The capital was full of fog, and Guo Ming walked around. He had been hesitating for many days whether to write a letter to persuade the prince to join.

Guo Ming really wanted to discuss it with Xue Yan, the minister of Dali Temple, but Xue Yan was still in Annan Kingdom and could not contact him for a while. Moreover, when Guo Ming visited the Xue family, he accidentally heard something.

When Xue Yan, the Minister of Dali Temple, was arrested by Hu and almost killed Yu Qin Station. Later, Xue Yan called in public that he had an old age with the King of Han, which made the people of Hu feel that he was worthy and survived... The main event of Xue Yan's relationship with the King of Han was that the King of Han married Guo Wei, and Xue Yan was a matchmaker.

However, on the other hand, Empress Xu's imperial decree was obviously to help the crown prince clear his name. Guo Ming's wife was also a member of the Xu family, and Guo Ming had to consider a fact: the Xu family was between the crown prince and the King of Han, and the former was inclined.

Guo Ming was in a state of great anxiety and never dreamed that five or six years had passed by the "Jingnan Battle" and he had to face another choice.

Mrs. Xu saw it and said, "After all, Weier is the first wife of the King of Han, and speaking in front of the King of Han is more effective. Yan'er seems to be often suppressed by the Crown Princess in the East Palace, so her words may not be useful."

When Guo Ming heard this, he slapped his forehead and suddenly said, "I'm so anxious and confused. I didn't expect such a simple truth!"

He didn't think carefully about what his wife said, but one sentence reminded him, and he thought to himself: Even if the King of Han won in the future, Weier will be the first wife of the King of Han after all, and the Guo family can still rely on Weier to protect themselves and should be forgiven.

Guo Ming felt more and more that letting his two daughters marry the crown prince and the king of Han was the most wisest thing he had ever done in his life.

He hurriedly changed his official uniform and hurriedly went out to the imperial city. He sent the written form of persuasion to the Tongzheng Office in person. It seemed a bit late. The prince was about to ascend the throne today. However, as long as Guo Ming expressed his attitude, it would not matter if he was late...

It has been seven days since the day after the palace announced that Emperor Yongle passed away.

During these seven days, Gao Chi refused the ministers' advice three times in a row, and found all kinds of reasons, such as lack of talent, being too sad, etc. However, the ministers thought that he was too modest and sincerely persuaded him to ascend the throne. Gao Chi's rejection was not recognized by people, and he finally reluctantly agreed to be the emperor.

The place where Gao Chi agreed to be the emperor was in front of the coffin of the Qianqing Palace. The official throne ceremony will be held at Fengtian Gate and Fengtian Hall.

But Shangbaosi and Jiaofangsi have been preparing for the throne ceremony. The officials of Shangbaosi counted what they needed to ascend the throne day and night, and Jiaofangsi also rehearsed etiquette and singing and dancing.

Early in the morning, officials from the Ministry of Rites went to the Temple of Heaven in the southwest of the capital, the mountains and rivers outside Hongwu Gate, and the Taimiao in the imperial city to burn paper to tell the ancestors of heaven and earth that the new emperor on earth hoped to be recognized by the gods of heaven and earth and blessings from the spirit of ancestors in heaven.

Gao Chi was surrounded by a large group of eunuchs and palace maids. He first wore mourning clothes to the Qianqing Palace to worship Zhu Di. He knelt in front of the spiritual throne and silently recited in his heart: Although my son was in his heart before, he did feel a little resentful to his father, but the spirit of the father in heaven should know that your death really had nothing to do with his son!

After the worship, Gao Chi left Fengtian Hall and immediately changed into a dress. After taking off his mourning clothes, he directly put on the dragon robe that the emperor could only wear.

Then he came to Fengtian Gate, and the officials of the Honglu Temple knelt down and replied: "The civil and military ministers have arrived outside the Meridian Gate, and ask the emperor to pray to Fengtian Gate."

So Gao Chi followed the arrangement of the officials of the Honglu Temple and first walked around the Fengtian Gate and asked the officials to cast spells to let him communicate with the gods, and then returned to the Fengtian Hall. Among the dazzling ritual vessels, the people from the Jiaofangsi played grand rituals and music, and Gao Chi walked step by step to the throne above the Fengtian Hall.

A whip sounded outside the hall, and a large group of civil and military nobles entered the Fengtian Hall in order.

Gao Chi raised his back and looked at a large number of people kneeling on the ground in the hall. At this time, an official walked up and unfolded the imperial edict and said loudly:

"The emperor of the Heavenly Continuation, and the imperial edict said: I am the only one who is the heavenly consecrated the people, and the heavenly consecrated the monarchs, and benevolence and nuns, and all of them are in Taihe and rule the Chinese and foreigners. My former emperor is in charge of heaven and comforting the times, and his governance is higher than that of a hundred kings, and his literary virtues and martial arts are in the world..."

No matter how Gao Chi felt about the "Last Emperor", most of the words in his edict ascending the throne talked about the power of the predecessor, because when the officials wrote the edict, they believed that they should first repeatedly emphasize that Emperor Yongle should be good, and that Gao Chi was justified in inheriting the throne.

Officials from the Honglu Temple announced that the emperor would pardon the world and change the year name to Hong Xi the following year.

At this moment, the shouts of the officials suddenly came to him, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Everyone is flat." Zhu Gaochi said. For a moment, he was a little uncomfortable with saying this, but as soon as he sat in this position, he immediately got used to it and never wanted to come down again.

...A few days later, Zhu Gaochi sat on the chair in the East Warehouse Pavilion of the Ganqing Palace for the first time. Guo Zi, the Minister of Revenue, then met and whispered: "Marquis of Zhenyuan Gu Cheng made a quick report of 800 miles. He received a letter and deployed troops on the border of Guizhou. He detained more than a hundred guards of the Han King on the ground because the Han King had no official documents for the court. But the Han King was not in the guards!"

