Factory owner is king

Chapter 154 The new emperor ascends the throne
Qianqing Palace

Behind the tablet of Emperor Hongwu is a huge coffin containing Zhu Yuanzhang's body.The body is covered with a golden silk brocade quilt, surrounded by various incense candles, paper horses, and white silk flowers.

The civil and military ministers in front of the tablets knelt down and wailed bitterly, one by one piercing their hearts, as if they wanted to die in the burial.But in fact, if someone pulls back the sleeves of the robes that cover their faces, they will find that there is a tear on their faces.There is no trace of sadness in the eyes.

Emperor Hongwu regarded his officials as worthless, and his officials naturally regarded him as a hater, but they hid their hatred and didn't talk about it.

Now that Zhu Yuanzhang is dead, they didn't laugh out loud on the spot because they were afraid of losing their heads. Otherwise, they probably wanted to celebrate with a whip.

Xu Ruyi glanced coldly at the civil and military ministers, and then turned her gaze to Zhu Yunqi who was at the front.Kneeling on both knees, silently looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's tablet.There was no cry, but the shrugged shoulders and raised sleeves from time to time all showed that he was really sad.The pain of the loss of a loved one can only be understood by true loved ones.

At some point, Chen Di, the Minister of Rites, walked up to the crowd with a brocade box in his hand and shouted loudly: "Here is the photo of the Emperor Daxing. All the ministers are bowing to you!"

All the ministers said long live, and bowed their heads.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said: I have been entrusted with the destiny for thirty years. I have been worried about dangers, and I have worked hard every day to benefit the people. Nai started from humble beginnings, and I have no great knowledge of the ancients. I like good and evil, and I can't go far. Today, the principle of the nature of all things is obtained, and there is a reason for mourning. The emperor's grandson Yunwen, benevolent and filial friends, the world is united, and it is appropriate to ascend to the throne. Civil and military officials at home and abroad work together to assist the government, so as to comfort our people. Funeral ritual objects, do not use gold and jade. Filial piety. Because of this reason, the mausoleum, mountains and rivers should not be changed. The subjects of the world, crying for three days, will all release their clothes, and there is no need to marry and marry. When the kings come to the country, they should not go to the capital. Those who are not in the order, follow this order to do it. "

"Long live!"

"His Majesty!!!"

The wailing was even worse.

After reading Chen Di's posthumous photo, he led his ministers to ask the new king to take the throne according to the system.Zhu Yunqi was restless, but he reluctantly went through the process of three requests and three resignations.Finally, with a sound of "Long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Zhu Yunqi was crowned emperor and became the natural second emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty also opened a new chapter on the night of May 31, Hongwu 24.

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In the next month, the whole court was very busy.When the emperor died, he had to go beyond what he did, and he had to be buried in a mausoleum.The new emperor needs to hold a grand ceremony in front of the Hongwu Gate to announce to the world when he ascends the throne, and he needs to formulate a decree to benefit the people: such as amnesty to the world, such as exempting the tax arrears from various places over the years, and rewarding the ministers, and so on.

Fortunately, most of these matters already have legal systems, and we just need to go step by step.The Ministry of Etiquette is in charge of imperial court etiquette, and has already prepared a draft for all these, so it can be regarded as orderly.

East Factory
Xu Ruyi took the silk scarf that Feng Si handed over to wipe off the water stains on her face, and asked, "How is it? I picked you up from the palace. Are you still used to it recently?"

Holding the copper basin, Feng Si smiled at Yan Yan: "What I do in the palace is to serve people, it's still the same when I come out, so why not get used to it."

He said complaining words, but it could be heard from the tone that he was just joking.

Xu Ruyi smiled and said, "I didn't ask you to serve me. This is all voluntary, and I can't rely on it."

"Okay, okay, it's all of my own free will." Feng Si rolled her eyes, angrily pulled the silk scarf on Xu Ruyi's hand, and turned away: "The food is all ready and placed on the table. I will remember to eat later. I will go out to buy food first."

Xu Ruyi shook her head and smiled wryly.

"Master." The chunky Yunzheng came out of the room and said with a smile, "Miss Fengsi prepared your favorite mutton pie today. It looks really delicious."

"Okay, let's eat together. You didn't eat when you came here early in the morning, right?" Xu Ruyi smiled and walked into the room.

On the table were two bowls of rice porridge, six pies, a plate of tofu mixed with shallots, and a stack of cold tripe shreds.It looks very appetizing.

"What's going on with Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai recently?" Xu Ruyi asked, holding a bowl of porridge.

It seems to be a common habit of Chinese people to work while eating and eat while working, and Xu Ruyi is no exception.

