In the ceremony of entering the palace, officials were sent to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, the ancestral temple, and the state. They entered the Meridian Gate through the Daming Gate. They first went to the Wenhua Hall to review the draft of the enthronement edict and the imperial title. Then they went to the Huagai Hall to put on mourning clothes and go to the Huagai Hall to offer sacrifices to Emperor Daxing and receive the order. , and then went to the Fengtian Hall to put on his robes and crown and pay homage to his ancestors.
Then there is the enthronement ceremony, and the process is even more complicated.
At this moment, the enthronement ceremony was running without stopping, and no one was interested in arguing about anything.
The people of Qin Tianjian should set the time drums, the Honglu Temple should set up the table, the Jiaofang Department should arrange the rituals and music, and the Jin Yiwei should prepare clouds, clouds, pans and clouds. The twelve supervisors, four departments and eight bureaus in the palace were all busy, and the emperor's guard of honor was preparing to welcome the emperor into the city.
With everything busy outside, Zhu Houcong temporarily returned to the palace.
We set out to enter Daming Gate at noon.
Yuan Zonggao looked at Zhu Houcong from the side and suddenly said softly: "I am not as good as Zhou Xizheng."
Zhu Houcong was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed: "Master Yuan is humbled."
"When I left the palace, Your Highness was less than nine years old. Your Highness is now a saint, so I hope that your merits will be even greater."
"... Master Zhou has indeed taught a lot, but during this period of time, Mr. Zhou has gained a lot of insight into the situation of the DPRK, and his rhetorical strategies when arguing with Mr. Yang Ge and others are also quite effective."
Zhu Houcong was not very proud.
Because of this, strictly speaking, he had been preparing for more than a year.
Although he knew the general strategy, Zhu Houcong's biggest reliance was actually the fact that Yang Tinghe and the Queen Mother finally gave in. The great ritual discussion caused so many people to be killed, but the world did not become chaotic because of this incident.
In this case, he thought of using this opportunity of meeting for the first time to establish some rules.
After all, Lao Qin said that Yang Ting and the others did have a hard time in the early days of Jiajing. Jiajing was too suspicious and not confident enough, so he continued to fight for power through ritual discussions. Yang Ting and others wanted to compete with Jiajing while also implementing the New Deal, which gave Jiajing a bit of a renaissance in its early years.
Zhu Houcong really felt that there was no need to worry about this matter.
The subsequent operations of dedicating the king to the ancestral temple and making Zhu Di the ancestor would really make Zhu Di's coffin board very excited.
In comparison, Yang Ting and the others are more stimulated now, but in the future, they will become more and more "kind", which will have another benefit.
Does this count as PUA against Yang Ting and them?
Yuan Zonggao didn't know what Zhu Houcong was thinking about, but just looked at him with some admiration: "Xizheng's letter said more about His Highness's intelligence and diligence. Today His Highness was so enlightened in front of the cabinet ministers. It's a pity that Xizheng is old and can't come to Beijing to hear it together." Witness it. I and Xizheng dare not speak out about their merits. They have no qualms facing people like Mr. Yang Ge, but it is His Majesty who speaks sharply and with sound reasons."
Zhu Houcong thought to himself that I have the heart of an adult after all. He smiled and shook his head: "It makes me look even more lonely. Being at the forefront for the sake of the emperor is also a sign of not knowing how to use the emperor's power, right?"
"With today's debate, who dares to despise Your Majesty so much? The king's power is used according to the time, and hidden according to the time." Yuan Zonggao knelt down with emotion: "Your Majesty today is not only subdued, but also the victory of justice. Your Majesty's destiny is fulfilled, It is truly a blessing to the Ming Dynasty. I will work with all my heart and soul to help Your Majesty clarify the world and revive the Ming Dynasty."
"Yuan... Qing, I'm fine." Zhu Houcong accepted the flattery and loyalty of his childhood teacher, and after helping him up, he stopped smiling, "Since I have been ordered, I will live up to your teacher's teachings. I am willing to revitalize the Ming Dynasty. It is your duty, sir, and I hope you will give me more encouragement every day."
At this moment, the real monarch and his ministers looked at each other.
Sixty-eight-year-old Yuan Zonggao is also very old. He has lived in Jiangxi for many years and looks older than Zhou Zhao.
His eyes were a little red, and he was also pleased: "I don't know how long I can assist His Majesty, but from what I have seen in these few days, Your Highness is kind to others, behaves well, has far-reaching aspirations, and has a big heart. Today, it seems that Liang Shuhou has returned to his heart, and Jiang Jingzhi is ready to make a move. After he ascends the throne, he will be rewarded based on his merits, the major case of Qian Ning and Jiang Bin, the years of dispute between Yang Jiefu and Wang Dehua, and the selection of new ones in the imperial examination. I think your majesty has already thought about it. "
"Take your time." Zhu Houcong said with a smile, "Yuan Qing will serve in Jiangxi. If he has good talents, I can recommend him. Due to the limited background of the royal family official, I am afraid that there will be no successor. Then Xie Changjie..."
