At the same time, after the turmoil of the Later Han Dynasty and the change of dynasties, the city of Tokyo was still bustling with activity, and the whole city was celebrating the birth of a new dynasty.

Guo Wei claimed to be a descendant of Uncle Yu of the Zhou Dynasty, with "Zhou" as the country name, and the history was called "Hou Zhou", in order to distinguish himself from other regimes with Zhou as the country name, and also took Guo Wei's surname, alias "Guo Zhou". On the first day of the first month of 951 AD, Guo Wei was the emperor and was the Taizu. The name of the country was changed to Zhou, and it was known as Hou Zhou in history. Changed to Guangshun, still Kaifeng.

In order to celebrate the new establishment of the country, and to reward a group of civil and military ministers. So Guo Wei held a state banquet in Jiying Palace.

As the commander of the protector capital under Emperor Guo Wei, Zhao Hongyin and the beloved general Zhao Kuangyin were attending a banquet in the palace.

This banquet is very grand, Gu Yun "delicacies, Milu thousands of bells." Agar pastry cheese, brocade fat red". However, on the occasion of this state banquet, the whole country of the Great Zhou Dynasty celebrated the beginning of the new dynasty and rewarded it.

Before the banquet, "there is a division in the palace to set up a mountain tower pomp, for the group of immortals, six tributes, nine dragons and five phoenixes, Si Tianji singing on its side." ”

Guo Wei gave a feast to hundreds of officials to celebrate the heroes:

The main hall is lit up with lights, and the splendid curtains are laid, and the scene is very luxurious. Hundreds of civil and military officials and foreign guests all sat in the main hall (upper hall), side hall (Duo hall), and corridors on both sides according to their ranks, all of which were arranged on both sides of the emperor's head.

The state banquet began, starting with the pouring of imperial wine

During the pouring period, there are a series of performances, ventriloquism, music, dance, and a lot of tricks. After drinking, there is also a music, dance, and acrobatic performance for each drink.

All men and women participating in the performance are dressed in red scarves and colorful clothes. Then on the center stage, the beauties scratched their heads and danced in a captivating manner, their skirts fluttering, and their eyes revealed different styles. The musician next to him used his aura-filled fingers to play ethereal music, and the whole hall was filled with beautiful music.

The whole banquet is generally nine wines

It was not until the third cup of food was served that the dishes were served, and the ministers were full of delicacies in front of them, and the hall was full of miscellaneous and colorful food. The ministers tasted fine wine and wine, and they were all hearty.

There are also sweet and boiled beauty, and the scarlet-liped carp tail is full of feasts; It is different and fresh, and the hooves of the camels are piled up. The green silk is low, and the golden pot is red and coral; Plain hands are high, and the jade bowl is light and amber. The emerald comes to the pearl, and the seat is dazzling when it is dazzling;

At the end of the song, the silk bamboo in front of the steps is non-stop. The product is above, and it is really a good meal; The feast opened the treasure hall, and sure enough, the abbot was in front of him. Let him be a prince, not as rich as the Wang family.

In addition, the ministers of the palace are all intoxicated. Wine, beauty, food and wine...... The music lingers, and it lingers!

Sure enough, the best in the world are in the palace, and all the princes and ministers are feasting their eyes and mouths.

The so-called saying: "Taiping set up a banquet, showing that the emperor does not live up to his merits; Returning to the dynasty in victory is a military general who serves the country with all his heart. ”

At this time, Guo Wei smiled and stood up from the dragon chair.

"Ladies and gentlemen, tonight is a day worth celebrating, celebrating the birth of the Great Zhou!"

At this time, I saw all the ministers get up from their seats and congratulate together: "Long live Your Majesty!" Long live Da Zhou! Then they drank it all and sat down in their seats.

At the beginning of the new dynasty, the emperor was nothing more than rewarding batches of ministers who fought with him bloodily, fought in all directions, and immediately fought the country. Then it was time for the reward, and all the ministers were looking forward to the emperor's reward.

"Feng Fan is the squire of the military department and the deputy envoy of the privy council."

"Wang Pu is the left counselor and the privy councilor."

"Wei Renpu is the privy councilor."

……

The emperor newly appointed a group of civil and military generals......

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Hearing the emperor's reward, a minister got up from his seat and bowed.

Then a group of ministers shouted long live: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

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Zhao Hongyin is still the commander of the Holy Capital, and in order to show the emperor's grace, he has been rewarded with a lot of money and things. And his son Zhao Kuangyin was named an officer of the forbidden army, and his position was promoted, becoming the guard of the forbidden army in front of the emperor.

The banquet finally ended in a lively and lively manner, and the ministers were ready to go home to rest. The two fathers and sons of the Zhao family came to the gate of the palace, got into the carriage, and hurried to the Zhao Mansion in Tokyo City, only to hear the endless sound of horses' hooves on the street.

"Daddy, I don't know why today, my eyelids have been jumping, and I have been watching He Niang for ten months, just these few days, I don't know if He Niang was born? This is He Niang's second child! Zhao Kuangyin said, suddenly remembering the past, he was heartbroken. (Because it is written in the historical records that Zhao Kuangyin's eldest son died young.) At the beginning, he was nameless, and later Huizong gave the name Zhao Dexiu, and was knighted as King Teng. Ren Haoyue rummaged through the books and couldn't find when she died early. ）

"Son, don't worry so much, you are now an officer of the forbidden army, the person in front of the emperor, you must be calm in everything, don't worry! You and I are in this imperial city, everything must be careful, Luoyang and Tokyo correspondence will take about two or three days, we are not in a hurry, or wait for good news, God bless He Niang and the child in the womb will be safe! Bless me Zhao's incense! The past is over, don't worry about it anymore, God won't be able to get along with our Zhao family. ”

"I hope so!" Zhao Hongyin and Zhao Kuangyin were silently chattering in their hearts at the same time.

Zhao Hongyin didn't know that He Niang had given birth to the child safely, and at this moment, the guards who reported the news were still halfway up, and they were rushing to Tokyo non-stop.