Due to the misfortune of having three unusually diligent emperors, the morning court session in Li Yang continued year after year, day after day, without end.
Due to the disappointment of too many of the top nobility of Great Peace City yesterday, today's court session was not as grand as yesterday's. However, compared to the cold autumn of the second year of Xiangfu, it was much livelier. At the same time, because of the addition of Wu Zhongxuan, Gao Shi, and Song Daoning, as well as Changshan Commandery Prince Zhao Yang, who rose from the west, this morning's court session caused the eyes of many officials who had lost hope to light up. It felt like there was a light at the end of the tunnel.
The sky had not brightened, and the gates had not opened.
The civil and military officials who had gathered together were mostly whispering to each other. They said that Old Assistant Minister Wen had finally succeeded. He was going to be sent out, promoted, and given a first-class position!
However, some observant people had already noticed that Jin San Lang had yet to show his face. If it was in the past, that bearded and determined assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites would have long been standing near the main entrance, chatting and laughing with his colleagues. The Minister of Rites, Sima Puhua, and the Right Assistant Minister, Jiang Yongle, who everyone knew were estranged from each other, had gathered together today and even felt like they were family. This was an extremely rare occurrence. Other than the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Appointments, who didn't know that in the other four ministries of the Shangshu Province, there was almost no minister and assistant minister who didn't have a knife hidden behind their smiles. One had a hard time improving, the other was waiting for a higher chair that was close at hand to sit on. It would be strange if they could dig out each other's hearts.
Some of the older officials who were familiar with the court session took the chance to close their eyes and nap. After all, at the court session, as long as they were not normal officials who had the right to enter the hall, they could rest while they were far away from the emperor. But if they lost their etiquette, then it would be terrible. This was not something that had never happened before. Even if the Censorate and Directorate of Rites closed one eye and closed the other, if you were lying on the ground, who other than a blind person could not see? Cultivating in the government, it was better to be safe than sorry.
Suddenly, as if a heavy stone was thrown into a small lake, a burst of noise that should not have appeared quickly spread to the vicinity of the gate. Even the half-asleep elderly officials had to open their eyes to look.
The news spread out layer by layer at an astonishing speed, as if it was eight hundred li away. They were indeed the most knowledgeable group of people in Liyang. Even if the news passed through countless mouths, it was still accurate when it reached the vicinity of the Assistant Minister of the Six Ministries.
However, a large number of women had appeared at this solemn place at the end of the imperial road! And most of them were young women in their prime!
In different yamens, on different mountains, and in different positions, many high-ranking officials who had originally stayed out of the commotion suddenly had extremely ugly expressions on their faces. A few old officials with white hair were so angry that their lips turned purple!
Among them were the Marquis of Yongle, the Right Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Works, the General of An Nan, the Scholar of Chongwen Pavilion, and the Grand Secretary of Wuying Palace, Wen Shouren!
Apparently, among those women who wished for the world to be in chaos, there happened to be this illustrious and influential junior.
Chen Wang's position was even further away from the gate than his official position. Beside him stood the poor Zhuangyuan scholar Li Jifu.
The Imperial Uncle, Yan Chiji, even ran over to the Ministry of War's Kong Zhenrong, a military ruffian who was not liked by other departments.
Without Jin Lanting, this leader who had the potential to become the new leader of the literary world, Gao Tingshu, Wu Congxian, and the others no longer gathered together. They stood in line according to their respective yamens.
When Li Jifu heard the unbelievable truth, his eyes were somewhat dazed.
Yan Chiji and Kong Zhenrong looked at each other and smiled, secretly bumping their fists.
Gao Tingshu and the other handsome and elegant scholars of the capital who clung closely to the towering tree that was Jin Lanting mostly had gloomy expressions.
Tang Tieshuang walked in front of the Head of the Secretariat and Tantanon and asked softly, "Two sirs, do you want me to have people drive those women away?"
Tantanon hurriedly waved his hand and said with a smile, "Drive them away? Assistant Minister Tang, I advise you to forget about it. The Ministry of War is already struggling to make progress. Don't make trouble for yourself. Be careful not to be hated. Once there's a slip-up, you'll be criticized behind your back. "
Qi Yanglong also smiled and said, "If the palace doesn't care, then Sir Tang shouldn't get involved. To tell the truth, even Tantanon and I can't afford to offend the powerful Rouge Army. "
The Head of the Secretariat raised the corner of his eye slightly and said with undisguised schadenfreude, "Look at our Grand Scholar Wen, who is recognized by the court as' writing moral articles with moral principles'. As a person in the situation, isn't he still as unmoved as a mountain?"
Tantanon grunted and added fuel to the fire, "Assistant Minister Tang, you should learn a bit. This is called letting you cause trouble in the officialdom, I'll meditate as an old monk."
Tang Tieshuang, who had been unhappy, also laughed with the two old men after hearing their banter. His anger immediately dissipated and he felt like he was trying to find joy in the midst of bitterness.
