PS: In this chapter, there are a lot of descriptions about the etiquette of the court meeting and the scene of the court meeting, and the final result is the success of Baoyan. Friends who are not interested can skip it. However, some of the descriptions in it will be useful in the future, such as the "Dahan Quanyu Map" made of jade screens in the main hall of Weiyang Palace!

Hehe, is this a spoiler?

In addition, the next chapter is "Absolute Riding Urging, Blood Whipping Long Silk". Well, as soon as you hear the name, you know it's hot-blooded, right?! Hehe, yes, Shen Yun is about to go on the expedition, it's almost there......

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April 20, the day of the Great Pilgrimage. The location is in the main hall of Weiyang Palace. The Great Dynasty Meeting usually starts at the beginning of the hour, and now it is three quarters of the hour, and there is still a quarter of an hour left.

Under the corridor outside the hall, the Han officials who arrived early were gathering in twos and threes to talk. In the past, this was also common, but today the sound seems to be a little noisier.

On the jade steps on the side of the hall, officials came from the direction of the Wenhua Hall from time to time. As for the location of the main palace gate, there are no officials who come to the main hall of Weiyang Palace from this direction.

The imperial court has a breakfast for the officials in charge of the previous dynasty, and every day of the great court, the officials will first go to the cabinet office to have breakfast, and then rush to the Weiyang Palace. Of course, there are also those who are too late to eat in time, so they can only go to the court hungry and wait until three o'clock in the afternoon to eat again.

Under the porches on both sides near the main hall gate, the little eunuchs wearing towering cloud hats and the guards of the forbidden palace stood silent.

The closer the officials got here, the quieter they spoke. However, before going to court, it is always boring to stand idle, and several officials who know each other will always get together and talk to each other.

Under the corridor on the east side, Gongfu Xiao stood one zhang away from the gate of the main hall, and beside him was Yin Shangguan Hong, the imperial capital.

Gongfu saw that there was no one in front of him. He whispered to Shangguan Hong and smiled: "Brother Qingru, your two subordinates are quite neat, and everyone who spread the news so quickly is well known, and they are not out of shape, they are talents." ”

Shangguan Hong was a little proud, stroked his chin and beard and said with a low smile: "Hehe, Tang Mo and Chen Lenai are black and white impermanence under my command, and they are natural and capable. But these are all things that they are capable of, and they should not be praised sincerely. ”

The rumors about the Yan family can spread throughout the imperial capital so quickly and accurately, and it is impossible to do it without people who can go deep into the bottom of the imperial capital. Yin Yamen, the imperial capital, is the birthplace of this rumor. And the "rumor-mongers", of course, have to go deep into the grassroots Tang inspection and Chen inspection.

At first, Shen Yun only planned to use Bai Xiaosheng's power in Guijie to slowly infiltrate from the bottom, and the time might drag on a little longer, but the effect was not bad. But what Yan Zhun lacks now is time. After Shen Yun visited Yan Zhun. Yan Zhun told Shen Yun that Yin Shangguan Hong, the imperial capital, was Ruyue's father-in-law (godfather is so ugly. Let's use that title). Asking him to help should speed things up. However, Yan Zhun is not sure whether Shangguan Hong will help, after all, the fall of the Yan family is imminent, and Shangguan Hong does not step forward, and the Yan family is already grateful to Dade. Unexpectedly, after Yan Ruyue learned that her father-in-law could help, she only went to Shangguan Hong once. And he agreed.

It turned out that Shangguan Hong had long been willing to help the Yan family, but the Yan family never came to the door, and as an official of the Han Dynasty, the inevitable risk aversion consciousness made him quite hesitant. I don't know if I should take the initiative to help. Fortunately, Yan Ruyue found him at this moment, and there were Bohai Hou and Yinggong and others in front, so he naturally had no objection. With the addition of the "head snake" of Luoyang Mansion, Shen Yun's tornado plan will naturally get twice the result with half the effort.

Before the last dynasty, many officials had vaguely learned that the Yan family had closed all their shops today, and even the wharf had stopped working. An official who is qualified enough to be in the upper court, which one is not a thoughtful person. They all felt that something big might happen in the imperial capital today, which was one of the reasons why the discussion under the corridor today was so noisy and frequent.

