Chapter 373 New Year
Li Laosi, a real man!
This trick of killing the chicken to scare the monkeys was played on him. If the aftermath can be dealt with afterwards, it can be said that it was quite successful!
Now the entire court has quieted down, the emperor is still leaning on the dragon throne in a haphazard manner, looking at the people below with indifference.
"Any of you who are in cahoots with Lu and don't want to serve under me, please stand up now. I will send you off politely.
Let me be frank first, if you miss this opportunity today, you may not be able to get it again tomorrow.
While I'm still willing to reason with you, let's part ways amicably. If you're all silent today, and then dare to gossip about me again, don't blame me for turning against you!"
To be honest, Li Chengxiu did not have the appearance of an emperor who could conquer others with virtue, but he did have a murderous aura that came from a sea of blood and corpses.
No matter whether it is a dragon or a tiger, a ferocious beast that can subdue all the demons and monsters in the court is a good animal!
Old Qin and Old Jiang's two uncles both had surprise in their eyes, and they were shocked and happy at the same time.
My son-in-law, who has been a fool since he was young, has finally grown from a purebred silly roe deer to a gorgeous tiger in roe deer skin!
Looking at the emperor slowly growing into the flesh and blood of an emperor, Prime Minister Ji's eyelids twitched several times. He suddenly felt a little uncertain about the gamble he had made in a hurry.
But in the end, his innate ambition prevailed, so he quickly shook his head, shaking off those ridiculous and timid thoughts.
Stand up and take a step forward.
"Your Majesty, do we need to discuss this legislative reform again today?"
"Why not? My wife has already instructed us to finish today's work, no matter what it is. There's still other work waiting for us tomorrow!"
When talking about his wife, the stern Emperor Chengde turned into the eccentric Li Laosi again, smiling and leaning there, waving his fingers diligently.
"You all continue to discuss, I am listening!"
Although a sweet-tongued emperor is annoying, an emperor with murderous intentions is even more frightening! When faced with two evils, choose the lesser one. Therefore, true wisdom emerges from the contrast. It is better for the emperor to be unpretentious.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts. This time, no one dared to jump out and nag.
The Minister of Rites took a furtive look around and found that his colleagues, who had almost scolded him to death at that time, had now become elegant and refined after the emperor's warm care!
Hehehe.
He jumped out again with satisfaction, holding high the banner of reform and fighting bravely to make a name for himself in history.
The entire officialdom was abuzz with this matter for a while, with various factions tug-of-war and entangled in several rounds of struggle. Finally, after the Lu family was driven out of the capital and the Cui family lost a Supreme Court official, the reformists successfully gained the upper hand with their numerical advantage.
This was all thanks to the fact that the new dynasty had just been established. The previous emperor had toiled for half his life to conquer the empire, but he had only been on the throne for about five years. Many rules hadn't even been established yet, so didn't this give the current emperor an advantage?
After all, the remaining ministers of the dynasty were either troublemakers created by a group of rebellious people, or some shrewd children of aristocratic families who were very flexible and adaptable.
Without so many pedantic old stubborn people, Emperor Chengde's bizarre legislation could be promulgated smoothly without any setbacks.
Anyway, even if the decrees he issued were the founding decrees of the country, no one dared to say that they violated the ancestral teachings.
As for whether the public response was great, is there any need to ask? Anyway, before New Year's Eve, the entire Dayu was strangely divided into two states.
While secretly cursing the henpecked emperor and the evil queen Jiang, when she was so angry that she couldn't sleep at night, she had to sit up and curse for half an hour to vent her anger.
Most of this group of people are men and illegitimate children.
On the other side, the polar opposite is true. For the wise and virtuous Empress and the virtuous and sage Emperor, they long to build temples and erect monuments for them. Morning and evening, they burn three sticks of incense, praying to the heavens to bless these two saints with long lives of a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand years!
Most of this group of people are women and legitimate children.
Ever since the emperor and empress issued the decree, their ears have been practically scorching. They always felt like someone was nagging them all day long, and it was burning them. Eventually, they got used to it. After all, when it comes to reform, someone has to take the blame, right?
Right and wrong, merits and demerits, and mistakes, can all be left to time to judge. The Empress raised her chin with great confidence, indicating that she had definitely not made a mistake. In response, His Majesty the Emperor also nodded with great confidence, indicating that his wife could not be wrong!
Otherwise, the fact that these two people can sleep in the same bed is not a serious matter.
Time passed slowly amidst the sounds of abuse and gratitude. Finally, after the first snowflakes fell, it successfully dragged everyone to the day of the palace banquet.
The previous dynasty was busy with work.
Although the emperor, the top-ranking official, was finally given a three-day holiday by all the important officials in the court, allowing him to temporarily stop writing and stay away from the pile of memorials that were the source of all evil, he still did not have the good fortune to enjoy a warm bed.
He had to get up before daybreak, put on the dragon robe he had just gotten, and yawning in the dark, squat in the Golden Throne Hall, waiting for his subordinates to come and pay him New Year's greetings, or rather, congratulations.
Meanwhile, the harem was also busy, with the Empress equally busy and bewildered. She didn't need to worry about matters outside the palace for the time being, but hosting a banquet in the palace was something she, as the mistress of the harem, had to handle.
She got up early with the emperor, forced herself to wash up, then dressed and sat in the harem, quietly waiting for the ladies of the court to come and pay their respects.
This was definitely not Jiang Wan's first time celebrating the New Year in the palace, but it was her first time sitting in the palace as the queen mother.
Fortunately, the plan was already in place, and she didn't bother to innovate. She simply followed the same pattern as her mother's previous palace banquets and proceeded step by step.
After she yawned for the thirty-second time, the sky in the east gradually turned pale, and it was finally time for the hour to arrive.
The ladies of the court, who were dressed up according to their rank, followed the procession in an orderly manner and entered the palace to pay their respects to the legendary young queen mother.
In Fengming Palace.
The Empress wore a nine-tailed phoenix crown and a bright yellow nine-phoenix robe, the same color as the Emperor's. The twelve-chapter pattern running along the bottom of the robe clearly represented the Empress's equal status with the Emperor!
Every sober lady who bowed down knew how to show her submission almost the moment she saw the phoenix robe.
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