Chapter 14: King and Minister Fighting Wisdom 1/22]
"PS: The sudden update, are you surprised? Are you surprised?"
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On March 12, Prince Zhao Run issued edicts three times regarding the time of the morning dynasty. The second time he issued the edict was set to be the morning dynasty at "Chen Shi", and was postponed again by one hour and changed to "Si Shi".
To be honest, the morning court was set up during this period, which made those courtiers who were qualified to enter the Xuanzheng Hall feel very annoyed.
The original morning dynasty was set at Yin Shi, which is very important: because this time period will not affect the daily work of court officials, but what is the early dynasty in "Si Shi"?
Is it possible that after the officials started working at Chenshi, they only worked in the official offices for an hour, then they had to go to the palace to participate in the morning court, and then returned to their respective official offices after the morning court? Isn't this unnecessary?
Of course, no one is a fool. His Highness the Crown Prince postponed the morning court time one after another. The officials in the court had vaguely grasped the real intention of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince - this was obviously to gradually test the court officials and the clan about the morning court meeting.
The bottom line.
If the court officials and the clan turned a blind eye to this, perhaps one day the morning court meeting would turn into a late court meeting, or even the court meeting might even be made fun of in the end.
However, the courtiers did not dare to act rashly. After all, everyone knew that Prince Zhao Run was not a good-tempered prince.
Therefore, some courtiers cleverly brought this matter to the Zongfu side.
Sure enough, Zongfu Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan was in a very unswerving mood after learning about this incident.
He thought to himself, I have tolerated it again and again, but this kid is simply unreasonable!
Zhao Yuanyan cannot deny that Prince Zhao Run may be the most outstanding prince among his descendants of the Zhao family in recent decades. However, while God has given this prince great talents, it has also taken away his talents.
"Diligence" - so much so that in terms of diligence, there is a huge difference between Prince Zhao Run and Emperor Zhao Si of the Wei Dynasty and the old Prince Zhao Yu.
In the early morning of March 13th, Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan of the Zongfu made a rare appearance in the Xuanzheng Hall, which cheered up Du You, the Minister of Rites.
As one of the ministers of the Inner Dynasty, Du You, the Minister of Rites, certainly knew that the Crown Prince was not afraid of anyone, but he was only afraid of Zhao Yuanyan, the upright Lord Zongzheng.
Since Lord Zongzheng has arrived at the Xuanzheng Hall today, I believe that this Lord will be able to dissuade His Highness the Crown Prince and give him a heads-up to wake up the Crown Prince to work diligently and take the right path.
However, what surprised Du You was that during the morning court, before Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan could speak, Yushi Qiu Yu stood up first and said sonorously: "Your Highness, I want to impeach someone."
At that time, Zhao Hongrun did not doubt that he was there, and asked with a smile: "Who does Mr. Qiu want to impeach?"
I saw Qiu Yu, the censor, saying in a deep voice: "I want to impeach His Highness the Crown Prince!"
"Impeach... this king?" Zhao Hongrun's smile suddenly froze on his face. "Note: The book review reminded me that the protagonist should now call himself "this palace" instead of "this king". I understand this, and I deliberately made it so
He calls himself the King. In order to highlight his differences, and at the same time describe from the side that he has not fully adapted to and accepted his new identity after being kicked off the shelf, I will explain it here."
"Exactly!" In front of everyone, the censor Qiu Yu began to list Zhao Hongrun's "crimes." Although some of the things he stated were more or less known to the officials in the court, they were not false, but looking at Zhao Hongrun
The increasingly ugly face made all the officials in the palace feel a little frightened.
Not to mention Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan's face was full of shock, Du You, the Minister of Rites, secretly complained in his heart: too young, too young! This Lord Qiu Yu is really too young!
How can you criticize His Highness the Crown Prince for being lazy and lazy like this without any reservation? Yes, although as a public official, you should indeed point out the unhealthy trends in the court, but you should speak tactfully in case you are offended.
His Highness the Crown Prince was so angry that he simply refused to come tomorrow. What will we, the ministers, do?
Seeing the changing face of Crown Prince Zhao Run, all the officials in the court were frightened, fearing that His Highness the Crown Prince would suddenly walk away.
In fact, even Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan, who had already prepared to advise and reprimand the Crown Prince, swallowed his words.
Just when the ministers were worrying about gains and losses, to everyone's surprise, His Highness the Prince relented. Although his face was still so ugly, he admitted to Qiu Yu that he was lazy and said he would correct it in the future.
Hearing those words, the ministers in the court almost stared out of their eyes - is this Crown Prince actually such an easy talker? Or, after assuming the important task of supervising the Crown Prince, even if he is
This once notorious and stubborn His Highness finally realized his mission?
"...It's probably the latter, right?"
The courtiers said secretly.
Seeing that His Highness the Crown Prince had made such a huge change, the ministers were inexplicably moved for some reason, especially Du You, the Minister of Rites.
For a time, there were compliments one after another, such as "the prince is wise" and "the prince is virtuous", making the prince, who had looked ugly just now, finally smile.
