The first day of the first lunar month is the most important day of the year.

This day not only represents the first day of the new year, but also its importance to the imperial court is self-evident.

Every year on the first day of the first lunar month, the imperial court has to hold a grand court meeting, which is a thing that all dynasties have always done, and the scale is always the largest in the year.

All the officials in Chang'an, whether they are ministers with honorary positions in Zhengyipin, or those new birds who have just stepped into officialdom from the ninth grade, must be present on this day.

However, with the implementation of the policy of streamlining the imperial court, the number of people attending the court meeting on the first day of the first lunar month has not decreased much.

Because a large amount of fresh blood is replenished every year, the number of officials in the imperial court has broken through the 1,000 mark again.

Of course, in the future, this number will be limited to about a thousand.

After three years of adaptation and relaxation, these people now have the energy to deal with the task at hand, if before they let each of them play twelve points of energy, then now, everyone only needs to play nine points of energy is enough.

There is nothing new in the Great Pilgrimage, it is all some clichés.

First, Emperor Li Yuanji made some remarks, and then Emperor Taishang spoke, all of which were good wishes and expectations.

Of course, these words can only be heard by those who stand at the front, and even those at the back of the hall can hardly hear them.

As for those new birds from the ninth grade, their position is more awkward, and the farthest is almost to Chengtianmen, but these people are not here to be frozen, and there are attendants who will gradually pass the words in the main hall.

After the court meeting, it is a set of rituals to worship the heavens and ancestors.

Although Li Yuanji was a little tired of this, he still completed the whole process under the guidance of the officials of the Ministry of Rites.

Fortunately, Li Yuanji does not like to waste time, which makes all the officials express their strong support, and the content of most of the day has been compressed to an hour and a half.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, it officially entered the holiday.

There are only two holidays in Datang, very few, and very monotonous, one is a normal holiday, which is called a rest day, and it is one day off.

The other is the New Year, which begins on the first day of the first month of each year, and the country has a fifteen-day holiday, which is not over until after the Shangyuan Festival.

"Hey, will it be so easy next year, but it may not be ......" Leaving the palace gate, Fang Xuanling looked at the people around him and couldn't help sighing, but there was an endless smile on his face.

Expanding the territory is something that every courtier wants to do, although those things are mainly done by the generals, but they are also inseparable from them, the civil servants who are closely supported in the court.

"Don't you old horseman just want to go down in history? Hypocrisy! Cheng Zhijie couldn't help but bury his sentence.

"Drink! It's like you, an old horseman, don't want to, if you don't want to, why have you read a lot of books lately, and your behavior is no longer ridiculous and ignorant? Fang Xuanling didn't care, and went back directly.

"Haha......" Fang Xuanling's words caused a burst of laughter from the rest of the ministers.

Cheng Zhijie's old face turned red, and he stretched out his hand and pointed at Fang Xuanling: "Old man, old man wants to duel with you......"

"Jingde, it seems that someone still owes it up...... Haha......" Fang Xuanling glanced at Wei Chi Jingde quietly and laughed.

Wei Chi Jingde scratched his head very embarrassedly, if he wants to say that he doesn't blame himself for this, a few months ago, Cheng Zhijie did too much, so the emperor asked him to go to Cheng Zhijie to practice, and then this matter became an after-dinner chat among the ministers, which really made Cheng Zhijie lose face.

This is not the most excessive, what is even more excessive is that Li Yuanji specially ordered someone to start writing an official history.

Official history, as the name suggests, the history of officials.

Since the beginning of Datang, who is in charge of each position, how long has it been done, and who is the successor? Any merits or mistakes, and the reasons for leaving office, must be recorded.

It had been some time before, so it wasn't as detailed as the request, but since the beginning of the Shenyuan period, this record has become even more detailed, not to mention recording their every move, but it's not too much.

There are pros and cons, but it's clear that the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.

A war horse, with a cavalry rider on it, galloped wildly in Chang'an City.

Nowadays, horses are forbidden in Chang'an, that is, no one is allowed to ride a horse in Chang'an City, except for the patrol of the forbidden army and the personnel authorized by the emperor.

Of course, there is another kind of person who is not within this limitation, and even his privileges are greater than those of the forbidden army and the chartered personnel.

That is the cavalry with a small red flag behind it, no matter who the cavalry is, no matter what the rank, no matter where it comes from, as long as there is a small red flag behind it, all the city gates must be opened from afar to greet them, and the passage must be cleared to ensure that it will not be affected.

