Li Shimin looked at these memorials in front of his desk. For some reason, Li Shimin suddenly felt a headache. Hey, he must have not rested well.
"Chang Lin, you send these memorials to various departments in the three provinces and ask them to re-statisticate some of the data in them, and then send them back to me after the New Year's holiday is over. Regarding the return of the refugee from Chang'an County, you Let's stay for now, I'll take some time out these days to see what's going on." Li Shimin thought for a while and said.
"Yes!" Chang Lin nodded, and immediately called a group of young eunuchs to come in, carry all the memorials on the table, and then send them to the respective yamen in the three provinces.
"Tomorrow is the New Year's Eve. You should make statistics of the eunuchs, maids, etc. in the palace and follow the practices of previous years."
"It's Your Majesty."
Chang Lin went to deliver the memorial. Li Shimin glanced at the remaining things on the table about the refugees returning home.
Oops, my head hurts so much. Forget it, go sit down with Guanyin Maid and call Concubine Wei, Concubine Yin and the others to come over and play mahjong. This mahjong is pretty good. It’s time to take a break for the Chinese New Year. When it’s time to rest, it’s time to rest. , isn’t this what Master Sun said!
Li Shimin simply left Liangyi Hall and went to Lizheng Hall. Hey, it will definitely be fun to stay up late this year, let’s play mahjong!
Whoever wants to handle this government affairs should handle it. Hey, speaking of it, if it were possible, Li Shimin would not even bother to attend Yuan Zheng's imperial meeting, otherwise he would let Li Tai do it.
On New Year's Eve in the ninth year of Zhenguan, Li Ke was woken up by the sound of firecrackers in the early morning. It was Tian Meng who asked his servants to set off firecrackers.
Firecrackers have been invented a long time ago, and even some fireworks exist. However, the real fireworks in history were invented and popular in the Song Dynasty. Now the Tang Dynasty only has firecrackers. For example, pasting Spring Festival couplets also originated in the Song Dynasty and became popular in the Ming Dynasty.
The New Year or New Year's Eve in the Tang Dynasty was still very lively. Today, every household in the Tang Dynasty will decorate with lanterns. The candles purchased within a year will be lit in today's lanterns. Today's Chang'an City and even the entire Tang Dynasty will become The city that never sleeps, the country that never sleeps.
Even in some relatively remote places, people don't have candles, but they are willing to prepare enough wood in advance to light a big fire in the yard.
Tomorrow's New Year's Eve, there will be various Nuo operas in different places in Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty, which are gradually evolved from the sacrificial dances in ancient times. These Nuo operas will be all over Chang'an City, including folk, official, and of course There are also some in various noble families, and similarly, there are naturally some in the palace.
In addition to these, there are also various other performances, such as the puppet show from the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas in later generations, which was called puppet show in later generations and was performed in Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty.
Tonight, there will be a vigil in Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty. That is to say, the people will keep watch until dawn. This is true from the emperor to the princes and nobles to the common people. On this day of the New Year, hanging New Year paintings, setting up door gods, etc., but Spring Festival couplets would not become popular until the Song Dynasty.
As for the goalkeepers Qin Qiong and Yuchi Jingde, who are familiar to everyone in later generations, they have not yet become popular in this era.
After all, these two are still alive. They flourished in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. Due to the rise of the Tang Dynasty's door gods worshiping Guan Er Ye in the Sui Dynasty, the most popular first brother of the Tang Dynasty door gods is Guan Er Ye, and Zhang Fei is the second brother.
There is no curfew in Chang'an City today. Various lanterns and the like are hung in various locations in Chang'an City. The entire Chang'an City is brightly lit today.
Although there will definitely be a lot of small fires in Chang'an City today because of the candles, big fires will not happen. First of all, today is the key time for Jinwu Guards to pay attention. Almost all Jinwu Guards on the street are dispatched. On patrol.
The second is that everyone is keeping the New Year's Eve, almost no one is sleeping, and everyone is awake. Even if some candles fall over and burn something, the fire will not be too big and will be put out quickly.
The first day of the tenth year of Zhenguan, which is also the Yuanzheng period of the Tang Dynasty, is the beginning of the year. Yuanzheng day is the largest court meeting of the year, which is very grand. Officials in the capital are not allowed to be absent without excuse, and many return from local places. Officials who come to the capital must also go to court today. In addition, envoys from various countries must pay their respects and enter the palace to congratulate His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty for his long life.
Similarly, tomorrow's Yuanzheng Li Shimin will also have his first meal with the ministers, and then these officials can go home to reunite with their families. However, people like Li Daozong who are stationed at the border or in various states in the Tang Dynasty will not Officials who are allowed to do so are not allowed to return to Beijing or their hometowns. They must either take their families to their territories to celebrate the New Year, or they can only live separately.
