Chapter 84 Section 83

After the emperor's funeral and before the funeral, the Zi Palace will be moved from Da Nei to the place where the dead are waiting to be buried, which is called "temporary safety". The temporary place is called "Guande Hall". ——Exit Shenwumen, pass through Beichizi and cross the bridge. There is a gate opposite to Shenwumen. It is called Beishangmen. Entering the gate is Jingshan. .The surrounding area of ​​this mountain is more than two li, and there are five peaks in total, which are shaped like a pen holder. The mountain is not high, and the middle peak is only more than eleven zhang.Behind the mountain is the Shouhuang Hall, which is shaped like an Taimiao, and is dedicated to the imperial figures of generations. The east of the hall is the Yongsi Hall, and the east is the Guande Hall.

Guande Hall can only enshrine one Catalpa Palace, but the Xinuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace and Huangji Hall of Ningshou Palace are two places where spirits stop. Which Zigong should be dedicated to Guande Palace? This matter is neither big nor small, and there are different opinions. Some people think that the mother comes first, so Empress Dowager Cixi should move to Guande Hall first;In theory, it seems that the latter is true, so more people seconded it. But the Empress Dowager advocated that the Zi Palace in the Huangji Hall should be moved to the Guande Hall first. Her reason was that the Dingdong Mausoleum had already been completed, so the Empress Dowager Daxing must have placed it first.This statement sounds good at first, but it is not true when you think about it carefully, because both the Eastern Tomb and the Western Tomb also have temporary peace halls, and the palace must be moved to the mausoleum after a hundred days in the Guande Hall. It has nothing to do with when it will be buried. relation.

It's just that the queen mother insisted that Zaifeng could not be redeemed with words, and the military plane could not invite the queen mother. Waiting for Zaifeng to explain the reasons in detail, it seemed that he could only follow the "benevolent order". Just the day before the edict was to be issued, Li Lianying went to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to see the Queen Mother.After returning from the two palaces to Luan from Xi'an, his reputation has gradually deteriorated. Now that the iceberg has fallen, he is not only inferior to Cui Yugui, but also inferior to Xiao Dezhang.But the Empress Dowager still didn't dare to underestimate him, so she sent a message immediately.

After saluting, the Empress Dowager ordered Xiao Dezhang: "Give Ada a small stool!" She learned the method of "excellent courtesy and veterans" from the Empress Dowager Cixi.Sure enough, Li Lianying was quite moved, especially since she was called "Zhu Da" just like Emperor Daxing Zairi, which made him feel that she and the late Emperor still had a relationship as husband and wife after all.The antipathy towards her has thus been reduced a lot. "The days are so fast, the twenty-seven days will be over in a blink of an eye!" The queen mother said with red eyes, "I don't know how to get here in the past twenty days!"

"Please don't be sad, master, please take care of yourself! Long live God is too young, it depends on the master's work and protection." Li Lianying immediately said: "The slave came to see the master today, and I have something to ask the master!" As he said, he got up from the small stool and went back again. kneel down. "Get up, get up! It's better to sit down and talk." Li Lianying got up, but stood with her hands down and played back: "I heard that the slave will take Lafayette's coffin and move it to Jingshan. I don't know if there is such a thing?"

The Queen Mother was thinking, when he mentioned this matter, he knelt down and begged, what was he asking for?Let's talk more vividly, so he replied: "There is no rule yet." "If there is no rule, the slave begs the master to let the Lafayette stay in Ningshou Palace temporarily." Li Lianying's voice was choked with hoarseness: "The slave has served the Lafayette for thirty-two years. The master is kind enough to let the slave go back. There are not many days left! I beg the master to let the slave be more considerate in front of Lafayette. If you move to Jingshan, the place is small, except for the slave, Lafayette usually uses people who are used to it , I have no choice but to follow, besides, Lafayette doesn't care what he wants! I'm afraid the master will feel uneasy."

The Empress Dowager heard that Li Lianying took care of several banquets in the Huangji Hall. Except for the rules of the funeral ceremony, it was exactly the same as that of the Empress Dowager Cixi when she was alive. , and put it into the jewelry box, as if the Empress Dowager Cixi would pick out what kind of hairpin to put in and what ring to wear that day.As for the breakfast and dinner, they also choose the favorite delicacies of the Empress Dowager Cixi and offer them up. When the offering is over, they shout: "Go around the bend, Lafayette!" During his lifetime, the rule of picking teeth after meals and taking a walk to digest food is the same.

At first, I thought that the person who sent the message was exaggerating, but now after listening to Li Lianying's words, I realized that he is really an "Lafayette" and still lives in Ningshou Palace.Isn't this the same as having a nerve?Considering that the Empress Dowager Cixi had favored him for decades, it is no wonder that he would be like this. Momentarily moved, but also temporarily unable to think of any reason to refuse, the Empress Dowager could only nod her head and say, "Okay! Let the emperor's coffin be moved to the Guande Hall first." "Yes!" Li Lianying continued to ask: "Should the slave immediately pass on the master's words to the fifth master?"

"Fifth Lord" refers to Zaifeng, and the Queen Mother replied: "That's right! You should pass the message to Fifth Lord." As soon as Li Lianying withdrew, Xiao Dezhang complained to the Queen Mother: "Master, why does he listen to his nonsense? What kind of filial piety does he have to the Lafayette? He is occupying the Ningshou Palace and refuses to let it out. I don't know what to worry about? Slave, look at this. Things are going to get worse!" "There's nothing we can do now." The queen mother said again: "However, I don't think he dares to mess around! You just need to send people to check."

