The sky was just dawning, and the doors of the major officials' mansions in Chang'an City were brightly lit. There were already servants standing in front of the carriage with lanterns, waiting for their master to come out after he was fully dressed, and got into the carriage, lowered the curtain, and as the coachman's reins flicked, the horses pulled the carriage forward, and the wheels spun, looking for the traces of countless ruts that had been pressed back and forth for many years, all the way to the palace.

Zhongshu ordered Liang Guogongfang Xuanling to get down from the carriage, rubbed his hands, sorted out his official uniform, and said hello to his colleagues around him.

"Fang Xiang, here," a voice came,

Fang Xuanling turned his head to look at Li Jing and replied, "Gong Wei, you have also arrived,"

Li Jing walked to the side with Fang Xuanling and said, "Xuanling, are you prepared for today's court meeting?" ”

Fang Xuanling said: "Pharmacist, according to the old man's guess, today His Majesty will definitely ask about the battle strategy against the Turks, although the old man does not approve of using troops against the Turks now, but it should be fought and still have to fight, this truth the old man understands, you can rest assured, if Your Majesty asks about the preparations for the Turkic war, the old man will explain to Your Majesty that we are already raising food and grass and baggage, and we will do our best to assist you in using troops." Since the Weishui Alliance, His Majesty has worked hard to wash away the shame, and now he is becoming more and more unbearable. ”

Li Jing sighed, "Xuan Ling, you also know how eloquent Your Majesty is, but he was forced to sign an alliance under the city, and the old man who has half cut into the soil can't let go, not to mention that His Majesty is today, our generals have been preparing for the Turkic war strategy, and they have been practicing every day, and they are also for this day. ”

Seeing Fang Xuanling nodded, with the assistance of him, the first person in the internal affairs of the country, this war against the Turks can ensure the stability of the rear, Fang Xuanling is also a person who knows the soldiers, and in the early years, he made plans with His Majesty to conquer the world, and he is by no means comparable to those sour Confucians. As the first person in the military, Li Jing's battle against the Turks may be the most important battle in his life, and it is likely to be the last time he will lead his troops to fight on the battlefield.

Li Jing got a satisfactory answer, walked away, the officials who came to the court here have already gathered at the palace gate, the officials in charge of the etiquette of the court meeting saw that the time had come, and ordered the guards to open the palace gate, and all the civil ministers and military generals consciously entered the Liangyi Hall according to the size of the official position, because the Daming Palace has not yet been completed, so the court meeting has been held in the Liangyi Hall since Li Shimin ascended the throne.

According to the system, there were three different times and forms for the Tang Dynasty to be held:

The first is the first day and the winter solstice day held by the big court, the most grand, need to have a "big furnishings", the exhibition palace hanging drumming, Chen chariot and public opinion, when the emperor "serve the crown (winter solstice clothes through the sky crown silk robe), the imperial public opinion to out, the straight canopy, the guard as usual", accept the group of ministers and guests to make the court to visit the congratulatory congratulatory meeting to participate in the largest number of participants, there are princes and princes, in Beijing Jiupin above the civil and military attachés, the local court envoys, Zhou Sui descendants of the Duke of the Ministry of Gong, the guest envoy of the Fan State, etc., after the end of the court and there is a banquet.

The second is the Shuowang pilgrimage. That is, the first and fifteenth days of each month. On the day of the palace, there are black walls, kicking seats, smokers, incense cases, and display the guard of honor according to the time, "the imperial historian leads the subordinate officials to the west of the palace, paging from the official Zhu Yi, and urging the hundred officials to take duty." Under the leadership of the supervising imperial history, the group of officials were in place in the palace according to their ranks, the emperor was first enthroned, and the group of officials sang and praised in the ceremony.

Finally, there is the common reference. In the early Tang Dynasty, according to the system, "the nine products of the civil and military ministry of the Jingsi have been on the list, and every Shuo and Wangchao participated; The five products have been enshrined in the official, the member of the foreign lang, the superintendent of the imperial history, the doctor of Taichang, and the daily pilgrimage". The daily pilgrimage is a regular visit, and there is generally no need to put up a guard of honor, and there is no pomp, which is a real administrative day. The participants are called permanent staff officers, the number is small but the rank is high, and they are all important people in the ministry of five grades or above.

