Great Zhou, the most powerful empire on the continent. It is bordered by the sea in the east, the Xiongnu in the north, the Baiyue in the south, and the Western Xia in the west. And today's emperor, Ji Qi, is the most virtuous and highly meritorious monarch since the Great Zhou Taizu, with all kinds of martial arts.

Ji Qi ascended the throne at the age of twenty-six, and in the past fifteen years, he has been praised by the people for his heavy agriculture. Moreover, Ji Qi also has the merit of expanding the territory and destroying a country.

In the northeast of the Great Zhou, there was originally a Jin country. This Jin country has always been hostile to the Great Zhou, although the population is not large, but because of the perennial war with the Xiongnu, all the people are soldiers, and the soldiers are brave and good at fighting. In the eighth year of Guanghe, Jin did not declare war, attacked the Great Zhou, and even attacked several cities for a while, claiming to be an army of 500,000, threatening to capture the capital of the Great Zhou in half a year, and to capture Ji Qi alive. The news spread to the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, causing panic among the people. At this time, Ji Qi immediately made a decision, changed the year name Guanghe to Jianwu, Guanghe eight years is the first year of Jianwu, Ji Qi mobilized the army, conscripted 100,000 soldiers, brought 100,000 forbidden troops, transferred 100,000 Mobei Army, a total of 300,000 troops, and drove the army in person. It took two years, and in the second year of Jianwu, the Jin State was finally destroyed, and the year name Jianwu was changed to Yongning, and the whole country celebrated and praised the monarch.

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On this day, Ji Qi, as usual in the past, handled government affairs with the cabinet elders in the Qinzheng Palace.

The Great Zhou Dynasty adopts the cabinet system, with a cabinet of elders, and the number of people is uncertain, with three people at least and seven people at most. There are six departments in the house, officials, criminals, soldiers, workers, and rituals. Today, there are four cabinet elders in the cabinet.

The elder is the person who assists the emperor in dealing with important national events, so the elder of the pavilion has great power, and the emperor personally selects talents and scholars with superior morality. Matters such as disaster relief and the assessment of officials are basically decided by the six ministries. In the Qinzheng Palace, the emperor and the cabinet elders discussed and decided together on major matters related to the development of the country in the next few years.

For example, a few years ago, when the Jin State came to attack, it was discussed by the cabinet, and finally the emperor made a decision: fight back, and then issue this order to the six ministries, the household department prepared the money, the military department was responsible for recruitment, the Ministry of Industry prepared combat equipment, and the Ministry of Rites announced the ...... to the world. When everything was ready, the emperor drove a conquest and finally wiped out the Jin state.

"Your Majesty, Master Sun asks to see you." Ma Lian, the head of internal affairs, entered the palace and told the emperor.

Ma Lian was with Ji Qi when he was still the prince in the East Palace, at that time Ma Lian was in charge of the affairs of the East Palace, and now the prince at that time became the emperor, and the little eunuch around him has also become the current manager of Ma, who is in charge of the palace from the East Palace to the palace, and the power has increased many times, so it can be said that the emperor is the most trusted person.

"Master Sun?"

"It's Master Sun who teaches the Fifth Highness to study." With many years of experience, seeing the emperor frowned, Ma Lian knew that the emperor had no impression of this bachelor, so he stepped forward to remind the emperor.

It is also said that as the king of a country, there are countless affairs to deal with every day, and it is normal for a scholar to teach the prince who has not yet left the cabinet and has not done anything to make the emperor worth remembering.

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There are five princes of the Great Zhou, and these five princes are the youngest. Although the youngest, he is notoriously naughty, not only does he not like to study, he often skips class, but he also likes some strange and obscene things. But he is extremely intelligent, and he has written books of sages and sages, and he has never forgotten them; The hadith of the ancients is known when you have learned it. And there are so many strange words that many Korean and Chinese scholars can't refute it.

Now the Great Zhou has not established a prince, mainly in the fourth year of Guanghe, the queen died of a vicious disease, and did not give birth to an heir during her lifetime. The emperor and the queen have a deep relationship with each other, and the queen's position has been idle, and in the early years, there were ministers who asked His Majesty to set up the queen and the prince, but the emperor ignored it, and slowly the ministers all knew His Majesty's thoughts, and no one touched the emperor's mold.

