Therefore, Liu Yi was also fortunate to go one step earlier, if Liu Biao came to Dongting Lake Xinzhou and met with him, Liu Yi was afraid that it would be really difficult to forcibly take Cai's family to Luoyang. When the time comes, it may be Liu Yi who is depressed, not Liu Biao.

There was nothing to say all the way, and Liu Yi didn't stay long along the way, and returned to Wancheng safely.

Liu Yi met Wancheng Taishou Qin Jie, but this time, Liu Yi did not meet with Qin Jie to discuss anything. Because, the accompanying generals are all together, and Guo Jia is back together, so those matters can be done by the generals.

Because the New Year is approaching, Liu Yi accompanied Queen He Wan and Mrs. Yi's mother and son to the He family in Wancheng and accompanied them to worship their ancestors.

He Wan has already accepted the fact that her father is gone, and she doesn't feel too much sadness. After calmly worshipping his ancestors, Liu Yi set off again to return to Luoyang.

In order to keep a low profile, the 22nd and 1st armies led by Huang Zhong and Shen Yong did not return to Luoyang together, but stayed in Wancheng first. These armies may start a war at any time, and they don't all need to return to Luoyang, after all, they will also be sent to various places at that time, and now, they are waiting for Liu Yi and a group of advisers and generals to formulate a strategic direction for sending troops to dominate the world in the future. If it is said that the agreed plan is to prepare to attack Liu Biao, then Huang Zhong's 22nd Army and Liu Yi's pro-army First Army can directly attack from Wancheng, and there is no need to go back and forth between Luoyang and Wancheng.

Anyway, Wancheng is south of Luoyang, as long as it is an attack on the southern region, it can start from Wancheng, attack Zhang Xiu in Xiangcheng, and seize Yuzhou, Yangzhou and other places, you can send troops from Wancheng.

So, Wancheng. In fact, it is equivalent to a bridgehead, and the Tun army is in Wancheng, which can directly threaten the power of many princes.

The two armies and horses, in addition to the thousands of men and horses of the First Army who returned to Luoyang Capital with Liu Yi, there were more than 40,000 people and horses who stayed in Wancheng, plus Qin Jie's two armies, there were nearly 100,000 horses.

This suddenly made Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu extremely nervous. Even if the relationship with the New Han Dynasty was not too bad for Liu Biao, when he learned that Liu Yi had left almost 100,000 military horses in Wancheng. He also had to secretly increase his troops and horses in the towns between Wancheng and Xiangyang, beware of Liu Yihui suddenly waving his army to attack him.

In fact, this time Liu Yi returned to Luoyang, which touched the hearts of the princes of the world, even Cao Cao. He also sent a large number of spies to infiltrate Luoyang, closely monitoring the movements of the New Han Dynasty. Although he had an agreement with Lewy. But. Beware, however, is absolutely necessary.

For Zhang Xiu in Xiangcheng, he was even more nervous. Because, his relationship with the New Han Dynasty did not have any foundation, and after getting Xiangcheng, he sent someone to see Qin Jie. He even sent people to the Luoyang court, hoping to establish diplomatic relations with the New Han Dynasty. However, the New Han Dynasty did not bird him at all.

Qin Jie is in Wancheng, and he has never stopped looking at Zhang Xiu. It's just that he hasn't been moving. These, everyone knows that the reason why the New Han Dynasty did not send troops to attack any of the princes may be related to Liu Yi's absence in the capital of the New Han Dynasty, and now, Liu Yi has returned to the capital of Luoyang, who dares to guarantee that Liu Yi will not take action?

Therefore, the princes of the world are paying close attention to the movements of the New Han Dynasty, and are prepared for how they will resist the enemy in case the New Han Dynasty wants to attack them.

Although Liu Yi's return to the New Han Dynasty was low-key, he was inevitably warmly welcomed by the people of Luoyang. The people who knew that Liu Yi had returned to Luoyang from Wancheng flocked to welcome Liu Yi back to the imperial court in front of the Luoyang City Gate.

Luoyang is changing with each passing day, and the lives of the people are getting better day by day. The people of Luoyang, their loyalty to Liu Yi is second only to the people of Dongting Lake.

