Banquets given by the emperor were very high rewards. Historically, emperors rarely ate with their ministers. By the Ming Dynasty, these matters had very strict rules. Take the so-called banquets, for example, depending on the specifications.
There are big banquets, medium banquets, regular banquets and small banquets. The first three are regular banquets, while the small banquets are basically special banquets given by the emperor to his ministers.
Palace banquets are different from ordinary ones, especially because Zhu Yuanzhang was born in a lowly family and was very polite after he conquered the world. Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, the specifications of banquets were clearly stipulated: the big banquet should be held with the ceremony of nine nobles, and the middle banquet should be the same as the big banquet.
The banquet ceremony for the Seven Lords of Wine is the same as that of the Central Banquet, but all officials bow and kowtow three times, and the wine is consumed until three or five Lords are served.
But it was obvious that Long Qing's impromptu intention to stay and have a pragmatic meal together was just "just by the way". It was completely different from these three high-end banquets, so it couldn't be a big banquet, a medium banquet or a regular banquet, but only a small banquet.
Although there are no explicit regulations on the date, location, specifications, etc. of small banquets, there are various types of small banquets. Generally speaking, there are travel banquets, summoning banquets, conquest banquets, and palace official or tolerance banquets.
Give a feast or give food.
The meal that Gao Jingshi received today to accompany the emperor and the prince seemed to belong to the banquet given by the emperor, but it was extremely rare to have Concubine Li among them. Long Qing must have also felt that for such a young man like Gao Jingshi,
"Children" aged seven or eight don't need to pay special attention to some common rules.
"Since ancient times, the source of troubles and troubles has always been caused by obstruction, and the harm of obstruction has always arisen from the disharmony between superiors and subordinates." This is the reason why the sage kings in the past "made it their first priority to understand the feelings of the subordinates, and the emperor and his ministers met each other every day."
In the Ming Dynasty, the most common way for the emperor to contact and meet with his ministers was to summon them. By summoning and asking questions to his ministers, the emperor made "the virtue of the emperor succeed and the virtue of the ministers reach the highest level."
"For Tai", success in virtue can be expected.
The meeting does not belong to the imperial court, so it does not have a fixed location. It is often based on the emperor's interest or need. Its content generally has three points: consulting on government affairs, reciting poems and writing poems, and discussing classics and history. The former is a practical need, and the latter two are
The latter is a supplement to the sutra feast.
If one were to classify the banquet that Gao Qingshi received today, it would probably be the last one.
After Meng Chong, Shen Shixing and others left, Feng Bao arranged for the other children of each family to be sent back to their respective mansions. Only the emperor, the prince, Concubine Li Guifei and Gao Pragmatic were left in the Wenhua Palace - Feng Bao
Not counting the other middle-ranking officials who were accompanying him, they were basically unable to take the initiative to speak without the emperor asking questions at this moment.
But before the emperor could ask any questions, a eunuch spoke up, but he asked the emperor: "Long live Grandpa, what are the rules for today's meal...?"
This sentence was asked by the eunuch in charge of the Shangshan Supervisor. He had no choice but to ask because it was his duty. Although the palace had clear regulations on the dishes for dozens of banquets, today was a completely different situation.
It's a completely special case, so he doesn't dare to decide on one at will.
In fact, it would be easier to handle if it were just the Longqing couple, father and son, because they either would not pay attention to these "trivial matters", or they are not familiar with the vast rules and regulations in the Ming Dynasty palace, so they would choose a reasonable one and handle it according to the rules.
, there won’t be any obstacles.
The trouble is that there are civil servants present today - although Gao Pingshi is young, he has been praised by many top scholars and Jinshi just now. This eunuch of the Shangshan Supervisor is not a eunuch who was trained as a pen-writing eunuch. He was a eunuch since he was a child.
Even someone who was studying with the "seniors" in the palace didn't know that Gao Jingshi didn't know much about the things he was responsible for, and he was afraid that Gao Jingshi would find fault with him.
When Long Qing heard this, he was a little dazed. After thinking for a while, he said: "Give Gao Aiqing a daily meal and wine." Then as if he remembered something, he added: "Originally, there should be five minutes of wine, because Gao Aiqing is young, so forget it.
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The eunuch in charge of the Shangshan Supervisor breathed a sigh of relief, it would be easy to handle the emperor's will.
When talking about wine and rice, each table usually has five minutes of wine, three kinds of soup, four kinds of dishes, and one portion of rice. If the wine is removed according to the order, it is equivalent to adding only four dishes and three cups of soup, and one portion of rice and one serving of rice.
It was just bowls and chopsticks, which was very easy to handle, so I quickly received the order and went down to prepare it.
At this time, Long Qing smiled and said to Gao Pingshi: "Gao Aiqing, I have just seen a few of your talents. From now on, when the prince enters school, you, the bachelor's student, must help him a lot."
This sentence is obviously meant to be ridiculing. After all, even if Gao Pragmatic really became an official because of Emperor Longqing's "gold words", his main job should be to be the prince's companion, not the "fake bachelor's degree student", but the prince
The accompanying officer is just a newly created official, without even a rank.
The imperial bachelor's degree is really high-ranking, and although the official rank is not high, it is only from the fifth rank, but you must know that in the Hanlin Academy, the highest rank official Hanlin bachelor is only the fifth rank, and he has participated in the court.
Qualified!
Hanlin bachelors, there are only two real bachelors. Although the current "fake bachelor" Gao Wuzhi is just an honorary officer in name, honorary officers can also be formally called. Didn't Shen Shixing just now?
Have you changed your name to "Gao Shidu"?
Officialdom is just like that. Whichever title above your head sounds the most powerful and noble, others will usually call you by this title. Just like Qi Jiguang's real position is Chief Soldier, but Chief Soldier Qi doesn't have the title of Qi Shaobao.
Does he look majestic and domineering? Therefore, people who respected Qi Jiguang in later generations often called him Qi Shaobao. In the late Qing Dynasty, Yuan Shikai had already held the most powerful position as Minister of Beiyang. Didn't people also call him Yuan Gongbao?
After listening to Long Qing's words, Gao Pangshi certainly knew that there were elements of politeness in them, but most of them were still sincere. He couldn't help but said seriously: "Although I have little virtue and little talent, I have been entrusted by your majesty to do my best."
Try your best to do this as a companion reading." His words were not very literary, mainly because he was afraid that he would not sound like a child at all.
Long Qing smiled and said: "Okay, okay, I can rest assured about Mr. Gao's Qilin'er." He turned to Concubine Li and said, "Do you have anything to tell me, concubine?"
Concubine Li also smiled, looked at Gao Pingshi and said: "I have heard of you Gao Aiqing before. Is Gao Aiqing the nephew of Zhang Siwei and Zhang Shilang?"
Gao Pragmatic's mind was not slow to react, and he suddenly thought that this might be because he met Li Wei, the father-in-law, at his uncle's house last time, and Li Wei mentioned such a thing in front of his daughter at some point. But it doesn't matter, even it is still
It's a good thing. After all, Li Wei has a good relationship with Zhang Siwei, so he shouldn't say bad things about himself in front of his daughter for no reason.
Then he said: "Back to the noble concubine, yes, Zhang Gongfengpan is the uncle of Weichen."
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I was away from home because of something else at night, so the update was delayed. Fortunately, I sent it out before the early morning.