The time of the early Tang Dynasty was about seven to eight o'clock.

Cheng Yanjin followed the team of generals, in front of him was General Zuo Wuwei, Qin Qiong, Duke of Yiguo, Qin Shubao, the two are friends of the general horn, they have known each other since childhood, and they came out to fight the world together, or Cheng Biting Jin pulled Qin Qiong to defect to the Tang Dynasty when Li Shimin attacked Wang Shichong, Qin Qiong also participated in the change of Xuanwumen, and was later named General Zuo Wuwei and Duke Yiguo.

Qin Qiong turned his head and asked Cheng Yanjin in a low voice, "Zhijie, I heard that you transferred troops without authorization and beat the guards of the eldest grandson Shunde, but is it true?" ”

Cheng Yanjin replied, "Brother Qin, there is such a thing, but there is another situation inside, mobilize my subordinates, his eldest grandson Shunde can't afford to provoke, and I can't do it." ”

Qin Qiong was surprised and asked again, "Oh, there are other people involved, look at your appearance, is it a prince?" Or are they those princes from the emperor? It's not right, even the arrogance of the eldest grandson Shunde will not be afraid of those people, you tell me quickly. ”

Cheng Yanjin rolled his eyes and whispered, "That is, you ask me, I can't reveal it, but I estimate that that person may also go to court today, I tell you, you also know that person, he is... ”

Qin Qiong stared at Cheng Yanjin with a shocked face, Cheng Yanjin nodded affirmatively, Qin Qiong calmed down after a while, and muttered to Cheng Yanjin.

The two of them were chatting happily in front, completely unaware that Sun Shunde, the prince of Xue Guo who was following behind, was behind, and kept watching the two of them muttering in front, not knowing what they were talking about, but as for the urine of the eldest grandson Shunde, he guessed that there must be no good words, he must be talking about his eldest grandson Shunde, Cheng Yanjin estimated that he would find fault with Qin Qiong in the court. The eldest grandson Shunde snorted in his nose, thinking of it, you are a dead fat man, you think that with Qin Qiong, the two brothers, the old man will not be able to move you, this time you can let the old man grab your pigtails, see that I don't take the lead, I will join you, and then let you identify the leader of the day, so that you can't eat and walk around, dare to go against my eldest grandson, there will be no good fruit to eat. The eldest grandson, Shunde, prepared with a hideous face.

Entering the Liangyi Palace, the civil and military officials faced the throne and stood in shifts, with the civil officials on the left and the military attaché on the right.

The first civil official, the Duke of Qi Guo, the right servant of Shangshu, and Sun Wuji, the chief of the Ministry of Officials. Then there are Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, Gao Shilian, Yu Shinan, etc.

The first military attaché, Wei Guogong, Li Jing, the secretary of the military department, Chi Gong, Li Ji, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin, Chai Shao, and the eldest grandson Shunde, etc.

Cheng Yanjin looked at a chair next to Li Jing, guessing that this should be reserved for Li De, it seems that His Majesty will announce Li De's identity today, hehe, Cheng Yanjin thought that when the eldest grandson Shunde would know the identity of that person for a while, he didn't know if he would be scared, turned his head to look at the eldest grandson Shunde, made a grimace, his eyes were provocative, and he almost didn't make the eldest grandson Shunde angry, and his face turned red. I greeted Cheng Jin thousands of times in my heart, and I hated that I would make this Wagang Liukou look good.

When the two were "eyebrows and eyes", Li Shimin's personal eunuch, Liu San raised his voice and sang, "Your Majesty has arrived, and hundreds of officials greet you." ”

All the officials bowed to Li Shimin in unison, "We, meet Your Majesty." ”

Li Shimin wore a crown of heaven on his head, wore a red and yellow robe, and said expressionlessly, "Excuse me, give a seat." ”

Hundred officials "Thank Your Majesty".

