This is not the first time I have come to the Forbidden City. Of course, I spent hundreds of dollars to get there at that time. Of course, I have seen all the things that should be open to the public, and I am not qualified to see the ones that are not open. Just like now, although there is no

I don’t have a ticket, but I want to see it as a second-level official of the Ming Dynasty. It’s not as good as the place I spent a few hundred yuan to see. At that time, I was just a spectator, but now I have become a party here. It’s really a worldly event.

Impermanence.

Following the instructions of the official in charge of etiquette from the Ministry of Etiquette, Mao Wenlong went in step by step. At this time, Mao Wenlong realized that Qing Qing, a second-rank official, was simply an insignificant rubbish in this imperial capital, because there were no third-rank officials just in front of him.

Ten is also twenty.

And the situation is not like in the TV series, where the emperor waits until everyone is standing before coming out. During this big court meeting, the emperor sat on the high stage in advance. The little child was so serious.

Face, seeing countless high-ranking officials filing in, I guess at this moment, he felt in his heart that all the talented people in the world had fallen into my urn.

When everyone enters the palace, they don't follow their own ideas. There are singers and ceremonial officers there to guide them, just like the directors of later generations, directing the entire scene.

Wendong and Wuxi should stand according to their grades. They should not whisper to each other or whisper. They should look at their noses and try to see the tip of their noses and then the tips of their toes. Of course, those with big bellies are excepted.

"Kowtow - worship -" As the singing officer sang in a melodious and soothing voice, Mao Wenlong stared at the buttocks in front of him and followed the movements step by step.

"Dance and worship——"

Everyone waved their robe sleeves together, making a crane shape, and their steps were even and uniform. She definitely looked like a square dancing lady.

“Kowtow again—bye—”

Following the one in front of me, I knelt down and kowtowed again, then stood up. Feeling dizzy, I heard the melodious singing officer say again: "Dance and worship——"

So everyone danced again, and the old man in front seemed to be in the mood. His steps, sleeves, and figure made Mao Wenlong feel envious.

"Kowtow three times - worship -"

Mao Wenlong knelt down and kowtowed again, and then - before the singer could even shout, everyone stood up and danced naturally.

In fact, this is all a situation. The situation has become so familiar that everyone can no longer be familiar with it. The situation has become so familiar that they no longer have the awe when setting up this set of etiquette. They are just going through the motions and a formality, or simply amusing themselves.

Tianqi sat high on the throne and glanced at the ministers below. When he saw that the chief assistant who should be in the first position was vacant, he turned to look at Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian echoed loudly: "Ye Xianggaoge, the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, resigned from the court due to illness."

Tianqi smiled bitterly, saying that this old and cunning guy was a coward and didn't want to wade into this muddy water. It seemed that he had no choice but to go into battle naked today.

He sat upright, straightened his small chest, nodded towards Wei Zhongxian, and then heard Wei Zhongxian's familiar voice coming from behind the emperor on the high platform: "The emperor has spoken, all ministers and ministers, please stand upright."

, If you have a foundation, you will play early, if you don’t have a foundation, you will retreat from the court——"

So everyone responded in unison: "Long live thanks."

Then wendongwuxi, everyone stood according to grade.

Mao Wenlong stood up with everyone, but he was full of dissatisfaction in his heart. Originally, when going to court, everyone still had a chair to sit on, and there was no such red tape. However, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin found that everyone was always whispering and not listening to him when they sat together, so one day

In the morning, the chairs were quietly removed.

Later, Hongwu and Zhu Yuanzhang believed that the brothers who fought with him were always on an equal footing with a peasant like him, which was not a good thing for him, so he introduced the etiquette of three bows and nine kowtows, which evolved into what it is today.

It was the Manchu and Qing emperors who carried this set of etiquette forward, or in other words, took it to the extreme. They needed to highlight the supremacy of imperial power in form, which led to such a perversion.

While Mao Wenlong was thinking wildly, he found that everyone's eyes were turned to him.

This made Mao Wenlong remember that Emperor Tianqi, who was not going to court, suddenly held a meeting for the purpose of the meeting - that was himself. He was the protagonist. How could the protagonist be distracted?

So I pulled my thoughts back, and then I heard a clear and sonorous voice echoing in my ears: "I impeached Mao Wenlong for his ten crimes. These ten crimes are conclusive. They are really heinous. If you don't kill, it will not make the people angry. If you don't kill,

If a general does not kill his country, he will become a vassal in the future. If he does not kill him, he will have no justice."

