Chapter 50: The Night Feast

In his busy schedule, Liu Bang wrote a letter back to the king of Changsha, mainly stating that he had befriended South Vietnam, and the envoy of Changsha immediately rode back to Changsha.

In the Liyang Palace for a few days, there are concubines who go to visit the Emperor Taishang every day, and if they have children, they take the children to go, and call the Emperor Taishang on the sickbed to see his grandson, talk to the Emperor, show his filial piety, and do not let himself have a handle to fall into the mouth of the emperor, so as not to blame the emperor for his ignorance in the future.

A few days ago, Liu Jinghe and Sui He went to the Xiongnu again, and now the two of them have also returned to Chang'an and were summoned by Liu Bang. The two really lived up to the emperor's trust, saying that Mao Dun had promised to make friends with the Han Dynasty, agreed to open the border, agreed to set up a customs market, and agreed to the people of the two countries to buy and sell freely. Liu Bang finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and the situation in the north finally stabilized. Liu Jing also said that when he went to the Xiongnu this time, he saw that the Xiongnu were strong soldiers and horses, and it was widely spread on the grassland that Mao Dun was going to crusade against Donghu recently, but it was not very important. At that time, after Mao Dun destroyed Donghu, some of the remaining tribes of Donghu fled to Xianbei Mountain, which was called Xianbei, and retreated to Wuhuan Mountain, which was called Wuhuan. Recently, Mao Dun heard that the Wuhuan branch wanted to rise again, so he decided to strike first before it rose again, Liu Jing smiled disdainfully when he said this, saying that Mao Dun's actions were nothing more than to let the people of the Han Dynasty see the strength of the Xiongnu. Liu Bang had a clever decision in his heart, and he was a little afraid of the Huns in his heart, but he smiled disdainfully and mockingly on his face, and asked some things about Princess Long'an by the way. Liu Jinghe shook his head with him, saying that he had never seen Liu Lu, but he had seen Princess Luan Lu shuttling between the court and the princess's mansion a few times, never fiddling with his daughter's things, but he would take Niu Hu'er to the side to ride a horse when he was free, sit and watch the sunset, and talk to Niu Hu'er, but he had never seen Princess Luan and Liu Lu walking together. Liu Bang became more and more puzzled in his heart, what kind of etiquette did he tell the Huns, why Princess Luan had never been with Liu Lu, could it be that Princess Luan was also a person who did not keep her promises? After all, Liu Bang thought that Liu Lu was Mao Dun's wife, Mao Dun must have left her in the palace, Liu Lu was the sister-in-law of Princess Luan Lu after all, and it was not good for Sha Ling'er to drag Liu Lu around all day long. Thinking about it like this, Liu Bang felt quite comfortable in his heart. Laughing at Liu Jing and rewarding the two of them with 300 gold each, he wanted to have a marquis, but he also knew that Liu Bang was only a marquis according to military merits, and Liu Bang was unwilling to break down the imperial power casually. Liu Jingsui He did not have any military merits at the beginning, and neither of them knew anything about military affairs, so they had to take advantage of the interests a little.

The last days of November were getting colder. Chang'an continued to move from the east one after another, and Xiao He scattered them all over Guanzhong according to Liu Bang's will. Liu Bang asked people to find a sunny and good day, and instructed several ministers to go with him to see these people in the Kwantung region to appease. When Chang'an Ling heard that the emperor was going to inspect the migration situation, he gathered some of the powerful clans and local powerful people who had moved in the market early to wait for the emperor's inspection. When Liu Bang came, he respectfully invited the emperor to sit on a high platform, Liu Bang stood on the high platform in accordance with the Chang'an order, proudly dressed his clothes, and looked at the people in the audience with a beautiful beard and majesty, and explained the reasons for his migration to the Kwantung people and the benefits they should have in Guanzhong, saying that he would not treat the Kwantung fathers badly, and told them to integrate into the life of the Chang'an people, and not to make things wantonly, otherwise they would be punished according to the Han law.

Everyone said, 'Oh'.

