At midnight.

"Miss Qin, what's wrong?" Zhao Xin, who was full of alcohol, hurried to the Li Mansion, and asked in a deep voice after seeing Qin Yue, who was still waiting in the living room in the front yard.

With Li Hongyu being announced into the palace, Zhao Xin's heart has been hanging, she knows that Li Hongyu has encountered the first threshold in his life, and he has been involved in the battle for the succession of the Ming Empire, and he will lose his life if he is not careful.

Therefore, Zhao Xin did not stay in the Qinglou where the Qi Party gathered at night after getting Qin Yue to find out, but chose to go home.

This gathering of the Qi party was naturally convened by the party leader Qi Shijiao, and its purpose was to discuss the affairs of the court after the death of the Wanli Emperor, which is what all factions in the officialdom of the capital are doing now, to obtain as many benefits as possible after the new emperor ascends the throne.

"Brother Yu asked me to check the three pro-army military attachés who returned home on leave, and the words and deeds of one of the deputy Qianhu after arriving home are consistent with Brother Yu's guess, what should we do next?"

Qin Yue couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when she saw Zhao Xin, and hurriedly stepped forward and said to Zhao Xin in a hurry, Li Hongyu didn't tell her what to do next, but just asked people to spy on her.

"Watch him!" Zhao Xin couldn't help but smile when he heard this, and told Qin Yue in a deep voice, "This person is very important, and he may be of great use in the future." ”

"Brother Yu, can he get out of the palace this time?" Qin Yue nodded solemnly, and then looked at Zhao Xin with concern, "I heard that the imperial concubine is determined to win the throne this time, Brother Yu ......"

"Miss Qin, don't worry, the imperial concubine is very fond of Brother Li, and she will definitely not harm him."

Zhao Xin understood Qin Yue's nervous mood now, and after hearing this, she smiled slightly and comforted her, if it was not a last resort, Zheng Guifei would definitely not attack Li Hongyu, and now that the new army has been transferred, Zheng Guifei has no reason to deal with Li Hongyu.

Rulers of all dynasties and dynasties like Li Hongyu, who are both civil and military, and who know how to deal with businessmen and make money for the country, will be valued by the rulers of all dynasties, after all, the ruler needs the kind of talent who does practical things, and does not need the kind of officials who can only fight for power and profit.

"I hope so!" Qin Yue bit her lip when she heard this, and said faintly with a slight frown, her concern for Li Hongyu was beyond words.

Zhao Xin looked at Qin Yue with some envy, her expression became a little gloomy, Qin Yue could express her concern for Li Hongyu in a legitimate and bright way, but she could only silently pray for Li Hongyu in her heart, the only thing she could do for Li Hongyu now was to find a possible holy decree to mobilize the new army.

In the forty-eighth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, July 21, morning.

"The emperor is a guest!"

Li Hongyu was sitting on a chair leaning against the wall and napping in a side room in the side hall when a shrill shout came from the window.

"The emperor is in heaven?" Hearing this, the civil and military ministers who were resting in the wing room woke up one after another, first glanced at each other in astonishment, and then hurriedly rushed out to the Dongnuan Pavilion.

There was already a cry in the Dongnuan Pavilion at this time, the chamberlains and palace maids knelt on the ground and wept bitterly, and Emperor Wanli was lying quietly on the soft couch, as if he was asleep at a glance.

Concubine Zheng Guifei sat beside the bed and held one of Emperor Wanli's hands tightly, crying secretly there, looking very haggard, she stayed in the Dongnuan Pavilion all night last night, and sent the prince and others back, wanting to accompany Emperor Wanli on his last journey.

"Your Majesty!"

Zhang Weixian and Fang Congzhe led the civil and military officers of the court to enter the Dongnuan Pavilion and knelt on the ground, and then began to cry bitterly, beating their chests and feet one by one, crying bitterly, looking extremely sad.

Li Hongyu knelt behind the crowd and wept, but he just cried quietly there, not as excited as the other officials.

The reason why those officials reacted so radically was not because of how deep their feelings were for Emperor Wanli, but because they acted according to the orders of the imperial court and went through the process in public.

According to the custom of the feudal dynasty, after the death of the emperor, the civil and military ministers must cry and mourn, and the more fierce the crying, the better, otherwise they will be criticized by the outside world.

After all, the emperor was the "monarch father" in ancient times, and all the people in the world were "courtiers", and the death of the Son of Heaven was like the death of his parents.

If according to the feelings of Emperor Wanli, Li Hongyu is the person with the deepest feelings among the ministers who are crying and mourning at the scene, he can have such a status in the officialdom today, and he was summoned to the Forbidden City is completely supported by Emperor Wanli, plus there is no contradiction between the two, and the friendship between the two is not comparable to other officials.

Because they wanted to treat the funeral of Emperor Wanli, Zhang Weixian, Fang Congzhe and other ministers knelt in the Dongnuan Pavilion and cried for a while, and then they were shouted by Zheng Guifei and asked them to prepare for the funeral of Emperor Wanli.

With the seniority of the court, the British minister Zhang Weixian naturally became the person in charge of funeral affairs, and the first assistant of the cabinet Congzhe and Zhou Jiamo, the secretary of the Ministry of Ministers, served as Zhang Weixian's deputy, and the rest of the officials were funeral ministers and acted according to orders.

