Hearing Cheng Jing's words, Zhu Qiyu didn't react at all. He took the brocade silk, opened it and started reading.
This decree was sent to the Ministry of Rites, so there was no need for him to kneel down to receive it.
Looking at it, Zhu Qiyu was a little surprised.
"Because the bandits invaded the borders and tortured the people of Ming Dynasty, the emperor was deeply afraid that the bandits would harm our ancestors of the Ming Dynasty, so he had no choice but to personally command the Sixth Army to correct their crimes. Unexpectedly, the bandits were cunning, and the emperor was left in prison. I mourned him.
I still remember that the subjects must not be without a master, and the court must not be without a king."
“On the twenty-first day of the eighth month of the fourteenth year of Zhengtong, I selected the wise and elder among the three emperor’s concubines, and said that when I saw Shen Zhengzheng in the East Palace, I still ordered King Nie to be my assistant, to take charge of the state affairs and to bring peace to the world.”
"Oh, the country must have a king, and the country must be safe. The king must have reserves and the subjects can look up to him. He must announce it to the world and let the envoys hear about it."
After reading it, Zhu Qiyu frowned slightly, but then he expanded.
Cheng Jing just said that this decree was issued to the Ministry of Rites. In fact, this statement is not accurate. This decree was actually issued to the world.
Just because the matter of appointing the crown prince was in charge of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Rites carried out the decree on his behalf.
The establishment of the East Palace is a major event, and the imperial court has its own set of complicated regulations.
According to the system, the emperor should issue an order to the Ministry of Rites to prepare the registration matters, and then the Ministry of Rites will register and establish the etiquette. After the ministers discuss it, it will be submitted to the emperor. After the emperor approves, an auspicious day will be chosen, and the registration ceremony will be performed in the presence of the ministers and officials.
That's when the edict appeared in his hand.
In other words, Empress Dowager Sun directly skipped all the previous steps, not even taking care of the canonization ceremony, and directly issued an order to inform the world.
Zhu Qiyu rubbed his forehead and sighed. This was the result of his sharpness in the past few days.
In her previous life, Empress Dowager Sun followed the rules step by step and appointed the crown prince in an upright manner.
It seems that it is still urgent to issue such an urgent decree to the world...
However, although there was no canonization ceremony, this imperial edict, which was issued to the world, was the core of all the ceremonies, and the others were side effects.
Empress Dowager Sun has not lost her head yet, at least this edict is in full compliance with the procedures.
It was stamped with the treasured seals of the Queen Mother and the Empress, and the Ministry of Rites did not deny it, nor did the Ministry of Rites refuse to accept it.
Even in order to make the name change seem justifiable, even the content of the decree was drafted by the Hanlin Academy.
No, there is a countersignature from Mr. Chen Xun!
In other words, this edict was approved by the court officials and was a valid canonization decree. It would still be effective even without the canonization ceremony.
Zhu Qiyu glanced at Jin Ying meaningfully, and said quietly.
“No wonder the two elders of the cabinet arrived so early in the morning. It turned out that they were recording edicts for the Queen Mother?”
Zhu Qiyu spoke in an understatement, but Jin Ying wiped away a cold sweat.
This was about the cabinet, but Jin Ying couldn't help but think of himself.
What Cheng Jing could think of, he didn't believe Prince Tan could not think of it.
Empress Dowager Sun has lived in the palace for a long time and is not familiar with the court rituals. The only person who can grasp the core key of registration so accurately and can make Empress Dowager Sun trust her is Jin Ying.
After thinking for a while, Jin Ying asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, do you need to send the next memorial to the cabinet first?"
Recording imperial edicts is one of the responsibilities of the Hanlin Academy. This edict was personally written by Mr. Chen Xun.
If Prince Tan gets angry because of this, the Hanlin Academy will definitely be implicated.
So Jin Ying was not only asking about the vote, but also asking himself.
“Send it, why not send it?”
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand, looking nonchalant, and said calmly.
“How can major national affairs be changed just because of one person’s joy or anger? It’s not something that is done by those who are in charge of politics!”
When Jin Ying said this, he was even more upset.
King Tan seems to be talking about the draft, but how do you know that he is not insinuating that the Queen Mother ignores etiquette?
But now that the words had been said, it was no longer easy to continue, so Jin Ying stepped aside and ordered someone to go to the cabinet to deliver the message.
Zhu Qiyu didn't know what Jin Ying was thinking.
But for God's sake, he really didn't mean anything else.
In the current situation, the power in the palace and the capital is still in the hands of the Queen Mother, and he cannot stop the appointment.
What's more, the appointment of a prince is in line with etiquette and law, and he has no position to stop it.
On the contrary, under this situation, it is actually beneficial to him to establish the crown prince!
The matter of enthronement is closely connected with the succession of the throne. Once the matter of enthronement is mentioned, the succession of the throne will inevitably be discussed.
Although the emperor has been taken prisoner, the king is still nominally safe.
It is very taboo to discuss the succession of the throne without authorization!
But since the crown prince is to be established, this taboo is not very binding.
The courtiers will accept the appointment to the East Palace because it is a matter of etiquette and justice.
But it’s hard to tell whether the courtiers would accept a two-year-old baby as the emperor at such a critical moment...
While thinking about it, Jin Ying came over with half a stack of memorials in his arms and said.
"Your Majesty, I have sent an order to the General Administration Department and the Cabinet. According to your wishes, all future memorials will be sent to the Cabinet first. These few were just delivered and were not sent to the Cabinet in time. The ministers looked at them and found that they contained the Ministry of War and the Ministry of War.
The candidates submitted by the Ministry of Personnel, the list of Autumn Judgments submitted by Dali Temple, and some memorials from the imperial censor were all urgent matters, so the ministers took it upon themselves to make the decision and brought them over directly."
Actually, it looks like a lot, but it’s only about ten copies.
Zhu Qiyu nodded, picked it up and looked at it.
The ones on his head were still the imperial censor's memorials. After reading them, Zhu Qiyu took out two from the middle and kept them, while still throwing the others to Jin Ying and said.
“These are the same as the previous ones, stay in the middle!”
Jin Ying took a look at it. He had not read the previous memorials carefully.
But he had only glanced at the few books just now, and he still had some impressions of the contents.
The books currently thrown over by Zhu Qiyu are basically about impeaching Wang Zhen for mistreating the country. As for the two books left by Zhu Qiyu, if he remembers correctly, they should be about impeaching the accompanying ministers...
Glancing at the few memorials left by Zhu Qiyu among the previous pile of memorials, Jin Ying secretly guessed that they probably contained the same content.
Before he could figure out why Zhu Qiyu did this, he heard him ask Cheng Jing.
“Cheng Jing, how is the news that the king ordered you to inquire about today?”
Cheng Jing glanced at Jin Ying warily, but still said: "Go back to the prince, he has entered the city and is thanking guests behind closed doors in the mansion."
Zhu Qiyu continued to ask: "What about the families who ordered you to spread the message?"
This time Cheng Jing was even more hesitant, and after pondering for a moment, he said: "Your Majesty, those few people entered the palace early this morning. It is said... that they handed over the sign asking to see the Queen Mother! I guess they should be there now.
In Cining Palace..."
Regardless of Cheng Jing’s weird expression, Zhu Qiyu had an expected expression and said.
“That’s fine, you order people to wait outside Cining Palace, and as soon as they come out, ask them to come to Jiyi Palace!”
Cheng Jing took the order, but Zhu Qiyu turned his attention to Jin Ying...
This chapter has been completed!