Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 1364
It coincides with October [-]th, the Shuowang Chaohui.

During the reign of Gaozu and Shengzu, it was the morning court every day, and on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year, the Chinese court was held every year on Zhengdan and the winter solstice.In the middle and later stages of Zhenguan, there was a change to one court every three days and one visit every five days. After Li Yin succeeded to the throne, he specially restored the morning court every day, but after ten years in office, it was still changed to one court every other day.

Yesterday, today's Shuowang Chaohui was notified.

Usually, in the Japanese court, there are regular censors of the fifth rank and above who go to the court. The regular censors refer to those in Beijing who are above the fifth rank in civil and military affairs, as well as supervisory censors, Yuanwailang, and doctors of Taixue, who attend the court every day.

However, Shuowang Chaohui, all civil and military officials in Beijing with nine ranks or above, are all courts.

Today is the fifteenth day, as long as you are a minister in Beijing, you have to participate in the court meeting. The scale is large, so the place of the court meeting is not the Xuanzheng Hall of the Japanese Dynasty, but the Zhenguan Hall.

Although the Eastern Capital was relatively stable yesterday, the well-informed officials and nobles have already basically known the huge changes that have taken place in the palace through their own channels, and even the common people in the market have a general idea, and even because of this, countless new stories have been derived. version of the story.

What is Xuanwu Gate thrilling? At that time, Quan Yan controlled Xuanwu Gate, and at the critical moment, Qin Jun, the eldest son of the Qin family, rode a yellow puma horse with a golden gun, rushed to the gate with a golden mace on his back, and rebuked Quan Yan for murdering the saint. Then he closed the eunuch's scolded out-of-body smoke, and sent a few generals to join him. They were the four generals of King Zheng of Wei Xiao, and they were also powerful generals of the forbidden army.

As a result, Qin Jun rode his horse like lightning, and with one shot, he first picked up one of the two golden maces, and then closed the other pair. Finally, there was only one general left. He was so scared that he turned around and fled into the Xuanwu Gate.

Qin Jun rode his horse and gave chase.

He took off his bow while galloping, chased the moon with a shooting star, shot Na Weiss off his horse, and rushed to the gate before he could react.

After closing the gate in a hurry to put down the thousand-jin gate, Qin Jun insisted on lifting a thousand catties, and lifted up the thousand-jin iron gate with both arms, buying time for Cheng Chumo, Niu Jianwu and other Qin king generals behind, allowing them to rush into Xuanwu Door······
There are obviously many loopholes in such a story that is obviously mythical and legendary, but the common people don't care about these, but the more it spreads, the more mysterious it becomes.

Those rich and powerful officials in Luoyang City knew the truth to some extent, but at this time, who cares about outside affairs, they only ordered the children of the family to stay at home honestly and not to talk nonsense outside.

It was still dark.

The officials in Beijing have already woken up early.

He changed into the official uniform that had been smoked with spices in advance, called the guards and servants, and then went out.

In the dark and silent city of Luoyang, people kept coming out of the houses in various workshops. The officials brought a corresponding number of attendants according to their ranks, and carried lanterns in front of them to clear the way. The lanterns also had the official rank of the owner written on them.

The high-ranking officials hugged each other, sitting in luxurious four-wheeled carriages, and the lanterns were also extraordinarily bright. Some officials had many titles, and they specially set up many lanterns, and each pair of lanterns had a title written on it.

Officials with lower ranks rode their own horses directly.

There are also those low-level Beijing officials of the eighth and ninth ranks, who live in other places and have no family background, so they directly ride a donkey or a mule to the court, with only one lantern and two attendants around them.

There is still a curfew in Luoyang tonight.

On the streets inside the squares, there are officials from prefectures and counties Ding Zhuang patrolling the streets, and on the streets outside the squares, there are Jinwu Guards patrolling the left and right, and there are imperial officials patrolling the city.

It's almost three steps and one post, and five steps and one whistle.

Hundreds of officials from the upper court continued to gather to the north of the city, and countless lanterns with official ranks and titles were dotted like a galaxy.

Normally, officials would not go to court so early, and when they met, they would often say hello or even chat with each other, but today, everyone walked in silence, even if they were acquainted, no one easily There will be no one to say hello and chat with others.

And today on the streets, there are no vendors who get up early and set up stalls selling snacks for court officials.

Some officials traveled through more than half of Luoyang City, walked a small ten miles, and finally gathered with other officials outside the south gate of the imperial city.

There is a waiting courtyard outside the Duanmen, which was prepared for the officials of the early dynasty to wait for the palace gate to open, in case of bad weather such as rain and snow.

The censors came earlier, and they began to organize the officials to line up.

