Yang Ling rushed to Dongnuan Pavilion, and the close ministers around the emperor had already changed into white clothes.

Seeing Yang Ling coming, Zhang Yong hurriedly came over. The board of Emperor Hongzhi's stick was hit on them, but it was real. These people lie down for half a month before they dared to walk down the ground. Now they have a life without seeing each other with Yang Ling.

Today, Emperor Hongzhi suddenly had a long nose bleeding after taking the medicine offered by the imperial physician. He could not stop it even after using all the methods. The blood was soaked in more than ten towels. It passed away soon. Zhu Houzhao leaned on the body and cried bitterly. No one advised him. Liu Jin, Zhang Yong and other close servants were anxious.

In the end, the queen spoke with tears in her eyes. The prince still refused to listen and insisted on not allowing anyone to move to the emperor's body. The eunuch in the humble hall waited outside the palace to clean her body and wear clothes for the emperor, but she did not dare to disobey the prince. Everyone was stiff.

When he saw Yang Ling, Zhang Yongru saw the savior, he quickly picked up a mourning suit and greeted him. While wearing it, Yang Ling heard Zhang Yong say worriedly: "Mr. Yang, Your Highness has been crying for a while, and he is not allowed to move the emperor's body. I am anxious, but I can't think of appropriate words to comfort the prince, go and have a look."

Yang Ling tied his filial piety and handed the sword to the guards next to the palace gate, and quickly walked into the Dongguan Pavilion. Zhu Houzhao knelt in front of the couch, still crying silently. Empress Zhang, Yongfu and Yongchun, the two princesses, were all dressed in white, like three pear blossoms with rain, standing behind him.

When Yang Ling saw the queen and the two princesses, he was about to bow down. Queen Zhang waved her hand quickly, then winked at him, turned her head to look at the prince, sighed quietly, and pulled the two princesses out of the bedroom.

Seeing that the queen and the princess left, Yang Ling quietly walked to Zhu Houzhao and knelt down next to him. Zhu Houzhao was still holding Hongzhi's cold palm in a daze, but just sobbing silently, not looking at the person next to him.

Yang Ling whispered a few words of comfort, but Zhu Houzhao still said nothing. Yang Ling saw that he looked dazed and ignored others. He thought that it would be better to provoke the general than to ask for a general. The young prince is young and cannot listen to any words of mercy and change. It would be better to cheer up his spirit. Yang Ling thought for a while and said, "Your Highness, do you remember what the emperor said in the story I told you? An emperor of a generation is like sunrise and sunset. One day, the sun will sink with the passing of an emperor, but it will rise with the new emperor. The deceased king turns into stars in the sky, looking at his chosen heir in the sky to see if he will let down his trust."

"Your Highness, the Emperor is a rare benevolent monarch throughout history. A wise monarch. You are the only son of the emperor. You are about to become the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and become the new sun. Will you let Your Majesty down on your high hopes?"

Zhu Houzhao's expression moved after hearing this. He sniffed, clenched Hongzhi's hand, and said with a swearing expression on his childish face: "I will never let my father down. I will become a wise ruler and a promising emperor like my father."

Yang Ling said: "I believe that every dynasty and every prince, when he ascended the throne and sat on the dragon throne, would think so, and from the bottom of his heart they would want to be a good emperor, but some of them did it, and some became mediocre kings, even foolish kings and kings who were destroyed."

Zhu Houzhao turned around suddenly and glared at him angrily, "Do you doubt my words? You said I can't do it?"

Yang Ling said calmly: "I believe that Your Highness's words come from my heart. I believe that the prince is not on a whim. But having such ambition is not enough. The wise king did not say it, but made it. After a kind lord of the king, the people of the world were looking forward to the actions of the new emperor. If he only cried here, could he become a wise king?"

Zhu Houzhao's face turned blue and red, red and green. He was still young, so he could not stand Yang Ling's excitement. After a while, he suddenly jumped up and shouted: "Come here, clean your body and change your clothes for your father."

