The Imperial Judicial Council, also known simply as the "Imperial Judicial Council", is the core of imperial power, and if the empire has an "early dynasty" like the Qing Empire, it also refers to this imperial pre-judicial council. The trial council is composed of 3 permanent servants of the inner court and a certain number of foreign court officials, and the 3 inner court are generally permanent attendants and permanent attendants, in order to balance the foreign court officials, it is not listed for the time being. The entry of foreign officials into the political trial meeting is the "entry into the prime minister" that every official of the empire is looking forward to, which means that entering the door of the trial and political meeting is "sealing the marquis and worshipping the prime minister"! In the trial council is a piece of imperial power system, and now it is Mo Haige's cabinet, Li Huaqian's inner court, Mo Hu's military government, and Wu Peihang's imperial party.

The current structure of the empire is that the administrative affairs of the government hall, the affairs of the military government, the affairs of the army are the central decision-making, and of course, the royal affairs of the inner court.

When His Majesty first ascended the throne, the military government set up a "general hall" and the government hall set up a "government affairs meeting", which were first convened under the instructions of His Majesty, and the main purpose was to distinguish between military and political powers, and His Majesty presided over two meetings respectively. However, in the later period, especially during the 'Imperial Restructuring', there was too much overlap between the military powers, so the cabinet was instructed to set up the "Imperial Judicial Council" to supreme the two as the core of the empire. The original two meetings were presided over by the heads of the two parts of the military and the government, and His Majesty occasionally came in person, so that the military and political departments were loosened.

In the past two years, the Minister of Prime Minister's Affairs has become vacant in the Government Council, and no one has convened the "Government Council", so it can only obey the arrangements of the Council and the dispatch of the Cabinet, and the Government Council exists in name only.

In the past two years, because the trial and government meeting has not changed for a long time, whether it is the government and the opposition, or the streets and alleys, there is a popular rumor of 'three heavens and four earths', and 'four earths' is easy to say, that is, there are four princes in the locality. The three forces in the central court of the 'Tiansan' are headed by Mo Haige, Li Huaqian, and Mo Hu, and as for Wu Peihang, he can only listen to the errand under Mo Haige's wings.

It stands to reason that Mo Haige is a master of the first grade, it should be a false position, but he is still in charge of the cabinet of real power, and he dares to train the four princes from today, and he can, change someone like Hua Tianxiong himself, and he has to take into account the prince's face when he says something serious, let alone reprimand.

Among the second-rank officials, the first is Li Huaqian, a person who wears many hats, as a minister with the same surname as the royal family (the royal family is Li, only the emperor takes the surname Li, and the surname Mo is used for the rest of the royal family), his father was the minister of the first emperor's life, Hua Tianxiong secretly speculated, it is estimated that this son will inherit his father's business.

The second is Mo Hu, the Central Military Region and the Dali Guard Military Region (the military region stationed in the capital) are in their hands.

Wu Peihang's imperial party was independent of the imperial court, and its original intention was to promote reform, so it set up governments at all levels. And now that many marginal provinces are infiltrated by the power of the four princes, the system of the imperial party has been relied on by the imperial court, and its resources and manpower are tilted a lot. Behind this person is Mo Haige, Wu Peihang and Mo Haige are masters and apprentices.

Hua Tianxiong was pondering by himself, the door opened again, it was a small attendant, saw Hua Tianxiong, saluted first, and then said: "Please Premier Hua over." ”

Hua Tianxiong got up, tidied up his clothes with his hands, patted the soil on the hem of his trousers, followed Xiao Changshi, bypassed the inner palace gate, and arrived at the main hall.

Wanghua Palace was built at the beginning, it is around the Shuo main hall, in addition to the three major halls on the bright side, this Shuo main hall is gorgeous, and even the glazed tiles are bought from the thirteen lines. Since Emperor Shuozheng lived in Wanghua Palace, this Shuozheng Hall has become the center of the empire.

As soon as he entered the palace, there was a thick smell of herbs, which caused Hua Tianxiong's nose to itch unbearably, and when he turned the corner in the corridor, he sneezed firmly. Hua Tianxiong easily got used to this smell, and as soon as he entered the hall, the incense in the hall gave him another layer of stimulation.

