On November 18, 1849, in the northeast of Yingtian City, the Temple of Heaven and Earth.

This was built in the period of Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, and was rebuilt in the 2nd year of the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, that is, in 1849. This ceremony is also part of Zhu Jishi's enthronement ceremony! Not only did the high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the Liangjiang region rush to congratulate Zhu Datianzi, but even Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Guangzhou, and countless bigwigs hurriedly came. And Ying Tianfu City was even more empty, all of whom came to witness the grand occasion of the Zhu family's accession to the throne. From the Imperial City to the Temple of Heaven and Earth on the outskirts of the city, both sides of the road were crowded with people. The brocade-clothed guards who were responsible for guarding the Son of Heaven were even more out of the nest, guarding everywhere, but they could barely maintain order.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, a red stream of people came out of the noon gate of the Forbidden City, either on horseback, on foot, or in a Western-style carriage, and marched towards the Temple of Heaven and Earth. Zhu Jishi did not use a stand-in this time, but sat in one of the carriages (there are 5 of the same carriages), listening to the sound of the mountain calling long live outside the car window, but he still felt lonely in his heart.

The battle for "The Imperial Code" seems to have a happy result. Su Yuniang and Wang Yunjiao were both persuaded by Luo Xiangmei to submit their resignations to the Generalissimo's Mansion and Zhu Jishi. The problem of harem politics seems to have been solved. However, the "Royal Family" itself was difficult to give birth, and it was not announced to the public until the day Zhu Jishi became emperor!

Obviously, a harem with extremely strict ethics is not to Zhu Jishi's appetite. In addition, the ranking of the harem concubines is also different from what everyone expected before Zhu Jishi became emperor. Luo Xiangmei's queen was saved, but there was only one imperial concubine under the queen. It's Maria, who has been whipped but loved forever. Clementina. Under the imperial concubine is the concubine. Su Yuniang, Wang Yunjiao, Tokugawa Akiko, and Hong Xuanjiao all won the title of concubine. And Luo Xiangju was not included in it! and then there are concubines, Luo Xiangju, Zhou Xiuying, and Zhu Jishi's secretary and female official Chang Shuzhen are all concubines...... This is alive in the face of Queen Luo, everyone knows that Luo Xiangju is suffering for her sister, otherwise she will definitely be with Maria. Clementina was tied for the imperial concubine.

And such an arrangement is equivalent to blocking the possibility of Luo Xiangju taking over as queen in the event of something unexpected by her sister. Clementina can't be righted, but there are still four concubines waiting below! Even Chang Shuzhen, who is at the same level as Luo Xiangju, has more hope than Miss Luo Si, because her grandfather is Chang Dachun, the Duke of Zhongshan, the second person in the Xianghu faction! She herself is young and beautiful. has not been budded by Zhu Jishi, if he has a son and a half daughter in the future, he will be promoted to a concubine.

What makes the Lanfang faction and Empress Luo even more worried is that Zhu Guoxiong, who was made the crown prince, is still a little big doll, can he grow up and inherit the throne smoothly? What if he dies young...... Does Queen Luo still have a chance to give birth to a second son?

Moreover, although the crown prince has been canonized, the system of studying for the crown prince and the prince and princess has not yet been finalized. This education system has not been decided, so naturally there is no way to set up officials such as Taishi and Taifu who can help consolidate the status of the prince. The position of this prince is always a little unreliable.

In addition, after Zhu Jishi became emperor, he had to prepare for the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains! At that time, most of them will be pro-levy, who will be entrusted with the government affairs in this country? According to the King James Constitution. The Son of Heaven has been away from Beijing for a long time, and he has to arrange a regent. Who should be the regent?

Feeling irritable in her heart, Luo Xiangmei glanced at the imperial concubine Maria, who was sitting side by side with Zhu Jishi. Clementina. If there is something wrong with this incident - I really don't know what is wrong? But even if it's wrong. That is also committing a crime with this French woman, why is Zhu Jishi's love for this French Yanma not affected at all? Could it be that Zhu Jishi really likes to ride Yanmar so much?

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The sound of ceremonial music played, and the entire Temple of Heaven and Earth suddenly burst into flames, "Your Majesty...... Banzai! Banzai! Hooray! The shouts were deafening, and the civil and military officials under the Temple of Heaven and Earth, celebrities from all over the world, and the people who were carefully selected by Ying Tianfu to watch the ceremony all knelt on the ground.

