The Winter Festival is the Winter Solstice Festival, which was one of the most important festivals of the year in the Sui and Tang dynasties more than 1,000 years ago, just like the New Year's Day Festival in later generations. On this day, Li Yuan, who is not only Jinyang, summoned the civil and military forces to spend this festival together, but Yang Er also set up an unprecedented grand banquet in the palace of King Jin of Luzhou to spend the festival with the hundred officials of Luzhou. It's just that the atmosphere here is completely different from the banquet of Tang Guogong Li Yuan.

Today, Yang Er prepared a "hot pot feast" for hundreds of officials that had never been seen in the Great Sui Dynasty.

Dozens of tables are obviously specially made, each table has a sunken stove in the middle, which is lit with anthracite coal transported from Zezhou, above the red flame is a custom iron pot, the style of the pot is the common "mandarin duck soup pot" in the hot pot restaurant in later generations, each table is placed with a variety of dishes, almost all the vegetables that should be available in this era, such as: cabbage, lettuce, rice cake, potato chips, lettuce, bracken, micro cabbage, camellia, gray cabbage, purslane, Meng Niang vegetables, four-leaf vegetables, etc. Meat dishes are mainly beef, beef offal, tripe, pork belly, marinated fat sausage, fish fillet, etc., and each table also has cold chicken nuggets, garlic white meat, etc. On each table is a bowl of sesame oil, salt, and minced water knotweed (a chili pepper of this era); In addition, there is a porcelain bottle of five-grain spring wine on each table of civil officials, and a jar of fine wine is placed on the table of military generals without exception. In short, the basic ingredients that Sichuan hot pot should have in later generations are basically complete, which is all the credit of Ma Shumou, and under the initiative of Yang Er, Ma Shumou began to prepare a few days in advance, including the dining table, iron pot, ingredients, etc. Today is finally presented in front of Yang Er and Baiguan.

Before the hot pot feast began, Uncle Ma and other subordinates had already taught the hundred officials how to eat this kind of hot pot before Yang Er appeared, because the eating method was very simple, basically the hundred officials present were all thorough, and the fragrance emitted from the pot had already provoked the hundred officials. Fortunately, this torment did not last long, and under the help of everyone, Yang Er, Zhong Jian, and Chuchen turned out of the back hall and came to their central main seat to sit, and Zhong Jian and Chuchen also sat down at the two tables behind the side.

Yang Er looked down, and there were all the civil officials headed by Pei Shiju sitting in a few rows on his left, and all the generals and military attachés of the military camps in Hedong on the right hand, and all the generals above the 4th lieutenant general attended this hot pot feast. Among them are Yin Lu Zhaolin, the governor of Zezhou, whom Yang Er has not seen for a long time, and Wu Tianxi, the general of the town guard in the same class, and two deputy generals, all of whom were summoned by Yang Er's letter and specially accompanied the escort coal and iron carts to Luzhou in the wind and snow.

The main hall of the palace was already steaming at this time, and there was no chill. The generals had even taken off the down cotton jacket they were wearing early, and only wore a single shirt underneath.

Yang Er looked around for a week, and then said to everyone: "Ladies and gentlemen, this king has set up this hot pot feast here today, firstly, to celebrate this winter festival, and secondly, to thank the princes for their efforts for the development of our Hedong. At present, the situation in Hedong is very different from that of all parts of our Great Sui, and the displaced people everywhere have come to hear the name of our Hedong, which has injected abundant manpower into the development of our Hedong, and at the same time, it has also strengthened the power of the Jin army in Hedong. The development of the four industries of industry, agriculture, military and commerce far exceeds that of the whole country, which is given by the princes here. Come! Raise the wine in the cup, and you and I will drink a cup together to congratulate me on the prosperity of Hedong! ”

After hearing this, the hundred officials got up together, holding the wine in their hands and drinking it in one gulp under the leadership of Yang Er. Yang Er used gestures to let everyone sit down, and the hot pot banquet officially began. Yang Er had already had a great appetite, and regardless of whether the hundred officials below cared about it or not, he directly took off his coat, rolled up his sleeves, and went straight to the large piece of cut beef.

When the officials saw that their lords didn't care about their personal image, they all took a look at each other and began to make a fierce move. A few anxious generals didn't even wait for the beef to be fully cooked before they took a bite to their mouths.

The civil servants in the seat are still relatively elegant, and even taste the taste of these various dishes with others nearby while eating, talking and laughing.

