The crowd in front of the palace dispersed, but the confrontation inside the palace had just begun. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Ding Daquan stood at the door of the Daqing Hall neatly dressed, holding a roster in his hand, every time he entered the hall, he would report the name and official position of the official aloud, and then a Marine officer standing next to him would use a pen to sketch on the roster in his hand, and the two of them were taking the roll call.

Most of the local officials who wrote confessions and exposés were allowed to leave the palace and go home, provided that they were required to attend the meeting, otherwise they would be seen as plotting against the party, and now is the time for them to make good on their promises. In the past, there would be people who were responsible for recording attendance and other things when they attended the court meeting, but it was not as depressing as it is today, and all the civil and military officials lowered their heads, not daring to look at their colleagues, nor at the marines and royal guards standing guard.

"I said that in the future, there will be fewer such court meetings, in addition to letting everyone see that the emperor is still alive, it has no practical significance, and it will also cost the people and money." Hong Tao was the first time to participate in the Great Dynasty Meeting, or the first time to participate in the Imperial Meeting, and he and Emperor Lizong went to the Daqing Hall early to sit down. According to the etiquette system, the emperor should be the last to come out, but the etiquette system has been completely destroyed by Hong Tao. According to the etiquette, he should have stood, but now he moved a chair and sat at the lower right of Emperor Lizong, that is, where the right minister should stand, holding a cigar in his mouth, spitting smoke and poison at the same time.

"......" Emperor Lizong was like a wooden man, sitting on the emperor's throne in a daze, looking at the tips of his shoes, silent and motionless. Those courtiers who had already stood on both sides of the main hall in order were basically a virtue, and if you closed your eyes in the huge room, you would not feel that there were more than 200 people standing in the huge room.

"There is nothing in today's agenda for the meeting, so I think we will discuss it next time." The second person alive was Wen Nan, who stood opposite Hong Tao, that is, in the position of the left minister, and could have sittened, but he himself insisted on standing. Hearing Hong Tao's complaints, Wen Nan reminded him in a roundabout way, don't take too big steps, these rules that have been handed down for hundreds of years cannot be changed all at once, which will cause unnecessary resistance.

"If you want me to say that Brother Hong is right, just bring the heads of various departments over to discuss and discuss, and get hundreds of people to hold a meeting together, what results can be discussed? When a person says a word, it's time for lunch. The third living person sat next to Hong Tao, and Luo Youde was also busy with the things on the dock, and as soon as he heard that he could have a meeting with Emperor Lizong, he came without saying a word. Although he also served as a citizen of the Great Song Dynasty, after so many years of overseas life, he no longer regarded the emperor as a great person, and he had no sense of awe. On the contrary, there are many that I am not used to.

"What the Prime Minister said is that there is really nothing to discuss, and most of the time they are attacking each other, just like arguing in the market." The fourth living person stood next to Wen Nan, and Jia Rudao stood firmly on Hong Tao's side. Although he didn't want to offend Wen Nan, wouldn't he probably offend Emperor Hong if he didn't express his position? The two sides competed with each other, and they could only choose Emperor Hong's side to stand in line.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister is far-sighted, and these bad habits should have been changed a long time ago, do you say?" Standing next to Luo Youde is Ding Daquan. Now he and Jia Rudao have become a pair of rivals competing for favor. Just now he was preempted by Jia Yidao again, Ding Daquan is definitely not far behind, it doesn't matter if his support for Emperor Hong is slow, there are many of us, it is his job to persuade the courtiers, so the people standing next to him are all people who know the times. When he asked, dozens of Great Song courtiers immediately nodded yes, and their expressions were very solemn and serious.

"Lord Ding, have you all arrived?" In front of so many people being touted by a group of people who know the times, Hong Tao really can't be like no one else. But it can't dampen the enthusiasm of these refugeists, for the time being, they are still very useful to themselves, so they have to change the topic first. Since Ding Daquan has come in, it means that the roll call is over, and the court meeting should begin.

"There are three imperial historians who have not yet arrived, and I have sent someone to their homes to check ......" Ding Daquan cautiously handed the roster to Hong Tao.

"How old are they?" Hong Tao didn't take the roster, and asked a new question with a gloomy face.

"Uh...... Two were forty-seven and one was fifty-one. Ding Daquan couldn't figure out what this Emperor Hong was thinking, and why his thinking jumped so fast.

