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Amid the sound of firecrackers, the people of Dazhou ushered in the New Year's Day of the third year of Guangshun. *. The fastest and most stable update, read and take a look)
The Zide Hall in Bianliang has been newly decorated, with cypress leaves and colorful silks everywhere, as follows:
The green leaves are green in spring, and the cold branches have been cold all year round.
??Wish to hold the hundred leaves to live long and enjoy the blessings for thousands of years.
Because cypress leaves never wither, people often drink wine soaked in cypress leaves to symbolize longevity. Later, when Baiye arrived at the palace, he added the meaning of loyalty to the emperor and the master. On New Year's Day in the third year of Guangshun, all the civil and military officials, led by Wang Jun, Fan Zhi, Feng Dao and others, all dressed in formal attire, entered the palace to dance and congratulate. Guo Wei, Long Yan and Yue were all given cypress wine and enjoyed themselves with the officials.
In addition, Princess Shou'an, the wife of Fu Ma Zhang Yongde, and the wives of officials of third rank or above in Beijing all came to the palace to congratulate them. Li Xiaowan, the wife of the Marquis of Beihai, and Zhou Xian also came to congratulate them. Their seats were immediately below Princess Shou'an. This cannot help but raise eyebrows.
This is not the first time Li Xiaowan has entered the palace. When Concubine Dong was still alive, she often went to the palace to talk to Concubine Dong, but this is the first time for this grand occasion, let alone Zhou Xian, a native of Jinling. The two female members of the Han family have their own specialties in spring orchids and autumn chrysanthemums. The pair of beauties have become the focus of comments among the ladies. Even their hair accessories and clothing styles have attracted the curious eyes of the ladies.
Guo Wei is very happy today, not only because of the Spring Festival, but also because his fiftieth birthday falls in this first month. The only thing that made him a little dissatisfied was that the prince Jin Wang Guo Rong could not come in person and was still in Chanzhou. Princess Shou'an knew her father's thoughts very well and advised:
"Father, as a prince, King Jin works hard and is willing to serve as a vassal guard, govern a country for his father, accumulate experience, and share worries for his father. This is also the duty of a minister. A few days ago, didn't King Jin also send Did anyone send you any congratulatory gifts?"
"The King of Jin is a minister, but he is a prince first, and then a minister! How can he not follow family etiquette but only follow the etiquette of a monarch and his ministers!" Guo Wei's face was tense, still hesitant.
"Your Majesty, the King of Jin has been far away in Chanzhou for nearly two years, and your Majesty has no one to serve you. This is not a blessing to the country. As the saying goes, Taoists are not grass and trees, how can they be ruthless? This should be the fault of the ministers. , because they cannot be considerate of His Majesty's family ties. The emperor's family affairs are state affairs!" Li Xiaowan said, glancing at Wang Jun secretly.
When Wang Jun heard this, his expression changed:
"Mr. Li County, are you blaming me?"
"No!" Li Xiaowan smiled slightly, "I have little talent and knowledge, and I don't understand any big principles. I only know human nature and common etiquette. As the ancients said, I miss my family even more during the festive season, just as my husband is far away celebrating. I also miss Zhouzhou. But when I think about it, national affairs are no small matter, and I just sacrifice my family for everyone! Moreover, to say the least, the minister of the dynasty is not just a prince!"
Facing the current prime minister, Li Xiaowan talks eloquently and tit for tat. Her unique gentle temperament and calm tone of voice make it impossible to get angry with her. At this point, Zhou Xian secretly sighed and sighed.
"Okay, I'll leave my little home for everyone!" Guo Wei felt very comfortable after hearing this, and his resentment towards Guo Rong was much lessened. "The Marquis of Beihai asked me to return to Beijing to present horses a few days ago. I'm afraid he wanted to use an excuse to return to Beijing. Reunion, because the military affairs of Qingzhou were important, I was unable to agree to her request. Now that I hear Wan'er say this, I seem to be heartless. I have issued an oral decree to give Ruyin County Lord Li Xiaowan two pairs of jewelry! "
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Xiaowan bowed her hands and thanked him. The steps above her head were trembling slightly, which further revealed the graceful grace of a beautiful and intelligent young woman.
"Zizhong is serving in Qingzhou, Shaanxi Province. Did he remember to write a letter home?" Guo Wei asked with concern.
His eyes subconsciously glanced at Li Xiaowan's belly, thinking that the couple had been married for less than a year, and because he was always busy getting together and away from each other, when he was newlywed, he was first assigned to Yanzhou, and then the trip to Jiangnan. As soon as he came back, he was sent to Gyeongju.
Thinking of this, Guo Wei felt very guilty, and felt that the two pairs of jewelry he had just been given were a bit hard to handle, and seemed shabby and stingy.
