The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 499 One stone stirs up a thousand waves
All the major yamen in the capital have received orders from the Prince Regent's Mansion, requiring all officials of the seventh rank and above in the capital to attend the Great Court Meeting held in the Qianqing Palace in three days.

This king's order is very simple, but it has aroused various discussions in the capital.

After all, ever since the regent Jiang Chuan put the emperor under house arrest, the gates of the palace were locked, and no court meeting had ever been held.

The Great Court Meeting three days later will be the first Great Court Meeting held after the Regent Jiang Chuan came to power.

This in itself is an extremely unusual event, and many people are speculating about what happened.

For a while, officials, clans, and nobles moved frequently.

In the countless mansions, there were secret talks late at night, and there were many discussions, and all kinds of rumors began to breed.

But no matter how they inquired, there was no definite news at all.

Some thoughtful people went straight to the residence of Chief Assistant Xia Junze.

In the end, Xia Junze claimed that he would not be sick, and closed the door to thank the guests, which made all the visitors shut the door.

Shoufu's refusal to meet the guests deepened the officials' curiosity about the Great Court Meeting three days later.

All of a sudden, there was talk. Some people speculated that in three days, the regent Jiang Chuan would force the emperor to abdicate and ascend the throne himself.

Others said that the regent Jiang Chuan would announce his marriage to Princess Ruoling at the court meeting.

Some people with bigger brains even speculated that this was the last signal that the regent Jiang Chuan planned to attack the royal family, and wanted to kill the royal family completely, so as to remove the last obstacle to his ascension to the throne.

Basically all speculation revolves around the relationship between Jiang Chuan and the royal family.

During this period, various unbelievable versions were derived, and even began to spread among the people.

But speculation is guesswork, no one has a definite source of information, and the few people who know the inside story are all tight-lipped.

And the Prince Regent's House did not intend to refute the rumors, and put on a gesture of letting public opinion ferment.

During this period, something happened that made Jiang Chuan a little dumbfounded:

A group of businessmen in the capital united together, leading a large group of people, holding the so-called Wanmin Umbrella and Wanmin Book, and gathered in front of the Prince Regent's Palace to kneel down and beg Jiang Chuan to obey the will of heaven and the people's will and inherit the great rule.

This farce attracted the attention of everyone in the capital. The major yamen in the capital stood still, and many people were waiting for the next step. Some even suspected that Jiang Chuan had secretly instructed him to create public opinion for himself as the enthroned.

And Jiang Chuan, after the initial dumbfounding, also suspected that this was a farce that was instigated by someone behind the scenes and deliberately used to disgust him.

The group of merchants was quickly dispersed by the Guards guarding the Regent's Palace.

The real motive behind them, Heibingtai also launched a quick investigation.

The matter was quickly investigated and it became clear that the truth was actually not complicated. In order to please the Prince Regent, a few businessmen gathered a group of equally innocent people to petition in front of the Prince Regent's mansion.

Their original intention was to flatter Jiang Chuan, but they didn't expect to hit the horse's hoof.

For these self-defeating businessmen, Jiang Chuan only slightly punished them, and put the matter behind him.

The people who were waiting to see the good show were disappointed. They originally wanted to judge Jiang Chuan's real intentions from Jiang Chuan's attitude towards this matter, but Jiang Chuan's handling of this matter made them even more confused.

The time of three passed quickly, and on the day of the Great Court Meeting,

The palace, which had been empty and deserted for several months, suddenly became lively.

Teams of officials, dressed in court uniforms, filed in through the Meridian Gate. Those who were familiar with each other greeted each other and made winks, trying to get some useful information from each other.

But the result is destined to be disappointing.

At this time, the crowd suddenly became noisy, and they all looked in the direction of the Meridian Gate.

It turned out that the three hottest people in the imperial court came:

One is the current cabinet, the chief assistant Xia Junze.

The other is Liu Ji, who is acting as the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, acting as the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

And the Lifan Academy, Su Qin, the first Minister of Lifan.

The three came hand in hand, talking and laughing, which attracted the attention of all officials.

Officials in the DPRK and China knew that both Su Qin and Liu Ji were true confidantes brought by Jiang Chuan from Liaodong.

And Xia Junze only joined Jiang Chuan after he entered Beijing.

After Su Qin and Liu Ji took office in the court, although they were polite to all officials on the surface, they had no intention of getting close to them.

Almost all the officials who wanted to make friends with them met soft nails.

They have the backing of Prince Regent Jiang Chuan, and they are not afraid of offending anyone.

Although the officials slandered the two in private, there was nothing they could do about them.

As for Xia Junze, many court officials secretly scolded Xia Junze for being immoral.Willing to be Jiangchuan's eagle dog, but in his heart he is truly envious.

And from an emotional point of view, after all, Xia Junze had friendship with them and was closer to them.

So seeing the three of Xia Junze approaching, the officials all went up to greet them, laughed and greeted them, hoping to get a hint from Xia Junze.

