At night, the palace was brightly lit, but the imperial study was brightly lit, the emperor Shen Daoquan, King Kang Shen Chuan, and Ande Wang Shen Zhong gathered, and the newly appointed cabinet elder led a group of students from the Hanlin Academy to review and select a variety of couplets and documents in the hall outside. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info and Shen Xiao, the general of the cavalry who had just returned to Beijing, was wearing a linen dress and sitting on the side, seemingly not interested in the state affairs they were talking about now.

The children of the royal family of this dynasty are not like the Xianbei clan of Murong in the previous dynasty, their Shen family represents the interests of the farming nation, so when it comes to the Spring Festival every year, no matter where they are, they must drive back to the palace for the New Year. The emperor generally "seals the pen" and "seals" on the 26th day of the lunar month, stops working, and re-"opens the pen" and "seals" at the ceremony at midnight of the Spring Festival.

The "Lizhi" records that on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve (for the sake of distinction, I advanced it by one day, otherwise it would be on the first day of the new year), in the early morning, the hundred officials would gather in the square of the Taihe Hall to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor. On that day, the square was lined with Luan's guard of honor, and under the eaves of the main hall were the royal bands and musical instruments such as golden bells and jade chimes. When the time came, Qin Tianjian announced that the time had come, the bell and drum were sounded on the noon gate, the band played music, the emperor ascended the throne of the Taihe Palace, the Luan guard shook the whip, and the salute officer shouted "Arrange shifts".

The hundred officials knelt in line according to the grade position marked by the bronze "grade mountain" placed in the square. At this time, two scholars knelt down to hold the congratulatory watch, which was read by the announcer. After reading, the hundred officials knelt three times and bowed nine times. After the ceremony, the emperor gave a seat and tea, and the officials wanted to kowtow and thank him. After the tea, the silent whip sounded again, the band played again, the emperor went down to the palace, the hundred officials retired from the court, and the New Year's ceremony was completed.

At this time, the emperor gave the purse containing "Ruyi" that had already been prepared to the royal children, palace maids, and eunuchs around him. The "Ruyi" in the purse usually has gold Ruyi, silver Ruyi, jade Ruyi and silver money.

Before Shen Daoquan ascended to the Taihe Hall to accept the New Year's greetings from hundreds of officials, he usually drank a cup of Tusu wine in his dormitory. His special wine glass weighs 1 catty and is specially made with gold inlaid jewelry, called "Golden Ou Permanent Cup". Jin Ou means the country, "Jin Ou Yonggu" means "the country is eternal".

After that, I will take the civil and military officials to the Dayu Garden to enjoy the show until the evening. On New Year's Eve, the first thing the emperor did was to hold a New Year's Day opening ceremony. The "New Year's Day" of the people of this dynasty is actually today's Lunar New Year, and the "New Year's Day" is to write on the first day of the New Year, simply write a few auspicious words, and ask for good luck in the year. Shen Daoquan was born in martial arts, and his writing was ugly, so what he was going to write was naturally prepared for him by the scholars of the Hanlin Academy.

All he has to do is to pick up a brush and write his name on the paper, this brush is also particular, and he can't take it wrong. The lower end of the pen tube must be engraved with the words "Wan Nian Qing", and the upper end is engraved with the words "Wan Nian Branch", praying for long live the eternal life of the Lord and the eternal prosperity of the country.

But this year's Spring Festival is not the same as the Spring Festival in previous years, the highlight of this year is not what to open the pen and send some calligraphy and paintings to those ministers, reward some gold, silver and jewelry, this year Shen Daoquan will be at the annual meeting, officially promulgated the "Juntian Order", which means that the royal family began to fight directly with the Longxi Gate Valve, and began to deal with the matter of land annexation.

It is precisely because this year's tasks are heavier and the affairs are more complicated, so the students of the Hanlin Academy who are planning to play a twist and turn below are extremely nervous, for fear that the sentence will not make sense and not check it out, and then the Holy Dragon Yan will be furious, and they will be miserable!

"Father, the children of the three surnames of Longxi who are serving in Beijing have been detained, but those rich businessmen and nobles who have no official positions are not easy to deal with, if they want to leave, we have no reason to keep them, forcibly detain them, and when the time comes, I am afraid that the three surnames of Longxi will leave a crusade against us." King Ander said with a frown.

