Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 361 Abdication (3000)

The great ship of time sailed away from Taichang for 15 years (546), and the year name of Taichang was also used for No. 16 years. In the early years, the officials would ask Gao Cheng to change the year name for the emperor, but it was never done again. Ren Ti, seeing that Jiangshan Sheji is going to have a high surname, and there is really no need to change the emperor's year name or not.

On New Year's Day, the solar eclipse that Gao Huan saw before his death came as scheduled.

Gao Longzhi proposed to use the solar eclipse as an excuse to accuse Yuan Shan of being immoral, but Gao Cheng rejected it.

After so many years of manipulating, Yuan Shanjian's reputation has long been infamous, and Gao Cheng doesn't intend to use the solar eclipse to make a fuss about it.

It didn't even happen that the king of Qi was the ruler of the world, and the solar eclipse foreshadowed it. His usurpation of the throne has long been a matter of course, and there is no need to add superfluous things.

The time has finally come. On the eighth day of the first lunar month, after Gao Cheng went to Mangshan to worship Gao Huan, he officially began to warm up for usurping the country.

Since Gao Cheng had already received special gifts such as fake yellow axes and nine tins after six speeches and six concessions when he inherited the throne, the Gao family had only one last step left to replace Wei, to accept Zen.

First of all, the king of Qi who emerged from Luoyang County and the second school of the government has made great achievements and graced the world. Should the emperor follow the example of Yao and Shun and give up the throne to the virtuous?

This kind of discussion was not banned by the government. When the governors of other places heard the news, they did not need Gao Cheng's instruction, and they all played their own initiative and faked auspiciousness.

Chen Yuankang, the governor of Bingzhou, claimed that there was a big turtle in Fenshui, and there was a word "Qi" on its abdomen.

Liu Honghui, the governor of Yanzhou, reported that a fisherman picked up a stone man from the Yellow River. The stone man had sound eyes, and there were only five large characters engraved on the back: "The king of Qi governs the world".

There are many others like this, even Hou Jing, the governor of Jingzhou, came to join in the fun, offering auspiciousness related to King Qi to Luoyang.

Gao Cheng neither rewarded nor punished the above acts.

The reason why Gao Cheng didn't want to be rewarded was because he didn't want to be seen as a joke by future generations. After all, he used to hold back his own laughter for this kind of trick.

And Jinxian Xiangrui is also the loyalty of governors from all over the place to themselves, as well as their support for the Gao family on behalf of Wei, let alone punish them with this.

But there are no exceptions. The auspiciousness offered by Yuan Xiaoyou, the governor of Jizhou, is different, but hundreds of thousands of people in Xindu City either signed or painted a pledge, asking the king of Qi not to disappoint the expectations of the people because of his loyalty to the emperor.

On the day when Yuan Xiaoyou's auspicious auspiciousness was sent to Qi Wang's mansion, Yuan Shan immediately issued an edict that Gao Jun's wife, the governor of the feudal state, was a princess, and Gao Jun's wife was Yuan Xiaoyou's daughter.

This made the officials from all over the country understand Gao Cheng's thoughts: It turns out that His Royal Highness King Qi likes this tune.

As a result, a petition was launched that spread throughout the north. People in prefectures and counties, who could write, signed their signatures, and those who could not write their fingerprints, and sent them to Luoyang as public opinion.

Yuan Shanjian, who lived in the deep palace, felt the raging public opinion. In April of the same year, under the persuasion of Shang Shu Ling Gao Longzhi, he wrote the edict of abdication. The king is the emperor, and he is willing to give up the country and the country.

Taishi Ling also used celestial phenomena as evidence to prove that Wei De was declining, and all the officials persuaded him to advance, saying that King Qi had great merit and virtue, and he should follow the will of heaven, the people and the officials, and ascend the throne as emperor.

It's just that all of this was strictly rejected by His Royal Highness King Qi, the last loyal minister of the Great Wei Dynasty.

Gao Cheng reprimanded Gao Longzhi sharply, declaring that he and the previous kings had been in power for two generations, and they only wanted to help the country and save the people from the fire and water.

