Chapter 59 Two Things
"Go to court!"
Outside the Jinluan Palace, there was a sharp and piercing sound, which came from the voice of the cicada, and unlike before, he put on the eunuch costume of the chief of the inner house, and there was an extra whisk in his hand.
With his clear drink, Chu Zheng, who was dressed in a golden dragon robe, walked in, walking with a tiger's step, calm and relaxed.
Every time he took a step, a row of courtiers knelt down, and when he walked past the first row, Prime Minister Su Wang, Generalissimo Dou Xianxian, and the imperial master Lu Xiangrui, who had rarely been in the last court, also knelt down...
Step by step, nine steps later, he was standing in the position of the Ninety-Five Supreme.
Chu Zheng looked back at the ministers in the palace, even though he had been in the court for decades and had seen this scene many times, he still couldn't help but have a heroic mentality of the world's heroes entering the world.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
Chu Zheng had heard this sentence a thousand times, ten thousand times, but he still couldn't help but close his eyes and stay for a second.
"All the ministers are flat!"
As the ministers below slowly stood up, Chu Zheng also turned around and sat on the dragon chair that the world didn't even have the qualifications to look at.
"Old lady, you're here too! β
"Thank you, Your Majesty. β
Chu Zheng saw Lu Xiangrui with gray hair below at a glance, so he instructed the little eunuch to move a chair for him, and Lu Xiangrui was not polite to Chu Zheng, and by the way, he bowed his hand, thanked him, and he sat on the chair and went to sleep.
"Rank Aiqing, but what do you want to start?"
Chu Zheng also took his eyes back from Lu Xiangrui's body, and didn't continue to care about the Taishi who only cared about sleeping, and his qualifications were frighteningly old.
But as Chu Zheng's voice sounded, no one spoke below.
The pretending to sleep is still pretending to be asleep, and there is no war, so there is nothing to do with his Dou Charter.
The hall fell into silence, those who were old enough to travel thousands of miles ago, and those who were younger enough didn't dare to breathe anymore, and they really couldn't understand what the situation was now.
"Since I don't have anything to say, I have two things to tell you. β
There was silence for a full three minutes, and in such a depressing situation, Chu Zheng's opening of his mouth made those newcomers in the hall breathe a sigh of relief.
They don't want to see this emperor who is not glad to be angry when they go to court for the first few times.
"First of all, the battle between the righteous and the demons a few days ago was actually a conspiracy between the imperial court and the righteous path sect. β
After Chu Zheng finished speaking, many people below showed a sudden look, at that time, the whole capital saw the big battle, but only a small number of people knew the reason for the big war.
Those ordinary courtiers who did not have the core status naturally did not know the reason for the battle, but the sword aura of the nameless sword immortal made these ordinary people who had never seen a master know what immortal means were.
"The imperial envoy ordered Ma Sui Liang to inadvertently leak the news to the Demon Gate, causing this encirclement and suppression to be fruitless, so I demoted Ma Sui Liang to the secretary of the military department! As for the new imperial envoy order, I don't know if there are any candidates for the rank Aiqing!"
Chu Zheng's words brought everyone's thoughts back, but they almost didn't react, no one would think that someone could snatch the position of the imperial envoy from Ma Suiliang!
"Your Majesty, the old minister feels that although the leakage of the news is the fault of Lord Ma, fortunately, he has recovered the losses for the court in a timely manner, and the benefits are quite large, so this is ...... Wouldn't that be too much of a punishment? β
Shang Shu ordered Cheng Yijie to walk out of his position after Chu Zheng finished speaking, and stood in the center of the main hall, his relationship with Ma Suiliang was extraordinary, so he naturally wanted to stand up and speak for him.
"Cheng Aiqing, this doesn't make sense, what if you recover your losses, if you make a mistake, you make a mistake, in my eyes, the merits and demerits cannot be offset, not to mention, what I am discussing now is a new imperial envoy to be selected, not to listen to your plea!"