But at this moment, Qiu Yu, the young censor, made an inappropriate voice again: "Since His Highness the Crown Prince has admitted his fault, please withdraw the edict and change the morning dynasty back to Yin Shi, and be diligent in the future..."
The ministers in the palace took a breath of air and looked at Qiu Yu in disbelief.
They said in their hearts: His Highness the Crown Prince has already admitted his mistake, so why are you still so stubborn? Hey, even if it is grandstanding, it should be stopped in moderation!
At this time, even Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan and Minister of Rites Du You glanced at Qiu Yu displeased.
As everyone expected, His Highness the Crown Prince couldn't help but got angry on the spot, causing the ministers to scramble to coax him, which made His Highness the Crown Prince look a little better.
When the morning court was over, Du You, the Minister of Rites, walked out of the Xuanzheng Hall in a daze.
Looking at Zong Zheng and Zhao Yuanyan's leaving figure, he vaguely felt that something was wrong.
Didn't you decide to stand by Lord Zongzheng today and give the tired Crown Prince a heads-up? How come in the end, Lord Zongzheng didn't even mention it, and the time for the morning court was set at Si hour?
"...something's not quite right."
The more he thought about it, the more wrong he became. Du You, the Minister of Rites, simply sat next to the pillar outside the Xuanzheng Palace, preparing to see the reaction of His Highness the Crown Prince when he left the palace, so as to make an inference.
As a result, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince simply put his arm around the censor Qiu Yu and walked out of the hall together.
"this……"
With his eyes wide open and his mouth wide open, Du You, the Minister of Rites, was simply stunned.
What is this?!
Compared with the domineering look just now, the imperial censor Qiu Yu had a helpless expression on his face and complained in a low voice. On the other hand, the prince Zhao Run no longer had the ugly expression just now, his face was full of secret joy, and he patted Qiu Yu.
Yu's arm kept saying
: "Okay, okay, you are the official who offends people, and what you do is to offend people. It doesn't matter if a few more people don't like you. With me protecting you, are you still afraid of losing your official position?
...Okay, okay, I will treat you to a drink later."
"..."
Seeing the two people leaving arm in arm, Du You, the Minister of Rites, was so angry that his whole body was trembling.
After a while of burning incense, he returned to Chui Gong Hall angrily.
Seeing the shame and anger on the face of the Minister of Rites, the ministers in the court were very puzzled and asked one after another: "Master Du, what's wrong?"
Du You then told his inner court colleagues what had just happened in the morning. Wen Qi laughed loudly, but the others couldn't laugh or cry.
I have been hunting eagles all day long, but today my eyes were pecked by eagles. The court minister and the six ministers are such shrewd people on weekdays. However, today I am not doing well, but I am being fooled by the prince--the latter uses a mere petty
plan, and successfully finalized the third edict to postpone the morning court.
In this regard, the courtiers and Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan would not be able to regret it in the future, because it was from their mouths that the matter of the early court was finalized.
"If you have such a plan, why don't you go on the right path?!" Du You, the Minister of Rites, rarely lost his composure.
Because he felt ashamed and angry, but at that time he was angry and dissatisfied because Qiu Yu targeted the Crown Prince in every possible way. In the end, the two people turned out to be a team, working together to deceive the officials of the Manchu Dynasty.
After hearing this, the other ministers of the Inner Dynasty were also very resentful: they agreed that the ministers of the Inner Dynasty would assist the prince in handling government affairs and formulating national policies, but gradually, the prince has left the work to them. For example, yesterday afternoon,
I agreed that I thought the room was too stuffy, so I walked around outside the temple, but as I walked around, no one was there.
Du You, the Minister of Rites, became more and more angry as he thought about it. He decided that when His Highness the Crown Prince arrived at Chui Gong Hall later, even if he tried to lose his official position, he would still talk to His Highness - there was no such thing!
But he waited and waited until noon, when the eunuchs from the Shangshan Bureau had delivered the meals, but there was still no trace of His Royal Highness.
At this time, Du You was so angry that he was almost numb.
The kings of Wei and the princes of the past dynasties have never been so lazy!
"This can't go on like this!"
In the Chui Gong Hall, Du You, the Minister of Rites, said sternly to the colleagues present at the Imperial Court: "We have to think of a way to make His Highness stay in the Chui Gong Hall."
Hearing this, all the ministers in the Chui Gong Hall looked at each other in shock.
Although the inner court is full of resourceful people, the problem is that His Highness's scheming and intelligence are not bad at all. No, just now in the Xuanzheng Palace, all the courtiers were fooling around, trying to get His Highness to submit obediently.
I'm afraid it's not that easy.
“Where there’s a will, there’s a way!”
Du You, the Minister of Rites, said firmly.
At the same time, beside the fish pond in the Imperial Garden, Prince Zhao Hongrun was lying lazily on a deck chair, bathing in the spring sunshine while reading the battle report that had just been sent from Suiyang.
From time to time, the concubine Zhao Que who was waiting next to him would pass pieces of dried fruit to Zhao Hongrun's mouth.