An undetectable smile appeared on Yang Ling's lips.

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The Inner Officials set up a mourning hall and a palace. The Hunting Office was the Emperor Hongzhi cleansing clothes, the Scarf and Hat Bureau, the Needle and Dye Bureau, and the Inner Weaving and Dye Bureau were the kings, princes, ministers, and officials from each hall and department prepared mourning clothes.

The soldiers of the Shenji Camp guarding the palace gate wore a white shirt outside the armor, and even the musket in their hands were wrapped in a layer of white silk. When everything was arranged in the palace was finished, it was already misty night. Lanterns covered with white paper were hung everywhere in the palace, and the whole palace was filled with sorrow.

The mourning hall is located in the main hall of Qianqing Palace. The hall is covered with white curtains and smoke. It is solemn and solemn. The middle is filled with the tablets of Emperor Hongzhi. The Ministry of Rites had already formulated various etiquette procedures for the new emperor's Yuji for application as early as when the emperor was critically ill. These procedures were simple, that is, first become a patron, then issue an imperial edict, and then hold a great ceremony to the extreme, but the various cumbersome rituals in the middle were dazzling.

Yang Ling didn't know all these funeral rituals in the palace, but he didn't have to worry about losing his manners. Although he was favored by the old and new emperors, he had not even touched the side of the government. He was not qualified to enter the palace to cry and perform rituals. He just had to control the guards outside the palace and maintain the palace ban.

The officials in charge of each department and the hall stepped into the Qianqing Palace in a silence, and even many Dukes and Hou Xunqing, who rarely entered the palace gate, showed up at this time. Yang Ling stood at the steps of the palace and saw the six ministers and nine ministers, three great scholars, walked out of the palace and looked into the distance. In a moment, two rows of eunuchs came over a carriage, and someone whispered loudly: "The crown prince is here~!"

More than ten old ministers in the court rushed down the steps and lifted their robes and knelt down. Liu Jian cried and said, "Please enter the palace to celebrate the ceremony!"

Zhu Houzhao didn't understand these many rules. The two eunuchs of the Silijian, Wang Yue, supported him from left to right, and whispered in his ear from time to time, saying how he took steps, how he politely, and how he spoke. The Crown Prince Zhu Houzhao looked dazed and lost his usual naughty spirit. He just did it like a puppet.

Yang Ling waited for them to enter the palace, then stood up. After the formation, he suddenly cried out loudly. Han Lin walked to Yang Ling and sighed softly: "The adults are crying and don't let the officials entering the palace gate gather outside the Meridian Gate to cry bitterly. Don't make trouble at this time. General, please go and inspect."

Han Lin's outstanding performance in martial arts and martial arts performance has been promoted to the general manager. He is very law-abiding. Although he calls Yang Ling Linger privately, he must meet his subordinates in business and never surpass him. Yang Ling persuaded him a few times, but Han Lin insisted on not following him, so he let his father-in-law go.

Today, Emperor Hongzhi was Xiao Lian, and all officials cried and guarded. Yang Ling was afraid that something would go wrong, so he transferred the most trusted father and son of the Han family and Yang Yiqing. Liu Biao each led a hundred personal troops with guns and swords to surround the Ganqing palace and guarded the wind and rain. After hearing his father-in-law's reminder, Yang Ling nodded and whispered: "There is a blessing in law here. Ling'er goes for a walk in the four cities."

In the Ganqing Palace, the Honglu Temple praised the rituals and officials from the ranks. Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian, three ministers entrusted the orphans to help Zhu Houzhao onto the yellow silk dragon chaise. All officials walked in the egrets and walked forward to kneel down to worship the new emperor. The sound of "Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live" shook the roof.

