Yunxi thought for a moment and saw that Mu Sheng had already arrived in the army at the end of the report, so he said: "Jian Yi has drafted a decree to ask He Fu to go to Beijing to receive the reward, and to hand over the army to Mu Sheng's command and bring it back to Kunming."
Yunxi had decided to make He Fu the left prime minister of Min, but Yunxi had not seen He Fu since he became the emperor's grandson, so he called him to the capital to see him this time, rewarded him well, and gave him a speech in person. It's a good idea to tell him how to be the king.
Jian Yi accepted the order, drafted the imperial edict, then retreated and handed it over to the Secretary of General Affairs.
Yunxi looked at the clock at this time and saw that it was already lunch time, so he returned to Kunning Palace.
On Yunxi's way from Qianqing Palace to Kunning Palace, it suddenly started snowing. Yunxi looked up and saw that the snow was falling heavily, and soon it spread a layer on the ground. Yunxi walked to Kunning When I went to the palace, I saw Min'er and Siqi playing in the snow. Min'er rolled happily in the snow, and her clothes were all covered with snow. Fortunately, her clothes were properly worn, and the snow did not get into her clothes. But the palace maid on the side was also very panicked and wanted to pick up Min'er.
Miner turned around and saw Yunxi, ran over and said, "Father, it's snowing."
Yunxi picked her up and said: "Father knows." Then he patted her clothes with his hands and said: "Girl, it's not appropriate to roll around in the snow like this. Heap up with Siqi." Snowman." Min'er said "hmm", but she didn't actually understand it.
Yunxi carried her in. Xiyao saw that Min'er's coat was wet, so she asked the palace maid next to her to take Min'er from Yunxi's hand and take her to change clothes, and said a few words to Min'er. Min'er didn't say anything. , just went down with a smile. Siqi's dress maid also took Siqi to change clothes.
After they had changed their clothes, they started to have lunch. Xiyi also brought Wenqi to eat with her.
Lunch was very light. Mainly because Yunxi and Xiyao attached great importance to maintenance, and in the evening Yunxi had to entertain a banquet of civil and military officials, and Xiyao also had to entertain his wife, so it was lighter.
There is a very complete and strict set of rules and regulations for entertaining civil and military officials. Shangbaosi set up a throne in Fengtian Hall, facing south, Guanglu Temple set up a wine pavilion below the throne to the west, and a dining pavilion below the throne to the east. It is located on the east and west sides of the Wine and Dining Pavilion.
If there is a crown prince/grandson, he will sit on the east side of the emperor, facing west. On both sides of the emperor's throne are the seats of the kings, facing east and west. Officials in the capital above the seventh rank can participate in the banquet, and those above the fourth rank can sit In the palace, people of rank five and below sit in the east and west verandahs.
Before the banquet begins, the emperor needs to arrive in advance, and then the crown prince leads the prince inside to salute and sit down. Then all the civil and military officials walk in and salute. Then the first prescribed music "The Song of the Flame Spirit" is played, the Jiaofang Secretary brings in wine, and the emperor drinks. After drinking, the music stopped and all the officials took their seats.
After that, eight different pieces of music will be played, and these pieces cannot be changed. Including the first piece, there are nine pieces of music in total. There is also a series of very complicated rituals in the middle. It is not until the ninth piece of music is played that the civil and military officials can eat.
Basically by this time, all the food was almost cold, and the civil and military officials basically had nothing to eat. Therefore, historically, when ministers attended big banquets, they would eat at home in advance, and after the big banquet, they would just eat whatever they wanted. Just eat some snacks from the palace.
The emperor and the princes were better off. They could eat after the "Dance to Peace the World" was played, but it was generally not easy to eat too much. Anyway, in the past few years, Yunxi always went back to the palace to eat at night.
Yunxi decided to build up his reputation as "one of the most proficient poets in history" and said to the ministers: "Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and it happened to snow heavily today. The so-called 'auspicious snow heralds a good year', this It’s a good sign.”
The ministers were busy raising glasses to celebrate.
Then Yunxi said: "So I accidentally got a poem and told it to all my dear friends."
"The title is Qing Ping Le - New Year
Seeing off the tiger and welcoming the rabbit, the auspicious snow is dancing all over the sky. Today, there is a sudden snowfall in front of the window, and there are a few birds chirping in the spring dawn.
Dongjun fortress is north of the Yangtze River and south of the Yangtze River. Thousands of households are blooming. The divine dragon of Chi County awakens, and thousands of miles of mountains and rivers are before our eyes."
This poem is not the kind of particularly good poem that can be remembered throughout the ages, but it is considered to be the best among poems with this kind of title.
Yunxi said again: "My dear friends, can you have any poems to respond to this?"
Under normal circumstances, the emperor would ask his ministers to compose poems during the New Year. However, the emperor generally did not compose poems and only asked civil servants to compose poems to commemorate the occasion. In previous years, Yunxi had never composed poems during the New Year. This year was the first time.
At this time, military generals are basically just decorations and belong to the world of civil servants. The civil servants in the Hanlin Academy were very excited because this is their specialty!
Hanlin Yuanzhi of the Hanlin Academy recited a poem, and then Zhou Rui also recited a poem, and then the crowd responded. Mainly because this is a repertoire over the years, so everyone has prepared stocks in advance, so at this time, this kind of poem Emerging in endlessly.
The always proud Jie Jin snorted disdainfully. He knew that they had prepared poems in advance, so he disdained them.
When one person finished reciting his poem, Xie Jin stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I impromptuly composed a poem for Your Majesty and the ministers to listen to."
"The rhythm turns to Hongjun, the spirit is the same, the shoulders are rubbed and the percussion is harmonious.
There is no need to go to the eastern suburbs, spring is in thousands of households."
Even if this poem is just an improvisation by Xie Jin, its quality is higher than other people's works, and it can be regarded as a superior work. If someone else recited such a poem, other people would not be close to him even if they were not very close. Most of them would praise them out loud; but just now Xie Jin slapped them in the face and specifically said the word "improvised", so for a while no one cheered.
It was his friend Dong Lun who started to praise him, and other civil servants also praised him because Yunxi was there, which relieved the embarrassment at the scene.
Xie Jin himself did not care about this, and said: "I just thought of four sixteen-character orders with the title of spring for your majesty and your colleagues to listen to."
"In spring, bring purple and red flowers to the small village. Sing and stay, don't let the flower growers down."
In spring, peaches and plums are fragrant, and jade dust is scattered. Thunder breaks out, and showers leave no trace.
In spring, flying flowers fly into the dusk clouds again. You cherish them, and the clouds disperse and the tears stain your towel.
In spring, the garden is filled with acacias and greenery. When I return, I will plant them evenly after autumn."
Because the Chinese New Year is always believed to represent the coming of spring, it is appropriate to use spring as the theme.
The civil servants were surprised by Xie Jin's eagerness. You must know that at the party a year ago, Xie Jin had already written several poems, but today he can still write so many poems, even if he is very disdainful of Xie Jin. People also secretly lamented that Xie Jin's literary talent was so high.
Then everyone had to get up and praise Xie Jin again.