Chapter 15: The Imperial Meeting
The journey from the Xianju Hall to the Xuanzheng Hall is not far, and the chariot has been driven for a while, that is, to the Xuanzheng Palace, and the other guards of Qianniuwei have also stood in line inside and outside the hall, and Liu Yi and their accompanying Qianniuwei sergeants are guarding together.
At this time, the sky was already bright, and the civil and military officials were already waiting in the Xuanzheng Palace, and there were other guards on both sides of the hall.
Tang Xiujing and the other Zhonglang surnamed Guo will run off the chariot first, and each of them will quickly run into the Xuanzheng Hall with the twelve people who have just gone to greet them, and they will be lined up on both sides of the throne after entering the palace. Then Tang Xiujing and the other Zhonglang surnamed Guo will run to the throne and stand still, facing the hundred officials left and right, holding the handle of the knife in one hand and the waist in the other, looking very heroic.
The eunuch standing in the palace ripped open his throat and shouted: "His Majesty the Emperor and the Queen of Heaven have arrived, and the civil and military officials have been in the early dynasty..."
At this time, the bells and drums on the bell and drum towers on both sides of Hanyuan Zhan also began to ring, and the palace personnel who originally followed the Qianniuwei sergeant who were obsessed with Yubao, Jingzhi, and Yugai also entered the hall, respectively on both sides of the throne, and the civil and military officials in the court saluted together.
At this time, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian walked into the hall with unhurried steps, Li Zhi sat on the throne, and Wu Zetian sat on the side behind a bead curtain.
"Zhong Aiqing is flat!" After Li Zhi sat down, he waved his hand and stretched out his hand to the hundred officials who bowed down in the hall.
"Thank you, Your Majesty the Emperor, Queen of Heaven!" The ministers sang and got up.
Liu Yi, who was standing on the side of the hall, looked at all this in front of him expressionlessly, and he also felt countless eyes looking at him, most of these people's eyes were surprised, and Liu Yi also understood the reason why the courtiers were surprised, that is, why did he, a person who served in the army with filial piety, appear in the court, among the soldiers of the Qianniu Guard on duty.
However, these officials in the court who can participate in the court meeting are not ordinary people, they know what kind of people can be selected into the Qianniuwei, Liu Yi, the person whose father is newly mourned, if it is not for the emperor or the empress to allow him, where is it possible to enter the Qianniuwei, and be on duty during the court.
There was silence in the court, and Li Zhi's voice sounded: "Everyone, Aiqing, today is the court meeting, I have to say one thing first, and in five days, I and the queen will be fortunate in the eastern capital, leaving the prince in Beijing to supervise the country, where is the prince?" ”
With Li Zhi's voice, a handsome young man in a yellow robe walked to the throne and made a big salute to Li Zhi: "The father and the queen mother entrust state affairs to their sons, and the sons must be diligent in their duties, share the worries of their fathers and mothers, and dare not slack off!"
"Prince, when I and your mother are not in Beijing, you have to listen to the opinions of the ministers left behind..."Li Zhi began to tell his son what to pay attention to.
Liu Yi looked at Li Xian, and his thoughts rose again.
This Li Xian, who was the one who visited his cemetery when Liu Yi traveled to Qianling in later generations, was called Prince Zhang Huai, looking at the appearance, he was really not ordinarily handsome, his demeanor was quite elegant, and his bearing was also extraordinary, from the appearance, this is a very comfortable person to look at.
Liu Yi also roughly remembered the introduction of the "tomb of Prince Zhang Huai", the introduction said that Li Xian was elegant when he was young, and he often read it once and never forgot it, and he was very intelligent, so he was deeply loved by Gaozong Li Zhi, but he was also jealous of his biological mother Wu Zetian, one day, Ming Chongyan, a favorite minister of the Empress Wu, was killed by a thief, suspected that it was the prince Li Xian, and then sent someone to search the prince's mansion, and obtained more than 300 pairs of soap armor, and the prince was arrested and imprisoned for treason. Gaozong Li Zhi ordered the three divisions to try the prince's rebellion, but Li Xian finally failed to clear his name, was deposed as a concubine, exiled to Bazhou, and finally died tragically in the penal colony.
