The emperor's wedding does not end with the bridal chamber. The next day was the day when the Queen visited the two palaces. Zhu Yijun and Zhuang Jingjia overcame the urge to sleep in, got up early, and wore wedding auspicious clothes according to the etiquette to visit the two palaces.
Because Empress Dowager Li has returned to the palace and no longer has the status of Empress Dowager Bingzheng, according to protocol, she should receive the audience after Empress Dowager Chen. When Zhu Yijun was reviewing the entire wedding process, he was afraid that Empress Dowager Li would be disappointed, so he asked Empress Dowager Chen to be more patient and planned to pay homage to Empress Dowager Li today.
The Empress Dowager Chen had an uncontested temperament. Zhu Yijun said what was in her heart, and the Empress Dowager Chen had no choice but to nod her head in agreement. Then Zhu Yijun arranged for someone to report back to Ci Sheng, but Ci Sheng firmly refused - so Zhu Yijun finally took the queen to Ciqing Palace first.
The people from the left and right palaces led the emperor to the Ciqing Palace. Empress Dowager Chen's face was filled with spring breeze, and she was crowned and enthroned. Since Zhu Yijun traveled through time, except when Empress Dowager Chen was receiving congratulations on her birthday, it was rare to see her dressed so grandly.
After the Queen Mother ascended to the throne, the main entrance of Ciqing Palace was opened wide, and the palace attendants stood on the left side of the Queen Mother holding a plate with porridge. The so-called "賳颢" recorded by Wu Xiunai is ant egg paste processed from ant eggs, which is used for "food for the emperor" and "sacrifice", and is also a delicacy on the banquet.
The internal officials paid tribute, and Zhu Yijun and the queen bowed four times outside the palace gate. The two deacons took the case to the center in front of Ciqing Palace. Empress Dowager Chen, with a smile on her face, called out Wen Yan, called Zhuang Jingjia into the inner hall, touched her hand and asked in a low voice.
Zhuang Jingjia's face turned red and she answered a few words in a low voice. Zhu Yijun didn't hear clearly outside the hall. Zhang Hong, the Chief of Ceremony next to Empress Dowager Chen, coughed in a low voice, reminding Empress Dowager Chen that this was not part of the etiquette system.
Empress Dowager Chen glanced at Zhang Hong and said, "We two mothers are talking about being considerate. Why are you coughing? You only know how to kowtow. This person's heart has been chilled by you!" Zhang Hong couldn't stand still and knelt down to apologize. .
Empress Dowager Chen smiled again and said to Zhuang Jingjia: "Don't pay attention to him. Although the rules in this palace are very strict, they have nothing to do with you and me. In the future, when you come to my palace more often, you must also drag the emperor with you. Don't let him Staying up late every day dealing with state affairs is exhausting my body."
Zhuang Jingjia lowered her head and agreed. Queen Mother Chen asked again if the emperor was kind to her. Zhuang Jingjia understood what the Queen Mother meant and replied with a "good" word with a red face, like a mosquito snoring.
Queen Mother Chen asked Zhuang Jingjia again: "Can you play mahjong? It's interesting to say that mahjong was 'invented' by the emperor. It's really interesting!"
Zhuang Jingjia shook her head and replied: "I don't know how to do it." Empress Dowager Chen encouraged her to learn quickly and opened her mouth to recite the Mahjong Sutra.
Zhu Yijun saw that this was not the case, so he broke the ceremony and went into the palace to apologize and said with a smile: "Mother, my son will go to Cining Palace with his bride. In two days, Jingjia will come to visit his mother to learn this mahjong." Empress Dowager Chen let Zhuang Jingjia go.
Zhuang Jingjia then followed the emperor out of the palace and bowed again amidst the praises of the internal officials. Empress Dowager Chen looked dignified, signaled to the minister beside her, and handed the plate of earthworms to Zhuang Jingjia. Zhuang Jingjia placed it on the table in front of the palace and bowed again.
The internal official praised: "The ceremony is over!" Zhu Yijun breathed out, said a few words to Queen Mother Chen, and then went straight to Cining Palace with Zhuang Jingjia.
The ceremony outside Cining Palace was brief. Empress Dowager Li also had a smile on her face as she accepted the courtesy from the emperor and empress. She was accustomed to observing etiquette and did not make any mistakes like Empress Dowager Chen.
