At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

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It is easy to understand that not every Hanchen understands the Han etiquette, otherwise the country would not need an etiquette officer, or even an etiquette department, because etiquette is an extremely cumbersome and complicated process. , To increase the mystery, etiquette is the top priority.

Whether it is the etiquette of the Zen seat or the enthronement ceremony, it is not something that Guo Peng's group can do, because they have nothing to refer to.

The ceremonial officials and related classics in the central imperial court were burned to ashes along with the fire in Hongnong City, so that no one knew how to operate this process. officials or scholars.

Soon, this candidate was elected by the people.

Cai Yong was the Situ of the dynasty.

Cai Yong is well-read and has lived in court for a long time, so he must know this series of procedures. With his help, everything will be solved easily.

However, Cheng Yu was a little worried about this candidate, so he came to visit, thinking he would be reprimanded, and finally had to get rid of Guo Peng to come forward, but Cai Yong agreed.

Ok?

This doesn't seem to be in line with Cai Yong's work style?

How is this going?

Seeing that Cai Yong readily agreed to his request, Cheng Yu didn't know what was going on at all, and thought that Cai Yong was going to do something secretly, so he told Guo Peng about it worryingly.

"Don't worry, Zhongde, Mr. Cai, I was the one who persuaded him. Mr. Cai is the Situ of the Han Dynasty, and he will also become the Situ of the Wei Dynasty. You don't have to worry about anything, just do it."

"..."

Cheng Yu looked terrified.

When did Cai Yong...

However, these things don't need him to worry about.

Now that Guo Peng has said this, he only needs to rest assured that he can leave all the etiquette matters to Cai Yong, and he doesn't have to worry about anything else.

Chapter 772 - The last day of Jian'an's three years

In fact, Cheng Yu did the same.

And from Cheng Yu's point of view, Cai Yong did a good job, arranging the etiquette and process issues very properly in various senses.

Cheng Yu might not quite understand why Cai Yong didn't object.

But as a family that is bound to the Guo family in various senses, what can Cai Yong do?

Looking at the situation that everyone expected, looking at the majestic and terrifying scene, no matter what Cai Yong did, he had to think about his daughters.

Especially the youngest daughter who married Guo Jin.

Guo Peng didn't explain too much, and he didn't need to say anything. He just told Cai Yong that Cai Wan would be the future queen. With good luck and a long life, she could also be the queen mother, mother the world, and become the most honorable woman in the world. The emperor would kneel down when he saw a woman.

What else can Cai Yong do?

Cai Yong was silent for a while, then sighed and looked at Guo Peng.

"Did Zifeng prepare all these in advance?"

When the situation came to an end, it seemed that Cai Yong, who had no political skills at all, finally woke up a little bit.

"Mr. Cai, what can I do when the matter is imminent? What can you do? The matter has come to an end, so there is no need to ask any more questions."

Guo Peng said so.

Cai Yong was silent for a while, then shook his head.

"Will I be disloyal?"

"Since I am the emperor, no one dares to talk about you like this, whether it is now or in the distant future."

When Guo Peng said this, Cai Yong had nothing to say, and had no choice but to accept the current situation.

Because this is really the general trend, an unstoppable situation, no matter how you stop it, it is meaningless.

Cai Yong joined Guo Peng's preparatory action group for proclaiming himself emperor and started a series of command work, while Guo Peng began to formulate future governance strategies.

People say that when a new official takes office, there are three fires, and no matter what the new emperor takes office, he needs thirty fires.

It is necessary to protect the interests of those who support themselves from the perspective of political and economic rights, and continue to let them fight for themselves with peace of mind, and then continue local governance, continue to strengthen local construction, Deepen the system of farming in rural areas.

Next is to build a brand new political system, create a brand new political team, pull up legal construction, transportation construction, economic construction, military construction, and lay a solid foundation.

Then he cleaned up Liu Biao and Liu Zhang in one go, took down Jiaozhou, which didn't even deserve his name, and wiped out Gongsundu with unstoppable prestige, realizing the true unification of the world.

After realizing the unification of the world and completing the highest achievement of a founding emperor, Guo Peng can start to do what he wants to do.

Open the Western Regions, return to the Western Regions to open the Silk Road, further expel the barbarians in the north, develop the Jiangnan and so on.

At the same time, his position as the emperor is almost stable. At that time, he can use the unlimited prestige of the founding emperor to start a war against scholars.

