Chapter 396: After the Celebration Banquet
When Xu Si appeared in front of Tian Fan, Tian Fan never thought that he could say anything good, and it turned out to be true!
Liu Bei looked at Tian Fan and Xu Si with a smile. Tian Fan could not get any information from his smile or eyes. Liu Bei's expression was simply the expression that he should show when he heard or saw something interesting. He could not see any disgust for Tian Fan, nor did he see any appreciation for Xu Si. He just smiled so much, waiting for Tian Fan to answer.
Because this place suddenly became quiet, gradually, everyone in the hall noticed something abnormal, so slowly, everyone stopped and looked at it.
Tian Fan smiled, as if a stone was cut through the lake, bringing ripples and rippling in the lake.
He nodded slightly and said, "Mr. Xu is right. In this war, everyone was indeed very popular and even surpassed the lord!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several nearby people who heard Xu Si's words were shocked! They thought that Tian Fan would deny it, but unexpectedly, he admitted it in one go! The great achievements are overwhelming, which is a taboo for a minister!
The smile on Liu Bei's face remained unchanged. He believed that Tian Fan had something to say!
Chen Qun also had a smile on his face, but there was obvious excitement in his eyes!
"Haha, Mr. Xu, it's not right for you to say this! Anyone who is a rough man has never read a few books, but any one has heard a saying that says, "Your will not compete for merit with your ministers! Why do you say that? Because all the credits of your ministers are the kings! As a wise king, you should know this sentence, remember this sentence, and do what you say! I have made some contributions, but, without the trust of your lord and the support of your lord, what can I do?
"To be very disrespectful, Emperor Gaozu was not as good as Han Xin in military affairs, and his strategy was not as good as Zhang Liang and Chen Ping in political affairs. He was not as good as Xiao He, and his courage was not as good as Xiahou Ying and Fan Kuai. According to your statement, wouldn't these people's limelight be better than Emperor Gaozu? But Emperor Gaozu created the 400-year-old country of the Han Dynasty! What about Zhang Liang, Chen Ping and others? In the final analysis, Emperor Gaozu was also the ministers of Emperor Gaozu. After all, Emperor Gaozu was Pi, Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, Han Xin, Xiao He, Fan Kuai and others, all of them were Mao! If the skin was not there, where would Mao attach?"
A layer of fine white sweat appeared on Xu Si's face.
Tian Fan smiled slightly and continued, "The king, the king, the minister, the father, the father, the son, the son, the son, the saying, I believe that a knowledgeable man like Mr. Xu should know the meaning? Fan becomes a erudite scholar and shows his knowledge in front of you today! Haha, this sentence means that the king should look like a king, and the minister should look like a minister. The following is the same. But what about another meaning? Do you know if Mr. Xu knows it?
"Haha, no matter whether you know it or not, you have already said that you will be a master of great scholars today! Another meaning is actually not complicated. It means that both the king, minister, father and son should have their own positioning! To put it bluntly, the 'jun' must set their own positioning at the level of the 'jun', and the 'subject' should set their own positioning at the level of the 'monarch'. In other words, the monarch cannot regard himself as a minister, nor as a minister!
"So, how should the lord be a lord? How should the minister be a minister? It is not advisable to be a minister to be a minister, but the way of being a minister can gain something in every way! The minister is to make meritorious for the king! If the minister does not make meritorious for the king, then the minister will lose his value!"
Xu Si wiped his sweat, and he regretted what he did today!
Tian Fan said in surprise: "Oh, why did Mr. Xu sweat? Is the fire in the hall today burning too much?"
After word of mouth, the people in the hall had already known what Xu Si said and were somewhat disgusted with him. At this time, when they saw Tian Fan mocking him, everyone couldn't help laughing.
Tian Fan and others laughed a little and continued, "Van is a minister. If he does not make meritorious contributions, he will have no value! As a wise ruler, he naturally hopes that his ministers will make more contributions, because only when his ministers make meritorious contributions can the king's great cause develop, and he can rest assured! Only when he can he be happy!"
Tian Fan turned his head and looked at Liu Bei and bowed. Liu Bei had a strong smile on his face and his eyes were full of smiles. When he saw him saluting, Liu Bei nodded slightly to indicate.
