"I have been in power for twenty years and have been destroyed by the world. Fortunately, I rely on the spirit of my ancestors to survive in danger. However, I look up to the sky and observe the people's hearts. After the number of the spirits ends, my fortune depends on the prince. In the past, the king has established the achievements of the gods and martial arts, and now the king has bright virtues to meet his expectations. This is a clear and clear sentence, and it is clear that it is known. In the great way, the world is the public, and the wise and capable, so Tang Yao did not take personal attention to his son, but his reputation spreads to infinite. I envy him and admire him. Now he follows the Yao dictionary, and now he is at the crown prince. From now on, the crown prince will ascend the throne!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the ministers were upset!

That's it, passed the throne?

You must not visit the ancestral temple and then worship the gods? Of course you must worship the ancestors, and of course you must worship the heavens. However, Emperor Chongzhen chose to give up the edict and read it out of the dynasty.

The ministers were stunned. This time, they knelt down one after another. They were still the same long discussion, long live the prosperity of the Spring and Autumn Period, and they will not be busy passing the throne.

Chongzhen was unmoved: "I have decided my will and cannot persuade me again. The crown prince is brave and courageous, and he will report to the people of the country to the peace and prosperity of the world. I will voluntarily return to government and retire and live my life."

In fact, the ministers were obviously not as enthusiastic as before. Most of them were perfunctory and polite words to Emperor Chongzhen when they said that the Emperor was in full swing. Nowadays, the ministers are eager to ascend Zhu Cilang to the throne.

No one doubts the ability of the Crown Prince Zhu Cilang. Zhu Cilang dare not say that he is comparable to Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, at least not inferior to Emperor Chengzu Zhu Di.

Not only the court, but also the people hope that this prince who could bring them hope could bring the Ming Dynasty into a prosperous dynasty, a dynasty with strong military and prosperous economy.

Emperor Chongzhen read out the order, and Zhu Cilang of course had to be humble and dissatisfied. However, Zhu Cilang did not sincerely refuse this time. He also felt that it would be inappropriate to hand over the world to my father.

Although Emperor Chongzhen had changed a lot, he still had his own limitations in his vision. Instead of doing this, it would be better to make himself the emperor and make great reforms. I dare not say anything else, Zhu Cilang can guarantee that no one will be the opponent of the Ming Dynasty within three hundred years.

The military is as powerful as the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and eventually it will be destroyed and civil strife. The wealth is as prosperous as the Song Dynasty, and it will be destroyed and alien races. Only when one is strong can the country be permanent.

These are all lessons from the past. The Song Dynasty was so rich. The taxes once reached hundreds of millions of taels of silver. How rich were there in the Qingming Festival. But a country was too lenient and the development of a free economy made everyone forget the importance of military preparation from top to bottom.

The military preparations were slackened and were eventually destroyed by the Jin people. In the prosperous Bianjing, it was just a flash in the pan.

This is also true for the Ming Dynasty. During the Jisi change, Huangtai Ji's troops were at the city. The Ming army defending the capital was also weak in military preparations. At any time, the military strength could not be relaxed.

It was the day of passing the throne, and it was coming soon. According to the rules, Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict to pass the throne. Zhu Cilang wanted to resign again and again, and it was time to test his acting skills.

"I would like to ask the Crown Prince to inherit the Great Bao, and I will loyally support the Crown Prince to take charge of the universe. I would also like to ask your Highness to ascend the throne as the king, and we will be the auxiliary ministers."

Zhu Cilang covered his face with his sleeves and cried bitterly: "I can't do it, and I can't do it. The father of the native palace is in his prime and is the lord of the emperor. When I am young and beautiful, how can I bear the great responsibility?"

The ministers knelt down: "If His Highness the Crown Prince does not ascend the throne, I will not be able to kneel down for a long time."

Zhu Cilang waved his hand: "No, you are trapping me and injustice. We will discuss this matter later, and discuss it later."