After the etiquette was completed, Zhuang Jingjia returned to Kunning Palace, and Zhu Yijun returned to Qianqing Palace to handle the memorial.
The third day was the day of thanksgiving. Early in the morning, Zhu Yijun no longer wore the wedding clothes, but the emperor's crown clothes. The queen still wore the formal clothes and went to the two palaces together to perform eight bows like yesterday. Today, the two palaces each want to call the queen in to talk - yesterday the Empress Dowager Chen allowed the queen to enter the inner palace directly, which indeed violated the wedding procedures, but she allowed the queen to enter the palace in advance, which was also a good gesture.
Then the two returned to the Palace of Qianqing, where Zhu Yijun changed out of his crown clothes, took on the Pi Bian clothes, and ascended to the throne. The female officer Zan Yin introduced the queen, came forward to bow down, and bowed eight times to Zhu Yijun. After this worship, the newlywed equality period between Zhu Yijun and Zhuang Jingjia ended. At this time, the two were divided in terms of etiquette and law - otherwise the emperor was called a loner, and his wife was equal to him for three days.
After Zhuang Jingjia paid homage to the emperor, she returned to Kunning Palace, wore the queen's crown, and was enthroned. The internal officials invited King Lu, the princess and other relatives of the Zhu family to pay eight obeisances to the queen, and Princess Leping was among them. After this worship, the distinction between king and minister between King Lu, the princess and the queen was clearly stated. To them, the queen is the king and they are the ministers.
Later, Zhuang Jingjia's mother and sister, Zhu Yijun's mother-in-law, sister-in-law and other relatives who entered the palace early in the morning and were waiting in Kunning Palace, paid eight obeisances to Zhuang Jingjia. This is still the use of etiquette to cut off family ties and let everyone understand the distinction between monarch and minister.
After Zhuang Jingjia took the opportunity to finish talking to her mother and sister, the female officer led the six ministers and other female officers into the palace to perform eight obeisances. Afterwards, the internal officials and envoys from various supervisory bureaus in the inner court were invited to perform eight obeisances. The purpose of this visit was to let these people get to know the queen and clarify her legal status as the master of the queen's harem.
Zhu Yijun from the Qianqing Palace waited for the queen to express her gratitude and then went to the Fengtian Palace. The edict was issued at home and abroad: "I am only in the position of Liangyi, carrying the heaven and earth... The most recent ones are the Queen Mother of the Holy Mother and the Queen Mother of the Holy Mother. I ask for the official letter to be accompanied by Shu. I bow to you. I look up to you. I would like to inform heaven, earth and the ancestral temple of my kindness. On March 9, the fifth year of Wanli, I enthroned the Zhuang family as the queen and took the position in the middle palace. To jointly carry out the ancestral worship and support the two palaces, Zhaofeng transformed into Jiuwei and Mianben branch. For eternity. Proclamation at home and abroad. Xian envoys will hear about it."
After this edict was promulgated, all the countries and subjects in the world knew that there was a master of the harem, and he was the Zhuang family.
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The next two days are the day of congratulations and the day of giving. Early on the fourth day, all civil and military officials came to the table in court uniforms to celebrate. Zhu Yijun went to the Huagai Hall with his crown, and the prince, prince, wedding deacons, etc. entered the hall one by one to salute. Then Zhu Yijun ascended to the palace, led by officials, and hundreds of officials came to congratulate him.
On the same day, the queen accepted the prince and his son to go into the inner palace to celebrate the eighth prayer, and the married woman went into the palace to pray for the eighth prayer. The queen mothers of the two palaces also wore formal attire and ascended to the palace respectively, received congratulations from their wives and received congratulations from their wives.
Bathing Day is the last day of the long wedding ceremony. The queen wants to set an example for the daughter-in-law in the world on how to serve her mother-in-law: in the early morning, the food supervisor prepares the food for the ceremony. The queen went to the two palaces in formal attire and passed on meals. The Queen went to the Queen Mother's case and bowed four times. The female officer of the Shangshi Bureau presented the queen with a meal, and the queen took the meal to the table, then bowed four times and stepped back to stand southwest of the Queen Mother. After the Queen Mother had eaten a few mouthfuls, she returned to the palace after the ceremony.
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It's not easy to be a queen, and it's not easy to be the queen mother's daughter-in-law. Zhuang Jingjia was bowing and receiving gifts like a puppet these days, and was so disturbed by the etiquette in the palace that she couldn't even laugh. Fortunately, the emperor's company in Kunning Palace every night made her feel better.