But Xia Junze still smiled but did not answer, he clasped his hands around, walked side by side with Liu Ji and Su Qin into the Qianqing Palace, leaving a group of officials looking at each other in blank dismay.

Soon after Xia Junze and the others entered the Hall of Heavenly Purity, two tall and heroic Guardsmen standing upright on the steps of the Hall of Heavenly Purity raised their spears and fired two shots at the sky.

"boom!"

"boom!"

Two gunshots quickly silenced the noisy officials in the square in front of the hall, many of them looked suspicious and fearful.

Jiang Chuan completely abandoned the court rules of the previous court.

Before going to court, eunuchs whipped their whips to maintain order.

However, Jiang Chuan directly replaced it by firing a gun to remind him. This change in details itself reflects his ruling style-tough!

After the crowd was completely quiet, the two guards shouted in unison: "Hundreds of officials enter the court!"

The officials hurriedly lined up and filed into the Qianqing Hall according to the size of their official ranks.

In the past court meetings, only officials of the fourth rank and above were eligible to participate, but this time Jiang Chuan required all Beijing officials of the seventh rank and above to participate.

Although many people were killed in the previous treason case of Wei Guogong Liu Lin, many people were subsequently dismissed for various reasons, resulting in many vacancies in various yamen.

Even so, there were not enough people to stand in the Hall of Qianqing, and many people stood outside the door.

All officials are divided into left and right columns according to civil and military.

Civil officials are on the left, and military commanders are on the right. This is also a rule that has been established for many years.

After the officials stood still, they all began to look at the situation in the hall.

Many people found that next to the dragon chair on the imperial steps, there was a huge chair covered with a colorful tiger skin.

On the left side of the dragon chair hangs a bead curtain.

Seeing this scene, everyone has different guesses in their hearts.

Just when all the officials were suspicious, a sharp and high-pitched voice suddenly came from outside the hall: "Your Majesty is here!"

As soon as the words fell, Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch with the palm seal of the former supervisor of ceremonies, helped the dejected emperor walk in from the side door of the Qianqing Palace.

The emperor's sudden appearance made all the officials unable to react, until the emperor sat on the dragon chair, some officials did not react.

Some people knelt down and shouted Long Live Your Majesty, while others still stood there hesitantly.

The appearance of the emperor surprised many people.The guesses in my heart feel like being confirmed.

All of a sudden, all kinds of eyes met in the hall again, and the voice of discussion quietly sounded again.

For this scene, only Xia Junze, Liu Ji, and Su Qin were as stable as Mount Tai, with calm faces.

Xia Junze made a slight bow to the emperor, but Liu Ji and Su Qun just showed no expression.

At this time, another voice sounded outside the hall: "The empress dowager is here."

As soon as the voice fell, a woman in palace costume was supported by an eunuch, entered from another side door of the Qianqing Hall, and sat behind the bead curtain on the left side of the emperor's throne.

The appearance of Empress Dowager Liu caused another commotion in the shop.

These two representatives of the royal family who had been imprisoned in the deep palace all this time appeared in the Qianqing Palace at the same time today.

Moreover, the emperor was still sitting on the throne, which made many people suddenly think of a ridiculous possibility.

All of a sudden, the expressions on the faces of many people became wonderful.Naturally, there was another wave of eyes meeting, and I don't know how many thoughts and plans were hidden during this period.

After the emperor and empress dowager were seated, they were also silent, and they didn't even dare to say much about the visits of some courtiers.

But the young emperor's eyes showed an uncontrollable joy. Obviously, he was also guessing a certain possibility.

Seeing the emperor's expression, Liu Ji and Su Qin glanced at each other and shook their heads secretly. The emperor's palace is still too shallow.

After Xia Junze saluted the emperor, he looked at his nose and nose, and his heart, like an old monk in trance, motionless.

In fact, the emperor and the empress dowager were notified by Jiang Chuan to attend the Great Court Meeting today, but they were also at a loss. They didn't know what was going on, but they couldn't help but come.

After the emperor and empress dowager were seated, the huge tiger-skin chair to the left of the emperor was still empty.

Apparently, that chair was reserved for the most important person in this great court meeting.

The eyes of the officials switched back and forth between the emperor, the empress dowager behind the bead curtain and the empty tiger-skin chair.

The voice of discussion also began to grow louder, and a buzzing sound began to form in the entire hall.

After a while, when the noise was already loud enough to make people feel noisy, there was a thunderous sound from outside the main entrance of Qianqing Hall: "His Royal Highness is here!"

Hearing this voice, all the officials were startled, and they all turned their heads to look outside the door of the main hall. The commotion just now also stopped immediately, and the whole main hall suddenly became dignified and solemn.

Wearing a new-style military uniform, a big-brimmed hat, an armed belt around his waist, a pistol holster around his waist, and shiny riding boots on his feet, the tall Jiang Chuan, with two equally tall guards wearing new-style military uniforms, was striding forward. Walked into the gate of Qianqing Hall slowly, and walked up the imperial steps step by step.

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