Facing the hurried departure of the new emperor, the courtiers below looked at each other in dismay.
Peng Junyi, the minister of the household, stood up and said: "Yushi Mao, everyone has been an official in the court for many years, and they still know each other a little bit. It's okay to want to be in the limelight, but it's a bit embarrassing to behave like you. already."
"What did Xiaguan do? Did Xiaguan steal and rob him, or did he commit corruption and murder? As for Peng Shilang's devaluation?! Who knows that I, Mao Wenhao, have no long possessions and clear arms, and the only thing I have is this iron suit. Gu, even when the previous emperor was alive, he praised his uprightness, and he dared not speak."
Mao Wenhao couldn't avoid it, and his face was righteous: "The last emperor's edict is the foundation of my future. As a minister, I dare not question it, and I can't question it. If Master Tan hadn't come up with a contradicting edict today, Xiaguan will not have any doubts because of this. Among the hundreds of civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty, I am afraid that Mao Wenhao is not the only one who has doubts, so why should Master Peng accuse Xiaguan?"
Peng Junyi laughed angrily: "Master Yang is right, you really don't know what to say!"
"Whether there is such a thing, it is naturally up to the world to distinguish, and it is not the turn of Lord Peng to accuse Xiaguan. If Xiaguan is not mistaken, Lord Peng is a member of the Ministry of Household, why is it that he is pointing at my people in the courthouse? already."
"you you-"
"Okay, don't talk too much with him, he's just instigated." Yang Chonghua came over and gave Xue Tingxiang a cold look.
"Master Yang, look at what the subordinate officials did. Look at what happened." Xue Tingxiang touched his nose and smiled awkwardly at the other officials.
The new emperor had just left, and many officials were too late to leave, all standing aside in twos and threes. Seeing this, he couldn't help but smile back with embarrassment, and he couldn't tell his position for a while, but there were few people who supported Yang Chonghua and Peng Junyi. If it was before, Mao Wenhao would have been besieged long ago.
"What do you mean by being instigated? I, Mao Wenhao, have been an official in the dynasty for more than ten years. There are people who can instigate me, but it is definitely not Xue Tingxiang. This person, Mr. Yang, is also known to the former emperor." Mao Wenhao stubbornly said.
Hearing this, Yang Chonghua's pupils contracted subconsciously, staring at each other closely.
"I, Mao Wenhao, received the grace of the late emperor, and I was an official in the dynasty for more than ten years. I was so poor that I didn't even have a house. It was the late emperor who gave me a house, and my Mao family had a place to live in the capital. People are bad-tempered and stubborn, and they often contradicted the former emperor, who never cared about me, and praised me for being strong and strong.
"In the past, there was a warm-blooded reward for a confidant, but now I, Mao Wenhao, shed blood for the late emperor." Mao Wenhao bowed his hands to the sky, and sneered at Yang Chonghua: "I am not afraid to tell you the truth, I just suspect that you have tampered with it privately. The last emperor's last edict, to exclude dissidents, to suppress new students at the end of the school, Mr. Yang, what do you say? The matter of the last edict is not revealed in a day, and I, Mao Wenhao, will stare at you for a day, and if it is not revealed in a month, I will stare at you. I bite for one month, and one year does not come, I bite for one year."
"The sky is clear and the sky is bright, you don't have to slander me for being an instigator. You are not afraid of the shadows, so I say goodbye!" After speaking, he bowed his hands to Yang Chonghua and swaggered away.
Can make Yang Chonghua angry!
"I don't know what it means, I don't know what it means!" Yang Chonghua stomped his feet and scolded, trembling with anger.
Some officials who were close to him approached him to persuade him not to bother with Mao Wenhao. But for what Mao Wenhao said, he did not make any representations, but more stood by and watched such a scene.
Tan Shoufu was also full of sighs and said, "Look at what happened, I'm just adhering to the order of the late emperor, how could it be like this."
Yang Chonghua was obviously very angry, and he had to force a smile to say that this matter had nothing to do with Tan Shoufu, but a villain.
