" Hah…" Xiao Rui yawned and looked at the closed door in front of him with his sleepy eyes. Then, he nodded sleepily.
" Lord Xiao, are you still awake? It's almost time for the court session..." Seeing Xiao Rui standing still and about to fall asleep, a man in his fifties in front of him hesitated for a moment and said to Xiao Rui.
"Oh…Thank you, Lord Liu, but I'm really sleepy! Do you usually go to court this early?”Xiao Rui smiled and said to the man in front of him.
"Yes, so we're already used to it.”He said to Xiao Rui and nodded with a smile.
The Great Zhou Empire's court meetings were divided into three types. They were the Grand Court, the New Moon Court, and the Chang Court.
The Great Court was a court meeting held on the first day of the New Year, the Winter Solstice, and the Longevity Festival (the emperor's birthday). It was a ceremonial court meeting where all officials congratulated the emperor.
The first and fifteenth day of each month was similar to the Great Court, but it was held on the first and fifteenth day of each month. It was only a celebration and not a discussion of political affairs.
As for the Chang Dynasty, it was the normal morning court.
Other than the morning court, the Great Zhou also had the afternoon court and the evening court. However, because they did not appear often, the term 'court' generally referred to the morning court.
Moreover, the morning court session was not like those seen in movies and television dramas. Only a few ministers came to a large palace to attend the court session.
Actually, the main venue for the real morning court session was Fengtian Gate.
It could be said that all officials in the capital, regardless of their official positions, unless they had special permission or some guard duties, such as patrolling, guarding the door, and so on, all officials had to attend. The officials from other provinces who were reporting in the capital also had to attend the court.
Therefore, the court was not as simple as it was in movies and television dramas. In fact, every court session had to be attended by thousands of people.
The time of the court session was called dawn, which was when the sky had just broken.
The officials would enter through five doors. There were five Meridian Gates in total, but usually only three could be seen. In the middle of these three was the Imperial Road, which only the Emperor could walk through. The doors on the left and right were for the generals, lieutenants, and other security personnel to enter and exit. The civil and military officials had hidden left and right Ye doors to enter.
It was not over after they entered. There was a building above the Meridian Gate, called the Five Phoenix Pavilion, which was controlled by eunuchs. After the third drum was sounded upstairs, the second gate was opened. The government troops and flag schools entered first, and after the bell sounded, the civil and military officials who had lined up entered from the left and right Ye gates.
After entering, they had to first line up at the south side of the Golden Water Bridge according to their ranks. After the whip was sounded, they would cross the bridge in order until they reached the Gate of Heaven's Tribute. They would wait for the Emperor to arrive. The Emperor would enter the Hall of Heaven's Tribute and sit down. At this time, the whip would be sounded again. The Honglu Temple would sing and enter the imperial road in two groups. They would bow once and kowtow three times. Only then would it be time for the report...
It could be said that going to court was troublesome and uncomfortable. Xiao Rui had gone to court once two years ago, but at that time, he had gone to court as a guard, unlike now, when he was a fourth-grade official. But to be honest, he was still unwilling to go to court...
After three rounds of drumming, Xiao Rui and the others did not need to stay outside in the wind. They walked into the Meridian Gate. Because Xiao Rui was a Rank-4 existence, he could enter the Hall of Heaven's Tribute. Although he was only at the back of the queue, it was better than standing outside.
After busying themselves for almost two hours, the sky was already bright. Xiao Rui and the others walked into the hall. He didn't care and directly found a corner, leaning against the pillar and daydreaming.
He knew what the main topic of the morning court session was, but with his lazy personality, he would not take the initiative to take responsibility for these matters.
Sure enough, after the Emperor came, he first discussed some other matters and then directly made it clear that Prince Ning had rebelled a few days ago.
Hearing the Emperor's words, some ministers stepped forward and said that Prince Ning was just a grasshopper after the autumn, and would not last for a few days. His Majesty the Emperor was well-versed in literature and martial arts, and with the protection of the heavens, he would definitely be fine. If it was two or three years ago, when the Emperor did not know Xiao Rui, he would probably like to hear such words.
Flattery, huh? Especially when these ministers were really good at flattering.
However, in the past two years, the Emperor had been taught by Xiao Rui not to like hearing these words. What he wanted was a solution.
However, after asking a few questions, these officials could not even answer a fart. This made the Emperor somewhat angry.
"Where's Xiao Rui?" Seeing that the court had fallen into silence, the Emperor remembered that he seemed to have called Xiao Rui to come to court.
Hearing the Emperor's words, the Lord surnamed Liu beside Xiao Rui also called out to Xiao Rui, who was in a daze. Xiao Rui also immediately walked out from the crowd.
Although he and the Emperor were good friends, he still had to give the Emperor face in court.
"Your humble servant Xiao Rui greets Your Majesty. I hope Your Majesty will be blessed with peace!”The Great Zhou did not really kneel, at least not when they went out to report.
"Alright, what can you do about Prince Ning's rebellion?”Hearing Xiao Rui's words, the Emperor waved his hand helplessly and said to Xiao Rui.
When they heard that the Emperor had such a high opinion of Xiao Rui, the expressions of many officials in the court were not too good. One had to know that even when the Emperor spoke to the cabinet, he had never been so polite. However, he was so polite to Xiao Rui.
"Actually, there are two main reasons why the Calamity of Prince Ning is so difficult to extinguish.”Ever since he received the notice to attend court last night, he had specially gone to his master's place and obtained some information that the Dragon Guardians had been spying on in recent days. After thinking about it for a while at home, he had roughly figured out why the war at the front line could not be extinguished.
"Oh? "Tell me…" Hearing Xiao Rui's words, the Emperor also became interested. Sure enough, Xiao Rui had a way!
"In the end, there are only two reasons why the Rebellion of Prince Ning is difficult to put out. First, Prince Ning has recruited a large number of Jianghu people as his subordinates in the past few years. Although he only has 30,000 regular soldiers, he still has a mixed army of 3,000 Jianghu people. The incident in the Grand Preceptor's Mansion was done by these Jianghu people. They may not be good on the battlefield, but when it comes to one-on-one fights or assassinations, they are not comparable to ordinary soldiers. Ning Wang relied on these people to assassinate the higher-ups of our army, causing the orders on the battlefield to be unable to be delivered on time. That's why it's so difficult to extinguish.”
Hearing Xiao Rui's words, the eyes of the ministers and the Emperor couldn't help but light up. After thinking carefully about what Xiao Rui said, it seemed to be true…
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He had tipped 1,000 yuan in the early hours of the morning. He did not know if it would be effective during the new year. He hoped that there would be some. Otherwise, he would suffer a huge loss. He would vomit blood…
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