Yang Ling left the Ganqing Palace amid the call of bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new. He inspected the palace under the guidance of two guards holding lanterns. He didn't know that the imperial edict in the hall was read out, and then asked the new emperor to issue a kind order, and the old etiquette that followed the rules and remained unchanged will be in trouble today. Before he could reach the Meridian Gate, the Ganqing Palace was already in chaos like a vegetable market.

When Hongzhi felt that his health was difficult to heal, he had already made arrangements for his affairs. At this time, the eunuch Wang Yue, the chief eunuch in charge of the Secretariat, presented the will of Emperor Hongzhi with tears in his eyes. The Grand Secretary Liu Jian of the First Auxiliary passed the will of the emperor to surrender, promulgated the happy edict of the new emperor ascended the throne, and then announced the amnesty of the new emperor and rewarded the meritorious ministers.

These were originally arranged, and the so-called new emperor's grace was the one who dared to start studying the next leadership team before the previous emperor passed away? After all, it was the idea made by the old emperor in advance. From ancient times to the prince's ascension to the throne was the routine.

Liu Jian only knew that the prince was rather naughty nowadays, so he didn't expect that this kind-hearted man was reincarnated by the founder of the Suiyiquan School and did not follow the routine at all. The old minister wiped away his tears, first announced the will of the late emperor, and set the next year as the first year of Zhengde, and then led all civil and military officials to kneel three times and kowtow to the new emperor.

Then he launched an imperial edict to amnesty the world in the name of the new emperor: if not waiting to die, all prisoners who are waiting to be tried will be pardoned and released from prison. The edict will be exempted from taxes owed by farmers for more than three years, and the edict will be exempted from fish oil, feathers, and bladders that fishermen have not received for more than three years.

This decree that expresses the new emperor's kindness and forgiveness of the sacred government was announced. The third decree of the new emperor was awarded the harem and rewarding the ministers who supported him was issued: Liu Jian, Xie Qian and Li Dongyang were awarded the title of Grand Tutor, Taifu, Shangguozhu, Empress Ji was promoted to the Empress Dowager, Empress Zhang was promoted to the Empress Dowager, Taiji Wang was promoted to the Taihuang Saint Concubine, Jin Concubine Dai was promoted to the Taihuang Concubine, Concubine Ma Chang Concubine, etc. were also promoted to the Taihuang Concubine, Concubine Ma and Concubine Chang Concubine, etc.

Whenever the new emperor ascended the throne, the old ministers would receive such treatment, and the ministers were used to it. Anyway, although these positions were brilliant, they were all empty positions with wealth but no power, and would not have any impact on the current distribution of power in the court. Therefore, all civil and military officials just listened attentively, and no one said anything. The hundreds of people in the hall were silent.

However, Emperor Zhengde Zhu Houzhao, who was inspired by Yang Ling and had a good intention of expressing his thoughts, had only been enthusiastic for three minutes, but these three minutes had not passed. He stood there and listened seriously. In his mind, since the imperial edict was given in his name, he should listen carefully.

When he heard that the Marquis of Shouning and Marquis of Jianchang each gave the emperor's land a thousand acres and gave him two honors, he immediately jumped down from the dragon throne and shouted angrily: "Master Liu, live, the two Marquis of Shouning and Jianchang have high titles and honors, so there is no need to reward them again!"

Shouning and Jianchang, the two marquises knelt down and heard Zhengde's words, their faces turned blue and white, fear, ashamed, angry, and all kinds of expressions were like opening a dye shop. It was so shameless to strip the grace in public. How can the two of them meet in the future? This little emperor, there is no room for anything to do.

Grand Secretary Liu was also stunned when he held up the imperial edict. This Grand Secretary was familiar with ancient and modern times and served emperors for several generations. He had never heard of the New Emperor repent on the spot and wanted to withdraw the other person's grace. How could he withdraw the edict? That was like a joke and was also a great disrespect to Emperor Hongzhi. If he did not respond, the New Emperor refused to resign with his first oral order. What was the emperor's face?