Wearing a gorgeous twelve heraldic black crown clothes, wearing a crown with twelve beaded curtains, Zhu Jishi, the great son of the great tomorrow with his feet bare, appeared in front of the Temple of Heaven and Earth, and walked on the red carpet to the square platform that stood tall in the middle of the Temple of Heaven and Earth. Unlike the Temple of Heaven and the Temple of Earth in Beijing, the Temple of Heaven and the Temple of Earth in Nanjing are combined. Because Zhu Yuanzhang thinks that the Heavenly Father and the Earth Mother (Heaven and Earth will?) If the Temple of Heaven and Earth is separated, it is equivalent to letting the parents separate, which is not good, so merge the two altars, not to mention that this Ming Taizu's thinking is still a bit jumpy.

The ritual of sacrificing heaven and earth is also arranged by the Hongru Academy, which is nothing more than offering six animals and jade silks or something, and then reciting a sacrificial word, telling heaven and earth that a boy named Zhu Jishi has become the emperor, please take care of heaven and earth and so on. Zhu Jishi followed the arrangement of the Hongru Academy one by one, and did a good job. After sacrificing heaven and earth, Zhu Jishi also needs to return to the shrine altar in the imperial city to worship the earth god and the grain god, and then go to worship the Taimiao. After worshipping the Taimiao, after the most lucrative, I went to Fengtian Hall to accept the congratulations of the civil and military officials, which can be regarded as going through the whole process and upgrading from the King of the Ming Dynasty to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

"The emperor has become the emperor, but the world has not yet been unified, and what about after reunification?"

Sitting high on the throne, looking at the ministers who paid a great salute, Zhu Jishi thought uncertainly, "Reunification is just the beginning, and the road to be taken after that may be more difficult and lonely, right?" ”

Zuo Zongtang, the prime minister of Zuo, who led hundreds of civil and military officials to pay homage, also thought secretly in his heart at this moment: "Reunification...... I'm afraid it's not so easy, the places of Zhili, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Gansu are either plagued by wars for many years and have exhausted the people's wealth, or they are located in remote areas, which is where the imperial court soldiers are difficult to reach for a while. If you want to completely sweep away the troubled times, I'm afraid that there will be a war for a while, I don't know how much it will cost, and the income of the imperial court is always too little! And what is the emperor's dissatisfaction with the queen? This queen can't be said to be unethical, I hope there won't be any chaos in the court..."

British Ambassador Robert Murphy who came to watch the ceremony. Churchill, the French ambassador, Blomb Budi, all thought the same way: "Will they fight the Russians?" Siberia and Central Asia will probably become battlefields that deplete China and Russia, right? Is such a thing in the interests of Britain (France)? ”

And thousands of miles away in Tai'an, Shandong, in the garrison of the Chinese army of Yang Xiuqing, the eastern king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Yang Xiuqing was standing in front of a huge map of Huaibei, Henan, and Shandong provinces with his hands behind his back, and he had been frowning and staring for a long time. On the map, near Xuzhou, densely packed with the number of the head of the Miao family military camp, which is the base camp of Miao Peilin and the top priority of the Miao army's garrison.

According to intelligence, at least 30,000 troops were stationed in Xuzhou Fucheng, and in addition, Pei County, Xiao County, Su County, Pi County and other important places had Miao army garrisons. The gentry in the countryside around Xuzhou Mansion also organized regimental courage under Miao Peilin's instructions to build a fortress, and built a Xuzhou Mansion without danger into a copper iron and copper.

"His Royal Highness the King of the East, this Miao thief has a tight control over the Huaibei region, especially in Tongshan County (where Xuzhou Prefecture is located), there are dense minions and eyeliner everywhere, and the worship of God's every move is only afraid that it has long been under its surveillance, and if you want to act internally, I am afraid that these internal should be meat buns for beating dogs......"

It was Wei Changhui, the king of the north, who had just been entrusted by Yang Xiuqing with the important task of attacking Xuzhou. However, Miao Peilin is not a good stubble, this guy is an old hedgehog, expeditionary field warfare is not good, but the kung fu of running a territory and guarding his hometown may be regarded as the first in the world, and the entire Huaibei Province is now full of fortresses, villages and villages have group exercises, like a rolled up hedgehog. So that the Taiping army couldn't find a place to start, and wanted to take Xuzhou Mansion by relying on the inside and outside, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a dream.

Yang Xiuqing turned his head to look at Wei Changhui, and said with a smile: "I know that Xuzhou is difficult to beat, in fact, I don't plan to fight Xuzhou, and those Neiying are originally meat buns, which are meat buns fed to Zhu Jishi, a big wild boar!" (To be continued......)