Tan Shoufu didn't know if he didn't hear clearly or what, he didn't answer his words, just sighed again and again, shook his head and left.
The civil and military officials dispersed, and there must be some familiar people walking outside the palace, whispering something. Before the change, Yang Chonghua had to be surrounded by several officials, but today there is only Peng Junyi.
Feng Chengbao glanced at Yang Chonghua, and left in a hurry without saying much.
Fei Qian and Shen Xue were similar, but Xue Tingxiang was surrounded by many officials, and there were many discussions about what happened before.
At this time, Xue Tingxiang said what was wrong, and it was not suitable to interject.
He hurriedly said something else and left in a hurry.
In the Qianqing Palace, since the new emperor came back, he has fallen into a haunted soul.
With the arrival of Yang Chonghua, all the eunuchs serving in the temple were sent out, leaving only the two and the new emperor's confidant, Hong Ying.
"Does your majesty know what you are doing? Does your majesty know that this headache doesn't matter, the courtiers below are all suspicious?"
The new emperor didn't regret it, but now it was too late to regret it, so he could only be brave and said: "Master Yang asked me to do something there, if that Mao Wenhao persecuted me again, what should I say? I said that day that this edict has Oversight, Ye Ju has no one. It is too obvious for you to exclude others. But the will was drawn up by you and others. I didn't know about it in advance. Now it's better, everything depends on me already."
The new emperor spoke with resentment.
If he was allowed to choose, he would naturally not come up with a few ministers to restrain himself. But there was a deal between the two. Yang Chonghua and the others only greeted him in advance, and it was changed to his name in the edict. As for the others, they didn't say a word.
Now it's better. I wanted to exclude dissidents, but I shot myself in the foot and hurt him. If it was really suspected that the edict was fake, does that mean that the emperor was also fake
When he thought that the second prince was still staring at him, he would definitely not give up this opportunity. There was also a missing former emperor secretly. The new emperor was afraid of what he thought.
"Master Yang, you have to think about this matter. If you are the first assistant, it won't affect anything. If it affects my throne. If it doesn't, you will be wronged first, admit this matter of excluding dissidents, and I am still here. Here, I will remember your goodness, and after everything subsides, I will promote you again." The new emperor thought that he had thought of a two-way solution and said.
Hearing these words, Yang Chonghua was so angry that he fell on his back.
He was trembling with anger, and said, "Then Your Majesty didn't think about it. If the old minister really admits this, and what is the crime of tampering with the emperor's last edict, will anyone doubt the authenticity of your throne?"
"This-"
"Your Majesty, you should stick it first. The old minister discussed with the other people, but he is Mao Wenhao, and he can't collapse."
After he left, Hong Ying next to him took grievances on behalf of the new emperor: "Your Majesty, this Lord Yang doesn't take you seriously at all."
Of course, the new emperor knew about this, and because of this, his face was terrifyingly gloomy.
When Yang Chonghua returned to the cabinet, Feng Chengbao and others had long been waiting for him.
There was silence in the cabinet lobby, and the atmosphere was extremely depressed.
"What should I do about this? You all said, don't keep silent. It seems to be aimed at Lord Yang, but in fact it has nothing to do with me." Feng Chengbao said.
Fei Qian and Shen Xue looked at each other, but did not speak.
Yang Chonghua sat on the side with a very ugly face. No one thought that the situation they had worked so hard to maintain would be so chaotic overnight.
Shen Xue looked at the three of them, hesitantly stroked his beard, and said, "Do you think the late emperor was in Mao Wenhao's house?"
It seems that there is nothing wrong on the surface, but in fact, they have a lot of people watching the movements of the various houses in secret, especially before the Second Prince sent the Imperial Guards to search the various houses, but did not find the first emperor.
There are also a few that are hard to find, and Maofu is one of them.
"I just observed him, and he doesn't look like he knows the inside story." Yang Chonghua said.
Hearing this, Shen Xue and the others thought about it, and thought it was not unreasonable.
