Emperor: When will the Seventh Prince rebel? I will open the city gates to welcome him.

"Cough cough! Cough!"

Emperor Dingwen Hongjing couldn't help coughing again. He was extremely tired and needed rest urgently.

Hong Jing knew his physical condition.

Although he was cured by the Hongxuan Silver Needle, his body was severely damaged by the poison pills he had suffered these days.

If he doesn't rest for a while, Emperor Dingwen Hongjing will probably die soon.

"Hongli, I will pass the throne to you today! You are the new emperor of Dafeng Kingdom."

Hongli had already been an emperor once when he was in Yunzhou.

Being an emperor did not make him feel very happy.

At that time, the Yunzhou rebels called him the Yunzhou Emperor.

"I, your son, will obey your father's orders!"

Emperor Dingwen Hongjing smiled and said:

"Hongli, you are the new emperor, so you should call yourself "I" from now on!"

"The coronation ceremony will be held in three days!"

"From now on, I hope that you can govern the Dafeng Kingdom in an orderly manner under the support of King Zhenbei!"

After Emperor Dingwen Hongjing said this, he looked at Hongxuan.

"From now on, all important matters in the court will be decided by you!"

"With Xuan'er here, I feel at ease!"

"Cough cough! Cough!"

After saying this, Emperor Dingwen Hongjing started coughing again and he stood up.

The palace maid who served him hurried forward to support him.

With the help of two palace maids, Emperor Ding Hongjing walked down the stairs step by step.

"My son, I respectfully send you my father."

"Your Majesty! I respectfully send off Emperor Dingwen."

All the civil and military officials in the court prostrated themselves on the ground to see Emperor Dingwen off from the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Emperor Dingwen Hongjing left the court from then on and returned to the palace to recuperate.

From then on, Emperor Dingwen Hongjing became the emperor emeritus of the Dafeng Kingdom.

Three days later.

The new emperor of Dafeng State, Hongli, wore the Nine-Dragon Imperial Robe and held a ceremony to worship the heavens at the Temple of Heaven in the imperial dynasty. All the civil and military officials in the court watched the ceremony outside the Temple of Heaven.

Hongli was able to become emperor smoothly, all thanks to Zhenbei King Hongxuan.

From then on, Hongli became the Emperor Dingwu of the Dafeng Kingdom.

The eunuch Lu Weikun who served Emperor Dingwu Hongli held the Saint in his hand and read aloud:

"I, Emperor Dingwen, have received the mandate of Heaven and the will of the people. I will pass the throne to Hongli. Hongli is both virtuous and talented, and he has the world in his heart. He is the new emperor of the Great Feng Kingdom. I honor him with the title of Emperor Dingwu!"

"I hope that Emperor Dingwu will carry on the legacy and protect our country, bring blessings to the people, and make our country prosperous forever. I decree this!"

Around the Temple of Heaven, all officials shouted respectfully:

"Long live Emperor Dingwu!"

All civil and military officials shouted "Long live the emperor" in unison.

At this point, Hongli ascended the throne of Dafeng Kingdom and became the new emperor of Dafeng Kingdom.

next day

Inside the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

The new emperor Hongli sat high on the throne.

One meter in front of the new Emperor Dingwu Hongli, sat Zhenbei King Hongxuan.

The civil and military officials did not feel the slightest bit of joy at the ascension of the new Emperor Dingwu.

At this moment, they were silent as a mouse, not daring to make a sound.

Each of them knew that King Hongxuan of Zhenbei wanted to carry out a thorough reform of the court's bureaucratic system.

King Zhenbei looked at the officials and said loudly:

"Since ancient times, food has been the most important thing for all people!"

"So the people of Dafeng Kingdom don't care who becomes the emperor! Even if they knew who became the emperor, it would not change their fate of being poor and helpless!"

"It is the duty of the monarch to make his people live like straw dogs."

"All of you officials in the hall below the stage, what have you been thinking about since the moment you took office? Ask yourselves!"

The King of Zhenbei looked at Situ Yuan, the new Prime Minister, and said:

"Situ Yuan, what have you been thinking about since the day you became an official? Tell me!"

Situ Yuan was feeling very panicked at the moment. He was promoted to the position of Prime Minister by Crown Prince Hongze and was considered a core figure of the Prince's Party.

At this moment, he was being interrogated by Zhenbei King Hongxuan.

