Just after the New Year, on the sixth day of the first lunar month, Li Shi, the son of heaven, issued a formal decree to remove Chang Gon from the phase, demoted to the Shaoyin of Henan Mansion, and appointed Han Rong as the right minister, Yang Yan as the left minister of the door, and the same Zhongshu Men Pingzhangshi, and Qiao Lin as the Zhongshu Men Pingzhangshi, Shangshu Zuo Servant, Cui Youfu as the Zhongshu Shilang, with the Zhongshu Men Pingzhangshi, and removed Li Mian Pingzhang from the post of Biansong Festival, and appointed Li Mi as the subordinate servant, with the Zhongshu Men Pingzhangshi.

Coupled with the previous Yan Zhenqing and Duan Xiushi, the imperial court increased the number of ministers to seven phases, and Li Shi issued an order at the same time to reopen the political affairs hall and restore the two-phase system to the multi-phase system.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, seven ministers gathered in the Zhongshu Provincial Government Hall, and the first thing they discussed was not the succession ceremony of the Son of Heaven, which was not officially held after the burial of the first emperor.

The first topic they discussed was the task given to them by the Son of Heaven regarding the arrangements for this year's Shangyuan Festival.

The Tang Dynasty New Year is just a day to worship ancestors, but the festival that really makes the people celebrate and inspire is the Shangyuan Festival, which is today's Lantern Festival, which has been gradually diluted today, but in the Tang and Song dynasties, this is a grand and grand festival, far more than the New Year.

In the round hall of the government hall, seven ministers are discussing the affairs of the Shangyuan Festival.

A month ago, the emperor died, and the imperial court issued a decree to prohibit entertainment and weddings for a month, and the Shangyuan Festival has passed the ban period of a month.

But at this time, the Son of Heaven asked the Seven Phases to discuss the arrangements for the Shangyuan Festival, which really made everyone a little unclear, so what did the Son of Heaven mean to prohibit celebration and continue to mourn, or to promote the joy of the Shangyuan Festival?

Everyone's eyes looked at the right prime minister, Han Yun, an hour ago, he came back from the imperial study of the Son of Heaven just now, and he should have obtained the true intention of the Son of Heaven.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we don't need to be reminded by the Holy Lord."

Han Yun smiled and said to everyone: "Today's sound and sensual entertainment in Chang'an has begun, since there is no prohibition in the Holy Heaven, there is no reason to prohibit the Lantern Festival in Shangyuan Festival, so we have to think on the good side." ”

"Does the Holy One want to make the Shangyuan Festival more festive and lively?" Jolene asked.

Qiao Lin's appointment as Xiangguo is indeed unexpected by many people, he has neither served as Xiangguo like Yang Yan and Cui Youfu, nor is he as talented as Li Mi, he is a mediocre court official, although he is old, but he has no outstanding political achievements, and everyone speculates that he is based on his seniority and seniority.

Han Yun nodded, "In fact, the Holy Lord wants to change the sad and depressing atmosphere for more than a month, and make the people of Chang'an a little more festive. ”

Everyone immediately understood that the Son of Heaven was creating a grand and festive atmosphere for his official enthronement, washing away the sadness and coldness caused by the death of the first emperor, and the Shangyuan Festival was the best opportunity.

Thinking of this, the political hall immediately became active, and everyone said a word, and a lively and festive plan was gradually introduced.

The core of the Shangyuan Festival is the lantern festival, and the lantern festival is mainly based on the spontaneous people, but first of all, the imperial court must create conditions, one is to open the curfew, do not close the city gate, and allow the people to carnival all night, followed by to take out the giant lanterns, after all, the financial resources of ordinary merchants are limited, and the real giant court needs to be taken out by the government, and then the second is to publicize, guide public opinion, and encourage businesses and people to actively participate in this lantern activity.

Since the Son of Heaven attaches great importance to this Shangyuan Festival, the Political Affairs Hall has set up a Shangyuan Preparatory Bureau headed by Han Rong and supplemented by Qiao Lin and Yan Zhenqing, which is fully responsible for all preparations for the Shangyuan Festival.

The imperial court immediately posted a notice, announcing that the curfew would be lifted for three days during the Shangyuan Festival, and a grand Shangyuan Lantern Festival would be held to encourage major businesses to actively participate in the Shangyuan Lantern Festival.

It is under the active guidance of the imperial court that the atmosphere of the Shangyuan Lantern Festival has heated up rapidly, and the major merchants are gearing up to prepare lanterns, and the people of Chang'an have also begun to look forward to the arrival of the Shangyuan Festival.

"Dead fatty, when will you get our lanterns ready?" As soon as Zhang Lei walked into the door of the liquor store, Li Wenyu yelled at him.

Zhang Lei is so busy these days that his feet don't touch the ground, just three days ago, the concubine Caiyun gave birth to a daughter for him, invited the midwife, arranged the confinement wife, the nursing mother, and Zhang Lei was running alone inside and out.

It was easy to take a breath, and his wife Li Wenyu asked him to be responsible for purchasing the lanterns of Meishou wine, seeing that there were not many days before the Shangyuan Festival, Zhang Lei felt bitter in his heart, and now he is rushing to make lanterns, where is the time?

Li Wenyu didn't understand his hard work at all, in Li Wenyu's opinion, her husband deserved it, who made him want to marry a concubine?

