Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Battle of the Court
The ministers are almost there, and soon, the eunuchs came out to announce that the ministers would enter the temple to face the saint, Song Qian led a large number of officials, took official steps, and slowly walked into the golden hall, and the ministers stood according to the ranks, and then waited for the emperor to arrive.
As the eunuch announced the arrival of the emperor, Zhou Zhengxiong slowly walked to the dragon chair and sat down, and Song Qian led a kind of minister to bow down to worship, and the Great Zhou did not kneel, so as long as it is not a big court meeting, it is not a big festival, and a daily court meeting like today is to bow down and worship.
After the visit, the officials above the third rank have their own chairs, so the ministers above the third rank walk to their chairs, half of the buttocks next to the chair respectfully sit down, the left is the civil official, the right is the military attachΓ©, sit in two rows, as for the other ministers, they are also divided into the left and right civil and military standing behind.
Ling Yu hid in the crowd behind him, looking at the Golden Palace curiously, this Golden Palace is similar to the Golden Palace of some costume film and television dramas he watched in his previous life, the Emperor's Golden Palace, they are all big and tall halls, with many pillars supporting the beams, Ling Yu's position just happened to have a pillar, so he secretly leaned on the pillar, so that it was a little easier, and the court meeting was estimated to be over for a while and a half.
Zhou Zhengxiong glanced at the ministers majestically, and then signaled to Yucheng on the side, and Yucheng said loudly: "The ministers are doing something." β
As soon as the words fell, an official who looked to be in his fifties stood up from his chair, walked to the middle, bowed and saluted: "The minister's household department Shangshu Lianwei has something to play." β
"Lian Aiqing, please speak." Zhou Zhengxiong said majestically.
"A few days ago, I received an 800-mile rush from the governor of Sichuan Province, Yamen, saying that the earthquake near Chengdu Mansion had caused hundreds of thousands of victims to be homeless and countless houses had collapsed.
"In this way, the cabinet took the lead, and the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry jointly handled it, and the Ministry of Household allocated money and food, and the Ministry of Industry sent people to help the local people rebuild their homes, and each sent a squire to lead and pacify the victims."
"Obey."
Next, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment and other ministries successively reported some things that needed to be decided by the emperor, Zhou Zhengxiong saw that the things of each ministry had been reported, and the most important thing was the earthquake disaster in Sichuan Province, and now it was temporarily arranged to deal with it, so he said: "I recently decreed the establishment of the Psionic Academy of Sciences, aiming to make better use of psionic energy, to make better spiritual guides and psionic weapons, I think you Aiqing have also used the new spiritual guides of the Lingke Chamber of Commerce, I have also used, I think it's very good, it can be seen that this psionic technology is powerful, do you have any suggestions? β
Shoufu Song Qian was the first to respond: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks so, the minister's family also has these gadgets, which is indeed much more convenient, and now my Great Zhou armament is a little old, if I can let the Psionic Academy Research Research on better psionic weapons, it will help my Great Zhou deter Beihu." β
Several members of the family forces secretly scolded the dogs in their hearts, but the so-called psionic science academy did not harm their interests, so they did not speak out against it.
"In this way, let's do it, open the Great Zhou Royal Psionic Academy of Sciences, the academy is headed by Ling Yu Ling Aiqing, that is, the founder of the Lingke Chamber of Commerce, you Aiqing have no objections." Zhou Zhengxiong squinted and said.
"Your Majesty, no, a businessman, who has not obtained fame, how can he be given an official position." Zhao Zhengkang, the secretary of the ministry, retorted that he was a member of the Zhao family's forces and controlled the household department, which gave the Zhao family a certain amount of power in the court.
Zhou Zhengxiong glanced at Zhao Zhengkang, angry from his heart, but he didn't show it, just said lightly: "Zhao Aiqing, can you make those things in this way?" Since the founding of Taizu, my Great Zhou has been based on the principle of meritocracy, as long as the character is good, why can't businessmen be available? β
"This ...... Your Majesty, WeChen...... Weichen ...... "Zhao Zhengkang was blocked, and he knew in his heart that this was what the emperor wanted to forcefully implement, and it was useless for him to stop it like this, so he stopped speaking and retreated, and the people of the Qian family saw this scene, so they no longer came out to oppose it, and there were some jokes in their hearts Zhao Zhengkang, this matter has no impact on their layout, why bother to raise the bar with the emperor, if the emperor is angry, it is really possible to have an impact on their layout."
Seeing that the opposing voices were suppressed, Zhou Zhengxiong said, "Ling Yu stepped forward to listen to the seal." β
Ling Yu was leaning on the pillar leisurely, watching a group of old people arguing with great interest, but when Chad heard the emperor call his name, he didn't react at once, or the colleagues around him pulled his sleeves, so he hurriedly came out of the column and bowed and saluted: "Weichen is here." β
This made some old people in the court who paid attention to etiquette very unhappy, especially the imperial historians, if it wasn't for the time now, they really wanted to jump out and loudly accuse Ling Yujun of losing his manners.
Of course, not everyone is like this, some people are more tolerant in their hearts, and they don't blame him too much when they look at Ling Yu's young face, after all, they are young people, and there is still room for transformation.
"Ling Aiqing, I have appointed you as the president of the Great Zhou Royal Spiritual Energy Academy, and I hope you can make more contributions to the Great Zhou and me, and you must not slack off." Zhou Zhengxiong said majestically.
