Although Lu Chen said this, he had a new understanding of Li Yuanji in his heart, and even admired Li Yuanji, the King of Qi, for his sense of weapons. Maybe this can be regarded as a kind of combat intuition!
Everyone seemed to be admiring the splendor of the fireworks, but no one seemed to have thought about the effect if the fireworks were released horizontally. Only Li Yuanji mentioned this intention to himself.
Lu Chen couldn't help but take a deep look at Li Yuanji. Such a prince with such a keen fighting instinct directly threw his whole family into it for the future of the Li family. What kind of decision could he make? things.
Moreover, even though he only exchanged one or two sentences with Li Yuanji, Lu Chen felt that this Qi King Li Yuanji was definitely not the arrogant, domineering, and domineering person mentioned in history. A sinister and vicious person.
"It turns out that Mr. Lu didn't think of this!" Li Yuanji said something meaningful. At the same time, he looked at Lu Chen again and stopped talking.
At this time, everyone had arrived at the gate of the imperial city, followed the steps to patrol the city, and walked directly onto the tower.
Looking down from the city tower, a large number of people have gathered below. The lanterns and torches in the hands of the people illuminate the front of the city gate as bright as day. Many people are prostrate on the ground and keep chanting "Auspiciousness is here. Words like "Good Luck and Good Luck".
Lu Chen looked at this scene and shook his head helplessly, but then he thought about it, this is a normal phenomenon in this era, and if these people disdain it, that is the most dangerous thing.
"Your Majesty!" At this moment, some sharp-eyed people among the people saw Li Yuan wearing a brand-new embroidered dragon robe and crown on the tower, and Concubine Wan Gui beside Li Yuan who was also dressed in gorgeous service. These people directly shouted loudly.
"Greetings to Your Majesty!" The people under the city gate saluted Li Yuan one after another. The sound was like a roaring mountain and a tsunami, which lasted for a long time.
"No courtesy!" Li Yuan said with a smile on his face and his hands down directly towards these people.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The roar of mountains and tsunami sounded again.
Li Yuan pressed down his hands again, and the people below suddenly became quiet.
"Today is the first day of the Yuan Dynasty, a day for universal celebration. I am here to have fun with the people. You all say that there is 'auspiciousness' in the palace, and I think so too! The auspiciousness is now here, and the Tang Dynasty is prosperous!" Li Yuan stood there On the city tower, he looked at the people below and said loudly.
"My emperor is wise!" When Li Yuan finished speaking, all the ministers praised him.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" The people under the city gate also shouted in unison.
"It's so cold and freezing, so don't gather together here for too long. Go back when you should! Seeing that it's time to watch the New Year's Eve, everyone should go back!" Li Yuan waved to the people below and said.
"I obey your Majesty's will!" Someone among the people shouted again, and other people also responded loudly, and then began to disperse in twos and threes. However, after the people left, they looked at the sacrifices in front of the imperial city gate. The incense burner and paper horse incense sticks used in worship made everyone feel dumbfounded.
"Hurry up and get someone to deal with it!" Lu Chen quietly withdrew from the crowd, found Chang He who was escorting him, and reminded Chang He.
"Understood!" Chang He nodded directly, turned around and waved directly to a primary school student below. The primary school student saw Chang He waving and ran up quickly. Chang He told him what Lu Chen had told him. Once again, the primary school leader took the order and left.
"Mr. Lu! Mr. Lu! Your Majesty is looking for you!" After Lu Chen finished explaining to Chang He, he just turned around and saw Lin Lang walking over quickly and said to Lu Chen, "Why are you here?! Lin Lang asked beside Lu Chen.
When Lu Chen told Chang He to do something, Li Yuan turned around to look for Lu Chen, but found that Lu Chen was missing. He immediately asked Chang Bao to look for Lu Chen. Chang Bao couldn't leave Li Yuan's side, so he asked Lin Lang to come over and look for him. Lu Chen is here.
"Your Majesty!" Lu Chen followed Lin Lang to Li Yuan and saluted Li Yuan.
"I'm waiting for you! Where have you gone?" Li Yuan looked at Lu Chen and asked.
"Oh! I just went to see Chang He, the commander of the imperial army, and asked him to take people to clean up the things in front of the city gate. If these things are kept there, it will be somewhat inappropriate!" Lu Chen saluted Li Yuan and explained.
"Lu Aiqing is interested!" Li Yuan nodded and looked at Lu Chen with satisfaction. At the same time, he glanced at the other ministers. The meaning was obvious. Did you see it? Lu Aiqing has thought of things that you didn't expect!
Seeing Li Yuan's look, those people couldn't help but secretly label Lu Chen a "flattery" in their hearts. However, Qin Qiong and others nodded in agreement, thinking that there was nothing wrong with Lu Chen's actions. , and even felt that his brother Lu Xian was such a careful person.
The people had left. Li Yuan took Concubine Wan Gui down directly from the tower and returned to the Tai Chi Hall. He was in a good mood after watching the fireworks.
The monarchs and ministers returned to their respective positions. Li Yuan sat on top and looked at the ministers below. After pondering for a while, he said: "Lu Aiqing's gift today deeply touched my heart. At the same time, I also have something that I am ready to discuss with you." Discuss!"