The hall is very dark, the windows around are covered with purple yarn, Hua Tianxiong's eyes have been used to it for a while, and he vaguely feels that there is no one on the wide dragon chair in front of the screen, and when he adapts, he finds that everyone should be in the room on the right side of the hall. The attendant made a report, but he didn't think that the house didn't tell him to let him in, but walked out of the house alone.

It was Mohag who came out.

"Come, come with me." Moheg said.

Hua Tianxiong nodded, and followed Mo Haige towards the corridor of the palace.

In the gazebo at the corner of the cloister, Mohag sat down first and said, "It's quiet here, let's talk." ”

Hua Tianxiong also sat down, and Mo Haig chatted with him in the morning and at noon, all of which were unfulfilled lies, and at this time, Mo Haig was so formal, he would definitely talk to him about something tangible.

"How come I haven't seen this excerpt of the leased land on Beiping Island?" When the attendant next to him saw the two people seated in the gazebo, he beckoned someone to serve a set of tea bowls. This scene really made Hua Tianxiong see the gap between himself and Mo Haige, who was in His Majesty's Shuozheng Hall at this time, and Mo Haige was treated favorably as if he was in the cabinet.

Mo Haige's question made Hua Tianxiong break out in a cold sweat, and he shouted in his heart: King Hua harmed me.

At the same time, Hua Tianxiong also knew that Mo Haige at this time knew very well that Hua Wang was behind these things, but Mo Haige had to ask from his mouth to finish.

And he just couldn't say Hua Wanglai, and for a while, Hua Tianxiong was speechless.

Mo Haige waved his hand back from the regular attendant who was making tea, and when he saw that he was far away, he asked softly, "Why didn't you inform me?" ”

"Taifu, in the 30th year of the empire, you have promoted me all the way to this point, how dare I hide it from you, it is really my negligence, this matter is ......"

Mo Haige interrupted: "There are still those excerpts in the political hall that involve the four princes and I don't know? ”

Hua Tianxiong only knew the purpose of Mo Haige's conversation at this time, Hua Tianxiong thought for a moment and said: "There are many affairs in the political affairs hall, and some excerpts have not been reported to the cabinet, which is also a normal thing. ”

Mo Haige saw Hua Tianxiong playing Tai Chi, smiled, and then asked: "If I remember correctly, it was Zhang Neixiang who recommended you as vice premier at that time, right?" ”

Hua Tianxiong nodded and said, "Yes." ”

"I remember that the reason why Zhang Neixiang recommended you was that the foreign affairs were handled properly and dedicated." Mo Haig's casual words woke up Hua Tianxiong.

Hua Tianxiong settled down and said softly: "At that time, it was all up to Taifu. ”

Mo Haige's face was as usual, and Hua Tianxiong's psychology was extremely nervous.

"Who brought these things up? Whose idea was it? Moheg asked again.

"There are several things involving the prince today, and it is true that the government hall did not inform the cabinet, and I know this." Hua Tianxiong didn't hide it.

Mohag: "Why didn't you tell me?" Who told you to give it to Your Majesty? ”

Hua Tianxiong: "When it comes to the four kings, they are all sensitive, and I can't afford to provoke them." It is not easy to restrain the government hall as one of my deputies, and it is not easy to maintain it to this extent. Therefore, everything involving the excerpts of the four kings, I will screen them and send them to the cabinet, I really don't want to, because of the issue of the four kings, there is any controversy in my political hall. After all, in addition to me, there are three other doctors here. ”

(is a doctor, from the second rank of the false title.) Since there is only one vice prime minister in the government affairs hall, Dr. Jeongbong is equivalent to the vice prime minister of the government affairs hall. ）

"Are you afraid that the other three will quarrel with you because of the matter of the four kings?" Mohag.

Hua Tianxiong: "Yes. The current affairs of the political hall are all arranged by His Majesty, the Judicial Council, the Cabinet, and King Hua, and we just implement it, and we never dare to make any 'waves'. Today's events were originally put away by me. I'm going to look for an opportunity to report to the cabinet. ”

"The folds put up in your political affairs hall can still be approved by His Majesty?" Mohag asked.

