Chapter Eighty-Four: Yuan Zheng, the Great Imperial Meeting
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Li Shimin stood up, quietly grabbed the hand of the eldest grandson beside him, and the two smiled together at the proud Li Tai who was holding his head high in the field.
"Qingque, it turns out that this is what Fengqu said, do you want to surprise us?" The eldest grandson stretched out his hand to touch his son's face and asked excitedly.
"Queen Mother, do you like it?" Li Tai said happily.
"Like! Your father and I like it! The eldest grandson glanced at her husband beside her and said proudly.
Li Zhi broke free from the nurse's embrace, trotted all the way over with his little feet, hugged Li Tai's legs, lowered his head, opened his big black eyes, and said in a milky voice: "Second brother, the young slave also wants to play with fireworks, look good!" ”
Li Chengqian bent down, picked up Li Zhi, put his forehead on Li Zhi's forehead, and said with a smile: "There are no fireworks in your second brother's place, they are all taken away by the eldest brother, and the eldest brother will take you to watch the fireworks tomorrow night, okay?" ”
Li Tai pouted: "Big brother, you are embarrassed to say, with the madman, the two of them took advantage of me to walk away and took out all my remaining fireworks!" ”
Li Zhi's big eyes turned between his eldest brother and second brother, and then stretched out his hands to Li Tai: "Second brother, don't be angry with your eldest brother, tomorrow the young slave will bring back all the fireworks in the eldest brother's house, and then we will go to see the fireworks together!" ”
Looking at Li Zhi who was grimacing there, Li Chengqian and Li Tai laughed.
Li Yuan, who was drinking on the side, looked at the harmonious appearance of his three grandsons, a trace of kindness and smile appeared in his cloudy eyes, raised the wine glass in his hand, and said loudly: "Come, celebrate for my Tang Dynasty!" ”
"Celebrate for my Datang!" Li Shimin, the eldest grandson, and the princes who returned to Beijing stood up one after another, raised their wine glasses, and drank them all.
Li Shimin then ordered the letter, the officials and scholars of the two provinces under his door, and the attached horses to enter the cabinet to guard the New Year, stay up all night, hold a banquet in the palace, play music to help the fun, and also light a bonfire outside the palace, a group of people drink and wrestle, and recount the past.
On the first day of the first lunar month, the bonfire in the open space in front of the ancestral hall has been extinguished, and every household lights the prepared firecrackers, and the sound of "crackling" rings from the street to the end of the street. Sun Simiao took Xiao Qingfeng, who was already asleep, back to the house to rest.
The children in the village got up early in the morning, couldn't wait to put on new clothes, took the New Year's money from their parents, went out to call their neighbors' good friends, and walked to the Tang Garden at the back of the village, where the housekeeper Uncle Wang had been waiting there with a smile early in the morning.
"Uncle Wang, Happy New Year!" A group of children respectfully greeted the housekeeper Uncle Wang, their little faces were flushed, very cute.
Uncle Wang, the housekeeper, gave each child a red envelope with a smile, and then led them into the Tang Garden, where he came to the statue of Confucius, where Bai Qi was standing in a white suit and waiting.
As soon as I entered the Tang Garden, the sound outside became quieter, and when I looked up, I saw that the huge banyan tree had already stretched its branches in, and the black crown looked mysterious and solemn in the sky before dawn.
Bai Qi smiled and touched the heads of each child, and then led them to kick the statue of Confucius standing in front of him three times, then turned to look at the excited eyes of the children, smiled, and didn't say anything, just took them out of the Tang Garden, and the loud sound of firecrackers immediately rang in his ears again.
Looking at the eyes of the children looking eagerly at him, Bai Qi smiled slightly.
"Let's go play. Well, you can go to the house to play with the big sisters and big brothers, but be careful not to interfere with their work. ”
When the children heard this, they clapped their hands excitedly: "Goodbye, sir!" ”
Seeing the children happily jumping up and leaving happily, the housekeeper Uncle Wang walked up from behind: "Master Hou, it's time to go to court." ”
Bai Qi nodded with a smile, turned his head and asked, "Uncle Wang, is your family still used to living in the village?" ”
Uncle Wang, the housekeeper, replied with a smile: "There is a big house to live in the village, there is a field to cultivate, you can raise some poultry, and the children of the family can go to school. If you don't believe it, ask the other subordinates in the house to see if any of them are dissatisfied, they are all honest people! ”
Bai Qi laughed: "Uncle Wang, you will live a long life, I promise that the future life will be better than this!" ”
"Then the old man, I will live as a thousand-year-old demon!"
Bai Qi and the housekeeper Uncle Wang laughed while talking, looking at the joyful expressions on the faces of the people on both sides of the street, and they were also very happy.
It was gloomy, but luckily it didn't snow. White put on a new dress and rode all the way to Chang'an.
As soon as he entered Chang'an, the sharp-eyed Changsun Chong and Cheng Chumo had already seen him, and immediately brought a group of Chang'an meritorious children who had worked together in the Cloud Breaking Army at that time. A group of people greeted each other, and everyone had a happy New Year's expression on their faces.
At this time, on Suzaku Street, the cars were sparkling, the horses were Xiaoxiao, the crowns were facing each other, the feathers were galloping, the dust on the road and the early morning mist, and the crisp bells on the carriage were ringing non-stop.
White chess and their group rode horses on the side of the street, there was no way, in those carriages on the road, if the foreign envoys were fine, they were afraid that they were Li Yuan's children or relatives, even white chess would not dare to make a mistake at this moment. On weekdays, everyone in the big Chang'an City has a scourge with their tails raised high, and they can't wait to pick up their tails at this time, for fear that they will be accidentally caught.
As the brigade entered the Taiji Hall, the exquisite treasures, the ruins and the joy of the palace and the county, symbolizing the highest level of the country's ritual vessels, were displayed on both sides, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites knelt beside these ritual vessels with solemn faces.
Li Shimin put on a brand-new dragon robe, wore a crown with twelve strings of white beads, and sat on the high hall. The crown prince and the three dukes stepped forward to congratulate, and then, the Zhongshu order read out the congratulatory tables of each state, and then, the Huangmen Shilang stepped forward to play the auspicious fortune of various places, and finally the household department Shangshu played the list of tribute items in each state, and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu took the envoys of the surrounding vassal countries to come forward and play the list of tribute items of various countries, and the Taishi Ling of the Taishi Bureau reported the celestial phenomena.
The eldest grandson took the concubines of the palace and came slowly from outside the palace, and after offering blessings to Li Shimin on the seat, Li Shimin walked down with a smile, pulled the eldest grandson up to the main hall, and helped her sit beside him.
There was a short-sighted Ministry of Rites official who wanted to come out to stop it, but was blocked by his boss at a glance. I didn't see the joy on the faces of the other ministers and envoys, you kid ran out, are you going to give me eye medicine!
"Come on, play nine pieces of music, lion dance to celebrate, and set up a banquet in this hall, I want to reward all the heroes here!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Inside and outside the Taiji Hall, a large area immediately knelt down.
I only heard Li Shimin's laughter echoing in the palace.