After Zhu Youxiao promulgated the last edict, he felt that his energy and spirit were a lot weakened.

In less than two days, my body collapsed rapidly.

Zhu Youjian, Concubine Xuanyi, Queen Zhang Yan, etc., who had not yet ascended the throne, continued to consult the imperial physician for diagnosis and treatment. After many rounds of diagnosis and treatment, the imperial physician finally gave Concubine Xuanyi, Queen Zhang Yan, King Xin Zhu Youjian, Zhang Haogu, etc.

The response from a group of cabinet ministers was: "His Majesty's internal organs were severely injured. It stands to reason that such injuries cannot be cured by ordinary medicines and stones. He can only slowly recuperate."

"However, Your Majesty took the Tiger and Wolf medicine and forcibly awakened the internal organs. This is equivalent to burning your heart and soul in exchange for a short period of normalcy. Now that your Majesty's essence and blood have been burned dry by the Tiger and Wolf medicine, the suppressed injuries suddenly exploded, and the internal organs

The backlash has left me with no essence, energy or spirit, and I’m afraid my days are numbered.”

There are still some things that the imperial doctor did not say. For example, the tiger and wolf medicine drink dew that Zhu Youxiao wore in his school uniform might have been faulty, and Zhu Youxiao was frequently angry and unstable during this period, which all led to Zhu Youxiao's collapse so quickly.

s reason.

After hearing this, Zhang Yan collapsed immediately. Thanks to Queen Zhou's support, she didn't fall to the ground.

Concubine Xuan Yi looked at Zhu Youxiao, who was rapidly aging on the bed, and sighed faintly: "How long can the emperor last?"

The imperial doctor said: "I will return to the concubine in the next two days."

Princess Xuanyi nodded: "Then the Ai family will wait here."

"Manager Wei."

Wei Zhongxian quickly came out of the queue: "My servant is here."

Concubine Xuan Yi has not shown up in the harem for a long time, and she has never been involved in government affairs or harem affairs. She looks like a transparent person, but once she appears, who dares to ignore her?

Don’t you see that Concubine Xuanyi has the final say in this palace now?

Concubine Xuan Yi glanced at Wei Zhongxian and said, "Let everyone in the palace prepare. Whether it is the emperor's grand visit or the new king's enthronement, it won't take long."

"I will send someone to do it right away." Wei Zhongxian said and quickly left Wuying Hall.

After Wei Zhongxian left, Princess Xuanyi arranged for Zhu Youjian to stay in the palace, while Zhang Haogu led a group of cabinet ministers to take over the affairs of the Ming Dynasty, so that the Ming Dynasty would not be in chaos just because the emperor was critically ill.

January 22nd is the light snow season.

Zhang Haogu stood in front of Wuying Hall, looking at the snowflakes in the sky, feeling the increasingly obvious chill between heaven and earth, and finally sighed. After all, Zhu Youxiao couldn't hold on any longer, but Zhang Haogu didn't feel that way in his heart.

There was so much joy, but only a trace of sadness and hesitation. After all, he could not watch the great situation of the Ming Dynasty disappear in the blink of an eye, nor could he watch the people who had finally lived a peaceful life with ample food and clothing fall into war and turmoil again.

But how long can the Ming Dynasty, which still implements the rule of the family and the world, go on?

Fortunately for Zhu Youxiao, at least for a long time he was an emperor who loved science and industry and was willing to delegate power. Zhang Haogu and his ministers could manage the Ming Dynasty in an orderly manner.

But what about Zhu Youjian?

This ambitious and talented person always feels that he can do anything but in fact he can do nothing. Originally, if he did nothing, the Ming Dynasty would not be destroyed. However, he thought that he could control the big ship of the Ming Dynasty. He insisted on going his own way, making others suspicious, eager for quick success, and quick to make decisions.

, mean and unkind...

During his seventeen years in power, there were seventeen cabinets, fifty cabinet bachelors, frontline generals were replaced at will, and local governors and governors were killed whenever they wanted. However, they encountered internal and external troubles, natural and man-made disasters, and the Ming Dynasty had such a powerful and powerful person.

It is difficult for a diligent and hard-working emperor to survive.

What's more, Zhu Youjian and the new party are bound to be at odds. Even if Zhu Youxiao appoints himself as the assistant minister and the chief minister of the cabinet, how long can he suppress Zhu Youjian?

How many more years can I prolong the life of the Ming Dynasty, and how long can I prolong the good life of the common people?

"What is Prime Minister Zhang thinking?" Sun Chengzong looked at Zhang Haogu standing in front of the palace gate, and found that the prime minister had a stable government, good generals and great talents, even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of him.

The chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, who did not change his expression, actually showed a rare hesitation on his face.

