Chapter 141 The first policy after taking the throne
On the morning of October 6th, Zhu Youxiao changed into the emperor's crown uniform that his father, Emperor Zhu Changluo, had previously worn.
Time is tight and I haven’t made a new crown uniform yet.
Although he is as tall as his father, he is still very thin because he is only sixteen years old. Zhu Changluo's crown uniform seems a bit baggy for him, and he needs to wear a layer of lining inside to look majestic enough.
However, the clothes are only part of it, and the spirit of the whole person is majestic enough. No one in the civil and military circles in the court thought that he was not powerful enough. Instead, they were afraid that he would be investigated and investigated.
In front of Huangji Gate, the eunuch blew his whip three times.
Because the Huangji Palace still needs to be repaired, the enthronement ceremony was still held in front of the palace instead of inside the palace.
The coronation ceremony begins.
According to the etiquette system, Zhu Youxiao had to accept the petition from courtiers yesterday to ask for his ascension to the throne. According to the system, he had to make three requests and three concessions. The first two times he had to humbly say that he was not suitable to be emperor, and he had to be reluctant after the third petition.
Agree.
Finally accepting the above request, Zhu Youxiao officially ascended the throne as Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, with the reign name Tianqi, and next year will be the first year of Tianqi.
Zhu Youxiao became Emperor Tianqi.
"Long live my emperor! Long live! Long live!"
In the Ming Dynasty, the emperor was generally not called "long live", but it was called this way when the emperor ascended the throne and during important ceremonies.
All civil and military officials shouted long live and knelt down in order.
"Everyone loves you!"
The first thing he did after he ascended the throne was to discuss the matter of Emperor Taichang's mausoleum again.
It has been determined that the mausoleum is Qingling, but it will take some time to select a location for the tomb. Sun Ruyou, the Minister of Rites, reported several preliminary sites on Tianshou Mountain.
Zhu Youxiao arranged for Sun Ruyou to survey the surrounding area and make sure that the tomb should fit on the main vein and be in a suitable location so that it would not be flooded by landslides.
This is the first thing that is usually discussed after taking the throne.
Zhu Youxiao also gradually adapted to the etiquette after the change in status.
He had overseen the country before, and he had made preparations and arrangements for these things, and he was very familiar with them.
But titles and etiquette have definitely changed.
Ministers should address the emperor as "Your Majesty" during the enthronement ceremony and the three major royal court meetings each year. At other times, the emperor is often addressed as "Long live your Majesty" during regular court meetings.
Similarly, the emperor must refer to himself as "I" when he ascends the throne and during the three major dynasties.
In ordinary Chang Chao, you can refer to yourself as "I" or "Zhen".
As for when not in court, most of the time I refer to myself as "I" and "I".
However, Zhu Youxiao mentioned Taizu before, and Chengzu had a dream. Zhu Di and Zhu Yuanzhang were more casual at that time, often calling themselves "I", and they often used "I" in court and imperial edicts.
Zhu Youxiao was thinking that from now on he would be called "I" or "I" when he goes to court, and "I", "I" and "I" when he is not going to court.
In short, "I" must be used.
He clearly stated that he had the dream of Taizu and Chengzu, and was determined to restore the military strength of the Ming Dynasty in those two periods.
The previous issues involving Taichang's future generations have been discussed, and Zhu Youxiao began to lead the discussion.
"My Taizu and Chengzu asked me to restore the prosperity and strength of the past. They told me that the prosperity and strength of the past was not due to inheriting the old system of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, but to pioneering and innovating according to local conditions. Therefore, the Tianqi Dynasty will continue
The measures of the Longwan New Deal are preparing to restore Zhang Juzheng's reputation."
