Shangyuan Festival is coming! This is a festival that belongs to the people of Chang'an, not only the whole city has fun, from the Son of Heaven to the slaves, but also the curfew has been lifted!

Starting from the day of the Shangyuan Festival, for three consecutive days, day and night, the activities are non-stop! The city gates are not closed at night, there is no forbidden army patrolling the night, and you can play as much as you want! Residents of Chang'an can move freely around the city.

The Shangyuan Festival in Chang'an is completely different from the Shangyuan Festival elsewhere in the Tang Dynasty.

Elsewhere you may hang a lantern and put a little good wine and food in the courtyard, but the activities in Chang'an City are very rich, and it can be called the "city that never sleeps".

The poems about the first night of Chang'an are ancient and modern, and there are many famous poems. Not only that, but on the day of the Shangyuan Festival in history, there have been a lot of bloody incidents.

During the period of Tang Zhongzong, a certain Shangyuan Night celebration.

At that time, Li Xian, the son of heaven, at the instigation of Empress Wei, also participated in the celebration and paraded the streets. That's not all, at that time, Li Xian ordered the palace gate to be opened, so that the palace maids in the palace also wore civilian clothes and came out to play together.

Li Xian may have been thinking at the time, these palace maids were finally able to come out once, and they should all be grateful to me!

However, the ideal is very plump, and the reality is super skinny.

After a night, when the team returned to Daming Palace and counted the number of people, they found that there were more than 3,000 fewer palace maids traveling!

So from then on, the palace maids in the palace no longer had the right to parade the streets on the Shangyuan Festival. After all, if he was slapped in the face by the palace maid again, no emperor would be able to bear such humiliation.

On the night of the first year of the celebration in Chang'an City this year, Li Longji watched all kinds of lights in Chang'an City with great interest in front of the Qinzheng Building of Xingqing Palace where he lived.

The people are in a variety of ways, and the lights of thousands of homes are condensed into a prosperous beauty at this moment.

At this time in Chang'an, the gates of each square and the east and west cities have been opened, and the crowd of people playing is surging in the city. The enthusiastic and unrestrained and confident character of the Tang people is vividly displayed at this moment.

In the distance, at the entrance of the West Gate Anfukumon, on the south side of Miyagi, there is a huge "lantern wheel" with 50,000 lanterns of all kinds lit. The outside of the lantern wheel is covered with brocade silk, and there are still crystal clear glass hanging in many places, which are dazzling under the light.

This "lantern wheel" looks like a towering tree, dozens of feet high. No matter where people are in Chang'an City, as long as they look up, they can see the outline of this lantern wheel.

Under the lantern wheel, the singing is loud and the dancing is graceful. The team of hundreds of "singers" formed a luxurious lineup of singers. Wei Qing, who went to deliver the news to Fang Chongyong and Zheng Shuqing, was the leader among them.

Walking song is a mass entertainment singing and dancing activity with feet on the ground as a festival, singing and dancing. The participants danced and sang together, which was very lively.

However, although this kind of program is called "Mass", it will definitely not work without a leader.

As a royal institution where the Tang Dynasty's artistic elites gather, Liyuan will naturally not be absent from national celebrations such as the Shangyuan Festival. Li Longji sent Wei Qing to the town, Wei Qing's voice was loud and long, and he played the role of "lead singer" in it. The atmosphere is set to a climax.

After the completion of the singer's program, there were thousands of singers, in the moonlight light, holding hands, shoulder to shoulder, brushing their sleeves, leaning their heads, bowing their heads, bending over, turning around, the formation kept moving and changing, and the long dance did not stop.

These programs made the people in Chang'an City applaud loudly and enjoyed themselves.

The lights and the moon complement each other, lighting up the night of the capital. There are also a lot of acrobatic skills such as rope play and pole wood in the city, and the goods of the east and west markets are dazzling, and the pedestrians who play in the middle of the game patronize it, and the sound of bargaining is endless.

Zheng Shuqing hurriedly wanted to go back to Chang'an, just to play openly on the Shangyuan Festival, but he didn't expect them to catch up.

Of course, Li Longji couldn't see the performances under these lantern wheels, but he was still very happy in his heart, because these things came from the 400,000 yuan sent by Fang Chongyong and Zheng Shuqing. And this money is what Li Longji wants to come after putting down his son.

In other words, this is a "treat" for him, the emperor, which makes everyone in Chang'an City feel refreshed.

Otherwise, without this money, the government would not be able to afford to hire singers, build lantern wheels, or buy drinks. This celebration of the Shangyuan Festival is much inferior to now.

"Lux, you see that Datang is thriving under my governance, can this grand scene still be as you wish?"

Li Longji turned around proudly, pointed to the light outside the window, and asked Gao Lishi, who was calm and speechless behind him.

"The saint has been an emperor for thousands of years, and his achievements are not inferior to Emperor Taizong."

Colliers said softly complimentingly.

