Cining Palace.
Empress Dowager Fang and Empress Dowager Du had also just moved in. The palace maids and eunuchs were cleaning up the palace and courtyard.
When the two Empress Dowager heard the announcement of the eunuch of the Palace of Heavenly Purity, they were delighted.
Zhu Zaihou's mother, Empress Dowager Du, was especially excited. She had been away from Zhu Zaihou for half a year and had long missed him.
Zhu Zaihou stepped into the Cining Palace. He was dressed in a dragon robe and looked gorgeous. His face was like jade, and his lips were red and his teeth were white. He was a handsome young man.
When the two empress dowager saw Zhu Zaihou, they could not help but cry.
After the death of Emperor Jiajing, they had no one to rely on. Not only did they move out of the Palace of Heavenly Purity and live in the Palace of Ci Ning, but their titles were also promoted from Empress to Empress Dowager. They claimed to have changed from this palace to this widow…
They looked at Zhu Zaihou. From now on, this young man would be their future backer. They would do everything they could to support him to sit on the throne. Only when he sat on the throne would they have a stable life.
Hou 'er, let mother take a look…"
Empress Dowager Fang took Zhu Zaihou's hand and looked up and down, left and right. The more she looked, the happier she became.
Our Hou 'er has grown up."
Empress Dowager Fang held Zhu Zaihou's hand and looked at Empress Dowager Du with joy in her eyes.""Sister, look at our Hou 'er. She's shy now!”
Empress Fang did not have any children. When Zhu Zaihou had not left the palace, Empress Fang often coaxed him to play in the Palace of Earthly Tranquility and the Imperial Garden.
Empress Dowager Fang had always doted on Zhu Zaihou and treated him as her own!
Perhaps because Empress Fang did not have any children, she especially doted on Zhu Zaihou.
Empress Dowager Du took Zhu Zaihou's other hand and entered the bedroom of Cining Palace. In the bedroom, Empress Dowager Fang and Empress Dowager Du asked Zhu Zaihou if he had suffered in the past six months.
……
The Ming Empire did not stagnate because of the death of Emperor Jiajing.
The cabinet and the six departments had already buried Emperor Jiajing, set a date for the coronation, and handed over the title of the new emperor to Zhu Zaihou-Long Qing!
Xia Yan and Zeng Xi had been released by the Ministry of Justice. Although the two of them had not been reinstated, Xia Yan's residence was already full of guests. Many officials of the court came to Xia Yan's residence to welcome him.
When Xia Yan fell from power, his mansion was desolate and lonely. Where did his friends come to send him off?
These officials were afraid of Yan Song's hatred and did not dare to say a word to Xia Yan.
Now that Xia Yan had been released from prison, these officials saw that Xia Yan had signs of being reinstated and immediately came to visit him. The mansion was bustling with noise and vitality.
Xia Yan had experienced the glory of the cabinet chief and the power of the court, but he had also experienced the downfall of being imprisoned.
He had already seen through the fickleness of the world.
This was the human heart.
When the scenery is beautiful, there are countless beautiful flowers.
When one was down and out, there were only a handful of people who would send charcoal in the snow!
In prison, Xia Yan reflected on his life. The only mistake he made in his life was to underestimate Yan Song and the imperial power.
No matter how high his position was, it was given to him by the Emperor.
If the Emperor wanted to take everything from him, it was just an imperial edict!
An imperial edict had made him lose all his glory and wealth!
……
A few days later, Emperor Jiajing was buried.
Emperor Long Qing ascended the altar to worship the heavens, and the date of the coronation ceremony was also confirmed.
On the sixth day of the third month, Zhu Zaihou ascended the throne and the year was called Longqing!
The whole world was pardoned and exempted from taxes for three years!
The Ming Empire that Zhu Zaihou took over from Emperor Jiajing was not a weak empire. The empire in Zhu Zaihou's hands had experienced the revival of Hongzhi, the prosperity of Zhengde, and the revival of Jiajing. The strength of the Ming Empire was very strong.
