Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 159 A Pragmatic Request (Part [-])
The emperor's banquet is a very high reward. Historically, the emperor seldom dined with his ministers. In the Ming Dynasty, these things had very strict rules.Take the so-called banquets as an example. According to different specifications, there are big banquets, medium banquets, regular banquets, and small banquets. The first three belong to regular banquets, while small banquets are basically special banquets given by the emperor to his ministers. .

Palace banquets are different from ordinary ones, especially because Zhu Yuanzhang came from a lowly background, he paid more attention to etiquette after he won the world. Therefore, there were clear regulations on the specifications of the banquet in the Ming Dynasty: the nine-jue ceremony was held for the big banquet, and the middle banquet was the same as the big banquet. There are seven wines, and the regular banquet is the same as the middle banquet, but all the officials worship three times, and the wine is only three or five.

But obviously, Long Qing decided to stay with Gao Yushi to have dinner with him temporarily, just "by the way", it was completely different from these three kinds of high-level banquets, so it couldn't be a big banquet, a medium banquet or a regular banquet, but only a small banquet.

Although there are no express regulations on the date, location, and specifications of the small banquet, but in terms of types, there are various small banquets.Generally speaking, there are traveling banquets, conferring banquets, conquest banquets, hall gaps or tolerance banquets or food.

The meal that Gao Yushi got today with the emperor and the crown prince seems to be a banquet given by the couple, but there is an extra Li Guifei here, which is extremely rare.Presumably Long Qing also felt that for a "child" like Gao Yushi who was only seven or eight years old, there were some routines that he didn't need to pay special attention to.

"Since ancient times, the origin of disasters has always been born of obstruction, and the harm of obstruction often arises from the discord between superiors and superiors." It is the former sage king who "everytime takes understanding the lower feelings as his priority, and the monarch and his ministers meet each other every day."

In the Ming Dynasty, among the methods of contact and meeting between the emperor and his ministers, the most common way was to call each other.The emperor summoned his ministers to ask questions, so that "the emperor's morality will be transferred from the bottom, and the minister's morality will be promoted." With this, "the superiors will be handed over to the top", and the success of virtues can be expected.

Calls are not part of court meetings, so there is no fixed location. They are often based on the emperor's interest or needs. The content generally includes three points: consultation on government affairs, reciting poems and prose, and discussing classics and history.The former is a practical need, while the latter two are a supplement to the Sutra Banquet.

If you want to classify the gifts that Gao Yushi received today, it would probably be the last one.

After Meng Chong, Shen Shixing and others left, Feng Bao arranged for the rest of the children to be sent back to their respective mansions. Only the emperor, the crown prince, Li Guifei and Gao Yushi were left in the Wenhua Palace—Feng Bao Not counting the other middle-ranking officials who were accompanying them, they would basically not be able to take the initiative to speak without the emperor's questioning at this moment.

But the emperor hadn't asked any questions yet, but one of the eunuchs asked the emperor, "Grandpa Long Live, today's meals are regulated according to...?"

This sentence was asked by the eunuch Shangshan Supervisor, and he had no choice but to ask because of his duty.Although the palace has clear regulations on dozens of dishes for various banquets, today is a completely special case, so he dare not just choose one and serve it.

In fact, if it is just the Longqing couple, father and son, it will be easy to handle, because they either don't pay attention to these "miscellaneous things", or they are not familiar with the vast number of rules and regulations in the Ming court. , and there will be no hindrance.

The trouble is that there are civil servants present today—although Gao Yushi is young, he has already been praised by many champions and Jinshi just now. Those who studied with the "predecessors" in the palace, he didn't know that it was impossible for Gao Yushi to know much about the affairs he was in charge of, and he was afraid that Gao Yushi would find fault with him.

Long Qing was a little dazed when he heard this, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Give Gao Aiqing a daily banquet with wine and food." Then, as if thinking of something, he added: "Originally, there should be five minutes of wine, because Gao Aiqing is young, let's just let it go." .”

The eunuch, Shangshan Supervisor, took a breath of relief, and it would be easy to handle the emperor's order.

There are usually five kinds of wine for each table, three kinds of soup, four kinds of dishes, and one piece of rice.If the wine is ordered to be removed, it is equivalent to only adding four dishes and three cups of soup, one more meal and one pair of bowls and chopsticks. It is very easy to handle, so I hurriedly received the order to prepare.

At this time, Long Qing smiled and said to Gao Wushi: "Gao Aiqing, I have seen your talent and learning for a while now. From now on, when the crown prince enters school, you, a bachelor student, should help him a lot."

This sentence is obviously meant to be ridiculed. After all, even if Gao Yushi really became an official because of Emperor Longqing's "Jinkou Yuyan", his main job should be to accompany the prince to study, not the "fake servant to study for a bachelor", but the prince The accompanying reader is just a new official just casually, and he doesn't even have a rank.

And the Bachelor of Attendance is really high-ranking, and although the grade of seriousness is not high, it is only from the fifth rank, but you must know that in the Imperial Academy, the highest-ranking official Hanlin bachelor is only the fifth rank, and he has participated in the imperial court. Qualified!
As for the Hanlin bachelor, there are only two real serving bachelors.Although Gao Wushi's current "fake shidu bachelor" is just a nominal honorary officer, the honorary officer can also be used as an official title. Didn't Shen Shixing change his name to Gao shidu just now?
Officialdom, that’s it. Which title on your head sounds the most powerful and noble, and people will usually call you by this title.It's like Qi Jiguang's real position is the general soldier, but how can Qi general soldier sound as majestic and domineering as the title of Qi Shaobao?Therefore, those who respect Qi Jiguang in later generations often call him Qi Shaobao.At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Yuan Shikai had already taken the position of the most powerful Beiyang Minister, so people also called him Yuan Gongbao?

Gao Wushi heard Long Qing's words, of course he knew that there was an element of politeness in it, but most likely there was still a part of sincerity, so he couldn't help but sternly said: "Although I have little virtue and talent, since your majesty has ordered you, I should do my best Do your best and do this companion reading well." His words were not very polite, mainly because he was afraid that he would not sound like a child at all.

Long Qing smiled and said: "Okay, okay, I don't worry about Mr. Gao's unicorn." Turning to Concubine Li Gui, he said, "Is there anything I want to tell Concubine Ai?"

Concubine Li Gui also smiled, looked at Gao Wushi and said, "I have heard about Gao Aiqing before, is Gao Aiqing the nephew of Zhang Siwei and Zhang Shilang?"

Gao Yushi's brain was not slow to react, and he immediately thought that this might be the reason why he met Li Wei, the father of the country, at his uncle's house last time, and then Li Wei made such a remark in front of his daughter at some point.But it doesn't matter, it's even a good thing. After all, Li Wei and Zhang Siwei are friends, so he shouldn't speak ill of himself in front of his daughter for no reason.

So he said: "Go back to the imperial concubine, yes, Zhang Gongfengpan is the uncle of the humble minister."

　I was away from home at night, so I delayed the update, but fortunately, it was sent out before the early morning.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)