According to the tour guide there, in fact, most of the people understand that the so-called crime of treason, of course, is unwarranted, Li Xian suffered from this, just because he was too good, he was the most qualified successor of the Tang Empire, and he showed extraordinary ability to govern the country when he was in charge of the country several times, and was supported by the ministers, and it was precisely because of his excellence that he attracted the jealousy of his ambitious mother Wu Zetian, and was finally persecuted to death.
Looking at the young prince in the palace who is about twenty years old and has extraordinary manners and conversations, Liu Yi inexplicably felt a little sad for him, born as the son of Wu Zetian, this is unfortunate, too good is even more misfortune in misfortune, like Li Xian, Li Dan and several other incompetent princes, although they have also suffered a certain amount of hardship, but they have been spared death.
I don't know if this is their sorrow as a prince or the sorrow of the Tang Dynasty.
Liu Yi retracted his eyes and looked around without a trace, wanting to see Wu Zetian's demeanor behind the curtain, but unfortunately, Wu Zetian's face was covered by the curtain and he couldn't see clearly.
Liu Yi saw a special look looking at this side in the blink of an eye, it was the place where the outside of the throne was covered by a cloth curtain, Liu Yi turned his head slightly to look, and found that it was Shangguan Wan'er standing behind the curtain on the outside of the court.
Liu Yi, where Shangguan Wan'er was standing, and another person on the side could see it, and the ministers in the court couldn't see it, but Shangguan Wan'er was not looking at him, but paying attention to Li Xian standing in the hall.
Liu Yi's heart moved, could it be that this talented woman fell in love with this handsome prince, and looked at it like this?
Also, as Wu Zetian's female official, Liu Yi accidentally saw on TV in his later life, Shangguan Wan'er was standing beside Wu Zetian, why is this not the case now?
Liu Yi unconsciously glanced at Shangguan Wan'er twice, Shangguan Wan'er also seemed to feel Liu Yi's eyes, and looked at him, there seemed to be some confusion in his eyes, Liu Yi pretended not to care, and turned his oblique eyes back to the court again.
Liu Yi felt that Shangguan Wan'er's eyes were watching him most of the time, and he occasionally glanced at other places, at this time Li Zhi was already announcing the officials who stayed in Chang'an, Liu Yi was also listening attentively, too lazy to pay attention to her.
"Next, I will announce the people who will stay with the prince to supervise the country!" After Li Zhi gave some instructions, he began to talk about the important things of today's court meeting.
Li Zhi immediately announced: Xue Yuanchao was ordered to keep the middle book, and he was reappointed as the pardon in the service, the left servant of Shangshu shot Liu Renliang, and the high-ranking officials such as Cui Zhiyi, the head of the household department, stayed in Beijing, and assisted the prince to supervise the country, and the other ministers all followed the imperial car, and the eastern capital was Luoyang.
Li Xian thanked him again, and the other important ministers whose names were named also came out one after another, expressing to the emperor and the empress sitting behind the curtain that they must be conscientious and conscientious, and that the prince will take care of state affairs.
The emperor drove the eastern capital, left the prince in charge of the country, and the first major event in the court meeting was dealt with, and then Li Zhi announced the second thing in the court meeting.
"Last year, Zhongshu ordered Li Jingxuan to be the general manager of the Taohe River marching army, raised 180,000 troops, and fought with Tubo in Qinghai, but the army was defeated, losing more than 80,000 soldiers and horses, and Liu Xianli, the general of the Ministry of Industry and the Left Guard, was captured, unwilling to surrender to Tubo, and finally died. How to convict Li Jingxuan!" Li Zhi unhurriedly said the second thing to be discussed in the court meeting.
Liu Yi, who was not wary at all, was violently contracted after listening to Li Zhi's words...
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