Today is the time of the Half Moon Dynasty, and Li Zhongyi got up early. After breakfast, under Li Qiniang's service, Li Zhongyi took a lot of effort to get dressed neatly.

Since Li Zhongyi ascended the throne, he abolished the practice of holding a regular court every three days, and instead convened a regular court only once every half a month.

The so-called Chang Dynasty, that is, the officials who were promoted to the court in the capital, gathered in front of the Daqing Hall to collectively pay homage to Li Zhongyi's ceremony.

To put it bluntly, Li Zhongyi is very unwilling to see the so-called Chang Dynasty. The ceremony of hundreds of officials who were promoted to the court and collectively visited the emperor was just a ceremony. Except for the supremacy of imperial power, it is of no practical use.

However, Li Zhongyi could stipulate that the permanent dynasty would be held twice a month, but he could not completely abolish the permanent dynasty system.

After all, a sense of ritual is one of the essential homework of being an official!

Whether it is an early dynasty or an opposition, as long as it is an organized crowd, there will inevitably be a certain performance ritual.

For example, social gangs, bandit groups, or feudal sects all require certain forms of rituals to enhance centripetal force and cohesion.

Originally, Chang Dynasty clothes needed to wear a nine-liugon crown to enhance the majesty of imperial power. Li Zhongyi was impatient to suffer from that torture, so he simply wore the simple clothes that he summoned to the cabinet ministers on weekdays, so that it was much easier.

"Liu Xianggong ......"

"Meet Liu Xianggong......"

Liu Jinshan slowly entered the palace, and the officials who had retreated to both sides took the initiative to greet him, and everyone's posture was very low, so as not to leave Liu Jinshan with a bad opinion of the supreme official. After all, everyone present also knew that Liu Jinshan was the most popular candidate for the next prime minister.

Last night, Liu Jinshan had insomnia, and today he simply got up early. After finishing the government affairs at hand in the study, Liu Jinshan went out a quarter of an hour earlier than usual.

Don't look at the time when it was only a quarter of an hour early, most of the officials who were promoted to the court had already arrived in front of the palace gate, and Liu Jinshan was just in time for the peak period of entering the palace.

Liu Jinshan was walking, and suddenly heard the whispers of officials behind him, and Li Qiong also arrived earlier than usual.

In any case, Li Qiong is the current prime minister and must be treated with due respect. So, Liu Jinshan retreated to the side of the road without hesitation and let Li Qiong pass first.

"Hehe, Guangqing Xianggong, the old man just has something to discuss."

Unexpectedly, Li Qiong stopped in front of Liu Jinshan and invited him.

Liu Jinshan hurriedly clenched his fists and whispered, "Dare to obey your fate?" Then he lagged behind half a step and followed Li Qiong towards the Daqing Palace.

In the east hall on the left side of the Daqing Palace, there is a lot of steaming food, and two rows of palace people stand on the left and right.

According to the usual practice, the ministers of the cabinet, as well as the six ministers and three secretaries, are eligible to enjoy the breakfast prepared in the palace.

When Li Qiong and Liu Jinshan walked into the hall, everyone in the hall stood up and saluted, Li Qiong waved his hand and said, "You don't need to be so polite, just don't be so polite." ”

The officials in the hall were all courteous people, and although some of them were already grumbling with hunger, none of them did not know the rules to move their chopsticks first.

The rules in officialdom are greater than the sky, and if the ministers of the cabinet are not together, who among the subordinates dares to eat breakfast first?

It didn't take much effort, but the fold also arrived from Ruan, so everyone moved the chopsticks together and started breakfast.

The people present were all in power at the top of the empire, and they adhered to the rules of silence very thoroughly.

After about two quarters of an hour, the officials in the hall were more or less padded their stomachs, because Li Qiong had not yet put the chopsticks, and everyone was waiting for him with chopsticks.

After about half an hour, Li Qiong put down the chopsticks in her hand, and the sharp-eyed palace man hurriedly handed over a hot handkerchief to wipe her hands.

Li Qiong wiped her hands and asked with a smile, "Have you all eaten?" ”

"Thank you for your concern, a certain family has eaten well." Everyone put down the chopsticks in their hands and saluted like a ritual.

After eating and drinking, Li Qiong led the six Sanqing and walked towards the Daqing Palace.

Liu Jinshan followed behind Li Qiong, walking slowly while thinking carefully about what Li Qiong said.

As the prime minister of the cabinet, Li Qiong is generally not very nosy. However, this does not mean that he does not have real authority to manage things.

Liu Jinshan carefully touched Li Qiong's words, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly, there are many rights and wrongs in the deep palace!

How to say it, since the birth of the sixth son, the relationship between the ladies in the palace has become more and more complicated.

The cabinet folded from Nguyen is the maternal grandfather of the third son of the emperor, and Prime Minister Li Qiong is the maternal grandfather of the sixth son of the emperor, in addition, the eldest son of the emperor is also thirteen years old this year.

Although the eldest son of the emperor does not have the support of a powerful maternal family, his biological mother, the virtuous concubine Niangniang, Tang Clan, has shared hardships with Jinshang.

After going through hardships together, as a person today, it is naturally very important, and the feelings are also very unusual.

Just now, what Li Qiong said was neither the eldest son of the emperor, nor the third son of the emperor, nor the sixth son of the emperor, but the second son of the emperor.