"The minister will obey His Majesty's will, and he will be conscientious in the future, make more contributions, and make contributions as soon as possible." Ling Yu had never been to the court, so he casually rebated a scene, which was not a loss of honor.
"Well, that's fine, don't let me down."
Ling Yu bowed again, ready to retreat, Zhou Zhengxiong said again: "There is one more thing, Ling Aiqing offered a treasure yesterday, I look at it, this thing is related to the life and death of my Great Zhou, I am very relieved, therefore, I want to seal Ling Aiqing as the Marquis of Lingwu, as a reward, so that he can continue to make greater contributions to my Great Zhou in the future." β
As soon as Zhou Zhengxiong's words fell, the ministers became excited, as if they had stabbed a hornet's nest.
"Your Majesty can't, a businessman has given an official body is already a great reward, you must not be knighted again, Taizu is king, you can't be knighted if you don't have a great contribution to the country, although Lord Ling has offered His Majesty's so-called treasures related to the survival of the Great Zhou, but it doesn't mean that he has made great contributions." Gu Xinxin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was the first to jump out and retort loudly, he was a member of the Li family, and he was generally neutral and did not participate much in the court dispute, unless it was related to the interests of the Li family.
"Your Majesty, what Lord Gu said is very true, and the minister seconded it." Qian Xunyan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, saw that someone jumped out, he hurriedly seconded the proposal, after all, several major families could not be knighted, how could they tolerate a white body and an official and a knighthood.
"The minister seconded the proposal."
"The minister seconded the proposal."
ββ¦β¦β
One by one, the scholars jumped out to oppose it, and there was no opposition only Song Qian, the first assistant of the cabinet, Xiang Yang, the second assistant of the cabinet, Yue Liang, the auxiliary minister of the cabinet, Lian Wei, the secretary of the household department, and Zhai Qiande, the secretary of the military department.
Zhou Zhengxiong saw that the ministers were excited, and his heart was very angry, and now he is doing things because of these people from the family, but seeing the cold forces he has cultivated, he is a little comforted, at least I live in two relatively key ministries, and there are three auxiliary ministers in the cabinet who are his people, and he was slowly infiltrating the ministry before, so the servants of the ministry did not jump out to object, so he was slightly restrained.
After Zhou Zhengxiong and others finished speaking, he looked at Song Qian and motioned for Song Qian to come out to help, Song Qian knew it in his heart, so he came out and said: "Colleagues, listen to the old man." β
"Lord Ling's contribution is indeed very great, but this matter is confidential to my Great Zhou, so naturally I can't say it to all my lords, but Lord Ling's master must be known to all of you."
Hearing Song Qian mention his master, Ling Yu chuckled in his heart, and said in his heart, "Is my master very famous?" β
Song Qian smiled and glanced at everyone, and also glanced at Ling Yu, and found that Ling Yu was very dazed, and he knew in his heart, it seemed that Ling Xianfeng had not mentioned his identity to Ling Yu, so he cleared his throat and said: "Lord Ling's master, Ling Yuefeng, is the great worship of my Great Zhou Royal Spirit Master Worship Palace, for my emperor, for my Great Zhou has made great contributions, and now he is still very hard to protect my Great Zhou, this is something that all adults know." β
The ministers also knew in their hearts, it turned out that the master was famous, and the title was nothing, although I don't know why he got His Majesty's affection, but the beauty of adults is also good, of course, this is the idea of the ministers of other factions, and the ministers of the Zhao Qian family were shocked, this kid is actually the apprentice of that old guy, there is already a difficult master to deal with, fortunately, his master has no intention of going to court, otherwise with the friendship between his master and the emperor, and what else is going on, let this kid go back to the throne, but the current situation, I'm afraid most people won't object to it anymore.
Several ministers of the Zhao family and the Qian family were anxious, and the ministers of the Li family and the Sun family became indifferent, after all, it did not hinder their interests, and they were used to neutrality, so now this situation is also the beauty of adults.
However, it was useless for them to be in a hurry, Song Qian continued: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that it is too much to give the title of marquis, Lord Ling is still young, and he will definitely make new contributions in the future, so the old minister thinks that it is enough to be made an earl." "Song Qian knew that the emperor had planned to make Ling Yu an earl, but he just threw out the marquis to bargain, and now that Ling Yu's background has been exposed, basically the emperor should not have any obstacles if he wants to be an earl.
"Well, Song Aiqing is reasonable, in this way, he will give Ling Yu the title of Lingwu Uncle, and lead the president of the Great Zhou Royal Academy of Sciences to rank and rank five products, and Yu Lu will receive it according to the earl's regulations, and report it to the Zongren Mansion for the record." Zhou Zhengxiong smiled when he saw this scene.
"The ministers seconded the proposal." Except for the people from Zhao Qian's two families, the others all bowed down and no longer objected, and no one wanted to offend a ninth-level spirit master.
"Lord Ling, cough cough, Uncle Lingwu, you haven't received the order yet." Song Qian looked at Ling Yu, who was still in a daze, and whispered.
"We're thanking you." Ling Yu came back to his senses and hurriedly saluted, this court meeting also allowed him to see the general faction of the court, although he didn't know who was who, but he could probably see some of the emperor's people, but he didn't care, he usually didn't come to the court, and now the goal of what he did was still small, and there would be no problems for the time being.
Of course, this is also temporary, today his master's name has been exposed, he will naturally be seen by the Zhao family, the Qian family and other families, and he will be more careful in the future, the last time he was ambushed by Zhao Bohan is still fresh in his memory, and now he is more cautious.