Court meetings are a system for the court to discuss matters. Generally, there are court meetings every day, but a prescribed time. There are several court meetings within a month. If there is no provision, the bells of the imperial city will be the basis. The bells spread throughout the inner city, and the houses and yamen in the inner city will be heard.

If it is a diligent emperor, it is normal for the dynasty meetings a month or more than ten days. If it is a lazy emperor, there will be four or five court meetings a month.

Therefore, officials and the emperor do not really need to get up at the third day of the day to prepare for the court meeting. The so-called "the king will not go to the morning court from now on", which means that the emperor does not participate in the morning court four or five times a month, which shows how lazy such an emperor is.

At today's court meeting, all civil and military officials were standing in class. The so-called court etiquette was often kneeling and worshiping. For example, in the Spring, Autumn, Warring States, Qin and Han Dynasties, kneeling as a seat, and bowing down means bowing as a ritual. Although it is not a ritual of kneeling, the situation is also kneeling, because kneeling is sitting.

By the time of the Tang Dynasty, there was a change, because Hu beds and chairs began to become popular in the Tang Dynasty. Especially in the late Tang Dynasty, Chinese people gradually began to sit on chairs and the tables became taller. At that time, the chairs were relatively simple, and initially like stools. In the late Tang Dynasty, there was a period of time in the court where ministers could sit on chairs to discuss matters. The slogan "Long Live" also started in the Tang Dynasty.

Since the Tang Dynasty, the court held a meeting with matters, basically standing, and bowing deeply. But it is not that there is no kneeling ceremony, but that it is necessary to bow only on formal occasions, such as sacrifices, and various ceremonies.

There is an old saying: National affairs are in sacrifices and wars. It means that national affairs are in sacrifices and wars, and in sacrifices and war rituals. Sacrifices represent cultural heritage, and war bravery is the foundation of national safety.

When the Dahua Dynasty arrived, the etiquette was similar to that of the Tang Dynasty, but it was more strict than that of the Tang Dynasty. The kneeling ceremony was not very useful, but it also had this obligation. The etiquette was a tacit understanding between the emperor and his ministers. The emperor wanted to express a kind of respect for the ministers, and generally he would not really let the ministers kneel down. In order to express respect for the emperor, the ministers often had to make a gesture, but they would not really kneel down. The tacit understanding was the emperor's words "no courtesy".

The so-called civil and military officials, and the formal court meetings are often more than one official.

The atmosphere in the court today is a bit depressing. Without the chatting of the past, all the officials were silent and waiting. Because everyone knew that something was going to happen today and the competition was going to begin.

The train was present. The first row was filled with three provincial minions and the Privy Council envoy, as well as some senior officials. Most of these old ministers no longer had any official positions under their jurisdiction, but they would participate in politics and affairs. The second row was filled with six ministers, the Censors, the Minister of the Dali Temple, the Minister of the Three Provincial Departments, the Wenyuan Pavilion, the Guanwen Hall or the Hanlin Academy, and the Privy Council.

After that, there were naturally those three provinces, the ministers of the six ministries, the generals of the Privy Council, the doctors of the halls, the ministers of the academy, the junior ministers of the Dali Temple, the censors, the counselors, and the like. These were the most.

In this way, there will be officials from various yamen, officials who come to Beijing for work, officials who have any questions, etc.

This has formed a basic national governance system, including those in charge, those in discussion, those in supervision, those in doing things, those in thinking tanks, and those in pragmatic...

Ouyang Zheng and Xie Fang were in the second row. In front of the head, there were Zhu Tingchang, Zhu Tingchang, Wu Zhongshu, Wu Shu, Liu Si, Liu Dejin, Zhang Dejin, and Yuan Weijun, and the right-hand-hand of the Menxia Province. The right-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-hand-

Since Ouyang Zheng returned to Beijing, it has only been more than a month since the atmosphere of the court has been no longer as harmonious as before. Ouyang Zheng is still the same as before in the court. Although Ouyang Zheng is only a second-rank official, he has to express his opinions on everything at this court meeting. No matter who reports to whom, even if Ouyang Zheng does not express his opinions, he still has to ask more questions.

The appearance of Ouyang Zheng seems to have broken many tacit balances and many harmony between you and me.

Li Qiming looked back at Ouyang Zheng from time to time, and seemed to still remember this man who had been kneeling in the court for a long time and shouted to punish Li Qiming. At that time, Li Qiming was so panicked. Seeing Ouyang Zheng again more than ten years later, Li Qiming still felt a sense of fear.

A sharp eunuch's voice: "Your Majesty is here!"

Long live the mountain, everyone bowed first, and he could hear a sentence: "All the Lords are exempted from courtesy!"

The old emperor Xia Qian became thinner and hunched. He was wearing a golden dragon robe, but he couldn't support the temperament of this old emperor.

After the old emperor sat down, there were not so many silences and said directly: "The rebel general Fang Xing has been taken into custody, and Li Tong, the general of Xuanfu, has also entered the capital. Who can explain this matter clearly for me?"

Li Qiming looked back at Ouyang Zheng again, as if he was considering whether to say it first or let Ouyang Zheng say it first.

Ouyang Zheng did not make any moves at all, but Xie Fang spoke first: "I have reported to Your Majesty that the Censorate has completed the investigation of this matter. I can explain the details of it in detail to my colleagues."

"Tell me!" Xia Qian raised his hand, his tone of voice was a little low.

In fact, Xie Fang's files and memorials had already been presented to the emperor. This time, I would like to talk about the civil and military officials in the court who went to listen to it.

