Li Er's "quasi-playing", and the atmosphere of the entire court hall was much more relaxed all of a sudden.

Imprisoned Liu Yuan in Yongzhou Mansion, that was the fuse of the struggle between the scholars and the imperial power, there must be a beginning and an end, and now Liu Yuan is released, which will draw a perfect end to the whole thing.

In general, the result was still satisfactory, Li Er complied with the emperor's wishes, and took into account the face of the Chai family, although he lost some face, but recaptured a Shangzhou from the Shi clan, and secretly provoked the relationship between the Shi clan, and did not suffer losses; Although Chai Lingwu said that he was beaten, his descendants were injured, and "Chrysanthemum" was injured and wailed for several days, but this time he earned face, from an idle position, he suddenly became a thorn in Shangzhou, and the future was bright, so he was naturally relieved, but he felt that Liu Yuan was more ruthless than himself, and he secretly admired it in his heart.

The Cui clan also got benefits, this time the Qinghe Cui clan fought for face in the Shi clan, based on prestige, and also got two fat shortage resettlement clan children, the most important thing is to hit the arrogance of the Taiyuan Wang clan, so that it does not dare to peep at the Cui family's "leadership position" again, as for the worst, it is Liu Yuan, who has been locked up for more than ten days, and because of the unstable position, he lost a Taiyuan Wang in Shangzhou.

Of course, Sai Weng lost his horse, and Liu Yuan didn't feel that he was at a loss, of course, this is a later story.

Because of the collective "strike" of the scholars, the imperial court could not operate effectively for half a month, those twists and turns, the work was piled up, and a lot of things needed to be distributed and handled, Li Er and the civil and military officials could only discuss and discuss one by one, time passed quickly, unconsciously, the time had reached noon, and the young and powerful ministers could still hold on, while those old courtiers had been so hungry that their eyes were dizzy and crumbling. I can't stand being hungry, look at the weather, it's the end of the day, I will go to the court before dawn, I am hungry for most of the day, can I not be tired?

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's time for lunch." The celebrant eunuch on the side found an opportunity to remind Li Erdao.

Li Er came to his senses at this time, and looked up at the hourglass, which was already at the end of the hour. Looking at the ministers in the court, many of the old ministers were already about to faint from hunger, so they said embarrassedly: "I am so anxious to complete so much work, so that my civil and military ministers will starve." This is my fault. ”

"The emperor is diligent and loves the people, and he is a Ming monarch who is hard to find through the ages. This is the blessing of all the people of my Datang Dynasty. How dare the ministers live up to the emperor's wishes? The eldest grandson Wuji immediately put on a high hat for Li Er.

Old Demon King Cheng said loudly: "Your Majesty, you are not hungry, and the ministers are not hungry, Lao Cheng is full of meat, even if he is hungry for another three or five days, there is no problem." ”

After speaking. He also beat his chest twice to show his strength.

Li Erdu amused him: "What a demon king of the mixed world, you think that everyone is like you with a lot of fat, it is estimated that you will not die of hunger for half a month." ”

"Hehe" Many ministers were amused by Li Er's words.

Wait for everyone to finish laughing. Li Er smiled and said: "Okay, now that all the Qing families are hungry, eat under the corridor first, take a rest, and after using up, those below the fifth grade can go back to the government to do errands, and the officials of the fifth grade and above will continue to go back to the court to discuss political affairs." ”

"Scattered Dynasty"

As the eunuch sang a promise, the court meeting came to an end temporarily, and after the ministers sent Li Er to retreat from the court, they went to the outside of the hall to enjoy the food under the corridor.

Corridor food is Li Er's first creation in Zhenguan four years, for a while to this day, when he in order to sympathize with the civil and military officials, if the evening is scattered, the time of the wrong meal, the imperial kitchen will prepare edible things, for the civil and military officials to enjoy, the court hall corridor set up food to entertain the court officials, in order to show good work. Because this meal is carried out under the corridor outside the court, it is also called "corridor food", which is a more humane side.

Of course, dining in the palace, the food will not be too bad, but it will not be too good, after all, the palace is strictly economical, will not be extravagant and wasteful, the delicacies of the mountains and seas can not be eaten, that is, some ordinary dishes, the permanent staff of the official ministry of five or more and the staff of the Lang for a hundred plates, three sheep, Yu Ci Zhongshu under the door to serve the official and supervise the imperial history, too often Dr. Taichang, a hundred officials six days, festivals plus a mouthful of sheep, so a count, the meat in the bowl of the officials is not much, fortunately these are cooked by the imperial kitchen, the taste is not bad, quite popular with the officials.

In addition, in the festival will also be appropriate to add vegetables, such as cold food and porridge, the seventh day of the first month, March 3 to add pancakes, the fifteenth day of the first month, the obscure day to add cakes, May 5 to add zongzi, July 7 to add cakes, September 9 to add cakes, October 1 to add millet and rice, these are considered welfare, after eating, there are seasonal fruits to send, dates, chestnuts, lychees, peaches, pears, pomegranates, oranges, persimmons, etc., of course, the higher the official rank, the better the dishes provided by Nati.

There are also rules for eating under the corridor, people of different official ranks need to sit separately and are not allowed to move around at will, so that it is also convenient for officials to discuss business when enjoying the dinner under the corridor.

