Chapter 429: The Banquet
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Although there are many bad things about the imperial power, there are also good places, not to mention the others, the power under the imperial power is highly concentrated, in this case, as long as there is a Ming monarch, you can rely on the highly centralized power to manage the entire empire from top to bottom, so that it is not like the peaceful and prosperous era of the rule of Wenjing, or the prosperous era of the military state like the heroic style of the Han Dynasty, compared with other systems, it will come faster and much easier.
What's more, Cao Cao thinks that he is not a saint, and he is not selfless enough to give the country he has worked so hard to give to others, although he is a traverser, but before the crossing he was a poor dick, and in the crossing, he was a politician, a hero, and an emperor who had experienced battlefield fighting, intrigue and trickery, and deceit, rather than a selfless saint.
Of course, even if Cao Cao is, but those cultural relics ministers under his command will not be very willing, and it is even possible to overthrow Cao Cao in turn and let his descendants succeed to the throne.
After all, once a son of heaven and a courtier, for these civil and military officials, many of their net worth, lives, interests, etc. are tied to Cao Cao or the Cao family as the emperor, unless it is a last resort, otherwise, they will never abandon the Cao family.
After all, abandoning the Cao family is equivalent to reshuffling and distributing the interests of their family, and no matter who is interested in doing such a thing.
Therefore, if there is a brother who crosses through Ren, he wants to show off his sense of fashion in this era and show his selflessness. The final outcome of the establishment of a people-to-people republic is likely to be the rebellion of the people and their own heads.
The good and bad of imperial power flashed in Cao Cao's mind. There is no trace of it, after all, no matter what, later history and time have proved that I dare not say how to say that the imperial power is backward, and the so-called feudalism is not feasible, but it turns out that in the following time. created one prosperous era after another, created one glorious empire after another, and it was precisely the empire under the imperial system.
And even in the 21st century. The imperial system has not been completely extinguished, and the so-called constitutional monarchy is, to put it bluntly, equivalent to adding some chains to the imperial power and making it obey the rules. so that the ministers may be reassured.
Above the facts. The imperial power has not been eliminated because of this, but has prospered because of it, and there is no need to go through the period of decline and chaos of the ancient era.
After reaching the top of the dragon chair, Cao Cao also threw aside what he didn't have in his heart and raised his wine glass. Facing the civil and military ministers below, he smiled: "Everyone." Today's year, not only the day of great joy of all the subjects of the whole world, but also the day of great joy of my Great Wei, after today, I have a year since the founding of the Great Wei, this year, thanks to all of you Aiqing, tirelessly working hard, trembling, this is my Great Wei today's prosperity, joy, I salute you Aiqing a cup, you Aiqing, please! ”
The emperor's toast, whether it was sincere or false, was enough to move the civil and military ministers who were doing it, and at the same time, they felt that their hard work in the past year had not been in vain.
Of course, just like the previous incident, they were moved, but if they really dared to toast the emperor like this, at least they were uneasy in their hearts.
The civil and military officials picked up their wine glasses, got up slightly to face Cao Cao, and said in unison: "Your Majesty, please!" ”
"Please!"
Cao Cao knew very well that it was undoubtedly unrealistic to let the civil and military officials want to drink, so he should first drink the wine in the cup, and after him, the civil and military officials did the same, and drank the wine in the cup.
After three glasses of wine, Cao Cao clapped his hands, and at this time, a maid in a famous palace costume held the food in her hand, slowly stepped forward, and put the food in her hand, such as meat, soup, and fruits, on the table in front of everyone.
After the food was put on the case, Cao Cao didn't say anything more, just said a few words, and announced that this time the banquet had begun, the ancient banquet was still very different from the modern one, at least the things that revealed Western customs everywhere in later generations did not appear here, and the second point was the manners.
The generals don't say much, Wenchen still attaches great importance to his demeanor in this regard, and when he eats, he doesn't make a little noise, and at the same time he looks very polite.
I have to say that the etiquette of ancient China, although cumbersome to a terrible point, but after revealing it one by one, it is indeed very beautiful, at least, after Cao Cao saw it, he recalled the way he ate before he crossed, and he felt a deep inferiority.
Compared with these Wenchen at this time, Cao Cao, who had not yet passed through the rebirth, was like a person who had not eaten for hundreds of years.
As for the generals, although they are not as good as Wenchen, but they are also stronger than themselves, Cao Ren, Zhang Liao, and even Ma Chao, their demeanor when they eat is also much better-looking, although compared with Wenchen, it is simply unsightly, but compared with Cao Cao, well, this matter is better to let go.
I've been good for the past few years, at least better than when I hadn't crossed over, not because I was out of grace, but because of the hardware and software!
Cao Cao, who secretly comforted himself in his heart, made up his mind not to continue to pay attention to this matter that made him feel quite unhappy.
This feast, if it is explained in detail, may be sprinkled with thousands of them, and to put it simply, in fact, it is like that, the ministers of civil and military affairs continue their unfinished business, which is the so-called climbing relationship, low-level officials climb higher-level officials, and higher-level officials are giants like Pan Xunyu and Lu Su, as for these giants, they are in contact with Cao Cao.
Obviously, although they are all celebrities in later generations, they are all historical figures that have been passed down through the ages, but at this time, they are still a person after all, and they still have things that human beings must have, such as contacting Cao Cao to have feelings, brushing up on their sense of existence or something, they can still do it.
If you want to say who is the most bizarre, it is undoubtedly Guo Jia, this world-famous prodigal son, who entered the palace of long live the thousand autumns, after Cao Cao announced the opening of the banquet, he has been holding the wine glass and not letting go, Cao Cao doesn't know how much he has drunk.
In addition to Guo Jia, the person who made Cao Cao feel speechless, Ma Teng has also been in Cao Cao's attention, and what makes him feel relieved is that Ma Teng obviously knows how to grasp his identity and status, and has initially integrated into the ministers of Wei State. (To be continued......)