Tang Tieshuang had mixed feelings. He remembered that when he was about to leave the Duoyan Cavalry, General Gu had said with a half-true, half-fake smile that it was indeed not easy to be an official in Great Peace City, but it was not without meaning. If he had the chance, he should talk to those old men more. He should not think that it was flattery. If he could make them joke with him, he, Tang Tieshuang, had more or less entered the capital. Otherwise, even if he became the Minister of War, no matter how frightening the official patch on his chest was, he had not crossed that threshold. He would always be an outsider who could not raise his voice.
While the assistant minister of the Ministry of War was daydreaming, one or two high officials near the Grand Scholar of Wuying Palace exchanged glances. They seemed to be expressionless, but the corners of their mouths curved.
As expected, Sir Wen had started to meditate.
At this time, a fat man who had hurriedly jumped off the rented carriage was completely dumbfounded.
Had the carriage driver brought him to the wrong place? Why are there so many young women here? Have all the brothels in the capital opened in Yu Dao's area? "
The fat man who had almost ripped his court robes gave himself a slap in the face. It hurt so much that it was not a dream.
The fat man shook his head hard and finally woke up a bit. But when he smelled the fragrance that came to his nose, his head started to feel dizzy again.
He used all his strength to jump a few times. He was very glad that he could see the civil and military officials on the other side through this thick wall of rouge!
A woman with a graceful bearing seemed to be dissatisfied that the fat man was blocking her view and said angrily, "Move!"
The fat man with a mild temperament moved a few steps to the side without another word. In the end, he was reprimanded by several women in unison, "Move!"
The fat man felt wronged. Just as he was about to move in fear, he was reprimanded by another woman. "Don't move, damn fat man, stay where you are. Her father is only a fourth-rank official, don't mind her!"
The woman opposite the fat man turned her head and said with a cold smile, "So what if my father is a fourth-rank official, he's the Minister of Censorate! He can impeach all officials! Your father is just a lousy assistant minister, is he really that amazing? Later, I'll have my father report your father! "
What do you mean by your father, my father, and what Minister of Censorate and what Minister of Censorate and what Minister of Censorate? He was just a fifth-rank official with no power in the Imperial College. When the fat man heard this, his cheeks trembled!
My mother, sigh, it doesn't matter if he's the Minister of Censorate or not. A fourth-rank official really isn't that small as a sesame seed. Even a fart from him can kill me, Wang Tong Lu!
Wang Tong Lu wanted to cry but had no tears. The imperial road under my feet is very wide, but it can't compete with you ladies who are already standing on the street.
If I delay the court session, I, a small person who almost got beaten to the ground by a fifth-rank official, Heavenly Strategy Chancellor, will really have to pack my things and get kicked out of the Imperial College.
Wang Tong Lu, who was just about to brace himself and pass through the wall of people, was immediately pointed at his nose by the woman in front of him. He was so scared that he took a few steps back. This time, Wang Tong Lu even had the heart to hang himself with a strand of hair.
Suddenly, screams resounded through the sky.
Wang Tong Lu was dumbstruck. He looked at the women in front of him who were either clutching their chests, covering their faces, or grabbing their hair in madness. How come they had gone crazy earlier than him? The one who has a hard life is me, not you!
Wang Tong Lu sat down on the ground and pounded his hands on the ground. He muttered, "It's over, it's over. This time, even the old man won't be able to protect me. But I still haven't been able to buy a small house the size of a fingernail in Great Peace City. I still haven't saved enough money for a wife. My two hundred catties of autumn fat is natural, it really isn't from eating …"
There was a clatter.
Wang Tong Lu raised his head and saw the great aunt whose father was said to be the Minister of Censorate in front of him. Her eyes rolled back and she fell backwards. There was no one to support her.
Behind her, there were two women of the same age who were tightly hugging each other and sobbing silently.
Wang Tong Lu thought very carefully and seriously. How about he also fainted and ended everything?
Just as Wang Tong Lu was weighing the pros and cons, a hand suddenly supported him and pulled him up.
Wang Tong Lu, who seemed to be riding the clouds, turned his head in confusion.
That was a handsome face that he dreamed of every day when he looked in the mirror. It was smiling, the kind that was very good at tricking women. It was the kind that could rely on his face to beat half of the world.
That person said with a smile, "Mister Chancellor, what a coincidence. To be able to meet you at morning court twice, it is fate."
Wang Tong Lu was still confused, "En? What did you say? "
That face was filled with a warm smile, "Last time, wasn't it you who reminded This King to be more careful and not overstep the rules of etiquette? The censors of the Censorate and the six departments, as well as the eunuchs of the Ceremony Directorate will all be watching. "
Wang Tong Lu who had seen a ghost in broad daylight took several steps back in fright, "It's you!"
When it rains, it pours. He really couldn't live like this!
Last time, when the vassal kings gathered for the morning court session, it was because he acted like a good person and accompanied this young man to the gate. It was only a distance of two to three hundred steps, and then he became a street rat that everyone in the Imperial College wanted to beat up! If it wasn't for the old man Tantanon who helped to say a few words of justice in front of the Left Chancellor at that time, he, Wang Tong Lu's two hundred pounds of autumn fat would have been reduced to one hundred pounds!
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