Twenty-three years of Jian'an is a year of great changes in Chang'an City, first of all, the population in the city decreases, not the charm of Chang'an City fades, but with the completion of the three sub-cities of Duling County, Baling County and Xianyang County, a large number of middle and lower class population have been evacuated to the three sub-cities, which makes many old houses in Chang'an City demolished, and new houses are built, making Chang'an City more neat and tidy, all kinds of buildings are magnificent, and the shadow of the strong Han era faintly appears.

Another major change in Chang'an City was the drastic reduction of commercial shops, due to the construction of a spacious and flat official road between the three sub-cities and the main city, both sides of the official road immediately became a place of commercial intensity, a large number of shops were moved outside the city, shops, commercial houses, markets, temples, taverns, hostels, green buildings, music workshops, dance workshops, martial arts halls, gambling halls, etc., everything.

This is not a forced order of the government, but a matter of interest, Chang'an City has to close the city gates, and the whole city implements a curfew after 800 drums, which is more restrictive to commerce, and there is no restriction at all when moving outside the city.

In addition, the three sub-cities can enter and exit the city gate at night and stay closed all night, which is a great benefit to the shops that do night business, but more importantly, the land rent is cheap, it is convenient for the people to go home, the merchants recognize the profits, and the relocation of shops has been a big tide.

Shops moved out, civilians moved out, a large amount of land was vacant, and the imperial court built a lot of official buildings on these lands, such as official schools, post houses, official residences, and so on.

With the arrival of the New Year in the 24th year of Jian'an, officials from all over the country rushed to Chang'an, making Chang'an City lively again.

In the Han system, a great court should be held every day to celebrate the arrival of the new year, and then a banquet of 100 officials was held to reward the civil and military officials who had worked hard for a year.

However, at the end of the Han Dynasty, when etiquette and music collapsed, the various systems of the imperial court had already been imitated by the princes in various places, including the New Year's Dynasty, when he was in Jingzhou, Liu Biao would hold a New Year's Dynasty on this day every year, requiring officials above the county level in Jingzhou to rush to Xiangyang to participate in the dynasty.

After Liu Jing succeeded to the pastor of Jingzhou, the New Year's dynasty was stopped for a time, and later resumed after the capture of Yizhou, but he did not force the local officials of each county to participate, and if he happened to report on his work in Chengdu, he must also participate.

After the capital of Chang'an, the New Year's Dynasty was changed to once every two years, generally held in even-numbered years, this year is the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, exactly an even-numbered year, but considering that every household has to hold a family sacrifice, local officials coming to Beijing to participate in the dynasty will inevitably affect the family sacrifice, so at the beginning of Pingzhangtai there were regulations, the New Year's Dynasty was limited to the participation of officials in the capital, and local officials did not have to participate.

But the New Year's Dynasty is not just a big pilgrimage that ends, there will be a series of activities in the next few days, including sacrifices, sacrifices to heaven and earth, etc., and even the various ministries of Shangshu Province also have their own gathering activities, it is actually an important political activity, which can establish contacts and dredge relationships.

Every official attaches great importance to it, and for this reason, many local officials would rather postpone the clan sacrifice until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, but also rush to Chang'an to participate in the biennial New Year's pilgrimage.

In the early morning of the day, before dawn, the east Sima Gate of Weiyang Palace slowly opened, and hundreds of officials who had been waiting outside the palace gate began to slowly enter Wuming Square, and thousands of guards stood around the square, which was heavily guarded.

Due to the severe cold night, the palace supervisor specially set up more than 20 temporary tents in the square for the officials participating in the court meeting to avoid the cold and keep warm, the court meeting will be attended by nearly 2,000 civil and military officials, so that each big tent is almost full of officials, they are in groups of three or five, whispering, of course, the most topic, is the crisis of material shortage in Wei, soaring prices, and turmoil in the government and the opposition.

