Chapter 107: Deliberations in the Imperial Court
When the most powerful people in Daliang set off from their homes and arrived here, the sky outside was even just cloudy, but the lights for lighting had been lit everywhere in the Jinluan Palace, which did not affect the vision at all.
I have to say that Gu Yi is a very diligent emperor, although according to the rules of the ancestors, the court meeting is a daily routine, but it is still very rare to be able to be like him, basically uninterrupted.
Sometimes, even if you just do it within the standard, it is enough to attract attention, because the vast majority of people in this world can't even meet the most basic standards.
It's a pity that since the incident was reported back to the capital, for more than a month, the court meeting has been completely idle, and even a small meeting in private has not been held again.
Of course, everyone understands this matter, after all, the king is also a human being, and he has seven emotions and six desires, compared to those who abandoned the country and the society because of their own lust and disregarded the society, and never ceased to be in the early dynasties, His Majesty, who was temporarily unable to hold a normal court meeting because of the pain of losing his son, was definitely able to be tolerant, sympathetic, and even sincerely admired.
Therefore, this is the most complete court meeting held since Da Liang won on various battlefields and lifted the biggest crisis since the founding of the country, and this atmosphere should be very good, but only after really arriving here, can you experience some of the embarrassment.
Without him, Guy was originally the most popular in the court, and the parties with the largest power and influence were all affected because of the war, how many people lost their position because of this, and how many people even went to prison because of this, seeing that the storm was surging secretly, it seemed that they could no longer control the situation calmly as usual, how could they be happy?
The imperial court is the imperial court, the individual is an individual, for most people, they will only consider their own vital interests at the first time, which is why some officials can sell precious information for a small profit, so that the country will suffer tens of millions of times losses.
In order to monopolize power, Cai Jing of the Jin State can deliberately cooperate with Da Liang, let the Jin State's million-strong army die in battle, and let the Jin State lose two states and three counties.
Not to mention anything else, the princelings, who originally relied on Gu Cang's personal influence, were in the limelight for a while, and the princelings, who dominated the court, have now basically fallen apart, and only a few core members are still holding each other to keep warm, discussing how to continue to maintain their original status after discussion.
Being an official is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, how many people are staring at your position, just waiting for an opportunity to fall into the well, even if they are just for self-protection, they have to use their brains, but even if it is just such a small group of people, they also have their own thoughts, looking around for other ways, of course, this definitely does not include the Zhang family.
Not to mention the Youzhou Party, even the Youzhou base camp has been destroyed, their biggest backer Xu Jintang has fallen, Youzhou's military power has fallen, the original leaders such as Xu Shijie and others are now basically completely idle at home, and the status of the military attache is slightly lower than that of civilian officials, and this has been the case in all dynasties, so that they have completely lost their right to speak, and it is difficult to even gain a foothold.
Among them, the least affected should be the Jiangzhou Party, although most of the members of the Jiangzhou Party are children of the family, and most of its core members were affected by the joint rebellion of the three families, but on the first point, the two princes they supported, that is, Gu Yuan and Gu Hai, were very little involved in this matter, which was due to the fact that the two of them and the He family in Jiangzhou were separated very early, whether it was because the traditional family has always paid attention to the sentence "married daughters are like spilled water" , I still expected this day a long time ago, so I chose to cut it early on the surface and bet on both ends secretly, but in short, although Gu Hai and Gu Yuan were useless, there was nothing wrong with it.
The second point is also one of the core causes of the family's rebellion, even if Da Liang has vigorously promoted the popularization of education with the full support of Gu Cang over the years, but those who can go to school are still a minority.
Moreover, putting aside some principled mistakes such as "rebellion", the promotion and dismissal of an official completely depends only on whether the court needs him, and it is absolutely impossible to look at his character and what mistakes he has made.
This point can be summed up in one sentence, that is, "all major rivers can irrigate the fields on both sides, and they will never be used because the water is clear, nor can they be abandoned because of the turbidity of the water".
The princelings lost their power and the Youzhou party fell, and now is a good time for the Jiangzhou party to rise, so in the court, only their faces are still somewhat smiling, and the others are either expressionless, close their eyes and recuperate, and hide all their thoughts in their stomachs, or they are a bitter gourd face that they don't bother to hide.
As the great eunuch Han Diao Temple shouted in a sharp voice, "The court meeting begins!" and greet Your Majesty, the civil and military officials who were originally whispering below were all solemn at this moment, and while saluting respectfully, they shouted routine auspicious words loudly, waiting for His Majesty's arrival.
Not to mention the specific situation inside, outside the main hall, the princes of Daliang are reunited again, but at this moment, everyone's mood is very different from the beginning, but in less than a year, the lives of several people have undergone earth-shaking changes.
