Chapter 315: The Banquet of the Morning Strike

After Wei Chen, Zhao Ceying, Gu Tingye, British Gong, Shen Congxing, Song Chaozhong, Geng Han, Duan Chengran, Yuan Wenshao and other heroes who fought the rebellion were all rewarded.

Among them, Zhao Ceying, as the eldest son of the crown prince, was named the king of Gaoyang County, and was the envoy of the Zhongwu Army.

The British Duke was added by the Prince Shaobao (Zheng Erpin) to the Prince Taibao (from the first product), ranking as the third division of the Prince.

The Divine Guard Army commanded the Song Dynasty to seal the Zhongwu General (Zheng Sipin).

Shen Congxing sealed General Dingyuan (Zheng Wupin), Geng Han Feng Ranger General (from Wupin), and Duan Chengran was named General Gui Delang (from Wupin).

Shen Congxing entered the palace before the division was Du Yuhou, and Geng Han and Duan Chengran were appointed as the deputy commanders of the Xiaomeng Army and the Xiaoxiong Army.

Yuan Wenshao was named the captain of Zhaowu (Zheng Liupin), promoted to the deputy commander of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and was in charge of all matters of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division at the South Gate.

As for Gu Tingye, he was promoted from the original Guanzheng Jinshi of the Ministry of War to a member of the Ministry of War (from the fifth grade).

This level of promotion, compared to Gu Tingye's contribution to killing the thief leader Yan Wang with an arrow, is obviously a little shabby.

But there is no way, who made Gu Tingye take the civil official route like Wei Chen now, and naturally it is impossible to rise to the top like a military attaché.

If it weren't for Gu Tingye's background as a jinshi, Zhao Zhen would have intended to let Gu Tingye serve as the deputy commander of the palace and take charge of the palace guards, which is the official position of a military attache of the fourth grade.

But then again, although civil officials are slower to be promoted than military attachés, they have a status that military attaches cannot match.

Like the commander of the Divine Guard, Song Chaozhong, who is now a loyal general of the fourth grade, when he sees Gu Tingye from the fifth grade, he still has to bow respectfully.

That's the difference.

As a military attaché, even a veteran of the army such as the British Duke cannot act arbitrarily when he is out on an expedition, but needs to obey the orders of the civilian officials.

In the final analysis, no matter how high a military attache is, he is only a "general", and the real "handsome" will generally only be a civilian official.

Gu Tingye's goal in the future is to be such a handsome minister who guards one side, rather than a military general who is controlled by others, so he will choose to take the road of the imperial examination, enter the military department, and join the military department.

At this point, Gu Tingye rarely won the support of his father Gu Yankai, after Gu Tingye became a sergeant, it was Gu Yankai who secretly operated and sent Gu Tingye to the military department.

As a civil official, Gu Tingye just embarked on his official career last year, and this year he was promoted to the fifth grade, which is already a rocket-like promotion speed.

Anyway, Gu Tingye himself was already satisfied with this, and Chen Shao, the top student in the ninth year of Tianyou, was only revised from the Hanlin of the Sixth Grade, not to mention the others who were in the same year.

After today, he, Gu Tingye, will be the first person in the nine years of Tianyou's science and technology.

Gu Tingye came out of class to thank him, took the unicorn suit given by the emperor, and looked at the auspicious patterns of the Rui Beast embroidered on it, and he was a little distracted for a while.

This unicorn suit was originally the official uniform of the prince's concubine, and later it was given as a kind of service to the ministers of the fourth or fifth grades.

Gu Tingye was naughty when he was a child, and somehow turned out the unicorn suit from under the box, put it on himself and played with it, and was seen by Gu Yankai, Gu Yankai was immediately furious, hung Gu Tingye up and slapped him hard, it was sour, Gu Tingye still remembers it vividly.

Gu Tingye held the unicorn suit in his hand, and when he returned to the courtier train, he was still excited.

Now it's different from the past, and now he, Gu Tingye, is also a person with a unicorn suit!

It's a pity that his father Gu Yankai was unwell today and did not come to participate in the pilgrimage, so he couldn't see his moment of shining on the lintel of Gu's house.

But it doesn't matter, anyway, he will go back to the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion soon.

Thinking of how surprised and envious his father Gu Yankai and those elders and brothers would show when he returned to the Hou Mansion in this imperial unicorn suit, Gu Tingye couldn't help but laugh heartily in his heart.

