Empress Xiang held Zhao Xu in her arms and climbed the steps in front of Funing Palace step by step. She put Zhao Xu down in front of the gate.
Zhao Xu landed on his feet, raised his head, and looked at everything in front of him.
The majestic Funing Hall gate has twelve halberds displayed on each side. This is the order of the emperor's palace!
After crossing the halberd stand, everything in Funing Hall came into view.
All the ministers have already fallen to the ground to greet him.
One by one, the female officers retreated to the left and right.
The smell of burning mugwort came from the palace.
"My son..." Queen Xiang seemed to be in a trance when looking at Zhao Xu. She thought he was afraid of life, so she quickly took Zhao Xu's hand: "Follow your mother into the palace and go to your father!"
"Yes!" Zhao Xu nodded and was led by Queen Xiang into the Funing Hall.
This palace was once the most familiar to him, but now it is somewhat unfamiliar.
The soap leather boots on his feet made a crisp sound when they stepped on the stone floor of Funing Hall.
This is the place where his life finally disappeared in his previous life.
This is also the starting point for his new life and new destiny.
Empress Xiang led him, step by step, to the front of the Palace of Funing. The ministers followed behind their mother and son, walking step by step, holding their hands.
When they reached the end of the main hall of Funing Palace, Queen Xiang led Zhao Xu eastward, and a curtain had already fallen in front.
Inside the curtain, Queen Mother Gao was dressed in official uniform and sitting on a chair.
Through the curtain, one can vaguely see Empress Dowager Gao, who is wearing a dark blue poncho, solemn and grand.
The two temples on the head are decorated with nine dragons and four phoenixes on the ceremonial crown. There are large dragon beads in front and a tassel ball in the mouth, which is dazzling.
Two pieces of white jade are placed on both sides, and Qingluo covers the knees.
The ministers behind Queen Xiang and Zhao Xu collectively held their robes and bowed to Queen Xiang and Zhao Xu who were beside Queen Xiang.
As the left prime minister, Wang Gui and the right prime minister, Cai Que, took a step forward with jade in their hands, then bowed deeply towards the empress dowager inside the curtain, and then towards the emperor's imperial couch inside the curtain. A bow.
Queen Xiang led Zhao Xu to the curtain.
Then, Empress Xiang bowed towards the inside of the curtain and bowed: "I am telling you that the bride has brought the prince, the Prince of Yan'an County, to the palace, and respectfully begs for the Queen's mercy. The prince-to-be, the Prince of Yan'an County, is imprisoned!"
After saying that, she pulled Zhao Xu's body towards the queen and motioned for Zhao Xu to follow her in worship.
Of course Zhao Xu knew, what should he do at this moment?
But he is just a child.
Moreover, he has shown himself to be smart enough.
Too much is not enough!
What's more, if he knew everything, wouldn't Queen Xiang have no sense of participation and accomplishment?
In modern times, Zhao Xu played mobile games.
So he knew that even in those card-drawing games, drawing powerful and rare characters would not make you invincible.
You also need to upgrade your krypton gold to increase your strength, and you also need to clear maps to collect equipment.
Otherwise, what's the use of just having strong characters?
There is no sense of immersion, participation, or achievement, and players will easily give up.
So, Zhao Xu honestly, under the Queen's step-by-step demonstration and guidance, bowed to the inside of the curtain, bowed his head to the ground, and followed the Queen's whisper and said in a sweet voice: "My lord, Yan'an" The servants of the county prince ask my father whether the holy body is okay; I wish my great mother a happy blessing!"
Empress Dowager Gao, who was in the curtain, finally spoke: "The empress's request is in line with God's will and people's will!"
Then the curtain was lifted.
Outside Funing Palace, Shi Deyi, who had been waiting at the palace gate, raised the whip in his hand again.
Snapped!
The net whip tears the air, making a crisp sound.
"The prince has moved to the palace!"
Outside the Funing Palace, in the cloister, the ministers who had been summoned here to wait for orders by Empress Dowager Gao all faced the direction of the east pavilion of the Funing Palace, bowed their hands, and said one after another: "The prince is moving to the palace today. The intention is to obey the hearts of all people!"
In the Funing Hall, as the curtain was lifted, Queen Xiang took Zhao Xu and walked inside through the lifted curtain.
Behind them, the ministers had already stepped forward according to their ranks.
"Shang Shu Zuo Pushe, the minister under the door, the Duke of Xi, the minister Gui of Shangzhu..."