Soul-searching question: What do you think about on the first day you become an official?

"Since I became an official, I have been thinking about how to be loyal to the court, how to serve the court, and how to share the worries of Your Majesty!"

"Clap clap clap!"

The King of Zhenbei, who was sitting on the throne, clapped his hands.

"How respectful and loyal you are! How useful you are! How helpful you are in sharing your majesty's worries!"

Zhenbei Wang Hongxuan said with a cold tone:

"Then I want to ask you, why have the people's lives become increasingly difficult in the twenty years since you took office, and why have the rebels in Yunzhou in southern Xinjiang become increasingly violent?"

Situ Yuan, the capital, said with a stiff upper lip:

"The people are living in increasingly difficult circumstances, and this is caused by natural disasters. As for the Yunzhou rebels, they are becoming increasingly violent. Banditry has plagued every dynasty, and it is not unique to the Dafeng Kingdom."

Zhenbei Wang Hongxuan said:

"Situ Yuan, I will deprive you of all your official rights, confiscate all your property, and banish you to Yunzhou!"

Situ Yuan's face turned pale. He knew that the King of Zhenbei was taking revenge on him.

"Hmph! King Zhenbei, if you want to use such despicable means to suppress this Prime Minister, why don't you just kill me directly? Wouldn't that be the end of it? Why bother pretending here?"

Zhenbei Wang Hongxuan smiled and said:

"What! Letting you live in Yunzhou would be worse than killing you!"

"That proves that in your eyes, the people of Yunzhou are living a life worse than death."

"But what you don't know is that under my rule, the people of Yunzhou live much better than in other places!"

What King Zhenbei said was indeed true. After obtaining land and food, the people of Yunzhou's enthusiasm for production was greatly enhanced.

The officials in the court did not expect that the first move made by the King of Zhenbei would be against Situ Yuan, the head of all officials.

Sima Yuan said unconvincedly:

"The court of King Zhenbei is not yours to rule alone."

"If you, the King of Zhenbei, want to do this, no one in the court will listen to your orders."

Zhenbei Wang Hongxuan glanced at the officials in the hall and said:

"Who among you agrees with Prime Minister Sima Yuan's statement?"

This time no one said a word.

King Zhenbei looked at all the officials in the hall who were silent and said with some disappointment.

"Where are you guys who were so unruly before?"

"What! Except for Sima Yuan, no one dares to say a word?"

"Grand Master of Imperial Households Yu Changyu, didn't you oppose me before?"

Guanglu Dafu Yu Changyu stepped out and responded in panic:

"King Zhenbei, I have no objection to your opinions and ideas."

Yu Changyu didn't dare to talk back to King Zhenbei now.

"Taichang Temple Minister Cui Siyuan, Prince's Grand Tutor Zhuo Yuanguan, Prince's Grand Tutor Wang Junwei, Jianji Palace Grand Secretary Qin Degen, Zhongji Palace Grand Secretary Gu Zhonghui, where are the rest of you? You have always been against me!"

These people all lowered their heads and said nothing.

These people just felt like they were fish on the chopping board, and now they dared not disobey King Zhenbei.

King Zhenbei looked at the ministers in the hall and said:

"The entire bureaucracy of the imperial court is now seriously bloated and cannot function properly at all."

"Especially some of the institutions that were established, they are completely unnecessary, such as the official positions established by the East Palace!"

"From now on, this official system of the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace will be abolished. This official system has no effect at all."

When the King of Zhenbei said this, all the officials in his palace were extremely shocked.

The Prince's Grand Tutor Zhuo Yuanguan said sternly:

"King of Zhenbei! You can't dismantle the entire Prince's Eastern Palace because of your personal grudge with the Crown Prince! The Eastern Palace has existed since ancient times! If you dismantle it, it will definitely infuriate both humans and gods!"

Wang Junwei, the Prince's Tutor:

"Prince Zhenbei! The East Palace's organization cannot be abolished. If you do, I will die as a warning to you!"

Zhenbei Wang Hongxuan said:

"Even if all the officials in the court are dead, this prince will definitely dismantle the organization of the Eastern Palace. Not only that, this prince will also take down the plaque of the Eastern Palace!"

"From now on, there will no longer be an institution called the East Palace in Dafeng State, and there will no longer be a crown prince in Dafeng State."

"The Crown Prince of the East Palace was changed to the Dafeng People's Livelihood Coordination Government"