Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 254 Crowning and Positioning
The first great dynasty in the 21st year of the Ming Dynasty.

Chongzhen appeared in the hall again, which made the officials a little worried.

Aren't you sick? How can you get better? How can you get better? If you're fine, that's fine.

After accepting the respectful, cautious and anxious New Year's greetings from the ministers, Chongzhen said in a calm and calm tone: "This year, the prince turns eighteen and will be crowned a man. For this reason, I announce that I will preside over this court meeting for the purpose of The Crown Prince is crowned. And King Ding is already sixteen years old. For the sake of convenience, I informed my ancestors and decided to crown King Ding in advance on the same day."

Such is the nature of feelings, the minister immediately changed from being trembling and apprehensive to cheering for joy.

This officially established the unbreakable status of the prince as supervisor of the country, and it was justifiable for the regent to hold real power. But the emperor no longer addressed him as regent but as Yong Wang, which made the ministers feel uneasy again.

What do you mean, what are you going to do?
The crowning ceremony was personally performed by Qian Qianyi, the Minister of Rites.

The crowning ceremony is very solemn, and the preparations for the first step, the day and the guests, have been completed in the past few days.

A group of people followed Chongzhen to the ancestral temple. Under the auspices of Qian Qianyi, Zhu Cihong and Lu Mou offered incense, toasted wine, saluted their ancestors, and prayed for their blessings.

00001. Then Qian Qianyi invited Zhu Cihong’s teacher Liu Zongzhou and Lu Mou’s teacher Huang Daozhou. As honored guests, the two people who were crowned were given cloth crowns made of black linen. It means that those who are crowned will be qualified to participate in politics and be able to shoulder social responsibilities.

Then, perform two additions and three additions. The two teachers first put on the hides made of white deer skin for the two brothers, indicating that they could serve in the military from now on; then they put on the red and black plain crowns for the crowned brothers, indicating that they could participate in the sacrificial ceremony.

Then comes the word picking phase.

Liu Zongzhou chose the word "See the Talents" for Zhu Cixiang, which means that when he is in power in the future, he will be happy to see the talents and recruit talents.

Huang Daozhou chose the word "Siqi" for Lu Mou, which means that in the future, we should practice more benevolence and righteousness, and be on par with the sages. We should stop fighting and killing people all the time and do some benevolent things.

Zhu Cihong and Lu Mou thanked their master.

After the crowning ceremony is completed. The king and his ministers went to the palace again. Chongzhen took out a golden crown and put it on Zhu Cixi solemnly: "When my son reaches adulthood, he will be removed from prison and officially in charge of the government affairs of the Ming Dynasty. He should be called the ruler."

The ministers were relieved that there was an essential difference between supervising the country and governing the country. The supervision of the country is temporary and may be revoked at any time for any reason, and everything must be reported to the emperor for instructions before it can be implemented.

But taking office is to establish his qualifications to manage the country. It is the real power to make decisions on military and state affairs without having to ask the emperor for instructions. It is only a matter of the old emperor's breath away from the emperor. But here, Chongzhen still did not announce his abdication to become the Supreme Emperor, and he was still worried about the ministers, fearing that they would despise the government.

With him being such a ruthless and bad-tempered leader back then, ministers, please be more honest. If the ruler is generous and benevolent, he will not kill, but I will kill.

Putting on the golden crown, Chongzhen taught: "You must be kind to your ministers, treat the people of the world kindly, accept good advice widely, stay away from villains and approach virtuous people. Be a true king of Yao and Shun."

Zhu Cixiang knelt down and said: "My son will never live up to my father's high hopes. I will definitely make the people governed by the Ming Dynasty prosperous and healthy, and gather all the talents in the court."

What he is talking about is the gathering of talents in the court, not the ideal of the Donglin Party, where the masses are upright and the court is prosperous, and gentlemen govern the country.

This made Lu Mou and Chongzhen very happy and relieved. The Donglin Party is in power, which is really scary.

The ruler stood aside, and Chongzhen waved to Lu Mou.

Lu Mou was stunned. This is my business. I thought you called me Prince Ding because you took me away from the position of regent, killed the donkey, and let me go home and lie down.

In the same way, my brother has legitimately become the ruler, so there is no need for me, the regent, to dictate matters, and there should be no need to have many political affairs.

He walked to Chongzhen and knelt down in front of him. Chongzhen picked up a golden crown in Li An's hands and put it on Lu Mou solemnly. "You have been crowned, your brother has been in power, the fate of the world has been decided, and the government will be as stable as a mountain."

This is the reason why Chongzhen crowned Zhu Cixiang and changed his name to be in power, that is, to let the two brothers have a priority among the officials, which can be said to be well-intentioned.

