Chapter 318 The enthronement ceremony, kneeling down to welcome the dead spirit
On the seventh day of May, Xia Yi cried in the prison car thousands of miles away.
On the eighth day of May, Jia Yun held a coronation ceremony in Shenjing City.
To be honest, Jia Yun doesn't like things like the enthronement ceremony. He thinks this kind of thing is very cumbersome, but it must be held because it is a necessary formality. Only when the enthronement ceremony is held can he become a formal emperor.
Jia Yun once participated in the New Year's Eve sacrificial ceremony in Rongguo Mansion and felt that it was cumbersome enough, but compared with today's enthronement ceremony, it was still nothing.
This morning, the enthronement ceremony began and lasted until the afternoon, during which a series of enthronement procedures went through.
For example, the princes, ministers and officials entered the Zhonghe Hall one by one to pay homage to Jia Yun.
For example, Jia Yun held an enthronement ceremony in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
For another example, Jia Yun issued an edict to inform the world and granted amnesty to the world.
The so-called amnesty means that criminals will be exempted from their crimes. Of course, not all criminals, and criminals involved in serious crimes are not included, such as Liu Dongliang, Jia Zhen, and Jia Rong.
Because the new emperor ascended the throne, many criminals were exonerated. This kind of thing seemed absurd to Jia Yun. Even so, Jia Yun still had to do it. An amnesty for the world was generally good for the emperor, and Jia Yun
He raised an army to seize the throne, and when he ascended the throne, he needed to grant amnesty to the world.
What's even more ridiculous is that throughout the ages, sometimes emperors changed their reign titles, appointed queens, crown princes, sometimes natural disasters occurred, auspicious events came from the sky, etc., the emperor would grant amnesty to the world. For example, when Emperor Kangxing was in power, there was one incident because of drought.
The rain will bring amnesty to the world.
Some emperors like to use the method of amnesty. For example, Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, granted amnesty to the world nine times in his 12 years of reign; Zhu Houcong, Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty, granted amnesty to the world six times in his 40 years of reign...
Compared with previous dynasties, the Qing Dynasty did not do such things as amnesty to the world much less often. Jia Yun didn't know if he would ever offer amnesty to the world in the future. What is certain is that he would not use this trick more often.
That afternoon, after the enthronement ceremony, Jia Yun, whose status as emperor was formalized, summoned a series of people in the Qianqing Palace and gave a series of rewards...
Jia Yun suddenly granted the title of four princes.
The Jin Dynasty granted Cao Wei, Chu Mingkai, and Lian Liang the first-class titles of Chaopin, and the Jin Dynasty granted Lu Lian the second-class title of Chaopin.
In addition to the four princes and eight princes with different surnames at the founding of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty only named Jing Zhanrong a prince for many years. Now this kind of thing was broken by Jia Yun!
Although there is inevitably controversy in the court, Cao Wei, Chu Mingkai, Lian Liang, and Lu Lian all played an important role in Jia Yun's rise to seize the throne. It is reasonable and reasonable for Jia Yun to make an exception and make the four of them Dukes of Jin.
Jia Yun abolished the Military Aircraft Department and changed the name of the cabinet bachelor to cabinet minister.
Jia Yun dismissed Fu Qi and other two cabinet bachelors, and appointed Cao Wei and Lian Liang as cabinet ministers, plus Ji Cunxiao, Xiao Fu, Xu Shi, and Yuan Yanghao, who were already cabinet bachelors, for a total of six cabinet ministers.
Yuan Yanghao was originally a military minister and a cabinet bachelor. He was also one of the first princes and ministers to submit to Jia Yun.
From then on, the cabinet returned to control military and political affairs!
On the same day, Jia Yun moved from Qianqing Palace to Yangxin Palace!
To say "moved" is actually not accurate. Almost all the belongings that Jia Yun moved from the palace to the palace were directly put into the Yangxin Hall. It was just that he had not moved into the Yangxin Hall in the past few days.
From today on, Jia Yun will live in the Yangxin Hall, and the Yangxin Hall will officially become his palace.
In the following period, Yangxin Hall can be called Jia Yun's "Leaning House". The so-called Yi House refers to the house where he lived when his parents were mourning.
The next day, the ninth day of May.
This morning, many princes, ministers and officials gathered at the palace again today after gathering at the palace yesterday to attend the enthronement ceremony.
Due to very special circumstances, the Zi Palaces of Emperor Kangxing and Emperor Tianzhi have been placed in the Baohe Palace for the past few days. Now that Jia Yun has officially ascended the throne, it is natural that the Zi Palaces of the two former emperors should be welcomed into the Palace of Qianqing as soon as possible. spirit.
This morning, the Qianqing Palace has been set up as a mourning hall, and Jia Yun, the new emperor, has also put on mourning clothes.
Jia Yun, wearing filial piety, knelt down to welcome the two late emperors' Zi Gong out of the palace at the Baohe Hall, and then followed the two men to carry the Zi Gong from the Baohe Hall to the Qianqing Palace. Along the way, many princes, ministers and officials knelt and said.
