SanjitNovel Chapter 150 The Old Emperor Passes Away
Chapter 150 The Old Emperor Passes Away
As for the research institute that Zhong Zhou is responsible for, it is also recruiting people, mainly for research and development.
The Women's Research Institute organized by Cen Mingche plans to let the Queen take the lead and conduct all theoretical research - that is, conceptual research, as well as some experiments that can be completed indoors.
Also, when female doctors are trained in the palace, they do not serve the royal family for life, but are employed under the same employment system as imperial doctors.Because it is mainly responsible for obstetric and gynecological diseases, it does not touch the interests of existing imperial doctors. After all, it is simply impossible for men to treat women's private diseases in this era.
In this way, it does not violate the rules of this era and maximizes benefits.
It does not touch the interests of the old nobles, but also opens up a new world in a new corner.
And internal and external research institutes, fleets going to sea, new firearms developed, new semi-artificial textile factories...
These constitute Cen Mingche's family background.
What does an emperor rely on to control a country?
An official?
Is it land?
Is it communication?
No, the most important thing is productive capital.
It turns out that the only productive capital in this country is land.
Now, it’s not just land.
And there are always officials.
Moreover, like many military departments, although the chief officers are still from the old emperor, their deputies have been replaced by Cen Mingche's people, and there is also a lot of sand among the soldiers.
The military is ready and the economy is developed, and all they have to do is deal with the redundant officials in the court.
By the way, it's time to get back the money owed to the national treasury by several major families.
Now, I just have to wait for my father to die.
The old emperor only had a few days to live, but Cen Mingche didn't do anything.On the contrary, he gave the old emperor good food, drink, and medicine, and arranged everything. He gave him whatever he asked for, and he also had the best medical resources.
But the damage to the nerves and body caused by toxins is irreversible.
The old emperor didn't have many more years to live.
Now every day of his life is a countdown.
Cen Mingche is respectful and considerate every morning and dusk. The wind, frost, rain and snow never fall.
This is not about how filial he is, but what he does for the world to see.
After all, it has to be written in these history books.
In front of the old emperor, Concubine Zhen was waiting with trepidation.
She hoped that the old emperor could live two more years more than anyone else.
After all, her fortune and life were tied to the old emperor alone.
The day finally arrived.
The old emperor vomited blood.
Although the concentration of his poisoning was not enough to cause him to die suddenly, it severely damaged his liver and kidney functions and his gastrointestinal problems. When he woke up this morning and ate a bowl of porridge, the Emperor spat out a mouthful of blood.
It really spurts blood, like a fountain.
Concubine Zhen was so frightened that her face turned pale and she quickly called for help.
All the doctors from the entire Imperial Hospital came, big and small.
The result of pulse diagnosis is the same, no pulse.
In short, every second this person can live may die at any time.
The old emperor cannot wake up. If modern medical technology can cleanse his blood, he may be able to stay for another two years.
Renal failure plus cirrhosis.
That night, the death knell rang throughout the capital.
This is called "hearing the mourning", and it usually takes place before the big or small coffin. From this day on, each temple in the capital has to strike [-] bells and pestles.
Cen Mingche is not short of money, so the funeral of the Supreme Emperor will naturally be held in a grand manner.
Funerals are never for the dead, but for the living.
Everyone is dead, so Cen Mingche naturally wants to be perfect.
When the time comes to set up accounts, I will feel more confident.
The funeral of Emperor Daxing was a grand affair.
On the day of death, a small coffin needs to be carried out in the funeral process, which is now the funeral procession for the deceased to change the shroud.
This speed needs to be fast. After all, after death, the muscles relax and the contents in the bladder and large intestine cannot be held in and will flow out.
Therefore, all the clothes of the deceased should be taken off first, wiped with warm water, and then put on the shroud.
This job required Cen Mingche as his son and the queen as his daughter-in-law, followed by the late emperor's concubines, as well as Cen Mingche's other brothers and brothers' wives.
Those who are ordered to do so in Beijing must wear mourning clothes, remove any accessories, and are not allowed to decorate.
Officials working in the capital must wear plain clothes, black gauze hats, and black horn belts, and rush to the inner palace to listen to the reading of the imperial edict.
Officials from various departments also have to fast and stay in their own official offices, and they have to cry for at least two hours in the Jiyan Hall where the funeral is held.
After three days, the officials need to change from plain clothes to rich clothes and continue to mourn and mourn in Jiyan Hall. They have to kneel and kowtow twice in the morning and evening, at least two hours a day.
The imperial edicts also had to go to the palace to mourn.
Many times people cannot kneel down in the inner hall, so many people have to kneel outside the hall.It's cold in winter and hot in summer, which can kill people.
And this process needs to continue until the emperor is buried.
The wearing of formal attire is also very particular. It needs to be worn for 27 days before it can be taken off. If you don't wear the attire according to the regulations, it will be a serious crime and you will be punished immediately.
After the death of the Supreme Emperor, the Emperor's concubines had to take off their jewelry and fine clothes and mourn from the Xihua Gate until they entered the mourning hall.
Moreover, Cen Mingche took the lead, including the princes, princes, princesses, emissaries, maids, etc., who all had to wear Zhan Fou and stay in mourning for more than three years.
Of course, as the emperor, Cen Mingche has the privilege of replacing the sun with the moon.At the same time, he had to negotiate with officials about a posthumous title for the late emperor.
During the national mourning period, officials need to wear plain clothes, black gauze hats, etc. when they go to court. When they leave the court, they need to change into silk clothes.
Moreover, local officials who serve outside the country must wear plain clothes, black gauze hats, and black horn belts after receiving the obituary notice of the emperor's death.
Moreover, they had to kowtow four times on time every day. After reading the edict, they had to cry and then kowtow four times.
Moreover, after three days, you have to change into adult clothes, light three sticks of incense twice a day, morning and evening, and then cry. It will be over after another three days.
In addition to the busy officials and the court, there are also many taboos among the people.
First of all, there can be no entertainment activities in folk entertainment venues. Officials and ordinary people cannot marry during the national mourning period. Folks cannot drink alcohol or eat meat and can only eat vegetarian food. All sacrificial ceremonies have also been suspended.
This rule will be lifted after one hundred days.
Various important places in the capital cannot stop. Temples and temples ring bells 49 times, and slaughter is prohibited for 49 days. Temples and Taoist temples need to ring [-] bells every day, and slaughtering livestock is prohibited for [-] days.
The Supreme Emperor's mourning in the palace lasted for 49 to [-] days. All the officials had to go to mourn the spirit every day and then choose an auspicious day for burial.
The emperor's coffin had to be kept in ice, otherwise the body would rot.
On an auspicious day, when the emperor of Daxing goes to the funeral, the Nine-Yu ceremony is performed, and all the officials need to wear long robes and go to Juyongguan to say goodbye, and they have to cry until they are near the imperial mausoleum.
The coffin was placed and buried, and the god and master enjoyed the ancestral temple.At this point, the funeral ceremony ended.
An old era has ended, and a new era has officially begun.