Chapter 756: The City Is Full of Golden Armor 8)

Ten days later, August 15, the Mid-Autumn Festival. Chang'an, the Great Morning Meeting.

The great dynasty of the Tang Dynasty is the two days of Shuo and Wang every month, that is, the first day and the fifteenth day of the new year, and there are more officials who participate. The first day of the year is the first day of the first month and the winter solstice, the scale of this dynasty is larger, and all the officials above the nine grades participate, because this is the beginning of a spring and the beginning of winter in a year, and there must be a new atmosphere and new style. Because there is a holiday system, it is called bathing, that is, giving a rest, bathing and dressing time, and there is a three-day holiday around July 15 during the Midyear Festival. When the imperial court is faced with an unexpected disaster, there is a coup d'état, and there are VIPs who need to discuss and respond to the reception, it is necessary for officials to temporarily go to the court, which is called chasing the court. There is also a waiting system for the emperor to summon him. There are also those on duty called Yuzhi and on duty. Wait a minute.

However, today, although it is a large court meeting according to the regulations, the scale has become different because of a certain content. Not only the regular officials attended the court meeting as usual, but also the officials of Chang'an City who were above the ninth grade, the royal family of the clan, including some well-known scholars and candidate bureaucrats in the city. That's kind of attendance.

Early morning. The Mid-Autumn Festival breeze in Chang'an City is sluggish, from north to south, and it blows heartbreakingly and makes people speechless. The trees all over the city fell countless yellow leaves, fluttering in the wind over the imperial city, and the palace complex of Nawu exuded a gloomy atmosphere in the morning light§ There were a few new geese chirping in the air, and a few drums urging the court.

The Beijing officials in various court uniforms who could not be seen at a glance entered the imperial city and the palace city in an endless stream, and hurried straight to the Lin De Hall of the Daming Palace along the long road.

And outside the temple, there was no disorder. Everyone automatically formed a line according to their rank, entered the main hall one by one, and stood in their own place. Although the two columns of palace guards were awe-inspiring, they did not need to maintain order too much.

This sense of order and the sense of superiority and inferiority in officialdom has not changed much for thousands of years from ancient times to the present.

Kong Sheng was almost escorted to the outside of the Lin De Hall by two columns of East Palace guards. When he arrived at the Linde Temple, it was already overcrowded. But although there are many people, almost no one does not know Kong Sheng.

Kong Sheng was dressed in court clothes, his face was calm, and he walked in slowly.

As he went, people on both sides of the road kept casting mixed glances at him. People who are familiar or unfamiliar with him are staring at his mature and steady back, and their hearts are almost suffocated. At this time, everyone knows what today's court meeting is for, and as the protagonist of the "crusade" at the court meeting, whether it is a past political enemy or a stranger, they can't help but feel a little embarrassed by Kong Sheng.

After all, putting aside nothing, today's Kong Sheng is a meritorious service to the Tang Dynasty, the Tang royal family, and the Tang Dynasty, without the slightest flaw. Such a great hero, but because of his habit of shaking the lord, he had to fall to a tragic end, which made these courtiers, bureaucrats and magnates feel a little sad in their hearts.

Kong Sheng saw a lot of familiar faces.

The king is in the list. Li Chuan, the son of King Yu, was also listed, and this person looked at Kong Sheng with gloating eyes, and smiled happily. Kong Sheng had an indifferent smile on the corner of his mouth, he didn't bother to pay attention to a superficial and ignorant little person like Li Chuan.

Kong Sheng saw King Zhao and Li Department standing quietly in the clan group with a complicated expression, almost not daring to face Kong Sheng's clear eyes. Kong Sheng smiled, he didn't have much feeling for the Li family, he originally thought that this person could be friends, but later found that the Li department had a strong purpose in dating him that day, and later found that Kong Sheng could not help him ascend to the throne, so he took the initiative to give up his dealings with Kong Sheng, for fear that it would anger Li Yu, the prince of the East Palace.

Li is like this, Kong Sheng is noncommittal. This is a normal state of the world, what else can be said?

Kong Sheng even found Princess Yuzhen with an old face. This princess of the former dynasty also appeared at this court meeting, and it can be seen that in order to give Kong Shengming a canonical punishment, Li Yu has exhausted all means to call everyone who can be called.

Zhang Xun stood behind Yan Zhenqing, he hesitated slightly, but still took the initiative to greet Kong Sheng: "King Zheng!" ”

Kong Sheng was stunned, Zhang Xun was the first high-ranking official in the palace to take the initiative to greet him among these Chang'an magnates in the palace, which shows that his strong personality has not changed much because of the changes in the current situation. Kong Sheng smiled and returned the salute: "Zhang Xiang!" ”

Yan Zhenqing immediately nodded slightly to Kong Sheng, while Li Yu and Du Hongjian stood there side by side, casting an anxious glance at Kong Sheng. Kong Sheng walked over with his head held high, and stood at the front of the Wenchen military generals' team with a big sting.

According to the rank, he is King Zheng, holding Shuangjing and Shuangjie, the commander-in-chief of the three military and political affairs of Henan, Jiangnan, Shannan, and Nannan, and the opening of the palace with the three divisions and half of the Luan, in the current dynasty, second only to the emperor and the crown prince.

Li Chuan stood in the group of sect disciples, and couldn't help but sneer twice: "Look at his arrogance and virtue, how long can he be arrogant?!" ”

King Li Ju coughed twice, secretly pulled Li Chuan's arm, and signaled him not to take the initiative to talk falsely, so as not to give birth to right and wrong and cause unnecessary trouble to King Yu's family.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Prison Kingdom has arrived!"

