Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Imperial Meeting
The next day, not long after dawn, the morning breeze at the beginning of summer swept through the entire Daqing Hall with a bit of freshness.
At this time, it was the time of the court meeting, Zhao Shu sat on the dragon chair above the Daqing Palace, and the Empress Dowager Cao sat in a slightly lower position to the emperor's right.
Under the hall, headed by the three ministers, the three divisions, and the privy envoys, the hundred officials stood solemnly according to their positions.
Zhao Shu's face was a little pale, and he looked at the hundred officials below with disappointment, he hated Taizu Zhao Kuangyin for the first time, why did he have to set the ancestral family law of ruling the world with scholars, so that being an emperor was constrained everywhere.
When Emperor Renzong proposed to appoint Zhang Yaozuo, the uncle of Zhang Guifei, as the third envoy, he was sprayed with saliva by the then Longtu Pavilion scholar and Kaifeng Mansion Yin, and had to dispel the idea of appointing Zhang Yaozuo as the third envoy.
Zhao Shu, who was still young at the time, would still feel funny after listening to it, and would also feel that it was the luck of the Great Song Dynasty to have an honest official like Bao Zheng.
But until now, after he sat in the position of emperor, he knew that it was really not easy for the first emperor, because, since he ascended the throne, since he did three things smoothly, Zhao Shu also began to be constrained by hundreds of officials.
And Xin Shiyi's matter, needless to say, this is no longer a question of persuasion or not, after Xin Shiyi's actions, the current situation has completely changed, becoming, as if he is a faint king, and he has to kill Xin Shi, a virtuous man for the country and the people!
What a hate!
With such a restriction of power in the court, how could the Great Song Dynasty produce such a wise monarch as Tang Taizong?!
That's right, with Song Yilai, almost all the emperors wanted to be like Tang Taizong, to conquer Siyi, and to be the heavenly khan of the world!
Sighing slightly, Zhao Shu gradually understood that in the court of the Great Song Dynasty, it was far more troublesome than the court of the Khitan, and the Khitan Liao State, although it admired the culture of the Central Plains, basically still adhered to the previous set, the strong went up, and the weak went down, which was very simple.
But in the court of the Great Song Dynasty, in fact, it is just a more complicated market selling, the emperor and the hundred officials each say what they want, and then, bargain with each other, cut out a price that everyone can accept, then, that thing can really be done, otherwise, Zhao Shu has no doubt that there will be a second guy like Bao Zheng jumping out and spraying his face full of spit!
"If you have something to do, you have nothing to do!" Zhao Shu, who was a little disheartened, spoke indifferently, and was even a little silent and numb, because there is no need to think much about the content of today's court meeting, it must be a matter for all officials to justify Xin Shiyi's name.
After thinking about it, an inexplicable thought suddenly popped up in Zhao Shu's mind: Perhaps, Xin Shiyi is more suitable to be an emperor than him?!
Thinking of this, Zhao Shu trembled slightly, the Xin family is strictly speaking, the descendants of Taizu and Jingniang, that is to say, the Xin family is actually the descendants of the royal family of Taizu......
As soon as this thought surfaced, Zhao Shu's murderous intent, which had been silent, slowly rose again.
No, no, the Xin family is only related to Jing Niang, Jing Niang gave birth to a daughter, and the Xin family in Jing Niang's line has never been in charge of the Xin family!
The bloodline qualification was denied, Zhao Shu breathed a sigh of relief again, in a short period of time, he had countless emotional ups and downs, and his face became more and more gloomy.
"The minister has a play!" A little-known petty official walked from the end of the queue of hundreds of officials to the middle of the main hall, he is the Chaozhou prefect of Guangnan East Road, who entered Beijing with the book of all people, met Zeng Gongliang yesterday, and was arranged to light the fire today.
"Wu Du, the prefect of Chaozhou, is rumored to be a rebellion in Xin 11 today, however, the people of Guangnan Road are all favored by Xin 11 industry, and can go overseas to seek 100 times the benefits. As he spoke, Wu Du quickly bowed, took out a thick notebook from his arms, and handed it respectfully.
