Overwhelming mountains and rivers

"Young Lord."

Chu Xuanzhao pushed open the door, and Shen Qingjun looked up, only to see that he was wearing a golden crown on his head, wearing a black-bottomed wide sleeve, golden thread embroidered with dragons, and a broad robe with a gold pattern trimmed inside. The chestnut red jacket with sleeves can be easily seen between the wide sleeves of the outer robe. The jade pendant tassels around the waist reach to the edge of the hem, and the pair of black boots with dark patterns are faintly exposed under the hem.

When Chu Xuanzhao saw him staring at him, he couldn't help turning his mouth up, and turned his back in front of him, "Does it look good?"

Shen Qingjun was not polite, and nodded, "It looks good."

Chu Xuanzhao wrapped up his sleeves and sat down across from him, raised his eyebrows at him, "Then, is it because the clothes look good, or, do I look good?"

The corners of Shen Qingjun's mouth twitched slightly, "People rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles, clothes and people, whatever is the difference is not enough."

Chu Xuanzhao smiled, and took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, "Three days later, the enthronement ceremony will be held. I drew this up, please help me see it."

Shen Qingjun stretched out his hand to take it, looked it over, and agreed, "Government is based on spells, and right and wrong are based on rewards and punishments. Under the so-called severe punishment, there must be cowards. Once this action is taken, the officials can be resolutely rectified and severely punished." Asahi. It's just..."

Chu Xuanzhao said softly, "Just what? Qingjun, if you have something to say, I don't care about others, it's just you. I don't want you to be scruples about what I say because of my status change. If so, I might as well retreat .”

Shen Qingjun twitched the corner of his mouth, "...No, I, um. I think that this law is strict, and it is easy to make all the officials panic. It's better to be stricter and looser, and the law will be promulgated as usual. Other than that, You exempt one more item for balance."

Chu Xuanzhao thought, "Exemption from..., what suggestion do you have?"

Shen Qingjun lowered his eyes, thought for a while, then raised his eyes again and said, "People in Jianghu have a saying that one person should do something and one should be responsible. However, Dayuan's law emphasizes that one person should be convicted and the whole family will be implicated. How about abolishing Lianzuo?"

Chu Xuanzhao nodded, "I also think this one is unreasonable, but no one has proposed to change it for several dynasties... Sometimes, this move is not just for severe punishment, to a certain extent, it is also for, um , To put it a bit viciously, it is to cut the weeds and eradicate the roots, so as to prevent future troubles. However, this move is a bit disregarding human life."

Shen Qingjun handed the straw paper back to him, "Now that you are going to issue a strict order, it is a good time to change the law of sitting together."

"Well, not bad." Chu Xuanzhao stuffed the toilet paper back into his sleeve, thought for a while, and then said, "By the way, Qingjun, the Zhaohua Palace has been repaired, I..., I may not be able to live in the palace for long. "

Seeing his disappointed expression, Shen Qingjun couldn't help but sneered, "Your Majesty, with your look, those who don't know think you're dead, uh,"

Shen Qingjun suddenly remembered that his own father had indeed just died.

Chu Xuanzhao sighed, "I can't bear it, I accept the bed."

Shen Qingjun glanced at him helplessly, pretended, and continued to pretend.

A few days ago, he discovered that a group of craftsmen came to the mansion, entered Jinxi Pavilion, but did not come out. He was still curious at the time, the new emperor should repair the palace when he succeeds to the throne, so why did he come to the palace?

Later, he got up in the middle of the night and went around to Jinxi Pavilion to take a look. He found that the place where the bed was originally placed at the base of the wall was opened with a tunnel as high as one person. Hall, but I think this should lead to Zhaohua Hall.

The digging at one end was slow, and it is estimated that the renovation of Zhaohua Hall is not so simple. If his guess is right, it is probably going at both ends.

Shen Qingjun knocked on the table with his fingers boredly, "Since Your Majesty accepts the bed, why not move the bed into the palace?"

Chu Xuanzhao raised his head, "Can I move you into the palace too?"

Shen Qingjun pursed his lips, did not answer his words, but said seriously, "There are layers of guards in the imperial palace, originally for the safety of the monarch, why are you so childish, digging a secret passage, which leads directly to Zhaohua Palace, if you rebel Gentlemen know, don’t you?”

Chu Xuanzhao also straightened his face, "You know?"

Shen Qingjun nodded, and said helplessly, "Ding Ding Dang Dang, don't sleep on your pillow, I want to pretend I don't know, but I can't!"

Chu Xuanzhao looked at his faintly blue eyes, feeling a little distressed, "I'm sorry, I didn't expect to disturb you. Those movements should be barely audible to ordinary people, your hearing is too keen."

Shen Qingjun smiled, "There is no way. My identity means that there are dangers everywhere. Since I was very young, when I started to practice martial arts, I deliberately exercised my five senses. As the master of the Chenyin Pavilion, if I am not careful, I may I lost my life at the hands of others, so I have to be vigilant all the time. Later, Chenyin Pavilion grew stronger, and I retired most of the time, so it got better."