Since Liu Bei was named Tai Lieutenant, he has been recuperating in Chang'an's mansion, rarely going out, and not seeing outsiders, after more than half a year of recuperation, he finally gradually recovered his health in the water and soil in the north.

Although it could not be compared with his body when he was on the Prancing Horse Field, it was much better than the weak and sick state in Jiaozhou, and in the most popular terms, the doctors allowed him to have sexual intercourse again, which made his life a great pleasure again.

Liu Bei also received a letter invitation from Liu Jing, inviting him to attend the New Year's court, Liu Jing gave him enough face, and he couldn't refuse again, so he took a carriage to Weiyang Palace early in the morning to attend the court meeting.

Although Liu Bei is no longer a prince, his reputation is still very high, and when the officials saw him, they all saluted, "Uncle Liu Huang is also here." ”

"See Taiwei Liu!"

The courtesy of everyone also made the embarrassment in his heart gone, he also smiled and nodded to everyone, but his eyes were looking for the old minister of Jiaozhou, at this time, he suddenly saw Zhuge Liang sitting in a corner, as well as Zhuge Liang's brother Zhuge Jin, as well as Wang Lei and Chen Dao, Liu Bei was overjoyed and walked over quickly.

Zhuge Liang and the others heard someone greeting behind them, mentioning Uncle Liu Huang, they found that Liu Bei was walking towards them, several people hurriedly got up and saluted, since they said goodbye in Jiaozhou, everyone never met again, although they were all in Chang'an, but Liu Bei closed the door and didn't see anyone, and he didn't have a chance to see him, but he didn't expect to see him here.

Not much to say about the excitement, everyone greeted Liu Bei one after another, especially Chen Dao, whose voices were choked, "If I can see Uncle Huang again, Weichen will be willing even if he dies." ”

Liu Bei was moved in his heart, waved his hand and smiled: "Don't call yourself Weichen here, besides, today is the New Year, don't say a dead word again, understand?" ”

"I remember!"

"Let's sit down and talk!"

A few people sat down, Liu Bei smiled, and asked Zhuge Jin first: "I heard that Ziyu was named Yuzhang Taishou, why did he rush to Chang'an in the New Year?" ”

Zhuge Jin's face flushed slightly, and explained: "The New Year's party is more important, except for the officials from Jiangdong and Jiaozhou, who can't catch up, the others are basically here, and our Zhuge family ancestor worship is in Chang'an, so I came with my dog." ”

"It's convenient to worship ancestors in Chang'an."

Liu Bei's eyes turned to Zhuge Liang again, and his smile became gentle, "Mr. is the prime minister, I haven't congratulated Mr. yet!" ”

Zhuge Liang's face was a little hot, and he said apologetically: "It should be that I went to see Uncle Huang, but I haven't had time, and I only returned from Gaonu yesterday, Kong Ming is ashamed." ”

"Mr. don't be ashamed, I know that Mr.'s ambition in life is to revive the Han family, and Mr.'s ambition can be realized in Chang'an, which is a good thing, but Liu Bei is to blame for his incompetence and can't realize Mr.'s ambition."

Liu Bei's last sentence made the atmosphere between several people a little awkward, and at this time, Wang Lei hurriedly changed the topic and said: "Uncle Huang's body seems to have recovered his health, this is a happy thing!" ”

Liu Bei laughed, "Zhiyang is right, physical health is the most pleasant thing, even if you have thousands of dollars but you don't enjoy it, it is in vain." ”

Liu Bei has insight into the world, the city government is very deep, he knows that although Liu Jing treats him well and gives him status and wealth, but in fact Liu Jing is not at ease with him, letting his son Liu Chan study in Chengdu is the best example, if he is not recruited and still resentful, then Liu Chan is a hostage.

Understanding this, Liu Bei is also very cautious, in front of the old man, he does not mention what his plans for the future are, in fact, Liu Bei also knows that the general trend of the world has been decided, even Ma Chao has the support of the Qiang people and cannot turn it over, what capital can he Liu Bei have?

