high official

Chapter 854 Submission
As the battle turns and the stars move, the Venus hangs in the sky.

The lights in the cabinet duty room were brightly lit, watching the water level in the more leaking drop, Jin Youzi, who stayed behind, was anxious, looking out the door from time to time, every time footsteps sounded, he would raise his heart to his throat, lest he see someone The adults returned empty-handed...

Finally, the first one to go out came back, and Xia Yuanji Xia Shangshu appeared at the door.

Jin Youzi hurriedly got up to greet him: "Old Butang, how are you?!" Seeing Xia Yuanji's hands were empty, Jin Youzi's heart almost stopped beating.

Xia Yuanji turned to one side, and a member of Zhongshushe came forward holding more than thirty memorabilia.

Jin Youzi was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked the middle school staff to put the performance list on the table, and said happily to Xia Yuanji: "The old department hall has made a good start!"

"Hehe," Xia Yuanji said with a faint smile, "I'm ashamed, the old man summoned the officials of the headquarters and ordered everyone above the seventh rank to write a congratulatory form, and only then did he gather more than thirty copies, and there are many of them who are fake..."

"I don't care about that much anymore, I have to make up for it!" Jin Youzi picked up a memorial and started to read: "As long as there is no nonsense in the congratulatory form!"

"I'm also worried about this." Xia Yuanji nodded, put on his reading glasses, and Jin Youzi got together to look through the congratulatory forms, in case any personal affairs were mixed in and the emperor would be furious.

The two looked at the congratulatory form, and the rest of the people came one after another. Jian Yi is worthy of being the head of the hundred officials, and he got more than fifty copies by himself.Yang Rong and Yang Shiqi suffered because they were not the head of the department, and they didn't have many direct subordinates, so they had to call other officials to write congratulatory forms. Naturally, it wasn't that efficient, but they each got more than [-] copies.

The last one to come back was His Highness Taisun. The ministers and ministers who were reading the memorials turned their eyes to Zhu Zhanji in unison, and then turned to the four Zhongshu Sheren behind him holding four stacks of memorials.

All the halls were worried that there were not enough congratulatory forms, so they couldn't help being overjoyed when they saw this, and said, "As expected of His Royal Highness, how many congratulatory forms are there?!"

"Seven copies of 110." With a reserved smile on his face, Zhu Zhanji said lightly, "My Ming officials are still very sensible."

"More than 100 copies?!" All the great scholars of the department hall couldn't help gasping.Although today's matter is a helpless emergency, it is not a competition of strength between the adults.Being able to make officials change course in such a short period of time is itself a manifestation of strength.As a celestial official, Jian Yi could receive more than 50 congratulatory forms. This achievement has far surpassed others, and it can be regarded as the prestige of the leader of hundreds of officials.

However, the congratulatory form received by His Royal Highness is fully twice that of Jian Yi. This terrifying appeal and influence inevitably made the adults a little more worried after admiring... The emperor is worried Most of the princes belong to the country, so they try their best to praise the grandson, but now His Highness the grandson is not a big one? !
However, that was all foresight, and there was nothing to worry about at the moment. The cabinet scholars and hall officials hurriedly read through more than 200 memorabilia, and it was already dawn outside.Zhu Zhanji stayed with them all night. At this moment, he stretched himself and stood up and said, "I'm going to serve the emperor and get up. Please bear with me."

"Please, Your Highness." All the adults put down the congratulatory forms in hand and got up to see them off.

After Zhu Zhanji left, Xia Yuanji shook his head and said, "It's nice to be young, you'll still look like a normal person after staying up all night."

At this time, the Zhongshushe people lightly blew out the lights in the cabinet, and Jian Yi rubbed his astringent eyes and said, "Time is not forgiving, we old hands and legs, today's ceremony from morning till night, we still don't know how to do it." Can't stand it."

"If you can't hold it, you have to hold it. If you can't hold it, you have to hold it." Yang Shiqi read all the congratulatory forms in hand, and asked all the adults to serve a bowl of ginseng soup: "Today's grand ceremony, no matter what, nothing can go wrong."

The adults naturally knew it well, nodded, and continued to read the congratulatory form while eating the ginseng soup.The ginseng soup is almost finished, and all the congratulatory forms are also read.

Jian Yi took off the tortoiseshell glasses, rubbed his temples and said, "Give it to His Majesty."

The staff of Zhongshushe put the congratulatory form into the box and carried it out of the cabinet.

"More than 220 congratulatory forms, although not many," Xia Yuanji said to himself while watching the people in Zhongshushe busy, while covering his face with a cold towel to keep himself awake, "It should be possible to pass the test."

"It should be about the same." Yang Shiqi rubbed the corners of his eyes with his fingers, rubbing off a large piece of eye gum. "There is still one hour until the grand ceremony, and the emperor probably won't make any more troubles."

"I hope so." Yang Rong stood up, and the Sheren hurriedly put on capes and warm hats for him and the other adults.

"Yes, I hope so." All the adults got up one after another, and Jian Yi said in a deep voice, "Let's go too."

"Yes." All the adults put on sable cloaks and white warm hats, left the cabinet, and went to Qianqing Palace.

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At this time, it was already bright outside, and the Forbidden City was bustling with activity.Thousands of guards and eunuchs all put on brand-new auspicious clothes. The eunuchs wore python clothes, carried lanterns, held wishes, held round fans, and held umbrellas. They stood on both sides of the royal road in a mighty manner. , gourds, axes, and flags, the guards in golden armor lined up in a neat line, and the row behind is the musicians of the teaching workshop holding various musical instruments. There are nearly tens of thousands of people lined up from the Meridian Gate to the Qianqing Gate. There was no sound, no one moved, and everyone silently waited for their sovereign.

