"It's strange, the early dynasty was only attended by officials from the Six Ministries and the Nine Qings, what does Your Majesty want our Jinyi Guard to participate in?" Li Jinglong frowned, touched his chin and said.

Jinyiwei was originally the emperor's private spy agency, and was only responsible to the emperor alone, so it was excluded from the officials of the six ministries, and according to the regulations, Jinyiwei officials were not qualified to go to court.

Xiao Fan also fell into deep thought: "Something must have happened......

As he was talking, a hundred households in brocade clothes hurriedly walked in and put a written report on Li Jinglong's bookcase.

Li Jinglong picked it up and looked at it, then sneered a few times, and then handed it to Xiao Fan.

Xiao Fan glanced twice, looked up and said in amazement: "The sons are making trouble? ”

Li Jinglong sneered: "A group of sour Confucian literati, idle and nothing to gather in the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites to make a big noise, Ying Tianfu's fast arresting officials have rushed to surround them, want me to say, for this group of scholars who do not keep their duties, they should be killed as an example, kill a few more, and see who dares to make trouble!" ”

Saying that, Li Jinglong turned his head to look at Xiao Fan and said, "Do you want to send hundreds of people to watch it?" After all, this is the Imperial City of the Son of Heaven, if these scholars come crazy, they may make a big deal out of it, if Your Majesty is to blame at that time, our Jinyi Wei will also be responsible, right? ”

Xiao Fan hurriedly said, "My lord, this is not appropriate. ”

"Why?"

"My lord, at the beginning of the founding of the country, Your Majesty valued the scholars, and treated them with courtesy, now this matter, we don't have Your Majesty's will, rashly go out to monitor, I'm afraid it will be worse, we are all rough people who have not read any books, when the temper comes, and the reader is scolded, Your Majesty may be displeased, and at that time we will be blamed......"

Li Jinglong thought about it, gasped, and said happily: "Thanks to your reminder, this is really possible." Anyway, we don't have His Majesty's will, even if those people set fire to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites, it's none of our business, right? We can't be like a scholar and get slapped ourselves......"

The Yamen of the Ministry of Rites is just outside the Jinshui Bridge, not far from the Yamen of the Fusi of Jinyi Wei Town. If there is any unusual movement, Jin Yiwei must be the first to know.

"Someone! Send a few people to the door of the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites to monitor, if there is any movement of those scholars, they will report immediately, without the order of the Duke or Lord Xiao, the Jinyi Guard must not act rashly! ”

After Li Jinglong finished his order, he suddenly gloated and laughed: "I really hope that those scholars will burn down the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, his grandmother's!" Since I received the errand of the commander of the Jinyi Guard, those officials of the six departments saw me with a nose that is not a nose, and a face that is not a face, as if I raped their daughter, Lao Tzu is the will of His Majesty, and it is His Majesty's will to kill the minister, those ministers dare not argue with Your Majesty, they are all coming at me, you say that I am not wronged! ”

Xiao Fan persuaded: "Adults, don't worry about those sour Confucians, they are all mentally retarded people who read their brains stupidly, let's have compassion and do thunderbolt means, and when we get Bodhi, those who are purified by us will naturally understand our painstaking ......"

Li Jinglong pondered Xiao Fan's words for a moment, then patted his thigh, and said thoughtfully: "What Lord Xiao said is so wow! It is worthy of being a Jinshi background, the truth of this is very profound, Jinyiwei is doing blood-stained life-seeking business, if those of us who are leaders do not have compassion, I am afraid that the people below will cause a lot of killing, so I often do those things that purify the world......"

Xiao Fan was stunned and said, "Adults often purify the world? ”

This straw bag has actually become a bodhisattva?

Li Jinglong smiled and said: "Of course, I also had a Pudu trip yesterday, do you remember the minister who was shown to the public a few days ago?" The wives and daughters of the families of those convicted officials have been confiscated into the Jiaofang Division, and they will always be the official records, and I have been running to the Jiaofang Division every day, just to purify the wives and daughters of those criminal officials, so that they want to die......"

Li Jinglong had a silver smile on his face.

Xiao Fan clenched his fists and resisted the urge to stomp on his cheap face.

A slut is a slut, even if he is a prince, his essence is still a slut. The immoral thing of the silver man's wife and daughter, but he said it as a romantic affair, without the slightest sense of shame, no wonder those ministers did not wait to see Jinyiwei.

