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On the first day of the seventh month, the year is in Jiazi. It is advisable to break ground and make beds; Don't, travel far away.

Just after the fourth watch, it was dark and dreary, and there was already a carriage waiting outside the courtyard, and Lu Zhen also got up in the wake of the servant, and only after changing into solemn court clothes did he walk out of the door.

Today, it is the day of the great court meeting only a few times in January, and the officials of all sizes in Beijing will rush to the palace, and only those who are above the sixth rank can enter the palace to participate in this grand gathering, and other small officials can only wait outside the palace.

I don't know which dynasty began to appear in the rules, the early dynasty has become an indispensable large-scale gathering in the Central Plains Dynasty every day, whether the monarchs and ministers want to or not, their day's work will start with this.

In the eyes of many later generations, the early dynasty was the most formal occasion for monarchs and ministers to deal with national affairs, and it seems that many major events were decided at this time. And whether an emperor is diligent or not can also be fully demonstrated from this. Therefore, the later emperors of the Ming Dynasty were scolded for hundreds of years, because emperors such as Zhengde, Jiajing and Wanli often did not come to attend the court meeting for several years, or even decades.

In this regard, the history books will always criticize all of them, saying that they are slacking off and that they have no kings. But is that really the case? Of course not, no matter what the system of the previous dynasty was, anyway, in today's Ming court, the early dynasty is more of a ceremony, and there is no obligation to really decide the major affairs of the court.

As a matter of fact, all the decisions made by the court were made after deliberation among the officials. As early as a few days ago, all the relevant officials of the six ministries or the cabinet had drawn up various policies, and it was just a formality to put them in the morning. To put it bluntly, the early dynasty was just a ceremony, a ceremony that let all the people in the world know that the monarch and the minister ruled together, and the prosperity and peace of the world.

Of course, sometimes the early dynasty can also play some unexpected role. For example, when someone wants to carry out a surprise attack and launch a general attack on a certain force, the effect of making a dagger in front of the Manchu monarchs and ministers will be much more useful and effective than at other times. Especially at a big court meeting like today, as long as there is an accident, it can spread all over the world in a short time!

Obviously, Wang Zhen is fighting this idea today, he wants to kill the Manchu officials by surprise, and completely finalize the matter of using troops against the grassland. And Lu Zhen is the key chess piece he used to launch a general attack.

Because the officials' quarters were quite far from the palace, although the court meeting began after the end of the day, they still went out early and headed for the palace. For a time, the originally silent streets were full of sparkling lights, horse-drawn carriages, sedan chairs, and officials on horse and foot gathered together, like flowing water towards the majestic palace city.

Sitting in the car, slightly lifting the curtain and opening out, Lu Zhen also sighed a lot in his heart, this Beijing official is indeed not good, not to mention the complex interpersonal relationships here, just the daily morning meeting is enough to toss people. The only attraction is that there are more opportunities here, but how many of the tens of thousands of officials in the capital can be so lucky?

Because the status of officials is different, there will always be a situation of fighting for the road on the road, and often the lower officials can only avoid it, and when they move, it will cause a certain blockage to the road, so although he went out early, Lu Zhen still walked straight for almost an hour, and finally came to the Forbidden City.

At this time, the sky was slightly bright, and from a distance, I saw a large group of people surrounding the palace gate. When I got out of the car and took a closer look, I could see that there were several circles among these people, each whispering and talking about something. Of course, more officials are still bowing their heads and concentrating and not participating in any discussions, not because they put up a show and pretend to be high, but because these people have a low status and cannot integrate into those small circles at all.

If Lu Zhen had been given enough time and told him the positions and names of these officials, he would have been able to see from them that several important parties had come to the DPRK and China. But this was not possible now, and soon after he stood still, a little gray-robed eunuch approached and carefully handed over a tooth tag, which was a certificate to be worn to enter the palace.

Although the court meeting said that all the officials in the capital would participate, there were still a few people who could really enter the palace, so it was necessary to use this tooth card to distinguish it. And how many petty officials can't get this tooth card that symbolizes that they can enter the decision-making level of the imperial court in their lifetimes, Lu Zhen only got it for the first time when he participated in the court meeting, I don't know what kind of mood they will feel if they get this news.

