back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 10
The next day, Lu Chengqi woke up early, looked at the time of the sky, it was only [-] o'clock, the sky was not yet bright, and there were still sparse stars hanging on the edge of the sky.Lu Chengqi did not forget that this day was a regular court.Regular court, as the name suggests, is the regular early court time, when the ministers discuss countermeasures with the emperor, and sometimes they will start court discussions because of a dispute over a certain matter.

Lu Chengqi, who has watched court dramas, yearns for the throne that sits high above him. Lu Chengqi couldn't help being excited for that feeling of being the only one who looks around the crowd.

After some tedious dressing up, Lu Chengqi finally drove to the Daqing Palace and started the first morning court in his life.The regular court of the Dashun Dynasty was once every five days, which also made Lu Chengqi understand that it was not as once a day as he imagined.

Going to the court in the morning is a cumbersome thing. No matter the emperor or the ministers, they need to get up early. If the ministers live far away, they have to get up at Yinshi to prepare for the court.

The early court is not accessible to ordinary people, and one must be a fifth-rank Beijing official or above to be able to attend the early court.Beijing officials who are less than the fifth rank can only stand outside the hall.

And the emperor also needs to wear a crown suit and makeup to go to court.Yes, you read that right, makeup.Under the service of the court lady, Lu Chengqi put on the first makeup in his life.Facing the bronze mirror, Lu Chengqi could hardly recognize that this slightly majestic face was his own.And the color of the dragon robe was not yellow as he had imagined.Instead, it is black, embroidered with swimming dragons.As long as it is composed of crowns, Xuanyis, clothes, Bailuo belts, yellow knees, plain gauze middle sheets, red scorpions, etc.This completely overturned Lu Chengqi's understanding of the dragon robe, and he also felt a strong sense of history that was different from those Qing court dramas.

The bell rang, and all the officials lined up according to their official positions, and entered the Daqing Hall one by one to wait.At this time, the court music troupe also began to play music, indicating that the emperor had arrived.Not long after, I saw Lu Chengqi slowly walking into the Daqing Hall surrounded by everyone.There are strong servants with five umbrella covers, and four court ladies holding four fans. After Lu Chengqi is seated, they stand in the east and west behind the dragon seat.

When everything was ready, the servant shouted: "The emperor is here, and all the officials have an audience with the court!"

The civil and military officials who lined up outside the Daqing Hall came in one by one with wats in their hands, shouting long live in their mouths.Lu Chengqi said in a dignified manner: "All gentlemen, you are welcome."

The waiter in the yellow gate saw all the officials standing in their positions, and then sang: "Let's play if there is something to do, and leave the court if there is nothing to do."

Immediately, a minister jumped out, held a court wat and said: "Your Majesty, I have something important to announce."

Because of the makeup on Lu Chengqi's face, he looked extraordinarily majestic. When he realized that it was not Xu Chongguang, the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he frowned slightly, and said lightly, "Quick."

The official looked like he was only 30 years old, but he was also honest and stable. Maybe everyone who had been in the officialdom looked like this.I just heard him say: "I heard that the Yellow River has been flooding for more than a month, but it still hasn't subsided. Have all the money and silver allocated by the household department been thrown into the river?"

Immediately another official jumped out and said: "Your Majesty, Lin Shilang's words are wrong. The flooding of the Yellow River is a natural disaster and cannot be saved by manpower. Don't say that the Ministry of Households only allocated a million guan in money, that is, tens of millions of guan. It’s just a drop in the bucket.”

As soon as he finished speaking, countless officials echoed him, but that Lin Shilang said unhurriedly: "In ancient times, Dayu was able to control the waters and make the Yellow River obey. Why are people today not as good as the ancients?"

