April gradually passed, and the court was shrouded in a decadent atmosphere. The emperor was unable to effectively handle the government affairs. Fortunately, a group of important officials were in the court and allowed the state machinery to operate step by step.
One day, Zhang Ning was on duty at the ritual office when he suddenly heard the sound of bells coming from the direction of the imperial city. It was abnormal when the bells rang at this time. He immediately put down his brush and listened carefully.
After a while, almost all of my colleagues stopped working and everyone paid attention.
There may be many people speculating: The emperor has passed away?
Because there have been rumors that the dragon body is not safe since last month, and the bell rings near noon, people inevitably have this guess.
There were many discussions in the yamen, but they didn't leave their place.
Sure enough, after waiting for a while, the Department of Etiquette came to send a message: The Emperor passed away.Lu Butang Order: The sixth rank and above Beijing officials went home to change their clothes, and then went to the Imperial Gate to discuss matters.
After Zhang Ning got the news, he hurriedly found his groom and asked him to rush back and ask his family to send Ma Xiao clothes to the door of the Ministry of Rites.
It is a big deal to die suddenly, but it is not the turn of Zhang Ning to worry about it for the time being. Now, just when the officials above are worried, Zhang Ning doesn’t have to panic, just follow the rules and deal with it.
As for the thing I had been worried about: the attitude of the prince Zhu Zhanji towards the remains of Jianwen after he ascended the throne.
It is too early now. At least we have to wait for the successful handover of the imperial power to be completed. Who has the heart to take care of other things now?
In addition, Zhang Ning secretly felt that the King of Han in Yong'an had become a big problem again. Will that guy learn from his father Zhu Di to take the opportunity to raise an army to seize the throne?
In the past, it seemed that the battle between him and Emperor Hong Xi was already desperate; but now Emperor Hong Xi died too suddenly, and it was obvious that the court was not prepared enough, and the prince could not ascend the throne immediately, which created another opportunity for the King of Han.
It can be seen that sometimes someone’s seemingly settled situation may turn around by chance, and Zhang Ning feels that the Han King has a great chance now.
No matter how the King of Han was defeated in the past, now he only needs to find a way to kill Prince Zhu Zhanji before ascending the throne. With the three guards he held as the prince, he is fully qualified to compete for the throne and has a great chance of winning.
As a member of Yang Shiqi's camp, Zhang Ning and many others certainly did not want to see the King of Han rise up. Putting aside the righteousness, it is also harmful to their own interests.
However, Zhang Ning roughly understands history. In the Ming Dynasty, there was no vassal king who had succeeded in rebellion. Therefore, the Han King was destined to not seize this opportunity in history. Even if the butterfly effect may be produced, it still requires time and space conditions. Zhang Ning felt that so far, it had not reached the level of affecting the historical process. He had only become a fifth-rank official with a title. What energy has affected the fate of the empire?
So Zhang Ning was not very worried, but Yang Shiqi and other ministers must be worried at this moment.
After the family brought clothes, Zhang Ning put on mourning clothes and followed the officials of the Ministry of Rites to the imperial city, rushing to Fengtian Gate where the ministers usually attend court.
Because Zhang Ning's grade is not qualified to be a morning court, and he has never attended any ceremony in Beijing. Apart from visiting the Forbidden City in his previous life, this place is really the first time I have come back.
The corridor outside Fengtian Gate is like a tunnel, and the light for most of the day is not very good; as soon as you pass the corridor, a wide square, a white marble road and a magnificent palace suddenly appeared in front of you, which was really a bit shocking.
Zhang Ning felt that the engineer who built the Forbidden City a few years ago must have done it on purpose.
A large group of officials wearing mourning clothes walked towards the Jinshui Bridge in front of Taihe Gate. There were five bridges in total, and no one walked in between. Everyone walked around the four Bin Bridges on both sides.
There are a group of loyal ministers and filial sons, but no one cried at this time, because it is not yet time, and you have to cry if you don’t cry when you hold some etiquette...
In fact, whether the ministers cry or not does not mean the relationship problem. Zhang Ning really doesn’t believe how sad the emperor is when he dies. It can be said that 99% of the crying are pretending; it may be true that worrying about the transfer of power affects national stability.