Of course, they are facing the same situation as the world is not shining, it was Liu Yi who saved them from Dong Zhuojun's hands, and in just two or three years, they can take them to a prosperous and beautiful life.

Everything they have now has a close relationship with Liu Yi, so if they don't support Liu Yi, it will really be intolerable.

However, because the army did not return with Liu Yi, the joyful atmosphere of Liu Yi's triumphant return was not as strong as that of Dongting Lake Xinzhou.

After all, when Liu Yi left Luoyang, he didn't say that he was going to go on an expedition, just as a casual trip. Liu Yi went to Dongting Lake, went to Qu'a, and went on an expedition, although the people in Luoyang heard about it, but it was not too detailed, so they didn't know much. Therefore, the people of Luoyang, they simply came to welcome Liu Yi's return.

There were still a few days before the end of the year, and Liu Yi did not plan to discuss anything with the civil and military officials of the imperial court, but only revealed to some major advisers that the New Han Dynasty was about to send troops to recover the Great Han, and let them think about this matter first, and after Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone would discuss it in the court.

Therefore, Liu Yi only went to the court once, met with the civil and military officials of the imperial court, roughly explained some things, and never went to the court again.

Of course, the young emperor still wants to meet, and Liu Yi asked about the current situation of the young emperor.

The time has come for the young emperor to be desirable. Although he was not too reluctant to look at him, He Wan still began to look for a candidate for the young emperor.

As for before, when Dong Zhuo was in power, the concubines accepted by the young emperor were naturally uncounted, and the most outstanding one has now become Liu Yi's woman. So, strictly speaking, the young emperor doesn't even have a woman yet.

The maids in the palace, especially those who took care of the young emperor, the young emperor did not move. It's unimaginable that the young emperor, who is already an adult, is still a virgin.

In fact, the reason why Empress He was in a hurry to find a candidate for the young emperor to be the imperial concubine as soon as she returned to the Luoyang court and the palace was because she saw that the young emperor was too focused on practicing pills and making gunpowder with that Taoist uncle, and she seemed to have lost interest in women at all. As a man, I don't like women, especially as an emperor, and I don't get close to women, can He Wan not be in a hurry?

No matter how to say it, the young emperor is her biological son, and he is the person she cares about the most except for Liu Yi. She is hope. The young emperor can accept a concubine as soon as possible, this can be regarded as starting a family, and the young emperor can really grow up and be independent by himself. In the future, she will no longer have to worry about the affairs of the young emperor, and she can live a good life with Liu Yi. Especially, if the young emperor cicada gave the throne to Liu Yi, then she would be even more at ease. After the abdication of the young emperor, he can go to live his life, and she. can devote herself to living with Liu Yi, if she can, she will want to have a child for Liu Yi in the future.

Well, Leo Yi has already told them, even if they are in their forties. can also have children for Leo Yi again, they now. It's not even forty.

The queen is the concubine of the young emperor. Lewy didn't ask too much.

Liu Yi is now too busy with some of his necessary things.

Yi Ji's Yi family, Zhang Shao's father Zhang Shao, Cai Yan's father Cai Yong, Zou's Zou family, Geng Ling's Geng family, and so on. Louis had to accompany them one by one to visit their mother's home. As long as their maiden home is in Luoyang, none of them will be left behind.

There is no way, the ones who are far away, the ones who can't accompany them. Liu Yi can not go, but if their maiden homes are in Luoyang, then Liu Yi has to accompany them home to see their relatives. If Liu Yi doesn't go, looking at the resentful eyes of those women, Liu Yi will feel his scalp tingle, and if he goes to a woman's mother's house, he naturally has to have a bowl of water, and he can't help but go.

Those whose mother's family is not in Luoyang, Liu Yi has no choice, but those whose mother's family is not in Luoyang, or those who have a family that cannot be returned, and whose mother's family has no one left, Liu Yi also has to think of ways to make them happy.

Anyway, Liu Yi is busy with his own woman's affairs now, and he seems to be a little too busy.

Fortunately, those ministers and generals could understand Liu Yi, so they didn't come to disturb Liu Yi.

