Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 43 The Emperor's Enthronement Ceremony
"Clang! Clang! Clang..."

On the second day of October in the first year of Taichang, when the sky was still dark, bell towers and temples in the capital rang bells one after another.

At this moment, millions of people in the capital knew that the new emperor was about to ascend the throne.

In the past month, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, the Department of Supervisors, the Department of Shangbao, and the Department of Jiaofang have made preparations.

As the bell rang, all the prepared officials in the capital put on court clothes, held wat boards, and went to Chang'an Gate in an orderly manner.

Some officials from the Ministry of Rites have been in the palace since last night, taking the lead in going to the Temple of Heaven, Xiannongtan, and Taimiao to inform the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty.

Officials in Beijing, no matter how big or small, more than [-] people dressed in court clothes and rushed to Chang'anmen.

As for the palace, Zhu Youxiao, the son of heaven, is the protagonist today. Unlike what is known to later generations, he cannot directly wear the crown to participate in the enthronement ceremony. Qing palace.

When he came to the gate of Qianqing Palace, the guard force composed of eight hundred Han generals and two extremely luxurious carts were particularly conspicuous.

Among the two cars, Zhu Youxiao was very familiar with the second car. It was the elephant rode that the prince was riding on, and its owner, Zhu Youjian, was also dressed in filial piety at the moment, standing in front of the twenty-four yamen eunuchs.

When Zhu Youxiao walked out of the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youjian took the lead and held the wat board and bowed slightly to salute. The twenty-four yamen eunuchs and eight hundred Han generals also did the same, and no one sang the salute.

This is one of the rituals, and Zhu Youxiao nodded slightly, raised his hand in the air, and after motioning everyone to get up, he looked at the first extremely luxurious car.

This is a cart that is two feet long, one foot three feet wide, and one foot two high. It is made of golden nanmu and decorated with jade and gold.

Compared with the elephants pulled by four horses, the animals that pull the cart are even more majestic.

Two tribute elephants from Siam swung their trunks and were wrapped with ropes that pulled carts.

This is the ceremonial car of the highest standard for the emperor. Normally, even the emperor can only experience it a few times in his life.

Zhu Youxiao's eyes lingered on the elephant for a long time, and he was very interested, but he was a little disgusted with the extremely luxurious big 辂, as if in his opinion, the craftsmanship was a bit poor.

"The Son of Heaven ascends!"

Suddenly, the Minister of Honghe Temple sang loudly, and the Prime Minister of Honghe Temple next to him raised the bell to strike.

"clang……"

The bell echoed, and Zhu Youxiao slowly boarded the big pedestal, and Zhu Youjian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw this scene.

"The prince ascends!"

"clang……"

When it was his turn, Zhu Youjian also held the wat board to prevent the two jade discs around his waist from rattling, and at the same time slowly boarded the car.

After he boarded the car and sat firmly, the Minister of Honglu Temple continued: "Let's go~~~"

"clang!"

After the emperor and the prince were ready, the eight hundred generals of the Han Dynasty began to guard, and the eunuchs of the twenty-four yamen followed the big ones, and the mighty team marched towards the Jiyan Hall.

For all of this, the two brothers Zhu Youjian and Zhu Youxiao have been informed and rehearsed by the officials of the Ministry of Rites in advance of various etiquette procedures.

The first step to be done right now is to go to the Jiyan Hall, and then in the Jiyan Hall for the Daxing Emperor to have a few banquets, only to accept orders.

After the order is over, the filial obedience should be replaced with Tongtian Guanfu. After going to Chengtianmen, Zongzheng is Zhu Youxiao and the crown.

After reaching the crown, it is time to replace the Tongtian crown suit with the crown suit, waiting for the arrival of all officials to congratulate.

After the congratulations, [-] ministers, including the cabinet, six ministries, and six departments, approved Zhu Youxiao to be enthroned according to reason, and Zhu Youxiao had to reject the six departments first, then the six departments, and finally agree when the cabinet requested.

After agreeing, perform the salute to heaven and earth, and then turn to the Fengxian Hall to pay homage to the ancestors.

After the end, continue to wear the mianfu, return to the Fanyan Hall and, before the Daxing Emperor's banquet, perform five prostrations and three kowtows.

After the ceremony, you can go to the Huangji Hall to ascend the throne.

This set of procedures is cumbersome. Even if Zhu Youjian is a prince, he just lacks the crown ceremony. Now he only needs to wear filial piety clothes to the Jiyan Hall, and then change into the crown clothes when he goes to the Huangji Hall. Change to Tongtianguan suit.