"I would like to ask His Highness the Crown Prince to ascend the throne as emperor. I will do good deeds from the monarch and ministers. Long live, long live!"

Zhu Cilang sighed: "Forget it, you always force me to do things that I don't want to do. What's the point of this emperor? You have to force me to come up."

Zhu Cilang decided to ascend the throne, and then the ministers breathed a sigh of relief. Then, they knelt down and bowed together: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Well, why are there such nonsense rules? I know when it was passed down. Any emperor who abdicated the throne and ascended the throne must resign again and again according to the process.

Even if you are rebelling and forcing others to abdicate, you have to resign repeatedly and refuse three times in a row. The ministers advised him three times, and then you said "reluctantly": It was all your forced, you forced him.

I don’t want to be this emperor, I don’t want to do it at all. Why do you have to force each other? You are trapping me and injustice.

There are probably two ways to end the ancient dynasty. One is to be violently overthrown, such as the Qin Dynasty; the second is to be usurped by powerful ministers, and the emperor was forced to "abdicate" the throne, such as the Han and Wei. The emperors who abdicated were all puppet emperors, and their orders were hung on their hands. They were trembling as emperors. When they were finally forced to abdicate the throne, the abdication edict was also extremely bitter. These edicts were also the last imperial edict of the emperor. The first in the edict was to say that they were incompetent and that the dynasty was exhausted; the second was to praise the throne who was wise and powerful, and they were deeply loved by the people, so they should ascend to the throne; the third was to emphasize that the destiny of heaven was impermanent, the king's power was granted by heaven, and the will of heaven should not be disobeyed; the last was to pull out the ancient wise kings, Yao and Shun, indicating that abdication was to imitate the ancestors.

It is said that after Emperor Xuan of Zhou died of illness, Emperor Jing of Zhou was young and was regent from the father-in-law Yang Jian and took control of the power of the court. Later, Yuchi Jiong and others rebelled, but Yang Jian was suppressed.

Emperor Jing "appointed" Prime Minister Yang Jian as prime minister, promoted him to the title of King Sui, and gave him supreme power: to rule over all officials and the prime minister's state affairs. In order to make the play more realistic, he also "equipped the ceremony of the Nine Tin" to invite Yang Jian to take office.

At this time, all the "country-stealers" would choose to be humble with retreating to advance. Yang Jian was a wise man, so he was no exception. He declined on the grounds that he "dare not to be aware of it", saying that he could only accept the title of the king. Yang Jian was humble, and Emperor Jing of Zhou insisted. After a few rounds, Yang Jian finally "has no choice" to accept the title of the prime minister.

Emperor Zhou Jing was a smart man. Of course, he knew that Yang Jian’s ambition was not just as simple as the “prime minister”, but the ultimate goal was the “emperor”. So Emperor Zhou Jing requested three times, Yang Jian refused three times, and the last time, he finally got what he wanted.

The same trick was played by Li Yuan, the Emperor Gaozu of Tang. Li Yuan attacked Chang'an, the capital of the Sui Dynasty, supported the puppet emperor Yang You ascended the throne, and respected Emperor Yang of Sui as the supreme emperor. In March of the second year of Yining, Yang You and Li Yuan Yaozun's supreme emperor Yang Guang were killed in Jiangdu. Yang Guang was Li Yuan's cousin, and they grew up together since childhood. The news came to Chang'an, and Li Yuan cried and cried very sadly.

Later, Li Yuan wanted to do it himself, so Yang You could only cooperate with Li Yuan to act. According to the ancient etiquette of abdication, Yang You issued three edicts to ask Li Yuan to accept the abdication and ascend the throne to the emperor.

According to the ancient etiquette of receiving Zen, Li Yuan refused three times and expressed his unwillingness to accept abdication. King Cao Pi of Wei had played this trick of bowing and giving up, while King Sima Yan of Jin had played it. Emperor Taizu of Song Zhao Kuangyin also played it.
Chapter completed!