The scorpion prison's shrill voice echoed in the hall for a long time, and everyone's hearts were awe-inspiring, knowing that Li Yu was about to appear on the stage, and the main event was about to be staged.

Li Yu was well-dressed and slowly turned out of the apse, and everyone, including Li Yu, Du Hong, Yan Zhenqing, Zhang Xun, Pei Yuanli, and these people, all bowed down and bowed down to meet the prince of the prison country, Li Yu waved his hand, and said awe-inspiringly: "Your lords, you are exempt from courtesy!" ”

But today, Li Yu did not ascend to the Danqi and sit on a throne next to the emperor's throne as usual, but waited quietly on the Danqi.

After a while, the long-lost familiar spy voice of the chief eunuch Zhu Huiguang resounded through the audience: "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

In the main hall, there were sudden exclamations one after another, and the noise could not be helped, the emperor had already ignored the government and politics, and there was no emperor who could be seen by his subordinates for more than half a year, but today's court meeting, the emperor was going to appear in person, could it be that Li Yu's days in charge of the government were over?

Li Yu and Du Hong gradually looked at each other in ecstasy, but immediately saw Li Yu's indifferent and indifferent expression, and caught a glimpse of Pei Yuanli sneering lightly next to him, the two of them couldn't help but sink their hearts again and cold for a while.

Li Heng, supported by the two scorpion supervisors, slowly walked out of the apse, and appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

"Long live my emperor, long live!" The crowd bowed down, and the mountain shouted long live.

The Emperor sat there silently, his face visibly haggard and pale. His complicated eyes kept projecting on Kong Sheng's body, and he didn't blink. Kong Sheng, on the other hand, looked back at the emperor quietly, and there was no emotion in his gaze, neither the anger that the emperor imagined, nor the fear and uneasiness that everyone expected.

It's calm. Calm to a level that feels incredible.

In the face of death, will anyone really be able to stop the water in the ancient well without waves?

Li Yu waited for everyone to finish worshipping, slowly got up and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, at today's court meeting, my father and emperor will personally go to the palace to preside over the palace regardless of his health. ”

It's starting to be difficult!

The corners of the emperor's mouth twitched, knowing that the scene that Li Yu manipulated and arranged against Kong Sheng really kicked off!

Li Yu glanced at Kong Sheng with squinted eyes, and when he saw Kong Sheng's surprisingly calm face, he couldn't help but sneer secretly. In fact, not only Li Yu, many people are secretly suspicious, Kong Sheng is definitely not a political idiot, what is the meeting today, he knows better than anyone else, but he has achieved such calm, is it really to the advanced realm of seeing death as home?

Pei Yuanli was the first to stand up, bowed down, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the prince of the prison country, the minister Pei Yuanli has a play!" ”

The corners of the emperor's mouth twitched, and Li Yu waved his hand: "Master Pei, please speak!" ”

Pei Yuanli took a deep breath, stabbed his waist, and brewed his emotions for a while, and then slowly condensed and said word by word: "The minister participated in the Zheng King Kong Sheng, and committed ten serious crimes!" ”

Although everyone knew it, Pei Yuanli's words still had a bit of earth-shattering momentum, which caused a riot. After all, it was all speculation before, but now it has been transformed into a ruthless reality, and the psychological impact is still somewhat exciting.

When Pei Yuanli finished saying this, he glanced at Kong Sheng with the corner of his eye, intentionally or unintentionally, but Kong Sheng stood in Dangchi's nose and nose and looked at the heart of an old monk with a calm appearance, as if the person who was impeached was not him.

Pei Yuanli sneered and continued: "The first sin is to rely on merit and rebel and transgress the rules. Your Majesty, King Zheng Kong Sheng entered and exited Luoyang with a magnificent guard of honor, and the momentum was immense, and the etiquette system was overstepped, so that the subjects of Luoyang only knew that there was King Zheng but did not know that there was an emperor and the court."

"The second crime, indiscriminate killing of innocents, bombardment of the Eastern Capital. Kong Sheng, the king of Zheng, killed innocents in the battle in Henan, slaughtered Fan Yang and killed thousands of soldiers, and even bombarded Luoyang, causing most of the palaces in the eastern capital to be destroyed and hurting the majesty of the royal family and the imperial court."

"The third sin is to oppress the family and take away the land. Kong Sheng, the king of Zheng, wantonly deposed the imperial court Juntian Order in Jiangnan and seized the family's land and property, which led to the gentry of Shannan in Jiangnan complaining, and countless people went to Chang'an to sue the imperial court, so that the people in Jiangnan were still in turmoil."

"The fourth sin is to privately cast artillery and not accept the imperial court. King Zheng Kong Sheng cast artillery in Jiangnan and Luoyang, and most of the artillery produced was used to fight against dissidents, turning such a country's important weapon into a personal weapon, with bad intentions, and his rebellious intention was clearly revealed."

"The fifth sin is to set up a private business name and to make a false public benefit. As we all know, the branches of the Kong family under the name of Kong Sheng, King Zheng, spread all over the world, and Kong Sheng used the power in his hands to seize the people's wealth, accumulate hundreds of millions of family assets, raise private soldiers in captivity, and have a group of slaves in the house, claiming to be rich and rival the country."

Pei Yuanli was impassioned, and announced the ten deadly sins related to Kong Sheng that Li Yu ordered his Caotai team to use a month to create, and immediately various ministries, yamen, and even relatives of the emperor of the clan stood up to echo him, and launched endless verbal criticism of Kong Sheng, degrading the original great hero Kong Sheng to worthless, and it was a heinous crime.

Seven hundred and five

(End of chapter)