Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 4147 See the new emperor
The sky was about to brighten, and the rain was finally a little lighter. The rain washed the inside and outside of Wude Hall clean and completely renewed.The servants and guards were busy replacing the patterned white banners that had been damaged by rain last night, and the entire Taiji Palace was completely untouched.

The royal relatives, dignitaries and dignitaries were waiting outside the Wude Hall. Hundreds of people had been here since before dawn, and their sobbing and crying never stopped.

Although His Majesty Li Er is the Ninth Five-Year Honor, he has always been kind to others, and he is open-minded and accepts advice. Countless people are grateful for the kindness and generosity of the past, and they are naturally sad and unable to restrain their emotions.

If it weren't for the fierce battles outside the palace at this time, all the inner squares in Chang'an were closed and people were not allowed to enter and exit, I am afraid that the common people would spontaneously walk out of the inner squares and gather near the palace, and the entire Chang'an city would be crying.

The common people respect and love His Majesty Li Er, few ancient emperors can match...

Li Chengqian appeared at the entrance of the main hall in a prince's robe and a golden crown on his head, and the crying stopped a little bit. Li Ji, Li Xiaogong, and Li Yuanjia lined up on the left and right, protecting Li Chengqian and turned around and walked into the main hall.

The weather was cloudy and rainy, and the candles in the hall were brightly lit.

There is a huge coffin parked on the main hall. Behind the coffin are 120 sets of emperor's robes, which are neat and classified. These will be buried with the emperor in the future.On one side of the coffin, jade bi, jade cong, jade gui, jade hu, jade Zhang, and jade huang are placed on the table.This is a ritual vessel for offering sacrifices to the four directions of heaven and earth, that is, the jade is used to worship the sky, the cong is used to worship the earth, the gui is used to worship the east, the amber is used to worship the west, the zhang is used to worship the south, and the huang is used to worship the north.

Outside the gate of the hall, monks and Taoist priests hold musical instruments, and the music is melodious and mournful.

In the hall, under the service of Li Yuanjia, Wang De and others, Li Chengqian first cleansed the face of Emperor Daxing, and then placed six jade objects in the coffin. Straight, slowly put it into the coffin, and then Li Chengqian covered it with a brocade quilt embroidered with the sun, moon, stars, rivers and mountains.

Sixteen servants struggled to lift the heavy coffin lid and slowly closed it.

In the hall, the ministers, military generals, servants, palace servants, princes, princesses, courtiers and their families... The crying was loud and earth-shattering.

A hero of a generation, with illustrious achievements in his life and a mighty power over the universe, but he is also no match for the fate of life, so the conclusion is drawn here.

Several drums were sounded, and the crying gradually stopped. Next, the crown prince recited the sacrificial rites in person. Although he had not formally ascended the throne, from the moment the recitation of the sacrificial rites was completed, the titles of monarchs and ministers were determined.

Li Chengqian walked slowly to the side of the coffin, took the sacrificial oration handed over by Li Xiaogong, unfolded it, and read it aloud.

"In the 17th year of Wei Zhenguan, the age was in Guimao, and the emperor was ill, and the medicine and stone were ineffective..."

The voice was loud and clear, and the crowd kneeling in the rain outside the hall could hear it clearly.

"...On behalf of heaven and things, nurture Qianli, Yi Lun Xiuxu, Jingjing Rope, open things into business, and benefit forever...The current crown prince pursues Wei Mingde, worships the sky and caress the people, Sheng Zhi Hongxun, and eternal life , use prayers for food, Yong Zuo's homeland, Lezhi Zhenmin, and the sky is boundless! Let's eat!"

Li Yuanjia on the side held a handful of paper money and stood on the stone steps in front of the hall, struggling as though the paper money fluttered in the rain.

Under the service of officials from the Ministry of Rites and Zongzheng Temple, the prince took off his robes and put on a filial robe made of raw rags, expressing his mourning without any decoration, and served for three years.

Then the officials sent the filial obediences prepared earlier to all the people present one by one. According to the difference of relatives and distances, they gave Zhan Shuai, Qi Shuai, Great Merit, Minor Merit, and Shuma respectively, which are called "five clothes".

Everyone cried bitterly, all the concubines and princesses were heartbroken, lying on the muddy floor trying to get closer to the main hall, ignoring that their clothes were stained with mud, their delicate makeup was blurred and ugly, the palace people around them hurriedly held back , whispered comfort.

Heaven and earth are sad.

King Qi, King Shu, King Jiang and other princes knelt in the courtyard, enduring the dampness from the rain soaking through their clothes. They raised their heads slightly to look at the prince who had changed into coarse linen filial clothes after reciting sacrificial rites at the entrance of Wude Hall. Envious and worried at the same time, thinking about the fierce battle outside the Taiji Palace at this moment, and wondering whether the young slave can enter the Taiji Palace in the end, and whether the prince can hold it, his thoughts are complicated and difficult to understand.

King Hejian, King Han, Li Ji, Fang Jun, Cen Wenwen, Liu Ji, Ma Zhou and other important clans and court officials all came to the bottom of the stone steps, tidied up their clothes and bowed to the ground regardless of the rain. Loudly said: "Minister, please refer to Your Majesty."

Although the enthronement ceremony has not yet been held, the crown prince at this moment has been officially promoted to the emperor, and there is no limit to his power. He only needs to confirm the year name at the enthronement ceremony, award meritorious officials, and amnesty the world.

In front of the hall, hundreds of relatives of the emperor, court officials, and the prince's family members all bowed to the ground and shouted loudly: "See Your Majesty!"

Li Chengqian held his chest up and raised his head with a solemn expression. When he raised his hands, his sleeves waved in a majestic and solemn way: "My dear dears, please stay safe!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Then, the drums played.

