Now His Majesty's wedding is the most important event in the court. In recent days, there have been a lot fewer inscriptions. The Qianqing Palace was once very clean.

Although there are a lot of troubles and worries in the imperial court, His Majesty's wedding is the most important thing at the moment, and all other things must give way.

No matter who it is, no matter what it is, they have to make way for the most important happy event of the royal family.

In fact, several things Zhu Youxiao did have basically achieved results, and he can get married in peace and contentment.

The period before the wedding can be regarded as the most leisurely days since Zhu Youxiao traveled through time.

On the cabinet side, although Han Xu is the first assistant academician, he does not have much status now.

There were not many people Han Xu could rely on. The Donglin Party had been beaten to pieces, and there was still Sun Chengzong who was decentralizing power with Han Xu, so the authority of Han Xu, the chief minister of the cabinet, was not very important.

The second assistant bachelor in the cabinet is Xu Guangqi, and he currently has a weak foundation. This is why Zhu Youxiao did not promote Xu Guangqi to be the first assistant, and let him develop as a second assistant for a while. For Xu Guangqi, it is a wretched development now. , don’t waste it.

In order to allow Xu Guangqi to develop well, Zhu Youxiao gave the position of Minister of Rites to Shen Tingyun, so that Xu Guangqi and the others could cultivate talents well. At the same time, Yu Maoheng and Xu Guangqi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were also very close, which allowed them to Mastered the mouthpiece.

As for how to use this mouthpiece, Zhu Youxiao felt that there was no need for him to intervene. Xu Guangqi and the others were much more profitable than him in playing this trick, and it seemed like a natural talent.

As for Sun Chengzong, he now holds the Ministry of War and has the support of some former Donglin experts, so his position is quite stable. If something goes wrong above, Sun Chengzong can even directly take over and control the situation.

The last cabinet scholar is Huang Kezuan, the Minister of Justice. He seems to be relatively weak, but he is the cleanest person in the cabinet, has no party affiliation, and has good abilities. Zhu Youxiao put Huang Kezuan in the cabinet just to fight against him. Substitute.

The four cabinet bachelors each have their own advantages, each have their own shortcomings, and each has their own use. This is the check and balance arranged by Zhu Youxiao.

In addition to the four cabinet bachelors, among the six ministers, Zhu Youxiao has replaced the minister of the Ministry of Rites with Shen Tingyun, the minister of the Ministry of War has been replaced by Sun Chengzong, the minister of the Ministry of Hubu has been replaced by Xu Guangqi, the minister of the Ministry of Punishment has been replaced by Huang Kezuan, and the minister of the Ministry of Justice has been replaced by Huang Kezuan. The minister is Zhao Nanxing.

Zhu Youxiao can safely use these people. At least for the time being, there will be no problem. They are enough for him to stabilize the situation in the court.

The last official minister, Zhou Jiamo currently occupies this position.

Zhou Jiamo is quite interesting to talk about. He was not involved in this incident from beginning to end, as if everything had nothing to do with him, which made Zhu Youxiao a little surprised.

It's not because of Zhou Jiamo's attitude towards this matter. There are many officials in the court who are high-spirited and do not participate, and he is not the only one. Although Zhou Jiamo is the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and has a prominent status, this is not surprising. things.

What really surprised Zhu Youxiao was that Zhou Jiamo could actually hide himself.

You must know that Zhou Jiamo was in the position of the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, but no one involved him in the whole matter. He just hid in the position of the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. This is not something ordinary people can do.

Zhu Youxiao also checked some information about Zhou Jiamo and what he had done before.

Zhou Jiamo is a native of Tianmen, Hubei Province. He was a Jinshi in the 5th year of Longqing Dynasty. His first official position was as the head of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and then he went to the local area as a prefect. He rose through the ranks, from prefect to governor, and finally became the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Minister of Industry.

Eventually he was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

This is a relatively skillful person, because when Zhou Jiamo was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, it was at the end of Wanli, when the three parties of Qi, Zhejiang and Chu were fighting for power. The Ministry of Civil Affairs could not make the final decision on the appointment, dismissal, promotion or demotion of officials. But when Zhou Jiamo took office

At that time, we still selected many of our own people, at least we got the power back.

It was difficult for Colonel Zhu You to judge Zhou Jiamo's identity. He didn't know whether he was a member of the Donglin Party.

But before doing these things, Zhu Youxiao had already made up his mind. It would be fine if Zhou Jiamo was not involved this time; if he was involved, he would get rid of him himself.

Facts have proved that Zhou Jiamo is a smart man and he was really not involved.

However, Zhu Youxiao felt that Zhou Jiamo would not stay in the position of Minister of Civil Affairs for too long, because someone would try to get him out.

The few bachelors in the cabinet would not let Zhou Jiamo continue to be the Minister of Personnel for too long.

Whether it is Han Xu, Xu Guangqi, or Sun Chengzong, if several people want to place their own manpower in the local area, they need someone in the official department to have the final say.

Now that Zhou Jiamo is sitting in that position, he is equivalent to half a roadblock. No one in the cabinet will be happy, even Xu Guangqi.

