The stars are passing by, and the morning star hangs in the sky.
The lights in the cabinet duty room were brightly lit. Watching the leaking water level drop little by little, Jin Youzi, who was left behind, was anxious. He looked outside the door from time to time. Every time footsteps sounded, his heart would rise to his throat, lest he see someone.
The Lord returned empty-handed...
Finally, the first one to go out came back, and Xia Yuanji and Xia Shangshu appeared at the door.
Jin Youzi hurriedly stood up to greet him: "Lao Bu Tang, how are you?!" Seeing Xia Yuanji's empty hands, Jin Youzi's heart almost stopped beating.
Xia Yuanji turned to one side, and a member of the Zhongshu House came forward holding more than thirty memorials.
Jin Youzi was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked the person in the middle school to put the memorial on the table, and said happily to Xia Yuanji: "Laobu Tang has made a good start!"
"Haha," Xia Yuanji said with a faint smile: "Ashamed, I summoned the officials of the headquarters and ordered everyone above the seventh rank to write a congratulatory form, so I collected these thirty or so books, and many of them were fake..."
"I don't care about so much anymore, I have to pay for it!" Jin Youzi picked up a memorial and started reading: "As long as there is no nonsense in the congratulatory form!"
"I am also worried about this." Xia Yuanji nodded, put on his reading glasses, and got together with Jin Youzi to look through the congratulatory lists to prevent personal matters from being mixed in, which would arouse the emperor's thunderous wrath.
The two of them looked at the congratulatory form, and the rest of the people came one after another. Jian Yi was worthy of being the leader of the hundred officials, and he could get more than fifty copies by himself. Yang Rong and Yang Shiqi were at a disadvantage because they were not the dean of the department, but did not have many direct subordinates.
His subordinates could only summon officials to write congratulatory forms through others, which was naturally not that efficient, but the two of them managed to get more than twenty copies each.
The last person to come back was His Highness Taisun. The ministers, who were all looking through the memorials, all turned their attention to Zhu Zhanji, and then to the four Zhongshusheren behind him who were holding four high stacks of memorials.
The ministers were originally worried that the number of congratulatory forms was not enough, so when they saw this, they couldn't help but said with joy: "As expected of Your Highness, how many congratulation forms are there?!"
"One hundred and seventeen books." Zhu Zhanji said calmly with a reserved smile on his face: "My officials in the Ming Dynasty are still very sensible."
"More than a hundred copies?!" The academicians of the public hall couldn't help but gasped. Although today's matter is a helpless emergency, it is not a competition of your strength. Being able to change the officials in such a short period of time is a sign of strength in itself.
The embodiment of this. As a heavenly official, Jian Yi was able to receive more than fifty congratulations. This achievement was far beyond that of others and can be regarded as the prestige of the leader of hundreds of officials.
However, the congratulatory form that His Highness Taisun received was twice that of Jian Yi. This terrible appeal and influence made the adults not only admire but also worry a little more... The Emperor is worried
Most of the princes are married to the country, so they try their best to promote the great grandson. But now, why is His Highness the great prince not a great prince?!
However, that was all a matter of long-term thinking. There was not much to worry about at the moment. The cabinet academicians and court officials rushed to read more than two hundred memorials. It was already dawn outside. Zhu Zhanji stayed with them all night. At this time, Shan
He lazily stood up and said, "I'm going to serve Grandpa Huang. Please be patient."
"Your Highness, please." All the adults put down their congratulatory forms and stood up to see each other off.
After Zhu Zhanji left, Xia Yuanji shook his head and said, "It's great to be young. After staying up all night, I still look like a normal person."
At this time, the people from Zhongshushe gently blew out the lights in the cabinet. Jian Yi rubbed his aching eyes and said: "Time is not forgiving. We old arms and legs, we still don't know how to perform the ceremony from morning to night today."
I can’t hold it.”
"You have to hold on even if you can't hold it, and you have to hold on even if you can't." Yang Shiqi read all the congratulatory lists on hand, and asked someone to serve a bowl of ginseng soup to all the adults and said, "Today's ceremony must not go wrong under any circumstances."
The adults naturally knew it well, nodded, and continued to read the congratulatory lists while eating the ginseng soup. After almost finishing the ginseng soup, all the congratulatory lists were also read.
Jian Yi took off his tortoiseshell spectacles, rubbed his temples and said, "Send them to Your Majesty."
The people in the Zhongshushe put the congratulatory form into a box and carried it out of the cabinet.
"More than two hundred and twenty congratulatory forms, although not many," Xia Yuanji said to himself while looking at the people in the middle school room busy with a cold towel to keep himself awake: "I should be able to pass the test.
Bar."
"It should be about the same." Yang Shiqi rubbed the corners of his eyes with his fingers, removing large pieces of eye mucus. "The ceremony will be in an hour, and the emperor will probably not cause any more trouble."
"I hope so." Yang Rong stood up, and the family quickly put cloaks on him and the other adults, and gave them warm hats.
"Yes, I hope so." All the adults also stood up, and Jian Yi said in a deep voice: "Let's go there too."
"Yes." The adults, wearing sable cloaks and white warm hats, left the cabinet and headed to the Qianqing Palace.
At this time, it was already bright outside, and the Forbidden City was bustling with activity. Thousands of guards and eunuchs all put on brand-new auspicious clothes. The eunuchs wore python robes, carried lanterns, held Ruyi, held fans, and raised umbrellas in a mighty and majestic manner.
Standing on both sides of the royal road, the first row is the Ouchi golden-armored guards armed with spears, gourds, axes, and flags, and the next row is the Jiaofangsi musicians holding various musical instruments.
