This kind of anxious atmosphere in Guanzhong lasted for more than half a month, and finally the Yongzhou Thorn Mansion revealed the wind and determined the date of the general's banquet.

So for a while, the atmosphere in the suburbs of the county rose again, and everyone who had a little heart rushed to find out how to join it and get the opportunity to face the general.

The Yongzhou Thorn History Mansion and the Jingzhao County Government also had many discussions on this matter, how to select the participants, and they were not only considering the banquet list this time.

Because the meaning of Xingtai and the general is that activities such as the Western Tour and the Banquet are best made into a fixed ceremony, and in the future, when there is no special event happening, the general will regularly tour the West, and similar ceremonies will naturally be made into a fixed project every year.

Therefore, it is naturally best to put together a set of rules and regulations for the selection of those who can participate in the event each year.

Under this line of thinking, many people in Guanzhong were roughly divided into several groups, and each selected the best representatives to participate in the banquet by different means.

And such a qualification to participate in the meeting, once it is fixed by the regulations, can be used as an honorary identity to reward and commend those virtuous people in the opposition.

Similar ceremonies are no strangers to their implementation, such as the Qing Dynasty in Jiangdong in the early years, and then Xingtai also has to visit the virtuous people in various places every year, ask etiquette and discuss politics.

It seems that it is just a manifestation of leniency and tolerance, and the deeper reason is actually to strengthen the rule of Xingtai. With the help of these places, the legitimacy of the ruling power of Xingtai has been more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and has spread to the suburbs.

Long before the arrival of the general, Xingtai drew up a list of invitations to be invited on this westward journey.

From the perspective of Xingtai, the candidates who can be included in the list will naturally not be ordinary people, similar to Jingzhao Du's family, Wei's family, Beidi Fu family, Anding Hu family, etc., these family portals in Guanzhong County that have been well-known locally for a long time, or have been crowned for generations, are all impressively listed.

After the general arrived in Guanzhong, he also sent buses to each county with the order in the name of Xingtai, and invited these old Guanzhong households to come to Chang'an to discuss world affairs.

Although Xingtai has maintained a style of suppressing the old famous families in terms of governance, and even made such cruel deeds as almost slaughtering the Hongnong Yang family, this does not mean that these local famous families must be wiped out.

In the final analysis, the core mission of the Northern Expedition was to sweep away the Hulu and recast China, not to engage in any class revolution. And it must be admitted that these local famous families represent the essence of Chinese civilization to this stage to a certain extent.

What Xingtai has to do is not to completely cut them off and destroy them, but to discern and absorb and digest them inside. It is a natural etiquette to send an invitation from Xingtai to invite them to come to Chang'an to conspire together. But if these portals react coldly or even turn a blind eye to this, that's another story, and the platform will tell them that there is no one in this world who is irreplaceable.

And these Guanzhong clan portals are also very knowledgeable, and they don't dare to make trouble with Xingtai in this matter, so they sent important clansmen to Chang'an early to wait for the general's banquet reception.

And there are many people who take this invitation as an honor and make many manifestations. After all, although Xingtai is not lacking in toughness, but after all, it still represents where Jin Zuo Zhengshuo is, since Wang Shi entered the Guanzhong, except for the portal of Hongnong Yang, which is really ignorant and slaughtered, there has not been any evil deeds of insulting and abusing the door of the township sect.

Although the implementation of various government decrees in Xingtai, the establishment of township communities and military governments have greatly suppressed their respective townships, they are still worthy of the reputation of benevolence and righteousness compared with the Han Zhao and Liang Zhao who tyrannized Guanzhong and wantonly killed before.

With such a big battle as the general's western tour, it is naturally impossible to meet with some representatives of the old clan.

Therefore, in addition to these people personally invited by Xingtai, there are also counties and counties from all over the country to inspect the village sages and invite them to participate in the grand event. And this part of the county and county recommended personnel, in fact, to put it bluntly, are those local martial arts heroes who lack a lot of old reputation and prosper because of chaos.

Although these powerful martial arts sects do not have a good reputation, their control of the countryside is even better than those who have beautiful bones in the mounds. Even at the level of Guanzhong as a whole, this group is far from being enough to become the opponent of Wang Shi, but specifically in the county and rural areas, it is the biggest obstacle to whether the Taiwan government decree can be implemented in the countryside.

Whether it is the old family of the family or the powerful in the suburbs, these are some of the remaining forces in the original Guanzhong. Inviting them is to open a window for them to agree, or a channel for venting. Guanzhong is still in the critical period of construction and recovery, and internal stability must be the first, and don't do it if you can beep.

