Four days later.
Today, Zhao Zheng woke up early to attend the court meeting.
The Grand Court Assembly was different from the ordinary morning court assembly.
Ordinary morning court sessions were held every day, and those attending were all officials of Rank-4 and above. The number of people attending was about twenty.
The Grand Court Meeting was held once a month, and every time it was held, almost all the civil and military officials in the capital had to attend.
They were the true civil and military officials!
"The emperor has arrived!"
When Zhao Zheng arrived at the Xuanzheng Hall and sat on the dragon throne, a large group of civil and military officials knelt on the ground.
"Long live my emperor!”
"Usually!" Zhao Zheng said sternly.
Then, Feng Zhong said,""If you have a book, report it as soon as possible!"
No one spoke.
After hearing about the Emperor's recent actions, they were unable to figure out the Emperor's "drastic change in personality". Thus, they did not dare to submit a report recklessly and decided to observe the situation first.
Zhao Zheng looked around. Since no one spoke, he would start.
"Feng Zhong, announce the decree!"
Feng Zhong bowed and nodded. Then, he took out the imperial edict he had prepared and swept a glance at the ministers. He opened the imperial edict and read,
"By the will of heaven, the emperor has decreed: Li Yan, the prime minister, worked hard and made great contributions. He was honest and honest, and his teachings were strict. "I hereby confer the title of Left Minister to Li Yan, the Crown Prince's Grand Preceptor…"
The first imperial edict was to confer the title to Li Yan.
Li Yan was originally the Right Prime Minister, but he was now the Left Prime Minister. He also had the title of Grand Preceptor and was ranked among the three dukes.
(In ancient times, the left was respected. The right prime minister was equivalent to the deputy prime minister, and the left prime minister was the prime minister.)）
Although everyone was a little surprised by this imperial edict, they felt that it was reasonable.
Li Yan was originally a favorite of the incompetent ruler, so it was normal for him to receive this honor.
"This lowly subject Li Yan thanks the emperor for his great kindness!”
A 50-year-old minister stood out and kowtowed to receive the reward.
Zhao Zheng could not help but look at Li Yan.
This was the first time Zhao Zheng had seen Li Yan after transmigrating.
Li Yan was tall and slender, with good facial features. His beautiful sideburns reached his chest, and he looked righteous. He was clearly an old handsome man.
No wonder this guy could gain the trust of a fatuous ruler.
Just this image alone was very upright and easy to give people a good impression.
If Zhao Zheng didn't know the plot, he might have been deceived by Li Yan's current appearance.
You really can't judge a book by its cover.
"My dear minister, please rise."
Li Yan stood up and couldn't help but glance at the Emperor. He suddenly realized that the Emperor had become much more handsome after not seeing him for a while. His temperament was even more different. It was really strange…
Zhao Zheng waved his hand and signaled Feng Zhong to continue.
Feng Zhong took out the second imperial edict and began to read it out."In accordance with the will of the heavens, the Emperor has issued an edict saying: Minister of Personnel Xu Jie, with noble moral character and meritorious service in the examination…Xu Jie is hereby conferred the title of Right Minister and the title of Young Master…" It
was another edict of reward.
However, when the imperial edict was issued, everyone was slightly stunned.
Xu Jie was Li Yan's number one lackey. He was personally promoted by Li Yan and had always considered himself as Li Yan's lackey.
Now that the Emperor had promoted Xu Jie to the Right Prime Minister, wouldn't he be on equal footing with Li Yan?
Hearing this imperial edict, Li Yan's eyes flashed as he looked at the Emperor on the dragon throne in surprise.
As for Xu Jie himself, he was shocked.
He wanted this official position, but he did not dare to!!
He wanted it because he was ambitious. Otherwise, he wouldn't be willing to become Li Yan's lackey. Wasn't he fawning over Li Yan for the sake of promotion and wealth? Xu Jie had been a minor Hanlin in the past. After fawning over Li Yan, he had risen all the way to the top. Now, he was the Minister of Official Personnel Affairs, an official of the highest rank…It could be said that he had made the right choice in fawning over Li Yan.
He didn't dare to accept it because he was afraid of offending Li Yan.
He was originally just a little brother, but he was suddenly on equal footing with his big brother. How could his big brother feel good?
"Your Majesty, I'm not virtuous or talented. I'm afraid I can't take on such a great responsibility…"
Xu Jie refused verbally, but to be honest, he was really tempted by the Emperor's reward.
As an ambitious person, how could he not be tempted by the position of Prime Minister?
Hearing Xu Jie say that, Zhao Zheng smiled and said,"Minister Xu, you don't have to be too modest. Your hard work and contributions, Zhen has seen it all. The position of Right Prime Minister is yours, so there's no need to decline!”
After Zhao Zheng finished speaking, he sneered in his heart.
What I want is for you guys to have a grudge against each other. It's best if you guys bite each other!
Of course, if Xu Jie became the Right Prime Minister and was willing to become Li Yan's underling, Zhao Zheng was not afraid!
In any case, he had the final right to explain the rewards to the officials and subjects. He could just replace them when the time came.
Hearing the Emperor's words, Xu Jie hesitated for a moment and secretly turned to look at Li Yan. Seeing that Li Yan was expressionless, he gritted his teeth and said,""In that case, I am grateful for the emperor's kindness!”
The position of Senior Prime Minister was too tempting for Xu Jie
…
Zhao Zheng laughed and asked Feng Zhong to continue.
Feng Zhong took out the third imperial edict.
Seeing the imperial edict, the officials were all stunned.
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