There was a meeting on the first day of March in the twelfth year of Hongde.
Because it is the great court meeting at the beginning of the month, there will be more things discussed. Sometimes we will discuss it from morning to afternoon, and then have dinner in Deqing Palace.
Therefore, many experienced ministers will go home early, have a few mouthfuls of rice, and prepare some ginseng slices.
But don't eat too much.
If you want to pay tribute when you go to court, it will be a bit embarrassing. Unless you are an official of the level of Zhongshu Zaifu or Dajiuqing, no one dares to say anything. If it is an ordinary official, the Yushitai Those bitches might break the rules by showing up in front of you.
When the first ray of the sun shone on the sundial at the entrance of Deqing Palace, the bells in the main hall of Deqing Palace rang, and all the civil and military officials filed into Deqing Palace and stood in order according to seniority.
Normally, the ministers would stand for a while, or even chat for a while, before His Majesty the Emperor would arrive. But today, the Emperor came earlier than usual. Almost all the civil and military officials had just arrived. The Emperor His Majesty arrived at Deqing Palace.
Amidst the masterful singing of the great eunuch, His Majesty the Emperor took his seat, and the civil and military officials each held the Chao Hut in their hands and paid homage to the Emperor.
Emperor Hongde waved his hand lazily and said, "Everyone is safe."
Only then did all the civil and military officials stand up.
After everyone stood up, the emperor glanced at the officials and was a little surprised: "The Minister of Revenue, Zhao Shangshu, didn't come today?"
"Return to Your Majesty."
The Minister of Civil Affairs stepped forward, bowed his head to the Emperor and said, "Your Majesty, Minister Zhao is ill, so he takes a leave of absence."
"Well."
The emperor frowned and asked again: "Is your illness serious?"
The Minister of Civil Affairs hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "It is said that he is not serious. He has been bedridden for several days and the fever does not go away."
"But I haven't gone to see it yet, so I'm just hearing about it."
The emperor nodded, paused, and continued: "In that case, let's continue the court meeting."
"If you have the original version, you can play it."
There was a period of silence in Deqing Palace.
The emperor looked at the officials and suddenly smiled: "It seems that the world is at peace with my great master. At the great court meeting at the beginning of this month, not a single person came to make an announcement."
The emperor narrowed his eyes and said: "Then if there is really nothing to discuss today, the court meeting can only end here, and all the ministers can go back to their Yamen."
Finally, among the ranks of civil servants, one person held the imperial scepter in his hand and came out to present the memorial: "Your Majesty, I have this memorial."
The emperor took a closer look.
It was Cao Gan, the censor of the Censor Taiqian capital.
The censor of the fourth grade.
The Censor's Office can be heard about the affairs being performed, but generally those who perform the affairs are the seventh-rank supervisory censors. These officials in charge of the Censor's Office at the Censor's Office rarely go to the Censor's Office to perform the affairs in person.
After all, the Yushitai sometimes became a tool for the court bosses to criticize each other, and these officials at the Yushitai did not want to get involved.
And now, the reason why this Qiandu Censor stood up and spoke.
Firstly, because the supervisory censor of the Yushitai participated in Shen Yi's performance several times in the past two days, but was ignored by the palace and disappeared.
The second reason is that today's imperial meeting, those seventh-rank supervisory censors are not qualified to attend the meeting, so he, a fourth-rank official, can only come.
It would be difficult for the emperor to ignore the matter when presenting it at a great court meeting. After all, he could not avoid matters in front of so many officials.
The emperor squinted his eyes and smiled: "Cao Aiqing, just tell me."
Cao Gan lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, there are many supervisory censors in the audience, including Shen Yi, a doctor in the Ministry of War. Before doctor Shen went to Huai'an last year, he promised that he would be able to defend Huai'an. Only half a year later, he has already asked for help from the imperial army. This shows that this person There is no way to guard the Huai River."
