The imperial palace of the Qin State was called Xianyang Palace, named after the capital city, and was the collective name for the entire palace complex.
There is also a palace named after the capital city in Xianyang Palace, called Xianyang Palace, which was the place where Qin held court meetings.
It was just getting dark outside, and the golden crows in the sky were driving away the moon rabbits, but they had not yet completely driven them away.
It is different from standing in court in later generations.
During the Qin Dynasty's court meeting, the officials of Qin all knelt and sat on soft cushions, with a table in front of them.
In the palace, the ministers were seated and talking to each other in low voices.
But no matter how low the voice is, if hundreds of people are talking at the same time, it will never be too low, which makes the palace very noisy.
Most of the topics they discussed revolved around one person, Lord Chang'an of the Qin State, Ying Chengyu.
"Ying Chengyu? What is he doing here? He looks like this! What a shame!"
"It's such a shame and a shame to be in the same room as this kind of trash!"
"If His Majesty hadn't saved him to death, he would have been cut in half!"
The officials of Qin who were able to enter the Xianyang Palace to participate in the court meeting were all important officials of Qin and had made great contributions to the Qin State.
There is a family of twin princes, Wang Jian, Wang Ben and his son, the world-famous generals who destroyed the six kingdoms and five kingdoms.
In his life, he had never commanded a battle on the battlefield, but he wrote the military book "Wei Liao Zi" and formulated the strategy of how to destroy the six kingdoms. The supreme military commander of the Qin State, Guo Wei Wei Liao.
There is Prime Minister Zuo Wei, who has the blood of the Hu people. When the Qin State unified the Central Plains, he single-handedly stabilized the borders of the Qin State, so that the Hu people outside the Great Wall only knocked on the border three times in eight years.
There are those who have followed Ying Zheng for twenty years and made Ying Zheng the master of the Qin State to serve him as the master of the world. He said that he had no knowledge of foreign affairs and carefully managed the internal affairs of Qin. No major incident occurred in ten years and provided major logistical support for the Qin State to unify the world.
Right Prime Minister Wang Wan.
There was a person who wrote the "Book of Remonstrance and Expulsion of Guests", which protected many wise and capable people for the Qin State, and was the highest judicial official of the Qin State, Tingwei Li Si, who was the first to advise Yingzheng to unify the world.
At the beginning of Qin's unification of the world, there were too many talented people, so I won't list them all in detail. In short, all of these people are like dragons and phoenixes among men.
Being with these people, Ying Chengyu was like a chicken running into the phoenix's nest.
There is a saying that it is better to be a chicken head than a phoenix tail.
In fact, for Feng, having a chicken next to her is already a huge humiliation.
Ying Fusu, who was sitting next to Ying Chengyu, always put his hand on his belt, touching the sword that he had handed over before entering the palace.
His face turned red, not from shame, but from anger, angry that these Qin ministers could criticize his uncle so much!
But it is not easy to get sick. There is a difference between king and minister. It refers to the king and his ministers, not the king's brother and his ministers.
According to the tradition of Qin State, except for the King of Qin, all the children of the royal family have no special privileges.
Ying Chengyu, who was sitting next to Ying Fusu, did not have such thoughts as Ying Fusu.
To be precise, he had no thoughts - he was asleep.
Others were kneeling on their knees, sitting on their calves, waiting for Ying Zheng to go to court.
Ying Chengyu was better, with his legs crossed and his whole body lying on the table. It seemed that if the table were longer, he could lie on it.
He folded his two arms, rested his head on them, closed his eyes and began to fall asleep.
Although there was a lot of noise in the hall, and most of them were blaming Ying Chengyu, it did not affect Ying Chengyu's sleep at all.
Not only did it not affect him, it would only make Ying Chengyu sleep more soundly - he found the feeling of sleeping in class in his previous life.
Meng Tian, who was almost expelled from the Meng family because of Ying Chengyu, has been observing Ying Chengyu.
He wanted to see what was so unique about this trash that the great father admired so much.
Seeing the saliva at the corner of Ying Chengyu's mouth, Meng Tian became depressed again.
My eldest father wants to expel me from the Meng family just because of this useless person who has no regard for the court and behaves arbitrarily?
If the birth dates of the royal children were not recorded in the Zongzheng Mansion, Meng Tian would have suspected that Ying Chengyu was Meng Ao's biological grandson.
After a cup of tea, the First Emperor Ying Zheng arrived.
From the moment Ying Zheng entered the Xianyang Palace, no one talked to anyone in the palace.
The unprecedented First Emperor, wearing a heavenly crown on his head, sat on the throne at the top of the nine-foot high platform.
The Chaotian Crown is a hat with bead curtains made of eighteen pearls on the front and back. Ying Zheng's eyes passed through the bead curtains and he skillfully scanned the audience.
Everyone lowered their heads, and it seemed that no one dared to look at this eternal emperor.
This was not Ying Zheng's request. Qin's laws were strict, but the court was very open.
Ying Chengyu slept in the court hall, and the ministers just talked about it but no one stopped him, because Qin law did not stipulate that sleeping in the court hall was prohibited.
From this alone, we can see how relaxed the atmosphere in the Qin court was.
There is no prohibition on sleeping, and there is no law prohibiting looking into the eyes of the emperor before the court meeting begins.
Before the court meeting, he first checked to see if all the ministers were present. This was Ying Zheng's habit, and it had been like this since the day he ascended the throne.