The attendants brought by the officials were all separated by a cordon at this time, and they were not allowed to cross half a step.

The queues are actually arranged according to the order of the court meeting, and the queues are called to enter the waiting courtyard. The prime ministers also have a special personal lounge in the courtyard, and even a small cafeteria and small conference room. Quite a few people shared a lounge. As for low-ranking officials below the fifth rank of Scarlet Robe, it would be nice if they could come in and take a rest under the corridor.

The end door remained closed.

The lights on the Guancheng are brightly lit, and there are heavily armed soldiers under the command of the general on full alert.

Even on the square outside Duanmen, armored heavy infantry and heavy cavalry were stationed, and there were horses standing in front of the gate, staring at the officials vigilantly.

As soon as Maoshi arrived (five o'clock in the morning), there was a sound of drums on the Bell and Drum Tower.

The guards of the prison gate, the guards of the provincial city under the gate, and the sergeants on duty, who belonged to different soldiers and horses, began to check the door charms and keys.

The gate of the palace opened slowly, and the refusal horse was also moved away.

The officers guarding the guards on the left and right began to move out the tables and put them in front of the door opening.

According to the rules, sing the affiliation and test the fish talisman.

The military officer has a thick family book, which is to register and file the officials who are qualified to enter the palace in advance, and check them every day before entering the palace. They also had to show the all-important fish symbol pair.

In the fish bags of the officials, there is a fish talisman. The officials keep half of the right talisman of this fish talisman, and the left talisman is stored in the inner court as the root. When the two become one, the same character just closes, and the whole fish symbol is complete and one, which is called a contract and a symbol.

In addition to the same character, the official name of the official holding the talisman is engraved in the fish talisman.

Singing and verifying talismans is a very complicated and cumbersome process, and it takes a lot of time every day. Singing and verifying talismans today is even more careful, and it has to go through three verifications.

But no one is impatient, and they all know that this is a special period.

Regardless of whether you are the prince of the clan, the prince of the county, the third-rank relatives, or the relatives of the emperor, at this time everyone is somewhat uneasy about the unknown future.

Even Qin Cheng Niu Zhou and other relatives' families who participated in Wang Jing's chaos yesterday and made great contributions to support Wang Jing's rebellion were more low-key at this time.

After all the officials passed the inspection and entered the palace, they regrouped under the supervision of the censor, and then under the supervision and leadership of the servants and palace guards, they traveled all the way across the entire imperial city to the palace city further north.

Hall of Zhenguan.

It is the second largest hall in Luoyang Palace after Hanyuan Hall.

Usually, the Japanese and Japanese courts are basically held in the Xuanzheng Hall on the west side of the Hanyuan Hall.

Sometimes the emperor discusses matters with the prime minister, or when he summons his ministers to play against each other, they will be in Tongming Hall or Yisui Hall to the west of Xuanzheng Hall. The Ming Palace is called the Inner Dynasty.

Today is the Shuowang Dynasty Meeting, the standard is second only to the Dachaohui, but the Shuowang Dynasty Meeting is actually a bit of etiquette. The emperor also meets with middle and low-level officials, without discussing any specific matters.

On the contrary, Japan and North Korea have the function of handling daily affairs.

Today is the new crown prince's official meeting with all the officials, so it's different.

The three guards serving as the guard of honor also arrived early today, divided into five battles.

The first is called the Consecration War, and the Left and Right Guards are the ones; the second is the Personal War, and the Personal Guards are the ones;

The guards of honor of these high-ranking officials' children are all young, handsome, tall and handsome, and each of them wears a crown with bird feathers and scarlet shirts.

On the fifth day, the battle is scattered, and it is done by the pro-Xun Yiwei.They all wore scarlet dunks with wild horses embroidered on them.

This group of noble children brought knives and sticks and sat in the east and west corridors of Zhenguan Hall early.

And the left and right Qianniu guards, with 46 Qianniu guards, prepared left and right, and prepared with imperial equipment, stood outside the inner gallery pavilion, known as the internal battle, led by the left and right Qianniu generals, and Zhonglang took them under custody.

Take the left and right generals of the Jinwu Guard, leading 64 Jinwu Guards to follow.

There are 64 guards and three guards on the left and right of the court, and the left and right guards and the inner three guards are the old and straight ones...

From inside the gate of Zhenguan Hall, to the corridor outside the gate, to the steps in front of the hall, to the square, there are guards of honor one after another, with various names.

And from every branch.

There are the inner three guards from the [-]th Army of Nanya, the outer guard Fan Shangbing from the [-]th Army of Nanya, and the imperial guards from the [-]th Army of Beiya.

All the troops, you have dozens of them, they are all tall, handsome, mighty and handsome soldiers, standing there, especially the robes they wear are also very special, which really makes the whole court meeting full of momentum. a lot.

