Chapter 459: Thousand Banquets
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March 22, Changchun Garden.
Considering that there were too many elderly people who entered Beijing to celebrate their birthdays, Kangxi had ordered people to prepare in advance before the Wanshou Festival, and divided into two sets of banquets, in order to win people's hearts and show favor, the first banquet was to invite Han ministers, officials and scholars over 65 years old.
At noon, more than 400 banquets were arranged in the chalk field in front of the main gate of Changchun Garden, and there were 33 people over 90 years old, 538 people over 80 years old, 1,823 people over 70 years old, and 1,846 people over 65 years old. Four thousand two hundred and forty in all.
In order to show Enlong, Kangxi ordered all the princes, grandchildren, and descendants of the clan to gather outside Changchun Garden outside Changchun Garden for the guidance of the elders who went to the banquet, distributed food, and the deacon toasted, and the dishes on the banquet were not very many, there were ten dishes on each table, but each dish was a specialty of various places, Jinyu soup, longevity peach, mushroom offering, juice chicken balls, Buddha fruit stuffing, horseshoe gum, Chang'an Gongding, Banxia bamboo fish, Jinshou noodles, and Fujing relatives. Tea is Junshan silver needle, of course, candied fruit and dried fruit pastries are all four products.
Seeing the children of the clan who were all wearing yellow belts shuttling back and forth, many of the elders who went to the banquet were so excited that they couldn't help themselves, and they suspected that they were in a dream, this dignity and glory, they couldn't even dream of it, and no one dared to believe it when they returned to their hometown.
Kangxi sat alone on the chief, listening to the cheerful and festive music, looking at the scene of thousands of elderly people, not only did he feel a lot of emotion in his heart, but he didn't realize that it was sixty years ago, the Qing Dynasty was under his own care, it can be said that it was thriving, a prosperous scene, in recent years, it has advanced by leaps and bounds, seized the South Seas, occupied Australia, and the fleet of expeditions to Europe and America is also ready to go, the food is not worried, and the silver dares to let go of the flowers, but I don't know that such a good time, I can enjoy it for a few years.
The music stopped unconsciously, and seeing that Kangxi was still in a trance, Li Dequan hurriedly stepped forward to pour tea and reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the time has come." ”
When he came back to his senses, Kangxi stood up and said: "Today's banquet, I will send the descendants of the clan, the deacon to give drink, and distribute food. When you are waiting for the feast, do not stand up, in order to show that I give preferential treatment to the elderly. “
The eunuchs standing on both sides stretched out their voices and passed them down sentence by sentence, and the elders hurriedly left their seats and knelt down to thank them.
After ordering everyone to be calm, Kangxi continued: "The book says that King Wen is good at providing for the elderly, Mencius Yun, and the seventy are not warm or warm, and they are not full of meat. The emperor ruled the world, and the government was benevolent, and it was not the first priority to support the elderly and respect the virtuous.
Recently, the scholar doctor, only talk about the virtuous or not of the officials, and the actual government of changing customs and customs, and the heart of filial piety and brother, have not had time to pay attention to it.
If the idea of filial piety is less light, and the desire to change customs, the thick is thin, and the thin is thick. You and others are all old people, than back to the countryside between the wells, each to tell the neighbors, must be filial piety first, if the world knows that filial piety is important, this sincerity is the foundation of customs, the root of the chalky virtue of the way of etiquette, not shallow fresh. ”
After the opening remarks, the banquet officially opened, respecting the ancestors, respecting the queen mother, the queen mother, the ministers, and the people of the Qing Dynasty.
Yinzhen was beside him, frowning secretly, and took the opportunity to pour wine, and said softly: "Huang Ama is gracious to the world, Deze is all over the world, and tomorrow there will be a banquet for the elderly, and the sons will give Huang Ama a lighter bar." ”…,
Kangxi shook his head slightly and said: "When I went to Dzungaria, I used wine to keep out the cold, what is this wine, besides, I have always been upright, how can I let them compare, just pour wine." ”
Kangxi is obviously not convinced of the old, and if he persuades him again, he will be jealous, Yinzhen didn't dare to say more, he retreated with a wry smile, and asked Li Dequan softly: "How much does the emperor drink?" ”
These things are not for the courtiers to inquire about, Li Dequan glanced at Kangxi, and then said softly: "It's good, but now I drink less, and I drink wine every day." ”
I heard that the amount of wine is very good, Yinzhen couldn't help but feel a little relieved, but curiosity rose again, Kangxi is used to drinking wine? Wine from the Western Regions? He couldn't help but ask softly, "Where is the tribute?" ”
Li Dequan hesitated and said: "The French missionaries paid tribute, it seems that they are from Bordeaux. ”
Imported Bordeaux wines? Yinzhen secretly said that Kangxi would enjoy it, groaned slightly, and then advised: "Order someone to prepare a sobering soup or something, like this today, I'm afraid I will drink a lot." ”
At this time, the atmosphere of the banquet was already high, and the current university scholars Li Guangdi, Wang Shu, Song Meat, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Peng Huiqi, the current Fujian general Zu Liangbi, the former deputy commander of Jingkou Huang Xiangkun and other old ministers stepped forward one by one to toast Kangxi and congratulate.
Kangxi was in a happy mood, and after drinking with everyone, he rewarded everyone with robes and hats to show his favor, and then ordered all the emperors and grandsons to help the elderly over 80 years old to come to the front one by one to see and drink.
After the banquet was over, seeing Kangxi's expression as usual, Yinzhen couldn't help but secretly admire, Kangxi really didn't brag, this amount of wine is not ordinarily good, today's situation, he should have drunk more than a catty.
The next day, there was another big banquet at the gate of Changchun Garden, but the objects of the banquet were changed to ministers, officials, guards, soldiers, idle people and other people over 65 years old from Manchuria, Mongolia, and the Eight Banners of the Han Army, a total of more than 2,500 people, the same specifications, the same treatment.
After two days of indulgence, Kangxi was drunk after all, and when he left the table, he was already stumbling, and returned to Qingxi Book House with the support of the eunuchs, and after drinking some sobering soup, he fell asleep.
Kangxi was drunk, and the adult princes such as Yinshe, Yinqi, Yinqi, Yinju, and Yinzhen did not dare to go back to the house first, and obediently stayed outside the main hall of the Qingxi Book House.
Yinzhen deliberately stayed behind, there was a difference between the young and the old, he didn't want people to gossip, but Yinxiang leaned over and said softly: "Fourteenth brother, it's been ten days, the Nanyang Fleet should have received an order to start going north, right?" ”
Yinzhen nodded and said: "Guangzhou to Karopa, the empty ship is downwind, and the sailors who are familiar with the route can arrive in six days, it stands to reason that Shi Shibiao and they should have been off for two days." ”
"There are still a few days left in the longevity celebration, why don't I go down to Jiangnan first to check the progress of the installation of artillery on the newly launched warships?" Yinxiang said tentatively.
Yinzhen said with a smile: "Brother Thirteen is tired of staying in Zuncheng? ”
Yinxiang chuckled: "Don't say it, I'm used to staying in the navy, and I haven't seen the sea for a few days, so my heart will be empty." ”
"You're happy to see the hunter." Yinzhen chuckled: "Don't worry, someone in Shanghai is in charge, and even if the Nanyang Fleet arrives in Shanghai, it will have to be consolidated for a while, and no matter how early it is, it will take May to make the trip, what are you anxious about?" ”。 )