Bringing the farm to another world

Chapter 14800 Ascending the Throne
There is a set of procedures for the enthronement of the empire. This set of procedures has been continued to this day. Although there have been some changes, the whole process must be followed, such as offering sacrifices to the master and the heaven. As the Minister of Rites, Liu De is of course fully responsible for this matter. After Liu De finalized the procedure, he reported it directly to Zuoqiu Zheng. After reading it, Zuoqiu Zheng also approved the procedure. In this way, the set of procedures was passed and the process began.

First, a temple calculation was performed to work out an auspicious day and time, and then arrangements began to be made about what Zuoqiu Zheng would do that day, where he would start from, where he would go first, where he would go next, and finally he would go to the palace to formally ascend the throne. During this process, which officials would accompany him, which officials would wait, which officials would go to pay homage to Zuoqiu Zheng after he ascended the throne, and which officials would have to swear allegiance, all of which had to be confirmed one by one.

Especially the senior generals in the army, they all have to return to the capital star to pay homage to Zuo Qiu Zheng and swear allegiance to Zuo Qiu Zheng. If anyone dares not to come, it means he has ulterior motives and can be dealt with directly, so there are many things to do.

Fortunately, it is now the interstellar age. After confirming all the procedures, we wrote directly to those officials and asked them to come to the capital star immediately. When they arrive here, we need to figure out how to arrange them. All of these require people. However, everything went smoothly. After all, the capital star is almost in a state of military officers. Of course, no one dares to mess around. Everything is going on in an orderly manner.

The process was followed one by one until the day of the event. Zuo Qiuzheng was woken up by the eunuch at five o'clock in the morning. He took a bath and changed his clothes. All of this was calculated on time so that there could not be any mistakes. Then he went to the Taimiao to worship his ancestors and tell his ancestors that he would inherit the throne and become the emperor. Then he went to worship heaven and earth. The place for worshiping heaven and earth is specially used for worshiping heaven. Zuo Qiuzheng did not drive today, but took a horse-drawn carriage to perform ancient rituals.

After the carriage brought Zuo Qiuzheng to the altar, they burned tablets to offer sacrifices to the sky, and then took the carriage back to the palace. Then the ministers of the court entered the hall to pay homage to the new emperor. After these ministers had paid homage to Zuo Qiuzheng, the governors of various administrative lines entered the hall in turn to pay homage to the new emperor and swear allegiance. Then the commanders of various armies came to pay homage to the new emperor and swear allegiance. However, because there were so many people in the Star Empire now, it was impossible for only one person to go in at a time to pay homage to the new emperor. That would be too slow, so more people went in this time. Even so, it was not until the evening that the process was considered over, and Zuo Qiuzheng returned to the palace.

Now the palace has become his residence, and those concubines in the palace who have children will generally move to their children's homes, while those without children will directly move into the royal temples, to spend the rest of their lives with the green lamps and ancient Buddhas.

Of course, Zuo Qiuzheng's mother had to stay in the palace, because she was the empress dowager, so of course she had to live in the palace. And Zuo Qiuzheng still had to attend the court the next day. The first court meeting of the new emperor actually didn't have much to do, it was mainly about conferring rewards. You have become the emperor, so of course you have to reward all the ministers.

There was originally a rule here that when the old emperor found that his health was about to fail, he would demote some ministers in the court to other places, and then recall them after the new emperor ascended the throne. This was considered a reward. However, Zuoqiu Wen died too suddenly this time, so this step was not taken. Therefore, Zuoqiu Zheng could only be rewarded. Of course, under normal circumstances, it would only be a promotion of one level in official rank, and there would not be much actual reward.

However, some people did receive some actual rewards, like Jia Yu and others. This was also a common practice. After all, Jia Yu and others were Zuo Qiuzheng's close associates. Now that he became emperor, these people naturally rose to prominence and received rewards.

Even Zhao Hai was rewarded, but Zhao Hai took another path. He was the national teacher and had his own fiefdom, so this time Zuo Qiu Zheng directly granted him a house and a rank at the same time. In this way, he officially established his position as the national teacher. From now on, the position of national teacher would be considered a formal official position, and it was an official position of a relatively transcendent status. No minister had any objection to this. To be honest, many ministers now hated Zhao Hai. He invented the spiritual root activation technique, which divided the major families into two teams. He also created a teleportation array, hanging a sword over the heads of the major families. It can be said that these two things directly weakened the influence of the major families. How could they not hate Zhao Hai.

But these people also admired Zhao Hai very much, and they felt that giving Zhao Hai the position of national teacher was not excessive at all. They did not make things difficult for Zhao Hai because they knew very well that if they made things difficult for Zhao Hai, Zuo Qiu Zheng would definitely cause trouble for them in the future, and would continue to cause trouble for them. Moreover, Zhao Hai would also cause trouble for them, and Zhao Hai was Zuo Qiu Zheng's confidant. If Zhao Hai really targeted them, their troubles would not be small. So of course no one would object to giving Zhao Hai an official title.

