On the Chinese New Year's Eve of the first year of Nanliang Longteng, the sound of firecrackers in Lin'an City is full of the joy of the Spring Festival.

The Xiao family tavern was closed in the afternoon, and Li Yue also called Wang Teng and Du Sanjin, as well as Du Sanjin's good friend. In the warm hall roasted by the fire, everyone sat around a table, and the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner officially began.

First of all, you must drink Tusu wine, which is said to have been made by Sun Simiao, the medicine king of the Tang Dynasty. Its formula is soaked in wine with rhubarb, atractylodes, cinnamon branches, parsnip, pepper, aconite, aconite and other traditional Chinese medicines.

Sun Simiao always gives a package of invitations to the villagers and neighbors every year. Tell everyone to soak wine with medicine and eat out of breath, which can dispel wind and cold and prevent plague.

After hundreds of years, drinking Tusu wine has become a custom for the New Year, and every household must drink it.

The special thing is that the general wine is usually drunk by the elders first, but Tusu wine is just the opposite, according to the custom, the youngest person in the family drinks it first.

The smallest one here is the little leek. In the past few months, she has been in charge of the betting station of the Royal Lottery in the Liang family's carriage and horse shop, and she has earned a lot of money.

In addition, Liang Youtian felt that he could only meet Li Yue because of the relationship between Xiao Yu and Du Sanjin, otherwise how could he have invested in Daliang Bank, and now the shares of Daliang Bank alone have made Boss Liang's worth several times. Therefore, Boss Liang's salary for Xiao Leek has also doubled.

When a woman has an income, she is naturally willing to spend money on clothes. The little leek was wearing a brand-new fur coat, and the fluffy collar lined the little face.

Although she only took a sip, the choking taste of Tu Su's wine still made her stick out her little tongue. Everyone drank the Tusu wine in order, and finally began to eat.

After everyone has a lively and lively Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, then they have to keep the New Year. The cold wind is howling outside the door, it's not easy to keep such an age.

At Li Yue's suggestion, everyone first played pitching pots. What is surprising is that Master Xiao's projection technique is the best, and he has no false shots, and everyone else is about to go bankrupt.

"Brother Yue, you can tell us a story." The little leek has the worst pitching technique, so he surrenders first.

"Once upon a time, there were two brothers in the martial arts family, one tall and one short. Gao's strength is infinite, and he killed a tiger with his bare hands on Jingyanggang......"

Although Li Yue was already a little drowsy, he still told the story in a clear manner. He is very eloquent and tells vivid stories.

Even Xiao An, who is an elder, is like other young people, holding his cheeks with both hands, and listening to it is called a concentration. Before you know it, the story of the samurai family and the Simon family is finished, and the new year has arrived.

Since the beginning of the Lunar New Year, the people who have come to visit the Xiao family have not stopped, and the invitations have been flying like snowflakes.

On the first day of junior high school, at the invitation of Zhao Suiqian, the governor of the political affairs, he went boating on the West Lake;

In the second year of junior high school, he was invited by Wen Anguo, the third envoy, to his family banquet;

On the third day of junior high school, he inspected the site of West Lake Academy with Zhu Kongyang, the priest of the country;

The fourth day of the new year received the prefect of Lin'an;

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The first ten years of the palace face saint. The Spring Festival holiday will end tomorrow, and Li Yue should go to Quanzhou to start the formation, so today he will go to the palace to resign.

Li Yue didn't go to the main gate of Li in the south of the palace this time, so he had to go around in a big circle. Instead, he took a shortcut to the Donghua Gate in the northeast of the palace. The emperor also has a holiday during the Spring Festival, so there is no need to take a long detour to enter the palace from the south to reflect that the emperor is facing the south.

A small eunuch from the province stood outside the door and said to Li Yue with a smile: "The official family is destined to be selected for the audience in the De Palace. ”

After the little eunuch finished speaking, he still stood in place and did not let go of his body. This is to ask Li Yue for money, he smiled bitterly in his heart, the Son of Heaven summoned the courtiers in the Xuande Hall belongs to the introduction of the courtiers in the inner hall, and the "inner citation" is an expression of the emperor's special grace, which is different from the ordinary front hall to look at the court, and then sit in the back hall. But when such a monarch and ministers met, the eunuch actually reached out and asked for money!

