That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 1266

Long before today's Great Court Meeting, Xiao Zhinan had already asked the Supervisor of Rituals to draft an imperial edict about enthronement and succession, and announced it to the world, which was considered to be a reply to the previous group of ministers' co-option and persuasion.

Then, at today's Great Court Meeting, the Minister of Rites announced the specific arrangements for the enthronement.

Xie Suqing stepped out slowly, and glanced vaguely at an empty chair under Dan Chi.

This grand master's chair has a great symbolic meaning, to show the respect of its owner. It is second only to His Majesty the emperor sitting on the dragon chair, and it can be said that one person is below ten thousand people.The chief minister of the cabinet, Lan Yu, was the first to sit on this chair, and after Lan Yu was the chief minister, Han Xuan. Now Han Xuan is seriously ill and can no longer go to court, but this chair is still here, which means that Han Xuan The old minister still has a place in the court and is still the head of all officials.

Xie Suqing put away her thoughts, cleared her throat, "Mr. Xie Suqing, I have something to report."

The whole court was silent.

After Xiao Zhinan's permission, Xie Suqing began to report on the matter of the enthronement ceremony, from leaving the palace and leaving the city, to worshiping the heavens and praying, to returning to the imperial capital, and finally to the Weiyang Palace for the enthronement and the congratulations of the officials. Covering everything, it took a full half an hour to talk.

Xiao Zhinan, who was standing on the side of the dragon chair, listened quietly all the time. After Xie Suqing finished speaking, he didn't have any objections. He looked down at the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty expressionlessly, and said softly.

Xie Suqing slowly retreated into the queue.

Then Zhang Baisui opened his mouth to retreat.

Hundreds of civil and military officials with their own thoughts filed out of the palace, or left quickly alone, or in groups of threes and threes. Just this picture of hundreds of officials retreating from the court can tell the party situation in the court five or six times. point.

Xie Suqing, as the second assistant of the current court, the person who is actually in charge of the cabinet now, is not Zaifu better than Zaifu, walking out of Weiyang Palace alone.

Xiao Mohe is the most senior and oldest member of the Xiao family's clan. In addition to being the King of Yan, he also holds the position of Zongzheng in the clan's mansion. He has the most respected position, but he is also alone.

Next came the two county kings with different surnames. The two who had seldom met each other during the time in the Northeast, but they got to know each other a lot. Today they left the Weiyang Palace together, stood side by side, and looked at the vastness of the soup on the imperial road together. The backs of the officials.

At this time, all civil and military officials were talking about it, but being in the palace confinement, naturally no one would criticize anything without opening their eyes, and more words of congratulations.

Zha Qing was the first to look away, looked back at the majestic Weiyang Palace behind him, and said slowly: "It suddenly seems like a dream."

Zhao Wou-ki laughed softly: "It's true that I never dreamed of it."

The two didn't finish their conversation, because there were so many things that they didn't expect in the past few years. The imperial capital was shocked. I didn't expect Xu Beiyou to settle the northeast, flatten the south of the Yangtze River, and sweep the northwest. feat.

One pile, one piece, who would have thought of it.

At this time, Xie Suqing and Xiao Mohe, who were in front of the two, had already walked down the Sumeru seat of Weiyang Palace one after the other, and came to the royal road in the square outside the palace. Xiao Mohe took a few steps to catch up with Xie Suqing He said "Thank you Mr. Ge".

Xie Suqing did not deliberately stop, but slowed down a little, and walked side by side with Xiao Mahe. Around the two of them, an invisible distance was naturally formed, separating them from the surrounding officials.

It is said that the emperor and the courtiers in one dynasty can be seen by all the officials. If the Emperor Gao Zongsu and Xiao Bai are not mentioned, the Lan Lao Xiangye and the Taizu Gao Emperor are the same kings, and the Taizong Wen Emperor and the Han Lao Xiangye are the same. The monarchs and ministers are united, and when they arrive at the eldest princess, it is this Han Ge who is old. After all, before the eldest princess took power, she had a close relationship with this Han Ge elder who was still far away in the south of the Yangtze River. They were called "Uncle Xie". When he was in the south of the Yangtze River, he even stayed in the Xie Garden of the Xie family in Jiangzuo. Now that the Eldest Princess is in charge of the court, and Elder Han Ge is seriously ill, it is reasonable to reuse Elder Xie Ge.

On the other hand, Xiao Mahe, strictly speaking, has always been a marginal figure in the entire clan. He is neither as high and powerful as his father Xiao Shu and Xiao Gongyu, nor as powerful as Zhao Wang Xiaoqi among his peers. Xiao Li, the king of Yan, was appointed as the feudal vassal, and even if he was able to be crowned prince this time by virtue of his military exploits, and took over the power of Zongzheng in the clan's mansion, his foundation is still shallow after all. Compared with the elder Xie Ge, his status may It's still worse, but when it comes to real power, it's far worse.

What's more, after the Great War, there must be a tendency for civil servants to rise up, and it is not impossible for the cabinet to override the governor's office again. As the future chief of the cabinet, Xie Suqing's power can be imagined.

If Xiao Mohe wants to gain a foothold in the imperial capital, he must deal with this elder.

Xiao Mahe looked up at the tall and majestic palace gate, and sighed: "The last few times I entered Beijing, I came and went in a hurry, and I didn't have time to take a closer look."

Xie Suqing said with a smile: "There will be opportunities in the future, I am afraid that the prince will be tired of seeing it."

Xiao Mohe said softly: "The Taizu Emperor Gao once said that red walls and golden tiles are the residence, and that is what a man wants in his life. But later Emperor Gao thought that Dazheng is the virtue of fire, and I, Daqi, took Dazheng and treated it , should be the virtue of water, water is black, so I am still black, even the inside and outside of the palace has been changed to black, there are no more red walls and golden tiles."

Xie Suqing said: "My lord, please speak up if you have something to say."

Xiao Mohe hesitated for a moment, and said: "My Daqi clan has few people, so there is no rule that the clan of the previous dynasty cannot participate in politics. The dog son is stubborn and stubborn. It is almost [-] years old, but there is no money to start a career. It is said that warriors will conquer the world immediately, and literati will rule the world immediately. From now on, it will be a peaceful and prosperous age, so this king does not want him to continue to hang around in the army, so this king wants to ask the old man for help. The dog is looking for an errand in the court."

Xie Suqing didn't show much surprise, and said with a light smile: "That's really a coincidence. A few days ago, Xu Yi, the king of Xihe County, and Wei Yuanyi, the granddaughter of Duke Lai Guogong, got married. Since they are going to start a family soon, they must also start a career. Her Royal Highness the eldest princess and the emperor's son-in-law were busy with state affairs, so they forgot about it. For this reason, the eldest princess of Yongjia specially found me and asked me to arrange an errand for him. It happened that there were still two cabinet bachelors in the cabinet. I don't know what the prince wants?"

Although the cabinet bachelor only has the fifth grade, but there is only one word difference between the cabinet bachelor and the cabinet bachelor. It can be seen that it has a weight. It is a veritable humble position on the side of the emperor and the cabinet elders on weekdays.

Coupled with Xu Yi, the prince of Xihe County who is equivalent to the prince's son, he has both face and liking.

There was no reason why Xiao Mahe disagreed, and he immediately cupped his hands and said: "This king thanked Mr. Xie Ge, and this kindness will be remembered by this king."

Xie Suqing turned her body sideways, only accepted Xiao Mahe's half salute, and then returned the salute again.

(End of this chapter)