Township drinking began with the Zhou ceremony, and since the Han to the Sui and Tang dynasties, all dynasties have been trying their best to implement this ceremony, so as to achieve the purpose of etiquette education, and the same is true of the Tang Dynasty. In particular, when Ruizong ascended the throne, in order to highlight his orthodoxy, he ordered that all states must perform township drinking ceremonies every year on the grounds that the states had abandoned the township drinking ceremony for a long time, so as to achieve the order of respecting the old and the teeth, promoting virtue and advocating teaching, and respecting the elders and the young. Li Longji, the son, paid more attention to these than his father, and at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, he also promulgated that volume of rites, allowing the governors of each state to convene the state gentry and elders to drink in the countryside in the lunar month of the year.

Nowadays, however, it is indispensable for the magistrate to perform once a year, but before sending tribute and sending the state to send the scholars to Beijing.

Before Du Shiyi took office, the state examination of Daizhou had already selected the scholars who were sent by various departments this year. Although Hedong has always been a place where famous men and scholars have taken root, most of them are in Taiyuan and south of Taiyuan, and the states north of Taiyuan are the hardest hit areas by Turkic raids, so the martial style is better than Shangwen. When Du Shiyi, as the new acting governor of Shi, presided over the township drinking ceremony on this day, the twenty or thirty scholars in front of him who were about to go to Chang'an to participate in the New Year's Ceremony were all wearing swords, and their spirit was overflowing. When the music started, in the face of the ceremonial music and many rituals promulgated by the imperial court, most people tended to worship and dance with them, and some even showed disapproval on their faces.

Although Du Shiyi himself lacks interest in these ceremonies, as the acting governor of Shi, there are many elders in the state attending, and according to the rules, there are people who are in charge of the case to correct the etiquette, so he naturally has no intention of getting along with this kind of rules and regulations. He even went to inspect the liturgical music team the day before, and with his good knowledge of music, he corrected several mistakes in the musician's score, which attracted praise from several guests who were invited to participate. Therefore, at this moment, as the master, even the old and famous people who are familiar with etiquette cannot find the slightest fault in his words and deeds.

When this long ceremony was over, when Du Shiyi held a banquet in the lobby of the Governor's Mansion to invite the tributes, the invited guests were all quietly exchanging words.

"I thought that Du Yuanjun was young, and his words and deeds might be negligent, but today's drinking ceremony in this township is simply flawless, but our sons and daughters still have poor etiquette."

"That's nature. Jingzhao Du's family, Guanzhong's surname, where can we compare with Yandai Erlang? Alas, after so many years, not to mention Jinshi, the tribute and Ming Jing of Daizhou can also be won by very few, and the talents are withering

"Let us bow and dance with horses, that is a first-class good skill, you can splash ink, interpret scriptures and history, and chant poems, which is really difficult to compare with other people's celebrities."

This year, most of the relatives and elders of the Gongzi were among the guests who were invited to attend the village drinking ceremony today, so they naturally listened to these discussions of the elders. Some are just angry, and some are young and vigorous on their faces, especially the two people who were punished by the official for their impropriety during the salute, and they were even more rigid and dissatisfied. Suddenly, there was a sound of Du Envoy arriving in the lobby, and many eyes looked towards the entrance of the lobby. However, unlike the scarlet robe they imagined, Du Shiyi was not only wearing a narrow-sleeved right robe that was extremely popular in Daizhou, but also a long sword hanging from his waist.

The astonished returned to the stunned, but everyone still saluted in unison and said, "Meet the envoy." ”

Du Shiyi sat down happily, raised his hand and motioned for everyone else to sit down, and then he said with a smile: "Back then, King Wuling of Zhao was dressed in cavalry, so he set up the counties of the northern land, and Yanmen was among them. I took office for only a few days, and I saw that almost everyone inside and outside the governor's mansion wore swords, all of them were good at bowing horses, which showed that the martial and fierce wind I first supervised Yunzhou, and knew that there were often wars in Taiyuan and counties, so the people were fierce and bold, and this ancient style was also heartbreaking."

If you want to talk about literature, Du Shiyi was three heads and the first in that year, and her literary style was famous, although she was no longer committed to literary affairs over the years, she was still with the officials of Yunzhou before, and "Yunzhou Collection" came out. Therefore, Du Shiyi showed her praise for Daizhou's martial arts, and all the Daizhou elders felt honored, and even some of the scholars with stiff faces were surprised.

"And I was appointed as the deputy envoy of the festival to judge the governor, and when I first arrived in Daizhou, I held a village drinking ceremony, which was also a great blessing, and the martial style and literary style were the same. I read the article of the state test a few days ago, the test poem is limited by the subject matter, it is difficult to produce a good work, but the test is very eclectic Yan Zhao Duohaojie, and its East Shi imitates, but it is rare to have the essence of God, why not be impassioned and highlight the style of the Yan Dynasty? ”

Speaking of this, Du Shiyi waved his hand and ordered the wine, and then smiled and unsheathed the sword and gave it to a young woman who appeared silently next to him and said: "Today, it happens that the disciples of Gongsun and Yue have arrived in Daizhou

Yue Wuniang has traveled the world all these years, often revealing the name of Gongsun Auntie's disciple, plus she deliberately publicized her appearance when she went to Yunzhou, so everyone knows that she is in Yunzhou. At this moment, when everyone heard Du Shiyi's words, almost everyone looked at the bright face, and saw that he was holding a sword and smiling slightly and jumped off the field, while Du Shiyi took a pipa from another waiter, and there was silence in the field. With a sound like a long roar as the beginning, born in Yanmen, grew up in Daizhou, and were accustomed to seeing military drills since childhood, the Daizhou tributes seemed to see the situation when the army was assembled.

