Dahan first prince

Chapter 287 The New King's Landing
It's the middle of the day and night, in the apse of Changxin Hall.

Standing in front of a bronze mirror that was much taller than her own, Liu Ying felt inexplicably dazed as she watched Chuntuo put on the crown of the Son of Heaven for herself.

Before the father died, the fierce eyes staring at him still seemed to linger in front of Liu Ying's eyes;

The nine death knells that sounded from the Changle Palace seemed to be still ringing in my ears;

Even the tears on Liu Ying's face didn't seem to be dry.

But this does not affect everything in this world, earth-shaking changes have taken place...

"His Majesty······"

"Public officials and officials have all waited outside the palace..."

Chuntuo's soft call finally brought Liu Yingfei's scattered thoughts back to her eyes.

Focusing her eyes on the bronze mirror in front of her, she looked at the young man in the mirror who was still thin but already had the crown of twelve sulfur emperors on her head. Although she still couldn't accept all this, Liu Ying finally had to take a deep breath .

"Whoo~"

"Never be crushed!"

"Stand up..."

Secretly cheering herself up, Liu Ying finally straightened her spine, turned sideways, and looked solemnly at Chuntuo beside her.

"Mother, can you come to the palace?"

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Walking out of the back hall, before Liu Ying stepped down the long steps, a high-pitched singing sounded from the door of the hall.

"Get up~drive~~~"

After the singing fell, Liu Ying's attention was involuntarily concentrated on the lower steps.

——In the middle of the night, with more than an hour before dawn, the figure of the eunuch Xia Houying appeared outside the Changxin Hall together with the unique yellow house left flag in the world.

Walking down the steps, he looked at Xia Houying with a little sorrow, and the two monarchs and ministers silently bowed their heads.

When Chuntuo stepped forward, he took down a wooden step from the imperial chariot, allowing Liu Ying to walk into the carriage, and there was a clear and crisp sound of the whip, and the imperial chariot slowly moved from the apse to the main hall, which was only a hundred steps away. .

After a while, the imperial chariot stopped outside the main hall, and before Liu Ying got off the carriage, the visitor standing on the side of the carriage cleared his throat again.

"Your Majesty~ Your Majesty~ Drive~ Come~~~"

"Hundred~Official~Greeting~Welcome~~~~~~"

After the long chants of hello, all the officials and ministers bowed in unison in low tones.

"Minister, welcome Your Majesty~"

Hearing the noise, Liu Ying did not poke her head out of the imperial chariot like in her previous life.

The visitor turned sideways again, obviously reporting to Liu Ying, but the high-pitched and clear voice seemed to be that Liu Ying was a highly hearing-impaired person.

"Public ministers~princes of meritorious service~relatives of the emperor~greetings to Your Majesty~~~"

At this time, Liu Ying, who was sitting in the imperial chariot, nodded slightly, but still did not get up.

"I bow..."

In this way, with Liu Ying's words and Baiguan's words, and the caller acting as a microphone in the middle several times, this extremely complicated salute finally came to an end.

After everyone outside the hall thanked her and got up, Liu Ying finally walked out of the imperial chariot, but she didn't stay long, but walked quickly to the phoenix chariot not far away.

"My son, welcome the queen mother."

With just a single word, all the people present, including the caller who had been acting as the microphone for a long time, suddenly looked strange.

"Your Majesty's move..."

"What's the meaning of that?"

Full of doubts, he made eye contact with the people around him, but everyone still couldn't dispel the doubts in their hearts.

——It is true that the death of the emperor and the succession of the prince is indeed the first time in the Han Dynasty.

But from just now, it is not difficult to guess from the extremely complicated "meeting ceremony" link: this set of etiquette is from the hands of the crown prince's uncle Sun Tong.

Since it was done by Shusuntong, it must mean that Shusuntong will make a detailed plan for the whole process today.

For example, from the back hall to the front hall, the imperial chariot should walk how many feet, how many feet, or even how many inches!
For example, when Liu Ying is talking to the ministers, what speed should the audience maintain;
Even, after Liu Ying got off the imperial chariot, how many steps did she have to walk to just reach the long steps.

And in such a maddeningly detailed 'self-created etiquette', there must be one item that will not exist, that is, Liu Ying stepped down from the imperial chariot, and then came to Lu Zhi's phoenix chariot... ·
"For dozens of days, Your Majesty will sleep and eat with Emperor Daxing in Changxin Hall."

"Could it be that this was entrusted by Emperor Daxing on his deathbed?"

Just as everyone had their own thoughts, Lu Zhi, who was stunned for a moment by Liu Ying's actions, finally got off the phoenix chariot.

However, just as Lu Zhi was about to bend down and salute Liu Ying, who was already the emperor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Ying stepped forward respectfully, bowed and lowered her eyebrows, supported Lu Zhi's arm with both hands, and walked slowly towards the main hall go.

Seeing this change, even though everyone had doubts in their hearts, they could only wrap their arms around their abdomens and lower their heads to watch Liu Ying, Lu Zhi, mother and son go up the long steps.