However, many of the concubines in the harem were really crying, not crying at the emperor, but crying at myself.
The Ming Dynasty concubines who had no children were to be buried with him. At the time of Yongle's death, dozens of concubines were killed and loyal. Now Emperor Hongxi is dead. He plays with women all day long during his lifetime. It is estimated that there are only a lot of women buried with him than Emperor Yongle. Moreover, he has been emperor for less than a year. Some concubines have to die with him soon after they were given the title. They are really in a loss. How can they not cry?
Zhang Ning and his colleagues from the Ministry of Rites entered Fengtian Gate and stood there for a long time. Other officials arrived one after another and stood in front and back.
There is a throne inside Fengtian Gate, which is the place where the emperor governs the government, but naturally no one will sit on the throne now.
Yang Shiqi looked at the imperial throne above intentionally or unintentionally, with a little melancholy in his eyes.
At this time, some eunuch palace maids came from the back of Fengtian Gate. Zhang Ning unexpectedly discovered that his fellow villager Wang Zhen was inside, just behind Wang Gou'er.
Wang Gou'er took his men to Yang Shiqi, Lu Zhen, Xia Yuanji and other important officials to greet him. Yang Shiqi asked bluntly: When the emperor passed away, it was Eunuch Wang who was in front of him?
Yes, the emperor just said he wanted to see the minister, and our family hurriedly sent someone out of the palace to spread the imperial edict, but unexpectedly it was too late.Wang Gou'er said while doing tears.
Yang Shiqi asked again: Does the emperor have a last order?
The two of them asked questions and answered them one by one, and it took a moment to recall: This is not a general question and answer, it is clearly an extremely important part of completing the process of power alternation.
Otherwise, what would you do if you gather so many officials?
It is to justify who will be the legitimate emperor.
As long as Wang Gou'er's mind is not bad, he will only have one answer to Yang Shiqi's question. He said: The emperor said he would recall the prince to the capital to succeed the throne.
Regardless of whether Emperor Hong Xi had any last orders before his death, he was right at this time. Will the prince still hold him to falsely pass the imperial edict after he ascended the throne?
Of course, if the King of Han ascended the throne, he would not care whether Emperor Hongxi had his last words. Wang Gou'er confirmed that it would be a false edict.
There was a clear expression of breathing a sigh of relief on Yang Shiqi's old face. Lu Zhen, who was beside him, immediately said: The prince is still in Nanjing, and he should immediately draw up an edict according to the emperor's wishes, send someone to send him over, and then welcome the prince back to the capital to preside over the state affairs.
What Mr. Lu said was extremely true.Yang Shiqi nodded and said, before the prince returned to the capital, all major issues would be discussed by the cabinet and the six ministers.
Now everyone is thinking about the prince coming back quickly, and everything else is secondary.
Without waiting for other officials to speak, Lu Zhen said anxiously: Who would like to go to Nanjing to preach an imperial edict?
Although the overall situation is at a critical moment, Lu Zhen still takes into account his selfishness: as I just discussed, sending people to Nanjing is actually doing two things, one is to pass on the will and the other is to welcome the crown prince; and he emphasized the issue of passing on theills, and anyone can do it as long as he receives the imperial edict.
Lu Zhen said this, although he didn't look at his sn in law Zhang He, but Zhang He was waiting for it, and then he immediately agreed as a member of the decision-making center. Most other people would not be entangled at such a moment.
Unexpectedly, Zhang He was stunned and did not stand up immediately.
Zhang Ning immediately recalled that he had never heard Yang Shiqi mention this. In the past, his attention was mostly about his life experience, and he never thought about it.
But when things came to an end, he quickly understood: for middle and lower-level officials, this job is definitely an opportunity that is rare in every generation, and it is a merit of support!
But the risks are also very high, and it is a matter of holding your head in front of you.
People don’t say much on the surface, but who can ignore the King of Han at the moment?
Now when you go to pick up the prince, you may be ambushed by the King of Han on the road, and the possibility of losing your life is very high. For middle and lower-level officials who do not have the power, who is the emperor himself is not an official? Will the King of Han have to kill all the civil and military officials in the court after becoming the emperor?
No wonder Zhang He was slow to react, this guy was afraid of death!
