Chapter 892 State Banquet

The same night, the same blue moon meeting, but in different places in Jingjiu Dynasty, it will be very different.

For example, in the north, people like to sing and dance around a bonfire to celebrate the blue moon. On the south side, every family is surrounded by a circle, with a big pot set up in the middle, and they spend the night with hot pot.

In Jingzhong or in the east and west, there are also changes in the relative customs of various places. Anyway, it is a festival, and you can live it as you want to make yourself comfortable and used to it.

Shen Hao watched the show and the lottery with his subordinates in the office of the commander of the Black Flag Camp. After finishing the work, he went home and asked his family to gather around a few tables to eat hot pot. He, Hu Tian, ​​and the three fox girls, including Xiao Ma table, and others sit around by themselves. As for Li Erfu, this guy is now a pig in the back kitchen, and his rice is no longer on the table.

While eating hot pot and chatting, Shen Hao suddenly wondered if he should bring the quintessence of Mahjong with him? Otherwise, the family lacks entertainment, and can't they just brag and fart? But after thinking about it, I finally let it go for the time being. After all, mahjong is easy to go astray, and a bad one is a stigma. Chess and Go can be considered, but Shen Hao is only a layman, not a fan, let alone a rank.

Shen Hao eats comfortably at home, but some people also eat during festivals, but they are not so comfortable.

imperial city. There is no curfew tonight. There are sparks everywhere in this huge city. The lanterns on the main street gather together and flow in all directions, and it is really beautiful to look down from mid-air.

Going all the way along Junhou Street, the blood-red palace wall is nearly three feet high when you walk straight to the end. Directly opposite are three palace gates, two small and one large. The middle door will only be opened when the emperor enters or exits or for special celebrations. On weekdays, all officials enter and exit through the side doors on both sides.

After you hour today, the gates of the left and right palaces were opened, and a man was wearing court clothes, but without a wat board, empty-handed, and smiling. When meeting acquaintances, they will get together and walk slowly together, completely without the tension and busyness of going in and out of the palace.

Today is not the court, but the emperor's banquet at the Wanmin Palace. All those who work in the imperial city from the fourth rank and above and hold real positions are included in the emperor's invitation this time. As for those people with these titles scattered in various places, they were not considered by the emperor. It is estimated that he is outside and cannot be separated from others.

The square outside the Wanmin Palace has already set up a magic circle to illuminate and set up dining tables. Palace ladies and eunuchs shuttled among them in groups, like hardworking bees, presenting the state banquet perfectly.

Eating a state banquet is very troublesome, you can’t get there early, you can’t get in, you can only stand outside the square, tired. It doesn’t work if you come late, there will be people from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials who are stuck in the roll call. If you don’t arrive, you will be disrespectful to the emperor. big trouble.

When the door opens at Youshi, you must gather and wait at the indicated location according to the area where you will be seated. Take your seat on time until Xushi arrives. Then he quickly sat down under the leadership of the eunuch.

Eating a meal is the same as going to the battle. It is completely lacking in the freehand brushwork and relaxation that eating should have. It also set the tone for the state banquet.

Just when Xuzheng arrived, the emperor came out of the Wanmin Palace in a yellow robe surrounded by a group of internal guards, waved his hands, and said two words: Open the banquet!

Immediately, a crowd of people in the square below bowed to thank them, and then waited for the emperor to sit down in the special seat in front of the Wanmin Palace before everyone took their seats again.

"Your Majesty ordered the banquet to be opened! Serve the food!" The eunuch's yelling could be heard far away without using a magic weapon to raise the voice. There was no need to greet them specially, and teams of eunuchs began to shuttle around with trays to serve the food.

There are also rules for the dishes on the table. The cold dishes have been served first, a total of nine dishes, followed by nine hot dishes, then two soups, and the main course, and finally the fruit plate. These dishes were set for the first state banquet after the founding of the Jingjiu Dynasty, and even if they were changed, they would only be changes in the selection of ingredients, and the dishes would not dare to be changed. To be honest, these dishes were regarded as hard dishes during the difficult years of the founding of the country, and they could even be called luxury. But now.

Emperor Yang Shu sat high. Although he didn't say anything, he didn't like to eat the dishes in front of him, and he was tired of eating. But he won't have leftovers and won't be picky eaters. Not liking it doesn't mean he can't eat it, nor does it mean it's unpalatable.

Looking down from the emperor's perspective, the whole state banquet scene is completely different from looking up from the bottom

That's a very distinct seat. Although they are all in the open air, the closer they are to the emperor, the higher the status of the person dining. For example, the four tables that are only one step away from the emperor are the group of people who stand tallest in the Jingjiu temple today. Among them are not only the left and right ministers, but also the heads of six departments, the commanders of the four major front armies, and the eldest son of Zuo Yuliang, the chief military officer in the south, who attended the banquet in place of his father.

Speaking of Zuo Yuliang, he has already withdrawn from the southern front line, and now he is in Wuhu, and will officially transfer the command of the frontier army back to the first seal of the imperial city at the beginning of next month.

Now Zuo Yuliang was appointed as the new general of the Zhu Kingdom, served as the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War in vain, and then received the title of Duke of Tianfeng, stepping into the peak of being a minister. But for the time being, no trace of real power has been seen on Zuo Yuliang. The only "Military Minister Zuo Shilang" who can be regarded as a job is to use "hang", which shows that this job is mostly honorary and not responsible for specific affairs. Moreover, the position of Minister of the Ministry of War, the emperor still has not taken it out, and it is still held in his hands.

In addition to these senior officials, Pang Ban was arranged in the first row for the first time, which had never happened in the period of the former emperor. The former emperor's usual way of dealing with Xuan Qingwei's personal soldiers was to "hide and hide". dispose of.

But now that such a mentioned person comes here, it is good and bad. The bad thing is that it is easy to be stared at in the future. The good thing is that the emperor is expressing his position, and he is also intentionally raising Xuan Qingwei's status in the court.

However, Pang Ban's habit has been developed in the past few decades. He is very low-key in this kind of "showing his face" occasions. drop him.

The most active person was Ye Lansheng, the left minister sitting at the table opposite Pang Ban. They all thought that Ye Lansheng would be dealt with by the emperor, but after so long, there was no movement at all. It seemed that the emperor was compromising? Otherwise, why did Ye Lansheng put Ye Lansheng's name in the second place in the Baiguan, second only to Zuo Yuliang, who has made great achievements?

And Ye Lansheng himself seemed to be thankful for his luck, the smile on his face was quite cheerful, and his back was straight when he pushed the cups and changed the cups.