Chapter 33: Unfinished Business
The funeral of the Son of Heaven is the most cumbersome, and the affairs of the civil and military officials are all courteous: the captain reads the policy, Situ takes the lead in leading the funeral, Sikong and will be the supervising utensils, the master of ceremonies is too often to cry, Zongzheng treats the princes with courtesy, Dahonglu welcomes the nine guests, the servant supervises the funeral car, the great Si Nong calculates the money, and Guangluxun and the guard guard the Zigong Palace......
Needless to say, before the funeral cry, just one of the scolding was fried at the court meeting where Xiao Liu Xie had just caught the jade seal of the country.
No one whispered in the main hall, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty all looked at Ma Riyan who was standing in front, and there were two ceremonial officials beside him, who were holding books and flipping back and forth.
Ma Riyan is the captain of the dynasty, the same clan as Ma Yue, and the seniority is older, such an elder is the respect of the great Confucianism and the three princes in the sea, Ma Yue should be respected, but Ma Riyan was anxious as soon as he opened his mouth.
"The first emperor had a turbulent life in the world, but the country was not damaged, and he was called Emperor Xiaoling, what do you think?"
The hall turned heads and ears in the blink of an eye, as soon as the emperor died, it was time to assess the merits, after a short commotion, several old officials nodded and said yes, Yuan Kui, Ma Riyan, Ding Gong These old figures nodded, this matter is basically decided.
But not everyone in this hall is 'male'.
"Taiwei, let's think about it again, the first emperor won't get a bad insult." All the officials in the main hall knelt on the futon with their heads bowed, and Ma Yue slowly stood up and folded his arms on his chest and said: "There are only a few people who have been eviled in the four hundred years of my Han Dynasty, and I put the first emperor inside...... How can I bear it? β
How can I bear it.
Ma Yue couldn't find other words to express what he thought, and in his opinion, during the years when Liu Hong finally threw him into prison, at least he was still concerned about government affairs. It's not an exaggeration to say anything about what he did, but now that he can speak in the court, he feels that he still has a good foot in it.
The chaos in the world is in the hearts of the people, and the chaos is in the clan, and it is not worthy of being respected by the world before it loses the hearts of the people. Anyone can say that Liu Hong is wrong at this time, but only he can't.
He didn't dare!
If he now turns a blind eye and lets the old men put this historical evil on Liu Hong, then it will indirectly appear that he also thinks that Liu Hong is wrong, if Liu Hong is wrong, then is the auxiliary minister he elected also wrong? He didn't want to give anyone a chance to expel him from the center of power, so he couldn't admit the epithet.
What's more, if this former emperor is mediocre, is the prince he chose also wrong?
He was terrified when he thought about it.
"How can I bear it?" Yuan Kui scoffed at Ma Yue's statement, coughed lightly and stared at the center of the hall without squinting, without looking at Ma Yue and said: "You should be impartial in choosing a nickname for the first emperor, but I am afraid that Guangluxun will not understand this truth." β
"You!" These days, Ma Yue is in charge of the power of life and death in the palace, how long has no one dared to speak to him like this, the immediate reaction was to pat his waist, and he wanted to make this old man who was all over the palace corpse in the palace, but he forgot that the waist knife was left in the guards outside the palace before the last court, so he heard a clear iron armor sound across the court clothes and hundreds of officials in the palace.
It was an iron cloak hidden under the court clothes.
The hard voice knocked on everyone's hearts, and even the old Yuan Kui, who had a clear face, couldn't help but glance at Ma Yue, and turned his face to the side again when he looked angry.
And Ma Yue was also stunned when he heard this voice.