Thinking about this, Liu Bei also knows the destiny of heaven, and just wants to spend his old age peacefully, and at the same time, he also hopes that his former subordinates will not cause trouble for him again, which is why he has not seen any guests for more than half a year.

Liu Bei pondered for a moment, and then asked Chen Dao, "How are Yun Chang and Yide?" ”

Chen Zhi hurriedly said: "General Guan is training troops in Longxi, General Zhang is training militia in Lingzhou, Guan Xing, Zhang Bao and other junior generals are all under Zilong's orders, I also follow General Zhang in Lingzhou to train the militia, but I just received an order from the Ministry of War to transfer me to Nanyang as the deputy governor, I heard that General Zhang will also be transferred to Hefei." ”

"What about Yun Chang?" Liu Bei asked a little nervously.

Liu Bei knew that this was the observation period of the former Jiaozhou generals had ended and would begin to be used one after another, and he very much hoped that the second brother Yun Chang could also be reused, although his life ultimately failed, but he hoped that the second and third brothers could at least gain a certain status in the New Han Dynasty.

Zhuge Liang next to him said: "Yun Chang will be the chief general of Pujin Pass, responsible for attacking Hedong County, and the state side will be under my full command." ”

Liu Bei was a little stunned, he didn't expect Liu Jing to be so magnanimous and let Yun Chang lead the army alone, this kind of bearing made him have to secretly admire.

At this moment, a crisp bell rang in the square, it was the time of the day, and they needed to line up in front of the main hall and prepare to enter the hall.

The ministers got up one after another, came to the square, and soon lined up in two teams, one team headed by Taifu Jia Xu, the other team headed by Taiwei Liu Bei, followed by Yin Mo, Dong He, Fei Guan and others.

The time finally reached the hour of the hour, and with the knocking of a cloud board, the palace attendant Yushi shouted on the jade steps, "The time has come, enter the palace!" ”

In the melodious sound of the bell chime, two teams of honor guards neatly walked into the main hall, and nearly two thousand ministers behind them slowly climbed the jade steps and marched towards the Qinzheng Palace.

The hall of diligence is magnificent, thirty-six big pillars stand in the hall, huge curtains hang down on both sides, and the whole hall can accommodate 5,000 people at the same time.

In the front row, Jia Xu, Liu Bei and other cabinet elders and Xiangguo can sit, while the remaining more than 2,000 civil and military officials are standing in the back row, this is just the New Year of the Han Dynasty, but it gives people the illusion that the Han Dynasty is the king of the world.

At this time, the palace attendant Yushi shouted again: "His Royal Highness the King of Han has arrived!" ”

The hall suddenly fell silent, and I saw eight civil officials holding a golden plate leading the way in front, and thirty-six gold-armored warriors in the back surrounded by Liu Jing, the king of Han, who walked into the main hall from the side of the jade steps.

Liu Jing was dressed in the robe of the twelve chapters of the sun, moon and stars, wearing the two crowns of the Liu family, wearing a white jade double seal, carrying a five-colored golden sword of mackerel at his waist, sitting on a high throne, and everyone bowed down together: "See His Royal Highness the King of Han!" ”

Liu Jing nodded and said with a smile: "The New Year has arrived, let the ministers wait for a long time, and the ceremony will begin!" ”

The bells and drums rang in unison, and Xu Shu, the secretary of the ministry, walked quickly to the front of the jade steps, presented Liu Jing with a New Year's greeting signed by hundreds of officials, and said loudly: "The king is the first year, and the micro-ministers are recommended by the hundred officials, congratulating His Highness on the New Year, and asking His Highness to accept the ......congratulations of the ministers and the court."

The New Year of the 24th year of Jian'an is destined to mark the beginning of a new era, and the curtain of unifying the world will also be slowly opened in this year.