RBCT Chapter 320 The Emperor's Death
Chapter 320 The Emperor's Death
Three days later, the whole country of Yue Kingdom mourned, and white curtains were hung everywhere, everyone was wearing sackcloth and mourning, as if the heaven and the earth were crying together, and the palace, which has always been magnificent, was covered with white cloth everywhere, coming in and out All the court ladies and eunuchs were wearing white clothes, and there were hundreds of civil and military ministers standing in front of the door of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.Everyone is wearing a white hat with their heads down, and white ropes in their hands.
This is the highest rule of the Tian Family's funeral, there must be uncommon major events happening in the Yue Kingdom.
The gate of the Hall of Mental Cultivation was opened, and Ye Chengde came out slowly. The old servant was still shaking his whisk and wearing a white hat on his head, but this old fox seemed to have aged more than ten years suddenly.
He first looked down at the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, without any etiquette, he just yelled loudly: "The emperor is dead."
"The emperor has passed away."
"The emperor has passed away."
Ye Sheng's voice from behind shouted one line at a time. At that moment when it was still a quiet environment, the sound of drums suddenly resounded. Still calmly at this time, the civil and military ministers shouted loudly one after another: "Why is the emperor going when he is young? Take the courtiers away together."
"Your Majesty, you are so young, this is the misfortune of the Yue Kingdom."
The emperor is the son of heaven, and the son of heaven is the father of the country of Yue and the people. When their father left, these civil and military ministers acted like a filial son, crying and crying, but what is the meaning of the cry? Only they themselves know what kind of thoughts they have.
And Ye Chengde was kneeling at the door of the Hall of Mental Cultivation. The old fox was almost glued to the ground. He could only cry loudly. I don't know how long these crying lasted. Anyway, during this period of time. No one dared to act arbitrarily.
When the door of the Hall of Mental Cultivation was opened again, a man in white clothes appeared from inside. The white clothes and this atmosphere are very considerate, but even more considerate to the man in front of him, because the love of his life is Like to wear white.
King Yi didn't feel much sorrow, instead he seemed to be in high spirits. King Yi raised the jade seal in his hand like the sun in the sky: "Ministers of civil and military affairs, since the former emperor has already gone, let him go. In whose hands will the Yue Kingdom be handed over, and whether the Yue Kingdom can become more prosperous, these are the issues we should discuss."
Look, is this still what people say?
But after that, a minister immediately started to echo: "Yes, the former emperor has gone, and we can talk about showing filial piety, and we need to discuss together what the future of Yue will be like."
This sentence was too cruel and ruthless, and King Yi and the minister sang together, as if this was the reason that should have appeared.
Finally, some upright ministers couldn't stand it anymore, stood up and shouted loudly: "King Yi, the previous emperor had just left for a few hours, and you were supposed to sit on the dragon chair. You are fighting for power. Or for the good of the former emperor?"
"Presumptuous!" The minister who spoke shouted, stood up and slapped the upright minister in the face. "His Royal Highness Yi Wang speaks, so there is no place for you to intervene."
"His Royal Highness Yi Wang is just a Highness. He has neither a duke nor a high position. I am a dignified third-rank Shangshu. Why can't I speak?" The man who claimed to be a Shangshu was only about 30 years old, and he looked extremely young. Among a group of old and cunning ministers, it is so fresh and refined.
The man's appearance is not so outstanding, but his face is extremely handsome and looks like a scholar, even if he is slapped by the minister in front of him, he is still upright, and his body is as tall and straight as a bamboo.
King Yi slowly came down from the steps and walked to the man in front of Shang Shu step by step. He saluted first, very alienated: "Master Shang Shu is right, but I don't know what advice Master Shang Shu has."
"The late emperor was solemnly buried and the whole country mourned for three months to show their memory of the late emperor, and then select who can sit on the throne."
"Okay." King Yi nodded, so happy that it was out of his style. Sure enough, the man had some tricks behind him. "If the whole country mourns for three months according to Master Shangshu, what about business, economics and politics during these three months? If the Great Hua Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty raise their troops to rebel, who will be the leader? Who can issue orders? In the court, in the field, if there is a major injustice case that requires someone to come out and decide, who can obey the crowd?"
The question pointed to Shang Shu's head one sentence at a time. The man's eyes turned and he didn't think too much, but he still insisted on his confidence: "His Royal Highness, what you said is right, but the emperor just passed away. Now, wouldn't it be too disrespectful to choose who can be the emperor now?"
"The former emperor was patriotic in administration all his life, and what we did was only for the sake of the country. The first emperor can understand."
King Yi will become a reasonable person, Master Shangshu can't speak, and the debate between the two is just an introduction.
The civil and military ministers who were quiet just now expressed their thoughts at this time: "Yi Wang Tianxia is right. Although the former emperor passed away, the former emperor did not give any instructions. According to the royal order, what should be done?" It is King Yi who inherits the throne."
"Yes, it's better to prepare quickly for this matter."
"Yes, the sooner it is done, the more beneficial it will be to Yue."
"No, if this is the case, how should the former emperor be independent? He has worked hard for the country all his life and now the cause of death has not been figured out, so he pushes someone to sit on the throne. Isn't it too heartless and unrighteous?"
"My son of heaven is only the former emperor. If someone else sits on the throne, I will not recognize it, and he is not our son of heaven."
It was like a pot of porridge for a while to express their own opinions. The minister who spoke first obviously belonged to King Yi, and he didn't know what to do.
After planning for such a long time, King Yi, everything should have been thought of long ago, but he slowly walked up the steps, took out the jade seal, opened it and held it in his hand, and said, "I have the jade seal in my hand. If not, I can’t ascend the throne?”
"If anyone wants to be enthroned today, they should step on my dead body." Shang Shu said to His Royal Highness again. "It's really inappropriate for you to do such a thing now, you just..."
Everyone didn't expect that before he finished speaking, King Yi actually took a sword and put it on his neck: "Shangshu said, is it right or wrong for me to do this?"
This is the same as forcing the palace with their lives. Everyone gasped, and no one dared to speak anymore.
But I didn't expect that Shangshu's originally bent back was straightened even more at this time, and the voice almost came from the dantian: "It's not right, it is not right for His Royal Highness Yi Wang to do such a thing, and it is a disservice to Mr. The emperor's disrespect, even if I go with the former emperor today, I have to say what is in my mind."