The reason why Shangguan Hongri was able to achieve the position of the king of generals was because he had a proud record, and the army was almost invincible under his command, invincible and invincible.

Today, the combat effectiveness of the People's Republic of China has risen to a very high level, and both the evolution of weapons and equipment and the training of special combat personnel have reached the peak level.

In order to welcome the arrival of Shangguan Hongri, His Majesty swept away the gloom of the past and feasted the ministers in the palace, the place where the banquet was held was the Imperial Capital Yangxin Palace, the Yangxin Palace was the place where His Majesty the Emperor dined every day, the hall was 35 meters long, 20 meters wide, 16 meters high, and it was the palace second only to the Guangming Palace in area. Unless the general returns in triumph, or the important and festive days of the empire will not be held.

So far, the old emperor Tuoba Jue reigned for thirty-two years, and the Yangxin Palace held a total of fifty-six banquets, of which eighteen were to commend the merits of Shangguan Hongri.

Everyone knows that Shangguan Hongri's return at this time is that the drunkard's intention is not to drink, and no one believes the nonsense he used to excuse him, and the old emperor is only afraid and doesn't believe it, but with his wonderful acting skills under Zhengyangmen, this time, the old emperor, who is already terminally ill, decided to hold a banquet again to commend Shangguan Hongri's sincerity. For a time, the palace was lit up, and since the dispute between the princes intensified, it had not been so lively for a long time.

The drums are playing in unison, and the bells are singing. The old emperor sat in the center, wearing a phoenix crown and wearing a bright yellow phoenix robe, Empress Murong was on his left hand; Concubine Ling Ruyi, who was wearing a Luan Tian and a purple begonia robe, sat on His Majesty's right hand; according to the usual practice, the Zhenggong Niangniang who was responsible for accompanying His Majesty was all counted, but today it was different, and there was a chair next to the concubine Niangniang, and a biased position was erected! Concubine Rong, who was only half the age of the concubine, sat there with her infant child in her arms.

The concubine's face was very ugly, and the queen was gloating, with mockery in her eyes, and she glanced at the concubine from time to time, which seemed to say: See, there will always be an end to beauty, and sooner or later someone will replace you to get His Majesty's favor, so that you can experience the pain of being abandoned! In front of these two imposing women, Concubine Rong was small and pitiful, taking care of the child and lowering her head without saying a word.

Now the three highest-ranking women in the harem have arrived, and their attendance at this banquet shows the importance of His Majesty, and the attitude of His Majesty taking this opportunity to show that the ministers are like mirrors, one by one in their eyes, in their hearts, and their plans, but not to mention.

In the first place, the seats of the ministers have already been arranged, and these positions have hardly changed for several years, the military generals are on the right, the Wenchen is on the left, the Wenchen is the closest to His Majesty at the beginning of the leadership of Tuoba Zichu, the military generals are led by Shangguan Hongri, and the others are arranged in order of official rank.

Tuoba Zichu originally wanted to hide from this banquet, but his majesty rejected the request, the reason was that "the palace is finally lively, Zichu, you can't ruin the fun!" So Tuoba Zichu had no reason to prevaricate and could only sit at the table, and as the second-in-command of the entire empire, once he entered the seat, he would inevitably sit closest to His Majesty, including the right prime minister Murong Nan, no matter how envious he was, there was no way to change such a reality.

In addition, except for the old emperor and the three maidens, all the ministers, regardless of their status, were only allowed to sit low, and sat on the ground with a cushion under their buttocks, and in front of them lay a table half a foot high, with wine but no dishes, and all the dishes were placed on the table in front of His Majesty, which was long and wide, and contained a total of one hundred and sixty-nine dishes, all of which were served in official kiln porcelain. According to the rules of the empire, His Majesty is the only person who can face the table during the meal, sitting in the middle of the table, and when he wants to eat something, His Majesty will point with his finger, and the great eunuch Liu Yi will walk over with a porcelain bowl, ask the name of the dish from the imperial chef kneeling next to the table, and read it aloud, and wait until His Majesty says "yes" , in order to use the bowl in the hand to hold some out, with a silver needle to test the poison, after confirming that it is non-toxic, it is presented to His Majesty to enjoy, waste so much strength Your Majesty will eat two or three bites at most, if you feel good, you will share it with the three mothers around you. It is worth noting that as the emperor, it is possible to put the dishes and chopsticks that are not used on the table, but the ladies are not allowed, although their position is close to the emperor, but the chairs sitting under them are all oblique, and the chair mouth is facing the direction of the emperor, that is, they must maintain their attention to the emperor at any time. They can only share the food when His Majesty has eaten it and thinks it is good, and if His Majesty thinks it tastes bad, he will not share it with them, so he can only watch and stare dryly. Not only that, even if they get the food presented by the palace maids, the dishes and chopsticks in their hands must not touch the table, they can only hold them in their hands or then transfer them to the palace maids, anyway, they can't have contact with the table, the table with hundreds of dishes looks no different from the ordinary dining table, but it symbolizes the status and supreme prestige of the Ninety-Five, except for the old emperor, no one can use the dishes and chopsticks to have contact with this dragon table.