Chu Xuanzhao shook his hand, "In the future, there will be me."

Shen Qingjun's heart felt numb, he pretended to be relaxed and said with a smile, "I won't be your queen."

Chu Xuanzhao smiled slightly, "Then do you lack a wife of the pavilion master?"

Shen Qingjun couldn't help turning his face away, and changed the subject, "Chu Xuanzhao, I need your help with something."

"what's up?"

"I want people, death row prisoners, [-], horses, [-]."

"doing what?"

"I'll tell you later."

"it is good."

Shen Qingjun smiled lightly, "You have dug the tunnel, and people have approved me, so you are not afraid that I will rebel against you?"

Chu Xuanzhao chuckled back, "If you want the throne, just tell me and I'll give it to you."

Shen Qingjun raised his eyebrows, "I'm tired of everyone, I'm not so hard to care about being the target of public criticism. By the way, where is Tuojia?"

"On the day of the emperor's funeral, I will succeed the new emperor. The news must have passed to Tuojia. Gergis' previous calculations can only be given up. As for what will happen next, I don't know. Gergis and the second prince Guobu Lushi The third prince, Bahe, did not do anything. It is difficult for us to guess what the situation is. But in any case, I am not the first emperor. Whether it is public or private, it is suitable for war and not for peace. punish!"

…………

On the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, the enthronement ceremony.

At dawn, the clean whip was blew three times, and the sound of the whip resounded inside and outside the palace gate.

A young eunuch in his twenties, wearing the chief's royal uniform, swept the whisk away, and said loudly towards the high platform, "Hundred officials are divided into two classes, civil and military, and they will see each other in turn—"

This is Cui Gui's young apprentice, brought out by Cui Gui, named Deng Chen.

With the sound of bells and drums, all civil and military officials slowly entered the hall.

"Embassadors from all over the world to meet—"

Although Dayuan has a tense relationship with Tuojia, it still has friendly exchanges with other countries. Many states have set up post offices in Dayuan, and even some foreign envoys are very active in Dayuan. Qianxiang Kingdom, Tiantuo Kingdom in the Western Regions, and Silla Kingdom in the east.

"The Son of Heaven has arrived—"

Following Deng Chen's shout, Chu Xuanzhao, dressed in black ink and luxurious imperial attire, with a dragon crown inlaid with pearls on his head, and gilded black boots, walked slowly towards the palace, followed by dozens of palace people.

From inside to outside the hall, the courtiers, noble relatives, and foreign envoys all knelt down on the ground one by one, and bowed down, "My emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

Chu Xuanzhao stepped onto the high platform, turned around, and his voice shook inside and outside the hall, "Long live Dayuan! Long live Jiangshan!"

Seeing him signal, Deng Chen said, "Get up!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" All the officials stood up slowly, and only then did they have the opportunity to look up and take a closer look at their new emperor. Many officials who are usually low-level officials who are not worthy of going to court are also lucky enough to see the sky today.

Chu Xuanzhao looked at all the officials in the audience, and felt emotional for a while, but he refused to attend his enthronement ceremony...

"Today I am officially enthroned. There are a few things to announce. The first thing is that Shen Yi, the former general of the Northwest, was framed by a traitor. The founding emperor was deceived by a villain. Without investigation, he was murdered. After investigation, the general Shen Yi was really wronged. He defended the country and the people with his own body to support the country. In order to save him from wronging, I decreed today to remove all the crimes committed by Shen Yi during his lifetime, posthumously designate him as the great general of the country, and his descendants as the Duke of Wei. , Hereditary, no replacement, Enze forever. The original Xinwang Mansion, now the Shengxing Mansion, will be changed to the Duke of Wei's Mansion, as the mansion of the Duke of Wei, waiting for the descendants of General Shen to return at any time."

Chu Xuanzhao added softly, "Before the Duke Protector returns, the Duke's Mansion will still be temporarily occupied by people from the original Prince Xin's Mansion."

In this way, no matter whether Shen Qingjun wants the title of Duke of Wei, he can continue to stay in the mansion. He will let the title go there. As for whether Shen Qingjun uses it or not, it's up to him. Pick it up.

As soon as this remark came out, several senior ministers stood up immediately, "Your Majesty, since General Shen has been wronged, it is right to enshrine his descendants. However, regarding this mansion, your Majesty, the Duke's Mansion, how can its regulations be compared with the Wang Mansion's?" What's more, this palace is the residence where His Majesty used to live, so it should be enshrined and honored, how can—"

Chu Xuanzhao didn't wait for him to finish speaking, then turned his expression cold, and said in a deep voice, "I have made up my mind, and those who disobey the order will die."

If a minister is too close, he will preside over his body; if a minister is too expensive, he will change his position.Chu Xuanzhao didn't intend to pamper the courtiers lightly. Although he didn't want to, the courtiers were too self-satisfied, which would definitely threaten the unity of the king's power and government.

Now that the court is unstable, he needs to intimidate all the ministers so as to consolidate the king's prestige.

He doesn't want to be a tyrant, but he thinks that he is definitely not a benevolent king.