Chapter 612 611 Ugly time? Noon.
In Jiachen, the officials of Shuntian Prefecture were exempted from the banquet of hundreds of officials during the Spring Festival. Hundreds of civil and military officials, senior military and civilian officials, etc. sent letters to urge them to advance. The words were: Fu Yi Jingyun will prosper and unify the mountains and rivers.< br>
The ministers and others fell down in the palace and joined in the words to urge people to go forward. They turned around and watched the new rain in all things.
The imperial edict said, "The emperor of Huang Kao Daxing is about to abandon all nations, so I am here to be alone. I cannot bear to hear the fact that I am guilty of ascending the throne, so I will not allow it."
Yisi, the civil and military officials, the elderly soldiers and civilians, etc. again issued a note to urge them to advance, saying: Fuyi Jiuhao.
The imperial edict replied: "You are sincere in your efforts to persuade me to come forward. However, I will hate you forever. How can you bear to suddenly ascend to the throne and refuse to accept my request?"
Bingwu, hundreds of civil and military officials, senior military and civilian officials, etc., all sent me a note to urge them to come forward, saying: "I will do my best to protect the people."
The order replied, "You and others said that I should serve heaven." He was ordered to comply with the imperial edict, and the notes and exhortations were repeated to state the truth, which was very upright. He suppressed his sorrow and obeyed the request. He ordered the Ministry of Rites, saying:
Huang Kao Daxing, the emperor’s distinguished guests howled in sorrow, and the five internal organs were shattered. However, the civil and military ministers, soldiers and civilians, etc., regarded the importance of their ancestors’ inheritance and the severity of Huang Kao’s legacy, and wrote three letters to urge progress, with sincere and righteous words. I have no choice but to comply, and I would like to inform the Heaven and Earth Ancestral Temple of Sheji, that is, the throne of the emperor, and the Ministry of Rites will choose a day to come and hear the news.
The speech to persuade people to advance was drafted by the Hanlin Academy. Naturally, it was written with sincerity. All the people in the world only recognized King Yu as the emperor.
King Yu's reply was drafted by Chen Yiqin, Yin Shizhen and Wei Guangde.
Under the influence of Gao Gong, King Yu could not help but alienate Zhang Juzheng these days.
Every time he saw Gao Gong jumping into the palace to see King Yu, to be honest, Wei Guangde was still very puzzled.
According to his later impression, this person should be gone soon.
But looking at the high-arched appearance now, how does it look like a dying person?
Was it a sudden death?
These days, sudden death is not uncommon.
For some acute diseases, the effect of traditional Chinese medicine is indeed not as fast as that of western medicine.
Forgot, there is no so-called Western medicine these days, only witch doctors.
After the third attempt, King Yu agreed to inherit the throne, and the Ministry of Rites soon sent over the enthronement ceremony that had been drawn up.
"Brother Yifu, is this copied from the original ceremonial notes?"
Wei Guangde was holding the enthronement rites notes sent by the Ministry of Rites in his hand and looking at them again, and asked casually.
“They are all done according to the rules, and they are actually very similar.”
I didn’t say they were copied, but the meaning is actually similar.
“Just changed the names of the three main halls, the wording has changed a bit, haha”
Wei Guangde had read the enthronement notes of Emperor Jiajing when he was in the Hanlin Academy, and also read the enthronement notes of Emperor Zhengde, and they are still engraved in his mind.
The main reference for this enthronement ceremony is that of Emperor Zhengde.
After all, Emperor Jiajing succeeded to the throne from a foreign vassal, and his enthronement ceremony was somewhat special and cannot be used as a basic reference.
According to the enthronement ceremony notes, the early bureaucracies such as the Supervisor and other offices set up the throne in the Zhongji Hall, the throne in the Huangji Hall, and the Qin Tianjian set the time drum.
After that, King Yu sent officials to tell the world early in the morning to the ancestral temple and the country.
On the morning of the same day, he went to Emperor Daxing in mourning clothes and had a few banquets. After receiving his orders, he went to the Emperor's Palace to pay homage to the heavens, performed five obeisances and three kowtows, and then went to the front hall to pay homage to his ancestors. At the end of the ceremony, he still served Emperor Daxing with his crown, held a few banquets, performed five bows and three kowtows, and then went out to the Emperor's Palace.
