The first time, the foolish son's banquet (2)
Yunhe glanced and watched his father walk out, and immediately made a face: "It's still early tonight now! Why don't we slip out through the back door and go to the market in Dongpailou to have fun?"
"But if my father finds out, he will definitely lose his temper and punish us..." Zheng Yanrong was very worried.
"Oh, I won't go," Zheng Bihan sat on the chair in a big way: "But if you don't bring me some plum cakes, ginger-video meat, roasted lamb tongue sticks, etc., you'll blame me for telling my father..."
"Stop it if you have to," Zheng Yunming looked at the group of troubled guys and said angrily: "This is different from usual. When you see the emperor, you are always playing tricks on it. If you accidentally provoke the Holy Lord, it will not be able to be settled. Even if you can't offend the emperor and get any princess, you don't have to make this grudge. So you all memorize the rules well and do as you like. There is also that foodie."
Zheng Yunming shook Bihan's head: "It's time to open a large cereal tonight. All the delicious foods are first-class products that Lin'an Mansion can get. You are still thinking about the snacks in the market. Look at your promising prospects."
"Okay, let me go to the study to recite the etiquette and rules!"
When the lights were first on, the streets that were supposed to be lively had already been quiet. Those idle people who came out to walk in the night market had to avoid both sides in a regular manner. This is because they ruled the Song Dynasty and the people, but in fact, only half of the Duanping Emperor wanted to pass by.
The squad leader in front of the hall was cheering up, wearing two heads on his head, wearing a three-color brocade jacket with a bow and arrow, carrying a sword on his waist, each holding a spear, and riding a horse to open the way in front. Following teams of imperial guards, each holding a whistle stick and whip, responsible for clearing the streets and opening the way for the emperor to go out for patrols.'
In the middle is the dragon chariot that the emperor was riding, carried by an extraordinary subordinate official. In addition to the samurai who was guarding the squirrel, even the servants holding spittoons, water bottles, and casual fruit plates were all elite samurai from the Imperiala.
Later, there were prime ministers and civil officials, palace commanders and military officials, as well as meritorious deeds, relatives, princes and grandsons, etc., moving forward slowly.
Finally, in front and behind the team, there was a band playing music, showing the momentum of the emperor having fun with the sky on a tour.
After such a series of blows and fighting, the team finally arrived three hundred steps away from Zheng's Mansion. Several Tianwu envoys stood in front of the team and shouted loudly: "Look at the leader!" The team walked towards the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion solemnly and slowly.
Dozens of strong men whipped their whips and whipped them with whip, and the crackling sound made the sound even more majestic.
Incense tables had already been set up in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion, burning incense and scattering flowers. Zheng Qingzhi, with several wives, a group of descendants, envoys in the palace, soldiers in the prime minister's mansion, etc., stood along the gate for a long time. Seeing the arrival of the sage, he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed under Zheng Qingzhi's leadership to welcome the emperor to the palace.
The imperial guards were set off along the road, and an eunuch came forward to support Dangzi and walked down from the dragon chariot.
Zheng Yunming led his younger brothers to lie on the ground in a regular manner, and did not dare to raise them at all. Although the emperor's majesty of the Tang and Song dynasties was far from reaching the pinnacle of the Ming and Qing dynasties, looking up at the emperor when worshiping was a serious crime to deceive the emperor. Facing a person who could not look up, he naturally felt a little awe in his heart. Perhaps this is the reason why the Chinese rulers always emphasize the majesty of the king.
Under the guidance of the eunuch, Emperor Duanping calmly stepped into the Zheng Mansion. Zheng Qingzhi was in power for a short time and had not had time to change the more grand mansion. However, as Shi Miyuan's assistant and confidant in the court for a long time, the house he lived in was not comparable to that of ordinary wealthy families in the capital. The crowd surrounded the emperor like stars and surrounded the emperor around the screen wall, crossed several courtyards, and came to the hall to sit down.
The envoy of the inner court had already instructed the inner officials to set up the imperial throne. After the emperor sat down, Zheng Xianggong still had to lead his family and slaves to kowtow outside the hall again to thank him. Then all the civil and military officials sat down in the order of rank.
Just like the list reported by the housekeeper before, this time the imperial banquet was not only attended by the prime minister or the chief officer of the Palace Front Office. Basically, the civil officials who were a little biting in the court and several commanders of the Palace Front Office were also invited. This is exactly what the emperor meant. For Zheng Qingzhi, the support of Zheng Qingzhi not only required the support of several ministers who were seated in the Secretariat, but also the active response of the provincial and ministerial officials who implemented the government orders, as well as the cooperation from the Rongsi.
The civil and military officials sat down one after another, and some entourage officials announced the food to serve. The servants and maids also brought the plates with a price. The banquet started with just some dry and fresh fruits, fruit candied fruits, cured snacks and other snacks. The emperor took advantage of this free time to express his gratitude to the host who received the favor.