At this moment, Jian Shuo, who was standing beside the little emperor, walked down a few steps in front of Yuan Kui, raised his chin and turned his head to look in the direction of the captain of Xiyuan, who was listed behind the military attachΓ©, raised his hand and patted Yuan Kui's shoulder, and sneered: "Be impartial? Guang Luxun doesn't understand? β
Jian Shuo's hand pressed on Yuan Kui's shoulder, and pressed Yuan Kui back to sit on the futon, turned his head and glanced at the few old men who were ranked in the third duke, and suddenly lowered his head and glared at Yuan Kui and shouted in a suppressed voice: "You should be glad that Guangluxun is not all impartial, otherwise your nephew's head has been pierced with a spear and hung outside the palace gate to accompany He Jin!" β
"You!" At this moment, it was Yuan Kui's turn to choke, sitting on the futon and pointing at Jian Shuo speechless, his eyes widened as if he was angry, covering his heart, who knew that Jian Shuo didn't look at him, and said loudly: "The soldiers are trapped in the palace, and the palace gate is burned." Those who follow the thieves in the Liechao class should rejoice that Guangluxun has benevolence and righteousness, and asks the Empress Dowager Dong to pardon Er and other crimes, otherwise your head would have been off your shoulders a long time ago...... In the future, you should pay attention to what you say in the court, right, Captain Matthew? β
At this time, the ministers remembered that they were not at the court meeting a year ago, and there were not so many people with armor in the palace at that time!
Ma Riyan lowered his head lightly and did not speak, but his eyes were on the book again.
Ma Yue didn't speak, even if Jian Shuo helped him find the scene, he didn't speak, his heart was startled when he subconsciously touched his waist just now, and then he was distracted in the court.
What's wrong with me?
If I kill someone at the court, what is the difference between that and Dong Zhuo in history?
He was accustomed to killing people, and he used to lead his troops out as soon as the order of the court came out, and he knew how to kill, and he also knew who to kill because of the edict of the court. But the moment he touched the knife just now, he heard the sound of armor colliding in his ears, and the cold hairs on his body were stirred. This time he wanted to use the knife, not because of the edict of the imperial court, but because he wanted to.
He thought.
As long as he wants, he can pull out his knife and kill the old man sitting opposite!
The Empress Dowager Dong looked at the unruly Jian Shuo and the silent Ma Yue through the heavy palace curtains, and fell into an embarrassing silence in the court.
After a while, the old queen mother sighed from behind the palace curtain, "That's it...... Ma Gong, you will re-elect a nickname for the first emperor, Guangluxun, it makes sense. β
The courtiers have never felt this way, and in the two hundred years of the Later Han Dynasty, there has never been a situation where the courtiers could not be impartial because of their power, but what can they say? This compromise, just like the compromise made a few years ago for the first emperor to open the Wanjin Garden, is so unspeakable, but it can only be accepted, but this compromise actually comes from Guangluxun?
A Xiliang man with Yi ancestry who doesn't even have a family tree?
Even if this young man waved his hand, it wouldn't work!
The bloodline doomed him to have no such qualifications.
Ma Riyan looked at it for a while, pointed to the scroll and looked at the little emperor sitting on the dragon couch and asked, "Your Majesty, if there is something wrong with the spiritual advice, how about the perseverance?" β
Xiao Liu Xie was sitting seriously, he was learning how to be an emperor, but at the moment, the question of his father's nickname was too profound for him, frowning and cute, Liu Xie asked: "What do you mean, please make it clear to me from Ma Gong." β
"No." Ma Riyan arched his hand and said respectfully to the little emperor: "Zhangyi has been covered, grinding but not phosphorus, and it is intended to ......"
Before Ma Riyan finished speaking, the little emperor's head had already turned over, looked at the silent Ma Yue, and asked, "What does Ma Qing think?" β
A Ma Gong, a Ma Qing.
Ma Yue raised his head, nodded gently to the little emperor and said, "Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's okay." β
"Ma Qing said that it was okay, that ...... Jian Huangmen, ready to drive, thank the ......" Xiao Liu Xie knew that he was going to drive after setting the name, but he didn't know where to go, and looked at Jian Shuo with a frown.
