After a while, the queen with a sad face walked out of the warm chalet.

The queen looked at King Xin and said, "The emperor is going to have a small burial soon. Please ask King Xin to preside over the presidency."

"Yes, the princess."

King Xin agreed. He was still very excited, and even felt a little struggling when he stood up, and his body was trembling slightly.

A eunuch wanted to come and support King Xin, but King Xin flicked his sleeves and blocked him.

The emperor's brother died in his twenties, but King Xin has always been healthy. King Xin knew that he would never accept the pill. As a member of the Ming Dynasty royal family, King Xin planned to live longer. At this moment, people's hearts are floating, and King Xin will not give people a feeling of weakness. Otherwise, people's hearts will not be attached to them.

The eunuch also felt a little relieved and retreated to the side, his face turning a little red.

After sending this letter, the king calmed down. He walked behind Queen Zhang and whispered: "Sister-in-law, let everything be as normal from now on!"

"Otherwise." Empress Zhang deserves her reputation and shook her head gently and said, "I am grateful to you, my heart. However, I will not ask about the affairs of the inner court in the future. Zhou Concubine is virtuous, and the inner court should take her as the presidency."

This is also a matter of course. Once the emperor and the ministers are born, the inner court will of course have to change the master. If Empress Zhang has a son, she can be the empress dowager, and the inner court will still be the main one. Unfortunately, Empress Zhang has no son and lives in the inner court as her sister-in-law. She can only be considered half of the master, which is considered a guest position.

This kind of mentality is very subtle. Even though Queen Zhang has always supported King Xin and likes Princess Xin very much. At this moment, her eyes are red again.

The emperor who just passed away, no matter what its significance to the subjects of the world, was her husband and also trusted for Empress Zhang, and was her heaven. Now, her heaven has left her.

But the affairs of the Tian family are not like those of the people. Women can ignore everything and just hold their husbands and cry. Queen Zhang doesn’t have to do it herself, but at this moment, the king of Xin is not the lord of the inner court, so many things must be arranged by Queen Zhang himself.

"Give the emperor a small burial, then put it in the coffin and move it to the main hall of Qianqing Palace." The queen endured her grief and ordered: "Chamber the Jingyang bell and announce that the emperor has passed away. Open the palace gate and let the nobles and ministers come in to visit and visit the remains. Tomorrow morning, the ministers will enter the palace again, announce the will, and ask the king to ascend the throne before the coffin..."

King Xin was standing in a daze before the body of the emperor's brother who had been covered with white cloth on his face.

Not long ago, the emperor was still talking to him and entrusting himself with earnestness. Not long after, it was already separated by heaven and man.

"Sister-in-law..." Hearing the words he called for ascending the throne, King Xin cried and said, "I don't dare."

"Don't refuse at this time." Empress Zhang said: "The throne should not be empty, and the country should not be without a master for a day! Today, the king is the crown prince, and he will inherit the throne tomorrow. Didn't the emperor tell you before his death? My brother should be Yao and Shun!"

"Yes..." I said a lot just now, but King Xin didn't pay much attention to the last words of Tianqi. He did not make any decisions, so he did not plan for each other. King Xin had some feelings for the emperor's brother, but it did not mean that he could accept Tianqi's governing philosophy.

What is this? If the world really falls to this tomorrow, what will he face to meet his ancestors in the future?

At this time, King Xin could not believe it. In history, he ruled the country for 17 years, and ruled a huge empire to collapse. He forced his wives and concubines to commit suicide, then killed his daughter with his own hands, covered his hair and fled to Jingshan to hang himself. After his death, he also covered his hair and had no face to see others, let alone meet his ancestors.

"I will definitely govern the Ming Dynasty well." King Xin was finally moved and said, "Yao and Shun dare not accept it. I hope that they can be the Emperor Taiping and meet the emperor's brother in the future, so they can be ashamed."

