Chapter 31: Leaving the court to discuss politics
Bai Qi has indeed felt that he is above the court in recent days, and he is alone, and after King Kang left, the subordinate officials of the court and the central government have chosen their own subordinates, and the general Hou Nangong Yuan has always been tough, and most of the people who follow him are military attachés, and they hold military power, so they must not be afraid. Although Minister Bai Lu is the eldest sister, she also knows her mind very well, the Bai clan is deeply rooted, and over the years, the Chinese officials of the dynasty have been attached to her, which can be described as a tiger, and they respect and are close to themselves on the face, and if their interests are touched, they will not put themselves in their eyes at all, and they can only use each other. Thinking about it carefully, he does not enter the court on weekdays, and he is not sensitive to the court situation, and he is a high priest after all, and he has a relationship with King Kang, if he is willing to enter the court to help him, then he can compete with Nangong Yuan and Bailu.
Seeing Bai Qi thinking with low eyebrows, he estimated that Bai Qi was already tempted, but he just needed some time to brew, or he lacked an opportunity, so he naturally couldn't be in a hurry, so he got up and said: "Qihou, there are many opportunities, so don't bother much, if there is anything that needs to be done on behalf of the minister, just open your mouth."
Bai Qi came out of his thoughts and said, "Okay, you go back and rest first."
"Xie Qihou", Yu Li made a farewell salute and withdrew.
After thinking about it for a few days, Bai Qiqin felt that it was very good to let Zhan Li enter the court, but he was not completely sure whether Zhan Li was willing or not. On this day, Bai Qi sat on the phoenix chair on the side of the hall in the Zhongtian Palace, listening to the people in the Zhongtian Hall reading their respective reports, all of which were inconsequential trivial matters, listening more and more carelessly, looking at the empty throne next to him, a little distracted.
Prime Minister Bai Lu proposed to promote the bachelor Hua Xuan as the princess teacher, and select the children of important ministers to enter the palace as the princess's companion, many people began to second, Bai Qi listened to the eyes on Bai Lu, thinking that he had really begun to plan, the idea hit the princess, and said unhappily: "The princess is still young, and the teacher needs to be carefully considered, at least the companion can be selected slowly and do not need to be in a hurry."
"His Royal Highness the Marquis of Qi, the princess's affairs are related to the country, they are all major matters, it is better to arrange them as soon as possible", Bai Lu didn't care about Bai Qi's displeasure at all, but he still tried his best to persuade him.
Bai Qi didn't dare to say much on his face, and his heart was even more angry: "Good eldest sister, don't I know who you are?" The so-called selection companion is just trying to place the men of the Bai clan on the side of the princess as soon as possible', thinking of this, he was even more determined to let the high priest enter the court, so he said: "His Royal Highness King Kang mentioned a few days ago to let the high priest enter the court to discuss politics, this Hou thinks it is very good, I don't know what you think"?
Nangong Yuan stood up first and said: "The high priest is in charge of the country's sacrifices, he is instructed by God, his talent is outstanding, he is fair, and it is a blessing for the country to enter the court to discuss politics, and the minister strongly agrees", and did not forget to glance at Bai Lu provocatively.
Hearing this, many civil and military officials in the hall began to second the proposal and expressed their approval.
Seeing this situation, Bai Lu knew that it was not good to reluctantly oppose it, not to mention whether it was really mentioned by King Kang Yan Moyu, just because Qihou and Nangong Yuan agreed, this matter was irreversible, and he gritted his teeth and glared back at Nangong Yuan and said: "His Royal Highness Qihou, I heard that the high priest has never liked the affairs of the court, and I am afraid that he does not want to enter the court every day."
"I have discussed this matter with the high priest, and he has promised", Bai Qi glanced at Bai Lu after speaking, and a casual smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, "If everyone has no objections, this marquis will immediately issue an edict, and the high priest will enter the court from tomorrow to discuss politics."
After the court discussion, Bai Qi left the Zhongtian Hall and returned to the Imperial Ce Palace, and sent the edict to the Great Si Ming Palace with a printed person.
The Great Si Ming Gong Yuli had already received the news of today's court meeting, and when he received the edict, he just smiled indifferently: "I never thought that this matter would go so smoothly, it seems that the competition between all parties has begun, but today I still have to thank Nangong Yuan for his success, but I don't know what he thinks." Thinking of this, Zhan Li accepted the edict and asked Yun to arrange dinner in Yinghuan Garden, and at this time he just wanted to go to see Xiao Yue'er.
Before midnight the next day, he got up, freshened up, changed into the high priest's exclusive court clothes, looked at himself in the mirror, and read in his heart: "This high priest's court dress is still tailor-made for himself by Yan Moyu a few years ago, and it is not worn many times to look new, and I am afraid that it will be worn often in the future." When it was ready, he left the palace of the great priest, and Fan Zhangshi had already prepared the carriage and horses waiting at the door, got into the carriage, and went to the direction of the palace.
As soon as the high priest opened the gate of the palace, he met the carriage of the general Hou Nangong, the two looked at each other and smiled, entered the palace one after another, and after getting off the car, the two began to talk.
"I thanked General Nangong", and I thanked him.
"Why should the high priest be polite, you and I should be our own people, aren't they"? Nangong Yuan laughed heartily.
"General Nangong is right", Yan Li replied according to his words, and walked into the Zhongtian Hall side by side.
