Since the beginning of May, Jia Nidao's mansion has become particularly lively, with an endless stream of officials shuttling back and forth, and the fourth master and other staff members are also busy with their feet not touching the ground. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The emperor has just issued an order to celebrate Jia Rudao's sixty-fourth birthday.

Although Jia Nidao is the Duke of Wei, the Grand Master, the Prime Minister of Zuo, and the Privy Envoy, his birthday is still his own business, but the emperor's decree to celebrate is different, which shows that Jia Nidao's birthday has become a festival of the Song Dynasty, and many officials have to come to celebrate.

The fifth day of the fifth month of May.

The emperor drove away from Ouchi and went to the back garden to celebrate Jia Rudao's birthday.

The red-faced Jia Rudao laid a red carpet outside the mansion, and spread yellow sand on both sides of the road to greet the emperor.

In fact, Jia Rudao's mansion is very close to the inner hall, and it doesn't take long for the emperor's Luan to arrive at the back garden.

Early in the morning, the palace guards began to impose martial law on the roads along the way, and all irrelevant people avoided them.

In front of Jia Nidao's mansion, nearly 1,000 civil and military officials were neatly arranged in two rows to greet the emperor, and Jia Nidao walked out of the mansion after getting the notice from Ouchi, and greeted the emperor at the front of the line.

Jia Rudao, who was wearing an official uniform, looked complacent.

Officials from Lianghuai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and many other places also returned to the capital to celebrate Jia Rudao's birthday, and some officials who could not rush back in time also specially invited people to send letters to congratulate and congratulate Jia Nidao, including Lu Wenhuan, the newly appointed deputy envoy of Jingxi and the prefect of Xiangyang Prefecture.

On behalf of Lu Wende, it was his son-in-law Fan Wenhu who came to congratulate him.

Fan Wenhu has been appointed as the commander of all the armies in front of Jiankang and has become an important member of the army in control.

Lu Wende originally wanted to come, but Mongolian Tatars had been found in many places in Huaibei, threatening the two Huai, so Lu Wende did not dare to leave.

The only thing that didn't move was Sichuan and Yunnan, which also made Jia Yidao, who was extremely happy, cast a shadow on his heart, it seems that this Wu Shaogang is really hard wings, and he doesn't even care about the emperor's holy decree.

When the emperor's Luan arrived outside the mansion, except for Jia Yidao, the rest of the officials knelt down to greet him.

As the Duke of Wei and the Grand Master, Jia Nidao did not need to kneel to the emperor for a long time.

After Luan drove to a stop, the emperor walked out, strode forward, and hugged his fist to Jia Nidao, congratulating Jia Nidao on his high life.

Then the emperor stopped Jia Nidao, who was about to salute, took Jia Nidao's hand, and walked towards the mansion, while the rest of the civil and military officials followed behind, and the team looked mighty.

Jia Yidao's face bloomed with a smile, such a glory, it was very difficult.

In the crowd, there are also calm eyes, such as the fourth master.

As the fourth master of Jia Nidao's staff, for a period of time, he has learned about many things that were impossible to know, and he also feels that Jia Nidao's power is so great that even the emperor is afraid of three points, once Jia Nidao's purpose is not achieved, or the officials in the court are clearly opposed, so that the emperor can not make a decision, Jia Nidao will threaten to resign, so that the emperor is at a loss, and finally bow his head and ask Jia Nidao to go to court, in the past, Jia Nidao will go to court once in about ten days, but now it is not, at most once a month, All government affairs are handled in the mansion.

It is even rumored in the outside world that Jia Nidao's power faintly surpasses that of the emperor.

Whenever I think of such a situation, the fourth master will think of Wu Shaogang, the situation in Sichuan is not particularly clear, and he can only learn some information from the letter from the child Zhao Qinan, but Wu Shaogang's performance and self-discipline in the capital, the fourth master is very clear, he has always thought that Wu Shaogang has done too much, and his requirements for himself are too high, now look at Jia Xiangdao, the difference between Wu Shaogang and Wu Shaogang is not something that can be described in one or two sentences, and Wu Shaogang, who has a prominent status, is low-key at all times, which makes Jia Xiangdao even more arrogant.

This time, almost all the officials of the Great Song Dynasty congratulated Jia Nidao, but there was no movement in Sichuan and Yunnan, these matters, only Jia Nidao himself and a small number of staff members knew, the fourth master was faintly worried, whether Wu Shaogang was negligent in this matter, now it seems that it is not negligence, but Wu Shaogang deliberately did it.

and the Sichuan Propaganda Envoy Wen Tianxiang, who also did not say anything.

Seeing that the emperor took Jia Yidao's hand and walked into the mansion, the fourth master began to greet many officials.

There is a difference in the reception of officials who enter the mansion, officials of the third rank and above can enter the courtyard in the middle and quietly participate in the banquet, officials of the fourth and fifth grades can eat the banquet in the house in the front yard, and the rest of the officials can eat the banquet in the open space in the front yard.

The emperor will not attend a banquet in Jia Yidao's mansion, the Great Song Dynasty has such a rule, the emperor is generally not allowed to eat outside, let alone participate in the birthday banquet of the courtiers below.