"He often writes letters home, one letter every seven days. If it is written in regular script or official script, it must be a thousand-character essay written while sitting in the study. If it is written in cursive, it must be a short sentence written in one stroke while traveling. Just a few dozen words." Li Xiaowan replied, "Oh, by the way, I wrote a letter from home. He is still thinking about his uncle in Qingzhou and wants me to send someone to bring him to live in the capital. I can't do it. I'm afraid I will disappoint my husband. ¡±
"If I remember correctly, uncle Zizhong is a butcher, right? One should never forget his roots. Zizhong has become rich now. It is rare that he has such filial piety and does not forget his poor relatives." Guo Wei is very sensitive to the profession of butcher, because when he was young, He once acted righteously and killed a butcher, almost losing his life.
"Your Majesty has a good memory." Li Xiaowan grinned, "This uncle of mine has a bad temper. He said that Qingzhou has too many taxes and opening a shop is a loss. The huge Qingzhou city only has?One person dares to open a shop to sell pork. He is busy making money and has no time to come to the capital to enjoy the blessings. "
Li Xiaowan¡¯s seemingly unintentional words were an understatement, but they made the emperor and his ministers feel stunned.
Qingzhou is Han Yi¡¯s hometown, but the governor of Qingzhou is none other than Wang Jun. As the prime minister of the current dynasty, Wang Jun should not be in charge of a town at the same time. Guo Wei only agreed to this. Of course, Wang Jun could not personally take charge of Qingzhou. He only led it from afar and recommended Hou Zhang, the former military envoy of Pizhou, as the deputy envoy of Qingzhou. He was actually in charge of everything in a large town. Wang Jun secretly took out some silk from the treasury. Give Hou Zhang as "start-up expenses." When Guo Wei thinks of this incident, he always feels filled with panic.
Who is Hou Zhang? He was already a huge corrupt man, but now that Wang Jun is backing him up, he has become even more serious. He is illegal in Qingzhou and pays countless taxes. The extent of his evil deeds is comparable to that of Liu Biao, a huge corrupt man in Qingzhou. People in Qingzhou dare not speak out about this. .
Only Han Yi¡¯s uncle, the butcher Zhang Ke, was not afraid of Hou Zhang and continued to sell his own pork. According to the tax amount in the first year of Guangshun, he would never pay a penny more in tax. Although Hou Zhang hated Han Yi deeply, he could only turn a blind eye because he was afraid of Han Yi. As a result, there was only Butcher Zhang selling pork in the entire Qingzhou City.
There was a moment of silence in the main hall.
Fan Zhi, Li Hub and others deliberately remained silent. Feng Dao, who rarely appears in the palace, is sitting in the most noble position with a smile, like the Maitreya Buddha - the Buddha statue in the temple enjoys the offerings but never speaks, because words are easy to make mistakes, and if you don't speak, you will never speak. No mistakes will be made.
Wang Jun could not find a reason to defend himself in public. He just said that he had made an oversight and put the responsibility on Hou Zhang. He became even more jealous of Han Yi because it turned out that even the woman in his room was so powerful.
"It's hard to raise a woman with a villain, so why should a woman talk about state affairs?" Wang Jun was furious.
"Wang Jun, today is a grand gathering where the monarch and his ministers celebrate the New Year together. Let's not talk about such things for the time being." Guo Wei was obviously very unhappy. He even changed his title and directly suppressed the topic.
Princess Shou'an saw Guo Wei's displeased expression and said quickly:
"Father, how can there be no singing and dancing at today's banquet? I see that none of the musicians in your palace is qualified! Why don't you, Emperor, order to search for musical talents from the people? Maybe you will find talents who are hidden among the people. Well, this is also the magnanimity of the imperial court and the dignity of the official family."
Princess Shou'an demoted the musicians to penniless, but it was reasonable. When the king succeeds, he creates rituals and music to serve the world and unify humans and gods. However, due to the chaos of the Tang Dynasty, the classics of the past dynasties were scattered and the palace merchants were unaware of them. By the third year of Guangshun in the Great Zhou Dynasty, there was no group of musicians who were proficient in music. Whenever national ceremonies needed to play music, they could only do it perfunctorily.
"Princess sister, water from afar cannot quench the thirst of the nearer. Today, there is a ready-made one here. Why not let her perform for fun?" Li Xiaowan said with a smile, pointing to Zhou Xian beside her.
"Okay!" Princess Shouan said suddenly, and said to Guo Wei, "Father, this sister Zhou is known as a master of piano and dance in Jiangnan. Even people like the Marquis of Beihai are fascinated. Why don't you order her to come forward and perform? ?¡±
Guo Wei nodded and said: "Okay, let us take a look at the romance from the south of the Yangtze River!"
"Follow your orders!"
Of course, Zhou Xian did not come to Bianjing in the Central Plains voluntarily, but fate forced her to accept this reality. Nowadays, the strength and prestige of Jinling in the south of the Yangtze River are not as good as before after the Ma family's hometown in Hunan was lost. The strength of Bianliang is increasing day by day, and Bianliang is exerting more and more pressure on the south. Even the family letters from Jinling are not as good as before. She euphemistically explained that her father Zhou Zong acquiesced to the fact that she married Han Yi, allowing her to stay in Bianliang with peace of mind.
