The imperial ceremony was very long. Because every meritorious official had to give imperial edicts and iron coupons, it was already afternoon after the emperor summoned him. More than a hundred meritorious officials had been standing in Fengtian Hall for several hours, without a sip of water or a sip of rice. Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty had complete regulations on such meritorious officials. These meritorious officials were very full when they left home in the morning and did not drink much water, so they were quite able to hold on at this time.

So far, the first half of the ceremony has ended, and the second half has been a meal. Of course, the emperor did not shout like the people's houses. The emperor invited guests to a banquet, and there were many rules and etiquette, but this was much easier than the ceremony just now.

Zhu Hongsan also knew that these guys had been standing for a whole morning. Now that the main event of the ceremony was over, Zhu Hongsan smiled and said, "Okay, I'm here to treat you to dinner. Everyone is tired of standing, let's do it!"

The civil officials were fine, after all, they were accustomed to such long-term etiquette activities. But the generals were different. These guys were all bandits and farmers. Although officials from the Ministry of Rites trained them a few days ago, when the emperor said that they could freely move, the group of military generals immediately became a noise. One by one, one was moving, and a few shouting to go to the toilet, and the entire hall immediately became a vegetable market.

As the head of the heroes and the head of all civil and military officials, Ma Mingyuan frowned when he saw these Qiu Bas like this. He was about to stand up and scold them, but he didn't know that Emperor Zhu Hongsan had spoken.

"Mr. Ma, don't scold them anymore. After all, these guys are not from good backgrounds. Anyway, today is a celebration, so let them indulge them once!"

After the emperor said this, Ma Mingyuan naturally had no idea what to say, so he had to bow and retreat.

Just as all the heroes were resting, hundreds of eunuchs in the hall raised more than forty tables, then began to merge dishes, and prepared to start the banquet.

Of course, eating is not something that can be eaten casually. There are only eleven people who have a table in the entire hall, including the emperor and the prince, one table, and nine dukes, one sheet. The other heroes and marquises were one sheet, and the count was a bit miserable, and three were one sheet. At the same time, the dishes and wine were different. The nine dukes were the best to eat and drink, which was the same as the emperor and the prince, and the marquis were a little worse, but there were still bear paws and shark fins, and the count was even worse. The three people had only fifteen dishes, and the wine was still ordinary water wine produced in Guangdong.

After all the preparations were completed, all the heroes sat down and waited for the emperor's order to start the table. At this time, Zhu Hongsan picked up his cup and stood up and said, "Dear heroes, I wish you three glasses of wine today!"

Everyone stood up immediately after hearing the emperor's toast, and bowed.

Zhu Hongsan continued, "The first glass of wine toast all the dead people in the world in the Ming Dynasty. It took me eight years to pacify the world. I'm sorry to them!" After that, Zhu Hongsan drank the glass of wine in one go, and all the heroes also drank the wine in the glass.

"The second cup is to wish our dead comrades. I think of those brothers who cannot sit here, Zhao Laosi, Wang Laoshi, Chang Liu, Shi Kuan, and those who died at the head of Xinyang City. On the way south, Guangdong suppressed bandits, Jiangyin bloody battle, Jiading offensive and defensive battles, and those brothers who I can't even name. You are all splitting the land and becoming a marquis today, but don't forget your old brothers!"

After Zhu Hongsan said these words, many generals thought of their comrades and brothers back then, and a few of them even shed tears.

"The third glass of wine toast you. You guys are very lucky and crawled out of the dead, so today he will not return without getting drunk! Zhao Guodong, aren't you a wine jar? I'm going to try your depth today!" All the generals laughed when they heard the emperor say this, and they drank the wine in their glasses, shouting loudly: "Let's drink today, let go, see if Your Majesty is as good as you used to?"

The civil officials frowned when they saw the emperor like this. The emperor was a little out of control today. However, today is a celebration of merit. It is better not to be too ill. Therefore, although the civil officials were not very satisfied, no one spoke.

After drinking the third glass of wine, Zhu Hongsan said to the prince Zhu Hai beside him: "Crown Prince, you accompany the civil minister today. I will have fun with my brothers!"

Zhu Hai quickly bowed and said, "Father, you are already tall in spring and autumn. Drink less and take care of your health!"

When Zhu Hongsan heard Zhu Hai say this, he frowned and said, "Why are you as slutty as your mother!" Zhu Hongsan, who just said that, suddenly remembered his dead wife Ma Xiaofang. Xiaofang has been dead for seven or eight years. She opposed her drinking back then. She was still very disgusted at that time, but now the light is out of the way, and she is thinking that Xiaofang's slutty is gone.

Zhu Hai saw Zhu Hongsan stunned and knew what his father was thinking. Zhu Hai whispered from the side: "Father, my mother has been gone for seven years. Please mourn me!"

Zhu Hongsan nodded, patted Zhu Hai on the shoulder and said, "Okay! Didn't you say you wanted to avenge your mother back then? The situation did not allow it at that time. Now I have taken over the world, do whatever I want! Leave this matter to you, you can arrange it!"

