With the ringing of several long-lasting bells, the Great Tang Empire's semi-monthly meeting officially began.
Countless people, either in court clothes or dressed as foreigners, passed the inspection of the guards and entered the palace, which symbolized the highest power of the Tang Dynasty. Judging from the number of people, there were thousands! They were so dense that you could not see the end at a glance.
In fact, Xiao Han had complained about this kind of court meeting when he was in Chang'an.
He believed that such a grand meeting was a formalistic farce, and it had no meaning except to prevent him from sleeping in!
Imagine that hundreds or even thousands of people gather together, and even if each person only speaks one sentence, the turn will last an hour!
Under such circumstances, if we can discuss something, that would be hell!
There is a saying from later generations that is right: the truth is often in the hands of a few people.
So if you really want to discuss something, the number of people should never be too large, just three or five!
There are too many people, but the chatter is, you say yes, I say no! All energy is wasted on the internal friction of one's own people.
Just like the Jiajing Emperor who was criticized by people during the Ming Dynasty.
People saw through this, so they didn’t bother to go to court for 24 years!
Of course, Jiajing just refused to go to court and did not listen to the nonsense of civil and military officials. It did not mean that he gave up the power of the emperor and ignored the country.
On the contrary, when Jiajing was in power, his control over the power of the entire country was definitely far greater than that of other mediocre lords who seemed to be conscientious and conscientious!
Here's his tip:
If there is a problem in the country, Xu Jie, Yan Song and others can be summoned to discuss the matter and then formulate a strategy.
As for major matters, don’t discuss them, just make your own decision!
Such a strange emperor, during his decades in power, he did not cause any major troubles?
On the contrary, during the reign of Emperor Chongzhen, he held three meetings a day, discussed countless matters, and issued countless government orders!
He seemed to be diligent, but in the end he not only ruined the country, but also sent himself to the crooked-necked tree on the Meishan Mountain.
However, Xiao Han only complained about these words in his heart, and he did not dare to say them in front of Xiao Lizi.
In the Imperial Palace, in the Tai Chi Hall.
At this time, this huge palace was already crowded with courtiers who came to attend court.
In addition, there are many people who are not of sufficient rank and status and can only stand on the steps outside the palace or even in the square outside.
These people, let alone seeing the holy face, could not even hear what Xiao Lizi said!
I don’t know why they came here today.
Just when everyone was noisy and looking for their place.
Pu Zhizhang, Gao He and other Goguryeo envoys with ulterior motives had already shamelessly squeezed into the palace by taking advantage of others' unpreparedness.
In the main hall, several eunuchs who were maintaining order saw these people among the crowd and hurriedly pushed forward and asked them to wait outside the hall!
As a result, a few people just pretended to be dumbfounded, chattering in their own language, and refused to go out no matter how the eunuch gestured and acted!
Several people were arguing like this for a long time, until another clear bell rang, and the eunuchs stamped their feet in anger and hurriedly retreated towards the side of the hall.
"Humph, you want to drive us out? No way!"
Seeing several eunuchs retreating, the deputy envoy Gao He snorted proudly, looking past the courtiers who were bowing and saluting, towards the front.
There, a young man wearing a black dragon robe embroidered with gold was slowly walking towards the dragon chair, which symbolized the highest power of the Tang Dynasty!
"Hey, this little emperor is so young!!"
Although Park Zhizhang, Gao He and others had long heard that Li Shimin was young, when they really saw Li Shimin's appearance, they were still secretly surprised!
However, just soon, these people became excited again!
After all, being young means immaturity and lack of scheming!
Compared with dealing with those old foxes who are accustomed to the storm and have become calm, such a young emperor should be easier to deal with!
The entire hall became silent because of Li Shimin's arrival! Everyone's eyes were now on the young Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!
However, after seeing Li Shimin!
Except for Pu Zhizhang, Gao He and others were still secretly happy in their hearts, but others around them had already secretly taken a breath and looked more and more cautious!
No other reason, just because Xiao Lizi’s dragon robe today is actually black!
This does not mean that dragon robes cannot be worn in black.
In fact, as early as the time of Emperor Zhou, the dragon robes at that time were mostly black!
There is a record in "Book of Rites": "The emperor wears green clothes"
The green clothes here are not blue, but black!
Therefore, this rule has been passed down. Even when Qin Shihuang ascended the throne, the dragon robe at that time was still black!
It was not until later, when Liu Xiu, the son of the plane, established the Eastern Han Dynasty that the saying "the five virtues complement each other and determine the five virtues" appeared on the market, and the colors of dragon robes began to diversify.
Later, when Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty came, he felt that the soil lived in the center and controlled the earth! And the soil was yellow, so he had a yellow robe.
Since then, yellow has become the emperor's special color and has been used ever since.
Today, His Majesty did not wear the most commonly used yellow dragon robe on such an important occasion as the DPRK meeting, but instead wore a more murderous black dragon robe. This is undoubtedly an obvious sign to the ministers in the DPRK.
Signal.
"Everyone in your family, no courtesy! Please take a seat!"
Slowly sitting on the dragon chair, Li Shimin glanced at the ministers in the palace! Changsun Wuji, who was at the front, was keenly aware that Li Shimin's eyes seemed to pause for a moment when passing by a certain place.
"That's Goguryeo?"
While most of the courtiers were still bowing and saluting, Changsun Wuji calmly turned back and glanced at that position.
Sure enough, I saw Park Zhizhang, Gao He and the others standing there! A strange look suddenly appeared on Changsun Wuji's face.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
There were irregular sounds of thanksgiving all around, followed by the sound of sitting down, and the eldest grandson also looked away and followed everyone to sit cross-legged on the futon.
After most of the people sat down on the futon, the eunuch Bingbi standing next to Li Shimin waved his whisk and shouted in a high-pitched voice: "Everyone, if you have something to do, you can start!"
In fact, this sentence is just a habitual cliche.
As the number of people attending the Great Court Meeting increased in recent years, and many envoys from foreign countries joined in, the performance of the Great Court Meeting, just as Xiao Han said at the beginning, has gradually become a decoration.
Today, all the ministers can do is talk about recent happy events or auspicious events.
Really difficult and important matters would basically not be brought up in the Great Council, lest those foreign envoys would listen and start to despise the Tang Dynasty.
