"Long live our emperor! Banzai! Hooray! ”

On the first day of August, in the Taihe Hall of Linshuo Palace in Beijing, Yang Gao, who was only eight years old, was still a little ignorant and walked to the throne of the supreme in the world. When he turned around and faced south, under the palace, the ministers worshipped together, and the mountain shouted long live. "Long live our emperor! Banzai! Hooray! The echo echoed over the main hall for a long time.

"Zhong Aiqing is flat!" Yang Gao, who had changed from the crown prince to the son of heaven, waved his sleeves as he had practiced before. He was only eight years old, and the moment his sleeves were raised, he seemed to remember his father. He knew what it meant to be in that position. The pride of being the Son of Heaven bathed him, enveloped him, and completely surrounded him.

"Emperor Xie!" The prostrated ministers stood up in unison. Civilians, generals, meritorious soldiers, strategists...... All the official uniforms and hats that symbolize the majesty of the empire. They stand up, they are the pillars of the empire, everyone stands up to the sky!

Condescendingly, looking at the courtiers in this hall, Yang Gao was also very excited in his heart. Just as his thoughts were flying, his eyes suddenly swept over Chen Pojun, who was at the forefront, and he suddenly felt panic, a kind of condescending and unbearable panic! Young but very intelligent, he finally remembered what his mother had said to him in the dead of night. Even if he becomes the Son of Heaven, when facing that person, he has to listen to him in everything. Thinking of this, Yang Gao was stunned for a while, and even felt uneasy in his heart, and immediately became nervous.

When the emperor succeeds to the throne, it is usually when the previous emperor is dying, and the ministers and the crown prince are by his side. As soon as the emperor died, the ministers immediately visited the new emperor, and it was considered to be the enthronement. However, the new emperor must go through the enthronement ceremony before he can be considered legally emperor. As soon as the ceremony is completed, the new emperor will be the rightful emperor.

The enthronement ceremony was an important court ceremony held for the succession of a new emperor. The enthronement ceremony was held on an auspicious day within a month of the death of the old emperor. In the Han Dynasty, it was generally about a month to wait. The Tang and Song dynasties often held the enthronement ceremony the day after the death of the first emperor, and the Ming and Qing dynasties often took about half a month. The Han Dynasty, the Ming and Qing dynasties succeeded to the throne first and then held the enthronement ceremony, while the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Tang and Song dynasties held the succession and enthronement ceremonies at the same time.

However, the current emperor Yang Guang is not dead, he is just unconscious, and he is in Taiyuan, and there is no edict and the resolution of the prime ministers and ministers of the three provinces and six ministries. However, now it is the chaotic era at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and the strong are respected. Strength is king. Chen Kefu has hundreds of thousands of troops and is based in more than 20 counties. As the emperor's son-in-law and the only king of the opposite sex with heavy troops, he is also the Situ of the Three Princes, and the head of the Monk Book Province.

Chen Ke regained the crown prince's accession to the throne, although the procedure was a little irregular, but after all, the prince was the prince, and after the emperor was unconscious for more than two months, he succeeded to the throne in Hebei. After all, at this time, even if he is an opponent, it is impossible to do anything with Chen Pojun.

"I am enthroned today. Respect your father as the emperor. Another amnesty for the world. In addition, Hebei, Liaoxi, Liaodong, and Murowei will be rented for two years, and the rest will be given for one year......"

The little emperor sat on the dragon chair that did not match his young body, and finally remembered what he had rehearsed earlier. One mouth. Immediately said the words that he had memorized for a long time.

"Crowned Chen Pojun as the king of Chen, the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, the prime minister, Situ, and all the government affairs. Add nine tin, fake Huang Yue, enter the dynasty is not trending, praise and worship is not named. The sword walks on the temple. Give gold"

The Emperor's immature voice echoed through the hall.

Hearing this, Chen Pojun, who was standing closest to Yang Gao, couldn't help but be surprised. In the previous drills, he did let Yang Gao recite a lot of things, including a lot of sealing wills. However, he did not seal his own, anyway, Li Yang Gao is just a puppet emperor, and everything about him is in his own hands. Therefore, he is not in a hurry to seal himself immediately. It's the same in the morning and night.

But now the little emperor suddenly made a reward on his own initiative, and the content of the reward made him also frightened. It is normal to be crowned King Chen, after all, he was also the king of the county, and it is nothing to be promoted to the next level. can suddenly be crowned the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, the prime minister, this is indeed handing over all the rights of the DPRK and China to himself. Although in fact, even if Yang Gao refuses to hand over the power to himself, it is all in his own hands, but his initiative is another matter.