"I'm 56 years old, and I've been on the sea since I left the port more than two months ago, and I've been involved in this accident for the whole time, and I haven't fallen ill until now. If you say that I am a military attaché and that my health is fine, let's take a look at Minister Civil. He is only three years younger than me, has always been a civil official, and has been running around for more than two months like me. And this Minister Luo is three years older than me, and he will turn sixty in the winter, and he is still sitting here. The three of them went out on their own when they left the palace yesterday, and I didn't receive any instructions to tell me about my illness, but as soon as I got home, I was so sick that I couldn't come to the meeting, which meant that I couldn't get out of bed. If I think they are fighting in silence, do you think I don't understand people? Hong Tao stood up, walked to the emperor's throne, and faced nearly three hundred courtiers, taking himself, Wen Nan and Luo Youde as examples, and discussed the possibility of the three imperial historians pretending to be sick.

"......" The room full of people didn't make a sound, even Jia Yidao and Ding Daquan didn't know what to say to be appropriate, they couldn't figure out Hong Tao's temper at all.

"Master Jia, sent someone to raid the homes of these three people, and all of them were pulled to the square outside the south gate of the palace, and beheaded for the crime of bullying the king and plotting treason, leaving no one behind!" After waiting for a few seconds, seeing that no one answered him, Hong Tao gave an order to Jia Rudao.

"Oh, by the way, official, what do you think?" After giving the order, Hong Tao suddenly remembered something, turned around, and arched his hand at Emperor Lizong, intending to ask the emperor for his intentions.

"......" Emperor Lizong opened his mouth, but he didn't make any sound, and lowered his head again, how can I say this!

"Your Majesty, please think again...... The three imperial historians may really be sick, people will always get sick if they eat whole grains, even if they are resistant, they will not sin to death. How to serve the public by killing loyal ministers and disregarding people's lives in such an indiscriminate manner! Hearing that Hong Tao touched his mouth, he sentenced the three imperial histories and the three families to death, and finally someone couldn't help it, and stood up to accuse Hong Tao of inappropriate handling methods, and his words were a little fierce.

"Lord Wu, don't call me Your Majesty, there can't be two emperors in a court, you say? Now I am the prime minister of the Great Song Empire, and this matter was supposed to be announced at today's court meeting, but unfortunately it was interrupted. As for the servitude you speak, do I need to serve the crowd? Am I not serving the congregation? All of you present here are also well-informed and well-informed people, who disobeys me? Come on, come on, I'll listen to it...... "Hong Tao didn't have to look back, as soon as he heard this bass, he knew that it was Wu Qian. This old man is indeed bold and relatively upright, but he is really not a qualified politician, and he still has the concept of right and wrong in his heart, and he is quite a person.

"Joke, I'm here to change this court, to put it bluntly, I'm here to overthrow you, why should I make you agree with me in your hearts? We are enemies by nature! Ladies and gentlemen, first find out your own situation, I am not discussing the government with you, and I am not going to discuss with you, but I just let you do things according to my orders. Whoever is not convinced, will be wiped out! Whoever doesn't do anything will raid the house and destroy the door! Whoever dares to resist will still raid the house and destroy the door! Even if I kill all of you, and then get on a big ship and go back to my country to continue to be the king, I won't keep you to continue to plague the Great Song Dynasty. In this case, do I need to make you obey? I just need to kill. Didn't the ancients say that if you don't want it, you are strong! That's the case now. I don't have to get the Great Song Dynasty, and the rule of the Jinhe Empire thrown to my son will not do me any harm. I just couldn't bear to watch the people of the Great Song Dynasty die for you incompetent people in vain, ruled by the Jinhe Empire as an overseas colony, so I came back to see if I could save them. If you cooperate with me to make the transition of the Great Song Dynasty smooth, I will let your family save a life and go home with your legal property, and the court in the future will basically have nothing to do with most of you, this is my greatest mercy to you. If I don't cooperate, I'll kill one if I find one, and I don't need evidence, as long as I think you're not good for me, I'll kill, understand? I ask again, do you understand? Everyone must answer! Lord Ding, you go and listen to me one by one, whoever doesn't speak, just pull it out and cut it down, and then raid the house and exterminate the clan! Hong Tao suddenly broke out, and with a few words, he took off all the masks that were left before, completely tore his face, and stared at a pair of small eyes, really planning to turn today's court meeting into a massacre, and he didn't even give a basic face.

