Chapter 42: The First Year of Xianchun

In the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Empress Dowager Xie Daoqing hosted a banquet for a group of family members in Ningkun Palace, and due to the first emperor, the number was much smaller than in previous years. In addition to me and Quan Jiu, there are also several of my other concubines, the beauty Yang, the Xiurong Yu, the noble concubine Hu, and the queen mother's brother Xie Daolin, the imperial guard.

Except for Quan Jiu, it was the first time I had seen several other people, of course, Zhao Yu had seen them before. My three concubines are all the best choices, although they are not as good as Fang Ling and Quan Jiu, they also have their own merits and are graceful.

That Xie Daolin is burly, he doesn't smile, he doesn't talk to everyone much, except for kowtowing to me when they first met, he just sits and drinks tea by himself.

A group of beauties coaxed the Queen Mother, which made Xie Daoqing also show a long-lost smile on his face.

Since Quan Jiusheng said, Xie Daoqing's attitude towards me has also eased.

Xie Daoqing personally poured Tusu wine for everyone, raised his glass and said: "Official, my younger brother has always been like this, extremely bad at words, we eat and drink by ourselves, don't pay attention to him." This Chinese New Year's Eve is thirty, and the first emperor has gone, so our first glass of wine first respects the spirit of the first emperor. ”

"By the will of the Queen Mother." I'll raise a glass and drink it all.

The palace maid next to her hurriedly poured wine for everyone, and Xie Daoqing continued: "This second cup of wine will be honored by the official family together to congratulate the new emperor on his accession to the throne." ”

I raised my glass and said, "Queen Mother, please, thank Mother." ”

"What about this last glass of wine...... Xie Daoqing paused for a moment and looked at me before saying, "Let's wish the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty together." ”

"The queen mother can rest assured, the child will definitely set the Central Plains in the north, and rejuvenate my Great Song Dynasty."

Xie Daoqing said: "Well, the queen mother is waiting for you to chant the whip and point to the end of the world." ”

Quan Jiu smiled and said: "The queen mother still remembers this poem, Jiu'er believes that the official family will be successful." ”

"Remember, I'm looking forward to this day. Everyone is free, come, eat wine and food. ”

After three rounds of drinking, the atmosphere is gradually easy-going, but fortunately, Tu Su's wine is not high, otherwise I guess I would have to get drunk.

Yu Xiurong, who was opposite me, said with a little grievance: "The official family hasn't come to see us for a long time, have you forgotten our sisters?" ”

"Ah, Concubine Yu, as well as Concubine Yang, Concubine Hu, I have just ascended the throne, there are many things, when I straighten out the court, I will accompany you more, after the New Year, you all move to the vicinity of my Ningqian Palace, and it is convenient to meet each other."

"That's great." Yu Xiurong and the others said together.

Although I don't have any feelings for the concubines, after all, I am my relatives in this world, so I should be closer to them.

I took out four ornaments, distributed them to Quan Jiu and the others, and said, "You can pick these ornaments yourself as New Year's gifts." ”

Quan Jiu said: "Thank you for the official reward." ”

Yu Xiurong picked out a pair of earrings and said, "Xie Guanjia, but we still have a small wish." ”

I smiled and said, "Tell me about it." ”

Yu Xiurong looked at the Queen Mother and said: "Queen Mother, the official family wrote a poem when the whole sister was born, and this New Year has arrived, we ask the official family to compose another poem to celebrate the New Year." ”

"Poetry again?"

Xie Daoqing nodded and smiled: "Concubine Yu's words are very heartfelt, official, please." ”

I said in my heart, I have to steal poetry again. Anyway, Kong Yiji said that a reader stealing a book is not stealing, and there are many poems describing the New Year, and I can still remember a few. I thought for a while and said, "The name of the poem is Xianchun New Year's Record." Then he said:

Heaven and earth are full of wind and frost, and the weather is harmonious;

New years are added, and spring is full of old mountains and rivers.

The plum willow is fragrant, and the pine fence is old;

Tu Sucheng was drunk and laughed at Baiyunwo.

This poem is a poem by Ye Hao in the Ming Dynasty, the Tu Su in the poem is a kind of medicinal wine name, when I learned this poem, because I didn't understand the meaning of Tu Su, so I was impressed.

The poem "New Year's Day" by the Song Dynasty poet Wang Anshi also mentions Tu Su:

In the sound of firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tusu.

Thousands of households say that they always replace the new peach with the old charm.

