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Deling, inside the Qian'en Hall.

When Zhu Youxiao's coffin was carried into the hall.

It means that the entire state funeral has come to an end.

Officials from the Ministry of Rites and the new emperor Zhu Youjian will complete the final worship ceremony in the Qian'en Hall, confer the temple title and posthumous title, and seal the coffin of Emperor Tianqi.

Once the temple name and posthumous title were announced, the civil and military officials standing outside the temple would kowtow three times and bow nine times to bid farewell to Emperor Daxing for the last time.

Then Emperor Tianqi will be carried into the Xuan Palace, the eternal lantern will be lit, and the palace gate will be sealed.

Once the palace gate is sealed, it symbolizes ashes returning to dust and everything turning into clouds and smoke.

Under the magnificent ritual music, the officials of the Ministry of Rites who were responsible for presiding over the ceremony began to invite the emperor into the palace and order the edict.

Zhu Youjian was still standing quietly outside the door, tilting his head, with a look of deep interest on his face, looking at the carved pillars outside Qin'en Hall, as if unaware.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

Seeing that the officials of the Ministry of Rites called twice, Zhu Youjian remained unmoved. Wei Zhongxian, who was following him, could only cough lightly and said.

"Your Majesty, it's time for you to enter the palace!"

Wei Zhongxian couldn't understand why he was still standing next to Zhu Youjian at this moment.

Because this will make all civil and military officials, especially the eunuchs, look like this.

He has not lost power and will still be reused by the new emperor.

But the actual situation can only be understood in the hearts of both parties.

It's almost to the point of life and death.

and many more……

The old eunuch was horrified.

Where did Cao Huachun go?

Where is Wang Chengen?

Why at this time, these two most trusted eunuchs of Zhu Youjian still haven't appeared?

A trace of uneasiness emerged in Wei Zhongxian's mind.

"Oh? Haha...into the palace? Okay!"

Zhu Youjian finally regained his consciousness, tilted his head and said to Wei Zhongxian.

"Wei Zhongxian, please accompany me in too!"

"And...you, Xu Guangqi, come in together..."

"I will tell you the whereabouts of Feng Lixin."

After saying that, he finally walked into the palace and stood next to the coffin of his brother Zhu Youxiao.

Wei Zhongxian and Xu Guangqi trembled in shock when they heard the little emperor's words.

What do you mean?

Why do we need to enter the temple together?

Do you want to tell us the whereabouts of Feng Lixin?

Where is that guy?

In this situation, the two of them could no longer hesitate. They could only look at each other and stepped into the hall together.

In fact, this is inconsistent with etiquette, and even seriously violates etiquette.

Lai Zongdao, who was the Minister of Rites at the time, stood in the hall and frowned tightly.

But he also heard that this was the new emperor's oral order, so he couldn't dissuade him, so he had to hold the edict in both hands and walked to Zhu Youjian.

"Your Majesty, please unveil the edict, approve it with your royal pen, and take the seal..."

In fact, the temple name and posthumous title of Emperor Tianqi had long been determined by the Ministry of Rites.

At this moment, all he needs to do is for Zhu You to approve and sign the word "Yun", and then the eunuch holding the seal to take the big jade seal, which will completely seal the coffin of the late emperor.

But the new eunuch Cao Huachun disappeared.

Eunuch Wei Zhongxian of Bingbi was present at the scene, but Lai Zongdao was a little confused as to what to do.

This old eunuch holds the position of eunuch with a pen, but he has never written a word.

Because he is illiterate!

Fortunately, Zhu Youjian didn't care about these details at all and just waved his hand.

"You can just announce it yourself. There is no need for any red stamps."

"Ah...this..."

Lai Zongdao was stunned, there was no such charter in the secret path.

If your mother doesn't agree, what kind of posthumous ceremony is this?

Why is today's emperor so different?

"Why don't you go quickly? Everyone else, please go out too."

Zhu Youjian explained calmly again, with a tone that said he could not refuse.

Lai Zongdao had no choice but to sigh, put away the imperial edict, and slowly walked out of the hall with other officials from the Ministry of Etiquette in the Jin'en Hall.

When the officials outside saw this, their hearts tightened.

