On this day, the sky in the capital was gloomy and the dark clouds seemed to be pressing down very low. This feeling made people feel a little breathless.

The news of the death of the emperor, which had been circulated for several days, was finally confirmed today.

All civil and military officials from the capital entered the palace and were declared dead.

The civil and military officials wailed in unison. Although some people were really sad and crying, in fact, most of them just made painful expressions and opened their mouths and screamed, looking extremely fake.

Yang Tinghe held the edict of the throne written by Zhu Houzhao in his hand, which was the real edict of the throne. He handed it to Zhong Bin early in the morning, and then received the edict of the edict from Zhong Bin.

According to the contents of the edict, Zhu Houzhao's only son Zhu Yujiang would succeed the throne and change his name to Zhu Zaijiang. The reason for this change is that when Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was alive, he set a list of generations, which should be: "Gao Zhan Qi Jianyou, Hou Zaiyi Changyou."

Zhu Houzhao is from the generation of "Hou", so Zhu Yujiang should be from the generation of "Zai".

It doesn't matter what his name was before he ascended the throne, but if he ascended the throne, he must follow his seniority. Otherwise, the clan's mansion would not recognize it, and all civil and military officials would criticize this matter.

Zhu Houzhao's temple name was Wuzong, and this one did not change. The posthumous title was written by Jiang Xia personally, as "Emperor of Chengtian Dao, Sutra, Rui, Zhi, Zhide, and Prosperous Merits, and Congratulations on Wen, Jing, and Xiaoyi".

It was announced that Zhu Yujiang might have to be changed to Zhu Zaijiang in the future. After announcing his succession to the throne, Yang Tinghe immediately appointed six ministers in the name of the late emperor Zhu Houzhao according to his and Jiang Xia's early arrangements, on the grounds that the emperor was young.

The list has been decided long ago, including the Grand Tutor Jiang Xia, the Minister of Revenue Yang Yiqing, the former Chief Auxiliary of the Cabinet Li Dongyang, the Minister of Personnel Yang Tinghe, the Minister of War Wang Qiong, and the Left Censor Xia Yuanming.

Among these six people, except for Jiangxia, all of them are highly respected people who have been officials for many years, so it is not surprising that they are ministers of life. However, fortunately, Zhu Houzhao had already named Jiangxia the first-rank crown prince tutor of the dynasty before his death, so it was a bit inconsistent to be ministers of life at the age of thirty, but it was reasonable.

In this way, the new chapter of the Ming Dynasty began again.

Zhu Zaijiang had to wait until he married the queen at the age of sixteen before he could take power. He was only five years old now, so he still had eleven years left.

When sending Zhu Houzhao's body into Kangling, Jiang Xia stood in front of the Holy Name Monument and held Zhu Zaijiang's hand, and said to the Holy Name Monument seriously: "Don't worry, second brother, I will shelter him from the wind and rain for eleven years."

After Zhu Houzhao's funeral was completed, Zhu Zaijiang officially ascended the throne and changed his lunar name to Jiajing.

This should have been Zhu Houcan's year name, but it was used by Zhu Zaijiang. History is so magical. No matter how you change it, it may be slightly adjusted accordingly and try to make it move forward according to the original process.

Since he has become a minister of life, it is naturally impossible to return to Yangzhou.

Jiang Xia arranged for someone to renovate Xiaoyao Villa, then wrote a letter, and arranged for someone to go to Yangzhou to escort his wives to the capital.

At this moment, Jiang Xia was waiting at the city gate with people, because today should be the day when his master Li Dongyang arrived in the capital.

Zhu Zaijiang ascended the throne at the age of five and had to wait until he was sixteen to take power. During this period, there was no emperor in the Ming Dynasty, and he only relied on Jiang Xia and the six ministers of his life to manage the world.

With Jiang Xia's prestige and foundation in the court, it is incomparable to Yang Tinghe, so Jiang Xia was exhausted by Li Dongyang and asked him to come out again.

Only with the support of Li Dongyang, a veteran of the four dynasties, can Jiangxia truly gain a foothold in the court. Not to mention the stability of Yang Tinghe, it can be said that it is evenly matched.

Next to the Yongding River outside the capital city, an old man was sitting on the shore fishing. Behind the old man was a wild grass. No one came to take care of the grass for many years, so it grew more than one meter high.

The wind blew the weeds and swayed around. Suddenly the weeds were pushed away, and another old man walked out.

If Jiang Xia was here, he would definitely be able to recognize that the person who had just stepped out of the weeds was one of the six major ministers today, Yang Tinghe.

Yang Tinghe glanced at the old man fishing by the river, and then walked over immediately.

When he arrived behind the old man, Yang Tinghe did not speak out, but stood quietly behind the old man, as if he was afraid of being shocked by the fish that was about to take the bait.

After a while, there was probably a cup of tea, and the old man finally spoke first.

"You don't need to blame yourself. You don't blame you for this matter. You can do your best to make the situation today. The emperor is coming with great force. Not only has he grasped the military power, but he also summoned Yang Yiqing to Beijing, obviously preparing to cultivate his power in the court and then take charge of the government affairs.

