Chapter 81: The Wine Banquet
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Because of the difficulty of rushing for more than ten days, Li Su slept until ten o'clock before waking up, got up and looked at his watch, Li Su hurriedly washed up and changed into an official uniform, this Gao Quan said that at noon set up a banquet for him to catch the wind, although he is the highest official in Yizhou, but he can't snub these subordinates, after all, in the future, in Yizhou and nearby counties to issue government orders, these officials have to do it for themselves, if they are yin and yang, their work is not easy to carry out.
As soon as he changed into an official uniform, Jin Daqian came to report, saying that the Yizhou Assassin had arrived at the door, and Li Su called Qin Huaiyu to let him take some guards to go with him, this is not Chang'an, he has to be careful everywhere, history says that the people of Shu during the Tang Dynasty were very chaotic, and safety was still the first.
Qin Huaiyu answered and left, he now seems to regard Li Su as his leader, looking at Qin Huaiyu's figure, Li Su thought that he had to take over the army after the banquet, and he had the right to do it, he could have the final say, and then arrange Qin Huaiyu and his own courtyard in, and the soldiers of Yizhou City would be his own army.
Out of the door, Gao Quan and Cheng Jian were at the door, but Wang Yinlong was missing, the three of them were the three main management officials of Yizhou City, Li Su asked, "Why didn't Wang Sima come?" ”
Gao Quan didn't expect Li Su to ask about Wang Yinlong, he didn't think of a good wording for a while, and he couldn't speak, at this time Cheng Jian said: "Your Highness, Wang Sima is just a small official from a poor family, and attending the banquet may insult His Royal Highness's noble status, Gao Thorn Shi thought of this, so he didn't invite him to come!" ”
"Yes, yes, yes, the lower officials are afraid that they will insult His Highness's identity!" Gao Quan chimed in.
Li Su was silent, but he knew in his heart that these people were scholars who looked down on scholars from poor families, and this problem has always been criticized by Li Shimin, after all, for thousands of years, it was the scholar class who ruled China, including the Tang Dynasty now, if you want to be an official, you can! But there must be three conditions to be attached to one, one, the generation is an official, the son inherits the father's business, the scholar is born, and the official can also be an official without the imperial examination, and the third is the imperial examination, this is no birth restriction, the children of the scholar family can participate, and the scholars of the poor family can also participate, but whether you can pass guò depends on your fate.
Even if you get through guò and enter the officialdom, because you are from a poor family or you can't play, because people don't take you to play at all, there is no share of welfare, there is no share of the banquet, and you will be considered for promotion in the end, and even corruption and bribery dislike you, so when you open the history of the Sui and Tang dynasties, those famous generals and ministers are either noble, either their parents are officials, or they are from famous families, and there are few ordinary people.
This is the existence of objective facts in the Tang Dynasty, although Li Su did not have such a strict class concept, but when he had not yet established a firm foothold in Yizhou, he still did not play the trick of promoting Han Shi, otherwise, he would offend the officials of the entire Shu region.
The restaurant where Gao Quan set up the banquet was in the square opposite the official office, the name was Weijia Restaurant, and when he arrived at the wing, Li Su asked Qin Huaiyu to go in with him, so that he could be familiar with his face, and it would be easy to do things in this Yizhou City in the future.
There are already more than 20 officials waiting for Li Su in the room, some of them are wearing light green official uniforms, some are wearing dark blue official uniforms, all of them are officials below the sixth grade, the reason why Li Su can distinguish their grades so easily, all thanks to the strict official uniform system, the Tang Dynasty stipulates that officials above the third grade wear purple official uniforms, four grades of crimson, five grades of light red, six grades of dark green, seven grades of light green, eight grades of dark cyan, nine grades of light cyan, of which the third grade or above is equipped with a goldfish bag, the fourth grade and the fifth grade are equipped with a silver fish bag, and there is no fish bag below the sixth grade.
Seeing that Li Su entered, all the officials greeted him respectfully, Li Su returned the salute one by one, and Gao Quan introduced these county orders to Li Su one by one, and told Li Su what they came from and what family they came from.
Li Su's memory has always been very good, but in the face of the names and backgrounds of so many officials, his head suddenly became a paste, and he could only come into contact with it slowly in the future.
After the introduction of the officials in Yizhou, Li Su introduced Qin Huailiang to them, and after learning that he was the son of Qin Shubao, the Duke of Yiguo, these officials all showed a look of awe on their faces.
After the greetings, everyone sat down and said with high authority: "It is really a great honor for us to go to Yizhou to take up the post of His Royal Highness King Shu, and I will have to rely on His Royal Highness to take care of it in the future!" ”
Li Su said politely: "When I first came to Yizhou, this king is not familiar with life, you should take care of me, and I need your support for future decrees!" ”
"Please rest assured, Your Highness, we will see Your Highness!" Gao Quan said, and at the same time turned his face to more than a dozen county orders and said, "Do you say yes!" Seeing the look of the high authority, these officials immediately echoed:
"Yes, we all listen to Your Highness!"
"Your Highness, rest assured!"
“……”
Li Supi didn't smile, he was displeased, these officials obviously looked at Gao Quan's face to do things, he understood that this banquet was not for him, it was Gao Quan's deliberate dismissal, which means that even if you are the prince, you still have to rely on us people, otherwise you will not be able to move an inch.
"Then the king will thank you very much!" Li Su pretended to be as usual and laughed loudly.
Gao Quan and Cheng Jian glanced at each other, and they both saw puzzlement in each other's eyes, this one was deliberately arranged by them just now, and the county commanders were so obvious, couldn't Li Su see it, why did he still look unaware.
Laughing unnaturally, Gao Quan raised his glass and said, "Your Highness, I respect you!" ”
A wine banquet was drunk for half an hour, and at the wine table, Li Su and Gao Quan both said something that didn't hurt or itch, and in the end, Li Su pretended to be drunk and Qin Huaiyu left the table early, and it was a waste of time to drink with these people.
After Li Su left, Cheng Jian said to Gao Quan: "This King of Shu is either a fool, or a person with a deep city, the former is easy to deal with, and the latter, we will be difficult to do, and when he controls the soldiers of Yizhou, we will not count what we say." ”
"Cheng Changshi thinks too much, he is just a belittled prince, a phoenix without hair is not as good as a chicken, how much more waves can he make, besides, my brother is the person promoted by His Royal Highness King Wei, who is His Royal Highness King Wei? That is His Majesty's most beloved son, and now he is being favored, and with his protection, what can he do to us? A fat county magistrate like a pig said, his name is Gao Yuanzhi, and he is Gao Quan's younger brother, both from the Gao clan of Yizhou.
"Yes, as the saying goes, a strong dragon can't suppress the head snake, as long as we twist into a rope, this Yizhou will still be ours!"
"...... right"
The county commanders said one after another, but Gao Quan was always silent, only a few people knew about the private conversation between Li Su and Li Shimin, and the news in the officialdom was that Li Su was involved in rebellion and was reprimanded to Yizhou to prevent him from having any dissenting intentions, but the news from the Wei Wangfu also said that Li Shimin protected Li Su at the same time, as for whether this protection was purely not wanting to lose a son, or whether there was another purpose, there was no way to get it, so he was eager to understand whether Li Shimin still supported Li Su.
"Let's wait and see what his intentions are!" Gao Quan finally said.