Section 194 Hunting (8)
The twelve teams returned one by one, and the saint was so excited that he didn't see him in his prime.
He threw the longbow in his hand to the eunuch who followed him and jumped off his horse.
With the sound of bells and drums, the officials on the school field have already returned to their positions.
Emperor Yongning did not return to his throne, but laughed all the way to the viewing platform where the four kings were.
The eunuch of the celebrant was busy counting the prey. The ministers of the cabinet hurried two steps behind the saint.
The four kings had already sat down, and when they saw the saints coming, they got up one after another, bowed down and bowed: "Ministers greet Wan'an!"
Emperor Yongning raised his hand to Pinto: "All of you love Qing Pingsheng!" When the four kings got up, the sage continued: "Come, sit, sit!
The four of them said in unison, "The ministers are terrified!" and welcomed the saint to his seat.
Emperor Yongning sat down and straightened his sleeves: "The four princes have been guarding the frontier all year round, and I will remember this hard work. Last night, I specially ordered Grandpa Zhuang to give you a pot of thin wine. Speaking of that wine, but the wine presented in the snow country last year, I thought that the kings were all good winemakers, so it made people live in the cellar...... Tell me how about the wine?"
Pan Guangyao said: "Enlightening saints, mellow and gloomy, evocative!"
Geng Zhong said: "Enlightening the saint, the elixir and jade liquid are really rare wines!"
Emperor Yongning glanced at Murong Huan and asked, "Murong Aiqing, what do you think?"
Murong Huan bowed and said: "Lao Chen is a good drinker, and every meal is not happy without wine." I drank too much wine, and I couldn't remember the taste! When the sage gave the wine last night, the old minister was talking about the wine with Prince Pan, and he drank the royal wine in a daze...... This...... It's a shame to think about it now...... I didn't know what it tasted like! The old minister wanted to wow...... If you have the opportunity today, the saint will give you the imperial wine again, and you must drink it drop by drop, and taste it one by one!"
Murong Huan's words were extremely ingenious, which caused Emperor Yongning to laugh loudly: "Aiqing...... You can't use my palace as the wine cellar of your Zhennan Palace... Huh? hahaha......"
Murong Huan said: "The minister doesn't dare, but he can drink the saint's wine, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." Minister...... Naturally, I want to be greedy!"
Emperor Yongning slapped his thigh: "Okay, what a greedy cup." I have everything here, Aiqing likes it, so I will ask the celebrant to prepare a car and send it to the house for you!"
Murong Huan hurriedly knelt down and thanked him: "Minister, thank the saint for the reward!"
Emperor Yongning breathed a sigh of relief: "There is the Murong Palace's seat in the Xishan Road, what trouble do I have? Aiqing has worked hard, hard work!"
Murong Huan said: "The ministers share their worries for the court, and they will not give up even if they die! However, saint, the ministers still have a reluctant request!"
Emperor Yongning said: "What is the matter, but it doesn't hurt to say it!"
Murong Huan said: "Although the minister led the Ninghai Navy to repel Nansang, Ninghai City was almost destroyed, and the war was over, the people were displaced, and all industries were waiting to be developed, and the war delayed the spring plowing time for farmers. The ministers had the courage to start and exempt Ninghai Mansion from paying taxes for two years. In this way, order in Ninghai will be restored!"
Emperor Yongning muttered: "This... This... I'm right! Ning Haijun and the people bravely resisted the enemy, and I should be sympathetic to my people. Tingzhen, you immediately teach the cabinet to draft a decree to exempt Ninghai Mansion from paying taxes in Xishan Province for three years, and order the ten household ministries to allocate 100,000 taels of silver to rebuild Ninghai Mansion!"
Yuan Tingzhen behind him hurriedly responded "yes"!
Murong Huan hurriedly knelt down: "Minister, thank the saint Longen!"
Yongning smiled: "Aiqing is tired. Get up!" Yongning looked at Tao Yanji again and asked, "How is Beizhen doing?"
Tao Yanji bowed: "Enlighten the saints, the people in the territory live and work in peace and contentment, and they all praise me again for the peaceful and prosperous world." When the ministers came, the people also presented a picture of the song of the people, and the ministers have framed it, and when they return to Beijing, they will be presented to the palace!"
Emperor Yongning said: ""Song of the People's Dynasty", good, good! I am very happy today, I have all the lovers to share the worries, why worry about the uncertainty of the world? Today I hunted a deer, when I go back to dinner, you want to taste it together......
Speaking of this, Gonggong Zhuang of the celebrant came forward with an official document in his hand: "Saint, the number of fierce beasts hunted by each team has been counted and presented to the saint. ”
Emperor Yongning picked up the golden book on the tray, flipped through it twice, and said, "Good, not bad...... Aiqing sit down for a while, I want to go and say hello to all the warriors!"
After finishing speaking, Gonggong Zhuang helped Emperor Yongning to step down from the viewing platform.
Back at the altar, Yongning saw that the gold book in his hand was handed back to Grandpa Zhuang, and motioned for him to talk about these numbers.
Gonggong Zhuang opened the golden book, and read aloud: "Twenty-six beasts hunted by the eldest prince Jin Wang team, twenty-two beasts hunted by the third prince Qi Wang team, twenty-eight beasts hunted by the fifth prince Kang Wang team, forty-one beasts hunted by the eighth prince Zhaowang team, and twenty-two beasts hunted by the Twelfth Prince Ruiwang team......"
With Zhuang Sunming's reading, every time someone was mentioned, everyone applauded and was in an uproar.
After the golden book was read, Grandpa Zhuang returned the book to the sage.
