Chapter 265: Offering Ugliness
The night fades and the stars are hidden.
Standing on a high platform, the Golden Luang Hall seems to stand on the top of the mountains, with a view of the small mountains, and the next section of long and wide steps extends to the end of the square.
Tian Dan's face was calm, and he led the hundred officials to step into the palace gate in the night, striding through the dark square.
Under the unsquinting gaze of the guards on both sides of the road, the hundred officials held the morning wat in their hands, and walked neatly and quickly through the square.
Lu Yunzhou held the white jade wat in his hand, and according to his own order, he quickly followed behind a middle-aged bureaucrat, as early as before entering the palace gate, he handed over the stone sword on his back to Le Feilong to take care of, at this time he was relaxed, and his steps were light and steady.
The long heavenly steps made the surrounding sound of wheezing, but no one was left behind, Lu Yunzhou glanced at a white-bearded official with vague and shaky steps in front of him, and sighed in his heart, no matter when, for the sake of glory and wealth or the ideal in his heart, the official may not be the most capable, but often the most forbearing.
At midnight, it was the time of sunrise, and the sky brightened little by little.
When Lu Yunzhou crossed the long steps and stepped on the high platform, the red sun jumped out of the sea level, and the first rays of the morning sun pierced the sky, paving the entire Jinluan Hall and the entire square with a layer of golden veil.
Before entering the palace, you need to untie the sword and take off your shoes, Lu Yunzhou handed the flying star sword to the guards in front of the palace, and took off his boots and put them in the tray in the hands of the guards, and then stepped into the Jinluan Palace.
The largest and tallest building in the palace of King Qi is not the Jinluan Palace, but the Huan Gongtai, but the Jinluan Palace is the most formal place for the King of Qi to receive the hundred officials and the court.
At this time, in the huge and spacious hall, under the high dragon steps, there were more than 100 soft cushions on both sides, Lu Yunzhou pursed the corners of his mouth, and couldn't help but smile, he didn't expect that in this era, the officials actually had seats.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the monarchs and ministers were all sitting on discussions, and the monarchs and ministers were relatively equal to each other, and the monarch's power was far from being as highly centralized as the later Chinese dynasties.
The hundred officials took their seats, and Lu Yunzhou also found his seat in the rear.
Surrounded by the guard of honor, the king of Qi came to the top of the dragon steps, sat on the throne, looked down on the courtiers, and the prince Tian Sheng sat beside the dragon throne, still looking listless.
After the salute of the hundred officials, the king of Qi coughed, glanced at Tian Dan, who was sitting under the dragon steps, the head of the hundred officials, and saw that Tian Dan's face was indifferent and expressionless, so he glanced around among the ministers, and while looking for Lu Yunzhou's figure, he seemed to say casually: "What is the matter with Zhuqing?"
As soon as King Qi's words fell, the eyes of the courtiers all looked in the direction of Lu Yunzhou, and following everyone's gaze, King Qi finally found Lu Yunzhou sitting behind the inner side of the hall.
Lu Yunzhou was in full view of everyone, without the slightest stage fright, smiled slightly, stood up from his seat, held the Chao Wat with one hand, took out a folded paper fold from the wide sleeve with the other, bowed his hand, and said loudly: "King Qiqi, the minister has something to play!"
King Qi's eyes lit up, he glanced at Tian Dan again, and after seeing that his face was unwavering, he waved his hand, pretending to be generous "Haha" and said with a smile: "It turned out to be the son of the Great Sixing, I didn't expect that your child would come prepared for the first time in the court!
The eunuch walked in front of Lu Yunzhou, took the fold, returned to the dragon steps, and handed it to King Qi.
King Qi hurriedly said: "Eh, let's show Xiangguo first, it's the same for the widow to see it later!"
Tian Dan did not refuse, bowed slightly and said, "Yes, Weichen obeys orders!"
Tian Dan took the recital handed by the eunuch, unfolded it and quickly browsed it, under the gaze of everyone, his complexion did not change, after reading it, he held the recital again, handed it to the eunuch, and said: "Weichen has already seen it, please look at it!"
Seeing that Tian Dan had no abnormal emotions, the officials couldn't help but be a little disappointed, and hurriedly looked at King Qi again, hoping to see some clues from King Qi's performance.
King Qi rolled his eyes, glanced at the expressionless Tian Dan, rubbed his hands, and said with a deliberate smile: "I heard that Qi Yu is a virtuous son praised by everyone in the mouth of the people of my Qi country, and the widow is very curious about this!"
King Qi took the fold, first touched the paper material of the fold with novelty, nodded again and again, and then spread it out to take a look, the expression on his face was extremely curious at first, and gradually began to become surprised, and finally his mouth grew exaggeratedly.
The hundreds of officials below looked at King Qi's expression, and their hearts suddenly froze, and they secretly guessed what was written on this recital, which would cause King Qi to react like this.
Shanqin sighed secretly below, closed his eyes, and couldn't bear to look at it again, he knew that King Qi actually knew the full content of the imperial examination system yesterday, and the purpose of performing like this at this moment was just to fan the flames between Tian Dan and the Qi family.
This is naturally Mao Jiao's strategy, in the eyes of the Qi Wang faction, Tian Dan is against this move, and once Tian Dan is afraid of the imperial examination system, it will inevitably be incompatible with the Qi family, if Tian Dan and the Qi family can fight, when both are defeated, the King of Qi can come out to close the endgame and regain power!
Shanqin, as a faction of the King of Qi, is hindered by the king's order, and he has no way to make any statement of his own today, but in fact, in his heart, he agrees with Lu Yunzhou's proposition very much.
The court is always so helpless, no matter how good the policy is proposed, it will inevitably fall victim to factional fighting!
If you can't even pass the political struggle, you don't have to think about how to serve the country and the people!
Hou Jun sat in the front row, and when he saw King Qi react like this, his heart suddenly burst out, and he secretly glanced at the person sitting in the back row.
The man understood, got up and went out of the ranks, and said cautiously: "King, I don't know what important matter Doctor Xiao Qi has proposed, can you let the ministers know a thing or two?"
Lu Yunzhou took a look and recognized that this person was called Chun Yuyi, a doctor, when he was in the Qunxian room, Duan Yuhong introduced him to him, and secretly reminded him that this person was Hou Jun's person.
Chun Yu's surname made Lu Yunzhou immediately think of Chun Yu, the famous "funny and argumentative" son-in-law of Qi who was active in the period of King Qi Wei and King Qi Xuan.
But I don't know if this Chun Yuyi is a descendant of Chun Yuyi.
King Qi put it on the dragon case, and sighed pretendly: "Alas, this matter is not simple......
Chun Yuyi smelled the opportunity and said with a sneer: "If the king can't make up his mind, why don't you let the ministers and others advise the king?"
King Qi glanced at Tian Dan and asked unintentionally, "What does Xiangguo mean?"
Tian Dan bowed slightly and said, "The king has the idea, and the minister has no objection!"
Seeing that Tian Dan still didn't react, King Qi couldn't help but be a little discouraged, glanced at Mao Jiao below, and waved his hand in his heart: "This matter is quite complicated, and the widow is a little confused when he sees it, so it's better to let Qi Yu explain it to us himself!"
"Yes, King!"
In the midst of the hundreds of officials and discussions, Lu Yunzhou calmly surrendered his orders, walked from his seat to the middle of the main hall, first saluted the head of the King of Qi, the prince and Tian Dan, and then saluted the hundred officials on the left and right, and said with a calm smile: "The king, Tian Xiang, and the princes of the court are above, so the kid has the courage to sacrifice ugliness!"