In August of the 14th year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen died in the Ganqing Hall.

The imperial edict was appointed as the emperor, and there were two other matters in the imperial edict. First, the adopted son Zhu Ciye was granted the title of Prince of Liaodong for the merits of Ping Liao. Second, the imperial edict was appointed Zhou Yanru, the chief assistant, Wu Yan, the second assistant, Liu Zongzhou, the left censor, and Zhu Ciye, the governor of Zhili, was appointed as the minister of the reign of government.

On that day, the chief assistant Zhou Yanru read out the will of the late emperor to all officials in front of the spirit of the Ganqing Hall, and appointed the crown prince as the throne, respected the Empress Zhou as the Empress Dowager, and the two noble concubines Yuan Tian as the imperial concubines.

Wang Chengen and the eunuchs and palace servants had already bathed Chongzhen's face, covered his hair, changed his shrouds, and set up tributes in front of the corpse. This was the death of his life, and this ceremony was also called a small burial.

After confirming the will, the emperor of Daxing was put into the coffin.

The eunuchs and palace ladies began to set up a few bins in front of the coffin to prepare for the coffin of wine, food, and other tributes, as well as the sacred silk, set up inscriptions, and write to the coffin of Emperor Daxing. To prepare for the grand funeral of three days later, the concubines and relatives of Emperor Daxing would come to pay tribute in plain clothes. Civil and military officials and women above the third rank and above in Beijing would have to enter the palace from Xihuamen to Sishanmen twice in a row, wearing mourning clothes and cry outside Sishanmen.

All the temples and temples inside and outside the capital have received orders and started to ring bells. According to the system, the bells of each temple must be knocked 30,000 times, and the emperor who died on behalf of the capital "benefits the underworld". The slaughter was forbidden for thirteen days in the capital. Princes, princes, princesses, princesses, princesses and civil and military officials who were enfeoffed in other places all faced the palaces and cried to the palaces in the local area.

The Grand Secretary of the Cabinet and the Nine Ministers of the Six Ministry and the Nine Ministers all stayed in the palace to preside over the mourning. The Admiral of the East Factory, Wang Zhixin, and the Commander of the Jinyiwei were ordered to lead the factory guards to guard the palace.

Liu Qiao took a loophole and made a comment in the ear of the prince who was kneeling in front of the spirit.

"The envoys should be sent to Tianjin to read the emperor's will and ordered the prince to enter the capital immediately."

After Chongzhen's death, before the new emperor ascended the throne, it was called the Emperor Daxing according to the system. Before the new emperor ascended the throne, it was called the Emperor Hei. According to the Ming system, the Emperor Hei had to wait until the Emperor Daxing was buried before he could ascend the throne at the advice of his ministers. Even at the fastest, it would have to be three days after the Emperor Daxing ascends to heaven.

After the Emperor of the Great War, the successor will choose an auspicious day to ascend the throne. Then the edict of the throne was issued and the whole world was amnesty. Then the deceased emperor would be given a temple title.

However, now, Liu Qiao was not afraid to rest assured. Although the will had been established, Liu Qiao had been appointed as the prince and was one of the four ministers. However, Liu Jun was not in the capital for a day and things were still not stable.

"But the emperor's brother was assassinated, and his injuries were unknown at this time." The successor Emperor Zhu Cilang was only twelve years old after all, and he had no experience in many things. He had no idea what to do except kneel in front of his father's spirit.

"I just received a report from Jinyiwei today that the prince of Liaodong has woken up. Although he is seriously injured, he has no worries about his life. Tianjin is only more than 200 miles away from the capital. He took a boat to enter the capital from the canal without any bumps. At this time, the prince is needed to enter the capital." Liu Qiaodao.

Zhu Cilang thought for a while and nodded, "The emperor's brother is the minister of life arranged by my father for me. He should be summoned to Beijing as soon as possible. Liu Qing, you should immediately send someone to Tianjin to summon the emperor's brother to Beijing."

"As for your order." Liu Qiao replied excitedly in her heart.

Things are moving in the planned direction.