Tian Fan looked at Xu Si again, sneered, and said, "I just looked at my lord and found that my lord was very happy. I wonder if Mr. Xu knows why my lord is so happy? If you don't know, Fan can tell you, oh, no tuition fee will be charged, Fan doesn't need the little money for your family!"
Everyone couldn't help laughing again, and Xu Si was already ashamed.
Tian Fan said loudly: "Because, the lord found that everyone in the hall had made contributions! Once we made contributions, he knew that there was hope for the great cause of restoring the Han Dynasty!"
Zhang Fei couldn't help it anymore. He suddenly stood up, clapped his palms hard, and shouted: "Cai! What Bo Guang said is deeply appreciated by my heart, and it should be a big deal!"
As he said that, he picked up the wine glass and drank it dry in one sip.
After he shouted, everyone hurriedly said, "Cai!" and said, and drank a drink together.
After everyone calmed down, Tian Fan smiled at Xu Si, smiling so shyly, and said, "Mr. Xu, after you reminded me, after I looked at my lord's face, I knew even more that my lord is one of the few wise kings and deserves my lifelong assistance! Haha, I wonder what you think?"
Xu Si was sweating profusely. He looked at Liu Bei and hurriedly said, "Lord... lord... is a wise lord... a wise lord!"
Tian Fan nodded, ignored him, and turned to Liu Bei. Lu Bu and Guan Yu looked at Xu Si with murderous aura. Xu Si was frightened and shrank his neck and almost didn't pee. Guan Yu pushed him away, and the two rushed to Tian Fan.
When Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others saw him, they hurriedly followed him. More than a dozen generals came to Liu Bei three steps. Liu Bei could not wait to see him, so he quickly picked up the wine glass and stood up.
Tian Fan waited until all the generals stopped and corrected his posture, then raised his glass and said, "Lord, Fan, I will toast you a glass of wine! Thank you for your appreciation for us. Without your appreciation, we would not have so many opportunities to make contributions. Without your support, we would not have made even a slight contribution! Lord, Fan, Fan, respect you!"
Generals such as Lu Bu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Gao Shun, Qu Yi, Pang De said in unison: "Treat the Lord!"
Liu Bei was a little excited, and he nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay, okay, okay! Bo Guang said it well! How can a monarch be afraid of his ministers making contributions? Hahaha, generals, I hope you will work hard, kill more enemies, win more battles, and go to cities. I hope that you can make great contributions and be granted the title of marquis! Come and have a drink together!"
Everyone had a drink together, Tian Fan looked up at Liu Bei, and the two couldn't help but laugh. When the generals saw it, they immediately laughed.
The people in the hall looked at them and laughed, shouting: "Cai! The lord and the generals have such a tacit understanding, it should be clear!"
After hearing this, everyone cheered and had a drink together.
Tian Fan and others bowed to Liu Bei again. After Liu Bei nodded, they turned around to toast elsewhere.
When I looked for Xu Si again, I saw that he was gone.
Tian Fan couldn't help but frowned and asked in a low voice: "Yun Chang, what's going on with Xu Si?"
Guan Yu curled his lips, snorted coldly, and said, "When my elder brother returned to the army, he wrote an article, which was full of scattered and full of flowers, and specifically congratulated my elder brother on his victory and return home. He read it out in front of our elder brother and us. When the elder brother was happy, he restored his identity as a literary officer. Such a villain is not worth being angry with him."
Tian Fan smiled and whispered: "I'm not angry. I just thought, who has opened his crotch and exposed him?"
Lu Bu, Zhang Fei and others surrounded Tian Fan, not far away. When they heard him say this, everyone couldn't help but laugh.
The group led by Tian Fan is equivalent to all the senior generals in Xia Pi City. Wherever they go to toast, they give face to that person, and everyone has to sit away from the seat.
After a while of wine, Tian Fan wanted to go to the civil servants. When several generals heard this, they suddenly scattered and went to find people they knew to drink and have fun. They really didn't want to deal with those civil servants, and they spoke at all times, and they felt angry. Tian Fan smiled bitterly and shook his head, but went to the civil servants to toast.
