Mi Han

Chapter 386 The attack begins
With the ringing of the solemn morning bell in the palace, Chengdu in the early morning instantly became noisy.

At least hundreds of chariots of different specifications appeared in all directions of Chengdu, and then they all drove towards a destination almost at the same time.

That destination is the highest center of power in the Han Dynasty today - the Chengdu Imperial Palace.

The rolling sound of the wheels of hundreds of chariots and the neighing of hundreds of horses pulling carts soon wafted through the entire city of Chengdu and awakened many people who were still sleeping.

By the time the sunlight from the sky had completely covered the entire city of Chengdu, the streets near the imperial palace had already been covered with gorgeous chariots.

When the people who had just woken up saw the grand scene that was hard to see a few times this year, their hearts were full of amazement.

Ordinary ministers and ministers are hard to see, but now the distinguished meat-eaters in the past are like weeds in rice fields, cropping up one after another.

Not only many people felt this way, even those Han officials who met on the road would feel a little surprised when they saw each other.

An idea involuntarily popped up in the hearts of many ministers—how did he appear.

And these ministers have such thoughts in their hearts because in the Han Dynasty, there were not many serious court meetings.

Different from later generations, during the Qin and Han Dynasties, the imperial court did not have a formal "going to court" in many cases.

As far as the current political system of the Han Dynasty is concerned, many government affairs of the imperial court are initially handled in their respective official offices, and then submitted to the Shangshutai for final processing.

Only some things that the ministers ordered or the prime minister could not make up their minds will be reported to the emperor in the end, and the emperor will make the final decision.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, unless they are officials in the same official office, even if they are both one of the nine ministers, there are not many opportunities for the two ministers to meet publicly.

Even because the management of ministers in the Han Dynasty was quite loose, only one minister could handle his own affairs well.

Then he will have nothing to do if he lies at home every day or travels to other places.

Just like Mi Zhu who has been recuperating at home.

Of course, this is a general situation. There was a situation in the Han Dynasty that required the emperor and many civil and military officials to be present.

This situation is the "Great Chaohui".

Dachaohui is a court ceremony with the highest etiquette standards that began in the Western Zhou Dynasty. At the beginning, Dachaohui referred to the worship of the emperor by all civil and military officials.

The Han Dynasty had strict regulations on holding the Great Court Meeting.

According to common sense, such a grand ceremony as the Dachaohui is usually held on the first day of the first lunar month to celebrate the New Year.

It's just that there is another situation, the emperor of the Han family will hold a great court meeting at a special time period.

That is the time to "measure the affairs of the world".

Since many ministers said that Mi Yang's new policy would shake the foundation of the Han Dynasty, then Mi Yang's new policy must be regarded as "a matter of the world."

Then the emperor and the ministers discuss Mi Yang's new policy together, which can naturally be called "the affairs of the world."

Because of the special political system of the Han Dynasty, the ministers will be surprised when they see colleagues who are not often seen in the past.

It was also because of this astonishment that many ministers really realized what kind of impact Mi Yang's New Deal had brought to the entire Han Dynasty.

However, although every minister has different thoughts in his heart, people's hearts are unpredictable, and today's situation is even more unpredictable.

Therefore, after many ministers looked at each other on the chariot, there was no direct verbal communication.

They just turned their gazes towards the majestic palace group in front of them.

An hour after the morning bell rang in the palace, the chariots of many ministers had already arrived outside the palace gate.

At this moment, no matter what status the ministers present, even Xu Jing, who is one of the three princes, must consciously get out of the chariot.

According to the etiquette system, only the emperor can drive on the imperial road behind the palace gate.

Of course, some ministers who have been granted by the emperor also have such honors and can directly enter the palace gate by car.

It's just that among the hundreds of ministers gathered outside the palace gate, no one has such an honor.

After almost all the ministers gathered outside the palace gate, the ceremonial officials who had been waiting outside the palace gate for a long time began to lead the civil and military officials to stand one by one into the palace gate.

When many Han officials entered the palace gate one by one under the guidance of the audience, they found that there were many elite tiger and cardinal soldiers displayed on both sides of the royal road of the palace gate.

Behind the rows of tiger and ben soldiers, there are red banners of big men flying in the sky.

Ministers who are eligible to participate in the Great Court Assembly must have entered the palace gates in the past.

Therefore, many of them are keenly aware that the number of tiger and ben army at the palace gate seems to be much larger today.

