In the middle is Chongzhen’s imperial desk.
There are two rows of tables on the south side of the imperial desk, one on the east and one on the west.
The Jiaofangsi played music and songs on the side, set up grand music on the side, and the dancing troupe waited in the distance.
It was extremely lively outside the Meridian Gate.
Soon, officials began to enter under the guidance of eunuchs.
Those who attended the banquet included the six ministers, the vice ministers, the governor-general of the Five Military Governorates, the governor-general of the Ping Liao Campaign, as well as ten generals who participated in the Ping Liao Campaign, one governor-general, and two commanders.
Under the guidance of the eunuch, the Governor-General of Ping Liao and a group of civil and military officials came to the west of the Meridian Gate.
At this time, the generals of the Five Military Commandery had already arrived at the scene and sat at the two tables in front.
Wang Yongji was slightly startled when he saw the table and stools.
Although he had never attended a banquet hosted by the emperor, he had heard others describe the scene.
In his opinion, every minister has his own table and can eat whatever he wants.
Today is different, there are two stools behind each table.
Apparently two people were sharing a table.
Is the emperor so frugal?
The other generals fell into deep thought.
Huang Degong was also thinking, but he was wondering whether the dishes served soon would all be vegetarian.
Wang Yongji was silent for a moment and then asked the eunuch next to him: "Sir, in what order should we sit?"
The young eunuch answered word by word: "There is no order. Two people share a table. You can sit however you want."
"Thank you, eunuch!" Wang Yongji thanked them and said to everyone, "Everyone, please sit wherever you want today."
After that, he sat down at the third table.
Wu Sangui followed closely and sat at the fourth table.
Miyun General Huang Degong and Changping General Tang Tong came to the fifth table and sat down together.
Li Xingzhong, the general of Baoding, and Liu Zhaoji, the general of Xuanfu, shared the sixth table.
Liu Fangliang and Gao Yigong walked straight to the last table and sat down at the same time.
Yuan Zongde and He Jin shared a table.
Yuan Shu and Huang Fei sat together.
Among the generals present, only Liu Xiyao and Gao Di were left without seats.
Gao Di looked at him a little embarrassedly, lowered his head, walked to Wu Sangui and sat down gently.
Looking at the empty seat next to Wang Yongji, Liu Xiyao, the general of Guyuan Town, suddenly felt overwhelmed. There was no other vacant seat at the scene except that one.
"Please take your seat, my lord. His Majesty will be here soon!"
At the eunuch's urging, Liu Xiyao came to Wang Yongji and pointed to the vacant seat and asked, "Governor Wang, is there anyone here?"
"No one, sit anywhere."
"Yes!" Liu Xiyao sat down on his seat with some resentment.
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