Chapter 15 The Righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period
The purpose of the Ming Dynasty is the four characters "Respect Heaven and Fazu" on the Forbidden City in Beijing.
Today, Chuangjun made a simple modification to these four words, changing the four golden characters of "Respecting Heaven and Fazu" to the new purpose of "Shun Tian and Yingren", which clearly shows that the new country is different from its past history.
purpose.
The abdication ceremony and all the ceremonies for the founding of the Chuang Army are being planned intensively. The person in charge is still Gong Shangshu of the Rites Government. He was originally the official responsible for the ritual system in the Ming Dynasty government, and he has no knowledge in this aspect.
Naturally it is quite abundant.
Li Laiheng carefully observed the expressions of various people on Taiyuan Avenue. It was obvious that although Niu Jinxing was now the Pingzhang political official of the "New Dynasty", Niu Xiang's Qi-nurturing skills were obviously still not up to the mark.
. Judging from his expression, Master Niu was very concerned about the fact that he could not participate in the preparation of the founding ceremony.
"Qi Weng, you're fine!"
Li Laiheng looked at Niu Jinxing with a half-smile, cupped his hands and said, "Weng Qi is the first prime minister of our dynasty. From now on, he will be famous in the history of Qing Dynasty, and his life will be well worth it."
It's just that Niu Jinxing didn't seem to have the leisure and elegance to talk to Li Laiheng about the founding prime minister of the country. His unhappiness was clearly visible. This kind of Qi-nurturing skills seemed to be out of control now that people like Song Qijiao and Gong Yan were chasing after him.
Not surprisingly.
Niu Jinxing himself was quite angry that Li Zicheng's hiring of people was a bit like "employing people is like accumulating salary, and the newcomers get the upper hand". However, when Li Laiheng ridiculed him, these small dissatisfactions could only be put aside for the time being.
He obviously didn't want to say anything more to Li Laiheng. He just pretended to be indifferent and said softly: "Little Li Shuai is in the position of a prince. He founded the country and became a prince. He also wants to leave his name in the history of Dashun."
Li Laiheng chuckled and said: "I don't want to be granted the title of marquis, I just hope that the world will be peaceful. Qi Weng... ah no, I should say he is the prime minister. The prime minister is overly praised. It has been more than two hundred years since Taizu of the Ming Dynasty abolished the position of prime minister.
, our government has re-established a prime minister, and Prime Minister Niu is the first prime minister in the past two hundred years. He has power over the government and the public. Who in the world can match Xiang Bei? This is really self-evident."
Li Zicheng restored the Tang system, which of course also restored the position of prime minister that had been abolished by Zhu Yuanzhang. Moreover, the Tang Dynasty originally had a system of group prime ministers. Although Dashun also had two Pingzhang political affairs, the other Pingzhang political affairs Hui
Because Shiyang was old, Li Zicheng made him a Pingzhang, more to win the hearts and minds of the old officials of the Ming Dynasty, and did not grant Hui Shiyang the real power of prime minister.
Therefore, there seems to be nothing wrong with saying that Niu Jinxing was the first true prime minister in more than two hundred years.
However, Niu Jinxing knows his own family affairs. In ancient times, prime ministers were able to establish government offices, or at least recruit their own staff. However, Dashun adopted a right-wing military system, and Li Zicheng now reused a group of old Ming Dynasty ministers who surrendered in Shaanxi. Niu Jinxing
Not to mention recruiting a group of prime minister's staff, it would be very difficult for Jin Xing to maintain his influence on the six governments.
The so-called true prime minister is just because Dashun’s civil service has not yet been fully established... At least judging from the fact that Li Zicheng awarded Niu Jinxing the title of bachelor of Tianyou Hall, perhaps in the future Dashun and Pingzhang will have political affairs
It's just a false title, the Grand Bachelor of Tianyou Palace is the real job.
The so-called real prime minister is actually just a cabinet minister who serves as an advisor.