Liu Qiao did not inform Zhou Yanru, Wu Yan and Liu Zongzhou. He personally found the subordinates of the Jinyiwei and asked him to take people to Tianjin to immediately pass the imperial edict.

Zhou Yanru and three other ministers were discussing the matter of the imperial tomb with other cabinet ministers and other important officials such as the Six Ministers and Nine Ministers. Although Chongzhen had succeeded to the throne for fourteen years, he had not yet built a mountain tomb.

Fortunately, the emperor's burial period was a system where the emperor was buried for seven days and seven months. Therefore, it doesn't matter if there is no ready-made imperial tomb. As long as the construction starts immediately, the imperial tomb can still be built and buried in seven months.

For ministers such as Zhou Yanru, the funeral of the emperor was the most important thing. In the great etiquette, it was extremely grand and there was no mistake at all.

They began to argue about details such as who will serve as the Shanmao Envoy.

The officials who presided over the funeral, the candidates for building mountain monuments, and the cost of building mountain monuments, etc. are all problems. And the most important one is the issue of silver. Everyone knows that the imperial court now has no money, both the national treasury and the treasury.

"Funeral expenses, the cost of creating a mountain monument, and the usual rewards of relics, etc. The sum of each fee will cost at least two million silver dollars." Li Banghua, Minister of Revenue, said.

"How much silver does the treasury still have?" Zhou Yanru asked.

"The total amount of the treasury is only 200,000 silver dollars." Although Li Banghua is in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, he is a poor family.

Wu Xuan looked at Wang Chengen, "How much money is there to be available for the treasury?"

"The treasury has long been empty. The money, grain and silver that I gave to the nine towns were still pulled out of the treasury. Now the treasury can't even take out 100,000 silver dollars."

Tianjin Wei.

The Jinyiwei sent by Liu Qiao was whipping up, galloping all the way, changing horses along the way. It took more than 200 miles and it was already completed in just half a day. Before dusk was approaching, the fast horse had already entered the Tianjinwei.

At this time, it was just heard in Tianjin that Duke of Chu had woken up after a disaster after being treated by the imperial doctor.

It was also the first time that Liu Jun made public appearance since he was assassinated. He met with Tianjin civil and military officials and Beiyang generals in the Tianjin Governor's Office.

At this time, outsiders came to report that the envoy from the capital arrived.

The Jinyiwei, wearing a flying fish suit, entered the room with a tired look on his face, bringing a shocking news that Emperor Chongzhen had already gone to heaven. At the same time, the Jinyiwei brought the will of the emperor and appointed Zhu Ciye, the governor of the Liaodong County Prince, appointed by the emperor's will, quickly entered the capital.

When Liu Jun heard this news, he felt extremely complicated and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He had been planning secretly for a long time, like walking on thin ice, cautious, for fear that he would make a mistake if he could make any move.

Fortunately, everything is going as planned now and it goes very smoothly.

Liu Jun stood up and ordered a mourning hall to be set up on the spot in the Tianjin Yamen to celebrate the sacrifice. All the officials cried and worshiped incense in the direction of the capital.

"Please enter the capital immediately!" The envoy of the Jinyiwei urged.

Liu Jun turned around and returned to the yard behind. When he came out, he had already changed his official robe and put on mourning clothes. Wearing this mourning clothes, Liu Jun immediately left the city and headed to the military camp outside the city.

In the military camp, Liu Jun read the emperor's will to the soldiers, ordering the entire army to be kept, and then leaving a squadron in Tianjin to continue to control the port and Wei Zhucheng in Tianjin.

Liu Jun immediately led the other two squadrons to transport troop ships and escorted gunboats, and quickly marched towards Beijing. Along the way, the military flag had been changed to white, and the soldiers also wore white linen clothes besides the military uniforms. Fortunately, Tianjin is a famous city, with many shops and many clothing and material shops. The Beiyang Navy quickly purchased a large number of white linens.

Capital.

Zhou Yanru and three other court ministers cried bitterly in front of the emperor's spirit, then wiped away their tears and reached a decision.

