Chapter 226 The Crowning Ceremony of the Second Crown
The auspicious day to observe in the sky is incense. Emperor Jiajing only took one look and felt that this auspicious day was extremely good, much better than the hereditary gangsters in Qintianjian.
So, after getting the auspicious day for observing the sky, Emperor Jiajing immediately ordered the Ministry of Rites to prepare for the second crown ceremony in Wuying Hall.
Xu Jie, who also served as the Minister of Rites, was extremely excited after receiving the imperial edict.
Although this crowning ceremony was prepared for the two princes at the same time, in the hearts of Xu Jie and others, this crowning ceremony actually meant Prince Yu's coming of age.
The adult King Yu can no longer be regarded as a child, so he can legitimately go out to study and receive serious Confucian education.
At that time, there is a high probability that he will be officially appointed by Emperor Jiajing as Prince Yu's mentor.
So, regarding the decree of the Second Crown Ceremony, Xu Jie was even more excited than Zhu Zaijing and Zhu Zaizhen who were crowned.
Unfortunately, sometimes the Jiajing Emperor just didn't like to take the usual path.
In Emperor Jiajing's inner plan, he never thought of appointing a formal tutor for Zhu Zaijing or Zhu Zaizhen.
Because in the opinion of Emperor Jiajing, the political signal of formally appointing a tutor to the prince was too strong, and it might lead to a group of people openly surrounding the prince in advance, surrounding the originally innocent prince and getting involved in cruelty. in the political struggle.
And Emperor Jiajing was very touched by this matter.
For example, Xia Yan, the husband of Prince Zhuang Jing of Emperor Jiajing, died suddenly two years ago.
Xia Yangui was the chief minister of the cabinet at that time, and Emperor Jiajing appointed him as the crown prince’s official teacher. It can be said that this favor was extremely grand.
But how did Xia Yan repay Emperor Jiajing? Relying on the fact that he was the chief minister of the cabinet and the prince's teacher, he always put forward different views and opinions on the national policies or political affairs that Emperor Jiajing had affirmed.
As a result, Emperor Jiajing's authority was naturally greatly challenged, so Emperor Jiajing had the mentality to condone Yan Song's challenge to Xia Yan's status.
And after Xia Yan was defeated by Yan Song, in order to prevent Xia Yan from resurrecting by taking advantage of the prince's power, he continued to interfere in the affairs of the court. Therefore, Emperor Jiajing, fueled by various reasons, treated Xia Yan painfully. Kill him so that he will never have the chance to take advantage of the situation and return.
But what worried Emperor Jiajing even more was that the prince died.
So, with these lessons learned, Emperor Jiajing will never appoint a formal mentor for Zhu Zaijing or Zhu Zaizhen who will hold the crown ceremony.
Therefore, Xu Jie's beautiful thoughts are destined to not come true. He still has no chance to be blessed by the aura of the prince's master or the future emperor's master.
Three days later, all preparations for the crowning ceremony were made in front of Wuying Hall.
Zhu Zaijing is also waiting for the arrival of this crowning ceremony with some curiosity and expectation.
To be honest, Zhu Zaijing, who has lived for two generations, has not experienced the so-called adult etiquette.
The adult moment that excited him before he traveled through time was that he could openly enter an Internet cafe with his ID card.
So, now that he is finally about to experience such a formal and grand crowning ceremony, if Zhu Zaijing is not excited, it would be false.
Meng Chong carefully arranged Zhu Zaijing's clothes and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, I really didn't expect this day to come so soon."
Zhu Zaijing looked at Meng Chong's excited look. , he laughed and joked: "Listening to your tone, it seems a bit early?"
Meng Chong quickly explained: "No, no, no, I didn't mean this, I was just surprised and excited. The prince can successfully crown himself as an adult."
Zhu Zaijing also sighed, "Yes, even I didn't expect it, it was just like a dream." After sighing, Zhu Zaijing moved again. He moved his body. Today's crowning ceremony was very important. He had to change several sets of clothes and crowns with his good brother Zhu Zaizhen in front of Wuying Hall to complete this crowning ceremony.
Therefore, even if Zhu Zaijing tried hard to calm down at this time, his body could not help but feel excited and wanted to move.
Meng Chong carefully pulled the folds of Zhu Zaijing's clothes, and then said: "Your Majesty is already well, we can set off at any time."
Zhu Zaijing snorted. , "Okay, let's go!"
At this time, officials from the Ministry of Rites were also waiting for Zhu Zaijing to appear in the front hall of the palace.
When Zhu Zaijing appeared, these officials from the Ministry of Rites immediately bowed to Zhu Zaijing and said, "I will pay my respects to the prince."
Zhu Zaijing looked at these officials from the Ministry of Rites and smiled slightly. He raised his hands in a very stylish manner and said, "Thank you for your hard work." Duties that should be fulfilled. "
After a few words of greetings with the officials of the Ministry of Rites, Zhu Zaijing was guided by these officials to the prince's ceremonial guard that had been prepared in front of the palace.
Then, under Meng Chong's personal attention, he stepped over the railing of a prince's sedan that was carried by thirty-two people, and sat in the sedan.
Just after Zhu Zaijing sat firmly, Meng Chong came to the sedan and sang: "Get up!"
Then a majestic guard of honor for the prince, surrounded by a group of palace guards, headed towards the Forbidden City not far from the palace.
At the same time, Zhu Zaizhen's honor guard also set off at this time, following Zhu Zaijing's honor guard.
Zhu Zaijing was sitting in this prince-regulated sedan chair, which was carried by thirty-two people, feeling incomprehensible.
It’s a bit embarrassing to say that Zhu Zaijing, who has traveled through time for two years, actually sat in a sedan chair for the first time.
Originally, Zhu Zaijing thought that the sedan would bounce rhythmically, but after he got on it, he realized that the sedan was really stable, and it could be said that it could not move horizontally.
No wonder those officials prefer to ride in sedans instead of faster carriages.
It turns out that apart from enjoying the feeling of being lifted up and superior to others, the experience of this sedan chair is not very pleasant at all.
Especially for officials who have reached a certain level of rank and status, their sedans will not only have a lot of bearers, but the space inside the sedan will also be very large and comfortable. It is not like in the TV series, only A space just big enough for one person to sit down.
This shows how low-level the sedan chair in the TV series is, and is not worthy of the status of ancient nobles and high-ranking officials.
Not only can people sit in their sedan chairs, but they can also carry out other activities.
For example, reading a book, writing, driving a car...it's all no problem.
Of course, only relatives of the emperor and some very high-ranking officials are eligible to enjoy this spacious sedan.
Even if ordinary people can ride in sedan chairs, they are actually just small sedans carried by four or two people.
So, the sedan like the one Zhu Zaijing is sitting on now has very high regulations, second only to the emperor. 108 people carried a luxury sedan like a RV.
(End of this chapter)