In the end, Shao Xi finally took out the sign of Xiao Changyi's imperial gift, and the guards were shocked when they saw the word "imperial gift" on the brand, and hurriedly bowed down to let him go, not daring to ask more.

After coming to the Lin De Hall and showing the waist card of "Jing Chengsi", the eunuch in charge of the affairs of the palace did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly led Shao Xi to the seat corresponding to his official rank.

At this time, many officials in the hall had arrived in advance, and many acquaintances were chatting with each other after sitting down, Shao Xi was basically not familiar with each other, and even many did not know each other, but out of politeness, he had to nod politely with others.

Shao Xi's nominal name is not too small to say, where can it be divided! Now thrown into a group of officials, although it can't be said that there is no sense of existence, but at least it is not so eye-catching in terms of rank.

However, this embarrassing situation did not last long, and the effect of yesterday in the White Egret Academy was revealed.

First of all, Zhang Yuzheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, because today's banquet involves diplomatic relations, he came relatively early. As soon as he saw Shao Xi, he took the initiative to come over to say hello, and those officials who were familiar with Zhang Yuzheng naturally had to greet Shao Xi when they came to greet him, so Shao Xi was not so embarrassed.

Next were Fang Bingwen, Yin Ye'an, Long Qihong and others, everyone had to run over to greet Shao Xi after they came in, and all the people who knew them had to surround Shao Xi. For a while, Shao Xi was surrounded by many officials, and it seemed that he had become the focus of everyone.

In fact, all of this is due to Bai Dinggong, because Bai Dinggong repeatedly instructed the officials who came to congratulate him yesterday to take more care of Shao Xi on weekdays, even if everyone is not aiming at Shao Xi's own talent and ability, just this sentence to Bai Dinggong will take care of Shao Xi.

So at this time, they all did it on purpose, reminding other officials of Shao Xi's status in the court through their influence in the court. Even they had to take the initiative to come over to greet Shao Xi, so the people who wanted to slap them naturally came over to slap Shao Xi very much, which was tantamount to helping Shao Xi expand his fame and influence in the officialdom.

Officialdom has been like this since ancient times, either they are setting up each other's stage, or they are tearing each other down, and it is actually very difficult to be alone.

After this round of greetings, almost the entire officials in the court knew Shao Xi, and they all knew that he was the proud protégé of Bai Dinggong of Bailu Academy, and he was the junior brother of many officials in the court, and some officials even called him a little uncle.

A fourth-grade official is surrounded by a group of third-grade purple-robed officials, which will naturally attract the attention of those first- and second-grade officials, coupled with Shao Xi's name of "Jingchengsi", he soon mixed into the circle of more than three grades at the level of the fourth-grade, and all kinds of caring greetings, praises and praises are endless.

Shao Xi is clear about the complexity of officialdom in his heart, and he doesn't want to get involved too deeply. These seemingly modest and polite civil officials are actually a group of ruthless people who really kill people without seeing blood, and if they are really involved in the entanglement of interests, the cold-bloodedness of this group of people is chilling. Therefore, Shao Xi has always maintained a humble and respectful attitude, not showing rejection, and at the same time not showing too much intimacy with someone.

If there is anyone in this group who really cares about Shao Xi, I am afraid that only Zhang Yuzheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is at present, because he knows Shao Xi's true identity.

This matter was also revealed to him by Bai Dinggong in private, and the reason why he told him was because Feng Changlin had a very good personal relationship with him before his death, and secondly, because he was also Feng Changlin's boss in the "Jing Cheng Division", that is, the history of the Sanpin Inspector, and he was the actual leader in the "Jing Cheng Division".

This relationship is more important than personal relationships, because it proves that Zhang Yuzheng and Feng Changlin are the most trusted people around Xiao Changyi, so the degree of trust between him and Feng Changlin naturally does not need to be talked about.

"Jing Chengsi" does not need cumbersome procedures to do things, and the actual meaning of its existence is actually the emperor's eyes, ears, and the hand that cannot be stretched out when necessary. The reason why such an institution was established with the Ministry of Rites as the team was that the Ministry of Rites had relatively little entanglement with other ministries and departments, and at the same time, it had the corresponding resources and the ability to carry out the external conditions, which could better implement the emperor's will.

At this time, Zhang Yuzheng saw that everyone else had returned to his seat one after another, so he whispered to Shao Xi: "Today is just a banquet for foreign missions who came to pay tribute, there is nothing special, you just need to sit here and wait for the banquet to end, and other things have my etiquette department and Honglu Temple and Guanglu Temple to deal with, if there is really anything, I will naturally take care of you." ”

Shao Xi had learned about the relationship between Zhang Yuzheng and Feng Changlin from the Baiding Palace before, so he naturally wanted to be closer in his heart. At this time, seeing that Zhang Yuzheng took care of himself, he hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"The younger generation has just entered the court. In the future, I hope that the seniors will raise a lot of points, and the younger generations will definitely humbly seek advice from the seniors, and they will inevitably disturb the seniors in the future. ”

Zhang Yuzheng naturally heard the meaning of Shao Xi's words, so he also replied with words: "It's okay, since you are the protégé of Old Master Bai, no matter what aspect you are, this official should take care of you, you don't have to be polite, just come to me if you have something, I will do my best." ”

"Then the juniors thank you in advance."

