After realizing the truth that pretending is for others to see and that one should keep his head clear, Zhu Youxiao became much clearer and then once again devoted himself to the activities of controlling the morale of the army. As for the Hakka incident, Zhu Youxiao did not

She didn't do anything to deal with it, she just kept people paying attention to her.

As for the choice she made, Zhu Youxiao didn't feel sad at all. Maybe he knew what kind of woman she was from history, but she was just a little bit sad.

Time passed by in a blink of an eye, and soon it was August 1st, when the enthronement ceremony was held.

Since Wanli's death, the entire palace has been very lively, with mourning, funerals, and then the coronation ceremony of the new emperor. In fact, on the day after Wanli's death, Zhu Changluo accepted the worship of all the ministers, even if

He succeeded to the throne, and his title was changed to Emperor.

The enthronement ceremony is a kind of ceremony, announcing his official succession to the throne and announcing it to the world. It is the embodiment of legal system. It can be said to be extremely important and cannot be ignored at all.

In fact, after Wanli's body was laid up, the entire imperial court began to be busy with Zhu Changluo's coronation ceremony. The Department of Settlement, the Department of Qintian, the Department of Shangbao, and the Department of Jiaofang were all busy arranging the transportation etiquette of the venue.

supplies, calculates the weather to choose auspicious days, and is responsible for the rehearsal of dance music and dance.

And these are just the preliminary preparations for the ceremony. The procedures in the enthronement ceremony are more complicated, and the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government have to rehearse them again in case something goes wrong on the auspicious day.

In the midst of all the busy work, the day chosen by Qin Tian Jian finally arrived, August 1st.

The main venue for the Ming Dynasty's enthronement ceremony was Tiananmen. Of course, it was not called Tiananmen at that time, but Chengtianmen. That morning, the civil and military ministers were dressed in court uniforms and waiting in front of the T-shaped square in front of Chengtianmen. The civilian officials were in the east and the military attachés were in

In the west, the first civil official is Fang Congzhe, the first assistant, and the first civil official is British Duke Zhang Weixian. The two groups of people are arranged on the left and right, solemnly and solemnly.

The whole enthronement ceremony was complicated and solemn, and it took a long time. For a whole morning, under the guidance of the ceremony officials, various people and horses set off from Chengtian Gate, then to Huangji Gate, and finally to Huangji Hall. The emperor sat on the throne, and His Majesty Dan's courtiers

They were arranged in rows, congratulated on the table, and the Supervisor of Ceremonies formally read out the edict to confirm the emperor's identity. At this point, the ceremony was completed and a dynasty began.

Of course, Zhu Changluo's time was a bit short, only one month, but no one knows about it now.

After the emperor succeeded to the throne, he issued an edict to grant amnesty to the world, and at the same time confirmed Zhu Youxiao's status as the crown prince. This was routine and irrefutable. Even if someone disagreed, they could not object. The prince ascended the throne, and the grandson was naturally promoted to prince. This is

No one can shake the late emperor's will.

Shortly after he ascended the throne, Zhu Changluo issued another decree to abolish the mining tax and recall the eunuchs sent abroad. As soon as this decree came out, the whole country rejoiced.

Of course, this is a bit exaggerated. The only ones who are happy are the local tycoons and gentry. They have land power in the countryside and relatives and officials in the court. Naturally, private mines are their food. Wanli collects mining taxes.

They were basically poaching their flesh. Now that they are deposed, how can we not be happy?

The gentry and landowners among the people were happy, and words of flattery poured out in the court. Whether it was the three parties of Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, Donglin, or Xuan and Kun, they all came forward to praise the emperor and praised him for his wisdom.

These words of praise naturally made Zhu Changluo, who had been suppressed, very excited. He grinned happily, with his back molars exposed. Under the excitement, our teacher Comrade Zhu Changluo continued his efforts and issued several edicts in succession.

Border defense, filling official vacancies.

This time, the harvest was even greater. It was not the polite flattery of civilians, but the direct and naked flattery of civil and military officials. The border guards directly transferred two million taels of silver from the Ouchi Bank and distributed it to Jiubian

, and even paid five thousand taels for shipping.

With such generous salaries, the entire Ming Dynasty generals, regardless of their official positions, could make a huge fortune from it. In comparison, the flattery was nothing. The emperor gained reputation, and the military attachés gained benefits. It was simply

A match made in heaven. No one cared at all whether the two million taels of silver were distributed to the soldiers or whether the border defense was strengthened.

After the military generals came the civil servants, and filling official vacancies directly involved their interests, especially the Donglin Party. Taking this opportunity, they made a comeback again. After shouting "I, Hu Hansan, am back", they quickly occupied a corner of the court, and San

Party confrontation.

Although Mingguangzong Zhu Changluo only reigned for a month, because of his several measures that greatly benefited civil servants, he actually received a good evaluation in the history books. It is almost ridiculous. A man who took the medicine of tigers and wolves and ruled eight women at night

The evil ghost in lust turned out to be a good emperor. It has to be said that sometimes history likes to play with this kind of cold humor.

Zhu Youxiao was not involved in any of these farces. Except for August 1st, when he could not be absent, he never stepped out of the Yulin Army station. He even disappeared from the public. He did not see outsiders or entertain guests.

