April 15th.
On the third day after Pudu Cihang was executed, and the second day after Lu Li returned home, officials from various ministries came forward one after another to implore the new emperor to ascend the throne.
This is building momentum.
In history, many kings have done this. Among them, the most typical and closest emperor is Zhu Di, the Yongle Emperor. After the victory in the Battle of Jingnan, he looked at the burned Fengtian Palace and burst into tears:
"My crazy nephew, my uncle is here to help you get rid of the evil villains around you. Why do you do such stupid things?"
After crying for a while.
The generals who had received the signal long ago shouted one after another: "The country cannot be without a king for a day, please ask King Yan to make the decision for the world! Long live!"
Then, thousands of troops followed and shouted in unison:
"Long live my emperor!"
Under such a battle, Zhu Di restrained his true thoughts and did not express his position immediately.
In the next few days, the generals and ministers gathered in the imperial city day and night to persuade King Yan to ascend the throne as soon as possible to bring peace to all the people in the world.
After doing this three times, King Yan reluctantly agreed to the ministers and took the throne of emperor for the sake of the people of the world.
This time around, the path to changing dynasties is actually pretty much the same.
The civil and military ministers went to court one after another, requesting Lu Li to establish a new dynasty. Then, they put on the most solemn court clothes and walked on the street so that the people could clearly see their attitude. They also went to the hall of King Minngling collectively to hold various ceremonies. ceremony.
In this regard, the people of Jinling were particularly convinced.
After all, Lu Li was different from the previous pretended emperors. He did have divine power, and he had manifested himself as a saint in front of others many times, gained a lot of faith, and established a prestige that was unimaginable to ordinary people.
Therefore, in the eyes of Li Shu, the head of Guizhou Province, it would be a great good thing for an omnipotent god to become the emperor.
At least they don't have to worry about droughts, locust plagues, and man-eating demons. They can live a peaceful life. This is better than anything else!
The common people are so simple.
For a time, there were more and more voices urging Lu Li to establish a new dynasty. Various favorable maxims were widely circulated in the market. People in Southern Zhili and its surrounding areas had heard about it, and they were looking forward to the new emperor who was about to ascend the throne. as.
At that time, they, a group of people who were not in southern Zhili and could not yet accept the rule, ate the jelly from the pot and happily became members of the new emperor's rule.
the other side.
Fu Tianchou, who had just returned to Jinling for two days, was immediately released without charge and received the care and treatment of famous doctors from all walks of life.
In addition, the Taoists from Tianshi Mansion have also sent various elixirs one after another, saying they can cure hidden wounds and achieve the effect of prolonging life.
At this moment, he listened to the sound of gongs and drums outside the mansion, slowly opened his eyes, and slowly got up from the bed.
Holding on to the window edge, Fu Tianchou felt the strength emerging from his limbs and bones, and couldn't help but sigh:
"It's incredible."
After all, I have been in prison for so many years, always wearing shackles and chains on my body, and the food I eat is only clear soup and water, and most of it is sour. Coupled with all kinds of worries, I often get sick, and I am already exhausted physically and mentally. I don’t have a few years to live. Yes.
But thanks to his son-in-law, all the shortcomings were quickly made up. Not only that, his gray hair turned black in the mirror, and he could live for at least another thirty years.
As the saying goes, if you are poor in the busy city and have no one to care about, if you are rich in the mountains you have distant relatives.
In the past, when he was trapped in prison, even the jailers didn't bother to ask questions, but now he has gained the attention of the senior officials of Tianshi Mansion and took the initiative to send bottles of precious pills.
For whose sake, why bother saying more?
As a result, Fu Tianchou turned his eyes towards the table.
There was a pen lying there, a blank document spread out, and you could clearly see that the ink on the tip of the pen had dried. It was obvious that the owner had dipped the pen in the ink and wanted to write something. After struggling for several times, he finally failed to write.
Please enter the essay!
Officials of all sizes in Jinling City, ranging from the Duke of the State to the officials of hundreds of households, have written more than one copy.
So did officials in nearby state capitals.
The only exception was Fu Tianchou. At first, he wanted to maintain his reputation for loyalty, and no one seemed to care about a former Minister of War who had been deprived of his post for more than ten years.
But as time went by, this idea gradually loosened. He looked at himself in the bronze mirror, sighed, calmed down, and began to write a letter of persuasion.
Of course, according to other people's writings, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty was a cowardly king, the kind that heaven and earth would not tolerate.
But Fu Tianchou did not talk about these, he only talked about the connection between heaven and man, the end of the five virtues, and the end of the Ming Dynasty.
More than 800 words.
After putting the pen down, he rushed to Yuechi and asked his youngest daughter to take it to the main hall of King Minngling.
"Dad, you are finally enlightened."
Under Fu Tianchou's gaze, Yuechi jumped up and left the mansion——
Since her father was acquitted and she was not yet married, she would inevitably be gossiped about in the Marquis Mansion. She had been staying at her new home for the past two days and was almost bored to death. She just happened to go out for a walk.
…
April 16th.
After receiving thousands of confessions, Lu Li no longer held back and finally agreed to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.
One thing is that, except for his cheap father-in-law who had been loyal to the Ming Dynasty for decades and was somewhat resistant, other officials were extremely enthusiastic about his ascension to the throne.
Especially those Baihu officials with little education directly expressed their attitudes in vernacular.
Lu Li felt a little embarrassed.
Am I really so wise and powerful?
However, this thought only passed by for a moment. Soon, accompanied by his father Lu Xu, he completed the ancestor worship ceremony at the Hou Mansion and then began the enthronement ceremony.
According to the agreement, Lu Li needed to hold sacrificial activities at the Temple of Heaven outside Zhengyang Gate, that is, the Great Sacrifice Altar.
This is the altar that Zhu Yuanzhang personally ordered to build at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty. From the 10th year of Hongwu, the imperial court's worship activities for heaven and earth were held here.
Logically speaking, as the new emperor, Lu Li had every reason to order another one to be built in order to seek good luck.
But he is unwilling to carry out large-scale construction projects and trouble the people. Anyway, Jinling has a ready-made palace and a ready-made altar, and the standards are very high, not inferior to the team in the north. Therefore, there is no need to worry that they will lower his own style.
"It's a pity that the embroidery on the dragon robe is not very good, far inferior to the one I got in the Dragon Palace."
"It only takes two days. It is not easy for the weavers to make a set of dragon robes in a hurry. Moreover, it is indeed quite majestic."
Above the clouds, various magical instruments float.
Duke, dressed in a black dragon robe, looked down at the altar with a smile.
The Temple of Heaven is a circular building with two floors and nine steps on each side. The platform and legs are made of glazed bricks and surrounded by glazed railings, which looks particularly sacred in the sunlight.
"Saint, after you get on the altar, you must close your eyes so that you can have a conversation with God, but you can't make a sound, just recite silently in your heart."
"Because no one in the world can hear the sound of heaven, except you."
Outside Chengtian Gate, all civil and military officials stopped.
Lu Li climbed up the stairs alone and headed towards the Temple of Heaven, which was located at a high place. At this moment, he recalled in his mind the previous instructions given to him by the officials of Honglu Temple.
Is it really possible to communicate with the way of heaven?
Regarding this question, Honglu Temple officials could not answer. They only said that the relevant records were like this, and the emperors of all dynasties also said so.
Of course, Lu Li was about to experience this for himself and would be able to give a definite answer soon.
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