Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 817 This is not messed up...

On the square in front of the spacious Fengtian Hall, all the officials knelt down, and the wind and clouds moved.

Hu Wei, Minister of Rites, held the imperial decree, and his old voice resounded steadily in the ears of everyone present.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the system says: I am cold, and I live in hardships and dangers. I rely on the blessings of my ancestors in heaven and earth, and I am honored by my mother and subjects. I accept the throne of the Supreme Emperor, inherit the great treasure, and strengthen my family."

"Since ancient times, a country must have a king, and the country is safe. The king must have a reserve and his subjects look up to him. The eldest son of the emperor's concubine Jianshen is the crown prince."

"Now the prince is young, I am afraid that his burden will be overwhelming, so I have not considered teaching, but the emperor's relatives, dukes, sons-in-law, and all the civil and military officials in the court are jointly presenting the invitation, thinking that God will bless the people and make the king, and I will be safe. In the four seas, the education of the crown prince, the foundation of the country, is not more important than reading."

"I heard about the matter from the empress dowagers of the two palaces, and suddenly saw that they were allowed by the public opinion. Therefore, I inherited the benevolent orders of the two palaces, and I followed the virtuous love of the government and the public. On April [-]th, I ordered the prince to go out of the pavilion to study."

"The book is upright, Yi Lun is also clear, and the righteousness of relatives is especially important. My eldest son sees Ji and is specially named King Hui, the second son sees Shu as King Chong, and the second son of the Taishang Emperor sees Qing as King Rong The third son sees Shi as King Xin, the fourth son sees Chun as King Xu, Tongping State, Wei'an Clan Society, to extend kindness to far and near, to be humble to his subjects, Qinzai!"

The dragon flags fluttered, and when the wind fluttered, there were strands of resounding sounds, resounding through the sky.

Hu Wei folded up the edict in his hands, stepped into the square, faced the nervous little doll in front of him, knelt down, and held the edict high above his head.

At this moment, the old man who had been in court for a long time also felt a little nervous in his heart.

This is the most error-prone time in the whole ceremony, as long as you pass this level, everything will be easy to handle.

At this moment, all the courts, civil and military officials, and the elders of the people all focused their eyes on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the center of the square.

Zhu Jianshen's small face was tense, and he tried hard to recall the rituals that Sister Wan had taught him time and time again. First, he turned sideways and handed the jade jade in his hand to Liang Fang who was holding the case, then straightened up, stretched out The chubby little hand took the imperial decree from Hu Yu's hand, and also raised it above his head, shouting in a childish voice.

"My nephew Zhu Jianshen took the order, thank you Your Majesty for your kindness!"

Become!

Including Hu Wei, all the ministers present couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Niu Yu, who was at the side, hardly dared to take a break, took the imperial edict from Zhu Jianshen, and placed it on the imperial edict that had been prepared long ago.

Immediately afterwards, the loud voice of the praise officer rang in everyone's ears.

"bye!"

With great joy, all the officials, under the leadership of the crown prince, performed five prostrations and three kowtows.

So far, the ceremony of leaving the cabinet has come to an end.

For the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, regardless of the essays and martial arts, the overall situation has been settled!

You must know that the reason why the prince came out of the cabinet has a political significance second only to the canonization of the crown prince, which essentially marks that the crown prince has grown up, and from a child in the inner palace, he has truly assumed the responsibility of the crown prince.

As for the complex and awkward relationship in today's family, the prince's departure from the cabinet not only means that the prince has the power to participate in government affairs in name, but also further confirms the royal order.

This is manifested in many ways, the core of which is the canonization of the kings.

In fact, the canonization of the royal princes should have been carried out together with the prince, and its purpose was to distinguish between superiors and inferiors, and to clarify the order of the relationship.

However, when the country was in danger and the country was about to fall, the prince's canonization was in a hurry, so he naturally ignored the other princes.

But now that the court is stable and the country is stable, the canonization of the prince is naturally on the agenda.

The ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, the eldest son is respected.

This point is vividly reflected in all aspects, including the canonization of the prince.

Unlike the princess who can get the title almost as soon as she is born, the prince has to be more cautious because it involves the fief.

According to the practice of the past dynasties, the canonization of princes is not based on age, but on the basis of time.

Under normal circumstances, the crown prince is not established, and no sons are registered.

To put it bluntly, the canonization of the prince depends entirely on the prince.

Generally speaking, whenever the prince canonize, leave the cabinet, and ascend the throne, there will be three large-scale canonizations.

The reason for this is that one is to show the noble status of the crown prince, and the other is to consider that new princes will be born at different times.

This time, of course there will be no exception!
Since the emperor agreed to the crown prince's request to leave the cabinet, in contrast, the ceremony of enfeoffing the kings will be held.

If this is not the case, it will definitely be discussed by the court, which means that it will be easier to reserve positions.

Therefore, the most important thing in the edict just now is not the group of people who ordered the prince to leave the cabinet, but the canonized princes later.

