This year's Spring Festival Yang Lian had a fairly comfortable time, without the busyness of the previous years, the whole person also relaxed, Yang Lian even closed the door, and occasionally drank with a few friends in his spare time. The days of pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info passed day by day, and two days before the Chinese New Year's Eve, Yang Lian got the dictation of the Son of Heaven and ordered him to enter the palace on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve to keep the New Year.

Yang Lian originally wanted to be in Yang's mansion, but the Son of Heaven called him, so he could only fulfill the promise, and keeping the New Year was the most important custom of the Spring Festival, not sleeping that night, or eating and drinking, or chatting, or having fun, until dawn. Yang Lian thought about it, let Li Xiongxin find a carpenter, drew a sketch for him, let the carpenter make according to the things on the map, the time was a little insufficient, Yang Lian took five hangs of money to him, let him go and invite other carpenters, be sure to do it before Chinese New Year's Eve.

The carpenter took the money, and the five hangs were already a lot, and he immediately went back with joy, what an honor it was to be able to do things for the official family.

Two days later, Yang Lian entered the palace with a wooden box, and the guards guarding the door did not know Yang Lian, so they blocked him, did not allow Yang Lian to enter, and had to open the box for inspection. Yang Lian was a little disliked, this was something for the Son of Heaven, and was about to refuse, Gao Ze walked over from a distance, saw Yang Lian, and went straight with a smile.

"Haha, Yang Jiedu hasn't seen him for a few days, and he seems to be young again." Gao Ze smiled, the folds on his face were layer by layer, Gao Ze had gained a lot of weight in the past six months. The relationship between the two is closer, Yang Lian treats him well, and will send him some things during the New Year's holidays, sometimes gold and silver, sometimes specialty, very heartfelt.

When Yang Lian saw him, he smiled and said, "It turned out to be Gonggong Gao, who was polite." ”

Gao Ze hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Yang Jiedu is tormenting the old slave." As he spoke, he looked at the soldiers guarding the door and said, "This Yang Jiedu was invited by His Majesty, so you can't be rude." ”

The guard was very stubborn and said, "I don't know what the box in his hand contains, and it needs to be opened and checked." ”

Gao Ze was also a little puzzled, Yang Lian entered the palace to guard the New Year, what was he doing with the box?

Yang Lian shook his head, looking like he couldn't speak.

Gao Ze thought for a while, coughed, and said, "Yang Jiedu is the son-in-law of King Qi, even if there is something in the box, there is nothing. Yang Jiedu, go! Let's see who dares to stop me? ”

The guard still wanted to stop it, but a soldier who looked like a military commander hurriedly came, laughed with him, and said, "Father-in-law Gao, Yang Jiedu, he is a newcomer who doesn't know etiquette, and he hopes to forgive his sins." With that, he got out of the way.

Gao Ze snorted coldly and walked in with his head held high.

Yang Lian hesitated slightly, and walked quickly. The two walked side by side, talking about things as they went. This year's observance is larger than last year's, and the sons and daughters of the Son of Heaven are called into the city, and several brothers and their children also observe the New Year. Counting, there are more than 50 people in the royal family alone, Yang Lian was a little surprised, although it is a traditional custom to keep the New Year, but so many people keep the New Year, what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of the Son of Heaven?

In the Jiqing Hall of Miyagi, at this time it was already crowded, and many palace maids and eunuchs were busy, placing desks and futons. The brazier was also brought up, and the ladies put firewood into the brazier and started a fire. The Jiqing Hall will warm up after a while.

One after another, several princes of Li Jing entered the Jiqing Palace, Li Hongmao, Li Hongzhi and others came in, and everyone saw Yang Lian, and those who knew each other couldn't help but purse their lips and were very disdainful.

However, Li Congjia, the sixth prince who came later, came in, saw Yang Lian, and walked over happily, saying, "Brother Yang, I haven't seen you for a long time, don't come unharmed?" ”

Li Congjia has grown a lot taller, and the immaturity on his face has also decreased a little. Yang Lian smiled and said, "It turned out to be the sixth prince, Yang Lian is polite." Among Li Jing's sons, Li Hongji has a bad relationship with him, and the others have no intersection, only Li Congjia has a good relationship, but this relationship is also stuck in the past, and the two have not seen each other for a long time.