In the early stage, the Shangbao Department set up a treasure case in the Huangji Hall, Honglu Temple set up an imperial edict case in the east side of the hall, and the Danbi Shangjiaofang Department set up Zhonghe Shaole, but it was suspended but not completed, and the Jinyi Guards set up a cloud cover. There is a cloud disk in the hall, a cloud disk is set in the east, a cloud disk is set up above the Chengtian Gate, a reading table is set up in Honglu Temple outside the Meridian Gate, and a reading table is set up in the southwest direction above the Chengtian Gate.
It was early in the morning, the bells and drums were ringing, the imperial guards in royal robes had set up the imperial palace, and the civil and military officials came in each with their court uniforms, waiting in Danqi. The superior officer Gun Mianyu Zhongji Hall, the official of Honglu Temple passed the decree, and all officials were exempted Congratulations, he then led the deacons to pay tribute and invite him to ascend to the palace. From the middle door, he came out from the throne of the Royal Palace. All the officials in the temple performed five bows and three kowtows. After all the officials went out to Chengtian Gate, they waited for Honglu Temple to ask for the imperial edict. The Hanlin Academy official held the imperial edict and conferred it on the officials of the Ministry of Ceremonies, and then placed it on the case in a cloud disk. From the left door of the temple After going outside the Meridian Gate, the officials of the Ministry of Rites held the imperial edict and placed it in the Yun Yu. They went to the Chengtian Gate to read it and saluted as usual. At the beginning of the ceremony, the Heavenly Supervisor chose the 26th day of the ugliness.
Wei Guangde couldn't help but frown after carefully reading all the enthronement rituals. He couldn't help but mutter: "What are you doing in the dark when you are ugly?" ?”
Chen Yiqin naturally heard Wei Guangde's voice and couldn't help but speak.
“Yes, it’s too early to be ugly.”
Wei Guangde said this, but in his heart he had already begun to curse those hermaphrodites in Qintian Prison for choosing a time to ascend the throne in the middle of the night. For those who didn’t know the ceremony, they thought it was the Night Parade of One Hundred Ghosts.
Shaking his head, Wei Guangde said to Chen Yiqin: "This enthronement ceremony cannot be handed over to His Highness for the time being. His Highness's temperament will most likely not refute it."
"Huh?"
Chen Yiqin looked at Wei Guangde strangely, wondering if he was going to modify the time calculated by Qintian Supervisor without permission?
"You and I will go to Qintian Prison first to ask about the situation and see if there are any other times that day when the ceremony can be performed."
While speaking, Wei Guangde shook the enthronement ceremony in his hand. Note: "If you really ascend the throne at this time, Your Highness will become a joke. "
"You are saying that although the ugly time is the best time, there should be a second time to perform the ceremony during the day. "
Chen Yiqin knew Wei Guangde's plan, and the ceremony must be done. Move it to daytime, otherwise, what kind of foundation would you be on, would you be the King of Ghosts?
"So many emperors have ascended the throne in the past. Have you ever seen anyone like this? It is definitely not okay to ascend the throne when you are ugly."
Wei Guangde shook his head and said.
King Yu was not very good at refuting his subordinates' opinions, and would often choose to give in, but Wei Guangde had to speak.
"My lords, Your Highness is already well. I'm asking why you don't go in yet?"
At this time, Li Fang came out and asked.
So Wei Guangde showed him the enthronement ceremony brought by Chen Yiqin, and focused on the issue of the time of his accession to the throne.
When he heard that it was ugly, Li Fang's eyes widened immediately, a little in disbelief.
Afterwards, I heard Wei Guangde say that he and Chen Yiqin went to Qintian Prison and waited for them to settle the matter. After choosing another time, he sighed and said, "Shandai, it is better for you to go to this matter in person. Don't worry. Go ahead, I'll go in and give a reply to His Highness."
"Thank you, Eunuch Li."
Wei Guangde said to him.
"Thank you."