Hundreds of officials lined up to the square in front of Zhenguan Hall.

This time, we have to stand on shifts according to the meeting schedule.

Although the Zhenguan Hall is a great hall, there are too many officials above the ninth grade in the capital, and there is no room for them to stand inside.

Therefore, those of the third rank and above can stand in the hall, and those below the third rank and above the fifth rank can stand under the corridor at the entrance of the hall.

As for the green-robed officials of the sixth and seventh ranks, they can only stand on the steps, while the green-robed officials of the eighth and ninth ranks can only stand on the square.

You can't make a mistake in arranging your shift position.

Because of a palace change yesterday, Wei Xiao, King Zheng and others have been cleaned up, and many people have been implicated, so there are already many vacancies in the sequence position of the Shuowang Dynasty last time, and this time they have to be replaced temporarily. It's been a hectic time.

When all the shifts are arranged, the genius will really shine.

At this time, another group of troops came suddenly, armored and sharp, but it was not a guard of honor, but brothers Qin Li and Qin Gui who personally led the King Qin's troops in Suwei Palace. They came to search the prison again.

The so-called prison search is a system handed down from the Wei and Jin Dynasties. All officials visiting the court, in addition to checking their identities and amulets, also have to search and prison, that is, body searches to prevent weapons from being carried.

The hundred officials had been strictly searched just now, but now the Qin Huaidao brothers were ordered to search again.

No one is allowed to carry weapons when he meets the emperor.

Even the elders and important officials who received the emperor's special award of sword shoes to the palace could only carry wooden swords, called elephant swords.The guard of honor also basically uses wooden lacquered weapons called banjians.

Only Qianniu Guard's Qianniu Beishen, Beishen left and right, etc. can hold Qianniu knife, imperial equipment, etc. These people are real guards with swords and arrows.

Hundreds of thousands of officials crowded the inside and outside of the hall.

After a rigorous search again, a few more violators were actually found. Some were carrying small knives and swords, and some were carrying small hammers. Although these things are not all weapons, they can be regarded as decorations, or Gadgets for everyday use.

But it is still a violation, especially at this time.

And one of them is the in-law of the Wei family, the son-in-law of the Wei family, which is even more reminiscent.

Qin Huaidao coldly looked at this little ninth-rank chief who repeatedly said he had misunderstood, and didn't give him a chance to explain. With a wave of his hand, he dragged away all the people who found the prohibited items.

There was such a small episode in the middle, but the court meeting still went on as scheduled.

The prince went to the palace to listen to the government.

But only the officials of the third rank and above in the palace could see His Highness the Crown Prince, and even standing too far away from the gate of the palace could not see him clearly.

After a set of meeting etiquette comes down.

Mainly Hanlin scholars read the imperial edict, Wei Xiao, Gao Hu and others murdered the emperor and dealt with them according to the law, and dealt with their accomplices, and then the crown prince supervised the country and regent, adjusted some personnel of important official positions, and adjusted the army. Reward and so on.

When the censor read that Qin Lang was granted the title of Minister of the School, and also knew the affairs of the two provinces and Pingzhang under the Zhongshu School, and was honored as the father of the school, there was inevitably a sound of exclamation in the hall.

But no one came forward to object.

Knowing that this reward was a little too much, especially Shang Shuling and his father, even Chao Yue, no one said a word.

Some people even wondered if the Son of Heaven was already dead, but the Crown Prince and the others kept the funeral in secret, and only waited for the situation to stabilize before the funeral?
Qin Jun was granted the titles of Special Jin, Servant, North Gate Guards of the Battalion, Commander of Soldiers, Palace Guard, Prince Taibao, King of Wu'an County, and [-] households with food.

All the purple-robed ministers in the palace looked at the young man in his 30s who was very close to the prince, and he had reached the sky in one step.

Sure enough, the tiger father has no dogs. Before yesterday, how many people really put this young Duke of Qi in their eyes. After all, everyone only respected his father Qin Lang and his grandfather Qin Qiong. It all depends on the meritorious service of the father and grandfather.

But now, the honorable ministers in the palace have to admit that they underestimated this young man before.

Although he was born in the Qin family, he was able to kill decisively, no worse than Qin Lang. After all, looking at this palace change in hindsight, the situation at that time was quite urgent. If it was an ordinary person, he would be able to know what happened in the palace immediately. I'm afraid I don't have the guts to raise troops immediately to fight for rebellion.

Not to mention, in such a short period of time, not only a decision was made, but also a superior planning and deployment was made, and the rebellion in the palace was quelled in just over an hour.

How remarkable is this.

(End of this chapter)