Come, come, everyone simply came up and went straight to the topic of themselves as the culprits. But when they heard that he had committed the ten deadly sins, Mao Wenlong was completely confused - I just beat up a civil servant, and I was still the fifth grade of Sesame Mung Bean.

Is it such a heinous crime? Why didn’t I know? This is no good, I have to find out.

The old man's aggressive attack received a response from the whole hall. Everyone stood up and loudly agreed. It really meant that Mao Wenlong would be beaten to death in the court with a stick.

Looking at the turbulent public opinion in the hall, and seeing that although several silent ministers seemed to be related to Mao Wenlong, no one stood up to speak for Mao Wenlong, Tianqi sighed helplessly, and had no choice but to take action himself, so he said in a low voice to the ministers

: "Shuai Mao made mistakes, but they were not as heinous as you said. You—"

As a result, an official stood up and interrupted Tian Qi's words loudly: "The traitor has caused harm to the country. His crime is already obvious, so he must be handed over to a supervisor to investigate his crime strictly, and then he will be given a canonical punishment as a warning to those who come after the world."

Interrupting the emperor in front of his face is definitely a disgrace to the emperor. According to justice, the censor who is responsible for the order of the court will come out to impeach him. But now the censors are dealing with Mao Wenlong with all their strength. Who cares about that?

?Besides, it’s not just once or twice that interrupts this child’s speech, everyone is used to it.

As a result, Wei Zhongxian, who was standing behind the emperor, quit and immediately stood up and shouted loudly: "Wu Jianmin, you interrupted the emperor's words and roared in front of the emperor. Do you still have the courtesy of a courtier? You are treasonous and you are bullying the emperor's father.

.”

When Wei Zhongxian came up to talk about it, it had an effect. Wei Zhongxian and his group immediately jumped out and shouted loudly to impeach this guy named Wu Jianmin.

Li Kuilong, the head of the Ministry of Personnel, stood there and roared at Wu Jianmin: "As a minister, you despise the emperor and your father so much. Is this the result of your so-called familiarity with the essence of saints? Didn't the censors see this great disrespect?"

?Aren’t the censors derelict in their duties? I impeached the censors and the Ministry of Rites for dereliction of duty.”

The Censor and the Ministry of Rites quit immediately, and a guy stood up and retorted loudly: "This is the court, where can a Jian Huan have the right to speak? Doesn't this mess up Tsunade? I ask your Majesty to expel the Jian Huan to clean up the court.

Hall.”

The servant Shaoqing Cui Chengxiu stepped forward and sneered: "Eunuch Wei, as the Supervisor of Ceremonies, is in charge of approving red papers and making judgments. Of course he is involved in major affairs in the court. If you say this, do you want to remove the Supervisor of Ceremonies as well? You

Is it He Ji?"

Zhao Nanxing immediately stood up and shouted: "Scholar-bureaucrats govern the country. These are the rules and regulations left by our ancestors. When will we have a eunuch to dictate? The eunuch party has caused trouble in the country to the point where people and gods are angry. Long live me, please kill me immediately."

Wei Zhongxian thought that those who came after him would be warned, otherwise he would be another Liu Jin and Wang Zhen."

As a result, Cui Yingyuan, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, sneered: "It is true that scholar-bureaucrats govern the country according to the rules left by the late emperor, but setting up a ceremonial supervisor to supervise you is also a rule set by the late emperor Hong Wu. If you slander him like this, you are disrespecting Hong Wu."

Disrespect is intolerable. I, the Royal Guards, have the duty to protect the dignity of the imperial power. Now I will deal with you, you bastard, who is so disrespectful to Lord Hongwu." After saying that, he rolled up his arms and sleeves.

Get someone on the spot.

So Huang Hui stood up and pointed at Cui Yingyuan's nose and cursed: "You are just a royal dog. There is no place for you to bite in this court. Why don't you get out of here?"

As a result, Cui Yingyuan was scolded as a dog. Instead of getting angry, he stood proudly in front of the jade steps and took on the posture of a watchdog: "We Jin Yiwei are the royal soldiers and we are the royal dogs. I see that you are so aggressive today."

If the emperor's safety is endangered, I will do my duty as a loyal dog and I will bite."

This statement really left everyone speechless.

In fact, the most speechless person was Mao Wenlong. It was his first time to go to the court to listen to something, and this court meeting was specially opened for him. As a result, look at it now, Donglin and the eunuchs have habitually done it first, and he
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