Chapter 46 Court Proposal

After the Mao hour, the prime ministers arrived at the Zichen Hall one after another. Before the emperor came, everyone stood or sat and talked and laughed. The hall gradually became lively.

At this time, no one talked about serious matters, they just chose some trivial matters in life and had fun. Only at this time can they feel that the ministers are actually ordinary people, living ordinary lives on weekdays.

The most talked about was naturally the things around the Lantern Festival. Last night, Xue Chongxun and Zhang said that they had a common topic together. From writing poetry to drinking, they focused on interesting small things. Xue Chongxun also laughed at Prime Minister Zhang for not being able to drink and fell asleep on the table.

After chatting for a while, the eunuch at the door shouted, reminding everyone that the emperor was coming.So the hall quickly calmed down, and the ministers stood on both sides in two rows.

At this time, Brother Fen and Empress Gao came in from the main entrance together. The palace maids and eunuchs followed them stopped at the door, and only let the two of them walk north from the middle.

Brother Fen walked in front, and Queen Gao was slightly behind him and could not walk side by side with the emperor.

Brother Fen has been the emperor for nearly two years and has practiced his walking posture and movements. He held his hands around his waist and walked straight with a slow stride.

Unfortunately, his back was a little arched, his neck stretched forward, and he couldn't stand up straight when trying to lift his chest, which made him feel weak, but he was a little vulgar.

In contrast, Queen Gao has a more grand and noble temperament. She has a tall temple and a phoenix crown, looking ahead, and her cold expression gives people a feeling that she cannot be desecrated, and her every elegance and calmness are also very appropriate.

The two of them walked slowly up the steps. Brother Fen sat down at the front seat behind the platform. The palace maids holding fans on both sides stood behind the seats. The eunuch Yu Liben, who was on duty, bowed and stood beside him.

Queen Gao's seat was like her and the emperor. It was located on the back and a bead curtain was placed in front to cover it.

After such pretentious behavior, the ministers knelt down and shouted: Your Majesty will live forever.

Brother Fen only said two words: "Fangxian", and for a long time since then, he didn't say a word, and let the minister speak in turn below.

Today, we can’t catch up with the major events such as the political strategy and budget of the year. At first, we were talking about the arrangements for the beginning of the year.

The central government has opened seals and offices in various local government offices. According to the customs of previous years, the imperial edicts from the palace to encourage the people to be honest and obedient.

Brother Fen just nodded, and someone else wrote the five-color edict on his behalf.

Then the Minister of War Zhang said that he asked Xue Chongxun some questions about suppressing the rebellion. The relationship between the two was already good, so Zhang said that he would not deliberately ask some difficult questions.

For example, hundreds of Cui's family were massacred without the imperial edict, although they could act expediently when someone rebelled.

The problem is not very big, but if you really ask, Xue Chongxun is not easy to push clean...

Fortunately, Zhang said that he didn't ask about that at all.

At this moment, he suddenly saw the emperor yawning. He hurriedly raised his sleeve to cover it. He knew that he had lost his composure and looked a little embarrassed.The ministers were not surprised, and even the censors were too lazy to speak out for advice.

Brother Fen continued to sit expressionlessly, but over time, he would inevitably have more small movements when he was bored.

A censor finally couldn't help but stand up and said: Your Majesty is today's son, the king of a country, every move is related to the face of the country, please be careful.

Brother Fen has advantages. He was not angry when others said he was not in person, but he just said: I understand.

When he was the governor of Youzhou, his official Pan Dahuzi advised him not to go out for a hunting trip during the busy farming period, but he actually lay on the road blocking the road...

If you meet a tyrant person, it is not impossible to step on someone and let the horse's hooves trample on him to death, but Brother Fen's approach is just to turn around and go back.

He is a kind of kindness, which is not a virtue.

At this time, everyone finally finished the trivial matters. The left prime minister Lu Xiangxian said: Your Majesty has been in charge of his position for the third year. Please put the country in the long run first and establish the crown prince as soon as possible.

Brother Fen heard someone ask him, so he looked at the ministers left and right. Everyone bowed their heads and said nothing, and the hall suddenly became much quieter.

Brother Fen asked: Do you think the crown prince should be appointed?

When encountering such a thing in the past, Princess Taiping just needed to make a decision. Now no one can decide, so he had to ask the minister.

Since it was the emperor's question, if he didn't answer, he would be disrespectful. Everyone agreed to appoint the crown prince.

No one dares to object to this kind of thing. Why can't the emperor not be appointed as a crown prince if he has a son? It's simply unreasonable...

Only Xue Chongxun did not express his opinion because he was indeed not qualified to take care of this matter.

It is related to the foundation of the country. It can be said that the emperor and his family can be said, and the prime minister and other important officials of the country can be said, but it is really difficult to intervene in relatives.

Seeing this, Brother Fen asked again: Who should I set up?

The prime minister can say without any scruples about the family, country and the world, and the matters of the emperor and the family are normal.Lu Xiangxian said without hesitation: The elders are orderly and naturally the elders are born.

When Emperor Ruizong deposed the eldest son and appointed the youngest son, and asked the third son Li Longji to be the crown prince, he used the credit for his contribution; now none of the sons of Fen Brother Li Shouli have made contributions, so what else can I discuss?

