Either it's the New Year, or God has eyes. In the cold winter today, although the cold wind is howling, it's rare to see a ray of winter sun.
At this time, the New Year's Eve has finally arrived.
New Year's Eve is also the last day of the year.
According to the custom passed down from the pre-Qin Dynasty, an exorcism ceremony will be held on this day.
There was even more excitement inside and outside the city.
As for ordinary people's homes, tonight the whole family will definitely have a feast and vigil. The lights will stay on all night long, so there are a lot of things to prepare during the day.
In the Tang Dynasty, people were quite rich in festival etiquette and procedures.
There are those who clean and those who prepare ingredients for cooking.
Some also insert peach branches, post door gods, hang spring flags and calligraphy.
Speaking of these doorkeepers, they are definitely not the Qin Qiong and Yuchi Jingde that people in later generations will stick to.
Today, the two of them are still alive and well. It should be in the Song Dynasty that the two of them walked into the common people's homes.
The door gods in the Tang Dynasty usually chose two peach boards with two gods painted on them, Shen Tu on the left and Yu Lei on the right.
Then hang the peach boards on the left and right sides of the door. This was the door god in the Tang Dynasty.
Regarding the gods Tu and Yu Lei, it is recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas: In the vast sea, there is the Mountain of Dushuo.
There is a large peach tree on it, which has a curve of three thousand miles.
The northeastern part of its technique is called the Ghost Gate, where all ghosts come and go.
There are two gods on it, one is Shen Tu and the other is Yu Lei, who oversee and lead all ghosts.
The general meaning is that these two gods are responsible for the evil spirits in the world.
Paint the two of them on a peach board and hang them at the door. The evil spirits will naturally stay away and not dare to enter again.
today--
Wen Bo never cared how late Tang Sufan slept.
Early in the morning, he personally invited Tang Sufan to his bedside.
Because today is different, on the last day of the year, there are too many things and things to prepare. Some of them require Tang Sufan to make decisions, and some of them require Tang Sufan to do it himself.
Wen Bo looked at his young master who was still a little confused, sitting in the living room with his hands folded, like a silly son of a landlord.
He smiled kindly and kindly.
"Master, how about you go to bed tomorrow? You have to give me some sweet millet this morning, so that my wife will be alive in heaven and wish you peace next year~"
Tang Sufan, who was still a little out of his mind, glanced at the sky outside.
It was a bit dumbfounding, even though it was probably eight o'clock in the future.
But considering that he has a hard time getting up, it’s quite uncomfortable~
But as everyone knows, generally speaking, the host will get up at Mao Shi on the New Year's Day to celebrate the festival of the year.
Thanks to Uncle Wen for getting up early and taking care of things, this guy was able to sleep until now.
There is no other way. Tang Sufan was still carefree and unruly in the Royal Garden Furong Garden yesterday.
This morning, I had a little messy hair and was dragging my body step by step.
Go to the worship hall at the back and serve chana millet to your deceased father and mother.
Then listen to Wen Bo's schedule for today.
Tang Sufan didn't understand anything and could only nod his head in agreement.
In the end, he only had a bitter look on his face, and simply admitted it, indicating to Uncle Wen that you can do whatever you want, I will cooperate with you today.
Only then did Wen Bo feel satisfied and left.
For this year, Tang Sufan was granted the title of Marquis. Although it was only a few days ago, his status and specifications were definitely not the same as those of ordinary people.
So in the past few days, Wenbo was almost busy with his feet off the ground. All kinds of things were blocked by Wenbo alone.
But I am also very busy and happy. My young master has been granted the title of Marquis, which is a great joy.
Nowadays, everyone who sees this lame old man outside has to respectfully call him Mr. Wen.
However, Uncle Wen has long been dismissive of these things. As long as he can take good care of the young master, he will live up to what the master and his wife told him back then...
Finally, the sun rises.
Su Meiyu brought everyone from the Xiaoyaoxuan Tavern, as well as Xiong Daxiong Er's family who had moved to Jinghe Village.
