Chapter 871 Finale 4
On the sixth day of March of the eighth year of the Ming Dynasty, on the morning of the third day of Zhengde's death, the death bells rang inside and outside the capital. According to the Ming Laws such as the Ming Dynasty, officials and Princess Wangsun ordered their wives in Beijing all wore plain mourning clothes. Men wore black gauze hats, black horn belts and hemp shoes, and women wore mourning clothes to go jewelry. , he entered the palace from Xihua Gate and cried at the same time.
Qianqing Palace is the place where the emperor's coffin is parked. Thousands of people went to the palace from outside Xihua Gate to worship. Under the guidance of officials of the Ministry of Ceremonies, they performed four kneeling rituals. At the same time, under the auspices of mourning officials sent to various places in the capital, officials from Beijing also all mourn black-horned shoes and black gauze, leading the local officials and gentry to set up incense cases. Bye.
No matter what Zhengde was, after all, he was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the master of all officials and people. His great mourning is a matter of the whole country, and no one can escape.
At that time, the emperor's coffin came out of the funeral. The funeral team was more than ten miles away, blowing and beating, crying and sending the mournful coffin to Changping Changshou Mountain in the suburbs of Beijing. The mausoleum of Zhengde, which had been built since his accession to the throne, has been basically completed, and the coffin of Zhengde has been buried here.
Although from today, according to etiquette, the whole country will continue to mourn for 27 days, marriage and entertainment is also prohibited nationwide, and the mourning clothes must be worn until the day of mourning can be taken off, but after the emperor's burial, the imperial court institutions will begin to start normal operation, and everything must be on the right track.
On the ninth day of March of the eighth year of Zhengde, on the sixth day after Zhengde's death, the British Duke Zhanglun and Yang Yiqing, a cabinet scholar, welcomed Zhu Zaitou, the king of Huaigong, from Raozhou Prefecture. With Zhu Zaitai, there were also Liu, the princess of Huai, and a small number of relatives in the Huai royal palace, including no more than 50 servants and maidservants, women and old slaves, which shows that In fact, the Huai Palace has fallen. This is not surprising. Many descendants of the Zhu family, as they are far away from Taizu's bloodline, are gradually declining. Many people have even begun to live like ordinary people and become minor officials in business, and not all of them are prosperous and noble families.
Song Nan led hundreds of civil and military officials out of the city to welcome the arrival of the future emperor. Zhu Zaituo, the future emperor, sat in the carriage. At the age of seven, he was obviously a little flustered in the face of such a big scene and leaned against a woman with a black veil behind him from time to time. That woman is obviously Princess Huai, the mother of the future emperor.
Song Nan and others have come forward to visit. Although Zhu Zaiyu can't answer, Princess Huai just nodded and shook her head. It seems that she is extremely tired after a long journey, or she has never seen the world and doesn't know what to say. Song Nan is not difficult for them. She ordered people to enter the palace, ordered Zhang Yonghaosheng to serve, and ordered the officials of the Ministry of Ceremonies to assist. Monitor the etiquette in their palace and the upcoming accession ceremony.
Because it is still during the mourning, the ceremony of ascending the throne should obviously not be too noisy. The result of the discussion between Song Nan and the ministers is simple and grand. In addition, the sooner the better, the country can't live without a king.
On March 12, accompanied by his mother, Zhu Zaiyu led Song Nan, Yang Yiqing, Zhang Lun and other civil and military officials to worship heaven and earth and ascended the throne as emperor. The year was Longqing. There was a small episode about the year number. When Song Nan presided over the ministers to discuss the year number, someone proposed to take 'Jiajing' as the new year number. This proposal was supported by many officials. Even Yang Yiqing and Zhang Lun thought that this year number was good, saying: Jia is a good and beautiful meaning Jing is peace and peaceful, taking this as the year number. It means stability, peace and good luck in the future.
However, this word was like a thunderbolt in Song Nan's ears. No matter how he was in history, he also knew that Zhengde was Jiajing. Emperor Jiajing was an extremely strong and shrewd emperor. At the beginning of his reign, he did something great etiquette, so he killed and exiled his ministers. Hundred, and then he had the power to say; although he knew that even if he used the year of Jiajing, the emperor was not the emperor, Song Nan still felt alert, so in the final determination, he did not agree to take Jiajing as the year.
The ministers asked Song Nan the reason. Song Nan said, "This year is unlucky, Jiajing Jiajing. Although it seems to mean auspicious and stable in the world, this word always sounds awkward." Jiajing 'um... It sounds like 'home clean'. Isn't this cursing me that my family is clean and living a difficult life?
The ministers rolled their eyes. Isn't it okay to look for trouble? However, since Song Nan disagreed, there was nothing we could do. In the end, Yang Yiqing proposed the name of Longqing in order to solve this matter as soon as possible. Song Nan nodded and agreed this time, and the small storm of the year subsided.
Everyone agrees to attribute Song Nan's move to Song Nan's intentional act. The reason is actually very simple. The prince of Zhenguo is deliberately entangled in such a small matter, so as to maintain his power among the ministers and see if anyone has done it against him for such a trivial matter. But in fact, since Yang Ting and Fei Hong, Zhang Wei and dozens of officials they were implicated in were all imprisoned, the court is full of Song Nan, Yang Yiqing and Zhang Lu's faction. Who would disobey Song Nan's intention? The prince of the town is completely superfluous.
After Emperor Longqing's accession to the throne, in the first morning, under the chairmanship of Song Nan, there was a major change in the appointment of the six departments of the cabinet. Yang Yiqing became the new chief assistant of the cabinet. Wang Shouren, Liu Yu, Wang Jianzhi and other three people were added to the cabinet, plus Liu Ji, who stayed in the cabinet, were still five people. Among the six departments, Yang Yiqing also served as the secretary of the Ministry of Public Affairs, Wang Shouren served as the secretary of the Ministry of War, and the other four departments were replaced except for He Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Ceremonies.
