On the fifth day of April in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, three days earlier than the original history, Lu Zhenfei, the governor of Huai'an, received a report from Tang that Shenjing had fallen.
After discussing with Zhu Cihong, Lu Zhenfei announced the news to the local officials and gentry, and informed the officials of the Six Ministries in Nanjing.
Originally, Lu Zhenfei wanted to block the news and just asked his servants to rush to Nanjing to report to Shi Kefa, but Zhu Cixiang refused.
Since Shenjing has fallen, it is only a matter of time before the news reaches the south.
At this time, blocking information is not only useless, but will also frighten local officials and gentry, causing a lot of unnecessary trouble.
A few days later, news came that Emperor Chongzhen had hanged himself on Meishan, and the royal family such as Yong Wang and Ding Wang were also captured by the intruders.
Fortunately, His Royal Highness the Prince of the East Palace successfully crossed south and arrived in Huai'an.
This news was also widely disseminated, giving the desperate officials of the Sixth Ministry of Nanjing a glimmer of hope.
Zhu Cixiang was mentally prepared for the news of the fall of Shenjing and Chongzhen's suicide, but Lu Zhenfei and others found it difficult to accept it for a while.
If they didn't have to take charge of the overall situation, they would probably collapse.
It happened that at this time, King Fu Zhu Yousong, King Lu Zhu Changzi, as well as King Zhou and King Heng all fled to Huai'an and temporarily lived in Xihuzui in Huai'an City.
Zhu Cixiang summoned them to discuss matters about going to Nanjing to ascend the throne.
These vassal kings were all surprised to learn that the Eastern Palace was in Huai'an.
The two popular candidates for succession in history, Prince Fu Zhu Yousong and Prince Lu Zhu Changzi, are now firmly supporting the crown prince's succession, without any appearance of political speculators.
Zhu Cixi issued another order and ordered people to be sent to Nanjing to hand over to Shi Kefa.
As the Minister of War in Nanjing, Shi Kefa had the highest status among the civil servants in the capital.
Zhu Cixiang wanted to go to Nanjing to succeed him, so he naturally wanted to find him.
Shi Kefa was very excited when he received Zhu Cixang's order.
Originally, he was the initiator of petitioning the prince to supervise the country.
Now that the prince really wants to go south, he will naturally support him without hesitation.
Shi Kefa immediately summoned officials from six ministries to discuss the specific plans and details of the prince's trip to Nanjing.
It was only at this time that Fengyang Governor Ma Shiying had just learned that the prince was in Huai'an.
He couldn't help but flew into a rage and was very dissatisfied with Lu Zhenfei's deception.
However, the prince now relied heavily on Lu Zhenfei, so he didn't say much.
He only ordered some bodyguards to rush to Huai'an at night to protect him.
Ma Shiying, who used to make great achievements in history and became the first assistant in history, could not even drink soup at this moment.
Shi Kefa, the Minister of War, and Wang Duo, the Minister of Rites, took the lead and arrived in Huai'an on April 13, while Ma Shiying only arrived outside Huai'an on April 14.
I don't have a good impression of this political speculator Zhu Cixi, but I can't say I hate him.
Some people say that Ma Shiying is an eunuch and label him a big eunuch.
In fact, this is the result of political struggle.
It is too reluctant to say that Ma Shiying is an eunuch.
But since Ma Shiying has been labeled as an eunuch, Zhu Cixiang can use this to check and balance the court.
After all, the Nanjing Six Ministries officials had too strong a background in the restoration of the Lin Party, so some balance was still needed.
On April 15, accompanied by Shi Kefa, Minister of the Ministry of War, Wang Duo, Minister of Rites, Ma Shiying, Governor of Fengyang, and Lu Zhenfei, Governor of Huai'an, Zhu Cixiang officially set off from Huai'an for Nanjing.
On April 18, the prince's boat arrived at Yanziji outside Nanjing.
All the left-behind officials and gentry in Nanjing came to the scene to welcome him.
Zhu Cixiang did not go directly to the city, but first went to pay homage to Xiaoling.
The Jiashen Kingdom changed and the emperor hanged himself at Meishan.
At this time, the prince's visit to Xiaoling naturally had a different meaning.
