Emperor Wu of Zhou sat high on the dragon horse and looked at the noisy ministers with red faces with interest.
A group of ministers who supported the king proposed to imitate the previous dynasty's system of adding beads to princes, and add beads to the king who had made great military exploits, and at least seven beads should be added.
A group of ministers who supported the prince naturally opposed this proposal. They felt that this was a system of the previous dynasty and should not be used in our dynasty. They also emphasized that the previous dynasty's Prince Gajju system was extremely troublesome. The original riots in the previous dynasty were caused by the struggle between Prince Gajju and the Crown Prince. If the Great Zhou Dynasty reused the Prince Jiazhu system of the previous dynasty, it would inevitably make the Great Zhou Dynasty repeat the mistakes of the previous dynasty.
The ministers who supported the acting king felt that the statement of the prince's party was exaggerated. Furthermore, the Prince Gajju system was not the cause of the previous dynasty's troubles. The main culprit was the previous emperor's debauchery, tyrannical amassing of wealth, indiscriminate killing of innocent people, and indulgence in drinking and debauchery.
The system of adding beads to princes was not original to the previous dynasty, but inherited from the previous dynasty. The reason for the demise of the previous dynasties was not because of the existence of the Prince Jiazhu system, but because of the emperor's lack of morality. It is really ignorant for the princeling party to attribute the demise of previous dynasties to the Prince Gajju system.
The ministers of the prince's party immediately retorted that in the previous dynasty, the princes were fighting against each other just because they added beads to the prince. The princes only focused on fighting for power and profit, making the court a mess. The ministers also only cared about the military team and did not care about the government or the people. life.
The officials of Dai Wang's party choked and retorted, saying that the prince's party was making use of the topic. They also said that Dai Wang was fighting desperately for the great Zhou Dynasty outside, and the people of the prince's party actually accused Dai Wang of wanting to fight against the brothers.
The ministers who supported the third prince, fifth prince, and sixth prince fanned the flames, making the quarrel between the acting king and the prince more and more fierce.
Sun Kui, who was standing next to Emperor Wu of Zhou, saw the ministers quarreling like shrews in the market and couldn't stand it. He hesitated, took two steps forward, and asked respectfully: "Your Majesty, do you want to stop the adults?"
Emperor Wu of Zhou supported his face with his right hand and rested his elbow on the armrest of the dragon chair, watching the ministers quarreling with relish.
"It's so exciting, stop them from doing anything and let them continue to make noise."
Sun Kui didn't dare to say anything more, so he took a few steps back and returned to his original seat obediently. He imitated Emperor Wu of Zhou and watched the ministers quarreling with interest.
The quarrels between these literati were different. They didn't use a single curse word in their words, but the words they cursed were very unpleasant. Of course, if you haven't read a little bit of books, you really can't understand a sentence.
The ministers were quarreling very fiercely, and they were completely without their usual politeness and elegance. Sun Kui saw the ministers' spit flying into each other's faces, and some flew directly into each other's mouths.
The prince, who was standing at the head of the group on the left, stared at all this in stunned silence.
Emperor Wu of Zhou watched for a while and saw that the ministers were arguing about the same words, and felt that it was meaningless. He stood up, took a few steps forward, crossed his arms, bowed his waist slightly, and looked at the ministers with a smile: "If you continue to argue, I will leave."
When the noisy ministers, who were blushing and thick-necked, heard this, they all fell silent like chickens whose necks were suddenly strangled. Then, he was so frightened that he knelt down and apologized to Emperor Wu of Zhou: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I deserve death."
"Why don't you stop arguing? Continue?" Emperor Zhou Wu still had a gentle and warm smile on his face, "I see that you are arguing with great energy, keep arguing, and ignore me."
The ministers kneeling down the hall all turned pale with fright and their bodies were trembling slightly.
"I'll die if I wait."
"This is the first time I know that my beloveds are so quarrelsome." Emperor Wu of Zhou sauntered down the hall with his hands behind his back and said with a smile on his lips, "Just now it really opened my eyes."
The more mildly Emperor Wu of Zhou spoke, the more fearful the ministers kneeling on the ground became.
"I deserve to die! I beg the emperor to punish me!"
"Continue the quarrel just now, and tell me the conclusion after the quarrel." Emperor Wu of Zhou smiled gently, "I am waiting for your good news." After saying that, he turned around and walked out of Chengguang Hall.
Before leaving, Emperor Wu of Zhou asked Sun Kui to stay and supervise the quarrels among the ministers.
