The night banquet at Zichen Palace can be said to be quite boring.

The cooking methods of the Tang Dynasty still rely on two methods: boiling and stewing. Boiling means stewing in one pot, adding various types of staple food.

The stew makes Shangbo even more unacceptable. This is to cut various meats into thin slices and then eat them with various sauces.

Shang Bo doesn’t want to be the first player to die from liver fluke disease.

In addition, spices are now only luxuries that nobles put in sachets, and peppers are still in America. The taste of this night banquet can be said to be lackluster.

However, although Shang Bo felt that the night banquet was lackluster, the Silla envoy next to him ate so much that his mouth was full of oil.

Shang Bo looked at the Silla envoy with disdain, but considering the situation of Bangzi in this era, Shang Bo could understand.

Commercially, he was exploited by the Bohai Kingdom, he was blackmailed by the three towns in Hedong every now and then, and Bangzi's envoy to the Tang Dynasty cried out to the Tang Dynasty court every now and then.

However, at this time, Datang had not been able to put down its own rebellion, and would not pay attention to Bangzi's request.

The Silla envoy was named Jin Zaiyu, and he was a gossipy guy.

While he was eating, he looked at the two seats under the throne, which were the seats of the Prince and King Qi.

People in the Tang Dynasty did not force people to stay up until early morning. After the banquet, the emperor would leave the banquet and leave the harem.

When the emperor left, the concubines in the harem naturally followed. At this time, the prince and the king of Qi, who were sitting under the throne, became the focus of attention of all the ministers in the palace.

It can be said that King Qi was unexpectedly happy today. He was able to perform the Nuo dance on behalf of the emperor. Although he still danced with the prince, it also showed that he had the ability to seize the throne. Obviously, his father had given equal importance to him and the prince.

The officials of King Qi's family were also overjoyed, and they drank and drank in the main hall. Once King Qi succeeded to the throne, they would become ministers of the dragon.

After the envoy of Silla finished eating, he said to an envoy wearing animal skin clothes next to him: "Akedai, do you know who in the Tang Dynasty we, the vassal state, need to please the most?"

This envoy wearing animal skin clothes couldn't even speak Chinese well, and he didn't even understand the political structure of the Tang Dynasty. He could only shake his head and said: "Akedai only knows the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, who is the number one in the Tang Dynasty."

Noble man!"

After speaking, he stretched out his hand and made a first gesture.

Shang Bo looked at the envoy's naivety and couldn't help but listen to their conversation.

The Silla envoy Jin Zaiyu obviously drank too much and his tongue was a little knotted. He said in a show off tone: "The most noble person in the Tang Dynasty is naturally the Supreme Emperor, the second most noble person. Now he can

Not necessarily."

After he finished speaking, the envoys from several small vassal states around him stared at him.

Among the many vassal states of the Tang Dynasty, Silla had the highest degree of sinicization.

Nowadays, the leader of the Silla Kingdom appoints Confucian scholars and builds academies in the country. Jin Zaiyu even studied Sinology in the Imperial Academy.

As for the envoys of these other small countries, their own countries have limited development, and some of them are not even from the Confucian cultural circle. It would be good if they could learn to Chineseize, let alone understand the complicated court situation of the Tang Dynasty.

However, Jin Zaiyu was also a talker. He said under the breath of alcohol: "The second most noble person in the Tang Dynasty was the prince, but now His Highness King Qi has risen, and King Qi is the most powerful warrior in the Tang Dynasty!"

When these envoys from small countries heard about the first warrior, they all looked at King Qi in the hall with warm eyes.

As expected, King Qi was more powerful than the weak Prince Kong Wu, so they all believed Jin Zaiyu's statement.

After all, some of these small countries are still in the tribal era, and it is still the political tradition of these small countries that the bravest people become tribal chiefs.

Jin Zaiyu's words were easy to understand and immediately captured the hearts of these envoys from small countries.

Jin Zaiyu continued: "This year, our Silla Kingdom has sent gifts to both the Crown Prince and Prince Qi's Palace!"

Shang Bo laughed a little. This was the first time he saw an envoy who did things so carelessly.

However, after Jin Zaiyu finished speaking, the remaining envoys from small countries all showed annoyed expressions, and they all felt that they had lost etiquette by not giving gifts to King Qi.

There will be a Zhengdan ceremony tomorrow, and the night banquet will end before early morning.

Shang Bo hurried back to catch up on his sleep. I have to say that the officials of the Tang Dynasty were really working hard. They stayed up late to attend the banquet and had to attend the morning court the next day. I don't know how these old guys in the political hall could endure it.

New Year, the first day of the first lunar month.

Shangbo logged into the game, and sure enough, there was a [stay up late] DEBUFF on his head.

This Debuff will reduce your hit rate and your concentration time.

Shang Bo yawned twice, dragged his tired body and changed into clothes, and rode towards the Daming Palace with Wei Yuan who was already ready.

A carriage followed the two of them. This was the almanac that Wei Yuan had copied over the past few days.

The Zhengdan Great Court Meeting was held in the Hanyuan Hall of the Daming Palace. The Hanyuan Hall is the largest palace in the Daming Palace, just behind the Zichen Hall where the night banquet was held yesterday.

As an official in Beijing, Wang Chengwei also needs to attend the court meeting.

He put on a green official robe, came out of the Wannian County Yamen, and rode towards the Daming Palace.

Cui Guangyuan, a third-rank Jing Zhaoyin, had already set off early. People in the Tang Dynasty favored martial arts, and most civil servants would only ride in a carriage after they were fifty.