But even so, the cumbersome process must have made him uncomfortable.

"Stop..."

After resting for more than ten minutes, without waiting for Zhu Youjian to take a rest, the minister of Honglu Temple sang the salute and struck the bell, and then continued:

"The emperor and the prince please come down!"

"clang!"

Hearing the words, Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian stepped down slowly, one in front of the other, and went to the Jiyan Hall.

At this time, the Jiyan Hall still maintained the appearance of the national funeral half a month ago, but there was already some peculiar smell in the coffin.

"bye……"

The voice of the minister of Honghe Temple came again, and Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian followed each other and performed five prostrations and three kowtows.

After the ceremony, the Minister of Honglu Temple read out the congratulatory speech, and Zhu Youxiao was ordered before the funeral.

Since the congratulatory speech has long been known by everyone, after reading it, the two brothers Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian slowly got up, slowly exited the several feast halls, and finally re-boarded the big ren and xiang ren.

It's just that after getting into the car, someone was already ready and began to change clothes for the two of them.

Zhu Youjian put on a heavy and restrained big fur mian suit, a nine-pronged crown, and black clothes with five chapter patterns of dragon, mountain, Chinese insect, fire, and Zongyi. Xiuzao, Fenmi, Fu, and Fu have four chapter patterns, a total of nine chapters.

Holding Yugui in his hand, he got out of the car slowly, and then saw Zhu Youxiao who was holding a big jade in his hand and was wearing a crown uniform without a crown.

Zhu Youxiao, who was wearing Tongtian crown uniform, saw his younger brother's appearance, raised his eyebrows at him, and his face was full of smiles, Zhu Youjian could only nod helplessly in response.

"Ascend to Tianmen!"

"clang!"

Halfway through the hour, the sky was already slightly brighter, and the bells in the capital also stopped.

Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian went to Chengtianmen under the guard of the twenty-four yamen eunuchs, and here, Zongzheng of the Zhu Ming royal family had been waiting for a long time, and there were ministers from the cabinet, six departments, and six departments standing beside him.

When standing, Zhu Youjian leaned back a little, and Zhu Youxiao stepped forward to reach the crown, and few people paid attention to him.

"How is the main palace of the Qingling Mausoleum?"

He asked Wang Chengen, and Wang Chengen also bowed slightly:

"Just wait until the ceremony is over before you can be buried."

"That's fine..." Hearing this news, his mood improved a lot, and the oppressive feeling brought about by the heavy Qiu Mian suit on his body also subsided.

When he came back to his senses, Zhu Youxiao had already been put on the Tongtian Crown,
"I invite Chitose to ascend the throne for the benefit of the common people!"

The six subjects saluted one after another, including Yang Lian, Yao Zongwen and others.

"Huang Kao's funeral, don't discuss this matter again." Zhu Youxiao replied according to the procedure.

"Please ascend the throne with a thousand years old, the country cannot live without a king for a day!"

After declining once, the six ministers stood up one after another and saluted in court clothes.

"Huang Kao's funeral, let Gu think about it." Zhu Youxiao continued to respond.

"Please take Chitose to the throne!" Six cabinet scholars stood up and spoke, and this place has repeatedly declined.

"Since that's the case, I have no choice but to obey!" Zhu Youxiao said something rare, and Zhu Youjian, who was listening by the side, still thought it was quite fresh.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live..."

Everyone knelt down, saluted with Jishou, and sang a big salute, but Zhu Youxiao responded and motioned to flatten his body, turned and walked into the Chengtianmen tower.

The sound of changing clothes was faintly heard, and when the door was opened again, Zhu Youxiao had already changed into a twelve chapter mian suit.

I have to say that although Zhu Youxiao is not as handsome and handsome as Zhu Youjian, he looks more like Emperor Wanli. At first glance, Fang Congzhe and others thought they saw Emperor Wanli when he was young. .

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!!!"

Pushing the golden mountain and pouring down the jade pillars, when Zhu Youxiao came to Chengtianmen female wall and looked at Chengtianmen Square in his mien suit, three thousand officials in court uniforms knelt down one after another, holding wat boards and singing loudly.

A new chapter of the Ming Dynasty was opened, and its owner changed its name.

Emperor Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne, and what he did in the future will become his evaluation in the history books.

Daming, the dynasty that lasted for [-] years, ushered in a new emperor...

(End of this chapter)