Haisheng Mingdi

Today is an important day.

New Year's Day, a festive day.

At the beginning of the new year, Vientiane is renewed.

The new emperor ascended the throne, and the empire passed on.

It’s not yet dawn for the camp in Xiangshan in the western suburbs, and the festive atmosphere of New Year’s Eve has not yet dissipated. Last night, fireworks were set off in the city of Beijing for nearly a night, and the fireworks never stopped.

Just after half a day, from the princes and nobles in the capital to the common people at dawn, they all scrambled to open the gate and set off firecrackers, setting off the New Year's cannon.

At this time, the sky is slightly bright, and the sound of firecrackers is lively again, and every family, old and young, get up early to welcome the New Year.

Everyone put on new clothes to celebrate the new year.

Zhu Yihai also woke up early, today is the new emperor's enthronement ceremony, and he, the Supreme Emperor, also wants to go to celebrate, so we must not delay the auspicious time.

Concubine Chen Taihuang and Concubine Ruan Taigui came to pay their respects with their concubines, followed by a group of excited little princes and princesses who woke up earlier than the Supreme Emperor.

The palace man brought the clothes that had been ironed earlier.

They prepared a dress for the Supreme Emperor, a set of crown clothes.

After Zhu Yuanzhang founded the country, he established a system that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty must wear specific clothes on specific occasions. There are a total of [-] sets of clothing, namely dragon robes, regular clothes, crown clothes, armor, etc., corresponding to various occasions that the emperor needs to attend in his life.

Zhu Yihai is a person who does not abide by the ancestral system, and he is not so polite when he usually dresses.

But today is a special day.

He still asked the palace servants to change into this extremely grand crown dress for him.

Xuanyi clothes, red shoes and red socks, twelve jade pearls level the sky crown, and twelve patterns of sun, moon and stars.

The black clothes are woven with six chapters, the sun and the moon are on the shoulders, the stars and mountains are on the back, and the dragons and Chinese insects are on the two sleeves, three for each sleeve.

The lower garment is the color of the afterglow of the setting sun, yellow with red in the middle, and has four chapters, which are divided into four rows, two rows of fire, Zongyi, and Zao, and two rows of rice, 軼, and 軻.

On the feet are red shoes and scarlet socks.

There are twelve beads at the front and back of the Pingtian Crown, and each of the twelve seven-color jade beads is arranged in the order of yellow, red, blue, white, red, black, and green. All of them are top-quality jade beads and are invaluable.

Wear knee coverings, leather belts, large belts, and jade kui.

Twelve jade beads, twelve chapter patterns, this number of twelve is the number of the most noble emperor, below the emperor, the crown prince has five-color jade beads, nine charms and nine chapter patterns.

The prince has eight chapters and eight chapters, the prince's son has eight chapters and seven chapters, and the county king has seven chapters and five chapters, all of which are python patterns.

The king of the foreign vassal conferred the title of king of the county and five chapters of clothing.

There are no crowns below the king.

"Your Majesty is so mighty." It was the first time Wang Sangyu saw Zhu Yihai put on the crown robes, one after another, she felt an unspeakable sense of admiration.

Zhu Yihai looked at himself in the mirror, and felt that this suit was a bit too grand and cumbersome, and it was not very comfortable to wear on his body, and the red, black, and black colors were not his favorite, especially the black color of the coat. Black with red in it, and the color of the lower garment is yellow with red in it. This color can be said to be low-key and connotative, or it can be said to be too deep.

The style of the shoes on the feet was the style of the Zhou Dynasty thousands of years ago, and paired with those flamboyant scarlet socks, it was really uncomfortable.

On such a cold first day of the first lunar month, you should wear a pair of high-top moccasin boots or lambskin boots, with long wool socks to be comfortable. …

Once the Pingtian crown is worn, there is a bead curtain in front of the eyes, twelve strings of beads dangling in front, blocking many sights, and twelve strings behind the head.

However, this is the most solemn set of the fourteen sets of ceremonial costumes of the Ming emperor, that is, it is only worn when enthroned and enthroned, and when the ceremony is held.

