The imperial system of the Demon Kingdom has many similarities with the former Shang Dynasty. It can even be said that the general system is very similar.
According to the rules, as long as the emperor is not high in the temple but far away from the rivers and lakes, he will be the prince overseeing the country. The descendants of the merchant emperor are collectively called His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and the only prince is called His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. The demon kingdom is collectively called the Holy Son and the Holy Daughter, and only the prince is called the Crown Prince.
The current leader of the Demon Kingdom, Bai Guidao, has disappeared for a long time, and the saint Bai Yueqiu, who was respectfully welcomed back by Mei Jun, has not yet lit the Eastern Emperor Candle, so the court meeting should not have been held. However, Bai Yueqiu was personally greeted by the military aircraft guards. Although he was unknown, he was polite.
In order to prevent treacherous ministers and traitors, the demon kingdom must have three conditions for the emperor's legitimacy - name, etiquette, and truth.
Name, light the Eastern Emperor's candle in the name of the Crown Prince, be welcomed by military aircraft to receive the courtesy of His Majesty, and give way to the emperor three times to have the real power of the emperor!
Although Bai Yueqiu is unknown, she is polite after all. Coupled with Bai Zimo's support and the current expectations of the demon people, it is not difficult to hold a court meeting.
Bai Zimo resigned as the head of the Military Machine Hall, so he was not as well-dressed as the three major county guards. But no one dared to look down on this man who was even somewhat plainly dressed. Ever since the moment he was granted a fiefdom by Bai Guidao a hundred years ago, , this man is the most powerful person in the demon country, and he is still like this to this day.
The palace of the emperor's court meeting in the Zhengzi Palace is the Donghuang Palace. During today's court meeting, people with Qianwei Umbrellas lined up outside the palace, leading all the way to the Donghuang Palace. This has been a rule since ancient times, and it was rare for the Junji Palace to enter the Donghuang Palace.
The Demon Kingdom has an emperor system, and each county guard is the representative to rule the Demon Kingdom. This time, not only the three major county guards came, but also the county guards under the three major county guards. Together with the three major county guards, a total of Sixteen people.
Originally, the court meeting was held every year or at three o'clock. One was for the emperor to show the power of the Bai family in Zhengzi Palace to the county guards, and the other was to evaluate and assess the major county guards.
This report to the court was a complete process, making Bai Yueqiu the king of all counties in the world in name only.
It's just that it's not easy for Bai Zimo to summon these people. After all, Bai Zimo can take this opportunity to replace the various county guards, and I'm afraid it won't be a problem even if he kills them. Therefore, many county guards had an ambiguous attitude. Most of them were unwilling to come, and some even directly stated that they would not come.
But Bai Zimo is still Bai Zimo. Bai Zimo said directly to the three county guards, "One less county, and you three are one less head. No matter how little, there will be no need for the three surnames Bu Gu, Feng, and Qi." .”
The words are so clear, do the three major county guards dare to come? The three major county guards dare to let some of their subordinates fail to come?
So this time everyone came here for the court meeting. Everyone stood upright in their positions, and the two Bai family members on the side were supervising everyone in the court meeting to see if they were in any way inconsistent with etiquette.
Soon after, the Royal Forest Army beat drums, the Red Order embroidered a melody, Qianzhi Umbrella Mingdian spread out the brocade for the road, Qianzhi Umbrella Dark Hall held swords to form a guard of honor, lined up, and then came the folk pear garden singing troupe, singing Counting the number of people in the class, there were as many as a thousand, and they all sang songs handed down from the legendary period.
During the grand ceremony, Bai Yueqiu walked out slowly in phoenix robes, followed by the heirs of the three major county guards and the second and third generations of the Bai family in the side hall, including some branches of the Bai family royal family. , formed a team of dozens of people, and walked slowly from the east gate of Zhengzi Palace to the East Emperor Palace.
After a long time, the team slowly arrived outside the Donghuang Palace. At the foot of the steps outside the Donghuang Palace, the team all stopped. Only Bai Yueqiu slowly walked towards the Donghuang Palace. When Bai Yueqiu took the first step into the Donghuang Palace, all sounds stopped. The Royal Forest Army immediately shouted, "The emperor is the ninth son of the emperor, and the order is new. Dongzun, your emperor, it is not easy to pass the throne. The emperor is like me, and the dragon is returning to the emperor!"