Zhang Ning was not afraid, not because he was not afraid of death, but because he knew that the King of Han would not succeed. For him, the psychological risks he suffered were much smaller.
He came back and was about to come forward to volunteer, but as soon as he raised his feet, he heard a voice saying: Yang Lin, the chief minister of the official household registration, is willing to receive the order to go.
Dear Ah!
Some people actually react faster than themselves.
It turned out to be that fellow villager Yang Sihai, who passed the Jinshi last year and became a member of the household registration department for one year. Zhang Ning had a meal with him when he first came to Beijing and rarely had any contact with him.
Since someone had already taken the lead, Zhang Ning observed that Zhang He was ready to move, so he decided to calm down first and wait for the initiative to take action.
As expected, Zhang He finally stood up: Let the officials go.
Zhang Ning was happy to see this, now it's time.The two of them volunteered, but now there is no arbitrary emperor. As Yang Shiqi said, everything is discussed, and once the water is in chaos, there will be an advantage of being a latecomer.
At this time, he stood up calmly and said: As an official of the Ministry of Rites and Etiquette Department, Zhang, how can he shirk his responsibilities to others when he welcomes the prince’s duties?
Yang Shiqi nodded, looked back at Lu Zhen and Yang Rong and other ministers, and said in a controversial tone: Without further ado, what if Zhang Ning, the head of the Ministry of Rites, went to Nanjing to welcome the prince?
Speaking of this, everyone is a identifiable official who is not the unreasonable person, so they all agree.
Yang Shiqi said skillfully: The officials of the Hanlin Academy go to draft the will. Zhang Ning, you go back first to prepare the seal, horses and other items. When you go to the Meridian Gate to get the will and set off as soon as possible.
The officials received the order.
Zhang Ning bowed his fists and bowed slightly to Yang Sihai, saying to himself: I admire your insight and thinking speed, but unfortunately, there is no one above you, so if you lose, you will lose here.
Brother Sihai, don’t be dissatisfied. I’m not born with a background. Who can you blame if you don’t hold your thighs?
The worst one is Zhang He.
Zhang Ning vaguely felt from Lu Zhen's words and deeds that they might have discussed it earlier. Zhang He had the most initiative and background, and he had everything, but he missed the opportunity in the moment of hesitation, and opportunities were always fleeting.
One day, Zhang Ning was on duty at the ritual office when he suddenly heard the sound of bells coming from the direction of the imperial city. It was abnormal when the bells rang at this time. He immediately put down his brush and listened carefully.
After a while, almost all of my colleagues stopped working and everyone paid attention.
There may be many people speculating: The emperor has passed away?
Because there have been rumors that the dragon body is not safe since last month, and the bell rings near noon, people inevitably have this guess.
There were many discussions in the yamen, but they didn't leave their place.
Sure enough, after waiting for a while, the Department of Etiquette came to send a message: The Emperor passed away.Lu Butang Order: The sixth rank and above Beijing officials went home to change their clothes, and then went to the Imperial Gate to discuss matters.
After Zhang Ning got the news, he hurriedly found his groom and asked him to rush back and ask his family to send Ma Xiao clothes to the door of the Ministry of Rites.
It is a big deal to die suddenly, but it is not the turn of Zhang Ning to worry about it for the time being. Now, just when the officials above are worried, Zhang Ning doesn’t have to panic, just follow the rules and deal with it.
As for the thing I had been worried about: the attitude of the prince Zhu Zhanji towards the remains of Jianwen after he ascended the throne.
It is too early now. At least we have to wait for the successful handover of the imperial power to be completed. Who has the heart to take care of other things now?
In addition, Zhang Ning secretly felt that the King of Han in Yong'an had become a big problem again. Will that guy learn from his father Zhu Di to take the opportunity to raise an army to seize the throne?
In the past, it seemed that the battle between him and Emperor Hong Xi was already desperate; but now Emperor Hong Xi died too suddenly, and it was obvious that the court was not prepared enough, and the prince could not ascend the throne immediately, which created another opportunity for the King of Han.
It can be seen that sometimes someone’s seemingly settled situation may turn around by chance, and Zhang Ning feels that the Han King has a great chance now.
No matter how the King of Han was defeated in the past, now he only needs to find a way to kill Prince Zhu Zhanji before ascending the throne. With the three guards he held as the prince, he is fully qualified to compete for the throne and has a great chance of winning.