(In the Han and Tang dynasties, there were seats, and the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was kneeling, and he began to stand in the Song Dynasty, and he knelt after the Ming and Qing dynasties, shouting "Long live, long live, long live, long live" was also made by the Qing palace braids, which shows how uncultured the wild boar skin is. ）

Li Shimin sat on the throne and looked at the hundred officials below and asked, "Do you have a performance?" ”

Fang Xuanling, as the chief official of Shangshu Province, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the locust plague and drought that have occurred since the second year of Zhenguan have initially receded, and Zhongshu Province has followed His Majesty's will and ordered the local governments affected by the disaster to open warehouses and release grain, strictly investigate corrupt officials and corrupt officials, crack down on grain stores to raise prices, hoard, and ensure that disaster relief food is distributed to the people. The initial resettlement of displaced people and disaster victims has been done."

Li Shimin affirmed, "Very good, we must do a good job in disaster relief, and Shangshu Province will continue to operate to ensure the spring plowing and resettlement work in the coming year." ”

Then the eldest grandson Wuji, Du Ruhui and others all reported their work results, and Li Shimin saw that the domestic affairs had been dealt with almost the same, and then said, "Are there any other reports?" ”

The eldest grandson Shunde has been waiting for an opportunity, and finally waited for the chief officials of the various departments to finish reporting, he jumped out and said to Li Shimin, "Your Majesty, the old minister Changsun Shunde, reported Cheng Zhijie, the general of the left leading army, disregarding the law and discipline, bending the law for personal gain, and privately dispatching Jin Wuwei to act as a tiger and oppress the good people, please Your Majesty to investigate." ”

Cheng Yanjin immediately jumped out and pointed at the eldest grandson Shunde and said, "Fart, your family is arrogant and domineering, relying on the name of your relatives of the Duke of Xue Guo, you have done a lot of injustice, this time you kicked the iron plate, so you came to slander a certain person, disregard military law, it's shameless, which eye of you saw my accomplice, and saw that General Ben sent troops, even if he sent troops, he was also a stupid boy of Wei Chi's family, what did I do." ”

When Wei Chi Gong heard that his son was involved, he quickly stood up and reprimanded: "You dead goblin, do you mean to say that my son disregards military law in vain and sends troops privately, what do you have to do with the rotten things of the eldest grandson Shunde, what do you have to do with my child, you still have a bit of a general's shelf, you dare to push down a little thing, it seems that you haven't tasted your grandfather's fist for a long time, and now labor and management will let you recall and recall," Wei Chigong said and rolled up his sleeves to make a gesture to beat Cheng and bite the gold.

Cheng Biting Jin was not intimidating, and called out, "Okay, you black charcoal, I don't know anything, grandpa is afraid that you won't make it, come ~ come ~ to let you know how powerful my old Cheng is" and was ready to go up and start working with Yu Chigong.

The old colleagues on the side hurriedly pulled two or two goods, it was not good to lose their manners in front of the king, Li Ji, Chai Shao, and Qin Qiong stepped forward and dragged Cheng Jin and Wei Chigong.

Here, I heard Wei Zheng stand up and say, "Your Majesty, Cheng Biting Jin, Wei Chigong, the monarch lost his manners, disregarded his identity, please punish Your Majesty." ”

Cheng Biting Jin's face turned black and jumped to his feet and scolded, "You old bull nose, you have a lot of things, you have to take care of everything, just your small body, I will send you home with a punch, believe it or not, our military attachés, how can there be any place for your civil officials to interfere." ”

Wei Chigong also helped and said, "Yes, the two of us will fight, do your civil affairs, and go aside, otherwise the labor and management will beat you together." "My own military fights, what do they do as civilian officials, don't persuade them to fight, don't say anything, and fall into the well, stand together first, Cheng Biting Jin will clean him up later.

This annoyed the civil and official groups, and the civil and military on both sides also forgot that this was the time of the last dynasty, and both sides helped their own people to quarrel, and the hall was the same as the vegetable market.

Li Shimin looked at these people with his hands on his forehead, he couldn't say depressed, when he couldn't make this hall a market, he gave Liu San a look, Liu San nodded, and shouted "Quiet"