During the New Year's Festival, in addition to sacrifices and blessings, visiting temple fairs during the New Year has become a common practice during this period.

When the temple fair originated, there are different opinions and it is difficult to verify. However, in the pre-Ming Dynasty, many temple fairs had already begun to change into the nature of bazaars.

At the temple fair, most of the people are visiting or buying New Year's goods, and there are not many people who actually perform sacrifices or pay respects.

The temple fairs of the Ming Dynasty - an important feature is the rise of a large number of "guilds" or "guilds" and "public offices", which made the temple fairs more orderly and organized.

Qin Chengming system, the temple fair is naturally as always, in the winter leisure, into a folk entertainment event, Penglai City and the Imperial Tomb City have become crowded at this time, extremely noisy and lively.

For many young men and women, the festival is a great attraction. Some hard-working scholars spend their days in the school to study the ways of the sages in the "Four Books", and in the New Year, they will meet up with three or five classmates and friends to visit the stalls one after another.

The women who are hidden in the boudoir will invite two or three sisters to walk the streets and choose some rouge gouache or red jewelry.

Whether you are selling treasures, calligraphy and paintings, antiques, inscriptions, southern paper, or all kinds of food, toys, jewelry, and flowers, you must stop and take a closer look. At this time, everyone is willing to spend money to buy a few lovely things, just for the auspicious New Year and prosperous fortune.

Qi Zexuan grabbed a sugar gourd in his hand, chewed it without any image, and his eyes were still looking at the lively vendors on both sides, as if he was looking at any other novel gadgets, and bought it and brought it back to Hanzhou to give to his younger brothers and sisters.

More than a dozen Praetorian Guard officers struggled to squeeze through the crowd of people, leaving as much security as possible for His Royal Highness, while also nervously scanning the crowd. There are also two or three Praetorian Guard officers to protect the left and right, although they are holding large bags of goods in their arms, but their manners and actions intentionally or unintentionally protect Qi Zexuan inside to prevent accidents.

"I have been in the royal family for decades, and there are tens of millions of people in Fuze, I don't believe that in this Penglai County, there will be villains with bad intentions towards us." Qi Zexuan smiled and patted a Praetorian Officer on his side, and said, "You don't have to be too nervous, the people here are happy, the atmosphere is peaceful, and you can experience the customs of the Qin people." ”

When Li Yanliang heard this, he smiled bitterly.

Although, with the power of my Great Qi, there should not be a young person who will come to fight my idea of the Great Qi royal family. But this kind of lively and noisy temple fair occasion is mixed, and there may be adulterers or vicious people mixed in. Once they don't know what to do, and they collide with or injure His Royal Highness, then they, the Praetorian Guard officers who accompany them, will die without redemption.

"Brothers, I'm afraid you're all a little hungry when you've been walking around with me until this time."

A group of people walked along the street, walked to a restaurant with a few banners, looked out, it was very lively inside, the lobby on the first floor was full of diners, and the smell of food wafted out from time to time, which made people can't help but have a great appetite.

When the Praetorian Guard officers heard His Royal Highness's order, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Well, it's better to have a bite to eat, and it's safer to eat in a restaurant than to be on a crowded street.

His Royal Highness, the emperor's grandson, loves to be lively, and he likes to walk and wander in the streets, so that the accompanying Praetorian Guard officers always have to tense their nerves, lest there be an accident.

It's like His Royal Highness King Dan, who is either a guest in the luxurious mansion of the prince and noble, or in the rich merchant garden, not to mention the safety, even the accompanying Praetorian Guard officers can also get good treatment.

No, during the New Year's Festival, His Royal Highness King Dan was invited by the local officials and gentry of Penglai County to have a banquet and recreation, and his life was not chic.

And their Royal Highness, the emperor and grandson, came to visit the temple fairs in the city as if they were in Nanjing, and experienced the people's livelihood.

In other words, this Qin country is not very different, but there are many people. A small county town of Penglai has a population of two or three hundred thousand, and if it is in Hanzhou itself, it must not be a big city on the list.

"Tell you something."

Finding a secluded place on the second floor of the restaurant, ordering three tables of wine and food, and padding his stomach a little, Qi Zexuan suddenly approached Li Yanliang with some gossip and said in a low voice.

"Huh?" Li Yanliang saw Qi Zexuan's smiling appearance, he was suspicious in his heart, and the chopsticks in his hand also stopped.