"Prime Minister, they all understand......" Ding Daquan didn't expect Hong Tao to be so fierce, but he didn't dare to say a word, he shouted with his head first and understood, and then took his subordinates to ask every official in the court one by one. After a circle, no one was pulled out, including Wu Qiannei, and everyone clearly said that they understood.

"Cheap bones, I don't know what my surname is if I give you a good face! And you, don't think that I just said to them, did you understand! The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty understood, Hong Tao was not satisfied, and yelled at Emperor Lizong again.

"I ...... I understood...... "Emperor Lizong estimated that he had never seen such a vicious person in his life, and he also believed that Hong Tao would do what he said, and compared with the life of the whole family, don't ask for a face first."

"Let me remind you again, if anyone dares to commit suicide, it will be regarded as a rebellion, and they will still be destroyed by raiding their homes, and if you have the ability, you can try it! Okay, now let's get down to business, Lord Jia, it's your turn. "The scolding is happy, Hong Tao's irritability is much less, scolding is scolding, and things have to be done.

With Hong Tao, the great evil god, present, not to mention how smooth the court meeting will be, if the meeting is held in this way in the future, it is really the same as Hong Tao said, it doesn't matter whether this kind of court meeting can be held or not. It is enough to find out a few main responsible persons, and it is enough to complete the process in accordance with the original system of the Great Song Dynasty, and convey the spirit of the meeting afterwards, which saves time and energy.

The main topic of the meeting was the personnel adjustment, Dong Huai's family has become a ghost, and his position as left minister has been taken over by Ding Daquan's comrades. Wu Qian's position as privy envoy was also removed, and Jia Rudao became a lieutenant and controlled the military power of the whole country. In addition, some of the vacant posts were replaced by officials who were more familiar with current affairs, and if they were not enough, they merged and merged, and one person held several positions. Anyway, some positions are useless in Hong Tao's opinion, such as most of the official positions in the Ministry of Rites, it is enough to leave two people to watch the pile, and there will not be too many royal sacrifices in the future.

In fact, this is all nonsense, all personnel appointments and dismissals, the promulgation of new policies, and military transfer decisions in the three provinces and six ministries must first be handed over to Hong Tao's staff for review, and finally they must be discussed and decided by Hong Tao, Wen Nan, and Luo Youde, before it is the turn of Emperor Lizong and his ministers. It is also just a matter of seeing, and there is neither the right to amend nor the right to disagree.

In order to prevent the three of them from falling into the pile of official documents, Hong Tao also specially told Jia Yidao and Ding Daquan, the two new court leaders, to tell their subordinates. From now on, the Great Song Dynasty will enter a hibernation period, that is to say, it will only deal with important official affairs related to the current situation of the country, and all other matters will be postponed, and when it will be resumed, wait for the notice.

This court meeting was tantamount to completely depriving the imperial power and the power of the Great Song Dynasty, but it maintained the basic integrity of the Great Song court. If Emperor Zong and those ministers are happy or not, they have to work according to the current state, and they can't do it passively, what should be done must be done, and they have to work harder than before. Because Premier Hong Taohong's butcher's knife hangs around their necks and their families every minute, and it will fall if it is not satisfactory. And as more and more prisoners and general judges were transferred back to Lin'an City by the Holy Decree, and then secretly controlled, the connection between the Great Song Dynasty court and the local government was basically cut off by Hong Tao, and the people sent out again were either Jia Nidao and Ding Daquan's henchmen, or simply foreigners who spoke this Chinese language, even if these officials wanted to concentrate on stirring up the chaos, they would have no chance.

This time, Hong Tao was not in a hurry to carry out a comprehensive transformation of the Great Song Dynasty political system, but only announced himself as the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, and Wen Nan and Luo Youde were vice premiers. Prime minister, Hong Tao's explanation to the courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty is to take care of everything. However, this appointment was only applied in the court and was not made public. In other words, in the eyes of other magistrates of the Great Song Empire, the imperial court was still the original imperial court, but there was an internal power struggle and a few key officials were replaced. It's not that Hong Tao doesn't want to attack the Great Song Dynasty, but he doesn't have anyone available in his hands, and no matter how subtle the reform policy is, it will be useless if no one will implement it for you. (To be continued.) )