Chapter 536 Qi’s Army Enters Beijing!
"Long Qing..."

"Long Qing..."

"Auspicious and festive."

Amid the sound of firecrackers, the Ming Dynasty officially ended the 45th year of Jiajing and entered the new emperor's Longqing reign.

And in Changping.

The academy has completely included Shuyuan Mountain.

In the viewing pavilion halfway up the mountain, Yan Song looked meaningfully through the windowsill, gazing towards the direction of the capital, silently muttering the new emperor's reign title.

Yan Shaoting also had a smile on his face.

If it weren't for the old man's explanation, I would have naively thought that Zhu Zaigui's Longqing reign title was just a simple wish.

Yan Shifan, who had been sitting in the warm pavilion and holding his grandson down for a long time, finally breathed a sigh of relief. He poured himself a cup of tea and was about to drink it when he saw that his grandson had already jumped out of his arms again.

Looking helplessly at his lively grandson, Yan Shifan could only sigh and shake his head.

Then he sneered and said, "I heard that when the reign title was being decided, Gao Yi from the Ministry of Rites had prepared several. In the end, it was Li Chunfang and his people who took the lead and pushed for the word Longqing."

As he spoke, Yan Shifan snorted coldly a few more times.

"They let the new emperor use this reign title. Do they think the evil intentions they have hidden cannot be seen?"

Yan Shaoting smiled beside him.

The so-called Longqing is naturally the auspicious and festive meaning that the old man just mentioned.

But if we put the late emperor together, it would not mean the same thing.

The previous emperor had just died, and the new emperor ascended the throne, and then he gave an auspicious and festive reign title. Doesn't this mean that the previous emperor was mean, ungrateful, and incompetent, and his death was just right and should be celebrated?
Just like Zhang Shicheng who fought against the Ming Dynasty before its founding.

The names of Zhang Shicheng and Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty were very similar.

Emperor Taizu's original name was Zhu Chongba, and Zhang Shicheng's original name was Zhang Jiusi.

Later, Zhang Shicheng felt that his name was not good enough, so he asked scholars to change it to Shicheng.

But the word "Shicheng" also sounds nice, but is actually a curse secretly.

According to Mencius, a scholar is truly a villain.

Let’s not talk about all that. Just the two words “Longqing”, during the reign of Emperor Yingzong, the seventh daughter was given the title of Longqing and was named Princess Longqing.

Using a title that has not had a very good implication and was also used by a princess during the reign of Emperor Yingzong as the reign name shows the ulterior motives of the officials in the court who proposed the reign name this time.

Xu Wei is also in the pavilion today.

He smiled and said, "This humble official remembered that when the late emperor first came to Beijing and ascended the throne, the court drafted three era names, and it seemed that there was also such a little thought in it."

Yan Shifan looked over immediately and said, "You mean the Shaozhi era name that was proposed back then?"

Xu Wei nodded in affirmation.

Yan Shifan sneered but said nothing.

But what Xu Wei mentioned and said to him were the real thoughts of the imperial court at that time.

The imperial court proposed the reign title of Shaozhi for the late emperor, which was intended to mean the succession of the reign of Hongzhi. It was simply to make the late emperor admit that he was inheriting the will of Emperor Xiaozong Zhu Youtang.

This naturally would not be approved by the late emperor.

Therefore, the word Jiajing was chosen from the other two proposed reign titles, Mingliang and Jiajing.

It is taken from the Book of Documents, which says there is no idle chapter, and we dare not neglect the peace, which is the meaning of the Yin state in the Jiajing period.

"No matter what, the new dynasty has begun."

Yan Song knocked on the table, attracting everyone's attention.

The old man sat high up in the throne and said, "In a few days, the court will open and the tasks will be carried out one after another. I think the matter of Ruzhen and others joining the cabinet should be implemented by the new emperor this time. The remaining things are the matters of the Qiansi Gold Bank and the Anda tribe. You should keep a close eye on these two matters. As for whether it is the Jiajing New Deal or the Longqing New Deal, let Gao Gong and others do it first, and don't interfere."

This is a summary lecture.

It is also a reminder for the Yan family and the personnel arrangements on this side.

Yan Shifan spoke first: "Those who were sentenced to prison on the day of the late emperor's death are still in prison. I will keep an eye on them. If anyone dares to speak to them and offend them, I will submit a petition to the emperor to impeach them."

After saying this, the Left Assistant Minister stopped talking.

However, his meaning was expressed clearly. Now he will only deal with corrupt officials in the court and will not interfere in other matters.

Xu Wei said, "Recently, many people from the Imperial College have come to the academy. It seems that the emperor wants to select a group of students from the academy to go to the Imperial College. Maybe he wants to let them study in the Imperial College and wait for the next exam to enter the officialdom."

Yan Song just nodded.

Zhu Zaigui was now the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and it was no longer possible for him to directly manage the academy, so the title of principal was transferred to him.

