On the ninth day of September in the twelfth year of Shunzhi, the main hall of the palace was bright. An impromptu Imperial Council will be held here.

In the middle of the bright room, a Sumeru platform is fixed, and there is a Sumeru seat on it, and the two together draw a large space for the throne of the carved dragon lacquer emperor. There are three five-step steps in front of the Sumeru seat and on the left and right, with a low fence on them. Different from the prosperous era of Kangqian in the later era, except for the throne and the screen behind it, the surrounding area can almost be said to be clean, and there are no dazzling treasures, luduans, cranes, and incense sticks[1], etc., which appear very simple.

After Wu Liangfu saluted, Fu Lin came out of the east side hall where he lived, ascended the royal steps to ascend to the throne, and everyone had already knelt on the ground, and they all bowed and bowed three times in unison, and then got up and stood up.

"Tomafa, give the seat." Fu Lin instructed Wu Liangfu as usual, and Xiao Gong Deng, who had been preparing for a long time, was immediately placed on the Sumeru pedestal at the foot of the throne. Subsequently, Wu Liangfu personally lifted the left step of the throne through the left steps of the grateful Tang Ruowang, and sat on the left head of the emperor.

"Second elder brother, come up and stand, otherwise it will seem that you are too small, hehe." Fu Lin glanced at it and found that Xuan Ye under the steps was really "tiny", so he made this arrangement.

"Sons and daughters are grateful." Hongyi was happy in his heart, but he did not directly walk up the right step in front of the emperor, but walked quickly to the steps west of the pedestal, and ran up. This move frightened Wu Liangfu, and he hurriedly caught up with him and reminded in a low voice:

"Lord Belle, the steps on the west side were taken when the master was scattered......"

"Wu Liangfu, don't blame him. Xuan Ye is still young. Those who don't know are not to blame. Fulin's words are equivalent to "pardoning" Xuan Ye.

"Huang Ama, the ministers don't dare to trespass, but they don't dare to stand up to the top in front of the ministers, so they have to make this decision and ask the emperor to punish the crime!" The first sentence that Xuan Ye, who had stood up, opened his mouth and said it on his knees.

"Haha, I said that my second elder brother is not like this, it turns out to save face for a few of you to be important ministers! Okay, haha! Very good! Fu Lin was overjoyed, and actually lifted his butt and stepped off the throne. Helped Hongyi with his own hands.

"Just stand here. Listen carefully to what my Aiqing has to say about the government and the country! Fu Lin stood beside Xiao Xuanye and said a word in a lofty voice.

"The ministers must do their best to repay the emperor's kindness!" The ministers cooperated with this thunderous momentum and knelt down again. It's just that he knelt down to the father and son of Aixin Jueluo's family - Tang Ruowang, who was originally the author later. He had already left his seat when the emperor got up and left his seat. At this moment, he is also kneeling at the feet of Fulin.

"Okay, everybody." Although there is no court, it has earned the awe of the courtiers. Fu Lin was very satisfied and turned around and sat on the throne, one left and one right, leaving Tang Ruowang and Xuan Ye in front to "support".

Standing on the top of the Sumeru seat, looking condescendingly at more than a dozen powerful ministers, Hongyi instantly felt a kind of excitement that his desire for power was rapidly expanding! Weishenme dick silk young people are willing to be emperors? Maybe it's because of the variety of the harem ~ and the infinite spring, but when you really stand in the center of the country, what can move you the most is not the beauty at your fingertips, but the supreme power of "pointing out the country and scolding Fang Xuan"!

Hongyi raised his eyes and looked at the position at the entrance of the main hall: I think that back then, I stood in the place of the Forbidden City and the hall several times, through the high fence, and stretched my neck to look at my current position. At that time, how could you have imagined that you would climb the imperial ladder one day?

Excitement is excitement, you can't mess up your proportions! Biting his lip, Hongyi tilted his body slightly, and peeked at the emperor's throne - what are you excited about? There is its own real stage, the dot and the core of 17th-century China! Moreover, he has to turn him into the core dot of the entire Shijie, at least one of them!

With great ambitions, the little treatment in front of you is nothing. Hongyi, who calmed down, observed with interest the people under the imperial steps in the palace, just like several courtiers who had close contact for the first time, and they were also secretly looking at him with the same mentality: What kind of person are you?

Of the eighteen people who participated in the Imperial Council, in addition to Emperor Fulin, there were five people who Hongyi had known each other for a long time, namely: Old Marfa Tang John, Ming Andali who led the army to capture Humar Castle, Kadahun who played a supporting role in both soft and hard to surrender Bekotov, Jueluo Bahana who was the Shangshu of the Criminal Department at the time to try the case of "Sun Gouzi beating Baylor", and Tuhai who had the first close contact today.