In the early years, the officials would look at Ying Zheng and either smile, not smile, or nod slightly in response.
But since the mutiny in Ji Nian Palace, Ying Zheng used his thunderous tactics to wipe out the world, and the air in Xianyang for several days was filled with the faint smell of blood.
After that, before the meeting, no one dared to look at those sharp eyes like an eagle.
All the ministers are here, so there should be nothing wrong.
Ying Zheng thought to himself, and touched the armrest of the throne, making a small rustling sound. Only in this silent environment, this infinitely amplified small sound could be heard by Ying Zheng.
A trace of loneliness surged into Ying Zheng's heart.
He had this mood every time he held a court meeting.
There is obviously no prohibition law, but for a long time no one has dared to speak out or look him in the eye.
When did it become like this?
Loneliness, isolation, and singleness made this emperor feel a little melancholy.
Ying Zheng forgot that such a situation was what he had dreamed of back then.
At that time, he was called King of Qin, but he was actually a puppet. He even dreamed of telling his story, shocking the world, and being in awe of all the ministers.
At that time, when he saw the eyes of the ministers looking at each other and listened to the voices of the ministers talking, he felt that the eyes and words were full of ridicule.
I wish I could take a Qin sword and go on a killing spree in the Xianyang Palace, killing all the officials who dared to speak or look at each other!
Nowadays, it is true that no one among the ministers dares to speak in private. When talking to him, he feels nostalgic for the environment back then.
But! This nostalgia is just a trace after all! It is a nostalgia that belongs exclusively to the emperor!
If the performance of all the officials in the palace really turned back to what it was ten years ago, he would be furious!
The majesty of the emperor must not be offended!
Although at this moment, he was a little melancholy and nostalgic.
People are all contradictory.
"I."
Hulu~Hulu~Hulu~
Why does this sound like a purr?
Ying Zheng stopped as soon as he said the word "I". He suspected that he heard it wrong. Why did he seem to hear a small snoring sound?
I must have heard wrongly. How could anyone dare to sleep during the court meeting?
Maybe I didn't sleep well last night and I have some nightmares. I'm going to call the imperial doctor for a checkup next time.
"I approved the memorial yesterday."
Hulu~Hulu~Hulu~
Why does this sound go on forever? Is my nightmare so deep?
Ying Zheng stopped and rubbed his ears, thinking it was an auditory hallucination and wanted to continue talking.
"His Majesty."
Standing next to Ying Zheng, Zhao Gao, who was the official of the CRRC and in charge of seals and seals, turned around and whispered, covering his right hand with the sleeve of his left eunuch robe, pointing in one direction.
"There, Mr. Chang'an."
Zhao Gao pointed and returned to his original position without saying anything. He leaned forward slightly and crossed his hands in front of him with a respectful expression, as if nothing happened.
Ying Zheng looked in the direction of Zhao Gao's finger and saw Ying Chengyu lying on the table.
Hulu~Hulu~Hulu~
As soon as he took his hand away, the snoring in his ears appeared again, but this time Ying Zheng would not mistake it for a nightmare.
"It turns out to be this Zhuzi!"
He laughed and cursed in a low voice, but even Zhao Gao, who was standing next to Ying Zheng, did not hear his voice clearly.
In this world, I am regarded as the king, and millions of people are afraid of me. Only Chenglong has always regarded me as his elder brother.
The melancholy in his heart disappeared, and Ying Zheng was in a good mood. However, this was a solemn court meeting after all, and he could not let Ying Chengxuan sleep like this.
He put away his smile and said with a soft heart and a serious face: "Ying Chenglong."
This extremely majestic voice was not loud enough. Ying Chengyu, who was playing chess with Duke Zhou, would definitely not be able to hear it and would not be able to wake him up.
But, Ying Fusu can hear it.
Ying Fusu shook Ying Chengyu, and the violent shaking soon made Ying Chengyu wake up.
Ying Chengyu wiped the saliva from the corners of his mouth with his sleeves horizontally, and wiped the gum from the corners of his eyes. He was still feeling sleepy.
The meeting started too early this morning. Usually at this time, he would still be sleeping at home.
"Uncle, help Su Menglang." Ying Fusu apologized.
Ying Chengyu knew that Ying Fusu was apologizing for waking him up just now.
In the ancient rituals advocated by Confucianism, younger generations should unconditionally obey their elders.
Ying Chengyu is sleeping. As Ying Fusu's junior, it is not etiquette to wake him up. The correct thing to do is to get Ying Chengyu a pillow and bed and quilt to make Ying Chengyu sleep more comfortably.
In the Twenty-Four Filial Piety in Confucian culture, there is a story called Lying on the Ice to Ask for a Carp.
Wang Xiang's biological mother died early, and his biological father found a stepmother for him, but the stepmother was very bad to Wang Xiang. She beat and scolded him. In winter, one day his stepmother wanted to eat fish, so Wang Xiang went out and lay on the ice, trying to ice it.
Catch fish after melting. God was moved, the ice cracked, and two fish jumped out of the water. Wang Xiang caught the fish and took them back to cook for his stepmother.
This story can illustrate how outrageous Confucianism is in pursuing certain ancient rituals.
"My great nephew."
Ying Chengyu put his left arm around Ying Fusu and hugged him, cheek to cheek with Ying Fusu.
"Uncle wants you to see the true face of these Confucian scholars today."
"What is uncle talking about? Fusu doesn't understand." Ying Fusu said this, but he was suddenly panicked in his heart.