The lights are bright and the people are noisy.
Just after the rain had fallen, water was still flowing on the street outside. The courtyard on the north side of Hangzhou City was brightly lit. The bright red lanterns outlined the appearance of the long street, and the crowds gathered. This piece is decorated from the most lively scene after Fang La ascended the throne.
On August 22, the Yongle Dynasty held a banquet for hundreds of officials.
This area was originally called Changxing Street, and the nearby houses were originally all the rich and powerful gentry in Hangzhou. A large mansion that was originally a royal mansion, separated from here by two streets, has now become the imperial palace of the small court of the Yongle Dynasty. Changxing Street was not affected much by the earthquake. It is said that Fang Qifo had already taken a fancy to the nearby area, and in the subsequent military disaster, it did not suffer any wanton damage. The Baiguan Banquet, a relatively grand banquet, was set up here.
Ning Yi came here after eating at home first. The little valet who followed Ah Chang's instructions only went to the door. After submitting the post, he went in under the guidance of the general. On the way, he met a scribe who he knew in the academy. Greeted.
This time, there were about four or five hundred people in the banquet. Together with the surrounding soldiers and generals in charge of public security, and the servants in charge of doing things, there were dozens of people in the lineup. This piece of courtyard garden was originally a luxury. In the past, it was grand, but now when I walk in it, I see people coming and going between the lights and shadows, and all kinds of people pass through the rockery, pavilions, and gravel paths. The feeling of visiting a temple fair.
However, when you get to the rear, the scene opens up. There is a medium-sized square around the houses. Now the walls of the surrounding houses facing the square have been opened up, and red-painted round tables are on the eaves of those houses. It stretches down, posing like a long dragon, and it seems that it shows a bit of atmosphere. The high canopy was originally erected on the square, but now most of it has been removed, and the ground is basically still dry. The canopy surrounds the surroundings. Under the canopy, lanterns hang high one by one, which is quite lively.
Although the people who entered Hangzhou were basically a group of peasants who had no rich and noble background, at least all kinds of luxurious materials would not be lacking in the capture of the city. Ning Yi didn't have much contact with the circle in Hangzhou city now, but naturally there were some people he knew, such as the scribes of Wenlie Academy, such as the parents of some disciples of the academy. Today, it is more suitable to talk to each other. He looked for some of the participants on the side, and then found a place in a corner of the back room.
This table is basically some small stewards in the Ba Dao Camp today, like the two scribes who handled affairs with Liu Dabiao in the past, and like some small stewards under Liu Tiannan. After Fang La's Yongle Dynasty was established, everyone is more or less considered. The official came over to join in the fun and showed his face in the mood to eat rice. As for Liu Tiannan, Du Sha, Luo Bingren, the head of the bodyguards beside Liu Dabiao, and others, although they have a good relationship with everyone, even if they arrive, they will not come to this table.
Although Ning Yi is an outsider, everyone knows that he is quite capable, and he would not give him a face on weekdays. Ning Yi is by no means the kind of person who will give people a negative impression verbally in this type of communication, even if he is with them. The two scribes also got along well. These people are all seniors with certain qualifications in the Ba Dao Camp. They followed the battle and saw a lot of things. When Ning Yi sat down, one of the masters named Liu Zhizhang took Ning Yi and pointed to him. I would like to introduce some of the people present today.
"Look, the guy with the long beard in front is called Gao Yu. I know him, he is both civil and military, very good, and we have eaten together before.
Not far from him, some fat people are ancestors and ancestors, who are very good to the village owner and have talked together before, the family..."
"Come a little more, look, the one who is laughing, that is Zhang Daoyuan, sometimes very reckless, but some people say that he is a sweet-smelling sword, but you don't need to worry about him...'"
"Where are Xu Bai and Yuanxing, they are often together... Where is Li Tianyou... Jia Hexiong, have you seen Li Tianyou?"
Liu Zhizhang pointed and said for a while, as if he was looking for someone to point it out to Ning Yi. Ning Yi also understood that Zhang Daoyuan, Xu Bai, Yuan Xing, and Li Tianyou wanted to kill him in the first place, but because of the appearance of Chen Fan, the other party retreated. Although Liu Zhizhang and others are only mediocre talents in handling things, their level of well-informed knowledge in the Ba Dao Camp is definitely better than him. Naturally, they inquired a little about the situation that day.
Tang Jiahe next to him is a small butler in Zhuangzi. Now he is in charge of the chores on the streets. He is in his thirties, chomping on peanuts, and a bit of a bandit. He looked around, and he was not there. Gently patted Ning Yi on the shoulder: "I didn't see it, so what, Brother Ning, don't care about these people, what about Li Tianyou, even if his brother Marshal Li arrives, he can't help but give the owner face."
After he said this, someone on the side thought about it and asked, "I heard that Brother Ning also offended Shi Shuai?"
