The biggest problem of a scholar is that he is too arrogant, as if he has become an omniscient saint after reading a few books, and he can even say such a bastard as "everything is inferior, only reading is high".

Even the state officials of the Han Dynasty were called herdsmen, because in their eyes, the people of the world were like cattle and sheep, and the officials who had read were the shepherds, in other words, those who had not read were livestock in their eyes, and they needed their guidance to live.

The Song Dynasty is the golden age of scholars, in this era, the identity of scholars is infinitely elevated, especially after the imperial examination, Donghuamen roll call, but also regarded by countless people as the highest honor, even if a military general outside the war exploits to destroy the country, when he comes back, it is not as good as the scenery of Donghuamen roll call, which also makes the scholars more proud, and the generals who are ministers are not in their eyes, not to mention the industry, agriculture, and commerce.

In addition to discrimination against other industries, Confucianism also looks down on women, otherwise there would not be the sentence "Only women and villains are difficult to raise", women are only admired as men's vassals in their eyes, Liu E can handle government affairs now, not because she is capable, but because she is Zhao Heng's wife, and the power in her hands is all based on Zhao Heng and Zhao Zhen's father and son.

It is precisely with the above arrogant psychology that although Liu E now holds great power, the ministers in the court still despise her, for example, in the matter of Ding Wei's possible dictatorship, Li Di has never considered Liu E's attitude, and I don't know if he deliberately ignored it, or never thought about it?

"Do you think that if Ding Wei is autocratic, the queen will be Ding Wei's opponent?" Li Di frowned at this time and asked, even after Li Zhang's reminder, he still didn't believe it, not that he didn't believe that Liu E would attack Ding Wei, but that he didn't believe in Liu E's ability.

"No one can say for sure until the last minute of this kind of thing, but I believe that the queen will definitely not tolerate someone dominating the court!" Li Zhang said with great certainty at this time.

In fact, it is normal for Liu E to drive Li Di away and leave Ding Wei, because Zhao Heng will not be able to do it soon, and Zhao Zhen is too young, Liu E must grasp the government, which also requires someone in the court to cooperate with her, and Li Di has always been against Liu E listening to politics, although Ding Wei and Liu E have a gap, but the two have cooperated before after all, so in contrast, Liu E is also more willing to stay Ding Wei.

However, Li Zhang knows that Li Di is gone, and Ding Wei's unlucky day is not far away, if he can honestly cooperate with Liu E to control the government, then Liu E will not move him for the time being, but Ding Wei This villain is rampant, and he began to seize power as soon as Zhao Heng died, which is simply death, and as a result, Liu E quickly found a reason to clean up, and was directly assigned to Hainan Island to fish.

Li Zhang and Li Di chatted while walking, and then they also came to the city gate, and the people who came to see him off also gathered here, after Li Di's carriage came here, these people also stepped forward, Li Di also got out of the carriage, and said goodbye to the old and new friends who saw him off, Li Zhang also jumped out of the carriage at this time, but no one paid attention to him, it is estimated that he was regarded as Li Di's children and grandchildren.

Looking at Li Di, who was surrounded by everyone in the middle, Li Zhang didn't last time, but bowed from afar before turning to leave, but he knew that he and Li Di would definitely see each other again one day, because as far as he knew, after Zhao Zhen was in power, Li Di was transferred back to the capital again, and he has always been deeply trusted by Zhao Zhen, and he was also extremely honored after his death, much stronger than Ding Weike.

Just as Li Zhang turned to leave, the dark sky finally fluttered with sporadic snowflakes, falling on his face and cool, which made Li Zhang can't help but stop, stretch out his hand to catch a few white snowflakes, and can't help sighing at the moment: "It's snowing, and the capital is finally going to change!" ”

Time flies quickly, in a blink of an eye, it is the time of the New Year, the court is also on holiday, Li Zhang does not have to go to the palace every day to look at the potatoes, in fact, the potatoes are very well preserved, and he rarely turns them in ordinary times, usually just go to see it every few days, there is no need to go every day.

Chinese New Year, Li Zhang thought that he could have a lively Spring Festival, but when it came to the Spring Festival, he found that the Great Song Dynasty actually did not attach importance to the Spring Festival, just like a less important festival in later generations, the really important festival is actually the Shangyuan Festival, that is, the fifteenth and sixteenth days of the first month, this is the most important festival of the Great Song Dynasty.

Li Zhang is no stranger to the Shangyuan Festival, after all, there is also this festival in later generations, and he has long been famous for the lanterns in Kaifeng City, and the "Water Margin" in later generations, Song Jiang and others would rather risk killing their heads, but also enter the capital to enjoy the lanterns in the city, which can know the charm of the lanterns in the Shangyuan Festival.

Early in the morning of the fifteenth, Xiuxiu and Tanuki all stayed at home to rest honestly after breakfast, because they had to accumulate physical strength for the lanterns at night, after all, the curfew in Tokyo City was lifted in the past two days, so they also planned to play for a night, Li Zhang and Douzi helped Lao Dao to set up lanterns in front of the door, every household has lanterns on this day, it is said that the bigger the lanterns, the more pedestrians they attract, and the more prosperous the family will be in the coming year.