Although Guo Zi's voice was small, several former officials surnamed Yang in the East Palace stood beside the emperor, and they also heard these words. Yang Shiqi raised his head slightly, his eyes fainted, and his pupils also shrank.

Yang Shiqi didn't say anything, but his subtle actions had already revealed his thoughts: he had known that it was not so easy to stop King Han.

Yang Rong saw Yang Shiqi's expression, and Yang Rong hurriedly said, "The Emperor should immediately arrange it on three sides of Sichuan, Guizhou and Annan to block the King of Han in Yunnan. At the same time, he tried to let the Hou Musheng of Xiping go to Dali and drag the King of Han in Yunnan to move."

Jin Zhongdao: "I am following the discussion, but Zhang Fu and Mu Sheng's attitude are unclear. We should win over these two people first."

Yang Pu said, "The veteran Marquis of Zhenyuan (Gu Cheng) is a valiant general and guards Guizhou for many years. I believe that the order of Zhenyuan Marquis of Zhenyuan continues to be in Guizhou. The defense should be without any major obstacles based on the dangers of mountains and rivers. I recommend Xue Lu, the assistant general of the governor, to serve as the commander-in-chief of Sichuan, and Guo Butang also leads the governor of Sichuan."

Zhu Gaochi accepted advice and the crowd quickly formulated a strategy to deal with the King of Han. Everyone decided to suspend the construction of the imperial city in Peking, and postpone the relocation of the capital, and renamed the Beiping governor, who was also the Minister of Shangshu Guo Zi, to Sichuan governor.

Then, Zhu Gaochi considered that Xue Lu made many extraordinary achievements in the "Jingnan Campaign", and when he ascended the throne, he firmly stood on the side of the Eastern Palace. Zhu Gaochi discussed with the ministers, granted Xue Lu a marquis, gave him an additional official position, and gave him an iron coupon, and transferred him to Sichuan, serving as the commander-in-chief of Sichuan and the general of Sichuan.

At this time, Yang Shiqi spoke again: "I think that the first thing I do is to choose a minister to negotiate peace. After the Han King appears in Yunnan, I will immediately send him to stabilize the Han King and try my best to gain more time."

Zhu Gaochi thought about it and thought he was kind.

After the ministers discussed the matter, they withdrew from the East Nuan Pavilion one after another. The eunuch of the Silijian also sent the latest memorials in.

Zhu Gaochi stood up and turned straight to face the wall behind him. The eunuch Mengge bowed forward and silently opened the curtain. A huge map suddenly appeared on the wall.

Zhu Gaochi looked at the map that drew the surrounding countries for a long time, and finally said, "Take it, change to a more detailed map of the Ming Dynasty."

Brother Meng hurriedly said, "I obey the order."

At this time, the eunuch Hou Hai and the commander of the Jinyiwei Tan Qing, the two of them bowed to each other, "I will be ordered to meet you and bow to the emperor."

Zhu Gaochi waved his hand and asked Meng Ge to go out.

Haitao whispered in a low voice: "The emperor guessed right. The eunuchs around the late emperor did not know about the tunnel under Fengxian Hall before. I also asked clearly that before the Han King was vassalized in Yunnan, the late emperor had secretly ordered the Han King to investigate the whereabouts of Jianwen; so the Han King met with Empress Ma several times..."

Zhu Gaochi asked, "Where are she?"

Haitao said: "I used to be in the palace, but later, Jianwen and his son died, and she was sent to Fengyang to guard the tomb. Why don't I go and ask her about this?"

Zhu Gaochi stood by the wall and paced a few steps, waved his hand. Then he suddenly asked, "Wen Gui seems to be in Fengyang too?"

Haitao said with a blue face: "Yes. I understand."

Zhu Gaochi looked back at the two and said, "You two go to do it yourself, don't make the case."

...As soon as the emperor ascended the throne, he discussed matters with his ministers every day and worked very diligently. But at this time, the funeral of the late emperor was far from being completed, such as the concubines who were buried with him were still arranged.

The emperor did not ask about these things. It was originally done by Zhu Gaochi's mother, Xu, but Xu's condition has been getting worse and he can no longer get up. So the person who handled the matter was Zhu Gaochi's first wife, Zhang.

The late emperor had a total of three sons, all of whom were born to Xu. Other concubines and women who had been to the late emperor were all buried with them according to the rules!

The emperor and the concubines were in the same bed and the same cave when they were born. It was originally a very romantic thing, but the concubines of the late emperor seemed not happy. There were crying everywhere in the harem, and the women were crying loudly.

The concubines had to slaughter themselves in the palace first, and then bury them to the imperial tomb. There were many concubines and their living places were different, so they went to the houses that were hung in batches.

The young palace ladies were crying and unwilling to step in at all. They were dragged in by the palace maids and eunuchs. Among them, only Concubine Zhang Tai, the daughter of Duke Rong (post-listed title), did not cry, and no one dragged her.

After all, she was a concubine and was very prominent. At this time, the concubine Tai was also very considering her honor and demeanor. When she walked into the house herself, her face turned pale. Many people were already dead in the house. They were all wearing mourning clothes and hanging on the beams of the house. The scene was very terrifying. The women's beauty was no longer regained their life, their faces were twisted, and the air was filled with the stench of being lost when they died.

Obviously, the other concubines who had just entered were also scared, and the main room was filled with wailings. A concubine no longer cared about her identity and knelt down to the eunuch: "Please spare me and let me be a palace maid..."

At this moment, Zhang, wearing mourning clothes, came here surrounded by the palace people.
Chapter completed!