However, the new emperor who now lives in the Forbidden City will certainly attach great importance to Changping Academy and use it for his own personal benefit.

Yan Shaoting said, "The academy cannot neglect the matter of the official students. Anyone who is interested in this path should be helped to choose a place. There will be many places that need these people in the future. It would be best to recruit more scholars and juren who have failed to pass the exam for many years and train them in the academy for a few years."

Now that Zhu Zaigui has come to power, it is time for him to let go and do many things.

At least the academy is now continuing to expand its enrollment, which is within Zhu Zaigui's permission and expectation.

Xu Wei nodded: "It's already being done, and most of the students selected are those who have excluded students from Southeast China and other places."

Now, within the Yan family, the southeastern provinces are already being treated as a serious threat.

It's a kind of tacit understanding.

No one said anything about Xu Wei's arrangement in the academy.

Yan Wuyou, however, walked back from outside the warm hall with his mouth pursed.

When Yan Shifan saw this, he immediately glared and asked, "Why didn't you run away like crazy? And you still remembered to come back?"

Yan Wuyou pursed his lips and looked up at his grandfather, his eyes suddenly filled with tears.

Yan Shifan's shoulders trembled at this, and he immediately reached out to hug his grandson, with a flattering smile on his face: "Wuyou, dear, grandpa is too fierce. What's wrong with Wuyou? But who has offended our Wuyou? Whatever you want to do, grandpa will accompany you."

Yan Shaoting, who was sitting next to him, glanced at Yan Shifan meaningfully.

Yan Wuyou lowered his head, counted on his fingers and said: "I miss Jun Ge'er, he hasn't come to the academy for a long time..."

Hearing his eldest grandson say this, Yan Shifan was speechless.

And at this moment in the Forbidden City.

Zhu Yijun also held his mother's arm and kept shaking it: "Mom, when can we go to Changping? I want to go and play with Wuyou."

Princess Li patted her son's head and looked up at her husband who was changing clothes nearby.

Zhu Zaigui changed into his regular clothes, looked at himself in the bronze mirror, then turned around and walked to his wife and son.

Thinking about how he had brought his son back to the capital from Changping since his father became seriously ill, so many days had passed and he had never been back to Changping, and his son had also been staying in the palace.

The new Emperor of the Ming Dynasty could not help but think silently, knowing in his heart that he probably would not have many opportunities and time to go to Changping in the future.

So, Zhu Zaiqi squatted down and held Zhu Yijun in his arms. "Come on, father will take you to a place."

"When you go out to study, you may be able to meet Wuyou there."

Upon hearing that he could see Yan Wuyou again, Zhu Yijun, who had originally had a sad face, immediately smiled and raised his hands high.

"Long live the Emperor!"

Hearing his son's cheers, Zhu Zaigui's face was full of laughter. He didn't know who the child learned this from.

Princess Li smiled as she escorted the father and son out of the bedroom.

Zhu Zaigui did not hold his son throughout the journey, but he was guided by many palace servants into the Wenhua Hall.

In the Wenhua Hall, cabinet ministers headed by Gao Gong were already waiting there.

Seeing the new emperor arrive as expected, everyone had smiles on their faces, especially Gao Gong, the prime minister, who secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The new monarch is no longer the previous emperor.

The Ming Dynasty's court meetings, daily lectures on imperial classics, and the emperor's daily court sessions in the Wenhua Hall were all restored.

This is a good thing.

The Ming Dynasty has not been so normal for decades.

The feeling of a new dynasty and a new atmosphere suddenly came over me.

"I will see you, Your Majesty."

Gao Gong took the lead in leading everyone to come forward to pay their respects to the emperor.

Zhu Zaigui waved his hand casually, then took his son inside and looked at everyone with a smile on his face.

He explained, "Jun'er is getting older now. I think when he is old enough, he should go out to study. Today I will bring him here for a tour so that he can get familiar with the place in advance. You elders can speak up if you have anything to say, and you don't have to pay attention to this boy."

Gao Gong and the others looked even happier when they heard this.

OK!

OK!

This is great!

If everything goes right, Crown Prince Zhu Yijun will definitely be the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace in the future.

When the Crown Prince went out to study, he would naturally be arranged to stay in the Wenhua Hall, with people selected by the Cabinet, the Hanlin Academy, and the Zhanshi Palace to give daily lectures.

This is a national event.

This is something that has not happened in the Ming Dynasty for several decades.

Li Chunfang immediately stepped forward and said with a smile on his face, "There have always been rules for princes to go out to study when they reach the age of marriage. Now that the emperor has just taken over the country, everything is new. The prince is young, but he is already smart and wise. I think we can select officials from the court in advance to serve as daily lecturers in Wenhua Hall to prepare for the need to teach the prince when the time comes."