As a member of Yang Shiqi's camp, Zhang Ning and many others certainly did not want to see the King of Han rise up. Putting aside the righteousness, it is also harmful to their own interests.
However, Zhang Ning roughly understands history. In the Ming Dynasty, there was no vassal king who had succeeded in rebellion. Therefore, the Han King was destined to not seize this opportunity in history. Even if the butterfly effect may be produced, it still requires time and space conditions. Zhang Ning felt that so far, it had not reached the level of affecting the historical process. He had only become a fifth-rank official with a title. What energy has affected the fate of the empire?
So Zhang Ning was not very worried, but Yang Shiqi and other ministers must be worried at this moment.
After the family brought clothes, Zhang Ning put on mourning clothes and followed the officials of the Ministry of Rites to the imperial city, rushing to Fengtian Gate where the ministers usually attend court.
Because Zhang Ning's grade is not qualified to be a morning court, and he has never attended any ceremony in Beijing. Apart from visiting the Forbidden City in his previous life, this place is really the first time I have come back.
The corridor outside Fengtian Gate is like a tunnel, and the light for most of the day is not very good; as soon as you pass the corridor, a wide square, a white marble road and a magnificent palace suddenly appeared in front of you, which was really a bit shocking.
Zhang Ning felt that the engineer who built the Forbidden City a few years ago must have done it on purpose.
A large group of officials wearing mourning clothes walked towards the Jinshui Bridge in front of Taihe Gate. There were five bridges in total, and no one walked in between. Everyone walked around the four Bin Bridges on both sides.
There are a group of loyal ministers and filial sons, but no one cried at this time, because it is not yet time, and you have to cry if you don’t cry when you hold some etiquette...
In fact, whether the ministers cry or not does not mean the relationship problem. Zhang Ning really doesn’t believe how sad the emperor is when he dies. It can be said that 99% of the crying are pretending; it may be true that worrying about the transfer of power affects national stability.
However, many of the concubines in the harem were really crying, not crying at the emperor, but crying at myself.
The Ming Dynasty concubines who had no children were to be buried with him. At the time of Yongle's death, dozens of concubines were killed and loyal. Now Emperor Hongxi is dead. He plays with women all day long during his lifetime. It is estimated that there are only a lot of women buried with him than Emperor Yongle. Moreover, he has been emperor for less than a year. Some concubines have to die with him soon after they were given the title. They are really in a loss. How can they not cry?
Zhang Ning and his colleagues from the Ministry of Rites entered Fengtian Gate and stood there for a long time. Other officials arrived one after another and stood in front and back.
There is a throne inside Fengtian Gate, which is the place where the emperor governs the government, but naturally no one will sit on the throne now.
Yang Shiqi looked at the imperial throne above intentionally or unintentionally, with a little melancholy in his eyes.
At this time, some eunuch palace maids came from the back of Fengtian Gate. Zhang Ning unexpectedly discovered that his fellow villager Wang Zhen was inside, just behind Wang Gou'er.
Wang Gou'er took his men to Yang Shiqi, Lu Zhen, Xia Yuanji and other important officials to greet him. Yang Shiqi asked bluntly: When the emperor passed away, it was Eunuch Wang who was in front of him?
Yes, the emperor just said he wanted to see the minister, and our family hurriedly sent someone out of the palace to spread the imperial edict, but unexpectedly it was too late.Wang Gou'er said while doing tears.
Yang Shiqi asked again: Does the emperor have a last order?
The two of them asked questions and answered them one by one, and it took a moment to recall: This is not a general question and answer, it is clearly an extremely important part of completing the process of power alternation.
Otherwise, what would you do if you gather so many officials?
It is to justify who will be the legitimate emperor.
As long as Wang Gou'er's mind is not bad, he will only have one answer to Yang Shiqi's question. He said: The emperor said he would recall the prince to the capital to succeed the throne.
Regardless of whether Emperor Hong Xi had any last orders before his death, he was right at this time. Will the prince still hold him to falsely pass the imperial edict after he ascended the throne?
Of course, if the King of Han ascended the throne, he would not care whether Emperor Hongxi had his last words. Wang Gou'er confirmed that it would be a false edict.
