On February 27th, Emperor Zhao's ascension ceremony was officially held in the imperial city.

This is a big thing that only happened once every year, and it is also a big thing that determines the foundation of the country. Since the death of Emperor Taikang, the court has been preparing for this matter.

A few days ago, the dignitaries and nobles who had the conditions to arrive in the capital, including the royal families who were enfeoffed in various places, arrived in the capital and watched the ceremony with the approval of the clan government.

Even Yonglefang is much more lively.

Ten years ago, when Emperor Taikang ascended the throne ceremony, Li Xin had already deliberately avoided the limelight on his way back to his hometown in Yongzhou. Now when Emperor Yuanzhao ascended the throne ceremony, he was already a person who was difficult to avoid in the court.

At this time, Li Xin, who had no other identity, had the status of a first-rank Taibao, and his rank was higher than that of most officials in the court. In addition to the title of an imperial teacher, he was even qualified to preside over the throne ceremony.

However, Li Xin is not a person who likes to show off. He did not take on the next job, but he still handed over the work he was in charge to the Ministry of Rites and the Shangshutai. He just changed into a genuine first-class court uniform and brought the ninth princess who had already "advanced" to the eldest princess, and his eldest daughter Li Shu, to the palace to watch the ceremony together.

The etiquette for ascending the throne is very complicated. The first step is to go to Taimiao early in the morning to burn incense and worship ancestors, then burn a long-written tribute to the ancestors, and tell the ancestors that the emperor has changed.

After notifying the ancestors, the next step is to pay tribute to the Heaven and Earth, offer the Emperor to the Great Prison, and inform God that the son of the earth has been replaced.

At this point, the etiquette of worshiping the sky is actually almost the same. The next step is to accept the worship of all officials. After a few shouts of long live the mountain, things will be settled.

Of course, this is just a general idea, and there are still many details in it, such as the hypocritical process of three requests and three remarks, so there is no need to explain it in detail.

When Li Xin brought his family into the palace, the emperor had already walked into the Taimiao under the leadership of the Ministry of Rites and others. The high altar in front of the Taimiao gate had been set up, just waiting for the emperor to burn incense and sacrifice to the sky after he came out of the Taimiao.

The five prime ministers of the Shangshutai, led by the left prime minister Shen Kuan, were also busy all the time. The busiest one among them was the eunuch Xiao Zheng, the eunuch who was the eunuch in the inner eunuch.

If he wants to stay in the palace, he must please Empress Dowager Xie and Emperor Yuan Zhao. The throne ceremony is the best opportunity to show off. Therefore, this eunuch has been almost busy for the past few days and has done everything in the palace.

In comparison, Li Xin, the imperial master, seemed much more idle. He brought his family to the palace to watch the ceremony on the day of the throne ceremony. Even when he arrived in the palace, he was still a spectator and did not participate in too many affairs.

In order to ensure the safety of the throne ceremony, internal guards were strictly guarded inside and outside the palace city. Li Xin even saw some Qingyi Qianniu Guards patrolling inside and outside the palace city, but even now, he still has not seen a black-clad Yulin Guard.

He sighed helplessly at the eldest princess beside him.

"I have been away from Yulinwei for more than seven years, and now the Yulinwei is also the Xie family who is taking care of it. Even so, they still can't trust Yulinwei."

At this time, the emperor had passed away for two or three months, and the ninth princess's grief also eased a lot. She pulled Li Xin's sleeve and gave him a blank look.

"You also know that you have been away from Yulin Guard for seven years. Now, there are probably not many of your old subordinates left in Yulin Guard. What do you care about Yulin Guard? "

Marquis Jing'an sighed: "After all, I am from Yulinwei..."

When Li Xin first entered the capital, he entered the Yulin Guard under the recommendation of Zhang Zhi, the captain of the Yulin Guard, and then stayed in the Yulin Guard for almost three years. During this period, he also took the Yulin Guard to experience the dangerous Renchen Palace Incident.

If it weren't for the Yulin Guard, he would never have been able to reach this point today. Therefore, even if he had been granted the title of marquis and generals, he would always have feelings for the Yulin Guard.

After the Renchen Palace changed, some generals from Yulin Guard were scattered all over the capital. These people have always respected Li Xin very much and would give Jing'an Marquis Mansion some things to the Marquis Mansion during festivals. Even when Li Xin was taken to the Dali Temple prison, some of them came to the Marquis Mansion to ask about the situation.