Zheng Qingzhi was specially promoted to the left prime minister, which was not a great thing. Since the left prime minister Miyuan died of illness, this position must be the right prime minister, and who else could sit on it. However, in such a new defeat, Zheng Qingzhi was promoted to the title. At that time, several officials who strongly opposed Duanping to enter Luo immediately changed their faces, but the sage was on the side, so it was not easy to show his hesitation.
The ladies also rose to the next level according to their ranks. Several favored concubines who had not received rewards before were also given titles from the county magistrate. Now they could no longer bear the joy.
The emperor likes people who cannot hide their worries very much. If people cannot hide their worries, they will definitely live a simple and happy life. Joy is joy, and anger is anger. It is convenient for them to go straight and to others.
If you are afraid, you are afraid of the great scholars who have full qi cultivation skills and have not changed their color without changing their colors, no matter what they tell you, whether they are victories in the frontier, famines in the leadership, or disasters from heaven, they always have a strict and upright face, so that you cannot capture the world in their hearts.
The Prime Minister of the Former History, and the Prime Minister of Zheng today, it is said that Qin Changjiao, who had been arbitrarily in power for more than 20 years. Their thinking about the emperor's thoughts has penetrated into all aspects of life. But your understanding of them, even with the help of the power of the Imperial City Office, is just a drop in the bucket. Few people really understand the prime ministers' inner thoughts.
Speaking of this, the emperor really missed Prime Minister Han who was in charge of the affairs of the previous emperor. No matter what, he was at least a bit cute and domineering, and sometimes he didn't care even if the emperor knew about it.
Shi Miyuan would cry in front of the emperor and ask the emperor for punishment. Just kidding, your party members are all over the court, how could you punish me if you say punishment?
The emperor naturally had no good feelings for the right-hand assistant of Prime Minister Shi, the Duke of Qing. But one thing is that although Shi Miyuan died, the power left behind was still huge. It would be impossible not to use a figure from the Shi Party to appease them. The other thing is that after Zheng Qingzhi was supported, he expressed his absolute obedience to the imperial power at an extremely fast speed, and even despite the opposition of the ministers, he promoted the Northern Expedition.
Zheng Qingzhi obviously knew what risks the prime minister should take to advance the Northern Expedition. The two northern expeditions failed and led to peace talks with the Jin people. He sacrificed the martial god Yue Fei from Shaoxing and the other one to the prime minister Han Tuozhou, who was more than ten thousand people in the Song Dynasty. It takes some courage to be a prime minister who risked his rehabilitation at the risk of losing peace with the Tartars.
Zheng Qingzhi was not a brave person. There was only one reason to support him in agreeing to the Northern Expedition desperately. He wanted to show his absolute and unconditional obedience to the Lord on the Dragon Champion.
The emperor needs exactly such a prime minister.
The Zheng family members who received the reward kowtowed and thanked each other one by one. Then it was the turn of the children to accept the reward.
Zheng Yunming stepped forward and knelt down and accepted the reward given by the emperor. Although he had received the reward of the emperor as a yamen prince before, this time was different from usual.
As the eldest son of the Zheng family, Zheng Yunming received a title of official title, and the selection of a proofreader was not a big position. Compared with the previous rewards of the royal princes and nobles, it was a very common gift. But this was finally the first official title that Zheng Yunming received in his life. Although it was only a matter of time for Zheng Yunming, who had just passed the palace examination, it was only a matter of time before the replacing his post on the right path, with this proofreader named by Yukou, the Ministry of Personnel will also receive additional blue eyes when choosing an official position in the future. This is a rule that the Song Dynasty official does not need to be clearly stated.
In addition, there are various gold and silver toys given by the emperor. Most of the younger brothers who cannot get the rank of the rank have also received such rewards. For the children of the Zheng family, this is also a common honor.
After the award, the sound of silk and bamboo sounded again, and the hall returned to a scene of harmony between the monarch and the ministers.
Zheng Yunming followed the eunuch to the side hall, which was a banquet prepared separately for the youngest sons and yamen. After arranging the seats of everyone, the youngest brother, Shiyilang, suddenly called out: "Third brother, I'm anxious to pee."
The old family member on the side quickly stepped forward to pick up the little master and went out to go to the toilet, but Shiyilang shouted: "I want my third brother to take me there!"
During the Tang and Song dynasties, filial piety and brotherhood were the most important, and the family affection between brothers and sisters was valued. Naturally, under the etiquette of the big family, this kind of family affection was covered with a veil of etiquette, so it seemed serious and dull. However, Mrs. Xiao also treated the same care for her concubine's children as her own. These eleven sons were born to a concubine named Liu, and her nickname was Afu. She was weak and sick since childhood, and was taken by Mrs. Xiao to take care of her. She also liked this smart and kind third brother the most. She always caught her whenever she had the chance.
Seeing Shiyilang getting angry again, Zheng Yunming smiled and said, "Then I'll carry him." He said that, he stood up and hugged Shiyilang out of the side hall and walked towards the toilet.
When the Shiyilang Xiaojie came out, Zheng Yunming hugged him and was about to return to the side hall. Suddenly, there was chaos in the back garden. Zheng Yunming's heart moved, and the direction of the noise was the place where the eunuchs were placed.
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Chapter completed!