After the old emperor and his concubines had all enjoyed the dishes, if the emperor felt that it was okay, the dishes would be served in many small bowls and divided into many equal portions and given to the ministers. Note that this is a reward, a sign of grace, and the ministers need to drink a glass of liquor to express their gratitude after receiving the reward.

In this way, it is the whole process of eating the next dish, and the tedious part makes it almost impossible to taste the deliciousness of the dish, and you can only constantly feel the hunger brought by an empty stomach, but you must show the appearance of gratitude, because if you don't do this, you are likely to die.

A few years ago, a courtier who was too drunk to drink fell drunk in the middle of the banquet, and he couldn't wake up no matter how he screamed, and the old emperor directly ordered the Praetorian Guards to drag him out and behead him, and punish the nine clans!

Therefore, this is not just an ordinary dinner, but also a promotion of the authority of the royal family, and another deepening of the impression of the supremacy of imperial power.

Confucius, the founder of Confucianism, once said that a monarch is a monarch and a minister is a minister, and the boundaries between monarchs and ministers should be marked with courtesy, and they must not be transgressed!

As one of the important ideas of the monarch ruling the world, the idea of Confucianism has been preached for all dynasties, until the Tuoba Dynasty usurped the throne and established the Northern Wei State, and then Confucianism was deposed, this is because the great Confucianism at that time did not support his approach, and even encouraged the Confucian scholars in the world to write a letter to ask for a performance is still located in the Sima family, so Tuoba Jue abolished Confucianism, only preserved the rites of Confucianism, which is an extremely smart approach.

Unlike Buddhism and Taoism, Confucianism has been inextricably linked to imperial power from the moment it was born, and it can be said that Confucianism was born to maintain the rule of imperial power. Starting from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, all the monarchs of later generations all enshrined Confucianism as the state religion, and Buddhism was placed side by side, and the prerequisite for entering the court as an official was to pass the examination of Confucianism, and the so-called Confucianism was "the monarch is the monarch, the minister is the minister, the order of all things is gradual, and the order of all things is gradual, and the idea of maintaining imperial power cannot be deviated". This kind of thinking is very beneficial to the continuation of imperial power, so although Confucianism does not have power, it is the largest sect in the world, and there are no longer a few Confucianists in the world.

Tuoba Jue abolished Confucianism for his own reasons, set up Buddhism as the only state religion, and changed to the nine-grade Zhongzheng system to promote talents, so that the people's upward channel was almost cut off, the people accumulated hardships, and the people accumulated grievances, which could not break out under the Buddhism religion, making the contradiction increasingly acute, Shen Fei saw this, and resolutely stood up and decided to overthrow Buddhism.

A banquet vividly reflects the status gap between monarchs and ministers. As the sound of drums reached a high pitch, the first dish of roasted whole sheep was distributed, and Shangguan Hongri raised his wine glass and said loudly: "Respect the empire, respect Your Majesty!"

"To the Empire, to Your Majesty. ”

"To the Empire, to Your Majesty. ”

"To the Empire, to Your Majesty. ”

"To the Empire, to Your Majesty. ”

The ministers echoed and drank all the wine in the cup with Shangguan Hongri.

The old emperor picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "With your support, the empire can prosper, and the imperial industry can last forever, I am dry!" This glass of wine is down, indicating that the previous unpleasantness has been swept away, indicating that the tension between the monarch and the minister has been eased, indicating that Tuoba is really in a worse and worse situation, and at the same time indicating that Tuoba Lie's role in the old emperor has weakened.

A glass of wine contains too many things, which is really intriguing!

Immediately afterwards, the old emperor clapped his hands and said, "Singing and dancing!"