The second son of the emperor, Li Jixiao, also known as Ling Ge'er, and his biological mother is Concubine Fei, who just turned ten years old this year.

Unlike Li Zhongyi's sons, the second son of the emperor is the prince who has been outside the compound for many years, and his mother Fei's knowledge is relatively long-term, so the second son of the emperor has developed the habit of being humble and courteous since he was a child.

It's just that Concubine Fei used to invite a scholar to be a master for the second son of the emperor. That Master Ji is now being taken to prison by the people of the Tiqi Division for slandering the court and slandering the emperor.

After the second son of the emperor learned the news, he pestered Li Zhongyi and cried endlessly, in order to make Li Zhongyi spare Master Ji.

Li Zhongyi did not directly order the release of the person, but ordered Li Qiong to inquire about the matter to see if there was anything forgivable about Master Ji.

Li Qiong consulted with Liu Jinshan, the purpose was to blow the wind and say hello in advance, so as not to let Liu Jinshan go against the will of the second son of the emperor without knowing it.

In fact, Liu Jinshan knew in his heart that Li Qiong was worried about offending Concubine Fei. After all, since the birth of the sixth son, the relationship between the ladies in the palace has become more and more complicated.

Sure enough, as Li Qiong expected, after Chang Chao dispersed, when Li Zhongyi summoned Liu Jinshan, he asked about Master Ji.

Liu Jinshan didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "It's just a rotten Ruer, it can't be a big deal!" ”

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly, and said, "Since that's the case, then let that rotten Confucian go." ”

Zuo Ziguang, who was standing aside, immediately said, "Huh." "That Master Ji is just a little indebted, not the so-called leader of Confucianism.

Since Li Zhongyi has spoken, it doesn't matter if Master Ji lets him go, it is impossible for Zuo Ziguang to deliberately go against Li Zhongyi's will for the sake of an insignificant Confucian student.

After Liu Jinshan and Zuo Ziguang left one after another, Li Yanqing, the secretary of the police temple, rushed to meet Li Zhongyi.

"Back to the emperor, last night, several senior generals of the original control crane army gathered together to ......"

The rotten are not terrible, but if something happens to the military, it will be a big trouble.

Li Yanqing's report immediately attracted Li Zhongyi's great attention, he thought about it for a while, and asked Li Yanqing: "Do you know what they talked about?" ”

"Back to the emperor, our people only dare to monitor the periphery, and no one has penetrated them for the time being." Li Yanqing's vigilance is not ordinarily high, and the old army leaders suddenly gathered together, which must be no good thing.

"Keep a close watch for the time being, don't startle the snake." Li Zhongyi touched his chin and whispered to Li Yanqing.

Of course, Li Yanqing understood the importance of prudence, and the imperial court had just purged the Wenchen group, which was a critical juncture to stabilize the situation in the court, and it should not be too irritating to the old military leaders.

Although, the old army leaders did not have military power in their hands, after all, they had been high-ranking generals, and some connections would still be there for a while.

In the past few years, although Zhang San has stepped down, who knows which team he has brought is hidden?

Li Zhongyi never thought that hundreds of thousands of imperial court forbidden troops were all of the same heart as him. There are always some people who don't regard Li Zhongyi as their own.

And what Li Zhongyi is most worried about is that there is eyeliner arranged by the old military leader in the forbidden army of the imperial court, and he usually looks loyal, but at the critical moment, it is a big trouble.

Therefore, the news reported by Li Yanqing touched the heartstring that Li Zhongyi was most taboo about almost instantly.

As a result, Li Haodong, who also knew the military justice department, was found by Li Zhongyi.

"Remember, movements inside the garrison must be closely monitored, and no suspicious clues must be ignored. In particular, the officers who have often left the barracks recently...... Li Zhongyi carefully admonished, and Li Haodong carefully made notes, lest he miss any important links.

In fact, the matter is obvious, the old army leader has lost his military power, and if they want to do something, they can only make a fuss from the imperial court's forbidden army.

What's more, the old military leaders have gathered together again, which has to arouse Li Zhongyi's great attention.

The fortress is always breached from the inside, and Li Zhongyi can only find the reason from the inside on the basis of not having further information.

Objectively speaking, Li Zhongyi's intuition is undoubtedly accurate. Several veteran army leaders led by the Marquis of Yiyin were unwilling to lose their military power, and planned to start from within the forbidden army of the imperial court to try to win over a group of temporarily frustrated officers.

In any organization, there are both people who are prosperous and prosperous, and unlucky people who are not very good at their official fortunes.

Even in the elite forbidden army of the imperial court built by Li Zhongyi, there are also a number of unsatisfactory officers. It's just that, under the constraints of strict military regulations, these people usually dare to be angry but dare not speak.

And these frustrated people happen to be the targets of Yiyin Hou and others. The Marquis of Yiyin and others, they wooed the frustrated officers, not to start an incident immediately, but like playing Go, they played a few idle moves long in advance, and once the time was ripe, they had to call for wind and rain.

Unfortunately, Li Yanqing has already set his sights on Yiyin Hou and these people, but he has not yet grasped the inside information.

After Li Haodong left, Li Zhongyi called Zuo Ziguang again, and the two conspired behind closed doors for a long time.