Chapter 540 New Year's Eve Banquet
This is how the fourth year of Wude and the seventeenth year of great cause came.
On the first day of the first lunar month, everything is calm, but no one knows that this is just the tranquility before the storm.
The Linshuo Palace in Youjing was finally repaired before the first day of the first lunar month. According to the custom of Zhao State, this day should be when all officials and their families go to Linshuo Palace to meet Li Chongjiu and congratulate the New Year.
Therefore, this New Year, all the officials also visited Linshuo Palace to pay homage.
Officials above the fifth rank all had chariots and generals rode horses, and Mukunxi and Silla envoys also represented their respective leaders to go to Linshuo Palace to celebrate the New Year to Li Chongjiu.
The city gates in the north are now full of traffic, and many officials' cars and drivers have also been brought together, and those who are familiar with each other congratulate each other.
Then, let the officials who are in power pass through the city gate first, and the people at the same level will be humble to each other. However, there are also some specialties for the officials at the same level. In the officialdom, even if the rank is comparable, there are also default rules for distinguishing between high and low.
For example, the officials in the Secretariat were one level higher than those in the Secretariat, and in the Great Sui Dynasty, the Secretariat was the most awesome. If they were both officials in the Secretariat, the left was greater than the right, the left was greater than the right, and the left was greater than the right, and the left was greater than the right. The six ministries below also had differentiation methods, and the six ministries of the officials, military, military, and military, and military were sorted in sequence (PS: The order of the Ming Dynasty was the official, military, military, and military, and military).
Otherwise, how could it be said to be a strict feudal hierarchy? It would be a slight mistake. If there is any fault, according to the censor who can impeach nothing, he can make a big fuss.
After the Zhao State was established for a year, the rest were still under construction, but the order had already been established from top to bottom.
The officials left the city from the north gate, and there were endless cars and horses. After arriving at Linshuo Palace, they entered the palace and walked along the palace road.
As the head of civil servants, Wen Yanbo was ahead. This time he brought his first wife and two sons to come together. The eldest son of the two sons, Wen Zhen, became an official as the censor. The second son Wen Ting was still studying in the Imperial College.
Wen Yanbo took a few steps and saw Shangshu's right servant Wang Gui walking towards him from the side.
Wen Yanbo stopped and the two bowed to each other.
Wen Yanbo smiled and said, "The prince is so fast, he is one step ahead of me."
Wang Gui smiled and said, "I'm just close to my home, so I'm waiting for Mr. Wen here."
The two looked at each other and laughed. Wang Gui had two sons and one daughter under his knees. The eldest son Wang Chongji had already become an official, but he only left his youngest son Wang Jingzhi and his younger daughter to serve him.
Wang Gui's children greeted Wen Yanbo, and Wen Yanbo's nephew also greeted Wang Gui. The Wen family was both prominent families in Taiyuan, and the two prime ministers, Wang Wen, were three years apart, and were both important officials of the current dynasty. Therefore, the children of the two families were also very close.
Wang Jingzhi and Wen Ting were talking and laughing, while Wen Zhen was already a vigilante, so he was a little more polite and listened to his father talking to Wang Gui.
Wang Gui first said, "Mr. Wen is really planning a great thing at home!"
Wen Yanbo smiled and said, "Where does this start?"
Wang Gui said, "It's not the matter of the Minister of State's persuasion to the king. Wen Gong kept it so tightly. Even my old friend for many years would not tell me."
Wen Yanbo smiled and said, "I heard that the Prince and Duke's Shangshu are unwilling to be the last resort, so I also submitted a letter to persuade them to come forward. Since I knew about it, I would not be able to communicate. Otherwise, people would think that my Zhongshu Ling was actually involved in the Shangshu's affairs, which would be criticized!"
Wang Gui laughed loudly and pointed at Wen Yanbo with his finger and said, "Mr. Wen is really good at excuses. Didn't the Secretariat always use the Secretariat to do things?"
Both of them are very familiar with each other and have no scruples when speaking.
At this time, more than a dozen officials and their families arrived one after another, but these officials were not of high rank. Seeing the two of them talking, they didn't dare to go forward and interrupt, but Hou Li was in the corridor behind them.
Speaking of this, Wang Gui's expression darkened, and Wen Yanbo and Wen Zhen winked. Wen Zhen immediately said to his back.
Wang Gui stepped forward and lowered his voice and said, "But I heard that the Secretary of the Central Committee and the Secretary of the Shang Dynasty both kept the letters for the King. According to the truth, whether it was rejection or approval, it should be a quick expression."
Wen Yanbo said, "I think this matter is related to the queen and Empress Xiao."
Wang Gui sighed, "Yes, I heard from the palace that after the queen gave birth this time, Queen Xiao was not happy. I don't think the king would want to be emperor at this time, let alone Wang Shichong's battle situation in the south was also very unfavorable. Wang Shichong is now looking forward to reinforcements from our Youjing day and night. At this time, the time is not right."
Wen Yanbo said, "This is all a trivial matter. Although the queen gave birth to a baby girl, there is already a man under the king. Moreover, the king is still young. As long as Princess Dona, the childbirth will never be a problem. The two sent troops to rescue Wang Shichong, and there is no conflict with the emperor. We can first make up the title of great justice. The rest of the matter can only be done after returning to Youjing."
Wang Gui said, "It depends on whether the king agrees or not."
While the two of them were talking, Wei Zheng, Chen Xiaoyi and Lu Chengqing also arrived one after another, and finally Su Su, who was in Taiyuan, also arrived.
