Chapter 275: Banquet

The heavy snow fell one after another, dyeing the entire Chang'an City white, covered in silver, and white. In the blink of an eye, the wax moon of the sixth year of Zhenguan has arrived.

"It's snowing!" Zhang Yunwen pushed open the window, only to see that his eyes were white, and a wisp of cold wind mixed with this snowflake flew in.

At this time, a coquettish voice came: "Xianggong, don't close the window quickly, this wind is strong!" ”

Zhang Yunwen closed the window with his hand, turned around and smiled at Zhi Rou on the bed, walked to the side of the bed, and looked at the beautiful woman who hugged Luo Ji's fur together, revealing a thin silk dress, but sat on the edge of the bed and put the fur on her.

"It's time to get up, today Your Majesty is going to set up a banquet to celebrate the Shan Palace, you and Sister Runan don't be late at Niangniang!" Zhang Yunwen said with a smile.

Zhi Rou smiled coquettishly: "I know, you are very verbose, and I don't know how many times I have said it!" ”

Zhang Yunwen suddenly made a vicious expression: "What, it's too long-winded!" I'll let you know what verbose is now! As he spoke, he lifted the Luo Gu on the bed and pounced on him like a wolf.

Zhi Rou suddenly let out a coquettish snort, and then let out a burst of "giggle" laughter.

Stepping on the snow in the courtyard, each step leaves a shallow footprint.

Li Yu walked in the front, like an innocent little girl, constantly stepping on the soft snow. The red deerskin boots stand out in the snow.

A luxurious carriage stopped at the gate, and the three of them patted the snowflakes on their bodies and squeezed into the carriage.

The stout coachman raised his whip in his hand, and the carriage started slowly. Two deep ruts were left on the snow.

When I came to the outside of the imperial city, I saw that there was already a long line of carriages outside, and few came on horseback. Think about it, who would come in such a big wind and snow.

Entering the imperial city, the people in the carriage got out of the carriage one after another, met, hugged each other and said hello, and politely gave way. As for the carriages, they were parked on the side streets.

When Zhang Yunwen came out of the carriage with his second daughter, he found that there were not many people left, and many dignitaries had already entered Chengtianmen and walked towards the palace.

At this time, the door of a carriage next to it also slowly opened, and what came out of it was Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng, and his princess's heirs.

Zhang Yunwen hadn't seen Li Daozong for a year or two, so he walked over and said to Li Daozong: "Hehe, Brother Daozong, don't come to harm?" ”

Li Daozong saw that it was Zhang Yunwen, and he also hugged his fists and smiled: "It turned out to be Brother Yunwen!" You and I have been separated from Taiyuan since the beginning, but we haven't seen each other for a while! ”

At this time, Li Yu and Zhirou also came up to salute. Zhi Rou bowed generously and shouted, "Meet the prince!" And Li Yu was silent for a long time, and shouted with some embarrassment: "Yu'er has seen uncle!" ”

Zhang Yunwen and Li Daozong suddenly looked embarrassed, this generation is really messy!

Fortunately, an official came over to greet them, and the two of them got rid of their embarrassment.

He walked into the palace with these officials politely.

Qingshan Palace was once the place where Li Shimin lived when he was the king of Qin, so Li Shimin still has a lot of feelings for this place. Holding a banquet here shows the importance attached to the ministers and nobles attending the banquet.

The main hall of Qingshan Palace was already very wide, and for this banquet, all things such as curtains and screens were removed, and several tables were placed on both sides, and soft cushions were placed on both sides.

After entering Qingshan Palace, Li Yu and Zhirou walked to the side hall together with Li Daozong's princess and several ladies, led by a palace lady. Empress Eldest Sun is holding a banquet in the side hall to entertain these young ladies.

Zhang Yunwen and Li Daozong came to the gate of the main hall, and a palace lady greeted them, politely asked about the identities of the two, and then led them to a place and whispered: "Lord Wang, this is your location!" He said to Zhang Yunwen at the next place: "Master Hou, this is your position!" ”

Li Daozong and Zhang Yunwen knelt on the cushion.

