With Sima Jingling, Prince Han, Prince Chu, Dazai, Taifu, Taiwei and others appearing in the palace one by one, the ministers who had been waiting in the palace for a long time, even if they were sluggish, all understood what kind of situation this was.

So before Sima Zhan entered the palace and the court meeting officially began, all the ministers were silent, and quietly no one was ready to speak.

After a while, Sima Zhan arrived.

Sima Zhan met those ill-intentioned courtiers yesterday morning, and he was in a bad mood, and he didn't sleep well all night, and when he just entered the palace today, he still had a trace of depression on his face.

However, when he saw Sima Jingling at a glance, his eyes obviously lit up, and the steps under his feet unconsciously accelerated, and he walked to Sima Jingling's side.

When Zhong Chang saw Sima Jingling and others, he couldn't help but be sure in his heart, and he understood the plan of today's court meeting, so he stepped forward and announced loudly.

And Sima Zhan also understood his identity and responsibilities when he was one step away from Sima Jingling, and breathed a sigh of relief, and then sat on the throne with a small face and a serious face.

Today's morning court meeting is naturally to follow the unfinished matters discussed yesterday.

So Sima Zhan spoke:

"I am going to talk about one of the 'open' in the 'open source and reduce expenditure' yesterday, and there are many Aiqing who have set an example, which is really my great luck. For this reason, I have sent for a transcription of your names and deeds as a reward. And these people can also be included in the assessment items in the future official assessment. ”

These quick officials certainly didn't intend to do it for the sake of getting a reward.

Some of them themselves are dedicated to state affairs, and since they can contribute to the affairs of the national treasury by doing so, they will naturally not be stingy. The only thing that makes them more melancholy is that they really can't take out anything valuable at home, and they can provide very little effect.

The other part of the people are those who are relatively timid and are frightened by Sima Zhan's disposal of those courtiers in the palace. They don't really have much idea of what they should do, they just think that they can do their errands on a regular basis, live their own small life, and save their own lives.

So after they saw that Sima Zhan was not afraid of the courtiers' coercion, but dismissed them from their posts in court and punished them, they set off a storm in their hearts, and hurriedly listened to Sima Zhan's words and did it obediently, not wanting to cause trouble at all.

No matter what the reason is, the two kinds of people are indeed the first group of people to act, and after receiving Sima Zhan's reward as a matter of course, they are naturally happy in their hearts.

Especially the latter one that will be considered in the official assessment made them, especially those few officials who were extremely timid, feel infinite joy in their hearts.

They thanked them sincerely and gratefully, so that some of those who were still waiting and planning to see the situation before making a decision beat their chests and regretted it.

They looked at Sima Zhan's face, and wondered in their hearts that after the court meeting dispersed, they must come up with something to fill in the gap, so as to make up for the gap in time.

It's just that in the hearts of some people, they secretly slander this Sima Zhan is also a deep-thinking person, in front of Sima Jingling, Prince Han, Prince Chu, Dazai, Taiwei, Taifu, and other people who are about to tremble three times in Beijing, they deliberately make such a name, so that the rest of these people can't express it.

What was going on in the hearts of every courtier in the court, Sima Zhan didn't know, and he didn't need to know.

He actually didn't know that Sima Jingling would bring these people with him today, so it was indeed his intention to do such a thing at the opening of the hall, and this was also the method he came up with the night before.

Unexpectedly, I happened to meet Sima Jingling and others, which doubled the effect.

After today, none of these courtiers present dared not to contribute their efforts.

Not only that, but these people are also afraid that they will have less to do and not be able to do anything good on Sima Zhan's side.

Sima Zhan's mood suddenly improved.

It's really going to scrape a layer of oil off these people's hands.

I don't know if it's because of Sima Zhan's own change in mood, or because the ministers suffered such a big loss when they just went to the court, which caused the court meeting to go smoothly.