When he said this, there was the Ministry of Rites in front of him, who wanted to advise him to use "I" and not to call himself "I" when going to court. However, the topic of restoring Zhang Juzheng's reputation was very hot, and all of his attention was focused here. He added: "I discussed this topic with the late Emperor Wanli. The late Emperor said that when Emperor Chenghua restored Yu Qian's reputation, it would be inevitable to restore Zhang Juzheng's reputation in the future. But he reminded me that the reputation can be restored appropriately and it is not appropriate to overdo it all at once."<
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"The late Emperor is a wise man, Your Majesty is a wise man!" All the officials praised in unison.
Restoring Zhang Juzheng’s reputation has long been a popular trend.
When the civil servants opposed Zhang Juzheng, they actually opposed Zhang Juzheng's power as prime minister and the monarchy behind him, opposed Zhang Juzheng's reforms, and opposed Zhang Juzheng's control of the court.
After Zhang Juzheng was overthrown by Wanli and the civil servants, the New Deal, reforms, and reforms all became political mistakes. However, as time went by, Wanli and some civil servants who wanted to make a difference actually regretted it...
After losing the guarantee of measuring land acres, land annexation intensified rapidly. Of course, traditional landowners and literati thought it was a prosperous time.
But of course some civil servants who have done something well understand the principle of "suppressing annexation." However, to suppress land annexation, they need to investigate reforms on taxation and officials. This brings us back to Zhang Juzheng. They know the solution, which is what they opposed back then. This is the case for the Donglin Party.
Zou Yuanbiao, one of the three giants, and others are famous for their opposition to Zhang Juzheng, but now the Donglin Party is also preparing to restore Zhang Juzheng's reputation.
Restoring Zhang Juzheng's reputation can build prestige for the Donglin Party and attract a large number of ambitious scholars. Historically, after Tianqi ascended the throne, they took the lead in making Zhang Juzheng ordinary and attracted a group of talents including Lu Xiangsheng to join. p>
However, they only restored Zhang Juzheng's reputation, but did not restore Zhang Juzheng's reforms. In particular, the two key contents of clearing the father-in-law's land and conducting inspections based on political performance were not only not restored, but also worsened than before.
This is the short-sightedness of their landlord literati stance.
Zhu Youxiao has no intention of giving up such an important and honorable matter as Zhang Juzheng's rehabilitation to the Donglin Party.
Whoever suggested it took advantage of it and sold favors to the ambitious scholars in the world.
After Zhu Youxiao said it, Yang Lian, Qian Qianyi and other Donglin Party members felt chilled.
"It's bad, he said it first. We publicized in Donglin Academy to rehabilitate Zhang Juzheng, which is equivalent to making him a wedding dress."
Yang Lian was angry, why was he the first to do what Donglin wanted to do? Even if he thought of it all this time, the content of his vindication of Zhang Juzheng must be different from the content of the Donglin Party's vindication of Zhang Juzheng.
Qian Qianyi has another idea.
"Is he going to launch a new deal or reform the law?"
Directly opposing the Apocalypse Emperor is enough to keep you going. But you can first verbally support it, then work hard, and then make the subordinates less interested in the New Deal. This will play a role in stopping his New Deal.
There are many tricks in the officialdom. He is the kind of official who will not stand up to oppose, but will definitely not implement opinions he disagrees with.
Zhu Youxiao knew that his proposal to rehabilitate Zhang Juzheng would definitely make the officials upset.
He continued: "Zhang Juzheng led the whole world to clean up the land and re-determine taxes. This move offended many people. I feel that directly restoring it will also offend many people, so I will take it one step at a time.
This time, officials from the capital were examined together, and ten outstanding officials were selected. They have profound insights and good methods on what makes a country rich. Now that I have ascended the throne, of course I must fulfill my appointment to them. So you can rest assured that I will not resume Zhang Juzheng's reforms in one fell swoop.
, but discuss with them to promote Tianqi Dynasty’s new policy step by step.”
"Long live your Majesty!"
The first thing the new emperor has to do after he ascends the throne is to reasonably resume Zhang Juzheng's reforms based on the top ten in this "Why is the Nation Wealthy" exam?
This was a great honor to the ten of them, and Tianqi won the hearts of most of them at once.