Chapter 18: The Great Court Meeting (1)
Back at the palace, it's time to hold the lights.
Xuanyuan Qiming sat alone at the dinner table, Wei Sanbao stood aside, and he asked, "Hasn't the queen come back yet?"
"Nope. ”
Dead mother-in-law, even if you go to work, don't go out early and return late every day, don't even go home for dinner, no, I have to set family rules!
After dinner, one person was very bored and wanted to see the secret book of divine skills, but Lao Wei came to inform: "Your Majesty, Xiangye Qin is here." ”
"What else can happen at this time?" the emperor wondered.
Just kidding, Emperor Taizong has already drawn the rules of the game, under normal circumstances, the status of the prime minister and the emperor are almost the same, the emperor does not arbitrarily deprive the prime minister, let alone the right to take away life and death, and people are not designated by the emperor, but are naturally promoted from among the hundred officials of the imperial court. The emperor had no "long" for him, and the removal process could only be initiated with the consent of the emperor and half of the courtiers.
In terms of division of labor, the emperor's duty is to "establish the imperial unity", which is too important to say important, and if it is not important, you just need to sit there alive.
And the prime minister's job is practice. The former is pragmatic, the latter is pragmatic.
The reason why the emperor can have an advantage more often than the prime minister is because he has a natural advantage over the prime minister, and the inheritance is orderly.
Lao Tzu finished his son, and his son did what his grandson did, so don't offend me, Lao Tzu's hatred, resentment, grandson remember, and the prime minister has no father-son continuity, in history there has been an exaggeration such as the abolition of the emperor by the tenth generation of power, and the old and new prime ministers can't even have a close relationship, this is not someone's mind, but the collective will of the empire.
Qin Xiangye was able to become the minister of power in the post-prime minister era, although it was also because of good chance, the emperor had one situation after another, but his ability was also unambiguous.
The emperor wants to take care of the affairs of the state? First boil Qin Laoxiang to death, and then say, now, eat well, drink well, live well.
The two met in the side hall next to the Mingguang Palace, a smaller, quieter and more comfortable room, which was very suitable for private chats between the emperor and the ministers.
The two sat opposite each other, Qin Mu took out a small wooden box from his sleeve, opened it, and took out a title deed and put it in front of the emperor together with more than ten documents of different sizes.
"Who are these?" asked Xuanyuan Qiming, confused.
Qin Mu explained: "Your Majesty asked me to settle the old grievances of the Hou Mansion that day, and I asked people to sort it out, and found that when the industry of the Xiaoyao Mansion was the largest, there were seventy or eighty large and small operations, and most of the property rights had been changed several times, and it was too extensive to claim them back.
And some industries are indeed too trivial, such as rice shops, pharmacies, garment shops, etc., which are not of much value, and it is not easy to take care of them when they come back. Therefore, I asked people to conduct a premium assessment of all the seized properties, with a total value of 6.8 million gold, and I also informed His Majesty of the attitude of all parties involved that year, and they were willing to fully dedicate the Muyue Arena to His Majesty. ”
"Muyue Arena?"
Xuanyuan Qiming was taken aback, he couldn't imagine that Qin Muti's request to take the family property that day was not only completed so quickly, but also far exceeded his request to return twice as much at that time.
At the peak of the Xiaoyao Palace, there were 6.8 million gold, which was equivalent to 140 million taels of silver, which was considered a trench, and it could be compared with the Muyue Arena, which was a small trench and a huge trench.
He didn't know how much this arena was worth, but from what he had heard and seen, he knew that the two were not on the same order of magnitude at all.
"It seems that I'm still angry with my little family. The emperor rubbed his chin and thought, at that time, he mentioned this condition, which was to think that he would not mention it and maximize the benefits.
There are too many people in the world who want to bite when they see fat, and they don't take advantage of the bastard, and they can't say how hateful they are. If he becomes the emperor, he will go back one by one, he doesn't want to worry about that, he has no relationship with the king of Xiaoyao, and he doesn't want to be demoted because of this. The whole world is polished and watched, even if you pretend to be pretended, just like Emperor Longli never said that he would suppress King Xiaoyao.
It's always easy to fall down and hard to pick up, so it's easy not to do it.
"Sure enough, money can make ghosts grind, and the emperor can also buy them. This is especially true for people like me who are low and poor. ”
Even if his wife doesn't return late at night, he doesn't care, and he sleeps well all night.
Early the next morning, he was surrounded by a group of clever little eunuchs commanded by Lao Wei.
Wearing a dragon robe to ascend to the throne, it is very refreshing to think about it, but just this majestic and heroic dress requires seven or eight eunuchs to work for an hour or two, and they still have to do their hair, ouch......
Sitting on the shoulder carried by the eunuch, he turned his head to Lao Wei who was walking beside him and said: "Don't arrange a little eunuch for close service in the future, there are so many clever and sensible little palace maids." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty. Lao Wei took it to heart.