This book is the Book of All Peoples!
A eunuch walked down from the ladder in the hall, took small steps, walked in front of Wu Du without making a sound, took the Book of Wanmin, and quickly walked to the dragon chair and presented it to Zhao Shu.
Zhao Shu opened the Book of All Peoples, glanced at it casually, and put it aside expressionlessly.
It was also at this time that two more magistrates stood up and presented the Book of the People again.
The timing was right, and Wang Si came out: "Your Majesty, Xin Shiyi once said that the eyes of the people are bright, and the minister thinks so, since the people of the three mansions are ordinary for Xin Shiyi, the minister thinks that Xin Shiyi is plotting against him, I am afraid that there is something strange!" β
Ouyang Xiu also walked out slowly: "The minister seconded the proposal!" β
Zhao Shu's face was ugly, and he turned his head to look at Zeng Gongliang, as long as there is one person who opposes it, it will be enough!
Zeng Gongliang felt the emperor's gaze, sighed slightly, and could only step forward: "The minister also feels that something is wrong!" β
Zhao Shu's face darkened.
The three ministers of the head of the civil officials all seconded the proposal, and if the military attachΓ© was in accordance with the previous conventions of the court, he would definitely have to fight against the civil officials, at least to find a sense of existence, but this time, the military attaches also had no voice, the privy envoy Liu Fang, the privy deputy envoy Zhou Tong, the two of them stepped forward together, and shouted without any sense of existence: "The minister seconded the proposal!" β
So, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty bent down and saluted together, and shouted at the same time: "The minister seconded the proposal!" β
Zhao Shu's body trembled slightly, it was really hateful!
No, there is also the Imperial Historical Observatory, and the Imperial Historical Speaker has always been the eyes and ears of the emperor!
Thinking of this, Zhao Shu turned his head and looked at His Highness, now, his face was still a little red and swollen, it was really Su Dongpo's shoes that were too cruel.
Speechless, what does the official mean by looking at it at this time? The Imperial Historian is only responsible for impeachment, but has no right to discuss politics, so go out to impeach at this time?
Impeachment whom?! Impeaching anyone is equivalent to going against a hundred officials, if you really dare to impeach, I am afraid that there will be a big reversal in the next moment, and he will be impeached by hundreds of officials in an instant!
If hundreds of officials impeach him together, the officials will not be able to protect him!
Thinking of this, he lowered his head tightly, pretending not to see Zhao Shu's gaze, but he was also worried in his heart, the official of the imperial history was originally the dog leg of the official family, and if he didn't listen to the official family this time, he turned around, I was afraid that the official family would let him take the initiative to get out!
So, we have to think of a remedy.
Since it was Xin Shiyi who had sinned against the official family, then impeach Xin Shiyi's relatives and friends, for example, Su Dongpo, such as Ouyang Xiu!
"Please give an order to your majesty to appease Xin Xi!" Ouyang Xiu opened his mouth and looked directly at Zhao Shu.
All the officials shouted in unison: "Please give an order to Your Majesty, UU read the book .net to appease Xin Zhen!" β
Zhao Shu only felt that the world was spinning for a while, and just when he was hesitating and wanted to fight back, the voice of the Empress Dowager Cao came from beside him: "Your Majesty, please give an order!" β
Zhao Shu smiled bitterly in his heart, he knew that he was wrong, the mistake was that he had not even completely consolidated his power and throne, so he went to the Shadow Guard, but the problem came again, the Shadow Guard was originally to consolidate his power and throne......
Sure enough, the Great Song Dynasty did not allow the emperor to appear at all!
Sighing slightly, Zhao Shu strongly supported the feeling that the world was spinning, and said: "With the case of Kaifeng Mansion investigating Xinxi's rebellion, at the same time, Zhongshu Province drafted a decree to appease Xinxi and let him keep to himself!" β
Speaking of this, Zhao Shu could no longer bear the dizziness in his mind and got up slowly: "I'm tired, retreat!" β
The eunuch next to him helped Zhao Shu to leave quickly.
And the hall, his face is sluggish, it's over, he hasn't even started to make amends, and there is no chance to remedy!