At this time, there was a commotion among the ministers under the corridor, but it was the three auxiliary ministers of the cabinet who came, and the officials gave way one after another and gave up. The three auxiliary ministers stood still in front of the main entrance of the main hall, and the officials at all levels immediately followed behind the chief officials at all levels according to their offices and ranks, and stood in line one after another.

After the auxiliary minister, there were the chief officials of each academy, Dongfang Li, Zuo Ci and others were present, followed by the chief officials of each academy, and the whole team was distributed in a triangular shape. Wang Zhaozheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was standing next to Gongfu Xiao, and the two glanced at each other, but did not speak.

At the right time, the chief eunuch under the corridor stood up and screamed: "The time has come, Qi!" ”

The soldiers of the forbidden palace under the corridor shook their military posture and shouted in unison: "Enlightenment!" ”

The powerful army raised a nine-meter-long whip high in front of the main hall of Weiyang Palace, and sounded the whip three times in a row: "Bang, Bang, Bang!" ”

This is called "ringing whip", which means similar to the water and fire sticks in the government and county offices. It's all about deterrence.

At this time, there was a solemn silence outside the hall. Officials at all levels, under the leadership of the Auxiliary Minister, bowed down one after another, holding the board in front of their faces.

Shoufu Yuwen Hu was the first to shout: "For the society of the Han Empire, for the suffering of the people of the world, the ministers respectfully invite the emperor to govern the court!" ”

Other officials shouted in unison: "For the sake of the society of the Han Empire, for the suffering of the people of the world, the ministers respectfully ask the emperor to govern the court!" ”

Hundreds of officials shouted in unison, and the majesty of the voice was not inferior to that of the sergeants and soldiers, and the entire Weiyang Palace seemed to be shrouded in this shouting!

Such a great ceremony has been going on for a full 500 years! From the Holy Ancestor Emperor Zhongxing Han to the present, every time there is a big court meeting, it is inevitable to do so!

If the weather is fine, it will be at the main entrance of the main hall, and if the weather is rainy, it will be under the corridor, in short, this sound is like announcing an oath, which is an indispensable etiquette for the court. The emperor must also attend the court meeting in the midst of this loud shout.

If the emperor does not have special circumstances, and the emperor still does not go to court after the ministers have shouted and urged him three times, the cabinet ministers have the right to enter the harem to meet the emperor in person under the guidance of the palace guards and the eunuchs in charge, and urge the emperor to go to the court - this is to absorb the disadvantages of the eunuch dictatorship in the late Han Dynasty and prevent someone from placing the emperor under house arrest and causing chaos.

In this way, the Holy Ancestor Emperor reminded future generations of descendants and officials at all levels what they went to court for!

The glorious Han Dynasty and the Yang Empire have also gone through five hundred years of ups and downs in this voice, month by month, year by year!

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After drinking high, follow the routine. The door of the main hall of Weiyang Palace will be slowly opened, and the soldiers in the hall will beat the drums of the upper court.

In the majestic and rapid drumming sound, the Han officials stepped on the jade steps one after another. The eunuchs who had long been standing on their sides knelt down and helped the ministers who passed by to quickly remove their official boots and enter the hall wearing only white socks.

The main hall is paved with gold bricks, which are not really made of gold, but square bricks specially made for the palace, with a surface similar to marble, smooth and flat, and have the effect of absorbing light and amplifying sound.

The whole hall sits north and faces south. It is rectangular, ninety steps wide from east to west, one hundred and twenty steps long from north to south, and there are nine vermilion pillars up to nine zhang on each side of the east and west, and each column is sixteen steps apart. The main hall is to the north. There are also four east-west columns, although these four pillars are also vermilion. But the whole column is carved with a dragon pattern. It is called the Panlong Jade Pillar, the meaning of the Dinghai Divine Needle of the Han Empire!

In front of the dragon jade pillar is a huge white jade screen that can stand side by side for 16 people, the four corners of the screen are inlaid with the best red coral, and are inlaid with gold silk nan wood, carved and painted with the royal vermilion dragon pattern, extremely luxurious. The jade screen faces south. That is, facing the direction of the ministers, the screen is carved by a skilled craftsman who has spent 20 years carving the "Great Han Quanyu Map"! Every official of the previous dynasty could see the whole empire in its entirety!