Hearing Li Yuan's words, everyone was stunned and looked at Li Yuan, wondering what the emperor had to say on this day.
"Ahem!" Li Yuan coughed lightly and glanced at the ministers, "As the saying goes, men should marry when they are young, and women should marry when they are young. Even the Tian family is no exception. I intend to grant a marriage to the Duke of Chang'an County. I don't know if you all love me. Do you have any comments?" After Li Yuan finished speaking, he glanced at the ministers again.
Hearing Li Yuan's words, Lu Chen was still sitting there. When he heard Li Yuan's words, Lu Chen was stunned. At the same time, everyone focused their eyes on him. Lu Chen never expected that , Li Yuan will talk about the "granted marriage" at this time.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid there's something wrong with this, right?" At this moment, Zheng Shanguo left the table directly, came to Li Yuan, and said after saluting.
"Oh? What's wrong with Zheng Aiqing?" Li Yuan looked at Zheng Shanguo. Although his face still had a gentle expression, the tone of his words was somewhat unhappy.
"Although the Duke of Lu County has contributed to the art of iron-making, he has no actual achievements. This is somewhat inconsistent with etiquette!" Zheng Shanguo said without being humble or arrogant.
In fact, Zheng Shanguo also forced himself to come forward. What Lu Chen has done now has overshadowed this group of aristocratic families. In addition, Lu Chen is also the military counselor of the Detachment of Women, and his relationship with Li Xiuning can be said to be very close. If there were more titles like Prince Consort, that would be great.
"Old Chief Zheng, I don't want to hear what you are saying, Old Cheng!" Just as Zheng Shanguo finished speaking, Cheng Yaojin stood up directly and came to Zheng Shanguo as he spoke, "Your Majesty!" Cheng Yaojin said Jin saluted Li Yuan, "Zheng Shangshu said this, and we, Old Cheng, have to come out and say some fair words!"
"General Cheng, just tell me what you have to say!" When Li Yuan saw that Cheng Yaojin had come out, he was immediately overjoyed. Apart from Lu Chen, Cheng Yaojin was the most capable of fooling around in this court. These are the key points. There was nothing he could do, not to mention that Zheng Shanguo came out to oppose him, which in itself made Li Yuan unhappy.
"You said Mr. Lu has no actual achievements. Then the Ministry of Industry's monthly output of hundreds of thousands or even millions of kilograms of pig iron is due to Mr. Lu's iron-making skills?" Cheng Yaojin looked at Zheng Shanguo and asked directly, "The emergence of iron stoves and charcoal has allowed many people to keep warm in winter? The emergence of horse gear has increased the chances of winning in cavalry battles for our Tang Dynasty soldiers? Is this called no performance?" Cheng Yaojin He looked directly at Zheng Shanguo and sneered.
"This old Cheng can do it!" Hearing that Cheng Yaojin actually became "reasonable", Chai Shao and others all looked at Cheng Yaojin with strange eyes in unison. This "Hun Bu stingy" actually enlightened and understood It's "reasonable and well-founded". This is such a strange thing.
"But that's not under the jurisdiction of Duke Lu County, right?" Zheng Shanguo looked at Cheng Yaojin and asked directly.
"Oh! It still needs to be under the jurisdiction!" Cheng Yaojin nodded, "But there are people in your family who are officials, why don't they have this ability?" Cheng Yaojin looked directly at Zheng Shanguo and asked.
"But no one in my family has been granted a marriage by His Majesty!" Zheng Shanguo wiped the saliva sprayed by Cheng Yaojin on his face with the sleeves of his robe in disgust, while retorting to Cheng Yaojin, "This marriage is also based on the teachings of our ancestors!"
"What an ancestral precept!" Lu Chen stood up and looked at Zheng Shanguo with a sneer on his face, "His Majesty is the founding emperor today, and you actually mentioned the ancestral precepts? Are the ancestral precepts you are talking about from the Sui Dynasty or the Han Dynasty?" Lu Chen He looked directly at Zheng Shanguo and asked.
"This..." Being robbed by Lu Chen, Zheng Shanguo suddenly choked on his words. If he had mentioned the former Sui Dynasty or the Han Dynasty, Lu Chen could directly label him as "thinking about the former dynasty", and Li Yuan could directly After stripping off his official uniform, Zheng Shanguo hurriedly thought about it and said, "This is what is recorded in the classics!"
"Classics? Why do I not believe it so much!" After hearing Zheng Shanguo's words, Lu Chen snorted coldly, "You said that the classics record the principles of life, the process of weddings and funerals, and other etiquette. I believe that the "Book of Rites" "Qu Li Shang" and "Qu Li Xia" also record the etiquette and process of marriage, but I have never heard of any classics recording the subject of your majesty's marriage. It would be better if Zheng Shangshu told me that How about some book that records this matter so that I can learn from it?" Lu Chen looked at Zheng Shanguo and said reluctantly.
"This...this..." Zheng Shanguo was robbed by Lu Chen's direct questioning. Cold sweat flowed down his ears and temples. He even looked back at Xiao Yu who asked him to come forward. How could he have thought , Xiao Yu was actually sitting on the ground, looking like it had nothing to do with him.
