Mr. Taian watched Wang Xuance's departing back, his brows furrowed. After a long moment, he snorted softly, as if muttering to himself, "Don't you know that what goes up comes down?"
But in the end, this statement feels a bit powerless.
Because the emperor was in the right in this matter.
Of course, the premise is that the so-called Golden Harvest is real.
Moreover, I am afraid that only people like them will care about this kind of behavior, while the common people will probably just treat it as a joke.
Although these people claim to care about the people, who really cares about those peasants?
Those are just common people.
At the same time, everyone had entered the hall one after another.
Seeing that no one agreed, Mr. Tai'an also shook his sleeves, looked at Jiang Banyan, a doctor of the Five Classics who was also lagging behind, and then followed the crowd into the hall.
Of course, although it is the Purple Palace, it is impossible for such an emperor-given banquet to be arranged in the Xuanshi Hall in the main hall.
There was naturally such a place in the Zichen Hall. When everyone entered, they saw that the seats had been arranged according to the number of people.
The Daqin Dynasty was similar to the Qin and Han Dynasties, with separate dining systems, with each person having their own table and seat.
Everyone entered the hall.
Then a eunuch sang, "Your Majesty has decreed: The heroic spirits look down upon us and bless the Great Qin. The heaven-sent golden harvest has appeared, which is truly a blessing for all people. I dare not take all the credit for such a grand event. All of you are virtuous people in the Great Qin..."
After a long speech, he finally raised his voice and said, "Jiahe Feast, everyone, please take your seats!"
No one knew what was going on in everyone's mind, but they all looked solemn and bowed, saying, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the banquet!"
Then take your seats in turn.
The first two persons on the left and right sides were both elders of the royal family. Although they were not granted the title of king, they were well-known in the capital. In addition, they were members of the royal family, so naturally no one had any objections.
Further down, the second person on both sides is Feng Zhong on the left and Zhao Ben on the right.
This time everyone frowned slightly, even though Zhao Ben was the Minister of the Honglu Temple and Feng Zhong was the Junior Minister.
However, many people are still not convinced. After all, in such occasions, it is not necessary to rank people by official position.
However, everyone was proud of their status and the royal majesty, so although they were unhappy, they endured it.
After all, Mr. Tai'an was a famous official in Beijing, and was finally arranged to sit third on the left, next to Feng Zhong. Jiang Banyan found that he was actually arranged to sit last on the right, and his face suddenly turned a little dark.
He couldn't help but ask, "Official Huangmen, isn't the order of seats a bit inappropriate?"
After all, I have some reputation, and I have been favored by Your Majesty and appointed as a doctor of the Five Classics. Yet you have made me the last one in the table. This is too much of an insult.
As soon as he opened his mouth, some of the others who had been feeling quite aggrieved suddenly felt mentally balanced, and they all sat up straight with their eyes fixed on their noses and their noses focused on their hearts.
Behind the screen, a eunuch watched the situation and said to Cao Xiong with a wry smile, his forehead sweating: "Master, aren't we going a bit too far? After all, this Doctor Jiang..."
"What after all?"
Cao Xiong rolled his eyes at him, then sneered, "I've disliked this fellow ever since. It's such an honor to have the Emperor confer a banquet on me, but everyone else is speechless, and he's the only one who keeps talking."
After saying this, he slowly walked out from behind the screen, waved his hand to drive aside the eunuch who had been questioned by Jiang Banban, and then asked with a smile on his face: "Dr. Jiang, all the virtuous people are already seated, why don't you take your seat?"
Jiang Banyan knew Cao Xiong and knew that he was the chief eunuch of the Imperial Household Department, so he couldn't help but frown.
Then, still indignant, he said, "Cao Daban, I wonder how the seating arrangements were made for this banquet given by the Emperor. Although I wouldn't call myself a celebrity at the time, I do have some notoriety. They actually arranged for me to sit at the very end. Isn't that a bit too much of an insult?"
“Ah, this…”
Cao Xiong was stunned when he heard this, as if he had just understood what was going on. He hesitated and said, "So it's because of this matter. I have been serving Your Majesty in the palace. I only know that those who came today are virtuous people.
We don’t know who is more virtuous or more famous.
We just saw that you, Doctor Jiang, were the last to enter the palace, and we thought you were a humble person..."
After saying that, he said with a look of self-blame: "Forget it, this is our family's fault. We judged people by their appearance..."
When everyone heard this, they almost broke down in laughter, cursing in their hearts, "This eunuch is really mean-spirited."
What does it mean that someone thought you were a modest person, and then said that you judged people by their appearance?
Jiang Banyan's face turned pale and blue.
But Cao Xiong then said sincerely: "Don't blame me, Dr. Jiang, don't blame me. This is all my fault. How about this? I don't understand your virtues.
Dr. Jiang, if you think anyone here is virtuous enough to swap places with you, I will go and talk to you."
After saying this, he looked at Jiang Banyan sincerely, and it was impossible to tell that he was insulting anyone.
Jiang Banyan looked at him with a look of astonishment on his face as if a dye shop had been overturned. It was so interesting.
I really wanted to just throw up my sleeves and leave, but in the end I just threw up my sleeves with a dark face and snorted coldly, "No need!"
Upon seeing this, Cao Xiong quickly said sincerely, "Dr. Jiang is truly a kind and gracious person. He is so understanding and righteous. Thank you very much."
The most rare thing is that when he said this, there was no trace of sarcasm in his eyes.
But everyone present seemed to hear the sound of Dr. Jiang's face being slapped.
Everyone shook their heads secretly.
Some people think that the eunuch Cao Xiong is too insulting, but there are also many people who look down on Dr. Jiang.
In such an occasion, even if one is dissatisfied with the arrangement, he would still speak out. This kind of sophistication and self-cultivation is really admirable.
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