Chapter 14 The First Pilgrimage (Asking for Recommendation Votes and Collections)

On September 9, the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youzhen held the first great court meeting after his accession to the throne.

The court meeting was one of the main ways to exercise imperial power in ancient times, and it was also the main form for the emperor to convene his ministers to discuss government affairs.

In the Ming Dynasty, the court meeting was divided into the Great Dynasty and the Chang Dynasty, and the Great Dynasty was generally held on the New Year's Day, the Winter Solstice and the Longevity Holy Day, which was a ceremonial court.

The Chang Dynasty is divided into the Shuowang Dynasty and the Japanese Dynasty, of which the Shuowang Dynasty, as the name suggests, is generally held on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar calendar, and is also a ceremonial court;

As the name suggests, the Japanese Dynasty is a court meeting for the emperor to deal with government affairs on a daily basis.

At the beginning of the establishment of the regime by Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, many systems were directly inherited from the Yuan Dynasty, such as Zhongshu Province and Yushitai, but the court meeting system did not favor the Yuan system.

After Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming regime, he vigorously promoted the Great Dynasty Meeting, and all officials of a certain grade in the capital could participate in the Great Dynasty Meeting.

In this way, the emperor's authority was naturally well expanded, and the speech of the hundred officials was also opened.

The disadvantages of the Ming Dynasty Dynasty are also obvious, that is, if there is a slight dispute, the entire court meeting can easily become a vegetable market, and the two sides of the dispute develop from arguing about the government to personal attacks, and then fight.

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty also experienced three major changes:

For the first time, in the thirteenth year of Hongwu, Taizu abolished the phase, and the original political system was dissolved, and the nature and function of the early dynasty also changed because of it.

The second time, in the tenth year of Xuande, Yingzong Chongnian ascended the throne, stipulating that the early dynasty must advance the events, and limiting the number of events per dynasty, greatly improving the efficiency of the court.

The third time, in the sixth year of Longqing, Wanli succeeded to the throne, and changed to go to the court on the third, sixth and ninth days of every month, and since then the early dynasty has only been held nine times in January, and it is no longer called "Japanese Dynasty".

After Wanli took power, the emperor was even more unhappy with the crookedness of the court, and he did not go to the court for decades, and the court meeting was suspended and became useless.

In the early days of the reign of Emperor Tianqi, he was still interested in the court meeting at first, but he was soon disgusted by the crooked chatter of the Donglin Party.

So, he launched Wei Zhongxian to suppress the Donglin Party, and he went back to the palace alone.

Now that Zhu Youzhen has just ascended the throne, he released the news that he will restore the old system of Longqing, and hold a court meeting every 369 days every month, and nine court meetings a month.

This is undoubtedly exciting good news for the civil officials who have not felt the happiness of the court meeting for a long time, and before the time of the court meeting arrives, the civil officials come to the Forbidden City in the dark and wait for the court meeting to be held.

The time of the Ming Dynasty court meeting was relatively perverted, and the court meeting was held on the fifth watch, which was a great torture for both the emperor and the ministers.

The emperor is okay to say, after all, he is in the palace. The ministers were so sad that they had to get up at midnight and walk half of the capital to the noon gate.

At the end of the day, the minister arrived at the noon gate and waited, and when the drum on the tower of the noon gate was beaten, the minister had to line up;

By midnight, when the bell rang, the palace gate opened, and the ministers crossed the Jinshui Bridge and lined up in the square.

However, the officials have not participated in the court meeting for a long time, and now Chongzhen's ascension to the throne has given them the hope of participating in the court politics.

Therefore, even though they were sleepy-eyed, they still came to the first court meeting after the new emperor ascended the throne with great excitement.

At the end of the day, when the hundred officials were waiting for it, the palace door of the Imperial Palace slowly opened, and a eunuch walked to the front of the steps and sang loudly to the officials in the audience: "The hundred officials enter the court!"

The Huangji Palace, also known as the Fengtian Palace, the first of the three major halls, is the most important place for the ancient emperors to exercise power.

As soon as the eunuch's sharp high voice fell, the civil and military officials made a posture and reorganized their appearance, and only then did they enter under the leadership of Huang Liji, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Zhang Weixian, the British minister.

Entering the spacious, bright and majestic Imperial Palace, the officials stood neatly on both sides of the main hall.

"The emperor has arrived!"

Wang Chengen, the then superintendent of Dongchang, sang, and Zhu Youzhen took a steady step, climbed the imperial steps step by step, and walked towards the dragon chair.

Wang Chengen sang loudly: "The Son of Heaven goes to court, and hundreds of officials pay homage!"

The voice fell, and the civil and military officials on the left and right, immediately under the leadership of Huang Liji, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Zhang Weixian, the British public, bowed three times and bowed nine times to the great tomorrow, and sang into the clouds: "The ministers knock to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Zhu Youzhen, who was sitting on the throne, said in a calm and majestic voice: "You love Qing Ping. ”

In ancient times, the emperor meant that he was the eldest son of the heavens, and the monarch was divinely endowed with the right to hunt the world on behalf of the heavens.

The Book of Poetry says: Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister.

Its meaning is clear at a glance, saying that all things in the world, the subjects and the people belong to the emperor, the emperor is the master of everything, and I am the only one in heaven and earth.

Zhu Youzhen looked at Huang Liji below, his first assistant. An indescribable taste lingers in my heart.

Zhu Youzhen only felt that his ability and conduct were not matched, so he wanted to find an opportunity to remove him.

Take a look at Huang Liji's life:

Huang Liji was a scholar in the thirty-second year of Wanli. Tired officials and young Zhan Shi, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

After Ming Xizong ascended the throne, he became a close confidant of Wei Zhongxian, and was promoted to the Ministry of Rites in the fifth year of the Apocalypse, and was also a scholar of Dongge University.

In the following year, he moved to Wuying Palace, built a scholar of the Jidian Palace, and served as the first assistant, urging Wei Zhongxian to kill Xiong Tingbi in the middle of the night with the phrase "half a piece of paper in the middle of the night".

From these points of view, Huang Liji is really not a loyal and virtuous minister. But when Zhu Youzhen and Wei Zhongxian discussed last night, Wei Zhongxian woke up Zhu Youzhen with a word.

Although Huang Liji is not a virtuous minister, and his ability is very mediocre, he is better than obedient.

As long as His Majesty accepts him, he will return the favor and work hard to promote His Majesty's plan.

And His Majesty couldn't find a suitable person to replace Huang Liji for a while, even if he found it, if the other party was disobedient, it would be a big trouble.

Not conducive to His Majesty's next reforms. Zhu Youzhen also felt that it made sense when he heard it, since he couldn't find a satisfactory one for the time being, let him take it first.

Moreover, Wei Zhongxian has already passed the anger with Huang Liji, and this puppet Shoufu will cooperate with Zhu Youzhen in all his next actions without principle!

From this point of view, Huang Liji is a good shield. Zhu Youzhen did not lose money in this transaction, and it seems that he still makes money.