Tens of thousands of people lined up from the Meridian Gate to the Qianqing Gate, but there was silence and no one moved. Everyone was silently waiting for their monarch.
It is said to be the palace moving ceremony, but in fact the emperor has already moved into the Qianqing Palace in advance, but the three main halls have not yet been opened. He has to wait for the auspicious day of the zodiac and accept the congratulations from hundreds of officials and nations in the Qianqing Palace before officially moving into the Forbidden City.
Jian Yi, Yang Shiqi and others arrived at the gate of Qianqing. They met with King Zhao, Duke Cheng, Duke Ding, Marquis Yangwu and others who had been waiting here for a long time, and entered the courtyard of Qianqing Palace together. But they saw the courtyard of Qianqing Palace.
In the middle, a huge dragon carriage carrying thirty-two carriages shone brightly in the morning light. Thirty-two strong carriage eunuchs in python robes all knelt under their respective carriage poles, waiting for His Majesty the Emperor to board the carriage.
King Zhao, Jian Yi and other princes and ministers all knelt on the second row of the stone steps of the main hall. As for the first row...it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who had been kneeling for another night...all eyes were looking at the Qianqing Palace quietly.
The open palace door.
In the Palace of the Qianqing Dynasty, the emperor had already gotten up, but he was only wearing ordinary robes. Li Yan, Huang Yan, Yang Qing and other eunuchs all knelt before their highness, holding the emperor's crown, Zhangfu, Luo Shang and leather belt.
, jade pendants, large ribbons, these are the things that the emperor should wear when attending grand ceremonies... However, Zhu Di had no intention of looking at those things at this moment. His gloomy eyes all fell on the box of congratulatory forms sent by the cabinet.
superior.
Zhu Zhanji held the medicine bowl in his hand and stood aside.
Zhongshu Sheren opened the box. The emperor took a look at the box full of congratulations. His expression was still gloomy. He picked up one without opening it. He just looked at the cover repeatedly and said with a smile: "There are not enough."
, the cover comes together. Is using such a thick cover to make it appear more bulky?"
"No," Zhu Zhanji hurriedly explained: "Grandpa Emperor, today is a grand ceremony of the imperial court. Officials' congratulatory forms must of course use the best quality seals. Otherwise, they cannot show solemnity!"
"Hmph..." Zhu Di sneered, threw the congratulation form back, and asked quietly: "Are you sure these are all congratulation forms?"
"Several ministers have looked at them one by one overnight, and they are indeed correct." Zhu Zhanji replied softly: "Grandpa Huang, if you don't believe it, you can do a spot check."
"Huh, I'm afraid I'll be disgusted after reading it..." Zhu Di said coldly: "I'm afraid they wrote this memorial with hatred, right? If it weren't for their prince, I might not even have a congratulations list at all!" As he said,
Turn your head away.
Seeing this, Zhu Zhanji quickly apologized and said with a smile: "Then keep it for now. Grandpa Huang can read it whenever he wants."
"snort……"
Seeing that the emperor had no objection, Zhu Zhanji quickly signaled with his eyes to the people in the middle school room to carry the box away, and then smiled and said: "It's getting late, it's time for the emperor to change his clothes..."
Li Yan, Huang Huan and other eunuchs also stood up and said with a smile: "Yes, Your Majesty, the servants have been waiting outside for a long time..."
Zhu Di had a dark face and said nothing, but in the end he allowed them to dress him neatly. With the help of his grandson, he slowly walked out of Qianqing Palace.
Outside the Qianqing Palace, seeing the emperor's figure, the prince and all the princes and ministers breathed a sigh of relief, and then shouted in unison: "Your Majesty, please come aboard!" Then Shao music played and singing and dancing took place.
Today is a big day that Zhu Di has been planning for a long time. It can be said that since he usurped the throne and ascended the throne of Fengtian Hall in Nanjing sixteen years ago, he has been thinking about changing a place to be the capital and sitting on the dragon throne more safely. Sixteen
During the years, he expelled the Tatars, built the new capital of Beijing, dredged the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, moved millions of wealthy Jiangnan households to populate Beijing, and overcame the opposition of the prince and ministers. He planned carefully step by step and tried his best to act every time.
We have finally reached this point, a step that is about to fulfill a long-cherished wish of more than ten years!
Before this day, Zhu Di had imagined the scene of the capital relocation ceremony countless times, and every time he was so excited that he could not sleep. However, when this day came, he had no joy in his heart, only full of anger!
Why?! I am obviously doing it for this country! I am doing it for future generations! Every one of you, from the prince to the officials, are so fiercely opposed to me! You are disgusting and fighting for your life! Don’t look at you all kneeling here now
, your face is full of respect! But I know that your hearts are full of disdain and disdain! Full of dissatisfaction!
There was no joy on Zhu Di's face. He felt like there was a fire burning in his chest, which he was about to hold in. However, on this day, he could only endure it...
Glancing at the prince coldly, he saw that he was still wearing the clothes from last night. The emperor said calmly: "Is this what the prince plans to wear to attend the ceremony?"
"I will change my son now." Zhu Gaochi hurriedly got up with the help of several eunuchs and went to the side hall to change the crown of the crown prince. After a while, he changed his robe and came out with the help of the eunuchs.
At this time, the emperor had already boarded the dragon chariot, and all the princes and ministers were standing behind the dragon chariot, waiting for the prince to take his seat. As soon as the prince arrived, Huang Yan shouted at the top of his voice: "The emperor has risen!"