If you have the opportunity, you must take the power of Jinyiwei, such a straw bag as the leader of Jinyiwei will only make Jinyiwei's reputation more and more stinky. The best ending for this guy is to be nailed to the pillar of shame, and every pedestrian who passes by spits at him until he is spit alive...... The next time it was called.

Before dawn, the officials of the Six Ministries and Jiuqing gathered outside the Chengtian Gate, rubbing their hands and stomping their feet unconsciously in the cold morning breeze of late spring, waiting for the palace gate to open.

The so-called early dynasty, the golden temple face saint, to the Son of Heaven to play Chen state affairs, pointing out the country, speaking of glory and brilliance, but in fact it is not so wonderful, first of all, we must get used to waiting outside the palace gate at four or five o'clock in this cold morning every day, go early and suffer from the cold, go late and even the palace gate can not enter.

There are often hardships hidden under the glamour, and when showing off the lintel in the township, who would know that these high-ranking ministers would stand outside the palace gate every day before dawn and wait for the palace gate to open, waiting for the pain of the Son of Heaven coming to the court?

At this time, the palace gate had not yet opened, and the ministers gathered together in twos and threes to talk, all of which were about the southern jinshi who were released in the spring yesterday, and the ministers made a big fuss about the yamen of the Ministry of Rites.

A sedan chair quietly walked in the voice of the ministers, the sedan chair stopped under the tall white jade plate of Chengtianmen, Xiao Fan walked out of the sedan chair, he was wearing a five-grade official uniform, his waist was straight, his expression was solemn and majestic, he was only twenty years old, and now he has some faint temperament of not being angry and arrogant.

When the ministers saw Xiao Fan, the discussion suddenly stopped, everyone looked at him together, the timid minister trembled slightly, and unconsciously retreated, and those ministers who did not retreat were also a little afraid but desperate to save face, and looked at Xiao Fan with a little jealousy.

Of course, what everyone is afraid of is not Xiao Fan himself, what they are afraid of is Xiao Fan's identity and the Jinyi Guard, who is getting stronger and stronger.

A few days ago, as soon as Jinyiwei was rebuilt, he killed dozens of ministers in Beijing, implicating hundreds of relatives of the criminals, such a shocking appearance, giving the court hundreds of officials a hard blow, Jinyiwei seems to be telling the ministers in this way, we are here, we are restored, you all be careful!

The ministers scolded Jinyiwei for how perverse and how to corrupt the dynasty, but after all, they are human beings, and most of them are still afraid of death, and they only dare to scold Jinyiwei, and some don't even dare to scold.

Ping said that he had to walk around and hide, but he didn't think that he met Xiao Fan, the second person of Jinyiwei, at the gate of this palace, looking at his appearance, he should have been ordered to participate in the early dynasty, and now the ministers were embarrassed, and they didn't know whether to step forward to say hello, or simply pretend not to see it...... Xiao Fan got off the sedan chair and looked at the palace city that was still majestic in the dark, and his heart couldn't help but be full of spirit.

Today is the first time he participated in the early dynasty, is a very commemorative surname meaning of the son, I Xiao Fan, today in this Ming Dynasty to open a new page of their own, jade steps face saint, discuss state affairs, the Son of Heaven in front, point to the country, with their own hands to win a princely fame, life is proud, isn't it happy!

Calmly facing the gaze of the ministers or jealousy, hatred or fear, Xiao Fan is like a white crane standing in the flock of chickens, so extraordinary, so radiant, so energetic, even looking at the ministers with a little fierce and ruthless.

He is not afraid of hatred, he is not afraid of jealousy, he drinks and sings wildly, and he is heroic.............................. With a sneer on his face, when he looked at the ministers, an inopportune voice interrupted Xiao Fan's appearance.

"My lord, please settle the money for renting a sedan chair, thank you." The sedan chair man said very politely.

"Poof-" Several of the ministers snorted involuntarily.

Xiao Fan's high-spirited expression suddenly suffocated, and his radiant expression immediately disappeared without a trace, and he hurriedly took it into his arms, and asked in his mouth, "How much silver?" ”

“…… Five bucks. ”

"Huh? So expensive? Are you stealing customers? ”

“…… My lord, the entire Jingshi is at this price. ”

“…… Can it be cheaper? In the future, I will rent it often, give some face, and give it a discount. ”

"My lord, we are not the same price, we will not bargain, thank you." The sedan chair man is neither humble nor arrogant.