1. The post was immediately posted at 800 miles away and the obituary was posted all over the world. Second, the funeral of Emperor Chongzhen was formulated by the Ministry of Rites Zunzu and submitted it to the emperor for approval. Third, during the funeral, all officials in the government offices in Beijing were staying in the court room and were not allowed to go home. Domestic governments across the country set up mourning halls to celebrate the sacrifices, and were not allowed to leave their posts and come to Beijing without leaving their posts.

After the discussion, the Secretary of the Cabinet wrote a notice according to the wishes of the three ministers of the responsible, stamped a seal, and ordered people to send them to the major yamen of the foreign dynasty. The Ministry of War was responsible for the matter of spreading the post world.

It's already dawn to finish these important tasks.

At this time, eunuchs brought breakfast. Everyone had breakfast randomly and began to discuss how to raise the cost of funerals.

In the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, he had never appointed a minister of life. Even if the crown prince was young, he had the cabinet and the literati supervisor responsible for the responsibility of the government. Some had also let the empress dowager take charge of the government, but he had never appointed a minister of life like this.

After the establishment of the Minister of Gu Ming, it means that both the Cabinet and the Minister of the Lishui were still under the Minister of Gu Ming. Before the Emperor took power, the Minister of Gu Ming was equivalent to governing the emperor. The Cabinet and the Minister of the Cabinet and the Minister of the Lishui were required to report to them the government affairs.

This is equivalent to another cabinet outside the cabinet.

When Zhou Yanru thought that Liu Jun was able to become a minister of life and was one of the four ministers of the regent, he couldn't help feeling upset. At this time, the housekeeper hurriedly pushed the door and came to send mourning clothes on Zhou Yanru.

"Master, when I came, Doctor Wu from the Ministry of Personnel came to see me. He asked me to tell the master that the Jinyiwei went out of Beijing to Tianjin yesterday. He found out that it was Liu Qiao who sent him to Tianjin. He thought that Liu Jun was about to enter Beijing and asked you to make preparations in advance."

When Zhou Yanru heard this, he felt angry.

He quickly asked someone to find Liu Qiao.

"Liu Dongqing privately summoned Zhu Ciye to Beijing?" The other two ministers were also shocked.

"That's right." Zhou Yanru had a blue face, "I guess Zhu Ciye is going to enter Beijing now."

The three of them came to Liu Qiao, and Zhou Yanru scolded Liu Qiao in surprise, "What do you want to do?"

Liu Qiao said calmly, "Summoning the prince into the capital is the intention of the emperor. This official is just following the order. Besides, the emperor Daxing ordered the prince of Liaodong to take charge of his orders to assist in the government. Is there anything wrong with summoning him into the capital?"

Liu Zongzhou calmed down when he heard that it was Zhu Cilang's order. "The prince was assassinated before and was unconscious and had not woken up. It should be inconvenient to leave at this time."

"After the imperial doctor sent by Your Majesty, the prince woke up yesterday. He had not hurt the vital points and was not seriously injured. He could enter the capital."

"If this is the case, it's better for the prince to enter the capital. Now many matters in the court need to be discussed together." Liu Zongzhou said. He also opposed Liu Jun as the minister of his life, but the edict had been read and could not be changed. Moreover, there is indeed a matter that urgently needs Liu Jiye. The court now does not even have enough money to hold funerals for the emperor, and Liu Junye is just in the process of taking action.

The main gate of the outer city of the capital, Yongding Gate.

The bells were still beating, without stopping.

The Jinyiwei of the brigade suddenly appeared in front of Yongding Gate, and the Qianhu, the leader of the Jinyiwei, brought out an imperial edict.

"From now on, the Yongding and others will be temporarily taken over by the Jinyiwei!"

The city gate guards at Yongding Gate look at me and I look at you, but after a long time, they didn't say anything.

Finally, the person on duty waved his hand and shouted, "Brothers, stop the team." The city gate guards handed over the city gate, and the Jinyiwei controlled Yongding Gate.
Chapter completed!