Chapter 12 Ascension to the Throne
As the saying goes, a country cannot have a king for a day. Therefore, in ancient times, even if the emperor passed away, the new emperor would ascend the throne first and then hold the funeral of the previous emperor. In the Ming Dynasty, the new emperor would generally ascend the throne within three days after the emperor's death.
This day is the second day, which means that Zhu Cijiu must ascend the throne today.
The new emperor ascended the throne was a very grand thing. The process was extremely cumbersome and there were many things to be sure of. Therefore, just after the hour of Mao, the palace gate was opened, and Sun Chengzong pulled King Xin Zhu Youjian to discuss the matter of ascending the throne with Zhu Cijing.
At this moment, Zhu Cijing was still lying in the main hall of Cining Palace and was sleeping soundly. Although Cao Huachun was a little reluctant, he still stepped forward and woke him up gently. Such a big deal as the new emperor ascended the throne could not be delayed.
Zhu Cijiong woke up in a daze. After listening to Cao Huachun's report, he looked at the shaky eunuchs below. His eyes turned and Cao Huachun came up to explain.
Soon several eunuchs came up with toiletries. Zhu Cijiong hurriedly washed up under their service, and several eunuchs came over with a large bucket of porridge.
This is not ordinary porridge. There are not many grains of rice in it, and it is almost all expensive ingredients such as walnut kernels, candied dates, lotus seeds, etc.
Zhu Cijing asked the little eunuch to serve one bowl for each eunuch in charge, and then asked them to serve one bowl for himself. Then he said generously: "I am so lucky that you are so sad. I will give you a bowl of breakfast. Hurry up and go back to rest."
Then, he stared at the eunuch below and stopped moving.
This is very obvious. I can always give you a meal with me. If you want to poison, you must consider it clearly. Don’t let me kill you if you don’t poison me to death by then, you will all be poisoned to death!
The eunuchs at the station below were almost fainted, and they didn't care about these things. They all blew hard and drank them in a hurry.
Zhu Cijiu stared at them for a while, then slowly picked up the porridge in front of him, took the spoon, and started drinking slowly.
After he finished drinking, he rinsed his mouth under the eunuch's service, and waved his hand to let the eunuch in charge retreat. He himself walked towards the study, where Sun Chengzong and the others were waiting for you.
The first thing the new emperor did ascend to the throne was naturally to determine the year number, and the main thing was to discuss the year number in the morning.
Of course, in the eyes of Sun Chengzong and others, he was just a child and could only witness the discussion process as an audience. The year name was mainly decided by Zhu Youjian.
When he arrived at the study, Zhu Cijing was carried by Zhu Youjian to a chair behind the desk and sat down. Zhu Youjian stood on one side, and Sun Chengzong and a group of cabinet ministers stood neatly in front of the desk.
Seeing that he had sat down, Zhu Youjian raised his hand and said, "Take it out and discuss it."
Upon hearing this, Sun Chengzong took out a memorial from his arms and said loudly: "I started to report to the emperor. After discussion, the cabinet initially decided on four year names, namely: Qian Sheng, Xingfu, Xian Jia, Chongzhen, please decide."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Youjian looked at Zhu Cijiong, and saw him dazed there, so he shook his head and said, "Qian is the heaven, a saint, how can you dare to be a saint? Qian Sheng is not advisable; revival is very good, but how easy is it? Revival is also not advisable; Xian is a sword, and now he wants to stop the sword, and Xian Jia is not available; it is better to be Chongzhen!"
When Zhu Cijing heard this, he was shocked and said to himself: "Chongzhen! You haven't even become emperor, and you still miss this sad name! I want Chongzhen, Chongzhen, I won't Chongzhen!"
His eyes rolled, and he followed a foolish thought: "Chongzheng, Chongzheng, Chongzheng..."
As soon as the emperor chanted scriptures sounded, Sun Chengzong, Zhu Youjian and the cabinet ministers were all incredible and looked at him in a daze.
Well, the emperor has a golden word, just Chongzheng, no one will commit the crime of deceiving the emperor for a word, so Zhu Cijiu forced the reign to "Chongzheng".
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The next morning, Zhu Cijiu was called up early again and began to prepare for the throne ceremony.
First, he was bathed, and he was surrounded by a bunch of palace maids for a while, then put on his underwear and started burning incense. When he was so dizzy that he was put on a crown garment of twelve heralds, put on a nine-stand crown, and hung a bunch of ornaments. After this set, he couldn't walk anymore, which was too heavy!
Then, King Youxin Zhu Youjian accompanied him to the dragon chariot, left the Ganqing Palace, and headed towards the Huangji Palace.
There were no less than a thousand Jinyiweisers who opened the way in front and protected the back. There were only a thousand Jinyiweisers who were standing all the way down and greeted each other, densely packed with at least tens of thousands of people.
There is no way. Although Wei Zhongxian has been honest these two days, his strength has not been affected and he has to be careful.
When the dragon chariot arrived at the Zhonghe Palace, Zhu Cijing was invited down. Sun Chengzong had already been holding the will in his hand and was in the prime minister of the palace. Zhu Youxiao helped Zhu Cijing sit on the dragon throne and helped him sort out the crown.
