Chapter 2 Champion Banquet
Things have to start with He Zhuowen's high school champion.
The talented champion Lang on the Jinluan Palace not only won the favor of the emperor, but also attracted the attention of another big man!
Although this person is under the Son of Heaven alone, he is above tens of thousands of people, he is the prime minister of the dynasty, Taishi Qiu Rang!
Taishi Qiu is a person who loves talents, and his eyes are like torches, and ordinary people can't get into his eyes.
For example, Hu Qiliang, who was also born in the past and is now an official to the Ministry of Rites, the examiner of the year read his article and thought that this person was a talent, and his performance in the palace examination was also remarkable, and he was praised by the Son of Heaven!
Taishi Qiu said that this talent is vain and useless!
Sure enough, after Hu Qiliang became an official, he didn't make any decent political achievements, but fortunately, he had no merit or fault, plus he was sleek and good at dotting, and he was able to sit in his current position and be considered an official fortune.
As soon as He Zhuo Wenfu, who was dignified and imposing, appeared in front of Taishi Qiu, Taishi Qiu's eyes were already bright, and he couldn't help but praise it secretly in his heart!
After watching He Zhuowen's performance again, he was even more fond of it, and made up his mind to take it for his own use.
Therefore, He Zhuowen had just drunk the imperial wine in the Jinluan Palace, and Taishi Qiu stepped forward to play.
"I am willing to set up a champion banquet for Your Majesty to celebrate the achievements of the champion Lang and all the Jinshi!"
The Son of Heaven called the great good!
Soon Qiu Taishi set up a champion banquet in the Taishi Mansion, and the guests at the banquet were not only the four grades or above in Beijing, He Zhuowen and other new science and culture scholars, but also the new science and technology martial arts scholars.
Among them is the new Kewu champion Duan Mountain.
Duan Shanyue is a native of Yongzhou, Guangnan, and was born in a famous martial arts family.
Unlike his fathers, who were indifferent by nature, he aspired to become a world-famous general since he was a child!
So no matter how much his family objected, he couldn't stop him from participating in the martial arts exam.
The Duan family has been studying the internal kung fu for generations, but when they came to Duan Shanyue, they found a new way.
Duan Shanyue, who has been as strong as an ox since he was a child and has infinite strength, does not like the internal skills of luck and pranayama and the flow of the line, but he is very interested in the foreign kung fu of his mother's mother's family, and has practiced a domineering external hard skill, a pair of iron palms open the stele and crack the stone, and the big knife of more than 100 catties also dances as fast as lightning and is impermeable.
In today's martial arts examination, he passed all the way, and he was like a bamboo!
In the final school showdown, the poor Wu Bangyan Dong Dabao was slapped to the ground by him and his horse in less than two hands!
The Son of Heaven was overjoyed and awarded the captain of the Seven Grades Xuanjie.
On the day of the champion banquet, Duan Shanyue led a group of martial artists to the Taishi Mansion early, and followed the welcoming subordinates to the banquet hall to sit down and enjoy tea.
After a while, he welcomed the guests and brought in a group of people dressed as scribes, and the young scribe who started the head was slender and had a face like a crown of jade, which was He Zhuowen, the champion of the new science and literature.
Duan Shanyue is tall and strong, but his appearance is mediocre, his complexion is dark, and his facial features are rough, so he was already a little unhappy when he saw the chic and handsome He Zhuowen.
Dong Dabao, who was sitting beside Duan Shanyue, saw He Zhuangyuan coming, and was about to get up to greet him, but he was dragged back to the chair by Duan Shanyue, and his buttocks hurt and he didn't dare to make a sound.
Unexpectedly, He Zhuowen walked straight to Duan Shanyue, bowed his hand and said: "This must be Brother Duan, the champion of today's science and martial arts, Brother He Zhuowen is lucky!"
Duan Shanyue was indeed a few years older, but in terms of official qualities, he was two levels lower than He Zhuowen, and seeing that He Zhuowen was so polite, he had to get up slowly and return the salute.
