Representatives of the military and civilians, as well as civil and military officials, were kneeling outside the Meridian Gate when they suddenly heard the sound of a drum, which was the time drum arranged by the Qin Tian Jian.

As the drums sounded, the eastern twilight rose and shone on the Meridian Gate.

Everyone raised their heads and looked towards the tower.

I saw Tongzan, Zanli, Suwei officers, bodyguards and other attendants filing out and opening a path on the gate tower to greet them.

Cloud cover and cloud disk follow closely behind.

A figure wearing a crown slowly appeared surrounded by people.

"There is an edict!" someone shouted.

All the military and civilian officials immediately bowed their heads: "Listen respectfully to the Holy Edict!"

Zhu Yijun looked at the dark place below the tower, where people were kneeling down. He could not see their heads at a glance, and his chest could not help but rise and fall several times.

I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and finally felt relieved.

Then he turned to the bottom and said word by word in a loud voice: "The glory of our country has inspired the grand plan, which will be passed down to all generations. The ancestors and saints have been united in creating and maintaining it for more than two hundred years."

At the same time, the eunuchs on duty on the left and right repeated it to the ears below, and at intervals below there were eunuchs who repeated it and shouted backwards.

Overlapping and overlapping, like waves of sound.

"My emperor is the emperor of Daxing. He sets a wise example and works hard to govern... The dragon controls the guest, and I bow to pay attention to my orders. It is a sacred weapon."

"In order to obey the imperial edict and obey the public opinion, on the tenth day of the sixth month, I only reported to heaven and earth, the ancestral temple, and the country."

Zhu Yijun paused, closed his eyes, and with full energy, he said the words: "He is the emperor."

At this moment, the Zhonghe Shao music arranged by the Jiaofang Secretary was played, with the bells and fou ringing at the same time, and the drums and drums blaring in unison.

The guards on duty on both sides vibrated their armor and made hunting noises.

All the military and civilian officials below, regardless of their thoughts, bowed their hands and foreheads one after another, and bowed once, then again, three times, and four times.

Everyone shouted: "Long live!"

"Long live!"

"Long live!"

Hundreds and thousands of people shouted long live together, soaring into the sky.

Shouts, shouts, music, armor ringing, bells and drums, surging waves, like the resonance of heaven and earth, resounding throughout the Forbidden City!

…

The sound gradually stopped.

"He regards next year as the first year of Wanli and the beginning of the revolution with the people..."

The sound of the edict being read out continued, and military and civilian representatives were still kneeling to listen to the edict.

All the officials had already stood up and entered through the Meridian Gate one after another.

Zhu Yijun also turned around and walked down the tower.

Later, he would visit the Zhongji Hall to receive congratulations from hundreds of officials, but at this moment, his ascension ceremony was complete.

The core of the ceremony is to announce that when everyone shouts long live the ceremony, the ceremony has ended early.

From now on, he will be the emperor respected by millions of people in the Ming Dynasty.

But... this is far from the end, or in other words, this is just the beginning of his journey of thousands of miles.

He is not the only one waiting for this time.

Gao Gong was also waiting. He was waiting for a ten-year-old child to sit on the emperor's throne, so that he could pretend to serve the emperor and abolish the ceremonial supervisor and let the emperor become a nodding machine.

Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng are also waiting. They need Li to ascend the throne as Queen Mother to supervise the country so that they can expel Gao Gong and take sole control of power.

The battle between Zhu Yijun, Feng Bao, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng will also officially begin at this moment.

…

Different from the regular dynasty, enthroning and approaching the dynasty is a ritual for hundreds of officials to make a pilgrimage.

The number of people is dozens of times that of the court, and the Wenhua Palace cannot be used at all.

In order to demonstrate the majesty of the Heavenly Family, Taizu made a rule that all ceremonies before his enthronement should be held in the Fengtian Hall, which is located on the central axis of the Forbidden City.

Now, the Ministry of Rites asked for orders from the two palaces, but it was changed to the Zhongji Palace.

Shang Baoqing's attendants had already set up a throne in the palace, and Zhu Yijun sat on it.

He no longer paid attention to the process of his ascension to the palace, but quietly waited for the congratulations from all the officials.