Li Congjia smiled and said, "Although I haven't seen you for a long time, the things you did in the frontier were really thunderous. Cong Jia is really envious. ”

Yang Lian waved his hand, and at this time, Li Hongmao slowly paced over and said, "Sixth brother, do you know him?" ”

Li Congjia nodded and said, "I've known each other for several years." After a pause, he said: "Brother Yang has made contributions several times and is a hero of the Tang Dynasty, how can I not know him?" ”

Li Hongmao snorted coldly and looked at Yang Lian, but Yang Lian was taller than him, and he couldn't help but raise his head when he looked at it, which was quite funny. After looking at it, Li Hongmao said: "Sixth brother, the Li family is a royal family, so naturally it has its own identity, you can't be with those rude and uneducated people." ”

Li Hongji's personality is relatively cowardly, his lips squirmed when he heard the words, but he didn't say anything, Li Hongmao saw him looking cowardly, snorted again, and said, "Sixth brother, why can't you even speak?" Could it be that he has spent so much effort on Liuzhu lately that he can't speak? ”

Liuzhu was given to the six princes by Empress Zhong, young and beautiful, well-behaved and cute, Li Congjia doted on her very much, which made several brothers very jealous. This is Li Hongmao's opportunity to seize, so he will naturally not be polite.

Li Congjia pursed his lips and couldn't speak, in fact, he had spent more time on Liuzhu recently, and Li Hongmao said what was on his mind, which made him a little uneasy.

Yang Lian looked at all this lightly and didn't speak, in his eyes, Li Hongmao was just a little kid, and he didn't touch his bottom line, so Yang Lian naturally ignored him. Yang Lian sat down lightly and drank tea slowly.

Li Hongmao glanced at Yang Lian with disdain, it is said that he once fought with his eldest brother, and the eldest brother lost, Li Hongmao was not in Beijing at that time, so he didn't see it, but at this time he felt that the rumors might not be true, this Yang Lian didn't seem to speak, obviously like the sixth brother, he was a coward.

Li Hongmao left triumphantly, and Li Congjia knelt on the futon in frustration and remained silent.

"Feeling bad?" Yang Lian smiled.

Li Congjia didn't speak, just nodded, his brows furrowed. After thinking about it, he suddenly raised his head again, approached Yang Lian, and asked, "Brother Yang, I have one thing, you have to help me." ”

Yang Lian smiled and said, "You haven't said what the matter is, how do I know if I can help you?" ”

"Yes, yes." Li Congjia looked very excited, the depression just now was swept away in a blink of an eye, and when he saw Yang Lian nodding, he said in a low voice: "Brother Yang, if I send someone to ask Emperor E for marriage, do you think she will agree to me?" ”

"You like her?" Yang Lian got up, but in history, Emperor Zhou E did marry him, but Yang Lian felt that Li Congjia was not a good product, and he often went to Goolan at a young age, and later Emperor Zhou E fell ill, he took his sister-in-law to bed, and Emperor Zhou E got the news, his condition accelerated, and he was jealous and went early.

When Li Congjia heard this, his face couldn't help but turn red, and he lowered his head very awkwardly.

"The love of children always depends on fate, if you like her, you can give it a try." Yang Lian said.

"Brother Yang, do you mean it can be done?" Li Congjia's eyes were bright and full of hope.

Yang Lian shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

Li Congjia's face darkened, but he suddenly remembered what Yang Lian had just said, so he nodded firmly. At this time, he found the things that Yang Lian had put aside, and he couldn't help but be very curious, and asked, "Brother Yang, what is in this box?" ”

"The secret of heaven cannot be revealed, you will know later." Yang Lian pulled the box over very vigilantly.

Li Congjia suddenly felt bored, stood up, and glanced around the Jiqing Palace, the things were almost ready, and the sky was already dark at this time, and most of the people had already come. Li Congjia stood up and walked to his place.

At this time, a person came over and sat opposite Yang Lian, Yang Lian looked at it and couldn't help but smile, it was actually the old man, Han Xizai. Han Xizai also returned to Beijing to report on his work, and on Chinese New Year's Eve, he was also invited by the Son of Heaven. Han Xizai obviously also saw Yang Lian, and he didn't have a good impression of Yang Lian, so he immediately snorted coldly and sat down by himself.

In addition to the reclusive Song Qiqiu, including the old ministers and founding fathers of the Son of Heaven when he was still in the East Palace, they were basically all here, and the entire Jiqing Hall became lively, and Yang Lian saw the old man and the enemy in the crowd.

Li Hongji also came, although he was grounded by the Son of Heaven, but after all, he was the eldest son, and today was Chinese New Year's Eve, so he lifted the ban and let him enter the palace. After Li Hongji came in, he sat in his position in a very low-key manner and did not speak. After the people arrived, they waited for a stick of incense, and Li Jing, the son of heaven in full costume, came with Queen Zhong.

Everyone saluted, sat and knelt on the futon and shouted three times long live.

Li Jing smiled, so that everyone did not have to be polite, today is the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, so there is no need to be so polite. Saying that, with a wave of his hand, the palace maids brought up all the dishes one after another, Li Jing first said a long list of words, nothing more than that this year's Datang can be described as smooth weather, and he went to take Fuzhou, which made him very happy. After a brief New Year's speech, Li Jing waved his hand to signal the banquet to begin.

