This court meeting is actually very different from what Sun Tu imagined, not as seen in the film and television dramas in the previous life, all the courtiers entered the Golden Palace, lined up in a neat line and made various exchanges with the emperor face-to-face, but entered the palace in batches, and not all the courtiers had the opportunity to enter the Wende Palace, except for the high-ranking cadres and important ministers who entered first, everyone else could present their own notes, and then wait in front of the pavilion door, until there was a call inside, they could enter.

That is to say, hundreds of officials with such a big fanfare today enter the palace to participate in the court meeting, in fact, only one or two percent of the officials can enter the palace, and the others can only stand outside the palace for a morning. This time, Sun Tu can be regarded as trying to understand why the early dynasty of the Great Song Dynasty was much less than that of the Ming and Qing dynasties that were almost a day later, because this is a complete waste of everyone's time, and it is too shocking, if you come every day and can't enter the palace, you can't speak, it will be too much torment for the officials.

Thinking about what he didn't have in his heart, Sun Tu's body didn't relax in the slightest, and the people around him did the same, because at this time, there was still Yushi watching on the side, as long as there was any behavior that violated the etiquette law, he would have to suffer some hardships at that time. However, unlike other people's hearts that are bottomless but full of expectations, Sun Tu is very sure that he can face the king today, after all, how to say that the Jiangnan rebellion is also very important, as long as the good news is in the hands of Zhao Ji, there is no possibility of delaying it any longer.

In fact, as he guessed, he only waited for more than half an hour, and a waiter in front of him dragged the door and sang loudly: "Xuanyue Marquis Sun Tu entered the door to see the driver-" And when Sun Tu stepped into the long hundred-step corridor, there were immediately countless thoughtful eyes behind him, some envy and jealousy...... After all, it was the first time he had participated in such a court meeting, and he was able to face the king directly, which was a supreme honor.

With a fairly steady footstep, Sun Tu finally came to the front of the Wende Palace. Although this is not the main hall of the palace, the scale is also very large, and when people go up the stairs of white marble, they unconsciously give birth to a feeling of emptiness and solemnity, which makes his breathing unconsciously lighten a lot.

When he came to the door of the palace, which was more than two zhang high and three or four zhang wide, Sun Tu stopped, and then according to the rules he already knew, he called his name loudly: "The minister Sun Tu sees Your Majesty." As he spoke, he slammed to the ground, solemn and solemn.

After a while, a sentence sounded inside: "Come into the temple according to the audience." ”

Sun Tu didn't dare to slack off, so he lowered his head slightly, crossed the high threshold, and entered the hall. Although he didn't look up, but his eyes flickered, he still had a general understanding of the situation in the hall, the decoration of this Wende Hall is very ordinary, not much different from the imaginary palace, high in front, sitting behind a long case, it is the current Great Song Emperor Zhao Ji, and the left and right standing is a cadre in the court, such as Cai Jing, such as Gao Yu......

It is said that before the Northern Song Dynasty, the rules of the monarch and the court's meeting were much more relaxed, especially in the conversation between the emperor and the ruler like now, the courtiers did not stand below, but each had a seat, which was for the monarch and the minister to sit and discuss, which also reflected the king's compassion for the courtiers and the high status of the courtiers in the court.

It wasn't until Taizu Zhao Kuangyin attended the meeting many times that he always felt that something was not good, and wanted to enhance the majesty of the king, so he ordered the attendants to remove the seats before a court meeting, and the courtiers did not dare to raise objections at that time, so they could only stand and reply, and over time, there was only one person sitting in the palace. Of course, when the monarch and the ministers met in private, the officials of the Great Song Dynasty still had seats, and it was not until the monarch's power was continuously improved and consolidated that they could not even sit down.

Sun Tu didn't know this habit of mutual respect between monarchs and ministers, and when he entered the palace, he didn't dare to go too far, so he learned what he had seen in film and television dramas in the past, and directly knelt down and saluted: "Ministers and Sun Tu meet Your Majesty......" Fortunately, he still has a doorkeeper in his mouth, and he didn't shout slogans such as long live long live. But even so, it still made the monarchs and ministers in the palace unconsciously stunned, and Gao Yu even twitched the corners of his mouth, revealing a disdainful and sarcastic smile.

In everyone's opinion, Sun Tu's approach is too spineless, today is just an ordinary court meeting, why use such a big gift to worship, it really loses the face of being an official. Even Zhao Ji didn't feel that he was dumbfounded and smiled dumbly, and raised his hand lightly: "Yue Hou doesn't have to be so polite, get up and talk back." "Even a close minister like Gao Yu Tongguan is not so groveling in front of him, but it feels good to be so valued and worshiped by the courtiers.

Sun Tu didn't know that this act he learned at random made him feel more good in the emperor's heart, and when he heard the words, he thanked him again, and then he got up neatly, then raised his head and glanced around, and then his eyes were fixed. The closest person to Zhao Ji was not Cai Jing, the prime minister of the dynasty, but a Taoist priest in a wide robe, and this one was also looking at him with a smile. In just a moment's astonishment, Sun Tu guessed his identity, it was Lin Lingsu, who was now the most favored by Zhao Ji and had the title of national teacher.

