Chapter 38: Chinese New Year
Time flies, and Yang Yun's first New Year in this world is coming. Today is the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and according to the custom, every Chinese New Year's Eve, the emperor will hold a banquet in the palace to entertain all the relatives of the imperial family and officials and their families above the third rank in the capital, and this year is no exception.
According to the habit, Yang Yun got up early in the morning and practiced kung fu with Yanqin and Liu Yue for an hour. As soon as he finished washing, Kong Yuan came in to report that Yang Ming, the king of victory, was already waiting outside the mansion.
Yang Yun knew about Yang Ming's arrival, since the last time Yang Yun and Yang Ming went to the party, Yang Ming Yang Yun was invited to participate in some activities many times. Through several gatherings, Yang Yun was secretly frightened by Yang Ming's intentionally or unintentionally displayed strength.
After many discussions with Ju Yuanguang, Yang Yun also faintly told Yang Ming that he had no covetousness for the throne and would do his best to assist Yang Ming in seizing the throne. The reason why Yang Yun made such a decision was not only because Yang Ming was the closest prince to him, but also because the strength of King Sheng gave him confidence, and Yang Yun didn't want to lose his life in the future battle for imperial power.
Regarding Yang Ming's blatant invitation to go to the palace for a banquet, Yang Yun knew that this meant that King Sheng was telling all the forces in Xijing that Yang Yun, the thirteenth prince, had been tied to his chariot, and the other forces would stop beating his idea.
However, Yang Yun didn't care about this, since he decided to assist King Sheng, he would not be afraid to do so. This is also beneficial, if anyone wants to fight their own ideas again, they have to weigh it, because there is still a winning king behind him.
The place where Emperor Fu feasted his ministers was by the Taiye Pond in the palace, where there was a huge lawn with many banquet tables placed on it, which could accommodate more than 1,000 people to participate in the banquet here. There is a high platform in the middle of the lawn, and there is a dragon chair on the high platform, which is obviously the exclusive position of Emperor Fuhuang Yang Chengfeng.
In front of the high platform, there is a row of seats on the left and right sides, which is the position arranged for the officials according to their grades from near to far, and several important members of the court, such as Taishi Ji Xiangran, Taifu Zhao Qian, Sikong Chengxin, Situ Yuwenru and other ministers of the humerus of the Fu Emperor are in the closest place to the Fu Emperor under the stage. Behind the officials are their relatives.
The prince and other relatives of the royal family are behind the stage. The position where Yang Yun was sitting was facing the rockery across the lake, looking at the rockery, Yang Yun couldn't help but think of the tunnel under the rockery, and he left the palace before he could find out the exit completely. But it doesn't matter, anyway, you don't need this tunnel yet, and you can explore it yourself when you need to.
The thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve is the most lively day in the Imperial Palace, and all the important figures in Xijing City gather here today. Before Emperor Fu arrived, everyone got together, said hello to each other, or sincerely or falsely said a good New Year.
Yang Yun is also constantly ushering in and looking at these important people in the capital city, and from the situation of them getting together with each other, it can be generally seen which people have a better relationship.
On the whole, they are vaguely divided into several groups, mainly pro-princes, pro-prime princes, pro-sheng kings, and a few close to the honorary king Yang Guang. But there are also many officials who are unwilling to participate in any group, such as Taifu Zhao Qian, Shangshu Chi Shangwen, etc., at this time, they do not seem to be very gregarious, and sit alone in their places to drink tea and eat snacks.
"Brother Yun!" Yang Yun was observing the situation of the officials from his position, but was slapped on the shoulder by a person. Of course, there is only Chi Li, a little girl who calls herself like this.
As soon as Yang Yun turned his head, he saw a beautiful face full of sweet smiles, not Chi Li, who else. It's just that Chi Li is still followed by the ninth princess Yang Ying.
"Yo, Brother Yun, Brother Yun!" You're still screaming affectionately. Yang Ying smiled coquettishly on the side, which made Chi Li turn red all of a sudden.
