"Hahaha, Your Highness, Prince Jin, I haven't seen you for a long time. How are you doing lately?"
Before anyone arrives, the sound comes first.
Li Guangli's loud voice resounded at the bottom of the steps, and once again attracted the attention of countless people.
"General Li's face is rosy, but has anything good happened?"
Xu Zhenzhen took a step forward to greet Li Guangli at the same time.
There is a Qizhu Prince who is unemployed in Beijing, a military general and the uncle of the dynasty. It is really difficult to distinguish the status of the two.
"It's not caused by the auspicious snowfall on the eve of the winter solstice."
"When the auspicious snow heralds a good harvest, Your Majesty is happy. How can a minister like me be unhappy?"
"Your Highness, Prince Jin, are you right?"
Li Guangli laughed loudly with a red face, and his voice spread hundreds of steps, causing countless officials to nod silently.
I don’t know if he really thinks what Li Guangli said is reasonable, or if he is just trying to please him.
"If it were in previous years, the auspicious snow would indeed be a good harvest."
"But this year."
Xu Zhen shook his head and sighed.
As for the unfinished words, I understand them all.
There was a severe drought in Guanzhong, and there was no harvest in Qinchuan for 800 miles, and countless people in Guanzhong were displaced.
No matter how good the snow is, it will not bring good harvests to the people who have lost their fields and become homeless.
"His Royal Highness, King Jin, is wrong."
"The auspicious snow has fallen. What the court has to do is to appease the people so that they will not delay the spring plowing next spring."
"As long as spring plowing can be carried out normally, there will definitely be a good harvest next year."
Li Guangli's face straightened and he couldn't help but retort.
"The problem is that the disaster relief has not been effective for a long time. Your Majesty is worried, and I, Prince Qizhu, are also worried."
"Sigh. These days, I really can't eat well or sleep well."
"Every time I think of the people who have been displaced and exchanged their children for food, my heart feels like a knife."
Xu Zhen sighed quietly, with indescribable distress and sadness on his face.
Li Guangli's face turned pale when he saw it.
Xu Yi quietly watched Xu Zhen perform there, and his heart was really happy.
One has a glowing face and is full of praise, while the other has a haggard and worried face. Everything in the words is ordinary people.
The two are really decisive.
"Ahem."
"After the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, there will be a grand meeting."
"With Your Majesty here, why worry about the drought being unsolved?"
Li Guangli looked unnatural, changed the topic, and directly brought up Emperor Zhengde.
"Who is this person behind His Royal Highness King Jin?"
Li Guangli looked beyond Xu Zhen to Xu Yi behind him.
"Sixth Prince Xu Yi."
Xu Zhen sneered in his heart and then answered.
As for the purpose of Li Guangli's visit, he already had some guesses in his mind.
After the witchcraft case broke out, the new crown prince Xu Yong entered the East Palace.
However, if we talk about who poses the greatest threat to Xu Yong, it is undoubtedly Xu Yi, who has been under house arrest for eight years after his death.
As long as Emperor Zhengde did not appoint Concubine Li as queen.
Xu Yi became the direct descendant of the current dynasty.
"Yi'er, come and see General Li soon."
"Yes, Yi'er has met General Li."
Xu Yi took a step forward and bowed to Li Guangli with a normal expression.
His words and deeds were full of royal etiquette, making it impossible for outsiders to find a single fault.
"The Sixth Prince can't do it, he can't do it."
"There is no reason for a prince to meet his ministers."
Li Guangli turned slightly to avoid Xu Yi's worship.
"There is no reason for a prince to meet his ministers, but General Li Ke is not only a minister, but also an uncle."
"As a junior, it is reasonable for Yi'er to pay homage to his elders."
Xu Zhen reached out and stroked his beard a few times, then smiled.
This move was purely intentional to disgust Li Guangli, if he really dared to accept Xu Yi's bow.
There is no need to wait until tomorrow, there will be impeachment of officials at the court meeting today.
Playing this trick with Xu Zhen and asking questions knowingly is really a bit too young.
Li Guangli stayed for a while, chatted for a while, and then left without stopping.
After a while.
Staring in the direction where Li Guangli disappeared, Xu Zhen turned his gaze slightly and looked at Xu Yi beside him.
"How much do you know about Li Guangli?"
Xu Zhen asked in a low voice.
"The son of Li Tong, Marquis of Jing'an, and the younger brother of Concubine Li in the harem."
"Prince Xu Yong's uncle."
"He is also the great general of the current dynasty."
Xu Yi whispered to Xu Zhen truthfully the information he knew.
"Yes, but my understanding is still a bit one-sided."
"However, it is not easy to know this after eight years of confinement."
Xu Zhen nodded slightly, then sighed again.
"Remember Yi'er, this person will always be an enemy rather than a friend."
"Understand?"
Xu Zhen looked around and saw no one beside him, then lowered his voice and spoke.
"Yier understands."
A strange light flashed in Xu Yi's eyes.
Why two people can always be enemies, not friends.
Naturally it goes without saying.
As long as Concubine Li Guifei, the woman who was temporarily in charge of the harem, was not canonized as the mother of a country by Emperor Zhengde.
Li Guangli would never trust himself, the legitimate prince born of Empress Zhao.
In the final analysis, the throne is still causing trouble behind the scenes.
Seeing more and more officials gathering at the foot of the steps.
Xu Yi and Xu Zhen closed their mouths almost at the same time.
The two of them still understand the principle that there are many eyes and many eyes, but walls have ears.
Time passed by minute by minute.
Soon it was Si hour (nine o'clock in the morning in future generations.)
The originally noisy and chaotic place at the bottom of the stairs gradually calmed down the moment the time reached six o'clock.
Everyone consciously arranged themselves according to their civil and military affiliations and positions, and arranged them at the bottom of the steps below.
"You will stand here later and enter with all the clan members."
Xu Zhen explained in a low voice, and then walked towards the front of the clan lineage, his hands holding the white jade plate naturally hanging down to his abdomen.
Beside him stood several people wearing purple court uniforms.
These great purple nobles were clearly the real centers of the entire dynasty.
Unlike other dynasties, the official system of the Zhou Dynasty was similar to that of the later Ming Dynasty.
In order to strengthen the centralization of power.
At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Emperor Taizu abolished the three-province system of the previous dynasty against all opinions.
A cabinet was formed instead.
After eleven emperors, the cabinet system gradually improved.
The only difference is that there were only one or two prime ministers before.
Today, there are as few as three or four academicians in the cabinet and as many as five or six.
It is equivalent to changing from an independent prime minister to a group prime minister, which greatly weakened the power of the previous prime minister.
Strengthened the absolute voice of imperial power.
Just as Xu Yi was comparing the differences in the cabinet systems of the two dynasties in his mind.
Suddenly there was a sound of gongs and drums in the distance.
Look up.
Outside the Temple of Heaven, there was a team of thousands of people slowly walking towards the Temple of Heaven.
"Emperor Zhengde has arrived."
Mingguang soldiers opened the way, and the music was loud along the way. Who else but the emperor would dare to stage such a huge array?
