After the ceremony with the delegates was completed, Zhao Ran said: "The Beijing master is newly decided, and the gentlemen please follow the poor road into the palace and discuss the plan." He also said to Xia Yan: "The things in the future are complicated, and the poor road is a person who cultivates the Qing Dynasty, so I can't help these trivial matters, and the elder of the pavilion is the first assistant of the dynasty, and he also asks the elder of the pavilion to preside." ”

In a word, redefine the cabinet seats.

Xia Yan was the first assistant, some time ago because of impeachment and resigned, it was a helpless move, today's situation is different, and he should not let go: "The abbot is humble, and he is willing to help the abbot to clean the court and return the world to peace." ”

This sentence made many of the deputies behind them shocked, and there were those who were complacent, those who were secretly happy, those who were sad, and those whose hearts were ashes, and so on.

The news of the death of the Son of Heaven has spread outside the palace, Zhao Ran has no intention of blocking the news, and there is no need to block the news, the entire Jingshi is under his control, blocking this news is useless, but it is easy to make people talk, making a lot of speculation in the market.

Therefore, Zhao Ran frankly invited hundreds of officials to enter the Fengxian Palace, and he didn't even let Zhang Luo move the corpses of the Son of Heaven and the King of Qi, just to prevent others from thinking about it.

Duanmen, Wumen, Chengtianmen, one by one the palace doors are wide open, the Longtan guard battalion, the front battalion of the government army, the knife and fork circumference of the five military battalions, the generals of the Han Dynasty, a team of armor soldiers along the royal road inward, all the way to the Fengxian Hall of the head of the three major halls, the whole palace is filled with a solemn atmosphere.

In front of the Fengxian Palace, Zhang Luo pressed the waist knife in his hand, and led dozens of soldiers to greet him on the twenty-seventh step, Xia Yan saw it, stepped forward to hold Zhang Luo's hands, and said earnestly: "Commander Zhang understands the righteousness and raises troops to quell the rebellion, which can be compared to the famous generals of ancient times, and is the pillar stone of Daming Town!"

Zhang Luo bowed down and replied: "I don't dare to be the first assistant to praise falsely, just because Abbot Zhao went straight to Daying Xiao to be righteous, and the last general will enter Beijing." Recalling that the general view of Zhao Dadu gave the word "loyalty", stationed in Beijing for many years, supported by the elders, and understood the shallow meaning of some of the Tao. ”

Taking advantage of this time, the hundred officials have lined up their shifts in front of the palace, just like the day of the last dynasty. Xia Yan praised Zhang Luo for a few words like "male soldiers" and "fine willows", and when the hundred officials were finished, he looked at Zhao Ran beside him.

The position of the head of the row of court officials was handed over to Xia Yan, there is no doubt about it, and there is no need to say more; in the column of the counterinsurgency army, Gu Tengjia wanted to give up the position of the head of the row to Zhao Ran, but Zhao Ran refused: "Rules are rules, you are the Wenchang Guanjian Yuan, I am the abbot of Xuantan Palace, you should be in front of me." Otherwise, after it gets out, how will the world comment on it? How will they follow suit? Isn't that a mess?"

Gu Tengjia had no choice but to smile and respond.

Chen Hong came out of the hall, led the chief eunuchs of the officials and eunuchs to line up, obliquely lined up in front of the pillars, and after being silent, he suddenly wailed, and shouted in his mouth: "His Majesty the Emperor has a guest

There was a miserable cry in front of the hall, and hundreds of officials were in tears like rain.

After crying, Chen Hong invited hundreds of officials to enter the palace, so everyone rushed in, and when they saw this scene at the scene, they wailed for a while.

Chen Hong, as an eyewitness, explained on the spot how the king of Qi abducted the Son of Heaven to the main hall, how he forced him to take the throne, and how he was killed.

So far, the whole link has ended smoothly.

Zhao Ran nodded at Xia Yan, Xia Yan came out of class and said to the hundred officials: "The situation is clear, against the king of Qi to kill the king, how to discuss the crime is a later matter, this official thinks, first for the emperor of Daxing to enter the funeral for peace, clean up the Fengxian Palace, what do you think?"

