Soon after Sosuke's departure, the Han Chinese New Year arrived as scheduled, and the sound of crackling firecrackers rang out from midnight until dawn.

The entire Jin people around Gyeonggi were depressed, but they were also miserable.

The custom of setting off firecrackers in the New Year began in the late Tang Dynasty and originated in the Northern Song Dynasty. Thousands of households always replace the new peach with the old one.

In the poem, it is the situation of firecrackers set off in every household in Tokyo during the Chinese New Year. And this custom has been passed down for a long time, and the Jin people can not ban it, but in recent years, there has been a shortage of wars, and many people have no mind, and the sound of firecrackers every year is sparse and sparse, and it is not a scale. Only today's New Year, not only people with conditions have bought firecrackers, but even poor people, trying to pawn, must also be released on Chinese New Year's Eve, the reason for which is clear to the people, and the golden people are naturally also clear.

Emperor Song personally conquered, Luoyang was defeated!

After the Jin people were defeated by the emperor in the suburbs of Luoyang, the nobles of the Jin country panicked and mobilized soldiers, and the Song soldiers caught up with the infantry formation, the two sides fought several times on a small scale, and each other won and lost, and they could not help each other, and the weather became colder and colder at the end of the year, and the Jin soldiers did not come together to support the grain and grass, and had no choice but to retreat from the army, this battle, but it was in vain that a lot of soldiers and horses were lost, although the Song army did not want to confront the Jin people in the plains, the camera retreated into Tongguan, but everyone understood in their hearts, Jingkang five years from beginning to end, It has always been the Song people who led the Jin people's noses, fighting one battle after another, always taking advantage of the other party.

In this way, how can he not teach the Song people to raise their eyebrows and set off the firecrackers?

Tokyo is like this, and Chang'an, where Zhao Huan lives, is even more lively.

On the night of the first night, the sound of firecrackers resounded through the clouds, not to mention, since the beginning of the new year, many merchants and the government have worked together to prepare the lanterns on the 15th.

The royal family of the Song Dynasty was different from the previous dynasty. It has gradually been contaminated with the atmosphere of many citizens, especially the custom of lanterns, which is a good time for the royal family and the people to enjoy together. Since the beginning of the Song Dynasty, there has been a tradition of enjoying the people with the people during the Shangyuan Festival.

In the past few years, the emperor was imprisoned in five countries, and the other was exiled from the sea, and the people and officials at all levels did not have the mood to live the Yuan Festival, and today the son has returned from the dust. In the past few years, there seems to be a trend of reviving the great rule in the world, although most of the internal affairs have been the same, and the system has not changed greatly, but in the appointment and evaluation of officials, the financial audit of political performance, and the continuous famine, there has been no large-scale displacement of people and peasant uprisings, and it cannot but be said that Zhao Huan has contributed to various measures in internal affairs.

In addition, what is even more pleasing and surrendering is the various achievements of the emperor after his return. Fuping defeated the enemy Chang'an and held on, personally leading the cavalry to fight with the enemy for days, and the folk rumors inevitably had the disadvantages of exaggeration and distortion.

At this time, Zhao Huan was in the eyes of the people of the world. His martial arts achievements have far surpassed that of Song Taizu, the founding monarch who was born as a military general, and the rest of Taizong's true ancestors cannot be compared with him.

In such an atmosphere. The citizens of Chang'an, who are fortunate enough to be in the same city as Zhao Huan, naturally have a little bit of pride and pride that is different from others. As a result, although Zhao Huan repeatedly issued edicts to persuade the subjects of Chang'an not to be extravagant and wasteful, he still could not curb this spontaneous rolling upsurge.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, God is also very face-saving, the weather is fine during the day, the temperature is not very low, and at night, it is arranged by the government. In the palace and the center of the city, there are colorful sheds, and there are many officials and rich gentry homes, in the high places in the city, or in the lively area of the street, with silk cloth in advance to block the curtain, set down the wine and food, in the curtain to drink and listen to the play, by the way to watch the lights. Because of every time it goes to the yuan. They were all crowded crowds, and some people took the opportunity to act as traitors, and even the wealthy families of the gentry were not immune to the scourge, so as soon as it was dark, the Fengsheng army began to dispatch, together with the officials of the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion, to go to the streets to maintain order.

The streets are so lively, the palace is naturally infected, Zhao Huan does not like eunuchs, the current one or two hundred people in the palace, or fled from Tokyo, had to be resettled, although the Chang'an palace room is small, there are a lot of uses, plus Empress Meng can not be treated lightly here, so in a few years, the palace maids and rough servants are also one or two thousand, the Shangyuan Festival in the hearts of the Song people than Chinese New Year's Eve and have a different mood, the strong festival taste in addition to the feeling of complete relaxation and pleasure, compared with the solemn sacrifice to ancestors and the god of changing the door of the year, Although Shangyuan is the end of the whole festival, it is also the beginning of a new year, full of reluctance and joyful emotions, coupled with the unique brightness and cheerfulness of young girls, everywhere is as clever as a swallow and crisp as Yinling's laughter, together with a half-old woman like Meng Hou are infected, all day long, smiling, so that Zhao Huan, who was waiting on the side, also had to wait, and did not dare to take a break, lest he spoil the old lady's interest.

