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"Your Majesty, the minister is here." Yan Zhaoge, who was listed behind many important ministers, stepped forward and knelt on the couch.

The emperor took a deep breath and said, "Here... Kneel—"

"The humble minister leads the decree." Yan Zhaoge knelt with his back straight.

No one thought that this was harsh treatment. How many honorable ministers could not imagine being able to kneel in front of the bed and receive training before the emperor died.

"Prime Minister..."

"The minister is here." The left minister and the right minister stepped forward together, knowing that this was an edict to be recorded.

"Today, I will go on a grand journey, gentlemen, listen to my last order..."

"The courtiers and others are all here, respectfully listen to the imperial edict, please give your Majesty the edict." The courtiers present knelt together crying.

With the help of the imperial physician, the emperor barely sat up, panting and said: "I heard that all things in the world are born, and there is no death. The principle of heaven and earth, the nature of things, the dead, Xi Ke is very sad?... I am not sensitive , often afraid of past actions, to shame the morality of the late emperor...The officials and people all over the world ordered that they should be released for three days after coming out. It is not forbidden to marry a wife, marry a daughter, worship at a temple, drink alcohol, eat meat...at least under the wife Let the prince succeed to the throne, the second son and the third son of the emperor are named Dukes, the prince is young, and the eldest princess is ordered to be the regent of the emperor... the right minister is allowed to be an official, the left minister is the right minister, and the rite minister is the left minister... ..."

"My ministers are hereby ordered!"

After recording the last edict, the emperor couldn't help but take a breath, his upright body softened by a third. An imperial doctor brought a bowl of warm ginseng soup, and he drank it intermittently. Seeing that his complexion improved a lot, he A radiant look.

However, anyone with a bit of common sense understands that this is a flashback, which means that the situation is so bad that it is irreparable. You can only hang your life by mouthfuls of ginseng soup. Time is running out, at least one or two An hour, half a day or a day at most, he will go west on the crane, and he may not be able to stay awake all the time.

"Yan Zhaoge..."

"The minister is here."

"In front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, the clan, and the Queen Mother... I will ask you again... Would you like it, Princess Shang...?"

Yan Zhaoge kowtowed without hesitation, and said: "I am willing to join the royal family, and I am willing to serve the eldest princess for the first time. I will not accept concubines, accept houses, have sex with prostitutes, and love beauties. Having the eldest princess is enough for me to have no regrets in this life." .”

The emperor suddenly sat up, startling the imperial physician who was waiting next to him, his face was so pale that his eyes were sunken, he stared straight at Yan Zhaoge, and asked: "Is this true?"

"I dare not lie to Your Majesty. Your heart can be learned from heaven and earth. As evidenced by the sun and the moon, I swear by the ranking of the ancestors of the Yan family. If there is any violation in the future, please Your Majesty abolish the title of the minister, remove the minister and seal the country, and never Don’t dare to have the slightest bit of resentment.”

"Okay... I didn't misunderstand you." The emperor smiled and said: "When the late emperor was here, he often praised you to me about your talents and morals. The edict, I bestow this marriage on you, Princess Shang, and I will do so well, so this marriage has become..."

"Prepared imperial edict: Jihou's son Yan Zhaoge is talented, generous and prudent, honest and righteous, and well-versed in the country. The first emperor thought that the eldest princess was a good match, and gave her a marriage. I deeply think so... With Jihou's son Princess Shang, granted the title of Marquis of Yan, has a thousand or two hundred households in the city of Yan, and is still serving as a middle-ranking official... I take the favor of others, so I specially bestow Marquis Ji to choose another son to report to the Zongzheng Mansion, to determine the throne, and to allow him not to surrender And attack."

According to the succession law of the Great Jin Dynasty, after the prince was enshrined as the son, he was abolished and re-established while the son was still alive, and the title was reduced by one level. Regardless of whether the prince was meritorious or honorary, the duke was degraded to the marquis, and the marquis was degraded to the earl. The first-class duke was demoted to the first-class marquis, the first-class marquis was demoted to the first-class uncle, and so on, and even the clan could not escape.

"The Marquis of Yan is capable of literature and martial arts, but I can't bear to let him stay at home and miss out on a good talent. The prince is young and lacks a good teacher to teach him, so he uses Marquis Yan as his enlightenment teacher and teaches the prince to be a great teacher...Give the eldest princess mansion, and the system is better. Prince..."