The Emperor nodded, at least the next hour or two of being dressed up would not be so boring.
Although he is very much compared to the emperor, he can still do whatever he wants in this part of the palace, and the best thing is that his wife is not at home, and he goes to work every day when he goes out early and returns late...... Yes...... Ha ha
Jinluan Palace, magnificent, atmospheric, bright, solemn......
The emperor stood behind the beaded curtain not far from the throne, quietly preparing, and next to him there was a little eunuch holding a tray with tea on it.
Through the bead curtain, I saw that the courtiers were quickly and silently looking for their respective positions, and the footsteps were staggered, and in the autumn morning light, they were particularly energetic, and they felt that the next moment there would be music and everyone danced with the eighth set of radio gymnastics.
Wait for them to stand up, their heads slightly bowed, and fully ready.
A small eunuch beside him who specialized in probing the situation bowed slightly to the emperor, meaning that it was your turn.
Roger that!
go!go!go!
The beaded curtain was separated by two little eunuchs, and the emperor calmly and confidently stepped out, approaching the throne made of gold and embellished with various jewels and jades.
The first time he went to court, he was quite serious.
Approach, turn, put your hands lightly at your sides, and sit down. ... Belch... It's a little hard under the cheek.
"Ministers, see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
"Zhong Aiqing-Flat body!" the emperor said to the line, because the construction took into account the amplification effect of the echo, and shouted to the main hall from the position of the throne, which can not only easily sound the audience, but also extinguish all dissenters with his voice, but also add a sense of majesty and solemnity, as if the dragon is angry.
In his heart, he couldn't help but make up the plot, stretched out his hand and pointed out to the sky, and said to a majestic general: "King Tota, bring that monkey head and suffer the punishment of thunder that day!" Then the clouds rolled, and General Tota led 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals to go......
Well...... What a feeling for something strange!
Because the courtiers in the palace were all saluting, he instantly caught the dissonance, a roe deer and a rat's head probing his head......
Hey, it's the second child!
I thought again, the second child is crowned king today, and he really has to be present in person, since he is a brother, then I won't let the king of heaven come to take you.
Seeing Qin Muwei Chiba, the head of the ministers on the left and right, he remembered the next line and said loudly: "Give Qin Xiang, General Wei Chi to sit." ”
One of these two was in charge of the imperial power, and the other was in charge of the imperial military power, and the three powers were separated from themselves.
Anyway, what do I have to do? Why do I feel that this position under the ass is even more squeaky.
When the two of them sat down on either side of him, the other courtiers also knelt neatly on both sides of the main hall. The ceremonial eunuch sang the opening sentence loudly: "If there is something to play, there is nothing to retreat." ”
The emperor muttered in his heart, it seems that Emperor Taizong was also a turtle in his previous life, otherwise what would be the matter with such a strong style of inferior copycat dramas with such a strong etiquette.
The throne was facing the main hall, and the view was excellent, and I saw an official leading nine messengers into the main hall, and the official was also followed by a person dressed as a messenger.
Because he had already understood, the emperor still knew about it.
The official only walked to the middle of the main hall, and there was still a part of the phalanx behind him that could only stand outside the hall, so they all knelt down on the ground, and the official said loudly: "Jingyan, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, and Er Qidong, the envoy of the Southern Dynasty, led the southern countries to participate in Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live!"
Then all the messengers beside him and behind him chanted in unison.
Jing Aiqing and the envoys of the nations were flat. ”
After everyone got up, the envoy Er Qidong took a step forward and said, "The Guxia Dynasty Er Qidong sees Your Majesty, and the Guxia Dynasty and the Southern Dynasties congratulate Your Majesty on his accession to the throne and the wedding of the newlywed. Another congratulatory tribute was presented. ”
As he spoke, he held a fold in his hand and bowed at 90 degrees, and a ceremonial eunuch took the fold and passed it to the eunuch with a high voice and a clear voice beside the emperor, and began to shout:
"Ancient Xia Dynasty congratulatory gifts, 2,000 purple gold ingots, 2,000 pearls, 2,000 hundred-year-old sesame grass, 2,000 flowing clouds and flying brocade, 200 square meters of Yanyang jade and a number of treasured ornaments, Liu's Zhao Guo congratulatory gift ......"
The emperor listened lightly, and was indifferent even if the mountains of gold and silver flew by his ears.
He had already been reminded, saying that it was a congratulatory gift for him, but in fact, it was like the New Year's money that his parents said to save for you, and he couldn't touch it.
Gifts are still exchanged, as the suzerain, you can't just enter or leave, and the empire is not lacking in this, so if people have any happy events, the empire also has to give gifts, and the quality can't be bad.
In the past, there were many emperors who squandered these gifts from the courts, and every time they gave gifts to the court, they were paid by the imperial court, and over time, the gifts sent by the countries to the emperor were also managed, "special funds", and the gifts were sent out from here first, and the court was not enough to make up for it, so the welfare of the little friends was much better, and they were very satisfied, except for the one on the throne.