He will use the rest of his life to start a battle of Wei Guo Guo Yun with the scholars.

If you win the battle, 300 years of Wei can be expected.

If you lose the battle, Wei Guo can change his name and disappear into the dust of history for at most 100 years.

How many generations does a representative figure of an interest group want to pass on?

Guo felt that it was unrealistic.

However, no matter from which point of view, it is necessary for someone Guo to make a major revision of the political system of the Han Dynasty, so that this weird dual monarchy will end, and the history of China will move towards the direction of a true autocratic monarchy. Big stride forward.

As December [-]th approached, under Cai Yong's overall guidance, all aspects of Luoyang City were almost ready.

As for the local area, because there is no threat of war, except for Jiangdong, the governors, county guards, and generals from all over the country hurried to Luoyang.

In fact, the secret letter Cheng Yu gave them was a signal to make them ready to march towards Luoyang immediately. As soon as the news came, they immediately got on their horses and galloped day and night, marching towards Luoyang. After more than half a month, Most of the people are here.

But in Yangzhou, everyone was very busy, and there was really no time to attend the founding ceremony, so Guo Peng specially wrote a letter to Gu Yong.

He said to let Jiangdong take care of its own affairs. After taking the throne in the future, Guo Peng will come to Jiangdong in person to make up for their regret of not being able to attend the founding ceremony.

Gu Yong expressed his most sincere greetings to Guo Peng on behalf of the Jiangdong subjects.

After these things were prepared, it was already December 28, two days before the founding ceremony.

Although the time was tight and the task was heavy, under the coordination of all parties, this matter was handled very well. Guo Peng personally checked and accepted it, and then went through the process under the guidance of Cai Yong, and learned what he would do when the time came. What.

To put it bluntly, that’s actually what happened. Han Emperor Liu Jian announced the throne of Zen, Guo Peng took over as emperor, established a new dynasty, and then granted rewards, and then everyone continued to do what they should do.

Because Guo Peng has actually ruled everyone for a long time, and now he has only changed from actual rule to nominal reality, and the specifics will not change much.

So hurry up and get this matter done, everyone has fun together, and then you should hate Liu Biao, Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, Liu Zhang, and get rid of the foreign enemies as soon as possible, and the world will be unified.

We have really waited a long time and don't want to wait any longer.

They said so.

This is naturally normal, and it is what Guo wants to see. Feeling such an atmosphere, when holding banquets in private, those Yuan Cong veterans who followed all the way drank drunk one by one, and some directly I cried and said that I finally waited for this day.

There are people who can't wait for Guo to become emperor. Although there are not many such people, there must be some.

Of course, they didn't think so out of loyalty to Guo, they just thought it would be more beneficial for them to do so.

They care more about what reward Guo will give them than Guo's proclaiming emperor.

Guo is well aware of this.

One or two are looking forward to that day.

The time finally arrived on December [-], the last day of Jian'an's three years.

The Luoyang Palace was brightly lit from the night before to dawn, and everyone was preparing for the abdication ceremony and the enthronement ceremony of the new emperor at night.

Not only the palace is preparing, but all the ministers and generals involved in this operation are also preparing, and they also have their part tonight.

The prefects, generals and central government officials from all over the country had their residences arranged in advance. When they came together, Guo Peng thoughtfully helped them prepare everything, furniture, servants, etc., they just need to carry their bags and move in. .

Including Liu Jian, Liu Jian has already come out of the palace ahead of time and lives in a separate courtyard, ready to be rewarded and appointed, and happily be his own rich man.

And Mr. Guo has already brought the whole royal family to move into the palace ahead of time. He brought his wife, sons-in-law, concubines, children of concubines, parents, brothers, and moved into the palace together.

Chapter 773 Two Abdication and Abdication

In the palace, more than 100 servants and more than 300 court ladies who first decided to serve here have already started serving.

Now they are mainly cleaning the palace, washing and drying in the sun, as well as what they like, dislike and taboo about the Guo royal family.

In addition, Cheng Yu has already arranged to send qualified women from various places to the palace to serve as maids of honor for the Guo family.

The government offices outside the imperial city and inside the palace city also sent people to clean up and transport important materials, so that the new emperor could start governing immediately after he ascended the throne.

Everyone was too busy to take a sip of water, including Guo Peng.

As the absolute protagonist of this political drama, there are rules for how to walk, how to speak, and how to behave.

Liu Jian, the second leading actor in this big drama, was also joined in the palace in advance to play with Guo Peng for a better program effect. The two have the most roles and need to practice hard.