The same was true for Chen Yiqin, and then the two of them walked quickly towards the palace gate.
In fact, Wei Guangde had already made up his mind at this time. He would decide according to the time when kings ascended the throne in the past. Seeing when most emperors chose to ascend the throne, it would be this time. I asked the people from the Qintian Prison to calculate it for me repeatedly. , until this time is appropriate.
If you dare to say that it is not appropriate, then you can lock me in the yamen and continue to deal with me.
Wei Guangde does not intend to reason with these hermaphrodites. After all, he comes from later generations and does not attach much importance to these gods, ghosts and heaven.
Although coming here itself says a lot, Wei Guangde still doesn't believe in fortune telling.
After watching the two people leave, Li Fang quickly returned to the palace.
He knew that Chen Yiqin was coming, but Wei Guangde had been talking to Chen Yiqin outside for a long time without bringing anyone in, so he sent Li Fang out to take a look.
Now that Li Fang is back, but neither Wei Guangde nor Chen Yiqin has followed, King Yu is very surprised.
"Why are you alone? Where did Yifu and Shandai go?"
"Your Highness, there is something wrong with the enthronement ceremony of the Ministry of Rites. Mr. Wei and Mr. Chen went to Qintian Prison."
Li Fang answered honestly.
"Qin Tianjian?"
Wang Yu was very surprised, but he immediately realized that the mistake in Li Fang's mouth should be that there was a problem with the time calculated by Qin Tianjian.
“When will they calculate?”
King Yu asked immediately.
"Twenty-sixth. Ugly hour."
Li Fang said that the date was nothing, but she still hesitated slightly when it came to the specific time. "How could it be Choushi?"
Huang Jin next to him exclaimed, with a look of disbelief on his face, but he soon realized something.
Although Li Fang won the trust of King Yu, King Yu had not yet ascended the throne, so naturally he could not replace the eunuchs in the palace. Moreover, Huang Jin had already asked King Yu for an order. When the funeral of Emperor Jiajing was over, he left his errands in the palace and wanted to Go home and retire.
Wang Yu refused twice, but finally agreed.
So at this time, Huang Jin was still the admiral eunuch in the palace, the person with the highest official position, and naturally he was temporarily accompanying King Yu.
"Qin Tian supervises the calculation of the time, is there anything else to say?"
Wang Yu frowned and looked at Huang Jin and asked.
Huang Jin was hesitant to speak, but finally he said: "When Mr. Wei comes here, His Highness will know after asking."
Huang Jin is not sure, but has some speculation that someone from outside the court did this deliberately. , the purpose is to test King Yu's reaction, so that they can understand King Yu better and facilitate their actions in the future.
But he couldn't say this. After all, he was someone who wanted to leave the center of power. There was no need to make enemies for himself.
With Emperor Jiajing gone, Huang Jin has changed from the most popular eunuch in the court to an insignificant figure. This is because he has no backer.
Although I wanted to show kindness to King Yu before, it was just to be able to enjoy his old age.
King Yu has agreed not to talk too much in front of him. This is also an opportunity for Wei Guangde to express himself.
Wei Guangde and Chen Yiqin arrived at the Qintian Prison and immediately followed their own ideas. They detained everyone in the lobby first and let them find the time when the emperors of the past dynasties ascended the throne.
“At noon, this time is the most popular.”
After seeing the relevant records, Wei Guangde whispered to Chen Yiqin what he noticed.
“Most people choose Chen time and Noon time. What’s the point?”
Chen Yiqin has not thought of the fishy nature at this moment. After all, in his opinion, the Qin Tian Jian should be the most professional organization, and the time they proposed is definitely the best time and cannot be refuted.
"Different days, the same hour are all auspicious times?"
Wei Guangde saw that Chen Yiqin had not understood what he meant, so he whispered.
"You mean"
Chen Yiqin was reminded by Wei Guangde and woke up a little.
Yes, that shouldn't be the case.
Wei Guangde nodded from Chen Yiqin to express his intention, and the rest was Chen Yiqin's responsibility.
Chen Yiqin is the minister of the Ministry of Rites and can be regarded as the superior officer of Qin Tianjian, so he can naturally give orders to them.
