Chapter Seventy-Five: Han Yi's Views "This banquet, please invite more distinguished guests, I really want to see King Yue."
In the end, Yan Zhitui instructed again.
"Sun Er understands that King Yue will definitely come."
Yan Jing immediately understood what Yan Zhitui meant, in the final analysis, the main reason why Yan Zhitui wanted to do it this time was not because he was exposed, but now that Datang is getting stronger and stronger, Yan Zhitui is ready to put aside the view of the portal.
You must know that Yan Zhitui is a typical Han nationalist, and he is very unaccustomed to the Li royal family, because although the Tang Li family is nominally Han, in fact, the blood of different races accounts for sixty percent, not only the Li family, but also the Yang family of the former Sui Dynasty, it is estimated that it is precisely for this reason that Yan Zhitui is unwilling to appear in front of the world.
It is said that when he gave birth to a little princess, Li Shimin wanted to ask the old man to give a little blessing, who would have thought that the old man not only did not give face, but said viciously: "There are only three points left in the blood of the Han family, so don't confuse it."
One sentence almost choked the eldest grandson, but there was nothing he could do about the old man, but he had to smile.
There is no way, people are ancestors, and the entire Tang Dynasty can no longer find someone who lives longer than Yan Zhitui, not only is he older, but also highly respected, in the entire Confucianism, there is no one who is older than him, even if Kong Yingda sees him, he has to perform the junior ceremony.
In the face of such a living ancestor, what is Li Shimin?
Now Yan Zhitui is actually preparing to invite Li Zhen at the birthday banquet, which undoubtedly releases a good signal.
Yan Jing knows that although the ancestor has not appeared in front of people over the years, if he wants to say that his understanding of the situation in the world has not fallen at all, coupled with the filial piety of the descendants of the Yan family, no matter what new things appear in the world, they will get it back and report it to Yan Zhitui alive as soon as possible, which also leads to Yan Zhitui's understanding of the outside world not falling much behind himself.
And the world has been getting better and better over the years, the Tang Dynasty has won many wars abroad, expanded its territory, almost expanded the area of the entire world by more than doubled, and the internal world is even more peaceful, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the people have hardly suffered the impact of the war - although this peace is based on the corpses of tens of thousands of foreign slaves, but this is nothing, for a pure Han nationalist like Yan Shigu, what does it matter if outsiders die more, as long as the Chinese people live well.
There is no doubt that the current Chinese people are doing quite well, although Yan Zhitui hates the Li royal family very much, but the achievements of the Li family over the years have greatly offset the mustard in his heart - Yan Zhitui is convinced that even if he is replaced by Qin Shi Huang, he may not be able to do better than Li Shimin.
And in this kind of peace in the world, there is one person whose credit cannot be ignored, this person is Li Zhen, although Li Zhen has been imperceptibly influencing the Tang Dynasty all these years, this kind of subtle and imperceptible people are noticed by ordinary people, but Yan Zhitui is a kind of person who can easily see - especially when he is idle all day long, except for reading books, he only studies the world's major events......
For this legendary King Yue, Yan Zhitui's good impression is bursting, and it is reasonable to take this opportunity to meet him well.
"Really?"
After listening to Yan Jing's report, Yan Silu was really overjoyed.
"Can a child still lie to his father?"
Yan Jing said excitedly: "This is what the ancestor himself said, and this time it will be a big deal." ” "Great, this time my Yan family's reputation will definitely go to the next level."
"Father, where to buy it, you should prepare an invitation now."
Seeing that his father was happy there, Yan Jing couldn't help reminding: "In five days, it will be the birthday of the ancestor, but we have to invite the entire Chang'an magnates, and the number of invitations is not a small amount." ” "Oh yes, the invitation hasn't been written yet."
Yan Silu immediately woke up: "Not only the invitation, but also the banquet must be booked."
Dad is really, why did he change his mind temporarily?
” Because I didn't expect Yan Zhitui to change his mind, the specifications of this year's birthday banquet were all prepared in accordance with previous years, just a few tables of home-cooked food and a bowl of longevity noodles, and the family got together.
Who knows that now Yan Zhitui suddenly changed his mind, the previous preparations were in vain, not to mention, more importantly, there are only a few days left before Yan Zhitui's birthday banquet, in such a short time, it is almost impossible to hold a large-scale birthday banquet - not to mention anything else, let's just talk about this wine and dish, which needs to be ordered from the big restaurant, but the banquet orders in the general big restaurant have long been full, how can there be more than enough manpower to prepare a set of banquets for you?
Although the Yan family has a long heritage and influence all over the world, but because they have always adhered to the tradition of cultivating and reading heirlooms, they are just immersed in research, their ancestor Yan Hui is a poor ghost, a scoop of drink and a single food to live in poverty, and is praised by Confucius as the most noble person, and future generations of descendants also follow this truth.
And there is no power in Chang'an City, who will give you face?
At night, the Yan family has traveled all over the big restaurants in Chang'an City, but unfortunately, there are too many people who have passed their birthdays in the past month, and all the restaurants have been chartered until next year, and the Yan family is not a high-ranking official or magnate, let alone the kind of person who bullies others and forcibly cuts the queue, plus the time is too short - you must know that sometimes some big banquets, just the preparation takes a month, five days is really too short, and no restaurant has this certainty.
Therefore, even though hundreds of people from the Yan family have traveled all over Chang'an, and even doubled the price as usual, there is still no restaurant willing to take this job.
"This is really urgent, you can't let the guests come, just let them eat a bowl of clear soup noodles, right?"
Yan Silu was anxious.
"How's that going to work?"
Yan Chuchu (Yan Zhitui's second son) objected: "It's my father's birthday of one hundred and twelve years old, and all the people who come are high-ranking officials and nobles, how can they come empty-handed?"
will definitely bring a lot of gifts, people come with generous gifts, let's invite someone to hold a bowl of clear soup noodles - our Yan family will not see anyone when they go out in the future?
” "So what do you say?
We don't have enough cooks, so you asked me to conjure up a table for you?
” "Okay, okay, don't argue, what's the use of arguing now?"
Yan Youqin (Yan Zhitui's third son and youngest son) saw that the two brothers were about to quarrel, so he hurriedly stood up and persuaded him.
"But what about that?"
Just when more than 100 people in the Yan family were entangled, a subordinate walked in and reported: "Master, there is a guest ......."