Marry a chicken and follow the chicken, marry a dog and follow the dog. Although there is no reality of husband and wife for the time being, she knows that she cannot change the fact and can only obey. How she arrived in Bianliang has now become a tacit taboo topic among the Jinling monarchs and ministers, because it not only shows Han Yi's loyalty to the Great Zhou Dynasty, but also allows people with a discerning eye to see the stupidity and ridiculousness of the Jinling monarchs and ministers.
The only thing that comforted her was that Li Xiaowan was very good to her later. Today Li Xiaowan took the initiative to offer her a performance just to get a formal status for her.
Zhou Xian, holding the pipa in his arms, appeared in front of the king and ministers of Zhou Dynasty in a light blue pomegranate skirt. She was naturally beautiful and graceful, like a bud ready to bloom.
Delicate but not weak, Zhou Xian performed the worship ceremony gracefully, and there was an aristocratic and ladylike air in his movements and retreats. Everyone's eyes lit up, and they all envied Han Yi's beauty. The only two women in the room were both beautiful and fragrant.
The song "Ambush from Flying Daggers", which has been repeatedly polished, has been officially circulated from the Han family's backyard. This intense and intense song may not be suitable for the festive scene in front of him, but it undoubtedly makes Guo Wei recall the past and shed tears. .
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????:Too hungry and too bitter. He didn't understand music. Even if he wanted to appear more educated after becoming emperor, it was difficult for him to enjoy the music leisurely, let alone understand the beauty of the combination of the five tones of Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng and Yu.
The pipa music performed by Zhou Xian has great artistic appeal. Guo Wei thought of his young years when he was not afraid of anything. He thought of his first wife, the respectable and pitiful Mrs. Chai, and also thought of countless events in which he had participated. After this tragic battle, I thought of the tragic fate of my family members two years ago.
Wearing a dragon robe, sitting in a magnificent hall, accepting the worship of his subjects, he has almost unlimited power. This is Guo Wei's life now. Even so, he has not forgotten the suffering he suffered.
Now that he was really alone, Guo Wei suddenly realized that he was still very pitiful. His biological sons were no longer alive. Except for one daughter, even his most cherished adopted son Guo Rong could not come back on this day of family reunion. .
He looked at Wang Jun. At this time, Wang Jun was chatting with his colleagues, accepting the compliments of his colleagues, and drinking happily. His face was filled with leisurely joy and a reserved expression of indifference. He seemed to have forgotten that just now Hou Caihou Any unhappiness brought by Zhang, maybe he didn't take this "little thing" to heart at all.
I¡¯m afraid Xiufeng, an old brother, has forgotten the miserable times of the past, right? Guo Wei suddenly thought so.
After the song was performed, Zhou Xian won the applause of the whole house. She stood up and said a long blessing, waiting for Guo Wei's evaluation.
Guo Wei picked up the slack and nodded happily:
"No wonder the Marquis of Beihai took you with him when he was running for his life! If it were a rough guy like me, he would be blind!"
Guo Wei¡¯s unusual compliment made all the ministers laugh knowingly. Zhou Xian blushed and was at a loss. Of course she knew Guo Wei's background and temperament, but it was so different from the emperor's majesty she had seen in Jinling. If it wasn't in the palace, if Guo Wei wasn't wearing a dragon robe, she would have thought that a kind old man from her neighbor was joking with her.
Guo Wei then said again:
"You come from Jinling, and you come from a wealthy family. If I reward you with gold and silver, you may not like it. You are suitable for the Marquis of Beihai, and you can be considered a matchmaker. It's just that the Marquis of Beihai turns his hands into clouds and rain. , I have done this matter too cleverly and I have wronged you a little. Instead of this, I will give you the title of County Lord. My title of Dazhou is the same as that of Xiaowan. I hope you two can support each other and serve your common destiny well. Husband, let him have no worries and better serve the country!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhou Xian quickly thanked him.
Guo Wei thought about it for a while, but still felt unsatisfied, and said again:
"Zizhong is on military duty, so I'm afraid he won't be able to return to Beijing for a year and a half. After the festival, you two might as well go to Qingzhou to reunite with him. Hey, it seems that I have indeed aged another year. Always chattering.¡±
Guo Wei's words undoubtedly indicate that Han Yi is still in the holy family even though he is at the border. This may have gone beyond the normal feelings between monarchs and ministers. When Concubine Dong was still alive, there were even rumors that she wanted to accept Han Yi as her adopted son. But for some unknown reason, Guo Wei had always avoided discussing this topic with Concubine Dong.
If Guo Wei knew the term "subconscious", he would feel helpless for what he said today. When a person has too many disappointments in one person, he will inevitably subconsciously elevate the role of the other person, improve his status, remember all his good things, and find some comfort in him.
There is no feast that lasts forever. The most important feast in Bianliang is over. When the palace is slowly closed, all the guests go home.
The city is brightly lit and the people of Bianliang happily celebrate the New Year. No one would know that the only master in the palace let out a deep sigh.
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