However, the doubts in their hearts dissipated in an instant after they thought about today's grand court meeting.

More importantly, before more people thought about it, the word "trend" came out of the mouth of the ritual officer.

Under the influence of this word, many civil and military officials who followed the ceremonial officials immediately bent over in an orderly manner, and then they were arranged in east-west directions and walked quickly towards a hall in front of them.

When many civil and military officials were getting farther and farther away from the palace gate behind them, the captain of the palace gate remembered Mi Wei's order, and immediately asked his soldiers to close the heavy and majestic palace gate.

As the palace gate was slowly closed, it meant that the retreat of many civil and military officials who entered the palace was already in the hands of the Huben army headed by Mi Wei.

It's just that the civil and military officials don't know about this matter yet.

The imperial palace in Chengdu is not that big, so many civil and military officials arrived outside the main hall where the grand court meeting was held.

After many civil and military officials came outside the main hall, they did not rush in, they were waiting for someone.

And it didn't make many civil and military officials wait for too long. Amidst the sound of bells and drums, Liu Bei, wearing a majestic crown and holding a king's sword, was surrounded by many servants, sitting in a gorgeous chariot all the way to The hall came.

After seeing Liu Bei's chariot appear, many civil and military officials who were already lined up on both sides immediately lowered their heads and greeted their majesty with a humble posture.

Liu Bei sat under the raised chariot, and when he passed the passageway composed of civil and military officials on both sides, he looked down at some courtiers with scrutiny.

The Li family of Guanghan, the Qiao family of Brazil, and the Yang family of Shu County.
They're all here, and that's great.

Liu Bei's meaningful eyes were not noticed by those courtiers under his scrutiny.

After Liu Bei was carried into the hall, many civil and military officials, under the guidance of the ceremonial officials, raised their heads slightly and continued to move towards the hall.

When many civil and military officials were walking towards the hall, many people's attention was on the front of them.

They didn't realize that an unexpected scene was happening outside the palace gate a hundred steps behind them.

A rather simple chariot began to slowly appear outside the palace gate.

At this time, the captain of the palace gate had just closed the palace gate, and the time for civil and military officials to enter had already passed, so the captain of the palace gate wanted to shout on the palace wall to stop the chariot.

Anyway, such a simple chariot is not likely to be used by high-ranking officials.

But before the captain of the palace gate could utter a word, as the chariot approached, he saw the flag on the chariot with sharp eyes.

The flag instantly narrowed his eyes nervously.

And as the chariot came under the palace gate, the owner in the chariot seemed to realize that the palace door was closed, so he lifted the curtain while sitting in the chariot, revealing his pale face. Face.

It's just that although his face was pale, when Colonel Gongmen saw his face, an order came out of his mouth immediately.

"Open the door, open the door!"

Captain Gongmen's mouth was full of eagerness.

Perhaps the urgency of the palace gate captain was not understood by his subordinates. Given the importance of the palace gate, how could he open it as soon as he said it?
But no one dared to disobey the orders of the Shangguan.

So soon, Huben reopened the palace gate that had just been closed.

When Huben opened the palace gate, he was still thinking in his heart, who is the big man who can make the palace gate open like a child's play.

It's just that before the doubts in their hearts were resolved, the next scene soon left them dumbfounded again.

I saw that after the palace gate slowly opened, the minister sitting in the chariot did not get out of the chariot, but still sat in the chariot and walked towards the palace gate.

This scene undoubtedly exceeded the cognition of many people present.

Only the captain of Gongmen was not surprised by this scene at all.

The fact that other ministers are not qualified to do so does not mean that this minister is not.

Because this minister is called Mi Zhu, who is not only his supreme commander, but also the benefactor of today's great man.

Because Mi Zhu once suffered from leg problems to protect the emperor, the emperor gave Mi Zhu the supreme honor of being able to drive inside the gate of the palace.

Otherwise, how to reflect Mi Zhu's special status among the Han officials.

The captain of the palace gate watched the chariot carrying Mi Zhu enter the palace gate and walked towards the hall in front of him step by step. Knowing some secrets inside, he unconsciously clenched the knife at his waist.

When many ministers began to enter the hall, Liu Bei was already sitting on the throne.

In the spacious and bright hall, Liu Bei looked at the minister who enjoyed great honor among the big men, stepping into the hall with a respectful face, and some sighs appeared on his face.

It would be great if the respect and sincerity on their faces were true.

Not long after, many civil and military officials had all entered the hall and took their seats.