The eldest prince Gu Yuan and the fourth prince Gu Hai were born to the same mother, so they were naturally close to each other, and they stood together at this moment.
Gu Yuan stood with his hands down, his posture and expression, he couldn't find a single fault, it was definitely a model in the eyes of the courtesy, but in his eyebrows, there was still a faint sadness hidden, but he didn't know what he was sad about, but the expression on Gu Hai's face was colorful, both happy and dissatisfied, both jealous and disdainful, squeezing his eyebrows, looking like he wanted to say something.
There is one less prince Gu Cang, and the one who comes down like this is naturally the third prince Gu Li, since the accident in Youzhou, he and his mother were grounded by his father's order, and he regained his freedom a few days ago.
In all fairness, this is actually an unwarranted disaster, after all, his surname is Gu, and he is in the capital, Xu Jintang's rebellion has nothing to do with him, but he can't, after all, what benefits he gets, he naturally has to pay what price, the world is fair.
Success may be home, defeat may be home, this is a comment that Gu Cang gave him back then, and now it seems that this is indeed the case.
Fortunately, after experiencing the tempering of these days, it made him less frivolous, and the temperament of the whole person has been greatly different, standing aside in ordinary clothes at the moment, his expression is not sad or happy, and when Gu Xuan arrived, he even took the initiative to greet him.
"Fifth brother, good morning. ”
The sixth Gu Chuan is not old enough, plus his status is not as good as these people, and he has not been notified, so he is naturally not qualified to come to the palace to wait for the summons, Gu Xuan is the youngest here, and the third brother took the initiative to say hello again, of course he has to respond, otherwise it will be too rude.
Of course, at this moment, he no longer had the kind of restraint and caution that he had in front of these people, but he bowed his hand very naturally, and greeted in a tone that was neither humble nor arrogant: "Big brother, third brother, fourth brother, good morning." ”
Gu Hai stood up straight and accepted his salute, but instead of responding, he sneered and said gloomily: "Old Five, I heard that you just returned to Beijing?"
He is not the same as the third child, although he has been semi-house arrest in Jiangzhou these days and cannot get out, but thanks to his identity, the He family has not treated him well, after all, this is his grandson, so he has not suffered these days, especially after the rebellion of the three families was lifted, the He family gave him great benefits in order to restore the relationship with the imperial court, which was for him everywhere, but no one was in the other clan.
How did this make him unhappy, and then he heard that Gu Cang died inexplicably, and the third child was under house arrest again, he was even more happy, thinking that the position of the prince must be a matter of being captured, but he didn't expect to kill a roadblock halfway, and he was once the fifth child who he thought was impossible to rise again, how could he not be angry, and how could he look at Gu Xuan's eyes?
Gu Xuan also slowly straightened up, looking at the other party without fear, he no longer needed to lower his eyebrows and tolerate it at the moment, he would treat the other party how the other party treated him, and he didn't mind teaching the other party a good lesson.
"Don't hide it from the fourth brother, it is true that he only came back two days ago. ”
"Hey, I heard about you, and as soon as you came back, you made quite a fuss. Gu Hai clasped his hands to his chest, and said in a weird manner, "This is worthy of being a person who has made great contributions outside, this confidence is enough, he dares to beat the court officials on the street, after the martyrs, in a few days, won't anyone pay attention to it." ”
Without waiting for Gu Xuan to shoot back, Gu Yuan, who was standing next to him, suddenly shouted softly: "Enough! This is in front of the Jinluan Palace!"
When he was a child, in fact, Gu Xuan didn't hate Gu Yuan because of this, in fact, the saints all said that there was a difference between intimacy and alienation, he helped Gu Hai at that time, which was not wrong, and then the other party did not follow them to bully him, but often enlightened himself, although he was not as caring as Gu Cang, but as a half-brother, Gu Yuan really couldn't find fault with what he did.
This is a loyal and benevolent person, no one can say that he is not, with him standing up to play a round, and he is scolding Gu Hai, Gu Xuan really has no reason to entangle, so he didn't speak.
Gu Hai is even more so, he can disrespect anyone, but he is a little afraid of this eldest brother, who has always been known for his loyalty and gives the impression of being a good man, the eldest brother's tone at the moment is very rare to warn himself, he also became pale and did not dare to say more, otherwise he would have to expose Gu Xuan's shortcomings.
Having said that, he is not a fool, in front of this Jinluan Palace, the movement is a little bigger, and everyone inside knows whose face will be lost at that time, and who should suffer, do you need to say more?
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Yesterday there seemed to be a lot of monthly passes, so I'll test you with two more chapters today