Eight hundred and twentieth eighth chapter Fengtian
According to etiquette, the emperor must enter from the Ming Gate to Fengtian Hall when he enters Beijing, which represents the emperor's supreme power and majesty.
In history, there was a major incident in the Jiajing Dynasty for this matter. This was a famous ritual event.
However, Zhu Yicheng is different. Because he did not ascend the throne, but was from Nanjing to Beijing, so there was a debate on how to go on this road. Some proposed to follow the emperor's return ceremony, but some also believed that he should still follow the path of ascension. Some even made a very complicated route to please Zhu Yicheng. These were finally sent to Zhu Yicheng and he decided.
Zhu Yicheng finally chose the route from the Daming Gate to the Fengtian Palace. As for other etiquette, he directly removed the messy things and kept only the most basic ones. Zhu Yicheng didn't want to let himself suffer. Who dared not listen to his words? Besides, Liao Huanzhi also understood Zhu Yicheng's temper and immediately did it according to the emperor's request.
As for Fengtian Hall, this hall was renamed Huangji Hall after Jiajing. Later, after the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, it was changed to Taihe Hall, which was one of the three main halls of the palace.
After Sun Jiagan arrived in Beijing, he began to re-adjust the palace. The so-called Palace of Supreme Harmony naturally had to be changed back, but Zhu Yicheng still decided how to change it.
In response to this, Zhu Yicheng decided to change it to Fengtian Palace after considering it. This reason is very simple, because Zhu Yicheng felt that although there was a Zhongsheng reform during the Wanli period, the Ming Dynasty after Jiajing had gradually declined from the perspective of the overall perspective. Therefore, there were many debates about the fall of the Ming Dynasty in later generations. Some believed that the fall of the Ming Dynasty was in Wanli, but some people suggested that the fall of the Ming Dynasty actually fell in Jiajing.
No matter what, it is an indisputable fact that Jiajing will decline before tomorrow, so Zhu Yicheng felt that the Huangji Palace changed its name by Jiajing was unlucky. Furthermore, the Fengtian Palace is better in both its name and its momentum and meaning, so Zhu Yicheng naturally made the decision.
After entering the palace gate, the palace was located inside. At this time, Zhu Yicheng no longer needed to sit in the imperial car. He lifted the curtain and walked out of the car directly, stood on the small platform in front of the car, looking at the surrounding scenery.
What was presented to him was a different palace, solemn and energetic, which was completely different from the feeling of visiting the Forbidden City in later generations. Looking around, it made me feel awe and extraordinary demeanor.
What satisfied Zhu Yicheng was that Sun Jiagan's renovation was very suitable for his appetite. After removing the messy Manchu texts and the decorations of foreign races, the overall palace made Zhu Yicheng feel friendly. Looking at all this, he nodded slightly. Sun Jiagan was indeed a difficult minister to do things, and putting him in Shuntian Mansion was the right way.
When he arrived at Fengtian Hall, Zhu Yicheng got out of the car and stepped up the stairs. Behind him were all officials followed, with eunuchs and generals on both sides.
Zhu Yicheng did not walk fast, but his steps were extremely steady. He finally stood at the gate of the hall. At this moment, he took a deep breath and looked ahead. Between the golden pillars in front of him, on the high platform, there was a throne of the emperor that symbolized the rule of all people and the supreme authority - a large carved dragon and gold-painted chair.
This throne is still the relic of Jiajing back then. Later, after several emperors, it was not until Li Zicheng entered Beijing that he changed his master.
Li Zicheng sat on this chair for a few days and went out to Shanhaiguan, then returned in a stone battle and fled back. After escaping, Li Zicheng did not stay in Beijing for a long time, and soon fled Beijing with his subordinates, resulting in its owner being replaced by the Qing Dynasty, which was Shunzhi.
After Shunzhi, Kangxi ascended the throne and sat on this chair for fifty years. It was not until the Ming army captured Beijing and drove away the Qing court that it once again returned to its real master.
Looking at this throne, Zhu Yicheng felt mixed feelings for a moment. The hardships over the years passed by him. Then he seemed to see the appearance of everyone who had once sat on it, especially the former Ming emperors: Jiajing, Longqing, Wanli, Taichang, Tianqi, Chongzhen and others. It seemed that they were looking at themselves, with smiles and expectations in their faces...
At this time, Zhu Yicheng made a surprising move. Zhu Yicheng, who walked into the hall, suddenly tidied up his clothes, then knelt down to the large gold-painted chair of the carved dragon, and then performed the ceremony of three bows and nine kowtows.
The ministers outside the hall were shocked, and many people couldn't figure out what Zhu Yicheng was going to do. Liao Huanzhi was the first to react, and quickly sang and shouted, then the leader knelt down and followed the emperor to take a big gift.
After a while, Zhu Yicheng stood up. At this time, he smiled and walked forward with a meteor, climbed directly to the platform, spread his sleeves and sat steadily on the throne.
At this moment, the ministers continued to bow three times and nine times to Zhu Yicheng under the leadership of Liao Huan, and at the same time shouted long live the mountain.
"The ministers are flat..." Zhu Yicheng's voice echoed in the hall, and then the officials entered the hall one by one in order, divided into civil and military officials standing in two rows in the hall.
"I feel mixed feelings in my heart today." On the throne, Zhu Yicheng's voice came slowly: "Eight years ago, Manyi stole the authority of China, disrupted our traditions, and destroyed our country. At that time, I was only a descendant of the devastated country, hidden among the people, and was in panic all day long. I was forced by Manyi to hide my surname."
"Heaven has virtue. Taizu once said that ancient times: "The barbarians have no fortune for a hundred years." It is proved today, and it is not wrong to believe it. He also said: At this time, the heavens are circulating and the Central Plains are prosperous. Among the hundreds of millions of dollars, a saint will be born to drive away the barbarians, restore China, establish a guide and a record, and save the people."
"I have raised an army from the people and received help from Ningbo. Later, I followed Taizu's Jinling as the foundation, fearful and careful management. In the end, the way of heaven is in my Ming Dynasty. Now that I have expelled Manyi, restored Shenzhou, and returned to my old capital, it is my blessing for my Ming Dynasty and my China. God has eyes, the kindness of our ancestors, and the hearts of all the people should be in accordance with the will of heaven..."
Zhu Yicheng's words were heard word by word, and all the ministers present heard it, and their eyes were filled with tears. Especially those important officials who had followed Zhu Yicheng to conquer the world from the beginning, they even remembered the hardships that had been going on along the way. Now the Ming Dynasty is still in Beijing, and the emperor is sitting high in Fengtian Hall, which proves that the Ming Dynasty is the lord of the world.
Chapter completed!