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However, no one noticed him at this moment of victory. They were all immersed in the gluttonous feast when Zhu Changluo ascended the throne and reveled to their heart's content.

In the capital, Ye Xianggao's secret mansion.

The lights in the living room were as bright as clusters, and several thick palace lanterns were arranged around, illuminating the faces of several people. This was a secret meeting held by Ye Xianggao. After all, he should stay in his hometown at this time, and

It didn't appear in the capital at this time.

There were not many attendees, including the few remaining leaders of the Donglin Party and the two bachelors who joined the cabinet, Han Kuang and Liu Yijing.

"Brother Jin Qing, why haven't you returned to your hometown to wait for the imperial decree and prepare to return to the government? How come you still have time to gather here?" Zou Yuanbiao said with a smile.

"Haha, forgive me, Brother Erzhan, it's really something important this time that made you come to the capital as quickly as possible regardless of the long journey." Ye Xianggao explained with a smile.

"Oh, I don't know what happened, but you even recruited Daofu?" Zou Yuanbiao asked strangely, but his eyes looked at the scribe on the other side who he hadn't seen for a long time. It was actually Li Sancai who had been idle at home.

Ye Xianggao did not answer directly. Instead, as the host, he started chatting with the core figures of the Donglin Party. For a while, the atmosphere in the small living room became lively. Several people suppressed their doubts and started chatting.

It's true that they haven't seen each other for a long time, so it's necessary to have a few words to get to know each other.

About a quarter of an hour later, the conversation in the living room gradually became quieter. Seeing this, Zhao Nanxing said, "Brother Jinqing, you were the first to discover the matter. Come and tell everyone the detailed story."

"Everyone, let's take a look at this first." Ye Xianggao took out a piece of paper. It was the paper that Hakka copied on. He gave the paper to Zou Yuanbiao and then passed it on in turn.

“…”

There was a silent silence, and the expressions of several people were very surprised. They looked at each other, not knowing who came up with this idea, and they were simply crazy.

"Brother Jinqing, who wrote this? His words are simply treasonous." Li Sancai was the first to ask.

"I got this from the palace. Someone copied His Highness the Crown Prince's manuscript and passed it on." Ye Xianggao said it directly without giving in.

"Prince! This..." Several people present exclaimed in surprise. This was beyond their expectations. They thought it was just the idea of ​​a new official who wanted to gain fame, but they didn't expect it to be

The words of the prince.

"It's the prince, that's why I invited a few of them here to do the sum total." Ye Xianggao said with a wry smile. The matter he and Zhao Nanxing discussed was too big to be handled by just the two of them.

"That's right. Brother Jinqing and I's initial plan is..." Zhao Nanxing looked around and slowly said, "Find a new owner for Ciqing Palace."

Sting! Bang! Bang! Ahem!

All kinds of noises suddenly sounded. Except for Ye Xianggao, everyone else was shocked by these words. Some people stood up in disbelief, some people were frightened and knocked over the tea cup, and some people were choked all of a sudden.

, coughing non-stop.

"Mengbai, this is too..." Liu Yijing was the first to come to his senses, eyes wide open, looking at Ye Xianggao and Zhao Nanxing, who had obviously discussed it long ago.

"Yes, it would be child's play to abolish the establishment just because of this." Han Kuang also tried to persuade him, but looking at his expression, he was obviously unwilling.

On the other hand, the other two giants of the Donglin Party, Zou Yuanbiao and Li Sancai, did not rush to express their opinions. Instead, they squinted their eyes, stroked their beards, and thought carefully. They had not been in government for too long. They should be careful when not knowing the situation.

Be careful in your words and actions.

After Zhu Youxiao was promoted to the crown prince, Zhu Changluo gave him a message, asking him to stop living in the simple military camp and move to Ciqing Palace. Therefore, as soon as Zhao Nanxing said it, these people understood that his potential was

It means to do things that abolish or establish things.

"Brother Jinqing." Zhao Nanxing did not answer directly, but looked at Ye Xianggao.

Ye Xianggao, who was sitting upright, did not hesitate and took out a stack of white paper. Each chapter had more or less text on it, some had thousands of words, and some only had a few sentences.

"Everyone will know after reading these." Ye Xianggao distributed the papers. These were all passed on by Hakka over the years. The first ones were neater and had modifications on them. They were obviously written based on the dictation of others.

, the handwriting at the end is roughly the same, obviously copied by one person.

The atmosphere in the living room fell into silence. Everyone looked through these remarks one after another. They knew without Ye Xianggao's words that these were undoubtedly the opinions of the Prince of the East Palace.

"Judging from these words, the prince is indeed a wise master who appears once in a century." Li Sancai took a slow breath and praised him. Looking at his words, he seemed to have some appreciation for Zhu Youxiao.

"So what? The Holy Emperor should naturally be high in the ninth heaven and rule from the ground up. The Emperor only needs to set an example for the world and leave these chores to our ministers." Zhao Nanxing spoke coldly, obviously not satisfied with Li Sancai's words.

Li Sancai smiled and did not refute.
Chapter completed!