It's just that he first went to the former enemy to fight, and then because of the Spring Festival, he rode back on a fast horse, came back to run around on a horse, and after returning to Chang'an, he couldn't rest on government affairs.

Meng Houyuan didn't care, seeing Zhao Huan in a daze for a long time, and then looked at him carefully, because the palace lights were brilliant, and Zhao Huan was waiting without a crown, and he looked really under the lights, these people in their early thirties had already grown white hair, and when they pitched, the fish pattern tail on their foreheads was really distinct, although there was a smile on their faces, they were obviously preoccupied.

She sighed in her heart, but there was a smile on her face, and she smiled at Zhao Huan: "The emperor has been with his wife for so long, but are you tired?" ”

Zhao Huan was indeed tired, but at this moment, he categorically couldn't say this kind of thing to kill the scenery, so he replied at the moment: "Erchen Shicai is just a little distracted, not tired, the Queen Mother, please rest assured." ”

"Okay." Empress Meng was extremely pleased, and the emperor never hesitated to kill and kill, but he was extremely respectful and filial to his old wife, day after day, year after year, and was by no means a hypocrisy.

At the moment, he smiled and said: "Now is just the end of the Shen time, the emperor has been here after having dinner with me, and filial piety is not on this, and there will be a foreign minister who will order a woman to enter the palace to ask for peace, and the emperor is inconvenient here, so he can go to rest by himself now." ”

Zhao Huan also couldn't wait for her to say this, immediately stood up, bowed down and said: "Since the Queen Mother said so, then the regents are disrespectful, so they have to skip it for a while." ”

Seeing Empress Meng nodding with a smile, obviously his mood was not bad, not far away, Zhao Dun, the prince of the earth who was just half a year old, was playing and playing in the company of several palace maids, a graceful and harmonious scene, he put his mind at ease, and only said: "Erchenhai will come back at the beginning of the moment." ”

"Okay, okay."

Meng Hou agreed repeatedly, according to the algorithm of later generations at the beginning of the day, it was already nine o'clock in the evening, according to the usual habits, the palace gate had long been locked, and the streets in the city were lonely, and today's Shangyuan Lantern Festival, Hai Shi is just the beginning of the most lively period, when Zhao Huan came to Feng Meng to watch the lanterns upstairs in the palace, thinking that this day would draw a perfect end.

Zhao Huan knows his own affairs, and he thinks about his relatives every festival, and now his every gesture and even the taste of his words have been deeply integrated into this era, but deep down, there is always a small place that hides secrets that cannot be told to anyone.

And when it comes to this kind of moment when everyone is jubilant, the small place in the heart becomes extremely soft, and the slightest touch is a pain in the heart.

He slowly paced out, and in the corridor outside the palace, several female dancers were dressed up, and their slender hands were flying, playing a cheerful zither tune.

Around the meadow under the verandah, groups of teenage palace maids laughed and played, and set off artillery fireworks, radiating colorful glow.

All over the palace, there are stars lit up, more than a thousand silk lanterns are lit everywhere, and even trees, mountains and rocks are hung with delicate lanterns, radiating a little starlight.

Zhao Huan felt that it was too luxurious, but Empress Meng insisted, so he acted like this. Looking at it now, the original mood was a little depressed, but it was also brought alive by these scenery.

When several palace officials saw Zhao Huan coming out, they immediately stepped forward, helped Zhao Huan put on his coat, tied it carefully, and asked, "Where are the officials going?" ”

Zhao Huan's heart was alive at this time, he was actually full of interest, seeing the fireworks outside the palace wall was already one after another, thinking that an hour later he would have to watch the lanterns with Empress Meng, and he would get the second half of the night when he made a fuss, and the Song Dynasty Lantern Market was famous for a long time, but he didn't realize it himself, because he beckoned to call a class guard, and said to him: "Spread the word Yan is here." ”

The waiter left in response, and after a short time, Zhi Yanshi, who was dressed in full armor, came by the sword, hurriedly knelt down and saluted Zhao Huan, and then asked, "What does Your Majesty command?" ”

Zhao Huan smiled, waited for Zhi Yanshi to get up, and then said to him: "I will change my clothes with me in a while and go to see the light market." ”

Zhi Yanshi was stunned at first, and then nodded in response: "Since this is the case, the minister will go down first to prepare." ”

"Go ahead."

Zhao Huan watched him turn around and leave, with a satisfied look on his face. This Zhe Yanshi has followed him for many years, from a half-grown son to a handsome young man, and the family has once again stood proudly in front of everyone, all thanks to Zhao Huan, so when it comes to loyalty, there is no one else in the Manchu Dynasty, and Zhao Huan's orders have always been tried to follow, without questioning and opposing. Such a move to leave the palace on the Yuan Festival, if others are worried about safety, they will not dare to respond immediately, but it is better for Zhi Yanshi to just think about doing a good job.

He was comforted in his heart, knowing that it was really an excellent appointment to appoint this newly appointed Imperial Belt Forbidden Army Officer as the Imperial City Division in front of the palace, responsible for the security of the entire Forbidden Army.

Because Zhi Yanshi went to arrange the customs defense first, Zhao Huan had nothing else to do after changing his clothes, because he saw that the fireworks outside the palace wall were becoming more and more brilliant, so he turned to the corner of the palace gate, first raised his head and took his hand, only looking at the fireworks, like fireworks and silver flowers, floating in the air one by one.