Lao Tzu's throne was obtained by usurpation, and his sons were also restless in their bones. From Su Dian ten years ago, to Su Bi, Su Yi and Su Ren now, as long as they have the strength, they want to use force to usurp the throne of the Great Shun Dynasty.

At noon on the fifth day of the eighth month, the Royal Palace.

This was a court meeting of the morning dynasty and the afternoon dynasty, and the scale of the court meeting grew from the original dozens of officials to more than 300 at noon, and officials continued to gather at the edict. This is also a court meeting without a court meeting, and the place where the court meeting is held is not in the palace, but outside the Yaqian Palace, the officials are not standing or kneeling, but sitting in piles in the open space at the entrance of the courtyard, the emperor is in the Yaqian Palace, and only the summoned ministers can enter.

The filial piety clothes for the national funeral are still being made, and the ministers attending the meeting only symbolically wrap their heads with white cloths. The relatives of the royal family also had black veil wrapped around their arms.

The body of the old emperor has been moved to Zhengying Palace, and at this time, those who can sit in the Yaqian Hall are the absolute ministers under the new emperor, in addition to the right minister Yuan Bolang and Liu Yu and his wife, as well as the various Shangshu and the young Yin Sui and Chai Jin of the Beijing Mansion who are responsible for the security of Chang'an City, as the fourth princess Su Bi of the ruling faction is also among them. There was also one person with the lowest official position, and she was a woman, because she was a female official in the inner court, and she was responsible for the pacification of the concubines, so she stayed. Her stay was also because of Liu Yu's insistence, because in terms of etiquette, she knew no less than a book of etiquette, that is, Qu Ning, who was erudite and talented.

In the Yaqian Palace, the great affairs of the whole country are being discussed.

There are three major events, one is the state funeral of the former emperor and the new emperor's sacrifice ceremony. Originally, there was a book from the Ministry of Rites, and these issues were not used to be considered too much at all, and only the Ministry of Rites needed to follow the old rules. But so far. The whereabouts of Qian Hui, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, are still a mystery. Liu Yu even suspected that this person had a copy of the edict in his possession. Additional manpower was sent to search Chang'an City.

There are not many obstacles to the discussion of the state mourning. It is planned that the right minister Yuan Bolang will temporarily serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, preside over all matters, and take the fourth horse Chai Jin as his deputy. This also shows the close relationship between the new emperor and the fourth princess and dispels the doubts of the outside world. Yuan Bolang was originally born in the Ministry of Rites, and the matters of the Ministry of Rites Ceremony can be said to be familiar with the affairs, as for the stupid Chai Jin, he just ran to help after running, and his ability would not affect the holding of the ceremony.

Liu Yu has no objection to the choice of the host of the national funeral, but only questions one detail. It is the burial of the concubine.

Earlier, Madame Trolling had just lost her breath and followed in the footsteps of the old emperor. The dead find the dead to accompany the burial Liu Yu doesn't feel anything, but Yuan Bolang's opinion is that all the concubines should be buried, including the concubines who gave birth to children. Yuan Bolang's proposal was not only refuted by Liu Yu, but even the fourth princess did not hesitate to join Liu Yu's side.

Su Bi will recognize Su Yan's throne as soon as possible, and the most critical one is that her mother is coerced, not by Liu Yu, but by the complicated situation. The poisoning case was just the fuse of the power struggle, if it weren't for her Su Bi to inherit the throne. In other words, whoever becomes the emperor will make a fuss about this matter to suppress her, especially Su Zhe, the son of the victim Lady Lu, the king of Chu.

No emperor would allow a powerful political enemy to be at his side. How can anyone snore on the couch?

Although Su Bi coveted power, she also knew that she was a woman, and her weight in her father's mind was not as good as those brothers, and she was originally very worried about her mother's safety, especially when Liu Yu revealed that the emperor was going to pass on the throne to the king of Chu. What she didn't expect was that the successor was Su Yan, Su Yan didn't think much about listening to his master, and Liu Yu was exactly the ally she felt she could trust. Su Bi's trust in Liu Yu comes from two aspects, one is Liu Yu's idle character, and the other is Liu Yu's affection for the fourteenth princess. A merry ghost, for the mother of the beloved woman, will always do his best.

Liu Yu was indeed arguing on the basis of reason, ignoring Yuan Bolang's face at all, scolding Yuan Bolang for his pedantry in public, and his aggressive words even made Yuan Bolang, who had always been arrogant, speechless. Su Bi was a little surprised, he felt that the serious man in front of him was very much like a person, a person who also liked to scold others for being skinless-herself.

"Two, dissipate your anger." At the end of the day, it became Su Bi herself who persuaded peace.

