How did you, a prisoner on death row, become an important weapon of the country? Yecheng Gao Weiming

As Li Xin rushed to the capital, national mourning also began.

In fact, it was said that he and the Ministry of Rites negotiated together, but in the end he was still busy alone.

Because after Zhu Youxiao's death, the Ministry of Rites had a more important thing to do, which was to prepare for the new emperor's enthronement ceremony.

When an emperor ascends the throne, he will hold an extremely grand enthronement ceremony, and all matters must be started at least one month in advance.

pity.

Zhu Youxiao's death was too sudden, and no successor could be appointed in advance, so the Ministry of Rites could only make hasty preparations.

Therefore, most of the national mourning matters fell on Li Xin.

He doesn't have it easy either.

According to the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, the funeral of the Daxing Emperor was extremely cumbersome.

After Li Xin arrived in the capital, his first step was to dispatch funeral communicators from all walks of life, riding fast horses to all parts of the country to report the funeral news of the Daxing Emperor.

Then he supervised the wearing of clothes, requiring everyone from Zhu Youjian to all civil and military officials, and even all the people in the world to wear sackcloth and wear mourning for 27 days.

At the same time, all entertainment venues such as operas, sacrifices, brothels, and gambling houses were closed for 49 days, civil weddings and funerals were suspended for one month, and the slaughter of livestock was prohibited nationwide for days.

In other words.

After the death of Emperor Daxing, the whole country ate vegetarian food to express their condolences.

This is still superficial.

Other matters are more complicated.

He wanted to urge Zhu Youjian to personally put on Zhu Youxiao's shroud, bury him in the Zi Palace (coffin), and place him in the Palace of Qianqing to show that he died in peace.

Although the Qianqing Palace was destroyed by the big explosion and is still under construction, it can't be cared about.

After Zhu Youxiao lay in the coffin, a grand worship ceremony began.

The royal relatives, the concubines of the harem, and the civil and military officials all take turns to mourn.

Zhu Youjian and the late emperor and empress Zhang Yan even wore sackcloth and wore mourning to keep vigil in front of the coffin.

After a few days of vigil, the funeral can be held on an auspicious day. At that time, Zhu Youjian will lead a huge funeral procession and personally hold the coffin and walk all the way to Deling Mausoleum in Tianshou Mountain.

Another memorial ceremony was held in the Deling Hui'en Hall. After the temple, posthumous and honorary titles were determined for the late emperor, the entire state funeral ceremony was completed by watching Emperor Daxing being carried into the Xuan Palace.

At this time, the new emperor who returned to Beijing could not yet ascend the throne.

He wanted to first worship the late emperor's queen, concubines, and others as the queen mother and concubine, honor them with titles, and properly arrange for the widow.

After everything is settled, your own enthronement ceremony can be held in 27 days.

It is at this point that the throne is completely transferred.

But before that, the country cannot live without a king for a day.

Therefore, during the wake, the cabinet also held a persuasion ceremony to persuade Zhu Youjian to ascend the throne as soon as possible.

Whether he ascends to the throne or not is put aside for now. The main thing is to confirm that he is the legitimate heir of the emperor and start issuing edicts as emperor.

This is the same as the wedding ceremony for us couples.

There must always be a process of mutual correction.

then.

After keeping vigil for six days, tomorrow we will go to Tianshou Mountain for mourning.

The persuasion ceremony for Qianqing Palace began.

Li Xin stood aside, looking coldly at Shi Fenglai, the current chief minister of the cabinet, and tremblingly reciting Emperor Tianqi's [Posthumous Edict].

Zhu Youxiao's death was so sudden that it was naturally impossible to write a will. This was written on behalf of a cabinet official.

Anyway, everyone witnessed the marriage of brother and brother with their own eyes, so there was no doubt about it.

The reason that makes Shi Fenglai, the chief assistant of the cabinet, tremble...

Scared.

He was afraid that after the little emperor Zhu Youjian ascended the throne, he would immediately liquidate himself.

After all, he is also a member of the eunuch party and one of Wei Zhongxian's godsons.

After reading the funeral photos, Shi Fenglai led all the officials to kneel down and kowtow in front of Zhu Youxiao's coffin.

"His Royal Highness King Xin..."

"Here is the imperial edict of the Daxing Emperor. His Highness's virtues are sung by hundreds of workers in the court. The common people sing praises in the wild. The sky hangs down its elephants. The four spirits act as signs. The prophecies are clear. The hope of humans and gods..."

Shi Fenglai shouted disgusting words of flattery and finally said.

"I also ask Your Highness to immediately abide by the imperial edict and ascend the throne and be honored as a great treasure..."

The civil and military officials behind him immediately shouted loudly.

