Chapter 349: Turning back to the pavilion, looking back, thousands of people from Tai’an City meet
Princes, Princes, Nine Ministers, and civil and military officials entered one after another. Xu Fengnian finally saw the hall in front of him, with a yellow roof and a red wall, and the two wings of yellow glazed tiles gradually fell. The hall was built on the support of the white Sumeru seat. On the left and right of the central axis of the soles of the feet were sea bricks with grinding bricks and cracks. Xu Fengnian had a little understanding of Feng Shui and geomanticism. He knew that the central axis behind him was facing south, not only the Sixteen-mile Imperial Road, but also a long earth axis extending to the south of the empire. Fengshan Taishan, the mountains in Huai, and many mountains in the south of the Yangtze River formed the majestic Sancho Mountain. The emperor of the Zhao family in the capital was on the dragon throne in the main hall, and listened to the world in the south.
The civil servant leader Zhang Julu walked on the right, and the military general Ao Tou Gu Jiantang was on the left. The five royal vassal kings were all slowly walking around Zhang Julu, but Chen Zhibao was barely walking side by side with Gu Jiantang. As the prince of a vassal prince, Xu Fengnian should not be ahead of him now, but no one raised any objections. The censor shut up and the eunuch kept silent. Among the five major vassal kings, Zhao Xun, King Jing’an, walked behind King Huainan, Zhao Sui, King Jiaodong, intentionally or unintentionally, fell behind his younger nephew Zhao Xun, and walked only before Xu Fengnian, without saying anything. It is like a crumbling old wall, sheltering young people from the wind and rain for the last time. Xu Fengnian kept his eyes low and counting silently. When the glorious dragon wall was reflected in his vision, he was about to start climbing up the steps, stepping on the white jade steps, looking back gently, there were crowds of people, jade was shaking, and the sound was loud. His body was slightly frozen, and the elderly civil minister behind him who had once carried the coffin to persuade the King of Beiliang subconsciously retracted and stepped forward, and snorted heavily, obviously dissatisfied with the young prince’s ignorance of the general. Xu Fengnian withdrew his gaze and ignored the chance to demonstrate, turned around and rose to the hall.
There is a dragon throne in the hall, and there is a Danbi in front of the hall, with four heavy objects: copper turtle, copper crane, sundial, and Jialiang. There are eighteen tripods on the upper and lower terraces. When the powerful ministers who were qualified to enter the palace meeting stood in their seats, the emperor wearing a yellow dragon robe finally appeared, and several princes also walked into the palace gently. According to the old rules, the eunuch spoke out to start the morning court ceremony at this time, and all officials inside and outside the hall were going to kneel down to pay homage to the emperor. However, this court meeting was obviously very different from the past. Not only did Han Diaosi replace Song Tanglu, but the emperor was not in a hurry to sit down.
The solemn inner-minister Yin Song Tanglu said loudly: “Today’s morning, the Secretary of State ordered Zhang Julu to kneel down.”
The purple beard and blue-eyed Zhang Shoufu remained motionless. He was already standing in the front position of the right head. The princes standing side by side were all lowered their eyes, so naturally no one could know the expression of the prime minister of the dynasty. Since Li Yang pacified the Spring and Autumn Period, there were only a few officials who could receive special awards. The wrench finger counted, but only a few three people: the old master, Zhang Julu’s teacher, could not kneel to the emperor in the court meeting; after the old master of Xichu entered Beijing as the left servant of the Menxia Province, Imperial Master was sitting on a chair of the Huangli Grand Master of His Majesty Dan, but the old man never sat down once; and the king of Beiliang, who was once the Great Pillar Kingdom, did not kneel, listened to the saint, and could go to the hall with a sword. Among the threeXu Xiao, who was extremely civil and military officials, relied on his military merits, was the most unpolite and naturally caused criticism.
“General Gu Jiantang will not kneel.”
Song Tanglu’s thick voice, which was not like the eunuch, continued to pass down his deepest voice.
