Eight hundred and thirtieth nine chapters of the underworld ascension ceremony
This is a chicken-and-egg problem. Without the emperor's title, the county prince cannot be a prince, and he cannot become the emperor. As long as he is not the emperor now, he cannot grant anyone a title.
Since Li Siye wanted to operate along the Tang Dynasty's system, he had to abide by the superficial rules, otherwise his behavior of supporting the new king to ascend the throne would be a joke.
After racking his brains, he suddenly smiled and said: "How can such a thing be difficult for us? Since the county king cannot directly become the emperor, then we will first make his father Li Ao the emperor, and then Li Ao will confer two titles on him.
One of the sons becomes a prince, and eventually the father passes the throne to his son and becomes the emperor. In this way, no one can find fault."
Cheng Yuanzhen couldn't believe it, and suddenly made a mistake and said: "But Li Yi is already dead."
"Who said he is dead? He is obviously still alive. Go to Li Yao's hiding place now, take him to the palace before he is buried, and cover him with ice to prevent him from rotting. It will take fifteen days.
He completed his ascension to the throne within 10 days. On the second day after he ascended the throne, he made his eldest son Li Jixuan the prince. He died on the third day and passed the throne to his son to complete the handover of the throne.
Good guy, Cheng Yuanzhen was stunned. What kind of underworld method did Li Siye think of? Even the dead could be forcibly ascended to the throne by him."
"This method is good, but there is another problem. Several clans and slaves know where Li Yi is hiding. They now know that Li Yi is dead, so the news of using a dead person to ascend the throne can still be spread."
Li Siye scolded angrily: "It's not too late now, control the situation immediately, don't let the news get out, and shut up all the insiders."
"Here, I'll take care of it now." Cheng Yuanzhen was about to turn around and leave, but Li Siye suddenly stopped him and said, "Wait a minute, I'll transfer you three thousand royal guards. You must handle this matter safely. You must know what Chang'an left behind.
How many people are leaning toward Li Heng? It's best to handle this smoothly for me, and don't let this matter turn into a scandal."
"Here!"
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By the time Cheng Yuanzhen led his troops to the mansion where Li Yi was hiding, several clan members had already put Li Yi into the coffin, which almost sealed the coffin.
He immediately ordered the soldiers to carry him out of the coffin, put him directly into the emperor's robes, and took away his two sons who were wearing sackcloth and mourning.
The relatives and servants present had not yet reacted. They did not know what the traitor was doing by snatching Li Ao's body. Cheng Yuanzhen said with a smile: "Originally, I wanted you to keep this matter secret, but how can our family control you?"
Mouth? So the best way is for you to never speak."
After Cheng Yuanzhen finished speaking, he waved his palms cruelly. The soldiers of the Royal Forest Army leveled their crossbows and aimed them at them, throwing arrows. Then they drew out their horizontal knives and brutally murdered everyone in the house, including children and women of several years old.
No one was spared.
He poked his hands into his sleeves and smiled at the corners of his eyes. Red blood flowed to his feet. He quickly took two steps back and stood on the steps. He loudly commanded and ordered: "Everyone, please clean up the scene and move the bodies secretly."
If you are discovered, please clean up the house so that there are no traces of blood."
After he ordered people to kill everyone in the house, he did not give up. He also sent people to lurk in secret. Anyone who entered the house would be arrested and tortured secretly, so that no one would escape the net.
Li Yao's body was put into the imperial carriage and sent to Taiji Palace overnight. Cheng Yuanzhen specially recruited several criminal slaves from Yeting Palace and ordered them to serve the new emperor with meritorious deeds.
That night, the palace ladies were shivering in the palace, because what was lying on the dragon bed was a corpse with a green and black face. I heard that His Highness King Heng hanged himself. Could it be that the corpse turned into a ghost in the middle of the night and took away these poor palace ladies?
The lives of servants.
Li Yi's body was parked in the Tai Chi Palace for six or seven days. Cheng Yuanzhen specially ordered people to take out ice cubes from the ice cellar in the palace to preserve it, but this could not stop the decay process of the body. Blue and black spots had appeared on the skin.
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Cheng Yuanzhen reported the situation to Li Siye, and Li Siye finally made the decision to advance the date of his enthronement by three days and ordered Cheng Yuanzhen to make careful arrangements.
The night before he ascended the throne, Cheng Yuanzhen led a dozen of his confidant eunuchs into the Manlu Hall of Taiji Palace, dressed the "emperor's" corpse in Gon Mian's robes, and ordered people to put make-up on Li Wei's corpse and smear lead powder to cover the spots on the corpse.
Paint her blue lips red. After putting on makeup, she looks even more terrifying. Not to mention the palace maid, even the little eunuch trembles when standing next to her.