At this moment, Hongyi paid attention to the remaining eleven Manchu and Han ministers. Although they are similarly dressed, before they know it, the Manchu and Han officials have already been separated on both sides-

The Manchen on the left-hand side, regardless of his rank, generally has a sense of superiority, and he is more or less arrogant, and does not pay much attention to the Hanchen on the other side.

The Han Chen on the right hand side is the emperor's close minister, but no matter how you look at it, there is a panicked look, with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, for fear of causing trouble.

Most of the Manchu ministers were born burly and strong, and they were the kind of masters who could fight on horseback; Hanchen is a water with fine skin and tender meat, white and clean, and it is estimated that they are all practitioners with interlaced lips and ink in dance.

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Hongyi had some inexplicable sadness in his heart, but he didn't know where it came from. In fact, he is not a Han nationalist at all, why do he feel sorry for himself? Perhaps, he was infected by the five Hanchen's compromises and low voices at this time, right? In order to truly realize the so-called "Manchu and Han family", no matter how high and high the Manchu and Mongolian families are, just talking about the "lifeless" style of the Han people themselves now, they also know that "the road is long...... At that moment, Hongyi even had a sense of urgency about his ambition to accelerate the great integration of nationalities in this seventeenth-century China.

"Tuhai." Fulin on the throne finally spoke and began to preside over the meeting.

"The minions are here!" Man Shangshu of the Criminal Department, who was among the Manchen and his entourage, replied loudly.

"If you ask the Korean counsellors about the smuggling of royal horses today, let's tell you about it first."

"Minion Command!" When Tu Hai made his promise, several Manshang books standing in front of him all turned sideways slightly. So that Tuhai behind him can go out of class smoothly, and it also shows a lot of intimacy.

Fu Lin deliberately emphasized the word "imperial horse", and naturally he trusted his favorite ministers to speak just right. On the way here, the ministers who could only learn about today's political affairs through the little eunuch were really surprised when they heard the word "royal horse".

Fortunately, the refreshing-minded Lord Tuhai explained clearly, vividly and tactfully, and explained very clearly in the key places-

The emperor was strategic, and after hearing from the second son of the emperor Xuan Ye that the illegal merchants in North Korea actually smuggled horses, he immediately drew inferences from one another, and judged wisely and martial that "this matter is by no means so simple", and then sent the little prince Xuan Ye, who would not have thought of it, to investigate the case. And the concession to use the royal horse as bait. Catch the big fish of the Koreans!

Through the efforts of the emperor and the prince's family, and the second son of the emperor dispatched many capable personnel, the ugly deeds of the North Korean profiteers were finally exposed an hour ago. The members of the Counseling Department were also detained by the Criminal Department and the Patrol Camp in the Yuhe Pavilion.

Tu Hai just finished telling the story. Almost all the Hanchen are in unison and claim to praise the great emperor Bixia for his insight into everything and strategizing! By the way, he praised the second son of the emperor with a few auspicious words such as "talented and intelligent" and "royal blessings". But the ministers of Manmeng were collectively silenced. None of them came out to say that.

"Needless to say, the emperor is the co-lord of the world, how can we hide our emperor? The most important. But those North Koreans are really hateful! Emperor Taizong taught them twice and refused to accept them, so the minions were willing to take one of them and then burn down their lair! The one who said this was Wu Bai, the minister of the Interior, who was standing behind.

Hongyi hurriedly looked at the minister, who was nearly half a hundred years old: whether the hair was black or white was hidden in the crown, and it was not clear to see; The vicissitudes of life on his face, but his eyes are blazing, his body is straight, and he looks like he was born in martial arts.

At this time, Wu Bai had already taken a step forward, surrounded by the surrounding Manchu ministers, his eyebrows were cold, and he stretched out his hand to point to the north, and his anger was not gone. On the other side, a few Hanchen even subconsciously shook their heads, probably slandering this person in their hearts for being rude and only knowing how to fight.

It turned out that although this Wu Bai was a little older, he was a Xiao Yong general back then, and he began to follow the Qing Taizunu ~ Erhachi to fight in the east and west at the age of sixteen. After Emperor Taizong Taiji ascended the throne, he was ranked among the sixteen ministers, with a white flag. In the winter of the first year of Chongdeok, he and Seungzheng Mafuta and others led only 300 troops, and dared to take the lead and rushed to attack the Joseon royal city, and the Joseon king Yi Liang was frightened and sent the princess, prince and minister's wife to Ganghwa Island for refuge again, and he fled to Namhansanseong to wait for the arrival of the Qinwang army. This Wu Bai waved his division to advance quickly, broke through the Korean reinforcements, and won more than 200 heads. After entering the customs, he also defeated Li Zicheng, which can be described as a record repeatedly.