Of course, we must have the eldest son.

That's why there is a saying among the people that the emperor loves his eldest son and the people love his son.

Brother Fen pondered: My eldest son... He thought for a while before continuing, Li Chenghong!Do you want him to be the prince?

Lu Xiang hurriedly said: I am just making a promise to make a long-term decision, and the decree has to decide.

Brother Fen suddenly said angrily: The person who performed the military drama last time was eloquent. I wanted to reward him as an official, but you said that what I said was not the final word. Now I said who can make the crown prince?

Everyone looked at each other in an instant, and Lu Xiangxian said with a serious temperament: The state's official position is related to the livelihood of the people. You must never play the role of an official. How can you let the actors who sing well?That's why the ministers would urge Your Majesty.Now that Your Majesty has established the crown prince according to the ancestral system, the ministers and others cannot object at will.

Brother Fen hesitated for a moment, and everyone was heartbroken when they saw this, for fear that he would have to abolish the elders and establish the young people in order to test their power...

In this case, I had to persuade him again.

However, Brother Fen was silent for a moment and said in a regular manner: Then let’s make the eldest son Li Chenghong the crown prince.

The ministers were relieved after hearing this. Lu Xiangxian quickly put forward the request for power division and advised kindly: The court's government affairs are cumbersome on weekdays, so it is better to let the prince learn to manage government as soon as possible, and share the burden for His Majesty.

Xue Chongxun sighed when he heard this and said to himself: Many people want to take as much power as possible as possible as the prime minister, especially when the emperor is not in charge of affairs, the prime minister can decide the final decision in the world, and he is just like the uncrowned king (Li Linfu did it in history).

Lu Xiangxian took the initiative to propose that the prince be reinvigorates the country. This matter seems to be decentralized from the emperor, but in fact it is decentralized from the hands of their prime minister. Lu Xiangxian's temperament is indeed indifferent and uncontested.

Brother Fen opened his mouth and was about to say something like you can do, but at this moment, Queen Gao suddenly coughed gently.

Yu Liben, who was in front of the emperor, was also very clear-headed and immediately cooperated and whispered in a low voice: This matter is complicated. Your Majesty will discuss it for a long time after the answer. You can talk about it later.

Brother Fen was already impatient when he sat down, and hurriedly said: Let me think about it.

The throne is actually a long distance away from the position where the ministers below the platform stand. They have to speak loudly to each other before they can hear clearly. Moreover, the ministers below cannot keep looking up at the emperor according to etiquette...

So everyone naturally doesn't know the little moves that the superiors made.

Lu Xiangxian didn't want to bother the emperor about dividing the imperial power, so he had to give him a gift and retreat to the side.

Seeing this, Brother Fen hurriedly said: Then let’s stop here today, and the details of the matter, my dear friends will discuss and do it.

Yu Liben immediately shouted loudly: Retreat.

So everyone knelt down and left. It was still early after the morning court meeting, and everyone had their own affairs. Xue Chongxun rushed to Chengxiang Palace to see his mother, Brother Fen was busy riding horses, and the prime ministers went to the Political Affairs Hall.

Only Empress Gao went straight back to the bedroom and asked Yu Liben to leave together.

Yu Liben was originally a matter of internal affairs. The eunuchs who served the emperor almost never served the emperor often followed the queen.

After Empress Gao returned to the bedroom where she lived in Penglai Palace, she stepped back and praised Yu Liben: If it weren't for the timely reminder of Yu, now the emperor would probably have to give up the power.

Yu Liben hurriedly said: I thought something was wrong and wanted to remind Your Majesty, but I knew that I was not qualified to interfere in major affairs of the court, so I hesitated.The Empress just coughed, and she gave her courage. I suddenly realized that this was not meddling in the government affairs, but doing the job for the Empress. She said it out without worries... If it weren't for the Empress, I would never dare to talk too much.

After hearing this, Empress Gao smiled faintly, and after a moment, her brows frowned slightly and said in a deep thought: Is Zuo Prime Minister Lu also promoted His Highness Taiping?

Yes, the ministers in the foreign court are different from those in our palace.In the Ming Palace, we used to listen to Your Highness (Princess Taiping), but now our Highness can't speak, so we would rather listen to Your Highness's closest to that person Xue Lang. Xue Lang won't harm us, right?The Empress and Xue Lang are on the same side, so we all support the Empress in our hearts; this is not the case with the ministers in the outside dynasty. They used to listen to Your Highness because His Highness held the power of the country and could not speak. They would remember that their identity was an official of the Tang Dynasty and were concerned about the country and the country... Lu Xianggong is even more indifferent. He wanted to decentralize power, which was out of public interest, and we couldn't stop it.

Empress Gao whispered again: Regardless of whether the emperor agrees to the prince’s reign or not, once Li Chenghong is renamed the Eastern Palace, there may be many ministers who will surrender.

Yu Liben shook his head gently and said: It’s hard to say now that the ministers are openly open, but who is not attentive?If everyone thinks that the prince is difficult to become a great man, wouldn’t he joke about his wealth and future?Didn’t the Empress think about it long ago when she saw Xianggong Dou, and did she often come and walk around?