After sitting down for a while, a voice came from outside: "Please read the imperial edict of the late emperor."
Sun Chengzong bowed to Zhu Cijiong, then walked out with his will with both hands.
At this time, the square outside the Huangji Hall was already full of officials at all levels, and they were neatly arranged according to the size of their positions, afraid that there would be no less than 3,000 people.
Sun Chengzong held up his will and walked to the middle of the second stairs outside the Huangji Hall, saying loudly: "The emperor Xuan will be the lasting will, and all the officials will follow the order."
All the officials knelt down quickly and kowtowed in unison: "I listen to the last emperor's teachings."
Sun Chengzong recited loudly:
"I have been thinking about my ancestors for seven years. I have been here. I am very dedicated to the emperor's teachings of Yao and Shun. I have worked diligently and dared not be lazy. The three halls have been completed, and the halls have been restored. The atmosphere of the barbarians has been repeatedly set, and the borders have gradually become peaceful.
The two of them are determined to calm down and rest with the people. They do not think that they have weak talents. Since the Qing Palace, they have been in the east and west, and they have been thinking about them day and night, and they have been worried and tired, and they have thoughts and hurt their spleen, which has led to a trauma. Now they have been suffering from a long illness and have a sudden onset of bleeding. They are almost unable to get up, and they have to bear the will of taking the lead.
I have used all my injuries. If life and death are always the reason, people cannot avoid it, but only the successors are the people who have to be promoted, and the people are responsible for their reliance on their own, and they will submit to them all. What regrets do I regret?
The crown prince was wise and filial, and was virtuous and was able to succeed in the throne of the emperor... "
After reciting the will, Sun Chengzong shouted happily: "Please ask the new emperor to succeed to the throne!"
All the officials below shouted in unison: "Please ask the new emperor to succeed, please ask the new emperor to succeed, please ask the new emperor to succeed!"
It was then that Zhu Youjian led Zhu Cijing out of the Zhonghe Hall and walked to the platform in front of the Huangji Hall.
The dragon throne had already been placed on the platform. Zhu Youjian helped Zhu Cijiong to the dragon throne, took out the edict of ascending the throne from his arms and read it again.
It is probably to first praise the merits of the previous emperor, then to express the future policy program, and finally to celebrate the new emperor's ascension to the throne and the special amnesty for the world.
After reading the edict of ascension to the throne, Zhu Youjian shouted happily: "The new emperor succeeds to the throne and changes his reign to Chongzheng!"
The officials below immediately shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live."
He shouted nine times in a row, and then he became bigger and bigger. The last time he shouted was like the earth shaking!
As soon as he finished calling here, Zhu Cijiong's voice sounded in his mind: "Ding Dong, congratulations on completing the first glory mission, and now the reward is issued: original machine tool drawings."
Zhu Cijing felt so dizzy this time, and I don’t know how many drawings and principles were poured into his mind. After the dizziness, he found countless knowledge in his mind: what original lathes, original drilling machines, original grinders...
There are all kinds of machine tools, and you can open a small military factory. Of course, these are the most original versions, and now European countries are about to develop them one after another.
The reward for this glory mission is so huge that Zhu Cijiu couldn't figure out how much knowledge he had mastered for a while.
He was about to sort out carefully, and the beauty of the system prompted: "Ding Dong, friendly reminder: The barrel of the flintlock rifle is more than one meter, please consider the processing issue. The prompt is over, I wish you a happy game."
Zhu Cijing was stunned when he heard this. He thought about the flintlock rifle, but he actually forgot about the appearance of the flintlock rifle.
The barrel of the gun is more than one meter, and with the current military level of the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to make it!
No wonder the guns made by the Ming Dynasty are so bulky and short. They also want to lengthen the barrel and reduce the weight, but relying on current processing equipment, they can't make it!
On this side, after Zhu Youjian read the edict of ascension, Sun Chengzong began to read the letter of title of summons: "Empress Zhang is the Empress Dowager Yi'an, and is in charge of the six palaces in the East; Empress Dowager Ren is the Empress Dowager of the Holy Mother, and is in charge of the six palaces in the West..."
Over there, Zhu Cijing was thinking about how to build a gun barrel, but he didn't care what he was chanting at all.
He was carried to the Altar of the Soochow and worshipped the heaven and earth, and then to the Taimiao to worship the ancestors and ancestors. The ceremony of ascension was considered to be completed.
Finally, he was carried back to the Huangji Hall and sat on the dragon throne to accept worship from civil and military ministers.
By this time he finally figured out how to use the original drilling machine to make the barrel, but the problem arose again. He was only five years old!
It is barely acceptable for everyone to be a carpenter in his father wearing a dragon robe. After all, his father is an adult. What's wrong with the emperor who likes to play with wood? It's not like gold, jewelry or something!
But even if a five-year-old child plays with various machine tools, even if it is the most original version, even if you are the emperor, others can't accept it!
Are you a human or a monster?
All the ministers came forward to see each other, but Zhu Cijing was thinking: "How can I make various machine tools rightfully without being suspected of being a monster?"
Chapter completed!