Not only Li Zhang's family wants to set up lanterns, but the Huyan family next to them is also setting up lanterns, Huyan's family is also fast, after setting up the lanterns, Huyan Shouxin also took a group of brothers to help, and now the Huyan family also knows that the idea of raising ducks in their own family is from Li Zhang, and the ducks raised are also purchased by Li Zhang, so they are usually very polite to Li Zhang's family, and the two families often move around, and the relationship is much closer.

"Brother Shouxin, your lanterns are really chic!" Li Zhang smiled while looking at the lanterns of Huyan's house next to him while working.

I saw that the lanterns of the Huyan family were made into the appearance of a group of cavalry, with paper horses below, and paper people riding on them, one by one with knives and arrows as if they were going to charge, this group of cavalry lanterns should be very powerful, and it was also in line with the identity of the military generals of the Huyan family, but the craftsmanship of the lantern was not up to par, resulting in the paper horses and paper people that looked quite strange, and even reminded Li Zhang of the paper people and paper horses that were tied at the funeral of later generations.

"Cough~, no way, although the family has made some money this year, they can't spend it indiscriminately, so these lights are made by the family, and they don't look good now, and it will be much more beautiful when the lights are lit at night." Hu Yan Shouxin also knew that the lights in his house were not very good, so he smiled awkwardly at the moment.

"Is it a holiday, it was originally to be a lively family, but there are too few people in my family, at most it is to make a little decorative small lamp, and the main lamp still needs to find someone to do it." Li Zhang also smiled at this time, his lamp is a rockery lamp, and he spent a lot of money to ask the lantern craftsman to do it, after all, the festival is such a happy thing, the money that should be spent has to be spent, and now the family has earned a lot of money, and he is also ready to buy some people after the New Year.

With the help of Huyan's family, the rockery lamp was also quickly installed, and Li Yonghe also brought a lot of preserved fruit snacks from the kitchen at this time.

In the afternoon, Li Zhang was also ready to take a break and accumulate physical strength for the activities of appreciating the lanterns at night, but before he could sleep, someone suddenly came to the palace, this time it was not sent by Liu E, but by Zhao Zhen, saying that he wanted to invite him into the palace to enjoy the lanterns in the palace.

After receiving Zhao Zhen's summons, Li Zhang couldn't help but sigh, it seems that today's plan is going to be ruined, Zhao Zhen invited himself into the palace to watch the lanterns, obviously wanting to find someone to accompany him, after all, in this kind of festival celebrated by the whole world, Zhao Zhen can't go out of the palace, and Zhao Heng is seriously ill, Liu E has to deal with government affairs and take care of Zhao Heng, so Zhao Zhen will naturally feel lonely.

Although Zhao Zhen's summons disrupted Li Zhang's plan, he finally decided to enter the palace, after all, there is not much more than him in the family, and there is a lot less than him, but Zhao Zhen is a little pitiful, except for Miao Yuan, it is estimated that he has no other people to accompany him, of course, there are concubines like Yang Guifei in the palace, but after all, they are all adults, and there is still a generation gap with children like Zhao Zhen.

So Li Zhang explained to his family, and then followed the chamberlain into the palace, although the raccoon dog was a little reluctant to him, but Xiuxiu accompanied them, and finally agreed to let Li Zhang leave.

Shangyuan Festival, the palace is also full of lights, and the palace maids are also smiling, after all, in this festival celebrated by the whole world, they also need to relax, although Zhao Heng's illness has brought some heavy atmosphere to the palace, but Zhao Heng's condition has not deteriorated again, so the atmosphere in the palace has slowly relaxed.

When Li Zhang came to Gyeongbok Palace, it was not surprising to see that Miao Yuan was also here, the brother and sister were playing cards boringly, and when they saw Li Zhang come in, they lifted their spirits and said: "Cousin, you are here, the two of us are too boring for the holidays!" ”

"It's even more boring to play cards, let's go and tie up the lanterns!" At this time, Li Zhang stepped forward to collect the cards in the hands of the two, and then pulled them out, and he had to find something to play by himself during the holidays, otherwise he would definitely be bored just staying in the room.

The materials for making lanterns in the palace are ready-made, driven by Li Zhang, Zhao Zhen and Miaoyuan also quickly became interested, and the three of them made three lanterns together, and it was already dark at this time, so they lit the lanterns and walked on the path in the palace with the lanterns, and the palace was full of lanterns everywhere, although it was not as lively as outside the palace, but it was also very beautiful.

After the three of them walked around the palace, Li Zhang suddenly thought of Liu E, so he asked Zhao Zhen: "What about the eldest lady, she should also take a break on the Shangyuan Festival, right?" ”

"I don't know, in the past, when my father was still in good health, he would take us to the imperial city every year to see the outside, but this year my father is seriously ill, and the eldest lady has no time to care about us." Zhao Zhen was very disappointed at this time, and it was precisely for this reason that he sent someone to invite Li Zhang.