"My Uncle Min was appointed by the cabinet as the governor of Runzhou (now the Mekong Delta), and I am about to go to Annam to take up my post." After Qi Zexuan finished speaking, his eyes were staring at Li Yanliang, and his gloating expression jumped on his face.

"Oh." The corners of Li Yanliang's eyes jumped a few times, and then he continued to lower his head and eat the food in the bowl.

"Your longing Persian princess may also come to Annam as Princess Min." Qi Zexuan said with a smile: "After more than a year, when you stay in the Qin State, maybe you will still have time to go over and take a look at others. ”

"Your Highness......" Li Yanliang seemed to be pinched in his heart, but there was a solemn expression on his face, "Your Highness, my wife is pregnant, and I will also be a father." The young Mu Ai, after years of lovesickness, has become a thing of the past. ”

"I understand your state of mind." Qi Zexuan shook his head with a smile and said, "My Fair Lady, what a gentleman." Moreover, if you know how to be lustful, you will Mu Shaoai, and Yanliang can afford to put it down at this time, so I should praise it. A good man, he needs to expand his territory for the country, make meritorious contributions on the battlefield, and not whimper and cry for the little daughter. To be honest, I'm really worried that you won't be able to get over that hurdle in your heart, and you're worried about a woman. ”

"Your Highness, this matter has been revealed, and there is no need to mention it again." Li Yanliang took a deep breath and said softly: "At that time, the young man was ignorant, and his love had not yet opened, so he should not have feelings of sadness at this time. ”

Qi Zexuan smiled and nodded.

"In other days, we will make great achievements, establish great causes, and make our lives famous in the world."

"By the way, Yanliang, what do you think of the war that Beiming is about to launch against Qin?"

"Huh? His Highness means ......"

"Do you think that Beiming will fight with Qin Guoda in North Korea?"

"If Beiming wants to gain the initiative on the battlefield, it should not place the main direction of attack in North Korea." Li Yanliang said: "The Kingdom of Korea is connected with the mountains and rivers of Liaodong, and it is connected by land. Qin's naval divisions were weak, and most of them could not control the sea control in the Korean seas. Then, in the face of the provocation and attack of the Northern Ming, the only way to enter Korea by land and start a big war with the Northern Ming. With Qin's strong military strength, the Northern Ming Dynasty may not be able to please in Korea. ”

"Well, what is the best strategy for Beiming?"

"With the matter of Korea, attract the Qin army to assemble and enter, and then on the Ussuri River and Heilongjiang line, take advantage of the internal line advantages of the Northern Ming, Dongdan and Bohai countries, attack Liaodong urgently, and uproot the large and small cities and settlements set up by the Qin State. That is, North Korea mainly defended, consuming Qin's military strength and materials, while the northern and eastern fronts took the initiative to attack, forcing Qin to fight a border offensive and defensive war with poor logistics and poor transportation. ”

"With the military strength of the Qin State, it is possible to completely drive out the forces of the Northern Ming Dynasty in Korea?"

"If the Northern Ming Dynasty insists on not attacking, using the fortress and walled city as a camp, delaying the advance of the Qin army, coupled with its relative maritime superiority, it should be able to hold part of Korea. After all, the land of Korea, known as three thousand miles of rivers and mountains, is rugged, and it is inconvenient for the army to deploy, and if the Northern Ming Dynasty defends it by relying on the base, it is estimated that it will consume a lot of Qin's military strength. ”

"Yanliang, with your opinion, you can be the post of the General Staff of the Northern Ming Dynasty." Qi Zexuan looked at Li Yanliang with burning eyes, "The strategic plan we obtained from the Beiming General Staff is as you said. ”

"Oh." When Li Yanliang heard this, he couldn't help but feel complacent, "When is Beiming going to do it?" ”

"The day of the beginning of spring."

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Stand, start to build also.

Spring is established at the beginning, so it is called the beginning of spring.

The ancients said that there are three waiting for the spring equinox, one waiting for the east wind to thaw, the second waiting for the stinging insects to start vibrating, and the third waiting for the fish to wade into the negative ice.

For the ancient land of the East, spring is related to the fertility and barrenness of the whole country in a year.

On this day, the emperor will personally send all the princes, ministers, and important ministers of the court to participate in the solemn sacrifice activities to pray for good weather and abundant crops in the new year.