Niu Jinxing stopped talking, and after casually chatting some useless nonsense with Li Laiheng, everyone saw a group of well-organized cavalry riding out.
Li Zicheng's Yellow Dragon Banner also appeared on the streets of Taiyuan City. It was covered with yellow covers. Residents on both sides of the road who had already learned that the Chuang Army was going to found the country today also burned incense and knelt on the roadside to worship.
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Li Laiheng smelled the strong smell of incense smoke, and the whole city was covered in a smoke that seemed to have a golden color.
"The beginning of etiquette and righteousness lies in correct appearance, uniform color, and correct speech..."
Li Laiheng heard the voice of Gong Shangshu, who seemed to be reading the contents of the "Book of Rites" loudly. The cavalry around him surged forward, the golden drums roared in the sky, and the armor shone brightly. The people near Shanxi who heard the news all helped Lai Laiheng and Li Laiheng.
When I was young, I came to Taiyuan City like a tide to watch the ceremony.
Although Niu Jinxing repeatedly proposed banning people from other counties from going to Taiyuan to watch the ceremony, Li Zicheng seemed to have stronger self-confidence than before because he was about to proclaim himself emperor and found the country. He rejected Niu Jinxing's words and decided
Let more people see the moment when the foundation of Dashun Emperor was laid.
Many old people knelt on the ground holding incense in their hands, thinking that the days of peace were indeed coming, and they couldn't help but burst into tears with excitement.
Li Zichen himself was also very excited. Now the process of proclaiming himself emperor has reached the first step of surrendering to the Jin king. Since the Chuang army insisted that Chongzhen had been killed by the Qing army, they would choose a suitable person to succeed him among the Ming vassal kings in Taiyuan.
Datong.
Previously, Li Zicheng had already identified King Qin to be the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, "Ming Dynasty Emperor". However, according to Gong Shangshu, if King Qin wanted to inherit the throne, he would have to yield several times first. The specific procedures were first determined by some Ming Dynasty officials.
The members of the vassal dynasty recommended King Jin to succeed him. Then King Jin came out to explain how he was "poor in virtue" and was not qualified to inherit the Ming Dynasty. He first proposed that because the Qing army killed the late emperor Chongzhen, he could only "raise troops for great success".
Only those who "enemies the emperor's restoration of the country" can have the true legitimacy to inherit the Ming Dynasty's imperial lineage.
After this requirement was put forward, it actually completely eliminated the possibility of members of the Ming dynasty sects inheriting the throne. Because whether it was King Qin or King Lu and King Fu who had certain power in Nanjing, they probably had no courage or conspiracy.
Crusade against Huang Taiji.
Immediately afterwards, King Qin bowed.
He was persuaded to join the Ming Dynasty by members of the Ming dynasty, and then reluctantly by the King of Jin, who only received a few hundred taels of silver reward. With the support of the old people of the Ming Dynasty, he finally decided to officially declare his inheritance as "the late emperor".
"The royal industry.
But the King of Qin happened to be a person who judged the situation. He was worried that if he really became the "Ming Dynasty Emperor", would he really be able to enjoy the five thousand taels of silver from the Song King in the future? What if the future Dashun monarchs were afraid of him?
What would the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty do if he was given a glass of wine and killed like Song Taizong did to Li Yu, the empress of the Southern Tang Dynasty?
Therefore, there was a small problem when the surrender came to this stage, that is, the King of Qin was determined not to formally proclaim himself emperor. He claimed that in accordance with the righteousness of the "Spring and Autumn", the traitors who killed the old king had not yet been attacked, so the old king could not be buried, and the new king could not be buried.
succession.
The King of Qin believed that his army was weak and could not attack the rebels, so he proposed that he could only be called "Supervisor of the State", but he really did not dare to call himself emperor.
Of course Li Zicheng was very angry about this. Everything was fine, he had promised five thousand taels of silver and a prince of the Song Dynasty, but the King of Qin actually made a problem at this juncture?