Get busy in Tang Sufan's yard.
This is what Tang Sufan meant. Let's celebrate the New Year together after we finish our work at Xiaoyaoxuan this morning. We all have no parents.
This also made everyone in Xiaoyaoxuan so happy that they burst into tears.
On this New Year's Day, in order to echo the market response, Tang Sufan simply decided not to open the door and sell New Year's Eve wine directly.
One altar and one fight, ten thousand cups of wine, one hundred altars in total, just for one day on this New Year's Day.
With the current reputation of Xiaoyaoxuan, after the news was released, almost as soon as the store opened in Dongshi, they bought everything.
So Qian Guan made money again.
Tang Sufan waved his hand again and told Xiong Daxiong Er to go directly to the West Market to collect thirty sheep!
With current prices and purchasing power, a sheep costs about 1,200 francs and a donkey costs 1,500 francs.
Thirty sheep also cost forty or fifty thousand dollars.
Forty or fifty guan, that is definitely a large amount for ordinary people.
But for Tang Sufan's current ability to make money, it is nothing.
The Chinese New Year is all about celebration and excitement!
Ten sheep were sent to Sijiao Mountain so that the people there could cook them into porridge and have some meat.
On New Year's Eve, I hope everyone has a bowl of hot porridge and rice to celebrate the New Year.
As for the remaining twenty, I kept two of them, and the remaining eighteen were given to the village.
At this moment, the whole Jinghe Village was filled with joy.
In order to join in the fun, the village chief waved his hand and went out to kill the sheep himself with a knife. Let's eat tonight's New Year's lunch together!
They even invited Tang Sufan out. If this is the case, let's deal with it.
For lunch, let’s make it together for fun.
Therefore, at this unfavorable year of disaster, the joyful atmosphere filled the entire Jinghe Village.
The entire Jinghe Village also kept lamenting that they had been helped by the Su Fan family back then.
Now that Su Fan has grown up and become a nobleman, he is also helping the whole village. Everyone is filled with gratitude.
The whole village owes Su Fan's family~
Compared with the joy in Jinghe Village, the court meeting in the palace in Chang'an City...
Li Shimin was dressed in a majestic and bright yellow dragon robe, and he was sitting on the dragon chair with a majestic look on his face.
After the important ministers announced everything in the court.
Immediately there were officials from the Cui family and the Zheng family who came to give advice.
"Your Majesty, I have my own plans!"
Li Shimin raised his tiger eyes slightly and said softly: "Come on!"
"Your Majesty has some doubts about the merchant Tang Sufan being ennobled. Since the founding of our country, we have established titles based on military merit. It is quite inappropriate for Your Majesty to ennoble a merchant now. I think his merits are not worthy of the title..."
Immediately, someone continued to echo.
"Yes, Your Majesty, how can you, a merchant, be held in a noble position? I wonder what contribution this person has made to enable Your Majesty to grant him the title of Marquis."
"Your Majesty, how can this Tang Sufan, a mere merchant, be able to achieve the title of nobility? Please let your Majesty know!"
For a time, there were constant responses and continuous sounds.
Most of them were officials from the Zheng family and the Cui family, but Zheng Yunhe remained silent.
In their hearts, if the Holy Spirit really had merit for it, he would certainly declare it to the court and tell him of his merit.
However, the Holy Spirit kept it secret and directly issued the seal according to the decree, which is definitely not true.
Li Shimin's mouth curled up inadvertently when he heard this continuous performance.
Then he said calmly: "Only because of him, I saved the names of countless soldiers of the Tang Dynasty!"
As soon as this statement came out, the court was shocked!
Even Li Jing and the other generals were suddenly startled.
How does this have anything to do with soldiers?
Finally, Li Shimin, who planned to leave early, glanced at his uncle, who was in the first row.
Changsun Wuji smiled and then walked straight out of the hall.
The important minister was puzzled, what relationship does Changsun Wuji have with His Majesty?
Just when everyone was surprised for a while, Changsun Wuji came back with a few people.
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