"The King of Xin will definitely do it." Empress Zhang's eyes were filled with tears. Wang Xin was willing to study, had ideas, and got close to Confucian ministers. This was also the choice of emperors in her mind. Compared with Wang Xin, Empress Zhang also felt that her husband had deviations in governing the country, which was too outrageous. She advised many times that the emperor was stubborn, and the concubines could not interfere too much in government affairs. Now, although the queen was heartbroken by her husband's death, she was not without relief. When Wang Xin came to power, she finally wanted to make trouble. The world would be peaceful and prosperous.

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The small burial means changing nine sets of clothes of the deceased person one after another, and then there are rituals such as cleansing faces and body cleaning. Although it is just a small burial, it takes a long time.

In the afternoon, civil and military officials, including the nobles of each family, entered the palace from the left and right gates to the Ganqing Palace. King Xin did not receive worship, but avoided in the side hall.

At this time, the palace was already crying loudly. The nobles and civil and military officials who came to pay homage to the remains were crying. Whether it was true or false, people had to look extremely sad and had to cry loudly. Of course, there would be no censor impeaching the emperor before. Today, the emperor has become the late emperor. The Ming Dynasty lost three emperors within ten years. It is really unfavorable for the year. Of course, if people know that if the country was destroyed in more than ten years, they should sigh that this is the number of days!

Whether it is Wanli who lives for more than ten years or Tianqi who lives for more than ten years, the Ming Dynasty may not have destroyed its country.

People often discuss whether the Ming Dynasty could save the fate of the country if Zhu Yuanzhang or an outstanding emperor replaced Chongzhen. In fact, it is not necessary, just Apocalypse would live for more than ten years.

After the small burial was over, the body of the Tianqi was moved to the main hall of the Ganqing Palace. There were still quite a lot of complicated mourning etiquette waiting. The nobles and ministers gradually withdrew, and the palace gradually returned to quiet.

King Xin also withdrew from the main hall and sat upright in the main hall of a side hall behind the Ganqing Palace.

At this time, the eunuchs and palace servants kept interacting, and everyone changed their usual auspicious clothes to wear mourning clothes.

In the evening, a eunuch brought people to bring meals. King Xin did not comment and asked him to put them in front of him, but he did not move a single chopstick from beginning to end. Until the warm imperial meal turned cold, King Xin did not move.

King Xin not only did not eat, but also did not drink water.

In the evening, Empress Zhang sent someone to ask about the reason, and Wang Xin said quietly: "The emperor's brother suddenly collapsed, and he was too sad to eat. If he had been worried about the emperor's sister-in-law, there was no other reason."

Later, Empress Zhang probably knew about King Xin's thoughts and did not send anyone to ask about food and drink. Instead, she sent a team of eunuchs to stand in front of the courtyard of the side hall and guard it with a copper whisk.

After dark, lanterns were lit up all around, and some people wanted to turn off the lights before and after the upcoming. The king of Xin ordered the lights to continue to be turned on without extinguishing them.

Not only were the people in the palace busy, but the same was true for the foreign court. The will will be issued tomorrow. At that time, the people from the Xinwang Mansion will be able to enter the palace and guard the Xinwang as the emperor's servant.

King Xin sat quietly, waiting for dawn.

It is conceivable that the outside world will be very busy. The busiest ones must be officials from the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites. Officials must also mourn according to the system, change mourning clothes, ban drinking and banquets, and the people also ban weddings and funerals within one month... The emperor's death was the collapse of the mountain and the tombs, and he should have such treatment.

King Xin's eyes were bright, and he was crossing his sword in front of his knees. He looked directly at His Highness. The hall was empty, and only King Xin was wearing white clothes and sat upright...

The young prince sat upright under the bright candlelight, his fair face was expressionless, but his eyes were always bright and bright, and he sat upright all night until the east was white.