Zhang Haogu's face quickly returned to calm after hearing the voice, and a familiar indifferent smile once again appeared on his face. His expression seemed to be unable to change even if the earth fell apart. Many of the decisions of the Tianqi Dynasty and all the wars were made by Zhang Haogu.

Leading the push with such a confident smile, everyone in the new party believes that as long as Zhang Haogu is here, the sky will not fall.

Seeing that it was Sun Chengzong, a veteran of the Ming Dynasty, a man with both civil and military skills, Zhang Haogu smiled and said: "It's nothing, I just remembered some past events. Mr. Sun Ge, now I am the richest man, and you are the second assistant. At this time, we still need you and me."

The more we cooperate, the more we are at this moment, the less likely we are to be in chaos, and the people of the world must be stable."

Sun Chengzong said: "Don't worry, Prime Minister Zhang. I am not someone who does not understand the overall situation. In the past, Prime Minister Zhang pacified the Tatars, destroyed Annan, conquered Nanyang, and wiped out the eastern barbarians. Now he has conquered Liaodong, so that our Ming Dynasty can eliminate foreign troubles, and implement new policies at home to make all industries prosper.

The people's livelihood is stable. These achievements are not those of a treacherous minister, and I admire them."

"Not to mention that there will be no more wars in the Ming Dynasty from now on, the people can live in peace, and the Ming Dynasty will be peaceful for a long time. With Zhang Gong as prime minister, I am willing to cooperate."

This is indeed the case. Although the news that Zhu Youxiao was critically ill and might control Bintian at any time caused some shock to the ministers and all over the world, because of Concubine Xuanyi's decisive action, Zhu Youxiao had already issued an explicit decree that he would die after his death.

King Xin Zhu Youjian succeeded to the throne, and Zhang Haogu returned to serve as the chief minister of the cabinet. He was also a first-class Taifu and the head of the auxiliary ministers. Sun Chengzong, Qian Qianyi and others also actively cooperated. When the cabinet was stable,

Ju Rang Tianxia did not cause any more trouble.

After all, everything has been arranged, whether it is the establishment of the new king or the situation in the court, so what else can be done?

The time comes to November 25, the thirteenth year of the Apocalypse.

In just three days, Zhu Youxiao's condition took a turn for the worse. His face became older and he already had age spots, and his complexion also turned gray. He was about to die. The imperial doctor finally confirmed that the emperor had no cure.

Concubine Xuan Yi urgently called for an audience with all the ministers in the cabinet, but Zhu Youxiao was still in a coma, lying on the bed and breathless.

"Master Zhang is here. Let's see His Majesty for the last time." Princess Xuanyi sighed.

Zhang Haogu quickly walked into the inner hall and looked at Zhu Youxiao who was lying on the bed unresponsive. Then he looked at Queen Zhang Yan and Xin Wang Zhu Youjian beside him. Zhang Haogu's throat rolled and he gently leaned towards Zhu Youxiao.

The principal whispered in the ear: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I'm here, I'm here to see you."

Zhu Youxiao seemed to have heard something. He opened his turbid eyes and glanced at Zhang Yan feebly. Then he glanced past Zhu Youjian and looked directly at Zhang Haogu. Tears slowly flowed from the corners of his eyes. Zhu Youjian opened his eyes with difficulty.

His lips moved twice, but he wanted to say something but it was too late.

Finally, Zhu Youxiao's eyes lost their luster, and his body began to gradually lose its temperature.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?!" Zhang Yan held Zhu Youxiao's hand tightly and called Zhu Youxiao's name.

The imperial doctor rushed forward to confirm, then knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, the dragon has conquered Bintian!"

Zhang Yan, the queen who lost her son first and then her husband, finally couldn't hold on and fainted, while Sun Chengzong, an old minister, knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty!"

Soon, the sound of crying and howling sounded one after another in Wuying Hall, as if the louder the cry, the more miserable the howl, the more it proves one's loyalty. But how much sincerity and how much secret joy are there among these crying people?

?

Zhang Haogu didn't know. He looked at the dead Zhu Youxiao with an expressionless face, and then turned to look at the sudden falling snow outside the window. It was clear that it was not the heavy snow season yet, and there was already goose feather-like snow falling between the sky and the earth.

Suddenly, tears silently fell from the corners of Zhang Haogu's eyes. He didn't even realize that he was crying. He only knew that this person who had met him almost by chance at the beginning ended up being like brothers and sisters, and he had no doubt that he had been completely devoted to him for twelve years.

The emperor who trusted and allowed himself to implement new policies, reforms and new laws, and who had always been his most reliable backer, died.

