July 7, the day of begging, coincides with the rest. Both houses are full of guests and full of seats. According to the previous plan, the staff of the two prefectures and subordinate officials and other guests were invited today, but the guests who came to pay their respects to the birthday came one after another, far exceeding the number of people expected.

Although the door is open today, the people who welcome and receive them are all servants and maids of the two provinces. Wu Yong followed Zhu Yuan to meet the guests in the hall, and he summed up that the guests who came today can be roughly divided into three categories, one is the doormen of Luoyang, the second is the officers and soldiers, and the third is the officials from all over the country.

Wu Yong didn't understand why these people came at first, and it wasn't until Zhu Yuan explained it with a smile that he knew the reason.

Speaking of doormen, the most widely circulated is Meng Weijun, who collected 3,000 diners. In ancient times, many powerful people preferred to collect customers in their homes.

Before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Menke was used as a symbol of wealth and status of powerful families, and its actual role was equivalent to that of Hong Kong in the eighties and nineties in later generations

"Ma Zai", and in the Warring States Period, due to social turmoil, in order to maintain their status in order to occupy a place in the court, the value of the doorman was reflected, and giving advice became the main factor.

Powerful families raise customers with a clear purpose, either to highlight their identity, status and wealth, or to reserve talents in case of emergency, or to get a good reputation.

Most of the people who are willing to be customers are from the middle and lower classes, and they want to rely on their own efforts and strength to break away from the original social relations and climb to a higher class to realize their own value.

However, with the development of the times and the continuous improvement of the system, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the role of the door guest also changed dramatically.

Where the so-called power is, there are always people who tend to be inflammatory, and they run like flies chasing the smell of the powerful.

As the imperial capital, Luoyang naturally gathered many wealthy and powerful people, and their surroundings naturally attracted a large number of customers.

These people, or belong

The "helper" clan accompanies the powerful vassal elegance, or helps the powerful amass wealth and fight political opponents.

Not only the wealthy and powerful, since Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty, the eunuchs of the relatives took turns to dictate power, and they raised more customers, and many people were awarded official titles because of their attachment to them.

This has led to a large number of people who are willing to be guests in Luoyang, most of whom abandon their family business and come to Luoyang to make a living, looking forward to returning to their hometowns in good clothes.

Of course, not all of these disciples are people who tend to be inflammatory, and there are many people who are really talented and depressed, and they are looking forward to meeting the Lord and showing their ambitions in life.

Therefore, when these people heard about the grand birthday scene of the Houhou Mansion in the past two days, most of them expected that Wu Yong would definitely become a pillar of the imperial court in the future, so they did everything possible to sneak into the Houhou Mansion and wanted to show up in front of Wu Yong.

After talking about the doormen of Luoyang's various prefectures, let's talk about the officers and soldiers of Luoyang City. Luoyang is the imperial capital, and because of its extremely special geographical location, Wu Tian can be defended, of course, it is the center of gravity of military defense.

As early as the founding of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, there were heavy troops stationed in Luoyang. After Emperor Shun, political corruption, and natural disasters continued, the society began to be turbulent, and there were refugees in various places to attack the government, and Luoyang was surrounded by large armies.

Among them, in the official system, there are as many as 12 or 20 2,000-stone level officials related to guarding the capital.

For example, Guangluxun belongs to the five senses of the Lang General, the left Zhong Lang General, the right Zhong Lang General, the Tiger Ben Zhong Lang General, the Yulin Zhong Lang General, the Cavalry Lieutenant and so on.

Not to mention those important positions in the army directly under the army, such as generals, Simas, and captains. Only Wu Yong heard that the garrison were: 537 guards under the Nangong Guard Order, 471 guards under the Beigong Guard Order, 416 guards under the right capital, 383 guards under the command of the left capital, and a total of 639 guards at each palace gate; Seven hundred and twenty people to whom the Jinwu belonged; The lieutenant of the Northern Army is in charge of 700 people in charge of the Tun cavalry captain, 700 in charge of the Yue cavalry captain, 700 in charge of the infantry captain, 730 in charge of the Changshui captain, and 700 in charge of the shooting sound captain.

Some of these officers and soldiers are brave warriors from the frontier, some are selected from all over the country, and some are the children of powerful families, and the reason why they chose to come today to celebrate their birthdays is partly because they have an old relationship with the five surnamed families, and secondly because of Wu Yong.

This time it was not because of Wu Yong's identity as the son of heaven, but because of Wu Yong

The reputation of "Xianjun" has spread from the Luoyang Imperial Village, and many officers and soldiers are very impressed by Wu Yong's ability to continue to take over those displaced people, especially this time, they also have an important task, which is to see if Wu Yong can take over some disabled soldiers.

Since Wu Yong took over the imperial village, he instructed the people in the village to start planting all kinds of melons, fruits and vegetables.

At first, they were skeptical, but it wasn't until Zhuo Taijun's birthday banquet that tens of thousands of catties of vegetables were used every day, which made them feel at ease.

