As the coronation ceremony approaches, every household in the streets and alleys of Beijing begins to decorate with lights, red and green.
By the way, the people in the capital were busy enough. Not long ago, they hung up white lanterns and white cloth flags and all the people were in plain clothes to observe the national mourning for the deceased Zhu Houzhao. During this period, they were not allowed to sing, drink or laugh, and everyone had to cry in mourning.
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But in the blink of an eye, the order was issued. The white lanterns were to be replaced with red lanterns, and the white curtains were to be replaced with red curtains. The face should no longer be frowning, but should be grinning, because the new emperor has ascended the throne and the whole world is celebrating. How can one be sad? appearance.
In the streets and alleys, people turned around and changed almost in an instant. This is the power of political power. One moment, people are crying, and the next moment you must laugh. The people should do whatever the superiors want from the people. .As for what the common people think? That doesn’t matter? Who cares what the ants think? Ants only need to obey and do what they are told, no brains are needed.
Starting from the evening of the 27th, all palaces in the imperial palace began to be cleaned up. Especially the Qianqing Palace where the new emperor was about to move in, naturally it had to go through a lot of cleaning. Everything about Zhu Houzhao naturally needed to be cleared. The new emperor made it clear , he doesn’t like luxurious and splendid style. He likes simple and simple style.
Therefore, the luxurious flower and bird screens in the Qianqing Palace need to be replaced, and the gorgeous carpets need to be replaced. The large red lacquer pillars also need to be covered with plain gold paper to cover up. Some of the playthings that the emperor liked were buried with him, and the rest were buried with him. In the Palace of Qianqing, all must be moved away.
The servants of Prince Xing's Mansion who came to Beijing with Zhu Houcong sent messages back and forth, conveying Zhu Houcong's various requirements. Not only the decorations in the residence, but also the flowers and trees in the yard had to be taken care of. Zhu Houcong didn't like bamboo, so The eunuchs had to dig up all the roots of a dense clump of Xiangfei bamboo in the garden of Qianqing Palace overnight.
In addition to Qianqing Palace, Kunning Palace also ushered in the final cleanup.
The cleaning of Kunning Palace is not mainly about the objects and furnishings, but about the people.
The new emperor is about to ascend the throne, and as the queen, Queen Xia must move out of Kunning Palace before the emperor ascends the throne. After her husband dies, Queen Xia really has no qualifications to continue living in Kunning Palace.
After several years of marriage, Queen Xia and Zhu Houzhao did not actually have a deep relationship. Queen Xia had a calm personality, which was not what Zhu Houzhao liked. Queen Xia herself never took the initiative to flatter Zhu Houzhao. Not complaining. There are birds and flowers in Kunning Palace, which is quiet and comfortable.
In fact, Queen Xia and Zhu Houzhao spent very little time together. They didn't even have any real conversations with each other, and they didn't even talk about personal matters between husband and wife. These were not available. There was no such thing as talking about the relationship between the two people. They are husband and wife, rather than familiar strangers. During the holidays, having a meal together is just a matter of occasion.
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When Zhu Houzhao died, Queen Xia also cried hard. But the tears were to some extent due to the pain caused by the death of this person named Zhu Houzhao, or because of the death of Zhu Houzhao, Queen Xia's life would be difficult in the future, so she felt Grief and lamentation. No one knows this.
Everyone was comforting the Empress Dowager, busy with Zhu Houzhao's funeral, and looking for and preparing for the new emperor to ascend the throne. But few people focused on Empress Xia to comfort this poor woman who had lost her husband. As if she had been forgotten by everyone, Queen Xia silently did everything according to etiquette during this period. At the same time, she also ordered the female officials to tidy up and clean early.
Therefore, when the internal officials came to invite me and told Queen Xia that she was moving out of Kunning Palace tonight, Queen Xia just nodded and gave a gentle order. Several personal maids and internal servants carried a few packages and moved
Carrying her daily necessities, two pots of orchids she had raised by herself, and a thrush that Queen Xia liked, she left Kunning Palace for her new residence, Changchun Palace, without looking back.
Go in the middle.
Although there have been lives in Changchun Palace, many people died inexplicably when Queen Zhou lived there. No one wants to live there so far. But Queen Xia moved in without any complaints.
In the Yanxi Palace, Empress Dowager Zhang was in a complicated mood. She did not need to make too many preparations here. As the Empress Dowager, she would not have many roles tomorrow. She would only accept worship and go to court behind the curtain. She did not participate in the etiquette matters.
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Empress Dowager Zhang insisted on not letting anyone hang up red lanterns in the palace. Her son had only died a few days ago, and she often thought of him in her heart. Although her son was alive, she did not feel the deep mother-son relationship between her and him.
Emotionally, I was even angry for some of his actions. But after he died, I truly felt that everything would change after losing Zhu Houzhao.
No matter what kind of person the son is when he is alive, when he is alive, he is the queen mother worthy of the name, and his son is the emperor. No one can mess with her as the queen mother. When the son is in charge of the world, she is the mother of the world.
