"I have heard that there is a warrior of the Eastern Kingdom, the star of the Qing clan, who is loyal and resolute......" In our hope, the "angel" finally descended on Katsura Kawaguchi Castle, and at this moment he was standing in the middle of the hall, reading the emperor's decree in a long, slender voice in the classical court style.

I listened to this "heavenly sound" with a respectful appearance, but I was thinking about one thing in my heart. I felt a little awkward when I got out of the car, and I couldn't tell what it was for a while! This person's name is Zhengqin Town Jixiu, and the official worship is from the three powers, and he is a figure who is not well-known in the imperial court. When I say he's awkward, I don't mean he's ugly, no! Although he is not handsome, he can be regarded as flat-headed and straight-faced, but he is ...... He's not like the ministers I've seen before. I looked up and looked at him again. Black hats, court clothes...... Oh, I see! It turned out that his face was not ****, and his teeth were not blackened, and if you look closely, even the court clothes have been changed! The big sleeves of the court dress were tightened at the elbow bend, which made the original "tube sleeves" become a fluttering "flare", which is really a bold idea!

“…… Today, I am awarded the position of the six military ministers, and I hope that they will fulfill their loyalty and do not live up to my hopes! Just as I was thinking about it, Chincha finished reading.

"The minister will live up to the emperor's grace!" After the prostration, I passed the decree in his hand. "Please go to the back and take a bath and rest, I have arranged it for you......"

"Lord Bingbu doesn't have to be polite!" Ji Xiu interrupted my statement with an impatient wave of his hand, and for some reason he seemed very unhappy when we met. "It's only 20 miles from Kyoto, and I'm going back after lunch!"

"Won't Your Excellency stay for a few days?" I was surprised by his decision, which was not in line with the convention I had heard.

"No need!" This time he simply omitted my official position. “…… The lord is a fierce general who shocked, and His Royal Highness Oda Dan Masada must rely on a lot, so Benqing will not bother more! ”

"Your Excellency is really worried about state affairs, and you can be a model for us!" I never hesitate to compliment on my face, and after slapping my hands twice, an attendant walked in from outside. "Is Your Excellency's lunch ready?"

"It's ready!" He bowed respectfully in reply.

"Your Excellency......" I said to Masamicho Jixiu again: "You have worked hard all the way!" There is no reward in the next, a little light wine in the back hall, and please be able to enjoy the light! ”

"Okay, let's go!" He shrugged his shoulders indifferently.

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"Hiss~~~!" I could clearly hear him inhale deeply. Murai Sadakatsu is indeed a capable person, and without knowing the exact date of Kincha's arrival, he not only prepared standard banquet materials, but also absolutely fine! Knowing that more than 90 percent of the dishes are made of fish, and most of them are marine fish, it is not easy to keep more than 20 kinds of fresh sea fish on the shores of Lake Biwa, which is far from the coast.

"Your Excellency, please!" I made a gesture of invitation to a table on the Lord's seat.

"Oh...... Oh, Lord Bingbe, really...... It's too much of a waste of money! Ji Xiu was stunned for a moment and then returned to normal, but the expression on his face was obviously kind and kind. He sat down in the middle of the bench and waved to me again. "You'll know after a long time of contact! Actually, I'm a person who doesn't pay so much attention to the rules, so I don't have to be too restrained in front of me! ”

"Your Excellency is too humble!" I wasn't comfortable with his sudden change, so I was a little more cautious. "The high position of an adult is the pillar of the imperial court, and it is only a ...... below"

"The imperial court can't stand on its own, so what's the use of asking me for this 'pillar stone'?" He pursed his lips with a look of disdain. "I'm not the same as those guys in the Juting sunny season, obviously the family is so hungry that the rats have run away, but they still pretend to be 'big' all day long, and the noble one who has no strength to back up is a fart!"

Your Excellency ...... witty, "His performance really stunned me and I was overwhelmed.