Zhang Yunwen looked around, and Zhang Yunwen suddenly saw that the arrangement of this order was very exquisite. At the bottom of Li Shimin's case, there is a step that is not high, and there are four cases on the top of the step. Three steps further down the stairs is the hall where Zhang Yunwen and the others are.

Let's take a look at the people sitting at the head of Zhang Yunwen, Wenchen has Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Changsun Wuji and others, and military generals have Li Jing, Li Ji and others. Zhang Yunwen was surprised to find that he was still quite high, if he was ranked according to the position in the main hall, among the civil and military warriors, he could probably rank in the twenties.

At this time, several heroes were arranged in front and occupied some of the top positions. When I looked back, I saw that the seats behind me were already full of people, some of them were chatting with their colleagues on the side, and some were closing their eyes and meditating. As for the dried fruit tea on the table in front of each official, no one moved.

At this time, I saw a black-chested man at the door, wearing a black shirt, but it was Zhang Yunwen's master-Wei Chigong.

Under the leadership of Gong E, Wei Chigong went straight to Li Daozong's side, and finally sat at Li Daozong's head.

Wei Chigong sat down for a while, and before he had time to take a closer look at the surrounding seats, he heard a sharp voice coming: "Your Majesty has arrived, everyone welcomes you!" ”

After all the ministers walked out of the case together, they came to the main hall and bowed their heads and said, "Congratulations to Your Majesty!" ”

Behind Li Shimin was Li Chengqian, who was wearing a bright yellow robe, and behind him were Li Xiaogong, Li Shentong, the two princes of the clan, and Li Yuan, the emperor.

Li Shimin said with a smile: "Hehe, today's banquet is a joy for the monarchs and ministers, and all Aiqing don't have to be formal!" Everyone, take a seat, take a seat! He sat down first.

The ministers returned to their seats.

Seeing everyone sitting still, Li Shimin smiled and said: "Today, we and other monarchs and ministers gather here to celebrate peace!" I think that at the beginning, the Tang Dynasty grass was established, the group was strong and spied on, and I had countless Tang Dynasty boys, Dongping Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, Xiao Liang and Du Fuwei in the south, and Lingnan was smooth. Zhenguan three years, and broke the Eastern Turks in Yinshan, captured 200,000 people, now the four seas are peaceful, the people live and work in peace and contentment, all are the work of the Qing and others! At the end of the day, it was already a loud voice. A loud voice echoed throughout the hall.

"Your Majesty......" After listening to Li Shimin's words, some ministers were already red-eyed, looking at Li Shimin with excitement, and only exhaled these two words in their mouths!

Li Shimin sat down and said with a loud smile: "Today, the monarchs and ministers are happy together, all of you Aiqing have their own poems, and I will judge!" Living, orchestral! ”

When the musician next to him heard this, he raised his hand, and suddenly the faint sound of silk and bamboo surrounded the entire hall.

Starting from the eldest grandson Wuji, to Fang Xuanling, and then to Wei Zheng, all famous ministers stood up and wrote a poem, with the melodious sound of the orchestra, full of ancient meaning.

Of course, the only officials who write poems are those important ministers and old ministers, and the rest of the officials just want to write a poem, and they are not qualified.

Li Shimin commented on the last two sentences from time to time, mostly praise.

After finishing the poem, Li Shimin took a sip of tea and ordered: "Let the hundred workers play "Success Celebration and Good Music", and make the boy "Dance of Nine Achievements"! ”

Just listening to the sound of silk and bamboo, the original melodious sound of ancient rhyme has become a festive sound, and the rhythm is bright. Then sixty-four boys in red jackets entered the main hall, with eight people in rows, which was called eight hundred (yi). This kind of dance is for the Son of Heaven to enjoy.