Liu Bang smiled quite satisfied, stepped down and asked the current settlement of several Kanto people in front of him, and asked them if they were used to life in Kannai, and asked them with a smile the difference between Kannai and Kanto. Although the Kwantung people standing in the front row were unwilling to relocate their Kwantung hometown, which had taken root for decades, they did not dare to show their attachment to their hometown in the face of the current emperor, so they answered Liu Bang's favorite words one by one according to the emperor's meaning. The people behind echoed this, saying that the emperor's 'Li Tian Mansion' had made them get rich benefits, and it really made the emperor happy. Liu Bang couldn't close his mouth, and stroked the backs of several people to comfort them, and live well in the Guannei. Liu Bang saw that the Kanto people in the Guannai were no different, but the Guannei people were naturally a little more rigid, stiff, hard, raw, cold, stubborn, and puffy than the Kanto villagers, otherwise when the migration order was issued, the Guannei people did not dare to talk casually, it was this stubbornness and rigidity that made them not afraid of the emperor punishing them, and they made a big comment on the emperor's migration, and they hated to spread it to thousands of households. Now the Kanto people have already moved in, but the people in Kanto do not reject the Kanto people, and the Kanto villagers have long been well integrated with the Kannai people, and they live as freely as in the Kanto before. Liu Bang suddenly felt that the character of the people in Guannai was so cute.

Chang'an ordered to be a passerby, leading the emperor to a number of Kwantung people's homes, and after the important ministers behind him observed, they all said that this was comparable with the nobles of the middle rank of the marquis in Chang'an, and the Kwantung villagers were busy calling the emperor's blessing. Liu Bang looked up to the sky and laughed, and took advantage of the situation to order the prominent figures among these people to gather in the palace at night to hold a night banquet, and originally wanted to invite some of them into the palace for a while, but they were very busy and had no time.

As soon as it was dark, some of the powerful nobles and wealthy merchants among the migrants followed them into the palace, and the eunuchs and confessors took them to the Hongtai of Weiyang Palace. None of them had entered the palace, and they walked without being surprised by the beauty and majesty of the palace, and they thought to themselves that it would be a magnificent feast to be held in a while. Before approaching Hongtai, I heard a burst of noise, Hongtai, enchanting candle flames, beautiful palace people, majestic dragon couches, tall copper cranes and copper turtles, stout pillars, Nuoda Hongtai was very bright by the flames. Everyone came in laughing, surprised by the beauty of the palace from time to time, pointing here and there, and chatting happily with the people on the left and right. Weiyang Palace Zhan Shi turned his head and said 'shhhh The emperor has not yet come, everyone still can't suppress the excitement and whispered, some people have not seen a few cases in the palace, let go and touch, quite smooth and polished, and then attached to the ear of a few cases with their hands 'dong dong' knock, making a crisp and loud sound, originally thought that it was made of good nanmu and happily turned up and down carefully, and then carefully pondered, it turned out to be just a good lacquer pear blossom wood, suddenly felt a sense of frustration, and asked the palace supplies to be nothing more than that. During the period, there were constantly palace people serving dishes, and the hot dishes attracted everyone to only cover their stomachs. The things in the palace look good, but when you look at the dishes, you can only be greedy but you don't dare to eat casually, you have to wait for the emperor's arrival.

It didn't take long for Liu Bang's imperial chariot to come in slowly, and everyone quickly got up and lay down in front of the case and shouted, "Your Majesty will be happy for thousands of years." "Up-" Liu Bang's eunuch said sharply, and everyone respectfully sat back in their seats, and everyone focused their eyes on the emperor, showing respect and flattery. Liu Bang got down, sat on the high couch, and said with a smile, "It's not a big deal to invite everyone to come, I just want to tell you that you will be Chang'an people in the future, live forever in Guannei, always serve in Guannei, and actively engage in economic and cultural affairs with the people of Guanzhong, and will lay a lot of foundations. At the time of the night banquet, I didn't talk much about political affairs, and everyone talked about wine and joy. ”

Everyone and the left and right sides agreed with the emperor's statement from the bottom of their hearts, they all nodded, their faces were full of admiration, and everyone raised the wine bottle in their hands to toast the emperor and said, "The ministers wish Your Majesty a long life." ”

Liu Bang also raised the bottle and touched everyone in the audience from afar, then drank it with a smile, and waved his hand to signal the eunuch to start dancing and music. Outside the hall, there are eight (sixty-four) Qingli dancing girls, accompanied by "Wen Shi", that is, the original "Da Shao" music and dance. Beautiful dance, solemn court music, Liu Bang smiled and motioned for everyone to enjoy while eating.

Several ministers close to Liu Bang, such as Xiao He, Zhou Bo, Chen Ping, and others, looked at these people in Kanto, and they all looked at each other and smiled, knowing that the emperor had won the hearts of many people, and the emperor's means of winning the hearts of the people had always been clever. In addition, he really admires the emperor, and the country of this Han Dynasty really needs Liu Bang to do it, and others can't sit still and can't sit steadily. The ministers met their eyes, and they raised their glasses to each other and drank them all.

The night banquet went smoothly, everyone pushed the cups and passed the glasses, the staggered tastes, the words were joyful and laughing, and the solemn sound of music was endless......