Luoling City is a city filled with natural treasures and outstanding people.
It is located in the center of Dayao's border and is the absolute core of Dayao.
Bluestone Street, white walls and tiles.
As a capital that has gone through five generations of dynasties.
Every breath of air here tells the story of the years.
Dayao was already the sixth capital established on this land.
Xiao Ning has been to Luoling City several times and is quite familiar with everything here.
After entering the city, the most central part of the city is naturally the imperial city.
The imperial city, like the city of Luoling, also has four unreachable walls.
It is a proper city within a city.
Of course, the Imperial City is also the tallest building in Luoling City.
Yao's law stipulates that no other buildings in the city can be as tall as it.
After entering the city gate, Xiao Ning separated from Meng Shangyuan.
Before entering the imperial city, Master Wang and Xiao Ning passed by what is now the tallest building in Luoling City outside the imperial city.
Zuimengxuan.
This can be said to be the most famous restaurant in the capital today.
It is also a gathering place for arrogant literati.
Passing by this place, Master Wang couldn't help but sigh when he saw this building.
"I have long heard that the Li family behind Zui Meng Xuan should not be underestimated, and this Zui Meng Xuan is even more amazing."
"When I saw him today, he had a different reaction. Young prince, although it is difficult for us to win over the four major families of Yao nowadays."
"But the Li family behind Zuimengxuan, if possible, still have to win over him."
"The Li family is a family that has suddenly risen in the past ten years or so. Although its foundation is not as good as the four major families, its current strength is still impressive."
"Furthermore, I heard that the reason why Zuimengxuan has become the number one restaurant in the capital is entirely because of his rules for selling alcohol."
"No one is allowed to enter the building without a title, a reputation, or a few rhymes that are famous all over the world."
"When you first hear this rule, it may seem unreasonable. But if you think about it carefully, it is precisely because of this plan that Zuimengxuan has become what it is today."
"Right now, everyone in the capital is spreading the word that only ordinary people can enter Zuimengxuan."
"Everyone is proud of being able to enter Zuimengxuan."
"This shows that the Li family's methods behind Zuimengxuan are very high."
"If we can recruit such an expert to help us, it will definitely be of great help to us in the future."
Master Wang praised him without hesitation.
After hearing this, Xiao Ning just smiled coldly.
hehe.
Isn’t it just hunger marketing plus high-end positioning?
In the beginning, if I hadn't pulled the trigger on Old Li, would the Li family be where it is today?
When he came to Beijing to seek employment, now was the time to use his old Li family.
At present, there are times when I need to ask Mrs. Wang to help me when something happens.
It seems that it is necessary to find an opportunity to explain to him first and let him meet that guy Li Wanwan.
Thinking of this, Xiao Ning replied:
"What? Master, you want to go in and take a look?"
"I'm not an arty person, but of course I still want to take a look at a place like this."
"In that case, in a few days, I will bring my wife here to have a look. Then, how about letting the master you mentioned, the head of the Li family, accompany you?"
"That's wrong. We want to enter Zuimeng Pavilion. With our status, we can naturally do so."
"It's just that people from these big families are not so temperamental. The heads of the four big families didn't even give the old emperor the face before."
"Nowadays, the Li family is no less generous than them. Unless you use your emperor's face, it will be difficult for a prince to accompany you for a drink."
"I've heard that the head of the Li family has never had anyone drink with someone before."
"Even Mu Qizhang was rejected by him."
Master Wang shook his head and said.
"Oh? In that case, how about we make a bet? Just bet that I can use the honor of my prince to call the head of the Li family to accompany me for a drink."
Seeing Master Wang like this, Xiao Ning couldn't help but become playful and said.
"Okay, I'm betting! Tell me, what's the bet for?"
"Bet, I'm awesome!"
"..."
The two of them were joking and walking further and further towards the imperial city.
According to etiquette, when Xiao Ning entered the imperial city this time, or even entered Luoling City, there should be officials above the fourth rank of the court to greet him.
But.
Xiao Ning is definitely not a popular figure when he comes to Beijing this time.
It can even be said that no one takes him, the so-called future emperor, to heart.
Among the three major parties, the Queen Mother Party and the Muslim Party are the initiators of supporting themselves to rise to power. In their eyes, they are just puppets and toys.
As for the Qingliu Party, they felt that they, a dandy, were not qualified to inherit the throne, and they also looked down upon themselves.
therefore.
Even the welcome etiquette was directly waived.
Only an old minister named Pei Shiji, accompanied by officials in twos and threes, stood in front of the imperial city and greeted Xiao Ning with understanding.
