Chapter 22: The Discussion of the Court

On the tenth day of the fourth month, the Great Pilgrimage Meeting. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

I have to say that since the establishment of the Yan Dynasty, the successive emperors have been very diligent, and every day the small court meeting is the big court meeting every ten days, and the officials above the four grades in Beijing have to participate.

This is also the first court meeting since Wen Sicheng returned to Beijing, Wen Sicheng came to the gate of Yong'an Palace early to wait, and soon there were officials coming to the palace one after another. Everyone who saw Wen Sicheng had a bright smile on their faces, as if everyone and Wen Sicheng were friends who had not seen each other for many years, and Wen Sicheng was a little overwhelmed for a while. Just politely greeted everyone, and it didn't take long for a big sedan chair to slowly walk in the distance, and everyone flocked to the sedan chair when they saw it, or Fang Cai's bright smile, but what he said was another word, Wen Sicheng couldn't help but sigh when he saw this, and secretly thought in his heart, "It's not easy to be an official in Beijing!"

Just thinking about it, the people in the sedan chair didn't pay attention to the people around him, so he walked straight to Wen Sicheng, hugged his fists and said, "Captain Wen, it's polite!" Wen Sicheng also replied: "I've seen Tan Xiang." After that, Tan Yu didn't speak anymore, Wen Sicheng didn't speak, and the surrounding officials were also silent, and after a while, the sound of bells and drums in the palace sounded, the palace door was wide open, and hundreds of officials walked slowly in two columns, civil and military, like walking in the palace.

Wen Sicheng walked from the main gate to the Qiansheng Palace for the first time, and the road was unexpectedly long, starting from the main gate to the front of the main hall. When the hundred officials stood still in the main hall, they only heard a familiar voice after a while, and it was the duck-like voice again, "The emperor is in the early dynasty!"

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live the queen mother, thousand years old!"

"Flat!" Zhang Xiuchun's majestic voice sounded from above

After the hundred officials got up, they heard Liu Zhiyuan's voice again, "The emperor will meet, and the hundred officials will have their own music, and they will have no capital to retreat." Before Liu Zhiyuan's words fell, a civil official stood up in the middle and said loudly: "The minister has a book!"

"What's the matter with Aiqing?" asked Zhang Xiuchun

"Empress Dowager, Taiwei Wen was ordered to return to Beijing from the northwest, the current official worships Taiwei, the position of general Fuyuan in the northwest is vacant, who will fill the vacancy, and please show the queen mother!"

Zhang Xiuchun didn't reply, looked at Tan Yu who was standing below and asked, "Who is the candidate for prime minister?" Tan Yu heard this, and saluted Zhang Xiuchun and said: "Empress Dowager Mother, Taiwei Wen has been in the army for a long time, and he is familiar with the mistakes in the army. Tan Yu's voice did not fall, and the noisy voices among the hundreds of officials were loud, and those family officials were confused, and they couldn't believe that Tan Yu would return such a big piece of meat to Wen Sicheng.

"Then is there a suitable candidate for Lord Taiwei?" Zhang Xiuchun said

Wen Sicheng stood up from the team, saluted and said: "Yu Niangniang, the northwest side is stuffed with heavy land, and there has been a border trouble for a long time, and his subordinates recommended his subordinates to take over the post from Mu Hao, the captain of Sipin Yingyang." ”

"No! No!" Wen Sicheng's voice didn't fall, and he saw Ji Min immediately snoring, "Niangniang, Mu Hao is the son of a criminal minister, and his father Mu Yuan was the county guard of Yanmen back then.

"This person is really inappropriate, I don't know what the Taiwei is planning?" Tan Yufa asked at this time

"There are two reasons, one is that Mu Hao is brave in battle, knows how to advance and retreat on the battlefield, is well versed in the art of war, and is familiar with military affairs in the northwest, and knows all about the deployment of defenses in various places. Second, in recent years, the five barbarian tribes have become stronger and stronger, and last year they had already raised troops to attack, although they were able to resist by the last general, but they did not hurt their vitality. Now that the ministers are returning to Beijing, if someone else goes, it will take a whole group to be familiar with military affairs, if the barbarians come to attack at this time, what should we do?" Wen Sicheng faced the questions of Tan Yu and others, and talked eloquently.

For a while, there was an endless debate in the court, and Fang only said at first how Mu Hao couldn't take on this position. Later, several great families began to argue for this position. Only Wen Tan and the others, who were standing at the head of the team, stood quietly as if they had nothing to do with themselves.

"Enough!" a coquettish shout came from the throne, "Above the court, what kind of system are you waiting for such a noise?" The Fuyuan Army of Northwest Province is temporarily under the command of Mu Hao, and the post of General Fuyuan is vacant first. The lieutenant discussed with the Ministry of War a suitable candidate and submitted it for reconsideration. ”

For a while, the court was quiet, and the officials successively asked Zhang Xiuchun and the little emperor to play and invite, all of which were big and small affairs, Wen Sicheng just listened quietly, rarely spoke, and most of them were just Tan Yu and others discussing with the ministers. For many years, Wen Sicheng has guarded the border fortress, and he has rarely been involved in the affairs of the court, but even so, Wen Sicheng listened to these officials in the court to earn and grab nothing more than family merit, the world's land, transportation, and salt affairs.

