Chapter 217: Yuan Zheng
"The old year ends with the night, and the early spring is dawning." The old year has passed, and the new year has come again.
"Children don't know anything, but sing until dawn." Although the children of the Yang family have more sensible children, they have become more lively, and now they are not just resting after eating dumplings, but after the adults have gone to rest, they have been performing their own shows, at this time they no longer need anyone to watch, but are entertaining themselves, and even some children are playing games, which is in line with the previous poem.
But Yang Heng didn't have such a mood and time to have fun with them, because Li Er had already informed Yang Heng before, asking him to follow the court on the day of Yuanzheng, the saying is that Yang Heng has words at this time, that is an adult, and naturally he needs to take some responsibility, and this heavenly court, although there is nothing serious, it is just a New Year pilgrimage, but Yang Heng also needs to be familiar, isn't it, and it is also necessary to let some foreign envoys officially know Yang Heng, so the glass business still needs Yang Heng to negotiate with these envoys. In fact, this is also what Yang Heng proposed to Li Er, foreigners' money, don't earn it for nothing, earn more money from foreigners, and when the secret of the glass is really revealed, Yang Heng will have an excuse to explain to those who bought his glass.
How much does this price for foreigners, more than three times the domestic price, otherwise don't buy it. Yang Heng's pricing in this regard is very decisive, the matter of face, whether at home or abroad, is particularly liked, if the price is low for them, maybe they won't buy it, so that it is difficult for them to buy it even if the price is high. That's what makes them have a lot of face?
Just like Li Er. For the sake of face, people pay you a tribute with an iron needle, and you have to go back to someone else like a golden needle, which is the same reason. Face kills.
Several countries will compete for the amount of glass they buy. You must know that Yang Heng has already shouted out the propaganda slogan at this time, what heaven-given divine glass, God's gifts and other words have also come out, if you don't buy it. It seems that the price is too low, even if you buy less, the price will drop, and for some customers in China, Yang Heng also adopted the method of limiting purchases, that is, officials can only buy the number of glass needed for a main hall according to the level of grade, and other places, then I'm sorry, don't sell it, in fact, Yang Heng is just to have less trouble in the future. If this secret is revealed, the life of the second goods will be difficult.
But Yang Heng sold these glasses to foreign envoys at a high price. If these envoys complain, these officials may take their anger out on them, and maybe use this anger to open up territory for the imperial court.
"A colorful glow welcomes the dawn, and ten thousand red candles move spring." The early morning of the first day of the first lunar month has arrived, today is a good day, it is a sunny day, maybe God knows that Yang Heng is participating in the court meeting for the first time today, so it is rare to release a sunny day on the day of Yuanzheng, and there is even a morning glow, which is in response to this situation, and a morning glow welcomes the dawn.
But at this time, although there is a morning glow, but the street is very dark, so there is a poem about ten thousand red candles moving spring, and the officials are carrying red lanterns to shine on the main hall of the Ming Dynasty.
In fact, there is no need for lighting in the glow at this time, but this is a lively festival, a festive festival, and the red candles and red lanterns still need to be there, so the name of Chang'an's fire city is still the same.
How did the reputation of this fire city come about, naturally because the officials went to the court to have such a reputation, every day after the five watches and two drums, the officials have to go to the court, five is between three o'clock in the morning and five o'clock, this time in any season, is still the time of the night, so at this time the officials go to the court, can only carry the lantern to the court, and the daily court meeting is needed in Chang'an more than five officials to go to the court, so, at this time, the lights of the court will make the entire Chang'an City become a sea of fire, That's why it got the name of the Fire City.
And why is there a morning glow today, but the time of the court meeting is later than usual, there is nothing big in the last court, it is just for the sake of the court, and today, the officials from other places in Beijing also have to go to the court, so the time will be later, and there is that the officials have received a night of age, especially those who are older, you don't let them take a break, this is a good day, or the day of their lives.
"Boy, come over here." Although Yang Heng is not the first time to go to the palace, but he didn't enter the ranks for the first time, isn't it, after this arrival, he is standing there looking around, where are he going to stand, how can this eye not be used, how can there be so many ministers, it seems that there are many civil servants in the Tang Dynasty, where is that general, where is the general?
Just as Yang Hengdong was looking around, Fairy Cheng called him. "You are a martial officer from the fourth grade, and it is not low, you stand behind the old man." Immediately, the fairy Cheng pulled Yang Heng behind him, Yang Heng looked left and right, and Cheng, although this old goblin has a relatively high level, it seems that it is not his turn to stand too far in front, or Li Er doesn't want to see him, he stands in the middle position, and no one cares about him, how does Yang Heng know about Lu Dao, this can be seen from the color of the costume, the Tang Dynasty stipulates that officials above the third grade wear purple, and officials above the fifth grade wear scarlet, and Yang Heng is also considered to be above the fifth grade, so he naturally wears a crimson official uniform to go to court. Cheng Fairy is naturally wearing a purple official uniform, but there are a few people wearing crimson official uniforms around him, which naturally means that he did not stand in his position, and the officials of the last dynasty today are wearing ceremonial clothes, so the same is true for these generals, Yang Heng This is the reason why he can't find a position, if it is in normal times, he will find a position, because the generals will wear armor to the court, then it is easy to find.
"The great country is prepared for etiquette and music, and all nations are in power." When the civil and military officials all stood up, the envoys of all countries also came to the palace, and they wore various costumes to the palace, Yang Heng stared at them tightly, to see which one was a fake envoy, it is said that in this era, there will be many fake envoys to come to Chang'an to cheat Li Er's reward, but Yang Heng still gave up after the most reluctance, if you want to see the truth from their appearance, it is impossible to tell, but Yang Heng is sure that there will be a fake in this, otherwise how can there be so many envoys from so many countries, but although it is fake, Li Er didn't want to provoke it, you have to know that this is to show his prestige from all over the world, if there are two or three envoys from the birds at today's court meeting, then for Li Er, the emperor who wants to save face, it won't be too embarrassing!
...... "I wish Your Majesty a blessed life, a safe and healthy ......" court meeting began, and the main purpose of today is to pat yourself on the back, how to make Li Er happy, how good it is, today's speech officials will not spoil the scenery and give Li Er any advice, otherwise they are looking for boredom.
"Learn the text, come to the front." "Ah, yes, Your Majesty you call me." Yang Heng was distracted at the court meeting, and when the fairy Cheng poked him, he realized that Li Er was calling him, this, how could there be anything about him.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is my Aixu Yang Xuewen, from today onwards, Xuewen will officially go to the palace to participate in the court meeting, and I will officially introduce him to you here." What do you mean, Li Er said, this is one of my favorite colts, don't trouble him, I'll let him show up in front of you today, if there are any more people against him in the future, then I'm not welcome.
It can be seen how much Li Er values Yang Heng at this time, and even introduced this kind of thing at the court meeting, even Cheng Fairy is also straight on the side, how did this kid get into the eyes of His Majesty, he has a lot of horses, why do you like this kid? It's as if this kind of thing has never happened. But it appeared here in Yang Heng.
At this time, the military attaches couldn't figure it out, but the civil officials didn't care, because Yang Heng didn't have too much interaction with the civil officials, and he just had some bad relations with the eldest grandson Wuji, but would this care about other people's affairs, naturally it had nothing to do with other people.
There are also some people who also pay attention to Yang Heng, that is, those envoys, this is going to pat Yang Heng's ass well, maybe they can get any benefits from him, but they are wrong, although Yang Heng is not an old fox, but if he pits foreigners, he will not blink his eyes. (To be continued......)