Li Cheng.

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Li Zhi stood at the entrance of the tent with his hands behind his back, overlooking Chang'an City through the rain curtain. He could not hear the chimes and bells from the Taiji Palace, nor could he hear the voices of civil and military officials and relatives of the emperor to visit the new emperor. I can feel the indescribable sorrow that fills the world.

Not only for the sorrow of the father, but also for myself.

Why did you come to this step today?
There is no need for the father to live a hundred years, just a few more days. The process of abolishing the reserve is about to start, and the momentum is unstoppable. I will be canonized as the crown prince and become the legitimate heir of the empire. It's like conspiracy to enter the Taiji Palace and take the throne from the crown prince.

How could he not know how risky it was?
But when he was only one step away from that position but couldn't get what he wanted, that kind of coveting heart was like a tarsal maggot gnawing at his heart all the time, making him unable to retreat, unwilling to reconcile!

Xiao Yu came over and stood behind him, also looking in the direction of Chang'an, said in a deep voice: "At this hour, His Royal Highness must have already recited the sacrificial oration and accepted the worship of all officials."

Li Zhi turned his head, stared at Xiao Yu, and slowly said: "But what this king wants is to bury his father, commit suicide and then the world will never see the sky again, and this king, as a son of man, cannot send his father to the last journey. Feeling ashamed, I wish I could follow my father under the Nine Springs to fulfill my filial piety!"

People can pursue fame and fortune, but they can't only have fame and fortune in their eyes, otherwise they are different from animals?
Xiao Yu didn't expect Li Zhihui to say such words. Looking at his expression, he knew that he was very dissatisfied with what he was thinking at this time was that the crown prince was about to ascend the throne, not that the late emperor had already been buried.

He had no choice but to bow his body, bow to the ground in the direction of Chang'an City, and said in a trembling voice: "When he dies, if he can be buried beside the Zhaoling Mausoleum and follow the late Emperor under the Nine Springs, this life is enough."

Only then did Li Zhi turn his head, still staring blankly at the rain curtain in front of him and Chang'an in the distance.

The reason why he didn't retreat was not only because of his covetous desire for the throne, but also because of his father's expectations for him!It is better to abolish the elders and set up the younger ones to be slandered by the people of the world, but also to support him as the crown prince. What kind of love and trust is this?
At the beginning when the Guanlongmen Clan raised troops to revolt, Changsun Wuji's parents and sons went to Jinwangfu to dethrone the crown prince and support him as the crown prince, but he refused verbally. I, I can't rob", this is indeed his inner voice.

But now the situation is completely different from that time. Everyone knows that the father has already made up his mind to pass on the throne to him, the youngest son. He, Li Zhi, is his father's favorite heir.

How can you ignore your father's wishes just because your father didn't leave a piece of imperial edict?

Since my father wanted to give me the throne, but he couldn't do it because of his longevity, he must go all out to take the throne to comfort my father's spirit in heaven!

Chu Suiliang walked quickly from the heavy rain, entered the tent to salute, and reported, regardless of the fact that his clothes were soaked, "His Royal Highness, the news just sent, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already recited the sacrificial oration in the Hall of Wude, and the late emperor's funeral 'It has also been completed, and all the officials worshiped the prince outside the palace... In addition, the Duke of E sent a battle report. Attack the Tai Chi Palace."

Li Zhi stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the direction of Chang'an City with his eyes piercing the rain curtain. After a long while, he said slowly, "Why do you force yourself to do something when you know you can't do it? These soldiers and generals are all loyal ministers of the emperor, and they would rather die." To maintain the will of the father, but this king cannot let them die under the Chengtian Gate. An order was sent to the Duke of E, ordering him to withdraw from the right guards in the city, and retreat to Tongguan together with the king, and stand by for help."

"Your Highness, no!"

Xiao Yu hastily said: "At present, only the Sixth Army of the East Palace is fighting to the death, and the other sixteen guards are standing still and watching the changes. This is the best time to capture the Taiji Palace. Since the crown prince has already recited the sacrificial oration and has been recognized by all the officials, it is The righteous Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, once we retreat and give him time to slowly put pressure on the sixteen guards, more and more people will inevitably join the past, and one will fade away. It will be difficult for us to counterattack Chang'an again. God!"

Li Zhi, who has always been open-minded to accept advice, shook his head: "How stupid to do it knowing that it can't be done? Since the crown prince has already ascended the throne, there is no need to risk his life to fill the Taiji Palace. Now the military equipment in Guanzhong is weak, or there are not enough soldiers. Major General, either the supplies are short of supplies or the armaments are broken, even if we have to pull up an army of more than [-] in a hurry, how much combat power can we have? The reinforcements in Shandong and Jiangnan are strong and strong, we just need to defend Tongguan and bring the reinforcements when they arrive. It's all in my hands, so why worry about the big things not being done?"

Right Houwei is the army he relies on the most at the moment. If they are exhausted outside the Taiji Palace, are they all counting on the reinforcements from the elites in Shandong and Jiangnan?
Even if Xiao Yu, Cui Xin and others are loyal to him and have no second thoughts, but the soldiers under the tent are all from the two families, so what if he succeeds in seizing the throne and ascending to the throne?

All power depends on people and is completely emptied, and the emperor is just a puppet.

If there is no check and balance between Youhouwei and the Guanlong clan, then everything depends on the Shandong and Jiangnan clans, so how can I have a chance to make a promise?The ups and downs all depend on someone's thought, if the situation is not good, it is not impossible to chop off his head and send it to the prince to ask for credit...

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, let alone tie life and death in the hands of others?
(End of this chapter)