Everyone looked up slightly, and when Xie Fang told him, everyone was surprised and amazed. If the matter was as Xie Fang said, and this was the final conclusion, then Li Tong, the general of Xuanfu, would be truly unforgivable, and the fate could be imagined.

Xie Fang said for a long time and finally finished speaking.

Xia Qian was thin, with only his eyes still shining. He glanced at everyone and asked again: "Do you have any objections?"

Li Qiming looked back at Ouyang Zheng, and then said, "Your Majesty, Li Tong is a good general in the border town. He has sacrificed his life for the country for several times. He has always loved his soldiers like his sons. How could he do such a thing? Xie Zhongcheng's words are just rumors and hearsays, and they should not be true. Since Li Tong has arrived in the capital, it would be better to let Li Tong enter the hall and let him say that this is fair."

"Xuan!" Xia Qian was still pampering his words like gold, and his arm just raised slightly.

"Li Tong, the general of Xuanxuan Mansion, met with him!"

Li Tong bent in from outside the hall, and when he arrived in front of De's head, his head was knocked to the ground, his body was trembling, and he cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, I am guilty of death! The generals under his command had been greedy for military salaries for more than ten years, which caused all the soldiers under his command to be pale and thin, and the sky was angry and resentful. For more than ten years, I have not noticed that I was guilty of death! I dare not expect your majesty to be kind, but I can only repay Your Majesty with death..."

This conversation made Xia Gan frown: "Get up and speak well."

Li Tong slowly got up and cried again, talking about how Fang Xing and Fangda brothers were greedy for military pay, how violently resisted the law, how to resist arrest with swords, how to commit crimes and how to mutiny.

Xia Gan did not respond, Ouyang Zheng had already stepped forward: "Report to Your Majesty, Fang Xing is in the prison of the Ministry of Justice. Since Li Tong has entered the court, it is said that Fang Xing will come to confront him in person."

"Accepted!" Xia Gan replied.

A eunuch ran out of the imperial city, and several fast horses galloped towards the Ministry of Justice.

Of course, Xu Jie and Xu Zhong did the escort of Fang Xing personally. Even in this inner city, Fang Xing could not make any mistakes.

As they entered the imperial city, Xu Jie and Xu Zhong, as the head of the Ministry of Justice, sent Fang Xing outside the Chuigong Hall. There were dozens of Jinwu Guards and several Jindian Guards on the left and right.

Fang Xing looked up and saw that the Hanging Hall was already in tears. It was finally time to meet the saint.

Xu Jie stood outside the hall, and within a moment, he heard the fierce quarrel in the hall.

Xu Jie could hear the quarrels clearly. Seven or eight people from the Privy Council spoke in turn. Xie Fang and Ouyang Zheng frequently fought back, Li Tong's anger and Fang Xing's complaints. After that, many people were also speaking and helping Li Qiming speak. The rest of the people, such as Wu Zhongshu, were mostly unrelated to their own affairs. Even if Wu Zhongshu needed to have a good relationship with Xie Fang to a certain extent, he would not directly break up with Li Qiming in the court.

The focus of the quarrel is just to distinguish between Li Tong and Fang Xing’s words, who is true and who is false. What happened in Xuanfu far away in the border town, and when you get here, it is so simple to distinguish between true and false.

Some people know it, some people are skeptical, and it is difficult for the emperor to do it. No matter how the emperor thinks, when he really wants to decide, he must also convince people with reason, try his best to convince the public and be fair.

The emperor is not really able to decide everything in one's own words. The ministers and the emperor actually have a mutual restraint relationship. If the emperor can really decide everything in one's own words, the country will inevitably have problems.

Since ancient times, the legitimacy of imperial power has come from the saints of the emperor. Because in the feudal society of ancient and modern times, there was only China with a saying "Where are kings, princes, generals and ministers?" Only the emperor of China can be overthrown and overthrew. Western aristocrats have been nobles for generations, and Western kings have been those families. Therefore, Western imperial power needs religion to be blessed, so religion can often hijack imperial power, even greater than imperial power, because religion represents gods, and the power of the king is granted by gods. In many cases, religion often plays a role in helping the nobles fool the people.

There was constant quarrel in the hall, and Xu Jie outside the hall was also anxious about Ouyang Zheng and Xie Fang. In this court, Ouyang Zheng and Xie Fang really seemed weak.

Xu Jie thought about it and endured it for a few times. After thinking for a few moments, he suddenly shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, the student has something to report!"

Xu Jie's words came out, and the hall was wider, but it was clearly heard by everyone. Even a few sword-holding people suddenly appeared beside the old emperor Xia Gan.

Xu Zhong was shocked by Xu Jie's sudden words. Xu Zhong entered the imperial city for the first time in his life, and for the first time he actually heard the emperor speak. He always stood respectfully beside the prison cart. However, he did not expect that his nephew was so bold and making loud noises outside the Golden Palace.

If such noise is pursued, it will be a serious crime, and it is not an exaggeration to hold on to a hundred and ten thousand. Xu Zhong used to think that his nephew was smart, but never knew that his nephew had such courage. Such courage was really unimaginable in the hearts of people of this era.

I heard someone in the hall ask angrily: "Who dares to make noise in front of the hall?"

Xu Zhong looked worried, but Xu Jie raised his hand to comfort Xu Zhong, and then said, "Student Xu Wenyuan, report to Your Majesty if you have something to do."

Countless voices in the hall: "Bold!"

"Come on, take this noise quickly!"
Chapter completed!