If the late emperor was hiding in a house, who would like to keep a low profile as much as possible, how could he not be afraid of death and take the initiative to provoke him, for fear that others would not suspect it.
"Then what do you say now?"
In the silence, Feng Chengbao looked at Fei Qian and Shen Xue, and then looked at Yang Chonghua, before hesitating: "If not, you will take care of this matter? You can rest assured that the three of us are here. After everything is calm, you will just come back. Now I admit it, but it's just revenge. It's a trivial matter, but if it leads to something else, it means that even the nine clans can't get rid of their guilt."
Yang Chonghua sneered, idiots and idiots really have the same thinking.
Don't you think about it, what if the other party still has a backhand
recognize? Can you recognize it? I can't even recognize my spine.
These people are afraid that he is a fool. Civil servants are the most famous. If he recognizes this, will he make a comeback? I'm afraid that being stabbed in the spine is enough for him to die to thank the world.
"If not, Master Yang will listen to Master Feng?" Shen Xue interjected.
Although Fei Qian did not speak, he clearly agreed.
Yang Chonghua stood up and said with a sneer: "Don't think about this idea, you plan to sacrifice me to fulfill you? You have been an official in the court for many years, don't do this, you want to live together, die together, you can't run away I, Yang Yizhi, cannot do without you."
After he finished speaking, he walked away.
Leaving the three of them to look at each other, Feng Chengbao said, "Look at what Mr. Yang said, it seems that I harmed him. It's not all for everyone's sake."
"Master Yang can't think about it for a while, it's normal."
"Since Mr. Yang does not agree, then doing other things will not hinder it."
The four of them seem to be allied, but they are working together temporarily. Before this incident happened, there was never a lot of infighting between the four. Therefore, knowing that what each other said was false, they were all just for fun and exposed the stubble.
For the next few days, Mao Wenhao lived up to what he said and kept staring at Yang Chonghua.
No matter what was discussed in the morning, as long as Mao Wenhao spoke, it would inevitably turn into a mess in the end.
And Yang Chonghua did not respond to the edict. He killed this edict, but he dictated it in front of several people. Although it was drafted by him, the content was written according to the wishes of the late emperor.
To this end, they even pulled out Shen Xue, Feng Chengbao, Fei Qian and Zheng Ancheng.
In this case, the four of them naturally wanted to testify against him, but no one believed it, or how many people believed it, then I don't know.
At the same time, people from Xue Tingxiang's family began to speak.
Since it was a hand letter left by the previous emperor, the new emperor should follow the previous emperor's will and decreed that Xue Tingxiang should enter the cabinet and be the first assistant.
But this kind of argument met the resistance of Yang Chonghua's clan. The Yang clan and his group first held that Xue Tingxiang's qualifications were not enough to talk about things, and then they said that between the emperor's hand and the will, which one was bigger and which should be followed.
On this occasion, the time for the twenty-seventh day has finally come, and the new emperor and the ministers will be removed from the service.
That’s all for the ministers, but there are regulations for the emperor to remove his clothes, especially when the new emperor ascends the throne, in order to express his grief, it is usually the ministers who have repeatedly persuaded the new emperor to take off his mourning clothes as a last resort.
It is a pity that there have been too many things in the court recently. On that day, the minister should have written to persuade him, but no one remembered it.
In fact, it is not that no one remembers it, but when it comes to the words of the former emperor, the following ministers began to tear up again. Tear and tear, and forget the stubble.
After the initial panic of being caught off guard, Yang Chonghua's lineage's counterattack was not bad.
First of all, he would tear up with Xue Tingxiang's family on this big face, and then order someone to attack the personal virtue of Xue Tingxiang's leading minister or something else.
This is an old trick that has been used in the court, to surround Wei and save Zhao. Make you stink first, and no one will believe what you say if you stink.
But you can do this kind of trick, it doesn't mean others can't. Because of this, it was torn to the end, everyone even forgot the original intention, who still remembers whether the new emperor should be removed from the service or not.
