As soon as the voice fell, I saw Li Chengqian laughing and walking into the painting boat surrounded by four guards.

Li Tai hurriedly stepped forward and greeted, "Big brother is here?" It's all the fault of Brother Wang. Earlier, when he heard that the eldest brother was busy with affairs in the house, he was worried that it would disturb the eldest brother, so he did not go to the ward. ”

"It's okay, I'm not here."

After Li Chengqian finished speaking, he turned his head to stare at Zong Xiu and smiled.

"Master, you're not interesting enough. I asked you one after another, but you all declined. Now that the fourth brother is holding a banquet, but you are here, isn't the fourth brother's face more effective than me? ”

Zong Xiu rolled his eyes, it was really a good feast.

From the moment Li Chengqian came in, Zong Xiu guessed that this banquet was unusual, but he didn't expect it to be like this.

But Li Chengqian said everything, and Zong Xiu could only explain: "His Royal Highness the Prince, I am lazy by nature, and I live in a biased way, and I don't like to go far away. Today, the banquet of His Royal Highness King Wei is set up in front of my house, otherwise I wouldn't be too lazy to come. ”

"Really? Haha, I didn't think about it before, I should have learned from the fourth brother to set up a boat banquet on the Qujiang River like this. ”

Li Chengqian snorted, and the three of them sat down separately.

Although this boat banquet was organized by Li Tai, Li Chengqian was the crown prince and Li Tai's eldest brother, so he naturally sat on the main seat as soon as he came.

Zong Xiu and Li Tai were on Li Chengqian's left and right, and the more than a dozen scholars who were invited sat down on both sides of the cabin.

After everyone sat down, Li Chengqian looked around, and suddenly smiled: "The people invited by the fourth brother to the banquet are really extraordinary, I look familiar with the tight, I am afraid that after a few days of posting the list, they are all famous talents on the list." ”

Although the autumn season ended, the list of results did not come out. The scholars who were at the banquet heard the prince say that he would be on the list in the future, and they were all happy.

Li Tai raised his glass with a glass and smiled faintly: "Big brother has good eyesight." However, today's banquet only talks about the wind and snow, and the business is not mentioned. ”

"Well, let's have a drink."

Seeing Li Tai's admission, Li Chengqian also raised his glass and got up.

"This king came uninvited, and he was a little abrupt. But since I came, I borrowed flowers to offer a cup of Buddha to you. I wish you all the best in your career in the future and make new contributions to my Datang. ”

"To the Prince!"

"To King Wei!"

Those scholars raised their glasses one after another, all of them smiling, as if they had become officials.

Only Zong Xiu held the cup and drank it silently, and was very disdainful in his heart: Damn, I thought you two brothers had a good relationship, it turned out to be pretending. On the surface, he is peaceful, but in private, he is busy forming gangs.

Isn't it just gangs?

Now that the Tang Dynasty has just been established, most of the important ministers above the court are Li Shimin's old team members who fight the world. Li Shimin is in the prime of life again, and with his prestige, whether it is the crown prince Li Chengqian or the king of Wei Li Tai, don't want to easily pull people into their own faction.

Therefore, if Li Chengqian and Li Tai want to establish their own team and thus control the speech in the court, they must start from the new generation of officials.

This process may be long, until these young scholars have grown to a certain extent.

However, they are all still young, waiting for the throne.

As long as the newly appointed officials are co-opted, even if it is just a small county order, they will have one more bargaining chip in their hands. When the chips accumulate to a certain extent, it is the time to turn the tide and ascend to the Ninth Five-Year Plan.

This is also the reason why Li Chengqian and Li Tai spared no effort to win over Zongxiu.

Because in their opinion, Zong Xiu belongs to the most powerful official of the new generation - a young Chang'an upstart who has no background and does not stand in line, but is in an important position and famous all over the world.

In the eyes of Li Tai and Li Chengqian, as long as Zong Xiu is brought to his side, the effect is no better than that of winning over many countries, and even surpasses it!

So Li Chengqian and Li Tai are trying their best to win over Zong Xiu.

However, the two didn't know that Zong Xiu was a time-traveler, a time-traveler who knew history well, and wanted to draw a line with their brothers.

After a round of drinking, Li Tai got up again and said: "Everyone, we are all literati, and the scenery of Qujiang is beautiful." If you drink and have fun, how can you have wine without poetry? ”

"Not bad." Li Chengqian also stared at Zong Xiu with a smile: "The master is the [Tianwen Sect] given by his father and the emperor, and since he is the Wenzong, I think this first poem will be written by the master." ”

“……”

Zong Xiu pouted speechlessly: Writing poems every day, writing poems every day, are you tired of it? Don't know what to do? Great scenery, isn't it good for us to listen to a song and be a prostitute?

Zong Xiu saw that Li Chengqian and Li Tai were secretly competing and wanted to compete for the lord of the banquet.

Qujiang boat banquet, all the winners in the autumn examination. Although the imperial court has not yet made a list, as princes, it is still easy for them to inquire about some inside information.

Although today's boat banquet was held by Li Tai, Li Chengqian is the crown prince and Li Tai's eldest brother. Whoever fights for the title of 'banquet master' will naturally be close to whom these scholars will naturally be close to after entering the court in the future.

But you can fight, what cover do you use me?

Zong Xiu rolled his eyes, suddenly grabbed the wine jug and got up, and walked directly to the bow of the boat.

"Master, what do you mean by that?"

Li Tai and Li Chengqian shouted at the same time.

Zong Xiu walked to the bow of the boat with the wine jug in his hand and stood still, and said without looking back: "His Royal Highness the Prince, King Wei, Xia Guan injured his head a few days ago, and his head hurts. It's too sad to compose a poem or something, why don't I put on a show for everyone? ”

"Show?"

Li Chengqian and Li Tai looked at each other, and even the scholars who came to the banquet were confused.

When everyone was puzzled, they saw Zong Xiu holding the wine jug and holding it to his mouth: "Today, the amount of wine in this official has increased greatly, and I am happy, so I will give everyone a thousand glasses without getting drunk." Hahahaha...... When I drink hard, maybe I will have poetry when I get drunk. ”

Zong Xiu said heroically, and at the same time poured wine into his mouth in a big gulp.

Many scholars were also driven by Zong Xiu's drinking method, and they grabbed the wine jug and said: "We are willing to drink with the 'Tianxia Sect'." ”

Something strange happened......

Before those people could start drinking, they heard a 'click', and the wine jug in Zong Xiu's hand fell on the deck of the bow of the ship, shattering into several pieces. followed Zong Xiu's 'staggering' swaying, stroking his head with one hand and wiping his mouth with the other.

"I'm sorry, I messed up, oops, I'm really too old to drink."

Seeing that Zong Xiu was pretending to be drunk, Li Chengqian walked quickly, and said as he walked: "Haha, Master, this is joking with us." Come, this king helps ......"

Li Chengqian didn't finish talking, and there was a 'poof' again, and there was still Zong Xiu on the bow of the boat.

"It's not good, the master has fallen into the water, go into the water to save people!"

Li Chengqian shouted anxiously.

Without waiting for those guards to enter the water, Zong Xiu had already shouted: "Don't save, don't save." His Royal Highness the Prince, the King of Wei, the lower officials were so strong that they fell into the water to offer ugliness, and the official robes on their bodies were also wet, and they were not in harmony with the etiquette, so they did not go up to sit with them. This place is not far from my house, Xia Guanyou went back to change his clothes, sober and sober. ”