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"Oh, Master Xuansun come in."

Hearing the emperor's words, Ma Lian answered and went to the palace to bring Master Sun in.

"Wechen knocks to see Your Majesty." Entering the hall, Master Sun bowed down to the emperor who had just put down his hand.

"Sun Aiqing is flat, is it that my rebel son has done something bad again. provoked Aiqing to come to me. ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the Fifth Highness is not in the palace. Wechen has waited since Chenshi until now and has not waited for the Fifth Highness to come back, Wechen is worried that something will happen, so he has come to report. ”

said that it was a report, but in fact, it was to complain to the emperor that the five princes had not seen anyone all day. In this palace, there are all the guards, as well as the guards in the dormitory, what danger will there be? Today, the five princes are not in the dormitory, they must have skipped school again to play. So Master Sun came to sue.

"Oh? The rebel is not in his dormitory? Did he go to the harem to see his mother. ”

"Back to Your Majesty, maybe...... Not in the harem either. ”

"Sun Aiqing, tell me what's going on." Ji Qi frowned and said in a deep voice.

"Yes, Your Majesty. Yesterday was the middle of the holiday, today Weichen is the same as in the past, Chen came to the Yunfeng Pavilion of the Five Highnesses, but did not see the Five Highnesses, Weichen asked the attendants and eunuchs around the Five Highnesses, the eunuchs said, the Five Highnesses just after the Mao went to the harem to Jing Concubine Niangniang to say goodbye, and after coming back, he went out again and has not come back until now. Lang Wei in the Yunfeng Pavilion searched all over the palace, but he didn't find it. ”

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The timekeeping method of the Great Week is similar to that of ancient times, and the day is divided into twelve hours, one hour divided into eight quarters. An hour is equivalent to two hours now, and a quarter is about fifteen minutes, which is about seven to nine o'clock in the morning, and five to seven o'clock in the morning.

When the prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty was not out of the cabinet, there were two holidays in the early and second half of the month, one of which was three days, and the rest of the day was taught to the prince by the scholars of the court, and the content of the lecture was not only the literature that must be learned, but also the history of the Great Zhou and the policies of the Great Zhou. It's really boring for a child around ten years old. But this is the case with all the princes of the past dynasties, and Ji Yu is also the first prince to complain to the emperor because of the bachelor's degree who was taught too many times because of too many truancy.

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"It's almost time now, where is this rebel gone! In this way, Ma Lian, you go and send a team of guards to look carefully in the palace. Let the attendants inquire again, where did the rebel go? ”

The inner chamberlain is the emperor's eyes and ears in the capital, and is in charge of Ma Lian, the emperor's most trusted internal affairs director. The people of the inner chamberlain are all over the capital, from the small pawn merchants, to the military commanders, and the ministers of the court, all of whom may be the people who are named in the inner chamberlain and provide news to the emperor. The big and small things in the Imperial Palace and even in Kyoto can't escape the eyes of the chamberlain.

"Yes, the old slave obeys." Ma Lian arrived, turned around and walked out of the Qinzheng Palace.

"Aiqing is here and wait for a while, the news should come in a while."

"Wechen obeys."

After about two moments, Ma Lian came back: "Your Majesty, there is news, this morning the guards of the Zunsheng Gate saw that the Fifth Highness had left the palace with the token of the Third Highness. ”

The Great Zhou ancestral system, the prince can only get the token to leave the palace at the age of fourteen, and at the age of sixteen he can move out of the palace and live in the imperial city, and the prince who is not qualified to compete for the throne will be crowned king at the age of eighteen, and then go to the fiefdom, if there is no summons, he will not be allowed to return to Beijing for the rest of his life.

The fifth prince is thirteen years old this year, and he is not qualified to leave the palace as a rule.

"Huh! He's so bold. Go tune in to the Praetorian Guard and get that rebel back for me. When the emperor heard this, he laughed angrily and ordered.

"Your Majesty is angry, the old slave will go."

"Wait a minute, don't call the guards, you take the people from the chamberlain, and go in person. Send the Praetorian Guards! I can't afford to lose this man. Ji Qi stopped Ma Lian, who was about to go out, and commanded.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the old slave knows." Ma Lian answered, and then turned around and walked out of the Qinzheng Palace.