The emperor's funeral is known as the "national funeral", so there are a lot of things inside and out, all need to be dealt with by the officials of the funeral in western Zhejiang, and it is not just as simple as paying tribute in the palace, until the Wanli Emperor is buried in the mausoleum, and the funeral is usually completed, which usually takes several months.

The palace attendants and palace maids soon brought white filial piety clothes to the funeral officials, and in an instant, the palace was full of people wearing white clothes and white hats, except for Zheng Guifei, the women in the palace had to take off their earrings and headdresses, and the atmosphere was solemn and depressing.

According to the custom, Emperor Wanli died on the day of his death, that is, after bathing the body of Emperor Wanli, he put on a new imperial costume, put on a treasure bead in his mouth, and then embalmed and then stopped in the main hall of Qianqing Palace.

Because of the hot weather in July, in order to slow down the speed of the corpse of the Wanli Emperor, the palace specially transferred a lot of ice cubes and placed them around the corpse of the Wanli Emperor.

The next day, the Wanli Emperor performed a large burial, that is, his body was moved into a prepared coffin, which was called "Zigong".

During the funeral, the civil and military officials above the fifth grade in the capital must enter the Qianqing Gate to pay homage to the remains of the Wanli Emperor who stopped in the Zi Palace of the Qianqing Gate.

The crying at the scene shook the sky, and the people and officials in filial piety clothes beat their chests one by one and were inexplicably sad, and some even fainted from crying.

The crown prince led the princes, grandsons, princesses and others to stand on the Dan Majesty of the Qianqing Palace to perform the funeral ceremony, and Li Hongyu and other funeral ministers were separated from the Dan Majesty according to the civil and military divisions.

Li Hongyu watched coldly from the sidelines, looking at the officials in the capital who were crying bitterly and looking at the remains of Emperor Wanli, he knew very well that there were very few people who were really sad, I am afraid that everyone was thinking about the situation after the death of Emperor Wanli, thinking about how to make a profit from it.

After the funeral, the Zi Palace of the Wanli Emperor was moved to the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, and the mourning hall of the Daxing Emperor was set up for the civil and military officials to pay respects.

Emperor Wanli should stop the coffin in the main hall of the Qianqing Palace for seven days, and after the first seven days, the coffin was moved to the Guande Hall in Jingshan, and stayed in the Guande Hall until the funeral.

With the death of the Wanli Emperor, the whole city of the capital is full of mourning, every family is vegetarian, many people cry bitterly for this, although the Wanli Emperor is a little harsh to the officials but is still very kind to the people, before the Liaoyu has not increased the agricultural tax to the people of the country.

As for the mining tax, it is purely that the Wanli Emperor was forced to be helpless, imagine if the people were taxed from commerce and agriculture, why did the Wanli Emperor risk the infamy to collect the mining tax, in ancient times, the agricultural tax was the mainstay, the commercial tax was secondary, and the mining tax could not be put on the table at all.

According to the order of the imperial court, entertainment activities were prohibited throughout the country during the 27 days of the funeral, and violators were severely punished, and entertainment industries such as Qinglou Chu Pavilion and casino theaters were closed one after another.

At this time, whoever dares to do business is looking for death, and once it is exposed, the light one will inevitably be imprisoned, and the heavy one will lose his head.

After the Zi Palace of the Wanli Emperor was moved to the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, the ministers of the funeral began to go home in batches to bathe and change their clothes, and they were busy in the palace for several days in a row, and their bodies were already full of the smell of sweat.

"Li Hanlin, the imperial concubine has a will, Li Hanlin is the most important courtier of Emperor Daxing, Emperor Daxing should stay in the imperial city during the mourning period, and has prepared a place for Li Hanlin, please go with your humble position."

In front of the city gate of the Forbidden City, a pro-army hundred households led by more than a dozen pro-army soldiers stopped Li Hongyu, who was about to leave the city, and bowed down to make a gesture of please.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the lower officials are one step ahead." Li Hongyu frowned slightly, then arched his hand to Zhou Jiamo and the others who were traveling with him, and left with the pro-army hundred.

"Lord Zhou, what does the imperial concubine mean?"

Looking at the back of Li Hongyu leaving, a middle-aged civil official couldn't help but look at Zhou Jiamo with some doubts, and some didn't understand why Zheng Guifei wanted to leave Li Hongyu behind, Li Hongyu was the least influential among the funeral ministers.

"What else, it must be afraid of the new army!" At this time, another middle-aged civilian official whispered back that although Li Hongyu had little qualifications, he controlled the military power of the new army.

"The new army has not been transferred to Shanhaiguan, and it is not allowed to leave without a holy decree." As soon as the civil official's words fell, another official raised the temptation in his heart, he had not heard the news that the Wanli Emperor had transferred the new army back to the capital, which meant that the new army would not be able to return from Shanhaiguan until the new emperor ascended the throne.

"Could it be ......" But the next moment, the official's face suddenly changed, in addition to the holy decree, there is also Li Hongyu's military order that can mobilize the new army, could it be that Li Hongyu will transfer the new army back from Shanhaiguan?

"Now is an extraordinary time, don't talk about the government!" Zhou Jiamo's brows furrowed, and he said to the officials in a deep voice, the most taboo thing now is something related to the throne.

Several officials realized that they had lost their words just now, and hurriedly bowed to Zhou Jiamo, and hurriedly followed Zhou Jiamo away, and the muddy water in the capital was getting more and more muddy.

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