Sun Kui did not call for retreat and stayed in Chengguang Hall.
After Emperor Wu of Zhou left, the ministers knelt on the ground and did not get up for a long time.
Sun Kui had no choice but to remind the ministers: "My lords, the emperor just said that you should continue to argue until there is a result."
The ministers looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a while.
"My lords, you can just make the same noise as before." Sun Kui stood with a slightly bowed waist and a respectful smile on his face, waiting patiently for the ministers to continue arguing.
The prince saw the embarrassment of the ministers and wanted to help rescue him. He walked to Sun Kui and asked in a low voice: "Eunuch Sun, do you really want them to continue to quarrel?"
Sun Kui first saluted the prince, and then said respectfully: "His Royal Highness, you just heard what the emperor said. Let the ministers continue to argue until a conclusion is reached."
"But, this..."
"Your Highness, this is an imperial decree." Sun Kui said respectfully, "My lords, do you want to resist the decree?"
Of course the ministers who had just quarreled did not dare to resist the order, so they could only bite the bullet and continue to quarrel. After noisy and noisy, I found the feeling, and the more noisy, the more fierce.
The minister who had not quarreled just now did not dare to stay any longer and left in a hurry.
Marquis Xuanping walked out of Chengguang Hall unhurriedly. When Duke Zhen Guo passed by him, he didn't even look at him. Instead, the ministers beside Duke Zhen Guo ridiculed Marquis Xuanping and said, "Wishful thinking."
"What did you say?"
Marquis Xuanping was not angry, but the minister who was following him was angry. He was about to catch up and argue, but was held back by Marquis Xuanping.
"Master Hou, he is disrespectful to you..."
Marquis Xuanping waved his hand and said, "Don't worry."
"Father, what does the emperor mean?" Xuanpinghou's eldest son, the heir apparent of the Xuanpinghou Mansion, asked, "Your Majesty, do you agree or not?"
Marquis Xuanping said calmly: "The emperor will not agree so quickly. This matter must be taken slowly."
"Master Marquis, as long as we keep proposing, the emperor will agree sooner or later." The minister just now said, "His Royal Highness Dai Wang has made great achievements in battle, and the emperor loves and favors His Highness Dai Wang, so he will definitely give His Highness Dai Wang this honor."
After hearing this, the prince of Xuanpinghou Mansion felt relieved: "That's good."
"Jia Zhu is what His Royal Highness deserves." The minister just now lowered his voice, his tone full of disdain, "The prince has never made any military exploits for Dazhou, why should they oppose..."
Marquis Xuanping interrupted the minister and said, "Okay, don't talk anymore. This is not the place to make peace."
Neither the minister nor the Crown Prince said anything, and followed Marquis Xuanping out of the palace in a hurry.
Walking behind Marquis Xuanping and others, there were several ministers gathered around an old man with gray hair.
"Xiang He, what do you think about adding beads to the acting king?"
"He Xiang, I can't agree to adding beads."
"He Xiang, once the king adds beads, his arrogance will inevitably become more arrogant."
"Xiang He, the people from Dai Wang's party obviously want to force the prince through the Jiazhu incident."
"Gazhu is a conspiracy of Dai Wang and his party, we must not let them succeed."
Compared with several anxious ministers, He Xiangdao seemed very calm.
"He Xiang, please say something."
"The emperor didn't agree."
"The emperor has not agreed now, but it does not mean that he will not agree in the future. After all, the emperor always loves the king."
"Don't worry, everyone, the emperor knows what's going on." He Xiang smiled placatingly at the ministers, then turned and left.
"What phase..."
"What phase..."
"Why isn't He Xiang in a hurry?"
"Since Mr. He is not in a hurry, it means that this matter will not go as expected by Marquis Xuanping and others."
"Let's see again."
In the Chengguang Hall, some ministers were still arguing. Their mouths were dry and their throats were burning. They couldn't continue the quarrel. They asked Sun Kui to help them plead with Emperor Wu of Zhou.
Sun Kui went to the imperial study and reported the quarrel among the ministers to Emperor Wu of Zhou truthfully.
After hearing this, Emperor Wu of Zhou said in a disgusted tone: "Let them go away."
Sun Kui returned to Chengguang Hall and conveyed Emperor Zhou Wu's will to the ministers.
After the ministers thanked them, they crawled out of Chengguang Hall, not daring to delay for a moment for fear of being left to quarrel again.
From now on, they never dared to quarrel in court again.