"Of course the slave should send more people to check." From this day onwards, in the name of the Empress Dowager, Xiao De Zhang notified the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send more guards to patrol at night, not only to travel to the Empress Dowager's Zigong, but also to protect it closely, and to pay more attention to remote places to prevent accidents . When this situation reached Li Lianying's ears, he sneered and said, "Xiao Dezhang wants to take Lafayette's coffin away so that he can dig it up? I just don't want him to be happy.There are rumors outside that Lafayette's private house has 30 million silver, half of which is buried in Changchun Palace and half in Ningshou Palace. I won't say whether this is true or not, let him guess and think about it, so that he can't sleep at night , I can't eat during the day, and I have tossed my own life, so I am satisfied! "

On the ninth day of November, the weather is extremely cold, but princes and ministers, civil and military officials, who are qualified to wear mink fur coats or other "big hair", still wear blue cloth and old sheepskin robes, and mink hats are of course not allowed. Because the big funeral is still within 27 days. The auspicious time for ascension to the pole is "the first quarter of noon", which is a quarter past eleven in the morning.After ten o'clock, all the ministers arrived one after another, and when Fang was arranging his shift, the ceremony in the palace had already begun. Wang Momo has been coaxing for a long time: "Today is the day of the old man's great joy, don't cry!" The little emperor finally obeyed, obediently asked Wang Momo to cover him with a blue silk padded gown The white cloth shirt was then carried to the Compassionate Ning Palace and handed over to the Prince Regent. According to the Ascension Ceremony drawn up by the Ministry of Liberation as a rule, the regent would not hold the emperor in his arms, and he would perform three kneeling and nine kowtowing rituals in front of the Zi Palace of Daxing Emperor, who was moved to Guande Hall two days ago, only to accept the order.Of course, the so-called kneeling three times and knocking nine times is just for show. Next is the Empress Dowager.First change the dress in the hall, special small court clothes, top and bottom, front and back, left and right, embroidered with gold silk, there are twenty-seven dragons, plus the sun, moon and stars, algae and fire, five-color cloud heads, and eight treasures standing water.When worn on the body, it is neither smooth nor docile, and it is extremely uncomfortable. What is even more unbearable is the small court crown, which has three layers, each layer has a golden dragon holder, and an east pearl is supported on it.The little emperor wore it on his head, and he couldn't even lift his heavy head. Moreover, the brim of the black fox's hat was so warm that it couldn't be worn even more.The regent was afraid that he would cry and make trouble if he failed to fulfill his wish, so he had to take it off for him, but made a statement: "When you turn around and salute, you have to wear it." When they arrived at the Palace of Compassion and Ning, because of the care of Mother Wang, they finished the ceremony quite decently.The queen mother, regent, and mother Wang all heaved a sigh of relief. It's time to go to the outer court to receive congratulations.Still held by the regent, he left the gate of Qianqing in a sedan chair, first went to the Hall of Zhonghe, was supported by the regent, sat on the throne, and was congratulated by the ministers of the guards and others headed by Prince Gong Puwei.Who in the royal family is close to the emperor, or whom the emperor is willing to be close to, can be seen at this time. After this tossing, the little emperor was getting impatient.Immediately afterwards, he turned to the Hall of Supreme Harmony and officially held the ascension ceremony. It's called Dadian, and it's really very simple.Because everyone who ascends to the throne is in the midst of a great funeral and filial piety, so although the Danbi's great music is set up but not played, although the congratulatory form of the hundred officials is provided but not read, it is just the emperor's ascension to the palace to receive the ceremony. It is said that at the beginning of the Ming Chengzu's construction, the regulations were highly respected. In terms of the terrain of the entire capital, the Hall of Supreme Harmony is the tallest, and in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the throne is the tallest. From this point of view, you can see beyond the front gate. Of course, the little emperor didn't have such good eyesight.The regent put him on the throne, knelt down on one leg, and supported him with both hands on the right side to the fatal court crown. The pressure of the little emperor was heavy and hot. Looking at His Majesty Dan, there was a black mass of heads in front of the rank mountain. He was dizzy from seeing it, and suddenly the Jing whip was whipped, which made him tremble with fright, and the crying could no longer be stopped. "I don't want it, I don't want it!" The little emperor cried loudly on the throne, "I don't love this place, I don't love this place!" Chao Yi was so clean that he couldn't even hear the sound of coughing, so the more he felt the little emperor's crying and shouting, the momentum was astonishing.The regent was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, so he could only try his best to appease him! "Don't cry, don't cry! It'll be over in a while, it'll be over in a while!" His voice was also very loud, although he couldn't hear it outside the hall, all the princes and ministers in the hall could hear him clearly.I kept saying in my heart: I just became an emperor, why "it will be over in a while", it is a bad omen! In addition to the enthronement ceremony, there are three very important ceremonies that follow. The first is to honor the posthumous posthumous title of Emperor Daxing. , Temple name "Dezong".The mausoleum was chosen to be located in Jinlongyu, Xiling, and named "Chongling". The second item is to honor the Empress Dowager Cixi. As Zhang Zhidong advocated, the first word is "Xiaoqin", and the last four characters are "Peitian Xingsheng".Because of the word "matching", it seems to be an enemy of Wen Zong. His status is already higher than that of Wen Zong's Yuan Empress Xiaode and his successor Xiaozhen. The third item is the emblem title for the Empress Dowager, who is called "Empress Dowager Longyu".In addition, the concubines of Mu Zong and Dezong were also conferred in the Jin Dynasty. The noble concubine Mu Zongyu was honored as "Huang Kao Yu Huang Guifei"; Concubine Xiaoxuan"; Concubine Jin of Emperor Dezong was naturally honored as "Concubine Huang Kaojin".