Chu Zheng said calmly, but his tone was full of unquestionable flavor.
"Yes, the old minister is abrupt. β
After finishing speaking, Cheng Yijie did not stand back in his original position, but stayed in place.
He is putting pressure on the officials to see if anyone dares to say that this new envoy is a candidate!
The court fell into an eerie silence, and the three orders of Shangshu, Yushi, and Central Authority had been in the hands of Cheng Yijie for twenty or thirty years.
No one thought of taking these positions from them, at least, not until they stepped back of their own accord.
Chu Zheng looked at this group of ministers who didn't speak, and he couldn't get angry if he wanted to, because it was not the first time they had forced him like this.
Ever since he came to power, they have been pushing him and compromising on many things that he wanted to do and that the ministers didn't want to face.
"Since ......"
"Since everyone has no good candidates, the emperor... Then it's better to let Ma Suiliang temporarily take the position of imperial envoy, so that he can be given a general credit..."
"Your Majesty, there is a candidate here!"
Cheng Yijie hugged Yugui and bowed down to interrupt what Chu Zheng was about to say, and his words were interrupted by Lu Xiangrui, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating, so that he couldn't even say the word 'atonement'.
"Who is the candidate for the Taishi, you might as well talk about it. β
Of course, Chu Zheng knew that this was Lu Xiangrui opening up the situation for himself, and he seized this opportunity at once.
"Our dynasty has long had a rule that non-Jinshi are not allowed to enter the Hanlin, and non-Hanlin is not allowed to enter the cabinet. Lu Lingxuan, the head of the Hanlin Academy, has been studying in the Hanlin Academy for more than 15 years, and he is the best choice in terms of knowledge and moral behavior, and he hopes that the emperor will consider it. β
Lu Xiangrui's eyes didn't open from beginning to end, as if he had said this passage from a dream, and after he finished speaking, he fell silent again.
"Taishi!! who doesn't know that Lu Lingxuan is your protΓ©gΓ©, aren't you afraid that others will point to your backbone and say that you are virtuous?"
"Who!?Who dares to say?You let him stand up and try!I'm just a meritocracy!What can you do with me?!"
Lu Xiangrui shook his head, and the ministers naturally kept silent at this moment, this is a fight between the gods, but don't hurt them.
"I also think it's good, Lu Lingxuan has taken good care of my Hanlin Academy, where is Lu Lingxuan, the master of the academy?"
"The minister is here!"
In the crowd, a middle-aged man who looked to be about forty-two or thirteen years old stepped forward.
"Your Majesty, the three orders of the cabinet have a heavy responsibility, and they can't be appointed and dismissed at will like this!"
Cheng Yijie is a little unwilling.
"Aiqing doesn't need to say much, I believe that Lu Aiqing can sit very well! Lu Lingxuan listened to the seal, and from now on, he will be handed over to the post of master of the academy and promoted to the imperial envoy!"
"Minister, thank you, Lord Longen!"
Lu Lingxuan had probably discussed with that Taishi before this, and his eyes were unwavering when he accepted the official position, as if he already knew that this would be the result.
"The second thing! Chu Tianxiong, the commander of the border pass, has been guarding the border of Youzhou for five years, and this time he said that he wanted to take leave and return to Beijing, what does Aiqing think about this matter?"
Chu Zheng hurriedly threw out the second question, and concluded the coffin for the imperial envoy's order.
And Cheng Yijie originally wanted to say something, but now he can only grit his teeth and accept the result.
"Your Majesty! What is the situation of the battle at the border pass? Will returning to Beijing at this time give the Southern Tang Dynasty an opportunity? β
Speaking of the war, Generalissimo Dou Xianzhang became interested, and he hurriedly walked out of the team.
Chu Tianxiong's recital said that there had been no conflict with the Southern Tang Dynasty for two years. β
Hearing Chu Zheng's words, Dou Xianzhang fell into thought.
