Four watches, the sky is still very dark, the heavy night fog shrouds Chang'an City, but many people's lights are on at this time, the next people began to get busy, today is the first day of the first month of April, is the first court meeting of Xuanren in seven years, and it is also the first court meeting of the emperor himself in the court, and the officials above the six grades in Beijing must participate.

Zhang Huan's house began to be busy before the fourth watch, and the people began to boil water and cook, while Pei Ying took Yang Chunshui to prepare official clothes for Zhang Huan, freshen up, change clothes, and was very busy.

But today's master of the court seems to be very leisurely, he got up and stayed in the quiet room, page by page to look at the palace supervisor sent someone to send the court meeting agenda, this is just a framework outline, stipulating the court meeting time, dress, congratulatory messages and other details of etiquette, as for the content of the court meeting, there is no mention of it, which is very different from the usual court meeting.

Although it is written briefly, Zhang Huan still smelled a hint from between the lines, today the Tang Dynasty Emperor Li Miao will attend the court meeting, Cui Xiaofu sat on the queen mother's seat later, this is a signal, a 'coercion of the Son of Heaven to order the princes' signal, which means that Cui Xiaofu will attack strongly today.

Zhang Huan smiled and slowly closed the fold, this was obviously an arrangement specifically for him, but today, who would not be prepared?

"Master, Madame has packed up, please go to breakfast." Outside the door, Pei Ying's personal maid's voice came.

With the passage of time, many of his little maids have grown up, and Hua Jinxiu, who has been serving him, is eighteen years old, and now the housekeeper in Longyou's house will soon enter his room as a concubine, and Xiaoqiu, who used to serve Pei Ying, also married Lin Jiuhan as his second wife last year, and heard that she had given birth to a son at the beginning of the year.

This maid is the youngest daughter of Steward Sun, who succeeded Xiaoqiu last year, and is only fifteen years old this year, Zhang Huan stood up and walked out of the house, and the little maid bowed obediently and said, "Mrs. said that it is not early, and it is time for the master to set off after breakfast." ”

"I see."

Zhang Huan walked quickly to the front hall, the hall was brightly lit, the table was already full of breakfast, and there were more than a dozen maids standing around, seeing him come in, Pei Ying hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "It is estimated that the time of the court meeting will be very long today, so prepare a little more, so that you can eat before leaving." ”

"Thank you, ma'am!" Zhang Huan smiled and nodded, sat down, he reached out and picked up a steamed bun, just took two bites, but a person hurriedly ran in outside the door, and reported: "Master, Chu Shangshu is here!" ”

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The sky is almost dawn, the sky is showing the white of the fish belly, the black sky is gradually fading, there are horse-drawn carriages running on the street, most of them are officials who enter the palace to participate in the court meeting, there are high-ranking officials who are heavily guarded by their families, and there are also low-grade petty officials who ride horses alone, and the orange lanterns are swaying on the carriage.

The more you go to the direction of Daming Palace, the more people in the upper court, the mighty and mighty, and the convergence of a magnificent army of the upper court.

Zhang Huan and Chu Xingshui rode in the same carriage, today Chu Xingshui had something to look for Zhang Huan, he lowered the curtain of the car, and whispered to Zhang Huan: "Pei Jun came to look for me last night." ”

Came to visit the night before the previous dynasty, and there were obviously too many mysteries in it, "What did he say?" Zhang Huan asked quietly.

"It's about the Cabinet, and he's coming up with a new plan." Chu Xingshui took out a booklet and handed it to Zhang Huan.

"There are nine people in total, three chief cabinet members, Pei Jun, you, and Li Mian, the Queen Mother will observe the cabinet meeting and will not occupy a quota, and the remaining six will be auxiliary cabinet members, and each of the chief cabinet members will nominate two people, which can be changed randomly."

Zhang Huan listened while flipping through the booklet, the booklet was written by Pei Jun himself, it was a special copy for himself, and it was transferred through Chu Xingshui, which was a new power adjustment made by Pei Jun according to the three major forces formed by the imperial court, Cui Xiaofu as the queen mother, of course she could not be a cabinet minister, but she could observe the meeting, and she invisibly had the upper hand in the number of people, although her power in the court was large, but her strength was insufficient, so Pei Jun used the advantage of the number of people in the cabinet to make up for her weakness.

After a deep sigh, Zhang Huan asked again: "Can Cui Xiaofu's auxiliary pavilion be determined?" ”

"He didn't say it, but I can guess that one is Cui Qinggong, and the other must be Wei Ge, both of them are powerful figures, and they are also the strength that she Cui Xiaofu currently lacks the most, and Pei Jun's two, one is Lu Qi, the household servant, and the other is Pei You, the servant of the ministry, but pity that Wang Ang, without the foundation, now it is nothing."

Speaking of this, the smile on Chu Xingshui's face gradually disappeared, why didn't he want to get his place? The reason why he came early in the morning was to get a place from Zhang Huan, since the first year of Qingzhi, their Chu family has always been a member of the cabinet, and he didn't want to be excluded from the power circle of the imperial court.

But he also knew that this matter was very important, and it would not be decided for a while, so he stopped talking and waited quietly for Zhang Huan's conclusion.

