, he read it himself.
Not even making the Grand Maester or anyone else say a word.
After Zhu Jianyan announced this, everyone present, including Zhu Jingyuan himself, was obviously stunned.
Although everyone was mentally prepared, it was somewhat abrupt to announce the capital move on the same day.
However, since the emperor himself has spoken about the inheritance of the throne, no one can interrupt.
Everyone, including Zhu Jingyuan, immediately stood up again after reacting.
Everyone once again thought of the emperor on the stage and bowed.
Zhu Jianyan nodded slightly and waved to Zhu Jingyuan below:
"Jingyuan, now you are the Ming Emperor. Go to the apse and change your robes, and then come up to accept the worship of the officials."
Zhu Jingyuan didn't have anything to say. His father was so happy, so he had to cooperate fully.
"Thank you, Father..."
Zhu Jingyuan took a deep breath, bowed again, and then walked slowly towards the back hall.
With the help of the servant, he put on the emperor's uniform that his father had prepared for him and returned to the main hall again.
Climbing up the steps where the emperor's throne is located, he saluted his father again from a close distance:
"My son, the fourth son of the Emperor, Jingyuan, pays homage to His Majesty the Father."
Zhu Jianyan smiled and nodded, turning off the microphone pickup in front of him, his tone full of expectation:
"Jingyuan, from now on, you will be the emperor of my Ming Dynasty.
"For my father's ardent hope, you can understand your mission and stick to your beliefs.
"Create a more prosperous and powerful new era for the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Jianyan turned off the microphone, and the servants standing around did not dare to get too close, so only Zhu Jingyuan could hear these words.
Zhu Jingyuan was also full of emotion and bowed to his father again:
"My son, I will definitely remember your instructions and serve the Ming Dynasty till my death..."
Zhu Jianyan smiled again and waved to Zhu Jingyuan:
"Come and sit down. I'll leave the things here to you. My father is going to spend time with your grandpa."
Zhu Jingyuan quickly saluted again and watched his father get down from the throne and go directly to the back hall with a few followers.
Zhu Jingyuan let out a long breath in his heart as he watched his father's back disappear.
He stood up straight, turned around, looked at the emperor's throne next to him, and took another gentle breath.
Although I have known for a long time that there is a high probability that this position belongs to me.
But when the matter came to light, Zhu Jingyuan still couldn't help but feel agitated.
After all, it is the unique and highest authority in this world.
However, because he had been mentally prepared for it and had been the de facto heavenly official for several years, Zhu Jingyuan quickly calmed down. .
He raised his feet and walked forward slowly, sitting down safely.
Standing under the stage were civil servants, military generals and big shopkeepers. At this time, they all bowed to Zhu Jingyuan on the stage.
"I pay my respects to His Majesty the Emperor. Long live the Emperor. Long live the Emperor."
Beginning in the late Renwu Dynasty, at the request of Emperor Shizu, the number of "Long Live the Mountain" became less and less.
Eventually, it became a ritual used only during the emperor's succession and various large-scale ceremonies.
And there is no need to kneel down, you just need to bow your hands. Usually once is enough, but now you have to do it three times in a row.
This simple ceremony is of course not a formal enthronement ceremony, but only confirms the beginning of the inheritance of imperial power.
Similar to the Lingqian succession before the Renwu Dynasty, he began to exercise the power of the emperor.
For the formal enthronement ceremony, another time must be chosen and publicly prepared in advance, instead of simply announcing it like this.
Zhu Jingyuan sat on the emperor's throne, watching the managers of the entire Ming Dynasty salute respectfully below, and felt more fulfilled than ever before.
I also have a lot to say in my heart, and it should be said that there are a lot of things to do.
Zhu Jingyuan put away the edict that his father had placed on the table, turned on the microphone on the table, and gave instructions to everyone who had finished the salute:
"Everyone, sit down..."
(End of chapter)
