After passing through the city gate, Liu Mingzhi rarely took a detour to the apse, but rushed directly from the palace square towards Qinzheng Hall.
After arriving outside the palace gate, Liu Mingzhi heard the noisy conversations coming from the palace, coughed heavily under his throat, and then stepped into the palace.
The chaotic movements in the hall suddenly became silent. The civil and military officials kneeling on both sides looked at Liu Mingzhi who had walked into the hall.
When the civil and military officials saw Young Master Liu wearing armor, the expressions on their faces couldn't help but be in a trance, and they almost didn't react for a while.
After the civil and military officials came to their senses, they carefully looked at Liu Mingzhi, who was wearing armor, with an inexplicable hint of sadness in their eyes.
It has been many years since His Majesty has been in uniform.
One year? Two years? Five years? Six years? Or even longer.
In the years since Liu Mingzhi became emperor, they have been used to seeing Liu Mingzhi go to court in ordinary clothes, they have also seen Liu Mingzhi go to court in formal clothes, and they have also seen Liu Mingzhi go to court in dragon robes.
But I have never seen Liu Mingzhi come to the palace to attend court in a military uniform.
For civil and military officials, the appearance of Young Master Liu wearing a military uniform and leaping on a horse and whipping his whip seems to be a distant thing.
Young Master Liu's eyes inadvertently swept over the civil and military officials on both sides one by one, and he headed towards the Longtai with a slightly raised corner of his mouth.
All the officials watched Liu Mingzhi ascend the dragon platform. After he sat on the dragon chair, they stood up one after another and gathered towards the center of the hall.
"I see your Majesty, long live my emperor."
Liu Mingzhi lowered his head and looked at the number of civil and military officials. After seeing all the officials, big and small, gathered together, he held up his hands.
"My dear friends, please take your seats without courtesy."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Baiguan straightened up and walked towards his seat. Little Chengzi also squatted with a cup of tea and hurriedly ran out of the back hall.
"Your Majesty, this old servant didn't know that you had already come in from the front of the palace. I was unable to arrive in time to serve you. I hope your Majesty will forgive you."
"It's okay, just wait and see."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, old slave."
Little Chengzi carefully placed the tea cup in her hand on the dragon chair, thanked her with a sincere expression, and backed away to the side of the dragon chair holding the whisk in her hand.
Liu Mingzhi took a sip of the tea prepared by Xiao Chengzi and glanced at the civil and military officials who had all taken their seats with an indifferent expression.
"My dear friends."
"I'm waiting here."
"In addition to the memorial documents for the Second Army's expedition at the court meeting today, which beloved minister has other documents that need to be reported?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have a report from Honglu Temple."
"allow."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Wang Hezheng, the minister of Honglu Temple, walked out holding the Chao Hut, took out a document from his sleeve and gently opened it.
"Your Majesty, five days ago, the Annan State mission, the Siamese mission, the Japanese mission, the Goguryeo mission... and other missions successively came to our Dalong to pay tribute.
Nowadays, the envoys from various countries have moved into Honglu Temple with their annual tributes, waiting to be received by His Majesty.
Among them, the envoys of Goguryeo and Japan visited the old minister several times in private in the past few days, hoping that the old minister could arrange for them to meet with His Majesty as soon as possible.
The envoys of the two missions seemed to be very anxious to meet with His Majesty. As for the reason, the old minister had already ordered the Yamen to investigate secretly.
The detailed situation has been stated in the document one by one. Your Majesty is invited to take a look. "
"Little Chengzi."
"yes."
Xiao Chengzi trotted up to Wang Hezheng and took the document from his hand. After running back to the dragon platform, he handed the document to Liu Mingzhi with a respectful expression.
"His Majesty."
Liu Mingzhi took the document and flipped through it, briefly glancing at the contents.
After folding up the documents and placing them on the dragon desk, Liu Mingzhi narrowed his eyes slightly, pondered thoughtfully for a moment and then raised his eyes to look at Wang Hezheng under the dragon platform.
"Wang Aiqing."
"I'm here."
"Let me ask you, since the missions of Japan and Goguryeo moved into Honglu Temple, have they been very unharmonious in getting along with each other?"
When Wang Hezheng heard Liu Dashao's inquiry, he frowned and thought for a while while looking at Liu Mingzhi and nodded gently.
"Returning to Your Majesty, there seems to be some disharmony between the two missions.
After all the envoys from various countries had just moved into Honglu Temple, the veteran wanted to arrange for them to live in a courtyard because the envoys from the two countries were the first to arrive at Honglu Temple.
However, the envoys of the two countries successively rejected the old minister's arrangement and were not willing to live in the same courtyard at all.
At that time, the veteran thought that they had a disagreement over the issue of Chaoyang in the room. Now that I think about it carefully, it seems that there is no special harmony between the two missions. "
Liu Mingzhi nodded lightly, frowned slightly and chuckled twice.
"You are so ambitious. I will take care of you later."
"Ah? What did you say, Your Majesty? The old minister didn't hear clearly."
"It's nothing. We won't talk about this matter during the court meeting. Let's talk about it after the court is over."
"Yes, I understand.
