After shouting long live, Wang Shanxi heard a voice that was not loud and seemed very peaceful: "Aiqing is flat!" ”

After hearing this, he stood up straight, and then cast his eyes to the front, but from his angle, it looked dazzling, although he could see the Son of Heaven sitting behind the work, but it was a little blurry, and he couldn't see it really.

I only felt that the body of the Son of Heaven seemed to be covered with a layer of light, which was enough to brighten the eyes of the blind.

But in order to avoid being rude in front of the king, Wang Shanxi didn't dare to look more, although he took advantage of the moment he looked up, but soon lowered his head again, and at this time, to be honest, Wang Shanxi didn't see clearly what the Son of Heaven looked like, he could only see a vague, young man in civilian clothes sitting behind the desk.

Because Li Xuan's office has a large glass window and faces east, the people who meet the Son of Heaven in this office in the morning will be blinded by the sunlight when they look in from the direction of the door, so it will look a little blurry.

But what is interesting is that when Li Xuan looked out at the door from the inside, he could clearly see every move of the courtiers, and even their expressions could be seen clearly.

Of course, people who come in through the door will not always be unable to see the inside of the house, in fact, as long as they wait a few more seconds for their eyes to adjust to the light, they will basically be able to see clearly.

Wang Shanxi was like this, after standing up straight, he stepped forward slowly, but he did not go all the way to Li Xuan, but according to the previous teaching, he walked to the middle of this huge office, which was about four or five meters away from Li Xuan. At this time, he could not continue to step forward, unless His Majesty asked him to step forward, otherwise, personal guards on both sides would rush up at any time.

Although there was no second person in his sight at this time except for His Majesty, he knew very well that there must be a large number of personal guards secretly watching his every move.

This matter is very secret to ordinary people, but for the upper echelons of the Tang Dynasty Empire, it is not a secret, Wang Shanxi can guess even if he guesses, this seemingly empty office is estimated to have a cubicle or something.

Anyway, he didn't believe that he could be truly alone with the Son of Heaven, that was unrealistic!

Wang Shanxi came up and down, originally thinking that His Majesty would sit behind the desk and talk to him, but what he didn't expect was that the Son of Heaven stood up from behind the desk and walked towards the sofa on the side.

At the same time, he said: "Wang Aiqing, come, don't be restrained, sit on the sofa!" ”

After hearing this, Wang Shanxi was slightly stunned, he didn't expect that His Majesty would give him a seat, although His Majesty was merciful and had abolished the kneeling ceremony on most occasions, but it was not so easy to sit down in front of the Holy Son of Heaven.

Generally speaking, only in the imperial meeting, those courtiers can sit regardless of rank, etc., no way, the general imperial meeting lasts for a relatively long time, and it is a common occurrence to open for a few hours, and it is often necessary to write, flip through documents, etc., and it is really inconvenient to stand.

In most cases, the Son of Heaven sits behind the desk of the Lord, and the courtier answers below, and there is no chair in the direction in which the courtier stands.

Only in some special circumstances, or if His Majesty is in a good mood, will the place of conversation be shifted from the desk to the sofa on the side, but there are not many people who can think of this treatment.

I didn't expect to be able to enjoy it!

Wang Shanxi immediately said: "Thank you, Lord Longen!" ”

Then, after Li Xuan sat down, he sat down on the sofa on one side, only sitting on the side of the sofa, and his body was still straight, maintaining the sitting posture of a soldier.

Maintaining etiquette in front of the monarch is what Chen Branch member of the Hanlin Academy has repeatedly emphasized to him, and he also emphasized another point, that is, His Majesty will do whatever he says, and he must not be pretended to be polite in front of the Holy Son of Heaven.

Don't be stupid and say that you don't dare to accept it for nothing, and refuse the reward of the Son of Heaven, this is a mistake, and it is a very serious mistake, if you don't do it well, you will be impeached to death by a vote of officials, and finally lose your official position or even be thrown into prison.

For the hair?

Because what the Son of Heaven has rewarded you is a gentleman's grace, whether you are willing to accept it or not, you have to follow it obediently, and you can't refuse!

Why can't Junen postpone? Because 'thunder, rain and dew are all gentlemen', 'jun'en' is a word that covers many meanings such as 'reward', 'degrading officials', 'giving death' and so on!

The emperor gives you a high-ranking official and gives you a cup of poisonous wine, which is a concept, and it is all a gentleman's grace!

Therefore, your refusal to be a high-ranking official and the title of Houlu is no different from refusing poisonous wine and even rejecting other wills issued by the Son of Heaven.

Therefore, many things, although they are only some small things on the surface, are often some principled things, which is like whether it is a Spaniard or a Portuguese, if they want to send an envoy to Jinling to meet them, they have to bow down, call themselves 'foreign ministers', call Li Xuan 'Your Majesty', and they must call Li Xuan 'Emperor of the Tang Empire' on the national letter, and at the same time, their own monarch can only call themselves such and such a king.

