May 15th, today is the day when the governor Zhu Yousong ascended the throne. The ceremony was scheduled to be held at 7 a.m., but Feng Ruoshu came over at 5 a.m. to call Zhu Hongsan.

Zhu Hongsan got up and asked, "Uncle, it's not dawn yet, why are you doing so early?"

Feng Ruoshu said: "I'm confused, Chen Shi is the official start time. It's a bit late for us to go there now. Get up and wash up."

Zhu Hongsan had no choice but to get up and wear clothes.

When Zhu Hongsan was about to finish his work, he saw that Feng Ruoshu had been waiting in the sedan chair for a long time.

Feng Ruoshu saw Zhu Hongsan coming out and handed him a small cloth bag. Zhu Hongsan opened it and saw the peanuts, raisins and other dried fruits contained inside. Feng Ruoshu said, "I don't know when the ceremony will end. I'll fill you with these. Be careful not to eat too much, there is no water."

It seems that older people have experience, so Zhu Hongsan said thanks and put them in his arms.

Zhu Hongsan rode on his horse and followed Feng Ruoshu's sedan to Hongwu Gate outside the imperial city. The Nanjing Imperial City is not as big as the Forbidden City in Beijing, so he didn't walk far to the Meridian Gate.

When Zhu Hongsan saw that many people had already arrived, he stood up in shame.

Feng Ruoshu naturally went to the circle of his group of friends of the same year, leaving Zhu Hongsan standing there alone.

Zhu Hongsan wore the uniform of Lieutenant Fengguo, but this title was really not as good as the turtle in the Jinshui River in Nanjing, let alone the throne ceremony.

There are several princes in the Meridian Gate Square, and there are more than a dozen princes. As for other dukes and marquises, they are even more discussed.

Zhu Hongsan didn't care about the other people's fingers at him, and stood there with these nobles.

When the Chen hour, the Meridian Gate opened, and the governor Zhu Yousong came out wearing a bright yellow robe. All the nobles and ministers knelt down and kowtowed.

Zhu Yousong's first step was to go to the Taimiao and the Sheji Temple to worship. The ministers had to wait in the square, and the royal family and nobles had to go to the Taimiao with Zhu Yousong.

Everyone followed Zhu Yousong according to the level of the title, and Zhu Hongsan didn't tell him what to do, and stood there stupidly.

This is when Zhu Yousong saw Zhu Hongsan, he smiled and waved at Zhu Hongsan, letting Zhu Hongsan go over.

Zhu Hongsan came to him and asked, "Uncle Emperor calls me?"

Zhu Yousong said, "Come on, the emperor's nephew stands behind me."

When Zhu Yousong said this, several princes next to him were shocked. You should know that the closest princes behind the emperor can stand. There are only three princes present, including King Lu, and King Hui and King Gui.

If Zhu Hongsan was the King of Chu, no one would speak at the top. After all, the King of Chu was the first prince personally named by Zhu Yuanzhang, and was half a level higher than the descendants of other Yan King Zhu Di.

But now Zhu Hongsan is just a lieutenant of Fengguo, and he is seven or eight levels away from the prince.

The King of Lu said, "Responsible for the country, isn't this in accordance with etiquette?"

Zhu Yousong smiled and said, "It's okay, no one at Chu Fan is attending the ceremony now, so let him replace him."

King Lu thought to himself: "Can the prince replace him just by saying that?" But when he saw that Zhu Yousong said so, he didn't say anything.

The other princes saw the second prince, Lu, and naturally no one stood up. Zhu Hongsan occupied the position behind Zhu Yousong.

After the position was arranged, the governor Zhu Yousong led the royal family to the Taimiao first. The Taimiao in Nanjing is located in the imperial city, not far away. After walking about a thousand meters, he came to the Taimiao in Nanjing.

The founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang is enshrined in this Taimiao, and the other emperors are all in Beijing.

After entering the main gate, there are three main halls, front hall, nave and back hall arranged on the central axis, the front hall and nave are built on a three-story earth-shaped white marble platform base.

The front hall is the place where the emperor performs rituals during sacrifices. It is nine rooms, with yellow glazed tiles and double-eaved hip roofs. There are moon platforms and wide courtyards in front of the hall. Fifteen supporting halls are built on the east and west sides to enjoy the meritorious royal family and meritorious officials. Xu Da, the founding hero, were here.

The nave is dedicated to the throne of emperors and empresses of all dynasties. It is a nine-bedroom wide and has a single-eaved hip roof. Five companions are built on the east and west sides of the nave to store sacrificial vessels.

The back hall worships the throne of emperors and empresses who have moved out of the central hall for generations. However, there were only two emperors in Nanjing, and one was still Zhu Yunwen, who could not be said, so the central hall was only Zhu Yuanzhang tablet.

