As Ying Yuan's voice fell.
The entire court hall was silent.
The time for this morning court session was set by Emperor Taizu himself.
This is the ancestral system.
Your Majesty, you actually changed it just like that?
but...
It seems to look good!
In the past, people had to get up at around 4:30 am to attend the morning court.
Then burn incense and take a bath.
Arrived early to queue outside the imperial city.
After everyone has arrived, enter in turn.
If someone accidentally overslept and was late, he would be beaten with a stick and fined at best, or even lose his job and title at worst.
But who can persist in attending the morning meetings every day?
Getting up early day after day made all the civil and military officials in a bad mental state.
To outsiders, this seems to be caused by the busy state affairs.
But in fact, it’s just that I didn’t sleep well.
To be honest, before the emperor came to the court, the whole hall was filled with steam.
Days like this never end.
How can you serve the country better if you ruin your health?
The life expectancy of civil officials in the Qin Dynasty was generally short.
Most of the reasons are because I never had a good night's sleep.
Now, Your Majesty has delayed the time and changed this bad thing in the daily court meetings, which can be said to be a good thing.
After all, who would be so idle as to attend court meetings every day? There are always things to report to His Majesty every day.
Most of the time, court meetings are just a formality.
For example, listen to the eunuchs around your majesty say, "If there is something to report, report it early; if there is nothing to report, dismiss the court."
Then the ministers announced that they would adjourn the court session as they had nothing else to do.
This goes on and on, and in the end, the ones who are exhausted are all the civil and military officials.
After all, after the court meeting, all officials had to go to the yamen to take up their posts.
Your Majesty can take this opportunity to take a nap.
Cai Jing, Qin Hui and others had only one thing to say about the daily court meetings:
'Officials have long suffered from the early morning court session'
God have mercy on me!
Your Majesty, out of sympathy for the officials, decided to change the time of the court meeting.
It’s really great!
In this way, all officials can get enough sleep and then handle state affairs with full energy.
In this way, the delay of the court meeting will not only not cause the state machinery to come to a standstill, but will make it run more smoothly.
Your Majesty, you are truly a wise ruler!
Ying Yuan originally thought that the decision he made would definitely be opposed by all officials.
After all, delaying the court meeting was an extremely foolish thing to do, both from a historical perspective and from the ancestral system of the Qin Dynasty.
He had made up his mind, and the more the officials opposed him, the more he was determined to accomplish it.
"No one can stop me from being stupid!"
Ying Yuan thought to himself.
But the next moment.
The scene that happened in the court hall completely stunned him.
Cai Jing was the first to kneel down on the ground, bowed, and said, "I second the motion!"
Afterwards, all the civil and military officials spoke up one after another: "We second the motion!"
Second... second the motion?
Ying Yuan was completely speechless.
Shouldn't you think I'm stupid?
Cai Jing!
It’s this old man again, trying to ruin my plan!
By doing this, you will make me think that the decision I made is wise!
Just when Ying Yuan was in a dilemma, a eunuch walked in from outside the palace and said that an envoy from the State of Chu had arrived.
He had learned about this a few days ago.
The State of Chu wanted to negotiate peace with the State of Qin.
The specific details still need to be discussed.
Since he had not attended court meetings in the past few days, the officials were undecided.
So it was delayed for some time.
Now that they knew Ying Yuan was attending the court meeting, the Chu envoys naturally wanted to meet him.
......
at the same time.
Prince Chang'an Ying Chengjiao, who had already arrived in Xianyang City, was meeting the Queen Mother in the harem.
He did this on purpose.
He knew clearly that Ying Yuan was going to attend the court meeting today, but he refused to follow the four provincial governors to attend the meeting.
He came to the harem on purpose, saying that he wanted to pay his respects to his mother.
Ying Chengjiao seemed particularly happy after meeting Lu Zhi.
The latter directly sent away everyone around him.
Here, there were only the mother and son, whispering to each other.
"My son, how many soldiers and horses did you bring with you to Xianyang?"
Lu Zhi asked with concern.
Ying Chengjiao said frankly, "Not many, only about 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers. However, I am confident that if we can get the help of Dong Zhuo and others, we will definitely be able to drive Ying Yuan off the throne."
"But Queen Mother has heard that those four have pledged their loyalty to Your Majesty. Otherwise, we should just be patient this time. It's not too late to take our time.
After the national crisis is over, Queen Mother will find a way to rule the country from behind the scenes. Once she has power, she will find a way to transfer you to Xianyang. Then, she will find an opportunity to depose the emperor."
At first, Lu Zhi asked Ying Chengjiao to come to Xianyang because she felt that with the arrival of the four people, there would inevitably be a bloody storm.
Maybe your children can benefit from it.
Now it seems that there is no such opportunity.
Ying Chengjiao shook his head and said, "Mother, there is no time to lose! If I continue to hold back this time, I will have no chance in the future. Will I be suppressed by Ying Yuan for the rest of my life?
I, your son, do not want to do this, so it is imperative that he be driven off the throne!"
"Well, let's see how the situation develops in the coming days. Remember, you must not act rashly without the Queen Mother's order.
As for those four, you can go around more often. If you can luckily win over one of them, it will greatly increase our strength."
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