There was another big problem in the enthronement ceremony, that is, the emperor had to walk to the Ancestral Temple to worship his ancestors, and then personally go to the Xuanzheng Hall of the Daming Palace to receive congratulations from the ministers. These things were not something that a corpse could do. Cheng Yuanzhen then gave up.
He ran over and asked Li Siye what to do.
"This kind of thing can stump you, so I will first issue an edict in the name of Li Yu, saying that I am not in good health, and the enthronement ceremony will be simple. When I ascend the throne, I can take the imperial chariot, and I will take the imperial chariot. I need to walk wherever I need to.
, just find two stout and powerful palace maids to carry him away, and get this matter done quickly."
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The enthronement ceremony was held as usual. The civil and military officials who had been coerced by Li Siye stood in the square in front of the Xuanzheng Hall. Due to the special nature of the matter, only Li Siye, Xu Bin, Yan Xiaosi and Cheng Yuanzhen could come into contact with the "Emperor".
The other ministers could only watch from a distance.
The final journey to the Xuanzheng Hall was a time-consuming one. Five or six maids took turns carrying the emperor's body up the ramp above the Longshou Road. They were so tired that they were sweating profusely. Of course, this was not the most uncomfortable part.
As the temperature increased due to direct sunlight, Li Yi's body, tightly wrapped in a dragon robe, emitted an unpleasant odor, which made them cry.
They finally helped the "Emperor" to the main hall and stood facing the ministers. As the first hero, Li Siye stood a few feet away from "him" and led all the civil and military officials to perform a show.
"Congratulations to my emperor on inheriting the throne, and wishing the emperor a long and lasting reign!"
Li Siye led the ministers in a worship dance, then knelt down and bowed with folded hands.
However, the "Emperor" standing there could not make any sound. Cheng Yuanzhen already had a way to deal with it. He pinched his nose and put his ear to the "Emperor's" mouth, and then shouted loudly in his plump voice: "Your Majesty said
, all the ministers are at peace."
The ministers stood up obediently. They looked at the emperor who stood mechanically like a zombie with complicated emotions. Soon they heard the eunuch shouting from above: "I am ill. The enthronement ceremony is over. Please retire."
After all the ministers were sent away, Li Siye and Cheng Yuanzhen took Li Ai back to the Ganlu Hall of Tai Chi Palace and continued to use ice cubes to restrain him.
On the next day, they issued an imperial edict in the name of the emperor, conferring the title of King of England and King of Yi on Li Yi's two sons respectively. Three days later, Cheng Yuanzhen announced the death of the emperor and wrote an edict before his death, passing the throne to King Li Jixuan of England.
, changed the year name to Yuanshuo, which was the second year of Qianyuan of Li Heng and the first year of Yuanshuo of Li Jixuan. So Li Siye and the others began to prepare intensively for the second enthronement ceremony. It took a month in total before and after the two enthronement ceremonies.
This puppet court was erected majestically.
Soon after the new emperor ascended the throne, he began to reward the heroes who had contributed to the stability of Guanzhong. Li Siye had already been granted the title of Taiwei and was granted the title of King of Xiliang. The new emperor also named him the most prominent one-zi king. Because he was born in Sanyuan, Guanzhong, and had been in Longyou all year round.
Anxi and Beiting Hexi served as governors of the Dao, which is where their main sphere of influence is located. According to the division of Jiuzhou in "Shang Shu Yu Gong" in the pre-Qin period, Longyou Dao and Jingzhao Prefecture were called Yongzhou. According to the ancient
According to Gui's explanation, Li Siye was named King Yong. He was specially given swords and shoes to go to the palace, and he was granted the privilege of being an unnamed counselor when he entered the court. He was also given the privilege of Jiuxi.
Everyone understood that such a reward was of great significance, but it was meaningless to Li Siye. All this was just a one-man show by Li Siye. Both the emperor and the civil and military officials of the dynasty were just puppets in his hands.
Under Li Siye's instruction, Li Jixuan made Duan Xiushi, Yan Xiaosi, Tian Zhen, and Bai Xiaode, whom he relied on most, as county kings respectively. His youngest son Li Xu was the crown prince of King Yong, and Li Chongbao was the county king of Shangdang. Other generals such as Zhao Chongxun, Zang Zang, etc.
Xiye, Wang Tao, Ashina Shulu were appointed as Dukes, and there were also many former Yan army ministers who surrendered, such as Yan Zhuang, Gao Shang, Cui Qianyou and others, as well as imperial ministers such as Cheng Yuanzhen, Guo Xi, Li Guangbi and others.
He was granted the title of County Duke, and the other military generals were granted titles of various sizes. This was a comfort and reward for the soldiers who had followed him in battles for many years.