Chapter Forty-Nine: A Few Princes and Ministers
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If it is said that the most luxurious and grand pomp in the year is naturally the emperor's house living in the imperial city. The Liu family, who established the Anping Dynasty, has a habit that has been handed down to this day, and on the first day of the first month of the first month of each year, that is, the Spring Festival, a banquet must be held in the Taihe Palace, and the court ministers will be banqueted.
There were also small snowflakes floating in the sky above Shangyang City today, and even a cold wind that had never been felt elsewhere was blowing.
Many temple ministers dressed in the official uniforms of the Anping Dynasty walked to the Taihe Hall where the banquet was about to begin. Judging from the exquisitely embroidered patches on the chest of the official uniform, those who walk in the wind and snow are the temple ministers who are up to the top of the three grades.
Xie Dongyang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, who has always been willing to go with many colleagues, rarely did not join the small team on weekdays today, but rarely got together with Li Qian, the secretary of Dali Temple.
The faces of these two temple dignitaries were surprisingly consistent, they were both ugly, and they walked slower a beat intentionally or unintentionally while walking.
It wasn't until there were few figures walking in front of him that Xie Dongyang, who was in the second grade, looked left and right carefully, and then did not look at Li Qian, who was walking on the side of him, but faced forward, and asked in a somewhat low voice: "Lord Li, how are the casualties?" ”
The Dali Siqing, who was famous for his torture, rarely smiled bitterly twice, and then replied: "How can there be any injuries." ”
Xie Dongyang asked how the casualties were, and Li Qian replied helplessly, which meant that they were all dead.
Li Qian continued to ask Xie Dongyang softly, "Where is Lord Xie?" ”
The already ugly expression on Xie Dongyang's face is even more difficult to see, this ugliness can include helplessness, distress, and even anger.
"Except for Zilun, the others haven't come back."
After Xie Dongyang finished saying this, it was as if he had touched the scars on his body, and the expression on his face was even worse.
Li Qian, who was taking a smaller step, also glanced left and right with his eyes, felt that there was nothing unusual, and then said to Xie Dongyang: "Lord Xie, I think this matter is very strange. ”
"Oh?" Although he was very suspicious in his heart, Xie Dongyang still did not look at Li Qian, but slowly withdrew his gaze that had been looking ahead on the ground, because there was light snow floating in the sky, which melted when it landed, so the ground area was not a snow layer, but it was very wet.
Li Qian expressed the doubts in his heart, "No matter what, it is impossible to die so many people, no matter how powerful that person is, but those martial arts people in the realm of the Great Grandmaster are not ants on the ground, one pinch." None of the tricks we sent over were fake tricks with empty shelves, and none of them were carrying some real materials. ”
After Li Qian finished speaking, Xie Dongyang nodded slightly, his lips moved, as if he was about to say something, I don't know if he was organizing the language, or thinking about whether to say it or not.
Then Xie Dongyang leaned his head slightly against Li Qian's ear, and his movements were very light, if it wasn't too close, it would be difficult for ordinary people to see Xie Dongyang have such movements under the wind and snow.
Then Xie Dongyang's voice sounded in Li Qian's ears.
"I heard the meaning of the few Zilun Realms who came back, the Qinglian Realm and Changxuan Realm dispatched this time are only my Criminal Department and your Dali Temple."
This sentence came to Li Qian's mind from his ears, and then his heart suddenly exploded like thunder.
In the house in the West Factory before, Feng Wei was asking them to mobilize the great masters of their respective departments to cooperate with the Jinyi Guard, so that is to say, this time it should be the actions of the Zhongshu Criminal Department and the Dali Temple to cooperate with the Jinyi Guard, or it can be said that it was an activity between the three departments, but Li Qian heard that Xie Dongyang meant that only the Criminal Department and Dali Temple sent a large number of people, and the Jinyi Guards of the West Factory only sent a few Zilun Realm. Look at the fastest chapter on the (township/\village/\small/\say/\net)
Li Qian remembered that in that house, he told Xie Dongyang that sending Qinglian Realm and Changxuan Realm was completely self-defeating, but he was vetoed by Feng Weizheng.
Now Xie Dongyang told him that the only two realms of Qinglian and Xianglu that were sent to kill themselves were Dali Temple and the Criminal Department.
And he Dali Temple dispatched almost all the Qinglian Realm and Changxuan Realm.
