Chapter 185: Stop making noise, just go ahead and do it!
Inside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Ou Zanghua stood among the civil officials. Relying on his outstanding martial arts skills, he could fall asleep while standing.

This made Emperor Zhengde, who was sitting on the dragon throne, extremely envious as he could also sleep standing up, but the cabinet ministers below seemed to disagree.

During the first phase of the morning court session, the Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple was the first to come out and report to Emperor Zhengde the number of officials who had come to the capital to express their gratitude or left the capital to ask for favors. These people had all reported to the Honglu Temple the day before.

If the emperor chose to summon them, they would have to come to the palace to see him. If the emperor did not want to see them, they would perform the five bows and three kowtows ceremony from a distance in the courtyard or outside the Meridian Gate, and after that they could go about their business.

Emperor Zhengde did not want to see him at all, so he said in a formal manner: "I order you to be honest and not slander, to act appropriately, and to be respectful and yielding. Go!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" After paying his respects, the Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple left the Hall of Supreme Harmony and went downstairs to convey the emperor's order.

Ou Zanghua didn't know that Wang Yangming was among the people leaving Beijing.

Xiao Wang was promoted to the post of Shaoqing of Nanjing Imperial Household Department in Yingtian Prefecture
The next step is to deal with emergency reports from the border.

Emperor Zhengde became serious at this stage, and Ou Zanghua was also awakened by Xia Sheng's pinch.

Ding Feng, a doctor of the Ministry of War, stepped out, saluted solemnly, and said, "Your Majesty, the rebels Liu Liu and Liu Qi avoided the frontier army and led the rebels on the east route to the south to fight in Huguang, Jiangxi, and Jiangsu. The rebels on the west route were also led by Liu Hui and Zhao Sui and fought in Shanxi, Henan, and Anhui."

"Their power is growing stronger and stronger. Wherever they go, they will capture cities and kill officers and officials."

"They captured Shangcai and killed the county magistrate Huo Xuan. When they reached Shangshui, the county magistrate led the officials and people to surrender to save their lives. They advanced to Xiping and killed the county magistrate Wang Zuo. When they reached Ye County, they killed the county magistrate Tang Tianxuan and his father. They broke through Yuzhou and killed the commander-in-chief Zhan Ji and the co-magistrate Yu Cai."

"Its momentum is like a wild beast running wildly, running without limit, a fish leaping into the abyss, appearing and disappearing at random. The counties and prefectures are in panic, and some even open their doors to welcome the money. As a result, communication between the north and the south is cut off, and people are in turmoil."

Emperor Zhengde got a headache when he heard about Liu Liu and Liu Qi. Originally, they were active in Hebei, Shandong, Henan and Shanxi.

As local officers and soldiers were ineffective in suppressing the uprising, Emperor Zhengde sent officers and soldiers from the Beijing camp instead, but the result was naturally a slight defeat for them.

Just when everything was at a loss, the eunuch Gu Dayong, the commander-in-chief, proposed to mobilize the elite frontier troops defending against the Mongols in the nine important border towns to enter the interior to quell the rebellion.

With the approval of Emperor Zhengde, 2,000 officers and soldiers from Xuanfu Town, 2,000 officers and soldiers from Liaodong Town, and 500 officers and soldiers from Yansui Town were transferred, totaling 4,500 people, all of whom were cavalry.

To be honest, the combat effectiveness of the border troops was indeed stronger than that of the local official troops and the Beijing camp officers and soldiers. In the battle of Bazhou alone, more than a thousand rebel troops were wiped out in one fell swoop.

But they were not able to wipe out all the rebel troops in one fell swoop, resulting in the current scattered state.

At this time, the Imperial Censor Song Lian stood up, saluted, and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, I have a report to make. Liu Liu's army is said to have tens of thousands of people, but most of them are coerced, and the elite troops are no more than a thousand. Since the Ministry of War issued the first meritorious order, the government troops have been chasing the bandits, but the bandits have always driven the innocent people ahead, and in a hurry they have abandoned the loot and fled. The people killed by the government troops are all innocent people, so the government troops have repeatedly reported victories, but the bandits' power has not weakened."

"I think that for the deaths of Liu Liu and Liu Qi, the first merit order should be cancelled and the good people should be exempted from the crime. Liu Liu and Liu Qi will be like rootless duckweed, which can be destroyed with a single move!"

After hearing this, Ou Zanghua couldn't help but look at Song Lian.

This may sound reasonable, but if you think about it carefully, it is better not to think about it.