"Hmph, that's nature, I've always followed Taizong as an example. I just want to lay down a big world and let the banner of Datang be planted everywhere.

The shore of the land is all Tang soil. ”

Li Longji put his hands behind his back and looked at the huge lantern wheel in the southwest, flashing dazzling in the night sky, as if it was a prosperous era in the Kaiyuan Dynasty, dazzling.

"What about those three unscrupulous sons?"

Li Longji suddenly thought of a certain stubble, frowned, and his tone was very displeased.

"Back to the saint, General Chen Xuanli personally led the troops to control the East Palace. Now the crown prince, the king of E, and the king of Guang are all under house arrest in the East Palace. Xue Ru, the brother of the crown princess, was imprisoned, and Xue Ru had already confessed to the prince's rebellion, and the evidence was conclusive. ”

Gao Lishi said quietly.

Li Longji couldn't help but sneer, and didn't say a word for a long time.

The crown prince did not rebel, where is the evidence conclusive?

Li Longji just wanted the crown prince Li Ying to know that no matter how iron-clad his relatives were, under coercion and temptation, they would say things against their hearts and do things against their will. Xue Rust is Li Ying's brother-in-law, but didn't he confess after interrogation?

How many people in the world regard death as their home?

"Send the file to the East Palace, and let those unscrupulous sons of mine take a look." Li Longji waved his hand impatiently.

Seeing that Gao Lishi hadn't left yet, he asked suspiciously, "Why don't you go and pass the decree?" ”

"The sage hasn't said what to do with the prince, the king of E, and the king of light, and the slave doesn't dare to pass on the decree."

Colliers said respectfully.

Hearing this, Li Longji felt as disgusting as eating a fly.

The thirteenth prince, Li Yuan, reported that the crown prince Li Ying borrowed 2,000 pairs of armor, which was actually secretly instructed by Li Longji to do so.

Whether the crown prince really rebelled with the King of E and the King of Guang, Li Longji also understood in his heart. These people want to rebel, and they are secretly contacting foreign ministers and winning over foreign ministers, which is indeed a bad plot.

But when it comes to substantive rebellion, there is really no such thing.

Thinking of this, Li Longji couldn't help but feel a little weak. It doesn't matter how the prince is, what matters is how he thinks himself.

Because for Li Longji, it doesn't matter whether the prince rebels or not, whether he wants to rebel or not is the first place. Li Ying and the other two kings want to rebel, then they should die, it's as simple as that.

As for why the crown prince and the second king wanted to rebel, Li Longji felt that he thought that this was the case, and he didn't need to listen to others talking crookedly.

For example, Zhang Jiuling, who always talks about "the prince is the country's book".

The others, that is, whether there are witnesses, whether there is evidence, whether the logical chain of the crime is clear, whether the prince has been wronged, etc., all do not matter.

You don't even have to dress up for any interrogations.

"Put Xue Rust to death, hand over the file to the crown prince and the second king for inspection, and then let them go back to the Ten Kings' Mansion to lift the ban."

Li Longji rubbed his eyebrows a little tiredly, and Gao Lishi turned around to deliver the decree, breathing a sigh of relief. This ending was much better than he expected.

However, before Colliers could leave the room in the Qinzheng Building, he heard a creepy word from behind him.

"Destroy the Xue family. In addition to the crown prince, the two kings and their heirs, the other ten kings' mansions and other related people, regardless of the master and servant family, were all killed! ”

Li Longji's order did not contain a trace of emotion, as if he was not killing a person, but a pig and dog to be slaughtered.

"Oh, the slave will go and pass the decree."

Colliers took a deep breath and walked out of the Qinzheng Building lightly. After walking out, I felt that my heartbeat was back to normal. In his impression, Li Longji hadn't been so angry for a long time!

Although the four words "kill them all" are short, the amount of information they contain is huge.

The dependents and relatives of the crown prince and the other two kings, the servants and concubines in the palace, except for the children, the rest are not left.

"It's time to change the prince."

Colliers sighed and muttered to himself.

The nobles are clothed and fed, and the nobles are walking on thin ice.

If you are not careful, your house will be slaughtered, and there is nowhere to reason.

The shadow of imperial power hangs over everyone, and no one can get rid of it.

Gao Lishi knew that Li Ying was "innocent", and the so-called "evidence of rebellion" was similar to the "crime of slander" of the cool official Zhang Tang back then.

You say you don't, but I think you have it in your heart, and that's fine. I don't want to hear anything you say, and I don't need to tell you any evidence.

There is no father and son in the power field, and the prince is the existence that can replace the Son of Heaven in the name of righteousness, which determines that there can be no father's love and filial piety, and it also determines that the prince's road will not be smooth sailing, and it proves that those who are close to the prince are very likely to be affected by the pond fish.

Who can decide who is right and who is wrong? Now that you've decided to participate in this game, don't complain about the cruelty of the game!

Gao Lishi took the eunuchs in the palace to the East Palace, and thought with emotion. In this wave, a lot of people are probably going to die.

