In the morning, the rooster crowed again, Ding Qian got up early from his makeshift bed with two benches, first made a basin of cold water, washed his face, and then found a new sauce-colored robe to wear on his body, and then looked in the mirror and carefully combed his hair, felt good about himself, walked out of the house with a new face, and went straight to the imperial city. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Today is the day of the early dynasty that Ding Wei made an appointment with him to go to the Xuande Palace, and thanked Emperor Zhenzong for granting him the permission to shade the rafters of the mansion.

Ding Qian came out of Qingshui Street, went around to the Royal Street, walked forward along the Royal Street until the end of the west, and saw the majestic Imperial City, outside the gate of the Imperial City, Ding Wei and many ministers were covered with morning frost, and waited patiently there, although there were nearly 200 people standing in the venue, but they were silent.

Seeing Ding Qian coming over, Ding Wei still didn't speak, just beckoned to him and motioned for him to come over, Ding Qian hurriedly quickened his pace, came to Ding Wei's side and stood there, he didn't understand, why everyone was silent! Couldn't everyone communicate with each other before the early dynasty?

In fact, he knew that the emperor did not allow everyone to be silent while waiting in the early dynasty, but the officialdom was more sinister than the rivers and lakes, so everyone adhered to the ancient precept that disaster comes from the mouth, and they were all speechless there.

For a long time, with the sound of the drums of the five watches in the imperial city, the vermilion lacquer gate of the imperial city was pushed open from the inside, and the hundred officials consciously lined up in two teams on the left and the military attache on the right.

Xuande Hall is a towering and spacious palace, in which twelve large wax platforms carved with twelve zodiac signs are inserted with bright and thick candles, illuminating the entire hall brilliantly.

Ding Qian followed behind Ding Wei, quietly raised his eyes to see, only to see the candlelight reflected on the ceiling of the hall flickering bright light, and looked carefully at the sky inlaid with blue gemstones, giving people the feeling of being under the brilliant night sky.

Looking down at the ground, it is all paved with black marble, and there is a long and thick red carpet in the middle, looking along the carpet, it is white marble to build a pedestal more than half a meter high, and there is a wide table carved with a dragon on it, this is the so-called dragon case, behind the dragon case, there is a big chair covered with yellow satin, and there is a middle-aged man wearing a flat Tiankou and a yellow embroidered dragon robe sitting on the chair, this is Zhao Heng, the emperor of Zhenzong today.

After the civil and military forces stood up in order, I saw a celebrant eunuch standing behind Emperor Zhenzong walk under the white marble pedestal, and said in a loud voice: "Long live the early dynasty." Something's up! ”

I only heard two old voices and a middle-aged man's voice in the civil official train: "Weichen has something to do!" ”

The eunuch glanced at Emperor Zhenzong, and Emperor Zhenzong nodded.

The eunuch shouted, "Quasi-play." As the words fell, I saw three people walking out of the train, in front of them were two gray-haired, old-fashioned elders, and in the back were Ding Wei, the Minister of Governor's Counsel.

I saw that the three of them stepped forward and knelt down on the red carpet and said, "Minister Bi Shiyuan! "Minister Li Yuan" "Chen Ding said that he specially brought the children of his own family to thank His Majesty for granting Yin Bu. ”

Emperor Zhenzong said: "Okay! Then please come forward and let me know these young talents and rising stars of my Great Song Dynasty. ”

Ding Qian hurriedly walked over and knelt behind Ding Wei, and at this time, two young people also came over, kneeling behind Bi Shiyuan and Li Yuan respectively.

Ding Qian knelt down there and secretly swept his eyes, and saw that these two young people were people he was familiar with. Kneeling behind Li Yuan was Li Zheng, and kneeling behind Bi Shiyuan was Bi Da.

At this moment, I only heard Emperor Zhenzong say: "Please raise your heads for the three rising stars." ”

Ding Qian, Bi Da, and Li Zheng hurriedly raised their heads and looked at Emperor Zhenzong nervously.

Emperor Zhenzong carefully looked at the three young people and said happily: "Sure enough, they are all energetic and handsome, it seems that my Great Song Dynasty is the successor!" ”

Then he pondered for a moment and stretched his voice: "Three Aiqing, since you have received the yin of your respective ancestors and temporarily made up for the position of the rafters, I hope that you can keep in mind the emperor's grace and study diligently, so that you can become a pillar of the future, better serve the country in the future, and glorify your ancestors!" ”

Ding Qian, Bi Da, and Li Zheng said in unison: "Weichen must keep in mind His Majesty's teachings, never forget the holy grace, study hard, learn skills, and make every effort for the Great Song Dynasty. ”

When Emperor Zhenzong heard this, he touched a few thin beards under his chin and said, "Okay! Bi Lao Aiqing, Li Lao Aiqing, and Ding Aiqing are worthy of being godsons, which shows that the words of ten years of trees and a hundred years of people are indeed true. ”

Bi Shiyuan, Li Yuan, and Ding Wei hurriedly snorted their heads and said, "Long live the award." In the future, we will continue to work hard to strengthen the spur on future generations, and always urge them to remember the grace of God and always have the ambition to serve the country with their lives. ”

Ding Qian felt secretly funny in his heart when he heard it, what is the gratitude of the emperor, isn't it just kneeling here to pick up good words! Ding Wei is middle-aged and has a tough body, but it is difficult for Bi Shiyuan and Li Yuan, the two former prime ministers, all of them to be seventy or eighty, and if they toss a few back and forth like this, they will die, and Li Zheng and Bi Da will really make up for it.