"Your Royal Highness, my Hedong has successively received nearly 300,000 people from Jinyang as refugees, and it is said that there are nearly 50,000 people still on the way to my Hedong, so that the number of new people in my Hedong has reached more than 350,000, according to His Highness's pre-arrangement, this group of people will be resettled in the counties of Luzhou, and a large number of people will be sent to the villages of Taihang Mountain for resettlement, but these hundreds of thousands of people into Hedong are accompanied by officials under the supervision of Tang Gong Li Yuan, and I sent 250,000 people to Taihang Mountain, which will inevitably be deterred by these Jinyang officials, what if Tang Gong knew? Pei Shiju put down his chopsticks and asked Yang Er. In Pei Shiju's opinion, this matter can be big or small, but if it is not handled well, it may cause Li Yuan's dissatisfaction with the King of Jin, after all, these people are temporarily taking refuge in Hedong, and he still has the top men in each family.

Yang Erjian said, and also stopped politely, and said casually while taking a wet towel to wipe the corners of his mouth: "What's so difficult about this!" All the accompanying Tang officials will be sent back to Jinyang, and no one will be stationed in Hedong. In addition, count the families of the people who enter the mountain, ask the name of the head of the male family in Jinyang, and send each person a notice document to the people, saying that the preferential treatment of their families after entering the mountain can be reassured, just wait for the family reunion in the future. ”

"Your Highness is clever, so that you can settle into the hearts of the people in the mountains, so that they can develop in the mountains with peace of mind; The second is to move the hearts of those who stay in Jinyang, so that their hearts will return, and urge them to go south to Taihang Mountain to reunite with their families. That's a wonderful plan! After listening to Yang Er's words, Yu Wenhua echoed loudly. After listening to Yu Wenhua's supplementary words, the officials also fully understood the meaning of their lord, and they all kept applauding, and the atmosphere of the banquet became better.

"Your Highness, whether this move needs to be reported to the imperial court, our dynasty has always been a big deal when it comes to population migration. If you go against the will of the Tang Dynasty and forcibly occupy its population, it will inevitably provoke the accountability of the imperial court, and then you can ---- "Liu Wenjing is a contemporary celebrity after all, and looking at the problem is much more long-term than the gloomy Yu culture, after all, it is not a small number of people who have seized this time, it is nearly 400,000!" How could Tang Gong Li Yuan suffer this secret loss, he was bound to use all forces to stop it. It is inevitable to complain to the emperor.

"Mr. Zhaoren is too worried." At this time, Lu Zhaolin, another famous minister of this era, took over the topic and continued: "I only need to write a letter from my lord to the current emperor, saying that after these people took refuge in Hedong, they felt the favor of my Hedong and voluntarily stayed in my place, what does it have to do with the Tang Gong?" Would the Tang Duke be willing to give them the land? Besides, they are all my people of the Great Sui, and it is not the same where they live. ”

After Lu Zhaolin finished speaking, he immediately caused the whole house to laugh. Even Yang Er laughed along, thinking to himself, worthy of being the henchman he brought out single-handedly, this mind turned out to be the same as his own.

"Lord Lu, come, this king toasts you." Yang Er did not reply to Liu Wenjing directly, but raised a glass to drink with Lu Zhaolin alone. This basically means that Lu Zhaolin's statement was approved by King Jin. The whole world belongs to his Yang family, the son wants it, but the father still has a reason not to give it?

Liu Wenjing also smiled at this time, brushed the short beard under her chin and nodded, no longer entangled.

"Lord, even if this is the case, we must also prevent Li Yuan from tearing his face with my Hedong, and now there are no heavy troops guarding the northeast of my river, which is a hidden danger!" Li Jing, the first military general, reminded calmly.

"Yes! In the coming year, there will be less Turkic attacks, and Li Yuan will also be relieved, and his Tang army will inevitably move south to guard against me. Yang Er said softly, and the civil and military officials also nodded in approval of this statement at this time. They all stopped their chopsticks and whispered in twos and threes, only Xiong Kuohai, Zhai Rang and a few others didn't care about this matter, they just kept eating and drinking.

"Where is General Yiwei Ding Yanping?" After Yang Er thought about it, he directly looked at the group of generals and looked for the pair of spear generals.

"The end will be." Ding Yanping suddenly heard his master shouting his name, hurriedly put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth and immediately got up and replied.

"This king ordered you to step up the training of the army, and after half a month, lead the headquarters of 20,000 horses and horses to the north of Hedong County, garrison Puxian, and prevent the Tang army from taking the middle road to the south." Yang Er said sharply.

"Get the order, and the last general will lead the headquarters to garrison Puxian in half a month." After saying that, he bowed his hand and sat down with a smile.

"Where is General Mingwei Luo Song?" Yang Er named the big knife Luo Song again. Luo Song immediately got up and answered.

"This king ordered you to lead 20,000 horses and horses from your headquarters to the northeast of Hedong County to garrison Huo County in half a month to prevent the Tang army from taking the east road south."

"Gotta order!" Luo Song shouted happily. The other generals in the state capital were all full of envy for the two of them who were sent abroad to lead the army to Duzhen. Zhai Rang even stopped his mouth and looked in Yang Er's direction with blank eyes.