The fourth master also greeted many officials in the front yard, arranged seats, and so on.

However, when the fourth master was busy, the housekeeper came to the front yard, found the fourth master, and secretly told the fourth master to go to the middle yard to greet him, and there was a lack of manpower inside.

Being able to enter the courtyard in the middle to greet guests, of course, is different, at least with the high-ranking officials of the court, and if you are lucky, you can also meet the emperor.

The fourth master naturally would not let go of such a good opportunity, and immediately followed the housekeeper into the courtyard in the middle.

The scene he saw in front of him shocked the fourth master.

The emperor took Jia Yidao's hand and was saying something in front of many officials above the third rank in the DPRK.

“。。。 Wei Guogong is the mainstay of the Great Song Dynasty, is my humerus minister, many matters in the court, all depend on the work of Wei Guogong, in the future, you Aiqing see Wei Guogong, it is equivalent to seeing me, this Song Dynasty's singing and dancing is the credit of Wei Guogong, I hope that Wei Guogong will be healthier in the future... ”

There was no sound around, and many people lowered their heads and listened to the emperor.

Jia Nidao's power in the court, I don't know how to describe it, every holy decree of the emperor has Jia Nidao's figure in it, even the concubines in the palace dare not easily offend Jia Nidao, in this case, the emperor also celebrates Jia Nidao's birthday, why is this.

The red-faced Jia Rudao, after the emperor finished speaking, finally knelt down and shouted long live.

As a result, many adults also knelt down and shouted "Long live".

The emperor personally helped Jia Nidao up, and smiled and praised Jia Nidao again.

The fourth master stood to the side, motionless, and when many officials knelt, he hid behind the pillar and did not kneel.

The scene in front of him made the fourth master extremely disgusted, and he didn't know why, he didn't want to kneel when he saw the emperor.

The many crises faced by the Great Song Dynasty court, even the fourth master, who is an outsider, are aware of it, but the emperor actually said that the Great Song Dynasty is singing and dancing in the world, isn't this a big joke, and the situation of the Great Song Dynasty singing and dancing is attributed to Jia Yidao's contributions, I don't know what kind of emotion Wu Shaogang, who is in Sichuan, will have when he hears these words.

From the two Huai and Xiangyang and other places to present the twists and turns, the fourth master has found that the Mongolian Tatars in the Central Plains and the grassland, it seems that there is something to do, it is said that at this time, Jia Yidao must be deployed, but the actual situation is that the DPRK and China did not have the slightest reaction, and many adults did not even know about this matter.

The reason for this, the fourth master has just knew, it turns out that Jia Rudao thinks that although the Mongolian Tartars are gathering towards Lianghuai and Xiangyang, it seems that they are going to attack Lianghuai or Xiangyang, but in fact, it is impossible to do so, after all, the place where the Mongolian court focuses on attacking is in Sichuan, and making such a posture is probably thinking that the Hezhou Imperial Army and other armies in Sichuan will come to help, once the Hezhou Imperial Army comes to help, it will definitely encounter the fierce and ruthless attack of the Mongolian Tartars.

So don't worry, the Mongolian Tatars will eventually go to Sichuan.

Based on such thoughts, Jia Yidao and the Privy Council were not in a hurry at all.

The fourth master felt that if he was not afraid of 10,000, he was afraid of what happened, if the Mongolian Tatars chose to attack from Lianghuai or even Xiangyang and other places, wouldn't the Great Song Dynasty be caught off guard.

It's a pity that the fourth master is not qualified to make suggestions, he can't interfere in military deployment matters, not only the fourth master, but all the staff in the mansion are almost unable to directly meddle in the affairs of the army, everything is Jia Yidao's personal concern.

The emperor stayed in the mansion for about half an hour.

If it weren't for the rules of the royal family, the emperor might even stay for the birthday party.

Jia Rudao was very conscious this time, followed the emperor's side, and sent the emperor out of the mansion all the time.

After seeing the emperor's Luan drive disappear, Jia Rudao turned around and returned to the mansion.

Entering the mansion, Jia Rudao was surrounded by many officials, and the voices of celebration and praise were endless.

The banquet has not yet begun, and it will not officially start until Jia Yidao is seated.

The fourth master who stayed in the middle courtyard suddenly had a little disgust for everything around him, he no longer thought about making friends with high-ranking officials in the court, and he no longer thought about being able to show his head, at this moment, the fourth master, a determination is even firmer, that is, to report all the matters he knows to Wu Shaogang.

At the beginning of the banquet, the fourth master took the time to secretly hide aside.

Jia Yidao was in a good mood, the emperor gave him enough face, to a certain extent, to help him establish a higher authority in the court, Wu Shaogang, Li Tingzhi and Wen Tianxiang in Sichuan did not express congratulations, so it was not a big deal.

Jia Rudao didn't need to calculate Wu Shaogang, in his opinion, the Mongol Tatars were about to launch a large-scale attack on Sichuan, and Wu Shaogang was afraid that he would cry and beg him.

At that time, it is not too late to calculate and punish Wu Shaogang. (To be continued.) )