At this time, the banquet has entered the superb stage. Many people are not in their seats and are busy toasting everywhere.
Tian Fan looked at the civil servants and saw that there was only one Chen Qun left in the first row. There were nearly two hundred people in the lobby, including the patriarchs of many famous local families, such as Chen Gui, Cao Bao, etc., and many knowledgeable scholars, such as Zheng Xuan, Guan Ning, Kong Rong, Sima Hui and others. After they stood up, they just toasted each other and finished their drinks. Those civil officials and even Liu Bei would definitely go to them to toast. For example, Zhuge Jin, Shi Tao, Xu Shu and others were toasting Sima Hui, Huang Chengyan, and Pang Degong. Chen Gong, Chen Deng, Liu Ye were toasting Guan Ning and Kong Rong, while Liu Bei and Sun Qian were toasting Zheng Xuan.
Tian Fan was surprised to see that Chen Qun did not go to toast. He planned to pay homage to the civil officials and then to these erudite scholars, because it was so quiet.
However, let’s talk about Chen Qun first.
Thinking of this, Tian Fan rushed to Chen Qun, three steps away from him, and prepared to toast.
Perhaps it was a coincidence, or perhaps it was intentional, Chen Qun actually turned around and looked at the person behind him. The man was the patriarch of a local clan. When he saw Chen Qun talking to him, he was flattered. But when he saw Tian Fan coming to toast, he hurriedly reminded: "Chen Xicao, Tian Baihu has been toasting you!"
Chen Qun then turned around and when he saw Tian Fan, he was shocked and said quickly: "Oh, damn it, I'll neglect Bo Guang!"
As he said that, he picked up the wine glass and said, "Boguang, haha, please!"
Tian Fan's eyes narrowed and became a little heavy. He drank without moving, turned around and left!
Chen Qun, very disrespectful to Tian Fan! The ancients were very proud of their face, especially the ancient men! Tian Fan has lived here for several years. Although he was not as proud as the people at that time, he also had a bottom line in his heart.
During the banquet where Prime Minister Tian Fen married his wife, Dou Ying, the former general, Wei Qihou and Empress Dowager Dou, who had lost power, led the former Yan Xiangguanfu to attend. When the two were toasting, an official was very indifferent to them and deliberately avoided half a seat. Dou Ying was envious and had nothing, but Guanfu couldn't stand it immediately and fought with the man, directly destroying the beautiful atmosphere of the Prime Minister's House. So Tian Fen became angry and pursued Guanfu relentlessly, which directly caused a large-scale massacre and migration of local tyrants by Emperor Wu of Han. At that time, no less than 100,000 people died or were migrated as a result!
In that era, people sat on cushions when they sat, and that cushion was called "cushions"! When others toast, in order to show respect, they must "avoid the cushions", that is, they must "due the cushions" from the mat and sit on the side of the mat. If one leg is still on the mat, it is called "avoid the cushions", which is very disrespectful to people!
Chen Qun was even more excessive. He simply didn't even move to avoid the seat, and just sat there with such a big thorn and received the glass of wine from Tian Fanjing! In this case, unless the elders are against the younger generation, or the superiors are against the subordinates.
Tian Fan came to his position with a mysterious smile that seemed to be a smile. Zhang Fei, Lu Bu and others were having a drink. When he saw that his face was strange, he hurriedly asked why.
Tian Fan whispered, and they were furious and wanted to settle the score with Chen Qun. Tian Fan hurriedly held him and whispered: "Everyone is happy today. If you make your lord unhappy for this matter, it will not be worth the loss!"
Lu Bu said angrily: "Then let him continue to be so carefree?"
Tian Fan sneered and said, "How is it that simple? Yide, Fengxian, find all our people and toast me one by one. Today, this cup is small, and everyone toast me three glasses! By the way, he drinks light wine, you can change it to him with strong wine and toast me one by one! Hehehe, Chen Qun, you don't give me face, okay, good! I want to make you itchy all over, and you can't find where the lice are!"
Whether this matter is big or small, if Tian Fan can't help but act, it will be wrong for him, and small things will turn into big things. Chen Qun's trick is enough to hurt!
