Chapter 4: The Dinner
Ma Yun didn't say anything yet, and Wu Ban on the side said: "If we take Nanping, then many of the predicaments in front of us will be solved." ”
Ma Yun said slowly: "The people of Nanping are in difficulty, we have taken Nanping, can we have enough money and food to help these poor people?" ”
Li Xiang looked at Ma Yun's young and immature face, and couldn't help but feel in his heart that this prince had slowly matured and was no longer a crowd. For Ma Yun's question, Li Xiang has a way in his heart, but unfortunately that method is a bit cruel, so he doesn't want to say it, at least now he doesn't want to say it, and even he is secretly guessing that Ma Yun may also know this method, but everyone is unwilling to say it.
Ma Yun looked at everyone and said: "When I was on an envoy, I met a friend, his name is Shentu Congjian. ”
Li Wu and the others were stunned, and Li Xiang's eyes changed a little when he looked at Ma Yun. Wu Ban had already asked: "But that Guizhou 'Qizhai' leader Shen Tu Congjian." ”
Jack Ma nodded. Li Xiang smiled on the side: "It's really heaven helping the prince." ”
In the morning, Ma Yun sent people to the homes of Shi Wende, Ding Sijin, Cao Yun, Li Zhao and others, and invited them to meet in the evening. At ten o'clock in the evening, Ma Yun personally greeted them outside the mansion, which made everyone sincerely frightened, and they were secretly happy.
Two tables were set up for the dinner, and after the guests and hosts sat down, Ma Yun stood up and said: "Recently, Xiao Wang set up this dinner, and I would like to thank you for uniting and doing your best to govern Yuezhou when I was the envoy." Today, the people of Yuezhou live and work in peace and contentment, a thriving scene, all of which are the credit of you, and I thank you for the people of Yuezhou. As he spoke, he actually bent down and bowed deeply. Shi Wende and the others didn't expect him to give such a big gift at all, they were all taken aback, and they refused to accept such a big gift from him, and they got up and knelt on the ground one after another.
Ma Yun hurriedly stepped forward, helped Shi Wende with one hand, and Li Xiang with the other, waved his hand to everyone, and said, "Everyone just get up, Xiao Wang can't stand everyone's gift." ”
Seeing that everyone got up, Ma Yun said slowly: "Your lords may think that Xiao Wang is making a big fuss. But Xiao Wang thinks that you are worthy of this gift. Mencius said: The people are the most important, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light. Wei Zheng also once said: "Water can carry a boat, and it can also capsize a boat." "For my Dachu, the people's peace and contentment, and the stability of the country, that is the real key. It is also your real political achievement, so Xiao Wang took his father to thank you. ”
Listening to Ma Yun's words, Wu Ban's face was happy, Li Xiang nodded faintly, and Zhao Pu looked hesitant. After Shi Wende came in, he has been observing the guests of the banquet: Wu Cheng, Li Xiang, Liao Renyong, Ding Sijin, Cao Yun, Zhao Pu, Ma Guangmeng, Zhang Wenbiao, Zhou Xingfeng, Chen Xu, Qian Qing, Shi Da, Li Zhao, some of these people have a close relationship with the five princes, and some of them are directly promoted and reused by him, so it can be said that they are all the people of the five princes of Great Chu. Only Shi Wende himself is an exception. In the past two months, Yuezhou's new policy has been implemented, so that Shi Wende's dead heart has seen hope again, thinking of this, Shi Wende stood up, and said with excitement in his heart: "The prince loves the people so much, it is really the rebirth of King Wumu, this is the luck of the people of Yuezhou." When the king knows, he will surely praise it even more. ”
Ma Yun said with a smile: "Lord Shi is serious, Xiao Wang patrols the heavens, and supervises Yuezhou, so he should benefit the people." If you have some credit, it is thanks to the concerted efforts of all of you. I would like to give you a toast. ”
Ma Yun drank it all, and then said: "In addition to thanking you for your hard work for the people, I still want to take this dinner today to thank General Liao, Qian Qing, Shi Da and the athletes in the 30th Army, if it weren't for your life and death to protect Xiao Wang, Xiao Wang would not have returned to Yuezhou safely." "It's another salute. Liao Renyong, Qian Qing, and Shi Da hurriedly knelt down, and Liao Renyong said: "Lord Wang, this is what the last general should do, and I dare not thank the prince Lao." ”
