In the former Ming Dynasty, in order to prevent the power of foreign relatives from sitting, from the middle of the emperor, the concubines of the emperor and the vassal king were generally found from small households, but the Han Dynasty was a new dynasty, and heroes and generals abounded, and the emperor and queen felt that the candidate for the crown princess was best to find it from among the nobles with special honors, which could not only appease the heart of the nobles, but also make the prince's future use of the nobles more handy.

Judging from the queen's tone, she didn't want to delay any longer, and planned to finish the marriage when the prince was fifteen years old - there was only more than a year left to do so, and the prince had to go to Goryeo in the middle, which was indeed very urgent.

"The child is at the command of the queen mother." The prince sighed in his heart, and then bowed his head in response.

In the midst of royal chatter, the sky is getting darker and darker, and the hands of the Western table clock are slowly pointing to the middle of the night.

The royal dinner was over, and the palace people came forward to clean up the table and utensils, while several princes gathered around their father.

"Father, can you set off fireworks?" Zhao Hu, the king of Qi, who had always been the most unrestrained and polite in front of his father, grabbed his father's arm and kept shaking, his eyes full of longing. "Let Erchen go and fire the first shot first!"

The fireworks in the palace are ready, just waiting for the royal family to take the lead.

Since the establishment of the new dynasty, in order to add a little joy to the palace during the New Year's Festival, fireworks will be set off every Chinese New Year's Eve, and fireworks for several hours often turn the sky into a colorful stage, year after year. After several years of perseverance, this project has gradually become a custom in Beijing under the condition of upward and downward effects, and every time it is the New Year's Festival, the city will be full of fireworks, which is very beautiful.

To tell the truth, in addition to increasing the festivity of the festival, the royal arrangement also has the intention of leading the trend and opening up financial resources for a large number of gunpowder factories.

In the process of starting a business, in order to cope with the wars everywhere, Zhao Jiajun set up many gunpowder factories in Xuzhou that year, and the workers of these gunpowder factories worked hard to make a large amount of gunpowder, which supplied the Zhao family's army to fight that year, and also helped the Zhao family seize the world.

And now, the world has been pacified, and the war is becoming less and less frequent, and the scale is getting smaller and smaller. Moreover, in order to facilitate the supply of materials, new gunpowder factories were also set up in the provinces around the frontier, so the demand for local gunpowder factories in the Xuhuai area by the imperial court and the army became smaller and smaller.

However, although the demand was small, so many workers and technicians in the gunpowder factory could not be unemployed in vain, and the machines could not be idle and rusty, so they had to find another way out.

After much deliberation, the royal family decided to boost the consumption of fireworks among the people to sustain the operation of most of Xuhuai's gunpowder factories and the livelihood of its workers.

In the former Ming Dynasty, folk fireworks and firecrackers have a fairly high level of production, with hundreds of varieties, which can show realistic patterns such as flowers and plants. After the transformation of the gunpowder factory began, the technicians inside also learned how to make fireworks from special personnel, and invested a lot of energy to improve and transform, so that the variety of fireworks became more and more abundant.

At that time, some powerful families would ask skilled craftsmen to make all kinds of fireworks every year, and set them off overnight on Chinese New Year's Eve, and the fireworks alone cost hundreds of taels of silver a year, which is equivalent to a county's financial revenue for a year, and under the deliberate guidance of the royal family, fireworks have become a common trend from the noble to the commoners, whether it is the New Year Festival or other festivals or festive celebrations, a large number of fireworks will be consumed, and the resulting huge demand market has finally revitalized the gunpowder factories in Xuhuai and maintained production, In addition, the government-run gunpowder factories can earn a lot of income and no longer need official subsidies.

The factory is here, the workers and the production capacity are there, and today fireworks are produced, and when necessary, gunpowder will be made again. As long as the existence of the gunpowder factory was maintained, it would be possible to remake gunpowder on a large scale in the future, and to quickly engulf the enemy with a huge production capacity -- this was the conclusion reached by the emperor after joint discussions with the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the military.

This attack on Japan required the consumption of a very large amount of gunpowder, and it is expected that some gunpowder factories will be switched back to producing shells and gunpowder, and the Ministry of Industry has already made arrangements for it. So this year's fireworks market is in short supply, and the prices are much more expensive than in previous years - but firstly, the royal family never has to worry about the price, and secondly, the Japanese are unlikely to find anything out of it, so it doesn't matter much.

After getting the emperor's permission, Zhao Hu, the king of Qi, and several other young princes rushed to the side of the fireworks prepared by the palace people with excited faces.