It is said to be a grand ceremony of moving the palace, but in fact the emperor has already moved into the Qianqing Palace in advance, but the three main halls have not yet been opened. Only when he receives the congratulations from hundreds of officials and nations in the Qianqing Palace on the auspicious day of the zodiac can he officially move into the Forbidden City.

Jian Yi, Yang Shiqi and others arrived at the gate of Qianqing, joined Zhao Wang, Cheng Guogong, Ding Guogong, Yangwuhou and others who had been waiting here, and entered the Qianqing palace courtyard together.But in the middle of the Qianqing Palace compound, a huge dragon car carrying 32 caravans, shining in the morning light, 32 strong eunuchs carrying caravans in python clothes, all kneeling under their respective sedan chair poles, waiting for His Majesty the emperor to board. Sedan.

King Zhao, Jian Yi and other princes and ministers all knelt on the second row of stone steps in the hall.As for the first row...it was His Highness the Crown Prince who knelt for another night...all eyes were quietly looking at the open door of Qianqing Palace.

In the Qianqing palace, the emperor had already woken up, but he was only wearing ordinary swallow clothes.Li Yan, Huang He, Yang Qing and other great eunuchs all knelt under the Highness, holding the emperor's crown, insignia, robes, leather belts, jade pendants, and big ribbons. These are what the emperor should wear when attending the grand ceremony. Stuff... But Zhu Di didn't have the slightest intention to look at those things at the moment.All his gloomy eyes fell on the box of congratulatory forms sent by the cabinet.

Zhu Zhanji stood aside with a medicine bowl in his hand.

The Zhongshusheren opened the box. The emperor glanced at the full box of congratulatory forms. His expression was still gloomy. He casually picked up a copy without opening it. He just looked at the cover repeatedly and said with a smirk: "The number is not enough." , The skin is made together. With such a thick cover, is it to appear more?"

"No," Zhu Zhanji hurriedly explained: "Grandfather, today is the grand ceremony of the imperial court. Of course, the official's congratulatory form must use this kind of best quality watch, otherwise it will not be able to show solemnity!"

"Hmph..." Zhu Di sneered, threw the congratulatory form back, and asked quietly, "Are you sure it's all congratulatory forms here?"

"Several ministers and hall elders have read it one by one overnight, and it is true." Zhu Zhanji replied softly: "Grandpa Huang, if you don't believe it, you can check it."

"Hmph, I'm afraid it's disgusting to watch..." Zhu Di said coldly, "I'm afraid they wrote this memorial with hatred, right? If it wasn't for their Crown Prince, there wouldn't even be a single congratulatory form!" Look away.

Seeing this, Zhu Zhanji hurriedly apologized with a smile: "Then keep it for now. Grandpa Huang can watch it whenever he wants."

"Humph……"

Seeing that the emperor had no objection, Zhu Zhanji hurriedly signaled Zhongshusheren to carry the box away with his eyes, and said with a smile: "It's getting late, the emperor should change his clothes..."

Li Yan Huang He and other eunuchs also got up and said with a smile: "Yes, Your Majesty, the servants have been waiting outside for a long time..."

Zhu Di's face was dark and he didn't say a word, but in the end he let them dress him neatly, and with the support of his grandson, he walked out of Qianqing Palace slowly.

Outside Qianqing Palace, seeing the figure of the emperor, the crown prince and all the princes and ministers heaved a sigh of relief, and then shouted in unison: "Your Majesty is respectfully invited to ride!"

Today is a big day that Zhu Di has planned for a long time.It can be said that since he usurped the throne and ascended the throne of Nanjing Fengtian Temple 16 years ago, he has been thinking about changing the place to be the capital and sitting on the dragon chair more securely. In 16 years, he expelled Tatar Wala, built a new capital in Beijing, dredged the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and relocated millions of wealthy households from the south of the Yangtze River to fill Beijing, suppressing the opposition of the prince and his ministers.After deliberate planning step by step, and doing our best to act again and again, I finally reached this step-this step is about to fulfill the long-cherished wish of more than ten years!
Before this day, Zhu Di had envisioned the scene of the capital moving ceremony countless times, and every time he was so excited that he couldn't sleep, but when this day really came, he felt no joy in his heart, only full of anger!

Why? !I am clearly for this country!It is for future generations!All of you, from the crown prince down to the hundred bureaucrats, are going to oppose me like this!Desperately disgusting me!Don't look at you all kneeling here now, with deference written all over your face!But I know that your hearts are full of disrespect and disdain!full of no!Clothes!
There was no joy on Zhu Di's face. He felt a fire burning in his chest, and he was about to explode.However, on this day, he can only endure...

Glancing at the prince coldly, seeing that he was still wearing the clothes from last night, the emperor said indifferently, "Is the prince going to wear this to attend the ceremony?"

"Your servant will change now." Zhu Gaochi hurriedly got up with the help of several eunuchs, went to the side hall to change the crown prince's crown, changed his robes after a while, and came out with the help of the eunuchs.

At this time, the emperor had already boarded the dragon chariot, and all the princes and ministers stood behind the dragon chariot, just waiting for the crown prince to take his place.As soon as the crown prince arrived, Huang He shouted at the top of his voice, "The emperor is driving!"

(End of this chapter)