As if he had served the first emperor in the past, Jian Shuo whispered: "Your Majesty, it is to worship the temple." β
"Yes, get up and thank the temple."
"Your Majesty, slow down, the old minister still has something to do." Ding Gong arched his hands, knelt in the hall and said, "There are still matters pending in the court. β
At the moment when Ding Gong gave up, Ma Yue also gave up, and only after Ding Gong finished speaking did he say: "The minister also has important feelings to play." β
"This ...... Guanglu Xunxian. Xiao Liu Xie's right hand hidden in the sleeve robe scratched his left hand, he couldn't sit still, and planned to let Ma Yue say it first, but before he finished speaking, there was a cough behind the palace curtain, and the Empress Dowager Dong said: "Duke Ding, please speak." β
"The old minister Ding Gong Xie Empress Dowager, the old minister Qi played since Guangluxun took office, he transferred the Changshui camp out of the northern army and settled in the palace." Ding Gong arched his hands, and glanced at Ma Yue with some apologies, Ma Yue, who looked like he wanted to draw his sword for fear of offending Fang Cai, paused before saying: "The first emperor landslide, Ma Guanglu's eagerness in extraordinary times is reasonable, but now that the new emperor is on the throne, the palace should also be stationed in the palace, should the Changshui army be withdrawn from the palace and returned to the northern camp?" β
Ma Yue squinted his eyes and looked at Ding Gong, how did this old man mention the matter of the Northern Army, this matter is not his business, isn't this a dog taking a mouse?
"No." Ma Yue turned his head and said to Xiao Liu Xie: "Your Majesty Mingjian, now that the first emperor has not yet been funeral, His Majesty has not ascended the throne, there are still people in the court who want to do great rebellion, and the northern army is the important weapon of the country, and it is an extraordinary opportunity to garrison the palace to protect Your Majesty." β
Ma Yue thought that no one should refute him when he said this, but as soon as the words fell, he knelt down and sat in the corner of the main hall and stood up and said loudly: "The Changshui Battalion is under the rule of the Northern Army, and Guangluxun also has the command of the Qimen Huben, the Changshui Battalion has been stationed in the Northern Army, and the ministers have something to report, and the personnel of the Northern Army have their own fixed number, and the Changshui Battalion should be disarmed to seven hundred in the number and transferred back to the North Battalion." β
It was Liu Biao, the middle marquis of the Northern Army, who spoke, but the official rank of 600 stones, but the Han clan relatives did not say that they were still the supervisors of the fifth battalion of the Northern Army, and they had a lot of right to speak.
"What? Inappropriate! Ma Yue frowned, the only good Changshui battalion in his hands was to be transferred back, even if he knew that what Liu Biao and Ding Gong said was the ancestral system and the truth, but did he dare to transfer the northern army?" Outside the city, the soldiers and horses are stationed in Luojing, which is absolutely inappropriate at this time! β
"It is precisely because of the soldiers and horses from all over the world entering Beijing that the Changshui Army should be stationed in Beiying to defend the imperial capital." Another person stood up, Zhu Jun, who was also Ma Yue's top boss, "Not only should the Northern Army be cut, but the ministers thought that the world was initially decided, and the Quartet thieves were silent, and the Quartet of Yizhou Youzhou and Qingzhou were pacified, and the Xiyuan Army set up by the first emperor to beg the thieves should also be cut, and the rewards for the meritorious deeds of the soldiers in the rebellion should also be mentioned, and the soldiers and horses of the Quartet were also ordered to disperse at the moment." β
Ma Yue looked at Zhu Jun and unconsciously gave a thumbs up in his heart, Jiang is still old and spicy, and the old general said in a word, if there are no soldiers and horses in Luoyang, won't this dilemma be solved?
"Your Majesty, the ministers also want to play, the first emperor's edict ordered the ministers to punish the general He Jin, abolish the queen He family, and now the general has been ...... law"
This sentence caused huge waves in the hearts of the ministers!