"Return to the governor's words." Yun Zheng thought for a while, and said, "Yesterday, I heard from Ye Yuze that Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai are both preparing for Enke. It seems that Huang Zicheng wants to be the chief examiner of liberal arts, and Qi Tai wants to be the examiner. The chief examiner of martial arts. I haven't heard of any other movement."

Xu Ruyi raised her eyebrows: "It seems that they are preparing to cultivate their own forces." After thinking for a while, Xu Ruyi ordered: "Tell Ye Yuze to think about the systems and regulations related to martial arts prepared by Qi Tai. Make a copy of the method and send it to Ruyu. Let Ruyu take a look at it and report it to the emperor when the time comes."

"Yes." Yun Zheng wrote it down carefully, and then asked, "Where is Huang Zicheng?"

"Don't worry about him." Xu Ruyi smiled and said, "His efforts are wasted. The emperor has a benevolent temperament, and no matter how many officials he wins over, he can't say a word to the close and trusted people around him."

The two were talking, and a fan over there came to report: "Master Governor, Commander, Master Long and Master Fei are back, and they are waiting in the lobby now."

"Understood. Let's go down." Xu Ruyi looked at Yunzheng: "Let's go, I haven't seen you for more than a year, but I'm back."

The two put down their bowls and chopsticks and came to the lobby.

In the lobby, apart from Yamazaki Tatsuya and Hua Pengfei, there was also a woman in white with a mask.Tall, with charming eyebrows and eyes.Tingting sat curlingly on the chair, playing with a small jade gourd in her hand.

Seeing Xu Ruyi and Yun Zheng come in, Yamazaki Ryuya and Hua Pengfei stood up and cupped their hands: "Master."

Xu Ruyi nodded, pointed at the strange woman, and motioned for the two to introduce her.

"Shen Hongxian. The current Patriarch of Jinzhen's Shen family. Don't you want to see me?" The woman's voice was languid.

Xu Ruyi said "oh", sat down on the main seat in the middle, glanced at Yamazaki Tatsuya, saw that his right arm was still empty, and said unhappily: "Is the distance from Nanjing to Nanjiang close? But running back and forth for at most three or four months is enough. You have been away for almost a year, and our family thought it was an arm grafted by the way. I didn’t expect what it would be like when you left, and what it would be like when you came back.”

"Successor, my Shen family can indeed do it, but it needs to use the concentric Gu of the Southern Border Five Poison Sect." Shen Hongxian lightly shook the small jade gourd in his hand: "After a lot of effort, I finally got it. As for his hand, I can connect it to him at any time, but we’ll talk about that later.

Ren Xiao is still staying at my Shen family, and the condition I mentioned to you before was only completed in terms of money.How are you preparing for the rest? "

"Shaolin Repayment Pill, our family will naturally get it for you when we turn back, and our family has already prepared the seven Jiazi masters. The only thing we need to discuss in detail is the matter of letting your Shen family come back out of the rivers and lakes." Xu Ruyi pondered and said: "Our family has heard about your Shen family in detail. You used to have human skin masks, which are too dangerous. Even if you say that you don't have any, no one will believe you. So Well, our family is going to let you hang under the name of the imperial court, so how about reopening the mountain gate in this city of Nanjing?"

"Hanging under the name of the imperial court and being appointed by the imperial court everywhere, then what kind of sect is my Shen family?" Shen Hongxian shook her head in response.

"You want to bring the Shen family back out of the rivers and lakes, but you don't want to be protected by the court?" Xu Ruyi asked back, "Do you think it's possible?"

"I didn't say I wouldn't be protected by the court, I just said that I didn't want to be assigned by the court." Shen Hongxian shook his head and chuckled, then pointed at Ryuya Yamazaki: "If you agree, I can connect Ryuya Yamazaki's hand today. After that After you finish everything, my Shen family will help you cure Ren Xiao, how about it?"

"Only accept the protection of the imperial court, and not be assigned by the imperial court?" Xu Ruyi thought for a while, and felt that although the matter was a bit difficult, it was not impossible.

Putting the Shen family directly under the name of the imperial court, no matter it is the four religions and seven sects or other miscellaneous fish and wild dogs, they will not easily embarrass the Shen family easily, otherwise the imperial court can send troops to suppress it at any time.But if there is no connection with the imperial court on the surface, then any problems can only be solved by his Dongchang.Under the development of Xu Ruyi in the past few years, Dongchang has a certain prestige even in the Jianghu.After all, under Dongchang today, there are so many masters, and ordinary sects can't compare at all.

So Xu Ruyi finally nodded in agreement.

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Wenhua Hall

Liu Xi, the new chief executive, was holding a fly whisk in his hand, with his eyes slightly closed, looking at his toes.And three feet in front of him, Huang Zicheng was talking at length about the great truth that "those who have gained the Tao will be helped more, and those who have lost the Tao will be helped little".