The second day's grand court meeting ended happily with everyone receiving rewards. It seemed that Zuo Qiuwen's death had completely disappeared with this court meeting. No one mentioned it again, and everything seemed to have returned to the starting point. On the third day, there was still a grand court meeting, but this time they were discussing serious matters. Officials from various ministries arrived at the palace early, waiting for the grand court meeting to begin. After the grand court meeting began, officials from various ministries entered the hall one by one. After everyone arrived, Zuo Qiuzheng came to the hall. When he arrived at the hall and sat on the dragon throne, all the ministers bowed to Zuo Qiuzheng and shouted, "Your Majesty, may your Majesty be well and safe."

Zuoqiu Zheng nodded, and Decai shouted, "Stand up!" All the ministers stood up. Originally, Zuoqiu Zheng wanted to let Fusheng go to court with him, but finally decided to let Decai go. After all, Decai is not very old now and is more familiar with the affairs in the court. Fusheng still needs to learn now. It will not be too late to let him go to court after Fusheng has learned it. It is indeed not the time yet.

After everyone stood up, Zuo Qiuzheng looked at the people below and continued, "I have already found out that the assassination of the late emperor was caused by the Elders' Council. In our Star Empire, there is indeed an Elders' Council, which is composed of some people from other realms. They have existed in our Star Empire for a long time. Their purpose is to destroy our Star Empire and prevent it from developing. It may even cause civil strife, so as to create opportunities for the other six realms to attack our Star Empire. The other six realms are determined to destroy us. This time they directly assassinated my father. This is a blatant provocation to our Star Empire. They don't take our Star Empire seriously at all. So the emperor announces here that the Elders' Council will be designated as a terrorist organization. Starting today, a nationwide investigation will be carried out. They must be found and executed to avenge the late emperor. If anyone dares not to contribute, I will not be polite to him."

When he said this, he glanced at the ministers below. Those ministers saluted towards Zuo Qiuzheng and responded with a "yes" in unison. Zuo Qiuzheng looked at them and continued, "Investigating the Council of Elders is not only the business of the royal family, but also the business of everyone in the Star Empire. They can even assassinate the previous emperor, let alone you. Moreover, if the Star Empire is really in chaos, it doesn't seem to be of any benefit to you, right? So everyone, do you want to give your all? I won't force you. You can think about it yourself. If you are still unwilling to give your all under this situation, then I have nothing to say. Just don't regret it in the future."

Those ministers were all stunned. You know, the emperor usually would not speak so bluntly in the court, but Zuoqiu Zheng said it directly. They really didn't know what to say, because Zuoqiu Zheng was right. If the Star Empire really collapsed, it would not be of any benefit to them. If people from other realms really occupied the Star Empire, they would not care whether you were from a big family or not, they would attack you directly. Therefore, this Council of Elders really could not exist.

Zuo Qiuzheng looked at the people below, and then said: "Okay, this matter is settled. Let's talk about the situation of each planet. My dear ministers, if you have anything to say, just say it directly." After Zuo Qiuzheng finished speaking, he glanced at the ministers below.

Zhang Ruyi and others also reported in turn, and then the ministers discussed it, and finally Zuo Qiuzheng made the decision. The grand court meeting of the day lasted until the evening before it was adjourned.

After Zuoqiu Zheng left the court, he went straight back to his study. This study was the same study that Zuoqiu Wen used to live in. After changing his clothes, Zuoqiu Zheng entered the study. Looking at the familiar furnishings in the study, he couldn't help but think of Zuoqiu Wen again. His eyes couldn't help but turn slightly red. He took a deep breath to stop his tears, and then sat down on the couch. Decai then brought up some memorials, and Zuoqiu Zheng began to review them.

In fact, he had reviewed memorials before. Zuoqiu Wen had started to train him a long time ago. He had reviewed many memorials in the past, and it was not strenuous for him to review them now. Zuoqiu Zheng did not go to bed until late at night. In the following few days, he attended court during the day and reviewed memorials at night. It was not to say that he was diligent, but that was the rule. After he ascended the throne, he had to attend court for seven consecutive days before returning to normal. So Zuoqiu Zheng was really tired these days, but at the same time he was also very happy. He was the emperor now, and every order of his was related to countless people in the Star Empire. This feeling fascinated him.

Seven days later, Zuoqiu Zheng could finally breathe a sigh of relief, but he still had to deal with a lot of memorials every day. However, this time he would invite Jia Yu and others to discuss from time to time. He did invite Zhao Hai, but Zhao Hai did not give any ideas, because Zhao Hai knew very well that he could not give random ideas now, so he did not give too many opinions, giving Zuoqiu Zheng the impression that he was not very proficient in handling mundane affairs.