Sima Zhan's later policy measures on how to increase the revenue of the state treasury without increasing the people's endowment were not hindered by many courtiers, and they were determined one by one, which were recorded by the long history on the side, and then a new decree was formed and implemented.

Unconsciously, measures have been decided on the establishment of supervision dormitories in various localities and on how to set up a hierarchical system for supervision officials.

This pilgrimage went on very quickly.

Seeing that there was nothing else to do, all the ministers were waiting for Sima Zhan to say that he was going to the next dynasty, and Sima Jingling, who had not spoken in the entire early dynasty, suddenly spoke: "Your Excellency, don't be busy leaving, this palace still has a few words to say." ”

As soon as the courtiers heard Sima Jingling's words, they somehow chuckled in their hearts, and suddenly a bad premonition arose.

Obviously, Sima Jingling's face did not have an angry expression, but was full of smiles, and she looked very easy to speak, but everyone just felt that Sima Jingling at this moment was like the crown she was wearing on her own head.

Several courtiers lowered their heads unconsciously, as if Sima Jingling had not yet spoken, and he himself felt Sima Jingling's Weiya, and first showed her his weakness.

Sima Jingling sat in a high position today, and as soon as she raised her eyes, she could see the situation in the entire court clearly, not to mention that she had come with a clear purpose today.

From the beginning of the early dynasty to the end of the day, she had already observed the expressions and demeanors on the faces of each of them without the ministers noticing.

Some courtiers, you look at me, I look at you, while speculating in their own hearts, they are also testing the other party's thoughts, wanting to see from the other party whether there is any general speculation about Sima Jingling's behavior of suddenly retaining them.

In fact, in their hearts, when they saw so many people later, they almost had a bottom in their hearts, but in the whole process of the court meeting, none of them expressed any opinions, and after saying a few words, the sense of existence was extremely weak, which made people ignore them.

Now that Sima Jingling suddenly brought it up, they suddenly had a little bit of a sense of settling accounts after the autumn at the same time that the knife hanging over their heads finally fell. As soon as Princess Ankang declared the emotions in her heart, the atmosphere in the Xuanzheng Palace changed suddenly.

Originally, she and Sima Zhao were already very eye-catching when they talked on the side, not to mention that Princess Ankang had never concealed her voice.

Whatever came out of her mouth was all heard by the officials and ministers present.

They quietly looked at each other left and right, expressing their thoughts with each other's eyes, whether they should say goodbye to Sima Zhao first, and then come in when he summoned them again. After all, Princess Ankang's mouth sounded a little frightening.

Although they have not been in office for too long, they still know the common sense they should have.

No matter how this matter is resolved in the end, if they really listen to it, then their lives will come to an end.

However, although they all knew it, they still did not dare to really dare to propose to retire for the time being.

They were torn apart.

If you don't ask for retirement, it is very likely that you will suffer after the fall; But if you ask for a retirement, it is very likely that you will settle the account on the spot.

When he retired at this time, didn't he clearly tell Sima Zhao that he had heard the conversation between him and Princess Ankang clearly, and he also knew what was involved?

So they thought about it for a long time, and they still coincidentally became turtles with shrunken heads, which could be dragged on for a while.

All these officials and ministers who were called by Sima Zhao in the Xuanzheng Hall lowered their heads, looked at their noses and noses, and looked at their hearts, as if they couldn't see or hear anything, and put themselves out of the matter.

As for Sima Zhao, his attitude has also changed significantly.

At this moment, his brows were slightly furrowed, a few folds had been wrinkled in the middle of his forehead, and his eyes were slightly shrunk, but he did not look directly at Princess Ankang, but glanced around, looking extremely impatient.

His lips pursed slightly, indifferent to Princess Ankang's questioning. Obviously, Sima Zhao's attitude towards Princess Ankang has changed from surprise, weakness, and caution at the beginning to irritability, dislike, and boredom now.

This attitude was completely undisguised, making it difficult for Princess Ankang to ignore it.