Now the Yulin Guard has become the lowest-ranking three imperial guards in the capital, and is even far behind the rising Qianniu Guard. Most of the reason is that it arises because of him. If the Yulin Guard is an ordinary yamen, his current identity can be somewhat helpful, but the Yulin Guard is the personal army of the emperor and no one can interfere except the emperor. Therefore, Li Xin has always been a little disgusted with the Yulin Guard.

At this time, the emperor finally walked out of the Taimiao surrounded by officials. The Ninth Princess and Li Xin stood among the nobles together. She reached out and gently pulled Li Xin's sleeve.

"Look, I'm going to sacrifice to heaven."

As a royal princess, the Ninth Princess is still very clear about these etiquette parts.

Li Xin looked up and saw that Emperor Yuan Zhao had already climbed to the high altar with the help of the Minister of Rites.

Then, burning incense and offering sacrifices to heaven.

Emperor Yuan Zhao lit a high incense, inserted it into the incense burner, and then knelt on the cushion.

When he knelt down, everyone at the entrance of the Taimiao kneeled down, and even Li Xin knelt down under the ninth princess' pull.

Fortunately, the sacrifice time for heaven was not long. After the emperor bowed three times, he stood up, turned around and accepted the worship of all officials.

Qin Zhao, the current Minister of Rites, took the lead and kowtowed to Emperor Yuanzhao three times and nine times.

There were people in front of Taimiao, kneeling down and kowtowed three times to the young man on the platform, shouting to His Majesty.

After three tones, the throne ceremony was basically completed.

Emperor Yuan Zhao on the high platform swallowed nervously and said, "All the ministers... let's just stay calm."

This is the first time he said this, and he will inevitably feel a little nervous. He will say it many times in the visible future.

The ceremony was successfully completed, and everyone in the group breathed a sigh of relief.

Especially the Empress Dowager who was sitting in the sedan chair and watching secretly.

After the ceremony was completed, Empress Dowager Xie waved her hand, and the eunuchs carried her sensiblely and returned to the harem.

But the matter here was not over. After the ceremony, the Shangshu Zuo Pushe Shen Kuan found Li Xin in the crowd. He walked over and bowed to Li Xin and the Ninth Princess.

"I have met Mr. Li and the eldest princess."

Li Xin and the Ninth Princess also returned the favor to the prime minister.

"You're welcome to be a polite person in Shen Xiang."

After Shen Kuan gave the salute, he smiled at Li Xin: "Marty Li, the ceremony of ascension to the throne has ended, but we still have some things to discuss with Marty Li."

Li Xin looked at Shen Kuan in surprise.

"What's wrong with Shen Xiang? Discuss with me, an idle person?"

"Of course it's about Mr. Li."

Li Xin pondered for a while, turned around and said to Princess Ninth: "Madam, you go to the harem to accompany your mother first, and I will go with you."

Princess Nine nodded and glanced at Chen Kuan.

"Then you go and do your business."

...

The Shangshu Deck was in the imperial city, and soon they walked from the gate of the Taimiao to the Shangshu Deck.

Li Xin came to Shangshutai, but not many of them. Most of the previous times were drinking with Emperor Taikang in the palace and coming with Emperor Taisang.

After he and Chen Kuan entered the Shangshu Desk, they found that three of the five prime ministers were there.

This included another assistant minister, Gong Yang Shu.

There is also Yan Shouzhao, the censor of the Censorate.

In other words, three of the four auxiliary ministers left by the late emperor have reached.

Marquis Jing'an's face was calm, he glanced at these people, and then smiled at Chen Kuan: "Wait for such a big formation here, if there is anything Chen Xiang has to do, just give him instructions, there is no need to discuss it."

Among the four auxiliary ministers, except for the one from the Grand Chief of the Governor's Office, all the others have been arrived. The Grand Chief of the Governor's Office is mainly responsible for military affairs. Theoretically, these three people can issue any political decrees in the court.

Smiled.

"Mr. Marquis, don't be so nervous. It's not a bad thing for me to invite Marquis."

He looked at the other two assistant ministers, then bowed to Li Xin and said, "Marty Li is a master who has accepted His Majesty's Shu Xiu. Now that His Majesty has officially ascended the throne, the identity of Marty Li as an imperial teacher should be confirmed."

Chen Kuan lowered his head slightly.

"I have discussed it carefully these days, and asked His Majesty about his opinion, and I am going to promote the Marquis's Taibao to Taifu."

Marquis Jing'an narrowed his eyes and glanced at Chen Kuan.

The Taifu and Taibao are both one of the three divisions, slightly higher than Taibao.

On the surface, it was indeed promoted.
Chapter completed!