However, now Nanjing is the capital, and the Ministry of Rites has quickly built tablets of several emperors below Zhu Di to place them in the middle hall. I wonder what Zhu Di felt when he knew that his unfilial descendants of later generations brought their tablets to Nanjing again.

Zhu Hongsan maliciously thought behind Zhu Yousong, and Zhu Yousong in front came to the front hall and began to read the edict aloud.

Zhu Hongsan didn't understand what the edict meant at all. Looking at the surrounding royal families, he pretended to understand. Zhu Hongsan knew that they had never read books, but they all pretended to understand it very much, which made people angry.

Zhu Yousong studied hard for more than an hour, probably telling Zhu Yuanzhang why he returned to Nanjing. He must not have missed Lao Zhu, but the main reason is that the enemy is too hateful and he has no choice but to come back. Now the new emperor is on the stage, please ask Zhu Yuanzhang for blessing.

However, from the later perspective, Zhu Yuanzhang used what Zhu Yousong said as a fart, otherwise the Hongguang regime would not have collapsed in one year.

Zhu Hong's legs were numb, and he finally waited until Zhu Yousong finished reading the edict. But it was not over yet. He had to go to the opposite Sheji Altar to worship the Sheji God and the Ji God.

The Sheji Altar is a square, composed of four-level white marble ladders and an altar with five-colored earth in the middle.

The five-color earth symbolizes gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, and is the basis of all things, which means "all under the sky is the king's land". The foundation of the altar is all made of white marble. Walls are arranged around the altar and covered with glazed tiles. The color of the tiles is opposite to the color of the earth on the altar. There is a square stone pillar in the center of the altar, called Jiangshan Stone, which means the eternal solidity of the Yangtze and Shanshan.

In the north of the altar, there is a solemn and exquisite wooden hall called the Temple of Worship. This hall was built in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. Its roof is made of single-eaved hip-mounted yellow glazed tiles, vermilion red doors and windows, and white marble jade base.

Zhu Yousong entered the worship hall, and then he muttered the edict.

This time, there was no such thing as I had just read for Zhu Yuanzhang, and it ended about half an hour. Then Zhu Yousong led the royal family to worship the country.

Next is to go to Fengtianmen to announce the world.

At this time, the royal family could not follow the Fengtian Gate. The royal family and nobles had to leave the Fengtian Gate and kneel outside the door.

There were royal families kneeling outside Fengtian Gate, and behind them were all citizens from Nanjing. This was probably the only chance for ordinary citizens to see the emperor.

This time it took longer because various rituals were required to prepare, and in the end, Zhu Yousong announced that he would ascend the throne to the emperor.

Next, all the unlucky royal families will accompany Zhu Yousong to enter the Meridian Gate, and here we meet all the ministers and enter the Fengtian Hall.

Zhu Yousong officially sat on the dragon throne in Fengtian Hall, and Han Zanzhou, the eunuch of the Sili Supervisor, issued an edict to the throne. This is how the entire throne ceremony was completed.

Zhu Hongsan was so tired that he was dizzy. He didn't dare to eat too much dried fruits given by Feng Ruoshu. He was too thirsty if he had no water.

Without enough sleep, and without eating or drinking water, Zhu Hongsan couldn't stand such a middle-aged man. Zhu Hongsan looked at the royal family next to him, and his face turned pale and sweaty.

Zhu Hongsan discovered that the face of King Gui Zhu Changying was normal. After a closer look, Zhu Hongsan found that there was a small gourd in his sleeve, which contained water, and he took a sip from time to time.

Zhu Hongsan saw that everyone was listening to Han Zanzhou's enthronement edict, and no one paid attention to him. When he turned around and snatched Zhu Changying's gourd, Zhu Changying was shocked and shouted out loud. Zhu Hongsan glared at him. When the princes around him saw Zhu Hongsan being so unreasonable, they all glared at Zhu Hongsan.

Zhu Hongsan said in his heart: "I care about you. Anyway, you will be chopped up in one year, so it's nothing to offend you." After thinking about it, he opened the gourd and tasted it, and it was filled with honey water.

Zhu Hongsan scolded Zhu Changying, the old bastard. Unexpectedly, using honey water to quench thirst and hunger. Zhu Hongsan drank all the remaining half of the gourd honey water to relieve his hunger and thirst, and returned the gourd to Zhu Changying.

At this time, the edict of the ascension was over. After the old eunuch Han finished reciting, everyone bowed three times and nine times to pay homage to the new emperor, and the ceremony of ascension was completely completed. The governor Zhu Yousong became a legitimate new emperor, and the first year of Hongguang began next year, although it was only five months.

After the throne ceremony, Zhu Hongsan and Feng Ruoshu returned to the inn. It was already afternoon and they were so tired that they were dying. Zhu Hongsan asked someone to get a bath, take a hot bath to relieve fatigue, and then hugged Zhu Moe and slept for a night.

After sleeping until dark, Zhu Hongsan got up and then he was exhausted.
Chapter completed!