Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 460 Discordant Banquet
The New Year's banquet for the monarch and his ministers was held in the hall of the palace where Liu wrote.

If it is said that Mi Zhu's wealth is truly unparalleled in the world, although this mansion is much worse than Weiyang Palace, it is not worse than Xiapi Mansion Yamen.The banquet hall is big enough to accommodate a hundred people to drink together, and it looks very loose.Needless to say, this specification exceeded the limit, but everyone knew it, and Liu Xie squatted in this house, and all the excesses were gone.

Because of the chilly spring, the people attending the banquet were all wrapped in thick clothes.But there are many stoves burning around the lobby, which adds a lot of warmth.As soon as Liu Beixian and Liu Xie stepped into the banquet, seeing the people attending the banquet, a trace of doubt appeared in their hearts.

Although this time it was under the banner of having fun with the emperor and his ministers, the emperor usually only invites the officials of the two thousand shi when he hosts a banquet.Even if he moved to Xuzhou, the banquet should be at least not a thousand stone officials.But now the people in the hall, although most of them are still Qianshi officials, there are also many clan elders without official or job titles in various Xuzhou counties.Although these people have not entered official positions, they are all powerful figures in the local area. It is not an exaggeration to say that one side is the emperor.

Liu Bei didn't know what kind of medicine Liu Xie bought in the gourd, and he didn't even have the slightest appetite when facing the feast of delicacies.Just as he was looking at Chen Deng, Mi Zhu and the others, Liu Xie entered the table gracefully, making the whole hall quiet.

"Today is the day of the new year. I wish your majesty a long life with a candle shining in the sky." With the sound of ritual and music, Liu Bei and the officials from Xuzhou greeted Liu Xie again.Even though he didn't know about this bit of etiquette before, when he became the Xuzhou shepherd, someone would always inform him in advance.

Liu Xieshi knelt down on the thick blanket, with a graceful smile unique to the royal family, and waved his right arm to make everyone excuse him.After all the officials got up and the ritual and music were played, they said, "This is the new year, I'm here to congratulate you all in accordance with the time. Secondly, I have another happy event to announce to you all."

Everyone looked at each other suspiciously, but none of them knew what Liu Xie was talking about.But then he saw a group of people walking out from behind Liu Xie, who was full of smiles. The leader was Zhong Fu, who was wearing the usual court clothes, holding a yellow silk in his hand, with a serious expression.

None of the people in the hall knew Zhong Fu, but almost all of them recognized the court dress.Liu Bei's eyes lit up, and he finally understood what the surprise Liu Xie had prepared for him. Immediately, his whole body trembled slightly, apparently unable to believe what was happening before him.But when he looked up and saw Liu Xie's affirmative eyes that were still smiling, Liu Bei suddenly felt his heartstrings being stirred, and his emotions suddenly became intense and comfortable.

"Everyone knows that Xuande is my emperor's uncle, but the Han Dynasty suffered frequent turmoil and scattered their respective clans. Today I invited Taichang Qing to Chang'an, firstly to rectify the name of the emperor's uncle, and secondly to check for omissions and addenda , and continue the family tree."

Liu Xie finished this sentence lightly, then waved his hand, and Zhong Fu spread out the yellow silk in front of everyone with an indifferent face and read out: "Emperor Xiaojing gave birth to fourteen sons. The seventh son is Liu Sheng, King Jing of Zhongshan. Sheng gave birth to Liu Zhen, Marquis of Lucheng Pavilion. Zhen gave birth to Pei Hou Liuang. Angsheng Zhanghou Liu Lu. Lu gave birth to Yishui Marquis Liu Lian. Love gave birth to Qinyang Marquis Liu Ying. Ying gave birth to Anguo Marquis Liu Jian. Jian gave birth to Guangling Marquis Liu Ai. Ai gave birth to Jiaoshui Marquis Liu Xian. Xian gave birth to Zuyi Marquis Liu Shu. Shu gave birth to Qiyang Marquis Liu Yi. Yi gave birth to Yuan Zehou Liu Bi. He must give birth to Liu Da, Marquis of Yingchuan. Da gave birth to Fengling Marquis Liu Buyi. Busu gave birth to Liu Hui, Marquis of Jichuan. Hui gave birth to Liu Xiong, Fan Ling of Dongjun. Xiong gave birth to Liu Hong. Hong was not an official. Liu Bei is the son of Liu Hong."

Historically, at this moment, Liu Xie led Liu Bei into the side hall and bowed deeply to Liu Bei.But under the current situation, the first to bow down can only be Liu Bei.His eyes were already red, and he kowtowed deeply to Liu Xie: "Liu Bei is incompetent, yet he is so loved by His Majesty, and he is on the top of the royal family... Now Bei swears that even if his body is broken and his bones are broken, he will repay His Majesty." Hongen, if there is any violation, the gods will kill together!"

Speaking of the excitement, Liu Bei burst into tears, choking with sobs.Liu Xie couldn't help but go down in person, and helped Liu Bei to encourage him with a good voice.

But at this time, the expressions of the people present are much more interesting, some are surprised, some are shocked, some are pensive, and some are full of doubts.But what they all have in common is that when they looked at Liu Bei who got up and returned to the table, their eyes were no longer so disapproving.

