Chapter 7 The North Wind Rising (4)
When Zhu Zhi came to the palace, the banquet had not yet begun. The banquet for Lan Yu to celebrate the merits was set up in Fengtian Hall, and the fourth rank and above sat in the hall, and the rest were given seats under the Danbao. On the east and west sides of the hall, some officers and soldiers of the Jinyiwei were setting up a yellow troop. When entering the hall, they saw twelve Jinwu standing on the east and west sides, holding golden locks, lying melons, standing melons, locking axes and other ritual soldiers. The Jiaofang Office set up a Jiuji music song in the hall, a Dalei outside the hall, and a three-dance team in the highness. Guanglu Temple set up a wine pavilion under the imperial seat west, a kitchen pavilion under the imperial seat east, and a Zhenxie Xixie Pavilion at the wine pavilion. At this time, the eunuchs in the imperial seat were serving dishes back and forth, and each one was busy sweating.
When Zhu Zhi came in, there was a eunuch singing the name at the hall gate. He saw at a glance that the emperor's chief seat was in the middle, and beside the emperor, there was Lan Yu, who was so excited that his face was red. What a great general, he was wearing a purple robe, a long blushing face, three long beards, and the big eyes of the copper bell troupe. He was also majestic when he sat there. In comparison, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was short and ugly, was disgusted with it. Zhu Yuanzhang's grace actually let Lan Yu sit beside him.
Zhu Zhi quickly rushed to the imperial throne with two steps in three steps, and performed a standard monarchy and ministerial ceremony in front of Lao Zhu, and knelt down and said, "Father, I just went back to take a nap. Hehe, I didn't expect to come late, so I asked my father to give him a crime."
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Get up, it's okay, the time has not passed. My father doesn't have a good time to drink, so I will punish you to toast Duke Liang in a while."
Zhu Zhi agreed to stand up and said to Lan Yu: "The General fought bloody battles, and the credit is hard to come by. This time I went to Beijing, I will definitely work hard along the way. Today, my father specially held a banquet for you to celebrate. I had known that General Lan would be a huge number of people, and today I will never return without getting drunk."
Lan Yu then stood up and said, "Why is Mr. Lan good at doing this? This is all the emperor's ability to dispatch it. The soldiers in front of him can comply with the sage virtues. How can those clowns stop my dignified kingly army? Your Highness, you have been too rewarded."
These words seem to be high-sounding and impeccable. But he didn't think about what occasion it is today and who is talking to him. No matter how powerful your "duke" is, he is not as great as the prince!
According to the rules, when the King of Liao came over and greeted him, Lan Yu should have gotten up and left his seat immediately and talked carefully with him. However, General Lan was probably so happy that he was a little dizzy. The King of Liao knelt down to the emperor just now, and he seemed to have forgotten everything and sat aside casually. It was not until Zhu Zhi stood up and talked to him that he stood up, and he didn't even have the momentum to salute.
Zhu Zhi didn't realize anything. A eunuch led him to the seat of the Nanzheng. He saw that the row was full of royal families, and the leader was the crown prince Zhu Yunwen. The two sitting next to him were exactly the same as in the morning ceremony - Zhu O, who looked like a robber, and Zhu Quan, who was like a village owed him money.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw Lan Yu's actions just now and felt a little unhappy. Lan Yu had repeatedly violated the courtesy after entering the capital, but Zhu Yuanzhang only thought he was too happy and still showed no sign of his face. He said, "How is it, are you almost there?"
A eunuch next to him had already replied: "All people have arrived." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, and the Guanglu Temple Minister Wei Ju sang, "The time is here, the banquet will be opened!"
An official from Guanglu Temple opened a wine jar and poured the wine into the lord. He would respectfully send it to the emperor. This was called entering the first lord. Suddenly, the chimes, bells, and tinklings were made in a hurry. This was when Zhu Zhi hated the most. It was all messy, and it was so noisy that people could drink.
Zhu Yuanzhang symbolically finished drinking the first lord and said, "Today I celebrate with Lan Aiqing, let's stop these complicated banquets so that my king and ministers can have a good time." The guards of Guanglu Temple bowed to accept the order. Next, let's start eating. Suddenly, the drums and music were churning, and everyone was about to eat.
Everyone came forward and toasted Zhu Yuanzhang and Lan Yu. Zhu Yuanzhang said again: "I am old and cannot bear to drink. Today, the princes will advise him to drink a few more drinks on my behalf." After hearing this, Lan Yu should have stood up to thank him immediately. Who knows if he was too excited? Lan Yu was cheerful and did not move. Or he followed the officials who toasted one by one toast. Zhu Zhi didn't pay attention, but the faces of the censors next to him were very bad-looking.
After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's instructions just now, Zhu Zhi stood up with his first lord and walked to Lan Yu and said, "General Lan, come and I will respect you. My Ming Dynasty has been in full swing for more than 20 years, and it is only now that Yuyu clarifies that the world is peaceful. Thanks to General Lan's wars over the years. I respect General Lan's people in the world for their respect for General Lan, and the people can finally live a peaceful life."
Lan Yu stood up with a smile and said, "Yu followed the Emperor to raise an army after the Emperor's army at the age of 18. After being trusted by the Emperor, he handed over the troops of the world into his hands. Yu only knew how to devote himself to his work and repay the Emperor's kindness for his goodwill. These contributions were to rely on the Emperor's great blessings; and the other was to rely on the soldiers of the three armies to use their lives for blood..."
