Chapter 3 King Hua
Mo Longxiang's adjutant was at the end of the hall, and when he saw King Luo coming in, he immediately went in to find Mo Longxiang. Mo Longxiang was talking about the feng shui of the port with a few lieutenant generals in this lounge, and after hearing the adjutant's words, he immediately went out. From the foyer, he hurried to King Luo.
Mo Longxiang walked in front of King Luo, King Luo ignored it, still walking forward, and Mo Longxiang also turned around and followed closely behind. In the process of leaving, King Luo asked, "Is the habit good here?" Mo Longxiang replied, "It's just a nominal commander." The two didn't say anything else, and walked out of the weeping flower door at the other end of the foyer, before King Luo stopped, turned around and said, "After the meeting, you go to live in the mansion, there is something to say." ”
"Father, this time I got a message saying that it was about military expenses." After Mo Longxiang finished speaking, he casually took out two lion-headed walnuts from his pocket and handed them over. King Luo took it, pinched it in the palm of his hand, turned his head to look around, and said, "Your Majesty has come today, and the doorman at the door said that there is a first-class garrison." ”
Mo Longxiang nodded and said that he knew, and King Luo saw that Mo Longxiang was not as surprised as him, so he pondered in his heart, didn't say anything, and went straight away.
Mo Hu also received the news that King Luo had entered the Sergeant's Mansion, so he ordered to 'open the White Tiger Hall'.
The White Tiger Hall is a place where the "General Hall" is specially held in the military palace. Since His Majesty's accession to the throne, military power and political power have been separated, and this general's hall is the highest council on military matters in the empire. The meeting was supposed to be held in the main hall of the palace, but in the past two years, it has been in the White Tiger Hall of the military palace.
The White Tiger Hall is located in the west of the Central Sergeant's Palace, surrounded by water and hidden in the shade of trees. In ancient China, the white tiger symbolized the 'west', and since the Privy Council of the Song Dynasty set up the "White Tiger Festival Hall" as the place of the highest military deliberations, the empire adhered to the tradition and also called the place of the highest military deliberations "White Tiger Hall".
In the White Tiger Hall, there are a total of seven chairs, the first one is centered on a platform slightly higher than the ground level, the platform is covered with bright yellow carpet, the seat is a Kowloon Town flat chair, is made of ivory, painted with bright gold paint, anyone knows whose seat this chair is.
Under the platform, there are three rosewood seats evenly distributed on the left and right, and these six seats are the meaning of the existence of this White Tiger Hall.
From the first left is Marshal Mo Hu, the first right is vacant (it should be the seat of the vice chairman of the military government, and no one holds this position for the time being), the second from the left is the king of Qi, the second from the right is the king of Huai, the third from the left is the king of Luo, and the third from the right is the king of Chu.
And today, another chair was placed on the right side of the platform, and the four generals who came to the meeting became cautious.
Mo Hu walked to the White Tiger Hall, several generals were already seated, and when they saw Mo Hu coming in, the King of Chu did not react, and was just about to get up and salute, and the other three had already finished saluting. The king of Chu was bored and sat down awkwardly.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Your Majesty will go here today to discuss military affairs with you, so please wait a moment." After Mo Hu finished speaking very seriously, he leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes to recuperate.
There was silence in the White Tiger Hall, King Qi took off the cloak on the outside of his military uniform, and then leisurely drank the Biluochun next to him; King Huai still looked like a soldier sitting upright, his straight back did not lean against the back of the chair at all; King Luo was playing with the lion's head that Mo Longxiang had just given him, his mind was lowered, and he didn't know what he was thinking; The king of Chu was different, he wanted to talk to King Huai beside him, but King Huai didn't pay attention to it.
Time shifted little by little from the change of light outside the window, and the king of Chu couldn't sit still at first, and got up to alarm Mo Hu's nerves. Mo Hu opened his eyes and saw King Chu standing up, and did not make a sound to let King Chu sit down, but stared at King Chu.
"Fifth brother, sit down." When King Huai saw Mo Hu open his eyes, he ordered King Chu to sit down.