"Your Majesty, since there is nothing to do at the border! It is not a big deal to let the second prince return to Beijing. β
Shang Shuling Cheng Yijie has not stood back since he stood up, and he has been talking all the time, but this time, he finally said that Chu Zheng was in his heart.
"Well, since this matter is not too controversial, then..."
"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the current border pass is not only not safe, but the most dangerous time, the Southern Tang Dynasty has not violated my border for two years, there must be a layout or a big plot, it doesn't matter if the second prince returns to Beijing sooner or later, but the border safety is urgent!"
This time, Chu Zheng's words were still not finished, and the generalissimo Dou Xianzhang, whose hair and beard had turned gray, interrupted him again.
"This ...... What do you think, Master!"
Chu Zheng turned his gaze to Lu Xiangrui again.
"See ...... according to the old minister"
But he couldn't speak, because Su Wang stood up.
"Your Majesty, in the eyes of the ministers, Chu Tianxiong is the commander of the border pass and the second prince, but there is another point, he is also your son, this son wants to go home and lie down, why do you want to ask for the opinions of us courtiers?"
"To tell you the truth, I do miss Tianxiong a little bit. β
Su Wang's words aroused Chu Zheng's concern in his heart, and he didn't even notice that his claim had changed, and Chu Zheng hesitated.
"He Ren'an!"
"The minister is here!"
Hearing the emperor calling his name, He Ren'an hurriedly ran out of the crowd.
"After the dispersal of the dynasty, I remembered to draft a holy decree to me, and said that I agreed to Chu Tianxiong's request to return to Beijing. β
"Yes!"
Speaking of which, Dou Xianxian didn't want to say anything more, but there was obviously some unhappiness in his eyes, and he seemed to be a little unhappy with the prime minister.
Fortunately, the last words were said by Su Wang, if Lu Xiangrui said it, the military would also be offended by him.
"What else do you have to say?"
Chu Zheng waited for about a minute, and when he saw that no one spoke, he didn't wait any longer.
Today's two things have achieved the goal he wants, and it can be seen that he is in a good mood now.
"Since there is no more, then this is the end of today!
"Retreat!"
No Cicada shouted again in his high-pitched voice.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
All the officials knelt down again, and they didn't get up slowly until Chu Zheng's figure disappeared into the main hall.
After the dispersal of the dynasty, it was more casual, some of the ministers who were on duty in the palace when it was their turn, rushed to their yamen, and the rest of the people who had nothing to do could go home, if they hurried up, they could sleep for a while when they went back.
Cheng Yijie, Ma Suiliang and He Ren'an naturally walked together, and only after everyone was almost gone, did the Taishi Lu Xiangrui get up from the chair.
When he walked out of the Jinluan Palace, there was no one around him, not even his protΓ©gΓ©, who had just become an imperial envoy, not with him.
Don't look at the fact that he helped Chu Zheng a lot today, but that is what he should do as a courtier, as long as Lu Lingxuan dares to walk with him, then Chu Zheng will still not hesitate to doubt whether he Lu Xiangrui has plans to form a party for personal gain!
Unexpectedly, but expectedly, Su Wang stood at the door waiting for him.
"Old fox, how about the little fox you chose?"
"No matter what, it's better than his horse Sui Liang. β
Lu Xiangrui was not surprised that Su Wang was waiting for him at the door, and he was not surprised by what he said.
"...... of the year"
"Don't talk about the old days, I said... Can you have a little talent, if that kid Ruyu is virtuous with you, I think, don't put the burden of Chu on him, it's no fun!"
"Hehehe, let's not talk about it, let's walk with you again! In the future, the number of times we can walk is less than one walk. β
Then, both of them fell silent, and Su Wang saw Cheng Yijie and the three of them who had finished the steps and were about to walk to the door of Donghua Gate.
Back then, they walked together on this road after the dispersal dynasty, but I don't know when they were separated by this road, and in this life, it is estimated that they will not have the opportunity to come together again......