Ever since Li Yuan had returned from Yangxing Village, his attitude had changed drastically. He had deposed the Crown Prince, trapped King Qi, and placed him in an important position. Li Er was filled with curiosity and gratitude towards Yangxing Village. It was precisely because of Yangxing Village that he could become the Crown Prince.
Now Li Er understood that it was all because of the expert behind his father, Yang Jingming, who had guided his father and changed his fate.
Li Er was extremely grateful to Yang Jingming. Recently, his father had been sending people to deliver meals to Yangxing Village, which also attracted his attention.
After some inquiry, Li Er heard that Yang Jingming was going to take the exam tomorrow. He did not hesitate to find a carriage and planned to send this benefactor to Chang 'an City in advance to show his respect.
As for Yang Jingming's son, Yang Hao.
Li Er automatically ignored him. After all, his son was only sixteen years old. Even if he was knowledgeable, it was because his father had taught him well. He did not care about him at all.
Yang Hao didn't know the driver's true identity. He stretched his body in the carriage and said lazily,""Father, what do you think of this carriage?”
"'It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.'Today, I finally understand what you said a few days ago.”Yang Jingming stroked the luxurious decorations in the car and said with emotion,"
"After experiencing such luxury, how can I ride that ordinary carriage in the future? Father felt that his body had become more precious because of this.”
"So you have to study hard." "After you become a worshiper, it's not a problem for you to keep a low profile and be luxurious every day!" Yang Hao said earnestly.”
My son is dreaming again.
Yang Jingming looked at Yang Hao with heartache. Others might not know what level of knowledge his father had, but did he not know it himself? He couldn't even dream of it!
However, Yang Jingming didn't dare to say these words out loud for fear of hurting Yang Hao's heart. He could only pretend to be yearning and said,""Father will definitely improve and live up to my son's painstaking efforts.”
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In the Tang Dynasty, Chang 'an City was divided into two symmetrical parts, Wannian County in the east and Chang' an County in the west.
Wannian County has jurisdiction over the 54th Square and the East Market of Zhuque Gate Street, while Chang 'an County has jurisdiction over the 54th Square and the West Market of Zhuque Gate Street.
In addition to the palace city where the royal family lived and the imperial city where the officials worked, Chang 'an City was the outer city where the officials and the common people lived.
Outer Guo City was shaped like a Go board. The whole city was divided into several rectangular blocks by crisscrossing lines. These lines were the streets.
There are eleven streets in the city facing north and south.
There are fourteen streets in the east and west.
Looking down from the sky, one could see some blocks. Those blocks were the workshops. There were a total of 108 in the city.
All the workshops were not the same size. The small ones were about 500 meters long and wide, while the large ones were 500 meters wide and 1,000 meters long.
There were rammed earth walls three meters high around the square, separating the square from the main street.
Therefore, the street was very wide.
Yang Hao and his father's destination was Xi City, which was under the jurisdiction of Chang 'an County. Because the Tang imperial court had implemented the " separation of market and market " system, it was impossible for there to be an inn in the market where the common people lived.
If they wanted to stay in Chang 'an, they could only go to Xi City.
When the carriage arrived at the open Southwest Gate of Xi City, Yang Hao lifted the curtain and looked at the tall and flat rammed earth wall, as well as the endless stream of pedestrians passing through the gate of Xi City. He was truly shocked.
Was this the bustling western market of the Tang Empire?
It was only the fifth month of the ninth year of Wude, not even the Zhenguan Year, and the Kaiyuan Era was still far away. The Great Tang was already so prosperous, and it was hard to imagine just how glorious it would be in the future.
And he would be the leader of this era.
When he thought of this, Yang Hao felt his heart surge. He tilted his head and repeatedly reminded his father,"Dad, you have to work hard and study hard in the future. Whether I can enjoy life in Chang 'an in the future depends on you!”
Yang Jingming was speechless.
"What sin did father commit?" After a long time, Yang Jingming sighed sadly. When he was young, he was forced to study by his father, who had long passed away. Now that he was in his thirties, he was forced to study by his child. What kind of life was this!
Yang Hao rolled his eyes. Then, under the silent whipping of the old man's coachman, he headed towards the inn that the old man had arranged.
Savant's Restaurant Inn.
It was the most famous inn in Xi City. It belonged to Chang 'an County, and the examinees who came to Chang' an County for the examination would come here because of its reputation.
In the lobby of the inn.
A group of examinees who had come to check in, as well as scholars who liked to be lively, sat on the Hu stools. They supported their chins and looked enviously at a young man sitting in the center with a proud expression and full of confidence.
"Rich people will always be high-profile when they go out. They were dressed in gold and silver, wishing they could drive an ox cart full of money and swagger through the city.”
The young man dressed in silk and brocade, with his hair tied up in a headscarf and a jade pendant on his belt, waved a paper fan with famous calligraphy written on it. He sat on the Hu stool with his legs crossed and said with confidence,
"But those who are really rich are called low-key. What is low-key? Even if that person went out in a luxury car, rode a horse, and had a few mansions, the clothes he wore when he went out were ordinary.”
One of the examinees, who was dressed in plain clothes, looked at him with admiration and asked,"Then what about Young Master?"
"If I claim that I'm not rich, then I'm afraid there's no rich person in Chang 'an.”
The young man closed the paper fan with a snap and lowered his head with a faint smile."I've lived in Chang 'an for 26 years, and I've never seen anyone more ostentatious than me. Do you see that black horse outside the door? One in a thousand would not exchange for a Dawan horse! Who can be more luxurious than me when I use it to pull a carriage?”
Everyone looked outside the inn.
The black-furred Dayuan Horse that the young man called priceless was parked on the street, making the examinees of Savant's Restaurant envious.
Suddenly, a ferghana horse with snow-white fur pulled a gold-inlaid luxurious carriage and slowly came over. Under the control of the temporary coachman Li Er, it stopped steadily outside the Savant's Restaurant.
Then, it laughed at the shabby appearance of the black Dawan horse not far away, as if it was saying, You still have the face to park on the street and parade around?
For a moment.
The Savant's Restaurant was silent.
The scholars were stunned.
The examinees were stunned.
The owner of the black horse's face darkened. He had been acting tough in Chang 'an for so long, but he did not expect to see someone who was even more pretentious than him today.
Pulling a carriage with a ferghana horse?
Too much money burns one's hands!
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