Chapter 143: A Thunderbolt in the Clear Sky
This made the people who were ready to see the excitement dumbfounded.
"Hey, what do you say is wrong with the emperor and the officials? Why do you run so fast? Look at the hats that have fallen off! ”
"How do I know? It's too far away to see clearly, maybe it's because something is chasing them? But I don't see anything, it's just that the cow looks like a sheep is scurrying around. ”
"Don't say it, these officials are quite fun to run. I just don't know what I'm shouting, it's very messy. ”
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In this world, everything related to the high-ranking emperor and those officials and lords spreads quite quickly. When the guards around Emperor Li He finally controlled the situation, what happened at today's spring ploughing ceremony had spread throughout the capital, and there was even a tendency to spread out along the capital.
"Bang!"
Emperor Li He slapped the table fiercely, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites who were kneeling in embarrassment below were almost frightened to death by this voice, if it weren't for the strong psychological quality support, he would have been trembling and speechless at this time.
"Say! What the hell is going on? Why is there a poisonous snake above the good spring ploughing? Haven't you checked before this? ”
"Your Majesty's forgiveness, Your Majesty's forgiveness! Xia Guan has really checked it, and he has checked it several times. Your Majesty's golden body, all over the Huangzhuang, how can the lower officials not check it out? The lower official would rather that the poisonous snake bite him, and he didn't dare to let it appear in front of His Majesty and stain His Majesty's eyes. The field was plowed twenty times, and every little worm was caught, and it was very clean. Xiaguan, Xiaguan really doesn't know how that poisonous snake appeared in that field......"
Speaking of this, the official in charge felt that he had been wronged and that it was almost snowing in June. Originally, what His Majesty the Emperor was going to do, which of the officials in charge of them didn't take off their heads and put them on their hands, and they had combed the land that needed His Majesty's symbolic cultivation for a while, and they had combed it dozens of times. I'm afraid that a worm or something will disturb His Majesty's interest.
Who would have thought that they were so careful, and there would be such a big mistake, and now the fortunate thing in the misfortune is that the poisonous snake did not really bite Your Majesty, otherwise Your Majesty's Holy Communion is not safe, and they will not have enough to cut off ten heads!
But the problem now is that although the poisonous snake did not bite His Majesty today, it made His Majesty ugly in front of so many people, and it happened that it was also seen by the peasants who were watching from the outside, and now it has spread to the unknown where, after all, everyone's entertainment is still relatively small now, but anyone who can tell about His Majesty the Emperor and the officials can spread all over the street. How could such a big event not get out?
Emperor Li He's face was not half better because of the weeping explanation of the officials below, and at this moment, he was thinking much more in his heart than this official thought.
He's not too young now. And such a thing happened at the annual spring ploughing ceremony, which simply damaged the majesty of him, the emperor. Those commoners don't know how to arrange him to be the emperor in their hearts! As soon as he thought that he might become someone else's after-dinner joke, Emperor Li He had an urge to kill!
So he waved his hand irritably, and asked people to drag down this unfavorable official.
"Pull down the cane!"
The official immediately wept bitterly, and he couldn't stand up from his soft feet. Even so, he was dragged out mercilessly by the guards.
Hearing the screams of the officials outside, Emperor Li He's face improved slightly. Even so, he stared at the music on the table in front of him, still in a restless mood. Why did this happen at the spring ploughing ceremony he presided over? If there is a slight accident in today's events, his life may have to be put into it. Those who catch poisonous snakes are considered to have reported before. That poisonous snake is very venomous, but if it is rubbed a little, it will definitely not have time to wait for rescue and healing.
The bitten ploughing ox, so tall and heavy, died less than a moment after being bitten, its limbs stiff and its tongue swollen, and its death was extremely miserable. Emperor Li He couldn't imagine what would happen if he was bitten.
And all this is to blame on the unfavorable officials outside. If you can't even do such a small thing, what else can you do?!
Standing aside at this time, the prince, who was also pale, hurriedly comforted his father.
"Father, don't be angry, these are the officials under the bottom who are not doing well, and it is enough to punish them, don't get along with your own body. Take care of your dragon's body! In today's Dali Dynasty, what can be separated from the father? ”
I have to say that the prince's words made Emperor Lihe feel a lot better, and today's appearance of the prince desperately trying to save him regardless of his own safety also made Emperor Li He look at it. Although this prince was not the smartest of his children, he was the most filial one. Now that Emperor Li He, who is gradually getting old and weak, what he wants to see is not a young, strong and ambitious prince, but a successor who can be extremely filial to himself.
Because of this, the prince's temperament and ability can be loved by Emperor Li He. was persuaded so carefully by the crown prince, and Emperor Li He's mood was much better. At this moment, the screams of the officials outside became weaker and weaker, and the guards who carried out the execution cautiously came in to report it.
"Your Majesty, that official is breathing."
"Dead is dead. Do you need a prayer? Hurry up and drag it out. ”
Emperor Li He was not in a good mood, and could only say that the poor official happened to hit the muzzle of the gun. Originally, the hundred officials were worried about this matter, but now that His Majesty has calmed down, they are slowly relieved, and no one thought that this is just the beginning.
A few days later, it was the first great court meeting after the beginning of spring, which could be said to be the beginning of the year, and it was quite important to Emperor Li He and the hundred officials. So everyone is very prepared for this, and those officials have been preparing at home for a long time in advance. After all, no one wants to be reprimanded at the beginning of the year.
Then even if everyone was so cautious, something still happened, and the hundred officials had already entered the hall. In the morning sun of spring, Emperor Li and Emperor walked solemnly to the dragon chair in all directions. However, the moment he walked up to His Majesty, a thunderbolt suddenly sounded in the clear sky!
The sound of the thunder was too sudden, too loud! Nine times out of ten, the people present were so frightened by this thunder that they trembled, and their faces turned pale! Some of the weak ones retched directly at this time, and some old and frail officials directly collapsed to the ground at this time. The imperial history, who specializes in picketing hundreds of officials, can't take care of it at the moment. They also scurry around like headless flies!
With the unprecedented thunder, the entire sky suddenly darkened for a moment. Everyone panicked, and the exclamations were endless. And this panic is not only inside the palace, outside the palace, the sound of panic is getting louder and louder!
There are also people who try to calm everyone down, but in such a situation, who can calm down?! It's all a mess.
In the spring of the thirtieth year of Li He, it actually opened in such a situation.