After a while, there was a slight reminder from the imperial steps, and the crowd straightened up, arranged their clothes seriously, and then, under the guidance of Prime Minister Xiao He and the imperial historian Cao Can, they filed in through the palace gate.

The moment that happened just now, made everyone inexplicably feel: Today, I'm afraid it's not just as simple as 'worshiping the new king and rectifying his name'...

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After all the people who should attend the meeting walked into the Changxin Hall without leaving, Liu Ying finally helped her mother Lu Zhi to the imperial steps, and then gently sat down on the imperial couch.

——According to the "Zhou Li", which has been lost for the most part, and only vague fragments remain, the new monarch does not have the ability to be a regency if he succeeds when he is not crowned as an adult.

Under such circumstances, who will temporarily 'replace' the young new monarch to govern the country depends entirely on the late emperor's edict.

For example, in Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Gong Ji Dan and Zhao Gong Ji Shi assisted the young King Cheng and King Kang respectively;
Another example is during the Warring States Period, Ying Qin lost three generations of monarchs within four years, and the throne of King Qin fell to the 12-year-old Ying Zheng through the hands of King Zhaoxiang, King Xiaowen, and King Zhuangxiang.

When he was about to perish, King Zhuangxiang Ying Yiren, who was worried that Yingzheng would not be able to control the state of Qin, deliberately left a decree to order Yingzheng's mother, Queen Zhao, and Prime Minister Lu Buwei to jointly take charge of Qin's affairs, and even Yingzheng was crowned.

And today's Han Dynasty ushered in the third new king who 'successed before he was an adult' since the Zhou Dynasty.

However, during his lifetime, the Daxing Emperor Liu Bang did not clearly designate who would "temporarily take charge of state affairs" after him.

In this way, according to the default order of etiquette and the actual situation of the Han Dynasty, Lu Zhi, who has become or will soon become the queen mother, should temporarily exercise the power of the emperor before the new emperor Liu Ying becomes an adult.

Of course, unlike the later generations who prevailed in the saying that "the harem should not be involved in politics", the queen mother was regent when the emperor was young, which is not something incomprehensible to the Han Dynasty today.

On the contrary, the reason why later generations have "the harem must not interfere in politics", especially the saying that the queen mother must not interfere in politics, is probably mostly attributed to the historical queen of Henkel: Lu Zhi.

As far as the current Han Dynasty is concerned, it is not a matter of arrogance for the Empress Dowager to be regent, let alone sitting on the imperial couch.

——Before the Empress Lu in history, the empress dowager was the same as the emperor, and she was called Zhen by mouth, Beng when she was dead, and the new emperor could be called Zhizhi when she was young, etc. These are the default rules in the hearts of the people of the world!

It's just that even in the Han Dynasty, even Lu Zhi, who was supported by the emperor's son to sit on the imperial couch, still lacked the last procedure...

Before everyone could react, they saw Liu Ying turned around, and instead of sitting beside her mother, she turned her body slightly, and gave Xiao He a little bow to Xiao He on the left side of the court.

"Repay the Prime Minister, and declare the imperial edict of Daxing Emperor in front of all officials and ministers."

Hearing this, Xiao He, who had been prepared for a long time, bowed deeply to Liu Ying, then walked forward slowly, turned his back again, and faced everyone in the hall.

When the ceremonial officer at the side came forward dragging a wooden box, Xiao He took out the white silk from the box, and spread out the donated books with the utmost solemnity.

"The edict said: I heard..."

"I was appointed by heaven to defeat the tyrant Qin, and then..."

"Today, my lifespan is over, and I am about to enter the sky, so I dare not make the country have no descendants..."

"Prince Liu Ying, Yunwen Yunwu, respectful and kind, won the praise of the world and the praise of all officials..."

Xiao He was a little out of breath after reading out the polished posthumous edict, but he finally held his breath and read out the most crucial sentence aloud in the hall.

"Order: Prince Liu Ying succeeds the emperor, and will not be regent for the time being. The emperor Fu Xiaohe, Cao Can, and Wang Lingfu will teach him the way of government; when he is seventeen, he will become an adult, get married, and be in charge..."

Recited the last sentence with the last of his strength, Xiao He didn't care to adjust his breathing, so he hurriedly turned around and knelt down to Liu Ying who was on the imperial steps first.

"Your servants, I would like to respect the imperial edict of Emperor Daxing~"

"Prime Minister Fenghou Chenhe, see Your Majesty~~~"

Xiao He took the lead in exhibiting, and everyone in the hall hurriedly followed. For a while, the entire Changxin Hall was filled with official titles, titles, and personal names.

After a long while like this, the sound in the hall gradually subsided, and Liu Ying nodded slowly, bowing her hands to everyone in the hall in return.

At this point, the official ceremony of the monarch and ministers is considered to have completed the procedure.

As for the part of suing the temple, it was completed under the urging of courtiers and officials as soon as the first emperor Liu Bang passed away yesterday;
If you report to the temple, you are considered to have obtained the consent of your ancestors; if you have met the courtiers, you are considered to have established the title of monarch and minister.