“…………”

While bargaining in his mouth, Xiao Fan looked for silver everywhere on his body, and he was sweating profusely.

“…… If you are in a hurry to go out in the morning and forget to bring silver, do you owe it first? I'll send someone to you in the afternoon......" Xiao Fan said with an embarrassed expression.

"Adults, small carriages and horses are small profits, and they will not be credited." The sedan chair man replied very politely, but there was already some impatience in his eyes, the officials who rented the sedan chair in Beijing had seen a lot, when was there such a grinding and chirping?

"This doesn't work, that's not good, you guys are running a black shop?"

“…………”

A heavy sigh came from behind Xiao Fan, and a small ingot of silver crossed an arc in the air and fell into the hands of the sedan chair man impartially.

"Take it, and you'll get the rest."

The sedan chair man suddenly bowed down and thanked him with a smile, sweeping away the decadence of the bargaining just now.

Xiao Fan looked back, but saw Li Jinglong rolling his eyes at him, looking not very familiar with him, and walked a few steps into the distance and stood still.

Xiao Fan hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you, Lord Yiyi, for your help, the lower officials are grateful...... Adults came early, hehe......"

Li Jinglong coughed: "I came early, and I saw that you were busy bargaining, so I was embarrassed to come up and greet you." ”

Xiao Fan's face was gloomy: "There are not many officials, and the son is quite poor......

Li Jinglong had a very embarrassed expression and sighed: "I really don't want to pay attention to you, it's a pity, we all belong to the same yamen, you can't ignore it, please don't let our Jinyiwei lose face, okay?" So many ministers are watching......"

"Try to be as bold as possible after getting off the official......"

When it was cool, the bronze bell of the five phoenix towers above the noon gate rang several times, the heavy palace gate opened, and the hundred officials lined up according to the rank and rank of the rank, and entered the palace in turn, pacing the official steps of the four levels and eight steady, and slowly walked towards the Fengtian Palace.

The ministers looked solemn and dignified, holding the white jade ivory board used for the court, under the leadership of the two eunuchs, through the Taimiao and Taisheji, into the noon gate, there were already two rows of Han generals holding honor guards and flags waiting in the noon gate, seeing the ministers coming, they raised the honor guard high, walked in the front, followed by several eunuchs, and finally the official court officials.

Officials can't stand randomly, everyone has their own position, walking in the front is the prince who has the title of the prince, followed by the military generals of the five prefectures and the officials of the six departments, followed by the officials of the Jiuqing, and finally the bottom is Ying Tianfu and miscellaneous officials in Beijing, including the left and right Chunfang, Zhan Shifu, and the officials of the various departments and bureaus.

Xiao Fan is an official of Jinyiwei, he is not qualified to go to the palace, and there is no place for him in the court, but Zhu Yuanzhang specially named him, and Xiao Fan had to hang his head and walk at the end of all the officials.

Originally, Li Jinglong was supposed to accompany him at the end, but Li Jinglong had a good birth, and there was a dead father of Cao Guogong, who inherited the position of Guogong, so he was qualified to walk in front of all the courtiers.

People have to die more than people, and goods should be thrown away.

Xiao Fan cautiously followed the ranks of the ministers and walked forward, from the Imperial City Gate, to the Chengtian Gate, and then to the Noon Gate, along the road were hung with big red wooden signs admonishing hundreds of officials, the plaque in front of the Imperial City Gate: "Big and Small Officials Face Bully Beheaded", and the Noon Gate Plaque Book: "Officials and Other Liars Beheaded".

Xiao Fan felt both funny and funny all the way, this is probably the earliest slogan with Chinese characteristics in history, right?

Entering the inner palace city, a magnificent hall stood in front of Xiao Fan's eyes.

Fengtian Palace, a hundred officials congratulate the emperor, hold a formal court meeting, and participate in political affairs, which is commonly known as the Jinluan Palace.

Outside the hall out of the eaves on all sides, seep the golden dome, the top of the hall is also decorated with a huge golden ball, a group of golden splendor, the magnificent appearance, the palace lamp and the giant candle will illuminate the hall bright as day.

At this time, the ministers were already standing outside the Fengtian Palace, but they did not enter the hall, but still lined up according to their ranks and functions, and then stood on the royal road outside the hall without saying a word, with a solemn and respectful expression, waiting for the emperor to come to the court.

Xiao Fan...... is still very low-key standing at the end of the ministers.