Jia Yun was sincere throughout the whole process, including kneeling down to greet her.
After all, Emperor Kangxing and Emperor Tianzhi are Jia Yun's grandfather and father in this life. If Jia Yun did not have this royal blood, he would not be able to become emperor so easily. What's more, in the past, Emperor Kangxing and Emperor Tianzhi also treated him. They all had feelings of kindness. For example, Emperor Kangxing instructed Emperor Tianzhi to make him a third-class general, and Emperor Tianzhi also promoted him.
Liangzizigong stopped in the Qianqing Palace, and Jia Yun began her days of vigil in the Qianqing Palace.
However, even if he is keeping vigil in Qianqing Palace, Jia Yun, the new emperor, will not let go of his official duties. He still has some important things to do during the following days of vigil...
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On the morning of the ninth day of May, when Jia Yun led the princes, ministers and officials to move Zi Palace in the palace, with Cheng Huanian's quick preparations, the first issue of "Qing Bao" was also released to the world!
According to Jia Yun's plan, "Qingbao" will be published three times a month, usually on the first, eleventh and twenty-first days of the Lunar New Year, except for special circumstances.
This time is a special situation, because yesterday Jia Yun's enthronement ceremony was held, and the first issue of "Qing Bao" mainly reported this event and praised Jia Yun.
Today, Cheng Huanian will print a total of 100,000 copies of the first issue of "Qing Bao" and give them away for free.
There are also things to be careful about when giving away. Although one hundred thousand copies is already a large sum, you would not give it away casually on the street. The effect would not be good.
Most people in this era are illiterate, and most people's lives are not good. If you give "Qingbao" randomly on the street, there will be many people in the custody who will use "Qingbao" for other purposes, such as window coverings. .
This is also a big waste. In this era, the cost of 100,000 copies of "Qingbao" is a huge sum.
Jia Yun has already discussed with Cheng Huanian how to give away gifts to achieve good results.
Jia Yun proposed a variety of channels, such as giving to yamen at all levels of the imperial court, giving to wealthy families, giving to Imperial College, official schools, martial arts, private schools and other schools, giving to people who read and buy books at Qiwenwu, etc.
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The biggest problem is that transportation in this era is inconvenient. The first issue of "Qingbao" is released today. Except for Shenjing City and its surrounding areas, it will be many days before the current issue of "Qingbao" appears in other places, and like Guangzhou
Places that are very far away will have to wait longer.
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That morning, a newspaper deliveryman carried a large package and rode a horse into Ningrong Street and arrived at the gate of Rongguo Mansion.
"Who is coming?" one of the disciples asked.
The newspaper deliverer did not answer the question, but directly took out a copy of "Qing Bao" from the big package and said loudly: "Deliver the newspaper, deliver the newspaper, the first issue of "Qing Bao" will be given away for free. I am going to the new emperor to ascend the throne.
Cabinet Minister Ji Cunxiaoji has written an article describing the experience of the new emperor, as well as poems written by the three ministers of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Punishment. Please give this report to your master at once."
Everyone was stunned: "..."
The other disciples were also stunned: "..."
What's happening here?
The messenger threw the "Qing Bao" out, and the disciple subconsciously caught it in his hand. The messenger then rode away on horseback.
Menzi flipped through the "Qing Bao" and felt that the paper was very large, the layout was strange, and the text was incomprehensible.
There is a person in other sects who can recognize some simple characters, but he can't understand much. For example, the four characters "the new emperor ascends the throne", this sect can only recognize the two characters "new emperor".
Fortunately, the disciples understood the words of the newspaper deliverer just now and did not dare to neglect them. When one of the disciples took the newspaper to the housekeeper's room, he handed the "Qing Bao" to the chief steward Lin Zhixiao.
Lin Zhixiao learned about the situation and did not dare to neglect. He asked his wife, who was from Lin Zhixiao's family, to go to Rongqing Hall to find Jia Mu with "Qing Bao".
Jia Zheng went to the palace today to attend the transfer of Zi Palace. Jia She lived in the East Road Courtyard and was unreliable. Jia Lian went to Shanhaiguan City to deal with Jia Jing's funeral affairs. So when big things happen now, he can only go to the
It’s Jia Mu.
In Lin Zhixiao's view, this small copy of "Qing Bao" is a big deal, because this kind of thing is very new, and because the newspaper indicates that the president and editor-in-chief of the newspaper are Cheng Huanian, Lin Zhixiao knows this
This newspaper should have been issued under Jia Yun's instruction, because the content in the newspaper was very important.
The Rongqing Hall was not crowded at the moment, only a few people gathered, namely Jia Mu, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, Li Wan, Wang Xifeng, and Jia Mu's most trusted maid Yuanyang.
Jia Mu and others are talking about things related to Jia Yun, especially yesterday's enthronement ceremony and today's transfer to Zi Palace. Naturally, such matters require extra caution.
At this time, Lin Zhixiao's family came in, handed the "Qing Bao" to Jia Mu, and explained the situation.