There is no need to think about it at all, Chen Kefu already understands that this must be someone teaching the little emperor in the back. And just thinking about it slightly, he also understood that Yang Gao couldn't contact others at all these times, so the biggest possibility of all this was handed over to Yang Gao by Empress Xiao. …,

Especially after hearing that Jiu Xi and fake Huang Yue were added in the back, entering the court without trending, praising and worshipping without a name, and going to the palace with a sword, he was even more sure that this was what Xiao Hou taught. The fake Huang Yue is the Son of Heaven's reliance, and the fake Huang Yue is to give the Son of Heaven's honor guard to the minister who led the army to the army as a token, that is, on behalf of the emperor to exercise the right to conquer. This period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties was relatively common, and even during the Sui Dynasty, the general prestige generals could get this.

But this addition of nine tins is not simple.

Jiuxi is nine kinds of ritual vessels, which are the nine kinds of utensils given by the Son of Heaven to the princes and ministers with special honors, and they are the expression of the highest courtesy.

One is called chariots and horses, referring to the golden chariots and military chariots; Xuanmu two horses, that is, eight yellow horses. Those whose virtues are feasible are given chariots and horses.

Second, it is called clothes. Refers to the crown of the garment, plus a matching pair of red shoes (xì shoes). He who can reassure the people will give it.

Three are called Le Ze. Designated tone and tuning equipment. and to the people and those who rejoice.

Fourth, it is called Zhu Hu. Refers to the red-lacquered gate. The people give it to those who have a large number.

Five, Na Ma. It is a special chiseled majesty level when ascending the palace, so that the ascendant does not show his body. Those who can enter the good will be given His Majesty.

Sixth, it is said to be a tiger. There were a number of Tiger Ben guards of the army guarding the gate, or three hundred; It also refers to the weapons held by the tiger guards, halberds, and the like. Those who can repel evil will give the tiger a wolf.

Seven palace arrows. Refers to special red and black bows and arrows. It is given by those who are able to levy the unrighteous.

Eight called axes. It is given to the guilty who can punish them.

Nine said He Giant Beard. It refers to the fragrant wine used for ceremonies, made from rare black millet and tulip. Filial piety is given by those who prepare it.

The gift of adding nine tins has been since the Han Dynasty. Originally, it was meant to show the emperor's great honor to the ministers, but the ministers would generally refuse to receive such rewards. But there are also recipients, and history is above. These recipients are very famous people. And most of them are usurpers. This also made Jiajiu Xi become synonymous with usurpation later.

Wang Mang was awarded Jiuxi by the Han Dynasty and later established a new dynasty. Cao Cao was awarded Jiuxi by the Han Dynasty, and his son Cao Pi established Cao Wei. Sima Zhao was awarded Jiuxi by Cao Wei, and his son Sima Yan established the Jin Dynasty. Sun Quan was awarded Jiuxi by Cao Wei, and later established Eastern Wu. Huan Xuan was awarded Jiuxi by the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and later built the Huan Chu State. The founding emperors of the four dynasties of the Southern Dynasties, Liu Yu, Xiao Daocheng, Xiao Yan, and Chen Baxian, all received Jiuxi in the past. Then a new dynasty was founded.

Chen Pojun's ancestor, Chen Baxian, the emperor of the Chen Dynasty, also accepted the gift of adding nine tin from the Liang Dynasty, and then usurped the Liang State and established the Chen Dynasty on his own.

And Chen Kefu also knows that on top of history, Li Yuan first set up Yang Yu as the Son of Heaven, and later asked him to add nine tin to himself, and finally established the Tang Dynasty. Wang Shichong, who occupied Luoyang, also asked Yang Tong, the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, to give Jiuxi success, and later established his own country as Zheng.

It's just that he didn't expect that now he is the first minister to add Jiuxi from the Sui Dynasty. So. Undoubtedly, it is tantamount to declaring to the whole world that he has set up a puppet emperor and intends to usurp the throne. This sudden change made Chen Pojun a little annoyed.

He couldn't guess for a moment. Is this Empress Xiao taking the initiative to show favor in order to save Yang Gao's life, or is Empress Xiao knowingly doing it. After a few turns in my heart, I always felt that a woman like Empress Xiao would not know this, so it was very likely that Queen Xiao did it on purpose. Maybe it's his dissatisfaction with his persecution and manipulation of their mother and son's fate, or maybe it's still resentful of what happened that night.