"Please also ask Your Highness to ascend the throne immediately and be honored as a great treasure..."

Zhu Youjian was originally kneeling in front of his elder brother's soul, but he was shocked when he heard this.

He stood up and waved his hands repeatedly, trembling with fear.

"How can this be! How can this be so! My lords!"

"How can I be so virtuous and worthy of being honored as a great treasure? My lords, stop talking. If you continue to talk, how can I have the dignity to kneel before the late emperor's spirit?"

After saying that, he knelt down again in a pretentious manner.

When Shi Fenglai saw this, he cursed secretly in his heart.

okay!

Stop being so fucking pretentious.

From the day Emperor Tianqi died, you, Zhu Youjian, became the master of this empire.

It's a pity that you have to make three concessions during the persuasion ceremony, otherwise you will be ridiculed by the world.

What are three concessions and three concessions?

He was the person with the highest status among the civil servants, who led the officials to persuade them to advance three times.

The next emperor had to decline three times, saying that he was not virtuous enough to serve as emperor.

Civil officials have to die to persuade him, and his successors have to die to persuade him.

In the end, I was able to complete the whole ceremony until my face was red and my neck was thick.

This kind of bullshit rule is actually very helpless for both parties.

Shi Fenglai had no choice but to kowtow again.

"Your Highness!"

"You must keep in mind Mingzhi, honor your virtues throughout the world, walk on the great road, the world is for the common good, and there is no single saint in this world."

"I also ask Your Highness to ascend the throne immediately for the great plan of the Ming Dynasty..."

"Your Highness please ascend the throne immediately..."

Baiguan shouted feebly again, thinking that this special process was actually the idea of ​​that little cutie.

Zhu Youjian was actually helpless.

He also wanted to agree immediately and become the master of the empire immediately.

But, this is only the second time.

"presumptuous!"

Zhu Youjian's face showed anger: "Don't say anything else! Emperor Daxing has not been buried yet, how can he ascend the throne in a hurry?"

"Besides, how can you dare to accept orders from heaven if you are a person of low moral character?"

"Whoever dares to mention this matter again will ask the Han general to kill you in court battles!"

Shi Fenglai raised his eyes and looked at the indignant Zhu Youjian, becoming more and more helpless.

What!

I advise you to become an emperor, but you really have to beat us to death?

OK, come on!

He had no choice but to kowtow a third time.

"Your Highness! Even if you beat us to death, we will carry the coffin to death and advise His Highness to ascend the throne immediately. After our death, officials from various prefectures will come to Beijing one after another to advise His Highness..."

The officials shouted again: "I am willing to carry the coffin and die to remonstrate with you, please Your Highness to ascend the throne..."

"Huh? You guys are so brave!"

Zhu Youjian became increasingly angry and looked at the Han general on duty outside the palace.

"Come here, fork them all out and kill them outside the Meridian Gate with sticks as a warning to others!"

"Yes!"

The Han generals outside the door have also been waiting for a long time.

One by one, they slowly walked into the Qianqing Palace and tried to pull down the officials who were kneeling on the ground.

Everyone knows what is going on, and usually at this time, someone will be there to give advice.

I advise the new emperor not to refuse any more. He has already given in three times, which is almost enough.

Generally, this kind of person is the one with the highest status present.

Now in the Qianqing Palace, only the factory owner Wei Zhongxian and the queen Zhang Yan meet their status.

But who knows...

Seeing that the officials were about to be pulled out of the palace by the Han general, the two of them remained silent.

Zhang Yan still knelt in front of the soul, closing her eyes and saying nothing, as if she were a Taoist nun.

She has always been like this in the six days since Zhu Youxiao's death.

Wei Zhongxian stood aside with his hands tied, his eyes watching his nose, his nose watching his mouth, and his mouth watching his heart, as if everything was raining down on me.

Shi Fenglai was almost scared to death when he saw this scene.

What!

Foster father, your mother-in-law has opened her mouth to speak. Do you really want me to be beaten to death by the imperial guards?

All the officials were also confused, let alone Zhu Youjian.

When King Xin saw that everyone was about to be taken away, he was so angry that he wanted to curse.

Zhang Yan, Wei Zhongxian!

If you really don’t understand the rules, won’t anyone try to persuade you for the fourth time?

That works!

Don't blame me for not caring about the life or death of these people, so I killed them all outside the Meridian Gate with a stick.

Do you really think that I, Zhu Youjian, am a Bodhisattva made of clay?

Just when he was about to fly into a rage.

Wei Zhongxian finally sighed quietly and opened his mouth.

One sentence made Zhu Youjian tremble all over.

"His Royal Highness King Xin..."

"Do you still remember the oath you swore in front of Emperor Daxing?"