Seeing him stunned, Li Dongyang hurriedly knelt forward and said, "Shouning and Jianchang are the uncles of the current state, the emperor is closest, the emperor is kind and despised, and he is willing to set an example. How dare the ministers refuse to accept it? Today is a big day. Since the decree has been issued, it is quite inappropriate to withdraw it. According to my opinion, the two marquises turned around and expressed their gratitude to resign."

The two brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling secretly hated each other. They were beaten up by the new emperor in public and had to take the initiative to resign. The emperor lost his reputation of being lenient and strict with others. Li Dongyang is too good at flattering, but the situation is stronger than others. The two brothers have no choice but to answer.

Zhengde respected his father Hongzhi the most. When he saw his two uncles being by his dying father, he was not sad at all, and he was playing with the imperial crown. The feeling that the other party betrayed him and deceived the people closest to him made him hate them deeply, so he couldn't help but strip them of their rewards in court.

After hearing the arrangement of Grand Secretary Li, Zhengde felt that it would be better if they were not allowed to take advantage of it, and he didn't care much about anything else, so he nodded and sat back on the dragon throne. The kneeling officials all looked surprised when they saw the new emperor's actions so bizarre. Emperor Zhengde didn't think there was anything wrong with this. What kind of golden mouth and jade teeth, and if you don't joke, just change it if you think it's wrong. Is it a royal decent to pretend to be a swollen person?

When Grand Secretary Liu saw that the new emperor, who had an amazing act, sat back on the dragon throne, he continued to recite again with fear. All civil and military officials were also energetic this time. They didn't know who Emperor Zhengde was going to attack again. Fortunately, the little Emperor Zhengde listened to the names he pronounced, but he did not object anymore.

After Liu Jian finished reciting the imperial edict, he secretly raised his sleeves and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. As soon as he breathed out, Emperor Zhengde spoke again. He frowned and said strangely: "Sir Liu, is it someone missing?"

Liu Jian's heart skipped a beat, and his heart was raised again. He quickly launched the imperial edict, swept it with ten lines at a glance, turned his head to look at Wang Yue and Zhang Shou, who were supervising the imperial edict, asked again, and then he said with relief: "I have no omissions when I call you."

Zhengde was surprised when he heard this. He remembered that his father said that Yang Ling could be his loyal minister, and he also said that the kindness he favored should be given by him. Why did the kindness issued in his name do not have Yang Ling's name?

If the poor Emperor Hongzhi really had spirit in the sky, he would definitely regret that he had not indicated the specific time for each matter when instructing his son's funeral. Zhengde thought for a while and said, "No, there was a person missing. Yang Ling, the former attendant of the Eastern Palace, is now a general of the Shenji Camp. He is young and promising and can be a pillar of the country. Since the decree has been missed, then go back and ask him to be the minister of the Ministry of Personnel."

After hearing Zhengde's words, Liu Jian almost fell down from the steps by a gangster. A mere general and military officer, and a fellow Jinshi under the age of twenty, wanted to enter the first minister of the six ministries. Liu Jian hurriedly knelt down and shouted: "Your Majesty, you must not."

Xie Qian and Li Dongyang, two great ministers, Han Wen of the Ministry of Revenue, Wang Qiong of the Ministry of Rites, Liu Daxia and Ma Wensheng, and six ministers of the Ministry of Personnel, fell down together. Ma Wensheng, the Minister of Personnel, hurriedly said: "Emperor, the promotion of officials has been hereditary since ancient times, including the methods of inheritance, military merits, recommendations, selections, grace and imperial examinations. No matter which one is, Yang Shen General dislikes his virtue, ability, and qualifications. How can he be promoted to the position of Minister of Personnel? Please think twice."

The left minister Wang Jiao, the secretary of the warrior Yang Fang and other ministers who fought with Liu Jin a few days ago had no good feelings for Yang Ling. When they heard that he was about to join the Ministry of Personnel at a young age, they took the position of second only to the Minister of the Shang Dynasty. They immediately objected, and the other officials also had their own words.