When his palms were clapped, the sound of the drum music suddenly turned to a high-pitched one, and a group of thirteen slender and lightly dressed young dancers flew into the heart nourishing hall like dancing butterflies, and the six people on the left and the six on the right were separated, and the dancers faced His Majesty, and their thin and powerful waists swayed like water snakes, which was incomparably beautiful.

There have been dancing girls in the palace for a long time, but there are not many opportunities to perform, this is because the old emperor is not particularly keen on enjoyment, and most of the time is spent in the imperial study every day, and he has more leisure time to listen to operas.

Dancers have been kept in captivity for a long time, but they have nowhere to show their skills, so they are naturally uncomfortable, you know, how can such a beautiful and beautiful woman like them be willing to be an ordinary dancer, they all hope to take the opportunity of dancing to be valued by His Majesty as a concubine. As a result, once you have the opportunity to play, one by one is like playing chicken blood, trying your best to show your graceful figure and exquisite curves, and show the beauty of your body.

The old emperor is very particular, in addition to the flesh, he appreciates women's talents more, and he has been used to the singing and dancing of the dancers since he was a child, and he has no particularly big reaction, and his expression has never been too turbulent, which makes the lead dancer who uses all his skills to win His Majesty's attention is very frustrated.

When the drums stopped, their singing and dancing performance ended, and the eyes of the dancer lingered on His Majesty, and there was a spring water in his eyes with affection and ** again and again, hoping to be stopped by His Majesty before leaving the main hall, and firmly ordered to sleep tonight, but unfortunately he couldn't get what he wanted, and His Majesty didn't have them in his eyes at all.

The man who stood tall in spite of his old age had an unwavering gaze, as if only great things could arouse his interest, in stark contrast to the obscene work of the ministers, perhaps this is the difference between the superior and the inferior.

The lead dancer did not get His Majesty's attention, but admired His Majesty more, feeling that he was born for His Majesty, and if he could give birth to a son for the other party, even if he died, it would be worth it.

There is still such a charm in the sixtieth year, and it is true that "power is like an aphrodisiac".

The leading dance went down, the old emperor sent out the second dish, and the ministers toasted the second glass of wine, and after drinking it all, Shangguan Hongri took the initiative to say: "Your Majesty, how about letting the minister's love help the fun." ”

"Let love help the fun?" As soon as this remark came out, everyone was in an uproar, everyone had heard the story of "Xiang Zhuang dancing the sword, intended for Pei Gong", Shangguan Hongri's subordinates are all martial artists, what does it mean to strongly recommend love to help the fun?

The old emperor seemed to be able to understand him, nodded and said, "Okay, find a few representative ones, and perform on the bronze bird stage." "The platform facing the Guangming Hall is called Yuntai, and the platform facing the Yangxin Hall is called Tongque Terrace, and the old emperor asked them to perform on the Tongque Terrace, which means that they are not allowed to enter the palace.

Everyone can hear this truth, Shangguan Hongri immediately communicated with Eunuch Liu Yi, named the names of several people and asked Liu Yi to invite them over, Liu Yi understood and ordered his little eunuchs to do it.

While waiting for the personnel to arrive, the ministers couldn't help but wonder what Shangguan Hongri's move meant. There are only three things that can be thought of: one is to proclaim the strength of his military force to the old emperor and the courtiers in the palace; the second is to use this move to promote virtue in the name of his subordinates in the hope of being reused by His Majesty; and the third is to take this opportunity to kill the killer and plot to usurp the throne.

Judging from the fact that His Majesty did not resist his performance, he should know the content of the next performance, so the theory of seeking to usurp the throne is definitely not valid, in other words, the third reason has been ruled out, and only one or two reasons remain, whether it is one of the two, or both, it is unknown.

After living in the imperial capital for a long time, everything will be considered in a complicated direction, this is because be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, no matter how many merits you have obtained, as long as you do one thing wrong, you may lose your life in the special land of the imperial capital, so you must think twice before you encounter anything.

In a short time, several subordinates who had been named by Shangguan Hongri were summoned into the palace, and they bowed to His Majesty outside the Heart Cultivation Palace: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

The old emperor waved his hand and said: "Aiqing and General Shangguan are all meritorious ministers in the southern and northern wars, this performance is purely for fun, if you have any objections, you can raise them, I will not blame." ”

"It is the duty of a minister to defend the frontier territory, and it is the duty of a courtier to share his worries and win His Majesty's smile, and the minister is extremely happy. ”

"That's fine, let's get started. As the old emperor waved his hand, the sound of drums reached a high pitch, and several people all stood up, straightened their clothes, adjusted their postures, and got ready.