Emperor of the Tang Dynasty

Of course, Li You was sitting on the main seat, and Ma Zhou, who was driving in Youzhou, was sitting next to Li You.

Seeing that the prefects and fellow intellectuals of Youzhou were seated one by one, Li You's mind moved, and the ranking scroll appeared in front of him.

"Rank these people for their combined abilities, including administration and management!"

Following Li You's order, the ranking scroll was rolled up and unfolded again, and the names of everyone present appeared on it...

Chapter 185

Among them, the number one is Ma Zhou!

Li You continued to read it, and had a clear understanding of each person's ability to serve as an official.

While Li You was watching the ranking scroll, the banquet had officially started. The prefects looked at each other and went forward to toast one by one holding the wine glasses in order.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu has worked really hard, the lower official toasts you with a glass of wine!"

"In the future, I will only follow His Royal Highness the King of Chu."

"Come here, please drink, His Royal Highness King Chu, and I will give you a drink!"

One by one, the prefects spoke official clichés, with fake smiles, and then came to the cognates to play, it was like a battle of wheels.

After a round of toasts, the prefects gradually relaxed, and their faces were not as respectful as they were at first.

"It seems that this King of Chu is quite acquainted..."

Many prefects were heartbroken. What they were most afraid of was the prince who came to take office. No one cared about self-righteousness, and 10 broke the rules of Youzhou officialdom in vain.

For such a high-level spoiler, they are the most unwelcome, because the distribution of benefits for officials will be disrupted by a single foot.

Therefore, this first round of toasts is a bit similar to a demonstration, as if it was an oath of sovereignty to Li You.

After all, it is very uncomfortable to drink so much alcohol at one time, but for the subordinates who meet for the first time, if Li You wants to rely on them in the future, Li You has to drink again, which can give Li You psychological frustration at the beginning!

This is the experience of the old fritters and foxes who have been officials for many years, but when they looked up at Li You with smiles on their faces, they were all surprised.

"what?!"

All the prefects and Tongzhi couldn't help but widen their eyes, only to see Li You still looking like that, neither blushing nor panting, it didn't look like he was forced to drink a big round of wine just now!

"What the hell is going on? I saw with my own eyes just now that he drank all the wine?"

Liu Zhifu couldn't believe his eyes, and even had a feeling that what happened just now was all false, in fact, they didn't go to Li You to toast at all?

"Calm down," He Zhifu said in a low voice, "Perhaps the King of Chu is naturally talented, especially able to drink, but we have miscalculated."

It's not that people who are born with a huge amount of alcohol have ever had it, but only a small number.

Thinking about it this way, Li You's situation is not unusual, and the prefects immediately calmed down.

"Don't worry, the second round is the highlight!" Sima Tian also smiled secretly.

However, these whispered discussions that they thought were concealed could not hide the five senses of Li You, who had practiced the "Nine Yang Zhenjing".

Li You also sneered and shook his head in his heart.

"Jiuyang Inner Power only needs to run for a few weeks, and you can easily drink. No matter how many rounds it comes, it will be the same."

Just as he was thinking about it, Sima Tian had already taken the lead and leaned over again with a wine glass.

"Lord Sima, what else is there?" Li You said indifferently, "Didn't you already have a toast just now?"

Sima Tian said inexplicably, "His Royal Highness the King of Chu doesn't know anything, but the meaning of this toast is completely different."

"The first round of toasts just now was just a drink of acquaintance, celebrating that His Royal Highness the King of Chu could go to Youzhou to serve as the prefect; and this second round of toasts represents the wine of like-minded people between us."

Li You raised his brows: "Oh? What's the meaning of this statement?"

Sima Tian smiled slightly and said, "As we all know, His Royal Highness the King of Chu has not been able to come to Youzhou for many years, resulting in the vacancy of the prefect of Youzhou. Under such circumstances, it is we who are in charge of maintaining the governance of Youzhou. The prefects are gone."

"So under such circumstances, our prefects have already formed a mature operating system. If you change it rashly, I am afraid that Youzhou will inevitably be in chaos..."

Sima Tian paused when he said this, and there was a hint of threat in his words.

"Of course, as the governor of Youzhou, His Royal Highness does not want to see such a situation, right? His Royal Highness is a prince, and he should be born to enjoy himself. The complicated affairs of Youzhou are left to the lower officials to do. Well, don't bother you. That way you can live happily ever after, so why not do it?"

After that, Sima Tian raised the wine glass in his hand and placed it in front of Li You.

"Therefore, isn't it a matter of like-mindedness between the lower officials and His Royal Highness the King of Chu? If you have such a tacit understanding, of course you need to toast and celebrate!"

As soon as the words fell, all the prefects present were staring at Li You and the glass of wine in front of Li You.

The significance of this glass of wine is indeed extremely important. If Li You chooses to drink it, then it means that he agrees to cooperate with them honestly and calmly, which is their victory!

And after listening to Sima Tian's words, Li You also smiled and looked at the glass of wine in front of him playfully.

390 Immediately, Li You reached out and picked up the wine glass.

"It's done!"

Everyone was overjoyed when they saw this, and He Zhifu and Liu Zhifu almost showed smug expressions on their faces.

Sure enough, what Wang Zhifu said before was too bluffing. After all, Li You, the king of Chu, was just an underage prince, so why would he be a simple character?

Moreover, among the princes, being able to be driven out alone is enough to see how incompetent this Chu King Li You is!

"Clap!"