Of course, Little Gao Wang himself didn't know what legacy his ancestors left behind from his grandfather Gao Shu.

However, Gao Cheng's earnest teachings could not make Gao Longzhi, a traitor who had no king, repent. In the first ten days of May, he led a group of ministers to see Yuan Shan again, and asked the Son of Heaven Zen to be the King of Qi.

Yuan Shanjian then issued an edict for the second time, expressing that the fate of heaven is impermanent, since ancient times emperors have different surnames, and the country should belong to virtuous people.

Whoever is a virtuous person is naturally the friend of the widow of Wei, Qi Wang Gaocheng.

Yuan Shanjian followed the abdication of Yao and Shun. Yao used the allusion of his two wives, Shun, and Cao Pi to replace the Han. Emperor Xian married the second daughter to Gaocheng as the concubine of Cao Pi.

The ministers still went to the table to persuade them to advance, expressing their support for King Qi Dai Wei.

However, even Xiao Gao Wang, who had to give in six times to inherit the throne, would nod when he abdicated for the second time.

So throughout the summer and autumn of the 16th year of Taichang (547), Yuan Shanjian repeatedly stated that the Wei family was immoral and the destiny was in Qi, while Qi Wang Gaocheng repeated his rhetoric, refusing his good intentions, and made nine contacts in total. Good-natured people are about to be dragged numb.

Since the beginning of winter, most of the autumn taxes from various places have arrived in the national treasury, including the taxes on the relocation of households in Longyou and Xianbei. This is the first time that Gao Cheng has paid the autumn tax to the imperial court after he ordered a five-year tax reduction for them. .

The treasury was full, and Gao Cheng finally nodded, allowing Gao Longzhi and others to initiate the tenth persuasion.

On October 16th in the 547th year of Taichang (38), all the governors of the [-] northern states and their subordinate prefects all petitioned the king of Qi to advance to the throne. Seeing this, the Yuan and Wei clans also knew that after nine resignations, Gao Cheng set off such a momentum. It must be serious, and they followed up one after another, lest they act late, anger Qi Wang, and be liquidated in the future.

On October [-]th, under the persuasion of Minister Gao Longzhi, Left Servant Sun Teng, Right Servant Yang Min, Zhongshu Supervisor Sima Ziru and other ministers, Yuan Shanjian issued the Zen edict to the King of Qi for the tenth time .

At the same time, imitating the abdication of Yao and Shun, Yao used the allusion of the two wives Shun, Cao Pi to replace the Han, and the old example of Emperor Xian taking the two daughters as Cao Pi's concubines, and married the second daughter to Gaocheng.

Although the two little princesses were not born to Empress Gao, according to the rule that concubine children take their first wife as their mother, Gao Cheng should be called uncle, and Yuan Shanjian's relationship with Yuan Zhonghua's brother and sister seems to be called uncle .

Such an approach is unethical, but it is indeed such a process.

This time Gao Cheng didn't refuse outright, but he didn't express his opinion, he just stayed behind closed doors.

The Shangshu ordered Gao Longzhi to lead the officials from Luoyang to cry and worship outside the gate of King Qi's mansion, begging His Highness King Qi to care about the common people, and not to refuse any more.

Gao Cheng still didn't open the door, Shao Qing, the Son of Heaven came to Prince Qi's mansion in person, Gao Cheng opened the door to welcome the King, his expression was full of sincerity and fear.

Yuan Shanjian didn't enter the door, but held Gao Cheng's hand tightly in front of the officials, and said earnestly:

"There was a riot in Erzhu, and the state of the country was in decline. King Xianwu of Qi (Gao Huan) had to hang the sun and the moon and rebuild the Wei family, so I was lucky enough to ascend to the throne.

"However, in the past 16 years, Yuji has done nothing to contribute to the country, and has not given any kindness to the people. However, King Qi's wise strategy has the merits of conquering the rebels and the far away, and the virtue of helping the world and peace of the people. praise.

"Now nine speeches and nine concessions are enough to show the great integrity of King Qi. However, the king's order cannot be violated, and the hearts of the people cannot be betrayed. I also hope that King Qi will take the world as his own responsibility and accept this edict."

