On the first day of the first lunar month in the ninth year of the Divine Turtle (325), there were crowds of people in the square of Guangji Hall of Ningshuo Palace.
The officials were divided into civil, military, Hu and Han groups. They entered the hall one by one from Duanmen, presented the ceremony list and gave congratulatory speeches.
Wang Chang waited until the second half of the ceremony before he had the opportunity to enter the palace to congratulate him.
"Kelan Prefect Liu Zhao presented fifty horses, one hundred camels, and twenty kilograms of musk deer navel."
"Duan Yongzhong, the Duke of Western Liaoning, presented fifty horses, fifty pots of wax, and a hundred altars of honey."
"On behalf of the Duke Tuoba, Shi Yi Jian presented a pair of golden eagles, a hundred horses, two hundred sand fox skins, and five hundred horse leathers."
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Before the lengthy ceremony ended, Shao Xun specially said a few words to Wang Chang.
"On behalf of the Duke, how are you doing, Mrs. Tai?"
"My father is in good health, and my wife... is safe."
"But living in Changchun Palace?"
"Exactly." Wang Chang replied: "The Changchun Palace is like spring all the year round, and the vegetables are growing. The Duke and the Dowager are extremely happy."
Changchun Palace is the palace located at the junction of Dai and Yunzhong counties. It is of average scale, and the part currently built is only slightly larger than the traditional mansion in the Central Plains.
"Okay." Shao Xun smiled and nodded: "How is the situation in the junior high school?"
Talking about this, Wang Chang worshiped again and said sincerely: "Duan Wenyang sent by the king is really brave. During the winter moon, the thieves heard that the army had retreated and sent troops to attack. General Duan led his troops to attack and defeated him in Xuanhongchi.
When the thieves are in pursuit, one man fights two generals and kills them all, and then the thieves retreat."
Shao Xun knew this and sighed: "Wen Yang is a really brave general."
In the era of cold weapon wars, the morale-boosting style of those who bravely break the formation cannot be underestimated.
One of the four miraculous feats in the army is to capture the enemy's formation: "It is a miraculous feat to rush forward and capture a stronghold before the arrow is delivered, so that the enemy is defeated."
If they were to fight normally, Duan Wenyang's tribe might not be able to outdo Tuoba Xianbei, but with this person's presence, the morale of his tribe was raised and the enemy's morale was suppressed, thus achieving victory.
But it should also be noted that Tuoba Xianbei did not suffer much loss when he was defeated, and his own combat quality is better than Duanbe Xianbei.
"Helan Aitou is also a traitor, I will attack him." Shao Xun said again: "With this victory, no one will dare to take any rash action before the end of spring. At that time, I will send Yi Yi from the cavalry to the north to train troops, so that Helan Aitou can also try it.
The feeling of being beaten so hard that you are in a hurry."
"Our country and the country are entirely dependent on your Majesty." Wang Chang paid his respects.
"Go down and rest first. We'll give you a banquet later," Shao Xun said.
"Yes." Wang Chang bowed and stepped back.
Wang Chang is the second to last one. After him, there is another person named Liu Wuhuan, who is the nephew of Liu Lugu, the leader of the Dugu tribe, and the son of Liu Hu, the former leader of the Tiefu Xiongnu.
Sixty-seven years ago, Liu Hu fought with Tuoba Yulu and was defeated miserably, and fled to the northwest of Yinshan Mountain.
After several years of recuperation, his strength had somewhat recovered, so when Helan Aitou and others were heading south to Shengle, they raided Nuozhenshui Branch, Yixin Mountain and other places, but unfortunately nothing was gained.
Mrs. Wang of the Dai Kingdom heard about Liu Hu's affairs and made an immediate decision and made him the general of the army.
Liu Hu did not refuse, but took the opportunity to send an envoy south to Pingyang to congratulate him.
The gifts he presented were not many, but they were just a lot of money, but his attitude was very good, and Shao Xun liked him very much.
"Where does your father live?" Shao Xun looked at a certain line on the gift list and asked casually.