As soon as he said this, everyone was outraged and scolded: "Da Yu is a saint in ancient times, how can people compare with him today?"...Wait, Lu Chengqi was a little admired when he heard it, he was more than a shrew The street swearing is also fierce, the important thing is that there is no dirty word in the swearing, if you are not familiar with the classics, you really don't know what they are talking about, and you will spit and swear by citing the classics.Lu Chengqi frowned tightly, and thought to himself: "It turns out that Taishi Yang and Xu Chongguang are both equally cunning. They don't stand out, but let their students stand up and die instead. Is this also one of the means to engage in politics? However, I seem to be the same what the hell..."

After being so noisy for a long time, Lu Chengqi finally couldn't help it anymore, and shouted angrily: "Enough!" He had been nourishing himself for the past few days, and finally he had some energy, and his voice immediately overwhelmed all the people under the hall. the sound of.The civil and military officials who were starting the scolding war did not expect the little emperor who had always ignored the government to be so angry, they were stunned for a while, and it took a long time for the witty people to come back to their senses, and they all fell to the ground and said in their mouths : "My minister is guilty..."

Lu Chengqi said angrily: "On the court, like a shrew cursing the street, this is my good minister? What do you think this is?"

The officials did not dare to refute, so they could only say: "Your Majesty calm down..."

When Lu Chengqi heard this sentence, he also went downhill, "Come here, take out all the people who were quarreling just now outside the hall, and beat each of them with five big boards, so as to make an example to others!"

When the guards on duty outside the hall heard this, they immediately pulled out the ministers who had been arguing just now, and there was a burst of mourning outside the hall.The officials who were still in the hall didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Lu Chengqi's gourd, so they didn't dare to beg for mercy.

When he was young, after the execution was over, those officials slumped into the Daqing Palace. Lu Chengqi didn't let the guards stay, so even if it was the five big boards, how could those frail scholars be able to resist?It was only because of Lu Chengqi's imperial prestige that he didn't dare to groan or groan.

Lu Chengqi seemed to be less angry, and then slowly said: "The Daqing Palace is where the solemnity lies. From now on, whoever has no eyes, can't help but play it right, strip off the official uniform immediately, and send him back to his original place!"

After all, Lu Chengqi's sunlight glanced at Grand Master Yang, and Grand Master Yang felt a little unnatural when he was caught by his intentional or unintentional gaze.

Lu Chengqi continued: "Shilang Lin, please continue."

Lin Shilang did not expect that Lu Chengqi would support him so "blatantly". Even with the teacher's instruction, he felt a little unnatural at the moment: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, a million coins is not a lot. There were no more than 20 households affected by the disaster in the Yellow River. It is reasonable that even if the fire consumption is removed, each household can have four coins, which is enough for them to survive the New Year. However, the officials sent by the Ministry of Officials did not see the money The number of people affected by the disaster has decreased, but they are still homeless, and they have to change their children for food, which is terrible."

Lu Chengqi's heart sank. He expected that there would be corrupt officials, but he didn't expect them to be so rampant that they would even deprive the people of their life-saving money.Immediately said in a deep voice: "Lin Shilang, is this true?"

Suddenly, Lin Shilang fell to the ground, and said in pain: "The original place of my minister is Kaifeng, Henan, and the house was flooded. My father is missing. I hope Your Majesty will find out!"

Lu Chengqi said angrily: "It's unreasonable, it's unreasonable! It's been more than a month since the natural disaster, why haven't the victims been resettled yet? Henan is not far from Chang'an, more than a month away, should have arrived long ago? Why are the victims still fleeing everywhere? Minister of the Ministry of Officials , come and tell me, why?”

At this moment, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the little emperor has made it clear this time that he wants to use this matter to regain power.Grand Master Yang, who was expressionless below the hall, was still expressionless, but his heart was already turbulent: "The little emperor's attack is so sudden, doesn't he know the truth that he can't die when he kills a tiger, but suffers from it instead?"

But not everyone has the determination of Grand Master Yang. Chen Heli, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, obviously couldn't help being frightened. Hearing this sentence, he was so frightened that he fell to the ground: "I know my crime, and I am willing to be punished."

(End of this chapter)