Power or life is important, this is the question that every powerful person has to answer.

For some people, if there is no right, then what is the point of living this life? I'm afraid the answer is different for different people.

Gao Lishi came to the East Palace full of worries and sent a decree to the crown prince Li Ying and the two kings.

Hearing that he had been let go, the three princes cried with joy. As for the other people in the house to be innocently killed, that is not their concern.

If your wife is gone, you can marry again, and if you keep your life, everything is possible.

Li Longji is ruthless, how can they be compassionate?

It's just a power game like big fish eating small fish.

Lives? Human life counts as a fart!

Gao Lishi looked at the crown prince and the second king who hugged each other and cried expressionlessly, and for some reason, he felt that they were like three dogs.

Back in the Qinzheng Building, Colliers heard the sound of the piano coming from the room. After entering, Li Longji had already changed into a Confucian shirt and played with both hands on a guqin. In the sound of the piano, with the intention of killing, it is sonorous and hideous.

Seeing Gao Lishi coming in, Li Longji stopped playing and asked softly, "How are the crown prince and the second king?" ”

"Back to the saints, I just weep with joy."

"Go and call Li Guinian, I'm going to listen to him play music on the lantern wheel!"

Li Longji got up in a hurry, patted Gao Lishi on the shoulder very kindly and said.

This made Gao Lishi have an illusion, maybe the crown prince Li Ying and other princes are really inferior to himself as a eunuch in Li Longji's heart.

"Sage, please wait, the slave will go to the pear orchard and call Li Guinian to go to the south gate lantern wheel."

Colliers said respectfully.

"Go quickly, go quickly, I'm itching for a while, I want to play with it! By the way, let Wei Qing not go. ”

Li Longji was as excited as a child.

……

"Shangyuan Festival, I still missed the Shangyuan Festival, my Chang'an lantern is on the Yuan Night!"

Spring is blooming, sitting on the carriage sent from the "Changle Station" not far east of Chang'an, Zheng Shuqing nagged and wailed, he missed the year-round Chang'an Shangyuan Festival because of the detour, and he was regretting it at the moment.

I knew that I would have taken Wuguan Road, and it was very tiring to climb the mountain, but it would not delay time.

"Envoy, can you please stop talking. On the night of Shangyuan Night, our post station by the Yellow River was almost frozen to death, and we didn't even have a dog. The lanterns on both sides of the post house are hung like ghost fires. This is the Shangyuan Festival you are talking about? It's not going to be Halloween, is it? ”

Fang Chongyong helplessly interrupted Zheng Shuqing and said.

Everyone was huddled in the crowded carriage, and the post station on the outskirts of Chang'an was very busy, and a drunken scribe was crowded in the carriage with them, sleeping in the corner. If he doesn't make a fuss, Zheng Shuqing and his party will treat him as if he doesn't exist, what should they talk about.

"You yellow-mouthed kid knows a fart! Can the Shangyuan Festival in Chang'an be compared with the broken post station by the Yellow River? The parade street, the lantern, the waist thin and soft ......"

Zheng Shuqing found out that he had leaked his mouth, and hurriedly stopped his head.

Fang Chongyong seemed to be a blind student discovering Hua Dian, and coughed lightly and teased:

"On New Year's Eve last year, the flower market was lit up like daylight. The willow tops on the moon, people about after dusk.

On New Year's Eve this year, the moon and lights are still the same. I didn't see last year's people, and my tears wet the sleeves of my spring shirt.

Zheng Yuanjun, you look serious, and you seem to be very romantic.

Is it that there is a beautiful lady waiting for you on the first night of this year, which makes you anxious? ”

Zheng Shuqing was about to defend himself, but the scribe who was nesting in the corner of the carriage because of a hangover sat up like a spring and exclaimed, "Good poem! What a poem! Who did it? ”

What the hell is going on with you stepping on a horse?

Fang Chongyong, Zheng Shuqing, and Yan Zhuang all looked at the scribe with inexplicable expressions, as for Ah Duan, who was sitting with the coachman, he obviously couldn't see it, and Fang Laique didn't know if he was asleep. The originally idle atmosphere in the carriage suddenly became awkward.

"You wrote that?"

The scribe looked at Fang Chongyong and asked.

I wanted to admit it, but thinking that it seems really outrageous for a child to write such a poem, Fang Chongyong pointed at Zheng Shuqing and said: "It was written by this envoy, I don't know if Your Excellency is ......"

"Under Li Taibai, dare to ask ...... this Zheng envoy is"

Li bai?

Fang Chongyong and Zheng Shuqing and others were stunned, this is too much of a coincidence!

"The contemptible Zheng Shuqing, who was previously the assassin of Kuizhou, is now back in Beijing to report on his work, and he has admired him for a long time."

Finding that the person in front of him was Li Bai, Zheng Shuqing was embarrassed to withdraw Fang Chongyong's words for a while.