Everyone knew that the ceremony was about to end, and the Minister of Rites was about to announce the temple name and posthumous title of Emperor Tianqi.

really.

The young emperor did not respect the etiquette system. He, the Minister of Rites, came to Zongdao and could only complete the etiquette.

After the old man walked out of Jin'en Hall, he looked at the civil and military officials at the foot of the steps, cleared his throat, and spread out the edict.

"The emperor is destined to be transported by heaven, and the edict says..."

Wow!

All the civil and military officials, eunuchs and guards outside knelt on the ground and listened quietly.

"Alas!"

Lai Zongdao controlled his emotions and cried out with compassion.

"In the past, when the emperor descended from heaven to the Ming Dynasty, he was physically and mentally gifted, wise, wise and sincere. He was crowned with virtue by hundreds of kings. He showed his merits in the Songyuan Mountains. He was impressive in martial arts and powerful throughout the world..."

"However, the middle path has collapsed, Fangxun has fallen, and the world is like a mourning heir, but the soul still has a spirit, Jia Zi Hong Xiu, how sad!"

"Fortunately, Emperor Daxing inherited the throne of Zen, Zhongni praised the great achievements of Yao and Shun, and passed on the throne to the new emperor Qi Sheng Guangyuan. His benevolent voice flowed everywhere, he was gentle and far-reaching, he was dedicated to righteousness, and he inherited Zuo with his energy and energy. , Kun Ling spits out the sun, checks the jade balance, allows the number to be counted, lives in the orbit, overcomes the emperor's heart..."

The edict of several hundred words was written in one go by Laizong Daonian.

But everyone in the audience went straight into the left ear and out the right ear.

Because so much nonsense mentioned above can be summed up in one sentence.

The former emperor Zhu Youxiao was very good, and his successor and current emperor Zhu Youjian is even better.

This kind of mindless boasting about rainbow farts makes no sense at all.

Everyone only cares about what kind of temple and posthumous title Emperor Tianqi Zhu Youxiao will be given in the end.

You know, there is a lot to say here.

Because there has been a temple name system since the Shang Dynasty to commemorate the late emperor.

In the Zhou Dynasty, it was further developed and the posthumous title system was added to evaluate the emperor's life.

Although in the hands of the First Emperor Ying Zheng, the temple and posthumous titles were abolished for a time because he believed that it was a great unfilial act for ministers to discuss the emperor and for sons to discuss their fathers.

But it was restored again in the Han Dynasty and has been passed down to this day.

After all, after that emperor died, he didn't want his descendants to give him an extremely awesome nickname?

For example, the well-known Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wen of the Wei Dynasty, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, etc. are all posthumous titles given by later generations.

Unfortunately, after the Tang Dynasty, posthumous titles became longer and harder to remember.

People had no choice but to start calling the late emperor's temple by its name.

For example, Tang Taizu, Tang Taizong, Song Taizu, Yuan Shizu, etc.

But you need to know that there is a big difference whether it is a temple title or a posthumous title.

After the death of the late emperor, the civil service group will make a comprehensive evaluation of the late emperor and may give three posthumous titles.

A good posthumous title is praising, a flat posthumous title is pity, and a bad posthumous title is derogatory.

For example, Zhuang, Wu, Wen, Xuan, etc. are beautiful posthumous titles, which will last forever and have a good reputation forever.

For example, words such as "mourning", "mourning", "sitting", "mourning", etc., even if it is a posthumous title, it is somewhat futile and even has the meaning of sympathy, and is generally used for the king who has subjugated his country.

After Zhu Youjian's death, he was posthumously named Lie, and his temple name was Ming Sizong, which made him the king of the country's subjugation.

The most disgusting thing for emperors throughout the ages is the evil posthumous title.

Li, Ling, Yang, Hui...

Once contaminated, it will leave an eternal infamy.

If even the successor or the officials of the current government have such evaluation, is there any possibility of overturning the verdict?

At the same time, the posthumous title and temple title also represent the subtle attitude of the successor towards the late emperor.

So, when Lai Zongdao was about to read out the posthumous name and temple name of Emperor Tianqi.

Everyone pricked up their ears.

The Minister of Rites was shouting at the top of his lungs.

"Today's posthumous title and tomorrow's Emperor Qi will be..."