The turmoil is getting worse and worse, and it seems that it will never stop. However, those who are interested have discovered that the prisoners brought to Chang'an are no longer as loud and public as before. Although there is still no progress in asking for help from the officials of the Southern Department, sometimes there is no
The news is good news.
A few days later, news came out that the imperial court was about to make a judgment on this major case. To be honest, so far, the matter about the southern case has not been discussed at the Taiji Palace meeting once. The emperor ordered it in anger.
Investigation does not count. The more cold and unfamiliar the court's attitude is, the more fearful the officials will be. Because everyone knows that problems that can be solved in the Taiji Hall are not problems at all, but are just routine notifications.
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In the Tang Dynasty, the Political Affairs Hall and Liangyi Hall Xiaochao were the places where things were really decided. If one day the saint wanted to convene hundreds of officials in the Taiji Hall to jointly decide on something, it would only mean that this matter, whether it was political affairs
Whether it is the Hall of Liangyi or the Hall of Liangyi, neither of them can reach a consensus. Or it may be another situation, such as the emperor's proposal to accept Princess Qin a long time ago.
Regarding how the imperial court will execute this matter, the officials below are naturally discussing in private. After all, this time is not a trivial matter. Today, it is okay for saints not to do anything. Once you make up your mind to do something, you must do it.
Results. Whether it is the suppression of the Guanlong people or the last major case in the Central Plains. As long as the saint wants to, there is no ambiguity.
This time, tens of thousands of people were arrested, which made many officials uneasy. Will the emperor choose to kill again and not let anyone go? You know, the last time a major case in the Central Plains was uncovered, Hongnong
The Yang family was not spared. From this point of view, it is clear that today's saints are cold-blooded and unreasonable.
The older officials were very emotional. Some of them had experienced the Sui and Tang dynasties. Generally, only the founding emperor had the courage and confidence to handle things with such a tough attitude. But in the Tang Dynasty, it was different.
When things get tough, be patient. Although I usually seem very gentle and approachable, once I get angry, things will affect countless people.
Under the high expectations and uneasy waiting of the officials, when the Taiji Palace was convened again, it seemed that all emotions had found an outlet, waiting for the emperor's decision and the opportunity for the end of this matter. To be honest, it seems that
The mentality of taking advantage of others' misfortunes is indeed very relaxing at first. But once things get serious, no one dares to relax, because no one can guarantee whether such a thing will happen to them.
Above the Taiji Hall, hundreds of officials were kneeling in two rows. A dark red carpet ran through the middle and reached the steps of the palace. There was a clear clear water and candlelight in the corner of the palace. The emperor was protected by layers of imperial guards.
, came to the high platform and stood in front of the throne. In Li Zhiyun's eyes, all the officials were kneeling in an orderly manner, very serious. At the lower left position of him, the prince Li Chengzhao was sitting tall and straight, without squinting, and he was also very serious.
serious.
As the crown prince of the empire, Li Chengzhao naturally had to go to court with him to observe the government since he was established. His existence is special, and what he said may not have any "power attributes", but what he said is of great reference significance. In this regard,
Whether it is for the emperor or for the officials.
As the son of the emperor, once the prince opens his mouth, whether it is to make suggestions or plead with certain people, the emperor will consider the prince's face and will take care of him at least. On the other hand, for the officials, this is their observation of the prince.
The best opportunity. From bit by bit, they can slowly understand the prince's preferences and some political preferences, which is very important.
Gao Liangzhong raised his voice and shouted: "The saint is coming to court, and all the officials will come to see you!"
"O ministers, please see your Majesty. May your Majesty live for thousands of years."
After a set of etiquette was completed, the Taiji Hall official ceremony began. No one would immediately ask the emperor how to deal with the big southern case. Generally speaking, the more important things are, the more they will be put aside. The so-called urgent matters should be postponed.
This is the truth. Even though everyone is anxious, they cannot show it at this time because it may cause things to go wrong.
It is impossible to start a court meeting if something is going to happen and to withdraw from the court without something going on. Whenever a court meeting is held, even if there is nothing to do, you have to find a lot of things to talk about. But most of the time, what is said is
It's a trivial matter, not big, but not small either.
For example, the Ministry of Civil Affairs
Talk about local population growth and local land management. The Ministry of Industry will talk about some difficulties encountered, or where the roads have been built, how many slaves have died, how many people need to be replaced, and how much money is needed.
The Ministry of Rites will give some suggestions on cultural construction. In short, you cannot say "we have nothing to do". If you say so, it is equivalent to telling the emperor that we are very idle. When you serve as an official under Emperor Zhenguan, if you are very idle, or you are
If you are really idle, either you are incompetent and idle, or you are in the corpse position.
The ministers Balabala said a lot, and an hour passed like this. While Li Chengzhao was watching and learning, he began to crazily memorize the appearance and name of each minister. This was also one of his homework,
Many of the homework assignments assigned to him by his father were very complicated and unreasonable.
For example, the subject of recognizing people. One day, his father gave him a list. On the list were the birth names, promotion and demotion histories of dozens of officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs. His task was to memorize all this information, and to be familiar with it.
It fits the bill. At one time, he really didn't understand what the meaning of doing this was. It wasn't until an official lied to the court not long ago, and his father found out, that he finally understood why.
Because later when he checked the person's resume, he found that the person had been demoted because he had tried to cover up his maladministration. At this point, he roughly understood what his father meant. The reason why he wanted to record this information was to be clear.
Familiarize yourself with the character of these officials, and then use this combined with other information to judge whether what this person says can be trusted.
In fact, this is very similar to the fact that he is now struggling to memorize the geography, people's livelihood, population and household situation of the prefectures and counties. In general, he needs to master a large amount of information, and cannot listen to other people's words without knowing anything.
Make decisions easily under the circumstances.
Most of the time, Li Chengzhao listened silently and memorized silently, and rarely expressed his opinions publicly in front of the officials. His father taught him that he should never let his ministers easily guess the emperor's thoughts, because that would be very detrimental. In this world,
The most indispensable thing is those sycophant women who like to do what they want. What they say is often in line with the emperor's thoughts, but what they actually do is one evil thing after another.
Li Chengzhao himself has a deep understanding of this. He went deep into the people and often encountered evil officials who appeared to be clean-minded, but in fact had huge wealth and did not know how much they had embezzled money and support from the people. Some officials were kind-hearted and vicious, and treated the people as enemies.
Kou!
Occasionally, he would secretly make his own judgment on something in his mind, and then see the difference with his father's decision. Most of the time, what his father said was less than what he thought, but after thinking about it carefully,
His father thought more comprehensively than he did.