"The Huaihe River is our barrier to the north of the Chen Dynasty. We must not allow any mistakes. Du Ping, Fang Dan and others under the Yushitai have jointly submitted a letter to Your Majesty, requesting that Dr. Shen be transferred back to Jiankang."
"The great affairs of the country lie in sacrifice and military affairs."
"Soldiers, important matters of the country, cannot be left in the hands of children. Dr. Shen is only twenty-one or twelve years old this year. Although he has some talents, he..."
Before he could finish his sentence, the emperor interrupted him with a smile and said: "I have already seen the memorial from the Yushitai Yushi two days ago. I don't need Cao Qing to remind me that today is a great meeting. All the ministers present are the pillars of the imperial court, and there is no such thing as submitting memorials for others."
He looked at Cao Gan and asked: "What Cao Qing just said, did he submit the report himself, or did he act on behalf of the censors at the censorship station to supervise the censor?"
Cao Gan quickly took a look at the position of the Five Prime Ministers of Zhongshu, then lowered his head and gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, I am here to supervise the Censor on behalf of the Censor..."
The censor of Qiandu is a fourth-grade official.
Moreover, he is also a fourth-grade Beijing official, an official of Yushitai, and can be said to be noble and noble.
At his level, even though he is entrusted by others, he will not easily fall into this vortex.
After all, almost everyone in the Chen Dynasty and the outside world knows that the emperor of this dynasty has a very good relationship with the little kid named Shen.
The emperor nodded, looked at the ministers, and said calmly: "I originally wanted to mention what Cao Aiqing just said."
"Everyone should know what happened in the past few days. Hu Qi stormed our Huai'an Prefecture in the Great Chen Dynasty. They had a large number of people, but the Huai'an defenders were unable to catch them, so they temporarily seconded the imperial army to support Lianshui County in Huai'an Prefecture. Only then did we successfully repel Hu Qi.”
"This is not a big deal. After all, the enemy has retreated. It is said that the battle in Lianshui was pretty good and there was no loss."
"But after all, this is Huai'an. The imperial army was used first, which is a bit weak. Today, all the ministers are here at the court meeting. Let's discuss this matter. Should we let the coastal capital continue to defend Huai'an independently, or should we include it in the Huaihe River? Under the command of the division, we will hand it over to the general yamen of the Huaihe Navy Division to take command."
"We are here today to discuss a charter."
He looked at the five prime ministers of Zhongshu and said with a smile: "My gentlemen, it's time to speak."
At this time, the five prime ministers in Zhongshu did not say a word.
The most outrageous thing was Prime Minister Xie Min. The little old man was leaning against a pillar, already drowsy and unable to open his eyelids.
The other four prime ministers were all awake, but they did not express their opinions. His Majesty the Emperor then turned his eyes to Prime Minister Chen Jing.
He smiled and asked: "Xiang Chen, what do you say?"
At this moment, Chen Jing seemed to be waking up from a dream. The little old man rubbed his eyes, first walked out of work and bowed his hands to the emperor, and then looked back at his four colleagues.
The old prime minister Xie Min is still a sleepyhead.
The other three prime ministers were all looking at Chen Jing.
Chen Xiang glanced at Xie Min blankly and sighed slightly in his heart.
This Xie Xiangxiang is the longest-qualified among the five prime ministers in Zhongshu. During the period of Yang Jingzong and Zhang Jing, he was the prime minister in Zhongshu. Together with Yang and Zhang, they almost worshiped each other, but he was not very good at it. Stand out and have no sense of existence.
In the early years of the Hongde Dynasty, these three prime ministers had a nickname in the government and the public.
Zhang Gongmou, Yang Gongjuan, Xie Gongyou Lalan.
However, today, both Prime Minister Yang and Prime Minister Zhang have withdrawn from the court, but this "lazy prime minister" has stayed and is strong to this day.
Chen Xiang turned to look at the emperor, lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, I think this matter cannot be decided easily. Although the Huai'an army has used the forbidden army, it is also because there are too many Qi troops. This matter can still be discussed slowly."