After that, it will be the enthronement ceremony that will be held at the beginning of the next year when Liu Ying changes to the Yuan Dynasty.

Theoretically, after completing these three procedures, Liu Ying can be regarded as officially taking over the power of the Han Dynasty, but in fact, the most critical part of these three links is the just-concluded ceremony of the monarch and ministers.

——After all, even if the ancestors refused to agree to the "Tao Temple" link, there was no way to show it; the enthronement ceremony to be held half a year later was just the reasoning in the question, and it was impossible for something to go wrong.

However, if there is a problem with the meeting of the emperor and ministers, no matter how much Liu's ancestors were willing to let Liu Ying inherit the throne, and how grand the enthronement ceremony will be held half a year later, it will be meaningless.

The reason is very simple: the ceremony of the monarch and his ministers means that the courtiers, officials, veterans and veterans express their approval to the candidate appointed by the former emperor, that is, the successor to the throne!
With this procedure, there is a difference between monarch and minister. If you do not approve of this candidate, you must raise it on the spot.

If it is not brought up at this time, it means that the identity of the new monarch has been recognized, and he has clearly promised to be loyal to the new monarch; in the future, he must abide by his duties as a courtier and treat the new monarch with the same attitude as he treated the former emperor. .

Therefore, the edict Xiao He read out just now can be regarded as the actual final procedure of 'Liu Ying's ascension to the throne'.

At this moment, Liu Ying's status as emperor has a legal basis.

After her identity was 'recognized', Liu Ying didn't dare to delay too much. After meeting the courtiers, she walked down the imperial steps at a slightly faster pace, and lifted Xiao He up from the ground.

"The prime minister is working hard..."

Expressing condolences in a gentle tone, and using her fingertips to help Xiao He to the side and kneel down, Liu Ying turned sideways and bowed to Cao Shen slightly.

"Xiao Xiang is old, and for the rest, I'm afraid I'll be the Marquis of Pingyang..."

"Here..."

After hearing Cao Shen's unexpected promise, Liu Ying turned around, walked from the imperial steps to the imperial couch again, bowed deeply to Lu Zhi, and finally sat down on the imperial couch.

"An edict."

Another proclamation seemed to make people confused, but everyone in the hall did not show any doubts, but hurriedly got up again, kneeling in the center of the hall together.

"Your Majesty, I respectfully hear your majesty's edict..."

After everyone saluted, Cao Shen stood up cautiously, bowed to Liu Ying again, and then walked forward just like Xiao He, took the edict from the ceremony officer, and turned his back to Liu Ying.

"The imperial edict said: I am very saddened by the death of the first emperor, and I have won the support of the Daxing emperor for the society, so I dare not use the face of unfilial piety to serve the world."

"Order: The whole country mourns, and all Han people wear mourning for three months."

"Send Qi Wang, Zhao Wang, Dai Wang, Chu Wang, Wu Wang, etc. to Chang'an to go to the funeral of Emperor Daxing."

"Emperor Daxing passed away, and I have to succeed the emperor, but if the so-called name is not correct, words will not go well;"

"——Zun: Empress Lu is the empress dowager, living in Changle and ruling the government~"

"Yi: Princess Lu Yuan is the eldest princess of Lu Yuan, and I will give you the town of Tang Mu~"

Hearing these expected contents, everyone in the hall straightened up with serious expressions, and kowtowed to Liu Ying and Lu Zhi respectively.

"Your Majesty, please obey your Majesty's edict~"

"Minister, please see the Queen Mother~"

Only at this time did Lu Zhi's identity truly change from a queen to an empress dowager on the legal level; her act of "overstepping" while sitting on the imperial couch finally completed the last procedure.

As soon as Cao Shen finished speaking, a dozen court ladies slipped out of the imperial couch, and invited Lu Zhi behind the screen beside the imperial couch.

After a while, the queen's clothes and crown on Lu's pheasant were replaced with the queen mother's straight skirt; the red cloud hairpin on top of her head was also combed into a widow's special hairstyle.

So far, the political procedures of Liu Ying from prince to emperor, and Lu Zhi from queen to queen mother have all been completed.

But Liu Ying's next move was once again beyond the expectations of the courtiers and officials.

"Emperor Daxing Bintian, I am very sad."

"There are ministers in the court, and all of them will temporarily put the funeral of Emperor Daxing first, and the rest will be temporarily dismissed."

Seeing Liu Ying say a word in a steady tone, and then ponder for a while, she raised her head and looked at Shu Suntong behind Xiao He, who was separated by several people.

"Respect the imperial edict of the Daxing Emperor, and restore the crown prince, Taifu, Shusuntong as a regular."

"Order Feng Chang Yousi, the whole master will carry out the emperor's funeral, and there must be no mistakes!"

"Furthermore, it is rare in history that the Emperor Daxing's literary and martial arts have won the world all over the world."

"Writing and enforcing Chang Yousi as the first, discussing with the ministers and officials, and making the emperor's rites and music."

(End of this chapter)