"Pa!"
"Pa!"
"Pa!"
The sound of three whips in the air broke the silence under the night sky. Many civil and military officials who had been waiting for a long time looked up.
On the nine dragon steps in front of Wuji Palace, a eunuch holding a soft whip glanced down and suddenly took a deep breath.
"Court!"
A voice full of energy came out of his mouth. It was hard to imagine that this was the voice of a eunuch.
The ministers took up their positions and walked up the Nine Dragon Steps in turn. At the very front were the princes led by Chu Mu.
The prince hearing was a rule passed down from the founding father. The main purpose was to not let the prince become a useless person who did not know anything, so all the princes who were twelve years old listened and watched more.
Other than that, there was another important purpose, which was to select an heir.
The Great Xia Dynasty's second generation monarch, Chu Mu's grandfather, was actually not the eldest son of the legitimate heir. In fact, he was not even a legitimate son. Back then, the old man's third son was just a prince born to an ordinary concubine.
At the beginning of the founding of Great Xia, there were internal and external troubles. Moreover, Taizu himself had suffered too many injuries from years of war and was already at the end of his rope.
For the sake of the future of Great Xia, after careful consideration, he decided to choose the most outstanding heir from the princes.
After a series of battles, Chu Mu's grandfather, Chu, seized the throne in front of countless people's shocked gazes. He also swept away the internal strife with amazing skills and speed, sweeping away the invading Northern Barbarians and other countries from their borders, and started the Great Xia Dynasty's prosperous era.
However, Chu Mu's father had restored the system of the eldest son inheriting the throne.
After all, the foreign invasion had been eliminated, and what was left was to rest and recuperate. The smooth succession of the dynasty was the most important thing. Therefore, shortly after he ascended the throne, under the advice of a group of ministers, the system of inheritance by the eldest son was restored.
Although the current Emperor Xia's martial arts were far inferior to the previous two emperors, he was still far superior in terms of governing the country. Under Chu Tianli's rule, the Great Xia Dynasty's national strength could be said to be flourishing day by day.
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Wu Ji Palace.
Chu Tianli, who was sitting at the head of the table, calmly glanced at Chu Mu, who was sitting at the front, and revealed a satisfied expression.
This kid was still obedient.
Chu Mu, who was sitting on the right, looked at Chu Tianli and sighed.
This morning court session was really deadly!
Then, Chu Tianli gestured to the eunuch beside him with his eyes.
The eunuch understood and began the morning court session.
In general, there were only a few things to do in the morning court. One was for the four prime ministers to report on their work and raise questions. Chu Tianli and the courtiers discussed and resolved the problems, as well as formulate the next development plan.
The cycle repeated.
The so-called four departments were the Ministry of Education, Ministry of War, Ministry of Finance, and Ministry of Rites.
The heads of these four divisions were known as the Minister of Culture, the Minister of War, the Minister of Finance, and the Minister of Rites. It could be said that they were at the peak of the ministers.
The state affairs were complicated and numerous.
It was already noon by the time they finished their preparations.
Fortunately, Great Xia was more humane. There was a small tea table in front of them when they went to court. There were tea and some snacks on the small tea table.
Chu Mu sat for half a day and almost finished the two plates of snacks in front of him.
"Is there anything else?”
Chu Tianli was exhausted after dealing with state affairs for the whole morning, but this should be the last thing for the day.
The officials in the hall also heaved a sigh of relief. The court session had finally ended.
At this moment, someone suddenly stood up and walked to the center, bowing and saying,""I, Huang Chenglong, the Imperial Censor of the Overwatch Council, have something to report!”
The surroundings quieted down. Soon, the surprised ministers turned their gazes to the person who stood up.
Overwatch Council?"
"What happened at the Overwatch Council?”
"I don't know, but I'm afraid there's going to be a good show.”
" This person looks familiar. He was last year's second place. Has he been transferred to the Overwatch Council?”
The ministers discussed animatedly. The Overwatch Council had the responsibility of monitoring the world. As long as the Overwatch Council stood up, someone would definitely be in trouble.
Hearing that it was about the Overwatch Council, Chu Tianli pulled himself together and said seriously,""What is it?"
Huang Chenglong suddenly looked in Chu Mu's direction and bowed to Chu Tianli,""This subject impeaches the Crown Prince's personal guards for exceeding the rules and privately mobilizing soldiers!”
Swoosh!
In an instant, the hall fell silent.
Countless people's gazes flickered and stopped on Huang Chenglong and Chu Mu.
There were also people who were deep in thought as they looked at the princes and the four prime ministers behind Chu Mu.
Whose people were these?
The ministers thought silently.
Sun Wuwei, one of the Four Xiangs, frowned as he looked at Huang Chenglong. His gaze gradually turned dangerous.
Chu Mu calmly looked at Huang Chenglong, shook his head and sighed softly.
Impeachment?
If you can impeach me from my position as Crown Prince, I'll thank you!
Chu Tianli narrowed his eyes as he looked at the censor in front of him. His gaze also swept across the princes and the prime ministers.
Did this guy stand up for himself or did he have someone backing him up?
The few princes revealed an innocent expression on their faces, but they could not help but exclaim in their hearts that they had done a good job!
The few of them looked at each other for a moment, trying to find out whose idea it was.
Huang Chenglong stood in the main hall and looked at Chu Tianli as he said in a clear voice,""According to the system, the Crown Prince has no more than ten thousand personal guards, and they are not allowed to leave the Summer Prefecture without an imperial edict.”
"This subject received a report letter a month ago. In the letter, it was said that the number of Crown Prince's personal guards exceeded the limit. After a month of investigation, this subject discovered that the Crown Prince not only has more than 10,000 personal guards within the Summer State, but also many people scattered throughout the various states of the world.”
He suddenly looked towards Chu Mu's direction and said with a deep voice and bright eyes,""Your Highness, did I say anything wrong?"
Whoosh!
This time, the entire Martial Extreme Palace Hall was in an uproar!
Other than a few people who had some understanding of the situation, who looked relatively calm, many of the ministers were extremely shocked!
More than two hundred thousand personal guards?
Why did the Crown Prince keep so many people?
How could the Crown Prince afford to support so many people?
The daily consumption of so many people could be said to be an astronomical figure. Just relying on the Crown Prince's annual salary would definitely not be able to support them!
Everyone looked at Chu Mu.
Chu Mu looked at Huang Chenglong and suddenly revealed a smile,""You're wrong, but you're not wrong!"
That's right, it was because he had so many people.
The reason why he was wrong was that there were more than 200,000 of them. There were more than 400,000 Embroidered Uniform Guards. It seemed that this so-called investigation was not accurate.
Chu Tianli did not look surprised.
He had Shadow Guards in his hands, so he was naturally very clear about these things.
Even though Chu Mu did not tell him about the situation of this group of personal guards, the investigation of the Shadow Guards was placed on his table.
Seeing Chu Mu openly admit it, Huang Chenglong frowned slightly and immediately questioned,""Your Highness, why do you have so many personal guards?”
Chu Mu put down the white jade cup in his hand and calmly looked at Huang Chenglong. His eyes slightly narrowed as he said with a smile,""Do I have to report to you what I want to do? Why do I have so many people?”
"Are you trying to say that I'm preparing to rebel?”
"What a joke! I'm the Crown Prince of Great Xia, and the next heir to the throne is me. Do I need to create my own rebellion?”
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