But no matter what. This incident has made Chen Kefu very dissatisfied. According to his meaning, he set up Yang Gao as the Son of Heaven, and he also wanted to set up the Son of Heaven before others, so that he could also subdue the soldiers and horses of Hebei, as well as the local officials and great clans in Hebei. After all, Yang Gao was established as the emperor, so his banner was still Zun Sui. In this way, it can also better win the hearts of the military and the people in Hebei. Before the situation was clear, he would not have done these things like adding nine tin. Except for causing a backlash from some people, it won't have any effect at all.

The enthronement ceremony continues, and the ceremonies are extremely complicated.

After sealing Chen Pojun, Yang Gao finally didn't make any mistakes in the future, and everything was done according to what he had been taught before. According to Chen Pojun's earlier instructions, Yang Gao respected Yang Guang as the emperor and then Xiao as the queen mother. The rest, such as his elder brother Yang Yin, the king of Liao, was also crowned as the king of Qi, and several sons of Yang Zhao were also crowned one by one. Even the sons of several uncles were sealed one by one. After the royal family was sealed, the powerful ministers of those families in the Great Sui were sealed one by one. …,

Wang Shichong was crowned as the king of Chu, the right servant of Shangshu, and the guard of Chang'an. Li Yuan was crowned as the king of Tang, and Shangshu left to shoot and Jiangdu stayed. Yu Wenhua was crowned King Xu, and Taiyuan stayed. Wei Wensheng was crowned as the Duke of Qin, and Luoyang stayed behind. Pei Renji was crowned as the Duke of Wu Guo, and Danyang was too guarded. Yang Yichen was crowned as the king of Hejian and Xingyang was too guarded

The proclamator held a large box of edicts and read them for most of the day before he finished reading the new emperor's sealed edict. Chen Kefu was very generous, and sealed all the most powerful ministers in the entire Sui Dynasty today.

Especially those ministers who hold military power, but although this edict is greatly rewarded, it is not so simple. Chen Kefu not only promoted Li Yuan and others, but also directly crowned the king. However, they were assigned new official positions, and basically the new official positions were not their previous base camps. For example, Li Yuan was crowned the king of Tang, and his base camp for a long time was Hedong and Taiyuan, but Chen Kefu asked the emperor to appoint him to stay in Jiangdu. Today's Jiangdu, everyone knows that it has long been surrounded by the army of the Chen Dynasty on three sides and is in trouble.

And Wang Shichong, who was born in Jianghuai, was named the king of Chu, but he was named Chang'an to stay. Chang'an is the nest of the Guanlong family, and Wang Shichong, who was born in Jianghuai, entered the Guannei, but he went to seize the territory of Wei Wensheng and Yu Wenhua. The rest of the ministers are also similar, Danyang County has now been changed to Jiankang County of the Chen Dynasty, Chen Pojun asked him to be the Taishou of Danyang, wouldn't this let him face hundreds of thousands of troops in Jiangnan alone with the strength of one person. Even if he had 100,000 Hebei troops, it would be impossible to deal with the Chen Dynasty.

Such a seal is clearly ill-intentioned. For example, for Li Valve and Pei Valve, they were all transferred to Jiangnan, and now they are all the territory of the Chen Dynasty, so how did they go. For Wang Shichong, Yu Wenhua and others, this reward is very good, not only the king and the official. And also gave them Taiyuan, Chang'an, Luoyang and other good places. They were willing to accept it. However, in this way, it is tantamount to grabbing other people's territory, and all parties are bound to be full of contradictions.

Chen Kefu didn't think that he would achieve any effect by relying on such a trick, he was just muddying the waters. Anyway, whether it is a king or an official, these are just open mouths, and they don't need to be bought and sold with capital, and all they write are empty checks. You can open it however you want. If it can really provoke the relationship between the forces of all parties, it is naturally good, even if it is not successful, it is nothing.

If someone really covets those thrones and official positions and accepts Yang Gao's will, it is tantamount to recognizing the Beijing court in disguise. Take some empty rewards, if you can exchange it for recognition, in the future, in the name of righteousness, you will not suffer.

After sealing the civil and military ministers of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Gao also began to reward the Liaodong Army.

This reward is sincere, and the recipients are all civil and military of the Liaodong Army, and Chen Kefu is also quite unkind. He had already drawn up a big list. Basically, the list is drawn up according to the system of three provinces and six ministries. According to the list of those positions, Chen Kefu arranged the Liaodong civil and military forces one by one to those positions. Although it is Yang Gao who ascends the throne today, the officials of this court must be their own.