Li Yue had no choice but to take out a silver ingot and stuff it, and the little eunuch took it with a smile, and then led Li Yue in sideways.

There is a convenient road between the Xuande Hall and the Donghua Gate, so Li Yue was introduced into the hall without taking a few steps. Vaguely glancing at Dezhu Chongli, who was sitting in front of him, Li Yue lowered his eyelids and bowed his head slightly to salute.

"Li Qing doesn't need to be polite!" A somewhat tired voice sounded in front of him, "Qing Zhong is diligent in the country, runs a bank, and builds a academy, and his merits are obvious." Let you go to Quanzhou, I am really a little reluctant! ”

"Some meager merits are all due to His Majesty's blessings. The battle of the ministers. ”

After Li Yue finished answering, the hall was silent for a moment, and it took a long time for Zhu Chongli to hesitate and ask: "In Li Qing's opinion, I want to recover, what is it?" ”

Li Yue was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that after he founded the bank, the finances of the imperial court would only improve, and the young man would be a little restless. He was worried that Zhu Chongli would have the idea of chaos, so he persuaded him euphemistically: "May Your Majesty be lenient and accumulate talents, so as to wait for the opportunity." ”

After Zhu Chongli said a soft "oh", he seemed to be a little unwilling to ask: "In this case, do you think you should make peace?" ”

Li Yue puffed up his chest and said in the most solemn posture and the most firm tone: "The minister thinks that the Northern Expedition is a major event related to the national fortune of our dynasty, and if the conditions are not met, you must not act rashly. If the time is ripe, it will sweep the northern captives with the force of thunder. ”

"Very kind!"

At the same time that Li Yue was bidding farewell to Zhu Chongli in the Xuande Palace, Tang Hao also said goodbye to the Emperor Zhu Gaoyan in Deshou Palace.

"He wants to rehabilitate Zong Peng, and he wants to be ashamed of the Northern Expedition!" Zhu Gaoyan said indignantly: "He actually reused Zhang Qi's rice bucket!" Doesn't he know who buried most of the imperial court's troops, grain and grass in Guanzhong back then. ”

"Emperor Taishang Zen is located in His Majesty's knowledge, and he once said that he will never interfere in the government again. These things shouldn't have disturbed the Emperor. Tang Hao bowed down to Zhu Gaoyan, who was sitting, and said respectfully: "But the old minister is worried that His Majesty will be mistaken by the villain. ”

"You're doing the right thing." Although Zhu Gaoyan has already taken the throne, he still has an imperial power in his words, "I will remind the emperor at the right time." ”

"The Emperor is wise! His Majesty has the intention of restoration, all because of Li Yue, the former banner leader of the Holy Army. This person has a lottery and a bank, and the treasury has a slight balance this year. So ......"

"Is that the Li Yue who sells lottery tickets and stocks?" Zhu Gaoyan suddenly became interested.

"Exactly!"

"This is the minister of the pillars of the imperial court!" Zhu Gaoyan's reply was full of approval, so that Tang Hao, who wanted to give Li Yue eye medicine, had to shut up. After all, what royal family wouldn't like a vassal who could make money?

On the eleventh day of the first month of the second year of Nanliang Longteng, Li Yue went to Quanzhou. On the same day, the imperial court issued an edict to rehabilitate Zong Peng, a famous general of the Northern Expedition, and posthumously crowned the king of Chu and was loyal to the military. The exiled families in Lingnan regained their freedom, and all the previously confused family property was returned. He also announced a reward of 500 yuan for finding Zong Peng's bones for reburial.

In the eleventh year of the rejuvenation of the country, Zong Peng died unjustly in the prison of Dali Temple, and Huai Shun, the jailer in charge of guarding Zong Peng, carried Zong Peng's body out. and risked death to bury his body next to two orange trees in the southern suburbs of Lin'an.

At this time, Huaishun was dead, and his son immediately told the government where the body was hidden, causing a sensation in the entire government and the opposition.

The imperial court built the Zongwang Temple on the shore of Xizi Lake, and Zongpeng's body was officially buried, and the incense has continued since then.