This jade screen, which represents the supreme power of the Han Empire, was ordered by Emperor Shengzu in his later years, but it was not completed before the death of Shengzu. On the top of the screen, the Holy Ancestor's grand wish is still eye-catching: "Wish." The sword points to the northern peak of the Tianshan Mountains, the west shore of the Caspian Sea, the bow of Lake Baikal, the snow on the desert island of Sakhalin, the Ganges River in the morning to drink horses, the night to the broken leaves and the moon, the Indochina Peninsula to visit the ancients, and the ruins of Tokyo to worship the ancestors. Declare to the world, those who clearly commit strong men and heavenly might, although far away, will be punished! ”

In front of the "Great Han Quanyu Map" is the throne built by the emperor, square in shape, and each side is nine steps apart. On the throne is a royal case, and a dragon cushion - whether it is the emperor or the minister, there are seats in the main hall, but it is the kneeling sitting in the ancient Han rites to discuss matters.

The emperor came out from behind the screen, wearing a vermilion crown, strode up to the throne, first led the ministers to the jade screen to make a big salute, and then knelt down in front of the dragon cushion. The maid who followed him immediately stepped forward and straightened the back hem of the emperor's crown and flattened it. Then a eunuch stood under the throne and shouted: "The emperor is in court, and his subordinates are respectful." ”

This time the whole pilgrimage meeting has really begun. The ministers don't need to kneel and bow to the emperor, let alone shout long live, the only etiquette after entering the main hall is to salute the Han Dynasty, and then they can take their seats. Those who have something to tell can come out and stand in the palace to report to the emperor.

However, the court meeting is generally a formality, and the matters that should be discussed and dealt with are discussed and dealt with before the results, and the court meeting is just a formal report.

The first few ministers all came out and said something urgent at the moment, which was nothing more than where there was another famine, where there was another disaster, and so on. To these, the emperor generally said, "I already know, and I can handle it at my discretion." ”

When the second assistant Feng Ji stepped forward to talk about the chaos in the northwest, the court meeting could be regarded as a matter that everyone was more concerned about. However, what Feng Ji wanted to say was also reported to the emperor yesterday, and now he is just re-reading the results of yesterday's deliberations.

"Please transfer the Flying Cavalry and the Guards to the northwest to quell the rebellion!"

"Quasi-play!"

"The minister will ask the troops of Ganzhou, Suzhou, Yongzhou, and Liangzhou to enter the state of readiness and enter the northwest Dayue Prefecture at any time."

"Quasi-play!"

"The rebels of the Chenguanyue clan are powerful, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to exterminate them for a while, please give an order to your majesty to order the two armies of the Flying Eagle and the Hussars to prepare for war and deal with them at any time."

"Quasi-play!"

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Yuwen Hu also played: "The northwest uses troops, and the military budget has risen, so please raise the commercial tax of 10% to the merchants of the state and county magistrates at the beginning of next month, so that the cavalry of the four guards can be called to prepare for war." ”

To this, the emperor's reply was: "The whole merchant raised the tax by one percent, and he was afraid of shaking the people's hearts." The empire sent troops to the northwest, should be treated equally, the household department in cooperation with the imperial bank, limited to one million deposits, no one cent of agriculture and industry, more than one million deposits will be charged an additional 5% of commercial tax. ”

"Whoa." Yuwen bowed and retreated.

At this time, a squire came out of the criminal department, bowed and saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has the right performance in the main hall, please do it." ”

The so-called right in the palace is something that I didn't prepare to say in advance and suddenly remembered to say. I hope that the emperor will allow him to say it, and give an approval on the spot. The last "please" is to hope that the emperor will approve it. This is also the case, but the emperor can also disapprove it and let him report it afterwards.

But today's emperor seems to be in a good mood: "What is the right thing for the Qing family?" ”

The squire of the criminal department held the board in his hand, bowed his head and said loudly: "The minister went to the court today, and suddenly heard that there was a merchant Yan who suddenly stopped all his shops in the imperial capital, so that the people were divided, and there were rumors in the streets. Prices in the imperial capital are about to rise, causing the people to panic and run to tell each other. By the time the ministers went to court, hundreds of people had already snatched rice and noodles. The ministers were terrified, deeply worried that this was the Yan clan's coercion of the people's needs and coerced the imperial court! Please show me! ”

All the kneeling ones had numb legs. Even the drowsy officials suddenly came to their senses. They all straightened up and looked at the emperor on the throne.

