At Yin Shi (3 to 5 o'clock in the morning) the next day, before dawn, Dakui got up early to wash up and change clothes.
Dakui likes ordinary clothes. Although he is dressed in red, the style is very casual. Today is different from the past, but he has to wear court clothes. Dakui feels very uncomfortable wearing court clothes. Although the court clothes are also crimson, not to mention the wide robes and big sleeves, there is also a
There are patches of flying fish pattern on the belt loop, chest and back. There is a square piece of black sand on the head, and there are two short black sand wings on the back of the head.
There was no way, civil servants were dressed like this. Da Kui had no ink on his chest, but how could he look like a civil servant? He walked around the room for a few steps and looked up and down, but the more he looked at it, the more awkward he became. Huang Ying came over and straightened the hem of Da Kui's clothes.
He smiled and said, "You are a good court official. You only go to court during the holidays!"
Dakui sighed and said: "There is no way. Ordinary people have to visit each other to pay New Year greetings every year, and it's the same for officials. It's the King of Wu's permission that I don't go to court on weekdays."
Huang Ying looked at Dakui again and said, "Well, my husband does look like a high official! It's getting late, let's go quickly, don't miss the time." Dakui chuckled and suddenly stretched out his mouth and pecked Huang Ying on the face.
Then he turned around and walked out with satisfaction.
Huang Ying's face turned red, and she shyly spat: "I hate it!" Although she said so, she reluctantly sent it out the door.
When Dakui came out of the inner house, there was a sedan waiting outside the small door on the partition wall. Xu Yuan, Dong Hu, Tian Feng, and Zhou Kai were already waiting beside the sedan. When they saw Dakui coming out, they all saluted: "Sir!"
Da Kui gave a "fam" and walked to the sedan chair. Xu Yuan raised the curtain of the sedan chair with his hand. Da Kui stepped over the bars of the sedan chair and entered the sedan chair. After he sat down, D Kui said: "Let's go." Then the sedan chair slowly got up.
He walked steadily. It turned out that Da Kui was very casual on weekdays, but when going to court, he had to follow the rules of the court. All officials of the Ming Dynasty had to wait outside the gate of Wu Palace during the Yin period. Da Kui went to court for the first time, and he felt a little bit a little bit in his heart.
curious.
As soon as the soft sedan left Zhang Mansion, there were two groups of soldiers guarding it on the left and right, and they all hurried to the Wu Palace. Along the way, they saw the sedans of court officials rushing on their way from time to time, and when they saw Dakui's crimson soft sedan, they all gave way to it. (
Under the system of the Ming Dynasty, sedan chairs were also divided into grades on the road. Those with higher grades had priority, while those with lower grades gave way and could not be overtaken.)
Dakui's team got off the sedan in front of the Wu Palace, and Xu Yuan lifted the curtain of the sedan. Dakui slowly stepped out of the sedan and looked around and was surprised. There were more than a hundred soft sedans of various sizes around. There was already a large group of people wearing various colors in front of the Wu Palace.
Civil and military officials in court uniforms gathered around, and I don’t know what they were talking about!
Dakui walked slowly toward the crowd, and when he got closer, Huanhuan cupped his hands and said with a smile: "My lords, are you here early? Hahaha." This is Dakui's old trick. As the saying goes, you can't hit someone with a smiling face.
When all the court officials saw Da Kui's arrival, they all greeted him. Da Kui immediately saw Tang He, Chang Yuchun and others in the crowd, and stepped forward to greet him: "Brother Tang is here too. How are you, General Chang? Hey!
"Hey, General Hu is here too..." As he said this, he came to the crowd and called everyone "brothers and brothers".
At this moment, a silent drum beat sounded on the wall of King Wu's palace. As soon as the drum beat fell, the palace door opened wide and a middle-aged eunuch in court clothes walked out. The eunuch walked outside the door and pulled the capon at the civil and military officials.
The voice shouted: "The fifth watch has passed, and all the officials are marching into the court." As soon as the voice fell, all the officials in the crowd walked to their positions one after another, and within a moment they were divided into two columns on the left and right.
When Da Kui passed this, he thought that Tang He was of the first grade and he was of the second grade, so it was right to stand behind him. Thinking of this, Da Kui stood behind Tang He and stood still. He didn't want everyone to look at Da Kui like a monster. Da Kui couldn't help but feel confused.
Looking back, he saw Chang Yuchun behind him. Chang Yuchun was also in the first grade, and Dakui was wrong again. Dakui was a little panicked, and quickly bowed to accompany him, but then stood behind Chang Yuchun.
The rank must be correct now, but everyone still looked at him strangely. Dakui couldn't help but feel a little confused. At this time, Hu Dahai behind him said softly: "Mr. Zhang, you are a civil servant. You should go to the left." Dakui said this
Then he suddenly realized it, and quickly ran to the left to jump in line and stand at the end of the red-clothed court official.
It turns out that there are rules for going to court, and the civil and military officials must be divided into two classes. In ancient times, there was a saying about civil and military skills, so there were rules for the positions of courtiers who were civil and military on the left and right on the right.
When the eunuch who delivered the message saw that all the officials were standing in order, he raised his voice and said: "Enter the court!" After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the palace. The officials then lined up and walked in. Dakui was caught in the queue.
Walking step by step, it took only as long as a stick of incense to reach the Palace of Supreme Harmony, where the court meeting was held.
When the officials entered the hall, they were still standing in two groups. Dakui glanced back and realized that due to the large number of people, only officials of third rank and above were in the hall. But officials of lower third rank were lined up outside the hall. Dakui couldn't help but
I thought to myself: 'I don't know what to do if it rains?'
It turns out that every year at the end of the year, all local officials of fifth rank and above would come to Yingtian to report on their work. Today was especially lively, with nearly 200 officials participating in the meeting. Although Dakui was curious about everything, he did not dare to make any mistakes.
This time, he could only stand there respectfully like others waiting for King Wu to arrive. Although he just looked back behind him, Da Kui found that the political participant Wang Fu of Huguang Province was standing there leisurely, talking only to himself.
Two people separated.
Although there were a large number of people in the main hall, there was an audible silence. Everyone was waiting silently. After a while, the eunuch from before walked to the corner of the platform in front and stood at the corner, saying loudly: "The King of Wu has arrived~!
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Upon hearing this, all the officials knelt down and raised their voices in unison: "The King of Wu is a thousand years old, a thousand years old."
Dakui leaned down but did not dare to raise his head. He waited until King Zhu Yuanzhang of Wu said loudly: "All the ministers are equal." Then he stood up together with all the officials.
The King of Wu sat on the golden chair and laughed and said: "One yuan begins again, and all things are renewed. The purpose of this king's meeting today is to gather with all my dear friends to talk about family affairs. If there is nothing else, everyone can talk freely." Wu King Zhu Yuanzhang said.
Wan smiled slightly and looked at the ministers.
Unexpectedly, Wang Fu came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, Wang Fu, has his own original intention to play to the King of Wu."
Zhu Yuanzhang was very confused and asked: "Wang Aiqing, please tell me, why do you want to participate in Mr. Zhang?"
Wang Fu turned his head and stared at Dakui fiercely and said: "Zhang Dakui, the envoy to Jiangnan who participated in the political affairs of Jiangnan, bent the law for personal gain, corrupted the ink and filthy silver!"