In the early ninth day of the first month, no one in the civil and military hall mentioned the prince's first birthday banquet, and some people did not dare to mention it, but those who wanted to be hundreds of miles of Yuanlong deliberately did not mention it.

The focus of the early dynasty was still on the snow disaster in the Northern Calendar, and the revision of the tax burden uniform was discussed, and the tax burden system had a very wide impact and also involved the interests of all parties.

Long Feiye was not in a hurry to revise it, but he just threw a stone on the surface of the lake where the wind was calm and tested the depth of the lake.

After Long Feiye went to the morning court, he still returned to the imperial study as usual.

The so-called early dynasty is just that the ministers put forward the things to be played, and the emperor put forward the things to be done, and everyone discussed them. The place where the real decision is made is not the crape myrtle hall, but the imperial study.

As soon as Long Feiye arrived at the imperial study, a group of ministers followed him and asked to see him.

When Long Fei returned to the imperial study at night, Han Yunxi and Xiao Rui'er had just woken up.

All the way back from the No. 7 Tea House, Xiao Ruier and Xiao Tangtang got along, in fact, they were still very harmonious, although Xiao Ruier didn't pay much attention to people, but the two of them could still stay in one place to play, each playing their own.

After handing over the children to their subordinates, Han Yunxi and Ning Jing began to inspect the work.

In order to prepare for this first birthday banquet, Han Yunxi was secretly busy for a few days, and last night she was busy with Ning Ning until late before going to bed.

She has put on the queen's phoenix crown so far, but in fact, she hasn't really brought out the shelf that the queen should have. Since the people below don't want to see her so much, of course she has to take this opportunity to let those people see if she Han Yunxi is qualified to be the queen of Great Qin!

The first birthday banquet was held in the west of the palace, and the hall was the largest hall in Yunning Palace in addition to the crape myrtle hall.

The main hall is circular in shape, open on all sides, and can accommodate 100 people in the hall.

When Han Yunxi and the Great Dry Hall of Tranquility Island, the servants had already set up the venue.

The hall is circular, the seats are rectangular arrangement, the east side is the main seat, there is a large screen behind the seat, the main seat is set up on the left and right sides of several separate seats, next to the second seat, there are rows of seats, there are three rows on the left and right, each row can accommodate ten people.

Other than that, there is no special decoration in the main hall.

Tranquility deliberately counted it and whispered, "Seven seats, what kind of rules is this?" ”

The general banquet seats are very particular, not to mention the royal feast, the prince's first birthday banquet? can be a person in the second seat, the title and official position are not low, and neither she nor Tang Li may be qualified.

Han Yunxi looked back and said, "Long Feiye." ”

Tranquility didn't react for a while, knowing that Han Yunxi had pulled her to the fire room, she understood.

What Han Yunxi means is that Long Feiye is the rule!

In the fire room, all the delicacies were ready, Han Yunxi opened a lid and took a look, and immediately covered it, showing a satisfied smile.

She confessed, "Serve the food in the order I listed, don't make a mistake." ”

The eunuch in charge nodded hurriedly, "Don't worry, the old slave understands!" ”

The two main things of the banquet, one is the venue, and the other is the dishes, after Han Yunxi looked at it, there was no problem.

She found Mama Zhao and asked in a low voice, "How are things going?" Make no mistake about it. ”

"Don't worry, the old slave is the best at doing this kind of thing, as soon as the girl comes, the old slave knows that she has a problem!" Mama Zhao smiled treacherously.

Tranquility looked at Mama Zhao's sinister appearance from the side, and secretly thought in her heart, if Mama Zhao, the old palace woman, was a bad master, God knows how bad it would be!

Han Yunxi handed over all the palace maids to her old man's house, and she could definitely sit back and relax!

The first birthday banquet is set in the evening, and the invitees will enter the palace after dark, and the emperor and queen will set up a banquet, who dares to be late?

Although there were many people outside who opposed the queen's big banquet, most of the people who came brought big gifts.

When the time for the banquet was approaching, the people were almost full, and the hall was lively, and the invited ministers, ladies and ladies were all in groups of three or five, chatting with each other.

Nevertheless, everyone was thinking about the seven separate empty seats under the Lord's seat.

According to the rules, the emperor and empress are the heads, and then the royal relatives with knighthoods, princes and nobles, and then the ministers.

There are only five kinds of titles in Daqin, princes and marquises, and only those who are qualified to be invited to the palace are the two titles of "king" and "duke".

The title of "king" is divided into princes and county kings. The prince, also known as the king with the same surname, is generally the blood brother of the emperor, while the prince of the county is mostly the king of the opposite sex, and those who have made great contributions are eligible to be entitled.

There are also two kinds of "duke" titles, which are the duke of the country and the duke of the county, and are also used to canonize people with meritorious achievements.

In terms of status and status, the prince is higher than the county king, the county king is higher than the national prince, and the national prince is higher than the county prince.

Generally speaking, the one who is truly noble is the prince, and some county kings may not be able to sit in this position, let alone the prince of the country and the prince.

However, Daqin's situation was different!

In Daqin, there is only Gu Qishao who has the title of prince, Prince Yu. The title of county king is vacant.

In this way, it seems that the person who has the title of duke has a much more noble status.

There are four princes in Daqin, namely Baili Yuanlong, the prince of Zhenguo; Chengguo Gong Xiao An, Zhou Guogong Qi Chu, Dingguo Gong Kelin.

