Chapter 0022: Liu's Family Banquet (2)
After appeasing Liu Heng, Liu Hong held back his excitement and walked towards the head of the palace.
——If it is in the future life, Liu Hong will inevitably learn to chase stars, and scream: Ah~ I touched the head of Emperor Han Jing~
Uh...
It sounds a little scary, but that's what it means, huh!
You can't blame Liu Hong, it's really an eight-year-old boy, learning to greet you like an adult, it's really cute!
Just imagine, a little boy in the future will hand you his hand, shake your hand, and then say naturally without losing his milk: Hello, my name is Liu Qi, I am very happy to meet you.
Isn't it cute?
Those who say that they are not cute are rebellious ministers and thieves, and they are beaten to death with sticks!
Reluctantly pressed the bursting girl's heart, Liu Hong, who sat back in the royal collapse, already had a gentle smile.
"Feast."
Immediately, nearly 100 palace ladies poured in, putting plates of food on every table; Then put a barrel of wine outside each table, leaving a palace maid who was in charge of pouring wine next to it, and the rest of the palace maids retreated one after another.
Touching the faintly roaring viscera, Liu Hong couldn't help swallowing his saliva and looked down at the long few in front of him.
On the far left of the table is a chicken roasted in its entirety, and on the chicken (zǔ) (1) there is a knife for cutting meat.
To the right of the roast chicken is a bean (2) filled with boiled meat.
In the middle of the case, there is a bowl of light yellow corn, still steaming; On the far right, there is a bronze wine bottle that has just been filled by the palace maid.
There are two small plates in the back of the rice bowl, one of which smells like vinegar, and the other tastes a bit like the sauce of later generations, maybe meat sauce or something.
On the outside of the wine bottle, near the outer edge of the case, there are also a few small plates; It seems that it should be filled with condiments such as minced green onions and salt.
"Where the ritual of eating, the left (3) (yáo) and the right (4) (zì), the left of the person who eats the dweller, and the right of the dweller; Outside the scorching place, inside the sauce (5), at the end of the green onion, at the right place of the wine syrup..."
Intoxicated and whispering to himself in the "Book of Rites", this knowledge description of table manners in ancient times, Liu Hong raised his head and saw everyone sitting in a precarious position, with a faint glance in the direction where he was.
With an embarrassed smile, Liu Hong picked up the wooden chopsticks, picked up a little corn from the rice bowl and put it into his mouth.
Only then did everyone in the hall pick up the knives on their desks and cut the meat on the roast chicken as quietly as possible.
Liu Hong's face turned red again when he saw this, and he simply stopped worrying about these complicated etiquette, and wiped out the food on the case.
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When Liu Hong was about to eat enough and put down his chopsticks and looked around the hall, he saw a young man sitting at the end of the seat on the left, drinking one cup after another.
After staring curiously for a moment, the young man Xu sensed Liu Hongdi's gaze, glanced up, picked up the wine glass, and staggered towards Liu Hong.
Liu Hongzi waited for the young man to come to him with a warm face, and then held the wine glass in his right hand, waiting for the young man's toast.
- Liu Hong is almost full, and no one comes to worship the pier, so this meal is not in vain?
Although Liu Hong didn't pay real money, inside and outside the palace, and even the whole world, it is theoretically his private property, and there is no reason to cheapen others!
Neither can relatives!
But he saw that the young man barely stood up straight, holding up the wine bottle with both hands, and said with a sad face: "Brother Wang is sick today, so he can't have a banquet with the palace, and I hope that Your Majesty will atone for his sins..."
Before the words fell, Liu Hong's official smile stiffened.
It's okay if you don't worship the wharf, but you still plead for Liu Xiang's goods?
Under Liu Hongqiang's pursed lips, his gums were about to be crushed by Liu Hong, and the sockets of his teeth creaked softly.
Seeing Liu Hong like this, the young man's face was even more sorrowful, and he couldn't help but bring a trace of pleading.
In desperation, Liu Hong had no choice but to hold back his anger, and said with a stiff smile: "The king of Qi is sick, he should stay in the mansion to recuperate, if he is seriously ill, I can send Lang Zhong to take a look?" ”
Sure enough, the young man was moved by Liu Hongdi's care and waved his hand again and again, saying that it was not necessary; After a hurried toast, he returned to his seat.
Liu Hong could only shake his head depressedly, and after seeing Liu Zhang, the Marquis of Zhu Xu, sit back in his seat, he began to think about the arrangements of the princes and kings in the future.
Now, Liu Heng, who failed to ascend the throne, is still the acting king; Liu Heng's younger brother Liu Chang is the king of Huainan; Liu Bang's fourth brother and Liu Hong's uncle Liu Jiaowang Chudi; Liu Bang's second brother - Liu Zhong's son, Liu Bi, Wang Wu Guo; Liu Xiang Wang Qi State.
There is also the only remaining king with a different surname in the Han family: Wu Chen, the king of Changsha.
Almost all of these princely kingdoms were sealed by Gaozu Liu Bang, if nothing else, it would really be as Liu Bang promised at the beginning, "the mountains and rivers will be forever, and the country will rest together".
This is also the reason why Emperor Jing did not hesitate to set off a civil war in history, and he was bound to weaken the vassal states: these clan elders were like countries within a country in the territory of Liu Qi, a descendant!
Having said that, there are still some vassal states that Liu Hong can try to operate.
For example, in the past ten years, the Zhao State, which has died three princes, and the Yan State, which was taken away by Empress Lu and given to the Lu family, are connected to a large territory - almost occupying the entire northeast of the Han Dynasty.
Liu Ze, the king of Langya, was coerced on Liu Xiang's way to Chang'an, and his throne actually existed in name only.
In addition, there are also feudal states that Empress Lu gave to Liu Hong's three younger brothers: Huaiyang Kingdom, Changshan (Hengshan) Kingdom, and - Liang Kingdom!
Especially the Liang State, the status in Liu Hong's heart is thousands of times more important than all the other vassal states combined!
In the Jingdi Dynasty, when Wu and Chu united a total of seven princes and kings, and raised the anti-flag in the name of 'killing Chao Wrong and Qing Jun's side', more than 8 percent of the Han territory was in the hands of the rebellious princes and kings!
At the most critical time, Emperor Jing even went to the doctor in a hurry, listened to Yuan An's persuasion, and abandoned the city of the imperial historian who advocated cutting the feudal domain, hoping that after the kings completed the goal of 'killing Chao wrong', they would be able to withdraw from the army...
And the reason why Liu Qi can still become Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty in the history books, instead of being the Emperor of the Desert, is precisely because the last barrier outside Hangu Pass, the Liang State, bites the main force of the Wu Chu rebels under the capital Suiyang City!
It was not until Zhou Yafu attacked the rebel grain route that the Wu Chu rebels, who had 400,000 combatants and were known as 1.2 million to the outside world, were wiped out.
Therefore, even if he fights to conflict with Zhou Bochen, Liu Hong is bound to take Liang Guo into his own hands.
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PS: 1. A wooden eating utensil, similar to a butcher's chopping board for cutting meat.
2. Beans, a wooden food utensil, roughly shaped like a rice bowl in a rice cooker.
3. Grilled, skeletonized meat.
4. Gizzard, without skeleton, and cut into large pieces of meat
5. Sauce, dipping sauce, sauce.
In addition, at that time, instead of eating the main food first, the whole meat was cut into slices and then chopsticks.
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Uh... This chapter is a little bit exposed, and I've let myself go, and I'll do more in the future. (! )