Chapter 118: A Great Gift to Li Shimin
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After the family banquet, it was Chinese New Year's Eve, and on the day of the annual meeting of Datang Company, he took time to sneak back to the newly purchased villa, and met with the company's senior employees through the guò network in the villa, which was also considered to have completed the last task before the New Year.
The prey accumulated in the royal mansion was not consumed in the family banquet, Zhang San marinated the remaining meat, and on Chinese New Year's Eve, Li Zhuo asked him to take out all the dishes according to the last family banquet and prepare a copy for the slaves, which was regarded as a New Year's benefit for the slaves of the royal mansion.
Chinese New Year's Eve This night is to observe the New Year according to the custom, Li Wei and Cui Yingying also did not sleep, this girl suddenly began to feel homesick, the love is not high, because every year on Chinese New Year's Eve, the old and young of the family will gather together to eat, drink and have fun, and today is indeed a little deserted, until midnight the servants came to kowtow and said to the two of them the auspicious words of the New Year, the noisy atmosphere, her mood was better.
Chang'an Taiji Palace, a grand family banquet is underway, the princess and princess concubines are all here, Li Shimin sat on the main seat and looked at the children who were gathered together, suddenly there was a sense of satisfaction in his heart, his eyes swept over everyone's body one by one, when he swept over Concubine Yang, his eyes were stunned, and he couldn't help sighing, everyone was beaming at this time, although Concubine Yang also had a smile on her face, it was difficult to hide the sadness between her eyebrows.
Empress Changsun held her son in her left and a young slave in her right hand, looking at Princess Changle who was fighting with Li Chengqian and Li Tai, smiling, hearing Li Shimin's sigh, she said, "Your Majesty, what's wrong?" ”
"Didn't you see one person missing from the family dinner?" Li Shimin picked up a glass of apricot blossom wine and said.
Empress Changsun was stunned for a moment and sighed: "Is Your Majesty talking about 愔儿?" ”
"After the New Year, he will be fifteen years old, and this is the first time he has spent the New Year outside." Li Shimin said slowly.
At this time, the son raised his head and said to Li Shimin: "Father, I also miss the sixth brother, when will he come back." ”
"Me too." Li Zhi said: "The third brother is not fun at all, but the sixth brother is still fun." ”
Li Shimin scratched his son's little nose and said to Li Zhi: "Your sixth brother can't play with you all the time, and it's the same when you grow up, as the prince of the Tang Dynasty, you always have to do your part for the Tang Dynasty and become a local official." ”
When Li Zhi heard this, his face became bitter, "Then I don't want to grow up, how good it is to be by the side of my mother and father!" ”
When the son heard "wow", he cried: "The sixth brother is gone, and the ninth brother is also leaving, and there will be no one to play with the son in the future." ”
"The son doesn't cry, the father didn't say to let the slave go." Li Shimin hurriedly comforted, and the eldest grandson queen was also constantly comforting on the side......
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Li Su asked Jin Daqian to put a flowing water seat in the palace, and on the first day of the new year, every family put a banquet for people who came to pay New Year's greetings to eat and drink, which is called a wheel seat.
After tasting the food of the palace, there was an endless stream of officials and dignitaries who went to Li Su's mansion to pay New Year's greetings in the morning, Qin Huaiyu, Shangguanyi, Tong Nian and Wang Yinlong were the first to arrive at the palace.
The people who came to the palace of Shu to pay New Year's greetings had some status in Yizhou, and the ordinary people did not dare to come to the door, and Li Su sent people to put food and rice porridge and some pickles on the road at the door, so that some poor people could also eat a good meal.
It is a custom for officials in Yizhou to pay New Year's greetings to their superiors, and it is also a custom for local officials to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor, and high-ranking officials like Li Su's usually want to enter the palace to pay New Year's greetings to Li Shimin on the first day of the new year, but Li Su can't go, but the gift he prepared for Li Shimin has arrived in Chang'an, and he can't go in person, so he can only let Li Ke transfer it on his behalf.
On the first day of the court, all the civil and military officials arrived, and some foreign envoys also brought gifts to Beijing to congratulate, Li Ke bowed to the New Year, and said: "Father, Liulang also has a gift for his sons to pass on to his father." ”
Li Shimin has no interest in the same gifts of hundreds of officials, Li Ke said this, he has some expectations, because Li Su can always get some strange things, and said, "Oh, yes? What a gift. ”
"Liulang said that what he gave to his father was the Tang Dynasty." Li Ke said it hesitantly, Li Su did say so in the letter, he knew that it was inappropriate to say this, but Li Ke confessed, he could only bite the bullet.
As soon as Li Ke's words fell, there were bursts of whispers in the court, there was no lack of arrogant and rebellious words in them, and Li Ke was close, such as Cheng Yanjin, Xiao Yu, Lu Shang and others had a melancholy face, and the others were gloating, mocking, numb, and so on.
Li Shimin was also slightly displeased at first, but he understood that Li Su was not a person who did this without thinking, so he said: "Present it!" ”
Li Ke had to order him to go outside the door, and when he called, four guards came in with a huge paper scroll-like thing, Li Ke had just arrived in Chang'an with this gift, and he had never seen what was inside, so he said, "Open it." ”
Hearing this, the guards untied the ropes tied to the two ends, slowly pulled the paper scroll open, and a huge map slowly appeared in front of Li Shimin, this is Li Su's hand-drawn map of the Tang Dynasty in modern times, which is five meters long and three meters wide, and the map is drawn by Li Su in combination with the actual and historical facts of the Tang Dynasty, and the territory of the Tang Dynasty is all over it, every river and every mountain can be found on it, not to mention the prefectures and counties.
After the map was opened, everyone's eyes were focused on the map, and some generals who were marching and fighting immediately recognized what it was, and they were amazed one by one, but compared to this, the map they used on weekdays was not on the table at all.
Li Shimin walked down quickly, his eyes staring at the map for a moment, "This is Hedong Road, this is Jiannan Road, and this is Lingnan Road." Li Shimin counted them one by one, and checked the location of the state and county in these roads.
Li Ke came back to his senses from the shock, pointed to the four words "Tang Dynasty Mountains" on the map, and said: "Father, Liulang is right, this is indeed the Tang Dynasty." ”
"Hahaha......" Li Shimin laughed heartily and said, "Hang this picture in the Manna Palace, and I will go back and enjoy it slowly." ”
"Yes, Father." Li Ke waved his hand, and several guards rolled up the drawings again, and many ministers who were fascinated by it sighed, hoping to look at it for a while.
Li Shimin touched the heavy map, like a treasure, and said to the ministers: "This is the most precious gift I have received this year. ”
"Congratulations to Your Majesty!" The eldest grandson Wuji took the lead in bowing down and congratulated, many people had a sour taste, but they were helpless, this "Tang Dynasty" was not something anyone could give.
Yizhou, Li Su and Cui Yingying spent a busy day on the first day of the new year, in addition to accepting the New Year's greetings of local officials and wang clans, they also watched the people dance the gods, this kind of activity is strictly called driving the Wu, by the old man and the old lady with a mask, the mother of the girl led the dance, hundreds of guards with children's masks formed a team, while walking while blowing and playing and singing very lively, in the evening, the servants of the palace gas a bonfire in the courtyard again, bought firecrackers are still inside, and the noise is not over until midnight.
Looking at the broken bamboo pieces in the ground, Li Su thought that he would study the fireworks next year, and he would have to play during the New Year.