When Li Yuanji brought his son and daughter back to Wude Hall, it was already completely dark. Yang Miaoyan and his people had already cleaned up Wude Hall, which had not been occupied for a long time, and removed the atmosphere.
Li Yuanji handed his son and daughter to their biological mother and took Yang Miaoyan back to the dormitory.
There is a saying that a short separation is better than a newlywed, and a long separation is like a vicious wolf.
One night in Hailou City.
The next day, before dawn, Li Yuanji got out of bed with Yang Miaoyan waiting on him, put on his court clothes, picked up a lantern, sat on Wang Zhu and rushed to Tai Chi Palace.
When he just returned home last night, Li Gang sent someone to tell him that today was the court meeting held every ten days, and he was asked to rush to the court as soon as possible to preside over the overall situation.
It was said that it would be as much as possible, but in fact it was required that he must come, so it was difficult for him to refuse.
After all, with Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin imprisoned and Li Yuan giving up the challenge, if he didn't come forward to preside over the overall situation in the court, then no one would.
When Li Yuanji arrived at the Tai Chi Hall with Wang Zhu in his chair, Li Gang, Pei Ju, Chen Shuda, Xiao Yu, and most other officials had already arrived.
The reason why I say it is the vast majority is because there are still some officials who took leave for various reasons and did not attend court.
Li Yuanji expressed his understanding of this.
After all, the power of the Tang Dynasty had just changed hands, and some ministers loyal to Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, and Li Shimin had not yet reacted, or were still looking forward to some kind of reversal, so it was reasonable to find excuses not to come to court.
So he didn't say anything, he just got off the banquet and walked slowly into the palace amidst the respectful greetings of the civil and military officials of the court.
When he reached His Majesty, he stopped.
Seeing this, all civil and military officials in the dynasty had different expressions.
Someone reluctantly raised his hand and said, "His Royal Highness, please take a seat..."
Then there was a sparse chorus.
The so-called throne means sitting on your majesty's throne that belongs to Li Yuan alone.
Li Yuan has not yet abdicated, and Li Jiancheng has not been deposed. Even if Li Yuanji is given the power to supervise the country, he cannot sit on the throne that belongs to Li Yuan openly.
Li Yuanji could see that the officials were testing his attitude, testing his ambition to become emperor, and testing whether he would dominate the Tang Dynasty while the emperor and prince were still alive.
Li Yuanji did not fall for their evil deception. He stood before His Majesty with a blank expression and asked Li Gang, "Have you sent someone to invite my father?"
Li Gang bowed with a complicated expression and said: "I sent someone there, but the saint refused, saying that everything in the court is up to you and there is no need to invite him over."
The reason why Li Gang had a complicated expression was not that he was worried that Li Yuanji would take the opportunity to sit on the throne that belonged to Li Yuan, but that he was worried about Li Yuan's indifferent attitude towards leaving the government alone.
If Li Yuan's attitude lasts for a day or two, a month or two is fine, if it lasts for a long time, people in the government and the public will only know that the Tang Dynasty has King Qi, but not that there is a majesty in the Tang Dynasty.
When the time comes, whether Li Yuanji has the ambition to become emperor, everyone in the government and the public will enshrine Li Yuanji on the throne of emperor.
After all, once people in the government and the public get used to Li Yuanji being in power, whether Li Yuanji is the emperor or not will not be that important to them. As long as people who are accustomed to flattery give a little encouragement, Li Yuanji can easily and logically
Ascending the emperor's throne.
By then, even if Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, and Li Shimin all come out, they will not be able to stop it.
After all, once people in both the government and the public get used to Li Yuanji being in power, all the power in the government and the public will be in Li Yuanji's hands. It is difficult for Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, and Li Shimin to pose a threat to Li Yuanji with their own personal power.
To a certain extent, imperial power represents the general trend. Whoever holds the imperial power tightly is equivalent to holding the general trend tightly.
Under the general trend, even if an individual has great power, he will be destroyed and nothing will be left.
Therefore, Li Gang was full of worries about Li Yuan's attitude of leaving everything to Li Yuanji, not caring about anything, and not asking anything.
But no matter how worried you are, it won't help.
After all, Li Yuan was the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Under his rule, no one could force him to do something he didn't want to do.
"Then send someone to invite you again..."
Li Yuanji gave the order without hesitation.
Li Yuan didn't have to come, but he had to send someone to invite him.
In front of a group of civil and military officials who are obviously very shameless, it is difficult for him to act like a person who is particularly greedy for power.
He had to send three invitations and four reminders, and go through all the formalities before he could convene the meeting smoothly.
Li Gang, Pei Ju, Chen Shuda, Xiao Yu and other senior ministers were obviously relieved when they heard this.
They were all afraid that Li Yuanji would be like a fool, unwilling to leave even for the show, so they couldn't wait to sit on the throne that belonged to Li Yuan.
In that case, these old ministers of Li Yuan would look very ugly.
After all, although they are helping Li Yuanji now, they are still Li Yuan's ministers in name.
If someone refuses to give Li Yuan any dignity in front of them or to them, do you think they will resign or scold them?
What should I do if I resign from office, curse someone, and get dragged into settling old scores by Li Yuanji?