Zhang Huan is indeed considering his two places, one needless to say, must be Chu Xingshui, while the other place makes him a little embarrassed, according to his original intention, it is to give Zhang Potian and take this opportunity to revive the Zhang family, but in this way, the Cui family is excluded from the circle of power.

After only pondering for a moment, Zhang Huan came to the conclusion that it should be Cui Yu, not only because Cui Yu is Zuo Xiangguo, but more importantly, Cui Yu is behind Cui Yuan, and the Cui family has still great potential, and he must firmly tie the Cui family to his chariot.

Suddenly, Zhang Huan looked up, only to see Chu Xingshui staring at him, his eyes showing nervousness, he smiled slightly and asked, "Uncle is willing to be my assistant?" ”

"Of course, if I don't help you, can I still help Pei Jun?" Chu Xingshui also smiled, and his heart quietly landed.

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The speed of the carriage began to slow down, the vicinity of the Danfeng Gate in front of it was already overcrowded, no one was allowed to pass on the street in front of the Danfeng Gate, thousands of soldiers of the Niu Wei controlled the flow of people, and all the entourages were excluded from one mile and were not allowed to enter, and all officials had to register one by one.

Zhang Huan and Chu Xingshui broke up after registering, and at this moment, a round of red sun erupted in the rolling sea of clouds, the purple glow of the eastern sky filled the sky, and the Danfengmen Square was already full of officials, whispering in groups, discussing what might happen at today's court meeting.

When everyone saw Zhang Huan coming, they stopped talking, and only silently made a way, Zhang Huan greeted the officials while walking slowly, at this time, he saw more than a dozen officials not far in front of him gathering together to talk about something, and the person led by was Wei Ge.

Wei Ge turned his head and saw Zhang Huan, his face changed, and then he sneered, and then pulled a person and walked in front of Zhang Huan.

"I heard that Zhang Shangshu was appointed as the third head of the cabinet, and he was proud!"

Zhang Huan smiled faintly and said: "Zhang Huan has not been in the imperial court for a long time, in fact, this cabinet position does not mean much to me, if Uncle Wei Shi is interested, how about I give it to you?" ”

"Zhang Shangshu is making fun of me!"

Wei Ge smiled coldly, he pulled the person next to him and said to Zhang Huan: "My nephew, can Zhang Shangshu know?" ”

The man who came into his eyes was a man with a broken left arm, a slender figure and hidden strength, dark and shiny skin, a calm gaze, and no expression on his face, it was Wei Deqing who had come to Beijing to report on his work.

"Brother Deqing, we should be old acquaintances!" Zhang Huan looked at him and smiled slightly.

"Yes, if there was no Zhang Dudu's counterattack, how could I Wei Deqing have today, Zhang Dudu's kindness back then, I will remember it in my heart." Wei Deqing shot back mercilessly.

"Each other! Each other! Then let's see who has the last laugh! Zhang Huan bowed his hand to Wei Ge, turned around and left.

Wei Ge kept staring at Zhang Huan's back and walked away, and then he gritted his teeth and said to Wei Deqing: "You have to remember, this person is the enemy of my Wei family, if you can regain Longyou, I will give you the position of the head of the family." ”

Wei Deqing also looked at Zhang Huan's back, and after a long time, he said slowly: "The position of the head of the family, living as the eldest son, Deqing doesn't dare to be delusional, but if you want Zhang Huan's head, Deqing is duty-bound!" ”

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"Boom! Boom!..... The thick and melodious bell rang in the sky above the Daming Palace, this is the bell of the official beginning of the dynasty, the crowd on the Danfengmen Square began to surge, the ministers have looked for their seats, and in a short time, thousands of people lined up in two long lines, under the guidance of the two servants, along the dragon tail road to the Hanyuan Palace.

Today's Hanyuan Hall has been swept clean, the glazed bricks are bright and impressive, the main hall is vast and far-reaching, the two sides have already been arranged according to the position of the three provinces, six departments, nine prisons and five temples, in addition, many local officials in Beijing, scattered officials who did not hold positions, people in the royal family, etc., also attended the court meeting.

"The Queen Mother, His Majesty the Emperor has arrived!" With the shouting of the eunuch in the hall, the hall suddenly fell silent, and then, a team of palace ladies and eunuchs came from both sides, holding Luo umbrellas and holding fans, and walked out of the apse with Cui Xiaofu and Li Miao, the son of heaven of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Miao is participating in the court meeting for the first time today, his little face is nervous and there is no trace of a smile, holding the hand of the queen mother tightly, Cui Xiaofu looks cold, she took her son to the main hall, and told him in a low voice, Li Miao let go of her hand, walked to the throne alone and sat down, Cui Xiaofu sat beside him, his waist was straight, his head was raised, and he signaled that the court meeting would begin.

"When~" A crisp bell rang, and the imperial history in the palace shouted: "Greetings!" ”

All the ministers bowed down together and said, "The ministers see Your Majesty and the Queen Mother!" Long live our emperor, long live! I wish the Queen Mother a thousand years old! ”

"Everyone, love Qing is exempt!" The voice coming from the main hall was not the immature voice of the little emperor, but Cui Xiaofu's calm and slightly low voice.

"Thank you for your majesty's grace, thank you for the grace of the queen mother!" The ministers got up and sat down, and the court meeting officially began.

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