"Lord He is polite, I really don't dare to be an official!"
After speaking, he sat back with no smile on his face.
Regarding Duan Shanyue's arrogance, He Zhuowen was only a little surprised, but he didn't care, greeted the rest of the martial artists one by one, and went to sit down with the guests.
Seeing that He Zhuangyuan's seat was arranged above him, Duan Shanyue was a little unhappy, and he didn't greet his colleagues around him, but just drank tea with his head bored.
When the carving is approaching, the Taishi Mansion is lit up all over the place, and it is as bright as day!
The banquet hall is almost full at the moment, everyone is talking and laughing, and it is very lively!
"The master has arrived!"
With a loud announcement, Taishi Qiu strode into the hall with a smile, and the guests all got up to greet each other.
Master Qiu motioned for everyone to take a seat while entering the table, but found that the chief on the right was still empty, so he couldn't help frowning slightly and asked Qiu Yun, the housekeeper next to him: "Have the guests arrived?"
Qiu Yun hurriedly leaned into the Taishi's ear and whispered: "The rest of the guests have arrived, only the general of the protector sent someone to say that he is ill and can't come!"
An imperceptible hint of anger flashed in Taishi Qiu's eyes, but it instantly returned to normal!
After a brief greeting with several dignitaries of the DPRK and the Central Committee at the head of the guest seat, Taishi Qiu sat down at the chairman and said loudly:
"Today, the old man set up this champion banquet, on behalf of the saint to reward the new entrants of this civil and military scientific examination, and I hope that you will live up to the emperor's grace in the future, do your best to serve the court, help the saint to govern martial arts, expand the territory, and help my dynasty prosper and maintain the prosperity of the world!"
All the guests stood up and thanked him!
"Kicking the Joy - Opening --!"
With Steward Qiu's long and loud order, dozens of musicians from the Taishi Mansion who had been waiting on the side played the instruments in their hands, and in an instant, the piano and the drum and bell rang out!
Nearly 100 male and female servants came in with delicacies and wine, and in a blink of an eye, the guests were full of elixir and jade liquid, mountain and sea delicacies!
Although most of these guests have seen the world, there are still many people who have been amazed by the pomp and circumstance of this champion banquet for a long time.
In fact, a discerning person can guess a few points about Taishi Qiu's intention to set up a banquet this time.
Qiu Rang was an official of the two dynasties, after dozens of scientific examinations, he had never put on any champion banquet, and this time he suddenly opened his mouth to the Son of Heaven, of course, it was not as simple as "treating the saints"!
But what kind of person is Taishi Qiu, the city government is deep, although he has the heart to recruit He Zhuowen, he does not show the slightest on the surface, and he and He Zhuowen only talk a few words about the scene during the banquet, and they have no intention of looking at each other differently!
However, there was a person at the banquet who was making his own little calculations about this, and this person was the human spirit of the human spirit - Hu Qiliang, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites.
This Hu Shilang wanted to climb the big tree of Taishi Qiu early on, but there was no suitable opportunity, and Taishi Qiu had always treated him like nothing, and the previous sycophants were basically slapped on the horse's legs!
This time he felt that the opportunity had come, He Zhuowen was indeed excellent, and the light in Taishi Qiu's eyes during the palace exam had explained everything!
On the other hand, as the newly feudal general Li De became more and more powerful in the court, and almost fought against Qiu Taishi, Qiu Taishi certainly had the need to expand his wings and consolidate his camp, and he would never miss a talent like He Zhuowen, so Qiu Taishi not only had the heart to recruit, but it was actually very urgent!
After such an analysis, Hu Shilang got up and picked up the wine glass, walked straight to He Zhuowen's seat, raised his glass with both hands, stretched his arms straight, and his face was full of admiration, bowing to He Zhuowen to the end, which startled He Zhuowen.