This part of the people has money and leisure, and if they cannot join the ruling structure of Xingtai through normal channels, they will inevitably be distracted by distractions if they are idle in the countryside for a long time. The appointment of the electors of the Taiwan Strait has already become a law of its own, and it is impossible to open the door for them to be convenient, and it is also a comfort to give them such an opportunity to express their opinions without harm.

Of course, if only these people were involved, General Shen would not have been idle enough to make a special trip to Guanzhong in order to appease them. Therefore, in addition, there are other participants, such as those who have excelled in the evaluation of officials within the ruling framework of Xingtai, even if it is just a township official, can also drink at the same table with the general, accept the reward, and show the bitterness of the most basic governance.

There is also a part of the large households that pay various taxes, no matter what kind of industry they operate, merchants, sitters or craftsmen, the high taxes paid show that they have made great contributions to the recovery of Guanzhong's operation, and they are naturally worthy of the general's condolences and rewards.

However, this last part can still be selected, and most of them are wealthy businessmen from other regions who come to Guanzhong to do business, and there are not many people who really want to be invited.

On the one hand, it is naturally because Guanzhong has just laid a foundation and needs to be further built, and on the other hand, before the arrival of the general, the various tax systems in Guanzhong are still sloppy, and the government offices at all levels still leave a great deal of room for the villagers in those localities as a buffer period.

After various selections, a total of more than 700 people were able to participate in the banquet. Through the way of these selected candidates, we can also see a general result of Guanzhong's operation and construction in the past two years. There are nearly 400 local township tycoons who have been recommended by the county and county, and it is conceivable that these Guan Longhao are still quite powerful.

However, this is also an inevitable thing, you must know that the Guanlong turmoil is not overnight, almost from the end of the Later Han Dynasty, the short-term unification of China and North Korea has not been able to make the Wang Fazhang system deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, it can be said that it is a period of chaos for more than 100 years. It has been less than two years since the restoration of Guanlong, and it is tantamount to a fool's dream to completely eliminate the local township tyrants.

The list of participants has finally been drawn up, and when it is made public, it is natural that some families will be happy and some will be sad. For this grand event, it can be said that the entire Guanlong is looking forward to it, but condensed into this list, it is naturally impossible to catch them all.

Moreover, the Assassin's Mansion had already made it clear when the list was announced that if they could be selected this time, their qualifications could continue to be maintained, in other words, when the next time the general went west, these people would also have the honor to sit at the same table with the general.

With such a small rule, then this list is not only a banquet qualification, but also represents a kind of recognition for them by the stage, no matter which aspect, it can be said to be an honor, a kind of certification that shows that they are from a group of fellow villagers.

Those who intend to participate but are not selected will inevitably be a little disappointed, and they will inevitably have some complaints, but they also dare not declare it in their mouths and faces, questioning the fairness of this list.

After all, no matter what the consideration of Xingtai is, since such a list has been drawn up, it means that these selected people can represent the entire Guanzhong to a certain extent. If those who were not selected questioned and did not even need to come forward, the villagers who were selected might turn against them.

But even if those people are frustrated, they are not completely hopeless. Because this list is reviewed in the spring and autumn period, and is changed every three years, if the selected township household representatives have committed any impolite and forbidden evil deeds during this period, once it is verified, they will be immediately disqualified and alternate candidates will be selected. In the three-year re-election, it will be a big re-election covering the entire Guanlong, and the representatives of all parties will return to the same starting point for screening.

With these many arrangements, the significance of this banquet is no longer limited to the attendance of the general, but has become a kind of competition within the Guanlong Shiliu, and can even be regarded as a sign of nostalgia.

When everyone was intoxicated and worried about it, few people could jump out and clearly perceive what the original rural situation was, which was a result of the spontaneous operation of the rural folk order, but the stage was only through the arrangement of a banquet, and quietly took back this arbitration right.

The venue of the banquet was arranged on a high slope between the old city and the new city of Chang'an, which is also known as Longshouyuan in the local area, so although the official did not make any special explanations, the folk have their own common name, and this is named the Longshou Banquet.

Although Chang'an has also been restored, it is mainly focused on the dredging and communication of the surrounding waterways and the construction of the city itself. Therefore, this section of the field between the old and new cities still maintains the appearance of the suburbs, and no buildings have been built.

After being selected as the venue for the banquet, more than 10,000 people from Weishui Wharf were mobilized here, and after seven or eight days of day and night construction, a stone city with a vast area and magnificent atmosphere rose from the ground. The day of the completion of the city is also the date when the general gathers for the banquet of Guan Long.