Ming politicians

Although Su Tiancheng repeatedly simplified the ceremony of proclaiming emperor, because this proclaiming of emperor was carried out under very special circumstances, the war was far from over, and the Jiangning Battalion was still shouldering important combat missions. The three emperors are the Chongzhen Emperor in the capital, Huang Taiji, the emperor of Houjin in Liaodong, and Su Tiancheng who ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing.Therefore, he was thinking of simplicity, and Zhu Shenxuan and others also wanted to make the enthronement ceremony as grand as possible under simple procedures.

Who is the orthodox emperor, in the eyes of ordinary people and rich gentry, he must be regarded as Emperor Chongzhen, and the Huang Taiji in Liaodong is absolutely unacceptable to Han people, after all, he belongs to a foreign race. As for Su Tiancheng, The common people in the south and the north have very complicated understandings, which is beyond Su Tiancheng's expectations. That is to say, not everyone will object to his enthronement as emperor, and there will not be any large-scale gentry and wealthy households. He committed suicide to serve the Ming court and Emperor Chongzhen.

Common people's understanding is very simple, and most of them are directly affected by real life. In Shandong, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places under Su Tiancheng's rule, the common people's life is still good, which directly leads to common people's understanding of The changes in Huguang, Jiangxi, Guangxi and other places that have already belonged to Su Tiancheng, including Nanzhili, are also undergoing rapid changes. The common people can see these changes.

The rule of this era is actually the rule of the elite. The educated scholars control the court and control the power. As for the opinions of these elite scholars, they are largely influenced by public opinion. Su Tiancheng is so famous Under such circumstances, it is also difficult for the elite to control their own understanding, and they basically recognize Su Tiancheng as the emperor, and the understanding of the elite is unusual.They generally felt that Su Tiancheng was completely capable of unifying the entire Ming Dynasty and creating a powerful empire.

There is a ceremony for proclaiming the emperor, which is to accept congratulations from all directions, including the vassal state to which he belongs, and representatives from many aspects, etc.This shows the orthodoxy and majesty of the emperor. Considering that Zhu Youjian is still the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Su Tiancheng intends to cancel this procedure in order to reduce the embarrassment of his enthronement. It is unlikely to come to worship, and in addition to the wars in Daming these years, the places that can be controlled are limited.The national strength is also greatly weakened, and there are not many vassal states to which he belongs.

But Zhu Shenxuan and others still insisted on fulfilling this procedure. Long after the time for the enthronement ceremony was decided, they sent letters to the vassal states to which Ming belonged, including North Korea, Vietnam, Japan, Laos, Cambodia, Burma, Siam (Thailand), Java (Indonesia), the Philippines, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Malacca (Malaysia) and other places have asked these places to send envoys to congratulate them, and European countries including Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands have also tried to find ways A letter was sent.

The time finally came to the first day of October.

for three consecutive days.Su Tiancheng was exhausted, Zhu Shenxuan and others arranged for some eunuchs to stay in the palace.He is responsible for teaching etiquette to Su Tiancheng, Zhu Shenxin and others. After all, the emperor is enthroned, so the actions must be completely in place, and there can be no mistakes in the details.Su Tiancheng couldn't object either, he could only study as required.

This was not an easy task for Su Tiancheng, who had always been somewhat casual.

Su Tiancheng only wished to ascend the throne sooner.After all, there are still many things that need to be done.

Su Tiancheng, who had hardly slept all night, finally came to Fengtian Hall.

Amidst the band's rites and music, Zhu Shenxuan led the officials to sing praises. It was in this noisy sound that Su Tiancheng was surrounded by the crowd in front of the throne of Fengtian Hall.Wearing the emperor's costume, he is finally about to ascend the throne of the emperor.

It's a pity that the ceremony has just begun. Su Tiancheng, who thought that as long as he gets on the throne, everything will be over, completely misunderstood. The ritual of offering sacrifices to heaven will begin immediately, which must be carried out.

Under the leadership of the officials, Su Tiancheng walked out of the Fengtian Hall and walked towards the Chengtian Gate until he reached the Meridian Gate, where preparations had already been made. Su Tiancheng led the officials to worship the heavens and the earth and the people. , indicating obedience to the rule.

But the special situation is that Su Tiancheng didn't inherit the throne, but created the world independently.

Starting from Mao in the morning, receiving congratulations from hundreds of officials in the Huagai Hall, and returning to Fengtian Hall after the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, it was already Shen Shi in the afternoon.

Entering Fengtian Hall again, Su Tiancheng did not expect that the envoys who came to congratulate him would gather outside Fengtian Hall.

After Su Tiancheng ascended the throne, all the officials bowed down again, and then the envoys from the vassal states came to bow down. When each envoy came to bow down, Zhu Shenxuan had to introduce where he came from. What Su Tiancheng didn't expect was Well, the Netherlands, Spain, and Portugal all sent envoys to congratulate on behalf of their kings. As for the vassal states to which the Ming Dynasty belonged, except for Japan, which has not sent envoys for the time being, North Korea has sent envoys.

It goes without saying what this situation indicates, that is to say, these vassal states all recognized the emperor Su Tiancheng, and as for the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, they also recognized it. Their actions like this , regarded the struggle between Su Tiancheng and Zhu Youjian as a struggle within the Ming Dynasty, which directly denied that Su Tiancheng was the emperor who usurped the throne.

