Although the Great Court Meeting has ended, the excitement of the Spring Festival has just begun.
The old year ends tonight and the new year comes tomorrow. In later generations, it is used to describe the scene on the first day of the new year.
In ancient times, because the beginning of the year was a day for the imperial court, the civil and military officials in the capital actually spent it together with the emperor.
Therefore, the second day of the Lunar New Year is actually the first day for court officials to spend the New Year with their families.
Starting from the second day of the Lunar New Year, there will be a three-day holiday for civil and military officials to rest and travel among themselves.
Of course, if the emperor summons him at short notice, officials in Beijing cannot postpone it.
However, this does not prevent the atmosphere in Chang'an City from getting stronger as it enters the Spring Festival.
From ancient times to the present, the happiest people during the Spring Festival every year are the children.
Even poor families will buy some delicious food or buy a new set of clothes for their children.
The best way to describe it is to spend all your money to buy sex money, and the children are well fed and colorfully clothed.
Burning firecrackers was an indispensable item for people in the Tang Dynasty during the Spring Festival.
Listening to the firecrackers being burned, the childlike innocence remains, and watching the peach charms change, it is the hope for a better life.
Burning firecrackers is not only a recreational activity. The popping sound of bamboo tubes thrown into the fire also means to drive away evil spirits.
However, due to technical limitations, the firecrackers of the Tang Dynasty were filled with earthen gunpowder, and the sound they made after being ignited did not have the thunderous sound of later generations.
As the Romans do in the countryside, Yang Fan and Xiao Douding were watching the servants burning firecrackers in the courtyard.
Hearing the crackling sound and the joyful laughter of the children in the yard, Yang Fan couldn't help but get involved.
But the sound was too low, which made Yang Fan wonder if he should improve the gunpowder formula.
Although there is no need to develop things like guns and artillery, if gunpowder is successfully developed, it is still a good choice to use it to crack mountains and crack the ground.
The sound of firecrackers is noisy, but there is one topic in Chang'an City that is more exciting than the sound of firecrackers.
The topic of discussion was, of course, what happened in the court meeting.
Suddenly Yang Fan became famous again.
But this time it was not a good name, but a reputation and a stigma.
Driven by some thoughtful people, Yang Fan's actions during the meeting were spread out of context.
The three of them were like tigers, so they sold the princess to seek glory, cheated and cheated, bullied the weak and feared the strong. These became synonymous with Yang Fan.
But Yang Fan didn't care. The pure will become pure and the turbid will become turbid. Only a small group of people can see the truth.
A burst of firecrackers were set off in the courtyard, and Yang Fan caught up on his sleep again. He slowly woke up until the sun was shining, and he felt that he had had enough sleep and was full of energy.
This period of time was indeed hard enough, with preparations for the court meeting day and night.
Yang Fan felt a little powerless to conquer the two goblins in his house.
As soon as she woke up, Wu Meiniang sent her servants to report that the New Year's gifts were ready.
Only then did I remember that in ancient times, friends needed to pay New Year greetings to each other.
As the saying goes, the drums and horns add plum blossoms, and the fifth watch brings joy to the New Year.
Although it is noon now, it is also a good time to pay New Year greetings.
Throughout the ages, New Year greetings have been a good opportunity to bring brothers and friends closer together.
Regardless of whether we are close or distant, on this day of celebration, everyone will say Happy New Year with a smile.
For friends whose parents are still alive, Yang Fan, as a junior, of course has to go and congratulate them first.
This does not matter the rank or status, but a kind of respect for friends.
So Yang Fan had to take advantage of this vacation to move around more.
It is a kind of etiquette and a kind of friendship to go from house to house to say New Year greetings to relatives, friends, and important officials in the court, and to become familiar with each other.
People carry the sedan chair, and as humans are social animals, you cannot be independent in the world.
Although Yang Fan's intention to pay New Year's greetings is not very strong.
But who allowed him to have Wu Zetian as a good housekeeper, so of course she took care of the preparation of gifts.
Even if Yang Fan no longer likes this kind of red tape, he still knows that this is the way to get along with friends and the way to socialize in officialdom.
Since we have traveled to this era, we can only adapt to the rules of this era.
If you seem out of place, you will be eliminated from the world, because you cannot completely change the world.
Even if it can be affected, it is a long process and cannot be achieved overnight.
Of course, New Year greetings also vary from near and far. Fortunately, I don’t have many good friends, otherwise I would be exhausted from paying New Year greetings.
In the officialdom, although Yang Fan is not old, he is considered to be of high authority and favored. Not everyone is qualified to let him go to pay New Year's greetings. This saves a lot of effort.
For important ministers and some colleagues in the court, all they need to do is come to congratulate them.
Therefore, Yang Fan instead put the residences of his closer brothers behind. There was no other way and it would take a long time.
But it also gave Yang Fan the biggest headache.
For example, when I went to the Fang Mansion to pay New Year's greetings, the Prime Minister Fang Xuanling took me directly to the study to appreciate calligraphy and paintings for a long time.
Although Yang Fan is called unparalleled in poetry, only he knows that it is because he stole the achievements of future generations.
Therefore, Yang Fan, who was captured by Fang Xuanling to appreciate calligraphy and paintings, was miserable and dejected like a dying quail.
He didn't even eat the last bite of the hot meal, so he used his urine to escape and ran away.
When he arrived at Cheng Mansion, Yang Fan almost died.
Because this guy Cheng Yaojin directly brought a group of little devils to accompany him for drinks.
A few people even started a wheel battle, drinking one cup after another.
Before Yang Fan had a chance to meet Cheng Yuzhu, the girl he had been longing for, Yang Fan was so drunk that he couldn't even wake up.
If Yang Fan hadn't been in good physical condition, he might have had a gastric perforation.
Still hungover, it was not until the fourth day of the Lunar New Year that Yang Fan came to the house of British Duke Li Ji in a daze with dark circles under his eyes.
Li Ji was very happy with Yang Fan's arrival, but he looked a little unhappy when he saw Yang Fan who was yawning and listless.
He frowned and said: "Drinking and sex are like bone scrapers. Young people should be more restrained and don't regret it until your body collapses."
Yang Fan drooped his head, somewhat dumbfounded: "The British public doesn't know. Yesterday, I went to Lu Guogong's house to pay New Year's greetings. All the demon kings, big and small... Uncle Cheng made me drink in turns. I couldn't do it if I didn't drink. I was really helpless and even more lustful." It is impossible to talk about it! "
Thinking of Cheng Yaojin's ruthless nature as a demon king, even I couldn't do anything about Cheng Yaojin's shameless temper.
What can Yang Fan do at such a young age?
Li Ji couldn't help but smile in his heart, as long as he didn't drink too much, that would be fine!
I was worried about Li Siwen just now!
If this kid is addicted to beauty, even if he becomes a bad person, Li Ji will make Li Siwen stop his thoughts.
However, Li Ji was a cheerful person. He knew that he had misunderstood, so he apologized: "The old fool Cheng is indeed a bastard. He has a generous character that even I can't do. No wonder my nephew, I have wronged you."
Yang Fan raised his head and looked around, but did not see Li Siwen. He seemed a little strange: "Isn't brother Siwen at home? Why don't you see him coming out?"
"Sure enough, only young people can talk about things. I'm a little in the way, but Siwen has something to go out today and hasn't come back yet. My nephew, please wait!" Li Ji laughed and joked.
