CHAPTER XLV

The next day, the court meeting, as the chief eunuch sang Nuosheng Ji Yuchen sat on the throne, silently looked down; first, the great Si Nong Mo Zilan played the spring ploughing went smoothly, and then Taibu played three imperial wedding days, please Your Majesty and the Queen Mother choose a day, the three days are all spring days, the difference is not far away, asked Su Cangming Nan Chen is ready for the big wedding and chose the nearest March 26 day of the emperor to marry.

Feng Chang Chen Liang made arrangements for the marriage of the emperor, and routinely placed a thousand acres of good land in the royal capital and Wangji, a palace in the royal capital, three courtyards in the suburbs of the city, and several shops in the royal capital as dowries, and the maids and maids in the palace of the emperor were all dowry; ”

Ji Yuchen's words fell silent in the palace at first, and all the ministers looked at each other and discussed in a low voice; Li Xiuji, the imperial historian, came out and replied: "Your Majesty, Chen Fengchang's list of dowries is all in accordance with the ancestral system, and it is already rich; Your Majesty adding so much fertile land may cause criticism, and my Emperor Dayue's marriage has always been only 1,000 private guards, and it is unreasonable for Your Majesty to increase such a number! Moreover, the matter of increasing private guards should be considered by Da Sima, and the post of Da Sima has been vacant for more than a year since Your Majesty ascended the throne, and the minister implores Your Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible!"

Before Ji Yuchen could say anything, Prime Minister Wei Yan came out and said loudly to Li Xiuji: "Lord Li, what Your Majesty said is the matter of the emperor's marriage, and it is not appropriate to mention anything else at this time!"

"Your Excellency's words are wrong! The adjustment of my Dayue soldiers and horses should have been planned by Da Sima, but now His Majesty has not decided on a candidate for a long time, I am afraid that there will be chaos!" Li Xiuji did not give in, and for a while, the doorkeepers behind the two of them also argued, and the hall became noisy.

Ji Yuchen sneered and then picked up a stack of folds and threw them down, and the hall was suddenly silent.

"The two Aiqing need me to quit the dynasty at this time? Do you continue to quarrel? I don't know that you are so idle! The position of the three princes and the nine kings has always been appointed by the emperor, but you two think that I am really mediocre and need you to decide?"

All the ministers bowed their heads and were silent, Prime Minister Wei Yan was nearly sixty years old, short and fat in stature, seeing that Emperor Chen was angry and hurriedly bowed down and was silent, but it seemed to be three inches shorter; Li Xiuji was forty years old, with a clear figure, and was not frightened by Emperor Chen's anger; Emperor Chen had been handling political affairs for more than a year since he ascended the throne, and he thought that at this time, it was just His Majesty who was impatient to listen to it, so he played again: "Returning to Your Majesty, it is not that the ministers are idle! However, the position of Da Sima is related to the transfer of military power in my Dayue, how can Your Majesty treat it as a child's play!"

Ji Yuchen stepped down from the throne and paced in front of Li Xiuji and asked: "According to Li Yushi's performance, but I want to decide that the person you recommend at this time, I will be the Ming Jun? You are virtuous and do not avoid relatives, you don't know that the person you recommend is actually your nursing mother and nephew? As a hundred officials of the Imperial Historian, you have also made a lot of oil and water in the past few years, right? Why don't you know how to be satisfied! You dare to covet the position of Da Sima, what do you want to do?"

After the words fell, he glanced back at the eunuch, and the eunuch hurriedly trotted in front of Ji Yuchen with a scroll and said in a sharp voice: "Your Majesty, the evidence of Li Yushi's corruption and fraud is here. ”

"Give it to the ministers to see, so that they can all know the face of the imperial historian who has been rumored to be a two-sleeved and breezy doctor in my Dayue in recent years!" After speaking, he walked back to the throne and sat down, looking down sharply.