For many years, Liu Bei has been claiming to be the clan of the Han family, but he has hardly made any name.People in the world treat him with sarcasm and ridicule, but more people who have nothing to do with him have an attitude of disapproval.Especially these rich officials in Xuzhou, knowing that the emperor has recognized Liu Bei as the emperor's uncle, still go their own way.After all, the one-acre three-point land under their hands is their heart and soul, and they will definitely not let Liu Bei easily take whatever they want.

But after today, everything is different.

After the banquet... No, or only during the banquet, the news that the emperor asked Tai Changqing to identify Liu Bei as the emperor's uncle will inevitably spread to every corner of Xuzhou at the fastest speed.At that time, Liu Bei's inherent legitimacy was covered with a layer of royal cloak.The local emperors in all counties and counties can no longer easily subjugate Liu Bei.

After all, they also need to see the situation clearly.After Liu Bei obtained this title, it was equivalent to obtaining a Shangfang sword. The most urgent task at the moment was to use this shareholder style to find some cats and dogs to operate to establish his power in Xuzhou.After all, this world is still ruled by the Han Dynasty, and the common people on the land of one-third of an acre recognize a big man, not one of their rich and powerful families!

If Liu Xie's verbal admission in the past was just a tall, rich and handsome man saying to a girl "I love you, I will definitely marry you in the future", then Tai Changqing's writing Liu Bei into the imperial genealogy today is equivalent to a real wedding , gave Liu Bei an official title.That status is almost the same as that of Yizhou Liuyan and Jingzhou Liubiao, the Han family clansmen with strong roots.

How could Liu Bei not be grateful at this time?

Soon, after the banquet began, many rich and powerful people came to toast Liu Bei, wishing Liu Bei finally a success.The overjoyed Liu Bei, no matter how overwhelmed he was with alcohol, also drank with a toast, and memorized the toasters one by one.After all, most of these people were people whom he only knew by name but never saw, and they were also the forces he wanted to win over after the banquet.

At this time, Liu Bei also fully understood why Liu Xie invited all the powerful people in Xuzhou today.But just as there are no hundred-day red flowers, no matter how harmonious the banquet is, there will be disharmony.

Cao Bao, Prime Minister of Xiapi, poured his own drink all the time, looked coldly at those villains who were flattering, and never congratulated Liu Bei.Originally Liu Bei didn't care, but the problem is that he has a bad-tempered third brother Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei, who stood on Liu Bei's right side, shouldn't have been drinking, but he was overjoyed and there were too many people congratulating Liu Bei, so Liu Bei naturally asked Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to stand in the way or drink instead.This is naturally a small political trick, after all, his value is different now, if any cat or dog toasts, Liu Bei will drink it all, and won't it indirectly embarrass some people?

The first people to toast are generally middle-level power factions in Xuzhou.Liu Bei wanted to drink these sloppy wines, and he had to show his lenient attitude; then some big shots, no matter whether they were oral or convinced, came to toast, and Liu Bei also wanted to save face.But for some small forces that don't have much weight in the middle, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei will do it for them.

However, when everyone in the hall came to congratulate the general, and Zhang Fei was also drunk, Cao Bao still didn't see any action, so Zhang Fei couldn't hold back: "Cao Bao, everyone came to toast to my elder brother, why? But you just don't move? Could it be that you look down on my three brothers?!"

"I'm not disrespecting the emperor, I just can't see people like you who kill pigs and dogs!" Cao Bao was depressed and had already drank a lot of wine. Hearing that Zhang Fei dared to call him by his name, he immediately sneered go back.

Cao Bao is not the kind of martial artist in history, on the contrary, he is an out-and-out scholar.When Tao Qian took office, he was personally appointed by Tao Qian. He was very senior, well-versed in civil and military skills, and had contributed a lot to the war.At this time, as the Prime Minister of Xiapi, the majestic official Qianshi of the Han Dynasty was publicly reprimanded by Zhang Fei, a Sima from another department who could not wait for Liu Bei's six hundred shi, how could he not be annoyed?

What's more, the enmity between him and Zhang Fei has long been known to Xuzhou.When Yuan Shu came to invade, Cao Bao was ordered to guard Xiapi, and the Danyang elites assigned by Tao Qian to Liu Bei followed Liu Bei to conquer.But in the battle of Xiapi, the Danyang soldiers rebelled in public. Zhang Fei beheaded dozens of them at that time, and afterward dozens of them were shown to the public.

This move has long annoyed Cao Bao, they are all his soldiers!But Zhang Fei was right about that matter, and Cao Bao had nothing to do.However, Zhang Fei still had the bad habit of whipping his soldiers. Many Danyang soldiers prayed to return to Cao Bao's command again, and sued Cao Bao for cruelty to soldiers.As a result, Cao Bao's impression of Zhang Fei was extremely bad.

"Dog thief, you really don't accept my brother!" Zhang Fei was furious when he heard Cao Bao's sarcasm.

When Liu Xie saw this, he shook his head slightly: Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei, you are really just a township entrepreneur right now, and you are really just a man of the same level as Zhenguanxi...

(End of this chapter)