Section 656 The Great Feast of the Ministers
The next day, Liu Yu held a banquet in Dali Temple, and a number of ministers and generals came to the banquet. The vastness of the formation shocked the entire Chang'an City.
This is what Liu Yu deliberately did, as the so-called "if you want to succeed, you must first build momentum"!
There were a lot of people who came to the banquet, and the servants who came with these people were bustling with the official road outside the Dali Temple.
Seeing that there were too many visitors, Liu Yu simply ordered Dong Neng to set up a table in the courtyard, and the tables and tables filled the venues in the front and back courtyards.
There is a small case under the big locust tree, which is the place where the main seat of Dali Temple is located.
When the hour arrived, everyone was seated.
Among these people, there are many members of the first and second grades in the court, and the reason why they gather here is because the young Dali Siqing in front of them gave them hope.
Liu Yu stood up from the main seat and bowed his hand to everyone, "Today's gentlemen appreciate their faces, Liu is grateful in his heart!"
Everyone got up one after another, "See Lord Liu!"
Liu Yu invited everyone to sit down, and did not say any officialdom clichés.
He invited everyone to eat on their own, poured himself a glass of wine, and began to analyze the current situation to everyone.
Pei Yuan, the head of the household, is a white fat man, born in the Pei family, a large family in Shandong. He and the three provinces of Shangshu and Liu of the Ministry of War happened to sit next to each other, so the two got together and whispered softly.
"Liu Shangshu, what do you think of this Lord Liu?" Pei Yuan asked quietly.
Liu Sansheng touched his beard, "I originally wanted to give face to the late Xie Xiang, so I made friends with Lord Liu." I thought he was just an ignorant teenager, but after a deep relationship, I realized that he was really a masterpiece of a generation!"
Pei Yuan nodded again and again, "I have roughly the same opinion as you, this Lord Liu doesn't like exaggeration, and he is quite simple in his work. Although your words are plain when you listen to him, every word can be to the point. There are not many people in the world who can do this. ”
"But just like this, there is no guarantee that Lord Liu will lead us to repel the thief army outside the city, the right time, place and people are indispensable!" Liu Sansheng glanced at Pei Yuan meaningfully.
Pei Yuan seemed to have realized, "My family is quite wealthy, if Lord Liu needs military salaries, I can sell the fields and houses, and dedicate them all to the imperial court!"
Liu Sanxing shook his head again and again, "Your little family property is not enough to see, and it is not the right time and place." ”
Pei Yuan was a little confused, "What about ......?"
Liu Sanxing said in a low voice: "We should give Lord Liu a name, let him be famous, so that the ministers can be subdued and the foreign thieves are afraid." ”
Pei Yuan suddenly realized, "So you want him to be the prime minister?"
Liu Sanxing shook his head.
"Could it be the Third Prince?" Pei Yuan's eyes widened.
Liu Sansheng shook his head again and smiled slightly, "I want to ask Master Pei what he thinks." ”
Pei Yuan almost jumped up, "You are an old fox, I almost fell for you." Whatever you want to do, I'll follow you!"
"That's good!" Liu San said, smiling at Pei Yuan.
He stood up from his seat and took a long look in the direction of the main seat, "Lord Liu, I have something to report for my humble duties!"
Liu Yu sat on the main seat and stretched out his hand to signal, "Lord Liu doesn't need to be polite, please speak!"
Liu Sansheng walked out of the banquet, "In today's troubled times, only great heroes and heroes can save the people of Li from fire and water." In the first battle of Kurosawa, Lord Liu made the soldiers of the Tubo country disappear when he talked and laughed, and his fame was huge, which can be called a shock to the world!"
He paused, his eyes swept to the people in the banquet, and said loudly: "Lord Liu was originally a person who could be the Khan of the grassland, but now he is willing to deign to deign to demote and lead us all to exterminate the yellow thief, how can we make the hero chill, yes or no!?"
"Yes!" everyone replied in unison, as if they had been prepared.
Pei Yuan sat on the seat, was startled when he saw this, and said in his heart: "It turns out that the person surnamed Liu has planned all this a long time ago, but he didn't tell me early, it's really hateful!"