As soon as the sound of festive silk and bamboo sounded, everyone knew that the banquet had begun. A row of palace ladies held silver plates in their hands, walked along the corners of the wall to each case, and put down the wine jugs and saucers in their hands.

After the dance of the eight hundred was completed, Li Shimin let him play "Breaking the Array Music" and dancing "Breaking the Array Dance". Suddenly, the music was exciting, and a team of sturdy dancers wearing clothes and armor, carrying swords and shields, danced this vigorous "Breaking Array Dance" in the main hall.

Zhang Yunwen was watching the dance with great interest, chewing the food on his plate, when he suddenly heard an angry roar from beside him: "What are you doing, sit on me?" Suddenly turned his head in surprise, only to see Wei Chigong saying to an official sitting above him.

As soon as he heard this, Zhang Yunwen immediately glanced at Li Daozong, who was sitting on top of him, and hurriedly stood up, walked to Wei Chigong's side, and persuaded in a low voice: "Master, don't be angry, now is Your Majesty's banquet, if Your Majesty's interest is ruined, I'm afraid it will be bad!" ”

Wei Chi Gong still listened to Zhang Yunwen's words, but when he saw the official sitting on top of him with his head hanging down, he was angry again, and pushed Zhang Yunwen away, pushing him unprepared to the ground: "Yunwen, don't worry about the old man, the old man just wants to ask him, what is the merit for him to be able to sit on top of me?" ”

Li Daozong saw Zhang Yunwen falling, helped Zhang Yunwen up, and said to Wei Chigong: "General Wei Chi is so unreasonable, Yunwen is just persuading, why did you push him to the ground?" ”

Wei Chigong was furious when he heard this, and he didn't think about it, he raised a fist the size of a sand bowl and smashed it at Li Daozong.

Zhang Yunwen saw Yu Chigong move his fist, and hurriedly pushed Li Daozong away, and with a wave of his palm, he separated Yu Chigong's fist.

Wei Chigong saw that it was Zhang Yunwen, but he didn't make another move, but turned his head and looked at the official at the top with indignation.

"Enough!" A loud shout came from directly above the main hall. Wei Chigong looked up, but saw Li Shimin's angry eyes. Looking at the officials again, except for a few important ministers and generals, the rest all hung their heads, as if this matter had nothing to do with them!

After Li Shimin roared, the hall was suddenly quiet.

Before Wei Chigong could speak, Wei Chigong knelt down in front of Li Shimin first: "Your Majesty, the master came from Xiangzhou, the journey was tiring, and he was in a bad mood, so he was a little irritable, so he made a move!" I hope Your Majesty can forgive Master! ”

Li Shimin looked at Zhang Yunwen, only to see that he looked anxious, not as if he was fake, and snorted coldly at the moment: "Yunwen, you step back first!" ”

Zhang Yunwen retreated as he said. He knew that in this incident, Li Shimin did not punish Wei Chigong severely, but only reprimanded a few words. And Li Daozong, the victim of this incident in history, was almost blinded in one eye by Wei Chigong.

Li Shimin walked down the steps in a few steps, came to Yu Chigong's side, looked at Wei Chigong with a straightforward face, and sighed: "I read the history of the Han Dynasty and saw that there were few heroes of Gaozu who had won all the merits, and I was especially impressed. And since he was in the great position, he often wanted to protect the heroes and make his descendants endless. Ran Qingju officials violated the constitution, and only then did they know that Han and Peng Yi were killed, which was not the sorrow of Han Zu. National events, only rewards and punishments, non-sharing of grace, can not be counted, reluctant self-cultivation, no regrets. ”

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Wei Chigong's face suddenly turned red, and he hurriedly leaned over and bowed, pleading guilty.

After this, the ministers continued to drink wine, dine, and sing and dance, as if nothing had happened.

Zhang Yunwen sat next to Wei Chigong, poured a glass of wine for Wei Chigong from time to time, and drank silently with him.