After Emperor Zhenzong got into the car, the queen, beauties, and concubines all followed him and got into his car; Li Lanhui and Xu Qinger, two women who served the emperor, are also among them.

From this point of view, Emperor Zhenzong is really an informed man; He pampered other girls and would never forget to give them fame and status, which was really the ratio of unicorns to mice compared to those emperors of the Ming Dynasty.

Several emperors of the Ming Dynasty always wanted to repay their debts when they made a profit from the palace maids, if it weren't for the eunuchs who recorded the real evidence; The palace lady who has slept in the palace has not died unjustly.

Song Zhenzong is a good emperor, there is nothing to say, the emperor does not hold such a grand ceremony to sacrifice prisoners; Zheng Shuang couldn't slap a slap.

Li Lanhui and Xu Qing'er are also really lucky, the two of them accompanied the emperor to sleep; And then he ascended to the sky.

You must know that the women in the harem of the Song Dynasty all have ranks, that is, official ranks, such as the queen, the prime minister, and the official rank of the privy envoy get the highest salary.

The huge guard of honor started from the Yishu Garden in the new sour jujube gate, went to the outer city, entered the inner city, and then entered the palace city.

Jinglong Gate, Xuanwu Gate, Xihua Gate, Donghua Gate, and Danfeng Gate pass through one by one, and then go out of the palace city from Danfeng Gate and go along the royal street.

After the Great Xiangguo Temple, the State Bridge, and the Guozi Eunuch, he came out of the Suzaku Gate to the outer city; After passing through the outer city, go out of Nanxun Gate and go around Wanshengmen and Jinmingchi, and greet Zheng Shuang's army of prisoners at Deshengmen; A grand ceremony was held to sacrifice prisoners, and finally the slaves were cut off by the Jinming Pond; Create the first in the history of the Great Song Dynasty.

The genius of Song Zhenzong was vividly demonstrated in this grand parade of the prisoner sacrifice ceremony, which was no less than the ten thousand array diagram made by his father Song Taizong.

The book of sacrifice of prisoners in the Jingde period was the invention and creation of Emperor Zhenzong; It is much grander than the annual ancestor worship ceremony.

The huge honor guard attracted more than one million citizens, businessmen, and people in Bianliang City to follow, watch, and admire.

Emperor Zhenzong wanted to create a grand atmosphere that had no one before and no one after him, and promote the national prestige of the Great Song Dynasty.

The Great Song army finally captured Xiao Tzu Rin, the king of the Southern Court of Liao, and more than 200 of his subordinates, and Song Zhenzong seemed to warn Xiao Xuan, the empress dowager of Chengtian, and Yelu Longxu, the Liao Shengzong, who were still north of Liyangjin; The two leaders of the ant clan, you are a mother and son, open your eyes and see, the majestic momentum formed by the powerful Song Dynasty capital can also crush you Liao Dog to death.

Undoubtedly, Bianliang City in the Northern Song Dynasty was the most prosperous city in the world in the ninth century; There is an endless stream of foreign envoys who come to "pilgrimage" from all over the world.

Today, there is no more devout pilgrimage than Mecca, but the pilgrims of Bianliang in the Northern Song Dynasty were even more than Mecca.

The Northern Song Dynasty court advocated Confucianism and Taoism, and advocated that all brothers in the world and the four seas should be brothers.

Until the 21st century, foreign experts in the study of Song history wanted to travel to Bianliang, Tokyo, in the Northern Song Dynasty to experience the life of the Song people at that time.

Although the Great Song Dynasty did not have as prominent and proud historical achievements as the Han and Tang dynasties in terms of politics and military, its developed economy and the urban civilization it created were a miracle after all.

Needless to say, the officials living in the cities of the Song Dynasty were the most comfortable ethnic group, and the small citizens of the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty were also the happiest people in all dynasties; At that time, the people in Bianliang, Tokyo, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, were already very petty bourgeoisie.

After the small citizens of the Northern Song Dynasty got up early, they also bought water to wash their faces and rinse their mouths; This group of city dwellers wakes up every day to the clear voice of the timekeeper and eats breakfast like the twenty-first-century people before going to work.