When the time comes, just change the emperor. As soon as the era name is changed, it will be a new dynasty again. Therefore, Chen Kefu was very serious about this list, and discussed with the civil and military ministers of Liaodong for a long time, and according to the distribution of responsibilities and official positions in the small imperial court of Liaodong today, all the personnel were transferred to the Beijing court. For the three provinces and six ministries, he only made a few minor adjustments.

Although he was rewarded with a lot of court positions to Li Yuan and others before. But Chen Kefu didn't care about this. Even if he rewarded them, Chen Kefu still rewarded that position to Liaodong Wenwu again.

After rewarding Liaodong Wenwu, Chen Pojun did not forget these officials in Hebei.

After the surrender of the army, the various units were disorganized and dismantled, and remixed into the various branches of the Liaodong Army. All the officers above the rank of lieutenant were transferred out of the army, some of them were transferred to the lecture hall for further study, and some of them became civilian officials. There are even many who are directly waiting for work. And those magistrates in Hebei counties are more popular with Chen Pojun. Except for a small number of incompetent and incompetent magistrates in the counties, most of the officials were demoted and transferred to other places. The more talented ones will be allocated for reuse.

Yang Gao sat on the dragon chair, holding the gold-inlaid jade heirloom jade seal in his hand, and stamped the jade seal with the edicts held in front of him. This jade seal is the jade seal that has been handed down to the Great Sui since the Qin period. …,

As the emperor's jade seal that has been passed down from generation to generation, this jade seal is also the same as the dragon chair, representing the emperor's credit and a symbol of the orthodoxy of the dynasty. Chen Kefu was very surprised when he saw this jade seal, he didn't expect that Zhang Jin would bring back the jade seal with Empress Xiao and the crown prince.

During the siege of Yanmen, the city was precarious, especially on that day, the Turks grabbed the west city gate, and the emperor also went to the city. Empress Xiao was worried that the jade seal would be lost, so she took the jade seal with her personally, but she didn't expect that in the end, she was taken to Liaodong by Zhang Jinyin by mistake.

Empress Xiao knew what Chen Pojun meant, and knew that he would eventually usurp Sui and become self-reliant. For the sake of her son's life, although Empress Xiao hid Yu Lexi very well, she didn't dare to hide it all the time. In the end, when Chen Pojun sent Princess Nanyang and Princess Izumo to meet, she also handed over the heirloom jade seal to him.

To be able to unexpectedly get this heirloom jade seal, Chen Kefu was naturally very happy. Not to mention that with this jade seal, Yang Gao's accession to the throne is even more orthodox, that is, he will be the emperor of the world in the future, and this jade seal is also very needed.

Historically, jade seals have gained and lost a few times.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the jade seal was also hidden by Empress Xiao, and finally let her be taken all the way to the Turkic steppe. It is precisely because of this that Li Tang won the world and has never passed on the jade seal of the country. This made Li Yuan and Li Shimin's father and son very regretful, but fortunately, the Tang Dynasty and the Turks fought later, and Li Shimin defeated the Turks and took back Empress Xiao.

After returning to the Central Plains, Empress Xiao also brought back the jade seal to Li Shimin, and since then Li Tang has had the jade seal of the country.

When the dynasty was unified, it didn't matter if there was a jade seal or not. But in the last years of the Sui Dynasty, this jade seal was very important to the chaotic world. With the crown prince Yang Gao and the heirloom jade seal, the legitimacy of the Beijing court has been greatly improved.

And with legitimacy, although Li Yuan, Wang Shichong and others cannot be ordered to obey orders. But for Chen Kefu, it is very important to face the newly surrendered Hebei army, as well as the local officials and people of Hebei who occupy the territory, and even the scholars.

Even looking at this jade seal and looking at Yang Gao in a crown dress, Chen Kefu already planned to let this little emperor directly send an edict to the counties of Hebei, so that they could immediately be included in the Beijing court. He didn't believe that now Yang Guangyuan was unconscious in Hedong, half of the south of the Yangtze River had been lost, and he was facing the Liaodong army that was pressed by the northern army. Now that there is Yang Gao, the new emperor, and this edict stamped with the jade seal of the country, will they, the Hebei magistrates, still not see the situation?

Now the Beijing court has given them a chance, and I believe these people know how to choose. And Chen Kefu did not expect the nine counties in Hebei to return to the wind, even if a small number of people were moved, it was a great thing. (To be continued.) )