King Chu just stretched his waist, and when he heard King Huai's shout, he was still a little unconvinced, but this was not a place to quarrel, so he sat down obediently, and said in a slightly unconvinced tone: "It's been almost an hour, when will it be?" When I'm tired, I can't even stretch my waist, we used to smoke cigarettes when we discussed things, but now it's good, don't talk about cigarettes, my eldest brother's tea is all a small sip and a small sip, for fear that the tea will run out and no birds will slip away. Marshal, you said something, it's no one else who came, it's our father, whatever, it's not like he hasn't been here before, or let's talk about it first. At least don't really sit and stare dryly. ”
"Fifth brother, that's enough." The King of Qi seemed to have discovered something, and spoke out to stop the King of Chu's complaints.
"There are brave people in the world, who come suddenly and are not surprised, and they are not angry because of them. Can't even wait? You're still the commander of the party! The speaker walked into the room from the outside, different from everyone present, dressed in a plain white Han-style short dress.
The five high-ranking generals of the empire stood solemnly, saluted in unison, and called them neatly: "Mo Taifu." ”
Mo Taifu - Zhao Yunsheng, a pavilion student in the Taizu period, once served as the overseer of the Twin Islands, and then had too much disagreement with the King of Chu, and was invited away by King Luo, and then was transferred to the central government by His Majesty today, and has been repeatedly reused, and has been a great minister to this day, serving as Taifu, the Minister of Royal Etiquette and other positions. When he was appointed as the Taifu, His Majesty gave the surname "Mo", and liked to call it "Mo Haige", Haige was originally his word, but in this way, the empire only knew that there was Mo Haige and did not know that there was Zhao Yunsheng.
Mo Haige, who is 67 years old today, has a bright head and a beautiful face, and has the posture of a wise and benevolent scholar. Mo Haige was able to reprimand the king of Chu and get the salute of everyone present not because of his official position, but because Mo Haige himself was a teacher of several people.
Heaven and earth monarch teacher, the rules handed down since ancient times, during the Taizu period, Mo Haige served as a ceremonial attendant, and once taught His Majesty the Confucian scriptures that had not yet ascended the throne, and later he was the teacher of several princes, and his knowledge can be described as excellent.
The king of Chu is not afraid of the earth, but he is well-behaved in front of Mo Haige, maybe he has a shadow when he was a teenager.
Mohag stepped onto the platform, walked to the chair that had just been placed today, and did not sit down, but said, "In a while, King Hua will arrive, you wait a moment." ”
At the beginning of the words, the hearts of several people couldn't say what it tasted like.
Mohag stood and waited, and a few people could not sit and wait. Fortunately, after a while, a young man about 30 years old wearing a bright yellow Han-style short dress stepped into the door.
The court publicized this young man to the outside world, and generally liked to use the sixteen characters of 'sword eyebrows heroic, black eyes sharp, well-defined, and tall'. If it is those Wenchen who like to pat on the back, they like to describe it as 'like His Majesty today'.
This is King Hua, the eldest son and eldest grandson of His Majesty, the widow of the deceased Prince An Sheng, and the adopted son under the name of King Luo. Although he is an adopted son, he has always been raised by His Majesty's side, almost just a polite appearance. For example, this time, after King Hua came in, he first nodded to King Luo and said, "Father Wang." Nodding to the others, 'Uncle'. Finally, he said to Mo Hu: 'Marshal'.
First the royal family and then the courtiers, it can be regarded as the rules of the palace.
Sometimes the title is extremely interesting, Mo Longxiang called King Luo called his father, dad and other common sayings, this King Hua called King Luo called Wang Father. King Hua said that His Majesty directly said 'Grandpa', while Mo Longxiang respectfully called 'Your Majesty'. The same generation, different titles, represent different distant relatives.
King Hua climbed onto the platform, turned around and stood in front of the royal chair, Mo Haige took out the gold medal of the imperial order, and said, "Today, Your Majesty will handle the affairs, and King Hua will do the deliberations on your behalf." ”
As soon as Mo Haige finished speaking, King Hua sat on the dragon chair with a big grin.
Although such a move is suspected of exceeding the system, it is not hindered in front of this imperial grandson, who has been favored by His Majesty since he was a child.