With this edict, the status of the royal princes is immediately clear. Compared with before, although the crown prince was established, the princes still had no status. The status of the crown prince.

This is the real foundation of the country is solid, and the Yilun is also bright!
As the voice of the ministers shouting long live fell, the praise officer shouted again.

"Crown Prince Xie Zhonggong!"

So, under the guidance of the guide officer, His Royal Highness the little crown prince stood up respectfully, and surrounded by all the entourage, went to the east anteroom to change clothes.

Originally, at this time, the ceremony was almost done. Of course, for the emperor, the part that needs to be presided over was over.

The next part is the crown prince's home court. Theoretically speaking, the officials should send off the royal driver, the crown prince goes to the Hezhong Palace, and the officials, under the guidance of the guide, go outside the Meridian Gate to wait for the imperial edict of amnesty.

Everyone goes to their place and does their own thing.

After the officials listened to the imperial edict outside the Meridian Gate, they went to the Wenhua Palace and waited for the crown prince to thank the empress dowager, the queen of the middle palace and the concubine of his birth mother. Then, they congratulated the crown prince on his departure from the pavilion in the Wenhua palace, and entered the table to accept the order of the crown prince. .

To put it bluntly, this step is still declaring the status of the crown prince and crown prince.

The Royal Wenhua Palace received congratulations from civil and military officials, and then gave rewards, and the officials accepted it. This process actually represented that the crown prince had the power of the crown prince, and it also represented that the officials recognized the status of the crown prince.

After all, only the emperor is eligible to be worshiped by the ministers.

In fact, the reason why etiquette and rituals are so complicated is because every step of it implies a strong political meaning, which is why it is very difficult when it is easier to observe.

How to make appropriate adjustments to the ritual system while adapting to the actual situation and ensuring sufficient political effects in each link is a great question.

Of course, the prince's departure from the cabinet this time is different from the usual procedure, so adjustments have also been made in this link.

Because of the gift of thanks, it was placed in the inner hall of Fengtian Hall, and there was no need to rush back and forth, so the follow-up process was not so cumbersome.

After the crown prince received the imperial edict, he was led by the ceremonial officer to change clothes in the ear room to prepare for the follow-up ceremony. At the same time, the emperor did not get up and leave, but waved his hand to indicate that he would continue to issue the imperial edict.

The current relationship between the Tian family is sensitive, so many things need to be done. Originally, although the prince's departure from the cabinet was a happy event, it can be big or small, but since it is the current situation of the Tian family, in order to show his trust in the prince, the emperor Naturally, it has to be done in a big way.

This is also the reason why, even under the premise that His Highness the Crown Prince was still young, the Ministry of Rituals still agreed to the Son of Heaven by default, to complete every ceremonial process, and did not issue an edict to waive it.

It is not only to further consolidate the position of the prince, but also to stop people from all over the world from criticizing the emperor for being easy to store.

Therefore, after leaving the imperial edict, the world will be amnesty.

However, the most important ceremonial process has been completed, and the next process is relatively easy. After receiving the emperor's signal, Cheng Jing respectfully picked up the imperial edict from the imperial edict and read it out again, said.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said: The country's foundation is determined in the reserve mansion. Now the prince is out of the cabinet, all the people will celebrate, the ministers and commoners will be happy, the society will be stable, and the world will be amnesty, and my heart will be respected. All cooperation matters will be shown in back."

"Since April [-], the second year of Jingtai, before Meishuang, officials, soldiers, and people, etc., have committed treason, treason, grandparents, parents, wives and concubines, slaves and masters, poisons, ghosts, poisons and robbers. Except those who are not pardoned, the rest of the crimes that have been discovered but have not been realized are not big or small, and they are pardoned."

"There are those who should be corrected and must be corrected. Those who dare to forgive the past and tell the truth will be punished for their crimes..."

Different from the edict just now, the edict of amnesty for the world is long and complicated, and each article has to be read for a long time.

According to the usual practice, the emperor would not listen to this kind of edict, it was a waste of time.

But this time, because of the merger of Yicheng, in order to allow time for the crown prince to pay his respects, the emperor continued to stay here, quietly listening to the edict.

However, as far as the naked eye can see, some of the elders below have begun to lose their minds...

At the same time, in the side room, the maid Wan Zhen'er had already been waiting for a long time. Seeing His Highness the Crown Prince enter, she immediately changed out of the complicated court attire and put on a bright red gold-woven tuanlong robe.

Looking at the white and tender forehead of His Royal Highness, the red mark pressed by the heavy beam crown, and the kowtow all the way, Wan Zhen'er bit her lip, feeling distressed for a while, but she didn't dare to say anything, she could only press Then he took off the beam crown and replaced it with the lightweight Yishan crown.

Then, just as she brought a few court ladies to tidy up the folds of her clothes, Liang Fang from outside came in and urged her.

