On March 22, Changchun Garden.

Considering that there were too many elderly people entering the capital to celebrate their birthday, Kangxi ordered people to prepare before the Wanbao Festival and divided them into two groups of banquets to win people's hearts and show their favor. The first banquet was Han ministers, officials and scholars over 65 years old.

At noon, more than 400 banquets were arranged in the square in front of the main entrance of Changchun Garden. There were 33 people who came to the banquet aged 90 years old, 538 people who were over 80 years old, 1823 people who were over 70 years old, and 1846 people who were over 65 years old. A total of 4,240 people.

To show his grace, Kangxi ordered all the princes, emperors, and descendants of the royal family to be over ten years old and under twenty to gather outside Changchun Garden to guide the seats of the elders attending the banquet, distribute food and toast. There were not many dishes at the banquet. There were ten dishes in each table, but each dish was a specialty from all over the place, including golden jade soup, longevity peaches, mushrooms for longevity, juice chicken balls, Buddha fruit brew, horseshoe glue, Chang'an Gong Ding, Banxia bamboo fish, brocade longevity noodles, and Fu Jing's relatives. Tea was Junshan silver needles, of course, all candied dried fruits and pastries were four kinds.

Seeing the whole audience of the royal family members wearing yellow belts running back and forth, many elders who attended the banquet were so excited that they couldn't hold on to themselves. They were almost suspected of being in a dream. Even if they could not imagine this honor and glory, they could not even dream of it. No one could believe it when they returned home and talked about it.

Kangxi sat alone in the chief, listening to the cheerful and festive music, watching the scenes of thousands of elders gathering, not only was he feeling a lot, but he was already sixty in his 60s in a blink of an eye. Under his own management, the Qing Dynasty was booming and prosperous. In recent years, it has made rapid progress, taking over South Asia and occupying Australia. The fleet expedition to Europe and America is ready to go, without worrying about food and dare to let go of money, but I don’t know how many years he can enjoy such a good situation.

The music stopped unknowingly. Seeing that Kangxi was still in a daze, Li Dequan hurriedly stepped forward to pour tea and whispered: "Master, the time is here."

When he came to his senses, Kangxi stood up and said, "At today's banquet, I will send my descendants to the clan to hold entries and give them food. You should not stand up when you are at the banquet, so as to show that I am very willing to treat the elderly."

The eunuchs standing on both sides passed on a long tone and sentence by sentence. The elders hurriedly left their seats and knelt down to thank them.

After ordering everyone to calm down, Kangxi continued: "The book says that King Wen is good at raising old age. Mencius said that if you are seventy, you will not be warm in silk or full of meat. When the emperor governs the world, and conducts government and benevolence, he always regards the elderly and respects the wise as his first priority. Recently, scholars and officials have only discussed whether they are virtuous or not, but changed customs and customs, and have entered the original intention of filial piety and out of their younger brothers. I have no time to pay attention to this. Because of today's grand ceremony, I have specially announced this idea.

If you have less thoughts on filial piety and younger brothers, but you want to change customs and customs, what you are rich and what you are weak is thick. You are all old people, and you are different from the back home and wells to tell your neighbors that you must first be filial piety and younger brothers. If everyone in the world knows that filial piety and younger brothers are the most important, this is the basis of changing customs and customs, and the root of etiquette and morality is not shallow or fresh."

After the opening remarks, the banquet officially started, respecting the heaven and earth to our ancestors, the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, the ministers and the people of the Qing Dynasty, and the wine was served one cup at a time. Although it was only a cup of three cents, it could not resist such a way to drink it.

Yinzhen was with him, frowned secretly when he saw him. Taking advantage of the opportunity to pour wine, he whispered: "The Emperor Ama is kind to the world and virtue to the world. Tomorrow, he will have a banquet for the Manchu and Mongolian elders. My son will change the Emperor Ama to a lighter bar."

Kangxi waved his head slightly and said, "When I personally went to Zhungar, I used wine to keep warm. What's this little wine? Besides, I have always been open and upright, how can I let them compete and just pour wine."

Kangxi obviously dissatisfied with old age, so he would be a taboo if he persuaded him again. Yinzhen did not dare to say too much, and retreated with a wry smile, and asked Li Dequan softly: "How much can the emperor drink?"

These things are not something that a minister should ask about. Li Dequan glanced at Kangxi before whispering softly: "It's great, but now I drink less, and I drink wine every day."

Hearing that the alcohol content was very good, Yinzhen couldn't help but feel a little relieved, but his curiosity arose again. Kangxi was used to drinking wine? Wine from the Western Regions? He couldn't help but ask softly: "Where did you pay the tribute?"

Li Dequan hesitated and said, "The French missionaries paid tribute to him, it seems that they were from Bordeaux."

The imported Bordeaux wine? Yinzhen secretly said that Kangxi would enjoy it. He pondered for a moment and reminded him: "I'll order people to prepare sobering soup and other things. I'm afraid I'll drink a lot of it like this today."

At this time, the atmosphere of the banquet was already rising. The current Grand Secretary Li Guangdi, Wang Fei, retired as Minister of Personnel Song Lu, Minister of Works Peng Huiqi, Current General of Fujian Zu Liangbi, former Deputy General of Jingkou Huang Xiangkun and other old ministers came forward one by one to toast and congratulate Kangxi.

Kangxi was in a happy mood. After drinking with everyone, he rewarded everyone with robes and other things to show his favor. Later, he ordered all the emperors and grandsons to help the elders over 80 years old to come to the front to see and drink.

After the banquet, Yinzhen couldn't help but admire Kangxi's expression as usual. Kangxi was really not bragging. His alcohol tolerance was not average. He said that he should have drunk more than one pound of this situation today.

The next day, a big banquet was held at the gate of Changchun Garden, but the banquet was replaced by ministers, officials, guards, soldiers, idle people, etc. of the Eight Banners of Manchu, Mongolian, and Han army, totaling more than 2,500 people, with the same specifications and the same treatment.

After drinking more and more for two consecutive days, Kangxi was drunk after all. When he left the table, he was already staggering. With the support of the eunuchs, he returned to Qingxi Bookstore. After drinking some sobering soup, he fell asleep.

Kangxi was drunk. Yinzhi, Yinzhen, Yinqi, Yinsi, Yinzhen and other adult princes did not dare to go back to the mansion first. They obediently guarded outside the main hall of Qingxi Bookstore. They only went to the imperial physician to take the pulse and check it out, and came out to tell that it was no big deal. The princes dispersed and returned to their homes.

Yinzhen deliberately stayed behind, and the old was different. He didn't want to let people talk, but Yinxiang came over and said softly: "Fourth brother, it's been ten days. The Nanyang Fleet should have received the order to start north, right?"

Yinzhen nodded and said, "Fast ships from Guangzhou to Garoba, the empty ships are down the wind. Sailors who are familiar with the route can arrive in six days. Logically, Shi Shipiao and the others should have set off for two days."

"How many days will the birthday celebration be there? Why don't I go to the south of the Yangtze River first and check the progress of the newly launched warships installing artillery?" Yinxiang said tentatively.

Yinzhen smiled and said, "Brother Thirteen is tired of staying in the capital?"

Yinxiang chuckled and said, "Not to say, I'm used to staying in the navy. I haven't seen the sea for a few days, so my heart is empty."

"You are happy to see the hunt." Yinzhen chuckled and said, "Don't worry, there is someone in Shanghai. Besides, even if the Nanyang Fleet arrives in Shanghai, it will have to be consolidated for a while. No matter how early it is, it will take May to complete the journey. What are you anxious about?" (To be continued)

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