In the current court of the New Han Dynasty, the politics are clear, and there are very few cases of officials visiting each other to give gifts, or subordinates giving money and gifts to their superiors.

Before Liu Yi, he was still the disaster relief grain official, and when he first became the crown prince and concubine, many officials from the previous dynasty came to the disaster relief grain government to give gifts. Therefore, in order to put an end to bribing officials in the name of giving gifts and making the officials of the imperial court corrupt, the imperial court has already formulated some laws and regulations. Avoid the occurrence of some bad phenomena.

However, it can't stop the people from giving gifts for their love for some officials.

Zhenfeng Grain Mansion, that is, the current Liu Mansion, in the few days close to the end of the year, there are countless people who send some gifts almost every day, it can be said that Zhenfeng Grain Mansion, since Liu Yi returned, has not stopped people coming to the door to give gifts.

For these, Liu Yi really felt a little annoyed.

When people come to give gifts, they are actually some inexpensive things, all of which are some New Year's goods and some special products. These are just a little expression of the people's feelings for Liu Yi, so that Liu Yi is not collected, nor is he not accepted.

After receiving it, the people were happy, but it would make people mistakenly understand that Liu Yi had broken the rules of the imperial court. If you don't accept it, it will seem that Liu Yi is not very approachable, which will make the people misunderstand that Liu Yi looks down on them.

Fortunately, Liu Yi's woman gave Liu Yi some good ideas. That is to let the princess of Wannian come forward and personally receive those people who came to express their hearts outside the mansion.

Every time I receive a gift from the people, I will accept it in public, and if it is valuable, I will send it back on the spot, and in the name of Liu Yi, I will send some items with commemorative significance, indicating that the people's hearts have been received, but they are too precious to accept them. In this way, it can set an example for the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. As a prince, they don't dare to accept expensive gifts from the people, and those officials must know how to do it.

If a person with an official position comes to give a gift, he will not accept it.

If the people sent something to eat, they received only a part of it, indicating that they had received the people's heart.

This action immediately pushed Liu Yi's image and reputation to a higher height. makes Liu Yi's image more close to the people.

Well, what an honor it is for the princess of the first emperor to personally receive the people? Let the people who come to express their hearts be flattered.

For several days, Liu Yi was busy visiting his father-in-law.

However, no matter how busy he is, Liu Yi will not be busy with one thing.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, Liu Yi sent all the women and children in the family to the palace early, and the family had a reunion dinner in the palace.

Liu Yi had already spread the customs of the Chinese people. Soon after the establishment of the New Han Dynasty, some meaningful festivals were set in later generations, so that the people of the New Han Dynasty could have a real official festival to celebrate with the whole world. The Spring Festival is the most important festival of the New Han Dynasty.

On this night, every household was lit up with lights, and everyone was happy.

Have a Chinese New Year's Eve reunion dinner. It has become the word that people have been talking about the most recently.

What everyone was looking forward to was what Liu Yi had announced earlier, that on Chinese New Year's Eve, the people could go to the square in front of the palace to watch a fireworks show they had never heard of.

That's right, it's the fireworks party, and Liu Yi decided to officially launch firecracker fireworks, so that these things that have not yet appeared will appear in advance. With these things, it will make the festive atmosphere a little stronger.

The young emperor and his Taoist uncle did not live up to Liu Yi's expectations, they had successfully followed Liu Yi's secret teaching, and used gunpowder to produce a large number of firecrackers and fireworks.

They. I also tried it early and was able to meet Liu Yi's expectations.

Actual. When they made fireworks in the palace. The sound of the test I don't know how many times the Dao has alarmed the civil and military officials of the imperial court, but the young emperor strictly ordered that outsiders were not allowed to enter the place where he and the Taoist uncle made gunpowder and fireworks, so. Even the civil and military officials of the imperial court, they still don't know what the fireworks and firecrackers are.

In order to make Chinese New Year's Eve more festive, what dragon and lion dance, Liu Yi also spread the rumor early.

So. This night, the sky is only slightly dark, the square in front of the palace, has been lit countless torches, a dragon and lion dance team, in the sound of soy music, dancing in the square, immediately attracted hundreds of people to come to watch.

