Chapter 459 The First Early Dynasty in the Year of the Tiger
Chapter 459 The first morning court meeting in the Year of the Tiger
On the second day, the holiday was cancelled. Yamen, government offices, and merchants across the country resumed work uniformly on this day and began to work according to established procedures.
Merchants should come earlier. After all, traders have no concept of rest. If you make money, you can do business even on New Year's Eve.
But from this day on, not only the clerks, but also the yamen servants are not allowed to use the New Year holiday as an excuse to not work.
Anyone who violates this can be sued to the official.
On this day, Li Chen, wearing the prince's uniform and a jingle around his waist, began his first morning court session in the Year of the Tiger.
In the morning of this day, countless pairs of eyes were staring at the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
In the past year, too many things have happened. As for the summary of those things and the rhythm of the beginning of the new year, there will be some explanations in this morning.
Even in a sense, it is a weathervane.
After a complete set of etiquette procedures, Li Chen stood next to the dragon chair, stepped on the imperial steps and looked at the civil and military officials below, and Li Chen made the opening remarks.
"Today is the first morning session of the Year of the Tiger. Dear ministers, how have you been doing this year?"
There was a roar of pandering below.
Li Chen waved his hand, and the Hall of Supreme Harmony suddenly became quiet.
"Logically speaking, in this first morning court meeting of the new year, I shouldn't say anything depressing, but there are some words that I really don't want to say."
His eyes swept over the cabinet, then looked at Su Zhenting, before Li Chen continued: "Thinking of our Great Qin Empire, the land of China is suffering from natural disasters, and countless people are displaced. While I am waiting for peace to be restored, I am thinking every moment.
Some victims died in the severe cold, and my father, the Emperor, is in poor health and has no signs of improvement. Every time I think about this, I feel depressed."
Xu Changqing came out and said: "Your Highness is kind and caring for the world, which is the blessing of the Qin Dynasty, but the body is equally important. Please relieve the depression in your heart. Now that the country is in dire straits, we still need the prince to lead us to restore people's livelihood."
Li Chen glanced at Xu Changqing with a smile and saw that although he was weak and not fully recovered, his energy and energy had returned, so he asked: "Master Xu's health is recovering well?"
Xu Changqing hurriedly replied: "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. Weichen has recovered."
Nodding, Li Chen said: "That's good. Previously, the Ministry of Punishment knew the law and violated the law, disrupting the discipline and laws of our court. Mr. Xu is not an isolated case, but he was lucky and was not persecuted to death. But what about other people who are not so lucky?"
"The people of the world still have countless problems that need to be solved urgently, but the imperial court itself has frequently experienced various problems. I couldn't bear it anymore and dismissed and replaced a large number of officials in the Ministry of Punishment. You should already know this."
His eyes swept over Zhou Pingan, who was standing inconspicuously in the crowd. Just when everyone thought that Li Chen would let him go out to make an introduction, Li Chen changed the subject and said: "So I realize that the imperial court is now lifeless.
What needs to be solved is not things, but people! Some people have stayed in their positions for so long that they have lost their sense of awe and started to eat, drink, have fun, and live in luxury."
"In order to resolve these matters and deal with these people, I have invited Mr. Jingzhi to serve as an official, and have planned to confer Tantai Jingzhi as a bachelor of the East Pavilion and join the cabinet."
After Li Chen's words fell to the ground, although the entire Hall of Supreme Harmony was filled with civil and military courtiers, it was dead silent, as quiet as if there was no one else.
Everyone was holding their breath and concentrating. Their scalps were numb and they didn't dare to breathe. A few brave ones secretly looked in the direction of Zhao Xuanji, the chief assistant in the Cabinet Office.
