Chapter 103 Seats Are Really Important
The food on site is fragrant, and all kinds of food are full of colors, fragrance and taste. This is the real beautiful scenery.
The citizens of the Song Dynasty were generally rich, with many people with millions of households and hundreds of thousands of households. When people are rich, they will naturally pursue a refined life, which also makes the food of this dynasty unique.
Dongpo elbow, Gongbo Chicken Ding, Steamed Fish, Black Chicken Soup, Song Chen even saw popcorn. He thought it was a delicacy that was only available in modern times. This delicacy brought the distance from this era closer, and he almost kept it away.
It would be perfect if there was a movie with popcorn!
There are also many delicious foods that Song Chen could not call out, and they were overwhelmed with the dizziness of the royal feast, which was different, and it was no worse than the luxurious banquets in later generations.
Seeing others sitting one after another, where to sit, this is a science. The officialdom is a place that emphasizes the order of magnanimity and order. Who should sit with should sit, it must be in line with your official position, status and bloodline.
Unlike later generations, wherever you sit is decided by the organizer, there is a nameplate on the table, so you don’t have to worry about sitting there.
My backer was chatting enthusiastically with others. While he was hesitating whether to find a place to sit, a little eunuch came over and greeted Song Chen with kindness and thoughtfulness, leading him over.
He was allowed to sit in a remote corner. Song Chen had nothing at this time. Anyway, he was an official from a craftsmanship, and he was satisfied that he could have a seat at the royal banquet from the eighth rank plus the "sincere body".
I didn't care much about the seating. When he sat down, the officials and the heads of the neighbor were still enthusiastic and everyone introduced each other.
"I'm Song Chen!" He still had no airs and responded enthusiastically that a person should make more friends but less enemies. This simple life principle applies to all eras and nations.
But when he heard the words Song Chen, he was still full of spring breeze and the sixth-rank official of the Ministry of Personnel immediately felt like it was winter, and his face was instantly covered with frost, and the other people were not much better.
"Good luck!" Seeing everyone silent with hostility, Song Chen said the polite words they should say without embarrassment. After all, he is a thick-skinned person.
Everyone showed contemptuous expressions on their faces, "If you offend us, you can jump around for a few days!"
The other party's voice was very small, and Song Chen could hear it clearly, "I'm jumping around for a few days, and what you left behind is not counting. I bet his nose dares not say that!"
Just now, he noticed that Liu Mengyan was also at the banquet. When he looked carefully at his nose, he was still tilted.
"You, you!" The sixth-rank official of the Ministry of Personnel immediately stood up and pointed at Song Chen's nose, but he didn't dare to do it. Fortunately, the person next to him pulled him and gave him a step.
At this moment, the innocent eunuch just now said to Song Chen very respectfully, "Master Song, the Empress Dowager is invited, come to the front to take a seat!"
This is a great honor. Those who can enter the "front seat" are all officials of the third rank or above in the court. In addition to being recognized by the royal family, officials of less than the third rank have no qualifications to "take the front seat". It can be said that the seat in the front seat can be marked with the royal family.
Hearing this, the officials who had just looked contemptuous, all "warm congratulations", as if the coldness and other things had never happened before. Even the sixth-rank official of the Ministry of Personnel forced a smile, as if the previous unhappiness had never happened.
My face is quite thick, but I didn't expect there would be even thicker ones. Song Chen snorted coldly in his heart.
Song Chen left amid congratulations. Is the seat really that important? Is the seat really that important? Is the seat really that important?
Seats are really important!
The little eunuch Bai Jing took Song Chen and kept turning back to talk to him about the court etiquette. He stopped from time to time to demonstrate how to salute the emperor and the empress dowager, what should be shouted for salutes, and wait for a while.
She also asked Song Chen to show him, and Song Chen performed well. Just kidding, there are so many costume TV series in later generations, have you never eaten pork and seen pig run?
If we say that Song Chen did not have much awe for the emperor and the empress dowager, he was the backbone of the nations such as Wen Tianxiang, Zhang Shijie, and Lu Xiufu.
But on the way to the 'front seat', he still felt an uncontrollable excitement. He did not expect to enter the most core circle so soon. This was something he could not even imagine in his previous life.
Finally, I met Zhao Hu, the nominal supreme ruler of the Song Dynasty. I didn’t need to have high medical skills. I could tell at a glance that this person was a sick man, but he was still overdrawing his body and was addicted to female sex.
Emperor Duzong of Song Dynasty, Zhao Xu, had no mistakes in history, he would have four years to be an emperor.
Another person wearing a phoenix crown, the majestic old woman, is the legendary Empress Dowager Xie Daoqing.
Long live my emperor!
The Empress Dowager is thousands of years old!
This ceremony is not much different from the costume TV series in later generations. Song Chenyi is good to do it.
"Flat!"
Finally, she could stand up. In fact, Song Chen hated this kind of etiquette of kneeling down at any time, but there was no way, and he had to follow the customs when entering the countryside.
The idea of abolishing the kneeling etiquette of worship is not even afraid to tell the backer Wen Tianxiang. If you say this, others will naturally think that you have a covetous desire for the imperial power, which is a serious crime to kill the nine clans.
It is true that Song Chen is a power-loving person, but he has no interest in changing dynasties. Moreover, he has a good impression of the Song Dynasty. This is a dynasty without tyrants, and he still has a good impression of it. He does not have to risk the huge social turmoil to seize a title that does not have much temptation to him.
In short, as long as his desire for power is satisfied, his title is not important, and Song Chen will be content with himself.
"Song Chen, your Jinxian Terminator No. 1 played a significant role in the Xiangyang Victory, which is a blessing!" The emperor said calmly, and then said nothing.
Of course, Song Chen had to do his etiquette, lower his head and wait to continue speaking. According to common sense, the emperor should encourage his ministers to point out that he had made great contributions to the Song Dynasty and would continue to work hard, but he said nothing, followed by an awkward silence.
Emperor Zhao Feng was undoubtedly an emperor with a gentle personality. He could not resist the buzzing slander of so many ministers and gradually became disgusted with Song Chen.
Chapter completed!