Saint Qin Batu

Chapter 334 The Study of the Holy King
On the solemn main hall, the ministers of civil and military affairs are divided into left and right.

Today was just an ordinary court meeting, but it was strange that Li Si was missing from the top position in the court.

Ten years ago, after Yingzheng changed his honor to the emperor, the court has also become a system of three lords and nine ministers.

As the left chancellor, although Li Si's status was slightly inferior to that of the right chancellor Feng Quji, he was also a high-ranking and powerful figure, and his absence without reason really surprised everyone.

"His Majesty is here!"

Zhao Gao's slender voice sounded in the hall, and the ministers who were still wondering about Li Si's whereabouts immediately fell silent and saluted Ying Zheng respectfully.

"Let's all be at peace, gentlemen."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Ying Zheng's eyes swept across the ministers, but as if deliberately skipping over the vacant Li Si, he waved his hand lightly to signal the beginning of the court meeting.

The huge state machine will not stand still because of the absence of Li Si.What's more, a court meeting like this is more of a facade. If it can be related to the country's great fortune, there will be no chance to be moved to this kind of occasion.

Naturally, there will be no interesting things in a lengthy court meeting.Most of the time, it was Feng Quji, the right minister who was the head of the officials, who was presenting government affairs.

After finally waiting for the end of the first report, almost an hour has passed.

In the high hall of Bishuichi, Yingzheng sat upright, and never commented on what Feng Quji reported immediately as usual.

After a moment of silence, Ying Zheng's voice sounded.

"Recently, I've heard that there is a rumor about the Holy King circulating among the market places in Xianyang. I don't know if you have heard of it?"

In Ying Zheng's words, he couldn't tell whether he was happy or angry.However, the plain words as always made the hearts of all the ministers jump suddenly.

In Xianyang City, Chunyu Yue's name was known to many courtiers.Many people were equally moved by Chun Yuyue's theory of the sage king.

"However, these are the words of the market after all. It is better to see once than to hear a hundred times. Today, I specially invited this Mr. Chunyu, and I want to ask for advice."

All the officials in the court are shrewd people, so they naturally know the reason for Li Si's absence...

However, since Yingzheng ascended the throne, he has purged the court several times, and the entire state of Qin is almost dominated by Yingzheng.

Even the two ministers on the right and the left who are at the top of the court today can only obediently obey Ying Zheng's orders without daring to have the slightest objection.

"Bring Li Si to Chunyu Yue." Without waiting for the ministers to think about it, Ying Zheng waved his hand and ordered to Zhao Gao who was beside him.

"Chuan, Prime Minister Zuo, Chunyu Yue will see you!"

The continuous sound of orders came from the hall.However, after waiting for a long time, at the entrance of the main hall, there was still no sign of Li Si and Chun Yuyue.

It stands to reason that it is only a few dozen steps away, and it will be there in a while.No matter how slow you walk, it's not like you haven't arrived for so long.

For a while, there was also a whisper of whispering from above the court hall.

"Your Majesty, do you need servants to send someone to take a look..." Seeing that the situation was not quite right, Zhao Gao also turned slightly sideways and asked Ying Zheng for his opinion.

However, Ying Zheng didn't seem to hear it, he just quietly looked at the empty palace door, and didn't seem to be anxious at all.

Seeing that Ying Zheng didn't respond, the voice of discussion below became louder.

"Chun Yuyue, pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor!"

A shout suddenly sounded at the entrance of the hall, and Chun Yuyue, who was in his forties, bowed slowly under the eyes of all the ministers.

Ignoring everyone's gazes, Chun Yuyue walked to the front of the clear water pool just like three steps and one kneeling, nine steps and one kneeling.

Seeing Chun Yuyue's rigorous attitude, the faces of all the ministers in the court changed drastically.

This set of etiquette is the ceremony for foreign ministers to meet the emperor.

However, in this era when rituals and music are collapsing, such rituals are no longer applicable among princes.Over time, it will not be forgotten by people.

However, now that Chunyu Yue used this ceremony so strictly to meet Ying Zheng, in the eyes of these courtiers, it was undoubtedly a huge flattery!
"This person is either ambitious or flattering and courteous!"

In the eyes of many people, there was a hint of disdain.Having lived in the court for a long time, they naturally knew better than Chunyu Yue what kind of person their First Emperor was.

The only one who is different from everyone is probably Li Si, who is also respectfully saluting now.

Originally, as the prime minister on the left, Li Si naturally didn't have to perform such a grand ceremony.However, since Chun Yuyue who came with him has all paid homage, if he continues to perform ordinary etiquette, he will lose the point of talking.

Li Si, who lowered his head, felt extremely regretful in his heart at this moment.

However, what he regretted was not this mere worship.Rather, Chunyu Yue's pedantic problem has not been corrected in the past few decades, on the contrary, it has intensified.

"I hope His Majesty won't take his anger out on me..."

At this moment, Li Si didn't even dare to ask Chunyu Yue not to offend Yingzheng.I can only pray that Ying Zheng's anger will not burn on him in the future.

"Mr. Chunyu, please stand up. Zhao Gao, give me a seat." Ying Zheng, who was above the main hall, gave an order to Zhao Gao while pretending to be supporting him.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Chun Yuyue saluted respectfully again before taking the cushion and sitting down.

"I've heard that the Master has always been famous in the world for his learning of sage-kings. I don't know, what is the learning of sage-kings?"

Ying Zheng's straight-to-the-point words made Chunyu Yue happy.Secretly thought, Yingzheng is indeed a generation of Mingjun, with an ancient style of humbly asking questions.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the so-called sage king's law is not only the law of the ancients! It is also the words of the ancestor of my Confucianism, self-denial and ritual."

"Learn from the ancient law? Restrain yourself and return to the courtesy? I hope you will explain it in detail!" Ying Zheng continued to ask with a hint of interest in his tone.

The joy on Chunyu Yue's face became more and more intense, and he continued: "Since King Wu opened the Zhou Dynasty, the rule of the Duke of Zhou has been based on ritual and music, and distribution of feudal titles."

As soon as Chunyu Yue's words came out, many courtiers immediately started discussing in low voices again.

It's just that, unlike Chun Yuyue, compared to Chun Yuyue who paid more attention to rituals and music, what they cared more about was the method of enfeoffment.

Today, although the empire has passed ten years.However, rumors about enfeoffment have been circulating in the court all along.

In particular, Ying Zheng's attitude of turning a blind eye made such rumors or voices intensify among the scholar-bureaucrats in the court.

However, intimidated by Ying Zheng's prestige, no one dared to take advantage of his official career and put forward such an idea in this hall that belonged to Ying Zheng.

But, what kind of reaction will Ying Zheng have?All the ministers were unavoidably feeling uneasy at this moment.

　Recently, after thinking about the outline and thinking about it, I decided to focus on the historical style of writing, supplemented by fantasy elements.After all, it is now divided into historical novels, too many fantasies probably won't be liked by many people.

　　
　
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