Yan Zhaoge kowtowed again and said: "I am the last descendant of the subjugated country, a despicable person. The late emperor bestowed the title of title on the grandfather of the minister, granted the title to the state, and the father of the quasi-subject will inherit the title. The kindness of the late emperor, I dare not resign, for fear of failing the expectations of the late emperor. Chen Yan Zhao Ge thanked the late emperor. His Majesty has favored him, bestowed his family background, issued a special imperial edict, conferred on his servants, searched for Meng's national grace, and removed his brocade clothes. The emperor's grace is vast, and his ministers are terrified. I don't know what to say, and I will surely die to repay the country and society. , lived up to the late emperor’s expectations, and lived up to His Majesty’s entrustment.”

After all, the emperor was still worried. He was disappointed that General Zhenbei hadn't returned to the capital, and he couldn't show kindness to Yan Zhaoge to let him serve as the commander of Jinyiwei, but he was also grateful for it.After Yan Zhaoge gained such great authority, could the eldest princess really restrain him?

But at this time, the emperor could only trust Yan Zhaoge's loyalty and the Eldest Princess' methods.There is really no trustworthy auxiliary minister. He is adopted. He has no confidence that the imperial family will favor him. He is also afraid that the courtiers will deceive the prince. He is still in his infancy. , the content of the reward has already been determined, and besides, the Yan family will become a foreign relative again when the decree of marriage is given. If you are honorable... there are not many who can take on great responsibilities. If you can't even jump out, you have to go to the clan to pick it.

Perhaps seeing the emperor's uneasiness, the eldest princess hesitated for a moment, Yan Zhaoge, who had her head down, just raised her head and gave her a look, so she gathered herself together, stepped forward, and whispered in the emperor's ear: "Yan Zhaoge Zhao Ge is trustworthy, and may adopt the clan's children in the future. His widow's illness is true..."

For a moment, the emperor was full of thoughts.No wonder later generations Yan Zhaoge had no sons, no wonder he had to take concubines, no roommates, no sex with prostitutes, no love for beauties... He really has a widow's disease!Then he is still in love with a fart!This bastard tricked me!The emperor was so angry that he couldn't breathe, and almost passed out, but fortunately the eldest princess continued in time: "I am pleased with him, and it is true. Yan Zhaoge supported the crown prince for a full ten years, and finally the Yan family died of heirs, she was able to bear this trust. "

Only then did the emperor heave a sigh of relief, but he was still frightened after all. Just now he insisted on listening to the eldest princess, but once he was discouraged this time, he couldn't hold on anymore.

In this case, he was not worried that Yan Zhaoge would take over Si Jin's power.

The Yan family's extinct...how could it be extinct...

"Use... the Marquis of Yan as the commander of Jinyiwei... Gongwei, Gongwei Palace... Bestow the Emperor's Sword... Temperance, the Eighth School of the Beijing Camp... and Yulin... to... ask for disobedience... to assist... in Prince..." The more the emperor spoke, the more he struggled, seeing that he was exhaling too much air and taking in less air, "Yanhou... Yanhou..."

"The minister is here!" Yan Zhaoge hurried forward.

The emperor stared, grabbed her wrist, and held it tightly, almost bruising.

"Sister Zhen entrusts it to you... Don't betray my sister... Don't betray my sister... Don't betray my sister..."

Yan Zhaoge gritted his teeth, couldn't help crying, and said: "I will never fail, I will never fail the eldest princess, and I will never fail your Majesty's entrustment! I will never fail the late emperor's expectations!"

The emperor wept, and finally closed his eyes slowly.

Father, the son is not filial, the son left before the emperor's sister, and he has failed your entrustment.Fortunately, there are loyal ministers who can entrust the crown prince, the country, and the imperial sister.Back then you praised the loyalty of the Yan family for generations, and they were all loyal and righteous people. Your son chose Yan Zhaoge, the eldest son of the Yan family, to be the emperor's son-in-law, and married into our family. Maybe you have seen it before. Your son has carefully inspected it. Alright, if you are alive in heaven, please bless the marriage between Sister Huang and Yan Zhaoge to be smooth and have a worry-free life...

In a remote corner of the hall, the historian on duty took a pen to record the matter on paper.