The officials and gentry with a keen sense of smell felt that His Royal Highness carried a strong murderous intention, and they were afraid that the city of Nanjing would not be peaceful recently.
After visiting Xiaoling Mausoleum, Zhu Cihong entered the city from Chaoyang Gate on April 20th and was given a grand welcome by the people of Nanjing.
The fall of Shenjing and the news that the emperor had committed suicide followed one after another, and countless glooms gathered in their hearts.
The arrival of the Prince of the East Palace was like a ray of sunshine, dispelling all these glooms.
Zhu Cihong's arrival came at the right time.
He gave the people of Nanjing hope at their most vulnerable moment and allowed these poor Shengdou people to find their backbone.
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For these people, it would be good as long as there is one person who can stand up and lead them, let alone the Prince of the East Palace who is Taiweixing.
Zhu Cixiang originally wanted to live in the Inner Guards Mansion first, but at the insistence of Shi Kefa and others, he moved into the Forbidden City.
Surrounded by the officials, he passed Chengtian Gate and Duanmen, walked along the Thousand-step Corridor to the Meridian Gate, and then entered the Forbidden City through the Meridian Gate under the escort of the Han general.
Most of the accompanying civil and military officials stopped here, while Shi Kefa and other six important officials detoured to Donghua Gate.
There is nothing that can be done about it.
The Meridian Gate is only for the emperor and princes to travel.
Except for extremely special circumstances, civil and military officials mostly enter and exit through the East and West Gates.
Zhu Cixiang intended to summon Shi Kefa and others in Wenhua Palace, so it was most convenient for them to enter the palace through Donghua Gate.
The Forbidden City in Nanjing was built during the Hongwu period.
Later, Emperor Zhu Di launched the Jingnan War to seize the throne of his nephew Emperor Jianwen and moved the capital to Beijing.
Nanjing became the capital of residence and a place where politically frustrated officials and eunuchs retired.
There are always people working in the six yamen in Nanjing, but there is no doubt that the Forbidden City is idle.
Over time, exposure to wind, rain and lack of maintenance, most of the palaces and pavilions in the Forbidden City became dilapidated.
Among them are the three main halls: Fengtian Hall, Huagai Hall and Jinshen Hall.
This is also the reason why Zhu Cixi decided to summon Shi Kefa and others in Wenhua Palace.
Relatively speaking, the Wenhua Hall is not as dilapidated as the three main halls and does not need repairs for the time being.
Those who were summoned were all important ministers from the capital.
They had also had conflicts with Shi Kefa before and knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanted to keep everything simple for the enthronement ceremony.
But as human ministers, they could not make the new emperor's enthronement ceremony miserable.
As soon as they entered the Wenhua Hall, they pushed down the golden mountains and jade pillars and knelt down, wailing and begging the crown prince to hold the enthronement ceremony according to the customs of their ancestors.
Zhu Cihong looked at Shi Kefa and saw that he was silent, so he understood that Shi Kefa thought the same way.
Zhu Cihong knew that these civil servants valued orthodoxy more than anything else and would never give in during the enthronement ceremony, so he agreed to their pre-designed plan.
On April 25, Zhu Cihong held an enthronement ceremony in Fengtian Hall, officially ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and changed the next year to the first year of Hongye.
He also ordered the subjects of the country to mourn for the late emperor Chongzhen for twenty-seven months in accordance with the ancestral system.
Zhu Cixiang appointed Shi Kefa, the former Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, as the bachelor of Zhongji Palace and the chief assistant of the cabinet.
Zhang Shenyan is the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Liu Zongzhou is the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Gao Hongtu is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Wang Duo, the former Minister of the Ministry of Rites, is appointed the Yushi of Zuodu, Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, is the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, and Jiang Yueguang, the former Minister of the Zhanshi Mansion, is appointed the Minister of Household Affairs.
Shangshu.
Both Jiang Yueguang and Liu Zongzhou joined the cabinet with the title of bachelor of Dongge University.
There was no objection to these appointments.
What surprised the ministers was that Lu Zhenfei, the former governor of Huai'an, was appointed Minister of War by the new emperor, and he was appointed as a bachelor of Jiadong Pavilion to serve in the cabinet.
Lu Zhenfei's strong rise also caused the originally peaceful undercurrent in the court to surge
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