When it was dark, the square in front of the palace was already crowded with people, estimated to be no less than 500,000 people.

On the side in front of the palace, there is also a stage, on which is naturally the performance place of Bian Yu and Lai Ying'er's song and dance troupe.

Liu Yi took his wife and children to the top of the palace gate.

A large group of beauties, and then a large group of children, immediately made the people in the square in front of the palace in a commotion.

Hundreds of civil and military officials, naturally will come, they have already climbed the city wall, Liu Yi specially allowed, civil and military officials can bring their wives and children, together on the palace wall to watch this ingenious fireworks party.

Liu Yi dressed up and stepped on the city wall, and under the lights around him, he looked particularly conspicuous.

The people in the square saw that it was Liu Yi, and knelt down the mountain in unison to call long live Taifu.

However, Emperor Liu Wei suddenly ran to Liu Yi's side with an excited expression, which made the civil and military officials on the city wall feel embarrassed for a while. Although they all know in their hearts that the current New Han Dynasty is Liu Yi's final say, and Liu Yi is equal to the emperor, but Liu Yi is not after all, so the people shouted Long live Liu Yi in the mountains, but the civil and military officials did not echo it.

Now, Emperor Liu Wei suddenly ran over, which made them a little embarrassed, and they didn't know if it was better to bow down to the young emperor. Bow down to the young emperor, and are afraid that Liu Yi's face will not pass, because they didn't bow down to Liu Yi just now, isn't this showing the people that they regard the young emperor as the master instead of Liu Yi? In this way, how will Lewy feel about them in the future?

If you don't bow down to the young emperor, then, don't you let people say that they have no monarch?

However, the people don't have too much thought, and in the hearts of the people, they naturally regard Liu Yi as the master, but the young emperor is now the emperor, and now when they see the emperor appear, they kneel down and shout long live the emperor.

However, what made the civil and military officials a little stunned was that the young emperor didn't seem to hear those deafening cries at all, and he didn't pay attention to whether they knelt down to him or not. At this moment, he was like a child, pulling Liu Yi's sleeve excitedly and saying something.

As for Liu Yi, he beckoned Tai Shici and Dian Wei, and the two generals accompanied the emperor down to the city again, and also went out of the palace to the wide wall outside.

At this time, Liu Yi raised his hand to quiet the people, and then said loudly: "Officials and generals of the imperial court, people of the New Han Dynasty, fathers and fellow villagers, Liu Yi is here, on behalf of the emperor and the New Han Dynasty, I would like to greet you first!" I wish the Han Dynasty eternal peace, great prosperity and revitalization, the people live in peace, and the generations will be prosperous! ”

"Taifu, Taifu!"

……

Liu Yi raised his hand, and the cheers of the people fell silent again.

"Tonight, it is one of the most important festivals of our new Han Dynasty, and it is also the last day of the year, at midnight, we will usher in a new year, a new day. Go to the old and welcome the new, our new Han Dynasty will usher in a better tomorrow! Liu Yi shouted, and then said: "Go to the old and welcome the new, celebrate together, in order to make this day more memorable and worthy of our eternal memory today, so, I deliberately came up with some novel things." ”

"Well, this novelty is called firecrackers and fireworks, how about it, you can see it in a while. Here, we would like to thank the emperor and a cultivator uncle for the novelty they developed...... Without further ado, let's witness the birth of something that we have never had in a big man! Please our emperor of the New Han Dynasty to light the first firecracker fireworks! ”

Liu Yi pointed his finger at the head of the city, and everyone's eyes fell on the square in front of the palace gate.

I saw that the emperor young emperor, who was wearing a yellow dragon robe, was holding a torch with an excited expression at the moment, standing in front of an object placed by several soldiers in the center of the square.

The young emperor, under the protection of the two generals, one on the left and one on the right, took the torch and lit something among those objects, and then everyone saw that there were sparks shining there, and bursts of white smoke were emitted.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, there was a loud bang, a whin, a shining point of light, with a kind of scream, straight into the sky.

"Boom!"

The point of light in the middle of the sky suddenly exploded, shining with a colorful spark. (To be continued......)