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Chapter 121 Disputes
After the reading of the decree indicating the benevolent government of the new emperor after he succeeded to the throne, the third decree of the new emperor conferring a harem and rewarding the ministers who supported him was promulgated.

Inside, the Supreme Emperor is the Supreme Emperor, the Empress Dowager Sun is the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Chen is the Empress Dowager.Then came the concubines of the Supreme Emperor and the First Emperor, such as Concubine Zhen who was promoted to be the Empress Dowager and so on.

Next came the awards for some court veterans, such as several six ministers who were granted the titles of Taishi, Taifu, and Shangzhu Kingdom.Whenever the new emperor ascends the throne, the old ministers will have this kind of treatment, and the courtiers are used to it. Anyway, although these positions are glorious, they are all vain positions with salary but no power. They will not have any impact on the current distribution of power in the court. The official just listened attentively, and no one objected. The hundred and ten people in the hall were all very quiet.

It stands to reason that the succession of the new emperor is a standard procedure, and several generations of emperors have come here like this, but today there is an accident.It turned out that Hongchang Emperor Tuzhen was sitting on the throne, and after hearing the imperial edict promulgated in his tone, he asked Wang An, "Who drafted this imperial edict, I, why don't I know?"

Wang An was dumbfounded. Aren't these all the practices that the new emperor should have after succeeding to the throne?Fortunately, Huang Mingguang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, rescued him, and he came out and replied, "Your Majesty, these imperial decrees are all rules passed down from the founding of the country, and they were all drawn up by the Ministry of Rites. But it seems that this seal just now The order of the harem was once seen by the empress, no, the empress dowager, and she also agreed."

"Well." After Tu Zhen responded, he still frowned and asked, "Then why is there no Dongping Prince's son in the purpose of awarding the reward? You must know that he has made great achievements?"

Mu Xu was thinking about the purpose of conferring the harem just now. There were even several concubines newly conferred by Emperor Jiading, but Jia Yuanchun was the only one, which shows the queen's attitude towards her.He was thinking about something in his heart, but suddenly he heard himself mentioned in it, and then he cheered up and stood outside the hall to listen.

Huang Mingguang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, was also heartbroken at this meeting. The new emperor didn't play his cards according to the routine.He had no choice but to explain again, "Your Majesty, the succession of the new emperor is usually to reward the veterans of the court. Besides, the son of the king of Dongping is the son of a foreign vassal. He should not have served in the court in the first place. Now it has been an exception. I'm afraid it's against the rules."

Tu Zhen was a little annoyed at once, and immediately said displeased, "What rules, which law of the court stipulates this, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, come and tell me!"

Fang Jin, Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, had no choice but to list. He racked his brains and couldn't think of any law that had this regulation, so he could only reply perfunctorily, "Your Majesty, this has been a default for many years."

Seeing that the emperor was still relentless, Li Jian, Minister of the Household Department, looked back at Lin Ruhai, the minister of the Household Department, and motioned him to come forward and speak.Because they both belong to the Ministry of Household Affairs, he knew about the relationship between Lin Ruhai and Mu Xu, so he wanted Lin Ruhai to come out and refuse the reward for Mu Xu, and relieved everyone by the way.Unexpectedly, he hinted for a long time, Lin Ruhai didn't even move his footsteps.Li Jian scolded the old fox in his heart, so he had to go out and play by himself,

"Your Majesty, the son of Prince Dongping is outside the palace. Why don't you let him in and ask him what he thinks?"

Tu Zhen thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Zoo!" Wang An immediately stood on the imperial steps and shouted, "Prince Xuan Dongping will see you."

Mu Xu, who had been listening to the lawsuit for a long time, had no choice but to come in from outside the hall. He ignored the various eyes looking at him, and came to the center of the hall without squinting. He bowed and saluted, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I can't fully salute with my armor on."

Tu Zhen smiled and waved his hands, "Biao, um, Aiqing is not polite." When Mu Xu stood up, he continued, "Aiqing must have heard what happened outside, I don't know what you think, just tell me, I will Yes."

As soon as he said this, the court immediately exploded. How can the emperor favor ministers like this? Isn't this going to raise a powerful minister?So some censors wanted to stand up and fight for their reasons. Fortunately, some colleagues around them held them back. After all, the new king just succeeded to the throne today. If the emperor's face was swept away on the first day, it might not be a good thing.

