Chapter 64: Turmoil in the Palace
In the main hall, I waited for a while, but no one spoke. Shan Zhuokun raised his head while people were unprepared and looked forward curiously.
In front of the crowd was a nine-step staircase painted with colorful paintings, on which were placed a set of tables and chairs made of gold, and two beautiful palace maids in green bandeau skirts held fans made of peacock feathers, and stood on both sides of the chairs. Judging by their appearance, if they are in modern times, they can at least win a ranking in a beauty pageant.
"The emperor has arrived."
With Guo Bin's shout, Li Shimin, who was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe and wearing a crown, followed by six eunuchs, walked over from the narrow corridor on the side with the momentum of the stars holding the moon, and sat on the dragon chair majestically.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live."
The civil and military officials all knelt on the ground and said in unison.
Shan Zhuokun fell to the ground with the others, but his eyes were still on Li Shimin on the dragon chair. Good guy, it looks like it, but it's much more majestic than in the TV series.
Those actors who play the emperor at every turn should really cross over and take a good look at what the other person's deity is like.
"Everyone loves to be flat."
Li Shimin's gaze swept over the faces of the ministers one by one, and he still looked at the world.
Shan Zhuokun originally thought that this civil and military official must be the same as in the TV series, but after hearing this, he got up and stood up and listened to the emperor's lecture. Therefore, he didn't see the situation clearly at all, so he reflexively stood up.
"Master Shan, what's the matter with you?" Seeing this, Guo Bin asked in surprise.
"I ......"
Shan Zhuokun was stunned for a moment, and then glanced at Yu Chi Baolin in front of him. Seeing that he did not stand up, he straightened his body, his hands naturally hanging down to his sides, and he was still kneeling on the ground.
"My leg just got a little numb, so ..... So I stood up. ”
Shan Zhuokun saw that the people around him were looking at him, so he rolled his eyes and explained prevaricatingly.
"Oh? Numb? Li Shimin said with a smile, "Then do you need to ask the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat Aiqing?" ”
Shan Zhuokun couldn't help but be even more embarrassed when he heard the emperor say this, and waved his hand again and again: "No, no, it's already good." ”
After speaking, in order to show that his legs and feet were really good, he also made a few jumping movements in a row.
Li Shimin knew that Shan Zhuokun was lying, but it was not easy to expose it in front of everyone, so he nodded with a smile, and said with something in his words:
"It seems that Master Shan is really strange and different. This disease comes and goes quickly. Okay, since it's all right, then you can sit on your knees. ”
When the ministers heard the emperor say this, they suddenly understood in their hearts, and they showed strange expressions that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.
Shan Zhuokun glared at everyone fiercely, and knelt on the ground like them. But in my heart, I was complaining again and again, if I sat motionless for an hour and a half, I was afraid that both legs would be wasted.
I didn't expect this ancient man to abuse him like this, he knew that he was suffering like this, and he couldn't have entered the palace at the beginning.
"Fang Xiang, how is the matter with the snow disaster in Jiangnan?" Li Shimin first looked at Shan Zhuokun with intriguing eyes, and then turned to Fang Xuanling and asked with concern.
"Your Majesty, the ministers have allocated five million silver taels to the prefects and county offices of the six departments in the south of the Yangtze River, asking them to hurry up and send more people to clear the snow and appease the emotions of the affected people. In addition, the minister also sent competent people to various states and counties to check the specific situation and report it at any time. Fang Xuanling said respectfully.
"Okay." Li Shimin nodded and affirmed, "It is very appropriate for Fang Xiang to deal with it in this way, this snow disaster in the south of the Yangtze River is a serious disaster that occurs once in five hundred years, and it must be handled well." Shan Daren ....."
Shan Zhuokun was bored and in a daze, he didn't expect to be called by name suddenly, so he hurriedly raised his right hand and replied loudly: "Yes, I'm here." ”
It stands to reason that such performances are commonplace in modern society, and can even leave an excellent impression. But in the Tang Dynasty more than a thousand years ago, he was very rude, and the courtiers saw this and criticized him one after another.
"The shaft is unreasonable, how can you shout at the saint?" An old minister with gray hair beside Shan Zhuokun said angrily, "I don't know how your master taught, and I don't even know what a scholar should be." ”
When another official heard this, he hurriedly said, "What Lord Wu said is extremely true, how can a person like you enter the court and become an official?" Is it really embarrassing? ”
In this way, the ministers launched a difficult situation with each word, and there was a great tendency to devour Shan Zhuokun alive.
Shan Zhuokun was angry for a while, and immediately stood up, pointed at the ministers with his hand, and said angrily:
"Who is rare for you officials? Let me tell you, if it weren't for the successive invitations of the Duke of Eguo and the King of Han, I wouldn't have come even if I invited my brother. Since there are so many rules here, then my brother won't accompany him, so let's meet again. ”
After that, he didn't wait for Li Shimin to speak, then turned around angrily and walked towards the palace gate.
Seeing this, the ministers were all dumbfounded, and they couldn't imagine that there was such a bold person. Not only did he dare to roar in front of the emperor, but he also despised authority so much, saying that if he was not an official, he would not be an official, this is not a tiger swatting flies on the head - is it going to rebel?
"Wait." Wei Zheng, who was squatting in the first row, glanced at Li Shimin, and saw that he was looking at Shan Zhuokun's back blankly, so he stood up suddenly, walked quickly to Shan Zhuokun's side, reached out and grabbed his sleeve, and reprimanded loudly, "You are really messing around, where do you think the main hall is?" How can this official say that he should be a bento? It's not right? Don't go back and kneel down quickly, and wait for the emperor to punish him. ”
Shan Zhuokun was already angry, but when he saw that Wei Zheng was actually blocking his way, he couldn't help but be even more annoyed in his heart, and he smashed the other party's hand away and continued to walk out of the hall.
Unbeknownst to him, as soon as he stepped out of the temple gate, he was stopped by Lu Yi.
"Master Shan, as the saying goes, the state has national laws, the family has family rules, and no matter what you do, there is a code of etiquette. Now that you are roaring that the court should have punished the crime according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, why don't you hurry up and enter the palace and wait for the emperor's fate. ”
After saying that, Lu Yi waved his hand, and dozens of Jin Wuwei surrounded Shan Zhuokun.
Li Yuanchang has long been accustomed to Shan Zhuokun's unrestrained temperament, so the other party doesn't care too much about the other party's performance. Seeing a storm rising on the ground, my heart was already like boiling water. Now seeing Jin Wuwei escorting him in, he hurriedly knelt on his knees, kowtowed and pleaded, hoping to ask the emperor for forgiveness from Shan Zhuokun.
"Your Majesty, Master Shan has always been a strange person in the countryside before, and he has never been in contact with court etiquette. Today is the first time to go to court, and it is understandable to do something wrong. I beg the emperor to forgive him this time in the courtier's affection, and the minister promised that he would not be so reckless in the future. ”
After Li Yuanchang said these words earnestly, he leaned down again and kowtowed.