Chapter 548: Enthronement Ceremony

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On the first day of February, the temple was officially worshipped.

The next day, the second day of the first lunar month. The sky was faintly bright, a touch of crimson appeared in the eastern sky, and the dim moon loomed high in the sky. The whole city of Nanjing is slightly fragrant, the streets and alleys of Nanjing City are clean, the loess is sprinkled, countless pots of blooming flowers are placed in the green belt of the street, the fragrance is rendered open, and with the wind overflowing, floating into the pores of everyone's breath.

In front of the Prince's Mansion, there were guards and eunuchs all the way, as well as maidservants, all of whom were waiting respectfully.

In the main room of the house, Chen Ming was sitting alone in the room, and there was light smoke wafting from the incense burner on the side, and the aroma of the room filled the courtyard instantly as the door was opened.

"Your Highness, the auspicious time has arrived!" Liu Wu's voice came, and as his words fell, the sound of silk and bamboo outside had already sounded. Chen Ming opened his eyes, his expression was serious, he took a deep breath, and then spit out a long breath. He got up and took one last look at the large full-length mirror in his side and walked steadily out of the room.

Before dawn, he got up to bathe in incense, and did not dare to eat or drink, lest it would be undignified to do anything in the middle. Now he is dressed in Xuanyi, silk clothes, white Luo big belt, wearing a nine-fold crown on his head, and a ribbon tied to his chin, a powerful and noble faction.

The enthronement ceremony of the Home Office has been rehearsed with great skill. Chen Ming walked up to the prince's golden chariot, "Bell! The golden bell rang in his ears, and the ceremonial officer shouted: "Get up!" The Halo Book Armor followed.

Huang Zhong Da Lu, Qin Se harmony, pulsation, stone chime bell bronze, Xiao Sheng flute accompanied the drum musicians, and the dying Yale entered the ears. Thanks to Lao Zhu back then, Chen Han now has a set of ready-made 'rules' to refer to.

Before the Ming Dynasty, only Han Gaozu ascended the throne on the second day of the second month of February, but at that time, the ceremony was not prepared, and all the rituals were no longer testable. After the Wei and Jin dynasties, the Sui, Tang and Song dynasties were all changed by Chan. There is no need for the Yuan Dynasty to think about it, just like Chen Ming would rather find someone to come up with a set of enthronement ceremonies than investigate the enthronement ceremony of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so the only one to learn from in Chinese history is Zhu Hongwu. Mingxing, Zhu Yuanzhang will ascend the throne in December of the first year of Wu, and order Zuo Xiangguo Li Shanchang and other instruments. The benevolent leader led the ceremony. Now many of Chen Han's rituals are copied from Zhu Ming's past. Then Chen Ming felt the golden chariot move, and the sound of the rolling carriage and the armor colliding came out, which immediately added a touch of fierce color to Rouya Shaoyin.

Nanjing City has long been crowded, even the Confucius Temple during the Lantern Festival has not been so crowded. Countless soldiers with loaded guns on both sides of the royal road were waiting for them, and their eyes scanned the people in front of them like radar. Hundreds of people on both sides of the road cheered, on the second and third floors of the buildings on both sides of the royal road, it was also full of people, and the loud 'long live sound' came to the face.

This is the cry of unity:

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

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

Every shout was like an electric wave passing through Chen Ming's body, which was a completely different feeling from being called long live by the Qunchen Mountain. The Chinese of this era treat the emperor like a 'god', as long as it is not dull and unreasonable, making the domestic people unhappy, and the subconscious reaction of the common people when they see the emperor is to kneel and kowtow.

Surrounded by hundreds of officials and ministers and honor guards, from the prince's mansion, the entire Nanjing City, whether it is the people of Li or the rich businessmen, all look forward to the golden chariot in the ranks. The front of the street is full of incense cases, the whole family is out together, and they see the guard of honor coming from afar, just like getting a great joy and kowtowing, and the mountain shouts long live.

In addition to the envoys and kings of Korea, Annam, Siam, Ryukyu, and Japan, there were also Robert Peele, Michel Cruls, FranΓ§ois Philippe Perrier, Robin Lustig and others led by Newton and Rotony.

The appearance of these foreigners can be regarded as a 'first' in the enthronement ceremonies of all Chinese dynasties.

Chen Ming sat motionless in the golden bridle, he couldn't see the outside, but he could imagine that at this time, he must have fallen to his knees under black pressure, whether it was an old man with white vicissitudes of life, or a childish playboy, all of them had to kneel and knock, and shout long live, this is a great force. The power of oriental civilization is conceived in this tsunami-like cry of the mountain.

"Mr. Robert, this is the power of the Emperor of the East. No one in his kingdom can challenge their dignity. Their will is the will of the whole nation, and His Majesty George III is a tiny firefly and the moon in the sky compared to the Emperor of China.