The Emperor frowned slightly. His eyes looked at Wang Zhao, the secretary of the Criminal Department, intentionally or unintentionally. Only then did he say lightly: "The Qing family has something to do, but can there be a countermeasure?" ”

The waiter said angrily: "The Yan family is good at advocating the closure of the business, intending to take advantage of the ignorance of the small people to coerce the court, which is a great crime of disrespect, and the family property should be confiscated according to the law." Parents beheaded to set an example! ”

"That's a big fallacy!" Shangguan Hong saw that if he didn't come forward again, the situation would deviate from the discussion of the Yan family's crimes, so he hurriedly stood up and said: "Enlighten my emperor, the Yan family wants to pay off the arrears of the imperial bank, but the cash is insufficient. For now, the only way to do this is to abandon the family business and sell the property to make up for the shortfall. This is a great good. What's more, this matter was not arbitrarily advocated by the Yan family, and the petition had been sent to the minister's office a few days ago, and the minister also submitted the petition to the cabinet, and the first assistant lord also approved the cheap action. How can it be said that the Yan family acted evil without authorization? ”

As soon as these words came out, Yuwen Hu was immediately stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it carefully, there was really this statement, just a few days ago, the Yan family did write a letter saying that they would sell their property to pay off the arrears of the Imperial Bank, and at that time Yuwen Hu thought that the Yan family finally couldn't hold it and was ready to break the house and avoid disasters, so he issued a blue batch. At the same time, he also asked his family to hurry up and inform the clansmen to start buying the Yan family's property.

I thought that the Yan family would not be able to hold on, and the industry would naturally be as much as it could, but I didn't expect the Yan family to sell it as a whole and refused to transfer the shops one by one. In desperation, the people of the Yuwen family were preparing to contact the rich family and eat the Yan family's property together. This negotiation is still ongoing, and Yuwen Hu has no time to take care of these things because of the Caliphate's credentials, but he didn't expect that the Yan family would suddenly close down today. What I didn't expect was that at the court meeting, the people from the Criminal Department came out of the palace to play the right thing, how can this be good?

Yuwen Hu was still pinching his beard and pondering what to do, and the emperor had already opened his mouth to ask, "Prime Minister, is there such a thing?" ”

In just a moment, countless thoughts turned in Yuwen Hu's mind, and he finally made up his mind, got up and saluted: "Back to my emperor, this is indeed the case." Although the Yan family is known as the richest man in the Han Dynasty, the family's assets are indeed insufficient to repay the arrears of the Imperial Bank at one time, and the ministers thought that they could sell the Yan family to raise enough funds. ”

The emperor let out an "oh", was silent, and said to Feng Ji after a while: "What does Feng Lao Aiqing think?" ”

Feng Ji was closing his eyes to recuperate, but he didn't expect the emperor to suddenly ask himself, this matter is not his responsibility! However, after seeing the emperor's eyes, he already had an idea, and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the Yan family has sold their property in order to repay the arrears of the Imperial Bank, which is indeed a great move. However, they closed down at this time, which has made the people of the imperial capital uneasy, and if the Yan family continues to sell at this time, I am afraid that the situation will be unstable. The old minister secretly thought that the top priority was not to discuss the rights and wrongs of the Yan family, but to think about how to stabilize the hearts of the people in the imperial capital, which was the top priority! ”

As soon as Gongfu heard this, he immediately got up from his seat, saluted and shouted: "Your Majesty, Elder Feng Ge's words are very kind, and it is really the opinion of Lao Cheng to seek the country. The minister seconded the proposal! ”

The imperial party faction saw that Gongfu had spoken to this emperor's red man, so they immediately followed suit and shouted: "The ministers seconded the proposal!" ”

The servant of the criminal department, who had been standing in the palace, suddenly said urgently: "Your Majesty, it is true that the matter of prices in the imperial capital should be dealt with at this moment, but the Yan family's move is the biggest reason for the fluctuation of the people's hearts, even if the Yan family has no intention of doing it, it will also cause the hearts of the people in the imperial capital to shake, this is a big crime, and it should also be dealt with first." ”

Wang Zhao, the secretary of the Criminal Department, couldn't sit still, got up and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers thought that this was a serious disadvantage. As the saying goes, if the name is not right, only by convicting the Yan family first, can the subordinates act steadily. Otherwise, the people's hearts are boiling, and they will inevitably blame the court for having no reason to deal with the Yan family, and then the people's hearts will be in an uproar, so we must guard against it! ”

The emperor glanced at Wang Xian lightly and said, "Sikong, what do you think of this matter?" ”

Wang Xian, who had been sitting upright and silent, had long been looking at the emperor's expression, although the emperor had always been expressionless, but he knew that the emperor was disgusted with the rear party, and whatever the rear party supported, Wang Xian would of course spare no effort to oppose it.