Mu Xu was grateful for Tu Zhen's kindness, but he still refused, "Thank you for your kindness, I appreciate it, I have been promoted by the late emperor to take charge of the Embroidered Clothes Guard and the Longxiang Army, how dare I ask for a reward. I just want to take this opportunity to resign from these two positions, and I beg Your Majesty to fulfill it."

"This..." Just as Tu Zhen was about to refuse, he saw Mu Xu winking at him. He couldn't help but think of what his father said to him before, and finally hesitated for a long time before saying, "Then give Aiqing a royal horse." , the right to ride horses in the palace. As for the matter of the Embroidered Guards and the Longxiang Army, let’s discuss it later.”

Mu Xu knew that he was a little stubborn, so he planned to talk to him in private, so he thanked him neatly and left the hall.

Those civil and military officials, especially those civil officials, saw that Mu Xu did not rely on the emperor's favor, but made some unreasonable demands, and instead resigned from his current official position, they were immediately relieved. Most of them thought that the prince's son still knew Advance and retreat.Of course, there are also a small number of people who think that Mu Xu has a deep mind at a young age, and he should pay more attention in the future.

Then Wang An read out the rest of the decree, and all the court ministers were worried, for fear that the emperor would make some troubles again, but fortunately, it was a false alarm in the end, and they secretly breathed a sigh of relief.When the court was over, these ministers went out and discussed with each other. They all felt that the emperor was too young and not stable enough. Some of the Supreme Emperor's confidantes also said that they would go to the Dragon Head Palace to see the Supreme Emperor and tell him about today. Let him restrain the new emperor.

These courtiers came all the way to Longshou Palace, but after they reported their entry, it took a long time before the eunuchs came to pass the message, "The Supreme Emperor knows", and there was no more to say, and these people had no choice but to leave reluctantly.

At this time, the Supreme Emperor was lying on the couch in the Nuan Pavilion. After hearing Dai Quan's report that all the ministers had left, he opened his eyes and said weakly, "I will tell you that there is no important matter in the future, and no one will bother me."

Dai Quan leaned back and said, "Yes, Your Majesty." The Supreme Emperor said "Yes" and closed his eyes again.

Because of the duty of guarding the palace, Mu Xu couldn't come and go as freely as those ministers, so after the court was over, he still patrolled around the palace.

After patrolling around, he sat on the stone steps outside Qinzheng Hall, took off his boots, and squeezed the blood bubbles on his feet with his hands. Even though his physical fitness is already inhuman, he is still a body of flesh and blood after all. These minor injuries are still inevitable.

After a while, he put on his boots again, listened to the bells still echoing inside and outside the imperial city, and looked at the bright moon that had just risen in the sky, quietly lost in thought.

Just when his thoughts were drifting to nowhere, someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder, and when he looked back, he found that it was Tu Zhen who came.He hurriedly got up to salute, Tu Zhen pressed his shoulder with his hand, then sat down beside him, and said, "Cousin, don't be too polite, we will still be the same as before."

Mu Xu shook his head, "Courtesy cannot be changed. It's not like Your Majesty didn't see the attitude of those civil servants in the court today. If they see us like this, I will be surprised if they don't drown me with saliva when they turn around."

Tu Zhen was silent for a moment before sighing, "Oh, what's the point of being an emperor? You have to listen to those ministers for everything. What's the difference between this and those clay statues?"

"Who in the world can do whatever they want. Since you are now the emperor, you should take up the responsibility." Mu Xu comforted him, hesitated, and he explained, "That day I was camping, if I was careful Some words, maybe uncle..."

Tu Zhen interrupted him, "Cousin, why bother to say that? My mother told me about the situation that day. Before the father was held hostage by the thieves, he had already planned to die for the country. Besides, my cousin was bathed in blood that day. Fighting, it was delayed until the reinforcements arrived, and later, he stepped forward to save the father regardless of the danger, but it is a pity that the destiny is so, so there is nothing like it. You have done your best, so don't talk about it in the future."

After saying these words, seeing Mu Xu remained silent, Tu Zhen thought that he was still feeling guilty, so he immediately changed the subject and said, "Why did my cousin resign today?"

(End of this chapter)