Chapter 64: The Upper Dynasty (2)
Soon the time of the morning court came, the palace door was wide open, and an old eunuch appeared in front of everyone to invite the civil and military officials to the morning court.
All the adults hurriedly sorted out their clothes, lined up in line, and prepared to enter the palace with respectful expressions. The two prime ministers also glanced at the old eunuch, for fear that he would be disrespectful if he didn't recognize Princess Zhongshan.
This made the old eunuch feel so strange, glanced at the lined up, and suddenly his eyes tightened, in the neatly arranged line, there were women and small servants!
He just wanted to scold who it was, but he heard the prime minister cough. How could the old eunuch not hear such warnings after living in the palace for many years? swallowed the words back into his stomach, thinking that if something happened to the left and right, these two prime ministers were responsible, and it was not his turn to take care of it, so he hurriedly urged everyone to enter the palace. The civil and military officials did not dare to delay, and all hurried to the main hall.
Dong Rong didn't expect to enter the palace gate so easily, and she also prepared a set of rhetoric, which seemed to be in vain. In the end, to give the Daqi royal family a face, Dong Rong did not go directly to the main hall, but waited outside the hall alone, thinking that he would wait for them to finish discussing the matter before going in to ask for an explanation. Even if everything is reasonable, there must be a degree, otherwise it will be too much.
The young son of heaven sat on the dragon chair, and before he could speak, he noticed that the ministers looked abnormal. One is understandable, but all of them are, then something must have happened!
Seeing that the emperor was not in good shape, the two prime ministers hurriedly stepped forward and reported all the news that Princess Zhongshan was waiting outside.
Hearing this, the young Tianzi's face was gloomy, and he was very angry at Dong Rong's behavior of being so presumptuous and not taking him seriously. But when everyone arrived outside the temple, they didn't announce her in and ask her clearly, and maybe there would be some trouble in the future. I had to grit my teeth and say, "Xuan!" ”
The little eunuch hurriedly shouted a summons, Dong Rong was outside, and when he heard the summons, he asked Jia Yi next to him to wait in place, and he calmly stepped on the steps step by step and entered the main hall.
Regardless of the gazes cast on her by civil and military officials, Dong Rong bowed three times and bowed nine times according to etiquette.
Seeing that she was so polite, the young Tianzi's face softened a little, and he said calmly, "Don't be polite." ”
Dong Rong stood up, she was used to being free outside all these years, and she really didn't like this kind of kneeling behavior.
"Why did Princess Zhongshan enter the palace today?" The young son of heaven was impatient in his heart, but he did not show a trace on his face. To put it bluntly, it is still the same sentence, the fist is big and the waist is straight, and Daqi can't resist the grassland iron horse, so he can only forbear and give in.
Dong Rong was not stage frightened, and responded in a deep voice, "Back to the emperor, the courtiers have grievances to be claimed!" I don't know if the emperor can remember that ten days ago he issued a holy decree, specifying that Dali Temple should track down the Maitreya rebellion, and now where is the chaos that has been tracked down in the past ten days? The assassination of King Zhongshan has not yielded any results so far, doesn't the emperor think about the same royal blood at all? The courtiers also have no choice, yesterday the courtier's brother returned to the city, and was actually bullied by Maitreya on the street, causing the people to panic, almost killing their lives, and now they are still unconscious in the palace. The emperor is the Son of Heaven, so he really doesn't care about letting Maitreya cover the sky with one hand? It can be rampant at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and it is even more lawless in other places, please ask the emperor to give justice to the courtiers and many people! ”
The ministers were suppressed by her momentum, and Dali Temple immediately broke out in a cold sweat when they heard it. He's going to be out of luck!
The young Son of Heaven was also stunned for a moment, and then Long Yan was furious, "Where is the Zhengqing of Dali Temple!" What Princess Zhongshan said is true? ”
The young son of heaven was slapped twice by Dong Rong's words, and between those words, he was clearly accusing him of being untrustworthy in his words and his incompetence to be climbed on the head by a thief! What is Maitreya? Actually do it right under his nose!
Dali Temple Zhengqing's surname is Wen, and he is also a shrewd person on weekdays. Hearing this, he immediately bowed down, knelt on the ground, and responded with courage, "Back to the emperor, this is the old minister's dereliction of duty, this Maitreya sect is indeed as the princess of Zhongshan said to act rampantly, but it is all small things, such as brawls and sprinkling, the old minister has the heart to arrest but the evidence is insufficient, and he is afraid that arresting people at will will provoke the anger of the people, and he is still collecting evidence." ”
Dong Rong lowered her head and smiled mockingly, this is just an excuse, this old minister must have been afraid of offending the people who supported the Maitreya Sect, so he didn't investigate.
How shrewd the young man was, how could he not see his prevarication, he was already angry, and hearing him say this confirmed Dong Rong's accusation just now. Suddenly, he patted the dragon book case and said, "Good for you, you are so perfunctory!" What is the crime of allowing thieves to run rampant and harm my people? ”
Wen Zhengsheng knelt on the ground and trembled, kowtowed and begged for mercy, "The emperor is angry, the old minister deserves to die, and it is not a pity to die, just pray that the emperor will give the old minister a chance to make amends, and the old minister will definitely do his best to thoroughly investigate the Maitreya religion." ”
In the end, the official position of Zhengqing of Dali Temple is not small, although the young son of heaven is angry, he does not have the idea of removing the person immediately, at least until the person who takes over is selected before considering it. So he endured his anger and turned to look at Dong Rong, after all, the grassland iron horse thousands of miles away had not been withdrawn, and he always had to take into account the opinion of this aunt.