Su Yan saw that the right minister and his master were about to lose harmony, and hurriedly persuaded him: "Yuan Xiangguo, commander Liu...... It's better to discuss this matter later, don't hurt the peace. ”

Saying "in the future" is likely to be over, and once the matter of the funeral is put down, it cannot be mentioned again. Originally, Yuan Bolang was very persistent, but seeing the attitude of Liu Yu and Su Bi, he knew that there would be no final case at all, and no daughter would send her mother to death. Yuan Bolang thought that there were still many things to be decided today, so he could only compromise.

This was followed by the discussion of the second major event, that is, the appointment and dismissal of officials and the security of Chang'an City.

This proposal seems to be very important, but there is not much that really needs to be discussed, nothing more than to let the officials keep their current posts intact, and as for the security of Chang'an City, it is also to discuss when to contact the martial law in Chang'an City to restore the lives of the people to normal.

Originally, everything seemed to be logical, Liu Yu proposed to lift martial law immediately, but strictly interrogated people at the city gates. This point has basically been affirmed by most people, but Yuan Bolang has another opinion.

may be unconvinced, Liu Yu no matter what his point of view is, he really has to pick out the thorns. It is the general trend to quickly restore law and order in Chang'an City so that the people do not panic, but Yuan Bolang insisted that the national funeral was a great ceremony and asked the people of Chang'an City to keep filial piety. During the state funeral, no weddings and weddings are allowed, entertainment activities must be stopped, and most of the theaters in the archway streets involving the Qinglou Chu Pavilion and Jinchangfang in the south city must also be closed, and a curfew must be imposed at night.

Yuan Bolang quoted scriptures and put forward many precedents, Liu Yue didn't want to worry about him in this detail, and his half-month filial piety period was not long. I don't care about it.

The last thing on this issue is the disposition of the King of Jin, who was also a courtier, and now openly flouting the edict and plotting to become emperor is already a crime of rebellion. There are three princes and five princes, this matter is much easier to do, and the life of house arrest in the future will accompany King Jin for a long time, unless he can get the king's amnesty, it will be more than ten years or even decades later.

The third major event is the border war.

The old emperor had just taken Liu Zhao, the marquis of Dingguo, as the commander, and He Mao as the deputy commander, and was ready to go to the Turks. Liu Zhao was an anxious man, and he was killed at the border pass in less than half a month after receiving the order, and he was flying back to ask for military pay and food, and vowed to pacify the Turks in one fell swoop, so that the north would no longer have to worry about border troubles. Originally, Liu Zhao's ability was unquestionable, and it didn't matter whether he succeeded or failed to pacify the Turks, but in terms of the current financial situation of the imperial court, Lianguanzhong's ability to provide relief to drought disasters was still not up to it, let alone launch a war that took a long time to take the initiative to attack.

If you fight, you can't afford to raise it.

"Yuan Xiang, Commander Liu, do you think this battle should be fought?" Su Yan looked at Yuan Bolang with an ambiguous gaze, and then at Liu Yu.

Su Yan turned to the two of them for help when he was undecided, which was tantamount to acknowledging his side, with Yuan Bolang as the leader and Liu Yu as the right. This is only the pattern of the court, and on the private side, Su Yan is more inclined to listen to Liu Yu's opinion, because he admires Liu Yu's ability to the point of no return.

"Fight, why not?" Yuan Bolang raised his arrogant head, "I think I am a big country, I have been provoked by the Hu tribe, and I have been repeatedly offended at the border. Shouldn't they be made aware of the military might of this dynasty? Moreover, this is a national policy left by the emperor, and it is better for the emperor not to change it at will. ”

Liu Yu is extremely embarrassed, this is not a family that does not know the price of firewood and rice. Speaking of which, this Yuan Bolang is not the material of being the right minister at all, and he can't be compared with people like Xu Han in governing the country at all, his most advantageous advantage over the hundred officials is his loyalty, and the old emperor appointed him as the right minister at this time because of his loyalty.

Having said that, if Yuan Bolang's loyalty can be used as military food, Liu Yu will definitely send him to the front line to work in the army as soon as possible.

Liu Yu carefully considered the words and said: "Your Majesty, the drought in Guanzhong has not yet been lifted, and this matter should be listed as the first priority." As for attacking the Turks, it is still up to the Marquis of Dingguo to do what he can. ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Su Yan immediately agreed, "You should let the Marquis of Dingguo do what he can, Yuan Xiang, it's better to settle this matter like this." ”

The ministers didn't expect Su Yan to veto the plan to attack the Turks so quickly, and they no longer listened to other people's opinions. They didn't know that Su Yan had been on the battlefield and had seen the tragedy of the battlefield, and they knew that fighting was not casual fun.

Originally, there were many things to be discussed, such as the establishment of an era name, such as the canonization of the empress, and the summoning of the vassal king to Beijing to congratulate him, and the issue of amnesty could be discussed. But these things should be placed after the state funeral, and the first priority now is to bury the old emperor, so that Chang'an City is the Great Shun Dynasty to restore peace. (To be continued......)