"But the world thinks that you are of great use to the world. For this reason, I have appointed you as the auxiliary king to assist your brother in governing the Ming Dynasty inside and outside, and to rectify your brother's gains and losses. You must always be kind, treat the soldiers and civilians of the world well, and rejuvenate the brothers for the Ming Dynasty. Work together.”

Love is not about killing the donkey, but giving the donkey a few handfuls of straw.

This pattern is that the ruler controls the affairs of the country, focusing on domestic affairs, while Lu Mou assists the ruler and focuses on external affairs. As for who has more power, they are still equally divided, but each has their own emphasis. This era of double kings is most appropriate.

But the people in the world prefer to call Lu Mou the regent. It's not that it's easy to pronounce, but it's because they still desire in their hearts that military and state affairs should still be led by the regent.

Everyone knows that no one can pull the Ming Dynasty without the donkey like the regent.

After doing all this, Chongzhen announced easily: "The ruler will move to the Forbidden City today, and Queen Zhang (Queen Tianqi) will be asked to move to the West Sea for rest. I will move my concubines to Longevity Mountain and Longevity Palace.

From now on, I will be there, looking down at you two brothers and all your dear friends, working hard to revive the Ming Dynasty. "

Then, in full view of everyone, he stood up without any support from Li An and walked directly down the hall with a relaxed and elegant look. The officials who saw this were dumbfounded.

But everyone was completely relieved. It turned out that the emperor had been pretending to be ill and had already decided to delegate power. Look at it this way, if you are fine, you are not in trouble.

The Ming Dynasty ended with the era of one emperor and three emperors, and entered the more stable era of the republic of two emperors. When will it enter the era of Dahuang? That has to be said.

After moving into the empty Forbidden City and becoming the real master of the world, Zhu Cixiang really looked sad.

Lu Mou asked with a smile: "My brother in power, the wind is beautiful and the sun is shining today, and I am happy to move into a new house, why do you have a frown on your face?"

Zhu Cixiang looked around at the glorious Forbidden City for a while, and couldn't help but sigh: "Back then, Uncle Huang (Tianqi) and his father once said that this is the largest power center in the world, but it is also the largest luxury prison in the world. They always thought about it. , when can we escape?”

This is not nonsense.

At that time, Tian Qi did not want to ascend the throne. It was the British Duke Zhang Weixian and his ministers who dragged him, carried him, and stuffed him into the throne. For this reason, Tianqi acted as a carpenter by ignoring the government affairs and acting as a silent passive resistance.

As Chongzhen was the older brother and had no offspring, he had no choice but to live with his younger brother and get the position he wanted, which was also a helpless move.

Not to mention, except for Zhu Di who took the initiative to snatch the throne from his nephew, no one in the Ming Dynasty was vying to be the emperor. On the contrary, many people in the Ming Dynasty did not want to be the emperor and escaped. It can also be regarded as a strange dynasty.

"It turned out that Uncle Huang was ill and escaped and escaped. Now, when Father Huang was in his prime, he escaped and imprisoned me. My future is bleak from now on."

Lu Mou held his brother's hand distressedly: "Brother, don't be sad, don't I still have a brother outside? I will come to visit the prison from time to time, and I guarantee to deliver three meals a day."

Zhu Cixiang went up and gave him a warning: "Don't be complacent. Sooner or later, I will lock you in."

Lu Mou was shocked, really shocked: "Don't, don't, don't, I have a restless temper. If I live here, I will demolish this cultural relic within three days."

At this time, Zhu Cixiang said a famous saying from later generations: "This Forbidden City is like a siege. Countless people are trying their best to get in, but the people inside are trying their best to get out. Alas -"

Lu Mou put his head close to his brother and smiled evilly in a low voice: "Brother, don't be too despairing. When I wipe out the world, brother, the world will be peaceful. When the time comes, let's stuff the little brother in. We two brothers, in the name of traveling around the world , wouldn’t it be nice to go outside and have fun?”

"What are the two brothers muttering to each other? You must be talking bad about me and plotting against me." King Yong's little head squeezed between the two heads.

Zhu Cixiang replied happily: "How can you not? I discussed with your third brother that you are already old and it's time to go out and experience. Therefore, I will arrange a good position for you in the future and give you the best house in the world." , let you become the greatest official and the happiest person in the world.”

King Yong happily gave the gift: "Thank you for your love, brother, but I feel like something is wrong. Can the greatest official in the world be bigger than my two brothers?"

Lu Mou and Zhu Cixi said in unison: "It's completely possible."

King Yong's face turned pale at that time, and he shouted: "Brothers, please don't harm me. I will become a Taoist priest now."

This guy is not a monk but a Taoist priest, but he is still a pervert emotionally. Taoist priests can take wives.

(End of this chapter)