All in all, there has been a mess of porridge in the courtroom in recent days.
At this time, someone from the Ministry of Industry reported that the construction of the Emperor's Mausoleum had been completed, which meant that the first emperor could be taken to be buried.
This imperial mausoleum was not built after the death of the first emperor. As early as the Taizu period, the imperial mausoleum has been built for decades. When it was Emperor Jiacheng's turn to ascend to the throne, he did not forget to build a mausoleum for himself.
Therefore, it is said that the imperial mausoleum has been repaired long ago, and the Ministry of Industry only needs to carry out the final repairs according to the system.
The burial of the late emperor was a major event. With the insistence of the new emperor, the court was temporarily calm, and all were busy with the funeral of the late emperor.
First, Supervisor Qin Tian selected the auspicious day, and the Ministry of Rites did the rest.
The Ministry of Rites is in charge of overall planning, and the other ministries and divisions are not idle, so it can be considered that all staff are dispatched.
On that day, in the middle of the night, the Forbidden City was busy.
In the inner city, all the houses and mansions brought their family members up early, all dressed in robes and filial piety.
The emperor's funeral rules are very strict, and offerings must be placed along the road, and at the same time, it is necessary to cry along the road. From Qipan Street to Zhengyangmen Street, and then to Yongdingmen Street, people have already occupied seats along the way, all preparing for the funeral.
After Xue Tingxiang went out and entered the palace, Zhao'er ordered someone to guard in front of the palace gate.
When there was movement in the palace, she took her eldest son, and more than half of the people in the mansion rushed to the spiritual case that the Xue mansion placed on Zhengyangmen Street.
On both sides of the street, there were cases of spiritual cases, all white in sight, and everyone knelt down.
There are also regulations on the placement of this spiritual table. According to the grade and official position, when they reach Yongdingmen Street, they are all low-level officials. Even some rich families in Beijing and even ordinary people will set up spiritual cases to see off the emperor.
I don't know how long I knelt, when I suddenly heard a faint sound of mourning and music, and after a while, I heard crying.
Zhao'er looked up and saw an extremely large team at the end of his sight.
This is probably the biggest spectacle she has ever seen in her life. The first thing she saw was the densely packed soul-inducing banners, and there were countless numbers of them, obscuring the teams that followed.
Behind the soul-inducing flag is the Wanmin flag umbrella, and then the emperor's bridal guard of honor, which numbered more than a thousand. These people are wearing filial attire and holding various weapons and flags, which are also mixed with all kinds of paper bundles, or 'burning' made of silk and satin.
Getting closer, someone started crying.
Zhao'er hurriedly pulled the eldest son beside him and started crying.
She has cried for the emperor and empress, and she has already experienced it, but Xue Yaohong is the first time she has encountered such a thing. Zhao'er asked him to lower his head and cry along with him.
When the funeral procession came to the front, the people who wept in the aisle cried even louder.
Zhao'er was crying, and from time to time, she raised her eyes to see the situation in front of her.
After seeing the Lubo honor guard, it was the dragon coffin of the late emperor. It took 128 people to lift it, which is enough to see how huge the dragon coffin is.
Behind the dragon coffin are the dignified and majestic imperial guards. In the future, there are civil and military officials and royal relatives who wear linen and filial piety. During this period, there are some palace maids and eunuchs, as well as monks and Taoist priests. Playing and chanting continuously.
Zhao'er looked over, but didn't see Xue Tingxiang's figure at all, so she stopped looking around and lowered her head to cry.
For this funeral, most of the houses and houses were almost empty.
But at this time, something happened in every house.
Some things caused thieves, some broke into robbers, some were not found, some were found, and there was chaos. But now in this situation, the soldiers and horses of the five cities and even the people from the patrol camp of Shuntian Prefecture have been dispatched to the streets, and no one cares about this kind of thing.
Mao's house was broken into.
There are only five members of the Mao family, and there are no servants, just an elderly servant.
Seeing a bandit break in, Mao Wenhao's wife, daughter and mother were very frightened. Fortunately, the blind old servant ran into the street and shouted loudly.
