After the poetry meeting, it is the New Year's Festival, although this New Year's Festival has nothing to do with Li Yao, but this is a very important day for a country, the person who held the ceremony is the Ministry of Rites, Yu Zhong, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, can only wait on the sidelines, the New Year's Festival is nothing more than hoping that the wind and rain will be smooth in the coming year, and Li Yao, who listened, fell asleep!

Li Yao is very disgusted by this form of praying for good weather in the heavens, instead of spending so much effort to pray to the heavens, it is better to start digging ditches and create a day of good weather for himself!

Of course, Li Yao also knows that this is a kind of belief in the country, and belief in this kind of thing is still very important at this time, otherwise there will not be so many religious prosperity, even King Qi goes to the temple to worship the Buddha from time to time every year, so it is in this kind of troubled times, religion still has spare money to cast gold statues, and the situation of starving people to death is not possible in these religions, so now religion is becoming more and more prosperous!

Li Yao also paid attention to these religions when the military expenditure was very small, but Li Yao only thought about it for a while, and did not dare to put it into practice at all, if Li Yao really plundered the property of these religions, then if it was spread out, Li Yao would not want to gain the support of the people, even if you love the people like a son, the people will think that you have offended the gods, and gradually stay away from you!

Especially in the land that has just been beaten, if public opinion is not well controlled, it is impossible to gain the support of the people, so Li Yao is still very friendly to those religions in Yiguo, and the stewards of those religions are not ignorant, since your well water does not interfere with river water, then I don't need to go against you, so the two parties have always been very friendly!

The annual festival lasted all morning, even King Qi didn't have a stool to sit on, so Li Yao didn't want to sit, and as a marquis, the position he occupied was only behind King Qi, and the second prince was on par with the eldest prince, under the watchful eye of everyone, Li Yao couldn't move, Li Yao felt that this was more uncomfortable than standing in a military posture, but looking at King Qi and the eldest brother and second brother, their faces did not change and their hearts did not beat, and they couldn't help but wonder, how could their persistence be so good, Li Yao felt that the gods had eroded them so deeply for the first time, Li Yao, a person who has been fighting outside all the year round, can't hold on, but those of them who sit in the temple still hold on!

Finally, at the end of the New Year's Festival, the ministers returned to the court, Li Yao is the marquis, and he is not allowed to enter the court without a special summons, but this time he returned to the court not for a meeting, but to drink and have fun together, so Li Yao can naturally go!

The banquet has been set up, and King Qi raised his glass and said: "Last year, my Qi country had good weather and a lot of grain harvest, this is all God's favor, let's have a toast to heaven!" ”

The ministers raised their glasses one after another to cater to King Qi!

Then King Qi said: "Last year, my son Li Yao was made a marquis, expanding his fief by more than a dozen counties, and the territory of my Qi country expanded by nearly a quarter, this is really exciting news, come, let's have a toast for Ning Hou!" ”

Li Yao didn't expect his father to talk about himself so quickly, this is to put himself on the fire to roast, Li Yao hurriedly raised his glass and said: "This is all well managed by my father, my son has laid down the territory of more than a dozen counties, and it has also enhanced the national strength of the Qi country, I wish my father a great blessing, and I also wish the Qi country to become stronger and stronger under the leadership of my father!" ”

King Qi nodded and drank the wine.

Then King Qi said: "Last year, our country did a lot of great things, waged a war against the Uighurs, and not only won a complete victory, but also did not lose a single thing, thanks to the leadership of my second son Li Ban!" ”

The second prince, Li Ban, hurriedly stood up and said to King Qi: "This is all the good that the father usually teaches his son!" ”

When Li Yao heard what King Qi said, he was stunned, did King Qi want to make it clear that he would let his second brother take the throne?

King Qi turned the conversation and said: "Last year, I gradually handed over the affairs of the court to my eldest son Li De, Li De did a very good job, and he was even relieved!" ”

The eldest prince Li De also hurriedly stood up and said: "This is what a child should do, thank you father for his praise!" ”

Li Yao breathed a sigh of relief, and said secretly: "It seems that King Qi is still ready to continue to be ambiguous, this is just like this, so that there will be more time for himself, as long as King Qi does not step down, he can ensure the basic stability of his rear, and he can focus his energy on the front line!" ”

After King Qi said a few more things, he let the minister drink by himself!

As soon as King Qi said this, the ministers let go, and at this time, the eldest prince came to Li Yao's side and said, "Third brother, I saw at the poetry meeting a few days ago that you are also recruiting talents, but why are you only recruiting some mediocre talents?" ”

Li Yao said with a smile: "Big brother, I'm not better than you, my strength is too weak, so capable talents don't follow me, I'm already very happy to be able to recruit talents!" ”

The eldest prince Li De chuckled and said: "Third brother, you are arrogant, your current strength is not weak at all, but when it comes to talents, you are indeed still a little less, it is better for the eldest brother to give you a few more supports!" ”

Li Yao said secretly: "It seems that the eldest brother feels a huge threat after today's New Year's Festival, and he can't wait to pull himself in!" ”

Li Yao said with a smile: "Big brother, you really understand the little brother, I'm really thirsty for talent now, if the big brother can really give me more talents, then I am so grateful, the little brother will almost return to the fiefdom in three days, I hope the big brother can prepare the talents earlier!" ”

When the eldest prince Li De heard Li Yao's words, he was shocked and asked, "Why is the third brother so eager to return to the fiefdom?" ”

Li Yao sighed and said: "Big brother, to tell you the truth, I received the news of the fiefdom, the army of the Liang Dynasty has been assembled on the border of the Liang Dynasty, if you want to send an army to attack my territory, it will not take a few days to reach my fiefdom, so I am very anxious now!" ”

The eldest prince looked at the cold outside and asked, "Third brother, but it's still winter, even if the army of the Liang Dynasty is assembled, it won't attack you too early!" ”

Li Yao shook his head and said, "Who knows, even if I don't attack, I have to go back earlier and make some preparations, do you say?" ”

The eldest prince Li De saw Li Yao's attitude so resolute, so he said: "Third brother, since you are in such a hurry, then I will also prepare earlier, and tell them when I go back, let them pack their luggage and set off with you in three days!" ”

Li Yao arched his hand and said, "Thank you, big brother!" ”

The eldest prince knew that once Li Yao returned to the fiefdom, it would be unrealistic for him to recruit Li Yao, and now Li Yao's attitude was so ambiguous, Li De could only use a generous gift to keep Li Yao neutral!

Li Yao's ambiguous attitude, the eldest prince and the second prince both knew, but Li Yao insisted that this was a friendship between brothers, so they couldn't say anything, they could only give Li Yao a generous gift, and let Li Yao not go to the other party!

(To be continued.) )