Shen Daoquan stretched his waist, and he didn't know if it was late at night, he was sleepy, or he didn't pay attention to the three surnames of Longxi at all, "Hmph, those wealthy families are indeed a great force when gathered, and the Dayue clan in the Hexi Corridor is also ready to move now, if we lose to them in public opinion, they will probably bring out the Qingjun side, take the old routine of taking the text and raising the banner of righteousness to deal with us." ”

Shen Daoquan slowly stood up, lifted the curtain, looked at the scholars of the Hanlin Academy who were busy in Natsume, and said loudly, "I often hear that those who are in Shunde are prosperous, and those who are against virtue are dead." The soldiers are nameless, and the accident does not happen. Therefore, this matter cannot be lost, even if those Longxi merchants let them escape from Chang'an, it will not matter. Shen Daoquan waved his hand, looking extremely leisurely.

King Kang Shen Chuan seems to have long expected that his father would die to save face, although the emperor was very scruples about "no name in the division" when attacking, but this is not important at all, if those Longxi gate lords who are active in Beijing escape back, those big clans in Longxi will be even more unscrupulous.

Shen Chuan slowly took out a roll of white silk from his arms, "Father, this is a document that the son has already prepared to ask for thieves, if you think you can use it, you can use it as a precursor to the thieves on the day of the expedition, and make a document to reach the counties and seize its momentum." ”

Shen Daoquan didn't look at it, and shouted directly, "Where is Zhu Shulang?" ”

"Wechen is here!" An old scholar in his fifties ran upside down.

"Scholar Huang doesn't need to be polite, you can copy a hundred copies of this text for me, and hand it over to me after the fifteenth day of the first month, and don't leak the content." After Shen Daoquan finished speaking, the old man responded respectfully.

King Ande frowned slightly, "Father, don't you look at whether the content of this text is appropriate!" ”

"No need, your second brother dares to bring it, which means that he is already completely sure, and he will do things, I can rest assured." Shen Daoquan glanced at Shen Chuan with appreciation, and Shen Zhong himself also knew that he was too far behind King Kang in terms of literary talent and political talent, so he stopped talking at this time.

"Old Seven, you don't want to talk about your opinion, in this battle, I want you and General Hu Lu to lead the troops to the battle, you don't have any requirements?" Shen Daoquan asked loudly.

Shen Xiao is eight feet long, with a square face and tiger eyes, and a sword eyebrow raised at the temples, neither Shen Chuan's elegance nor Shen Zhong's fortitude and decisiveness, but Shen Xiao is the most introverted among the princes. He was good at riding and archery, and once accompanied Shen Daoquan to hunt in Shanglin (royal enclosure), and saw a big bird flying high.

At that time, Shen Xiao and Li Feng picked up their bows at the same time, and their arrows shot out at the same time. Suddenly, the bird was shaped like a wheel, spun and fell, and when the palace guards brought back the prey, everyone saw it and knew that it was a big eagle. And the arrow on the carving body is engraved with a big Shen character. As a result, the reputation of "General Condor Shooting" spread widely in the army.

At this moment, he listened to his father's question, and couldn't help but make a contemplative expression. After a long time, he said, "Father, the Jingbian Army of the sons and daughters has been out on the expedition for a year, and it will take a few days to repair when they return to Beijing this time, and most of the Jingbian Army are uncles.... The remnants of Jingbian Hou, the armor and weapons of several battles are dilapidated, if you can fill some soldiers and equipment, it will be great! ”

"This is indeed a bit difficult to do, the leather goods in our court are mainly from Longxi, Liaodong, and Goguryeo, this year Goguryeo sued for peace, and I exempted them from paying tribute for three years, and the leather goods in Liaodong are only enough for General Hu Lu, and I can guarantee the military rations, salaries, and weapons of the Jing border guards, but the armor is not enough, it really doesn't work, I will take off a batch of armor from the forbidden army!" Although he was a little embarrassed, Shen Daoquan still patted his chest and agreed to Shen Xiao.

"Father, the sons think that the forbidden army in Chang'an City is the face of our court and the imperial family, if the sergeants know, the armor on their bodies is taken down from the forbidden army, which will inevitably affect morale. The leather, military rations, and a small part of the food you are worried about have already been prepared for us! Shen Chuan clenched his fists and said, and when King Ande and Shen Xiao heard this, their eyes immediately became sharp.

Shen Chuan didn't look at King Ande, but glanced at Shen Xiao with his residual vision, feeling Shen Xiao's sharp and cold gaze, and his lips couldn't help but turn up slightly.