"That's right! There's something I want to ask you......" Masahimachi Jihide said suddenly. "Is there a big income gap between the samurai of your Oda family? How did I hear the last time I went to Chokoji Castle to preach the message to the Shibata Katsu family, and said that Shibata's hospitality was really bad, it was a hillbilly! ”

"I don't know too much about Shibata-sama's affairs...... "I suddenly understood why he had that attitude in the first place." Actually, I'm not from an Owari family, and I don't have a lot of dealings with him! But I didn't do anything in the following myself, just according to the precedents......"

"Exception? What is the precedent? He asked, surprised. I see! Ha, ha, ha, 、......" He laughed when he saw the book I handed over.

"Is there something wrong?" I asked weakly.

"Lord Bingbu probably doesn't know......" he stopped laughing and began to explain to me. In fact, there are many kinds of chincha, and in addition to the difference in grades, what kind of mission is also an important factor! The most important thing is to patrol the hunt on behalf of the emperor, and this kind of cha can handle all affairs on behalf of the emperor. Further down is the extraordinary powers, which are limited to one area. The third type is the special folding, whose task is mainly to understand and participate in a specific matter. In the end, he is the messenger, but he is just a person who uploads and distributes! As mentioned in this book, Fujiwara Yoritsu is not only a minister of the Taizheng who is also the regent of Sekihaku, but also an official tour in the name of the Acting Heavenly Patrol during the heyday of the imperial court, and the standard of reception in various places is almost the same as that of the emperor! Besides, what kind of world is it now, you would actually compare me with him? ”

"Oh......" I was speechless for a moment, I didn't think there were so many doorways here.

"Well......" he squinted at me. Although you have misunderstood, it is not difficult to see that your strength is extraordinary! Do you know? Two years ago, I went to Echizen to mediate a dispute between the Asakura family and Kaga Issunamune, and my mission was much more important than it is now! The banquet offered by Yoshikage Asakura is not even half of yours. He was a great prince with a territory of 500,000 stones, and he was always known for his willingness to receive the imperial court. Although it can't be said that one meal says everything, it can be seen from the small! ”

I looked at the thirty or so dishes of various sizes on the table in front of Jixiu, and I couldn't help but smile bitterly. "I look like an upstart!"

"There's nothing wrong with nouveau riche! It's just that there are some things that you should really understand gradually......" Then, he popularized the common sense of the court for me. I felt that he was a very straightforward person, not completely mercenary. "It's so comfortable!" When he had eaten and drunk, he fell to the ground without an image. "What are these?" Suddenly, he made a new discovery.

"Wine, mainly wine from the Southern Barbarians!" I pointed to the large glass wine cabinet full of bottles and cans.

"These are? So much! He pointed to a green mosa bottle with a thin neck and asked, "What kind of wine is this?" ”

"Thracian wine, from Spain!"

"This?"

"Bordeaux wine, from France!"

"What about this?"

"Burgundy, also from France!"

“……”

“……”

"Since you have so much Nanban wine, you must also have a Nanban chef, right?" He finally asked. "Shall we have Nanban food for dinner?"

"Didn't you say you wanted to go back?" I asked, confused.

"Who said they were going back? You must have heard it wrong! He quibbled.

"I don't have anything for Nanban food, please!" I hesitated. "But the etiquette of the imperial court ......"

"It's good that the current court can eat, what else can you choose?" He approached me and said, "How's that?" Let me see it too! ”

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Bear in Winter: This Shokincho is neither the Masaki-cho Sanjo family (I'll write about this family later) nor any relative of the Emperor Shokin-cho, but the reason why he wrote about him was because he was a very righteous person, and he actually ran to Nijo Castle to save the crown prince during the Honnoji Incident, and his second son also died in the Osaka Summer Battle. In addition, formal cork and glass bottles of wine first appeared in France in 1630, a period that did not yet exist, and I am writing this here just to set the mood.