The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"Doctor Wei is right. The past cannot be retrieved. What is important is the future. It's getting late. Let's hurry into the palace. Doctor Wei, please."

"Your Highness, please." Wei Zheng bowed slightly.

He had heard that Li Fu recommended him to His Majesty, so Wei Zheng still had some good feelings for Li Fu.

The two walked into the palace and went all the way to Taiji Palace. From a distance, Li Fu saw Yuchi Gong and Qin Qiong standing together.

After approaching, he vaguely heard the two talking about "door gods".

The fact that the people used them as door gods also spread, and the original owner himself could not have been unaware of it.

But looking at the performance of the two, they should still be very happy.

Li Xiaogong, Cheng Yaojin and others were standing next to them.

The people outside the palace were divided into two groups, with civil officials gathered together and military generals gathered together.

It would be convenient to line up when entering the palace later.

Moreover, since ancient times, civil officials and military generals could not urinate in the same pot.

Now, in this court, except for the group of people from the original Qin Wangfu, the others are the same.

"Prince of Jingyang."

Seeing Li Fu arrive, the first one to greet Li Fu was Yuchi Gong.

"General Yuchi, you are here early enough."

"Of course, a big court meeting cannot be sloppy."

The others also came to greet Li Fu one after another, all of them were former members of the Tiance Mansion.

"Just now I saw several generals chatting lively, I wonder what they were talking about?" Li Fu asked.

"Let's talk about the Turks. We had a big fight with the Turks last year. Although we did fight, it was just a minor fight overall. However, we have suffered a lot of this. Since your majesty ascended the throne, the world has been collecting bones and resting.

But the fact that we are quiet does not mean that the Turks are quiet. The current stability is just an appearance." Yuchi Gong said, "Sooner or later, we will have to fight a real, comprehensive war, but we don't know when it will be."

"I think it's best to do it this year and fight back directly!" Cheng Yaojin said generously, "However, those sour scholars in the court will definitely make trouble. They won't allow us to fight this or that."

"I'm not afraid of fighting, but I'm afraid of implicating the people and the country. We have to fight, but before the war, we must plan carefully to increase our chances of winning." Li Fu said, "General Cheng, the Tang Dynasty is not afraid of fighting, but it's not that there are no wars to fight. There will be many more to fight in the future."

It's not just the Turks.

Around the Tang Dynasty, there are Goguryeo and Japan in the east, the Nine Zhaowu Clans in the west, and Tubo nesting on the plateau. There are so many beasts lurking around the Tang Dynasty.

These are dogs that don't bark, but they bite people fiercely.

Especially Goguryeo, under the command of Yang Guang, the "wise man", it dragged the rich Sui Dynasty into the quagmire.

When Yang Guang was not the emperor, he pacified the Southern Chen and fought quite well. After he became the emperor, his brain was broken.

"Yes, fighting is not something we can do if we want to. The important thing is to have a legitimate reason. The Tang Dynasty and the Turks have signed an alliance. In the future, even if the Tang Dynasty becomes strong, we have no reason to send troops casually when the Turks do not cause trouble." Fang Xuanling came over and joined the topic: "We are different from the Turks. The Turks are untrustworthy and fickle. If the Tang Dynasty has no legitimate reason to fight, marches north and tears up the alliance, what is the difference between us and the fickle Turks?"

It is very important to have a legitimate reason.

Soon, a eunuch walked out of the Taiji Hall, stood at the door of the hall, and shouted loudly: "The grand court meeting begins, all ministers come to see the emperor~~~"

The court officials waiting outside the hall lined up and walked into the hall.

After entering the Taiji Hall, civil officials and military officials were separated and knelt in the hall. Officials below the fifth rank were not qualified to enter the hall. Even so, there was a sense of déjà vu in the Taiji Hall, because most of the nobles in Chang'an City always had a few scattered positions on their heads. Although these scattered nobles did not have to report to the court on weekdays, they had to attend important occasions such as the Grand Court Meeting. The entire Taiji Hall.

Li Fu had both official and noble titles. The scattered officials were among the civil officials, so he stood among the civil officials, and because of his title, he stood in a relatively forward position.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. May your Majesty live forever."

All the officials bowed their heads and saluted.

Kneeling was not popular in the Tang Dynasty, and people would not kneel to the emperor at every turn, but on major festivals, they would congratulate the emperor and kneel to the emperor in courtesy.

On weekdays, when meeting the emperor or attending the court, the officials only needed to bow and kowtow to the emperor.

The grand court meeting was not to discuss important matters, because it was the New Year, and the bad thingsIt cannot be mentioned, so, all the memorials submitted are eulogies.

Last year's harvest was good, and there was a bumper harvest in this place.

The river bank in that place was consolidated.

Auspicious signs appeared in that place.

And so on.

Finally, let's raise the level.

All this is under the wise leadership of your majesty, and the Tang Dynasty is thriving...

To put it bluntly, the New Year's Day court meeting is a celebration of the Tang Dynasty court.

Praise the merits, and then the emperor invites guests to dinner to bring the leaders and subordinates closer.

This is just like the company's team building.

If it must be done on holidays, it is not considered overtime, and there is no overtime pay.

But there is one thing, the emperor is willing to spend money on banquets in the palace.

After all, this is a scene event.

And the leaders are reluctant to spend money on team building... So, it's not as good as the court meeting.

At least I heard that you can watch beautiful women dancing at the banquet.

It has to be said that the whole year of last year was not easy for the Tang Dynasty. The change of power made many people feel uneasy.

Li Shimin had a harder time. He was trembling with fear before the New Year, killed his own brother in the middle of the year, and fought wits and courage with the old minister of Wude at the end of the year.

Judging from the many things that happened this year, it was too fulfilling.

From early morning until now, from the bright lights in the hall to the sunlight shining into the hall now, the sun is rising higher and higher outside.

The court officials gave speeches for a whole morning.

It was almost noon at this time.

Giving speeches at the meeting, long speeches, and pretentious speeches are also a tradition passed down by our ancestors.

It was not misleading at all.

Eighty percent of the content was nonsense of praising merits, but what made Li Fu sigh was that these people were really talented in writing. They praised merits and flattered, and their words were never repeated.

No wonder Li Shimin sat at the top and listened for a whole morning.

I looked up at Li Shimin secretly and saw that he looked calm.

Most of his face was covered by the pearl curtain hanging from the flowing crown.

"My dear ministers, since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, we have experienced many ups and downs and hardships. It has not been easy." Li Shimin said with emotion.

I wonder if he was also feeling that his own path was not easy either...