Zhang Lei said with a bitter face: "Today is already the tenth day of the first month, Shangyuan Lantern Thirteen is going to move out, there are only three days left, you force me to death, and I can't take it out." ”

Li Wenyu glared at him fiercely, "I confessed to you three days ago, who told you not to do it?" ”

"It's not that my little sister was born, you're the eldest mother, you don't care, but you have to let me, the father, take care of it, okay?"

Li Wenyu wanted to say, 'What are you busy with me?' But she also knew that when she said this, her husband was really angry.

She swallowed these words back into her stomach and said hatefully: "What do you say? We won't participate in this Shangyuan Lantern Festival? ”

"Of course not, I went to the warehouse this morning and looked through it, our lanterns from last year are still there, who do I mean, let's continue to use last year's lanterns."

"No way!"

Li Wenyu flatly refused, "You can figure it out, with last year's lanterns, you are not afraid of being laughed at by others?" ”

"I really can't do it, just wait for next year! It's too late to tie the lantern now. ”

"But I paid the money for the lamp position, so let our lamp position be empty? Let others think that something is wrong with Meishou wine, and there are lanterns in the Treasure Pavilion, you won't think about it."

The big shopkeeper next to him really sympathized with Zhang Dongzhu, he stepped forward and smiled: "I have a way, swap the lanterns of the Treasure Pavilion and the lanterns of the Meishou Wine Shop, and then change the three words of the Treasure Pavilion to Meishou Wine." ”

Zhang Lei patted his thigh, "This is a good way, why didn't I expect that the lanterns in the warehouse of the Treasure Pavilion from several years ago are still there, it is the spirit monkey offering treasure, let's change the spirit monkey offering treasure to the spirit monkey offering wine, and then play the brand of the world's first wine, and the effect will come out, and then put our Meishou wine last year's Chang'e running to the moon in the East Market, temporarily tie some small lantern decorations of jewelry and jade, and turn them into fairy scattered flowers, isn't this okay?" ”

Li Wenyu's face was a little better, and she asked, "Is it too late for three days?" ”

"Just in time! Make it! I've been running this thing for the past few days to ensure that it won't be delayed. ”

"You don't care about the little sister?"

"This ......" Zhang Lei scratched his head, a little embarrassed.

Li Wenyu grabbed his ear, "Dead pig's head, this time the old lady will help you once, I will take care of the little sister's side, and tell you, if you dare to hook other women into the house again, it is strange if I don't kill you!" ”

Zhang Lei grinned in pain, "Lady, lightly, I promise that there will be no next time, I swear by Master!" ”

Li Wenyu let him go, "Don't go and do things quickly, in the future, you don't use the master to swear, you are dozens of years old, and you don't understand anything at all!" ”

"Obey the orders of the lady!"

Zhang Lei escaped, he was so happy that he ran away, the big shopkeeper next to him was really speechless, their fat proprietor was afraid of his wife, and it seemed that he was afraid to the bones.

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The main battlefield of the Shangyuan Festival Lantern Festival is in the Suzaku Street and the East Market, the West Market Square, generally not held in the squares, mainly for fear of the lanterns causing fires, the square in front of the Suzaku Gate is building a giant lantern tree in the past two days, this lantern tree has appeared in the Tianbao years, known as the most lanterns, and has been discarded in the warehouse later.

This lamp tree is composed of more than 9,000 small lanterns, the lanterns have been rotted and can not be used, but the lampstand part is intact, the main trunk is made of a thousand-year-old tree up to ten zhang high, it is harvested from the deep mountains of Yuzhang County, and transported to Chang'an by water, originally it was to be the main beam of the Hanyuan Palace, but in the end this one was left, and it was made into the main trunk of the lamp tree by the craftsmen.

Then the branches are made of long wood, mounted on the main trunk, and finally nearly 10,000 lanterns of various kinds are hung on the branches, forming a dazzling and incomparable lamp tree.

It took hundreds of craftsmen and more than a thousand soldiers three days to erect the lantern tree, which was held in place with eight huge iron stakes, and the lamp tree would not fall easily unless it was in a violent storm.

The square in front of the East Market and the West Market is also very busy, the lanterns here are mainly provided by the merchants, this is also an opportunity to advertise, the lantern exhibition area of each business is about 20 square meters, the rent is ten yuan, in addition to placing the lanterns, you can also set a table to sell all kinds of gadgets.

Almost all businesses are busy placing lanterns, Meishou wine shop is no exception, the lantern of Meishou wine shop is called the spirit monkey wine, in fact, it is the lantern spirit monkey of last year's treasure pavilion, a three-zhang high monkey will be a plate held high, the plate was originally a variety of jewels, but now it has become a very big wine bottle, the wine bottle is written with the three big characters of 'Meishou wine', and the wine bottle in Chang'e's hand is changed to the plate in the lantern of last year's 'Chang'e to the moon'.

And 'Chang'e Running to the Moon' was changed to a fairy scattering flowers, and the wine bottle became a flower basket, sprinkling all kinds of jewels to the world and placing them in the square of Dongshi.

There is also a line of big characters above the spirit monkey offering wine, which is newly made this year, and it is written 'the first wine in the world', which is the imperial pen of the Son of Heaven, even if some people are not convinced, they dare not say it.

"Stand up, yes! The word Tianzi is a little to the left, and the spacing of each word must be the same, measure it with a ruler! ”

Zhang Lei was loudly instructing a few guys to set up lanterns, when two children whispered behind him, "Brother, is this monkey the one I saw in Dongshi last year?" ”

"Seems like yes! The black stain on the monkey's tail was still stained by me. ”

Zhang Lei's fat face twitched when he heard this, damn it, he was really recognized.