Traveling through famine: The space peasant girl

After all, most of the affairs in the court have now fallen into Zhou Qingyun's hands. However, some things, such as the military power that was dispersed from the beginning, are still divided into four parts, which Zhou Qingyun cannot directly grasp in his hands. Fortunately, his wife is the daughter of Duke Anguo, and Duke Anguo is his now. As long as the wife has no children, he is safe.

So now Zhou Qingyun is not only busy with the affairs of the imperial court and local princes, but also needs to appease his grandfather to continue to accompany him in his mad search for the existence of this magical fruit. He wishes he could split it into several pieces to use. Many things have to be put on hold. After all, the emperor's body has reached the end of its strength.

Because the current emperor, apart from still having the title of emperor, has no ability to compete with Zhou Qingyun. After all, his father-in-law, Duke Anguo, has already grasped half of the royal power of the Zhou Dynasty, and all the military generals were promoted to positions by Zhou Qingyun. King Rui is now silently supporting his son behind the scenes. After all, he is the former crown prince and still has a lot of people under his control.

Most of the civil and military officials are in his hands. Now more than half of the eight ministries of the court are his people. No one can shake his position at all, unless the emperor suddenly has a seizure. Even if he has a seizure, Zhou Qingyun can suppress it directly.

In other words, as long as Zhou Qingyun wanted, he could depose his grandfather at any time and successfully ascend the throne. It's just that he didn't want to be criticized, so he never did it. He even deliberately joined the emperor in making trouble. After all, the saying of the divine fruit falling from the sky was too ridiculous. However, the old emperor believed it without a doubt, and he was looking for it wholeheartedly.

Anyway, the emperor's purpose is just to find some kind of divine fruit that fell from the sky. Let the emperor deal with such trivial matters by himself.

As expected, when Wang Shiyu was five months pregnant, the death knell suddenly rang in the palace, and the news soon spread to Jizhou City. The old emperor's health had actually failed a long time ago, but he had been well taken care of, which was why he had lived so long. Otherwise, with all the sins the old emperor had committed, he would probably have gone to the eighteen levels of hell, one level at a time.

The emperor died quietly in the night, and he died peacefully. It was considered a natural death, and it was also his luck.

After all, Zhou Qingyun has been living in the palace. He is very familiar with the palace guards and intelligence system. It can be said that most of the people in the palace are his spies. Therefore, the moment the emperor died, he already knew the truth. At the same time, he directly controlled the entire palace to prevent the news from leaking out. He had to guard against people with ulterior motives. The palace must be well arranged. Anyone who dares to show up at the national funeral will be buried with the emperor.

Zhou Qingyun arranged all his people to important positions throughout the palace overnight, and then started to report the death to all the ministers and princes early the next morning. At the same time, he began to liquidate those people in the palace who were not his own. Some of them were planted by the old emperor and the princes, and they had to be dealt with cleanly. How could he allow others to sleep soundly beside his bed?

At this time, the people outside the palace who received the news had no way to create chaos anymore. They contacted their own people, but there was no reply at all. How could they not understand that the palace had been completely controlled by Zhou Qingyun, and there was no way to fish in troubled waters. They could only do everything according to Zhou Qingyun's plan.

Soon, the minister in charge of the orphan took out the imperial edict sealed behind the plaque of "Zhengda Guangming", which directly allowed Zhou Qingyun to ascend the throne according to the old emperor's will. The minister in charge of the orphan began to read the imperial edict. The edict was very simple, which was to pass the throne to the emperor's grandson Zhou Qingyun, but arranged for a regent to supervise the government.

Even if Zhou Qingyun was unhappy about someone putting pressure on him, he really couldn't say anything. He could only happily agree to the regent's supervision of the government. He even had to respect the old man, after all, he was his grandfather's younger brother.

After Zhou Qingyun ascended the throne, he also had to issue an edict. He ascended the throne directly on the eighth day after the old emperor's death.

"The Emperor, by the Will of Heaven, proclaims:

The late emperor passed away suddenly and returned to the five elements. I, who have inherited the favor of Heaven and the great blessings of the emperors, have followed the will of the late emperor and entered the family to serve the ancestral family.

Civil and military officials both inside and outside the country, as well as elders, soldiers and civilians, have all urged me to ascend the throne, but I have refused again and again. Now, I respectfully announce to Heaven and Earth that I will ascend the throne as Emperor.

We should think deeply about the heavy responsibility entrusted to us, and be diligent in our work. We should manage the country to achieve success and keep the business prosperous. If we want to revive the country and achieve good governance, we must make reforms and establish the new.

All matters are carried out according to the old rules, and respect is also exercised in carrying on the wishes of the ancestors.

Since I only have a cool virtue, I still rely on my relatives and wise men to jointly plan for a new governance.

The next year is regarded as the first year of Jinghe in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Grant amnesty to the whole nation and start anew with the people. "

The first thing Zhong Qing did after ascending the throne was to start conferring titles on several princes left by the emperor. He gave them the title of princes. Anyway, there was no position too high. Except for a few favored children who were conferred the title of princes by the old emperor himself, all the others started as princes. He didn't even give them real power. He just found a position in the Ministry of Rites and gave them the position, or sent them to compile books.

At the same time, the old emperor's concubines in the harem began to move from the East Six Palaces to the West Six Palaces. The West Six Palaces were not large, but the old emperor had many concubines, so a lot of people had to be crammed into one palace.

In order to make his background look better, he reluctantly promoted his own mother to the princess of Prince Rui, and that was all. He didn't even give Zhang Qianqian the face of an empress dowager. Normally, when Zhou Qingyun ascended the throne, Prince Rui would be the emperor emeritus, and Zhang Qianqian would be the empress dowager. However, Zhou Qingyun didn't give her that face.

The ministers entrusted by the old emperor to take care of the young emperor also strongly agreed with these actions. After all, Zhang Qianqian's background was problematic, especially since she had been crazy for many years. It would be enough for her to be a princess.

Then he sent his wife to the prince's residence outside the palace, intending to let her ride in the phoenix chariot into the palace in glory and become his queen openly.

"It is destined by heaven, the emperor decreed:

I have received the imperial mandate, carried on your great plan, bestowed your grace upon you, and bestowed upon you the blessings of heaven and earth.

My wife, An Yuxiu, the daughter of Duke Anguo, is a woman of both talent and virtue, a beautiful lady from a distinguished family, and outstanding in appearance and grace.

The late emperor praised her for her gentle and bright demeanor, virtuous character, and her respectful and prudent conduct, which established her good reputation among the officials.

She was a noble person, intelligent, well-mannered, and quiet. In accordance with the will of the late emperor, she was canonized as Empress Zhonggong Yixian Zhenjing and granted the residence of Fengyi Hall in Jiaofang Palace.

Kudos to this!"