The emperor's banquet is a very high reward, and the emperor has rarely dined with his subordinates, and by the time of the Ming Dynasty, these things had very strict rules. Take the so-called banquet as an example, according to the different specifications, there are large banquets, medium banquets, regular banquets, and small banquets, the first three belong to the regular banquet, and the small banquet is basically a special banquet given by the emperor to his subordinates.

The palace banquet is unusual, especially because Zhu Yuanzhang was from a low background, and he was especially important after winning the world, so the specifications of the banquet in the Ming Dynasty were clearly stipulated: the big banquet was the same as the nine jue ceremony, the middle banquet ceremony was the same as the big banquet, but the wine was seven jukes, and the frequent banquet was the same as the middle banquet, but the hundred officials bowed three times, and entered the wine or three jukes, or five jukes.

But obviously, Longqing's temporary intention to stay high and pragmatic to eat together is just "by the way", which is completely different from these three kinds of tall banquets, so it cannot be a big banquet, a medium banquet or a regular banquet, but only a small banquet.

Although there are no clear regulations on the date, place, and specifications of the small banquet, there are various types of small banquets. Generally speaking, there are banquets, summoning feasts, expedition feasts, palace drops or tolerance feasts or food.

The meal that Gao Pragmatic obtained today to accompany the emperor and the crown prince seems to belong to the summoning of the right banquet, but there is an extra Concubine Li here, which is extremely rare. Presumably, Longqing also thinks that for a "child" like Gao Shishi, who is only seven or eight years old, there are some common practices that he doesn't have to pay special attention to.

"Since ancient times, the source of trouble, every birth is in the shadow, and the harm of the shelter often arises from the lack of friendship between the upper and lower levels", which is the former sage king "every time to understand the lower feelings as the priority, the monarch and the minister meet each other every day".

In the Ming Dynasty, the emperor also summoned the most ways to meet with his ministers. The emperor called the ministers to ask questions, so that "the virtue of the king is connected, and the virtue of the ministers is reached", and there is this "up and down and for Thailand", and the success of virtue can be expected.

The summoning pair does not belong to the court, so there is no fixed place, often out of the emperor's interest or need, and its content generally has three points: consultation on government affairs, poetry and writing, and discussion of scriptures and history. The former is a practical need, and the latter two are a supplement to the sutra feast.

If you want to classify the feast that Gao Pragmatic has received today, it is probably this last one.

After Meng Chong, Shen Shixing and the others left, the rest of the children of the families were also sent back to their respective mansions by Feng Bao, and only the emperor, the crown prince, Li Guifei and Gao Shishi were left in the Wenhua Palace-Feng Bao and the other lieutenant officials who accompanied him were not counted, and they basically couldn't take the initiative to speak if the emperor didn't ask them at the moment.

But before the emperor could ask, a eunuch spoke, but he asked the emperor: "Long live Grandpa, what is the ...... of today's meal?" ”

This sentence was asked by the eunuch of Shangshan's palm seal, and he had no choice, he really had to ask it because of his duty. Although there are clear regulations in the palace for dozens of dishes for various banquets, today is a complete exception, so he does not dare to set one at will.

In fact, if it is just the three of Longqing husband and wife, father and son, it is easy to do, because they either don't pay attention to these "idle and trivial things", or they are not familiar with the vast rules and regulations in the Ming court, and they will not have any difficulties in picking a reasonable routine to handle it.

The trouble is that there are Wenchen present today - although Gao Pragmatic is young, he has been praised by many champions and Jinshi just now, and this eunuch who is in charge of the seal of Shangshan is not a person who has been trained as a eunuch of Bingbi, and has been studying with the "seniors" in the palace since he was a eunuch, and he doesn't know that Gao Pragmatic can't know much about the file he is responsible for, and he is afraid that Gao Pragmatic will find fault with it.

When Long Qing heard this, he was also a little stunned, and after thinking about it, he said: "Give Gao Aiqing a banquet on a daily basis." Then as if remembering something, he added: "Originally, there should have been five bells of wine, because Gao Aiqing is young, and it is okay." ”

The eunuch of Shangshan's palm seal breathed a sigh of relief, and it would be easy for the emperor to do it if he had a will.

The daily wine and rice generally have five minutes of wine per table, three soups, four colors of dishes, and one rice. If the wine is removed by order, it is equivalent to adding only four dishes and three cups of soup, plus a meal and a pair of chopsticks, which is easy to do, so I hurriedly received the order and went down to prepare.

At this time, Long Qingcai smiled and said to Gao Shishi: "Gao Aiqing, you have already seen a thing or two of your talents, and in the future, when the prince goes to school, you will have to help him a lot." ”

This sentence obviously has a ridiculous meaning, after all, even if Gao Pragmatic really became an official because of Emperor Longqing's "Golden Mouth and Jade Words", his main position should be the prince's companion, not the "fake bachelor", but the prince's companion is just a new official just now, and he doesn't even have a grade.

And the bachelor is really graded, and although the serious grade is not high, it is only from the fifth grade, but you must know that in the Hanlin Academy, the highest-grade official Hanlin bachelor is only the fifth grade, and he is qualified to participate in the court push!

Bachelor Hanlin, there are only two real bachelors. Although Gao Shixing's current "fake bachelor" is only a nominal honorary officer, the honorary officer can also be used as an official title.

Officialdom, that's it, which title on your head sounds the most powerful and noble, and others will generally call you by this title. It's like Qi Jiguang's real job is the chief soldier, but how can Qi Zongbing have Qi Shaobao's title, which sounds majestic and domineering? Therefore, people who respected Qi Jiguang in later generations often called him Qi Shaobao. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Yuan Shikai had already taken the position of the Minister of Beiyang, the most powerful position, and people didn't call him Yuan Gongbao?

Gao pragmatic listened to Longqing's words, of course, he knew that there was a polite element here, but most of them were still partly sincere, and he couldn't help but say: "Although Weichen is thin and shallow, he has been instructed by His Majesty to do his best to be this companion." He didn't say this very well, mainly because he was afraid that he wouldn't look like a child at all.

Long Qing smiled: "Okay, good, Mr. Gao's Qilin'er, I am relieved." He turned his head and said to Concubine Li Guifei: "Does Concubine Ai have anything to say?" ”

Concubine Li also smiled, looked at Gao Shishi and said, "This palace has heard of you Gao Aiqing before, Gao Aiqing is still Zhang Siwei Zhang Shilang's nephew?" ”

Gao Shishi's brain was not slow to react, and he immediately thought that this might be the reason why he met Guozhang Li Wei at his uncle's house last time, and then Li Wei didn't know when he said such a thing in front of his daughter. But it doesn't matter, it's even a good thing, after all, Li Wei is good friends with Zhang Siwei, and he shouldn't say bad things about himself in front of his daughter for no reason.

So he said: "Back to the concubine Niangniang, yes, Zhang Gongfengpan is the uncle of Weichen." ”