Fortunately, I met a team of people from the patrol camp. The soldiers from the patrol camp came to Mao's house and scared the two thieves away.
Afterwards, in order to ensure that the bandits had left, the people from the patrol camp searched the Mao family again and again, before leaving under the grateful eyes of the Mao family.
A similar situation happened to many people, and the Xue residence was also broken into. Unfortunately, as soon as the person entered, they were caught by the guards of the Xue residence.
On the other end, the funeral procession finally left the inner city and came to Yongdingmen Street.
The crowd was full of people, crying a lot, and those who saw it were moved.
At the same time, not far from here, a team also appeared.
First, the guards of honor were led to clear the way, and then there was a jade chariot, which was decorated with gold and jade dragon patterns, which was very majestic and luxurious. Followed by a group of big Han generals in bright armor, armed with spears, crossbows, etc., followed by a number of ordinary chariots and horses, who seemed to be sitting inside.
This is obviously the guard of honor that the emperor will only have when he travels.
The old emperor went to the funeral, and the new emperor should be in the funeral procession. Who is this person
It’s a pity that most of the people who witnessed all this were ordinary people. Even if they had doubts, they regarded it as a royal rule. They didn’t dare to say anything. .
The funeral procession saw the procession here from a distance, causing chaos immediately.
Because of the large number of people, at first it was only assumed that some ignorant person was blocking the way, and the person in charge of clearing the way rushed to order people to clear the way. The person who had wanted to send it didn't come back, and the procession was getting closer and closer to the funeral procession.
When we got closer, the first thing we saw was the guard of honor at that stall. This kind of guard of honor cannot be used by ordinary people.
But in order to express his grief, the new emperor didn't even sit in the car, and walked behind the dragon coffin in his filial attire. Whose honor guard is this honor guard? Could it be that there is a second emperor in Dachang
Those who witnessed all this thought that they were blinded by the blue sky and the sun, but they looked and looked, and even counted the dragon flag, it was indeed the emperor's guard of honor.
Many people were immediately stunned, and the funeral procession was immediately taken aback.
According to the rules, the emperor's funeral is not allowed to stop.
In particular, the dragon coffin was too heavy, and one hundred and twenty-eight people had to relay and exchange the dragon coffins being carried, so one could imagine how heavy it would be. If he kept walking, he would still be able to persevere by virtue of the inertia of walking, but suddenly stopped, the person carrying the coffin immediately felt extremely heavy on his shoulders.
At the time of the funeral, the coffin cannot fall to the ground. One hundred and twenty-eight people are one body, and one person collapses. If the dragon coffin falls on the ground, it will cut off the heads of one hundred and twenty-eight people, and even the whole family will be affected. .
"Come on, change again!"
With the loud voice, a person dressed as a coffin-carrying man took a companion's arm and carried the wooden pole in his place.
At the same time, the coffin-carrying people kept calling for someone to replace them.
"Sir, it's impossible to do this, why don't you leave?" the coffin-carrying person asked anxiously.
The accompanying officials of the Ministry of Rites knew why they didn't leave, and asked their subordinates. The subordinates were also at a loss, so they could only sweat profusely and ran to the front.
"What's the matter, hurry up and hurry up."
But no one cared about him at all, and there were too many people in front of him, and he couldn't see what was going on in front of him.
If you don't go in front, you can't go behind. The back urges the front, and the front urges the front.
Until someone from the front passed a message to the back, saying that the way was blocked by His Majesty's honor guard.
"What is blocking the way by His Majesty's guard of honor? In broad daylight, are you hysterical? I tell you, this delays the funeral, and we all have to lose our heads!" One leg runs forward.
Finally squeezed to the front of the team, saw the opposite team, the posture of the guard of honor. This is the legal book, although it is a trumpet, but it is indeed a guard of honor that can only be used by the emperor, and his jaw dropped immediately.
My mother, it's really haunted in broad daylight, and it's really His Majesty's honor guard that's blocking the way.