The beginning of spring is approaching, and the officials of Nanjing City will come to Zhengyang Gate one day in advance, and the officials will spread the sun-dried golden seedlings evenly on the ground, and their feet will make a sound when they step on them. In the center of the site is the Tuniu Terrace, which was completed just half a month ago, and adjacent to the Tuniutai is the Mangshen Pavilion temporarily built with wood.

The palace people opened with dance music, implying that the earth that had been sleeping for a long time would be awakened. Subsequently, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites presented the "Spring Mountain Throne", and the Nanjing Zhili Mansion presented the Spring Ox Map.

After the Great Qin Emperor read them one by one, the Ministry of Rites and the Nanjing Mansion took them back one by one.

The emperor held the golden whip in his hand and walked to the front of the earth cow platform, and the golden whip was swung and struck on the earth cow. The whip whipped the air, crackling. After three lashes, the spring ox beating is over.

The government organized the peasants to start cultivating the land, and spring officially began.

Daqin's agriculture is booming, and all localities attach great importance to farming, so the custom of beating spring cattle is not only flourishing in Nanjing, but also has a similar trend throughout the country.

As a vassal of the Great Qin, the Kingdom of Korea also held a grand spring ox hunting event outside the Yeeun Gate of Hanyang City on the day of the beginning of spring, imitating the tradition of the Heavenly Empire.

However, unlike the Great Qin Emperor's use of the golden whip, the 21st monarch of Joseon, Li Yu, could only use the silver whip to whip the earth oxen.

On the south bank of the Han River, in the procession of praying for the blessing of the beginning of the spring, there are two people walking as light as swallow butterflies, they carry the gorgeous pavilion, and the famous local singer sits in the pavilion, and the singer sings all the way, attracting the people on both sides of the strait to stop and watch.

This activity is naturally inherited from Shenzhou Huaxia, known as "lifting the color of spring", and the road it passes through is also called the road passing through in spring, implying harmony and happiness.

"Report!"

Just as the Korean monarch was fighting spring oxen, a fast horse galloped from the northwest direction, and after being intercepted and questioned by several imperial forbidden soldiers, he was immediately brought to the front of King Li Yu.

"Your Majesty, Jianghua County is urgent." The messenger was drenched in sweat and had a little trepidation on his face, "...... Li Linzuo, the governor of the southeast, led his troops to attack Ganghwa Island, and dozens of officials below Cui Yanzhi, the county guard, fell into the hands of thieves! ”

“…… Thieves dare! Li Yu was stunned for a moment, and then roared with tears in his eyes: "Rebel ministers and thieves, do you want to make a mess this time? ”

When the civil and military officials present heard this, they couldn't help but roll their eyes.

My Majesty, the Governor of the Southeast, who has the power to know the southeast, has already been on his own two feet with the support of the False Ming more than ten years ago!

Messing around?

Why don't people dare, you don't see it, in the past ten years, the imperial court has summoned Li Linzuo to Beijing several times, but people ignore it.

Moreover, many officials appointed by the imperial court to the southeast and southeast were either coerced and bought by Li Linzuo, or were bombarded back by him, and they were bent on building his independent kingdom.

Half a year ago, he wrote to the imperial court, asking him to be the king of Silla County and the governor of the southeastern provinces.

A few months ago, Great Qin sent 3,000 elite soldiers and horses into Hanyang to intimidate Li Linzuo and the puppet Ming regime behind him.

But the people still kept moving, not only asking the puppet Ming to continue to send troops to garrison the three strategic points in the southeast, but also wantonly conscripting troops in the territory, hoarding grain and grass, and vigorously fighting troops and horses.

Well, now Li Linzuo directly sent troops to capture Ganghwa Island, directly stabbed the throat of our Korean Kingdom, and threatened Hanyang.

In that year, when Ding Mao was in turmoil, His Majesty Renzu took refuge in Ganghwa Island and made an alliance with the Qing captives here. Taking this incident as an opportunity, our Joseon Dynasty promoted the Jianghua Protectorate to the Jianghua Guard, and promoted the Envoy to the Left-behind Guard, as one of the dynasty's accompanying capitals. Later monarchs such as Xiaozong, Xianzong, and Suzong successively established facilities such as the Imperial Palace, Changning Palace, Wanning Palace, Dingzu Mountain City History Library, and Waikuizhang Pavilion.

This island can be said to be the only place where our Korean monarchs and ministers took refuge after Hanyang Fortress was attacked by foreign enemies.