As the regent princess, the eldest princess held the infant prince in her arms, kowtowed to the emperor's body, and then placed the prince on a bedding. Immediately, the servants who had already prepared rushed forward. The emperor's crown, but because the size is not suitable, it is just put on, and the emperor's crown is only placed on the bedding above the head. If the prince struggles, the dragon robe will fall off his body. Fortunately, there is no such thing.

According to the usual practice, the prince should succeed to the throne before the spirit of the Daxing Emperor, and he was called the emperor. After being kowtowed three times and nine times by the important officials present, he immediately went to the front hall of Weiyang Palace and summoned all the civil and military officials in Beijing. All the civil and military officials had to bow down in the front hall The new emperor expressed his willingness to be loyal to the new emperor.

The eldest princess was wearing a dragon robe, holding the crown prince in one hand, and the emperor's crown in the other, with a jade tiger amulet and a jade seal of the Chuan Kingdom hanging on her waist, surrounded by a large number of Jinyi guards and palace guards, walking slowly towards the Xuanshi Hall , When the group arrived at the Xuanshi Hall, the civil and military officials had already been waiting for a long time.

Under the watchful eyes of civil and military officials, Princess Jinyang, who acted as the regent of the new emperor according to the edict of the first emperor, carried the young new emperor, step by step, climbed the imperial steps of the Xuanshi Hall, and walked towards the dragon seat.

The new emperor's official enthronement is generally one month after the death of the previous emperor.But enthronement is just a ceremony, a ceremony to announce to the world that the country has changed masters.In fact, before he ascended the throne, the new monarch had already been worshiped by hundreds of officials and regarded as the co-lord.There are even many emperors who succeeded to the throne before the spiritual throne of the previous emperor. After all, as the saying goes, only names and utensils cannot be faked by others.

The little emperor was placed on the dragon chair by Princess Chang'an, and he was holding the emperor twelve in his hands. Because the dragon robe didn't fit well, he could only cover his body, and it only took a few breaths before it was rubbed and wrinkled.Due to the inappropriate size, it looked a little ridiculous, but in this hall, no one dared to laugh.

An eunuch said loudly: "The new king is on the throne, all officials pay homage!"

All civil and military officials, under the leadership of the left and right ministers, Taiwei and Da Zongzheng, bowed down to the little emperor, and said in unison: "Your Majesty, I will greet you, Your Majesty's peace!"

The little emperor lying on the dragon throne was still in his infancy, he didn't know where he was at all, he just held the eldest princess's hand and kept laughing, and laughed out loud from time to time, the courtiers congratulated him loudly , but he didn't cry out in fright, he seemed quite courageous.

"Everyone is flat." The eldest princess's cold voice echoed in the hall. "Xuan Daxing Emperor's will."

"Promise." Immediately, there was a voice from the internal waiter, who read the will aloud.

Yan Zhaoge stood and listened to His Highness, his expression was serious, he didn't say a word, even the corners of his lips were drawn into a straight line, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that the newly promoted Marquis of Yan seemed to be in a bad mood. .

So the courtiers who had something good to do immediately passed the news with their eyes, and when the edict was read out, a news that had been distorted into what it looked like spread throughout the Xuanshi hall.

On the ninth day of July in the third year of Xingping, the emperor collapsed in Weiyang Palace. The imperial edict ordered the crown prince to be the emperor, and the second and third sons of the emperor were crowned as dukes. Zhao Ge was the son-in-law of the eldest princess, and he was granted the title of Marquis of Yan. He had [-] households in the city of Yan, served as a middle-ranking official, and commanded Jinyiwei, and gave him the Emperor Sword to control the Eighth School of the Beijing Camp and the Yulinwei... Zhuanyou Xiang Zhishi, with the minister on the left as the minister on the right, and the Minister of Rites as the minister on the left... order the officials and people all over the world, and order them to come out for three days, and all of them will be released....

——"Book of Jin·The Chronicle of Emperor Xiaozong"

The author has something to say: It’s normal for you to feel that the pace is a bit fast, because the section on dealing with the Duke of Shu is my unbroken outline (…). Are you really willing to watch a plot like this for seven or eight days in a row (…)

It’s easy to say after the emperor is gone, but the posthumous edict is almost suffocating me, it’s too difficult to write.