The first person in the left hand of the main hall, Gu Jiantang, the Minister of War, bowed his head slightly, which was considered thanking him. Li Yang criticized Xu Xiao for being disrespectful in everything, and most of them felt sorry for the general, who was also a meritorious minister of the Spring and Autumn Period, and was trapped in the position of Minister of War for 18 years. Until in recent years, he rushed to the northern border, the court and the country were deeply impressed by the emperor’s wiseness – with Gu Jiantang guarding the north gate of the capital, Li Yang could rest assured. However, there are constant rumors coming out of the Gaomen Mansion in the capital, saying that General Gu is about to step down as Minister of War, which has made many people start to wonder again, thinking that they must not even withdraw the military power of Secretary Gu. Now the military towns in the border areas are only slightly improving. Is it too much to cross the river and destroy the bridge?
“Soldier Saint Chen Zhibao will not kneel. In the future, Chen Zhibao can enter the hall in casual clothes and wear a sword to enter the hall.”
Chen Zhibao’s face was expressionless.
But the pillars and nobles in the court in the palace all gasped. Some young ministers, perhaps just heard from the older generation about how the villain was regarded as being respected and praised by today’s sons, mostly disagreed. Today, they were considered to have thoroughly experienced it. Chen Zhibao is neither a king nor an official position now. Well, just give you a “State of War” in front of all the officials in the temple! These two words are even more important than the face of the saint not kneeling! Obviously, Chen Zhibao’s Liyang, which unified the Spring and Autumn Period, was almost equivalent to Ye Baikui, one of the thirteen-class “armor” in the Spring and Autumn Period, to Western Chu. Some time ago, the five kings entered the capital, but the emperor did not have any special courtesy, except that the white horse, white clothes, Western Sichuan plums and wine came to the capital, and the emperor personally went out of the palace to greet him! Now he is even attending the court meeting with casual wear, becoming the fourth person after Xu Xiao, the old assistant and Sun Xiji! Chen Zhibao’s honor has reached the pinnacle.
“Zhao Bing, King of Yan La, will not kneel.”
King of Yan La lowered his head and said softly, “Thank you for your kindness.”
“Huan Wen, the left priest of the Imperial College, will not kneel.”
The thin old man Huan Wen smiled and accepted it calmly. Huan Wen was an outlier in the Liyang court and became famous for not competing for it. It’s nothing if you don’t fight once, but Huan Wen won’t fight for most of his life. Among the old master’s favorite disciples, it is recognized that Huan Wen’s talent is still above Zhang Julu. Before the old master’s death, Ke Enyin entered the Hanlin Academy alone to serve as a Huangmen Lang. It is said that Huan Wen gave it to Biyan’er, sneaked out of the capital, and became a foreign official with the size of sesame and green beans. He slowly climbed up without being arrogant or impatient. Later, when he was reinstated in Beijing, the emperor originally intended to let him take over the Ministry of Personnel or the Ministry of Rites, but at that time, the two senior high-ranking officials were his best friends, so Huan Wen went to the Imperial College where he was a little scattered in the water to serve as a sacrificial priest, and closed the door and devoted himself to studying science. The important officials of the court are of high reputation, and they can be compared with Huan Wen, but Mr. Song, who was in danger of his late reign, and Mr. Lu Daolin, the Minister of Rites, are now the Minister of Rites.That’s it.
“Yao Baifeng in Xiongzhou does not kneel.”
An elegant old man in the back bowed slightly, neither humble nor arrogant. Yao Baifeng has always been a free and vague scholar in the Liyang Dynasty, and he is a first-class Neo-Confucian master. The five heroes of the Yao Sect are no less famous than the three masters of the Song Sect before, and they even compete with their family school with their private school in charge of Qi Yanglong, the Shangyin Academy. When Zhang Julu was young, he asked Yao people many times that Biyaner and Guanshi went to study, and his first place was Wenzhi Building in the Yao family in Xiongzhou. Yao Baifeng devoted his life to evolve the essence of Neo-Confucianism such as Investigation of Things and Knowledge into Chinese Studies, and his students and students all over the world. This time, when I went to Beijing to meet the saint, if it weren’t for the gathering of the five kings and Chen Zhibao riding alone, it would have attracted too much attention. If it were any time, Yao Baifeng’s itinerary would not have been so “clean”.
“The Prince of Northern Liang Xu Fengnian will not kneel.”
As soon as the eunuch Song Tanglu made this statement, the hall finally burst into an uproar, and most of the officials side by side looked at each other.
But the next sentence was even more shocking: “You can hang the Northern Liang sword into the palace, and you can hang the palace in casual clothes.”
Countless court officials sighed in their hearts. This is the court’s making momentum for this little bastard – the future inheritance of the Northern Liang King.