It wasn't until after the early dynasty that the hundred officials retreated from the court, and when Gu Tingye followed the people in front of him out of the palace gate, he was still a little drunk.

At this time, a voice suddenly sounded behind him: "The Son of Heaven has given the unicorn suit, what a great grace this is, Gu Yuan Wailang is really a holy scroll, and he will definitely enter the pavilion in the future!" ”

Gu Tingye was given a unicorn suit, and when he was in high spirits, he slapped him with a sycophant, and he was as complete as if he had eaten ginseng fruit, and there was not a single pore that was not happy.

Gu Tingye immediately laughed, thinking that there is such a wonderful person among the courtiers, I must have a good friendship with him.

"Haha, thank you Brother Tai Jiyan, Gu is also here to wish Brother Tai the Son of Heaven as soon as possible, and grace and glory!"

As he spoke, Gu Tingye turned his head and wanted to talk to the person behind him, but Gu Tingye didn't expect that when he looked back, he saw a face that couldn't be more familiar.

Gu Tingye was suddenly embarrassed, he no longer had his previous vigorous appearance, and his face gradually swelled into the color of pig liver.

For a moment, the air seemed to be stagnant, and an awkward atmosphere filled the air.

After a long while, Gu Tingye glared at the person and coughed, glared at the man, and complained with a sad expression: "Xingyun! Why do you bother to entertain me like this, you have made great achievements this time, the Son of Heaven gave me a bullfighting suit, which is much stronger than my unicorn suit! ”

The person standing behind Gu Tingye was Wei Chen, who had just come out of Zichen Palace, and Wei Chen saw Gu Tingye not far in front of him holding a unicorn suit with a dizzy look, so he teased.

At this time, being stared at by Gu Tingye's resentful eyes, Wei Chen hurriedly snorted, opened his mouth to change the topic, and said: "If I remember correctly, Zhong Huai, you are still the first time to go to the court, there will be a banquet after this morning, and the meals are all hosted by Guanglu Temple, I will take you to try it in a while." ”

However, Gu Tingye was unmoved, and glanced at Wei Chen, and said angrily: "I am less blind, I entered the palace when I was eight years old, do you think I don't know the doorway in this palace?"

The skilled cooks in the palace are all in the imperial dining room, as for the pickled goods in Guanglu Temple, they can still be swallowed by a dish of boiled meat in white water, what is there to taste? ”

was told the truth by Gu Tingye, Wei Chen was not embarrassed, he just smiled and said: "Be content with this meal, what's wrong with boiled meat in white water, when you were in the previous dynasty, you didn't want to boil Ding meat in white water, and after all the officials went to the court, they all had to go back to the yamen hungry!" ”

When Gu Tingye went out in the morning, he ate a few mouthfuls of cushions at random, and when Wei Chen said this, he was really a little hungry, so he finally stopped talking and went to the place where the banquet was given under the corridor with Wei Chen.

When the two arrived at the porch, they happened to meet Sheng Changbai and Qi Heng were also there, and several people sat around a table, everyone was familiar with each other, talking and laughing during the banquet, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

Not long after a few people chatted, an errand officer from Guanglu Temple came up with food.

On the table, there are two plates of tea and food, two dishes of cloud seed hemp leaves, four manna cakes, eight large silver ingots of oil pastry, two dishes of small silver ingots and smiles, and lotus seed rice, sea cucumber snowflake soup and so on.

Wei Chen looked at it, the dish was actually quite good, and there was still steaming on it, which was not as tasteless as the previous boiled diced pork in white water.

Seeing that the food on the banquet table on the left and right was also the same, Wei Chen and the others looked at each other, secretly wondering in their hearts.

Sheng Changbai called the Guanglu Temple servant who brought the food and asked the reason for the change in the food.

The messenger replied, "These are all orders from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. His Royal Highness said that the adults got up early and went to court in the dark to work hard, and they should eat better, so they allocated the silver, asked the temple to hire another chef, and also sent the palace people to supervise the purchase. ”

"It turned out to be His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's idea."

Several people suddenly realized.

Gu Tingye picked up the spoon, scooped a mouthful of sea cucumber snowflake soup and put it into his mouth, only to feel that it was steaming, salty and delicious, which just dispelled the chill and fatigue, and couldn't help but praise it.

Sheng Changbai and Qi Heng smelled bursts of tempting fragrances, and they also moved their index fingers, and they were full of praise for His Royal Highness the Prince's benevolent government of all officials.

Only Wei Chen didn't move quickly, just silently looked at the table full of sumptuous meals, thoughtful.