Li Hongzhang took Luan Jia to the gate of Prince Duan, where there was already a sea of people.
Because the royal family of Rui County is about to have an emperor, word has spread throughout the capital. Now, those gathered at the gate of the palace are all people who have some relationship with the king of Rui County. These people are here to celebrate the new emperor's enthronement.
Li Hongzhang's caravan had not yet arrived at the gate of Prince Rui, but when they were at the street entrance, eunuchs had already reported to Prince Rui and his son Pu Jun.
After Duanjun Wang Zaiyi learned that Li Hongzhang was coming, he was so excited that he was trembling. Their family was finally going to have an emperor.
Next to him, Pu Jun was also wearing a dragon robe, and there was a eunuch supporting him.
Soon, Duanjun Wang Zaiyi heard loud banging and drumming at the door of his residence, and then a young eunuch came in to report, "I have seen the prince, the emperor, and the military minister Li Hongzhang is outside asking for an audience."
"Quickly, tell him to come in."
Before Duanjun Wang Zaiyi could speak, Pu Jun next to him had already spoken.
The little eunuch listened to the order and hurried out of the communication department. After a while, Li Hongzhang led several eunuchs and maids into the main hall of Ruijun Prince's Mansion.
Today is different from the past. Li Hongzhang did not delay in front of Prince Rui. Instead, he first saluted Prince Rui according to the rules, and then knelt down in front of Pu Jun respectfully.
"Your Majesty, Li Hongzhang, Minister of Military and Aircraft, respectfully requests that the Emperor move you."
Pu Jun nodded excitedly, "Then let's get started."
After hearing what the other party said, Li Hongzhang quickly stood up and led the way.
Pu Jun, surrounded by palace maids and eunuchs, left the main hall and came to the square, where Luan Jia, who was in front of him, was already ready.
When Pu Jun was getting into the royal chariot, he couldn't help but look back at the Prince's Mansion. This mansion he had lived in since he was a child would probably never be able to come back again.
Duanjun Wang Zaiyi saw that his son was hesitant, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Long live Lord, it's getting late, you'd better get up and drive quickly."
Pu Jun was stunned for a moment after hearing his father's words, and then turned to look at Duanjun Wang Zaiyi. When he was in the hall just now, he didn't feel anything, but now he felt the alienation from his father in public.
Now they are no longer just father and son, but king and minister.
Pu Jun held back his tears and nodded, then got into the chariot.
Li Hongzhang was watching from the side. He first saluted Prince Rui, and then left the Prince Rui's Mansion with his motorcade and went straight to the Forbidden City.
The motorcade arrived in front of the Forbidden City, where Liu Hai and the ministers of civil and military affairs had been waiting for a long time.
Now when they saw the convoy coming, they all knelt down on the ground under the leadership of Liu Hai and shouted, "Long live the mountain."
Pu Jun was sitting in the royal chariot, listening to the shouts of "long live" outside, but he couldn't express the excitement in his heart.
The eunuch outside the royal chariot saw that all the civil and military officials had knelt down, but the new emperor in the imperial chariot was silent. He hurriedly reminded outside the imperial chariot: "Your Majesty, all the civil and military officials have knelt down. Please send me a message. what to do?"
Pu Jun finally came to his senses and said to the outside: "Everyone loves me."
Liu Hai then stood up with all the civil and military officials.
Then the royal chariot led Wenwu and Liu Hai in front, closely following behind, and finally arrived at the side hall of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
When he arrived here, Pu Jun got off the imperial chariot, then with the help of the eunuch, he entered the side hall and sat in the middle.
Then Liu Hai led the civil and military officials to stand in two groups before His Highness.
After the main hall became quiet, according to the rules, Zhao Jiahua went out to announce, "When the new emperor ascends the throne, he should worship heaven and earth! Please take a bath and change your clothes, go to the Temple of Heaven to offer sacrifices to the sky, and go to the altar of Earth to offer sacrifices to the earth."
Pu Jun sat on it and pretended to say: "It's accurate."
Then another eunuch helped him to the back hall, where he began to bathe and change clothes.
After that, he went through a set of tedious procedures before the new emperor came out of the apse. Then, surrounded by civil and military ministers, he boarded the imperial chariot again and left the Forbidden City straight to the Temple of Heaven.
Here the new emperor, accompanied by the civil and military ministers, offered sacrifices to heaven and announced to heaven that he had assumed the position of emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
After that, the new emperor's brother left the Temple of Heaven and came to the Temple of Earth, where he once again informed the earth that he had ascended the throne.
After this routine was completed, the new emperor returned to the Forbidden City again, bathed and changed clothes in the side hall of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and then, under the service of eunuchs and maids, came to the main hall of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
This was Pu Jun's first time entering the Hall of Supreme Harmony. He was in agitated mood and even his feet were a little weak. If it were not for the support of the eunuch next to him, he would not have known how he could sit on the throne.
Pu Jun was sitting on the golden throne in the middle of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. When he looked at the ministers below, a self-centered aura arose in him.
Pu Jun coughed, and then said: "I am young and have just ascended the throne. I will need your help from all the ministers in the future."
The ministers below once again knelt down under the leadership of Liu Hai, shouting "Long live the mountain" and saying in unison that they didn't dare.
At this time, all the procedures were completed, and Pu Jun truly ascended the throne and became the emperor.
