The emperor was mostly satisfied with the system left by Taizu, but there were always some aspects that he was not so satisfied with. In particular, he had always had deep resentment towards the court meeting system. Emperor Taizu did change the time and number of people attending court meetings in previous dynasties, so at least he, as an emperor, did not have to get up in the dark and yawn all the time to attend court, but he could not decide the topics of the court meetings.
The night before, the cabinet screened the topics for the next day's court meeting, and the Imperial Household Department submitted them to the emperor for selection. Then, officials were selected from the speakers of the pre-determined topics, and the time was set in advance. At the court meeting every day, the emperor could raise one issue that was not on the agenda, and then listen to the court discussion. However, the time of the court meeting was strictly limited.
It was not allowed to exceed one hour! Because Emperor Taizu believed that it would take at least half an hour for officials to go from entering the palace to returning to the government office. If an official wasted more than one hour on a court session, how could he have enough time to handle other matters
So, he was so engrossed in watching the show during the court meeting this morning that he did not notice that the topic he raised at the end caused so much controversy, so the time limit of the court meeting was exceeded. The emperor could only blame himself for his bad luck and let the attendant make a note in the diary - on a certain day of a certain year, the emperor attended the regular court in Fengtian Hall, and the court meeting exceeded the time limit because of the discussion on the emperor's second son's reckless speech and wild behavior.
As a result, when the court meeting was over, the gloomy emperor ordered the eldest prince and the second prince to be taken to the Qianqing Gate, and personally supervised the execution and gave the two princes a severe lesson, no eunuch or palace servant dared to say a word.
In the evening, when the emperor was about to leave the western warm room of the Qianqing Palace and go to the Qingning Palace to stay with the empress dowager, he heard the eunuch report that the queen had been staying in Qingning Palace. He sneered unhappily and said, "Are you going to ask the empress dowager for justice again?"
In front of the eunuchs and palace servants, he didn't say anything else, but he was extremely impatient. He only had two older sons, one was taught to be sincere and false by her, and the other was taught to be irritable and impulsive by her. She didn't know how to reflect on herself, but only knew how to complain? Because he was too lazy to run into the queen in Qingning Palace, he simply sent someone to send a letter to the queen mother, changed direction, and went straight to the cabinet.
The emperor came suddenly without any warning, and even without any greeting, which naturally caused a lot of chaos. After all, in addition to those high-ranking university scholars, there are also many Zhongshu Sheren who draft imperial edicts and handle various miscellaneous tasks in the cabinet. After the emperor seemed to be strolling around here, he asked the assistant university scholar Kong to come out with him.
When they reached the wide corridor outside, he casually asked, "Have you found out anything about the Linhai Camp?"
The only different secret letter that Wang Jie deciphered through Zhang Shou was the one that only announced false news at the court meeting. Therefore, the emperor only told the real content to a few people, including Academician Kong who was clearly mentioned in the secret letter.
The deputy assistant, who had once served as the Minister of War, paused for a moment before choosing his words carefully: "The commander of Linhai Camp, Du Heng, is an old subordinate of Duke Zhao. He had just been transferred to Linhai Camp less than three months ago, so it was impossible for him to control the army. Therefore, during the previous rebellion, he only relied on the bravery of his personal soldiers to break through, and then forced the two troops that did not participate in the rebellion to suppress the rebellion. Although he was later punished and dismissed, it can be said that he also made meritorious contributions while serving his sentence. The words in the letter must be a frame-up."