This is still muddy.
But he had no choice. Although the emperor was smiling now, everyone could see that he was somewhat protective of Shen Yi.
His Majesty the Emperor frowned and said, "Mr. Chen, you are asked to express your opinions on the affairs of the imperial court. How should the regulations for the Huai'an garrison be established? It is not a trivial matter. You, the chief secretary of the Central Committee, must speak when it is time to speak."
At this point, he paused and continued: "Moreover, although I think highly of Shen Qi, I think highly of Shen Qi, and I distinguish the important. The major affairs of the court cannot be decided just because of my own likes and dislikes. If Shen Qi does not If he has the ability to guard Huai, then if he is brought back, he should be demoted, and he should be held accountable for his crimes."
His Majesty the Emperor spoke sincerely: "I will never favor him."
Seeing the sincerity of His Majesty's words, several prime ministers looked at each other.
Especially Prime Minister Cui Yu, he was almost moved.
Chen Jing looked up at the emperor, and he felt something was wrong.
But I don't know what's wrong.
However, relying on so many years of political wisdom, the little old man lowered his head slightly and said: "Your Majesty, I think it is better to observe and observe. After all, Huai'an has not been lost."
After saying this, he looked back at the four prime ministers behind him.
Among the four prime ministers, Prime Minister Cui Yu was somewhat reluctant, but he still followed Chen Jing and raised his hands to the emperor and said, "I think we need to take another look."
When the emperor heard this, he did not speak, but silently glanced at Chen Jing, and then at Cui Yu behind Chen Jing.
pity.
The old guys are too sophisticated and slippery.
The emperor narrowed his eyes, feeling a little unhappy.
Originally, he wanted to take this opportunity...
commutated.
But now, the chance is slim. These old guys, even if there is no trouble, are terrifyingly shrewd.
Thinking of this, His Majesty the Emperor clapped his hands.
"In this case, then this matter has been settled, and the Yushitai should stop talking about the Forbidden Army."
The emperor turned to look at Eunuch Gao and said calmly: "Gao Ming, take my guest to the palace and show it to all the ministers."
Eunuch Gao immediately nodded and shouted: "Tong Sheng is told to enter the palace."
Soon, Tong Sheng was tied up by Wuhua Da and escorted into the golden palace.
His Majesty the Emperor stood up from the throne. He raised his head slightly, looked at the officials, and said calmly: "Guess who this is?"
No one could guess it, but because of Tong Sheng's surname, many people had already guessed that he was Zhu Li.
Seeing that the ministers were silent, the emperor squinted his eyes and finally smiled on his face.
"This is the prisoner captured by the Huai'an garrison for me, a relative of the Northern Qi royal family."
His Majesty the Emperor's tone was extremely calm, as if he was talking about an insignificant matter.
"On February 21st, Shen Yi, the governor of Huai'an, led 4,500 men across the river overnight and defeated Hu Qiyangji and Tuhe Camp, wiping out thousands of enemies."
After hearing the emperor's words, all the civil and military officials in Deqing Palace were stunned.
Many people felt chills running down their spines.
Congratulate yourself that you didn't say the wrong thing just now.
Especially Prime Minister Cui Yu, cold sweat broke out on his forehead in just one breath!
Cao Gan, the censor of the Censorship Department, felt that his legs were weak and he could hardly stand still!
He knew that his speech today, or the speech of the entire Yushitai, would almost certainly offend the emperor!
Especially him...
The entire Deqing Palace was completely silent.
Prime Minister Xie Min seemed to have finally woken up after "sleeping" for a long time. The old man held the Chao Hut in his hand and prostrated himself on the ground after leaving work.
"This is Da Chen, a great victory that has not been seen in decades."
The Prime Minister thanked him with a respectful tone: "I congratulate Your Majesty."
Only then did all the civil and military officials react, and they all knelt on the ground.
"Your Majesty, wait..."
"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
(End of chapter)
