Shentianmen, the main entrance of the Daqi Palace, is divided into nine doors and nine arches. Each door opens and closes at a different time. The status of each person entering and leaving the palace also corresponds to the door they enter.
The main entrance is the tallest and widest. The huge and deep arch makes people feel insignificant when they enter, and experience the terrible sense of oppression and the majesty of the imperial power.
This door is only opened during court meetings to intimidate the officials and make them aware of the inviolability of the royal family.
Li Chengfeng was naturally at the end of the queue, and what was interesting was that the ministers of the previous dynasty were clearly distinguished. The ministers on the left were military generals, uniformly dressed in red official robes and black boots, except for the patterns on their belts and official robes. It distinguishes the official rank and title; and on the right are civil servants, uniformly wearing black official robes and white short boots, and there are also many differences in belts and official robes.
Li Chengfeng was in this group of people. For a moment, he didn't know whether to stand in the team of civil servants or in the team of generals. He was in a dilemma and was very embarrassed.
But fortunately, the chamberlain responsible for welcoming Li Chengfeng was very considerate and introduced Li Chengfeng to the ranks of military commanders.
But even if Li Chengfeng was led to the end of the generals' team, he immediately attracted sideways glances from the generals in front of him, as if to see who he was, and how could He De be ranked here
This military general was tall and tall, with a beard all over his face. He glanced sideways at Li Chengfeng, then lowered his voice and said, "I wonder what your honor is..."
When Li Chengfeng mentioned his identity as a cultivator at this time, he was afraid that he would be highly hostile immediately. Although he was not afraid of such hostility, in line with the principle that more things are worse than less things, he moved his ancestors out : "I am a descendant of the Duke of Xiaguang, Li Chengfeng of the Xiyue Sect."
The general was stunned: "Guang Guo Gong? What Guang Guo Gong?"
After he finished speaking, a military attaché with a gentle face and fair skin in front of him turned around and asked with a smile: "Are you the descendant of the founding Duke of Guangguang, Duke Li Yue and Duke Li?"
Li Chengfeng smiled and said: "Ashamed, my unworthy descendants have brought shame to our ancestors..."
The military attaché came up with a smile and patted Li Chengfeng on the shoulder, saying, "Then we two should get closer and closer. Did our ancestors fight side by side together back then?"
Just as Li Chengfeng was about to speak, he heard the leading chamberlain in the cave turning around and shouting sternly: "No noise in this important place!"
The military attaché shrank his head, smiled at Li Chengfeng, and said, "Wu Tian'an, please come and get close to me!"
Li Chengfeng smiled and cupped his hands without saying anything.
For him, whether it is military generals or civil servants, they actually have nothing to do with him. After all, he is a practitioner, and it is definitely not a good thing to be too closely involved with civil servants and military commanders.
The team quickly regained its calm. After passing through the arch hole, the group came to an extremely broad and sloping terrace. This terrace was about twenty or thirty meters high. The stairs were repaired into seven passages, and the middle one was extremely wide. If anyone else steps on the emperor's royal roads, it will be considered a crime of disrespect and will be beheaded immediately.
Next to this royal road are two wider steps, called the palace road, which are the paths for the princesses, princes, concubines and nobles in the palace. Next to this palace road is a slightly narrower one that can accommodate six people. The passage is the passage that civil and military ministers take when they go to court, called the official path; and next to the official path, there is a small path that can only pass four people, called the inner path, which is the path for the maids, guards and eunuchs in the palace. .
From here, Li Chengfeng could see that the hierarchy in the Daqi Imperial Palace was strict and the divisions were clear.
After the group climbed up to the high platform, many elderly civil servants were already out of breath. They also came to a huge square. After Li Chengfeng and others waited for half an hour in the biting cold wind, a building in front of them The gorgeous and majestic Chongwen Palace slowly opened, and a eunuch with a sharp voice came out and shouted: "Hundred officials are here to see you!"
All civil and military officials filed in through the small doors on both sides of Chongwen Palace and stood in rows.
Li Chengfeng was not like other civil and military officials. After coming in, he looked at his nose and his heart. He was brave and took the opportunity to look around. He saw that the palace was about four or five meters high, with splendor everywhere, and a high platform. A dragon chair hangs in the air, with palace maids and eunuchs standing on both sides of the dragon chair, and around the main hall are forest guards armed to the teeth. Each of them is a carefully selected person who is loyal to the royal family.