Zhu Yuanzhang knew that he had drunk too much and his tongue had already shook. He quickly interrupted him and asked, "Lan Aiqing, are the meritorious ministers who have pacified Xifan this time?"
Lan Yu said: "It should be drinking under the Danzi."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "It's better to ask them to go to the palace and let me see my warriors of the Ming Dynasty."
Lan Yu said, "Abide by the order." He murmured to the eunuch next to him.
The eunuch walked to the entrance of the hall to sing the name: "The emperor has an order to see the deputy general of Sichuan Qu Neng, the commander of the vanguard of the government army, the commander of the Linjiang Guard of the Linjiang Guard, and the commander of the Chongqing Guard of the Chongqing Guard of the Mao Haijin."
After a while, four generals wearing official uniforms and helmets walked into the hall. Zhu Zhi quickly stared at the door carefully, and saw that the leader was in his forties, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, wide arms and round waists, and a Chinese-style beard on his lips, which was so powerful. This person was Qu Neng, an idol in the future in the Battle of Jingnan. Zhu Zhi stared at him with interest. This person who almost brought Zhu Di's nest to his house, and this person who almost captured Zhu Di alive in Baihegou. Any of these two almost did it, and it was possible to rewrite history. Unfortunately, history was not nearly as good as it was.
The four of them walked to the imperial court casually and knelt down together: "Long live my emperor."
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and asked the four of them to stand flat, saying, "Do you tell me about the achievements of the four of them?"
Lan Yu stood up and bowed, saying, "This is Qu Neng, the deputy general of Sichuan. He went out of Yu Dadu River to attack Xifan, and led 300 people into the formation. He was invincible. Four generals seized three spears and made the first contribution to the westward advance. He also used the deputy general to fight against Jianchang's rebellion against the chief Yuelutemur, and led 5,000 troops to defeat Shuanglang Village, and forced Yuelutemur to go to Baixingzhou.
This was Zhuang Cheng, the commander of the vanguard of the prefecture army. During the battle of the west, Commander Zhuang led 3,000 troops as vanguards, and opened roads and met water to build bridges. He fought more than ten battles with the enemy. Every battle, he would lead his army to roar into the enemy formation, killing thirteen enemy generals and annihilated 5,800 enemy soldiers, and not losing 300 of them.
This was Sun Rang, the commander of Linjiang Guard. In the battle of Dadu River, Sun Rang first climbed the west bank, and the foreign soldiers attacked halfway. Cheng led people to defend the ferry to the death, fighting against the enemy's thousand commanders, thirty-four people, to protect our army to cross the river successfully, and then defeated the enemy in one fell swoop.
This was Mao Hai, the commander of Chongqing Guards. After Yuelu Timur fled to Baixingzhou, heavy snow suddenly fell in western Sichuan and the army was unable to move. General Mao led 300 people to cross mountains and ridges and traveled starry night, and only arrived half a day later. That night, General Mao and Sanbaijian came into the city and captured the enemy chiefs and the following 500 people who were at the banquet. The Xifan was decided."
Zhu Yuanzhang was so excited when he heard this. After seeing Lan Yu say it, he slapped his thigh and said, "Okay, good night's attack on the city. Everyone is the country's Gancheng. Come and give wine." The four of them knelt down and thanked him.
A eunuch walked up below and gave the four people a glass of wine. Zhu Yuanzhang happily waited for the four people to drink all the drinks, but the four people held the wine in their hands but did not raise their glasses.
Zhu Yuanzhang said again, "Come on, drink." Only Qu Neng looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and Lan Yu next to him, barely drank the wine, but the other three still did not move. Zhu Yuanzhang, who had always been the same, looked a little bad. Why was he not able to command them? He glanced at Lan Yu sitting beside him, and Lan Yu said, "Since it is the wine given by the emperor, you can drink it." Sun Cheng and the other three raised their glasses to drink.
At this time, a trace of undetectable cold light flashed in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, but he still held it back and laughed, "Okay, they are all good soldiers brought out by Lan Aiqing. I also know that winning battles ahead is not a single person's achievement. All the generals here today are warriors who fought with one sword and one shot. Without you fighting in front, there would be no peace in the Ming Dynasty. Come and pass on my will, and give 100,000 taels of silver from my treasury and reward all the recruits in the West."
This time, Lan Yu finally did not forget the duty of a minister. He quickly stood up from the chair and knelt down with the four generals below: "Thank you Lord Long's kindness."
Zhu Zhi took these eyes. Lan Yu was desperate. Why was this scene in front of him so similar to a braided show in his previous life? But in that story, the emperor who could not command the general below finally killed the general who had made great contributions to the town. Zhu Zhi thought about what Yang Rong said, "If he is still obsessed with enlightenment, the disaster will be in front of him." The General Lan in front of him could not see any obsessiveness and enlightenment. He was sitting on the steps side by side with the emperor, and was drinking with confidence. Zhu Yuanzhang only sipped a few times aside, and his face was gloomy and gloomy.
The princes and ministers below are not the ones who passed by the oil pans of the Daoshan Mountain in the ups and downs of the officialdom. When everyone saw the scene just now, they all looked at each other. Only Lan Yu was still indifferent and completely immersed in glory.
Chapter completed!