This has recently become famous in the Great Song Dynasty, but most of them are notorious, because he is a Taoist priest who has actually won the favor of the saint, and can even influence the emperor's decision-making, which is something that no official or scholar can accept. But now that Cai Jing is pressing, the officials don't dare to say anything.

"Sun Qing quelled the chaos in Jiangnan at such a young age, and in addition to a major disaster in the imperial court, it is really a blessing for my Great Song Dynasty." Zhao Ji spoke slowly, so that Sun Tu could draw his senses from his nonsense, and he smiled again: "But the things mentioned in the good news are a little too simple after all, but I don't know if Sun Qing can talk to me about some details of this chaos?" ”

"Obey." Sun Tu's answer surprised the people around him a little, because judging from his flattering performance just now, he should be very nervous, and when he was asked by the emperor at this time, he would naturally shirk it. After all, such an act of taking credit for oneself always gives people the meaning of self-selling and boasting, which is easy to be spurned or disdained in the DPRK and China.

But they were obviously wrong, Sun Tu was actually not nervous at all, this had nothing to do with the imperial majesty on Zhao Ji's body, it was really because he knew very well that the Great Song official family in front of him would be a dead country in a few years, and after becoming a prisoner of the Jin people, he left a thousand years of infamy, and became the biggest joke in later generations, how could he really take Zhao Ji seriously?

Therefore, since the emperor asked, he answered without the slightest hesitation, and then began to talk endlessly about some wonderful or dangerous encounters in the pacification of the Jiangnan Rebellion. Sun Tu is already eloquent, and almost all of these things have been experienced by him, so it is a little more exciting, not only Zhao Ji, but also those courtiers, who are actually a little fascinated by it.

Well, in this court meeting, which should have been extremely formal and solemn, Sun Tu actually became a storyteller, and he couldn't stop talking about it, he talked about it for more than half an hour, and he still said unfinished: "...... But if you really want to talk about it, the battle of Hangzhou is more dangerous, after all, Pang Wanchun is also the most knowledgeable general in the anti-army......"

Seeing that he couldn't take it anymore, Cai Jing, who had already come back to his senses, finally couldn't help it, and coughed lowly at the moment: "Your Majesty ......"

This sound pulled Zhao Ji out of the state of listening to the story, and he was stunned again, only to understand that this was not the time to listen to someone tell the story, so he hurriedly waved his hand to interrupt Sun Tu's narration: "Sun Qing has really made great achievements for my court, and it seems that I should indeed reward you." ”

Sun Tu was overjoyed when he heard this, he spent so much tongue, naturally so that the emperor could know more about his military exploits, so as to get enough benefits. But before he could open his mouth, Gao Yu on the side had already spoken in a somewhat weird manner: "Sun Tu, you seem to have forgotten to say something very important, right?" It is true that you have meritorious service in Jiangnan, but how to explain the fact that you killed important ministers of the imperial court and killed Zhu Mian first? ”

As soon as these words came out, the originally harmonious atmosphere in the hall quickly dissipated and became solemn, and even Zhao Ji's face was a little more unhappy. Although a year has passed, he has not completely forgotten Zhu Mian, the original favorite minister, thinking that Sun Tu is the murderer who killed him, the emperor is naturally a little resentful in his heart, and a pair of eyes have also looked over.

Sun Tu sneered in his heart, this is the so-called eye medicine, and he slandered in front of himself. Fortunately, I have thought about this during this period of time, but I am not afraid. At that moment, he kneeled down again and said, "The minister is guilty." Your Majesty, the minister's killing of Zhu Mian and his accomplices that day was indeed a violation of military discipline and state law, but the minister was also forced to do so, and he had to do it for the sake of the overall situation of my Jiangnan. Please also ask Your Majesty to listen to the minister's explanation. ”

After looking up at the emperor slightly, and seeing him silent, Sun Tu said again: "The situation that day was that Zhu Mian wanted to put his ministers to death first, and the ministers had to fight back. Moreover, just before that, the minister had already found out some things, saying that Zhu Mian had already colluded with the anti-thief Fang La and his gang, and they wanted to kill the minister because they saw that the minister led the army to victory. For the sake of the Jiangnan war situation, in order to be worthy of His Majesty's trust, the minister took action to protect himself as a last resort and killed Zhu Mian. And all this has been clearly written in the recital table of the court. If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can ask the relevant people, etc., who were in Suzhou at that time, not only the ministers and the army under their command, but also the generals and soldiers of Gyeonggi, Jingnan, Huainan and Huaibei, etc., they can all testify! ”

These words seemed to be full of eagerness and grievances, but in fact, Sun Tu's emotions had been well controlled, making it easy for the emperor to believe his words. And his gaze fell on Gao Yu intentionally or unintentionally, and finally added: "The minister really doesn't understand why there are still people who want to excuse such rebellious ministers, isn't there some ulterior collusion between them?" "Passive beating has never been Sun Tu's style, so after explaining his problem, he fought back!