The only thing that can make the Chinese emperor bow down is the heavens. "Newton had a good understanding of the difference between the Chinese 'God' and the Western 'God', and for a more straightforward explanation, he used the term 'heaven'.

"Every emperor of China claimed to be the son of heaven. The deity also had to be recognized by the Chinese emperor in order to become a true deity. There were practically no restrictions and taboos on the power of the Chinese emperor. The whole country was the private property of the emperor alone, and all the people were his slaves. Only the emperor was free, and the others, including the prime minister, were his servants. ”

"Here, the emperor does not exist because of the state, on the contrary, the state exists because of the emperor. In this kingdom, the will of the emperor alone is greater than the sum of the will of all his subjects. The whole country is to provide services to the emperor. All the subjects, the meaning of their existence is to fight for the emperor. All institutional arrangements are centered on the interests of the emperor alone.

Therefore, we see that under the emperor system, the emperor dominates everything and dominates everything, all the power is monopolized by the emperor alone, and all aspects of society are determined by the will of the emperor alone. "The more we know about the East, the more terrible China is in Newton's mind. In China, the relationship between the emperor and his subjects is not between man, but between God and man, and between man and the poultry he feeds. The emperor of China is like a god on a high ground, and it is up to him to decide how his subjects make a living, how they dress and wear hats, how they build their houses, and even how they think. From Montesquieu's point of view, within the territory of the Chinese emperor, there was no air that could be freely breathed.

When the Tatar emperor ruled China, many people were beheaded for a sentence of dissatisfaction in their diaries, and others were cut off for schizophrenic nonsense. And one of the greatest Han emperors, Zhu Yuanzhang, also slaughtered tens of thousands of people at the beginning of the founding of the country. Those high-ranking ministers, generals, and nobles are like chickens and ducks slaughtered at will under him.

Newton had already discussed this with Chen Ming, and Rotony had also told Chen Hui about it. It's just that the two of them got different answers, and the Western monarch in Rotony's mouth was like a ridiculous clown in Chen Hui's eyes, while Chen Ming confirmed that it was the difference between the two civilizations.

He once said to Newton, "At the behest of the Emperor, a magnificent and vast capital suddenly appeared in an unexpected place." The frontier and seaport are open to outsiders today, and all will be closed tomorrow. Whether the emperor can or not, some economic fields are either fully supported, and some economic fields are completely banned. Huge armies marched from Mongolia and Vietnam to as far as Central Asia, and the world's most powerful fleets cruised to the east coast of Africa in order to proclaim the majesty of the emperor as a mere rumor. No matter how big a thing is, for a real Chinese emperor, it is like flipping the tap of tap water with your hands. He can open it all at once, or he can twist it in the opposite direction. The fate of the whole world lies entirely in the "wisdom" or "mediocrity" of the emperor alone. The emperor's personality is peaceful and stable, and the world is in order; The emperor is so happy, but the world is in turmoil; If the emperor is a bastard or a psychopath, the world will become a sea of corpses and blood. ”

So Newton now disagrees with Britain's actions in Burma, and it is really ridiculous that Britain and France, two countries that are at the tip of the needle in Europe, should join forces in far away Asia because of an unstoppable empire. "Britain should use peaceful thinking to solve the problem of India's interests."

"To be against such a country, against the current Emperor of China, is the greatest misfortune of the Kingdom of Great Britain."

"Every founding emperor of China is a hero like no other, and throughout the history books of China, they account for most of the most outstanding group of hundreds of emperors in Chinese history. To be an enemy of such a wise Chinese emperor is to be at war with Caesar. ”

Because if you provoke the Chinese Emperor, you will face the blow of an extremely powerful empire with all its might. The power of the Chinese emperor reached the pinnacle of what a human being could reach. Whether it is the other kingdoms of the East, the Heavenly World, or the kingdoms of the West, the prestige of its monarch is far from being comparable to that of the Chinese emperor.

When the most powerful emperor in Europe, Louis XIV of France, traveled with the "Swiss Hundred Guards" by his side, he thought that the pomp was extremely large, but he did not know that every time Emperor Yang Guang of Sui went out thousands of years ago, there were at least 30,000 warriors dressed up around him.

In Russia, which was very colorful, Ivan IV also convened a council of gentry composed of boyars, high clergy, and fiefdom nobles to formulate the political and economic policies of the whole country; In the thirteenth century, England established a parliamentary system, and gradually formed the practice of the king in parliament, and the king did not have the right to make and terminate laws on his own; Even in France, when the European monarchy was at its peak, Louis XIV had no right to deprive others of their lives at will, but could only send those he looked down upon to the Bastille. In China, on the other hand, those who are not even worthy of the Chinese emperor are not even worthy of carrying shoes.