Therefore, Spring Festival travel has been around since ancient times.
On the day of Yuanzheng, almost all the people's homes in the Tang Dynasty would prepare delicious food and then pay New Year greetings to each other. All guests would have delicious food to eat no matter where they went. Of course, people and nobles were naturally different, but in the same way, Folks will also bring out the best things of the year to entertain guests.
It can be said that the New Year in the Tang Dynasty is very festive. Li Ke has celebrated several New Years, and he is naturally very touched. Of course, Li Ke is very sure that this year's New Year will be even more lively.
As for why he said this, of course it was because he, Li Ke, had prepared it for fun! Hey, fireworks, according to historical development, were only developed in the Song Dynasty, but with Li Ke coming, and he also had books, the development speed of this thing is naturally different.
Therefore, Li Ke has already made fireworks that could fly into the sky only in the Song Dynasty.
Of course, no matter how gorgeous it is, it can't compare to what it will be in later generations, but in this era, it is naturally colorful. Tonight, it is definitely the brightest cub in Chang'an City! Hey hey hey!
However, today is the last day of the ninth year of Zhenguan, and Li Ke still has to go to the palace to pay homage to his father. His mother and the others will first visit in advance to say that they cannot stay vigil with them today, and then pay New Year's greetings tomorrow.
New Year's greetings in the Tang Dynasty are different from those in later generations. On the day of Yuanzheng, men in the Tang Dynasty had to kneel down and bow their heads. However, women in the Tang Dynasty did not need to kneel down. Just stand and bend forward and cup your hands.
So from a certain perspective, women in the early and middle Tang Dynasty were one of the dynasties with the highest status of women in the feudal era, and there is nothing wrong with that.
On the morning of New Year's Eve, Li Ke came out of Qin Wangzhuang and went straight to the palace. Because he had plans in the afternoon and evening today, Li Ke went to the palace in advance to accuse his father and the others.
When he arrived at Changlemen, Li Ke couldn't help but feel happy when he saw the vehicles on the left front. Hey, it's such a coincidence, isn't this Changsun Dalang! Of course, not only the eldest grandson Dalang, but also the second eldest son Sun Huan, the third eldest son Sun Jun, the fourth eldest son Sun Yan, etc. were all here. Naturally, they came to visit the eldest grandson Queen and Li Shimin as juniors.
In the Changsun family, in addition to Changsun Wuji's first wife being the Zheng family of Xingyang, one of Changsun Wuji's sisters married the Wang family of Taiyuan, and the other sister married the Liu family of Hedong. For example, several of his brothers married each other. The legitimate daughter of a wealthy family.
So...hey, the more you understand this era, the more you understand Li Shimin's powerlessness. It is not so easy for powerful families to cut off their influence on the entire Tang Dynasty. Except for the root-digging behavior that Li Ke is preparing to carry out, no other behavior can eliminate their true power at all.
Changsun Chong's face turned green when he saw Li Ke. Although he kept praying on the way here not to meet Li Ke or Li Ke, he still did.
Seeing Changsun rushing towards them, Li Ke didn't leave, so he waited at Changlemen with a smile, waiting for them to come.
With Li Ke's appearance, Changsun Chong could only walk over with a wry smile, forget it, he has gotten used to it over the years.
Not to mention that Changsun Chong is used to it. The expressions of helplessness on the faces of these younger brothers behind him are obviously used to it. Otherwise, what else can they do?
When they came over, Changsun Chong and others bowed down and saluted: "I have met His Highness King Qin."
"No courtesy." Li Ke waved his hand with a smile.
Looking at the smile on Li Ke's face, Changsun Chong's mouth twitched, and then he simply walked up to Li Ke, then stretched out his right hand into a fist and lightly hammered Li Ke's shoulder, and then He skillfully took a step back, ready to squat down with his head in his hands.
Changsun Chong's behavior made Li Ke stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help but feel happy. Ouch, he is quite conscious this year, but he was not so conscious in previous years.
"Haha, Changsun Dalang, why haven't you seen me for a long time and missed me?" Li Ke laughed twice. He suddenly felt that Changsun Chong was quite cute. He didn't want to hit anyone today.
So Li Ke simply walked over, put his arm around Changsun Chong's shoulders, and then dragged him arm-in-arm, while walking towards the palace, he said: "Look, what do you mean? Do you think I Will I hit you?"
"No way?" Changsun Chong looked at Li Ke in confusion.
"Why should I hit you when I'm fine? Am I, Li Ke, such an unreasonable person? Come on, let's chat. Are you here to pay New Year's greetings to my father, the emperor, and my mother?" Li Ke said with a smile.
Changsun Chong: "..." It will be ten years since Zhenguan. Do you know how I have lived these past nine years? Are you embarrassed to say this?
Changsun Chong’s younger brothers: “…”
