Compared with the ministers who are all dressed in Eguan Bo belt, long-sleeved robes, holding wat boards, and unanimously expressing their support for Liwu Ruyi, He Shen, who is alone on the other side, has a clear distinction and a slightly obscene appearance, looks so different.

Seeing countless people casting strange glances at him, He Shen shrank his already short neck into the thick cotton robe, and his round head looked like a winter melon buckled on his body.

He Shen shook the ivory wat board in his hand at some officials such as the waiter, Lang Zhong, and the staff wai lang, and said with a little disdain: "Hmph...... Why do they all look at their officials like this? He is just talking about things! If you think that the official's words are inappropriate, just stand up and refute it! ”

He Shen's action of shaking the wat board seemed random, but in the eyes of some waiters, Langzhong, and imperial historians, this move was full of provocations and demonstrations. The dead fat man with thief eyebrows and rat eyes almost didn't pick it out and said directly: "What if you are too many? Lao Tzu is one of the nine dignified books, you scum, Lao Tzu can beat ten at a time! ”

Before Liu Wei crossed, he often saw some ministers holding something similar to a bamboo board in costume dramas, gushing endlessly on the Jinluan Palace, but why do these guys have a bamboo board in their hands, and what is the specific meaning and function? Then Liu Wei didn't know.

It wasn't until he came to this world and crossed into the emperor that Liu Wei knew that the bamboo boards held by the ministers were called "wat boards", which had two specific functions: one was to record what the emperor said, so as not to omit important things and anger Long Yan. Its specific role is like the official of a certain country before Liu Wei crossed over, and everyone followed behind the leader's buttocks, making notes on his knees.

The second function of the wat board is to perform etiquette, and the ministers use the wat board to cover their faces when they start playing. You can't look directly at the Son of Heaven to show the power of the dragon. It is often recorded in history books that such and such an official spoke out in anger. That is to throw the wat board aside, regardless of etiquette. Spray directly at the Son of Heaven. Regardless of whether the spray is justified or not, but the loss of etiquette has already committed the crime of great disrespect, if it is not for the open-minded king, the outspoken and offending ministers will often end up very miserable.

Wat board appeared among the vassal states from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and soon swept the entire Kyushu continent, and has been spread for more than 3,000 years, until the Manchu Qing people with big braids came to power before the use of wat board in the court was abolished.

After Liu Wei re-ascended the throne in Jinling and reformed the system of three dukes and nine ministries, he re-regulated the use of wat boards. Officials from the second rank and above, including the three dukes, the left and right prime ministers, the nine Shangshu, as well as the state assassin history, the generals, the Wei generals, the chariot cavalry, the hussars, the Xiao cavalry, the front and back, the left and right, and the four expeditions and other top generals are all equipped with ivory wat boards to show their noble status.

Between the second grade and the fourth grade, including the left and right servants of each department, Langzhong, the imperial historian, the Dali Temple, and the senior adjutant of the state assassin history. As well as important county governors, the four towns, four ding, four guards, four an, and four equal generals are all equipped with jade wat boards. From the fourth rank to the fifth grade, all the civil and military personnel used bamboo wat boards, and officials below the fifth rank were not qualified to enter the palace without the call of the Son of Heaven.

Due to the expedition of the generals, the civil and military ranks of the town guarding Jinling were not symmetrical. Meng Heng, the highest-ranking among the generals, is currently an official in the Fujun Army, and his grade is the fourth grade, and he has barely obtained the qualification to hold a jade wat board. And the other Qi Jiguang, Zhou Tai, Wei Chigong and others are all miscellaneous generals of Zhengwupin. can only hold the lowest-level bamboo wat board, which also makes the generals guarding Jinling have little say in the court.

In order to balance the ranks of the two columns of officials on the left and right. Situ Lukang, the head of the hundred officials, led the civil officials on the left, second only to Xun Yu, the left prime minister of the Three Princes. As well as Liu Bowen, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Sun Bin and other officials of the Ministry of War, stood in the right column, side by side with the generals, in order to achieve a balance between the left and right ranks.

And He Shen waved the ivory wat board just now to the officials of the waiter, the imperial history, and the lang, and the meaning was self-evident: "Lao Tzu is a nine-part book that uses ivory wat boards, and a group of scum holding jade wat boards and bamboo wat boards, what if there are many people?" You have the ability to bite me! ”

The waiters and Lang Zhong looked indignant, and they all set their eyes on Lu Kang, who was as steady as Mount Tai and did not move in the eight winds, hoping that Lu Situ would come out and say a word. But Lu Kang did not move at all with the ivory wat board in his arms, his eyes slightly closed, as if an old monk had settled down, as if the future had nothing to do with him.

Liu Wei sat on the top of the platform with high dignity, glanced at Lu Kang who was immobile quietly, and said in his heart: "This old guy is really old and strong, and the city is getting deeper and deeper, I want to see how long he can calm down, and see how He Shen fights hundreds of officials?" ”

Liu Wei vaguely remembered that when he passed through Lujiang from Wancheng like a lost dog, he was treated by Lu Kang, who was the official of Lujiang at that time, and at that time he had tested Lu Kang's four dimensions, and the four attributes were - command 76, force 51, intelligence 84, politics 82, can only be regarded as a decent talent. And over the years, he has been in a high position, leading the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, which has made Lu Kang more and more old-fashioned, and the older he gets, the hotter he becomes, I don't know if the four-dimensional attributes have changed?

