Chapter 238: A grand banquet
Half a quarter of an hour later, Xiao Zijie and Kong Ze suddenly discovered that the crowds who were greeting them outside the pavilion three miles outside the city, except for the people, all the civil and military officials of the Great Zhou court came.
The leaders are Xiao Jingye, Yang Xinghuai and Kong Moshan.
"I...my father actually came out of the city to greet me!" Xiao Zijie was so excited that he was almost speechless.
He never thought that one day his father could go out of the city to welcome him. In the past, it was almost impossible for him to go out of the hall to leave the door.
Kong Ze was also very excited. Although he believed that he was knowledgeable, he had never seen such a scene before.
"Driving!Driving!"
The two immediately turned their horses and reported to Pan Wenyue, the governor of Shuzhou.
"Mr. Pan, come out and take a look. All the civil and military officials in the court have come out to greet us!" Xiao Zijie shouted excitedly.
Xiao Zijie and Kong Ze were deeply taught by Pan Wenyue in Shuzhou, so they usually respectfully called him Mr.
In fact, the two of them have benefited from it. Zhao Yan both privately called Pan Wenyue Mr.!
"Stop!" Pan Wenyue in the carriage shouted in the carriage, then bowed and walked out of the carriage.
He stood in the carriage and looked forward and saw a crowd of people. The people in the middle were wearing official uniforms, obviously they were officials of the court, but the distance was too far, so he did not see clearly which officials it was.
Pan Wenyue gave Xiao Zijie a blank look and said, "You guy, you are still so excited. Isn't it just that all officials come to welcome you? What's so exciting about it? This is the honor we should enjoy!"
Then, Pan Wenyue said: "If you order, everyone gets off the horse and gets off the car, they will walk. If the court cares about us so much, we must not lose our etiquette!"
After saying that, Pan Wenyue walked off the carriage and strode forward.
Kong Ze and Xiao Zijie dismounted one after another and followed him.
At this time, Kong Ze pointed to Pan Wenyue's legs and whispered: "Look at Mr. Pan's legs are shaking, and he is obviously more excited than us."
"Yeah, he must have never seen such a scene!" Xiao Zijie nodded and said in agreement.
What the two of them didn't see was that Pan Wenyue's back was completely wet at this time.
He has been an official for more than 20 years, but he has always been suppressed by Xiao Jingye, Yang Xinghuai, Kong Moshan, and Liu Chao. Now he has finally been proud of himself once, and he knows very well that those four must have envied him to death.
A moment later, Pan Wenyue, Xiao Zijie and Kong Ze led a convoy to the front of all the officials of the court.
The Shuzhou Tong Magistrate Qiu Tong was supervising Shuzhou's military and political affairs, but did not come back.
Xiao Jingye strode over and whispered to Pan Wenyue: "Brother Pan, thank you for your hard work, I, the new policy of the Great Zhou Dynasty, you are the number one hero!"
"Wen Xiang is joking. This is all the credit of our Majesty. The subordinates' actions are insignificant and insignificant!" Pan Wenyue said modestly.
Immediately afterwards, Pan Wenyue shook hands and spoke to other officials.
Kong Moshan, who was standing beside him, looked at Kong Ze who was a little thin and said excitedly: "Son, you have lost weight!"
After saying that, the father and son embraced him.
At this time, Xiao Jingye and Xiao Zijie's eyes met.
Xiao Zijie licked his lips and shouted: "Dad!"
Xiao Jingye walked over quickly. Just when Xiao Zijie thought his father was going to hug him, Xiao Jingye grabbed Xiao Zijie's butt.
"You little brat, you have a good future! Your Majesty will give you a banquet today. You must not drink too much. You have to go home earlier. Your mother misses you!"
"Yes, dad!" Xiao Zijie said respectfully. He thought that after staying in Shuzhou for a year, he would definitely not be as afraid of his father as before. However, he never thought that he would be kicked back to his original form by Xiao Jingye.
Immediately afterwards, the people heard cheers like tsunamis and tsunamis, and followed Pan Wenyue and others' team back to Changdan City.
Today, Zhao Yan ordered that all teahouses and taverns in Changdan City will be welcomed for free from morning until the sun sets, and the required silver and money will be allocated by the court.
As soon as this move was made, Changdan City was crowded with people and it was very lively.
Some people even insisted on paying the restaurant, saying, "I don't want to take advantage of the court."
In Changdan City, there are many such rich people.
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Yan received Pan Wenyue and others in the Daqing Hall, and commended every Beijing official who went to Shuzhou. The rewards from Xiao Zijie and Kong Ze were naturally very generous.
Xiao Jingye and Kong Moshan, two fathers, were both happy inside.
Today, Zhao Yan did not plan to settle the achievements of Shuzhou's new policy, but wanted to have a good meal with the ministers.
Soon, the palace banquet began.
Zhao Yan ordered more than 100 seats to be placed, and each seat could be seated twenty people.
The heroes who returned from Shuzhou, even a groom, were arranged to sit in the seats.
The banquet specifications are based on the standards of entertaining foreign guests, and two more dishes are added.
From this detail, we can see how much Zhao Yan attaches importance to the new policy.
Immediately, the civil and military officials drank.
In the Great Zhou Dynasty, civil servants can drink even compared with military officers.
Yang Xinghuai was no longer the same as before, and became the first person to get drunk again. After he got drunk, he insisted on performing a big stone on his chest to Zhao Yan. Zhao Yan was so happy that he almost fainted and immediately ordered someone to carry him home.
Of course, there is also an outlier among them.
That is Shangguan’s displeasure.
He toast others with wine, and he uses tea instead of wine. When others toast others with wine, he also uses tea instead of wine.
Zhao Yan was only impressed by such a person who was extremely self-disciplined, but he obviously felt that he was not very sociable.
Soon, Xiao Zijie also drank too much. After this guy drank too much, the aura of the playboy increased.
He stood on the table with a wine pot and shouted, "I will not give birth to me, Xiao Zijie, Dazhou's poems are like the long night!"
He shouted three times, and then he started reciting poems again.
Xiao Jingye was so angry that he was so angry that he glared at the eyes and overturned the table.
Xiao Zijie opened his eyes in a daze and looked at Xiao Jingye in front of him, talking brothers one by one, and even finally hugged Xiao Jingye's neck.
At the beginning, Xiao Jingye was a little repulsive, but in the end he let his son do whatever he wanted.
He knew very well that Xiao Zijie had a very difficult year in Shuzhou.
An hour later, half of the court officials in the Great Zhou were drunk.
Zhao Yan was also a little drunk. He mainly saw that Xiao Jingye and Xiao Zijie were so cute that he laughed at all. Otherwise, he might have been drunk too.
And Pan Wenyue, Yang Xinghuai, Liu Chaotong, and Kong Moshan, these old drinkers, hold the wine pot and brag, and tend to drink until dawn.
Zhao Yan suddenly felt a little moved when he looked at the sleepy drunkenness and the unrestrained laughter of these old men.
If these old men hadn't supported it, the new policy would have been impossible to go so smoothly.
Everyone’s happiness and relaxation come from the support of the strength of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Chapter completed!