But the emperor can't leave yet, there are still some big things to decide.
Liu Hai came out first, "Your Majesty, the Minister of Military and Aircraft, the Governor of Liangjiang, and the Minister of Nanyang, Liu Hai, have something to report."
Pu Jun looked at Liu Hai kneeling in front of him, his face full of pride. He was so proud when he saw Liu Hai for the first time, but now he is still kneeling at his feet.
"Liu Aiqing, just play it if you have anything."
After Liu Hai listened, he took out a memorial from his sleeve, then raised it high above his head and said: "The Military Aircraft Department has drafted several era names, and I would like to invite the emperor to read them."
Pu Jun nodded, and the eunuch next to him hurriedly came down the imperial steps and came to Liu Hai. He took the memorial with both hands, then put it up again and sent it to Pu Jun.
When Pu Jun opened the memorial, he found that several auspicious reign names had been drawn up on it, but the new emperor had a special liking for one of them.
The name of this year is "Xingqing".
"I think the era name "Xingqing" is good. From now on, I will use "Xingqing" as the era name."
After Pu Jun finished speaking, all the ministers knelt down on the ground with loyalty and shouted long live. It was now decided that Pu Jun would be called Emperor Xingqing from now on.
Emperor Xingqing thought that even if the ceremony was over, he could go back to the harem and take a look at the royal inner courtyard.
As a result, things went against expectations, and as soon as the decision was made, Zhao Jiahua stepped forward and started something else.
"I would like to report to the Emperor that the original Military Aircraft Department only temporarily appointed a few military aircraft. Now that the Emperor has ascended the throne, I would like to ask the Emperor to appoint military aircraft ministers to assist the government."
Emperor Xingqing frowned after hearing this. He was not a fool. It was obvious that several people below him were asking for an official position.
The original military ministers were all appointed by Liu Hai, and their names were not justified. Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, it is natural for the new emperor to supplement the imperial edict.
To be honest, Emperor Xingqing did not want to appoint Liu Hai and his cronies as military ministers, because if that were the case, the entire court would be under Liu Hai's control.
So the Xingqing Emperor began to look around and said to him, "Today is a very happy day. I will have a big banquet for all the ministers in the Hall of Supreme Harmony later in the evening."
Zhao Jiahua, who was kneeling below, felt a little dishonest when he saw Emperor Xingqing, and felt a little angry.
Doesn’t this emperor have any self-awareness? Doesn’t he know that he was able to ascend to the throne because of his lord’s support? Without his lord, he is nothing.
So Zhao Jiahua knelt forward a few steps further and began to chant, "Your Majesty, I would also like to ask Your Majesty to issue an order to appoint a Minister of Military and Aircraft to bring peace to the world."
When Emperor Xingqing heard this, he could no longer maintain the smile on his face. He stared at Zhao Jiahua who was kneeling below with a gloomy face.
"Didn't you hear what I said? We'll talk about this later."
Zhao Jiahua raised his head and looked up. The emperor sitting on the throne knew in his heart that if he was not given a warning today to let him know who was in charge of the world, I am afraid that the emperor really thought that he was the only one who ruled the world.
So Zhao Jiahua stood up, ignoring the surprised looks of other ministers, took two steps at a time, climbed the imperial steps and came to the imperial case.
Emperor Xingqing was furious when he saw this. He slammed the table and shouted loudly: "Zhao Jiahua, do you still have the courtesy of a king and a minister?"
After Emperor Xingqing said this, he shouted outside the palace: "Where are the warriors in front of the palace?"
As a result, Emperor Xingqing shouted five or six times, but no one outside responded to him.
Zhao Jiahua just stood next to Yiyi and waited for Emperor Xingqing to finish shouting. Then he smiled slightly and wrote an imperial edict directly with Emperor Xingqing's imperial pen.
The eunuch standing next to Emperor Xingqing saw that Zhao Jiahua's imperial edict had been written, and he diligently delivered the jade seal to Zhao Jiahua from the imperial garden case.
Zhao Jiahua didn't say much. After taking the jade seal, he directly covered it with the imperial edict, then handed it over to the eunuch on the side, and finally stepped down from the royal rank.
The eunuch beside Emperor Xingqing received the imperial edict and took two steps forward to the imperial steps without looking at the emperor.
"The emperor has an edict, and all the ministers will accept it."
The civil and military ministers below were already frightened by what happened to Zhao Jiahua just now, and now they fell to their knees involuntarily when they heard the eunuch's voice.
However, there is another person standing upright in this hall. This person is none other than Liu Hai.
Liu Hai originally knelt down and saluted the Xingqing Emperor according to the rules, but later he saw that the emperor was ignorant, so he tore off his disguise.
Standing in front of the imperial steps, the eunuch didn't seem to notice that Liu Hai didn't kneel down, and read out directly: "The emperor is destined to be transported by heaven, and the edict says: "I have just ascended to the great treasure, and I am still young and not qualified to rule the world. I am now the governor of Liangjiang.
, Nanyang Minister Liu Hai is Wu Guogong, auxiliary minister, in charge of the Military Aircraft Department, and in charge of all major military and political affairs in the world. I hereby express my gratitude. "
After the announcement was finished, the civil and military ministers below all looked at each other in awe.
Only Zhao Jiahua and a few of Liu Hai's cronies shouted loudly, "I obey the decree, long live my emperor!"