The old minister dares to ask Your Majesty, how should we deal with the fact that the envoys from Japan and Goguryeo are eager to see Your Majesty? "
"Stop it for the time being. After the expedition of the soldiers of the Second Army is completely over, I will take the time to meet them again. Now let them wait."
"Old minister, I obey."
"correct."
"His Majesty?"
"While the envoys from various countries are in Beijing, you instruct the officials to keep a close eye on them, especially the envoys from Goguryeo and Japan.
If they are wandering around Beijing normally, they can just appreciate the customs and customs of our Dalong. However, if there is any abnormal movement, they will immediately send troops to monitor closely. "
"Old minister, I obey."
"Besides this matter, does Aiqing have anything else to do?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have lost my ability."
"Return to your seats and take your seats."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Is there any other lover who has a book to write?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have a report from the Ministry of Punishment."
"allow."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty, half a month ago the chief officials of various prefectures and prefectures in the imperial court had written to the imperial court and reported in detail to the Ministry of Punishment the list of death row prisoners in each autonomous region who needed to be executed.
The veteran and many colleagues from the Ministry of Punishment carefully checked the list of prisoners on the document and the prisoners' confessions, and confirmed that there was no wrongful, false or unjust case.
I would like to ask Your Majesty if you will allow these prisoners on death row to be beheaded. "
"How many people will be executed on death row this autumn?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, there are a total of two hundred and sixteen people."
"What? A total of 216 death row inmates? How come there are so many people this year?
I remember that last year there were only 93 prisoners on death row. How come this year the number has more than doubled! "
"This... the veteran is not particularly clear. The veteran carefully compared the contents of the documents written by the local chief official and the officials of the government office under the Ministry of Punishment of the local state. Although there are slight discrepancies, there is no big difference."
Liu Mingzhi frowned slightly and looked at the document in the hand of the Minister of Justice: "Xiao Chengzi."
"yes."
After Liu Mingzhi took the document from Xiao Chengzi's hand, he looked at the name and domicile of each death row prisoner on it attentively.
After a while, Liu Mingzhi folded the documents in his hands and placed them on the dragon case, then raised his eyes to look at the Minister of Punishment.
"Ministry of Punishments, where are the prisoners' testimonies submitted by officials from various state governments?"
"Back to Your Majesty, the final approval is being made at the Office of the Ministry of Justice."
Liu Mingzhi thought for a moment, then turned to look at his third son Liu Chengqian.
"Yaoyao, Chengqian."
"My son is here."
"After the expedition of the Western Expedition came to an end, you two each led five hundred internal guards to disperse across various places to secretly verify whether the confessions of these death row prisoners were conclusive.
After the imperial edict is finished with the army's expedition, you siblings can just go to my study to get it. "
"My son, I obey."
"The Criminal Department."
"The old minister is here."
"The interrogation and beheading of the condemned prisoners after Qiu has been put on hold for the time being and no approval will be granted. Your Ministry of Punishment will fully assist the third princess and the third prince and his brother in reviewing the confessions of all the condemned prisoners."
"Old minister, I obey."
"Are there any other documents?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have no foundation."
"Return to your seat and take your seat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"My dear friends, is there any other dear friend who has a story to report?"
After a long moment of silence in the main hall, the civil and military officials looked around and looked at each other, then bowed in unison holding the Chao Hut in their hands.
"Your Majesty, I have no intention of reporting."
Liu Mingzhi nodded gently, picked up the tea and moistened his throat.
"Tobe."
"The old minister is here."
"How are the preparations for the food and fodder arrangements for the Second Army's expedition?"
"Reporting to your Majesty, the food and fodder for the army were prepared ten days ago. All the food and fodder will be ready to go on the road as soon as your Majesty sends a letter."
Liu Mingzhi's expression relaxed, he moved his wrist a few times, picked up the ink pen next to his desk, and started writing on the rice paper.
Putting the ink pen back to its original place, Liu Mingzhi carefully checked the contents on the two rice papers. After confirming that they were correct, he took out the large seal from the pouch at his waist and stamped them.
Liu Mingzhi blew the ink on the paper, picked up two pieces of rice paper, folded them a few times, and handed them directly to Xiao Chengzi next to him.
"yes."
"King Wuyi."
"The old minister is here."
"Immediately after the dispersion of the dynasty, these two letters were sent to Ganzhou and Suzhou.
After sending an order to the chief officials of the two palaces to reward the soldiers of the three armies who escorted the grain and grass, all the grain and grass immediately set off on the road. "
"I obey."
"The Ministry of War."
"The old minister is here."
"How are the preparations for the ordnance of the army going out?"
"Your Majesty, all kinds of artillery, all kinds of thunderbolts, light and heavy crossbows, light and heavy chariots, light and heavy siege vehicles, all kinds of arrows...all the ordnance were delivered to Marshal Duan seven days ago."
"Okay! Okay! Okay!"
Liu Mingzhi said hello three times in a row, clapped his hands on the dragon case, stood up and looked down at the civil and military officials in the palace.
"My dear friends."
"I'm waiting here."
"After the dynasty is dismissed, immediately follow me to the new army camp."
"I obey, my emperor, long live, long live, long live."