"Let's go, the emperor is still waiting for me to crown him."

The new emperor should have already got up at this time, and led all the civil and military officials to the Circular Mound Altar to perform the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, and then went to the Taimiao to offer sacrifices to the ancestors and various gods, and even sent people to Nanjing to offer sacrifices to the Xiaoling Mausoleum in advance.

After the emperor sacrifices, the imperial city will ring the bell for the enthronement ceremony.

The clock has not yet rung, indicating that the sacrificial ceremony of the new emperor has not yet been completed.

Zhu Yihai, as the overlord who abdicated and passed on the throne, did not need to attend these ceremonies, but he did need to attend an important ceremony, which was the coronation of the new emperor.

When Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the world and ascended the throne, no one abdicated for him to pass on the throne, so he could only set up a golden chair after offering sacrifices to the heavens, put on the crown dress he personally designed, and then took it from the chair. Put on this set of crown clothes and complete your own coronation ceremony.

But now that Zhu Yihai took the initiative to abdicate and pass the throne to his son, he naturally had to complete the coronation ceremony himself.

Apart from the emperor, no one else has this qualification.

If you are not too emperor, then just like Zhu Yuanzhang, leaving it empty is equivalent to the imperial power granted by heaven.

Zhu Yihai can go directly to Fengtian Hall.

"Clang!~"

The magnificent bell rang, melodiously spread far and wide, and could be heard in the Xiangshan Palace in the western suburbs.

"The enthronement ceremony has begun!"

"Let's go!"

Zhu Yihai got up, followed by countless people in the palace.

He was going to crown the new emperor, and all the princes also put on their crowns and went to watch the ceremony.

Concubine Chen Taihuang and Concubine Ruan Taigui are now also promoted to be Taihuang Noble Concubine and Taigui Concubine, leading all the concubines of the Supreme Emperor from the East and West Six Palaces to visit the new emperor's central palace.

Gorgeous golden root car is ready.

The chariot is drawn by twelve golden Dawan BMWs, each of which is a Dawan bloody BMW donated from the Dawan Khanate in the Fergana Basin in the Western Regions. It is decorated with silver, and there is a tassel erected on the head of the horse on the far right, which is the banner representing the emperor.

The Golden Root Chariot that Zhu Yihai was riding in was an improved type, a luxurious four-wheeled open-top carriage, with gold and silver painted decorations on the carriage, and twelve chapter patterns.

Originally, the emperor drove six horses, but now it is directly twelve horses.

The chariots that the princes rode were four-horse chariots, using fine BMWs such as Qinghai horses, Hetao horses, Mongolian horses, Hexi horses, and Tianshan horses.

The luxury convoy moved forward slowly, escorted by countless guards.

The cavalry of the Royal Imperial Capital Cavalry School even put on gorgeous slanted cloaks, shiny bright breastplates, and pointed long-colored flag guns on the cavalry helmets above their heads. War horses, and some cavalry even carried decorative wings on their backs.

Sitting in a well-designed golden root car, although it is open, there are heated seats and hand warmers inside.

The carriage left Miyagi, the palace, and both sides of the road leading to the capital were already crowded with nearby common people. They supported the old and brought the young, wore new clothes, and waited early. …

Seeing the emperor's golden root chariot approaching, they all knelt down on the frozen hard ground.

On the first day of the new year, everyone did not go to pay New Year's greetings, but all came to pay respects to His Majesty the Supreme Emperor.

Zhu Yihai put down the warm teapot in his hand, and waved to the people on both sides of the road.

"Give everyone a reward. Each person will be given a small dragon. Elderly people over sixty will be rewarded with eight extra copper coins, and children under six years old will be rewarded with six extra copper coins."

Zhu Yihai may be one of the wealthiest people in this era, or he may not even be one of them. After all, his internal funds are more than 2 million silver dollars, not counting the value of those commercial banks.

Xiaolong, also called Yinjiaozi.A silver dragon, which has a face value of one tael of silver, has strong purchasing power. It can buy a stone of rice or wheat, and its quality is [-]%.And the corner of the little dragon is equivalent to a penny, but as a secondary currency, its fineness is [-]%, but with the strong credit of the imperial court, it has been circulated well these years.