At the proposal of Zhang Lun and Yang Yiqing, the Beijing Central Regiment Camp, Shenji Camp, Shenshu Camp, the foreign two military camps and the soldiers and horses of the governor' office of the five armies of the Gyeonggi Province were merged together, collectively known as the Beijing Camp, with a total of 20 battalions of soldiers and horses, with a total of nearly 200,000, and the position of governor. Although Song Nan tried his best to decline, he eventually became the first commander-general of the Beijing camp. . Zhang Lun, the former governor of the regimental battalion, served as the deputy governor, and also served as the governor of the five armies, and commanded the soldiers and horses of the Beijing Foreign Guard. Jiang Bin and Xu Tai were promoted to the right and left and right friends of the Beijing battalion. He led the soldiers and horses of the five battalions of the Beijing battalion under his command. Ma Ming and Peng Yangjia, the Marquis of Jinjing Battalion also served as the admiral of the former Shenshu Battalion and the Second Military Battalion. In addition to the former marquis of the regimental, the other battalions, five newly crowned marquis and entered the command soldiers of the Beijing camp. Among these five people, except Wang Yong and Hou Dabiao, they are all young generals emerging from the northwest and peaceful rebellion, and Wang Yong naturally became the admiral of Song Nan, the governor of the Beijing camp.
Song Nan immediately proposed that this hat was too small to step down as the commander of Jinyiwei, and it was not appropriate to wear this hat all the time. In fact, the candidate was already obvious, and there was no one else suitable except Wan Zhi. After Hou Dabiao left office, the position of Fusi Town Fu in Jinyiwei North Town was proposed by Wan Zhi on the spot. Huang Hui and Zheng Da, the deputy envoys of Beizhen Fusi, were both suitable candidates. Finally, Song Nan finalized Huang Hui to take over Fusi Zhenfu in Beizhen, and Zheng Da was transferred to the general office and promoted to the command of Jinyiwei.
This big change in the position is a big partition of the fruits of victory. There are all that should be, and there are also things that should not be. Both the top and bottom are very satisfied with such a result. Although some officials and marquises objected to such a sudden reform of the Beijing camp, their voices seemed too small here and now; looking at the little emperor under the age of seven sitting on the throne of the emperor, they knew that all their struggles were futile. What they don't know is that Song Nan has already agreed with Zhang Lun and Yang Yiqing that some of the marquises of the Beijing camp will be cleaned out one after another, and some of the wall grasses in the outer court will eventually be swept away. However, all this does not need to be done in a hurry. After stabilizing, you can do it slowly and want to find them. The trouble is actually too simple.
All the proposals were approved by Emperor Longqing on the throne. In fact, the children under the age of seven did not understand what these ministers said at all. Every time the ministers played, he looked helplessly at the mother with a black veil sitting beside him, and her mother nodded and agreed. So the little emperor said in a milky voice: Accurate! This mechanical process seems to have been rehearsed beforehand. Song Nan looked at Zhang Yong, who stood aside. Zhang Yong's eyes floated with a proud and meaningful look, and Song Nan also gave him a commendative look.
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April 18 was the day when Song Nan was edicted to marry Princess Kang Ning. The first minister of the dynasty married the princess, which was naturally a national celebration. Although this wedding was simply a joke in the eyes of many people, Song Nan's first marriage to two wives in the door was simply an insult to the Ming ceremony. But this wedding was put on the coat of the emperor's charter, and no one can say anything.
Many people secretly speculating about the attitude of the British government. Some people hope that the British Duke Zhang Lun and Song Nan will face off because of this matter, and even fight separately from now on, so it is possible to take advantage of the muddy water to fish. On the wedding day, British Duke Zhang Lun did not present, which made the people who participated in the wedding mutter secretly. It seems that this storm will happen sooner or later.
However, what happened next surprised them. When Princess Corning married and entered the door, she took the initiative to salute Zhang Pei, the eldest wife of the royal palace of Zhenguo County. She said that she was her sister, and obviously claimed to be a concubine.
According to the memories of the people present, Zhang Beili was indeed straight-faced, but when the princess saluted her sister, Zhang Beili's face had a smile. Soon after, half an hour before the wedding banquet, the British father Zhang Lun finally arrived and brought generous congratulations.
Someone saw with their own eyes that it was Zhang Lun who sent someone to invite him. He must have told Zhang Lun all the things about the salute, so this dramatic scene happened.
In addition to being disappointed, the good people are also impressed by the skill of the royal daughter of the prince of Zhenguo. The prince's wives and concubines are very different. Some are noble relatives of the emperor, some are from small families in the market, and there is also a rich woman who is said to be a beautiful woman in Lingyun Pavilion, Nanjing. What kind of power makes such a group of people live in peace with harmony. What kind of ability can make the princess go down to Huakui around a person? This is really a mystery.
Moreover, it is said that the daughter of Yang Yiqing, the first assistant of the dynasty, also wants to join this big family. People would rather think that Yang Yiqing would give his daughter to Song Nan for the official position, rather than believe that Yang Yiqing's daughter was willing to marry Song Nan, and Yang Yiqing willingly let his daughter marry Song Nan as a concubine. After all, this It's too humiliating.
All this has become the most attractive talk in the streets and alleys of the Ming Dynasty. There are even such jokes in teahouses and restaurants. Some boring scholars even scratch their heads behind closed doors and spend a lot of energy to write the secret book of the so-called "The Art of the Royal Daughter of the King of the Town" secretly It is said that a lot of money has been made, which can also be called the world's wonders.