And these details are not Li Xuan's bad taste, nor are they fooled by those old men in the Ministry of Rites, but to maintain imperial power, maintain the supreme authority of the Son of Heaven, and even maintain the legitimacy and sacredness of the Tang Empire.

The Tang Dynasty that came out of the ravines and ravines paid more attention to fame than many dynasties in history, and was always worried that others would say that they were not in the right position and that they were not an orthodox central dynasty, so in many ways, the courtiers of the Tang Dynasty paid special attention to etiquette.

To put it bluntly, a dick became rich overnight, and then became a rich man, but even if he was rich, many people flattered him on the surface, but in his heart he scolded this dick for getting rich, and in order to really integrate into the upper class, this dick began to study hard, trying to make himself a real upper-class person, and at the same time, he especially hated what others said about his past experience of dick.

Well, this is the idea of Liu Bagou and these ministers, Li Xuan himself, but there is nothing, what about the Tang Dynasty is a dick from a mountain valley? Lao Tzu has many guns, so he asks you if you are convinced, and if you are not convinced, you will be bombarded!

Li Xuan didn't care about the name, but he also knew that Liu Bagou and their fundamental purpose in doing this was to maintain the imperial power and maintain the authority of the empire, so Li Xuan also acquiesced in what they did.

Wang Shanxi thanked him and sat down, and Li Xuan just said: "Some time ago, Yunnan brought me some Nanzhao black tea, the taste is okay, you can also taste it to quench your thirst." ”

When Li Xuan spoke, a person also walked in outside, it was an attendant of the secretariat, and after coming in, he began to make tea, and then poured a cup of tea before pushing it away!

Holding a small teacup, Wang Shanxi took a small sip, only to feel that his lips and teeth were fragrant, this black tea was much better than the tea leaves he drank in the past, so the tea was used to quench his thirst and destroy the heavens.

But don't say it, in Li Xuan's opinion, this thing is used to quench thirst.

Li Xuan doesn't have any hobby of tea tasting, although he also drinks tea, but he still uses tea as a drink, and quenching his thirst is the only purpose.

Therefore, the top-grade tea that these places have paid tribute to him for thousands of miles is actually no different in Li Xuan, but he thinks it is delicious, how delicious it is, and what is special, so he doesn't bother to care about it.

The two sat on the sofa separately, and began to drink two sips of tea, Li Xuan also began to ask about the specific scriptures of Wang Shanxi's trip to Nanyang, when Wang Shanxi answered, he was still straight, and at the same time, his body did not dare to move in any way, especially his hands, which were always on the bright side!

Because he knew that at this moment, he didn't know how many hidden guards were staring at his every move, so he couldn't let those guards misunderstand every move, otherwise the scene would be ugly.

And his judgment was not wrong, there were actually cubicles in the front and back of this office, and the guards were all watching from behind the cubicles.

As the emperor of the empire, Li Xuan almost never leaves the sight of his personal guards, let alone working in this office, even when he is dancing and drinking with the concubines in the harem, there are female personal guards to stay aside to prevent those concubines from being ashamed!

As for privacy, there is naturally no privacy, as an emperor, what kind of privacy do you talk about, he just took off his pants, and the female official who has been quietly following him will directly pick up the charcoal pen and record it in a small notebook: On such and such a day, when the emperor was fortunate to be a concubine.

However, the personal guards and female officers who followed him were basically selected by thousands of people, with a total of 38 male personal guards, 24 female personal guards, and 18 personal female officers.

And these people are not young military camps, they are from ladies' houses, although those people are loyal enough, but orphans and orphans have no scruples, and it is even more difficult to control under certain circumstances.

Li Xuan's personal guards and female officials are basically from families and rooms, and they are basically selected from big families, and each of them has someone who can't let go of himself!

In addition to basic fidelity and the like, each of them is a good son, a good husband or wife, a good brother and sister, and they all have a very strong identification with the family and a desire to protect.

They are willing to give up their lives for the sake of their families!

And only such a person can make Li Xuan feel at ease to hand over his life to them!

Because when they protect Li Xuan unfavorably, they will be punished!

Therefore, at the most critical moment, even if they don't protect Li Xuan for the sake of high-ranking officials and titles, even if they don't protect Li Xuan for loyalty, they will protect Li Xuan for the sake of protecting their families!

Of course, family, this is just the last line of insurance, just in case.

And in normal times, Li Xuan treats these personal guards as much as possible, not to mention themselves, even their families can enjoy very good treatment.

Whether it is living and living, or going to school and employment, etc., the royal family will arrange it all, and even if the family member is an official, then the official career will help arrange it, and there will definitely be no worries.

If they die to protect Li Xuan, future generations will definitely be able to obtain a noble title.

These are just to let them save Li Xuan's life at a critical moment!