Volume 1 Chapter 360 Going to the Banquet
was depressed, Chao Ge took a letter over, it was a handwritten letter sent by Liu Zhezheng, in which he told Fu Moyu very thoughtfully that he knew that he was short of money and was willing to help solve the problem of military salaries, and even if there was a shortage of money in the palace, he could also bear part of it.
Fu Moyu was so angry that he grinded his teeth, turned his face and saw that Manager Li was still standing here, and asked him to hurry up and write a post, and immediately set up the banquet.
On the day he arrived, all those in Cangwu County who thought they had a head and a face enough to have a friendship with Kui Wangfu came to give gifts, even those with lower status, and they all gave gift lists with a cheeky face, and Fu Moyu naturally accepted them honestly and unceremoniously.
This time to invite guests, the posts of the treats are scattered like snowflakes, not only Cangwu County, but also the surrounding counties, as long as they come to give gifts, they are all invited.
However, Fu Moyu posted, not everyone has the courage to go to the banquet, you must know that Cangwu County has long been regarded by Liu Zhezheng as his own backyard, and how many gentry and wealthy families have all kinds of relationships with the Liu family.
The Liu family in Cangwu County has deep roots in the local area, but King Kui is newly sent, he is the prince of the prince, and he can't stay in Cangwu County for a lifetime, and he may have to leave one day, so don't change his thighs, and hold the legs of the Liu family tightly.
The south is different from the north, a few decades ago there was a five kings in a chaotic country, five princes divided into various places, because of the fight for the throne, they each have fiefdoms, income and soldiers, and the succession is not like the north to engage in some palace conspiracy, but a real war, the fight is called a bloody flow, and the entire economy has directly regressed for decades.
Fortunately, the emperor of the northern kingdom was kind at that time and did not take the opportunity to take advantage, otherwise it would not be certain whether the southern kingdom still exists.
In the end, the prince who fought the most ruthlessly came to the throne, and learned from the pain, thinking that the reason why he had been fighting for so many years was entirely because the princes had fiefs, and if they had fiefs, they could collect their own taxes and levy troops by themselves, and they had money and soldiers, was he still willing to listen to the words of the imperial court?
I definitely don't want to.
Therefore, to completely put an end to this phenomenon, don't go to war when the sons fight for the throne in the future, the best way is to cancel their fiefdoms, everyone stays in the capital and lives on a few taels from their father, so naturally they won't cause trouble.
The emperor thought very well, and with a stroke of the pen, he made a will, and since then, the princes of the southern kingdom have no fiefs, and when they become adults, they will be crowned princes, and there is only one title, which sounds very good, but in fact, there is no benefit at all.
That's why Fu Moyu will try his best to get some soldiers in his hands.
Li Wuji was also afraid of this, so he racked his brains and didn't want to face anymore, and he had to force Fu Moyu to hand over the soldiers again.
Although Fu Moyu was ordered to go to Cangwu County to suppress bandits, but Li Wuji didn't care about these, in his opinion, Cangwu County has Liu Zhezheng, and the Sun Moon Sect didn't dare to come out at all, even if he dared, he would be beaten down by Liu Zhezheng.
As for Liu Zhezheng's wolf ambitions, Li Wuji didn't think it was a matter of concern, he felt that the Liu clan would not dare to raise troops to rebel against the imperial court, so he felt that the most important thing at the moment was to curb the development of other brothers, especially Fu Moyu.
Of course, Fu Moyu can't sit still, especially after marrying Nie Linyu, he has to give Nie Linyu a better future, he can't wait for his father to die in a few years, he takes Nie Linyu to the north to ask for a living, even if the Nie family doesn't care, he always has to think about Nie Linyu.
Husband and wife.
Therefore, Fu Moyu made up his mind to scavenge a sum of money at this banquet, and if he couldn't excuse himself because he was afraid of Liu Zhezheng, he would go directly to the door to invite him. Newcastle
Under the pretext that he was not at home, the personal soldiers sent by Fu Moyu said honestly and unceremoniously: "Didn't your master stay in the house of the ninth aunt's wife yesterday, why is he not at home at this time, and he hasn't gone out?" ”
So the man had no choice but to go to the feast.
There was a well-informed one, and he secretly wanted to hide at home, so he immediately took a carriage out of the city, who knew that Fu Moyu had already sent another soldier to guard the four city gates, only saying that he wanted to arrest the remnants of the Sun and Moon Sect, and all the people who came and went should be investigated.
Naturally, these old men couldn't hide, and as soon as the curtain was opened, the soldiers immediately recognized it, "Yo, isn't this Master Wu, our prince is a banquet guest today, you are on the invitation list, why, didn't you receive the post?" ”
This man had no choice but to go to the feast.
There is also the one who called the sick, he couldn't get up directly from the bed, and the soldiers were not ambiguous, so he directly carried the stretcher, "This is the first banquet after the prince came to Cangwu County, you are a local family, you can't help but give the prince this face, right?" ”
These people didn't dare to tear their faces openly, let alone get up and go to the banquet on their own, so they were too sick to get up, how could they walk? To deceive the emperor is to deceive the king, to deceive the prince, and the crime will not be small, right?
This man had to lie on a stretcher and go to the feast.
With a few pamps, there are people with heads and faces in Cangwu County, one counts as one, and none of them want to hide, they all gather in Kui Wangfu, all of them look at each other in shock, and they don't know what this banquet is for.
Said that it was a banquet, there was no food at all, and after sitting for a long time, there was no one to wait, let alone dim sum tea, and it took a long time for two old eunuchs to come out, holding a few glasses of water in front of the people who came to the banquet.
Although it was boiled water, these people were tired and thirsty for a long time, and they drank it one after another, and a few people were really thirsty, and they actually tasted some sweetness.
"Sure enough, it is worthy of the prince's mansion, this boiled water is so delicious, delicious, and delicious." The person gave a thumbs up.
Everyone rolled their eyes at him in unison, and the sycophants weren't filmed like this, right?
After drinking boiled water for a long time, my stomach was so hungry that I was growling, and it was easy to see two rows of palace maids coming in streams, both holding trays in their hands, and everyone couldn't help but stretch their necks to look.
These people are local nobles, many of them have never entered Beijing in their lives, saying that they are families, but in fact, they are local rich people, naturally they have never seen the palace maids, at this time they all opened their eyes wide and opened their mouths, secretly thinking that in the end it is the nobles of the sky, and the style of acting is different.
The palace maids put the meals on the table, and they immediately stopped thinking about the royal weather, even if they didn't know it anymore, they knew that the palace maids were definitely not serving any royal meals, brown rice porridge, boiled cabbage, all of which were mud legs from farming.
When have they ever eaten this? Naturally, they didn't want to move their chopsticks, and they didn't even want to look at it.
Fu Moyu sat on the main seat, always with an elegant and warm smile between his eyebrows, taking in everyone's expressions, and said, "Everyone is welcome, eat all." ”