Over the years, the world has been controlled by the family, these people think very highly of themselves, regard everything in the world as their own, land, money and grain, everything that can bring wealth to themselves, they are fighting endlessly, but they never ask about the suffering of the people, the more Wen Sicheng thinks about it, the more cold he feels, think about the barren land in the northwest, the people do not have three meals, and they have to be harassed by the barbarians in vain, and they are miserable, but these people never say that they will add a penny and a grain to the northwest, and a soldier and a soldier, and they can't help but be angry.

Just when the ministers were arguing, they could only hear Zhang Xiuchun say: "Where is the secretary of the criminal department!" I saw a short man in the civil official queue stand up and reply: "The minister is here!" Then Zhang Xiuchun asked: "Where is the person who attacked Qincha on the eve of Yonghe Pass a few days ago? What are you asking? Who did it do? Can there be an instructor?"

"Empress Dowager, the rebel Tan Yinglong has been sentenced in prison last night for fear of crime, leaving only a bloody book, and the ministers have not yet had time to interrogate. Chen Tuozhan trembled and replied to Zhang Xiuchun's question.

"Dead?" Zhang Xiuchun said angrily, "What's going on in the prison of your criminal department, a living prisoner is dead when he says he is dead?

Chen Tuo took out a folded thin cloth from his sleeve, presumably Tan Yinglong's strip of cloth torn from his prison clothes and presented it to him, Liu Zhiyuan quickly took it and held it to Zhang Xiuchun, Zhang Xiuchun glanced at it and said, "Read"

"Yes" Liu Zhiyuan unfolded the blood letter when he heard this, and slowly came to the "criminal minister Tan Yingpeng, who attacked the frame of the Qincha car at night, and admitted that his guilt was unforgivable. It was only because the criminal minister loved the county lord that he saw General Wen returning from the border just to marry the county lord, and he was jealous at the moment and it was difficult to control himself, so he committed this heinous crime. The crime of the sinner is unforgivable, and he is judged here, hoping that His Majesty the Emperor, the Queen Mother will not sin and her family, and the sinner Tan Yinglong will cry blood and worship again. ”

"Prime Minister, this person is your nephew!" Zhang Xiuchun asked slowly.

"Returning to the Queen Mother, this person is indeed the nephew of the minister, the eldest son in the eldest brother's room, filial piety and loyalty to the imperial forest, and was assigned by the first emperor to be the general of Yongheguan. His Majesty was also surprised when he got this. Wen Taiwei and the county lord were married by the first emperor, and I didn't expect this evil animal to have no thoughts about the county lord, so I asked the queen mother to rule the crime of lax discipline under the ministers. After that, he turned around and saluted Wen Sicheng and said, "Please forgive me Taiwei Wen, the old man is not strict in governing the family, so he made such a big mistake." Taiwei Shenwei is blessed by heaven, and every evil turns into good fortune, which is really the luck of the society and the people. ”

Tan Yu's words were not leaky, and he only admitted one crime of lax governance, which made Zhang Xiuchun feel a dare to have nowhere to focus, and raised his head and said: "Come on, pass the decree." Yonghe guarded Tan Yinglong's night attack on Qincha, which was regarded as an accomplice. Yongheguan and other cadres are regarded as the same party and make a decision. ”

"Queen Mother" Zhang Xiuchun's voice did not fall, and Wen Sicheng immediately knelt on the ground and said: "Queen Mother, Tan Yinglong attacked Qincha at night, and his crime should be punished." That night, Tan Yinglong's subordinates had been killed by his ministers. The rest of the soldiers in Yonghe Pass should not know about this, and now the first evil has come out, and the soldiers in Yonghe Pass are not guilty to death, and please ask the Queen Mother to be gracious. "After that, Wen Si grew up and knelt down.

Zhang Xiuchun looked at Wen Sicheng, who was kneeling, and said: "Okay! The capital crime can be avoided, but the living crime is unforgivable, so the generals of Yongheguan will go to Yanmen County on the same day to fight the enemy on the border to atone for their crimes." Who is guarding the city now?"

"Empress Dowager, Zhenbei Anyuan General Zhang Anbei!" replied Ji Min, the secretary of the military department. Before Zhang Xiuchun could speak, Ji Min immediately said: "Queen Mother, Zhang Anbei left his post without permission and led troops to attack Yongheguan without permission, which is also a big crime!"

Hearing this, Wen Sicheng was interrupted by Zhang Xiuchun just as he was about to speak, "Zhang Anbei was transferred back from the mourning family, Yongheguan is the barrier of my Dayan's court, outside Yongheguan, it is Qingyuan County, and Yongheguan is the thousands of miles of fertile fields of my Dayan Dynasty, such an important place, but you let Tan Yinglong and other wolf ambitious people guard, what kind of heart do you have?" took the little emperor beside him and walked back, and the little emperor followed the steps of the queen mother, and did not forget to turn around and wink at Wen Sicheng.

The long court meeting dispersed in the quarrel of the ministers, and before Wen Sicheng walked out of the main hall, a little eunuch walked quickly and said: "Lord Taiwei, the queen mother is in order, leave the lord to eat in the palace." Wen Sicheng returned the salute and thanked him, and then followed the little eunuch to the harem. Following the little eunuch, Wen Sicheng looked around at the scenery in the palace, thinking that he would be able to see the person who was thinking about him for a while, and he couldn't help but feel a burst of excitement in his heart.

Qin'er, I'm here!