After finishing speaking, Yuan Shanjian ordered the eunuch to hand over the edict of abdication, and handed it to Gao Cheng himself.

After years of repeated tempering, Yuan Shanjian's acting skills have long been polished to perfection by Gao Cheng, but they are still not as good as the tearful little Gao Wang at the moment.

He took the imperial edict with trembling hands, and cried and said:
"Your Majesty trusts me deeply, and entrusts me with important military and state affairs. I am determined to revive the Wei family. I follow my father's order to repay the king's kindness. I dare not slack off.

'To this day, the officials are persecuted by the officials and the people, and they are afraid, and thank the guests behind closed doors. They also want to resign and return to their hometowns to continue the great Wei community.

"However, the minister made nine speeches, but His Majesty had to make ten concessions. Now that His Majesty tells you from the bottom of his heart, that the minister is not an iron stone, so how dare he bother you again?"

Seeing that King Qi finally complied, all the ministers, whether they were members of King Qi's henchmen or the ministers of the clan, all clapped their crowns to celebrate, but Yuan Shanjian's heart was full of mixed emotions.

The imperial edict was just an appetizer, the former officials of the Qi Palace dispersed, and the emperor returned to the palace, leaving only Shang Shuling Gao Longzhi, Zuo Servant Sun Teng, Right Servant Yang Min, Zhongshu Supervisor Sima Ziru and other confidantes to follow Gao Cheng Enter the mansion and design the next abdication ceremony.

The next day, Gao Longzhi was ordered to preside over the construction of the Zen Terrace by the Luoshui River, referring to Cao Pi's script for usurping the Han Dynasty.

The Zen Terrace is not just a mound of earth. It took Gao Longzhi two months to rush to work, and finally built a three-level platform covering an area of ​​13 mu according to the regulations of Cao Pi's Zen Terrace.

At that time, officials will be distributed on the three-level platform according to their grades, and each level has 27 steps. A total of 81 steps lead to the top of the three levels. There is a palace-style building in the north of the top of the platform.

The Temple of Reception was built at the end of the 16th year of Taichang (547). Yu Jicai, who was proficient in divination of mysterious images, was ordered to divination, and the first day of the first lunar month next year was an auspicious day, and the date of the meditation was set.

On the first day of 548 A.D., after almost a whole year of dragging, the drama of accepting Zen under the Gao family's replacement of Wei finally kicked off.

At Caiyin time (11:25 a.m.), [-] Xianbei soldiers from Liang, Shaanxi, and Guangxi prefectures, [-] Gyeonggi Army and [-] naval divisions from Luoyang, a total of [-] troops, had already lined up on stage.

Until Maoshi (five o'clock in the morning), Yuan Shanjian stepped up to the top of the shouchan platform. Civil servants and military generals stood on the third-level platform according to their respective ranks. On the stage, tens of thousands of people were ready to take their seats, just waiting for King Qi to appear.

In the middle of the Mao hour, amidst the sound of gongs and drums and the fluttering of colorful flags, King Qi's car drove to the altar for receiving meditation.

As soon as Gao Chengcai appeared in front of everyone, the 25 troops under the leadership of the generals shouted Longevity in unison.

Amidst the momentum going straight into the sky, Gao Cheng took a step forward and climbed up this high platform of power.

Every time he stepped onto the stage, he always stood for a while, looked around the officials on the stage, and took a closer look at the excited faces.

After walking through 81 steps, Gao Cheng finally reached the top of the stage, and appeared in the sight of Yuan Shanjian, a group of senior officials, and foreign soldiers watching the ceremony.

Under the high platform, the soldiers had stopped shouting, and on the high platform, Yuan Shanjian read out the edict of abdication.

The content of the edict was transmitted downwards through the guards standing on the steps, and their powerful voices.

On this magnificent third-level Buddhist altar, Gao Cheng once again accepted Yuan Shanjian's abdication edict. He stood on the highest point, turned around and looked down at all living beings, and finally couldn't hold back his smile anymore.

　There is another chapter of 4000 at night, probably before two o'clock in the morning.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)