Ma Yun also helped Liao Renyong and them up, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, you may not know that Xiao Wang has really encountered a big risk in Bianjing, if it weren't for General Liao's desperate rescue and breaking Bianjing, Xiao Wang would have fallen into the hands of Feng Yu's thief." ”
Shi Wende and the others were surprised when they heard this, they naturally didn't know that there was such a thing, and there was a faint worried expression on their faces. Ma Yun said with a smile: "At that time, the Great Jin Dynasty dispatched 1,000 forbidden troops, but General Liao and others did not panic at all, and kept Xiao Wang calmly breaking out. Thinking that the Great Jin Forbidden Army is also a division of a hundred battles, it was easily highlighted by dozens of Chu Zhongjian, which shows that my Great Chu sergeant is by no means as weak as some people think. This battle can be said to have completely played out the prestige of my Great Chu. I salute General Liao, you with a glass. "Ma Yun can highlight Bianjing City, in fact, it mainly depends on Guo Rong, Zhao Kuangyin, and Sang Weihan's order that he can't use arrows, but in this situation, no one will say it boringly.
Ma Yun finished drinking, paused, and said: "Lord Shi, I want to build an ancestral hall in Yuezhou to worship the athletes who died in the war this time. What do you think? ”
Today, Shi Wende is constantly amazed, this legendary prince who likes horse racing and loves martial arts, first values the people, and then sings benevolence and righteousness, this change is really big. Shi Wende nodded again and again and said, "This is good governance, I will order someone to handle it tomorrow." ”
Ding Sijin stood up and said, "The last general is for the 7,000 Yuezhou soldiers, thank you." ”
Ma Yun waved his hand and said with a smile: "This third, I want to use this dinner to send General Liao to Changsha to resume his life." I salute General Liao with a cup and wish him good soldiers in the future and win battles often. ”
Liao Renyong hurriedly stood up and took the wine glass and drank it all.
Next, everyone toasted casually, and the scene gradually became lively, especially the table of Zhou Xingfeng, Zhang Wenbiao, and Qian Qing, their generals, was even more lively. Ma Yun drank a little too much, stood up and went to the stone chair in the front hall to do it, ready to sober up and go in again.
At this time, Li Zhao walked over with a smile, Ma Yun beckoned him to sit beside him, and asked, "Big businessman, is the business good lately?" ”
Li Zhao said with a smile: "Thanks to the prince's wealth, everything is fine at the moment, but there is one thing, which is a little difficult to do, I don't know whether to say it or not?" ”
Ma Yun was a little drunk, patted Li Zhao's shoulder with a smile, and said, "You kid is really dishonest, you always say half of this, say it, say whatever you want." We are not outsiders, and Yuezhou can have today, not because you said that the businessmen in Chuzhong came to Yuezhou to do business. ”
Li Zhao's eyes seemed to be crooked with a smile, and he said again and again: "No, no, no, this is the prince's governance in line with the will of the people, and your lords handle everything impartially, so there is a scene of businessmen from all over the world gathering in Yuezhou." How can the villain have half the credit. ”
Ma Yun smiled and said, "I heard that you and my government jointly set up a tea shop?" ”
Li Zhao nodded again and again, and said, "That's Miss Peng, watch the villain do things quickly, and let the villain take care of some things." The villain would not dare to cooperate with the palace. ”
Ma Yun said gently: "You don't have to worry, the palace will not treat you badly, we will all divide it according to our parts, and we will never take advantage of it." By the way, what difficulties did you just say? ”
Li Zhaojian said business, swept away the drunken state just now, and said: "Lord Wang, the only difficulty is that although we don't collect tariffs in Yuezhou, Nanping is too bad, so the businessmen have a lot of words about it." ”
Ma Yun let out an "oh", his eyes flickered but he didn't speak.
Li Zhao's eyes looked around, and he lowered his voice and said: "Now that Nanping is cramped and people's hearts are floating, can the prince be interested?" ”