Standing on the Temple of Heaven, Chen Ming looked down at the civil and military officials, and looked at the 20,000 soldiers of the Praetorian Guard surrounded by him, and his heart was full of mixed feelings. He has traveled through ten years, and today he has finally come to this point. All the ministers present were lined up on either side, with solemn expressions and lowered eyes. At this moment, except for the sound of the whirring wind blowing the flag, he could no longer hear the slightest noise.

Enthronement, enthronement, did the word come from the emperor who wanted to ascend the mound altar?

Chen Ming first sacrificed to the Temple of Heaven and then to the Temple of Earth, of which the Temple of Heaven is the most important.

The wind blows the crown clothes, and the crowns hit each other, crisp and pleasant.

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

The earth-shattering cheers, the ten thousand rays of sunlight in the sky shone on Chen Ming's body, and he opened his arms, he really felt that he was embracing the whole world at this moment.

In my heart, a torrent roars like the mighty Yangtze River and the Yellow River. In a trance, he seemed to see a real dragon.

The color is Xuanhuang, the camel's head, antlers, snake neck, turtle eyes, fish scales, tiger paws, eagle claws, ox ears and ......, fly straight to the sky, and then the body size from the beginning of dozens of zhang long and fast into a thousand miles of body, and then coil on the map of China.

Countless sunshine shone, Chen Ming's eyes suddenly lit up, the light of the sun made him can't help but close his eyes, and when he opened it again, there was still a divine dragon in the sky, not even a bird feather.

"The Emperor God, the god of the earth, is willing to surrender, belongs to Ming Liyuan, is the parent of the people, and Ming dare not be. Hundreds of bureaucrats, no conspiracies, Xianri: full of captives, cause and trouble, stealing in the Central Plains, enslaving the world, more than 100 years.

The gods and goddesses were reduced to the public platform; Splendid country, reduced to the left. There is no flesh that does not gnaw his teeth at the slave chieftains.

Angry and vigilante, breaking the pseudo-Qing slave soldiers in the Central Plains, punishing the civil and military officials of the frontier are not counted, pacifying the world, and hundreds of millions of people at home and abroad have been favored. The upper part is the center of the heavens, and the lower part is the return of the yuan. The people are in the fields, and all the ministers say that the people have no owner, and they will want to promote the emperor's title, but the ministers dare not resign, nor dare not tell God the emperor's blessings. It is to use February 2 in the sun of Zhongshan, set up an altar to prepare a ceremony, announce the emperor's welfare, but Jane is in the emperor's heart, such as the minister can live for democracy, the day of the sacrifice, the emperor's blessing is coming, the sky is clear. If the minister cannot, the solstice will be a gale and a strange scene, so that the minister will know it. ”

Of course, on the second day of the second month of February, there would not be any 'gale scenes', otherwise Chen Ming would 'cook' again, and he would also order the entire Qin Tianjian to be beheaded. So the whole ceremony was completed smoothly.

After the worship ceremony, Chen Ming was hugged to the front of the golden chair, facing south, the deacon stepped forward with the crown dress case and the treasure case, and the cabinet ministers and generals took the gown and draped it on Chen Ming's body, and then put on the twelve crowns.

The silk bamboo chime bell was stunned, and the music immediately changed, and the ceremonial officer shouted: "Hundred officials salute!" ”

"The memorial service has ended, please take the throne of the emperor."

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" The big gift of three kowtows and nine bows should be done seriously and seriously. In this way, the dynasty is officially established, and it has been registered with God.

The new dynasty set the name of the country as Han and changed the Yuan Chengtian! This year is the first year of Chengtian, the year 1775 of the Western calendar. [There are many people who propose to use the Yellow Emperor calendar or something, but looking at China's historical tradition, it has always been the era of emperors, and making a Yellow Emperor calendar for 4xxx years is still learning the model of the Western calendar? 】

The large army turned back to the Imperial City of Nanjing, and after today, it is no longer necessary to say that it is the Han Palace, and from today onwards this is the justifiable Imperial Palace, in the Fengtian Palace.

Xuan ascended the throne, Chen Ming sat down on the dragon chair, and the ceremonial officer led Chen Cong to the emperor's throne, knelt down and showed the wat board, and the hundred officials then knelt. The treasure officer opened the box, took out the emperor's jade seal and handed it to Chen Cong. Chen Cong held the jade seal in his hand and presented the imperial treasure. Shang Baoqing took the jade seal and received it in the box. Then it is the ministers to salute, bow, worship, worship, flatten, wat, bow, three dances, kneeling on the left knee, three kowtows, long live the mountain, repeatedly shouting, kneeling on the right knee, out of the wat, the civil and military officials follow this step meticulously to complete the ceremony.