When he was thinking wildly, he heard Emperor Zhenzong wave his hand and said: "Old Prime Minister Bi, Old Prime Minister Li, you two old and frail, hurry up and get rid of the courtesy!" How can I bear to kneel here for a long time! ”

Bi Shiyuan and Li Yuan hurriedly got up from the red carpet with a slight tremble, and walked back to the train out of breath.

Emperor Zhenzong nodded at the celebrant eunuch.

The eunuch hurriedly opened his throat and said, "If there is something to play, there is nothing to retreat!" He shouted three times in a row, and when he saw that no one was out of class to perform the work, he supported Emperor Zhenzong, stood up from the dragon chair, lifted the curtain behind him and withdrew from the Xuande Palace.

After seeing Emperor Zhenzong hidden in the curtain, Ding Qian hurriedly got up from the ground, shook his kneeling legs, stretched out his hand to help Ding Wei and said, "Uncle, let's go too!" ”

Ding Wei stood up at this time, and many ministers of civil and military affairs hurriedly surrounded him and said, "Congratulations to Lord Ding's nephew for his position as the rafters of the Yin Mansion." ”

Ding Wei said humbly: "Thank you for the emperor's grace. ”

Then, Bi Shiyuan, who was also his son who received the position of the rafters, Li Zheng was left out in the cold, and none of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty came forward to congratulate.

Ding Qian felt a little incredible, but as soon as he saw Bi Shiyuan, Li Zheng's white hair flashing in the candlelight, he suddenly realized, oh! It turns out that these people in the court are all powerful eyes, and when they see that they have already told their old people to be idle at home, they don't even bother to come forward to say a good word, this is really people's hearts are not ancient and the world is hot and cold!

This world is so shameless, so shameless that people have forgotten the minimum gratitude, counting the civil and military generals standing here, how many of them were recommended or promoted by the two old prime ministers back then! Why is it that people have not died, and they have left their kindness to you behind, is this still a human being, a human being, when you are shameless, you are really more afraid than ghosts. Shameless, and shameless. Ding Qian scolded hatefully in his heart.

After walking out of the Xuande Palace, Ding Qian caught up with Bi Da and Li Zheng from behind, stood in front of the two and arched his hand and said, "Ding Qian, congratulations to the two brothers." ”

Li Zheng said coldly: "Isn't it just a shadow supplement, what is there to congratulate." ”

Bida rolled his eyes and said nothing.

Ding Qian said with a smile: "Yes, the position of this rafter is nothing, but anyway, our buddies entered the palace on the same day to thank us, so in name they are also officials of the court, and the first hall is called a minister, and we will be buddies back to colleagues in the future!" Isn't it bad! ”

Bi Dagang wanted to open his mouth to say to Ding Qianxiang, but his father Bi Shiyuan hurriedly said: "Okay, what this Ding Gongzi said is too right, the three of you will be colleagues in the future, but you have to be close to each other." Saying that, the old treacherous and cunning said to Li Yuan: "Prime Minister Li, do you say it!" ”

Li Yuan said with a smile: "What Bi Lao said is very true, there are talents in the country, and this world will be your world from now on, so you still have to be in the same boat through thick and thin, retreat and advance together!" ”

Ding Qianxin said: People often say that people are old traitors, and horses and rabbits are old and difficult to catch, this Bi Shiyuan and Li Yuan deserve to be able to sit in the position of the prime minister, looking at what your family said, it is really leaky.

So he bowed deeply to Bi Shiyuan and Li Yuan and said: "The second elder is really a golden and jade good word, and I, Ding Qian, will definitely work hand in hand with Bi Da and Li Zheng in the future." Speaking of this, he turned to Bi Da and Li Zhengdao: "Two brothers, since the two old men have said it, then I will be the host, call Chen Lang, Qiu Yucheng, how about the five of us go to the Zhuangyuan Building for a small gathering." ”

Bi Da, Li Zheng saw that Ding Qian's words were on this, and he could still refuse, so he nodded and said, "Okay, so you will let Brother Ding break the bank." ”

Ding Qian smiled: "A little thing, it's not worth mentioning. Saying that, he bowed to Bi Shiyuan and Li Yuan and said, "The two old people, the juniors will say goodbye first, and the two old people will go slowly." ”

Bi Shiyuan stood there and watched Ding Qian leave, then pointed to Bi Da's nose angrily and said, "Look at Ding Gongzi, and then look at you." ”

Bi Da said unconvinced: "What's wrong with me, it's no better than that Ding Qian's missing arms and legs." ”

Bi Shiyuan patted Bi Da's head and said, "You are not missing arms and legs than others, but you are missing a string here than others." ”

Li Yuan said: "Yes, if you look at what Ding Qian said, it's like the two of you, it's too lacking in experience." ”

Li Zheng grinned beside him and said, "Okay, two old men, what about us, look at the two of you yourself!" ”

Li Yuan said: "Rabbit cub, what's wrong with us?" ”

Li Zhengyi pouted and said: "What's wrong with you, just now in the Xuande Palace, you didn't see those people all revolving around other people's buttocks, and you didn't see a single one who came forward to take care of you, which proves that you are the prime minister who has no eyes, and those who are promoted and reused are some ungrateful people." ”

Listening to Li Zheng's words, Bi Shiyuan and Li Yuan, you look at me, I look at you, stared at each other for a long time, the two opened their mouths and no one spoke, and almost at the same time let out a long sigh: "Alas......"