Li Qian suddenly felt a wave of anger in his heart, and turned his head to look directly at Xie Dongyang: "What Lord Xie said is true?" ”
Xie Dongyang nodded, did not speak, pointed to the front, and signaled that he was already about to approach the Taihe Hall where the banquet was held.
Seeing Xie Dongyang nodding, there was a hint of viciousness in the eyes of this Dali Siqing.
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The time has come, and many court ministers have successively walked into the Taihe Palace, which has built a very imposing atmosphere, and then they have been among them.
The royal family all sat facing north and south, and the civil officials led by the Taishi Yang Shanchang sat on the left side of the main hall, and the battlefield generals led by the hussar general Choi Yonghai were all on the right side.
After the banquet, Liu Pi, the son of heaven who was sitting on the dragon chair today, naturally said, roughly those Chen sesame seeds and rotten grains, but today's emperor seems to be very interested, and said, "This year, the queen personally brewed some rice wine, specially named Junchen wine." I want all the secretaries to taste it, but the queen doesn't brew much, as the saying goes, no merit is not good, so I think about it and give it to the secretary who has outstanding political achievements in the previous year. ”
"Of course, the ministers who have not been rewarded don't have to have different thoughts, isn't this a new year?"
The important ministers of the temple sitting below naturally knew that they were just rewarding the courtiers who had made political achievements in the previous year, and the others were just nice words.
Next, standing behind the emperor and wearing a big red python robe, Feng Yukai, the eunuch with the palm print of the celebrity, faced the ministers, spread out the embroidered yellow holy decree in his hand, and his voice sounded in the hall at a sharp level.
"Zuo Zhuguo, when the imperial master, Yang Shanchang, give wine."
"Right Pillar Country, when the court is the prince, Li Hanze, give wine.
"Shang Husan Army, Hussar General, Cui Longhai, give wine."
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The voice of the eunuch of the palm seal of the priest continued to sound, and at this time, a eunuch with a snow-colored dust in his arms bowed down from outside the hall and hurried in, walked to the emperor's side and covered his mouth with his hand, slightly close to the emperor's ear, and then whispered: "Your Majesty, Concubine Qin reported that she was unwell, so she did not come." ”
The eunuch's voice fell, and Liu Pi, who was full of smiles, suddenly frowned, and reprimanded with a little anger: "You go and ask her, is she born sick, she is not feeling well every day!" ”
Although the voice was not loud, the civil and military ministers below could not hear it, but those who were a little closer could hear it, including the extremely powerful queen who sat next to the emperor, and Feng Yukai, who was wearing a big red python robe.
Although the hundred officials below couldn't hear what His Majesty the Emperor said, they all saw that the emperor's face was obviously angry, and they all immediately lowered their heads.
Feng Yukai, who was accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves, continued to speak, still with that timbre, without the slightest confusion because of the emperor's anger, after all, he was wearing a red python robe given by the emperor, and his eyesight and ability were naturally extraordinary.
The empress mother, who knew the emperor's temperament, approached the emperor's ear slightly, and said softly: "Today's day is not suitable for anger, Concubine Qin's body is already sick, and it is windy and snowy outside, and I am afraid that it will freeze again." ”
Although Liu Pi's face was not good-looking, he still nodded, about half of the queen gave it to the bottom of the steps, and half of it was because she thought of Concubine Qin's country-like attitude, so she retracted her tone slightly, and said to the eunuch who was still bowing: "Since you are really unwell, then you can recuperate, go and ask her what she wants to eat, and let the imperial dining room do it." ”
The eunuch snorted softly, then bowed down and slowly withdrew.
In the main hall, the voice of the python-robed eunuch with a very high position continued to sound.
"The book of the criminal department, Xie Dongyang, give wine."
"Dali Siqing, Li Qian, give wine."
After saying the last two sounds, the voice of the palm print eunuch stopped abruptly, and he put away the spread of the holy decree.
The king's wine is so gifted.
And many ministers below were in an uproar.
It can be said that there are two kinds of wine list just now, one is already in a high position and has many years of political achievements, such as Yang Shanchang, the head of civil officials, and the other can be said to have some merits, at most the emperor appreciates it, such as Cui Longhai, who is now faintly the head of the military attache in the court.
And many ministers know that the reason why Cui Longhai is favored by the emperor is nothing more than to separate the power of the only king with a different surname in the current dynasty and compete with it.
But what do Xie Dongyang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Li Qian, the secretary of the Dali Temple, mean, especially the "old fritters" who have lived above the temple for a long time, are they all muttering in their hearts, are these two fortunate to enter the dragon's eye of His Majesty the Emperor?