The morning market in the Song Dynasty was very lively, and ordinary people did not open stoves at home; Therefore, in the morning market, there are not only many shops that sell breakfast that are busy and lively, serving some breakfast dishes such as "filling lungs", "fried lungs", porridge and rice that can be bought for one or two dollars, and at the same time, there are also shops selling noodle soup.

What is noodle soup? It is the water that sells face washing and mouthwashing.

Some people also buy face wash and mouthwash? In the Song Dynasty, there were those who did not open the stove at home and did not want to light the stove to boil water; I often go to these stalls to wash my face and rinse my mouth.

After breakfast, the city residents of the Song Dynasty did whatever they wanted, and saw a monk on the way; Occasionally, a few pennies will be thrown at them.

There was a man named Zhao Lin who joined the army as the secretary of Kaifeng Prefecture, and his job was to register the situation of several families who had newly moved to the city; I finished all the work before noon, so I went to the old restaurant I frequented.

Go to the restaurant at noon: the hotel is picky, and the service is warm and thoughtful - the tertiary industry in the Northern Song Dynasty is so developed and inextricably linked with the social environment.

At that time, there were 72 main restaurants in Bianliang, Tokyo, and countless of the rest were small shops called "foot shops".

One of the most famous is the "Alum Building" located on Mahang Street, which was later changed to "Fengle Building".

Fengle Building is connected to the largest avenue in Tokyo, and during the Xuanhe period, it is more three floors high, and the fifth floor is facing each other, "each has a flying bridge railing, light and shade are connected, the bead curtain is embroidered, and the lights and candles are shining", which is very magnificent.

In addition, the famous main stores are: Chengdong Song Gate Wai Renhe store, ginger shop; Yicheng Tower in the west of the city, Liu Lou under Jinliang Bridge, Caomen Manwang's house. Cheese Zhangjia; Eight Immortal Towers in the north of the city, Zhengmenhe Wang's house, etc.

The hotel management and service in the Song Dynasty are good, and there are private rooms for guests to choose from; You can also be responsible for helping guests call singers to help them have fun.

The second child who was in charge of singing the name of the dish was called "Xingcai" at that time, and the answer in the kitchen was called "Zhuzhi".

These people are quite clever, and they are basically good at "listening to the six ways and seeing the eight directions", because once the action is unfavorable, the wrong thing to ask for offends the guest; Not only will you be scolded by the guests, but you will also be deducted from the hotel, and even expelled.

"Tokyo Menghualu" records: "Scatter to meet everyone's call, and there is no room for error." If there is a mistake, the owner of the guest will be scolded, or fined the wages, or even chased away. ”

In the hotel in Bianliang, Tokyo, there are also people who specialize in pouring hot wine, called Dr. Tea and Dr. Wine.

The women in the neighborhood wore blue and white cloth handkerchiefs around their waists, and they exchanged soup and poured wine for the drinkers; Not only do they help you heat up the wine, but as soon as your glass is empty, it will be filled for you immediately, these wine doctors are very observant; However, the high-quality service is not so easy to enjoy, and it takes a minimum of 70 yuan to drink a bottle of good wine in the Song Dynasty; 70 wen yuan is converted into the coins of later generations, and it will cost 300 yuan to say the least.

At that time, there were many famous wines, such as Huanghuatang from western Zhejiang, Zhanjitang from eastern Zhejiang, Qionghualu from Yangzhou, Qiyun Qinglu from Suzhou, Penglaichun from Yuezhou, and Qinhuaichun from Nanjing. As long as you have enough money in your pocket, drink whatever you want.

People with official positions like Zhao Lin, who joined the army in Kaifeng Prefecture, generally have the ability to go to Fengle Building several times a month.

Tokyo citizens have a lot of fun visiting amusement parks in the afternoon, watching sumo wrestling and miscellaneous shows.

If the afternoon work is done and nothing else is done; You can ask your friends to go to the playground and watch theatrical performances or something.

The amusement places of the Song Dynasty were called "Wazi", "Wazhuo", "Goolan" and so on.