Xu Guangqi now urgently needs to expand his strength. Even if he doesn't want to do it, his people will want to do it, so they need to arrange their people to the place. In this way, they naturally need to get Zhou Jiamo down.

Under such circumstances, unless Zhou Jiamo chooses one of his cabinet members to join him, it will be difficult for him to protect himself.

Zhu Youxiao didn't interfere much in this matter. This was a normal fight between ministers in the court, and it would not be good if he intervened again.

Now Zhu Youxiao can sit quietly on the Diaoyutai and watch his ministers fight over it.

It is basically impossible to eliminate such fights, because wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and wherever there are rivers and lakes, there will be fights.

As long as there are people there will inevitably be fights, everyone has his own ideas, and everyone has what he wants to do.

When no one can convince anyone, the only option is to knock the other party down; if the other party continues to scream while lying on the ground, then the only option is to kill him.

So Zhu Youxiao is not going to interfere. He can prepare for marriage with peace of mind. After getting married, he can start doing some things he wants to do.

At least these people in the court are quite capable and will not hinder themselves. Even if some things are difficult, it will be much easier to exert pressure from top to bottom.

If you don't do well, I can replace you. The emperor above is so awesome.

As long as they can suppress the Cabinet Grand Scholars and the Six Ministers, they can suppress the others.

Step by step, this is the bureaucracy. As an emperor, it is impossible for me to reach everywhere because my hands are not that long.

The etiquette of a royal wedding is really very complicated, which made Zhu Youxiao feel a little miserable.

But he still had to be meticulous, because it represented respect for the queen. Zhu Youxiao didn't want to cause chaos in his harem, so he wanted to establish prestige for the queen at this time.

If an emperor's inner palace has a queen with high prestige, there will basically be no trouble.

Because no one dares to challenge the queen's status, only when the emperor loses fairness and does not establish prestige for the queen, but favors other concubines or favors other eunuchs, there will be trouble in the palace.

Once there is trouble in the palace, a very bad situation will occur, that is, harem wrestling.

Once the harem starts wrestling, anything will happen, so Zhu Youxiao will never allow his harem to become chaotic.

This was the case before when Zhu Youxiao killed the guest Baba.

In the original history, the struggle between Queen Zhang and Ke Baba in the harem was nothing more than a fight for the dominance of the harem, and the competition was about who could speak in Zhu Youxiao's ear.

Everyone knows how powerful it is for a woman to turn a deaf ear to a man, let alone an emperor.

So some people say that Queen Zhang's child was aborted by Ke Baba. On this point, Zhu Youxiao is inclined to believe it.

Because there was no problem with Queen Zhang's health and there was no problem with Zhu Youxiao's health, pregnancy was naturally a possibility. Facts also proved that Zhu Youxiao did have several children.

Then why was the child aborted by Kebaba?

Because once Queen Zhang gives birth to a child, her child will be the prince, and the mother is more valuable than the son.

What did Kebaba have to fight with Queen Zhang at that time? So Kebaba did not dare to let Queen Zhang give birth to this child.

So there was a series of messy things in the harem, which mainly started around the struggle for power between Ke Baba and Queen Zhang.

The reason why Zhu Youxiao killed Ke Baba when he first traveled through time was because he didn't want her to cause trouble in his harem.

Regardless of whether the things recorded in history about Ke Baba were true or false, Zhu Youxiao didn't want to take any risks, so he killed Ke Baba directly.

"Your Majesty, it's almost time." Chen Hong came to Zhu Youxiao and said respectfully.

Zhu Youxiao glanced at the Jifu he was wearing and nodded gently. It was indeed almost time, and it was time for him to set off.

The wedding has already gone through several steps. This step is crucial and I cannot delay it.

The courtiers have already gone to the Ancestral Temple to worship heaven and earth, and have gone through the three etiquettes of Naji, Nazheng and Announcement. Today is the official day of the wedding.

Zhu Youxiao needs to put on his royal robes to sit down, and the civil and military officials need to wear court robes to salute. Then the envoys and deputies who are getting married will go to greet the bride, who is Queen Zhang.

The welcoming process is also very cumbersome, both in terms of walking routes and various etiquettes. However, Zhu Youxiao does not need to participate. He can wait in the palace.

After the bride comes back from the wedding, she will issue an imperial edict to be crowned queen, and then there will be some canonization ceremonies.

After the canonization ceremony was over, Zhu Youxiao had to put on his crown and the queen put on her formal dress. Then they went to the Fengxian Hall to pay homage to the emperor's family temple. After the visit, they could return to the palace.

After returning to the palace, we still need to have sex.

On this day, Zhu Youxiao had to change his clothes several times. You must know that this is not the later generation's business of taking off the suit and changing it. Just changing clothes for a few rounds would make him miserable.

Hexinjiu is not just a matter of drinking a glass of wine, it is a ceremony, and then you enter the bridal chamber.

Do you think everything is over once you enter the bridal chamber?

No, there is more later. The whole wedding will last for 5 days in total. It can be said to be a big challenge to the emperor's mental and physical strength.

After working hard all day, Zhu Youxiao finally breathed a sigh of relief as night fell.
Chapter completed!