It is said that when he sent an envoy to Korea in May this year to question the king of Joseon, Lord Wu Bai repeatedly reminded him of the events of that year, and when he talked about the shape of the mountains and rivers in Korea and the key roads of the passes, he directly frightened a group of Goryeo sticks into obedience, and naturally returned with honor.

To Hongyi's surprise, the young emperor did not blindly praise the "decisiveness" of the Manmeng courtiers, nor did he reprimand Hanchen's sycophants to their grandfather, but said a very thoughtful sentence:

"I am the Son of Heaven, so I naturally have to keep the world in mind, and I have to take care of everything. Now that the small country of Korea has long since surrendered, I and the king of Korea, Li Hao, are humble and orderly. The kingdom of the Celestial Empire, how can it be that because the country has many mistakes, it will start a war lightly and bully the young with the elders? Those Korean people, although they are a little more stubborn, are still my people, and they can't let them go to the misery. The conquest does not matter today. ”

Hearing this, the Manmeng courtiers naturally bowed their heads and remained silent, but the Hanchen frequently bowed their heads and deeply agreed. Hongyi looked at the different performances of the two classes, and suddenly came up with an idea: it doesn't matter who is right and who is wrong, the important thing is to learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses - the Manchu people learn more thoroughly, and the Han people add more Kongwu, perhaps, it will slowly integrate.

Fu Lin accepted it when he saw it, and the conversation changed, leading the courtiers to the next link:

"You ministers can speak freely, and let's talk about the next response of the imperial court."

Hongyi naturally would not speak rashly, this time, he wanted to listen carefully, what kind of subject country North Korea is in the hearts of these powerful ministers. And what kind of talents are these powerful ministers......

[1] In today's splendid Taihe Palace, in front of the emperor's throne carved with dragon lacquer, there are pairs of treasure elephants, luduan, cranes, incense sticks and four incense burners. Whenever the emperor ascends to the palace, these furnishings can be lit with sandalwood, and the cigarette smoke is wrapped around the palace inside and outside, like clouds, like fog, mysterious and solemn. These furnishings, the image is all imaginary or legendary mythical birds and beasts, or antique Yi vessels, all of which are auspicious, longevity, evil suppression, and stability.

Treasure elephant, also known as Taiping elephant. It is made of copper enamel inlay stone, like carrying a treasure vase. Because the elephant is tall and majestic, the body is stout, the temperament is docile, the legs are thick, and it is as stable as Mount Tai, which symbolizes the stability of the society and the stability of the regime, so it means "there is an elephant in peace". The treasure vase on the elephant contains five grains or auspicious objects, indicating that the five grains are abundant and auspicious. Elephants come with treasure vases, meaning that they bring good harvests and good fortune to the emperor. Therefore, the treasure elephant is also a decoration often used by the emperors of the past dynasties next to the throne.

Luduan, is the legendary beast, it is said that it is fluent in the four languages, 18,000 miles a day, bring extensive knowledge, and hold a book to guard the emperor's side, symbolizing the emperor's righteousness, widely known about the world's major events. The two sides of the throne of the Taihe Hall are furnished with exquisite copper tire enamel ends.

The crane, in the ancient legend is a sacred bird, has the function of resurrection from the dead, youth and longevity, set on both sides of the throne, meaning that the emperor will always keep the dragon healthy, longevity without borders, the emperor's rivers and mountains can be passed down for thousands of generations, eternal existence.

The incense burner is a cloisonné enamel incense burner made in imitation of ancient ritual vessels during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It is hooked with lotus patterns all over the body, and the three elephants are headed for the feet, the appearance is simple, and the colors are bright. The incense burner has a long history as a furnishing item in the palace room, and it is a prayer utensil and a good luck object.

The incense stick is a type of incense burner. One of the fixed furnishings in the Qing Dynasty palace, because the top is a pavilion type, it is also called the incense pavilion. Copper tire cloisonné enamel incense tube, exquisite workmanship, sandalwood can be burned inside, green smoke floats out from the hollow cylinder body, clouds and smoke are swirling, the incense tube means peace, stability, and great governance.

Most of these things were added in the Kangxi Dynasty, and the Shunzhi Dynasty was basically very simple. (To be continued......)