"I have a master again in the Ming Dynasty." Several old eunuchs burst into tears. Compared to Emperor Tianqi, the young King Xin in front of him seemed to be more mature and steady, and looked like the reappearance of the Holy Lord.

Emperor Wanli, who had suffered from bad behavior in his later years and had severe foot disease, Taichang, who died of excessive women's sex, Emperor Longqing, who was ridiculed as a bee by civil servants, and Emperor Tianqi, who was very weak in his talent and had always been poor in health. When he looked at the young King Xin, who could not sit in front of him, looked as if he was full of determination and had a firm look in his eyes. Many old eunuchs over 70 sighed sincerely that this was the appearance of Emperor Jiajing of Shizong, and this was the emperor's style.

After dawn, Zhou Hou and others entered the palace as soon as the palace gate opened. dozens of eunuchs from the Xinwang Mansion also came in, all of whom were waiting around Xinwang and protecting Xinwang closely.

Zhou Hou only brought a few pieces of sesame cakes and a pot of clear water into the palace. King Xin didn't care about anything at this time and drank it first. The clear water wet his chest and the robe was quite eye-catching.

Then I ate sesame cakes. After being hungry for most of the day and one night, King Xin was already hungry.

While King Xin was eating and drinking, the nobles and ministers entered the palace again. Soon after, someone invited King Xin to the main hall of Qianqing Palace.

King Xin, who had enough food and drink, was upright in his manners and arrived at the Qianqing Palace with the most solemn expression.

The chief assistant Gu Bingqian stood in front of the coffin and read the will.

When King Xin heard the words of the Emperor's fifth brother inheriting the throne, he fell to the ground and cried.

The ministers persuaded him to advance, and King Xin refused three times, and the ministers insisted on asking for help. King Xin ascended the throne in front of the Ling Dynasty, and from this moment on officially becoming the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

The New Year name proposed by the cabinet was Chongzhen, but the era cannot be changed yet. According to convention, this year must be completed, that is, the seventh year of the Tianqi period, and in January next year, the era will be officially changed to Chongzhen.

Chongzhen means advocating Joan of Arc and pursuing beautiful virtues.

Maybe it was because the ministers who had been lustful by Guangzong and the absurdity of the apocalypse, and hoped that the new emperor would be a saint of the inner and outer kings?

Even if it is a eunuch party, as long as it is a civil servant, at least try to improve himself in these matters.

King Xin was quite satisfied with his New Year's name, and he was not dissatisfied. At this point, the new master confirmed that King Xin, who was the main one in the palace, would be Emperor Chongzhen.

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There were traces of iron and fire raging in front of me. Large areas of headless corpses were covered by snow, but there were still quite a few corpses exposed in the wilderness and villages, almost everywhere.

From preparations in November and mobilization in December, troops were sent at the end of the seventh year of the Tianqi period to the first year of Chongzhen, about 14,000 Jurgenta's forces, cooperated with more than 10,000 Koreans who surrendered their heads across the Yalu River. More than 30,000 people first removed North Korea's six-post border defense troops and easily killed them. Then more than 30,000 soldiers crossed the river around the fourth update, and after dawn, they captured North Korea's Yizhou City, killing the prefect Li Wan, and judge Cui Mengliang was beheaded. All the residents in the city were massacred and no one survived.

After that, the Eight Banners troops advanced in different directions. This time, Amin was commanded by Belejirharang, Ajig, Yuetou, Dudu, Shuotou and Dorgon.

Because the people in Korea are narrow and poor, most of them are mountainous and forested, the people are poor, so the main force of the Later Jin soldiers was not dispatched, with only about 14,000 people, including thousands of flag soldiers, and only six or seven thousand soldiers.

Even with such a military configuration, the Koreans could not stop it. After the Later Jin soldiers conquered Yizhou, they began to divide their troops. Amin led the main force to continue to go south, and the troops along Xuanchuan Pukou began to march towards Tieshan.
Chapter completed!