An angry look appeared on Yuan Zonggao's face: "As the chief historian of the palace, he actually did such an unfaithful, unworthy, corrupt and perverting of the law! This person cannot be used!"
"Of course it is not available." Zhu Houcong sighed lightly, "When the disputes arise again, let's kill the chicken to scare the monkey. Since I have become the emperor, there is no distinction between old ministers in the court and former ministers in the residence. Only the talents are selected, and the talents are selected and used."
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
Zhu Houcong smiled and saw Zhang Zuo walking into the hall, kneeling down and saying, "Your Majesty, noon has arrived. Please move your majesty."
Yuan Zonggao stood up again, saluted, and went out first to join the hundred officials.
Zhu Houcong was surrounded by only the people in the inner palace, including Gu Dayong, Zhang Jin, Wei Lin, Zhang Zuo and Huang Jin.
He walked forward and said, "Gu Dayong."
"The slave is here!"
"You also heard what I said today." Zhu Houcong said lightly, "What new insights do you have now about what you said before?"
Gu Da lowered his head and replied in a low voice: "It's your fault. Your Majesty is talented and decisive. It should be your Majesty's, so of course it belongs to your Majesty."
"After all, serving the emperor brother for so many years has been a bit hard work." Zhu Houcong glanced at him, "Now that Qian Ning and Jiang Bin are in prison, and there is still the Chenhao Rebellion, people who have taken credit are still being traced. The public situation is fierce, and you can't hide. It's over. After you return to the palace, you two can discuss it carefully, and I will deal with it simply, so that you will not have a miserable life in the future. "
"... This servant would like to thank Your Majesty for your great kindness."
Gu Dayong knelt behind him, thinking about what his godson relayed last night when he came to deliver the oral message.
Wei Bin and the others made a mistake in their calculation. His Majesty did not really want to break up with the courtiers and replace them with a new group of people.
In this matter, Yang Ting and the others went down the steps without much power to fight back on the spot.
A few remnants of the Eight Tigers are trying to be villains in vain, and they still want to fish in troubled waters.
After today, will the DPRK and China continue to fight over the issue of Your Majesty's succession, so that they can have both sides in the struggle between the Queen Mother, Your Majesty, and the courtiers?
It's over!
Your Majesty has cut the knot with a sharp sword, and the situation has been decided.
Fortunately, His Majesty finally agreed to give them a night to receive some of the things they had in their hands for the sake of what he had risked his life to see him.
Since it is a night scene, it is not a prison or execution ground after all.
He knelt behind him. Zhu Houcong had already walked out of the palace, and strange faces knelt down on one knee. This was a military courtesy.
The butt determines the head, and the times determine the approach.
Zhu Houcong can neither fully apply the thinking and concepts of later generations to many current matters, nor is he qualified to look down on anyone from a moral standpoint.
Gu Dayong, Wei Bin, and Zhang Yong are indeed unclean, but they have their role.
Zhu Houcong knew that this first victory was nothing, because he had lifted the roof, making Yang Ting and others extremely worried about what he would do after he succeeded to the throne, so he retreated and agreed to open a window for him.
If Zhu Houcong hadn't retracted his overall assessment of "conservative" and told them that "everyone is heading in the same direction," how could Yang Ting and the others have stopped so easily?
What follows is a lifetime of eternal battles, quarrels related to personnel arrangements, financial control, and major political policies.
But now, the thing that Yang Ting and they were most afraid of, Zhu Houcong had to give them some hope.
That is to clean up those ministers and fortunate ministers in the Zhengde Dynasty who were arrogant and arrogant and domineering.
Otherwise, Yang Ting and the others would continue to cause trouble. After all, that was the real problem involved: the emperor really didn't trust them.
At the moment, Yang Ting and the others are not stopping him for the time being. That's just because they don't want to be traitors in this matter and don't have the guts to covet greater power.
To put it bluntly, a loyal minister was pointed at a gun by a powerful monarch.
But you can't really point a gun at them all the time, and there are many eunuchs sharpening their knives standing next to them.
So we had to clear out Gu Dayong and the others. After all, this was what we had to do.
Fortunately, they already had this awareness, and their original expectations were already pitifully low. Zhu Houcong was able to take over the power in their hands and seemed to be merciful to them.
Zhu Houcong had just finished the first battle with a strategy, and he no longer had a strategy for everything that followed.
But he is going to ascend the throne after all, and imperial power will be his weapon, the most powerful weapon.
Terrible imperial power.
"Get started!"
In the long and loud voice, Da Jia Lu Bu slowly started to move.
He is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and now he takes office in the capital!