Ten small dragons can be exchanged for one big dragon at any time, and there is no need to subsidize it no matter whether you are shopping or paying taxes.

Even in Gyeonggi, prices are relatively stable. A small dragon can buy twelve catties of grain, or five catties of fish, three catties of pork or four catties of beef, 45 duck eggs, or 55 eggs, and ordinary vegetables can Buy [-] catties. Generally, you can buy about [-] catties for seasonal fruits like peaches and pears.

You can also buy two catties of cotton, or two or three feet of white cloth.

There are different sizes of copper coins, which are copper coins without a hole in the middle, which are the same as silver coins with [-], [-] and [-] cents.The twenty is a brass coin, the ten is a copper coin, and the five is a red copper coin.

Give the old man a small dragon plus eight red copper dollars, worth 140 coins in total, which is a good red envelope reward, and children also have 130 coins.

If a family of six or seven people come out, they can get seven or eight hundred dollars.

Everything had been prepared, and the Shaofu supervisor had prepared a lot of large and small dragon silver, copper coins, and coins for the internal servants in advance, and in order to meet the situation, they were all Tai'an year coins that were minted in advance last year.

Once the emperor and the courtiers, the new emperor also has the new money of the dynasty.

Silver coins, silver corners, copper coins, and copper coins, except for the change of the year number and the emperor's portrait on the silver coins, the rest have not changed, and the fineness of all kinds of coins is still the same as the previous Shaotian coins.

Last year, the money minting bureaus in various places were at full capacity to mint new money. These newly minted money will be officially circulated and used today. The first use will be rewarded to civil and military officials, military officers and soldiers, as well as relatives of princes, widows, widows, disabled and old people. Weak, the royal clan and foreign vassals, etc.

These New Year's coins, as well as the new emperor's head on the dragon silver, will be scattered all over the territory of Daming, and even the surrounding vassals.

The amount of rewards this time is very large, but the court is rich and the new emperor ascends the throne, so it is only natural to reward more.

The emperor waved his hands all the way, and behind him was the forbidden army driving the money-cart, and rewarding money was distributed later, and everyone had a share.

The atmosphere is more enthusiastic.

The carriages containing money were sent out one after another, but the Supreme Emperor was well prepared, and there were a steady stream of carriages containing money coming out of the Xiangshan Palace. Let alone a dime for each person, today is a big silver dragon or even a The golden dragon, even the emperor can send it out.

It's just that if you really want to do this, how will the future emperor give rewards?
When the emperor's convoy arrived in Beijing, the time was just right.

The new emperor also completed various pre-coronation ceremonies, and led the princes, officials, civil and military officials to wait in front of the Fengtian Gate for the arrival of the Supreme Emperor. Countless foreign envoys were also waiting there to witness this extraordinary moment.

"Shaotian Taishang, the Divine Martial Saint Emperor, has arrived!"

The main gate of Fengtian Palace was slowly pushed open, and amidst the magnificent court music, officials from the Ministry of Rites came down singing the honorary title bestowed on the Supreme Emperor by the new emperor.

The new emperor took the lead to greet him.

Officials from the Ministry of Rites sang loudly.

"Shao was appointed by Haotian Jun,
Chinese emperor,

Emperor Ming,

Khan of All Mongolia,
The runner who controls the wheel of seven political treasures including the wheel of power, the incarnation of Manjusri Bodhisattva,

The co-lord of the Jurchen tribes outside the pass,
Protectors of Korea, Annan, Champa, Johor, Luckyu, Japan, Dawan, Khiva, Nogai, Bukhara, Champa, Burma, Nanzhang, Siberia, Crimea,
Since Pangu opened the sky, three emperors established the country, five emperors opened the frontiers, Xia, Shang, Zhou and Qin, Han, Wei and Jin, Sui, Tang, Song and Yuan, the inheritance and guardian of Chinese civilization for 5000 years,
His Majesty the Emperor of Tai'an
Lead civil and military officials to welcome the Supreme Emperor! "