Chapter 263: The Deputy Commander Resigns and Returns to the Countryside

A few days later.

The coffin of Fan Wuji, Duke of Ying of the new dynasty, was finally transported to Jinling City and temporarily parked in the royal temple Jiming Temple outside the city. Every day, a Taoist monk chanted scriptures for it to help the dead soul to be reborn.

Returning to Jinling City with it were Li Zongmin, the Emperor of Nanyue Tiande, who was one of the eight kings of different surnames in the previous dynasty and later proclaimed himself emperor, the crown prince Li Shiyu, and a group of royal relatives.

It is worth mentioning that the new emperor Chen Huaian did not order a public trial and execution of Emperor Tiande and his entourage, but confined them to the prime minister's mansion of the previous dynasty outside the imperial city.

Even the Jinwu Guard was sent to protect the safety of Li Zongmin and his entourage, and the Ministry of Rites was responsible for taking care of their food and daily life.

As a result, Li Zongmin and Li Shiyu, father and son, were in a state of panic, and they could not figure out what the new emperor Chen Huaian was up to.

The fear of "execution after the autumn" was like a sword hanging over their heads, which could fall at any time, making the father and son of the Li family live in fear every day.

A few days later.

The officials sent by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites finally received the widow of the Duke of Ying who was far away in Longcheng, the fief of the King of Jin, to the imperial city of the capital with the etiquette of welcoming the new Duke of the new dynasty.

The food and accommodation standards and etiquette during the stay in the capital were completely implemented in accordance with the treatment of the Duke of the State.

On the 27th day of the ninth lunar month of the previous dynasty, the funeral of the Duke of Ying Fan Wuji was finally held grandly at Zijin Mountain outside the city of Jinling.

The new emperor Chen Huaian attended the funeral ceremony with two princesses, which was a great honor for the widow of the Duke of the State.

In addition, the former veteran generals of the Po Lu Army, led by Pang Xianchu, the deputy marshals of the left and right armies of the Longcheng Army, the civil and military officials of the Sixteen States of Youyun, represented by Wuning King Liu Xinwu, and the governors of the two lakes and two rivers, etc., all came to pay their respects.

Of course, these important civil and military officials in the new dynasty did not come to attend the funeral of Duke Yingguo Fan Wuji on purpose.

It was just because the emperor would hold the first court meeting since he became emperor in the imperial city of the capital tomorrow.

Therefore, after receiving the imperial edict, these civil and military officials who were qualified to attend the first court meeting of the new dynasty also came to pay their respects to Duke Yingguo Fan Wuji who died on the battlefield.

In short, the funeral of Duke Yingguo Fan Wuji was almost comparable to the state funeral of later generations.

For Fan Wuji, who had spent his whole life fighting on the battlefield with great effort, just to be crowned a marquis and appointed a prime minister one day, this was a glorious end to his life.

The new emperor Chen Huaian even announced publicly at the funeral that Fan Wuji's eldest son would inherit his father Fan Wuji's title of Duke of England after he came of age.

Once this oral decree was announced, in addition to the widow of the Duke's Mansion being grateful to the new emperor Chen Huaian on the spot, the group of generals of the new dynasty who came to pay their respects were grateful to the emperor from the bottom of their hearts;

Especially for the veterans of the Po Lu Army who had followed the previous emperor Chen Po Lu to fight for the Great New Dynasty, and then followed the new emperor Chen Huaian to raise troops to quell the rebellion and finally establish the new dynasty, their worship of the emperor and their determination to swear allegiance to the dynasty reached the peak at this moment.

After the funeral of the Duke of England, the Ministry of War took the lead in the relief and aftermath of the widow of the Duke's Mansion and the fallen soldiers, and the six ministries were responsible for it.

The new emperor Chen Huaian finally convened the first plenary meeting of the whole court in the Jinluan Hall in the imperial city of the capital on the 28th day of the ninth lunar month of the previous dynasty. This can be regarded as the first court meeting in the true sense of the new dynasty.

In the Jinluan Hall, on the dragon throne.

The new emperor Chen Huaian, wearing a bright yellow five-claw dragon robe and a crown, under the guidance of the eunuch Cai He, the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department, and under the attention of the whole court, stepped through the huge Jinluan Hall and climbed onto the dragon throne that symbolizes the supreme imperial power.

Then, he sat down calmly.

"Long live the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor!"

In the Jinluan Hall, all the civil and military officials knelt down and shouted long live the emperor in unison.

Chen Huaian waved his hand and said calmly: "My dear ministers, stand up!"

After all the civil officials and military generals stood up and stood in their respective positions in the Golden Palace, Cai He, the "eunuch of four dynasties" standing next to the new emperor Chen Huaian, dragged his sharp voice and said according to the court management: "If you have something to report, please report it. If you don't, please leave the court!"

"Your Majesty, I, Chang Yuchun, have something to report!"

Chang Yuchun, the deputy marshal of the right army, who returned to the court after the southern expedition, immediately stood up and reported to the emperor, saying: "Your Majesty, I have been ordered to do so. Lead the Longcheng army to conquer the Nanzhao Kingdom;"

"Now, the pseudo-emperor of the Nanzhao Kingdom, Mu Rongfu, has been executed recently, and the neighboring country, the Pyu Kingdom, has also expressed its intention to surrender to the emperor, and is willing to regard our new dynasty as the suzerain state and pay tribute to the new dynasty every year;"

"So far, there will be no more wars on the southwestern border of the dynasty!"

As he said this, Chang Yuchun clasped his hands together and bowed, and continued: "I hereby request the emperor to transfer the Longcheng army to the Ministry of War;"

"I, I can also take this opportunity to retire and let my horse go to the mountains!"

Swish!

As soon as these words came out, all the civil and military officials in the Jinluan Palace were stunned.

Especially the generals who still held the military power in their hands, looked at the deputy commander Chang Yuchun in the court with different expressions, their eyes rolling around, and I don’t know what they were thinking.

Even the emperor Chen Huaian on the dragon throne seemed a little surprised.

Obviously, Chen Huaian did not expect that the deputy marshal of the army, Chang Yuchun, would take the initiative to hand over the military power of the Longcheng Southern Expedition Army to him, the emperor, at the first court meeting of the new dynasty.

After a moment of hesitation, Chen Huaian finally smiled and said: "Deputy Marshal Chang, today the world is just beginning to settle, you can't wait to release the horses in the south mountain, this is my mistake!"

"I think so, since Deputy Marshal Chang followed me to start the army, he has been either fighting or on the way to fight in the past two years. It is indeed time for you to rest and recuperate!"

"How about this-"

As he said, Chen Huaian waved his hand and said with a smile: "The tiger talisman for the 500,000 troops of Longcheng South Expedition in Deputy Marshal Chang's hand will be temporarily handed over to the Ministry of War for custody;"

"But, Deputy Marshal Chang wants to retire and release the horses in the south mountain, I am afraid I can't satisfy it for the time being."

"You take a rest for a while, and we will discuss this matter after I hold the coronation ceremony!"

"My dear ministers, do you have anything else to report? If you have, please say it all at once!"

"Your Majesty-"

"Your Majesty!"

"......"