These words are what the new emperor must say at his first court meeting after he ascends the throne. The folk opera troupe looked at Bai Yueqiu's slender and determined figure and listened to the loud voice of the Imperial Guards, and they shouted excitedly together with the Imperial Guards.
The momentum increased for a while, and after hearing the sound, the military aircraft guards in the palace also shouted together. In an instant, the entire Zhengzi Palace was filled with shouts.
Bai Yueqiu listened to this voice and looked towards the Liyuan Opera Troupe, which was the loudest, consisting of a thousand people, and saw a few old people singing passionately with tears streaming down their cheeks. Bai Yueqiu was moved when she looked at the group of people who were not popular at all. This is the message from Bai Zimo: "Don't look back, go straight into the hall, and then take your seat."
Bai Yueqiu nodded slightly, and then tried to calm herself down, listening to the words "I am the emperor, the dragon returns to the emperor!" that kept echoing in her ears. During Bai Yueqiu's time in the Demon Kingdom, she already knew what these words meant.
The Emperor Jiu Zijiu tells the story of the eight generals of the Eastern Emperor Taiyi who were in rebellion and the nine legitimate sons. After these two incidents, the Eastern Emperor Taiyi was completely in charge of the Great Wilderness. And established the emperor system of the Demon Kingdom. Although the later Qin Emperor Ying Zheng did not know about the emperor system of Donghuang Taiyi, their thoughts were unexpectedly consistent. Since then the order has become a new order. Everything has changed. Taiyi, the Eastern Emperor, set the capital of the country in the east, so he would say that Dongzun Erhuang was the emperor. As for the difficulty of passing on the throne, it means that the inheritance of the Bai family will last forever. The last sentence was to say that the newly enthroned emperor showed me his rights and let me know that Long Chu, who sent the old emperor away, would return to the world again and return to the new emperor.
Bai Yueqiu felt very unreal in the cheers, but recalling the tears of the troupe old man, she gained the courage to go on firmly. Bai Yueqiu didn't know why, she didn't see the old man's face clearly at all, but the old man's tears conveyed the hot feelings in a very real way. It was a feeling that Bai Yueqiu couldn't explain, as if she was them, that is. them? ——Is this their hope? ...Bai Yueqiu didn't know, she was a little confused, but very determined.
The sixteen county guards stared at Bai Yueqiu, the Bai family's branch looked at Bai Yueqiu, the Bai family in the side hall watched Bai Yueqiu...
They all saw a woman who was as graceful as an orchid and came to the seat gracefully. They might want to see something else, but they can't.
At this time, Bai Zimo was still the first to kneel down, saying "Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty!!" Everyone said perfunctorily in unison.
Bai Yueqiu looked in the direction outside the hall and didn't speak for a long time. After recalling the old man's excited voice, Bai Yueqiu was sure how perfunctory the person in front of him was.
Bai Zimo was kneeling, and everyone was kneeling. After a while, Bai Yueqiu looked at the theater troupe and said lightly, "No courtesy. Stay flat."
Everyone slowly stood up.
Looking at Bai Yueqiu, some county guards seemed to see the former Demon Queen, while some only saw the calm and composed new emperor.
Bai Fengli stared at Bai Yueqiu, smiled sarcastically, and sighed, "Why? It looks like you... Yu..."
Bai Fengli then looked at his father, watching him come to Bai Yueqiu and take the lead in telling Bai Yueqiu about the harvest of Zhongdu County in the past year. After Bai Zimo finished telling everything about that year, other counties followed. Shou reported to Bai Yueqiu everything that happened in the county during the year.
Bai Yueqiu couldn't understand it at all.
However, Bai Yueqiu is taciturn, but as attentive as her mother. She can't understand what the county guards are saying, but she can see, she can tell which county guards are showing displeasure and which ones are perfunctory. , some of them are elaborated seriously, and some of them are slightly respectful. She saw all this. Therefore, although Bai Yueqiu did not understand, she still listened and watched extremely carefully.
Bai Yueqiu knew that her absurd wish of rafting her whole life would never come true, so now she just wanted to survive and find the meaning of her life.
Finally, after a long time, the sixteen county guards told Bai Yueqiu all the situation. As usual at this time. It is the emperor's assessment of each county, which determines who should be rewarded and who should be punished. However, Bai Yueqiu does not understand the current demon country, so naturally he cannot make his own assessment.
