Chapter 52: Crying on Who's Island Ten Days
Chang'an, thousands of miles away, is a different scene compared with Hebei, which is freezing cold.
There is no bleak autumn, there is no slaughtering winter. Chang'an, only bright spring, only hot summer.
Bright spring in the palace.
Although Hebei has become a pot of porridge, although loyal ministers and righteous soldiers have been killed one after another, although the last seed of loyalty and righteousness in Hebei is still trapped in Shenzhou, although the front-line soldiers are shivering in the cold wind, although the treasury of the empire has long been empty, although it is ......
All of this can't affect Li You's mood, eating, drinking and having fun.
Every night in Daming Palace is either a palace night banquet with a lot of wine and wine, or a warm mandarin duck tent in spring. No matter how difficult the empire is, no matter how turbulent the situation is, Li You is always the same.
A golden bottle, a bottle of green wine, a song, a wonderful dance, a night banquet with bright candles and dark fragrance. The beauty dances in front of the lamp, and the drunken beauty sings. This is Li You's life, nightlife, night life like this. After every time, when the song is over, it is already the dawn outside the window.
When the rising sun was rising, our Tang Dynasty had just fallen asleep.
When our Tang Dynasty Emperor opened a pair of dragon eyes with sleepy eyes, the sun was already three poles away.
Now that you're awake, let's wash and sleep. Oh, look at my mouth, I always say the wrong thing. It should be, then get up quickly, wash and go to the court. Although the early dynasty has passed, the afternoon dynasty is just right.
Get up? Joke! Beauty is in my arms, spring is in full swing, you let me get up? In this situation, you can give it a try! Oh, by the way, I almost forgot that you're not a real man. You don't understand these things!
I finally got up from the dragon bed, washed and washed, and it was time to eat. I don't know if it's breakfast or lunch, but it's time to eat.
After dinner, it was already afternoon.
Your Majesty, you should approve the fold! The music on your imperial case has been piled up into a small mountain!
Batch folds? Joke! I'm so busy, where do I have the time to approve what excerpts? What do those prime ministers eat? Excerpts, let them go and approve. This is the jade seal, you keep it first, and after the prime ministers approve the folds, you are responsible for stamping them. By the way, after stamping, remember to return the jade seal to me. I don't have a good memory!
Afternoons are short and precious, and they must not be wasted. Let's play a game! What to play? Let me think about it.
Rowing? Not good, dizzy!
Duck shooting? I just played it yesterday, and I'm a little scared.
Keju? I'm not very good at kicking.
Go? That thing is too nerve-wracking, don't play!
That's right, polo!
Polo is good! Lots of people, lively! And, in the afternoon, playing games, just right.
A few of you in a group, the rest of you in a group with me, let's have a good game of polo! If you win, I'll be rewarded! If you lose, you will also be rewarded!
By the way, there is no money around! Who's that, you go and call the official in charge of money!
You're the one who manages money? What's it called?
Forget it, forget it, don't say it, I can't remember it! By the way, I want to give a reward, you go and pay 10,000 yuan!
Your Majesty, the war is raging ahead, and the treasury is a little tight!
Is the battle ahead important, or is it important?
This......
This what this! Of course I'm important! Don't forget, I'm the Emperor!
Forget it, forget it! Since money is needed to fight a war ahead, let's do less! It's just 5,000 yuan, and it can't be less!
This is the life of Li You, the son of the Tang Dynasty, during the day, every day!
Of course, you who are smart must be able to see that my narrative is a bit exaggerated. However, no matter how exaggerated I am, it will not be too far from Li You's real life. The extravagance of whims, the unbridled rewards, finally emptied the already limited treasury. Before the spring of the second year of Changqing came, the adults in Chang'an were surprised to find that the battle could not be fought anymore. Because, the Empire, there is no money!