"Old Thirteen, you kid is a bit heavy and light! Your "Stone Story" is only for your sister Li, but you don't want me to be my sister? Who is Cao Yin who wrote this book? I searched through the Zang Shuge Pavilion in the palace, but I couldn't find this book? Where did you see that? Yang Ying was obviously attracted by the book, and chattered endlessly.
"Hehe, Sister Ying, please forgive me for keeping the source of the book secret, but I have a plan to use this book to make money, do you want to hear it?" Yang Yun said with a smile.
"You kid, don't play tricks with your sister and me, if you have something to say, let it go!" Yang Ying said impatiently.
So, Yang Yun told the two of them about his long-awaited plan: Yang Yun's plan was to let Chi Li and Yang Ying pass the first chapters of "The Stone Record" to these aristocratic women, attract their interest, and let the book spread among the nobles, but did not provide the later chapters, hanging everyone's taste. Then find someone to print the book and sell it publicly, so that many people will be eager to come and buy it.
"Sister Jiu, when the time comes, I will be responsible for providing the manuscript, and you and Limei will be responsible for publicity, printing and sales, and we will share it equally, how about it?" Yang Yun said with a smile.
"Cut, I can't see that your kid is honest on the outside but bad in his heart?" Yang Ying said with a smile.
"My ninth sister, this is called hunger marketing, and when the time comes, you will definitely sell a lot of books and earn a lot of silver." Yang Yun smiled proudly.
"You money addict, let's do it, I'll find someone to help you print the book, and also help you sell it, as for the silver, you and Xiaoli will divide it, this princess is not bad for money." Yang Ying said.
"Your Majesty has arrived!" A shrill cry came. The audience immediately fell silent, and everyone hurriedly returned to their positions and knelt down to welcome Emperor Fu's arrival.
Emperor Fu is obviously in a good mood today, because compared with the previous year, there was a big fight in three years and a small fight every year, and this year there was actually a war with any neighboring country. At the same time, this year, God is also quite face-saving, there are no major disasters, so the grain harvest is also good, so the people can fill their stomachs, and there will be no riots.
Emperor Fu stood on the high platform, looked at these important ministers and relatives of the emperor sitting below, and began to speak according to the custom, talking about the gratifying changes of this year, and thanking everyone for their hard work. It's just a pity that the speech that was not long was not completed, and a violent cough made him have to stop speaking, because this cough lasted for a very long time, and Fu Huang almost couldn't come back in one breath. After a while of the busy eunuchs and palace maids, he finally eased up.
This cough tugged at the heartstrings of most of the people present, and some people were very anxious, worried that Emperor Fu would lose their support if something happened; There are also people who are happy, the emperor has always been healthy, and finally there is a disease, and he finally has a chance to come out; Others feel that something should be done now, otherwise it will be too late in case something happens.
It is estimated that after this banquet, the think tanks of some forces will discuss together how to deal with anything that happens.
Soon after Emperor Fu arrived, the banquet officially began, according to the past practice, Emperor Fu wanted to toast everyone with three glasses of wine, and even possibly a single drink with a few first-class adults, but because Emperor Fu had not recovered from a cough just now, he only toasted everyone with a glass and announced the opening of the banquet.
The afternoon activities were several large-scale singing and dancing performances, poetry and calligraphy performances that highlighted the national peace and security, the monarch and the people. Many officials and their families who felt that they were good at writing or calligraphy, as well as relatives of the emperor, were there
On the paper, I wrote my best work.
In this case, Yang Yun, who has the name of a talented man, could not refuse, so he had to "borrow" the poem "Yuan Ri" from Wang Anshi, which made him blush in the praise of everyone, whether true or false.
After the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the first emperor Fu led several important ministers and princes to carry out activities to worship the heavens and ancestors. The weather was good on the third day of the new year, and Fu Huang's body seemed to have fully recovered, so the hunting activities on the third day of the new year were carried out as planned. As a result, Yang Ming, the victor with the most kung fu and experience, lived up to his expectations and won the first place.
In the past few days of the Chinese New Year, the princes have been very harmonious in front of Emperor Fu, a situation of father and son. However, just when Emperor Fu was about to reward Yang Ming, the head hunter, Yang Ming's reward caused a controversy.
"Father! The son doesn't need other rewards, can he welcome the jade concubine out of the cold palace! ”