That Tang Jiahe scratched his hair: "Shi Shuai is a man of tolerance, not such an unreasonable person. Brother Ning is with us now, he will think about it. Even if he does not forgive, Chen Fan and Ning Don't the brothers also have friendship, Li Shuai Shi Shuai, and the village owner Chen Fan, it's just a draw..."
"That's hard to say, the owner and Chen Fan are young after all..."
"It's not like the village owner and Shi Shuai have never fought..."
The Marshal Li that these people said was naturally Li Tianrun, and the Commander Shi was of course Shi Bao. Liu Xigua's position in front of Fang La is obviously quite detached. Once there is a conflict with others, those who win the truth may just be reasonable, and those who are too lazy to talk will draw the sword and cut people to see the difference. It shouldn't be the first time for this kind of thing. Everyone said it with gusto, and Ning Yi was listening with interest.
He naturally doesn't need to worry about this now. Liu Dabiao is actually a person who understands the importance. Since he wants to protect himself, it means that he has already made a trade-off. At present, he can still believe it. A few people talked for a while, and then they talked about who is the most powerful, who is the most powerful among the rebels, and so on.
At this Hundred Officials Banquet, there were not many real heavyweights in the Rebel Army, and Ning Yi also knew that.
Today, Fang Qifo, who is under one person and over ten thousand people, is fighting Jiaxing. Although his subordinates have led Shi Bao, Li Tianrun and others, it seems that the war is not going well. Fang Baihua came back for the Mid-Autumn Festival a few days ago. Participated in the Hundred Officials Banquet, but left the city in a hurry the day before yesterday, took charge of the Northwest War and went to the current Ministry of War Minister Wang Yin in the south, cooperating with Si Xingfang and Deng Yuanjue to fight in Yuezhou and Taizhou, and responded to the uprising of Lu Shinang in Taizhou. It did play loudly.
The four heavenly kings and the real heavyweights basically did not arrive. Now in Hangzhou City, Lou Minzhong is considered a faction. He is in charge of the government and is considered to have great power. The right minister Ancestor Yuan is more unstable. He has a good relationship with Lou Minzhong and Qi Yuankang. In fact, it is a typical example of more money, more brothers, and more guys. Nowadays, everyone worships the top of the mountain and hugs their thighs, which is basically aimed at these people. Of course, there are other small hills, but they are naturally not as famous as these people. As for Liu Dabiao, he only pulls the flag inside, and people outside can't actually hug his thighs, and not many people know about it.
Ning Yi had an outline in his heart for a long time, and at this time listening to some gossip, it became clearer. Before Bao Daoyi and Qi Yuankang arrived, Lou Minzhong and Zu Shiyuan were surrounded by people. From a distance, they were quite aura. In the corridor, a figure stopped him.
"Ning Liheng."
The person who came had a good-looking appearance, a calm temperament, and a slightly refined appearance. He was about 30 years old. Ning Yi glanced at it, and then searched for the image of this person in his memory: "Long Xingshou, long time no see."
He had only met this person twice before. The first time was when he and Tan’er visited each other when he first arrived in Hangzhou, and the second time was when he met him on the street one day and said hello. The other party's name was Long Boyuan, who was the head of the original cloth trade guild in Hangzhou. The man was slightly surprised when he saw that Ning Yi still remembered him, and waved his hand with a smile: "Hey, don't say the head of the line. Well, not anymore."
After laughing for a while, he asked, "Nephew Ning couldn't go back, then the niece of the Su family..."
"It's hard to say, but Tan'er has gone back and is worried about Brother Long."
"Go back... go back." Long Boyuan smiled, nodded, and then patted his shoulder, "Where is Liheng now? Where does he live? How is the situation?"
"Heh, I couldn't escape, I became a gentleman at Wenlie Academy, and now I write things for people, do classification and so on..." Ning Yi explained his general situation, " How is Brother Long?"
"Not good, when the army entered the city, some of the family's business was almost robbed. Although there is some experience in the business of the cloth line, the old and the old are gone. Today, the three religions and nine classes on the market are all unfamiliar and do not know the rules. How to handle it, just barely maintain it, it is difficult to do business in the troubled times." He smiled, "The happiest thing now is to see the past and have nothing to do, although it is not a good thing here. Su Jiaxian's niece is gone. , but since Liheng is here, I will have more time to come and go in the future, I still live in the same place, Bofen and Liheng are both literati and can talk." Although he is a businessman, his younger brother Long Bo Fen, it's an authentic
Ning Yi also smiled: "It should be like this."
"Okay, I'll go first." Long Boyuan patted him on the shoulder, then leaned over a little, "If you don't leave, the girl opposite will come over, haha."
After he finished speaking, he smiled and walked away without looking back. Ning Yi turned his head in doubt, only to see a woman tilting her head slightly under the red lanterns on the promenade across the courtyard. She looked over with some doubts, but it was Lou Shuwan, whom she hadn't seen for a long time.
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