"Well, mutton clear soup, garlic stir-fried mutton, charcoal-roasted mutton, green vegetables, venison, noodle soup, Hu cake, scallion pancake, not bad, I added vegetables today." Cui Jing sat on the desk and said to everyone with a smile.

As for the table in front of Cui Jing, it was used by the third-grade officials to enjoy it, like those minor officials of the sixth and seventh grades, it would be good to have two dishes and one soup.

Lu Shangshu said with a smile: "After eating, there are still refreshing peaches." ”

"Okay, let's use it together, and after eating, we have to continue to discuss political affairs."

"Cui Shangshu please"

"Lu Shangshu please"

"Jin Zhongcheng, please"

Familiar people are sitting down politely with each other, which shows the popularity of the small circle and individuals, like the Cui Shang brothers, who are full of appeal, and all officials are happy to sit beside him, discuss political affairs, and listen to his opinions and analysis, which is also a science: first, you can show your face in front of Cui Jing, and second, you can also listen to his analysis of political affairs, which is also a rare experience.

"Hey, isn't it Lao Wang? Come, sit together. Cui Shang's eyes were sharp, and he saw that the position was a little embarrassing, and he didn't know where to sit in the Ministry of Shangshu Wang Zhe.

Can it not be embarrassing? Those present are either related by marriage, or old friends from the past, but now it's good, a question of standing in line, standing on the opposite side of the clan and a group of scholars, in the past, he had long called friends and chatted while eating, how much was happy, but now he entered the area that belonged to his official rank to eat, and those friends who usually smiled at each other subconsciously twisted their faces to the other side and ignored him, which made him extremely embarrassed, as if he didn't know where to sit.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Cui Shang would still call himself, Lao Wang? Isn't that your own name?

"You, you called me?" Wang Zhe looked left and right, and asked a little disbelievingly.

Cui Shang smiled and said: "Except for you, who is worthy of Lao Wang, come on, there is another place here, together?" ”

Wang Zhe only hesitated for a few seconds, and immediately smiled and said, "That's good, it's better to be respectful, haluha." ”

This is an invitation from the Shi clan, Wang Zhezhi said, this is also an opportunity for the Shi clan to give himself, if he sits in the past, then he is still a member of the Shi clan, and he will share honor and disgrace in the future, after all, where is the relationship for so many years, the Taiyuan Wang family has also paid the price, that is, in terms of relationship, Qinghe Cui and Taiyuan Wang are still in-laws, and the old lady of the Cui family, Cui Wang, is from the Taiyuan Wang family, and there is no unsolvable hatred.

If you don't sit down, it will be a way to go to the black, break away from the Shi clan, and take refuge in Li Er, then the Taiyuan Wang clan will be intolerable by the Shi clan in the future, and it will be difficult.

This is an opportunity, but also the only opportunity, Wang Zhe just hesitated, the most embarrassed or walked over with a smile, accepted the olive branch thrown by Cui Shang, obviously, the throne is Li Er's, but the world is still a scholar's, he himself is a scholar, and he will never become a royal family, this is undoubted, from Li Er's forced concession to the most reckless after he was calculated, and he couldn't keep Weizhou's territory, judging from Li Er's attitude, Li Er just used Wang's own family, Wang Zhe also understood the truth of cunning rabbit death and lackey cooking.

Be yourself.

"Come on, Lao Wang, drink soup."

"Lao Cui, you drink too."

The two looked at each other, smiled, picked up the soup together, and ate it in a big gulp, and it didn't take long for them to talk and laugh again, like brothers, as if nothing unpleasant had happened before.

"Lao Ding, weren't the two Shangshu for tat just now? How did it suddenly get so good now? An official sitting next to him carefully poked his colleague a few times and asked softly.

The old man said with a disapproving face: "As long as the price is right, what can't be discussed?" You still don't understand, if the Taiyuan Wang clan takes refuge in the emperor, the scholar clan will have fewer partners and one more enemy, and vice versa, although Cui Shang is very angry with Wang Zhe, he still endures it, where is there an eternal enemy in the officialdom? ”

"Yes, yes, yes, Brother Ding is amazing, you can see it from so far away.

The mystery is here

"General Liu"

"General Liu"

Liu Yuan was in his sleep, as if he felt someone calling him, Liu Yuan, who was sleeping soundly, struggled to open his eyelids, and what he saw was a round smiling face, it was he who was calling himself outside the prison door.

It is the eldest grandson who is dedicated.

"What, you're going to let me go?" Liu Yuan sat up all of a sudden, stretched his waist, and then said lazily.

The eldest grandson Jingye said flatteringly: "General Liu is really clever, and he guessed it, that's right, the emperor has ordered you to be released, and now the general's family is waiting for the general outside the gate of Yongzhou Mansion." ”

When he said this, the eldest grandson Jingye was relieved, and thought to himself: Finally invited this "great god" out of Lu, he is here for a day, and he has to keep it for a day, I don't know if he is in prison or he is in prison, he is so depressed, and now he is finally leaving, can he not be happy?

"Okay, I'll pack my bags right away." Liu Yuan had also stayed here enough, and when he thought of Xiao Niang and Du Sanniang waiting outside, he immediately packed his things.

Looking at the eldest grandson Jingye who was helping to clean up his things, Liu Yuan suddenly asked, "Brother eldest grandson, let me ask a question, has the person named Gong Sheng been released?" (To be continued......)

PS: It's a little uncomfortable, it's late, I'm very sorry!