What if you resign from office, curse others, and are completely demoted to common people by Li Yuanji?
Some of them have great reputations in the scholarly community. Without power and official titles, they can still live very well. However, there are still some people among them who live by power and official titles. Without power, they will not be able to survive.
If someone loses an official title, their enemies will be like wolves, swarming at them and tearing them and their families into pieces.
So Li Yuanji didn't put them in a dilemma, which was definitely a good thing for them.
"I obey, I will send someone to invite you immediately."
Xiao Yu was the first to bow and respond to Li Yuanji's order.
There is no way, among all the old officials, he is one of those who rely on power and official title to survive.
Compared with Li Gang and Pei Ju, who have high reputations in Shilin, and Chen Shuda, whose reputation in Shilin is about to catch up with Li Gang and Pei Ju, his reputation in Shilin is not high, and he cannot get too high a position.
Fame, because he is not only a member of the Nanliang royal family, but also a relative of the Sui and Tang dynasties.
As a royal family survivor and a senior relative, no matter how many good things he did for Shilin and no matter how much he contributed to Shilin, he could not gain a high reputation from Shilin.
Therefore, he must ensure that his official title is always at a very high level in order to maintain the wealth of his Xiao family.
As for developing the Xiao family into an aristocratic family like Wu Xing Qi Wang, who could become wealthy without relying on the royal family's gifts, he couldn't even think about it.
The Five Surnames and Seven Hopes took hundreds of years and many generations of hard work to develop into a powerful family. It was not something he could catch up with if he wanted to.
Besides, if he, a remnant of the royal family and a senior relative, dares to develop his clan into an aristocratic family like the Five Surnames and Qi Wangs, others should doubt whether he has the intention to restore the country.
In response to Xiao Yu's instructions, a living room attendant, a general affairs room attendant, and a palace attendant went to the Liangyi Hall where Li Yuan was.
Half an hour later, the three people came back and said the same words as Li Gang had said before.
Li Yuanji ordered without hesitation: "Please come again!"
The three people rushed to Liangyi Hall again.
Half an hour later, another person was brought back, and that was Liu Jun.
Under the watchful eyes of the civil and military officials of the entire court, Liu Jun walked up to His Majesty and declared loudly, "The sage has decreed... I am not feeling well and need to stay in bed... From now on, all affairs of the government and the public will be handed over to King Li of Qi."
Yuanji handles it...I admire this..."
The civil and military officials of the entire dynasty bowed and said: "I obey the order..."
Liu Jun nodded, and then, under the gaze of the civil and military officials of the court, he shook the fly whisk in his hand and left the Tai Chi Hall.
With Li Yuan's oral instructions, there is no need to invite any more people, and the court meeting can begin.
However, before the grand meeting, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty once again respectfully invited Li Yuanji to take the seat.
This time, Li Yuanji neither refused nor agreed.
Instead, he ordered someone to bring a set of cushions and a table, placed them in the middle of His Majesty's position, and then slowly sat down.
Logically speaking, Li Yuanji is responsible for supervising the country and can sit down at His Majesty's Majesty's seat as long as Li Yuan does not come out.
But the prince is still there, and his position has not been abolished.
It was also difficult for Li Yuanji to exercise the privileges that only the prince had.
After all, although the prince is not an emperor, he is still a king. As a king, he is qualified to sit on the 'dragon throne'.
Although he has the power to supervise the country, he is a prince and a minister, and it is difficult for him to cross the line.
So he simply gave the prince a favor and arranged a seat for himself in front of his majesty.
Anyway, he already holds the power in his hands. There is no need for him to do things like claiming fame or showing off his authority on the 'Dragon Throne'.
Because that would not do him any good, and would instead bring him a lot of criticism.
Now Datang needs internal stability, stability, and stability.
"Go to court!"
Without the help of his chamberlain minister, Li Yuanji had no choice but to announce his intention to go to court on his own.
After hearing his words, the censor in front of the palace bowed, walked to the palace, and loudly announced, "Go to court!"
Then many visitors in front of the hall repeated it loudly together, transmitting the sound to every corner in front of the Tai Chi Hall.
In many movies and TV dramas, the eunuchs are the ones announcing their coming to court, but this is not the case.
In a formal court meeting, it is the censor in front of the palace who actually declares the dynasty and takes the count.
They not only shoulder the responsibility of announcing the coming to court, but also the responsibility of maintaining court discipline.
Anyone who makes noises, fights, curses, or makes wild remarks in the court will be under their control.
They can declare silence, or they can ask the Qianniu Guards (formerly the Qianniu Guards) in front of the temple to carry people out.
Then he impeached the emperor for a certain official's misconduct in front of the palace.
Of course, this is only when the emperor does not speak. When the emperor does speak, they naturally do not dare to overstep his authority.
The reason why most of the people in front of the hall want to convey the voice of the court to every corner in front of the Taiji Hall is because during the court meeting, most of the officials in Beijing have to come to participate.
However, the Taiji Hall is so big that it cannot accommodate hundreds of officials, so only officials wearing red and purple clothes can enter the hall, and the rest of the officials can only listen to the announcement outside the hall.