Soon, the drum music sounded, and the canopy hall behind the Fengtian Hall walked out of two columns of honor guards, the emperor's imperial gate, the brocade wrestlers Zhang five umbrella covers, four fans, and the left and right after the east and west rose from the east and west; There are two envoys, one holding the umbrella cover, standing on the seat, one holding the armament, and two miscellaneous fans, and the middle after the seat.

The emperor enters the palace first, after the seat is installed, and then the whip is sounded, and the officials of the Honglu Temple sing the name of the ministers to enter the class, and the left and right classes enter the royal road together, and then arrange the class. At this time, the civil officials went north to the west, and the military attachés went north to the east, bowing and prostrating three times, which was for the "Taipan". The princes, horses, and uncles formed a class (Xunqi class), and they were in front of the military attache class and left slightly.

After the ministers finished saluting, the officials of the Honglu Temple announced their gratitude to the throne and saw the number of resignation members, these people had already registered in the temple before the day, and at this time they bowed five times and kowtowed three times under the court or outside the noon gate.

Until now, the ritual of facing the saint in the upper court is completed, and then the officials of the Honglu Temple sing that the officials have something to do, and the official early dynasty begins.

Xiao Fan came to the court for the first time, stood at the end and followed the ministers to learn the same, and he trembled and did not make a mistake.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat in the south and facing the north, with a majestic demeanor. He was dressed in formal imperial clothes, wearing a pterodactyl crown, sitting on the dragon chair with an expressionless face, watching the ministers bow to him, although he was old, but he still straightened his waist, like a veteran who had fought for his faith all his life, and did everything he should do with perseverance.

Zhu Yunwen sat at the bottom of the dragon chair, his body tilted slightly, since he was canonized as the emperor's grandson, he had to follow Zhu Yuanzhang to the court, and learn to deal with the government with his heart.

After all the procedures were completed, Xiao Fan breathed a sigh of relief, wiped his forehead, and found that his head was full of sweat.

In the court, it is really not an easy task, even if you make a mistake in an action, or accidentally cough, there will be a supervisor of the imperial history to jump out and participate in the impeachment, and Zhu Yuanzhang is not very easy-going people, the minister who made a mistake in the court, the court staff at the lightest, and the crime or even the head at the heavy, Xiao Fan felt a little scared, Zhu Yuanzhang's reputation for killing spread far and wide, and he had left a deep impression in his previous life, and this was a big court meeting, which was different from Zhu Yuanzhang's private summons in the past, the court meeting was based on etiquette, in front of so many ministers, Xiao Fan made a mistake, Zhu Yuanzhang can't help it even if he wants to.

However, fortunately, all the procedures have been completed, and all that remains is to stand there properly, wait motionless for the court meeting to end, and then follow the ministers out of the palace in a low-key manner.

was making wishful thinking in his heart, but Xiao Fan suddenly heard a cold snort from beside him.

Turning his head in amazement, Xiao Fan smiled.

The one next to him is an old acquaintance, the former right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, who was later demoted by Zhu Yuanzhang to Huang Guan of the imperial history, the first Huang Dacai in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

Xiao Fan hurriedly smiled at him kindly, he was an official in the same court, and he stood together in the court, fate!

It's a pity that Huang Guan seems to be quite resentful of him, ignoring Xiao Fan's smile, he looks straight ahead, his expression is cold and cold, taking advantage of the Honglu Temple officials singing and drinking, Huang Guan burst out a few words from between his teeth, and his voice was so low that only Xiao Fan could hear it.

"Shameless national thief, you will not end well!"

Xiao Fan froze, and the smile on his face froze.

It is said that reaching out and not hitting smiling people, this Huang Guan is too bad to be a person, right?

Xiao Fan's face instantly became cold, it seems that this guy is the same kind of person as Huang Zicheng, the stones in the pit are smelly and hard, but he still regards himself as the embodiment of justice.

It's a pity, I used to treat Huang Guan as an idol, it seems that this idol and fans are not the same heart.

At this time, the officials of Honglu Temple had finished singing and drinking, and the ministers also quieted down, and the entire hall was suddenly silent.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting on the dragon chair, suddenly raised his hand and stopped the actions of several ministers who wanted to go out to perform the class, and he spoke first, his voice slow and low.

"Ladies and gentlemen, yesterday I said that I was off the list and asked for an explanation in the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites, have you ever heard of it?"