The six officials with the highest civil servants in Zhao State congratulated each other. Since there were still many war clouds around Zhao State, Yuchi Gong, Wang Mahan, Xu Shiji, Wang Jungu, Ying Hefu, Ertu and others did not come, so the six people immediately led all civil and military officials into the hall.
Everyone in the hall congratulated Li Chongjiu's New Year and was happy to add a fortune.
Originally, the officials thought that Li Chongjiu could not get a son, but the daughter should be depressed. However, Li Chongjiu was very happy to accept the congratulations from the officials. On the grand banquet that day, Queen Yang Ehuang was in confinement, and her daughter could not come forward, so the heroine who accepted the congratulations with Li Chongjiu was Shi Deyun, and Li Ying was also beside him, accompanying Li Hu.
Although all the officials knew the reason for this love, when they saw Shi Deyun in person and Li Ying beside him, they felt that this seemed to be something Li Chongjiu was deliberately suggesting.
However, Li Chongjiu was really happy at this moment. After Zhao defeated Dou Jiande, he established the country and married Yang Ehuang. A year later, Li Chongjiu completely cleared it up, and Yang Ehuang also gave birth to a daughter for him. How could he be unhappy?
For him, this is called having both children. Although his daughter cannot inherit the throne, he treats him equally as long as Yang Ehuang is born.
Therefore, he was really happy today. After accepting the congratulations from everyone, the maids immediately brought the meal and wine.
After the founding of Zhao State for a year, its national strength was strong. This time, Li Chongjiu simply changed his frugality style. In order to celebrate his daughter, he set up a banquet in the east and west of the city. In history, the emperor gave banquets to the people, but not many people were given. During the reign of Emperor Yang of Sui, the great Sui State had a prosperous national strength, and it was only held once.
Li Chongjiu also gave the people generously that no one could go to the qiong banquet for dinner. The qiong banquet was held in Youjing for ten days, day and night.
This is a big feast. At the New Year banquet that was rewarded to officials, Li Chongjiu also enjoyed the delicacies of the mountains and seas. The maids carried steaming meals on the table and aged wine.
Li Chongjiu poured a cup and said to all the ministers: "The Great Zhao is so powerful today, all of you. I will give you a banquet today. I will not return until you are drunk."
All the officials also raised their glasses and said, "Thank you for your kindness, King."
Everyone drank all over the place.
Li Chongjiu was very happy and poured wine again. The room was known that Li Chongjiu had a great alcohol tolerance and was so happy that he also drank a few drinks with him.
Afterwards, forty-nine soldiers entered the hall and danced swords to cheer them up.
After the founding of Zhao State, under the intentional advocacy of Li Chongjiu, he always valued both civil and military affairs. Therefore, everyone was very happy to see the sword dance of soldiers who were masculine and masculine on the battlefield.
Everyone was in high spirits, and at this moment, there was only a choking sound, which was the sound of the bowl falling to the ground and breaking.
Li Chongjiu looked at it and it turned out to be on the Ji Chuan case.
Ji Chuan refused to pick up the dishes and chopsticks for him, but walked into the hall and said to Li Chongjiuyan: "The king has sued him for his crime, but the empress was accidentally."
Jian Wu also stopped at this time, and Li Chongjiu said, "It's okay."
Ji Chuan said, "The king gave this New Year banquet, and this is a celebration of all officials. The weak ministers should not say anything at this time to disturb the king and the ministers' graceful pleasures, but there is something that I have to say, and I have to report it, and I will not be happy if I don't say it!"
Li Chongjiu put down the wine glass and said, "Mr. Ji deliberately broke the bowls and chopsticks. If you don't let you say that, I wonder if you will throw away some of Gu's pairs of Gu's dishes. Will you prepare an iron rice bowl for you when you come to the banquet in the future?"
When all the ministers heard this, they smiled, and Ji Chuan said, "My gold, silver and iron rice bowls are all given by the king."
"What's the matter!"
Ji Chuanlang said, "Shangshu, hundreds of officials from the Secretariat have handed over to the king. What does the king do not know what to do?"
Li Chongjiu didn't say anything when he heard this.
Ji Chuan said sincerely: "The king has been lost in the world for a long time. Li Yuan and Wang Shichong have all been called emperors. The king of Zhao, who has divided the world with him, is still only called kings. This is the outsider. Is it because I am the Great Zhao and have no determination to compete for the world? Before Liu Heita was broken, we can still say that we are not strong enough. Now the entire territory of Hebei has been reduced, and our Great Zhao has been fertile land for thousands of miles and has hundreds of thousands of armors. It is time to be the time to proclaim the emperor. I hope the king can decide early."
When Li Chongjiu heard Ji Chuan say this, he felt a little moved.
However, after Yang Ehuang gave birth to a girl, Empress Xiao told herself that if Yang Ehuang gave birth to a boy this time, he would be helpful to him as emperor. The reason is that this boy has the blood of the Yang family and is made the prince. He can use the power of the previous dynasty to change his name to a more legitimate one.
Empress Xiao’s implication was to advise herself to ease her mind. Anyway, she and Yang Ehuang were still young and would have children in the future. When she had a man, she would become emperor, which would be a natural result.
Li Chongjiu was a little hesitant when he heard this. Today, Ji Chuan's words woke him up. He drew his sword and rose up between the mountains and rivers. He was as simple as the world today. Every inch of land was taken with a sword and blood. What's the point of relying on the power of the Yang family.
Chapter completed!