Tonight was the night of the end of the year. According to modern parlance, it was the night of the 30th day of the new year. Li Shimin had invited all the ministers and relatives of the imperial family to a banquet in the palace. This was a tradition.
Halfway through the wine, Li Shimin's craving for acting tough was triggered again, so he recited a poem:
Therefore, the festival should be kept with songs, and the New Year should be welcomed with candles.
In winter, I miss the dragon arrow, and in spring, I wait for the rooster to crow.
When I got up, I heard the pot overturned, and at night I saw the bucket.
After returning to the capital, I will live for a hundred million years and pay my respects to Jiuchong City.
Hence, all kinds of flattery flew over. Li Shimin felt very comfortable, and then he sang another song,
At the end of the year, the festival is presented and the new fragrance is opened.
Winter is over and tonight is fast, and the year is bright and the day is long.
The ice melted into the mirror water, and the plum blossoms scattered into the wind fragrance.
This is the end of the banquet, pour the pot to wait for dawn.
Then, he couldn't help but sing another song.
The high pavilion is warm in spring, and the deep pavilion is charming in the morning. The red court is decorated with colorful lights, and the green lights shine brightly.
Respect oneself to the four ends of the world, hang down clothes to govern the eight wastelands. Frost halberds lined up on the steps of the palace, and silk and bamboo decorated the long corridor.
The atmosphere is magnificent, and the emperor's way is prosperous. Inherit the article to follow the way of the later generation, follow the ancient mirror of the former king.
The grass is beautiful in the old spring, and the plum blossoms are gorgeous in the old years. Juchuan want to cross the river, finally rely on the boat to sail.
The ministers called him the Sage of Poets and wrote three poems in one breath.
Li Shiming was so proud of himself. Just as he was feeling so proud, he felt a light poke on his waist.
She turned around and saw that it was Chang Le who was standing behind her. When Chang Le saw Li Shimin turn around to look at her, he gestured with the fireworks in his hand.
Originally, Li Shiming had planned to spend the night with the children, but because it was the night of the end of the year, he could only accompany the ministers and the royal family.
However, he had gotten a bunch of fireworks for these cute little kids.
Now it seemed that these cute little kids had been waiting for him. Because Li Shiming had the tendency to spoil his daughter, coupled with what he had done recently, these cute little kids were not only not afraid of him, but also very close to him.
It was obvious that these little kids were waiting for Li Shiming to release them together. Li Shiming was relieved, thinking that he didn't dote on them for nothing.
What else could Li Shi Min do? Naturally, he had to satisfy Cute Little Baby's request. Therefore, he suggested that he should celebrate the New Year's Eve with the people. Then, he moved to the walls of the Vermilion Bird Sect.
Then, Li Shimin asked the eunuchs to start setting off fireworks while the maids looked after the little girls.
With a bang, the fireworks on the ground lit up, and then the sky exploded. It was too beautiful. How could the bumpkins of the Great Tang have ever seen fireworks? They were all stunned…
The people of Chang 'an City also noticed the fireworks in the sky above the Royal Palace, calling it an auspicious sign.
Therefore, the people of Chang 'an and the ministers spent the most unusual New Year's Eve. The little girls were so excited that they could not sleep at night.
The next day was the first day of the Lunar New Year. It was the day of the "Grand Court Meeting" and "Grand Furnishing".
The so-called Grand Court Meeting was a ceremonial event where the Emperor summoned all the civil and military officials in the main hall of the Imperial Palace to meet with the officials in charge of various places who had come to report on their work and the envoys from various countries.
During the Yuanzheng Grand Assembly, Li Shimin had to accept tributes from the officials in charge of various places and reports of auspicious signs.
During the court meeting, Li Shimin had to wear a crown with twelve strings of white beads on his head and accept the congratulations of his officials.
On this day, the Yuanzheng Grand Assembly did not have the actual function of dealing with state affairs. It was more of a ceremonial activity to show that the Tang Emperor's power was spread across the four seas and the nine provinces.
Moreover, today was the first day of the first year of Zhenguan, so it was especially different.
After the grand court meeting, there would be a "grand display" in the main hall of the Imperial Palace. The "precious jade, carriage" and "music of the palace and county", which symbolized the highest level of the country, would be displayed to highlight the national system of the Tang Empire.
When the ceremony was held, Li Shimin, the officials of the imperial court, the officials in charge of various places, and the relatives of the royal family had to wear the costumes for important ceremonial activities. According to the order of rank, the eldest son of the emperor, Li Chengqian, and the three princes (Situ, Sikong, and Taiwei) came forward to congratulate them.
After that, Fang Xuanling, the head of the Ministry of Central Affairs, read out the congratulatory memorials from the various provinces. Next, Wang Gui, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Central Affairs, reported the auspicious signs of the various provinces. Then, Tang Jian, the minister of the Ministry of Revenue, reported the list of tributes from the various provinces. Lu Doukuan, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, reported the tributes from the surrounding countries. Yuan Tiangang, the head of the Imperial Historian, reported the astronomical phenomena.
After all the procedures were completed, Gao Shilian announced the end of the ceremony.