Here, except for Baili Yuanlong, who is also the position of the central military commander, the other three have no positions in the imperial court, but they have a great influence.

Xiao An is none other than the head of the Xiao family in Jiangnan and the uncle of Xiao Dong, the commander of the Southern Army. He contributed a lot of military salaries, grain and grass to the original Central and Southern Army, and in the plague in the Northern Calendar, he donated the most food.

Qi Chu, the Duke of Zhou, was a marquis of the former Western Zhou Dynasty, who was given a knighthood because he led the army and civilians to surrender and was exempted from the battle on the battlefield of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

As for Dingguo Gong Kelin, he was a large grassland owner in the Northern Calendar, who controlled the best playground in the Northern Calendar, and took the initiative to surrender and relieve the victims in the plague war, so he was knighted.

Titles are not given to a single person, but the emperor bestows them on a family for their glory and status. The matter of knighthood is not only a reward for meritorious deeds, but also a kind of appeasement, a kind of co-optation, and a kind of use.

Just as, although Long Feiye has the heart to get rid of the Xiao family, this title must also be given first, at least to appease the Xiao family's heart and stabilize the Jiangnan region.

According to the rules, the second seat under the main throne is for those who have titles, so according to the situation of Daqin's knighthood, except for Gu Qishao, the four princes are eligible to sit down.

However, the four principalities such as Baili Yuanlong were placed in the position after the second seat.

At this moment, Baili Yuanlong and Xiao An were staring at the seven empty seats, and their displeasure was all written on their faces.

"Master Tang, Mrs. Jing has arrived!"

Suddenly, the eunuch's shouts came, and everyone fell silent for a while.

The Tang Sect can be said to be a very special existence, the people of the Tang Sect have no title, no official position, and even if they control the weapons, they have no military rank.

The identity of the Tangmen people is actually very embarrassing. Moreover, when Long Feiye worshiped his ancestors, he did not posthumously crown his mother as the queen mother, and Concubine Wan could only be regarded as a concubine.

Tang Men is a member of the concubine's mother's family, and when it comes to accountability, this identity is really nothing.

If others don't say it, Baili Yuanlong looks down on Tangmen very much.

The audience was silent, and Tang Li's family of three walked into the main hall in full view of everyone. On such occasions, Tang Li actually held Tranquility in one hand and Xiao Tangtang in the other. When many old people saw it, they all frowned and secretly scolded him for having no rules!

Tang Li sat down on the second seat with a big grin with tranquility and a little sugar candy, and now, the audience was even quieter. Everyone looked at each other, and many people looked at the four princes.

Tang Li's family of three sat in the second seat, which was clearly contempt for the status of the four princes!

Baili Yuanlong was not calm, and was about to get up, Baili Xiang, who was sitting behind him, hurriedly held him down and whispered, "Father, don't be impatient, take a look at the head of the Xiao family." ”

Baili Yuanlong sat back at this time, and he asked politely, "Master Tang, why don't you see your father?" ”

Tang Li was teasing his daughter, and then he looked at it, and pretended to be stupid, "Lord Baili, why are you looking for my father?" ”

"Hehe, the old man saw that the emperor had reserved a place for Uncle Guo, and he thought he would come!" Baili Yuanlong said with a smile.

As soon as Baili Yuanlong mentioned "Uncle Guo", many people laughed.

At this time, Xiao Dong, who was sitting opposite, looked at Lord Chen, the secretary of the ministry, and said with a smile, "Lord Chen, when did we have one more first-class officer, why didn't you announce it?" It's not good to hide this kind of thing from everyone! ”

Uncle Guo is not only a title, but also a first-class official title.

If you look at the title, Tang Zijin is Long Feiye's uncle, so he can naturally become the uncle of the country; However, if you look at it from the perspective of official rank, Long Feiye did not give Tang Zijin the official title of a senior member, and Tang Zijin cannot be called the uncle of the country.

Baili Yuanlong's words were sarcastic that Tang Li was not qualified to sit in that position!

If Tang Zijin was sitting here today, hearing these words, it would definitely be a kind of humiliation. However, in Tang Li's ears, these people are sowing discord.

There must be a reason why his brother only named Gu Qishao as the prince, emptied the title of county king, and demoted Baili Yuanlong and others to the position of the prince of the country.

And there is no canonization of the Tang Sect, there must be a reason!

Although he didn't know why, he must have believed his brother!

Tranquility was angry, but she didn't say anything. First, it is inconvenient to say much about her Ning family's background, and second, as a woman, she is not easy to speak out on such occasions.

Although Tang Li could see through that these people were sowing discord, he couldn't find the words to refute Baili Yuanlong for a while. He can't say his father wasn't invited, can he?

No matter how much infighting there is in the Tang Sect, it is all a family matter, and in the face of the enemy outside, it must be united! Tang Li would not be stupid enough to cheat his father in front of outsiders.

Lord Chen, the secretary of the ministry, didn't dare to say anything, and Baili Yuanlong laughed, "Oh, it seems that Uncle Guo won't come, and the old man is going to have a drink with him, hehe!" ”

Xiao Dong immediately agreed, "General Baili, it seems that you are wrong, the emperor's position is not reserved for Uncle Guo!" ”

After all, Tang Li had never confronted this group of scheming and calculating people, and he was so angry that he was about to get angry.

At this time, the eunuch's shouts came from outside the door again.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!"

"His Royal Highness King Yu has arrived!"