Ordinary civil servants basically travel by horseback, not to mention military commanders.

The only people who can enjoy privileges in Chang'an City are the prime ministers of the Zhengshitang.

As long as you become prime minister, no matter what your age, you can ride an ox cart into the imperial city.

You must know that cattle are productivity tools and are more valuable than horses in this era. The prime minister can ride in an ox cart, which is also a symbol of the prime minister's privileges.

Cui Guangyuan shivered. It was such a cold day and he had to ride to court at five in the morning. This was simply torture.

"Grandpa!"

Cui Guangyuan was just about to go out when he saw his daughter Cui Shujun wrapping a copper Tang Pozi, handing it to Cui Guangyuan and saying:

"Grandpa, it's cold outside, use this soup to keep out the cold."

It was his daughter who was considerate. Cui Guangyuan took the Tang Pozi in a good mood, but saw that there was another one in his daughter's hand.

"This is?"

Cui Shujun said boldly: "My grandpa met Wang Xiancheng in Dailu Courtyard and handed it to him. I am a third-rank official, and the meeting will be in the Hanyuan Hall. Wang Xiancheng is a seventh-rank sesame official, so I can only

Standing outside the main hall."

Cui Guangyuan just wanted to praise his little cotton-padded jacket, but why did his elbow turn outward?

No wonder Wang Chengwei often comes to Jingzhao Mansion to report work, but he didn’t expect that this guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes has already stolen the house?

Cui Guangyuan wished he could smash Mrs. Tang in his arms!

But thinking of his daughter's delayed marriage, Cui Guangyuan endured his anger and accepted the two Tang women and rode towards the Daming Palace.

Zhuque Street was very busy in the early morning, and it was as tightly packed as the palace night banquet yesterday.

Wang Chengwei, who was riding a horse, finally understood why the price of a house was higher the closer it was to the palace.

The commute time to this meeting alone is worth the price!

As the most miserable low-level official, Wang Chengwei rode a horse across half of Chang'an City and finally reached the waiting courtyard in front of the palace.

The most accurate timekeeping method in the Tang Dynasty was water leakage, which was an ancient timekeeping water clock, also called a leakage clock.

Waiting means waiting, leaking means missing clock, and waiting for leaking courtyard is the place where you wait to go to court.

In order to prevent officials from being crowded when they went to court, Li Longji established a waiting courtyard outside the Daming Palace during his reign.

The Dailu Courtyard is a small square, and you can directly enter the Daming Palace from the inner gate.

There is also a row of small rooms in the courtyard with charcoal fires burning inside. This is where the prime ministers wait to go to court.

Cui Guangyuan, who was already standing in the courtyard, looked at Prime Minister Miao Jinqing with envy as he entered the terraced house to wait to go to court. The Prime Minister was courteous to all officials, which meant that the Prime Minister's treatment was better than that of all officials.

However, Cui Guangyuan knew that if nothing unexpected happened in his life, he would have no chance to have Xuan Ma pay homage to the prime minister.

Although he had both qualifications and rank, the political stain of surrendering to the puppet Yan determined that it would be impossible for him to enter the political hall.

The reason why he can continue to stay in Jingzhao Mansion now is because Chang'an has just surrendered and the situation is not stable enough, so the emperor keeps him to stabilize the situation in the court.

However, in the Tang Dynasty, there were very few people who could serve as Jing Zhaoyin for a long time. Cui Guangyuan has been doing it for many years. When the emperor has a better candidate, he will definitely be replaced.

Cui Guangyuan's best way out is to be sent to Shangzhou as a governor, but he is used to the prosperity of Chang'an, how can he bear to leave Chang'an.

Cui Guangyuan searched with his eyes and soon saw a young official in a green robe chatting with two other young officials.

Cui Guangyuan walked over, took out Tang Pozi from his sleeve, glared at Wang Chengwei and said, "Take it!"

After saying that, Cui Guangyuan left quickly.

Wang Chengwei was also a little confused, but when Wei Yingwu saw the exquisite embroidery on Mrs. Tang, he immediately understood that this was something from his daughter's family.

He smiled and said to Wang Chengwei: "Everyone in the court said that Duke Zhuangyuan would be Cui Dayin's quick son-in-law. It seems that it is not groundless?

"

Wang Chengwei understood the origin of Mrs. Tang. He put away Mrs. Tang and changed the topic and said: "Brother Gu will have to show mercy at the meeting today!"

Both Gu Kuang and Wei Yingwu served as censors, and Gu Kuang served as the censor of Yushitai. Today was the imperial meeting, and the censors in the palace were too busy, so some of the censors of Yushitai with upright personalities were asked to serve as censors in the palace.

Responsible for maintaining order in the procession of low-level officials outside the palace.

Gu Kuang had an upright character and was named by Yushi Zhongcheng to be responsible for maintaining the order of the civil service train outside the palace.

Wang Chengwei would also be standing on this train, so he begged Gu Kuang to let him go.

Gu Kuang said with a straight face: "The Zhengdan Dynasty Meeting is a grand ceremony of the court. If the number one scholar loses his etiquette, Kuang will naturally act impartially!"

Wang Chengwei had a grimace on his face, and he cursed secretly. Playing a game and having a conference at the same time was too much torture for a dog planner.

At this time, a eunuch entered the Dailu Courtyard and said: "The auspicious time of the great dynasty has arrived, and the work team of all ministers has come to the palace!"
Chapter completed!