There was a clear expression of breathing a sigh of relief on Yang Shiqi's old face. Lu Zhen, who was beside him, immediately said: The prince is still in Nanjing, and he should immediately draw up an edict according to the emperor's wishes, send someone to send him over, and then welcome the prince back to the capital to preside over the state affairs.
What Mr. Lu said was extremely true.Yang Shiqi nodded and said, before the prince returned to the capital, all major issues would be discussed by the cabinet and the six ministers.
Now everyone is thinking about the prince coming back quickly, and everything else is secondary.
Without waiting for other officials to speak, Lu Zhen said anxiously: Who would like to go to Nanjing to preach an imperial edict?
Although the overall situation is at a critical moment, Lu Zhen still takes into account his selfishness: as I just discussed, sending people to Nanjing is actually doing two things, one is to pass on the will and the other is to welcome the crown prince; and he emphasized the issue of passing on theills, and anyone can do it as long as he receives the imperial edict.
Lu Zhen said this, although he didn't look at his sn in law Zhang He, but Zhang He was waiting for it, and then he immediately agreed as a member of the decision-making center. Most other people would not be entangled at such a moment.
Unexpectedly, Zhang He was stunned and did not stand up immediately.
Zhang Ning immediately recalled that he had never heard Yang Shiqi mention this. In the past, his attention was mostly about his life experience, and he never thought about it.
But when things came to an end, he quickly understood: for middle and lower-level officials, this job is definitely an opportunity that is rare in every generation, and it is a merit of support!
But the risks are also very high, and it is a matter of holding your head in front of you.
People don’t say much on the surface, but who can ignore the King of Han at the moment?
Now when you go to pick up the prince, you may be ambushed by the King of Han on the road, and the possibility of losing your life is very high. For middle and lower-level officials who do not have the power, who is the emperor himself is not an official? Will the King of Han have to kill all the civil and military officials in the court after becoming the emperor?
No wonder Zhang He was slow to react, this guy was afraid of death!
Zhang Ning was not afraid, not because he was not afraid of death, but because he knew that the King of Han would not succeed. For him, the psychological risks he suffered were much smaller.
He came back and was about to come forward to volunteer, but as soon as he raised his feet, he heard a voice saying: Yang Lin, the chief minister of the official household registration, is willing to receive the order to go.
Dear Ah!
Some people actually react faster than themselves.
It turned out to be that fellow villager Yang Sihai, who passed the Jinshi last year and became a member of the household registration department for one year. Zhang Ning had a meal with him when he first came to Beijing and rarely had any contact with him.
Since someone had already taken the lead, Zhang Ning observed that Zhang He was ready to move, so he decided to calm down first and wait for the initiative to take action.
As expected, Zhang He finally stood up: Let the officials go.
Zhang Ning was happy to see this, now it's time.The two of them volunteered, but now there is no arbitrary emperor. As Yang Shiqi said, everything is discussed, and once the water is in chaos, there will be an advantage of being a latecomer.
At this time, he stood up calmly and said: As an official of the Ministry of Rites and Etiquette Department, Zhang, how can he shirk his responsibilities to others when he welcomes the prince’s duties?
Yang Shiqi nodded, looked back at Lu Zhen and Yang Rong and other ministers, and said in a controversial tone: Without further ado, what if Zhang Ning, the head of the Ministry of Rites, went to Nanjing to welcome the prince?
Speaking of this, everyone is a identifiable official who is not the unreasonable person, so they all agree.
Yang Shiqi said skillfully: The officials of the Hanlin Academy go to draft the will. Zhang Ning, you go back first to prepare the seal, horses and other items. When you go to the Meridian Gate to get the will and set off as soon as possible.
The officials received the order.
Zhang Ning bowed his fists and bowed slightly to Yang Sihai, saying to himself: I admire your insight and thinking speed, but unfortunately, there is no one above you, so if you lose, you will lose here.
Brother Sihai, don’t be dissatisfied. I’m not born with a background. Who can you blame if you don’t hold your thighs?
The worst one is Zhang He.
Zhang Ning vaguely felt from Lu Zhen's words and deeds that they might have discussed it earlier. Zhang He had the most initiative and background, and he had everything, but he missed the opportunity in the moment of hesitation, and opportunities were always fleeting.
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