Now that he was suddenly attacked by Li Linzuo, a thief, then, next, is he going to lead his troops all the way up the Han River to attack Hanyang City!?

For so many years, the Korean Kingdom has also had a bad fate, and has repeatedly fallen victim to the battles between Qin and Ming.

The most recent was seven years ago, when the puppet Ming crossed the Yalu River from North Xianning Province in North Korea and invaded the Hunchun region (present-day Yanbian Autonomous Prefecture), plundering border people and looting property. Subsequently, a fierce armed conflict broke out with Daqin, and the two sides gradually developed from sporadic border battles to tens of thousands of people.

Pity that most of the territory of our Korean Kingdom has been reduced to a battlefield again, with several erosions in the southeast and northwest, and hundreds of people have been displaced.

Finally, with the intervention and mediation of the Qi State, the two sides temporarily stopped fighting and stopped the war.

Moreover, the first emperor Jingzong has been frail and sick, unable to manage the government, Li Yu was then appointed as the younger brother of the king, supervised the country, and entered the palace to serve the decoction.

On September 21, the third year of Yongzheng (1725), Jingzong was terminally ill and dying, Li Yu tried to use ginseng tea to renew Jingzong's life, although the medical officer Li Gongyin objected, but still let Jingzong take ginseng tea.

Unexpectedly, in the early morning of the next day, Jingzong died suddenly.

After Li Yu ascended the throne, some of the Shao Yan and Nan people were very afraid of him, fearing that he would be counterattacked. On the other hand, Li Yu was originally established as the younger brother of the king, which was originally controversial, and the Li Yu enthronement teaching book drafted by Zhao Taiyi had the sentences "Who knows how many orders will be taken in the middle of the night" and "Ruoren and Ming inherit each other (it is rumored that Joseon Renzong was poisoned)", so that the outside world misunderstood Jingzong's violent death, thus leaving room for Shao Yi and Nanren who were dissatisfied with Li Yu to spread rumors and spread Li Yu's brother to usurp the throne.

Therefore, Li Yu's position is very precarious, and the legitimacy of the throne is also fragile.

Therefore, at the beginning of his ascension to the throne, Li Yu "put distant suspicions first", in order to get rid of his suspicion of disloyalty to Jingzong and even killing his brother, he did not clean up the entire court, but tried not to be offended, and did not immediately overturn the case for Xinren's prison.

Therefore, when he ascended the throne, he still led the discussion of politics on the left by Li Guangzuo and Zhao Taiyi, and even used Liu Fenghui, who opposed the establishment of the reserve at the beginning, as the right-hand discussion of politics, thus stabilizing most of the minority discussions.

It can be said that the foundation of King Li Yi's control over the entire Korean national affairs is very weak, and he is unable to suppress the two classes of courtiers at all, and his control over the local provinces and counties is not too binding.

Under such circumstances, the situation in the Joseon Kingdom was extremely chaotic, the power was constantly being tilted, and the armament was even more sluggish. If it weren't for the Great Qin shaking behind it, not to mention that the Northern Ming Dynasty could easily destroy it, maybe Li Linzuo, who controlled the three southeastern provinces, would be able to come to "return to Beijing from Wahwa Island" (the founding king of North Korea, Yi Chenggui, raised troops here), subvert the Korean Kingdom, and play a drama of changing the dynasty.

Unexpectedly, even if Daqin sent 3,000 soldiers and horses to Hanyang City, it still did not play any deterrent role, and this Li Linzuo brazenly captured Ganghwa Island on the day of the beginning of spring, breaking the current situation in North Korea.

"Your Majesty, the Li thief is coming, please issue an edict to mobilize the imperial camp army into full alert, and recruit the troops of the Imperial Hall to King Qin of Hanyang." Minister of State Lee Kwang-sa stepped forward and said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, please send an order to the camp of the Great Qin garrison, and ask the heavenly soldiers to go to Jianghua Island to help in the battle, recover the lost territory, and defeat the traitors." Left Minister Cho Tae-yi also bowed and played.

"Yes, yes......" Li Yu threw the silver whip in his hand on the ground, nodded hurriedly and said: "Quick, quick, quickly send the commander of the imperial camp to immediately mobilize the troops into a state of full alert." …… The edict ordered the soldiers and horses of the world to come quickly to King Qin of Hanyang. …… Please protect the safety of North Korea as soon as possible! ”

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(End of chapter)