"Tusu" refers to Tusu wine, and drinking Tusu wine is also a custom during the Chinese New Year in ancient times, so Xie Daoqing also used Tusu wine to entertain everyone to celebrate Chinese New Year's Eve.

The author of this poem, Ye Hao, also had the same name and surname in the Song Dynasty, but I don't know if the two were connected.

Quan Jiu listened to it and said first: "Although this poem is not as bold as the last time, it is also close to the scene, relaxed and happy, this "Xianchun Salary Yearbook" is also a good poem, since the official family ascended the throne, this poetry has made great progress, it seems that it will not take long to publish a collection of poems." ”

Xie Daoqing said: "That's true, I hope that my Great Song Dynasty can be as the official poem says, and the weather will be harmonious every year." ”

I smiled and said, "With the support of the queen mother, I will become stronger and stronger year by year." ”

"As long as it is conducive to the prosperity of my dynasty, the queen mother will support it. Official, are you ready to go to Huiji on the third day of junior high school? ”

"When I returned to my mother, everything was ready."

"The official family should bring more guards to ensure safety on the road."

"Don't worry, the child is not going to war."

"The officials themselves are careful, and they will accept the congratulations of hundreds of officials in the early days of tomorrow, so let's rest early."

"Yes, Queen Mother."

This is the first Chinese New Year's Eve of the death of the first emperor, and fireworks cannot be set off in the palace, and even the little songs that Xie Daoqing likes to listen to are suspended.

According to the ritual system of the Song Dynasty, the emperor of the first day of the first month should accept the congratulations of hundreds of officials, and then the emperor will lead the civil and military officials to sacrifice heaven and earth, worship the ancestors, and pray for good weather in the coming year, and the peace of the country and the people. Then there was a break on the fifteenth day, and the sixteenth day of the first month was resumed on the court.

In ancient times, the emperor was also hard, and he couldn't sleep lazily on the first day of the new year.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live, Your Majesty, new year, new atmosphere, lead me to a higher level." In the early dynasty, Jia Rudao, who was the head of the hundred officials, led the hundred officials to congratulate.

I saw that most of the courtiers were beaming, and even Jia Yidao showed a hint of a smile, it seems that the atmosphere of the traditional New Year of the Chinese people is really infectious.

"Everyone, I also wish you a good New Year."

Na Ma Tingluan came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, according to my courtesy system, today is the first day of the first year of Xianchun, and Your Majesty will issue an edict to amnesty the world. ”

Since ancient times, there has been a saying that there is an amnesty for the world, except for those who are sentenced to death, most of them can have their sentences commuted. It's just that I'm extremely opposed to this, and the law is the law, so how can I change it at will because of this?

I thought for a while and said, "What is the intention of the master?" ”

"Your Majesty decides for himself." Jia Rudao said lukewarmly.

"Ma Aiqing, this matter will be delayed for a while, and we will discuss it after the sixteenth day of the dynasty."

Ma Tingluan insisted: "Your Majesty, this is the law of the ancestors, I hope Your Majesty will think twice." ”

"Aiqing doesn't need to say much." I said, "Xiao Qi, set up the Taimiao, don't let the Queen Mother wait." All Aiqing went to the Taimiao Temple to worship the heavens and worship the ancestors. ”

"Master Ma, since the emperor's will has been issued, please do so." Jia Yidao naturally wanted to see me and Xie Daoqing's faction have friction, and when he saw Ma Tingluan's New Year's recital, he gloated and smiled.

Although Ma Tingluan has a good character, he is too upright, which can be regarded as the so-called high wind and bright festival of the literati in this era, and he always thinks that the law of his ancestors is correct.

The temple is on the edge of the palace and is the place where the royal family worships their ancestors. When we arrived, Xie Daoqing had already waited in front of the Taimiao, and I took the important ministers of the court to enter the Taimiao first, and worshiped the heaven and earth with the Empress Dowager Xie Daoqing, worshiped the ancestors, and hoped that God would bless the harvest of grains in the coming year, and the country and the people would be safe.

Subsequently, the ministers entered the shrine in order of rank.

This is also the only public appearance of the Queen Mother every year, and the worship activities are lively and lively, which continues until the afternoon, and the ministers resign to me and the Queen Mother one after another, and leave the temple.

It's been the first year of Xianchun, and Jing Dingnian may just be my internship.

Xianchun, this is my era, my era, but what kind of era will this be?

I returned to Ningqian Palace and was silent in front of the window.