Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 576 Great changes in the underworld
Lao Li was also happy with his wit, and a trace of pride appeared on his face involuntarily.

However, he did not notice that although Jia Rui was smiling at this time, his eyes were cold.

It turned out that Lao Li saved him this time, but Jia Rui felt that Lao Li was just a eunuch. Although he gave him a lot of rights, he did not let him pretend to be a military official.

If one day in the future, this guy relies on the rights he has given him to act recklessly, he will become a powerful official.

At that time, it will be irresponsible to the country and to one's own son.

But for the time being, I still need to use this guy, make him happy for a few days, and then just send him away.

The biggest difficulty that Jia Rui encountered before he ascended the throne passed so slowly, up and down, without any ripples.

The reason for this situation is that Jia Rui's wives and concubines did not have much power in the court.

The most noble of these people was Xue Baochai. Unfortunately, Xue Baochai was only the daughter of an imperial merchant, and her brother was also of low status, so he was unable to make waves in the court.

You see, if a relative is powerful, what happened yesterday will immediately spread among the court, and many ministers will even agree with the emperor.

A few days later, on an auspicious day, Jia Rui started his enthronement ceremony in accordance with the procedures of the Ministry of Rites and the Cabinet.

Before this day, Jia Rui had already bathed, changed clothes, and fasted in Qianqing Palace.

On the day when he ascended the throne, the eunuchs first placed the dragon robes and other items in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, which was inspected by Jia Rui.

After there are no mistakes, the next step is to formally wear the dragon robe.

The dragon robe here is not the ordinary emperor's attire, but the real "gun robe".

Gongfu, referred to as "Gun", is the ceremonial dress worn by ancient emperors and princes. Together with the crown, it is called "Gun crown", which is one of the most noble dresses in ancient times. It is the dress worn by the emperor during major celebrations such as enthronement, worshiping heaven and earth, ancestral temples, Zhengdan, winter solstice, and holy festivals. There are five pieces in total.

Among them, there are three pieces of embroidery and two pieces of tapestry. They are all decorated with twelve chapters of patterns, namely dragon, sun, moon, stars, mountains, Chinese insects, Zongyi, algae, fire, pink rice, 黼, and 黻. The twelve dragons have one on each shoulder, three on the front and back, and two on the left and right sides. The sun and moon are also distributed on both shoulders, stars and mountains are distributed on the back, Chinese insects are decorated on the two sleeves, Zongyi, Zao, Huo, Fenmi, Fu and Fu are respectively decorated on both sides of the dragon on the front and back.

This is the famous twelve chapters.

Of course, this suit of clothes was very heavy and very troublesome to wear. Jia Rui stood in the Qianqing Palace and let the maids toss him up and down. More than half an hour had passed by the time he finished putting on the clothes.

After Jia Rui got dressed, Shen Wence, Jia Yucun and others took officials from the Ministry of Etiquette to invite Jia Rui out of the palace, and then got on the royal chariot and went to the Temple of Heaven to offer sacrifices to heaven.

This process is very smooth, mainly because the past dynasties have done this process in enough detail, and Jia Rui will not make mistakes as long as he follows the previous rules.

Jia Rui burned the memorial to God on the altar of heaven. All this should have ended, but in the underworld that Jia Rui could not feel, earth-shaking changes took place at this time.

At this time, a fierce battle was taking place in the underworld. The mansion of Ergong Ningrong was surrounded by golden light, but there were countless Yin soldiers and Yin generals on the outside who were constantly attacking.

It turned out that after Jia Rui revealed his evil intentions, the fortune of this dynasty had already begun to decline. The founding emperor of the previous dynasty naturally knew what was going on and quickly found out about the Jia family.

This time the Jia family's plan was fully revealed.

Is that okay? In order to eliminate this hidden danger, the founder of the previous dynasty naturally concentrated his troops and wanted to eliminate the Ningrong and their ancestors, so as to weaken Jia Rui's luck.

It is a pity that although Taizu was very powerful, he could not withstand the Jia family because Jia Rui's luck in the world continued to support him. Therefore, in the past few years, Taizu, the founding emperor, had not been able to do much against the Jia family. The two sides actually came to a stalemate in Hades.

This stalemate is simply a war of attrition. Until one side's luck is completely exhausted, the other side can gain everything from the other side.

If Taizu of the previous dynasty had won the victory, Jia Rui's luck in the world would have declined, and rebellions would have continued within the country.

But I don't know what's going on, but Yang Shijiarui's fundamentals are so solid that it's outrageous.

He did not have to face the threat of arrogant soldiers and generals like the founding emperors of previous dynasties and generations.

It is precisely because of such a solid fundamentals that Netherland has been continuously supported by Jia Rui's luck, and it has been able to persist for several years.

Originally the two sides were in a good stalemate, each fighting their own war of attrition, but suddenly a golden light fell in the sky that day.

This golden light contained a glowing scroll.

The former Taizu who was in the Netherland Palace immediately let out a scream when he saw the scroll falling.

He had had this scroll before, which was proof that God recognized him as the ruler of the Yang world.

As the scroll fell into the mansion of Ergong Ningrong, a thin and erratic soul suddenly burst into golden light.

Immediately afterwards, his body became complete, and then his clothes also changed, becoming the image of an emperor wearing a robe.

As he appeared, many soldiers-like souls illuminated by his golden light immediately knelt down to worship him.

Even Duke Ning Rong, who was sitting on the main seat, had to stand up and kneel in front of this person.

It turns out that this person is none other than the original person's father.

This person who didn't even have a name in the Dream of Red Mansions, now uses Jia Rui to ascend the throne to worship the sky and ancestors, and suddenly becomes the master of the underworld.

With his appearance, the robe worn by the former Emperor Taizu became dark and decayed, and in just a few breaths it turned into black smoke and disappeared.

And the emperors under him, as well as the famous ministers and generals under him, were also violently drained of luck at this time, and transferred to the body of Jia Rui's father.

In just one moment, the previous general collapsed.

Although Second Duke Ning Rong knew that this was a rare opportunity, he did not dare to stand up because the pressure of the man with the golden light in front of him was too great. Facing him was almost like facing the entire world.

The man with the golden light was a little confused at first, but he seemed to have received some enlightenment and his eyes became clear. He slowly walked out of the residence of the Second Duke Ning Rong.

At this time, outside the mansion, whether they were the old men of Duke Ning Rong or the men of the former emperor, they all fell to their knees involuntarily when they saw this man.

This person walked step by step to the palace of the former Taizu.

When Taizu of the previous dynasty saw this man coming in, he had a look of despair on his face. He had also experienced this kind of scene, but at that time he was so complacent that he never thought that he would follow in the footsteps of his predecessors.

(End of this chapter)