After everyone entered the court, after about a cup of tea, a chamberlain screamed: "The Emperor has arrived!"
All the officials knelt down and kowtowed one after another, and Li Chengfeng followed suit. Although he did not do well in some places, he was ranked last and was extremely inconspicuous, so no one found fault with him.
Li Chengfeng was tall and had good eyesight. Although he was ranked last, he could still see Zhao Bairen clearly at a glance.
The person sitting on the throne was an old man who looked to be in his seventies, but Li Chengfeng knew that he was actually only in his sixties. Moreover, his eye sockets were sunken and black, his nose was flushed, and he yawned profusely as soon as he sat on the dragon throne. It is obviously a sign of excessive liver fire and excessive sexual indulgence.
Zhao Bairen raised his hand: "Everyone please stand up."
Only then did all the officials stand up one after another, and for a while there was silence in the hall.
Immediately afterwards, the chamberlain said sharply: "All officials have their own books to report to, but those who have no rights will withdraw from the court!"
This is a scripted cliché, but in fact everyone knows it. How could it be possible that there is no script? Li Chengfeng's sudden appearance made those who were interested understand more clearly that today's court meeting must be a spark-filled court battle.
But everyone knew that today was not a trivial matter. For a moment, no one came forward to play. There was a strange and terrifying and depressing feeling in the court hall, as if a mountain rain was about to come, and the whole building seemed to be filled with wind. It seemed that everyone was accumulating energy.
After waiting for tea in this way, when the chamberlain screamed twice in succession, "If you have a book to play, you will leave the court if you don't have a book," Zhao Bairen couldn't help but yawned again and said: "If everything is fine, all my dear friends, please step back." Well, I'm very tired today."
Li Chengfeng had seen how the prince Zhao Hanqing handled government affairs. He worked day and night, burning the midnight oil, and was energetic the next day. The key was to handle government affairs in an orderly, fast and accurate manner, a perfect image of a wise king and holy lord. , and looking at Zhao Bairen's performance, it was really a complete performance of a foolish king.
The emperor had been yawning in the morning. In this era when the emperor could not leave the palace and had no extra spare time activities at night, what else could he do to stay up so late
Just think about it and you will know!
But all the officials had already taken offense to this. When the emperor first doted on Concubine Ming, the officials tried their best to dissuade her, but not only was it useless, Zhao Bairen actually intensified his efforts, playing and singing every night, and his body bones had long been hollowed out.
As the prince oversaw the country and the image of the holy king was revealed, the aspiring officials turned their attention and hopes to the prince one after another, and they were too lazy to look for trouble with Zhao Bairen.
As Zhao Bairen finished speaking, among the civil servants, a courtier came forward and said: "Master, I have a story to tell!"
When everyone looked at it, they saw that this was Liu Qingqi, the supervisory censor of the Yushitai. This official was under the eighth rank, and his rank was not even a small official in the capital. But... the supervisory censor's responsibilities are very powerful. He not only supervises all officials. , and they can take care of all kinds of things, including patrolling prefectures and counties, prison litigation, military affairs, sacrifices, camp operations, and the cashier of the Taifu... all kinds of things.
In other words, there is nothing in the Shenjing and Daqi territory that they cannot control or criticize.
Therefore, people like the supervisory censor also have a nickname: mad dog.
Zhao Bairen naturally knew that Baiguan had a notebook to play. He rubbed the goo in the corners of his eyes and said casually: "There is a notebook to play."
The supervisory censor Liu Qingqi stepped forward, holding the wat tablet and the memorial, and said loudly: "I am suing Liu Ming, the prefect of Yuezhou, Zhang Junming, the prefect of Yuanjin, Li Tian, the prefect of Taiyang, and others, together with their superiors and subordinates, for neglecting their duties and colluding with the bandits. This kind of behavior led to the appalling assassination of the crown prince in the country!"
Everyone was in an uproar when they heard this!
This first shot actually hit the heads of three prefects and hundreds of officials above them!
If these officials were traced, their sphere of influence could include almost everyone here.
In other words, this mad dog Liu Qingqi bit everyone with his first bite!
And this first shot also made everyone realize that what happened today was definitely not going to be a good thing!
A fierce fight is inevitable!