Zhengde had just become the emperor, but when he saw most of the ministers kneeling down below, he felt a little panicked, but he couldn't stand it when he took the words back. Emperor Zhengde had to say with a ugly expression: "Since that's the case, I will take back this order and give Yang Ling a powerful uncle."

When Liu Jian heard that the emperor refused to promote Yang Ling's official position, he was promoted to another title, but he was not willing to agree. He knelt on the ground with a group of officials and kowtowed repeatedly. The Wang Qiong, who had developed tears, burst into tears again and said that the emperor would give him a lot of kindness and rewards, and all officials would not accept it.

Emperor Zhengde consciously gave in. Seeing that all officials were still resolute, he became angry. He jumped off his throne and said, "Is this emperor my destiny or you destiny? This is not enough, that is not enough. Is this emperor better not."

Zhu Houzhao said that he would take off the dragon robe by pulling off the jade belt, which made the two eunuchs, Wang Yue and Zhang Shou, rushed up and hugged him. The civil and military officials were crying. Zhengde made such a fuss, which really scared them.

Seeing this, Li Dongyang thought quickly that Yang Ling was still young and his talents and moral character needed to be observed. He would not harm the government as a general. It would be better if he had a higher rank. But now he has served as an important position in the Ministry of Personnel to participate in government affairs. How could his virtue convince all officials?

As for the title of title, although it was a little more sloppy, it did not violate the ancestral system. So Li Dongyang hurriedly said loudly: "Yes, I obey the order. I think it is possible to grant Yang Shen a powerful general and a powerful man. Is your Majesty the author?"

Zhengde heard a capable minister agreeing and hurriedly said, "If you want to do so, then Master Li will draft an edict."

After hearing Li Dongyang's words, the ministers immediately understood what he meant and stopped whining loudly. Only Wang Qiong was sobbing that he couldn't stop.

It turned out that Yang Ling was given a title with hereditary title, military merits, grace, and relatives of the Ming Dynasty. Just now, Li Dongyang shouted loudly that he would be awarded an imperial title without a mighty man, and that he would be given an imperial title, which would tell everyone that Yang Ling was not given an imperial title, but only gave an imperial title, not a coupon, but just added a nice title and a few extra responsibilities of salary. Because this would be a bad idea, he would not be able to oppose the emperor, so the opposition was greatly weakened.

Liu Jian's heart could not stand the trouble of this Zhengde Emperor. Fortunately, the ceremonies that should be held are almost done, so Liu Jian hurriedly arranged for civil and military officials to guard the Qianqing Palace. He thought that he was just kneeling there and burning paper, so he would definitely not cause any trouble.

Seeing that the new emperor ascended the throne, Wang Yue hurriedly went to Kunning Palace to invite the Empress Dowager and the two princesses to come to the Qing Palace to guard the spirits together.

At this time, Yang Ling didn't know that he had already gone to the Ministry of Personnel for some reason and then became a uncle. After inspecting the various palace gates, he casually ate a meal with the soldiers in the palace to fill his stomach. It was almost three o'clock in the morning.

After walking around such a large imperial city, Yang Ling's heels were so painful, but he could not ride a horse in the palace city. He finally got back to the Ganqing Palace step by step, and his legs were almost exhausted. At this time, he saw that the Dongnuan Pavilion where Emperor Hongzhi was intoxicated was deserted and there was no one in sight. He sent two personal soldiers away, walked around the hall and took off his boots and rubbed his feet.

Yang Ling rubbed his blood from his feet. He just picked up the boots and wanted to put them on, but suddenly someone patted his shoulder. In the middle of the night, although the lights were on in the palace, it was really scary. Yang Ling turned around cleverly. When he saw the man, Yang Ling was even more shocked and couldn't help but scream.

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