The call of long live my emperor was still echoing in Chen Ming's ears, Chen Ming had already coughed lightly, and said: "I ascend to the throne, when the world is unified, all the ministers need to fulfill their duties and calm down the chaos as soon as possible!" ”

The cabinet with hundreds of officials once again leaned down and shouted: "Long live, long live, long live!" ”

After the ceremony, Chen Ming went to the Taimiao to honor the ancestors, respecting the old lady Huang as the empress dowager, and Chen Huigao was the emperor and the empress dowager, but the three generations of ancestors from Chen Hui to the ancestors were to be posthumously gifted.

The hundred officials once again bowed three times and bowed nine times. Then Chen Ming canonized the queen. At this point, the enthronement ceremony is completed.

The emperor's enthronement ceremony is over, Chen Ming should also reward meritorious soldiers and hundreds of officials, and canonize Chen Cong as the king of Song, Chen Jie, Chen Xu, Chen Xu, Chen Lu, Chen Wei, Chen Zhe, these six little brothers were named Cai Wang, Xu Wang, Deng Wang, Xue Wang, Ju Wang, Shen Wang; Wang Jue sealed out seven at once, and he originally wanted to count Chen Erbao, but in the end he took him down. But Chen Ming also compensated Chen Erbao, and gave him the title of Yan Guogong, and Chen Quan was Xu Guogong. Only from the title, he has overpowered Song, Xu, Cai, Deng, Shen, etc., and only his title in this group of people is a noble lord who can be inherited for five generations, Chen Cong and Chen Quan's titles can only be inherited for three generations, and the titles of the other six kings are only liujue.

Then Chen Liang, Gao Pengqi, Chen Jia, Chen Yi, Shi Meng, Lu Long, Chen Guang, Chen Qi, Huang Jie, Huang An, Gao Pingshan, Gao Jinghui, Chen Wenzan, Chen Jianbai, Chen Hongtao, Gao Qiao, Huang Jingting, Chen Kaishan, Chen Antong, Gao Yuanhou, etc., all of them were made marquises. Those who died in the previous battle, such as Gao Pengyue, were also posthumously named the Marquis of Zhengyang!

Then there are some civil ministers, and some military generals with a weaker status, such as Liu Dezhao, Chen Gang, Peng Zhongrui, Shen Guozhen, Ren Meng, Zhang Chi, Zheng Hongyu, Wei Xiuzhi, Liu Wu, Chen Dawei, Huang Zicong and others, as well as Yang Shijin, Zheng Lianfu, Chen Dai, Duan Xiulin, Ye Xiangde, Wang Lun, Liu Song, Miao Fuwei, Liu Wen, etc., including the generals of the Navy Division and some Qing generals who surrendered, the number is quite large. These people are all knighted, but their positions are high and low, some are nobles who have inherited five or three generations, and some are just liujue.

In short, on the whole, there are very few kings and dukes among the meritorious heroes, but there are no less than fifty marquises, and more than 100 counts, and the total number is close to the 200 mark.

"Hundreds of officials cannot be vacant, and Chen Cong, the cabinet minister of the Jin and Song Dynasty kings, is the auxiliary minister of the cabinet."

Chen Cong stepped forward to receive the order of thanks, and led the cabinet assistant as a prince, although Chen Cong had been prepared, when he heard this, he still had an uncontrollable excitement.

"The crown prince is the foundation of the future of the country, and he cannot be taken lightly. Now all my sons are minors, temporarily receive the official gift of the state, and after the year of the weak crown, the title will be determined. ”

The weak crown is twenty years old, and by that time, people have grown up, whether they are smart or stupid, and how to behave Chen Ming also has a spectrum in his heart. When the time comes, it will not be finished.

The whole process was over, and it was getting dark.

Wait until Chen Ming takes the harem as the master for the first time. He first went to the West Palace, met Chen Hui and the Gao family, who had moved here, and then the old lady, the empress dowager with the highest seniority, and then when he arrived at the Kunning Palace, Li Xiaomei, Liu Bangyun, Shi, Feng, Wu, Yao, Lin, etc. were already waiting in front of the Kunning Palace.

The former dynasty was a big feudal minister, and then Chen Ming feasted the ministers, and there was no idle in the harem. At the same time that Li Xiaomei was canonized as the queen, several of the heirs who gave birth to Chen Ming were also named concubines, and the next person was a concubine. There are not so many ditches and ditches in Chen Han's court, so he has a fourth-class identity.

concubines, concubines, concubines and queens. The imperial concubine is the deputy queen, and theoretically the queen will not appear when she is there.

"Get up." Chen Ming waved his hand, with unconcealed joy in his voice. (To be continued.) )