All the people must retreat in advance, and anyone who hinders the speed of the cavalry because they do not retreat will be punished, and whoever directly causes a car accident is a serious crime, and the distribution or anything is light.

And the privilege of these cavalry is not only that, not only can they gallop in Chang'an, but even in the palace, they also have this right.

Seeing this scene, several people couldn't help but get out of the way.

Rao is that they control most of the power of the entire Tang Dynasty, and no one dares to hinder the transmission of military intelligence at this time, in the face of military intelligence, anyone is inferior, this is not negotiable.

It's just that, to everyone's surprise, the cavalry did not enter the palace directly, but stopped in front of Fang Xuanling and the others.

Then he was out of breath, and he didn't even care about being tired, he turned over and dismounted, took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Li Jing.

And this scene made many people frown.

Three red flags, which means 300 miles of urgency, 300 miles a day, changing horses everywhere without changing people, it can be said that the time to rest in a day is only a little short, and even eating must be solved on horseback.

A sturdy man, who ran from Yazhou all the way, is now unbearable, which also means that there is an accident in Yazhou?

Li Jing took the letter without changing his face, and opened it directly in front of the public to take a look.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it seems that we can't rest today." After saying a word to everyone, he turned to look at the general of the forbidden army: "General Lao Fu will settle this soldier first, and when the old man comes out of the palace, he will arrange it himself." ”

"It's okay, such a trivial matter will be handed over to the humble post, and the general will ask ......" Knowing that it was a big matter, the general of the prison gate did not dare to be careless, so he took it directly.

Holiday? Everyone wants it, but in the face of this kind of thing, the holidays seem insignificant.

And how long can it take them? One day? Or two days?

For these bigwigs, it doesn't matter if they have one more day or one less day off, if they can ensure their power, even if there is no holiday, they will not have any complaints.

Because they were standing relatively far ahead, they left relatively late, and there was almost no one behind, so there was no obstacle to returning to the palace at this time.

Enjoying the joy of humanity may be the life that every old man hopes to live.

Li Yuanji, who hadn't been together with Li Yuan for a long time, followed Li Yuan back to the harem directly after leaving the court, and at the same time had already asked the queen and Yu'er to wait there with their children.

Today's harem is no longer what it used to be, although the decoration is still similar to before, but with the heating turned on, the winter here is not so cold and damp.

But maybe he was used to living in Taipingfang, and it wasn't until yesterday that Li Yuan returned to the palace with endless interest, of course, the previous Qi Palace, now it has completely become Li Yuan's palace.

However, Li Yuanji didn't care about this, but just sent people to build a few glass houses there, and also sent some forbidden troops.

Taipingfang is not a palace, and the security is naturally not as good as the palace, Li Yuanji is not worried that Li Yuan will stay there alone.

Of course, this is not for house arrest or surveillance, but purely as a son, for the sake of the father's safety.

Eating palace cakes and tasting the delicacies of the palace, the queen and Yu'er each held a half-year-old child in their arms, and the two five-year-old sons kept frolicking, chasing the emperor Li Yuan to ask for money.

This scene reminded Li Yuanji of when he was a child in later life, and he always liked to hang out in front of his grandparents.

At that time, because of my thin skin, I was embarrassed to ask for a red envelope, as long as I didn't give money, and then I brushed my sense of existence again and again.

The scenes of my childhood are still deeply engraved in my mind, but unfortunately it is in the past and I can never come back.

Maybe it was time that diluted Li Yuan's sadness, or maybe it was the liveliness of the two princes who amused Li Yuan, Li Yuan ordered someone to get the money, and at the same time teased the two emperors and grandsons, with smiles on their faces, and seemed to enjoy the current day.

couldn't help but think of another person, who accepted Guanyin's maid at the beginning, but it was just for revenge, but now it seems that what he has done is a little excessive, but since the matter is done, it is useless to regret it.

It's just that now that the New Year is over, his family is happy here, but only Guanyin is left alone in the deep palace, with a son who has just completed the moon, thinking of this, Li Yuanji is a little unbearable.

"Send some of these pastries to the Sili Palace, and say that I'll come over later."

Sili Palace, the harem did not have this palace, it was changed later, and now it is the residence of Guanyin, in fact, since the Guanyin maid was pregnant, he has rarely gone there, not because the desire can not be satisfied, but the heart always feels too bad.

As soon as the words fell, Li Yuanji's eyes saw the ministers who had gone and returned, and he couldn't help frowning.