The son is gone and has been replaced by someone else. After all, he and I are not of the same mind and are not flesh and blood. After all, I am not his mother. They have already started to make trouble in the past two days, let alone the future.
Moreover, my son has just passed away half a month ago, and now the courtiers and servants in the palace are talking about "the new emperor this, the new emperor that". It's true that the tea gets cold when a person leaves.
This time, that time.
Some people in the palace have already begun to make up their minds, and Empress Dowager Zhang has seen the signs. Some people can no longer restrain their emotions and want to join the new emperor and get new opportunities in the new dynasty. From eunuchs to palace maids to concubines, they all have the idea.
There was an indescribable throbbing and excitement. Xiaofu could no longer contain their mood.
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Even though I feel angry and sad in my heart, this is the current situation. Not only the emperor, I am afraid that I will be forgotten by them soon.
Before the enthronement ceremony, people's hearts were intertwined and complicated. Some people were full of nostalgia, some were full of expectations, some were calm, and some were unhappy. In any case, the replacement of the old with the new seems inevitable, and it is
Coming quickly.
August 28, the ninth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, is an auspicious day.
At Chen time in the morning, the sound of bells and drums resounded throughout Beijing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
The officials of the Ming Dynasty, all wearing brand-new official uniforms, slowly entered from the Ming Dynasty Gate, went straight into Chengtian Gate, and entered the Meridian Gate to enter the palace. Yang Tinghe, the chief minister of the cabinet, and hundreds of civil and military officials went to the Wenhua Hall to kneel down to express their greetings and invite the new emperor.
The emperor went to the enthronement ceremony.
After three invitations and three rejections, Zhu Houcong finally reluctantly agreed to ascend the throne and accepted the suggestions from the officials. After that, the servants immediately went to help change the clothes, and the officials respectfully welcomed the new emperor out and boarded the car.
According to the process, the first step in ascending the throne is to lead the civil and military ministers to the Heaven and Earth Altar in Zhengnanfang to offer sacrifices to Heaven and Earth.
After offering sacrifices to heaven, he worshiped the ancestors of the Zhu family and comforted the emperors of the past dynasties. Then he ascended the throne of Fengtian Hall, accepted the congratulations of the ministers, and issued an edict of amnesty to the world, completing the entire process of enthroning the throne.
Therefore, surrounded by the Han general's camp in Jinyiwei, accompanied by the ministers' chariots and horses, they filed out of the palace amidst the sound of drum music. They slowly came out from the Meridian Gate and the Daming Gate, and walked slowly towards the Zhengyang Gate.
On the streets of the inner and outer cities, there were huge crowds of people, crowded on the royal roads inside Zhengyang Gate and Yongding Gate, eagerly awaiting the arrival of the new imperial chariot.
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The drums and music are brilliant, and the ceremonial guards are grand. Under the autumn sun, the people are clamoring and the voices are loud.
Zhu Houcong was sitting under the yellow umbrella of the chariot, looking at everything in front of him, his heart was about to burst with excitement. Everything in front of him seemed like a dream. But he knew that all of this was not a dream.
I am going to be the emperor, and all this has finally become a reality. It is really unbelievable, unbelievable, and like a dream.
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To the north of the capital, on the official road leading to the north gate of the capital, a group of cavalry was galloping through the mountains and fields.
Thousands of cavalry swept through the autumn mountains like the wind at extremely fast speeds. They were traveling at the speed of a charge forward.
Zhang Yanling took the lead, with the black horse snorting under his crotch and white saliva flowing from his mouth. But Zhang Yanling had no idea of letting it rest, and the whip whipped it ruthlessly on its buttocks, urging it to run wildly.
Finally, under the rising sun, the towering city walls of Beijing appeared in front of them, and the tall towers of Desheng Gate became more and more clearly visible. The expressions of Zhang Yanling and others also became more and more grim.
After being away for more than three months, I finally returned to the capital. Compared with the past when I left the capital and came back, the feeling this time is very special. Because unprecedented changes are happening in the capital, everything is very different from before. This
A return to Beijing is not to enjoy reunion and peace. It is to face a bloody storm.
At half past midnight, a thousand naval yamen cavalry personal guards led by Zhang Yanling, King Jinghai of the Ming Dynasty, arrived at the Desheng Gate at the north gate of the capital.
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At this moment, the Deshengmen gate is tightly closed and the suspension bridge is raised high. The soldiers guarding the city gate are looking down at the thousand cavalry rushing to the city. Guarding the city are soldiers and horses in brocade uniforms, led by a man named Guo Song.
There are thousands of households in Jinyiwei.
"Listen to the defenders at the top of the city and quickly open the city gate. The governor of the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty, the governor of the naval yamen of the Ming Dynasty, the deputy governor of the regiment of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhang Yanling, the king of Jinghai of the Ming Dynasty, returned to Beijing for the funeral. Open the city gate quickly." Huo Shijian used his loud voice.
His voice and fluent tongue shouted loudly towards the city.
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