Princess Ankang couldn't help laughing at herself,

"yes, what nonsense am I asking? It's all at this time, if you have any intention of repenting, Brother Huang, it will naturally change a long time ago, so why wait until you are healthy and I will ask you? ”

Sima Zhao lowered his eyelids, and his attitude of rejection was already very obvious, so he almost wrote it down directly and let the attendants who served him read it.

He turned to the side slightly, no longer facing Princess Ankang, and said impatiently, "Do you have anything else to say?" If there is nothing important, you can leave. ”

After saying that, Sima Zhao's footsteps took a step back slightly, and it seemed that he was going back to continue his discussions with those officials and ministers.

"Brother Huang, is this just going to rush Ankang away?" Princess Ankang hung her head, unable to make out the expression on her face.

Her tone was no longer aggrieved and disappointed, but very calm, as if she was stating a very ordinary and ordinary thing, without emotion or position.

So Sima Zhao turned his head and said to Princess Ankang with the last bit of temperament: "I didn't say that, but I still have some important things to discuss with the extremely courtiers, so Ankang you have nothing to do, so let's put it aside for now." ”

"Brother Huang is really a good plan...... Princess Ankang seemed to sigh, and then changed her tone, and said to Sima Zhao with compassion and viciousness, "However, when my Princess Ankang came here today, I didn't want to expose it so lightly."

Brother Huang, you have to admit what you have done, and don't think that if you have covered it up, things will not exist. When you first saw the scene of Xie Rong's death, didn't you have nightmares every night? ”

"Ankang, what the hell are you talking nonsense!" Sima Zhao had obviously endured to the extreme, and his gaze at Princess Ankang was full of anger after all, "If I didn't do it, I didn't do it, you must let me admit it, what is my intention?" ”

"What can I do, it's just to help the imperial brother re-recognize yourself, and help everyone re-understand what kind of person their majesty and the emperor of the great emperor is." An Kang raised his head, his expression was unusually firm,

"I, Sima Jingru, swear by the name of Princess Ankang. I am convinced that Captain Xie died in the palace and was related to the Great Emperor. Brother Huang, do you dare to swear that all this really has nothing to do with you? ”

Sima Zhao didn't expect Princess Ankang to use this way to seek justice for Xie Rong, and he did feel a little caught off guard, but then a huge sense of absurdity and anger came to his heart.

His brows furrowed, and he no longer had the usual gentle and kind appearance, but was fierce and vicious.

His whole face instantly turned red, and a few bruises were revealed on his neck because of the exertion.

He raised his hand and pointed at Princess Ankang and scolded, "Ankang! What exactly do you want to do? Is this the rule you learned from the court? You're just messing around with my royal face! Come on, take Princess Ankang down and confine her for me, and no one can be released without my order! ”

Sima Zhao looked very angry, and he felt that he was really aroused by Princess Ankang's nonsense. But if you listen carefully to what Sima Zhao said and are not affected by his emotions, then you will find that what Sima Zhao said actually has no content.

He avoided the words related to Xie Rong and his oath throughout the whole process, but said a few innocuous words paradoxically, and finally simply wanted to confine Princess Ankang.

Looking at these operations, the word "heart deficiency" is fully displayed.

The minister, who could see the key clearly, naturally had some other considerations in his heart. And what is not clear, that doesn't matter. After all, in this kind of power struggle that has never been stabilized, those who do not see the situation or the essence of things clearly will definitely be abandoned by the development of events.

In other words, that's how these people work.

A few guards came in from outside the Xuanzheng Palace, and they had to listen to Sima Zhao's words and suppress Princess Ankang.

Princess Ankang broke free from the hands of the guards who wanted to pull her, straightened up, and maintained her nobility as a princess.

She held her head high, without the slightest hint of regret on her face, but stared at Sima Zhao's face and said loudly,

"Brother Huang, you're scared."