Prime Minister Wei Yan took the scroll from the eunuch's hand and unfolded it to look at it at a glance, and gradually his face swelled with anger, and after passing the scroll to the court lieutenant Han Fang on his side, he stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, Li Yushi has ignored my Dayue law so much, and it is necessary to severely punish the Zheng Dynasty!"

"Oh, does the prime minister already have a way to deal with it?" Ji Yuchen asked lightly.

Wei Yan wiped the beads of sweat oozing from his forehead and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, this matter is very high!" Rong Chen will play after discussing with Lord Tingwei······

"No need to discuss it anymore!The Tingwei Mansion is in charge of my Dayue Fadu, Lord Han must have read the evidence, what should you do with it?" Ji Yuchen looked at Han Fang.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the crimes committed by the Imperial Doctor should be punished by his relatives and confiscated from his family property, and the other relatives should be exiled to the bitter cold land of Beifeng as hard labor. Han Fang pondered for a moment and played, and Li Xiuji's face was as white as paper when he heard this, and sweat was like rain.

"What do you think Lord Han said?"

All the ministers in the palace whispered, Emperor Chen had never been so angry at the court meeting, even if he did not deal with the courtiers so harshly because of the opposition of the ministers who rewarded the woman as the lord of the princely state a year ago, but today the emperor's heart is unpredictable, and no one dares to speak for a while.

Zhao Shuo pondered silently in the crowd, and probably could guess that Emperor Chen was probably going to kill chickens and monkeys, so he had to make an attitude to cooperate, so he made a recital: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that such a punishment is heavier, is Your Majesty ······?"

Ji Yuchen interrupted him and said, "The prince doesn't have to intercede! I know that the prince has always been kind to people, but when it comes to government affairs, Zhao Shizi should be stricter. My Dayue has been in power for hundreds of years, and the country has always been ruled by law. The Imperial Historian supervised the hundred officials, and he should have set an example, but he ignored the laws of Dayue and committed such a serious crime, and he must be severely punished! Lord Han, this matter will be done as you say, and the Tingwei Mansion is not manpower enough to draw people from the Praetorian Guard to assist. ”

Zhao Shuo hurriedly said "Your Majesty Shengming" and then retreated into the queue, laughing secretly in his heart. Han Fang responded to the promise, and Li Xiuji immediately fell to the ground.

After looking at the first ministers and thinking about it, Ji Yuchen ordered: "Lord Chang Chen, the emperor's wedding will be prepared according to what I said, and the emperor will be married." ”

Chen Liang hurriedly issued the edict, and before he could retreat, Ji Yuchen passed the decree again: "I have been on the throne for more than a year, and I have never established an emperor, and the harem must not be left without an owner, I will go to Beifeng in the autumn to marry the Wujun monarch as the emperor! The wedding matter will be handled by Zhao Shizi of the Shaosi Mansion, and the matter of passing the six ceremonies will be handled by Lord Chen himself, but I can negotiate with Zhao Shizi more, and everything will be based on the preferences of the Wujun monarch." ”

After hearing this, Chen Liang stayed in the local area, the ministers were in an uproar, Mo Zilan looked at Han Fang, only to see a flash of pain on his face, and his figure shook slightly, and then stood still; Prime Minister Wei Yan came out and played: "Your Majesty, the first emperor has given your majesty the marriage of Xiyue Wang Ji; how can your majesty ignore the will of the first emperor and ignore the marriage of the lord of Beifeng? I am afraid that it will cause criticism, and I ask your majesty to think twice." ”

Ji Yuchen chuckled and asked Wei Yan: "Can the prime minister know my Dayue ancestral system? Now that the monarch of Wujun is the sister of the prince of Xiyue, it is the prince of Xiyue, and the art of asking the heavens and the secluded is better than Taibu; do you want to ignore the ancestral system of Dayue and marry a concubine as the emperor, so that it will not cause criticism?"

The ministers looked at each other at a loss, and Wei Yan also frowned and pondered, this matter is indeed difficult; if it violates the ancestral system according to the will of the first emperor, and if it violates the will of the first emperor according to the ancestral system, it is really difficult to determine······