I was the top scorer in the imperial examination and was appointed as an editor in the Hanlin Academy. When the previous emperor was alive, I was selected into the Western Garden for my Qingci and was promoted to the rank of Hanlin scholar.

If you want a diploma, you have a diploma. If you want academic qualifications, you have academic qualifications.

The key is that he is handsome.

I am the most suitable person to be the prince's teacher!

Gao Gong, who was present, saw through Li Chunfang's little thoughts at a glance.

But he didn't care.

I am the teacher of the current emperor, so there is no need for me to strive for the position of teacher of the crown prince.

Moreover, he is now the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, holding a high position of power and authority, and is busy with government affairs. He has no time to train a crown prince.

Zhu Zaigui smiled and said, "What Li Gelao said is very true. For example, Li Gelao's talent was well-known in the court when the late emperor was alive. In the future, when the prince goes out to study, Li Gelao will definitely be the official in charge of the imperial lectures and daily lectures in the Wenhua Hall."

Just when Lord Li began to fantasize about becoming the teacher of the crown prince.

The emperor spoke again, and continued: "But according to the rules, the imperial lecture is a grand ceremony of the court. Historically, the imperial lecture is held by the meritorious officials, and the cabinet scholars are in charge of or jointly in charge of the imperial lecture. In this case, one more person is needed... I think that Yan Shaoting, the prince's guest from the Changping Earl's Mansion, is very suitable."

Zhu Zaigui looked at Li Chunfang calmly.

But he still remembered what the late emperor had said to him.

If the Yan family and the royal family are tied tightly together, then several generations of the Yan family will have to wholeheartedly help the royal family do things.

Zhu Zaigui had already considered leaving Yan Shaoting to his son to command.

But when Li Chunfang heard that Yan Shaoting was also going to become the emperor's teacher, his heart skipped a beat.

Because whenever Yan Shaoting is involved, no one else will get any benefits in the end.

Just as Lord Li began to worry about whether there would be any conflicts in the future if he and Yan Shaoting teamed up to support the daily lectures in the court.

After exchanging glances with Gao Gong for several times, Yuan Wei finally walked out.

"Your Majesty, now that the new dynasty has just been established, all the government offices will open for business. However, the new policy is urgent, and the court situation is urgent. In addition, the late emperor has issued an edict that the cabinet should recruit new members. We have agreed to draft the list of new members, and please review it, Your Majesty."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Zaiqi raised his eyebrows and immediately held out his hand: "Who will the cabinet choose?"

Follow the trend.

He took the question book handed to him by Yuan Wei.

Gao Gong had already spoken: "The ministers and the cabinet have decided on a plan for the new dynasty, and also weighed the legacy of the previous emperor. Hu Zongxian, the Minister of War and in charge of the five southeastern provinces to pacify the Japanese, had a military order with the previous emperor in the past to pacify the Japanese in five years. At that time, the previous emperor also said that if Hu pacified the Japanese, he would be admitted to the cabinet. Now, the five southeastern provinces have been freed from the Japanese threat, the sea is peaceful, and our dynasty's overseas trade is booming. His contribution will be remembered for generations. In terms of merit, Hu Zongxian should be rewarded by being admitted to the cabinet."

Zhu Zaigui also nodded repeatedly: "Hu Zongxian is familiar with civil and military affairs. Now the nine frontiers are often in urgent need, and the court is using troops in the nine frontiers. I am relieved to have someone like him who is familiar with military affairs in the cabinet. I think when the time comes, the prime minister will be in charge of the center and will be able to weigh political affairs more calmly."

Gao Gong nodded and commented on Hu Zongxian: "Hu Zongxian is a capable minister. He was upright in his work when he was in Zhejiang Province. He is also an expert in military operations. For example, Qi Jiguang was employed by him. Since he was in charge of the five provinces to suppress the Japanese pirates, generals such as Yu Dayou in the southeast have also been able to show their talents. If he joins the cabinet to do things, we can save a lot of effort."

I heard Gao Gong mentioned quite a few people.

Zhu Zaiqi raised his eyebrow and said, "Speaking of which, are Qi Jiguang's troops about to enter the capital? I remember that the late emperor issued an order to summon Qi Jiguang and his Qi Family Army Shanzi Battalion to the capital."

Gao Gong immediately smiled and nodded and replied: "Your Majesty is wise. According to the report from the Ministry of War, Qi Jiguang and the Shanzi Camp have entered the territory of Zhili and will arrive in Beijing soon."

"Good good!"

Zhu Zaigui said three good words in a row, but no one knew what they meant.

He lowered his head to look at the list of new cabinet members, and then asked, "Is Yan Shifan also on the list of new members agreed upon by the cabinet?"

Impressively.

In the cabinet's journal, there is a list of new members to be added to the cabinet this time.

In addition to Hu Zongxian, the Minister of Personnel Guo Pu and the Minister of Rites Gao Yi.

Even Yan Shifan, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, was among them.

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