Being an emperor is not easy, especially for Zhu Yunqi, who is still a bit weak and soft, being an emperor is really not an easy task.Although he was the actual controller of the world for more than half a year, but at that time his grandfather was still there, and he was full of confidence when he sat up.But now that the emperor's grandfather is gone, when he has to rely on himself, he always feels a little lack of confidence when facing the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

Huang Zicheng's endless eloquence in front of him actually had only one central idea, that is, the three sons of King Yan came to Beijing to express their filial piety. Although King Yan had the intention of rebellion, out of respect for filial piety, the court had to transfer King Yan's three sons to the capital. If the son is put back, their filial piety will be stained, and the court will lose the justice of the world, which will be detrimental to the future of raising troops to reduce the vassal.

Regarding Huang Zicheng's words, Zhu Yunqi didn't quite agree with them.After many years of poisonous chicken soup instilled by Xu Ruyi, he is no longer the political novice in history, but out of his natural fear of Huang Zicheng, he is a little entangled and doesn't know how to oppose it.

"Your Majesty, the court must give enough respect to the three sons of King Yan, and there must be no mistakes or omissions in the etiquette and hospitality, otherwise they will be ridiculed by the world. How will we be able to bring righteousness to the king's teacher in the future? Please think twice, Your Majesty." Huang Zicheng said here , bow deeply.

"I will carefully consider what the Huang Qing family said, please rest assured." Zhu Yunwen waved his hand exhausted physically and mentally.

After seeing Huang Zicheng calling Long Live, Zhu Yunwen leaned back and sat slumped on the dragon chair.

"Your Majesty, I'm tired of hearing it." Liu Xi said softly, poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to Zhu Yunqi.

Zhu Yunwen finally took a sip from the teacup, and then put it on the table again.But the frowning brows gradually eased a lot.Longjing tea has some soft white sugar added to it.The bittersweet fragrance calmed his heart a lot: "It's because you are caring, you added not too much sugar, just right."

"Your Majesty." Liu Xi smiled and said, "I don't understand the important affairs of the court, but seeing Your Majesty frowning and worrying all day long, I feel bad in my heart. I have no skills, so I can only pour you a cup of sweet tea." gone."

"Alas." Zhu Yunwen sighed.Liu Xi's words warmed his heart.

The hall fell silent for a while.After a long time, Zhu Yunwen opened his eyes and said, "Liu Xi, go ask, is Ruyi still here?"

"Yes, I will ask you now, slave girl." After speaking, Liu Xi walked out.Coincidentally, as soon as he left the palace gate, he happened to see Xu Ruyi walking towards the bright sun in a brocade robe.

"Governor," Liu Xi whispered, "Huang Zicheng wanted your majesty to put the three sons of Prince Yan back after they had expressed condolences. His aggressive tone made your majesty unhappy."

"Did His Majesty say anything?"

"When Huang Zicheng was here, His Majesty didn't say anything, only that he would consider it."

"Well, I see." Xu Ruyi nodded, and the two headed into the hall.

"Your Majesty, as soon as this servant came out of the hall, I happened to have a face-to-face meeting with Eunuch Ruyi." Liu Xi came to Zhu Yunqi's side and said with a smile.

"Slave Xu Ruyi pays my respects..." Before Xu Ruyi could finish speaking, Zhu Yunqi smiled and said, "Get up quickly, didn't you say that, there is no outsider, between you and me it is as usual." Waved repeatedly : "Give me a seat, give me a seat quickly."

After a while, a young eunuch brought a chair and asked Xu Ruyi to sit down.

Xu Ruyi thought for a while, and said, "Your Majesty, you are frowning, it seems that something is bothering you?"

"Don't mention it." Zhu Yunwen complained: "Didn't my fourth uncle send his three sons to Beijing to express condolences to Grandpa Huang? Calculating the distance, we should arrive almost tomorrow. I was originally considering whether to take the opportunity to send his The three sons detained me. This morning, Houhe tried a little tentatively to mention it to Huang Qing's family. Unexpectedly, he told me everything from all over the world, from Yao, Shun, and Yu Tang all the way to King Zhou, Wu and Zheng. I pulled out everything that was not there, good guy, I didn’t even drink any saliva, and I kept talking for almost an hour. The meaning is one thing, the third son of King Yan must be put back, otherwise it will be immoral and unethical."

Hearing Zhu Yunqi's complaints, Xu Ruyi was almost not happy: "Your Majesty, that person surnamed Huang is also your teacher after all, why does he sound like a fast-talking storyteller in your mouth?"

"Don't say goodbye, they are incomparable." Zhu Yunwen stayed with Xu Ruyi for a long time, and his words were very bad: "If you don't believe it, just look at it, throw Huang Qing's family into a teahouse, and he can make a penny. Miracle."

(End of this chapter)