"Outside the Gaoque Fortress."
Shao Xun put down the gift list. There were a lot of seeds from the Western Regions on it, which made him very happy, so he said: "Since your Majesty has surrendered, I won't say anything more. We can conquer Shengle in the future, and we can send troops together.
There will be a great reward."
Liu Wuhuan heard this and bowed: "My father has been waiting for this day and vowed to avenge himself."
Shao Xun smiled.
Your father was defeated by Tuoba Yulu back then, and his uncle even married Yulu's daughter. Tuoba Shiyiqian was Yulu's eldest son. I really don't know what kind of revenge this was.
"There will be a banquet in the corridor today, and there will be rewards at the end, so don't forget to accept them." Shao Xun waved his hand, stood up and left.
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It is said that banquets are given in the corridor, which means that for lower-level officials, those with higher status actually have banquets in the side hall.
Wang Chang and others were foreign guests and had high-ranking officials, so they were allowed to have a banquet inside.
Inside the palace, the redundant furnishings have been moved away, leaving it empty.
The floor is covered with a "banquet" made of woven bamboo, and a "mat" made of cattail is spread on top of the "feast", and the food table is placed on the mat.
The food is quite rich, including wine, meat, and milk.
Wang Chang knelt down and looked around. There was only one person he recognized: Anyi County Lieutenant Dong Wu.
Of course, Dong Wu's identity is not that simple.
He was originally just a township chief. After many expeditions, he was promoted to county captain. However, he could not participate in the banquet just because of his position as county captain. In fact, he was the representative of the tens of thousands of Ba people in Hedong, which was how he was able to enter the palace.
reason.
"General Dong, are you alright?" Wang Chang looked at Dong Wu and saluted with a smile. "Oh? It turns out to be the Prince of the Palace." Dong Wu was holding a piece of bream meat and said after hearing this: "Have you met Prince Liang?"
Bream is a kind of pickled food. It was originally processed with fish, and later developed into meat. The meat is pickled and brewed together with rice and salt to ferment it. The rice is used to cultivate lactic acid bacteria.
"See you." Wang Chang said.
"Will you go to the meeting in Jinyang in May?" Dong Wu asked.
"The meeting in Jinyang?" Wang Chang was a little confused and didn't know.
Dong Wu smiled self-consciously and said: "In April and May, I will go to Jinyang with Prince Liang to discuss the general trend of the world."
"This..." Wang Chang was confused. Dong Wu, a big boss, didn't have the ability to talk about it.
"There are many people going." Dong Wu said proudly: "There are all generals and generals of the government soldiers, captains of the field military schools and even generals of the imperial army."
"Forbidden Army?" Wang Chang was stunned.
"Well, it's just Silver Spear, Hei Gu and other troops." Dong Wu said: "Anyway, many people are going. I know how much I have, so I won't show my shame. I will just wave the flag and cheer for the King of Liang."
Wang Chang praised: "General Dong is a truly loyal minister."
"The King of Liang once said that he hoped that 'the barbarians and Xia would all be in peace.'" Dong Wu's face straightened and he said, "If he keeps fulfilling this ambition, I will protect him."
Seeing that Wang Chang didn't respond, Dong Wu pointed to a dish that the palace servants were serving and said: "The king of Liang, regardless of whether he is a barbarian or a Han, regards him as an innocent man. The name of this dish is 'Hupao Pork', which should be familiar to the king, right?"
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A palace official happened to bring it to the two of them. Wang Chang smiled bitterly upon hearing this and said, "This is Wuhuan delicacy, how could you not know?"
"Pao" means roasting meat with hair or roasting wrapped things.
In the beginning, when the Donghu people grilled meat, they directly threw the meat into the fire together with the skin and fur, causing it to become charred and smelly.
The Hu people have a low level of civilization, but they also know that this is too unpalatable, so they think of a workaround, covering the meat with mud, throwing it into a fire or digging a fire pit in the ground to roast it, which makes it much more delicious.
