On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 561 Accepting the abdication edict

The first three edicts of surrender came one after another, but the fourth edict has not yet been sent to the Yan Palace.

Of course, this is not because the people participating in the performance got emotional after Cui Che's three speeches and were unwilling to do it a fourth time, but because Cui Che had given instructions and needed to let public opinion ferment.

Ever since the ministers forced the palace, the Observation Department under Cui Che has never stopped guiding public opinion.

There are spies in every state and county who are active in crowded places, spreading the idea that destiny lies in Cui.

In fact, the people who had experienced frequent usurpations of power by powerful ministers since the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties did not have any strong objections to what Cui Che was about to do.

The people of Guandong hated Yang Jian's Guanzhong-centered policy. He even did not allow people in other places except Guanzhong and northern Xinjiang to own and privately forge weapons.

The people of Guanxi hated Yang Guang for abandoning them and moved the capital south. As for the other Sui royal family represented by Yang Hao, the people of Guanxi knew from beginning to end that this court was just a puppet in the hands of Cui Che.

Outside Prince Yan's palace, the scholars and people were discussing it heatedly, but the public opinion was not overwhelming.

During this period, the only time Cui Che walked out of Prince Yan's Mansion was just to ask for rewards from the soldiers and meritorious personnel who went out on the expedition.

The rest of the time, Cui Che closed the door to thank guests. Only Fang Xuanling, Pei Xiu and other close associates could enter and leave the palace late at night.

On the surface, Cui Che flirted with his grandson at home, but secretly he still controlled the court through these close ministers and issued his orders one after another.

For example, the administrative divisions of Kansai are reorganized and counties are transformed into prefectures.

Hanchuan County and Xicheng County were designated as Liangzhou, and Qin Qiong was appointed as the governor of Liangzhou.

Fangling County was merged into Luzhou, and Mai Mengcai was appointed governor of Luzhou.

At the same time, Cui Che also arranged a series of personnel transfers, such as abolishing the governor of Luozhou, appointing the former governor of Luozhou Li Jing as the chief minister of Xuzhou, and transferring the former chief minister Du Ruhui to the court.

Cui Che's move was to familiarize Li Jing with Xuzhou affairs and prepare him to succeed Cui Qiji and guard Xuzhou in the future.

Time came to the third year of Zhenyuan. On December 13th, Fang Xuanling, Pei Xiu and others finally received Cui Che's instructions. There was no strong opposition from various places. The time was ripe and it was time to go through the final process.

On the same day, the ministers came to the Daming Palace and respectfully invited the young emperor Yang Hao to personally go to the Yan Palace to announce the decree.

When this day finally came, Yang Hao seemed to have lifted a heavy burden off his shoulders and let out a sigh of relief.

He did not delay and wrote another abdication edict. The emperor's guard of honor left the Daming Palace and headed for the Yan Palace.

When the people along the way saw this scene, they all said:

"This is the fourth time. The heat is up, and it's time for King Yan to accept the order."

"Zhongshu's minister, uncle, queen mother, and now the emperor are enough to show the emperor's sincerity."

"Hey! Uncle Guo, the Queen Mother are all close relatives of the Emperor, but why can Zu Junyan, the Vice Minister of Zhongshu, be involved in this?"

"Don't you know this? I heard that the king has chosen Zu Junyan's daughter as his wife for the emperor, but she has not yet been married."

"So, that Zu Junyan is the father-in-law of the country."

"Look at the work of our King Yan. The first three times, the emperor's personal relatives came to ask him to accept the imperial edict. Now the fourth time, the emperor personally came to visit. Who can say that he forced the young master in the future?"

"It's just that he looks better now. Thousands of years from now, he will still be known as a bully to his young master."

A foreign envoy who had just arrived in Jinyang was frightened by the comments of the people around him. He wondered:

"Aren't you afraid of being arrested by spies when you talk about state affairs in such an arrogant way?"

He knew that Cui Che had an observation department under him, which could be said to be all-pervasive.

The surrounding people sneered at this and laughed:

"Your Majesty, you won't be punished for your words, so what do we have to fear?"

In fact, Cui Che is not really open to freedom of speech. If someone really wants to slander him, he should be arrested.

It's just that he turned a blind eye to the idea of ​​bullying the young master and messing up the palace. After all, this is what he did.

Outside the palace of King Yan, people were shouting. The civil and military officials accompanying him, including the generals who had followed Cui Che on the expedition, all knelt outside the palace and begged King Yan to go out and accept the imperial edict.

All the officials cried out for help, but Cui Che remained indifferent.

Until the emperor cried outside the palace:

"Father! Please go out and meet me!"

The door of Prince Yan's Mansion was slowly opened, and Cui Che, dressed in regular clothes, walked out of the door alone and bowed to Yang Hao's driver:

"Cui Che, the guilty minister, pays homage to Your Majesty."

Yang Hao got out of the car, helped Cui Che up, and asked:

"It is my well-thought-out idea to promote the country to my prime minister. No one has ever confused or forced me to do so. Why has my prime minister repeatedly refused to accept the imperial edict, and now he is staying behind closed doors?"

Cui Che hid his tears and said:

"I have received great favor from my great ancestor, and I have made an appointment with the late emperor to raise an army to fight against injustice.

"Accepting the late emperor's last edict to assist His Majesty, I originally wanted to imitate Zhuge Wuhou and die exhausted.

"But His Majesty wants the whole country to surrender. Cui Che is so frightened that he doesn't know how to deal with it, so he can only thank guests behind closed doors."

The young emperor stroked the powerful minister's back and said comfortingly:

"Why do you have to be like this, Xiangfu? People in this world can live without me, but they can't live without Xiangfu. Today I personally come to the door to show my sincerity. I also ask Xiangfu to think of all the people in the world and don't refuse anymore."

After that, Yang Hao asked his future father-in-law, Zu Junyan, for the imperial edict to abdicate and read it out in public.

Once again, he helped Cui Che, who was kneeling to listen to the edict, up. Yang Hao handed him the edict and said:

"If my father-in-law is not ordered to do this again, I will wait outside the house until my father-in-law changes his mind."

The ministers and the people watching the excitement shouted:

"Please ask King Yan to accept the imperial edict."

Upon seeing this, Cui Che first knelt down in the direction of the Ancestral Temple and cried loudly:

"Great Ancestor! My late Emperor! I am determined to help the country. This sentiment is comparable to that of Jin Jian. However, now that the emperor and hundreds of officials are forcing me, and the people are expecting me, I have no choice but to accept the edict against my will.

"I will definitely inherit the legacy of our great ancestor and late emperor, pacify the world, and kill the traitor Yang Guang with my own hands!"

With that said, Cui Che wiped away his tears and kowtowed solemnly to Yang Hao:

"Your Majesty Cui Che, accept the decree!"

There were cheers in the stadium, and all the civil and military officials celebrated with their hats, fearing that their own joy would not be as good as others.

It can't be said that the Yang family has no strong bones in raising scholars for twenty-eight years.

But those who really opposed Cui Che had already been suppressed by him overtly and covertly, and had been wiped out through corruption cases that occasionally broke out.

Occasionally, a few people who kept themselves clean were excluded from the court.

After Cui Che received the decree, the Jinyang court began to prepare for the abdication ceremony.

Cui Che appointed Pei Xiu to be fully responsible for many matters of the Zen ceremony, including setting up the Zen ceremony and inviting guests from all over the world to witness it.

The time for the abdication ceremony is set for New Year's Day next year. There is still more than half a month left, which is enough time for Pei Xiu to prepare.

No more tonight, there will be a special episode of Northern Wei Dynasty at noon tomorrow

(End of chapter)