After everyone was seated, under the leadership of the ceremonial officer, hundreds of civil and military ministers bowed down to Liu Bei who was sitting on the throne:

"See Your Majesty, and Hail Your Majesty."

Hundreds of uniform and energetic worshiping sounds resounded in the hall instantly, and under the special structure of the hall, they continued to echo.

Under the reverberating sound of worship, Liu Bei slightly waved his hands to calm down the ministers.

And when Liu Bei's move was made, it represented a grand court meeting that would profoundly affect the fate of the Han Dynasty in the future.

Looking at the hall that was instantly quiet because he waved his hand, Liu Bei's question completely ignited the emotions of many ministers in the hall.

"Recently, the ruling and opposition parties have been arguing about the inadequacy of Liangzhou's new animal husbandry policy, and the turmoil of Qing discussions has caused instability in various places.

Today, I purposely convened this court meeting in order to discuss the pros and cons of Liang Zhou's New Deal with all the ministers.

If Liangzhou's new policies really do more harm than good, I will issue an edict to order Liangzhou Mu to stop implementing all new policies. "

When Liu Bei's last words lingered in the entire hall, many ministers in the hall who had prepared earlier today seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood.

You have no jokes!

Soon in this excited mood, a minister came out and said to Liu Bei:
"The virtuous lord of the ancient times judged only the conduct of his ministers, so as to establish the stability of the country. To explore the four chaos and distinguish the four dangers, the state will not be chaotic.

What is chaos? "Guanzi" said: If there are concubines who doubt their wives, the family is in chaos;

What are the four dangers?It is also said: If the shepherd does not get the hearts of the people, the country is in danger; if the subjects are not in harmony, the country is in danger; if the soldiers are arrogant, the country is in danger;

Today, General Zuo arbitrarily implements the so-called New Deal in Liangzhou, because he doubts the laws of the ancestors, which is a sign of national chaos.

General Zuo let his subordinates do their best and slaughtered all the good people without trial. This is an incompetent official and a sign of chaos.

The country is in chaos, and signs of chaos have emerged. As for the four dangers, General Zuo committed all of them.

Those who are monarchs, whose spells are clear and rewards and punishments are certain, although they have no words, they are self-governing;

Those who don't need rewards and punishments without knowing the spells, although they are called orders, the situation is chaotic.

Yao and Shun had done nothing but had more than enough, and the situation was reasonable; Huhai and Wang Mang were busy but not enough, and the situation was chaotic.

The lessons learned from the past are vivid.

Your Majesty is an invincible lord who recreated the foundation of a great man, how could his reputation be damaged because of the dangerous actions of General Zuo?
How could he remain indifferent to General Zuo's dangerous actions?
Ming presides over the law and promulgates teaching orders, and the world will be governed.

The old minister implores Your Majesty to punish the crime of General Zuo according to law! "

After the minister spoke eloquently, he raised his head and looked at Liu Bei who was sitting on the throne.

It was Liu Ba who had long been suspicious of Mi Yang who was the first to attack Mi Yang.

And as him, he took the lead in attacking Mi Yang, which undoubtedly shook many ministers present.

Liu Ba's literary talent is undeniable.

Under his citing classics and clear exposition, let alone those ministers who were originally vacillating.

Even the minister who had originally made up his mind to support Mi Yang, after listening to Liu Ba's exposition, his thoughts would inevitably be affected.

Sitting on the throne, Liu Bei looked at his ministers of the same clan, who would be the first to come out to attack Mi Yang, and he had mixed feelings in his heart.

Obviously Kongming has given him a chance, but why doesn't he cherish it?

It's just that although he regrets Liu Ba's choice in his heart, Liu Bei knows that now is not the time to worry about regrets.

Under the signal of his eyes, some ministers also wanted to refute Liu Ba.

But before those ministers were born, there was a cold humming voice from outside the hall to the ears of the ministers.

"It's just nonsense, it's ridiculous."

After hearing this cold snort directly attacking Liu Ba, many ministers in the hall immediately looked towards the door of the hall.

Many ministers who recognized the owner of the voice showed expressions of surprise or joy.

How could he appear today?
And Liu Bei, who was originally sitting on the throne, was surprised when he heard the voice, and subconsciously got up from the throne.

He wanted to get up to meet this minister who had a special status in his life.

The emperor left his seat and greeted him personally.

This is the position of Wei Wei Mi Zhu of the Great Han Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)