Of course, the most important thing is Su Tiancheng's influence and the bravery of Jiang Ningying. With strength, people will worship him and send envoys to congratulate him.

After the pilgrimage ceremony is over, the next step is to clarify the name of the country and the year.

The establishment of the country name went through a lot of controversy, and Su Tiancheng later felt that it was still unreasonable to call it Dechao. First, it was too loud, which made people feel boastful. Second, after being simplified in the future, the title For Germany, it will be troublesome, and the country name that has been around for hundreds of years has been completely changed.

Zhu Shenxuan and others looked up the classics later, and they also felt that Su Tiancheng was low-key. When he clarified the name of the country, he was unwilling to highlight the individual, but the establishment of a new dynasty must have the shadow of the emperor. Otherwise, what is recorded in history, the era is already in accordance with the AD, and the country name must find a way.

Zhu Shenxuan and others thought that Su Tiancheng's home is in Shanxi, and Shanxi is called Jin, so this can be used as the country name, which is the Jin Dynasty, but there was a Jin Dynasty in history, but that was many years ago Yes, it was also called the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Western Jin Dynasty at that time, and there was no conflict with the Great Jin Dynasty.

The reason why Su Tiancheng agreed to the name of the country as Jin was mainly because it was pleasing to the ear, and there was no other meaning.

Su Tiancheng has long had an opinion on this aspect. Regarding the matter of chronology, insist on using the AD as the chronology instead of using other chronologies. This kind of changing chronology is not easy to record, and it doesn't have much meaning. It's a pity that Su Tiancheng's Persist, but did not get any results. Zhu Shenxuan and others did not agree with the AD calendar at all. Su Tiancheng also vaguely thought that the origin of the AD calendar seems to be derived from the birth date of Jesus in the West, which is a popular Western style. , today's East still represents the advanced, adopting the AD calendar, wouldn't it belittle itself.

In the end, Su Tiancheng agreed and adopted the Great Jin as the era. Su Tiancheng ascended the throne in 1643 A.D., which is the first year of the Great Jin. This year name is destined to be famous all over the world.

1643 AD was the day when the Great Jin Dynasty was established, and it was also the first year of the Great Jin Dynasty.

No one would have thought that when the Great Jin Dynasty was so powerful that everyone in the world was studying why such a country name was established in the first place, and why the Jin Dynasty was used to record the year, but that is all for later.

The most important ceremony is the canonization of hundreds of officials.

This is a symbol that Su Tiancheng and his subordinates have truly begun to exercise power.

Among the hundreds of officials canonized, the key points are the chief officials of the three provinces and six ministries and the governors of various places.

The edict was read out by Su Tiancheng himself.

Zhu Shenxuan was appointed Minister of Shangshu Province, appointed as a scholar of the Zhongji Temple, and the first assistant of the cabinet. He was conferred the title of Grand Master of Wenhua Palace and assistant minister of the cabinet. Zhang Pu was appointed as a servant under the door of the province. Qing Ze served as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, was conferred the title of Bachelor of Dongge University, and was a cabinet minister.

Lu Shanji served as Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Lu Xiangsheng served as Minister of the Ministry of War, and also served as the governor of the Metropolitan Government, Xu Eryi served as the imperial envoy of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Su Tianhao served as the Minister of the Household Department.

Song Yihe served as the left servant of the Ministry of Rites and presided over the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, and Li Juesi served as the left servant of the Ministry of Industry and presided over the affairs of the Ministry of Industry.

Su Jun became the prime minister of Dali Temple.

Xu Jili was appointed Governor of Yingtian Mansion, Deng Hui was appointed Governor of Shandong, Lan Qiaozheng was appointed Governor of Zhejiang, Gu Xingsong was appointed Governor of Fujian, Liu Yunqing was appointed Governor of Huguang, Wu Weiye was appointed Governor of Guangxi, and Su Ertong was appointed Governor of Sichuan. Except for the territory under the jurisdiction of Yingtianfu, the rest of the places were listed separately, and Jiangsu Province was established, with Sun Tai as the governor.

As for the places where Su Tiancheng has not yet commanded, if he is not involved for the time being, he will not be appointed.

In addition, there are still some vacancies, and they will be appointed in the future when there are suitable candidates, especially the deputies of Shangshu Province, Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province, which are also very critical. None of them have been appointed this time, including the Minister of Rites and the Minister of Industry. etc.

The final ceremony is the canonization of the queen.

Zhu Shenxin was officially canonized as queen.

Chunping, Wang Furong, Liu Rushi, Gu Hengbo, and Chen Yuanyuan were canonized as imperial concubines.

This is probably the biggest news of the Jin Dynasty, probably because apart from Zhu Shenxin, the identities of the other imperial concubines are not very good. Chunping is Zhu Shenxin's maid, which makes sense. Wang Furong used to be a civilian girl , and there won't be too many discussions. Liu Rushi, Gu Hengbo and Chen Yuanyuan are all brothel girls from Qinhuai River. No one would have thought that the brothel girls from Qinhuai River would actually become imperial concubines.

Su Tiancheng proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing City, and the three women from brothels on the Qinhuai River became imperial concubines. This made people fanciful, and it became one of the biggest gossip news of the Jin Dynasty, almost comparable to the future prosperity of the Jin Dynasty up. (to be continued..)