It means that everyone understands what is going on, and there is no doubt now, right? Isn't it time to collect the body of the Son of Heaven? The corpse of King Qi is also sitting on the dragon chair, so we should pull him down and clean the hall.

This is the right reason, naturally no one objected, so Chen Hong took matters into his own hands and took the eunuchs to put the emperor's body on a stretcher and cover it with yellow dragon brocade. went to carry the king of Qi on the dragon chair again, and touched it lightly, but it turned into a ball of ashes, which made the hundred officials at the scene exclaim. The eunuchs swept the ashes down and put them in a large clay pot and covered them with a white cloth. Several palace maids stepped forward to scrub the dragon chair and the danqi stained with the blood of the Son of Heaven.

Chen Hong said: "Please ask the two abbots and your lords to discuss the aftermath of Your Majesty." He stepped aside.

The emperor is on a big trip, and the follow-up matters are very complicated, such as small burials, large burials, entering the Zi Palace, stopping the spirit, proposing to leave the edict, going to the temple, entering the funeral, and sacrificial ceremonies, not to mention how tiring it is. So many affairs are handled by the Ministry of Rites, but the personnel who lead the general office are very particular.

Emperor Daxing was killed by the king of Qi and did not leave a will, for the ministers, those who can enter the list of the general office are actually equivalent to the responsibility of taking care of their lives, and the future court pattern will be laid.

Xia Yan was also not polite, when the court recommended the name of the general office, he recommended a total of five, Gu Tengjia, Zhao Ran, himself, Yan Song, Xu Jie, these are three cabinet scholars. It stands to reason that this is justified, but now at this special moment, the handle of the knife is mastered on the side of the Daomen, whether it is really justified, no one can say.

Xia Yan looked at Gu Tengjia and Zhao Ran, Gu Tengjia looked at Zhao Ran, Zhao Ran pondered for a moment and nodded slowly.

Yan Song had been apprehensive just now, especially the few short breaths that Zhao Ran had groaned, until he saw him nodding in approval, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

But Zhao Ran then said to Gu Tengjia and Xia Yan: "In addition to these five, I still want to recommend three, I don't know if it's feasible?"

Gu Tengjia smiled and nodded, and Xia Yan said: "Abbot Zhao has the merit of fixing the Dingding, if you have any suggestions, just give orders." ”

Zhao Ran said: "I can't talk about the order, the poor Dao thinks that the chaos in Beijing is very much, and there are many places that need to be pacified, and the expenditure of the army, the pacification of the various divisions and yamen after the rebellion, the loss of the people in the capital, and the renovation and cleaning of the streets and alleys of the city wall all need financial support, so the poor Dao suggests that the head of the household department should be in conjunction with the general office." ”

Among the hundreds of officials in the palace, everyone who has a little foundation knows the relationship between Zhao Ran and Gan Shutong, and this proposal is also expected. They all nodded in approval at the moment.

Zhao Ran said: "Emperor Daxing passed away, the follow-up affairs are extremely cumbersome, the Ministry of Rites is familiar with this thoroughly, and it is also the yamen that should be handled, why not just ask the Ministry of Rites Shangshu to work with the general office? Presumably, the gentlemen of the Ministry of Rites can also be more dedicated and effective in doing things." ”

This proposal is a bit unexpected, but when you think about it, it's also being cleaned up. Mao Cheng has been in the Ministry of Rites for many years, but he has never been able to enter the pavilion, and his qualifications are sufficient, so he only owes someone to mention it above. Mao Cheng has been waiting for this sentence for almost ten years, but no one has mentioned it, but he didn't expect it to come out of Zhao Ran's mouth today, which really made him have mixed feelings.

In the expectation of the hundred officials, Zhao Ran said: "There is another one, Poor Dao proposes Yuwang Chitose. We all know that if the father dies and the son is buried, and His Majesty dies, if there is no son to come forward to officiate, I am afraid that if it is spread out, everyone in the world will laugh at it, this is the way of humanity. ”