Chapter Ninety-Seven: Return to Beijing
Our Uncle Wen Yuan has returned to Beijing, which is not a big deal, at least no one restricts the freedom of our little prince of Dali to enter and leave the capital, and the agreement with the second prince does not seem to have taken effect. Therefore, Duan Zhong can theoretically enter and leave Nanjing City at will.
However, this time, our little prince of Dali returned to Beijing with some fanfare. Because he returned to Beijing with the newly appointed governor of Jiangnan, Lord Chen Weiwei, this is undoubtedly an attitude to the officials in Beijing: This governor of Jiangnan is my person.
At the same time, Duan Zhong also did something extremely incredible in the eyes of insiders: a treat. Duan Zhong posted from the first moment he returned to the mansion in Nanjing City, to hold a feast and invite guests to dinner. And the object of the invitation, the first is the second prince of our Great Liang Kingdom, and then the Prime Minister Zhu Zhenyang, the capital of Jiangbei Camp Yang Lijie, and the former Jiangnan Admiral Liao Zhangjin who is idle in Beijing.
These people are all Duan Chong's acquaintances and enemies, but Duan Chong invited them over. Of course, Duan Zhong also has to invite some other people, otherwise such a flamboyant and obvious banquet will be seen by those who have a little heart. Therefore, Duan Zhong also invited Lord Yin Xu Huanxiang of Kyoto Prefecture, Lord Ye Chaojie, the superintendent of the imperial history, Lord Wang Junpeng, the secretary of the ministry, and Bai Yifan and Huang Zhiping of Taixue. These can be regarded as old friends of Duan Chong, please please say it. And the reason used is to wash the dust for the newly appointed governor of Jiangnan, Chen Weiwei, which can be regarded as reasonable.
Most of the officials in Beijing know that our second prince has a gap with Duan Chong, but this time Duan Chong invited all the officials from the second royal highness, so everyone participated in this banquet with the attitude of watching the play, and surprisingly no one was absent.
The location of the banquet is naturally placed in the building outside the building of his own home, the silver of the province is always to be saved, and the special dish Dongpo meat in the building outside the building is famous in Beijing, and the guests here are definitely worthy of the origin of these bigwigs.
Duan Zhong sat in the chat on the third floor, chatting with Chen Wei without saying a word, as the host of the banquet, he naturally had to arrive early. The time for the dinner has not yet arrived, so the guests have not yet arrived, but it is not much time away, and after a while the guests will come one after another.
The first to arrive was the official Shangshu Wang Junpeng father and son, although this Wang Junpeng has always been steady, but he can't withstand the soft wear and tear of his son Wang Zhikun, so not only came, but also the first to come. Seeing Lord Shangshu coming, Duan Chong hurriedly got up to greet him: "Lord Shangshu is here, it really makes this restaurant shine!" ”
Lord Wang Junpeng smiled: "Where, tonight is the time for you young people, and I'm afraid that an old man is going to disturb your temperament." ”
Duan Chong waved his hand again and again, led Wang Junpeng and his son to the seat and sat down, and ordered someone to serve tea, and then said: "What Lord Shangshu said, the guests who are coming today are all nobles in Beijing, this is not calculated according to age, and the age of Lord Prime Minister or Lord Liao does not seem to be younger than Lord Shangshu." ”
Lord Wang Junpeng laughed twice when he heard this, and said two more sentences casually, and the second guest had already arrived. It was Lord Liao Zhangjin, the former governor of Jiangnan, for this Lord Liao, Duan Zhong did not rush to get up to greet him, but gave Chen Wei a look, and Chen Wei got up to greet him very familiarly: "Lord Liao, I have been looking up for a long time, and I am the only one under Chen, I am really honored to have the honor to meet my lord today!" ”
Surprisingly, our former Jiangnan Governor met the new Jiangnan Governor, showing an extremely unusual and harmonious scene. Lord Liao stretched out his hand and grabbed Chen's hand tightly and said, "This task for the benefit of the people in Jiangnan, Liao will hand it over to Brother Chen." ”
False! This is Duan Chong's only evaluation after seeing it, and this Lord Liao is inevitably too pretentious. But since today is supposed to be acting, it depends on who can act really and act well! It seems that today's Lord Liao seems to be expected to impact the Oscars. It's a pity that there is no such thing as an award in this world.
Seeing that the old and new governors were going to each other like hormones, Duan Zhong admired Chen's adaptability a little. So I didn't pay attention to how these two governors were so kind to me and me, and chatted with Lord Shangshu for a few words, and by the way, I welcomed the distinguished guests. The visit of each distinguished guest inevitably required a pleasant greeting, and when finally a distinguished guest appeared, the air was somewhat scorching and the temperature dropped.