"Sister Wan, there is no need to delay. The Supreme Emperor and the Holy Mother are already waiting in the inner hall."

Speaking of it, it was thanks to Liang Fang that he could scream. Even if he didn't mention that his status was much higher than that of a court lady like Wan Zhen'er, even in terms of age, he was seven or eight years older than Wan Zhen'er. Zhu Jianshen liked Wan Zhen'er more, and he could call her sister without any hesitation.

After hearing this, Wan Zhen'er also knew that there was no delay, so she straightened the skirt of the little doll in front of her and handed her over to Liang Fang to take her out.

Speaking of which, although Hu Wei's revised set of ritual procedures saves a lot of unnecessary trouble to the greatest extent and takes into account the integrity of the ritual schedule, it has a unique disadvantage, that is, time is running out. Get a little tight.

Therefore, the poor Crown Prince kowtowed and received orders just now, and after a long time of tossing, he only rested for a while when changing clothes, drank some water, and continued to go to the inner hall of Fengtian Hall.

When we arrived at the inner hall, it was relatively quiet. Shang Baosi's eunuchs had already arranged the inner hall properly, and all the maids and eunuchs serving around stood respectfully.

On the seat in the middle of the inner hall, Zhu Qizhen is wearing a ochre-yellow dragon robe and a Yishan crown. On both sides of him are Empress Dowager Sun and Empress Dowager Wu, each wearing a blue Di garment with nine lines of Hui Di patterns embroidered on it. , the edge of the clothes is decorated with a red cloud dragon pattern, kind and graceful.

On the lower two sides, there are Empress Qian and Empress Wang. They are dressed in bright red Juyi, wearing nine dragons and four phoenix crowns, outer ocher yellow shirts, and a golden dragon pattern on a red background with a blue edge. They are dignified and luxurious.

At the bottom, beside Empress Qian, is Zhu Jianshen's biological mother, the imperial concubine Zhou. She is also wearing a blue Juyi, a big red shirt, a seven-zhai crown, and a red-bottomed phoenix pattern. Zhu Jianshen, who came step by step, had distressed eyes and a bit of pride.

As the ceremonial officer led the crown prince into the hall, there was also loud music, and when Zhu Jianshen walked to the center of the hall to pay his respects, the music stopped.

The ceremonial officer said loudly.

"kneel!"

So, Zhu Jianshen knelt down on the ground according to his words, arched his two chubby hands seriously, and said in a tender voice.

"Boy Zhu Jianshen, I am hereby ordered by His Majesty the Emperor to leave the pavilion. I would like to address Your Majesty the Emperor, Your Majesty the Empress Dowager, Your Majesty the Empress Dowager, Your Majesty the Empress Duanjing, Your Majesty the Empress, and Your Majesty the Concubine, thank you!"

After saying these twists and turns, it saved Zhu Jianshen the pain of traveling back and forth in various palaces. Looking at the well-behaved little doll kneeling on the ground, Zhu Qizhen also had a rare smile on his face, and said.

"Get up, today you go out to study in the pavilion, and you will be the official of the country. The emperor has nothing to give you, so I will give you a set of the four treasures of the study left by your imperial grandfather. I hope you will study well and become a promising king in the future!"

As he said that, Zhu Qizhen waved his hand, and a servant stepped forward and took out a set of pens, ink, paper and inkstones, which made the little doll below a little at a loss.

I didn't rehearse this one before...

At the same time, the Empress Dowager Wu and Empress Wang who were on the side were also a little surprised by this, and they all cast their eyes on the Supreme Emperor.

You know, how the Crown Prince went to Xie Zhonggong, what etiquette he should do, and what he said, were all clearly written in the note of ceremony handed over by the Ministry of Rites.

From the beginning to the end, only Zhu Jianshen, the crown prince, thanked him, but there was no link for them to speak.

The ceremonial officer was obviously aware of this, and was about to speak to stop him, but when he raised his head and saw the Supreme Emperor casually glanced at him, he immediately fell silent and dared not speak.

However, this unexpected situation is not a trivial matter. Taking advantage of the Taishang Emperor not paying attention, he quickly sent a small official to report outside Fengtian Hall.

Zhu Jianshen was stunned on the spot, not knowing what to do, but Liang Fang, who was beside him, obviously knew that there would be such a change, and leaned over, he looked at the bewildered Zhu Jianshen in a low voice, road.

"Your Highness, thank you."

So, Zhu Jianshen continued to kowtow in a daze, and said.

"My son, thank the father for his grace."

As soon as the words fell, Liang Fang hurriedly sent someone to take the Four Treasures of the Study,

Seeing this situation, the etiquette officer at the side was about to continue the ceremony, but he didn't expect that the moth was not over yet.

Just as the Supreme Emperor finished speaking, the Empress Dowager Sun spoke again and said.

"Good, good, good, with the demeanor of the prince of the country, the eldest brother can have today, and the support of the internal and external ministers is indispensable!"

(End of this chapter)