"Test the four dimensions of Lu Kang for this host!" Taking advantage of He Shen's single-handedness to the ministers, Liu Wei closed his eyes and gave instructions to the system quietly.

"The system is being tested, please wait!"

"Ding-dong...... The system detected that because Lu Kangguan worshiped Situ and led the civil and military officials, his politics and intelligence had broken through the peak and soared sharply. At present, Lu Kang's four-dimensional changes are as follows - 72 in command, 42 in force, 91 in intelligence, and 95 in politics. ”

"Tsk...... Awesome! Liu Wei couldn't help but gasp, "Old Man Lu's intelligence has increased by 7 points compared to his peak, and his politics has risen by 13 points. However, the force has dropped by nearly 10 points compared to five or six years ago, which shows that Lu Kang's body is gradually aging, after all, he is nearly seventy years old. ”

Seeing that Lu Kang didn't say a word, Sikong Kongrong jumped out, pointed at He Shen's nose and reprimanded loudly: "Lord He's words are really nonsense, Your Majesty is the lord of the world, the king of all peoples, and the queen is the mother of the world. ”

He Shen smiled disdainfully: "Xiaguan remembers that Lord Sikong's main room passed away due to illness last autumn, and this summer Lord Sikong helped his favorite concubine to be the main house, I wonder if Lord Sikong has discussed with which adult?" ”

"You!" Kong Rong was furious, his beard trembled, "A bunch of nonsense, daring to compare me with Your Majesty, it's a big rebellion!" ”

Kong Rong stepped forward angrily as he spoke, holding the ivory wat board in his hand, and said to the Son of Heaven: "He Shen bewitched the lord, shirked responsibility, and created disputes, please treat He Shen for the crime of not being subordinate!" ”

The attendants who had been provoked by He Shen just now, under the leadership of Chen Lin, Wu Daozi, Wang Can and others, stood up and echoed Kong Rong, and even the imperial envoy Wei Zheng also stood up and held the wat board together to make a salute: "Please Your Majesty issue a decree to cure He Shen's sin of confusing the Lord!" ”

Seeing so many people jumping out to impeach himself, He Shen was a little flustered, and hurriedly cast his eyes on Chen Ping, who had a good personal relationship, for help.

Chen Ping is just a soldier from the fourth grade, and with his character, he naturally will not jump out and grudge with everyone, not only offended Lu Kang, who is the head of the hundred officials, but also offended Concubine Wude, who has already mastered half of the power in the harem. But He Shen asked for help from himself, and he couldn't ignore it, so he gestured with his eyes and asked He Shen to ask Xun Yu for help.

He Shen immediately understood, and smiled at Xun Yu: "Why didn't Prime Minister Xun come out and say a few words?" ”

Many of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were Chinese elites in thousands of years of history, and everyone could see what the emperor meant. Liu Wei asked one by one, and made it clear that he was unwilling to let Wu Ruyi inherit the position of queen, but most of the civil and military forces in the Manchu Dynasty were upright people and had their own opinions, but they would not be like He Shen and follow the emperor's favor.

In the eyes of these ministers, Wu Ruyi's qualifications, virtues, and prestige have all met the conditions for inheriting the queen, and there is no one in the entire Qianyang Palace who is more suitable to be the queen than Wu Ruyi. Therefore, although the ministers saw that the Son of Heaven did not support Wu Ruyi's ascension, they still unswervingly pushed Wu Ruyi to the top.

Xun Yu, who had been silent, was named by He Shen, and he couldn't stay out of the matter anymore, so he immediately came out of the line with a wat board in his hand, gave a round of salute to the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces, and said loudly: "The queen is the mother of a country, the son of heaven is matched, and the pepper house has no owner, and it has been idle for half a year now, and it is time to set up another virtuous queen." Of course, what I said to the adults was to worry about you, but it was really inappropriate, and I will not mention it again in the future! In Yu's opinion, there is no more suitable candidate than Concubine De in the entire Qianyang Palace, so Your Majesty will make Concubine De the queen! ”

Seeing that even Prime Minister Xun Yu of Zuo supported Wu Ruyi's ascension, He Shen could only take a step back, like a defeated rooster, and never said a word again.

It seems that Concubine Wu De's ascension to the throne has been decided, and Mi Zhu, the head of the household department who has been quietly watching the changes, stood up and bowed down and said: "The minister also agrees that Concubine Wu De will inherit the throne and take charge of the six palaces, and the mother will be the world!" ”

Sun Bin and Chen Ping, Kuai Yue and others glanced at each other, and it seemed that the overall situation had been decided, so it was better to hurry up and do a favor, and bow together: "The ministers also seconded the proposal, Concubine Wude should inherit the throne, and the mother is the world!" ”

Inside and outside the Taiji Palace, in addition to Liu Wei and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, hundreds of royal forest soldiers holding golden melons and bright armor, there are hundreds of eunuchs and palace maids waiting inside and outside.

A celebrant eunuch stood at the back of the main hall and listened to the conversation between the hundred officials and the emperor, and quietly glanced at a little eunuch, who immediately withdrew from the Taiji Hall quietly, and then strode towards the Jingning Palace, and a voice sounded in his heart, "Niangniang, it's decided, it's decided, this time it's allowed!" ”

Liu Wei looked around at the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and finally landed on Lu Kang, who was still unmoving, and asked in a deep voice: "Why didn't Lu Aiqing speak?" What do you think about Concubine Lide's future? (To be continued......)