Wazi and Washi are relatively large comprehensive theatrical performance venues in the city, and most of the performers are professional artists, which are much more high-end than Goolan.

The hook fence is just a small field surrounded by railings, ropes, and curtains.

But whether it is a tile or a hook, the program is extremely rich.

According to historical records, there were more than 50 tiles in Bianliang City at that time, and there were all kinds of performances such as sumo, puppet (puppet show), shadow play, miscellaneous play, back business riddles, and local talks.

The curfew was completely lifted in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty. There is a very popular word in the Two Song Dynasty - "the proud people of the cage sleeves", and its meaning is clear at a glance.

The nightlife of the people in the city of the Song Dynasty is unusually rich, every night, the city of Bianliang is brightly lit, the crowds are surging, and the red lights are hung high.

From time to time, there are voices of artists performing and citizens talking in restaurants and teahouses.

There are some famous teahouses gathered in the vicinity of the Hongqiao of the Bianhe River, which often attract people to come here to fight tea and have fun.

Tea fighting, also known as "tea war", is a custom to evaluate the quality of tea in the form of competition, and many people are keen on it in the Song Dynasty, where tea culture was developed.

The winner of the tea fight will generally win a pot of dragon wells rewarded by the teahouse.

Tea fighting is naturally not a simple tea fight, people will listen to people while drinking tea, and those who don't want to drink tea can eat some snacks.

At that time, Kaifeng was prosperous and open. "Eight wildernesses contend, all nations become passable", "All nations boat and car meeting, Zhongtian elephant Wei Xiong".

The number of foreigners who came to the Song Dynasty was no less than that of the Tang Dynasty, and its commercial atmosphere was also very strong, and the degree of civilization was higher than that of other countries.

Therefore, the Song people were also quite popular abroad. When he was in Goryeo, "it was the day when the people of Goryeo greeted the Shao, and they cheered and sighed when they watched the country." In the eyes of other people at that time, the Song Dynasty was the kingdom of heaven and a great kingdom.

Of course, cooking was not all the same during the Northern Song Dynasty, and Bianliang Castle in Tokyo was cut down by a large number of trees by predecessors, and people were already facing the situation that they could not cook without firewood.

So how do they cook? This is not difficult for the ancients, the people of the Northern Song Dynasty have already discovered coal.

Although the cost of coal mining is larger, the Northern Song Dynasty is a relatively strong and prosperous period; At that time, people could still afford to consume.

Although most of the coal in the vicinity of Bianliang City has begun to be used, there is still more straw burning in the countryside; Because after all, it doesn't cost money to have straw at home, so you can save a lot of money.

The city of Bianliang in the Northern Song Dynasty is different, the restaurant is very prosperous, and dozens of dishes can be supplied to customers at any time; Customers can eat as long as they sit down and order.

In fact, in the book of Meng Yuanlao, there are many descriptions of restaurant cuisine.

The Bianliang people of the Northern Song Dynasty had abundant consumption, ordered extravagantly, and could spend hundreds of taels of silver at every turn.

There are 100 luxurious private rooms in the Huixian Restaurant, with all kinds of equipment; Not at all worse than a modern five-star hotel.

Therefore, as long as you come to eat, even if there are only two people, you must use "one pair of bowls, two pairs of plates, five pieces of fruit and vegetable plates, and four or five water vegetable bowls", which is almost a big cost.

One tael of silver in the Northern Song Dynasty is equivalent to about 300 yuan, and the monthly salary of the Bapin County Order in the Northern Song Dynasty is about 4,500 yuan, which is very similar to the ordinary civil servants in the third- and fourth-tier cities now.

So everyone can almost understand it this way, it is true that Meng Yuanlao wrote that two people in Bianliang City in the Northern Song Dynasty went to a big hotel to have a meal and spent three months' salary.

And the patriarch also said that the attention of the Bianliang people in the Northern Song Dynasty is not just as simple as entertaining. "Although one person drinks alone, the bowl uses a silver bowl and the like", at that time, even if the Bianliang moats ate by themselves, they must use the highest level of tableware to show their status.