After the long sound of the recruiting army is the big gong and drum, although the pipa alone to interpret a little thin, but with the cold light of the sword, everyone only felt the sharp air rushing to the face, for a while I don't know which scholar is very confident in the rhythm, it is with the beat to hit the bowl, for a while complement each other, attracting the surprise of the neighbors.

Compared with those temple ceremonies and music, the pipa is a vulgar music, and the sword dance is not a formal dance in the court music and dance, but in Daizhou, a place that respects martial arts and encourages chivalry, this combination is obviously more in line with the habits and appetites of the locals. What's more, Gongsun Auntie's fame in the entire north is incomparably great, since she was summoned into the pear orchard, the people can no longer see the beauty of the heroic posture, now zaijian his descendants and disciples show their skills, when a piece of music ends with the heroic grandeur of zuihou like a sworn teacher, and the sword dance cold light is also temporarily put away, I don't know how many people after a long time of immersion let out thunderous cheers.

"You go thousands of miles to Chang'an to participate in the New Year's Move, it is like swearing to go on the expedition, today I will toast you again, I hope you will win a hundred battles"

In the face of such encouragement, almost everyone is excited. After Du Shiyi drank it all, one by one the scholars drank it full, and they didn't know who had the ambition to smash the copper wine bowl on the ground.

When the faces of several steady elders changed slightly, worried that Du Shiyi would see them lose their honor because of this, Du Shiyi hahadaxiao said: "When the ancient sworn teachers went on the expedition, there were often generals who made their minds clear, but I didn't expect to see this move today, my friend Wang Shaobo, the school secretary, once had a new poem, Qinghai Changyun Dark Snow Mountain, and the lonely city looked at Yumen Pass. Yellow sand wears gold armor in a hundred battles, and if Loulan is not broken, he will use this poem to encourage you."

"Thank you"

In the chaotic voice, Du Shiyi clapped her hands gently, and the waiter below brought all kinds of dishes in an orderly manner. However, after the previous surprise, no matter how rich and exquisite the dishes were, most of the people did not want to do this, but instead drank as if they were drinking water. By getting drunk, sixty miles away, today's Dabin Wen Justice, who was in the position of Simen Langzhong, staggered over to toast. At this moment, there were official prostitutes in the hall to make music, and the sound of Qin Se covered the voice, which also made him face Du Shiyi at the same time, and at the same time, he suddenly opened his eyes that seemed to be drunk, revealing clear eyes.

"Make Jun Chu to Daizhou, carry forward the ancient style, praise the martial style, and want to know that this is different from the predecessor. Dare to ask the envoy, do you know the three tigers of Daizhou? ”

Because the position of acting governor Shi came too quickly and suddenly, Du Shiyi didn't have time to make full preparations, but first handed over the affairs of Yunzhou to Wang Han and the others, and then hurriedly came to Daizhou to take office. At this moment, since someone came to talk to him, whether he deliberately said that he would leave half of the money and sell it, or whether he wanted to deliberately induce him, he had no reason to turn people away. At that moment, he smiled slightly: "I want to hear about it." ”

"The envoy has served as the commander of Chengdu before, and he should know that there is no family in Chengdu." Seeing Du Shiyi nodding his head, Wen Zhengyi smiled and said, "Daizhou also has no family. However, Hedong is not as good as Shuzhong, there are many families in the world, no more than Hedong Taiyuan Wang's, Wenxi Pei's, Luzhou Shangdang Miao Clan, in addition to these, there are no less than twenty large and small families. And in Daizhou, each family has branches. There are now more than 90,000 people in Daizhou, but even when Yuwenrong inspected the escapees, there were still fugitives in each family, and the population was never less than 10,000 or 20,000.

Wen Zhengyi saw that Du Shiyi seemed to be careless, and his heart was a little anxious. However, he took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Second, there are not enough soldiers. The Daizhou army has a full amount of 4,000 people, but now including those stationed in the East and West Guancheng, the total is only more than 3,000, because now the military merits are not valuable, and it is difficult for the officers to go out, not to mention that there has been no war in Daizhou for a long time, the commander treats the soldiers like servants, and no one is willing to serve as an army, and the horses are not enough. And whenever the imperial court sends out the imperial history to inspect, it often pulls up the strong Ding to fill the number. These two tigers also. ”

Speaking of this, he saw Du Shiyi Yu Crisp close his eyes, thinking that Du Shiyi meant out of sight and out of mind, and was about to turn around and leave with a long sigh, but a voice suddenly came from his ears.

"Why does Elder Wen only say half of what he says? You said the three tigers of Daizhou, but the third tiger hasn't been said yet. ”

Wen Zhengyi stopped abruptly, but at this moment, the music slowly stopped, his face changed for a while, and finally hahadaxiao said: "The first time you come to Daizhou, I am the landlord, and I am willing to recommend myself to accompany you to the east and west passes of Yanmen, I don't know what to do with the king?" ”