Especially with this birthday banquet, stir-fried vegetables became popular in Luoyang City, and many people learned that they planted a large number of vegetables in Huangzhuang and went to buy them.

Not to mention the vegetables that were consumed by the Houfu, the purchase of these people alone could bring no less than two hundred yuan to each family every day, which made the people of other imperial villages envious, and a large number of people came to watch every day.

And because the nearest Huangzhuang to this Huangzhuang are all disabled soldiers who manage the planting, so they have to ask for a relationship and want to find Wu Yong to negotiate about planting vegetables.

The reason why they did this was because they respected Wu Yong's vision and methods, and second, because they were afraid of taking risks.

You must know that at this time, it is not better than the later generations, and the vegetables grown are not sold. At this time, it takes a lot of determination to grow vegetables, and the market is also a problem, after all, people can not eat vegetables, but they cannot skip meals.

Planting vegetables, if you are not careful, not only will you lose all your money, but the whole family will go hungry.

Based on the above factors, there are not a few officers and soldiers who came to congratulate Zhuo Taijun on his birthday today. After talking about the first two types of guests, let's talk about the last type of guests - the magistrates in various places.

The so-called "upper count" refers to the local magistrate's year-end report to the state. During the Qin and Han dynasties, in order to strengthen the evaluation of local officials, local officials were required to report their work to the central government on a regular basis, which was called Shangji.

However, in ancient times, when transportation was inconvenient, it was impossible for local governors to leave their offices for a long time to personally report to the central government, and often sent their subordinates to report to the capital.

These officials who came to Luoyang from all over the country and reported their work to the imperial court were called Shangji officials. At the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, these officials not only had to leave their hometowns, but also had to bear huge risks, and they would be held accountable for the slightest mistake, so many people were reluctant to engage in this work.

But from the beginning of the Han and Emperors, the Shangji became a sought-after profession. In the fourteenth year of Yongyuan, the imperial court began to restore the system of selecting Lang officials from among the officials in the Western Han Dynasty.

If these officials report well, they are likely to be elected as Lang officials and thus stay in the central government.

For example, Wang Yi, the author of "Chu Ci Chapters and Sentences", came to Luoyang as the above official, and was finally elected as the school secretary, so as to enter the official career.

After such people came to Luoyang, they lived in the county residences of various counties in Luoyang. Some officials stayed in Luoyang for a long time.

Some of them traveled extensively in Luoyang and became a relatively active group in Luoyang City, and many officials also put forward their own opinions on major government affairs.

The reason why there are many senior officials among the guests who celebrate today's birthday is, in the final analysis, the role of Wu Yong. When Wu Yong was in Wancheng, through the homeless people, he passed on all kinds of food practices to various places, which caused a great sensation.

Especially in the two months he was in Luoyang, every once in a while, Wu Yong made a sensational event.

Therefore, his name can be said to be often mentioned in the local counties. Recently, it coincided with Zhuo Taijun's birthday, and after these officials asked the lords of each family, they received a unified reply, asking them to go to the Houhou Mansion to celebrate their birthdays, which led to the scene of today's guests.

It can be said that most of the guests who came to congratulate Zhuo Taijun on his birthday today were for Wu Yong. Wu Yong learned these news from Zhu Yuan's mouth, and he didn't take it seriously, and still talked and laughed with everyone.

And because of today's banquet for the staff of the two governments and subordinate officials, Wu Yong arranged Cen Sheng and Yan Zhan to the banquet.

Through Yan Zhan's introduction, Wu Yong met Wang Yue. Wang Yue has apologized to Yan Zhan and made amends for his recklessness last time, and the two have now reconciled, and the relationship between master and apprentice is even better than before.

Every time Yan Zhan went to the palace to wait for Wu Yong, Wang Yue would instruct him in swordsmanship. After hearing that Wang Yue was a famous swordsman in the world, Wu Yong also remembered the introduction of Wang Yue in later generations, this figure was personally praised by Emperor Cao Pi.

Therefore, he also looked down on Wang Yue, which made Wang Yue a little excited, and he couldn't wait to defect to Wu Yong immediately.

On Cen Sheng's side, as a former Taishou Gongcao, he has a set of means to treat people and things, so he got acquainted with a lot of officials at the banquet.

During this period, some officers and soldiers asked about the planting of vegetables by the disabled soldiers in Huangzhuang, and Wu Yong also promised to help coordinate, which made them very satisfied, and threatened that Wu Yong could ask them for help when he encountered something in the future.

Of course, some of the disciples who tend to be inflammatory, also want Wu Yong to take them into the door, Wu Yong refused one by one because of his young age, but he did not block everyone's road, and threatened to use people in the future, and he must consider them first, so that their mood will not be too lost.

This banquet came down, noisy, and it was almost evening. And because today is the night of Qixi Festival, there is a custom nowadays, women hold colorful silk threads, and wear seven-hole needles towards the moonlight competition.

The female guests of the Panxiang Hou Mansion were quite lively, not only threading the needle and threading the needle in the live competition, but also singing the lyrics in "Tianxian Pei", which caused everyone to laugh and disperse one by one until late at night.