When Zhu Hai heard Zhu Hongsan ask him to find an opportunity to deal with Li Chengdong, he was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly. After Zhu Hongsan said that, he held the wine glass and started drinking with his old brothers.

At this time, the entire hall became a vegetable market, and the generals shouted and cursed one after another. However, the civil officials were very quiet, and they were talking in a low voice. The prince Zhu Hai toasted one by one on behalf of his own son Zhu Hongsan.

The palace was full of emotions, but not everyone was in a good mood. As a member of the earl, the unlucky Jiang Pengju felt very unhappy.

As the earl, Jiang Pengju naturally had three people at a table, but the two of them at the same table with him were the leader of the group, and their status was far less than that of Jiang Pengju. So these two became Jiang Pengju's servants, and they were very busy pouring wine, cloth and vegetables.

Jiang Pengju could still control his mood at first, but as he drank more and more, Jiang Pengju began to feel a little unhappy. When he saw Ma Kun in the first row, Zhou Yu and the other two became more and more angry. At that time, these two and Jiang Pengju were both from the second group of teaching teams, and no one knew who! Back then, they were wearing the same clothes, eating the same meal, being whipped by the instructor Zhu Hongyi, and taking off all of them in the bath. Why did Ma Kun and Zhou Yu become dukes today?

Jiang Pengju was still a little bit against Ma Kun. After all, Ma Kun came from the First Battalion and was Qian Yong's old subordinate, but what was you, Zhou Yu? He was the company commander like me back then. When I was fighting hard in the battle of Xinyang, you didn't participate. When the emperor attacked Nanzhili, you didn't participate. When the emperor was in the Northern Expedition, you didn't participate. When he ran to Yunnan and Guizhou to suppress bandits, why could you be named Duke?

The more Jiang Pengju thought about it, the more angry he became, the more angry he drank, and finally drank too much. At this time, the two commanders were still pouring wine for Jiang Pengju. Jiang Pengju pushed the two guys away and cursed: "Get out, what are you? Do you dare to drink with me? When I was in the bloody battle in Xinyang, you didn't know where to beg for food?"

These two regiment commanders are also powerful generals in the army. Although they are afraid of Jiang Pengju's status, Jiang Pengju can no longer bear to scold him like this. One of the regiment commanders cursed: "Blind Jiang, no matter how high your qualifications are, are you a count with our brothers? Look at the Duke of Liang and Duke of Zheng, they are also graduating from the second phase, and they are so many times better than you, a waste!"

Jiang Pengju had already seen Zhou Yumakun get angry. Now, hearing these two commanders say this, he can no longer control his anger and stand up and cursed: "Okay, today I will let you see how I humiliate those two guys!"

After saying that, Jiang Pengju stood up and staggered to the first row, pushed away the toasted generals and said to Zhou Yu: "Peopleman Zhou, I'll have a drink with you!"

Zhou Yu was a peddler in Huguang back then and walked around the streets every day. But now he is a dignified Duke of Liang, and when he heard Jiang Pengju call him a peddler, he frowned.

But Zhou Yu didn't say anything, but just smiled and said, "It turned out to be Brother Jiang, brother, have a drink with you!" Zhou Yu saw that Jiang Pengju had almost finished drinking, so he wanted to have a drink with him and sent him to finish it.

Then he knew that Jiang Pengju did not leave, but hugged Zhou Yu's shoulder and smiled, "Peopleman Zhou, I didn't expect that you, a peddler, could become a duke! Did you learn to do something when selling goods?"

Zhou Yu is no longer a peddler, but a duke who commands tens of thousands of troops. It is very unhappy to hear Jiang Pengju reveal his true feelings here.

"Brother Jiang, you've drunk too much!"

"Don't you, I'm drunk too much? I was better than you back then, and I was better than you when I drank and fought. Why did you become a duke and how could I become an earl?"

At the beginning, because the entire hall was in a mess, everyone was toasting each other, and no one paid attention to Jiang Pengju, but now Jiang Pengju immediately attracted the attention of people around him.

It was Ma Kun who was in the same row as Zhou Yu. He stood up and said, "Old Jiang, you have drunk too much!"

Ma Kun originally had a good intention and wanted to smooth things over, but Jiang Pengju was now rushing toward Ma Kun!

"So it's Duke of Zheng! Why are you the same as Zhou Yu? He relies on scrambling, are you relying on bathing?"

Ma Kun was originally a bath scrubber in the bathhouse in Wuchang County, but now he heard Jiang Pengju say that his face turned red. At this time, Zhao Guodong also saw Jiang Pengju who was out of control. He stood up in anger and slapped Jiang Pengju in the face and cursed: "You and the bastard, are you crazy?"

Then he knew that Jiang Pengju was really crazy. Seeing Zhao Guodong beat him, he pointed at Zhao Guodong and cursed: "Zhao Goudan, I would have wanted to scold you for a long time! I blocked you at the head of Xinyang City back then. If you hadn't been dead, how could you live until now to beat me? You said! Why didn't you say good things for me this time?"
Chapter completed!