Chapter 527: New Year's Day Party
The first day of the first month, New Year's Day.
At this time, it had been more than a month since the Huhai Rebellion. The situation in the entire Great Qin is still Fusu in power, although the First Emperor has woken up from his coma. But now that he has lost his vitality, he can only lie in bed to recuperate.
The people who participated in the rebellion have already been killed and punished, and even Zhao Tuo, the confidant of the first emperor, has been stripped of all his titles, and he can only be a rich man in Xianyang City from now on.
New Year's Day, for the Chinese nation, is second only to the Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival from any point of view. In order to celebrate this festival, but also to sweep away the bad luck these days, Fusu ordered the entire Xianyang to be vigorously operated, for which Li Chen specially ordered the following chambers of commerce to carry out a large-scale promotion festival by various merchants.
In order to celebrate New Year's Day, Xianyang specially lifted the curfew on this day. In the whole Xianyang City, there are restaurants open for business everywhere, and the lights are bright and green. The people are lively, the palace is naturally lively, the palace outside Fusu and the ministers held a large-scale picnic together, if such an activity is in modern times, it can be called a wild party.
The imperial chef in the palace displayed his eighteen martial arts, a variety of stir-fried, stewed, and steamed dishes. There are even a few large piles of bonfires, on which they are leaning on the barbecue, roasting whole beef, relying on whole sheep, roasting suckling pig and so on.
The strong fragrance wafted throughout the palace, and some of the eunuchs and palace maids serving next to them couldn't help but swallow their saliva. They only hope that the appetite of these princes and ministers today is not very good, and they can give them some leftover when they eat. When they clean up, they can also feast. Of course, if there is really nothing left, then it is better not to gnaw the bones too cleanly. When they clean up, it's also a good idea to be able to suck a few bites of bones.
"Your Majesty has arrived." A shrill shout rang out, and all the ministers stood up.
At this time, I saw that the First Emperor was surrounded by ministers and was pushed over by a eunuch in a wheelchair. The First Emperor's mental state did not seem to be very good, and he looked pale, as if he had suddenly aged more than ten years compared to the previous months.
The First Emperor forcibly fought a battle when the poisonous sores had not healed, and the poisonous blood had spread throughout the body. Fortunately, there was a period of detoxification before, which made the toxicity of the poisonous sores much less. The First Emperor is now completely relying on their precious herbs to support themselves, although they have temporarily saved their lives, but the situation is not optimistic.
The First Emperor forcibly cheered up, looked at a group of ministers who were sitting in a precarious position, and saw the First Emperor's ministers who were still talking and laughing just now, and he seemed a little restrained.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm getting old, and I don't know how long my body can last to support it. Fortunately, Fusu is benevolent, and I hope that you can assist Fusu like I did. ”
"Cough, cough, cough." The First Emperor spoke, coughing violently.
"We, swear allegiance to Your Majesty and your son." All the ministers spoke from the bottom of their hearts.
Above the court, among the ministers, there may be factional disputes, and there are countless grievances and hatreds, but for the first emperor, everyone has sincere respect.
The man in front of him, since he ascended the throne at the age of 13, he has been fighting and struggling every day. Great Qin did indeed unify the six kingdoms under his leadership, and it was thriving. Now that he's really old, he can't fight anymore.
This is probably the most decadent time Li Chen has ever seen the First Emperor, the venom attacks the heart, although he is still alive, he is accompanied by the sickbed every day. I don't know, if the First Emperor is allowed to choose once, he will still go to quell the chaos with his injuries. If the First Emperor had not been injured in the battle, perhaps it would not be in this situation.
But he is the First Emperor, he is the god of war of that Great Qin, if he is given a chance, he will inevitably make the same choice.
The first emperor's current physical condition is not optimistic, and it is very cold outside in winter, even if there is a bonfire, it is still a little cold. The First Emperor didn't stay long outside before being pushed back to the palace by the little eunuch.
After the First Emperor left, everyone's mood was a little low. But what should continue must be continued, and after a few rounds of spirits, everyone also opened the conversation. The younger generation gets together with the younger generation, and the older generation gets together with the older generation. Everyone was surrounded by a bonfire, pushing cups and changing lamps to talk about whether it was so happy.
At this time, Li Si walked in front of Li Chen with his son Li You, picked up a generation of wine and saluted Li Chen: "Generalissimo, I don't know if my little boy may be in sight." ”
Li Chen and Li You's friendship is not deep, if you insist on friendship, it may be the friendship of the family eight hundred years ago. But the friendship is not deep, and the friendship is not deep. But for Li You, Li Chen still said yes.
Although Li You has always served as a guard in the palace, he is not as good as the generals of the frontier in terms of military exploits. But from the matter of dealing with the rebellion this time, Li You handled it properly, and he relied on inferior troops to defend the palace.
At this time, the princes and ministers who were drinking wine and eating meat, chatting and laughing, looked at Li Si one after another, and for a while, everyone's eyes were focused on Xiao Li and Lao Li.
"Li Si, this old boy, is this going to hug your thighs?" Meng Yi took a sip of wine and teased.
"Find a way for your son, Li You, this kid is a general, and he guards the imperial city here all day long, and he is indeed a little condescending." Veteran Li Xin echoed.
"Hey, it's the world of young people from now on." Another civilian official echoed the words.
The drunken gibberish of the crowd was naturally clearly heard by Li Si. But Li Si didn't care in the slightest, but stared at Li Chen directly, as if waiting for his answer.
"The tiger father has no dogs, Ling Lang is really a general." Li Chen replied.
Li Si is still worthy of respect, although in the history of his previous life, this person has some meaning of late insecurity. But for now, there is nothing to say.
"I don't know how old I am, can I get a position in the Generalissimo Army for the dog?" Lees asked.
For a general like Li You, Li Chen naturally did not refuse, and he naturally could not refuse Li Si's request.
"I can't ask for knowledge, so let's transfer General Li Youping into our army." Li Chen responded boldly.
"Thank you Generalissimo, don't say it's a flat tone, it's to start with a small soldier, and Li You is also willing." Li You said excitedly.
For a soldier of Great Qin, there is nothing that can make him happier when he goes to the battlefield. Thinking that he finally didn't have to guard this cold city wall, and that he could finally open up territory for Great Qin, Li You felt that his blood was hot.
Li Chen's group has new blood to join, and after a few glasses of wine, everyone has opened the conversation.
"Generalissimo, where will we fight first next year." Li You asked.
"Of course it's those little days....... A good Fuso person who has a good life. Li Chen replied vaguely while drinking.
(End of chapter)