"Lu County Order." After he took the tooth card, one of the attendants who accompanied him admonished: "Then you just have to do as they do." When you get to the court, someone will pave the way for you, and you don't want to disappoint the prince at that time. As he spoke, a pair of eyes flashed at him.

Lu Jin looked at the other party without avoiding it at all, and smiled: "I can reflect on this." Don't worry, I've memorized that stuff in the past few days, and it won't go wrong. ”

"That's for the best. The little one is here waiting for your triumphant return. The man bowed slightly, and pulled the cart back like the other coachmen.

Lu Zhen stared at the other party with a smile and left, and after a while, the essence flashed in his eyes, and the smile on his face disappeared: "I just hope that Lin Liemo will disappoint me, he is also the key." ”

When the red sun peeked out of the eastern sky, the originally silent Imperial Palace Ouchi suddenly rang out in unison, and then the officials gathered outside quickly found their place like students who heard the bell of class, and lined up in two neat lines.

Lu Jin, who was stunned for a moment, also hurried two steps, and stood at the back of the civil official team with a group of equally trembling officials.

Just after everyone stood still, the palace gate, which had been closed all night, was slowly opened. Looking at the rather tall and thick palace door opened, but almost no sound was heard, obviously the two palace doors are always maintained, lubricated, so that the door shaft can rotate so smoothly.

Just as Lu Zhen was thinking about this, the team finally moved. Hundreds of officials walked forward with their chests up, marching in all directions, and slowly marching forward with great dignity, so many people walked forward, hardly hearing the slightest movement other than the sound of footsteps, not even the sound of coughing.

In this regard, Lu Zhen also had to admire the strong self-control of these officials. However, as long as he looked at some of the green-robed petty officials who followed them like fighting cocks on both sides, staring at them, he was also relieved.

These people are the wind and discipline officials who are hated and hated in the Ming Dynasty. They have only one purpose here, that is, to find out that there are disrespectful guys among the officials participating in the court meeting, and then wait for the impeachment tomorrow, so as to complete their own performance.

Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang is indeed an emperor who likes to make officials uncomfortable the most, not only set the ministers' salaries extremely low, and the holidays are not enough, but also deliberately made such a group of officials who specialize in making people feel at their shortcomings. Although the speech officials were not created by him, but the speech officials were set to test the merits and how many people they had to impeach every month, but Lao Zhu, named the Son of Heaven, was actually created by small farmers.

In order to achieve the set goal, these officials are like red-eyed rabbits who catch and bite whom, which really makes the officials miserable. Especially in this kind of court, anyone who has the slightest impolite behavior will be recorded by them, and then wait for tomorrow to eat and hang.

And if the impeachment is confirmed, the officials will be punished heavily. It is possible to reprimand and punish as small as dismissal. Originally, the life of the Beijing official was miserable, and if he was punished for a few months, the family would not be able to live.

So the only thing you can do is to try to control yourself not to make any mistakes.

Silently, they followed the procession forward, through the long corridor, and finally came to the wide square, and then everyone stood still.

Unlike the early dynasties shown in later film and television dramas, which were carried out in the so-called Jinluan Palace, the Ming Dynasty's court meetings were held in the Taihe Hall or the square in front of the Taihe Gate. For a big court meeting like today, because the number of people is too large, the Taihe Hall can't accommodate it at all, so it will choose to be in front of the Taihe Gate.

When the whip cracked, the eunuch in the palace dragged out his voice and shouted: "Your Majesty is coming!" After that, the ministers knelt down in unison.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty did not have too much etiquette between the monarchs and ministers like the later braided dynasty, and the officials who often saw the emperor could kneel a little at most when they saw the emperor in the palace. But the court meeting is different, the sense of ceremony here can be regarded as the heaviest place in the world, so when the Son of Heaven is driving, everyone has to kneel down to greet each other, but there is no piercing shout of long live.

After a while, a calm voice slowly came from the front: "Zhongqing is flat." ”

After the ministers got up according to their words, a eunuch stepped forward: "What do the ministers do, come quickly." This means that today's early dynasty has officially begun.

Lu Zhen stood at the back of the team, still quite excited, although he had read relevant books before, but it was a different feeling to really participate in the Ming Dynasty. The only fly in the ointment is that he is too far away from Zhu Qizhen, and he can barely see his face and appearance except for the vague figure of a man sitting on a chair.

At this time, an official had already stepped out of the train and began to speak respectfully......

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