After being introduced to the Han Dynasty and the interaction between Hu and Han, this dish has undergone new changes: take a one-year-old lamb, kill it, cut the meat into thin slices, add tempeh, ginger, onion, pepper, salt and other condiments, and stuff it together.
Put it into the washed sheep's belly, sew it up, put it into a fire pit on the ground, cover it with fire ashes, and put firewood on top to burn it - the method of the beggar's chicken is very similar to this.
"The fact that barbeque meat can be found in the elegant hall of Ningshuo Palace shows that King Liang is broad-minded and has no pedantic views." Dong Wu said: "Does the Emperor of Jin eat barbeque meat?"
Wang Chang wanted to say that the Jin Emperor died from eating Hu Pancakes, and maybe he actually ate Hu Pao Pork, but he did not want to displease Dong Wu and only said: "Indeed."
Sitting on the right hand side of Wang Chang was Qi Fuhou, the leader of the Jie people in Hedong. Hearing this, he said sadly: "The King of Liang not only likes Wuhuan Hupao meat, but also likes Wuhuan's wife."
Wang Chang's expression changed when he heard this, who kind of stupid young man is this?
Seeing Wang Chang's hesitant expression, Fuhou sneered and said, "It seems like no one knows about the things that happen on behalf of the king's wife."
"Oh? Have you been to Pingcheng too?" Wang Chang asked, "Why haven't I seen you?"
"He left with food supplies. The Lord's eyes are as high as the sky, so naturally he doesn't recognize a small person like me." Tzu Fuhou said.
"Marquis Qi Fu, I scolded you back then, but you didn't realize how stupid you were." Dong Wu said angrily: "Is the King of Liang good to you, or is Liu Cong who was good to you back then? A hero like the King of Liang is just snickering.
Well, anyone else would have killed you long ago."
Hou Fuhou was speechless, so he turned away and said, "Your Dong family has the surname of Hedong County, but my Hou family has nothing. I think Liang Wang is about the same as Liu Cong."
Only then did Wang Chang realize that he had not received any benefits and was resentful in his heart.
"Rebel if you have the ability." Dong Wu sneered: "When the army goes out to conquer, I will ask myself to be the vanguard and kill all of your family, old and young, to see if you can still be stubborn."
Wang Chang lowered his head to drink while thinking silently.
It seems that the reputation of King Liang among the barbarians in the Central Plains is not bad, if not good.
He single-handedly recorded the surnames of the chiefs into the county, tied the nobles to death, and did it for the officials. Dong Wu became the county captain of Anyi, the first county in Hedong. There were also people with the surname Liu Jie and Qiao surnamed Xiongnu in Kelan.
People are officials.
Single-handedly promote the marriage between Hu and Han, deepen the relationship between them, and achieve the goal of having me among you and you among me, and finally share wealth and help each other.
He taught farming with his own hands, so that the tribe no longer moved around, and gradually became semi-fixed. Life became better than before, and the chieftains and nobles who benefited from it naturally praised him again and again.
If we look into his approach, Wang Chang is willing to call it "kingly way" rather than "tyrannical".
Hegemony only involves military conquest, while Wangdao adds persuasion and persuasion to this foundation.
After Wang Chang came to Pingyang, he heard that there were often people from Feng Yi leading his troops to cross the river eastward and defect to the king of Liang - mostly Di Qiang and Xianbei people.
The King of Liang is really good at winning people's hearts, and the end result is that more and more people are on his side, making the enemy defeated without defeat.
"General Dong." Wang Chang picked up the wine bottle and said: "The discussion of Taoism in Jinyang is a big event. I will ask the public servant to send someone south to listen. We may meet again and have a drink first."
After that, drink it all in one gulp.
Dong Wu smiled, picked up the wine bottle and drank it all in one gulp.
Hou Fuhou lowered his head and said nothing, only focusing on eating vegetables, obviously feeling unhappy.
Wang Chang looked inside the palace again, and saw that the hall was full of distinguished guests, and their ears were full of wine.
These people once belonged to different parties, and many of them might have fought each other, but now they sit together, drinking wine and eating meat. This is a new atmosphere.
Chapter completed!