Although the two of them broke up in the last year of their companionship and even reached the point where they could not be healed, after Zhu Youxiao died, Zhang Haogu still mourned and grieved for him.

Because Zhang Haogu knew that in the future he would never meet Zhu Youxiao, a good friend of the emperor and ministers who had met him at the beginning of his childhood but trusted him with all his heart and soul, and had not trusted him for ten years.

"Your Majesty, the dragon controls Bintian!"

"Your Majesty, the dragon controls Bintian!"

"Your Majesty, the dragon controls Bintian!"

A message and a shout were heard in the Forbidden City. After hearing the news, the eunuchs and maids immediately knelt on the ground and cried bitterly. The soldiers also lowered their heads. Within half a day, the entire Forbidden City had been hung with white banners and silk damasks, and the eunuchs, maids, and guards

The soldiers also all put on white clothes.

winter~winter~winter~

The melodious bells rang in the Forbidden City, and soon all the Taoist temples in Shuntian Prefecture rang their bells. Amidst the heavy snow and vast sky, the melodious and desolate bells rang throughout Shuntian Prefecture.

The New Army officers and soldiers in Shuntian Mansion also wore white clothes on their armor, and the streets and alleys were also hung with white silk ribbons. The common people and businessmen walked out of their homes in a daze, looking at the heavy snow in the sky and listening to the bells in all directions.

I don’t know who couldn’t help but suddenly burst into tears, and then the people shed tears. In the eyes of the people, there may never be an emperor like Zhu Youxiao who treats the people as human beings and truly loves the people in the world. People

I am really crying for Zhu Youxiao.

Hundreds of officials quickly entered the palace in mourning clothes to mourn Zhu You. At the same time, fast horses carried the news to the borders of the provinces. In just a few days, the whole world knew that Emperor Tianqi, who had ruled the world for thirteen years, and all the grassland tribes

The Naren Great Khan who is respected by all the alliance, the suzerain of tribute from all the countries, the only great emperor in the Eastern world, Zhu Youxiaolong Yu Bintian.

At the same time, it was announced that the Ming Dynasty would be mourned for three years, and the whole country mourned. At the same time, marriages, sacrifices, drinking, music, singing and dancing were suspended for a hundred days.

For a time, white flags were hung everywhere in the Ming Dynasty. Everyone in the government and military camps wore sackcloth and mourned. Envoys from various countries who came to the Ming Dynasty put on their mourning clothes according to the rules and went to the palace to mourn the emperor.

Zhu Youxiao's funeral was presided over by Princess Xuanyi, Zhang Haogu and Sun Chengzong, the first and second ministers of the cabinet, and Zhu Youjian only assisted.

The Fengtian Hall has been solemnly decorated at this time, with white flags and silk damasks everywhere. All the governors and generals from all over the country have entered the capital. Even Huang Degong, Qian Longxi from Nanyang, and Zhao Yuqi from Japan rushed back to pay homage to Zhu You first.

He then bowed to the new emperor Zhu Youjian. Although Zhu Youjian couldn't wait to ascend the throne, he still wore sackcloth and mourning with a mournful look on his face.

The ministers abstained from wine and meat, mourned for four days, cried morning and evening for three days, bowed five times and kowtowed three times, and on the fourth day ordered the woman to enter the palace in plain clothes, cried for three days, and went to court for ten days. It was not until the twenty-seventh day that this grand ceremony was completed.

The progress is amazing.

On the day of the spirit's death, sixty-four flag-bearers held high the Wanmin Umbrella in front, followed closely by the emperor's guard of honor, while the Jinyiwei, Dongchang, Imperial Guards, and the New Army followed, with the Jinyiwei in front, and the Imperial Guards guarding the coffin.

On both sides, the imperial army was behind, and all the officials, ministers, and relatives of the emperor followed the spirit. Bells were rung to open the way. Taoist priests and mages on both sides chanted sutras and played music. On both sides of the road, in addition to the soldiers with their heads hanging down, there were also people kneeling on their knees.

, all the people, old and young, women and children, were all wearing sackcloth and wearing mourning, and their cries were loud as the sky.

It was not until Zhu Youxiao was sent to Deling and stayed for three days that it was time for Zhu Youjian to officially ascend the throne.

At the end of December in the thirteenth year of the Ming Dynasty, as the palace gates of the Forbidden City opened wide, and with the loud sound of whips, the ministers entered the palace to meet the new emperor, and Zhu Youjian officially ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.

The layout of the Fengtian Hall has been urgently changed. Zhu Youjian was wearing the imperial crown suit, the twelve heraldic robes, and the twelve colorful crowns. He was sitting on the emperor's throne. The ministers filed in and kowtowed to the new emperor: "My emperor
To be continued...