After a blast of whips and drum music, all the officials filed in.

The four nobles who had been ordered to report the matter were the first to come out: "I am fortunate to have fulfilled my orders and reported it to the Tiandi Ancestral Temple."

"The Tiandi Ancestral Temple must be extremely happy to hear that His Majesty ascended to the throne and there are auspicious colors falling down."

"I, my ministers, are brave enough to present a form of congratulations to His Majesty."

After saying this, Zhu Xizhong glanced at the emperor on the throne in a vague way, with a lot of thoughts in his heart.

Zhu Yijun's sight was blocked by Mianqi, and he just nodded: "I know you are sincere."

Then he looked at Feng Bao: "Feng Qing, the chief official of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, presented me with a congratulatory form."

Feng Bao bowed down and said: "I obey the decree."

Then he walked down the imperial steps and received the congratulatory forms from the hands of the four nobles.

The four honorable men returned.

There were also cabinet ministers who came out: "I congratulate His Majesty on his ascension to the throne, and also pay tribute."

Zhu Yijun nodded.

Afterwards, all the officials, from the assistant ministers of the cabinet, the nine ministers of the six ministries, to the Wei Mo of the seventh rank, all the big and small officials presented their congratulations in turn.

Everything is in order.

until……

"Your Majesty ordered the Chief of Ceremonies to collect the congratulatory form. Who are you!?" Zhang Wei, the censor of Guangxi Province, frowned and looked at Feng Bao.

The hall fell silent for a moment.

Zhu Xizhong seemed to be feeling unwell and closed his eyes tightly.

His eyes were high and he didn't squint, as if he didn't hear anything at all.

Zhang Juzheng's lips were slightly open, suitably surprised.

Gaoyi held the wat in both hands, looking as if he was expecting it.

Only the uninformed officials looked around and looked at their colleagues, with confusion and panic in their eyes.

Even though Feng Bao was facing such difficulties, he had done all he could to nourish his energy and his eyelids didn't even twitch.

He just raised his hands towards the imperial case and said slowly: "Our family is the Chief of Ceremony."

Zhang Wei flicked his sleeves, raised his finger and pointed at Feng Bao, looking around, asking the officials: "Is this the palm seal of the Supervisor of Ceremonies!?"

All the officials are human beings, so they don't know when something is going to happen.

Not to mention whether you recognize him or not, but you still have doubts in your heart. Should you roar at Zhongji Palace at this time?

Officials, big and small, looked away when they met Zhang Wei's eyes, unwilling to get involved in this whirlpool.

The ceremonial officer at the bottom of the imperial steps also immediately shouted: "Zhang Chui! The emperor, please pay attention to your decency!"

Zhang Wei bowed down and confessed to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I have returned from a patrol in Guangxi. I didn't know that the late emperor had left an edict to change the seal of the Supervisor of Ceremonies. I am guilty!"

Since Feng Bao is the Chief of Ceremonies, it must be a legacy of the late emperor, right?

Use retreat to advance!

Although Zhang Wei's words were a confession, they actually put on the table the fact that Feng Bao's appointment as Supervisor of Ceremonies was not in accordance with the procedures.

Feng Bao still didn't know what part this was going on. Even though he was prepared, he couldn't help but look at Gao Gong with hatred.

Zhu Yijun also knew what was going on, he was just a pawn.

When he saw this, he simply pretended to be stupid and said: "Zhang Qing, please stand up. Those who don't know are not guilty."

"What you don't know is that Feng Dajun was commissioned by my mother and not by the late emperor's decree."

Of course Zhang Wei asked knowingly. Not only did he know, but he was also waiting for this to happen.

He caught a glimpse of Ge Shouli nodding secretly, and he felt confident, so he continued to pester: "Oh...it turns out that it was Empress Dowager Chen's decree at that time, which was really unreasonable."

Theoretically speaking, the position of Chief of Ceremonies and Palm Seal can only be used by the emperor.

But when the emperor dies, the queen should be the supervisor of the country, and it is reasonable to do so expediently.

Although... Zhang Wei knew clearly that it was not the Queen Mother Chen's order.

When the play reached this point, someone helped set the scene and sang the tune.
To be continued...