Although Dong Rong kept her head down, how could she not know that the young son of heaven was already on the verge of being annoyed and angry. She glanced at the old man who was kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, she didn't want to embarrass him too much, but she just took the opportunity to put pressure on him, and finding out the mastermind behind the scenes as soon as possible was her real purpose.
In this way, she naturally wants to give the young son of heaven a step, but she can't let this person who is full of court have perfunctory thoughts again. Thinking like this, she said respectfully, "Back to the emperor, Lord Wen is afraid that he is worried about the grassland iron horse thousands of miles away, so he is derelict in his duties." For the sake of his hard work and lack of merit as an official for many years, the emperor will give him a chance. The courtiers believe that this time Lord Wen will definitely investigate thoroughly and return the people to peace. ”
When the words landed, everyone in the court changed their faces, this Princess Zhongshan was really bold. She clearly said that Master Wen was worried about the Prairie Iron Horse, but in fact, she meant that everyone was afraid of the Prairie Iron Horse. Although they were indeed terrified, they were still very angry to be so happily lifted the fig leaf.
It's a pity that no matter how angry the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty are, they can only hold back and forbear. Although Dong Rong did not directly persecute them, she was threatened all the time, which was not good.
Wen Zhengsheng, the Qing of Dali Temple, bowed down to Dong Rong again and again, saying that he was grateful to Princess Zhongshan for giving him a chance to make up for it, but in his heart he couldn't wait to kill her! The grassland iron horse is for the princess of Zhongshan, and if she speaks, this crisis can be resolved. But she threatened with this! That's why they couldn't afford to offend, and they stuck to prevent her from leaving Kyoto. Only because Princess Zhongshan is in Kyoto can they be guaranteed.
The young Son of Heaven knew that Dong Rong had given him the stairs, and turned to Chaowen with an impatient face and said in a righteous voice, "Since the princess of Zhongshan has spoken, this time the Zhengqing of Dali Temple will definitely thoroughly investigate the chaos and atone for the merits!" ”
Wen Zhengsheng responded again and again, and then stood back in the queue with a pale face.
The young son of heaven now feels a headache when he sees Dong Rong, and Liu Shihao, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy who was sent to negotiate, has not heard from him so far, and the grassland iron cavalry has not retreated.
These people are all rubbish! Although he has great ambitions, it is difficult to change this deep-rooted greed with the power of one person, and Daqi lacks the talents who can take on great responsibilities!
Besides, Dong Rong saw that the goal had been achieved, and he didn't want to stay longer at the moment, so he bowed and knelt down again, "In this way, the courtiers will retire first, the emperor loves the people like a son, and this time he ordered a thorough investigation of the Maitreya Sect and the chaos of the party, and returned the people to peace, which will definitely be greatly supported." ”
The young Son of Heaven frowned when he heard this, if the Maitreya Sect is really as this Zhongshan princess said, and no one is reckless in his eyes, then wouldn't the people outside Kyoto City be oppressed? After thinking about it, I realized that something was wrong, every county and town had set up a county magistrate, and if it was so true, someone should have reported it a long time ago.
He looked at Dong Rong and knew that this Zhongshan princess was very popular with the people. If the Maitreya Sect is really so arrogant, he will inevitably eradicate this Maitreya Sect in public and private.
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty wished for this bomb to detonate at any time, and went back to the palace to rest and not appear in front of them again. Even the young son of heaven didn't want to see Dong Rong, and he was slapped and threatened by her early in the morning, and his mood was really not beautiful.
They didn't want to see Dong Rong, and Dong Rong didn't want to see them, so after pretending to be respectful and taking three steps back, she turned around and walked out of the hall, even if there were dozens of pairs of eyes from the current emperor and civil and military officials staring at her, she walked smoothly without a trace of panic.
Dong Rong went out of the palace gate and went down the steps, and Jia Yi immediately greeted him, seeing that the master was safe and sound, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing him so nervous, Dong Rong couldn't help but quip, "What? You don't believe what I say? They didn't dare to do anything to me for the time being, even if they wanted to skin me one by one. ”
As soon as Jia heard this, the blood in his chest boiled, and he also said with disdain, "With these ministers who only know how to eat, drink and have fun, one of their subordinates can bring them all down." They dare to hurt their master's hair, it's delusional! ”
Of course, Dong Rong believes in the ability of the A group, and Jia Yi is one of the leaders, and she is very relieved to have him by her side.
She walked towards the outside of the palace, squinted her eyes and looked at the surrounding carriages and official sedan chairs when she left the palace gate, "Our goal has been achieved, and the next thing is to see how they catch the Maitreya sect henchmen." Just stare at it with twelve points of spirit, this mess, maybe the noble person in the palace who supported the Maitreya Sect will show his feet. ”
Jia Yi replied in a low voice, "Don't worry, master, your subordinates will definitely send more people to keep an eye on it!" ”
Dong Rong bowed her head, remembering the young son of heaven who was sitting on the dragon chair just now, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, although he was young, his expression was not angry and arrogant, and his gestures showed the emperor's demeanor.
It's a pity that she came over with strong winds and waves, and she was threatened with a knife on her neck, so she naturally didn't put his Long Wei in her eyes. But thinking about it, he practiced like this at a young age, and he must have suffered a lot. Compared to his own children, he is also a poor man.
Dong Rong gossiped in her heart, got into the carriage, jumped into the carriage, and drove the carriage back to the palace. R638