It seems that Liu Jian still thinks this is quite interesting.

He enthusiastically practiced the abdication scene with Guo Peng, enjoying it, and Guo Peng naturally enjoyed it too. During the break, he also had lunch with Liu Jian to discuss acting skills, and Cai Yong, who was acting as the director, twitched his lips. .

In the history of history, the abdication has been so harmonious, probably only Yao, Shun and Yu?

But even if it is Yao Shunyu, I am afraid that the relationship between these two male protagonists will not be more harmonious.

But this is a bit too harmonious. Is this really what the transfer of power should look like when the throne is over?

Cai Yong was very speechless about this.

He was also very speechless to Liu Jian.

At this point, the end of the Han Dynasty seems to be a matter of course, and Cai Yong no longer feels awkward at all.

But regardless of whether he was speechless or not, time soon came to night.

It gets dark early in winter, when the sun should be setting in the west, but now the sky is completely dark.

Guo Peng and Liu Jian each ate a few pieces of cakes to fill their stomachs. Guo Jin, Cai Wan, Cao Lan, Guo Dan and Yang also ate something to fill their stomachs.

This ceremony will definitely last until midnight. After ascending the throne, the new imperial policy will be promulgated. It is estimated that when it is over, it will be dawn, and then everyone will go to the government office to handle errands. I don’t know when I can fall asleep. The energy requirements Really very high.

However, it is a great thing to encounter such a thing once in a lifetime. Who would like to sleep?

It must be involved from the beginning to the end, and when I get old, I can still pretend to be aggressive in front of my children and grandchildren.

When the time was almost up, Cai Yong hurried in and asked Guo Peng to leave the main hall of the palace through the back door and walked to the queue of officials. All the family members except the prince entered the palace and waited for the new emperor to come to the throne. Bestow.

When the ceremony started, Liu Jian had to sit on the throne to announce the edict of abdication and abdication, then took off the emperor's crown, and asked Guo Peng to change into the emperor's crown in court. Coming down is the official enthronement ceremony belonging to Guo Peng.

That is to calculate the good time, and it happened to be completed at the last moment of December [-]th in the third year of Jian'an.

Then the new year came, the Han Empire officially ended, the Wei Empire was officially established, and the new year name was announced, indicating the beginning of a new era. It is gratifying and congratulatory.

Guo Peng is now wearing an official uniform and leaving his family in the palace. He left first and entered the queue of officials.

As the king of Wei and the great general, Guo Peng was the leader of the officials, even above Cai Yong who was Situ, so he naturally stood at the front when he entered the queue. His appearance attracted the attention of the officials. The unannounced group saluted him, and Guo Peng returned the salute, and then stood at the front of the queue, closing his eyes and meditating.

The time has finally come.

The sound of drums rumbled, followed by the sound of long horns. Amidst the solemn and solemn ceremonial music, Cheng Yu personally stepped forward as a ceremony official, announcing the start of the ceremony, and leading the officials to enter.

Guo Peng took the lead and led the group of officials into the palace slowly step by step along the steps of the palace hall.

He handed over his sword, took off his shoes, put on his foot bag, and entered the hall without making a sound.

At the front of the main hall, the emperor Liu Jian was sitting on the throne wearing the emperor's gown, and looked at Guo Peng who was slowly entering the palace with great interest, his face was full of joy, and he didn't care at all.

Cheng Yu jumped over the officials, walked up to the high platform where the emperor was, saluted Liu Jian, and then picked up the imperial edict presented by the servant standing beside him.

This is an edict of abdication, and then there is an edict of abdication, two edicts.

These two edicts are stamped with the emperor's seal and the imperial jade seal, which have the most orthodox legal effect. The existence of these two edicts will be the legal basis for Guo Peng to come to power.

Cheng Yu first unfolded the emperor's abdication edict to the officials, and the officials, led by Guo Peng, knelt down together to welcome the edict.

The imperial edict was naturally written by Chen Lin under Cai Yong's guidance. Cai Yong controlled the central idea, and Chen Lin controlled the writing and polishing to ensure that the two edicts were both beautiful and well-behaved, so that no one else could find anything wrong. The place.

The meaning of the imperial edict is also very clear. Everyone knows that the abdication edict is nothing more than Liu Jian saying that he came to the throne at a young age, and he often worried about his identity and ability, and felt that his age and talents were not enough to support him Sitting on the throne.