At this moment, the Head of the Bureau of Governmental Affairs, Fang Xuanling, led the middle and high-ranking officials of the two provinces forward to congratulate the Emperor. For a moment, the sound of " Long live " could be heard endlessly, and the solemnity of the grand furnishings was fully reflected.
After a day, Li Shimin was exhausted. Finally, after Li Shimin announced a general amnesty, everyone went back to their own homes.
Li Shimin decreed that Yuan Zheng would cancel the curfew in Chang 'an City during the Yuan Festival.
This year, the people of Chang 'an City had a much better life than in previous years. Their pockets were full, so their lives were naturally much better. Although cotton planting had not been popularized, the people felt that this winter was not too cold because of the popularity of coal stoves and kang beds.
Therefore, this year's New Year was very peaceful, both outside and inside the palace.
At the end of the year, a large number of officials were dismissed from the capital examination. From the original 1,000 people to the current 680 people, the various departments basically had no way to make a living.
When Zhangsun Wuji reported the name list, his heart was trembling. This was not just a few dozen people, but almost half of them. How should Li Shiming deal with this?
Li Shimin then asked him," Are these 600 to 700 people doing the work? Since that was the case, what use would the others have to the court? This was unfair to those who did their duty.”
Therefore, at the end of the year, they dismissed this group of people. Of course, they also told them that the responsibilities of the positions were there. As long as they felt that they were qualified for any position, they could apply for it.
After the New Year, Li Shimin would continue to suppress the temples in Chang 'an. No one would be able to farm the land of the temples in the future. Li Shimin had divided the land of the people who used to farm the temples, or distributed the means of production to them.
Monk Tian, you can plant it yourself. Anyway, I'll just collect your taxes when the time comes.
Li Shimin felt that the number of temples was too much. It was enough to have four to five temples in Chang 'an. Now, there were so many temples. Although a batch of temples had been cleaned up some time ago, there were still 60 to 70 temples. Li Shimin felt that it was not enough. He needed to continue to clean up and suppress them.
Li Shimin felt that your temple shouldn't have any land. Do you still want to run your temple as a company? A temple should have the appearance of a temple. It was enough to only accept incense offerings. It was better not to think about running it as a company. It would not care about incense offerings, and it could not care about them, because after all, it was voluntary.
It was impossible for the temple to sell the land in the end. Li Shimin had frozen the sale of the land under the temple's name. When the time came, you would either have to pay taxes or the land would be confiscated by the country. There was nothing to discuss.
Look at the Taoist temple. It doesn't have any land, and it's not as luxurious as yours. It has such a big bronze Buddha statue and is even gilded. It's too rich. Li Shimin wouldn't be jealous. He simply thought that the temple didn't do anything for production. It annexed the land and was no different from a landlord. The most terrifying thing was that the landlord wouldn't take the initiative to give money, but the monk would.
Taoism was a local religion that advocated people's love for peace and yearning for freedom.
Doctrine was used to calm people's minds, to guide people on how to get along with each other, how to integrate into society, not to fight for power and profit, and to constantly strive to build a beautiful home. It had an irreplaceable role, and its ideas had a positive effect on stabilizing society.
Moreover, the chemistry, medicine, and culture of Taoism were all very high.
Therefore, Li Shimin decided to suppress Buddhism and promote Taoism.
However, these were all things that would happen after the New Year. Li Shimin didn't want to care about them now. He just wanted to have a good New Year in peace.
When they arrived at the Administrative Hall, they saw two cute little kids rushing over." Aye, Aye, we're going ice-skating."”
" Okay, okay…" Li Shimin had no resistance to these little kids, so he agreed to go ice-skating with them.
Empress Zhangsun also shook her head and smiled bitterly. Now, these little ones would go crazy when they saw Li Shiming. They were not as gentle as they usually were, but they had no choice. Li Shiming spoiled them.
However, she didn't plan to care. She felt that Li Shiming was much better than before.
Fully armed, he brought them to ice-skating and figure skating, causing Chang Le and Yu Zhang to giggle non-stop. Soon, a large group of cute little girls came over after hearing the news.
Li Shiming also brought them to play the long snake formation. They lined up one by one according to their age.
The three or four-year-old children were all clamoring to play, and the concubines kept coaxing them.
After playing with them for a dozen rounds, he quickly got someone to bring them back to wash them and change their clothes.
If it was in the past, Li Shiming would not have dared to bring them out to play like this. However, the interior of the palace had undergone a series of renovations. Although the exterior looked dilapidated, the interior was very warm. Because of the time, the palace had not undergone any major renovations.
Next was the year-end work summary. Empress Zhangsun was now radiant, and the root of her illness had been eliminated. Her body was much better than before, and her face was ruddy.
Right now, Empress Zhangsun was enthusiastically introducing the situation of the Imperial Industry Company to Li Shimin. After three months, excluding the expenses of the expansion of the Imperial Industry and various other projects, the remaining cash was 600,000 gold coins and 5 million silver coins. In total, the cash alone was more than 10 million silver coins, which was more than 10 million strings of strings.
Heavens, Empress Zhangsun couldn't even imagine this. She was so poor three months ago that she was in charge of the harem and had to travel everywhere. Even her dress couldn't cover her shoes. How poor was she now? Just the cash alone was worth more than ten million silver.
This year, the Imperial Palace had a fat year.
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