After Jia Mu learned about it, she hurriedly put on her glasses and read "Qing Bao". She saw three large lines of words printed on the "front page":
The new emperor ascends the throne!
The era is prosperous!
Amnesty to the world!
There is a report article next to the three lines, followed by a narrative written by Ji Cunxiao.
Then there is the "Supplement", which contains six poems, three of which are written by Feng Xie, the current Minister of Rites, Xiao Fu, the Minister of Works, and Xu Shi, the Minister of Punishments. The three poems by the three ministers are all related to
Ji Cunxiao's narrative also praises Jia Yun.
The authors of the other three poems are neither princes, ministers, nor officials, but a merchant scholar, a merchant scholar, and a writer scholar.
Cheng Huanian was the successful businessman.
The merchant scholar named Lu Youlan was a close subordinate of Cheng Huanian.
The writer's scholar's name is Su Zhiwen, who now mainly makes a living by writing new-school martial arts novels. Because of the best-selling "Tian Long Ba Bu", new-school martial arts novels have emerged in the Qing Dynasty.
This time Jia Yun asked Cheng Huanian to write a poem, and also asked Cheng Huanian to find two more people to write a poem each. The main purpose of the poems was to praise him as the new emperor.
Well, it's not that Jia Yun is narcissistic, but that doing so is conducive to his reputation as the new emperor.
Moreover, the first issue of "Qing Bao" is equivalent to a special issue for the new emperor's enthronement. Whether it is "news" or "supplement", the content should preferably be related to this.
The content of the first issue of "Qingbao" was not much, and Jia Mu read it all quickly.
"Ancestor, what is written on it?" Wang Xifeng asked impatiently. She was very concerned about Jia Yun's ascension to the throne. What she thought about most in the past two days was not that Jia Lian went to Shanhaiguan to handle Jia Jing's funeral.
It's about Jia Yun becoming the emperor and Xue Baochai becoming the queen.
Jia Mu said: "I wrote news about the new emperor's accession to the throne, and several ministers wrote poems and essays to praise him."
Wang Xifeng said: "Old ancestor, can you show me?"
Jia Mu said, "You haven't read any books. Do you understand?"
Wang Xifeng said: "Newspapers are a novel thing. What's more, this newspaper is about the new emperor's enthronement. Even if I can't understand it, I can still watch it and enjoy it, right?"
In fact, Wang Xifeng has been working as the general manager of the inner house in Rongguofu these years, often writing posts and accounts, and has learned a lot of words.
Jia Mu said, "Let the two ladies take a look at it first, and then Zhu'er's wife and you can take a look at it."
Wang Xifeng naturally would not disagree.
Jia Mu immediately asked Yuanyang to hand the "Qing Bao" to Mrs. Xing. Mrs. Xing read it and handed it to Mrs. Wang. Mrs. Wang read it and handed it to Li Wan.
Li Wan and Wang Xifeng read it together. Wang Xifeng asked Li Wan if she didn't understand something. Li Wan's reading level is not low. In the original book, she participated in the Grand View Garden Poetry Society.
While several people were circulating the "Qing Bao", Jia Mu remained silent, thinking in silence.
After reading the newspaper, Wang Xifeng couldn't help but sigh: "That man is really the emperor now!"
Only then did Jia Mu speak again, and then she sighed: "It's strange that the one in the Taoist group has such good luck, it turns out that he is the emperor's fate!"
Jia Mu then said: "You all should leave, I want to rest."
She said she was taking a rest, but actually she wanted to be alone, to think back quietly about what happened between Jia Yun and Rong Guofu when she was a brother, and to make plans for Rong Guofu in the future.
The matter of the emperor Jia Yun...
When Jia Mu was resting, Jia Baoyu suddenly ran into Rongqing Hall. Others could not disturb Jia Mu's rest, but Jia Baoyu could. After all, he was Jia Mu's doting grandson.
"What are you doing here again at this time?" Mother Jia asked dotingly.
Jia Baoyu said: "I just heard that there are some newspapers here, show them to me."
In fact, it was Lin Daiyu, Tan Chun wanted to see it, but Jia Baoyu himself was not interested. Even if Jia Yun ascended the throne and became the emperor, he didn't care very much. What he cared about was still his sisters, but Lin Daiyu and Tan Chun were both interested.
Ask him to come to Jia Mu and ask for the newspaper, and he comes.
Jia Mu immediately asked her maid to bring the "Qing Bao" to Jia Baoyu, and Jia Baoyu took the "Qing Bao" to Lin Daiyu and Sanchun, letting Lin Daiyu and Sanchun read the newspaper.
After reading the newspaper, Lin Daiyu and Sanchun had similar thoughts to Wang Xifeng's just now, that is: Jia Yun is really the emperor now!
Lin Daiyu, who loves poetry, also carefully read the six poems in the newspaper. She was not happy with such poems praising virtues, but she did not say such words. Even if she was the arrogant Lin Daiyu, she did not dare to say such words casually.
The poems were bad words, not to mention that the emperor whose virtues these poems eulogized was Jia Yun, whom she had a crush on.