We were not ready at first, but the emperor was preparing to exchange the troops of the Beijing camp and the border troops of the Xuanfu at this time. If he was really done, our previous plans and arrangements would be in vain.

If you act in a hurry, you can finally complete the current situation. Thank you for your hard work."

The old man said these words slowly, and as he slowly said these words, Yang Tinghe seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. He bent slightly and asked in a low voice: "What should we do next?"

The old man looked up at the sky and said irrelevantly: "The wind is light and the clouds are light, this is a good sky."

After saying that, the old man pulled the fishing rod and saw a fish hanging on the hook. The old man took the fish off the hook and said, "No matter how cunning the fish is, it is still not as good as the patient fisherman. I put the bait down for two hours. During this period, it moved my bait five times, but I haven't pulled the fishing rod. Do you know why?"

"Because it didn't bite deep enough?" Yang Tinghe answered tentatively.

The old man nodded, reached out and threw the fish back into the river, and then got up and walked away without taking the fishing rod.

While walking, the old man said, "Men, don't be too hasty, take it slowly."

After saying that, the old man had already lifted the weeds and walked in, disappearing.

At the east city gate of the capital, Jiang Xia, who had been waiting for more than three hours, finally saw Jun Yang driving a carriage.

Jiang Xia, who was sitting at the tea stall next to the city gate, immediately ran over, waved his hand and shouted, "Hey, here! Here!"

Jun Yang turned his head and immediately stopped the carriage. He turned to the carriage and said, "Master, Lord Jiang is here to pick you up."

The curtain of the carriage was lifted up. Although he was old, Li Dongyang, who was still full of red and bright face, came out of the carriage.

Jiang Xia hurried over, stretched out his hands to help Li Dongyang get off the carriage, and said, "Master, I haven't seen you for a long time, but I miss you. The apprentice was forced to do nothing this time, so I asked my master to come out, and I would like to ask my master not to blame him."

Jun Yang jumped out of the carriage and immediately took a small wooden stool for Li Dongyang to step off the carriage.

Li Dongyang held Jiang Xia's hand and walked down from the carriage. After standing on the ground, Li Dongyang looked at Jiang Xia and nodded, sighing: "Okay, in just a few years, the brothel servants back then are now one of the six major ministers of the Ming Dynasty. The most proud thing for his life is to accept you as his disciple."

Jiang Xia, who had always been very shameless after being praised by Li Dongyang, felt a little embarrassed and waved his hand and said, "Master is too good. I am not only literary, elegant, handsome, generous, young and rich, and powerful. I will blush if you praise me like this."

Li Dongyang gave Jiang Xia a angrily glance and said with a stern face: "We are already a first-rank official in the court. Why are you still not in a good position when you speak?"

Jiang Xia stuck out his tongue and said, "The disciple is like this only in front of you, in front of outsiders."

"Jiang Xia!"

Suddenly, Jiang Xia heard a loud shout. He turned his head and saw Yin Jiaojiao looking at him with her slim waist. Jiang Xia seemed to have been shocked. He immediately turned around and said to Qian Juexing and Xiao Sha beside him: "Juexing, Brother Xiao, please escort my master back to Xiaoyao Villa first. I will deal with something and come back immediately."

"Master, here is the disciple." Jiang Xia looked at Yin Jiaojiao awkwardly and said to Li Dongyang embarrassedly.

Li Dongyang shook his head angrily and waved his hand: "Go."

"Yes, Master, the disciple will leave first"

Jiang Xia had just finished saluting Li Dongyang, and Yin Jiaojiao saw that Jiang Xia actually ignored her, so she shouted loudly: "Jiang Xia, you peeked at me for a bath, you also touched mine."

Jiang Xia suddenly felt like he was about to sweat in a waterfall, and three black lines on his forehead had emerged.

When the pedestrians around heard a girl saying loudly that a man peeked at her taking a bath, they immediately stopped and looked over. Then they saw that Yin Jiaojiao was sweet and charming, and at this moment she said that the other party had touched her.

The eyes of the people around him were emitting light. Seeing that Yin Jiaojiao had said for a long time but didn't say anything she had touched, a man couldn't help asking: "Girl, where did he touch you? Please point it out and come and see."

"Go home to see your mother, and be careful that this girl will castrate you!"

Jiang Xia had already run over quickly at this moment, grabbed Yin Jiaojiao's hand and left. He whispered: "Grandma, I was wrong, can't I be wrong? It's in public, give me some face."

"I am the one who is embarrassed, and no one knows you anyway."

As soon as Yin Jiaojiao finished speaking, someone suddenly said, "That girl was named Jiang Xia just now. Isn't this one of the six major ministers of life today? But is she really the Grand Tutor of the current dynasty?"

Jiang Xia looked at Yin Jiaojiao in anger, and Yin Jiaojiao playedfully sticking out her tongue.

Jiang Xia immediately turned his head and said, "No, I'm not that Jiang Xia."

"Oh, he was originally the one who peeked at the other girl taking a bath, Dingtu, a dead pervert."
Chapter completed!