Zhenguo Mansion.

A fast horse stopped in front of the gate of the mansion, and on the horseback was a sturdy military attache of the Xiaowu Army, who turned over and dismounted and pounded the closed gate of the Zhenguo Mansion.

Due to the grim shape of the capital today and the depressing atmosphere, not only are the streets deserted and deserted, but the mansions of those high-ranking officials and dignitaries are closed tightly to prevent accidents.

"Who?" Soon, a vigilant cheer came from the courtyard gate.

"Open the door, I am a person from the martial arts hall, and I came to report safety to the princess on the order of the prince." When the major military attache heard this, he immediately replied in a loud voice.

"You recognize the wrong place, this is the Guogong Mansion, not the Wangfu." The person in the door replied coldly, without the slightest intention of opening the door.

"Grandpa Guo is not dead, he has been named the King of Zhongwu by Emperor Daxing at today's court meeting, and now he is mobilizing the Xiaowu army to enter the palace to escort him." The military attache of the major took out a letter from his bosom and slipped it through the crack in the door, "Take this letter to the princess and see it." ”

There was a sound of departing footsteps in the courtyard gate, as if someone was holding a letter to go in to pray, the major military attache was not in a hurry, he sat on the steps in front of the door and waited, his face was full of excitement, in any case, he could not have imagined that Li Yuntian, who originally died in the fire of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion, miraculously came back from the dead, and was also made an exception by Emperor Xuande to be named the king of Zhongwu, becoming the first nobleman to be crowned alive since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, which can be said to have broken the famine of the Ming Dynasty.

It didn't take long for the gate of the Chungkook Mansion to creak open, and a group of guards in armor poured out from inside, inviting the major military attache in.

In the reception hall in the front yard of the Zhenguo Mansion, Zhou Yuting was looking intently at the letter sent by Li Yuntian, and her eyes gradually moistened.

In the letter, Li Yuntian apologized to Zhou Yuting, Zhu Yuxin and others for the fake death of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion fire, and poured out his lovesickness for them, which was sincere and tender.

Zhu Yuxin, Lu Cao and the others sat on the chairs on both sides of the hall, looking at Zhou Yuting with red eyes with puzzled expressions, to their surprise, when the guards guarding the door came to tell that Li Yuntian was not dead and had been named the queen of Zhongwu, Zhou Yuting did not have the slightest suspicion, and directly asked people to open the courtyard door and let the military attache of the major of the martial arts hall who came to report the news come in.

"Grandpa Guo did not die in the fire of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion, and was named King Zhongwu by Emperor Daxing, and secretly escorted His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to the throne on the order of Emperor Daxing, and now that the crown prince has ascended the throne, he has settled down, and Grandpa Guo will be able to return to his house soon."

Under the incomprehensible gaze of the women, Zhou Yuting read Li Yuntian's letter, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, smiled at everyone, and announced the good news in a coquettish voice.

"Eldest sister, what you said is true, Grandpa Guo is not dead?" As soon as these words came out, Zhu Yuxin, Green Calyx, Lianxiang and others at the scene were all taken aback, and Zhu Yuxin couldn't help but ask urgently, with a look of disbelief on her face.

"Because Grandpa Guo received the secret decree of Emperor Daxing, he did not disclose this matter to the outside world, and has been secretly planning in the capital to protect the prince's accession to the throne." Zhou Yuting bowed slightly when she heard this, calmed down her excited mood and said to Lu Cao, "Notify me to withdraw the mourning hall in the house." ”

"Girl, let's do it." Green Calyx recovered from the shock, got up and bowed to Zhou Yuting, and went out to arrange it in surprise.

"Eldest sister, I'll go back and tell my mother the good news." Zhu Yuxin finally realized that the exciting scene in front of her was true, bowed down to Zhou Yuting in surprise and joy, and hurried to King Fu's mansion to report the good news to her family.

Looking at the back of the departing Zhu Yuxin, the corners of Zhou Yuting's mouth couldn't help but show a smile of relief, since he learned from Nuo Min that Li Yuntian was not dead, he had been secretly worried about Li Yuntian, and he couldn't sleep all night, and now he could finally sleep peacefully.

When the people of the capital were gathering in groups to discuss today's court discussion, the gates of the fourth gate of the imperial city and the nine gates of the outer city suddenly opened unexpectedly.

Just when the people were puzzled by this, the Xiaowu army gathered outside the city began to enter the city in a neat queue, and entered the imperial city after passing through the main road of the outer city, and the road was unimpeded.

At the same time, the Juyong Pass garrisons in the imperial city began to withdraw and set up camp outside the city, which caused people to be puzzled and privately discussed.

Soon, an even more shocking news came, the officials in the imperial court posted notices in the streets and alleys of the capital, Zhenguo Gong, who was originally believed to have died in the fire of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion, was not only safe and sound, but also was enshrined as the king of Zhongwu by Emperor Daxing, which caused an uproar in the capital, no one would have thought that such a bizarre thing would happen, which meant that Li Yuntian would become the first king with a different surname to be named alive in the Ming Dynasty.

In addition to the notice that Li Yuntian was crowned the prince, there was another notice posted by the servants of the imperial court, informing the people of the capital that Lu Tianxing, the second son of the Duke of Weiguo, who participated in the rebellion of the Han Dynasty, did not repent, sold himself to the Northern Yuan, did many evils, and had been arrested, and would soon be tried by the Three Law Divisions.

Since eight years have passed, many people in the capital have forgotten about the prominent Wei Guogong back then, not to mention Lu Tianxing, but it is a good thing to be able to catch Lu Tianxing, especially Lu Tianxing also led the southern invasion of the Northern Yuan Dynasty two years ago, which caused the people of Gyeonggi to suffer a lot, so it caused many people to applaud.