As a modern person, Zhu Yijun was afraid that Zhuang Jingjia would get pregnant at a young age, so he didn't have sex with her every day, and he used some tricks when he did. Zhuang Jingjia asked him why he was like this, and Zhu Yijun gave her a physical hygiene lesson.
Although the good relationship between the two was mixed, Zhuang Jingjia was still troubled when the wedding was over - the emperor issued an order on the orders of the two palaces, and named the Wang family's Xi sister as the Zhao concubine, and the Yang family's famous concubine as the Yi concubine, ordering " The Ministry of Rites will select a day to hear the rituals."
The two concubines were settled, and then the nine concubines took their places. Compared with Zhuang Jingjia's pomp, these people were only carried in from the side gate of the imperial city on a sedan chair. The canonization ceremony for the two concubines can be more complicated. The Duke and the ministers will preside over the canonization in Jinshen Hall, but compared with the treatment Zhuang Jingjia enjoys, it cannot be calculated.
Although the concubines and concubines who were canonized had to salute the queen, and they could only stand and serve her when the queen was present, Empress Zhuang still felt as uncomfortable as a ball of cotton stuck in her heart. What's even more annoying is that the Shangyi Bureau will make a list of the concubines every day, and the queen will arrange where Zhu Yijun will stay at night - this power is so poisonous that Zhuang Jingjia almost broke her teeth.
However, the object on Zhu Yijun's body was also called "The Umbilical Cord of History." No matter how panicked Zhuang Jingjia was, she had to pretend to be generous and not dare to dote on her. Zhu Yijun was more particular about this aspect. Except for staying one night each in Zhao Fei and Yi Fei, Zhu Yijun refused no matter what the queen arranged for the rest of the time, and took the initiative to live in Kunning Palace. Only then did Zhuang Jingjia Feeling better.
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As the wedding dust settled, Zhu Yijun turned his attention to political affairs. On March 26, Zhu Yijun issued the first imperial edict after pro-government: "Since I ascended the throne, I have been diligently seeking governance. I dare not fail to encourage pro-government and love the people diligently. Although the country's economy is getting rich day by day, it still cannot help. To benefit the world. It is pitiable that hundreds of millions of people are crying and waiting for food. Whenever there is a disaster, the people are harmed and cannot be saved. I am caring for the people. Wouldn't I be ashamed? However, the accumulation is getting deeper and deeper, and it will be difficult to return for a while."
"It has been two hundred and nine years since the ancestors established the Ji! When the world changes, things will change. When time changes, the trend will change. Good things have to be done. Can we use one method to last forever? Today is governance, and we should use the pioneering trend to rule the world. , The world should not be governed by the power of being established; the world should be governed by the power of the sea that embraces all rivers, and the world should not be governed by the power of unification! If you create new things, you can renew them, and good laws can lead to governance; if you maintain your achievements, you can follow the old rules, and old disadvantages will accumulate. "
"To govern the world, one must examine and choose the way to govern, and then take measures to implement it. Yi said: 'Every day is new, which is called virtue.' The book says: 'People only seek the old, and tools only seek the new.' The Zhongyong said: 'Reinforce the old. And know the new. The old and the new, the rise and fall of the past and the present, and the path of rise and fall exist. Those who are in charge of politics and government, would rather not think deeply about it?"
"I now want to reform politics and carry out heaven's will to create a new governance. Yi said: 'The Qianyuan period uses nine, and the world is civilized'. This is my ambition."
"And the way to govern is to win people. Today, the Minister of the Ministry of official affairs, the Shuanglu of the Food Count, Zhang Juzheng, the great scholar of the Intermediate Hall, all the people have started to govern. If they are well-prepared, they will be successful. If they work hard, they will make the country rich. , raising the people, priests, running the army, and recruiting talents, everything can be done without asking for my help. Only by understanding the emotions and uniting all their efforts, being careful about the left and right, and regulating the yin and yang, can the Yuan auxiliary be manifested.
Therefore, there is a special edict: Zhang Juzheng will be given the title of "Prime Minister of the Cabinet" immediately to reward him for his hard work and dedication to his duties, and his contribution to revitalizing the country. It also illustrates my intention to reform politics and innovate and seek governance. Although I am not rewarded, I still show my sincerity and sincerity, and I am convinced - I ordered this minister not to say goodbye! "
