This was the first time that Ye An entered the majestic Daqing Palace. In the words of Xuan Chengzi, he was lucky. He was able to attend the Daqing Palace just after he became an official. Some officials had not participated in such events for many years.
The opportunity for a great meeting.
In fact, the place where the emperor of the Song Dynasty visited the court and listened to the government every day was not in the largest Daqing Hall, but in the Wende Hall. Moreover, the place where the emperor listened to the government was not to deal with all court affairs, but to deal with major matters that must be approved by the emperor.
Every time the emperor sat down to listen to government affairs, it was an imperial meeting. The number of participants was not as large as that of later dynasties. Mainly Zhongshu and the two provinces under his command, as well as other officials from the three provinces and officials from the Privy Council. This was the highest level in the Song Dynasty.
The power agencies are divided into two governments.
Xuanchengzi told Ye An in detail the emperor's three types of court system, the front hall where the court listens to government affairs, the inner hall where the court listens to government affairs, and the back hall where the government listens, and there is also a more important five-day daily routine.
After Lin Lin finally came down, Ye An suddenly discovered that the emperor of the Song Dynasty was also very diligent. He had to sit in court several times a day to listen to politics and had to deal with many things.
Of course, compared to the Ming Taizu who personally handled official documents and memorials every day, the Song emperor's sitting in court was not too tiring, at least he did not need to be so energetic that he stayed up all night.
In the early Ming Dynasty, the emperor was responsible for everything. In the Song Dynasty, the emperor's administration of government was more refined and professional. Things that the two governments could handle by themselves only needed to be reported, and only urgent and confidential matters could be reported.
We will discuss it when we attend court.
This seems more efficient to Ye An!
Participating in the imperial court is a daily court meeting that must be attended every day. Almost all officials from Taiwan, provinces, temples, and prisons must participate. The emperor almost slaps his butt and leaves after doing the palace work, which is equivalent to a kind of "clocking in to work".
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Wende Palace is an external dynasty, and Daqing Palace is also an external dynasty. The reason is very simple, because these two palaces are outside the harem, separated by a tall palace wall. This palace wall divides the palace into two parts, the inner and outer parts.
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The inner hall was the emperor's daily living place, so viewing the court in the inner hall was called living. Compared with later dynasties' precautions against the harem, the palace in the Song Dynasty was slightly more open.
The courtiers could even enter the forbidden palace to see the emperor and attend court meetings in the inner palace. Although it was a bit far away from where the concubines lived in the harem and separated by palace gates, in a sense they were already in the harem, which was not the case in other places.
It is absolutely impossible for dynasties to appear.
Ye An admired the emperor's openness in this era. This was a kind of mutual trust, a kind of trust between the emperor and officials. In the Song Dynasty, there were almost no rebellious actions by civil servants. This is what the emperor of the Song Dynasty gained in exchange for trust.
The majestic palace gate slowly opened. This time Ye An entered from the Xuande Gate. There were left and right Shenglongmen and two corridors on the east and west. No need to guess, the one directly north on the central axis of the palace is the Daqing Hall!
The nine-bay Daqing Hall, the east and west corridors of sixty bays in front of the hall, and the Taihe Gate on the left and right.
The Daqing Hall is a palace complex with five east and west pavilions on the left and right. There is a back pavilion behind the hall, a Zhaixiu Hall behind the pavilion, and behind it is the arch at the north gate of the Daqing Hall.
According to later book records, the Daqing Palace is vast and can accommodate tens of thousands of people, but only by standing in front of it can you feel the grandeur of this palace.
Ye An was stunned. The palaces in front of him were so gorgeous and tall that they exceeded his imagination. Only when he truly stood in front of it could Ye An understand why the Han Dynasty and China had been passed down for thousands of years.
The wisdom and skill of the ancients are unimaginable. The carved beams and painted buildings cannot describe the beauty of this palace, and the high eaves and long curves of the corridors cannot describe the curves of this palace.
Standing under the palace, Ye An felt horrified that he had become as small as an ant. As soon as he raised his head, the majestic palace was toppling forward like a landslide.
He had seen many high-rise buildings in later generations, but this palace was really too oppressive.
Seeing Ye An's shocked look, the court officials around him who were heading to the Daqing Palace just smiled indifferently, as they had long been accustomed to it.
I was just full of curiosity about this young man, and I knew who he was after just a moment's thought, so all kinds of eyes focused on him.
Lu Yijian, who was standing in front of the queue of civil servants, did not look back, but whispered to Wang Zeng behind him: "The person wearing purple clothes is the famous "Yangcheng Yelang"?"
Wang Zeng smiled and said: "Ms. Lu has good eyesight, so he is the son. However, he is already a civil servant, but he does not wear court clothes when he goes to the palace. He is afraid that he will be impeached by the imperial censor."
Lu Yijian smiled slightly and said: "He is just a teenager, so it is inevitable that he will make mistakes. It is a wise move to wear purple clothes to go to the palace. This tells me that he is a disciple of Mr. Guanmiao, rather than just a disciple."
It is rare to see an upstart official who knows how to advance and retreat, and knows the current affairs."
He never thought that Lu Yijian would actually excuse Ye An. Wang Zeng looked at him in surprise and then said: "What Prime Minister Lu said is absolutely true."
Lu Yijian smiled slightly and stopped talking. He had a plan in mind...
There were more unkind glances among the courtiers. It was the first time Qian Weiyan saw this "Yangcheng Yelang" who had caused Qian Hui a huge loss. Thinking about the recent rumors about his external transfer, he had no time at this time.
Regardless of this kid, if there is a chance to step on him, he will not let it go.
It's just that Qian Weiyan doesn't understand, what ability does he have to become an upstart in front of the saint? He actually has to be awarded a bachelor's degree?
In addition to Qian Weiyan, there were even more unkind looks, including many from the clan.
Ye An didn't care about these looks, but he wanted to write down the locations of these people. There might be the "mastermind" among these people who sent people to steal his court uniforms.
Pulling on his fur coat and following Xuan Chengzi to find his position, Ye An began to observe. In the shortest possible time, he "drawn a map" of today's team in his mind and marked the suspicious people.
This is a fairly simple detection method. When the murderer and the victim are in the same room, the murderer will definitely pay attention to the victim for various purposes. This is a very normal psychological phenomenon.
When the sun shone on the palace door, the tall palace door of Daqing Palace slowly opened, and the chamberlain walked out of the palace door and shouted in a sharp voice: "Participate in the court!"
The courtiers slowly entered the Daqing Palace under the leadership of the two princes. The censor in the palace had been waiting for a long time. After seeing Ye An dressed in purple, he fixed his eyes closely on him.
Because this boy was actually the only one not wearing court clothes, the young man's purple clothes were really eye-catching.
After the parade, everyone was waiting. Sitting on the high throne in the palace was Ye An's student, Zhao Zhen, the future ruler of the Song Dynasty.
After seeing the dazzling Ye An, the corners of the little emperor's mouth turned up slightly, but his smile was quickly smoothed away.
"Liu Gao, the imperial censor in the palace, corrected Ye An, the bachelor's student, for his misconduct at the court meeting! Please punish the officials for his evil deeds and clean up the court etiquette!"
It's coming, it's coming! Everyone, including Ye An, said this in their minds. This was something that had been expected...