He thought about it for a while, "Yes, this Liu San Province is Xie Youzhi's protégé, and naturally supports Dali Temple like other Xie Dang." I have never had anything to do with the Xie Party, and it is reasonable for him to be wary of me. ”
Liu Sansheng did not stop doing anything, led everyone to leave the table, walked to the main seat, and bowed to the ground.
He held a scroll of holy decrees in his hand and read: "The emperor's edict said, Liu Ju, the secretary of Dali Temple, has made a contribution to Sheji and bestowed the title of King of Qin......"
He went on to read some of the ornate words that are common in the decrees.
Pei Yuan sat on the seat, a little dizzy when he listened, and said in his heart: "King Qin, King Qin...... This is the title of Emperor Taizong back then, this Liu San Province is simply bold, don't you want to do the opposite?"
He was on pins and needles, knowing that if he didn't express his position, his life could be in danger at any time. But even so, he still had difficulty making a decision. Pei's generation was born in the Tang Dynasty, and he was deeply favored by the country. If it was only to repel the yellow thief, he could risk his life. But if someone wants to change the day, he would rather die than agree.
At this moment, Liu Yu on the main seat did not wait for the holy decree to be recited, and suddenly said with a smile: "Liu is just a Dali temple, and he has no great merit to the imperial court, and he really dare not take the position of King Qin!"
"My lord!" Liu Sanxing's expression was excited, and his heart of exhortation was overflowing.
"Don't say it again, you don't dare to take the throne of King Qin!" Liu Yu's attitude was very resolute.
Pei Yuan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, and thought: "This Lord Liu is not like an ambitious person, if this is the case, it is really a blessing for the Tang Dynasty." ”
People who think the same way as Pei Yuan are Yan Lie, the commander of the forbidden army. Yan Lie wanted to stand up and reprimand Liu San Province for messing around, but when he saw Liu Yu's resignation and refusal to accept the title of King of Qin, he relaxed a little.
During the banquet, Liu Sanxing failed to persuade him several times, so he looked anxious and kept kowtowing on the ground. The ministers who knelt in front of the main seat with him began to cry and cry, and they all wanted to come forward and die, as if they would never die.
"The king of Qin refuses to ascend the throne, and the society is in danger!"
"Please also ask King Qin to be considerate of the common people!"
"Datang can do without us, but not without King Qin!"
"King Qin thinks twice!"
Vice Qing Dong Neng looked at these ministers who were crying so much, he was a little overwhelmed, he leaned in front of Old Scholar Liu, and whispered: "Old lady, either let the adults be the King of Qin, right?"
"You are confused!" Old Scholar Liu glared at Dong Neng fiercely, "Throughout the ages, all courtiers who wanted to be the founding heroes did this. They know very well in their hearts that the more they cry, the higher their official position will be in the future!"
"Are you saying that they want to change the dynasty?" Dong Neng put his hand in his mouth in fright.
Old Scholar Liu frowned and did not speak.
"That'...... Old lady, do I want to cry?" Dong Neng seriously asked for advice.
"Get out, dare to cry and beat you!" Old Scholar Liu wanted to strangle this bastard to death.
During the banquet, those ministers were still crying and persuading, and some even knocked their heads on the corner of the table, and the scene was very lively.
At this time, an inconspicuous official left from the banquet, quietly walked out of the gate of Dali Temple, and turned into a restaurant across the street after going out into the street.
On the top floor, near the window on the street, a veiled woman sits alone at a table on four floors, ordering only two side dishes and a cup of tea, without moving her chopsticks.
From time to time, the woman adjusted the position of the veil on her face so that no one could see her peerless face.
Xie Duyan quietly looked out the window, and from her position, she could see the situation in the Dali temple opposite.
The official who came out of Dali Temple trotted upstairs, approached Xie Duyan's side, and whispered a few words.
Xie Duyan sighed softly, "Liu Sanxing is a little selfish, and he has gone too far, and he can't let him mess around." ”
She whispered a few words to the official who came to report the news, and the official quickly turned around and ran downstairs.