Others also wondered, when this big guy was staggering, feasting, eating and drinking, what did you mean by a dignified junior coming to such a play? No matter how much you admire, you don't need to make such a big gift!
Here, He Zhuowen hurriedly got up to return the salute, and as soon as he picked up the wine glass, Hu Shilang had already taken a sip by himself, and he looked very comfortable!
"Qiliang is out of shape!"
Hu Shilang bowed slightly to the stunned crowd, and suddenly said loudly: "But Qi Liang really can't help himself! He Zhuangyuan! Talent! A talent that is rare to see in a hundred years!"
Before He Zhuowen had time to humble himself, a legal fu praising He Zhuowen's talent had been vented from Hu Shilang's mouth, and he praised He Zhuowen as the reincarnation of Guan Zhong and the reincarnation of Confucius and Meng!
He Zhuowen's scalp was numb when he heard it, and Duan Shanyue over there could hear the smoke above his head, and he crushed several cups one after another.
The servant girl who poured him wine finally gave him a silver cup.
If it were normal, what Qiu Rang couldn't get used to was Hu Qiliang's virtue!
But everyone has a problem, it's not enough for others to praise what they like, Rao is no matter how sophisticated and calm Master Qiu is, he is also smiling at the corner of his mouth at the moment.
Taishi Qiu's expression was peeked at by Hu Qiliang, and he said in his heart: "The way is right!"
So he hugged He Zhuowen, who was trying his best to humble himself, and said: "Brother Zhuowen, you have the talent to go through the heavens and latitudes at such a young age, if you can get the Taishi to mention something, you will definitely be able to make great achievements in the future and make steady progress!
Hu Qiliang is tantamount to making his words clear: Follow Master Qiu, that's right!
And as soon as he said this, everyone present suddenly realized, and then looked at the noncommittal attitude of the Taishi, it seemed that there was still some meaning waiting for He Zhuowen's reply, and the group of people who were also masters of whiskers on weekdays couldn't help but be annoyed by their hindsight, and thought: "I was preempted by this kid again!"
But it's better to act than to move, as long as He Zhuowen hasn't expressed his position, the credit is not necessarily anyone's!
Shen Maozhi, the future boss of the Ministry of Officials and He Zhuowen, glanced at Dai Daxue, the waiter of the Criminal Department, and Yuan Qing, the waiter of the Household Department, and Shen Maozhi got up and shouted: "Master Hu take a break and let Shen have a drink with his subordinates!"
Dai and Yuan, the two waiters, also responded: "Let's also have a drink with Zhuang Yuanlang!"
The three of them dragged Hu Qiliang back to his seat, but Hu Qiliang was still waiting to step forward but couldn't get close to He Zhuowen for half a step!
The crowd of people in Wuyang Wuyang were already rushing towards He Zhuowen with wine glasses!
Needless to say, the fourth-grade officials even came to join in the fun, and He Zhuowen was overwhelmed for a while.
In fact, this is to relieve He Zhuowen.
With his intelligence, of course, he will not fail to understand the meaning of Hu Qiliang's words, but he has just arrived, even if he has heard about the situation in the DPRK, but after all, he does not know the truth inside, and it is not a wise move to stand in line casually!
He Zhuowen's side was lively, but Wu Zhuangyuan Duan Mountain's side was deserted.
Occasionally, if you can't wipe your face and toast in the past, that is, go through the motions, don't mention the expression to deal with more!
Duan Shanyue was smoking above his head just now, and it was already on fire at this moment!
How could his violent temper stand this bird anger, so angry that he slapped his palm on the table!
But this slap is really not the right time, it just happened to be a round of singing and dancing in the hall, and the music stopped suddenly!
The sound of this palm slap is really like thunder on a dry day, and the timid ones almost didn't pass directly!
Taishi Qiu and everyone followed the prestige, and saw the broken elm tabletop, as well as Duan Zhuangyuan, who was also stunned on the spot!