"Shang Shu You Pu She, Zhong Shu Shi Lang, the founding official of Qing Yuan County is indeed..."
"Shang Shu Zuo Cheng, minister Chen Dun..."
"Shang Shu You Cheng, Zhong Shu Shi Lang Chen Qing Chen..."
"Chen Hong, the Minister of the Secretariat..."
"I know that the Privy Council Minister Zhen..."
"Tongzhi Privy Council Minister Tao..."
Amidst the ups and downs of the ministers' report, all the ministers finally fell to the ground and worshiped: "I respectfully send the prince, Prince of Yan'an, to the imperial palace!"
In the curtain, Empress Dowager Gao, who was sitting on a chair, looked at Empress Xiang, took Zhao Xu, came to her, and bowed to her again.
The little imperial grandson is still very immature in terms of etiquette.
The Queen needs to be given guidance and demonstration at any time.
But he learned very quickly, almost as soon as he was taught.
Empress Dowager Gao nodded with satisfaction, then said to the ministers outside the curtain: "My lords, please get up!"
"This prince sent by your gentlemen is indeed excellent!"
"To be honest with you, my husband, I ordered Da Zongzheng and King Sipu to make fortune-tellings in front of the portraits of our ancestors in Jinling Palace. Both Da Zongzheng and King Sipu responded and said: I, in accordance with your empress's loving orders, please ask for the divination. The hexagrams that our ancestors and clans have seen are all auspicious!"
"It can be seen that even the ancestors are quite satisfied with the child chosen by the princes!"
The ministers fell to the ground and played again: "I am so frightened that I owe it to the blessings of the ancestors and the gods, and to the benevolent decree of Her Majesty the Queen Mother!"
Inside the curtain, Zhao Xu, who was being led by Queen Xiang and lying on the ground, listened to the voices of the officials outside.
He sighed inwardly.
From the corner of his eye, he couldn't help but glance at the direction of the bed where his father was currently lying.
"Sure enough, in the hearts of the ministers, my father is no longer the emperor!"
What I have known for a lifetime has now been proven again.
Zhao Xu still felt uncomfortable inside.
No king will feel comfortable!
Although, even he knew it, it would be impossible to imagine all the ministers being completely loyal to the emperor.
However, a creature like the emperor can't help but want everyone to be loyal to only one person.
Even though the emperor actually understood that this idea was very dangerous!
But I can't control it!
Zhao Xu was thinking randomly in his heart.
Outside the curtain, a table that had been prepared in Funing Palace for a long time was carried by the ministers to the prime ministers.
A piece of special jute paper was spread on the table.
This kind of jute paper is familiar to every minister.
It is the paper used exclusively by the ministers of the old political hall and the current capital hall.
Originated in the Tang Dynasty, the documents written with it were called "Tang Tie" in the Tang Dynasty. They had a very high status, even higher than the emperor's pardon letter.
Therefore, Taizu of the Song Dynasty abolished the system of hall invitations and replaced it with Zhongshu Zhazi. The original intention was to limit the power of the prime minister and prevent the phenomenon of the Tang Dynasty prime minister's hall invitation being higher than the emperor's pardon letter.
However, over the course of a hundred years, the Song Dynasty passed through two generations: Renmiao and Yingmiao.
The status of Zazi signed by the prime minister once again successfully surpassed the status of the emperor's pardon letter.
Therefore, being able to sign and stamp on jute paper became the lifelong pursuit of all scholar-bureaucrats.
Today's officials are trying to change this situation. Therefore, in the fifth year of Xining, the provincial letters were reformed, and in the first year of Yuanfeng, it was determined that the provincial letters must be recorded first and submitted to the imperial court before they can be implemented, thus suppressing the power of the prime minister again. Under the authority of the king.
At this moment, the ministers looked at the table that was brought in front of them and the jute paper placed on the table. They immediately understood what Empress Dowager Gao meant.
Since the prince has moved to the palace, there is no need to delay any longer!
Make sure you reserve your spot today!
Tonight, we will lock up the Bachelor's Academy and let the Hanlin bachelors prepare the words for establishing the governor. Tomorrow morning, we will summon all civil and military officials to read out the documents for establishing the governor in Chongzheng Hall to confirm the name and justice.
This is indeed the behavior of Empress Dowager Gao of Baoci Palace.
Coming from a family of warriors, she has a more decisive character than the empress of a family of civil servants.
Just like the Empress Cisheng Guangxian back then, she was never sloppy.
The ministers looked at each other.