Many officials have arrived, standing on both sides, Huofeng is a country of women, with the right as the respect, the civil officials on the right, the military attache on the left, Bai Lu and Nangong Yuan are at the top of the two sides, and they don't know where to stand for a while, so they have to stand in the center.
When Bai Qi came out from the back of the hall, he saw the embarrassing situation of the hall, and said: "The high priest entered the court on the first day today, so it is better to listen to the government in the nearest palace."
"Yes", Zhan Li nodded and walked to the side of the hall, just took a step and was embarrassed, still need to choose the left or the right, so he had to move slowly, looking at Bai Qi with a tangled face.
Bai Qi saw the difficulty of separation, and it was difficult to decide for a while, not just the left or right side of the problem.
Zhan Li walked in the direction of the temple while thinking, and finally decided to walk to the left side of the hall to stand, just under Bai Qi's phoenix seat, Bai Qi glanced at Yu Li, smiled with satisfaction, and felt that Yan Li's choice of this position meant that he was in the same camp as himself, only Yan Li knew in his heart that this was not the case.
Everyone in the court meeting looked at this scene, and most of them weighed it in their hearts, and the contest between the three forces began, and they were all a little cautious.
Compared with Bai Lu's dumbfounding, Nangong Yuan's performance was much calmer, although he had some doubts in his heart, he still chose to trust his judgment because of the unusual relationship between Yan Li and Yan Moyu.
Maybe it was because of the addition of the high priest to the court, everyone has converged a lot, and no longer agrees at will, Bai Lu is depressed in his heart, he has been angry, Nangong Yuan doesn't want to say much, Bai Qi feels that all this is the result he wants, smiled with satisfaction, and withdrew from the court, and gave Zhan Li a look when he left, signaling that there was something to discuss.
After everyone withdrew from the Zhongtian Hall together, he took a detour back to the Imperial Palace, and saw that Bai Qi had already ordered someone to make tea and wait for him, so he hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
"High Priest, how does it feel to have a meeting today"?
"Xie Qihou cares, it's really not very comfortable", Zhan Li smiled self-deprecatingly.
"I'm getting used to it slowly", Bai Qi pushed a cup of tea to the side of the company.
Zhan Li's sincere thanks appeared on his face, took a sip, and said: "Qihou, isn't there something wrong, the minister can do it for you"?
Bai Qi looked at Zhan Li, heard him say this, his heart was slightly happy, and said: "High priest, you can see what is different in the court today"?
As soon as he heard it, he knew that this was a temptation, and he couldn't say it directly, so he had to say sloppily after thinking about it: "Qihou, on the first day of entering the court, I have no time to care about myself and have no intention of paying attention to others."
Bai Qi's eyes narrowed, and he said with doubts: "Really"?
Yu Li showed a very sincere expression and said: "Regarding the affairs of the DPRK and China, please also ask the Marquis of Qi to make it clear."
Bai Qi looked at Yu Li, was a little uncomfortable by his watery gaze, turned his face away and pulled out some distance, thought for a while: "Nowadays, most of the Chinese officials in the DPRK are headed by Bai Lu, the minister of the court, and the military general is the general Hou Nangong Yuan, but these two people..." Bai Qi frowned and did not say any more. All this was seen in Zhan Li's eyes, and he felt Bai Qi's thoughts at this time, and walked closer to Bai Qi in two steps, and arched his hand: "Qihou is worried about state affairs, don't work too hard, now that I have entered the court, I hope I can help Qihou one or two."
Bai Qi turned around and glanced at Zhan Li gratefully, walked to the wisteria circle chair and sat down, beckoned Zhan Li to come over, and the two began to talk about the princesses while drinking tea.
After leaving, every time he entered the court, he would go to the Zhongtian Hall early, wait for everyone in his own position, generally not say much, listen quietly, and take all kinds of reactions of everyone into his eyes. On this day, the recommendation letter of Mao Shan and Zhan Li from the medical department was submitted, which caused a heated discussion, Prime Minister Bai Lu felt that both of them were inappropriate, and the other person was opposed by Nangong Yuan, the two sides were stubborn, Bai Qi was very annoyed, and resolutely retreated after announcing that the matter would be discussed again.
When he left the Zhongtian Hall for the last time, he saw an attendant hurrying over: "High Priest, His Royal Highness Qihou is invited."
Although he had expected it, he didn't expect it to be so fast, thinking about how to deal with it, and followed the attendant to the Imperial Palace.
Seeing the folds scattered all over the ground, Bai Qi sat in front of the phoenix case with anger, and one of the hands on the phoenix case clenched into a fist.
Yan Li slowly approached, stood aside and waited, not in a hurry or impatient.
"You're here", Bai Qi glanced at Yu Li, and threw him a letter of recommendation: "Take a look."
Zhan Li grabbed the recommendation book thrown over with both hands, opened it and saw that it was someone who reported that Prime Minister Bai Lu secretly contacted the witch doctor to develop Mengxian San, and used it for profit.
"What do you think"? Bai Qi asked coldly.
"Qihou, the prime minister won't be it", Yan Li knew about it from Yan Xun and pretended to be incredulous.
"But she just did it, but she didn't catch conclusive evidence, what are you?"
"I don't know", Tan Li replied without even thinking about it.
"After eating that thing, it can enhance the relationship between men and women, but it will be unconsciously addicted, sinking into it, the face is withered, and it will not die or live", Bai Qi gritted his teeth and said: "Now there are more and more grandiose public transactions, which harm countless people."
"Qihou don't get angry, just persuade Prime Minister Bai to do this", Tan Li said lightly.