However, this matter involves Yuwen Hu, and it is related to Bohai Hou, and it seems that there is also the shadow of Yinggong, which makes Wang Xian quite hesitant. In addition, Gongfu Xiao also appeared at this time, is this what the emperor meant?

With lightning in his mind, Wang Xian made a judgment at the moment when he got up and saluted, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter should be viewed from the other side. Perhaps, the Yan family is not guilty! ”

"Oh?" An invisible smile appeared on the emperor's face, and he asked, "What does Aiqing think you should think?" ”

Wang Xian accurately caught the emperor's smile, immediately put his mind at ease, straightened up and talked eloquently: "The emperor is the son of heaven, and he is a herdsman on behalf of heaven. As the so-called world is not the king's land, the shore of the land is not the king's minister. My emperor is benevolent, and he also has the words of 'my child' to the rebels who are attached to the big moon, which shows my emperor's fraternity. ”

After the horses were filmed, Wang Xiancai got to the point, "My emperor is a herdsman on behalf of the sky, and he should think of the people's suffering...... The traitor of the Great Moon, my emperor is kind and attaches great importance to it, let alone the people of the imperial capital? However, the people of the imperial capital are the sons of my emperor, and the Yan clan is not a foreign race, so isn't it also my emperor's son? Both are the sons of my emperor, and we should also share the grace of our emperor! My emperor is benevolent, and the Yan family can't bear the worries of our emperor, so they sell their ancestors' inheritance, which is a great good. Our emperor should not be punished, but should be rewarded. Under the grace of our emperor, all the people bow down, and the Yan family must also be grateful to Dai De, and immediately reopen all industries, and the people of the imperial capital will immediately stabilize the people's hearts, isn't it faster than any disposal? ”

Wang Xianshen babbled a lot, and finally said his opinion. When Wang Zhao heard that "the Yan family is not a foreigner, he should also be with Mu Huangen", he knew that things were not good, but Wang Xian was a cabinet minister after all, and the officials were speaking, how could he intervene as a subordinate? Failure to do so is a sin of neglect.

When Wang Xian finished speaking, when Wang Zhao was about to immediately open his mouth to refute, the emperor had already laughed: "Wang Xinpu, Wang Xinpu, what you said is very happy." If a good people suffer, the sky will not be happy...... However, the money owed by the Yan family to the Imperial Bank was also urgently needed by the imperial court at this time, and it was necessary to repay it. Well, in this way, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Imperial Bank reconsidered the method of Yan's repayment. Gongfu Aiqing, I'll leave this matter to you, okay? ”

The Gongfu was overjoyed, and immediately said loudly: "Minister, the order!" ”

Seeing the great joy of the father-in-law, Shangguan Hong finally breathed a sigh of relief, and sighed: This Shen Yun guessed that it was really accurate. But how did he know that Junfu Wang Xian would definitely defect? This kid is really good at calculating people's hearts!

In fact, Shen Yun's ability to count people's hearts is not bad, but he has watched too many court dramas, and he has figured out more about the mentality of those ministers when facing the emperor. Wang Xian is an emperor with no regrets, and any action of the emperor, even if it is just a frown or a look, Wang Xian will deeply interpret it. Among the Yan forces, Wang Xian was not the most radical one, after all, the Wang family was not so eager to expand their interests and wealth as other rich families. Since Wang Xian's desire to fall Yan is not strong, after affecting the emperor's mood, it is a matter of course for the emperor to influence Wang Xian again.

Of course, this is easy to say, but in practice, it requires many efforts, first of all, to let Yuwen Hu not know that this is a trap, secondly, to let the Hou Party see the benefits of Yan Yan, and finally to let his own pressure unconsciously infiltrate Wang Xian and Feng Ji...... In order to achieve this, Shen Yun did not lack brain cells.

Fortunately, it succeeded in the end. Shen Yun, Bao Yan succeeded! (To be continued.) )