Chen Yiqin nodded, and then called Qin Tian Jian Zheng and said: "The auspicious time you calculated before was very wrong. Now you have to calculate another suitable time, and His Highness will choose the time."
Chen Yiqin's words were relatively polite. He did not pursue the previous responsibilities, but tactfully asked Qin Tianjian to choose a suitable time again. In this way, the people of Qin Tianjian could save their face, and everyone was happy.
After all, it is a good thing for King Yu to succeed to the throne, and they don't want to cause trouble.
Otherwise, Wei Guangde would not be able to speak kindly when he entered the Qintian Prison, but would directly slap people's ears.
In fact, the supervisor of Qintian Prison also knew that it was really inappropriate to choose Chou before. How could an emperor succeed to the throne in the middle of the night, but someone calculated that that time was good.
Now that Shangguan is here, even if we talk about this matter, we cannot continue to be careless.
"Master Chen, wait a moment, I will immediately ask them to calculate the various hours of that day to see if there are any better hours."
Chen Yiqin handed him the steps, and he had to catch them, otherwise he would lose face to Qin Tianjian, "I still invite the adults to tea, which is quite time-consuming even if you consider the time."
The supervisor went down to arrange the people. When it was time to recalculate the auspiciousness, Wei Guangde and Chen Yiqin sat opposite each other.
"Do you want to find out what's going on?"
Chen Yiqin now fully understood that this incident was not an accident, but someone in the court deliberately did it.
If they are disrespectful to King Yu, they have to find a way to get the situation back.
"Forget it, they should also be testing."
Wei Guangde thought for a while and then said: "If His Highness really agrees, someone will bring it up after sending the letter to the Ministry of Ceremonies, please discuss it again."
Wei Guangde felt that he had a finger on the pulse of the instigators and guessed their intentions.
So what if we find out?
Can we still be punished for this?
As long as the people from the Qintian Prison bite Chou to death, it is an auspicious time, and there is nothing they can do.
"We will see what happens after His Highness ascends the throne. If they are honest, forget it. Otherwise, we old ministers like us must not sit idly by and ignore it."
Wei Guangde said to Chen Yiqin in a low voice.
After waiting for almost more than an hour, the new results came out. It was still good luck at Chou hour, followed by Noon hour, and Chen hour again.
With this result, Wei Guangde and Chen Yiqin were satisfied.
"Let's go back to the palace to report to His Highness. As for whether to choose the noon time or the Chen time, it is up to His Highness to decide."
Wei Guangde said to Chen Yiqin.
"That's exactly what it should be."
Chen Yiqin fully agreed at this moment, but in fact he was still upset about this matter.
If he had thought more about it, this matter would not have happened. He asked Qin Tianjian to arrange several optional times early in the morning. By now, King Yu was afraid that he had already chosen the time to issue the enthronement ceremony. Note.
When they returned to the palace to see King Yu and presented them with the enthronement ceremony drafted by the Ministry of Rites, King Yu nodded. After all, they were acting in accordance with the ancestral system. Even if he didn't like some aspects of it, he wouldn't say anything more.
"Your Highness, the only thing missing from this is the agenda of meeting the Queen, everything else is the same."
Wei Guangde reminded.
The queen he was talking about was not King Yu's concubine. He was not the emperor at the moment, so it was naturally impossible for him to make the concubine the queen.
Emperor Jiajing has stopped appointing queens for a long time, so the queen mentioned here is actually the queen appointed by Emperor Jiajing before and the mother-in-law of King Yu.
Before the edict of enthronement was officially issued, King Yu was still King Yu, not the emperor.
“Yes.”
Wang Yu nodded and said after reading the notes.
Immediately, Wei Guangde handed the note recording the auspicious time calculated by Qin Tian Jian to King Yu, "In addition to Chou hour, Qin Tian Jian also calculated that Chen hour and Noon hour are both auspicious times. Please choose the time."< br>
“Just noon.”
King Yu didn't think much about it. The noon hour ranked second. The first hour of Chou couldn't be used, so he used the second hour.
His idea is still very simple.
(End of this chapter)