On the Jiqing Palace, everyone eats and drinks, there are programs to celebrate from time to time, the wine has passed three rounds, the dishes have passed five flavors, it has been two hours later, and half of the time has passed.

Li Jing spoke again and asked the ministers of the DPRK and China to go home to celebrate the New Year. When Yang Lian was about to leave, Gao Ze hurried over and asked Yang Lian to stay. After all, many ministers are courtiers, and Yang Lian's identity is somewhat special, so he can naturally stay.

Under the leadership of Gao Ze, Yang Lian walked out of the Jiqing Palace, walked to the backyard, a rather large room, Li Jing was waiting inside, saw Yang Lian come in, smiled, and said: "Yang Aiqing, you will stay here today and accompany me to keep the New Year." ”

"Wechen is terrified." Yang Lian said, hurriedly taking a step back and saluting.

"Huh!" Li Jing smiled, didn't mind, and said, "If something hadn't happened, you would have been a royal person a year ago." It is also common sense to observe the New Year today. Besides, I actually have some things I want to ask you again. Li Jing felt that although Yang Lian was young, he had some insight in national affairs, at least the advice he gave was reasonable in hindsight.

"What does Your Majesty mean?" Yang Lian was a little puzzled, in Yang Lian's opinion, there were too many things in the past year and a half, and he also interfered in the war in Chu, although there was no large-scale march, but the loss of grain was not small, and in fact, he did not get much benefit from Chu, and the gains outweighed the losses.

Li Jing smiled and said, "Yang Aiqing might as well guess." ”

Yang Lian thought about it carefully, shook his head, and said, "Your Majesty is a dragon and phoenix, and his ideas are wild, and Weichen really can't guess it." ”

Li Jing laughed twice, and then said half-loudly: "You, you." With that, Li Jing handed Yang Lian a secret report and motioned for Yang Lian to open it and take a look.

Yang Lian opened it, it turned out to be Bian Hao's letter, Bian Hao said in detail the recent situation in Chudi, and Yang Lian also knew about these situations, but it was more detailed.

Ma Xicao occupied Tanzhou, killed his brother, set himself up as the king of Chu, but he handed over the power to his brother Ma Xichong, Ma Xichong, and handed over the matter to his subordinates, but he reused some generals, these generals do not understand government affairs, only think of doing things, subordinates do all kinds of evil, bully men and women, and take people's land, that is a common thing. The people of Chu were miserable, but they were helpless. Some people who have a way to go have fled one after another, and others who have no way can only struggle to support themselves.

Bian Hao believes that although Chu Di is in alliance with Datang, it is actually only a relationship of interests, and now the civil strife in Chu is the best time for Datang to seize Chu. If the land of Chu is obtained, the north can attack Nanping, and the south can recover Lingnan, and gradually realize the idea of unifying the Central Plains.

Bian Hao's thought made Li Jing's heart pound, if he wanted to be righteous, Li Jing naturally didn't believe it, in troubled times, whoever has harder fists can laugh and be proud of the world, Li Jing still understands this truth. It was with this ambition that Li Jing had the idea of attacking Chudi. But he felt that it would be more appropriate to ask Yang Lian first about this matter.

Yang Lian thought about it carefully, seizing Chu Land is of great strategic significance, but it is a problem to hold Chu Land, Yang Lian thought carefully, Li Jing saw him frowning, so he did not disturb Yang Lian's thoughts, and after half an hour, Yang Lian slowly spoke.

If you take Chu and stabilize it, the sailors of Chu can turn with the sailors of Hongzhou, Ezhou and other places, take Nanping, and then threaten Xiangyang, take Xiangyang, you can threaten the hinterland of the Central Plains, Guan Yu attacked Xiangyang in history, Cao Cao lost his armor and lost his armor, Cao Cao was taken aback, he was afraid that Xiangyang would not be guaranteed, and he wanted to move the capital, which was in this consideration.

Yang Lian's approval made Li Jing very happy, and he asked Yang Lian, who is handsome? Yang Lian believes that Bian Hao has been in Chu for a while, and since he has written this excerpt, he must have a good understanding of the situation in Chu, so he asked him to actively train his troops, hoard grain, and prepare to recover Chu.

When Li Jing heard this, he also felt very reasonable, so he decided to use Bian Hao as the marshal to preside over the attack on Chu. Yang Lian specially reminded that since Chu is so chaotic, you might as well wait a little longer, maybe someone will contact the Tang Dynasty, and then send troops at that time, it will be justified, after taking Chu land, as long as the people are appeased, production is resumed, and taxes are reduced, Chu land can gradually stabilize.

Li Jing thought so, when the two said this, the fireworks in the yard soared into the sky, and the two chatted for a while, it was already the New Year. (To be continued.) )