The pyrotechnics for the royal family were made by a specially designated gunpowder factory, and the gunpowder factory naturally found the most skilled master to make it. This kind of fireworks is the first safety, the gunpowder is carefully separated and processed accordingly, it will not suddenly explode because of shaking or placement, and the effect of the explosion is also the most gorgeous, those masters will ensure that the pattern of each fireworks is never the same, and they all have auspicious and festive meanings.

King Qi took a lit incense stick from the palace man next to him, and then stretched out his hand to the fireworks tremblingly. The flaming thread was quickly lit, and then slowly burned to the other end, until finally, the spark disappeared in the bamboo tube.

Everything was silent again, as if nothing had happened.

Until a moment later, only to hear "Bang! With a bang, a fire dragon burst out of the bamboo tube, and then rushed into the air, under everyone's sight, with a sharp whistling sound, the fire dragon rose all the way, and then hovered in mid-air, and then suddenly burst.

"Bang!" There was another loud bang, and the red, green, and purple sparks burst out of the burst and flew in a divergent shape, and a colorful disc suddenly appeared in the sky, like a colorful flower.

"Wow! It's beautiful! After all, King Qi was a child, he was very excited, pointed to the sky and shouted, "Father, brother, look, it's so beautiful!" ”

Driven by his brother, the other princes also picked up incense and lit the fireworks in front of them.

Bunches of fireworks are like sharp scissors tearing cloth, accompanied by a not heroic hiss, straight into the sky, drawing a fire mark in the dark night sky, and then disintegrating in the depths of the night sky, and then hundreds of sparks poured down, purple and red, dazzling.

As if ordered to do so, after the fireworks were set off in the palace, fireworks slowly lit up in the mansions around the palace, and then farther away, farther away...... Soon after, the whole capital was surrounded by brilliant colors, and the sound of firecrackers and fireworks roared in the dark night sky, and the brilliant and beautiful fireworks swept into the sky.

From time to time, there was a loud roar in the sky, and then all kinds of gorgeous pictures were weaved.

Amid the incessant laughter, the young princes played with each other and lit fireworks as if they were going to compete in this way. Because of his age and status, the prince did not participate in the games of his younger brothers, and he did not want to participate.

He stood in front of the steps at the gate of the Qianqing Palace, and when he looked up, he saw that the fireworks were instantly dazzling, instantly ashes, and after a brief brilliant outburst, the color slowly faded until it disappeared...... In the end, I can't see the traces of how beautiful they once were.

The world is impermanent.

This thought suddenly flashed through the prince's heart.

Among the teachers who taught him, there were naturally people who were full of poetry and books, and who were proficient in Buddhism in addition to Confucianism, and in their leisure time after schoolwork, they also talked about some theories of Buddhism and Taoism in their idle conversations, especially the impermanence of Buddhism, which was repeatedly mentioned.

This is also normal, since these people are full of poetry and books, most of them are from some backgrounds, so they have the most profound memories of the change of dynasty. Some of them grew up from the remnant sun of the last prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty in the middle of Wanli, and witnessed how the world suddenly turned from prosperous to a ghost, and then witnessed the rapid rise of the Zhao family and the Xu Huai group suddenly seized the world, and then watched the world gradually return to peace again in the new dynasty.

The rapid changes in this world are really unforgettable, whether these people are profiting or losing power, they can't help but sigh a little "the world is impermanent" in their hearts.

They talked to each other a lot, and even the prince was touched by them, and they had a lot of feelings.

However, because his father paid attention to practical work, did not like Buddhism, and even Confucianism was disrespectful, so the teachers would not explain the principles of Buddhism to the prince in detail, and the prince himself would not show such thoughts in front of his father.

However, I didn't expect that even my father, who was extremely strong in his impression, actually told him a few days ago, "There is no feast in the world, where is there an immortal dynasty since ancient times...... There are some things that cannot be undone by manpower. We can only do what we are doing, and who knows what future generations will do ......" and so on, doesn't this just confirm the truth that "the world is impermanent"?

If everything is impermanent, then the world, the throne, then what is the meaning of everything? Anyway, in the end, it's nothing more than a cup of loess, and it can't control future generations...... The thought crossed his mind.

"Bang!" Just then, a firework exploded in mid-air.

The golden disc opened in mid-air, and its golden tentacles expanded to the sky, constantly shining with golden light, arrogant and stubborn. Although it inevitably dimmed, the light made the prince's eyes burn.

Yes, the world is impermanent, and no one can control the future.

But, at least now, when I'm here, I'm still able to do what I need to do, just like my father did.