"Zhai Rang, the loyal general, and Hou Junji, the commander of the light car, listen to the order." Yang Er saw Zhai Rang's eyes, so he shouted at Zhai Rang.

Zhai and Hou Erjiang hurriedly got up and bowed their hands.

"Ordered Zhai Rang to be the main general, Hou Junji to be the deputy general, after a month, lead the headquarters to enter Jiangxian County, and respond to the two generals Ding and Luo, you 4 people should be the barrier for the king to prevent the enemy in the north, and not let the Tang soldiers enter my Hedong, do you hear clearly?" Yang Er said sharply to the two.

"Please rest assured, the two of us will guard the northern defense line for the lord and will not let the Tang soldiers enter my east of the river." Zhai Rang also replied confidently at this time. He has the best relationship with these three people, and now they can take on the important task of defending the north together, and the three places are not very far apart, which is also convenient for the communication between the three places and the assistance in wartime.

"Okay, today is a day of celebration, and we shouldn't be talking about political affairs, so stop here, we have to talk about political affairs tomorrow, and what we need to do now is to eat and drink well. Come, let the king and the princes drink this cup again. Yang Er raised his glass to everyone, not wanting to talk about political affairs, so as not to spoil the atmosphere of today's drinking, and if the atmosphere is not good, he is sorry for his brother Uncle Ma's careful preparation. Although, in Yang Er's eyes, he had already seen Ma Shumou in the corner of the hall and his closest partner Yang Xing, the two didn't care about what was being discussed in the hall at all, they just lowered their heads and talked and ate and drank non-stop. Yang Er's eyes were sharp, and he had already seen a few duck intestines picked up by Uncle Ma on his chopsticks, as well as a plate of pig brain flowers and duck blood on the table, and a few things that were obviously not on his table. Yang Er couldn't help but swallow a few mouthfuls of saliva.

A hot pot feast made the civil and military officials feast, wine and meat, until late at night, the end of the officials, one after another to return home. Yang Er relied on his good alcohol and accompanied him until the end, and the last person to leave was Yuwen Chengdu, who was already drunk. Before he got drunk, he kept complaining that he didn't get the errand of the leader, Yang Erhao said in a word, and after pouring a few glasses of wine with him, Yuwen Chengdu's resentment was dissipated.

Early the next morning, the heavy snow of the night stopped, and the sun burst out of the horizon after a long absence. The cold air between heaven and earth was dissipated by the sunlight, and the white space inside and outside the city was very beautiful. Seeing this, Yang Er became interested, started his luxurious carriage, sat on the car, and took Laihu'er and Erzhang out of the city to enjoy the snow.

At this time, the situation on the Turkic steppe was completely different from that in Hedong, and it could be described as a bleak place. Severe snow has caused cattle and sheep to starve to death, but this year's livestock died of freezing and starvation is different from previous years, this year because of the agreement with the Jin King of Hedong, even the livestock that died of freezing and starvation can be exchanged for the most needed grain in the grassland today, instead of abandoning the wasteland. Because of the uninterrupted supply of grain from Hedong, there has been no serious famine among the Turkic tribes in the steppe, but each tribe has to take out their surplus horses, cattle, sheep, hides and other things in exchange for food to survive the long winter.

"Dalit, how are the cattle, sheep, horses, etc. prepared? We must not delay the supply of the next batch of food to our tribe. Someone is urging it. Shabali Khan, who was in the account of the Turkic king, said to the Dalits sitting in the tent.

"The Great Khan is relieved, everything he needs is ready to stop, and he will be on the road tomorrow when the weather is fine. This time, there were 20,000 good horses, 10,000 cattle and 10,000 sheep and sheep, 50,000 cow skins and 5,000 cattle and sheep that froze to death. It is estimated that the amount of grain that can be exchanged for this time can reach 250,000 stones, which can be used by our tribes in January. Dalit whispered to Shabalio Khan about the amount of material exchanged.

"Well, this time you can send 200,000 taels of gold, plus the total of 500,000 taels sent last time, there are 300,000 taels left, and I will send them together next time. Hum! This thing is also stored with him temporarily, and sooner or later Ben Khan will personally send troops to collect all the gold. Sha Boluo said coldly, he didn't care much about these yellow and white things, they were all snatched from Han people from all over the world.

"It's just that you have to bring back some anthracite coal from him by the way, and I have some black smoke coal here, so it is inconvenient to burn it in my tent," added Sha Bo Luo Khan, fiddling with the coal in the fire.

"It was natural, and the exchange for his anthracite was within the imagination of the lowly position. Hehe! The humble post also bought dozens of tender Han women for the Great Khan and the princes to come back for the pastime of the Great Khan and the princes. Dalit chuckled.

At this time, his mind was full of his pink figure in Chang'an City, and the saliva at the corners of his mouth flowed unconsciously.