Lord Yang Lijie, the commander of the Jiangbei camp, the general of the auxiliary state, and the master of a martial arts section of the Southern Liang. Just a few days ago, Duan Chong almost lost his life at the hands of Lord Dutong, so Duan Chong's eyes towards Lord Dutong were not so friendly, but he still had a smile on his face. And Lord Yang Lijie's face is obviously not so good, after all, a master made a mistake, which is an extremely face-hurting thing, but this kind of thing is very important for a soldier.
It's just that the current occasion doesn't seem to be suitable for seizures, so both sides just nodded and picked up their seats.
And the Prime Minister and the Second Highness came together, Duan Chong stood at the door and greeted him with a smile, and when the Second Prince walked by Duan Chong's side, he obviously felt a cold hostility shooting at him, so he paused for a moment, and still smiled at Duan Chong very elegantly, and then sat down in his place.
As the so-called highest card is often the last to play, this is a constant truth at the table. Therefore, after the arrival of the second prince, the guests at this table finally arrived, and more than ten people sat down in the chat, but it was not crowded at all, so it seems that this private room is extremely wide.
Before this feast, it was natural for someone to speak, and it should have been the second highness with the highest status, but the second highness said: "I am not the master of today's banquet, so let's leave this matter to the protagonist." "So, this task fell on the head of our protagonist Chen Weiwei.
Chen Weiwei stood up, held the wine glass, bowed very respectfully and saluted: "All of you here are the ministers of the humerus in the court, and you are just a high-ranking county guard, and it is really Chen's great luck to be able to see you before meeting Your Majesty, and I here, Chen Wei, toast you with a glass!" Then he drank the wine from his glass.
There was a sound of greetings in the audience, and this banquet finally started like this.
I have to say that the dishes in the outer building of this building are really good, and they are already as delicious as those made in the imperial dining room in the palace. So when eating, the second prince once joked that he would recruit the cook from the outer building to his palace. This sentence contains the meaning of half true and half false, because Xiao Beiping and Duan Zhong are now on the same page, since the robbery and killing incident in the southern suburbs of the imperial city, there is no room for turnaround, and after Duan Chong's forces are suppressed, the cooks in these buildings outside the building are naturally the people of the Second Highness. This is an extremely vague statement, but the position is extremely firm, Xiao Beiding is indeed unwilling to be an enemy with Duan Chong, especially in the southern suburbs of the city, after knowing that there is a martial arts master under Duan Chong's hand, he is even more unwilling, but the current situation can only force the second prince to do so, because Duan Chong is obviously not the kind of person who can reconcile with the other party after being slapped in the face, and this slap will be found sooner or later. Instead of waiting to be fanned back, it is better not to give the other party a chance to fan himself, which is indeed a good solution to this matter.
Duan Zhong asked Lord Tutong a question between the feasts.
"When will Lord Dutong return to Jiangbei camp?"
This is an extremely sensitive topic, and the biggest reliance behind the second prince is the military, which is the point that Duan Zhong fears the most. And Yang Lijie is obviously the most powerful master that His Royal Highness relies on, and this master has the former military horses stationed outside the city. Duan Chong's biggest worry at the moment is that this Lord Dutong led this thousand military horses to kill himself regardless of the consequences, maybe he can escape to death, but the forces in this capital will definitely be swept away. However, it is clear that Lord Yang Lijie is not crazy, and the development of things has not been bad to this point.
However, the most important thing at the moment is that His Majesty Emperor Wen Liang's birthday has passed more than half a month, and this Lord Dutong from Jiangbei seems to have no reason to stay in the capital for a long time. And Duan Zhong is undoubtedly announcing one thing to the second prince: You can't afford to mess with me!
Of course, Duan Chong's move is a bit risky, because he is not sure that because of this sentence, the Second Highness will be provoked to make any radical moves, and the result will naturally be a lose-lose situation, but Duan Chong will not make the first move.
Lord Dutong raised his head and looked at Duan Chong, and said with a smile: "I will leave Beijing in a few days, and there are many military affairs in the camp that need to be dealt with. Last time, at His Majesty's birthday banquet, he and Wen Yuanbo danced the sword unsatisfied, if there is a chance in the past few days, Yang Mou should come to the door to ask for advice. ”
The code words of the two sides come and go, and those who don't know the situation think that the two sides are still communicating in a friendly way. However, most of the people present were people who understood, except for the father and son of Wang Junpeng, the secretary of the ministry, and the Lord Yin Xu Huanxiang of Kyoto Prefecture, who seemed to be inseparable from the two sides, so everyone could more or less figure out some of the meanings.
Duan Chong smiled and nodded, and took all the other party's responses one by one: "When Lord Dutong leaves Beijing, don't forget to come to Duan Chong's mansion to drink two glasses of water and wine, and Duan Zhong will definitely prepare a feast to send him off." ”
Lord Yang Lijie nodded and smiled: "Certainly, definitely!" ”
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