Emperor Yongning took the golden book, stood on the altar, and looked around: "Ladies and gentlemen, can you really understand? Which team should win the title of the first place in the paddock this time?"
Do you need to ask?
I just heard it really, the beasts hunted by King Zhang Qiong of Zhao are almost twice as many as others, and the top of this list is naturally Zhang Qiong, King of Zhao.
However, the ministers had their own concerns at this time, and they were not in a hurry to express their position.
But the third prince Qi Wang, who listened, stepped forward and said, "My father is biased...... Knowing that the eighth brother is the best among our brothers, and if we want to win or lose by the quantity, then most of our brothers will not be convinced......"
Yongning glanced at King Qi and said happily: "Then how do you think you should decide whether you win or lose?"
King Qi said: "It was said that on this paddock, there should be a number of winners and losers, but this first title was given to the eighth brother, and I am 10,000 unconvinced." First, everyone knows the subtlety of the eighth brother's archery. Second, there are many kinds of beasts hunted by the eighth brother, and there are five or six young rabbits that are still in their infancy, which seriously violates the ancestral system of not hunting cubs. ”
The eighth prince, King Zhao, said angrily: "Father, these are not shot by the sons. It is really a good archeryman, and when one is shot, it hurts those cubs...... The retainers couldn't bear their corpses in the wilderness. My father often taught his sons and ministers how hard their ancestors worked to lay down this cloud to shine in the world, which is a piece of rice, and a piece of minced meat is also the vitality of Yunzhao. That's why he brought these cubs back, not to destroy the heavens, not to go against the destiny of heaven! The father and the emperor said that there was something wrong with the sons. ”
The eldest prince Jin Wang said: "What the eighth brother said makes sense, there is a reason for it, and it cannot be regarded as a violation of the ancestral system." What the third brother said also makes sense, this is the first, and it can't be given to the eighth brother. ”
Emperor Yongning frowned and said, "Oh." Then tell me, who should I reward for the first place?"
King Jin said: "The son thinks that this first is naturally owned by his father...... The second is the eighth brother! The father and the emperor are majestic in the world, the emperor is magnificent, loves the people like a son and is admired by all the people, is diligent in government, wise and martial arts is loved by hundreds of officials, and is eloquent and strategic, and Wen Taowu is slightly favored by the Quartet. Now my father rode with a longbow and hunted auspicious deer, such miracles were really an emperor through the ages. What is the ability of the sons and others, dare to call the name of the first. That's why Erchen thinks that his father is the number one in this year's autumn paddock!"
Who doesn't love people and sing praises of virtue, King Jin's sycophant shot loudly and brightly, and the civil and military officials all admired it when they heard it, and they all nodded again and again, and congratulated in unison: "My emperor Shenwu!"
Emperor Yongning was even more overjoyed, and his face was full of light: "King Jin, I want to seal you...... But you have come to praise me!That's it, this ranking is a false name after all, today I have decided, not in the ranking, all the troops are good, and they are all good people of my Yunzhao. I have you...... It's very relieved, very relieved!"
Emperor Yongning paused, and instructed Zhuang Gong to be fair: "Pass the order, and all the birds and beasts hunted today will be rewarded to each team and the three armies." ”
Zhuang Gong said: "Obey the order!" turned around and announced the decree, and said in a loud voice: "Spread the word, all the birds and beasts hunted today will reward each team and reward the three armies." ”
The troops were surprised and cheered in unison: "Mighty, mighty! Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
Shen Mu looked at this scene and suddenly had a deeper understanding of the five princes in the court.
Among these five people, the eldest prince Jin Wang is the most in the city, and it is obvious that his words should have been prepared for a long time. He knew that if he was competing in hunting, he would naturally be inferior to the Eighth Prince, but he didn't want the Eighth Prince to win the first place, let alone be as reckless as the Third Prince, King Qi, so he said this high-sounding statement. First, Emperor Yongning, who came to provoke, was overjoyed, and secondly, he did not offend King Qi and King Zhao, and he could be recognized by the ministers, which can be described as killing three birds with one stone.
On the surface, he lost, but secretly he won beautifully.
And King Qi is the most upright, and the joy, anger and sorrow can be read immediately from that face.
As for King Kang, Shen Mu has dealt with him, as a royal son, he is attached to a woman in the dust, and he is not very smart.
That King Zhao, Kong Wu is powerful and resourceful...... That's it. With his "father talking about it...... it can already be known that this person is the kind that is with the powder magazine, just a little bit!
The Twelve Princes, King Rui, has always said very little, even when he speaks, he is also polite, this person is either deliberately instructed by someone, or the spirit of poetry and books is too heavy, lacking the domineering spirit of the king!
Looking around, I really didn't find any of them who could be comparable to Emperor Yongning's aura!
This hunt didn't seem to be as thrilling as Shen Mu thought, but it was plain and indifferent to the night banquet.
Strange, such an ordinary hunt, why is Murong Huan so nervous?
Did you miss something, or did you not pay attention to the **?
Besides, Murong Huan himself said that if he didn't participate in the matter of establishing a prince, these princes would fight for the sky, and as long as he didn't interfere with each other, he shouldn't be involved.
Murong Huan really didn't think like Shen Mu, since he came to Beijing, he felt that his heart was up and down, and it was very unpleasant.
If you want to ask him if it's wrong, you can't tell him. I always feel that everything in front of me is real and unreal.
Maybe it's because he has been an official for many years, and maybe he thinks too much......
In short, with Shen Mu, there is also someone to discuss everything.
As night falls, the feast begins!