Wang Gui looked panicked for a moment, and then he whispered to Cai Que: "I am an old man. My writing is not as good as before. Why don't you ask your right minister to write this letter?"
He instinctively resisted making the prince his heir, and he also wanted to see Cai Que's jokes.
Cai Que, who had never been a Hanlin scholar or a Chinese scholar, was not good at writing lyrics.
If Cai Que doesn't know his own worth and agrees hastily, he will make a big fool of himself!
Cai Que looked at the jute paper on the desk and laughed: "I have never been a minister of the two systems before, so I am not good at it. How about asking Zihou to write it?"
Zhang Dun listened, nodded, and stepped forward without hesitation.
Among the ministers present, except Wang Gui and Li Qingchen, only Zhang Dun had the experience of being a Hanlin bachelor.
When Wang Gui refused to write, in terms of seniority, it was him Zhang Dun.
Zhang Dun walked to the desk, pondered for a moment, then knelt down on the floor and started writing on the jute paper.
Soon the writing was completed on the jute paper.
Then he stood up and said to his colleagues: "Gentlemen, please see, is this a good fit?"
The ministers came forward to take a look, and saw on the jute paper, written in the standard Hanlin bachelor's font: Please make the emperor's sixth son, the Prince of Yan'an County, the crown prince.
The ministers looked at it, although they felt that Zhang Dun's writing was too straightforward.
But at this time, it is indeed necessary to write such simple and straightforward words that do not leave any loopholes for anyone.
"Written by Zi Hou, it really fits together!" Li Qingchen said after looking at it.
Cai Que also nodded: "That's exactly what it should be!"
Then he looked at Wang Gui: "What do Zuo Kui think?"
Wang Gui was silent for a moment and said, "Hasn't everyone's opinion been decided?"
Cai Que was too lazy to pay attention to Wang Gui. In Cai Que's eyes, there was no difference between Wang Gui and a dead person!
reason?
Wang Gui in the capital hall was stupid and said such words.
As a result, in the blink of an eye, public opinion exploded and the ministers had to take action.
He has trapped himself in a dead end and there is no cure!
Now, everyone has no time to pay attention to him, but when the prince is established, Yushitai will take care of him.
There is only one fate waiting for Wang Gui: to plead guilty and go out!
If the empress dowager and empress were kind and sage, he might be able to retain his dignity as prime minister of the country.
But in history, Wang Gui will definitely be convicted!
In this case, Cai Que would naturally not talk nonsense with Wang Gui.
He directly said to the other prime ministers: "Since all the officials have no objections, let's just sign it and keep it!"
"Zuo Kui please go first!"
Wang Gui lowered his head, stepped forward bravely, picked up the pen on the right side of the jute paper, and signed a cursive signature that belonged to him, Wang Gui.
After Wang Gui, Cai Que stepped forward.
Then came Zhang Dun, Li Qingchen, and Zhang Hong.
Then came Han Zhen and An Tao from Xifu.
At this point, all the ministers of the three provinces and two governments have signed and stamped their names on the jute paper in order.
The prime ministers of the East Palace are on the left side by side, and the two people of the West Palace are on the right, each with their own characters.
This jute paper has also changed from simple jute paper to a provincial note recording yellow.
As long as it is sent to the imperial court, it will be approved by the emperor.
Then, it has full legal effect and can be issued and implemented by the department, which is called a familiarity!
…
Try to reproduce it, today three provinces and two prefectures recorded yellow ripeness.
(Hanlin characters) Please make the emperor’s sixth son, Prince Yan’an, the crown prince.
right
Left
Shangshu Zuopushe and his servant (Gui)
The right servant of Shangshu is also the assistant minister of Zhongshu (accurate)
Zuo Cheng, Minister of the Secretariat of the State Council, concurrently serving as the minister (Dun)
Youcheng, Minister of the Secretariat, and Minister of the Secretariat of the Central Committee (Qing Dynasty)
Vice Minister of Zhongshu (Hong)
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Know the affairs of the Privy Council (Zhen)
Tongzhi Privy Council Affairs (Tao)
Note that "please make the prince of Yan'an County the crown prince" is written vertically.
The signatures are all in the lower right corner, but the east and west mansions are separated by a certain distance from each other.
And they are also written vertically. Under their official titles, they sign their own unique cursive calligraphy with an obvious style that is difficult for outsiders to imitate.
On the Guiji sticker of Zhang Dun's handed down calligraphy, there are his handed down cursive calligraphy, which have obvious characteristics and can be recognized at a glance.