Hua Tianxiong: "If the student is guilty, I hope the master will punish him." ”

Mo Haige: "Just now, Your Majesty asked the regular attendant to pass on the message and ask what is going on, so I came out to ask you." I'll ask one last time. Who told you to give it to Your Majesty? ”

Hua Tianxiong: "Master Taifu, I don't know much about this matter. I ...... yesterday" Before he could finish speaking, Mohag dropped his teacup on the stone table in the pavilion.

"You don't know? You've been a deputy prime minister for three or four years, and you don't know? Okay, okay, then let me ask you, you don't know the excerpt of the leased land you wrote? ”

Hua Tianxiong: "I know this matter, I just asked the government hall to make a draft and report it to the cabinet for the record in the future, but I didn't want to ......," Hua Tianxiong replied.

Mo Haige: "What else is the draft and the main draft of this DPRK-China matter?" ”

Mo Haige brought Hua Tianxiong a cup of tea, sent it to Hua Tianxiong and said, "Is it that His Royal Highness King Hua ordered him to hide it from me?" ”

After Hua Tianxiong listened, beads of sweat from his cheeks appeared, and the originally warm and sunny weather turned out to be cold to the bone.

"When was the King of Chu involved?" Mo Haige interrupted Hua Tianxiong's words.

"Use warships to smuggle on behalf of Portugal!" Hua Tianxiong looked up at Mo Haige.

"Oh, I remember a little, you should have told me about it before." Mo Haige's words completely made Hua Tianxiong completely unburdened.

Hua Tianxiong and Mo Haige both knew that Hua Tianxiong didn't say it in the first place, Mo Haige was just giving him a step, otherwise, neither of them would be able to get by.

Mo Haige knew very well that Hua Tianxiong was getting off the donkey down the slope, so he said: "Today's incident, what do you see in the court for so long?" ”

"Hurry!" This sentence Hua Tianxiong is very artistic.

As soon as he said this, Mohag laughed.

Mo Haige said as soon as his words changed: "In our imperial court, an ordinary person is just a deputy of the provincial ministry from the third grade all his life, and the dragon and phoenix among the people are from the second grade, and the second grade is the top pillar of the empire. ”

Mo Haige asked Hua Tianxiong to express his attitude, and his ambiguous attitude was no longer suitable for the current situation in the imperial court. This sentence also marked the matter of the political affairs hall passing over the cabinet and directly sending a recital to His Majesty, and Mo Haige no longer pursued it. As a deal, Hua Tianxiong needs to submit a name.

'Hit, coax' is the way politics trades.

"I'm in the imperial court, so I'm naturally a Taifu's person......"

Mo Haige waved his hand, interrupted Hua Tianxiong's words, and said: "I don't have any power on my side, don't imagine what I have intentions, everything is based on Your Majesty, I am good, Peihang is not, we are all Your Majesty's people, we are just Your Majesty's courtiers, now Your Majesty's dragon body is not safe, we should also support King Hua." ”

Hearing this, Hua Tianxiong didn't say anything else, leaned down and knelt down, and shouted to Mohag: "May His Royal Highness King Hua be safe and healthy." ”

"Okay, I'll act on behalf of His Royal Highness King Hua, get up."

"Xie, His Royal Highness King Hua, Xie, Lord Taifu."

Mo Haige: "In the past two years, especially when I have taken charge of the affairs of the cabinet, you have taken charge of the affairs of the political hall, and you have cooperated effectively, I actually see it in my eyes. I want to recommend you to His Majesty to the Judicial Council. ”

Hua Tianxiong bowed again, and said, "Thank you, Master Taifu." ”

This time, Mohag did not let him get up, but continued: "Wait a minute, you are allowed to participate in the trial of the political council today, you must be sensible." After Mo Haige instructed, he handed his tea to Hua Tianxiong, who was kneeling.

Such a scene has a bit of 'apprenticeship' etiquette. This kneeling can be interpreted a lot, but in short, Hua Tianxiong's life after May be different from the previous 'stay out of things'.

After Hua Tianxiong drank, Mo Haige helped him up and took Hua Tianxiong to the front hall of Shuozheng Hall, which was the place where Emperor Shuozheng held the pre-imperial political meeting.

As soon as he entered the door, Hua Tianxiong whispered behind Mo Haige and said, "Thank you, Master Taifu." ”

Mohag glanced back and nodded.

Entering the hall, Hua Tianxiong felt like a world away, remembering that the last time he was here was an accidental summons a year ago.