However, Bai Zimo visited all major counties when Bai Yueqiu was training in Liuchi, so now Bai Yueqiu only needs to read according to Bai Zimo's prepared decree.
So Bai Yueqiu announced Bai Zimo's will according to the script. The general content is that county guards who do well will be rewarded, and those who do poorly will not be severely punished.
Bai Zimo looked at a group of punished county guards without any sign of solemnity or change of mind. In other words, the current county guards were not afraid of Bai Yueqiu's punishment at all. If it's not good, it will make those county guards sweat, and they are all afraid that Lord Bai will depose them. Bai Zimo made a decision in his heart. He still needed to deal with these people. However, he could no longer do these things in his own identity. He had to use Bai Yueqiu's identity to do them. Only in this way can Bai Yueqiu's majesty be established.
When Bai Yueqiu finished reading the imperial edict, no eunuch said anything about "retiring from the court without incident". Instead, two women with thousand weaving umbrellas came forward and asked everyone if they had anything to report. But no one responded.
Bai Yueqiu then followed Bai Zimo's reminder and waved to summon a woman with a thousand weaving umbrellas, asking her to bring another imperial edict.
"The lonely young man held hostage to another country, and the three ruins were impoverished..."
After reading the imperial edict, the most important points are only two points. One is that Bai Yueqiu will go to Fu Zhong Tower, one of the three ruins, to practice until the East Emperor Candle is lit, and during this period, he will lead the military machine guards there. As for another thing, Bai Zimo was asked to perform meritorious service, to repay the crime of causing the saint to flee his country, to serve as the head of the Acting Military Machine Hall, and to reduce the Bai family's fiefdom.
In this way, Bai Yueqiu holds the real power in the hands of the military aircraft guards, while Bai Zimo holds the title of master of punishments and rewards in the military aircraft palace, which facilitates Bai Zimo's legitimate management and orders to the major county guards.
After Bai Yueqiu announced all this, it was the garden tour after the court meeting. This has always been the rule. In the past, it showed the harmony between the monarch and his ministers. Secondly, it still emphasized and demonstrated the power of the Bai family.
But for Bai Yueqiu, all she can do is remember who these people are. And this time, Bai Yueqiu did not choose to walk in the park with the various governors like the previous kings, but chose to sit on the Dragon Boat.
Bai Yueqiu was sitting on the luxurious dragon bench, leaning against the curtain, with the "Han Feizi" brought from Liu Pavilion beside her hand.
Everyone was walking behind Long Chu, and Bai Yueqiu generously opened the curtain. I could clearly see the expressions of the major county guards at that time. Most of the county guards sneered at Bai Yueqiu's behavior, and only one or two had a different expression. When everyone was suddenly exposed to Bai Yueqiu's sight, their attitudes were clearly seen by Bai Yueqiu.
What impressed Bai Yueqiu most was the performance of the three county guards. Bu Guren actually smiled and bowed to himself as a courtier. Bai Yueqiu saw it but had no reaction. And Qi Yunhai actually showed some fear. As for Feng Jingliu, he was just pretending to be calm despite being strong.
When everyone saw Bai Yueqiu admiring the scenery, they couldn't help showing contempt. Bai Yueqiu felt all this, but Bai Yueqiu didn't react at all, as if he was really enjoying the scenery.
Bai Huangshu, who was following the team, felt something was wrong. After all, the Bai Yueqiu she knew was definitely not the kind of person who would do such a thing in front of everyone.
While Bai Yueqiu looked at the scenery, he remembered four people - the four county guards of Fuyang, Chang Shi, Chen Ding and Jincheng.
Bai Yueqiu then closed the curtain.
At this time, the Bu Gu family outside Long Zhu was a little impatient. Bu Guren glared at his son Bu Gutuo, and then signaled to everyone in the Bu Gu family, and then the Bu Gu family stayed.
Unlike the Bu Gu family who were impatient, the Qi family behaved very quietly and followed Long Hu. As for the Feng family, they chose to stay after seeing the reaction of the Bu Gu family.
The meeting was not truly over until Long Chu walked around the park.
Next, Bai Yueqiu will go to Fu Zhong Tower, one of the three ruins, to practice. Until Bai Yueqiu can light the Donghuang Candle.
Bai Zimo is responsible for governing the Demon Kingdom. The Demon Kingdom will enter a stable transition period...