But Lu Bu, Zhang Fei, Guan Yu and others just went to toast and got you drunk. You can't say that they were wrong? Oh, we are fighting in front of us, you are transporting us food later. We thank you, toast you a few glasses of wine and express your gratitude. If you are drunk yourself, it's all our business?
After hearing this, Zhang Fei and Lu Bu couldn't help but get ready to beat him up. Hehe, it's still very attractive to be slap people!
So, the two went to notify the generals separately. At a time, Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, Qu Yi, Gao Shun and others all knew about it. They were all angry. No wonder, provoking Tian Fan is equivalent to challenging the entire general group. Isn’t this seeking death?
Tian Fan sat calmly in his seat and happened to see Chen Qun looking at him. He picked up the wine glass and greeted him with a smile. Chen Qun was stunned when he saw his face! Tian Fan, isn't that easy to bully?
Sure enough, not long, Zhang Fei came to Chen Qun with a jar of strong wine and said carelessly: "Chen Xicao, haha, Lao Zhang is a rough man. I only heard from my elder brother. My elder brother said that if you have great achievements, you must have great achievements! Haha, our brothers are close to each other? Come on, Lao Zhang respect you three cups!"
When Chen Qun saw this, he quickly stood up, picked up the wine glass, and said, "Haha, it turns out to be General Zhang, haha, general, come!"
As he said that, he was going to drink.
Zhang Fei hurriedly stopped him and said, "Wait! Chen Xicao, you are not an authentic person. I, Old Zhang, are in great enthusiasm, and then come to toast. You just use the light wine to fool me? This is not OK!..."
Zhang Fei fooled her, and Chen Qun reluctantly drank three glasses of strong wine, and whispered her eyes for a long time before he recovered. Zhang Fei was Liu Bei's sworn brother, so no matter how hard he had a relationship, he couldn't be too stiff!
Zhang Fei laughed loudly, slapped him on the shoulder, almost knocking Chen Qun to the ground. Zhang Fei said, "Chen Xicao is a good person, he is so cheerful!"
After saying that, he left.
Chen Qun had just recovered and Lu Bu came. Lu Bu said carelessly: "Chen Xicao, Bu is a rough man, but he also knows that before the troops arrive, food and grass will take the lead! So, this battle can be won thanks to you! Well, without you, our soldiers will all go hungry. So, I will toast you three cups! But I agreed that I, Lu Bu, are not a fool, don't fool me with that light wine!"
After saying that, he widened his eyes, with bright eyes and murderous intent at Chen Qun. How could Chen Qun have seen this before? Not to mention him, even Guan Yu and other military generals, under the gaze of Lu Bu, they felt cold all over their bodies.
He hurriedly picked up the cup and said, "Okay, okay, please, Mr. Wen!"
After drinking, I was slapped again!
Just as he recovered, Guan Yu came. Guan Yu smiled with a loyal face and said, "Chen Xicao, haha, a great hero! Lao Guan is a rough man..."
Three glasses of strong wine, one slap!
Zhao Yun is here, "Chen Xicao, Yun is a rough man..." Three glasses of strong wine and slap it in the face!
Gao Shun came, "Chen Xicao, haha, Shun is not good at talking and drinking, so I'm making an exception..." Three glasses of strong wine, slap!
Qu Yi came, "Chen Xicao, haha, Yi is a rough man..." Three glasses of strong wine and slapped in the face!
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Chen Qun discovered that all the military generals had become rough people, but what they said always had a reason to have to drink. So, before Pang De and other new generals went to toast, the great Chen Qun was drunk gloriously!
This guy was drunk and the wine tasted badly. He kept giggling, not knowing what he was happy about. Now, the noise became louder and the fun became louder. Everyone in the lobby laughed so hard that they fell back and forth!
Just this moment, Chen Qun destroyed several major clans a few days ago and killed countless rogues without any prestige...
Liu Bei also frowned repeatedly. What's the situation?
Tian Fan sat opposite Chen Qun with a harmless smile on his face. When Lu Bu and others saw him, they always felt that this smile was so scary! ps: Sorry, thank you a little, it was a little too late.
Chapter completed!