After the deliberation of Yang Shiqi and Zhang Fu and other courtiers, the auspicious time for the crown prince's accession to the throne was set for mid-February, when the imperial court would grant amnesty to the world and all the people would enjoy together.

Because the 50,000 troops of Juyongguan gathered outside the capital, which was an important military force of the Ming Dynasty, in order to make them return to Juyongguan with peace of mind, the military cabinet adopted Li Yuntian's suggestion that the policy of "only punishing the first evil and coercing the followers soon", and only detained the high-ranking generals of Juyongguan such as Wuzhong Hou Fan Yong in the capital for examination, and the rest of the personnel were not held accountable.

After all, the defenders of Juyong Pass were deceived by Fan Yong and others, and Fan Yong asked the defenders of Juyong Pass to support King Yue's ascension to the throne on the grounds of protecting the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty, and told them that this was the intention of Empress Dowager Zhang, otherwise they would not have been transferred from Juyong Pass to guard the imperial city, and then deceived those soldiers in Juyong Pass.

However, Li Yuntian did not simply put the defenders of Juyong Pass back and forget it, but transferred the middle-level officers of Juyong Pass to the lecture hall in batches for rotation training, the purpose of which was not only to train them, but also to appease them, so that those middle-level officers felt that the imperial court had not abandoned them, otherwise they would not have been so troubled to train them in rotation.

As for the defenders of Shanhaiguan who came to the capital to escort them on the orders of the prince, the military cabinet rewarded them with great kindness, making them happily return to Shanhaiguan.

Although Emperor Xuande's edict did not say that Li Yuntian should be an auxiliary minister, before Emperor Xuande died, he once felt that if Li Yuntian was alive, he would also be a lonely minister, and he was named the crown prince and prince, making it clear that Li Yuntian would become one of the auxiliary ministers, so Li Yuntian was naturally able to discuss state affairs with Yang Shiqi and Zhang Fu and other auxiliary ministers.

In fact, the auxiliary ministers appointed by Emperor Xuande this time actually formed a new cabinet, which included both civil officials and military ministers, and discussed and resolved the military affairs of the Ming Dynasty, decided on small matters, and reported major matters to the crown prince for implementation.

Unlike the cabinet composed of Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, Yang Pu, and Chen Shan, the new cabinet has greater authority and no longer has to report everything to the Son of Heaven, which greatly improves the efficiency of work and allows the Son of Heaven to withdraw from the heavy government affairs.

Although Li Yuntian had a lot of affairs to deal with in his hands and was very busy, Empress Dowager Zhang still handed over an important matter to him, that is, to rehabilitate those civil and military ministers involved in the rebellion of Chen Tianlei and others.

Empress Dowager Zhang thought about it, but she still felt that it was best for Li Yuntian, who was stable and had a good reputation in the imperial court, to preside over the rehabilitation, and presumably Li Yuntian would be able to solve this matter smoothly.

When Li Yuntian ordered the release of the civil and military officials involved in the case who were imprisoned in the Fusi Imperial Prison in Weibei Town, Jinyi Weibei, those officials first cried as if in a dream, never expecting to leave the Imperial Prison alive.

Li Yuntian told the officials involved in the case the ins and outs of the matter, and after learning that the person who wanted to put them to death was actually the second son of Lu Zhongqian, the Duke of Weiguo, these officials were all very emotional and had mixed feelings, if it wasn't for Li Yuntian's efforts to turn the tide in the Taihe Palace, they estimated that they would not know that Lu Tianxing was assassinating them until death.

Therefore, in the face of Li Yuntian's life-saving benefactor, coupled with the complicated relationship with Lu Tianxing in the past, these civil and military officials who have suffered from prison can only consider themselves unlucky, and if this matter continues, it will not be good for them, and they may not be involved in many things about Chen sesame seeds and rotten grains.

Those innocent officials who were unfortunately implicated were only dumb and ate coptis, Lu Tianxing was involved in two major cases of rebellion, and at the same time he was one of the three major governors of the Northern Yuan Privy Council, they didn't want to make trouble for themselves, so they had to settle the matter.

For the officials who failed to withstand the torture and died in the edict prison, Li Yuntian vigorously appeased them, gave them generous pensions, and gave them the quota to enter the lecture hall without examination, which can be regarded as giving the children of those deceased a way to enter politics.

Due to Li Yuntian's proper handling, those officials involved in the case did not make a noise, but calmly accepted Li Yuntian's arrangement, which made Empress Dowager Zhang breathe a sigh of relief and greatly appreciated Li Yuntian in her heart.

Soon, the auspicious day of the crown prince's accession to the throne quietly came, and the capital became a sea of joy, filled with a festive atmosphere, which washed away the haze caused by the death of Emperor Xuande and the two events of the Taihe Palace.

After the crown prince Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne, the name of the year was set to be orthodox, that is, the famous orthodox emperor in the history of the Ming Dynasty, who had experienced the change of the civil fort and the change of seizing the door, and was the only emperor in the history of the Ming Dynasty who successfully restored it, even if you look at the dynasties and generations, this situation is very rare.

When the enthronement ceremony was held in the Taihe Palace, Li Yuntian and Zhang Fu stood side by side at the front of the noble queue, although Li Yuntian had little seniority, he was the highest person in the honorable ranks, so he was enough to keep pace with Zhang Fu, who had the title of Taishi and had profound qualifications.

As the young orthodox emperor sat on the dragon chair to accept the worship of civil and military officials, a new page of the Ming Dynasty slowly opened, Li Yuntian looked up at Song Dashan and Wang Zhen who were standing on the side of the dragon chair with high spirits, and sighed secretly in his heart, it seems that he still has a lot of things to do in the future, and how to balance the forces of all parties in the court will become the primary problem he will solve in the future. R1148