Zhang Yuzheng waved his hand and motioned for Shao Xi to sit down, while he turned around and left, going to be busy entertaining foreign missions today.

After the long wait that was indispensable for the royal banquet, Xiao Changyi, the emperor, was finally late again, and now it seems that the emperor came late on purpose, probably to show the emperor's prestige.

Next, after a stylized worship ceremony, the monarchs and ministers sat down one after another.

Today, Shao Xi found that Xiao Changyi was not only by his side with Father-in-law Cao, but there was also another father-in-law, who seemed to be on par with Father-in-law Cao, but his temperament was diametrically opposite.

Gonggong Cao is slightly chubby, has a round face, kind eyebrows, and is very modest and polite when he speaks to others. But this father-in-law is completely different, his figure is relatively thin, his white face is detailed, his eyes are gloomy, and the whole person looks gloomy.

Shao Xi always felt that he had seen this person somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while. At this time, the audience ceremony of the foreign envoys had already begun, so Shao Xi did not continue to think about it.

Foreign tributaries are generally made once a year, and sometimes two or three times in case of special circumstances. The people who came to pay tribute were some small countries around or tribes from some barbarian lands, even the Dongmu Kingdom, which had always been very hostile to the Jingyuan Empire, would send envoys to each other with Jingyuan Kingdom every year to carry out ceremonial diplomatic activities, after all, they all regarded themselves as the above countries, and no one wanted to lose their bearing.

Different from previous years, this year's diplomatic mission has one more, that is, the Southern Zhao delegation from Bozhou. Originally, for many years, the Southern Zhao Kingdom had no state exchanges with the northern countries because it was located in the southern mountains, and this year for some reason it suddenly sent an embassy to come, but since it has come, the Jingyuan Empire, as a big country in the Central Plains, naturally has to treat each other with courtesy and show its national prestige.

Speaking of the procedure of the foreign envoy's audience is not too complicated, it is basically an audience, a letter of state, a gift, and a seat, of course, during this period, the Holy Lord may also ask some other questions, but on the whole there is not much change, in previous years, there have been some missions to bring some programs to perform for the Holy to watch during the audience, but this situation is not much.

Shao Xi looked at the wave of envoys coming to meet and present the gifts, but he felt quite fresh. The things donated by the countries of the Western Regions looked a little strange, and even some beyond his imagination, and he felt that it was not the same as what he had learned in history class before, of course, he knew at a glance that they were some rare treasures, and ordinary things could not be used.

The Central Plains is especially short of good horses, so it has always maintained a good relationship with the Western Regions, and the countries of the Western Regions also return the favor by bringing a large number of horses to offer each time.

Because of the long-term fighting, the Mobai tribes in Jinzhou also want to rely on the big tree of the Jingyuan Empire, and every year the tribes also compete to pay tribute and come to offer gifts, hoping to get the support of the Jingyuan Dynasty.

Although most of the grassland tribes in Hezhou in the north are not in harmony with the Jingyuan Dynasty, there are also individual tribes who come to pay tribute every year, with obvious intentions, and they also want to get the support of the Jingyuan Empire and unify the grassland tribes with the help of the Jingyuan Empire.

The Eastern Mu Kingdom, which is located on the eastern coast, is more special. In fact, there has been a long war between the two countries, and although there has been no large-scale war in the past one or two decades, there has been constant friction, but the annual state exchanges have never been interrupted, but the envoys have no sense of awe, and every time they come to show the national prestige of the Eastern Mu State, they are not very welcome.

At this time, standing in front of the hall was the envoy of the Eastern Mu State, and when he entered the palace, he only bowed his hand to Xiao Changyi, who was sitting on it, but did not bow down.

According to the etiquette system of the Central Plains, it is very rude to bow down to the emperor if he does not meet the emperor, which makes the minister, as an official sent by the Eastern Mu State, not ignorant of this reason. Acting like this at this time, in fact, it was clear that he wanted to humiliate Emperor Jingyuan in front of the envoys of various countries and show the prestige of his country, and the intention was so obvious that it could be said to be extremely rude, which caused everyone in the palace to talk about it.

The public who was standing beside Xiao Changyi with a gloomy face openly asked, "Why don't the envoys of Dongmu bow down?" ”

The envoy looked very rebellious, straightened his waist, put his hands behind his back, and raised his head and said: "My Dongmu country is a dignified and ceremonial state, how can I bow down to an emperor who has seized the land of the world by force, is cruel and unkind, and is a barbarian country. ”

When the father-in-law heard this, he shouted, "Bold! As an envoy of Dongmu, he dared to speak wildly, arrogantly and rudely on this hall, and speak disrespectfully to the saints! With no one in your eyes, are you convicted? ”

"I am a courtier of Dongmu Kingdom, and I am not a courtier of your Jingyuan Kingdom, why do I want to kneel to your emperor? And on what basis do you cure me? ”

At this time, there were already officials in the main hall who couldn't help but stand up and reprimand this envoy.

"You're so daring! Standing in the main hall of my Jingyuan Dynasty, how dare you be so arrogant? Do you think that there is no one in my Jingyuan Dynasty? Just one word of the saint can make your head fall to the ground. ”

"Hahaha! shouting and shouting and killing at every turn, it is indeed a brutal barbarian state. ”

Shao Xi took a look at the posture in front of him, and it looked like this show had begun!