Especially when Emperor Zheng De was in the court, he killed Liu Jin with a snap of his fingers, pacified the rebellion of King An Hua, pacified the rebellion of King Ning, won a great victory in Ying Zhou, and defeated the little prince of Tartar.
By the time Zhu Zaihou took over the Ming Empire, the three emperors had left him an extremely rich family. Whether it was the number of famous officials or the number of famous generals, they were incomparable to other periods.
……
Zhu Zaihou was already living in Yangxin Palace Hall, which had been renovated by the royal craftsmen. The dragon bed was also a new bed made of golden nanmu.
The Yangxin Palace was in the Palace of Heavenly Purity, which was divided into six main halls: the Xuanzheng Hall, the Baohua Hall, the Imperial Study, the Yangxin Hall, the Jingxin Hall, and the Scripture Tower.
Jing Lou was a loft built by Emperor Jiajing. In this loft, there were all kinds of Taoist classics, as well as Qing Ci written by Emperor Jiajing and a group of civil and military officials.
In particular, Yan Song, the second assistant of the cabinet, was the best at Qing Ci, and Yan Song was also known as the Prime Minister of Qing Ci, echoing Tao Zhongwen, the Alchemy Minister.
Qing Ci, also known as the green chapter.
It got its name because it was written in vermilion characters on green vine paper. Green Ci was originally a memorial to the gods of heaven when Taoism held a fasting ceremony. It expressed the emperor's respect for the Heavenly Emperor and his sincerity in seeking immortality with extremely gorgeous writing.
Emperor Jiajing sought longevity, so he was naturally very concerned about Qing Ci. Whoever wrote Qing Ci well would be made a high official!
Zhu Zaihou read the congratulatory message submitted by the main hall in Yangxin Palace Hall.
Yan Song's congratulatory speech was gorgeous.
Xu Jie's congratulatory speech was restrained.
Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou's congratulatory messages were very simple, expressing their loyalty to the Emperor and the Ming Empire.
Looking at the congratulatory words of these famous generals, one could feel the golden spears and iron horses coming from between the lines!
Zhu Zaihou put these congratulatory words aside and did not frown.
There were no memorials!
There were only congratulatory words from all the civil and military officials!
The reason was very simple. All the memorials of the officials in the Imperial Court had been suppressed in the cabinet and had not been submitted to the Palace of Heavenly Purity!
Today was already the third day of the third month. There were three days left until the sixth day of the third month, when Zhu Zaihou would ascend the throne and become emperor!
Zhu Zaihou was patient.
The cabinet didn't submit the memorial, probably because I haven't ascended to the throne yet. It's reasonable. I'm waiting for you to submit the memorial.
Just as Zhu Zaihou was thinking about the date of the coronation, the palm-print eunuch Li Fang entered the Palace of Heavenly Purity and cupped his hands."Your Majesty, the Minister of Rites, Xu Jie, requests an audience.”
"Call him in."
In the past few days, Zhu Zaihou had adapted to his identity as the emperor. Although he had not ascended the throne yet, the eunuch and the eunuch of the East Chamber had come to report to him.
When Emperor Jiajing was still around, the East Hall was suppressed, but this did not mean that the East Hall did not exist. It was just that the East Hall was not as glorious as before. The person in the limelight now was the commander of the Jinyiwei, Lu Bing!
Xu Jie bowed and stood outside the Palace of Heavenly Purity. Zhu Zaihou was no longer Prince Yu, but Emperor Long Qing. Xu Jie could not help but sigh in his heart. It was not easy for Prince Yu to become the emperor of Ming Dynasty.
If it wasn't for the Crown Prince's illness, Prince Yu probably wouldn't have been able to sit on the throne.
At this moment, the palm-print eunuch Li Fang walked out of the Palace of Heavenly Purity and came in front of Xu Jie. He cupped his hands and said,""Grand Secretary Xu, His Majesty has summoned you."
Xu Jie tidied up his court clothes, put away the memorials, and stepped into the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
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