When He Renlong saw Wanhua say this, he couldn't help but smile, and looked at Wanhua with an expression that counted him as acquaintance.

"The old man was moved to come to the old man's birthday banquet in his busy schedule, the old man was so good to the old man, how can the old man repay him!"

The third uncle said, but he couldn't help but cry.

Seeing that the third uncle was crying, Wan Hua hurriedly comforted: "Third uncle, you can't cry today, today is your big day, let's hurry in and eat!" ”

"Yes, yes, go in, go in, eat and eat."

Wanhua's ability to persuade people is really not covered, just like that, the third uncle quickly stopped his tears, greeted Wanhua, Wang Wu and their party, and entered the house.

When they arrived at the lobby, everyone sat down, and the relatives of the third uncle naturally began to offer their gifts one by one.

However, their gifts are very ordinary, either money, or some brown sugar pastries, or some crutches, rocking chairs, etc., and when it is He Renlong's turn, everyone is eye-opening.

I saw He Renlong holding a tray in both hands, and on the tray was a blue ink dress with fine workmanship.

Sent to the third uncle, He Renlong said: "Third uncle, this is the bullfighting uniform that the emperor personally rewarded me. Third uncle, you put it on and try it. ”

As soon as He Renlong's words came out, he immediately amazed everyone, but they didn't expect He Renlong to use the bullfighting suit given to him by the emperor as a birthday gift, this gift can be described as extremely valuable!

Why?

Because the ornamentation on this bullfighting suit is in the shape of a bull horn dragon, it is very powerful, and it is extremely similar to the dragon gon suit worn by the emperor himself, so this bullfighting suit is not in the system of official uniforms, and is only used as a special reward for the ministers who have made meritorious contributions, which is generally not rewarded.

It is precisely because of his scarcity that all who receive him regard it as a great honor, and when they receive it, they offer it to the highest as heirlooms.

However, the people who were able to be generously given bullfighting clothes by the emperor in the past were basically civil ministers, and military generals didn't even think about it.

But now that the world is unstable, there are more and more times to use military generals, and naturally the status of this military general has risen, and the rewards that could not be obtained before can naturally be obtained now.

Because of his many contributions to the imperial court, he was promoted to deputy general by Emperor Chongzhen, and at the same time gave him a bullfighting suit, which is a symbol of status and glory!

The third uncle looked at the bullfighting suit in surprise, and he was speechless for a long time.

"You can't do it, this is a gift from the emperor, where can you give it to the old man, no, no, you take it back, you take it back."

Seeing He Renlong's resignation, He Renlong said: "Third uncle, this is a royal gift, and it is not okay to give it to others, but you are my third uncle, my dearest person, and if you give it to you, it is not called a gift, the emperor will know it, and he will not blame it." ”

"This ,,, the emperor really won't blame ,,,?"

"No, the emperor rules the world with benevolence and filial piety, where can he be guilty of such a thing, third uncle, you can rest assured."

"Really?"

"Really! If you don't believe it, then you can ask him. ”

He Renlong said, just pointing to Wanhua on the side, and asked Wanhua to tell the third uncle.

Seeing this, Wanhua quickly stood up and said to the third uncle: "Third uncle, you can boldly accept it, it's okay, the emperor is benevolent and filial piety, who doesn't know, General He is filial, and he will give you this royal bullfighting suit as a birthday gift, the emperor will not blame him if he knows it, and maybe he will send down grace again, and maybe give more treasures to General He!" ”

Seeing Wanhua say this, the third uncle was relieved.

Don't blame the third uncle for being so careful, you must know that the things given by the emperor, even if it is a rotten stone or a broken handkerchief, it is a priceless treasure, so you have to offer him up and worship him day and night.

If you dare to give it away, it is a contempt for the imperial power, you just don't take the emperor in your eyes, if you are caught, raided, and destroyed, it is not uncommon.

Of course, the things rewarded by the emperor cannot be given away, which is why it has only been like this for hundreds of years now, and it was not like this before, for example, in the Han Dynasty, when the things given by the emperor could not only be given away, but also openly sold.

Once Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty summoned Wei Juan, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty said: "I heard that you got the six swords given by the first emperor, and you don't take them out and sell them like others, but offer them high, and you have to kowtow and worship every day, is this so?" ”

Wei Juan replied: "Yes, the minister not only offers it high, worships it every day, but also cleans and wipes it from time to time, and does not dare to slack off in the slightest." ”

When Emperor Han Jing heard this, he ordered someone to go to Wei Juan's house to check to see if what he said was true or false.

From this story, it can be seen that in the Han Dynasty, the things rewarded by the emperor are nothing extraordinary, looking at the value of money, then you can sell it if you want to, no one cares, and the emperor will not take it to heart, it is a very normal thing.

However, this matter slowly changed with the increasing majesty of the imperial power and the weaker and weaker power of the vassals, from whether it can be sold or not, to the current supremacy, sacrosanct, and it has also come all the way.

It is said that there is a descendant of a minister in the Jiajing Dynasty, and there is a porcelain bowl given by the Yongle Emperor at home, and one day he suddenly found that the porcelain bowl was broken with a big hole.

It didn't take long for this matter to be stabbed in front of Emperor Jiajing by Yanguan.

Emperor Jiajing sent someone to investigate, but how to check this matter, saying that he was thrown by someone, but who dared to drop that thing! And then there is the offering of the high, even if there are bear children at home, it can't reach it!

In the end, the investigating minister came to the conclusion that it was broken by a strong wind, because not long before the porcelain bowl was found to be broken, it was indeed a strong wind that had been blowing for several days, probably because the wind blew, and the imperial gift was broken.

This is the best of the best, because it wasn't human, and if it was man-made, God knows how many heads would have to be cut off.

But even so, the descendants of the minister were deprived of their hereditary official status because of the poor protection of the imperial gifts, and overnight, they became ordinary people, and they were lost among all living beings.