The ministers were secretly shocked, and hurriedly said in unison: "The ministers have heard about it. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted and said, "Zhang Zhen, you are the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, why did you raise your son to make trouble?" ”

Zhang Zhen was taken aback, and hurriedly took the board out of the class and said, "Your Majesty, the reason for making trouble is really ...... Because they were dissatisfied with the candidates on the Chunqiu list, the minister thought that this was caused by someone secretly provoking and incitement, and asked His Majesty to strictly investigate the person who secretly provoked. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's eagle eyes shot a sharp light, slowly glanced at the ministers, and said gloomily: "What about you? Do you also think that someone is secretly provoking and incitement? ”

The ministers were numb for a while when Zhu Yuanzhang saw it, and they lowered their heads one after another, not daring to speak.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that no one answered, and snorted coldly: "There are a total of fifty-two tributes on the emperor's list, all of whom are southerners, is this also provoked?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's cold words made the ministers tremble, this is a precursor to the coming storm.

Zhang Zhen was also so frightened that he knelt on the gold brick floor of the main hall, his face was pale, and his whole body trembled unconsciously.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face became a little ruddy, his chest rose and fell rapidly, he suddenly slapped the armrest of the dragon chair, and hissed angrily: "A list of Jinshi, all of them are southerners, this is obviously someone who cheats for personal gain and favors the villagers, are you all blind?" Can't even see something so obvious? Jinyiwei Li Jinglong, where is Xiao Fan? ”

"The minister is here." Li Jinglong stood in front of the Xun Qi class, and when he heard the words, he quickly left the class, kneeling with an ivory board in his hand.

Xiao Fan stood at the end of the court, the backmost position, but he didn't move.

Why didn't it move?

Because he didn't dare to move.

He found something very serious, and this thing was very fatal.

He found that the officials who knelt out of the class, such as Zhang Zhen, Li Jinglong, etc., they were holding a rectangular white board in both hands, he didn't know what this board was for, according to the rules, the officials of the Ministry of Rites should send someone to tell him about the etiquette of the court, as well as various precautions, but I don't know if the officials of the Ministry of Rites deliberately forgot it, until he entered the Golden Palace, no one told him how to bow to the court, how to salute, how to play the right, and more importantly...... What the hell is that board for? Why do others have it, but he Xiao Fan doesn't?

Zhu Yuanzhang is an emperor who attaches great importance to the court's etiquette, originally a commoner was born in mud, and once he became an emperor, he naturally asked the ministers to conform to the ancient etiquette everywhere, so as to prove that he was granted by the emperor's power, and wash away some of the rustic spirit on his body.

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang called his name, Xiao Fan was so anxious that he was sweating, and if he stood up empty-handed at this time, it was estimated that he would be pulled to the noon gate by the Han general standing in the hall in the next second.

"Jinyi Wei Xiao Aiqing, where is Xiao Fan?" Zhu Yuanzhang called again, his voice was a little impatient.

Xiao Fan wiped his sweat and turned his head to look, but saw a piece of fluorene plate obliquely tied to the jade belt around Huang Guan's waist, and Xiao Fan couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw it.

No matter, borrow it first, and I'll pay you back later.

So Xiao Fan's right hand stretched out like lightning, and with a swoop, he unknowingly stole the ivory board tied around Huang Guan's waist, and then hurriedly rushed out of the class, learning from the ministers, knelt down and held the board with both hands and said respectfully: "The minister is here." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang saw Xiao Fan holding an ivory board and couldn't help but look at him in surprise.

"Li Jinglong, Xiao Fan, I ordered you Jinyi Wei Ti to go out and make every effort to investigate the matter of the Spring Raid list, and see if anyone really dares to cheat for personal gain, reuse the villagers, and report it to me as soon as the water comes out!"

"Minister, Commander!" Li Jinglong and Xiao Fan responded in unison.

An abrupt voice came from the back of the main hall.

"Ahh Who took my fluorene board? Huang Guan blurted out angrily.

"Bold! Above the Golden Palace, who is making a noise? Zhu Yuanzhang was angry about the Spring List, and when he saw that someone had lost the court, he couldn't help but be furious and said: "General Han, drive him out of the Golden Palace, and use the Wuji court staff at the noon gate to set an example!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is disrespectful, and the minister is guilty! Minister...... Yes! Xiao Fan, you ...... Your hands...... The ...... in your hand" Huang Guan's voice gradually faded away, sad and angry.

The eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang and the ministers were curiously on Xiao Fan.

Xiao Fan held the board in his hand, blinking his eyes innocently, very cute and innocent.

(To be continued)