The next moment, Wang Qiong, the Deputy Director of the Ministry of War, stood up and angrily rebuked the Inspector Song Lian for being ignorant of military affairs and speaking recklessly. He suggested that Emperor Zhengde let Song Lian go to quell the rebellion.

As a result, Song Lian stiffened his neck and immediately said that there was no problem at all. He asked Emperor Zhengde to issue an order that he would put down the rebellion of Liu Liu and Liu Qi within five months.

As soon as these words were spoken, they were immediately met with ruthless ridicule from Wang Qiong.

Even though Wang Qiong is old, he is strong enough to beat four Xia Shengs, so Song Lian doesn't tolerate him and immediately mocks him back.

Ou Zanghua stood among the group of civil servants, staring in amazement at the two parties arguing fiercely.

Are you too angry when you wake up?!

Wang Qiong, why do you care about him?
Ugh!
Why not just have a fight, at least you can vent your anger.

Looking at the Zhengde Emperor who was sitting above, his expression was also quite grim. He knew it would be like this. What was the point of attending such a stupid morning court?

I will continue to feel unwell tomorrow.
Suddenly, Emperor Zhengde realized that something was wrong. Tomorrow was December 30th, the last morning court of the year, which he absolutely could not miss.

Seeing that the Ministry of War was about to enter into a heated battle with the Censorate, the Minister of Personnel Liang Chu stood up and gave each of them thirty strokes of the cane, postponing the discussion of this issue.

With Liang Chu separating the two sides, the morning court finally came to the familiar "reporting matters" segment of Ou Zanghua, which was the scene he saw in TV dramas when he was a child: "report matters if there are any, and dismiss the court if there are none."

According to custom, every official would cough before reporting on something, which was called "cleaning."

In fact, it means to say hello and tell other colleagues that I am about to start speaking and they should step back.

Of course, there will be cases where two people rush to go out and report on matters. At this time, officials from the Tongzhengsi or Honglu Temple are needed to guide them.

After leaving work, officials were not allowed to speak when reporting matters, but were required to read the memorial aloud.

In addition to guiding officials in reporting matters, officials from the Tongzhengsi and Honglu Temple were sometimes required to read memorials on behalf of others.

In order to achieve the effect of "beautiful appearance", officials from the yamen who meet the standards of "beautiful appearance" and "loud voice" are generally selected.

From this we can see that officials of the Honglu Temple not only need to have loud voices but also be handsome, which makes them very suitable for debuting as a member of a boy band.

Hehe ~
For those government affairs that could be handled immediately, the emperor would ask questions or give responses.

For matters that cannot be handled immediately, relevant officials will usually be summoned for discussion after the morning court session. Except for urgent government affairs, most decisions will not be made lightly in court.

Especially Emperor Zhengde, when faced with reports from his ministers, he would just say "the cabinet please give us some rules" and that was it.

After all the civil and military officials have finished reporting, it is time for the final step of the morning court session.

The censors and officials from the Honglu Temple would come out of their shifts one after another to report on any misconduct by officials during the morning court session, and then punish them.

At this point, any official who behaved inappropriately in front of the palace would become nervous, but Ou Zanghua remained calm, as he was very confident in his own abilities.

Just as Emperor Zhengde and Ou Zanghua were enduring the morning court, Liu Qing and Qu Feiyan, led by a eunuch, came to a house in Nanxunfang.

The young eunuch walked beside Liu Qing and said in a leisurely tone: "Madam Ou, this house is the residence of the former Minister of Personnel Cao Yuan."

"Cao Yuan liked it very much and once told his subordinates that this place has pavilions, terraces, and ponds, which are beautiful. Thousands of flowers are fragrant everywhere. Lush forests and bamboos are shaded in front and behind. The steps of the pond are made of jade and green. The rooms and halls are dazzling with red and green."

Liu Qing and Qu Feiyan strolled happily in the courtyard. Not only was this place several times larger than the house they lived in now, but the various gardens were also designed with more care. It was truly magnificent.

More importantly, this place is very close to the Meridian Gate, and it only takes two minutes to walk there.

In this way, Ou Zanghua can sleep for half an hour longer.

"Sister Qingqing, we will live here in the future and raise some goldfish here." Qu Feiyan said with a smile as she looked at the clear pool.

"Yes, it's possible." Liu Qing nodded. If some goldfish were raised, the pond would come alive.

"We can plant some flowers here. Does Sister Qingqing have any favorite flowers?" Qu Feiyan said happily, "I've always wanted to plant flowers, but I never had the chance."

Liu Qing smiled and asked, "Then let's plant some together! How about camellia?"

"Hurrah!"

(End of this chapter)