Chapter 173: The Extraordinary Grand Court Meeting
Chapter 173 A unique court meeting
Three days later, at the Jinluan Hall.
Song Xuan, dressed in black imperial robes, sat on the dragon chair, looking down at the civil and military officials below.
Song Que and Shi Zhixuan, one on the left and one on the right, stood at the head of the court officials.
In addition, some strong men from the Demon Sect were also standing in the court, and there was even a woman among them who was so beautiful that it made people feel alluring.
Many officials looked at this scene and lowered their heads to make eye contact with each other. Some officials at the rear even started talking in low voices.
"Why are there still women going to court? Isn't this too casual?"
"Be careful, that's a saint from the Yinkui sect, what's her name? We can't afford to offend her!"
"It is said that His Majesty destroyed the Buddhist Holy Land and subdued the Demonic Sect. Now it seems to be true!"
"If you have the foundation to start a memorial, if you don't have the foundation to retreat!"
On one side of the hall, an old eunuch shouted at the top of his lungs. With this, Song Xuan's first formal court meeting in this world had begun!
However, after the old eunuch finished shouting, there was a silence in the court room.
Song Que and Shi Zhixuan naturally have their own agenda, but after all, their status is there, so naturally they will not be the first to take the lead, but will have to wait for others.
Other officials, however, could not figure out the thoughts of the new emperor Song Xuan for a while, so they did not dare to report it rashly.
After all, this was an invincible being who single-handedly subdued the four great clans and destroyed two major martial arts holy places. If he said the wrong thing and offended the new emperor, no one in the world would be able to save him.
"Why did the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty hesitate?"
Seeing that no one spoke, Song Xuan's eyes wandered around and fell on Yu Wenhuaji first.
"Since no one has spoken, I will call your name. Yu Wenhuaji, do you have a script to report?"
Yu Wenhuaji's body trembled and he quickly stepped out of the queue. Looking at the calm and powerful figure on the dragon throne, he felt a little afraid for a moment.
Throughout history, he had never seen it before, let alone heard of it, such as today's situation where one person subdued a country and ascended the throne as emperor with absolute force.
But this unbelievable situation happened before his eyes. Who among the civil and military officials in the dynasty was not frightened or afraid of this new emperor?
However, he was frightened because His Majesty had already called his name and he did not dare not to speak.
At that moment, he bowed deeply, and then solemnly said: "Your Majesty, I want to impeach the leader of the Li clan, Li Yuan!"
As soon as these words came out, Baiguan took a breath of air.
This Yu Wenji is awesome!
Your Majesty, you dare to engage in factional fighting during your first imperial court meeting after the founding of the country. Are you really very courageous?
Many people looked at Yu Wenhuaji with a hint of fear.
This guy is a tough guy, a lunatic to be exact.
The new dynasty has a new atmosphere. Now that you have been involved in involution from the very beginning, can you still work together with the dynasty in the future?
"Tell me about it!" Song Xuan said calmly.
"Your Majesty, I am impeaching the Li family for being self-reliant and having an affair with the northern Turks, and for having treason and evil intentions!"
As soon as these words came out, all the officials in the hall fell silent.
When Yu Wenhuaji opened his mouth, he blamed him for treason. Who dares to talk nonsense at this time? If one of them fails to get burned, it will be troublesome!
After impeaching the Li family, Yu Wenhuaji was a little excited at the moment.
Although the four major clans have a close relationship, they are secretly competing constantly. Today, the person in charge of the Li family could not make it due to travel reasons. If he did not take the opportunity to give the Li family some eye drops, then he would not be Yu Wenji.
Of course, the reason why he wanted to impeach the Li family was because he felt that he had guessed His Majesty's thoughts.
Before His Majesty ascended the throne, he must have been hesitating between becoming the emperor himself and supporting a certain family to become the emperor. At first, many people thought that His Majesty favored the Li family more.
He has the intention to support the Li family to conquer the world.
Because of this, the Li family really attracted many capable people to join them during that period, and their power increased much more than before.
But this time was another time, that time was then, and now is now. His Majesty was not the emperor at that time, but now he has ascended the throne as the emperor.
Naturally, the attitude towards the Li family, which they once favored and wanted to support, had to change.
Anyway, Yu Wenhuaji felt that if he were His Majesty, the Li family would definitely be an eyesore!
Regarding Yu Wenhuaji's impeachment, Song Xuan said lightly: "Is there any real evidence?"
"Not yet!" Yu Wenhuaji said awkwardly, "But that's what people say!"
Song Xuan waved his hand nonchalantly and said with deep meaning: "Don't say anything without real evidence. The people were spreading the culture of Youyu and wanted to kill the king, but you didn't do it either!"
"What your Majesty said is that the humble minister was careless!"
Yu Wenhuaji was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat. How did His Majesty know that he had planned to kill Yang Guang?
After glancing at Yu Wenhuaji, who was cowering in fear, Song Xuan looked around the crowd and said, "Who else has a book to write?"
The scene in the palace became even more silent.
Today, Song Xuan is a lonely man, with neither powerful ministers nor sycophants around him. Even if some ministers in the court want to kneel down and lick him, they dare not lick him rashly until they understand his temper!
No one spoke, so Song Xuan called his name again.
"You, that's right you, don't hold back, stand up!"
He pointed to a civil servant wearing a red official uniform and said: "What do you call Aiqing, and what position is he responsible for in the court?"
The civil servant looked to be in his thirties. When Song Xuan called him such a name, he immediately trembled with fright and hurriedly came out of the queue.
"Back to Your Majesty, Zhang Rang, a minor minister, serves as a minister in the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He is mainly responsible for household registration management, farming and other matters."
The Minbu is the Hubu among the six ministries.
Later, during the Tang Dynasty, because Li Shimin's name was taboo, the Ministry of Civil Affairs was changed to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
"Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, I ask you, when does farming usually start, what equipment do you need to prepare, and what measures and policies do governments in various places have to ensure farming?"
"Well." Zhang Rang began to sweat on his forehead, "Your Majesty, the farming seasons vary from place to place, and it's hard for me to tell you."
"It's okay, just give us a general overview of the situation in each province!"
Zhang Rang said nervously: "I, I have to see Tianyan. I was a little nervous for a while and couldn't remember it!"
"Can't remember?"
Song Xuan said gently: "This is easy to handle. Come here, drag Mr. Zhang out and reward him with fifty big boards so that he can think about it carefully. It will also help you all, dear friends!"
After saying this, Dugu Sheng led the palace guards forward quickly, dragging the pale Zhang Rang out.
"Your Majesty, I am a member of the Zhang family. I have been a member of a famous family for thousands of years, so I cannot be punished as a doctor, Your Majesty!"
Listening to Zhang Rang's wailing, Song Xuan sneered, "Can't you punish me as a doctor? I'm sorry, there is no such rule in my Wu Dynasty!"
"As a minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, you are in charge of farming but don't know how to do it. You have to eat the corpses without food. No wonder the world is full of hungry people and rebels everywhere! It's because there are too many officials like you!"