After entering the imperial city, Xiao Ning was greeted by the eunuchs under the Queen Mother's party.
He was taken directly to the harem and settled down.
The next few days.
People from the Mu Party and the Queen Mother Party had come several times to say hello to Xiao Ning.
But the people Xiao Ning saw the most were the people from the Ministry of Rites.
Minister of Rites, Zhao Quanhan.
The succession of a new king to the throne is often not as hasty as seen on TV or in movies.
In any case, this is also a national event.
The preparation work beforehand is still necessary and complicated.
Naturally, these preparations cannot be separated from the Ministry of Rites.
Zhao Quanhan, the Minister of Rites, was naturally a member of the Mu Party.
Most of the ancients were still superstitious. Although they were traitorous ministers, they did not respect important matters such as respecting heaven, respecting earth, respecting ancestral temples, and respecting ancestors.
These people are still unambiguous.
On the first day Xiao Ning entered the imperial city, he first paid homage to the ancestral temple.
After that, on the second day, sacrifices were made to heaven and earth.
On the third day, try on dresses and learn etiquette.
On the fourth day, the palace regulations were clarified and the emperor's mausoleum was visited.
I was busy until the seventh day.
Xiao Ning finally met his first event after entering the imperial city, which was not a major event in the process.
Meet the ministers!
In this meeting, Xiao Ning naturally did not meet with the ministers as the emperor.
Instead, he should first get acquainted with the ministers and discuss the details of the enthronement ceremony, etc.
Xiao Ning has not yet inherited the throne. Although he has entered the Jinluan Palace, he cannot sit as emperor yet.
In addition, this meeting was not a very formal matter.
So, in the end, the meeting was arranged as a palace banquet.
On the eighth day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar, there is a night banquet.
The Royal Palace, the Imperial Dining Room, and the Mu'en Hall.
Mu'en Hall is the palace in the imperial city where the emperor specially entertained ministers for meals.
The word "Mu En" comes from this!
In the past, whenever there was a palace banquet in Mu'en Palace, it would be crowded and extremely lively.
But.
Today, when Meng Shangyuan came here, it seemed cold and cold.
Among the courtiers, at least one-third of the ministers did not come due to illness.
This situation greatly disappointed Meng Shangyuan.
After he came to his seat and sat down, he looked around at the ministers who were already seated.
The seats are arranged in three rows, located at three angles: east, west and south, giving the impression of a three-legged tripod.
To the north is the main seat of Mu'en Hall, where there is only one seat.
No need to think about it, it must be prepared for that dandy prince Changnan, the future emperor.
At this time, the seat was still empty.
Meng Shangyuan glanced at that position, feeling somewhat curious about this so-called Changnan King.
I don’t know when this Changnan King will appear.
What is this dandy prince that everyone in Yao looks like?
at present.
Ministers have begun to take their seats in the southeast two seats of the entire Mu'en Hall.
In the row to the east, there were the Minister of Rites, the Minister of Rites, etc., all of whom were members of the Mu Party.
The column to the south contains most of the officials surnamed Meng in the court, who are relatives of Empress Dowager Meng.
The only seats left on the west side were empty.
In fact, Meng Shangyuan planned to sit at the same table with everyone in the west today.
However, none of these Qingliu came, which was why Meng Shangyuan was disappointed.
Meng Shangyuan has been in the Forbidden Army for many days.
He can't say that he knows everything about the political situation. He has a relatively clear grasp of the temper and character of the major parties.
now.
Since he could not assist the emperor, Meng Shangyuan had only one way to survive in the court.
Just joining the party struggle, that's all.
Compared with the Mu Party and the Queen Mother Party, the Qingliu Party, headed by the Prime Minister Xu Juzheng, is probably the most honest party with the most bottom line.
If one must choose one party for party struggle, the Qingliu Party is the party that has the greatest appetite for Meng Shangyuan.
Unfortunately.
Because we want to resist the Mu Party and the Queen Mother Party's actions of holding the emperor hostage to order the princes.
The Qingliu Party collectively complained that they were sick and did not even come to the dinner.
Meng Shangyuan was thinking wildly when he saw a man in blue clothes at the door of Mu'en Palace, who had stepped into the palace at some point.
at the same time.
In the main hall, many ministers stood up from their seats when they saw the visitor.
Although it was not respectful, he still saluted as if it was a show:
"Little Prince Changnan!"
Young Prince Changnan, are you here?
Meng Shangyuan raised his head repeatedly when he heard the greetings from the people around him.
He wanted to see what the true face of this dandy prince Changnan, who was already known to everyone in Dayao, was like in Mount Lu!
