Chapter 121: The Birthday of the King of Yue
After New Year’s Eve, before the lanterns in the first month, there is another big event, that is, the 60th birthday of King Yang Su of Yue!
At the age of sixty, Yang Su was sixty years old. He was a general and prime minister all his life. Now he has been granted the title of Prince, and he is one of the prime ministers. His power has reached its peak. Whether it is His Majesty Yang Jian or the Crown Prince Yang Guang, he is very popular with him.
In addition, Yang Su is a man with strong abilities and both civil and military skills. He is an outstanding poet of the Sui Dynasty and a famous commander. He has a vengeful personality and a wide range of followers, which has eliminated dissidents, causing everyone in the court to surrender. He is simply a powerful minister!
No one can compare with Yang Su's reputation since the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
Such a person has passed his 60th birthday, and it is conceivable that the powerful and noble soldiers in the capital will come to celebrate their birthdays.
Even the soldiers and generals of the cavalry, local prefects, vassal kings, county magistrates, etc. in the country had to express their birthday gifts. Although some local officials in the past would send people to Beijing to celebrate their birthdays in order to curry favor with Yang Su, they paid more attention this time, after all, sixty is the best, and it is worthy of a grand congratulations.
Luo Zhaoyun also prepared gifts and followed Luo Rong to the residence of King Yang Su, the two families of King Yue, Luo Yi and Luo Shou passed the sixth day of the lunar month and had already started returning to their territory.
Without the transfer order from the court, it is impossible to leave your post for too long, and it is easy to be criticized and impeached by the censor.
When Luo Zhaoyun came to Guangdefang, he realized how grand and spacious Yang Su's mansion was, because most of the house was his mansion, and the other half was a little more than a temple, and there was also a lake with an elegant environment. In fact, if this house was occupied by the Yang mansion.
It turned out that there were other people in Guangdefang, but as Yang Su's power grew bigger and bigger, the rest of the residents were basically cleared out, moved out of this shop, and went to other shops to purchase real estate.
The high-gate courtyard, blue bricks and black tiles, carved beams and jade pillars, double-eaved buildings, and the School Martial Arts Square, with many halberds. Dozens of armored soldiers holding long halberds and wearing horizontal knives, standing at the square and the gate, looking very powerful. The two jade lions stood majestic and squatted and were grand.
Hundreds of vehicles and thousands of people have been parked in the square, and some are foreign personnel who have sent gifts to the capital from afar. These people have set off before the New Year and arrived just in the first month, and are waiting for the birthday ceremony.
At this time, they were carrying large and small packages, boxes, wooden boxes, etc., and lined up to submit gifts from the side and goods. Many servants received some gifts in the yard. Many birthday congratulatory people outside the capital had to leave immediately after handing over the gifts. They were not qualified to enter the inner courtyard of Yang Mansion for a banquet.
Therefore, the side doors flow in and out, like a big market.
Luo Zhaoyun followed Luo Rong into the mansion and was filled with emotion. The mansion was gorgeous and luxurious, with a scale and system imitating the palace, with a large hall and a bright hall, and a building. It is said that there are thousands of servants in the family, and there are thousands of prostitutes and concubines in the backyard.
After passing through the main courtyard and coming to the second entrance, you can see the rockery waterfall. However, in the first month of the year, the water flowing out is frozen into ice, and only the crystal-like ice sculptures are in the sky, and the sun shines, which is quite spectacular.
Moreover, in the yard, there are lush bamboos and plum blossoms blooming, emitting a faint fragrance. The whole yard is like a garden, with scenery of different forms everywhere.
There were many people working in the buildings and courtyards that I entered the first few days. The places where I could stay were naturally different. Yang Su sat in the main hall where I entered the second day, wearing a gorgeous python robe, approaching the officials and nobles of the capital to celebrate the birthdays, and outsiders could not see him at all.
When Luo Zhaoyun saw this scene, he couldn't help but sigh that Yang Su was already extremely noble. His brothers and sons were all ranked as ministers and ministers, and they were the prime ministers. However, they would lose their prosperity. He would never have thought that he would die in two years, and ten years later, the entire family would be destroyed!
After finishing the game, no good ending will be achieved if you pass a certain degree. In history, any person who has power for a while will often end up miserable. The family will definitely be implicated and it will never be difficult to pass on for several generations.
Wu Zixu, Lu Buwei, Dong Zhuo, Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong, Zhang Juzheng, etc., those powerful ministers seem to be powerful for a while, but there are no one who has a good ending. Even if they can escape, the next generation will probably be extinct.
Suddenly, Luo Zhaoyun thought of the contents of "Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties" and "Speaking of Tang Books". Qin Qiong escorted the local official Tang Bi to Beijing, and met Qi Guoyuan, Li Rugui, Wang Bodang and others on the way, and entered Chang'an together.
Later, Qin Qiong gave gifts, but was troubled by Yang Su's disciples. Fortunately, he met Li Jing and rescued the siege. He advised Qin Qiong to leave Chang'an as soon as possible. However, under the instigation of many heroes from the green forest, Qin Qiong decided to leave after the Lantern Festival. As a result, he gave birth to a series of events on the Lantern Festival, such as killing Yuwen Chengxiang, selling bows when encountering Xiong Kuohai, and fighting Yuwen Chengdu.
At this time, Luo Zhaoyun couldn't help laughing. The storytellings of the storytelling were too heavy, and most of them were inconsistent with history. It would be fine if you listened to the excitement, but if you took it as real, you would be mistaken.
Qin Qiong's age is probably similar to him. He is only a few years older than him, and he has no relationship with his uncle and cousin.
After Luo Rong celebrated his birthday in person, he could stay for lunch. Luo Zhaoyun was not of the same level as him, so he could only go to the young man's villa for a banquet. By chance, Han Shiye accompanied Yang Xuangan to greet the guests, and just happened to introduce the two to each other after he left the lobby.
"I've seen Yang Zhuguo!" Luo Zhaoyun saluted Yang Xuangan, who was the second-rank official of the court because of his father Yang Su's military merits.
Yang Xuangan has a majestic figure and a handsome beard. He is not only proficient in martial arts, but also has certain literary literacy. He smiled at Luo Zhaoyun and said, "I have heard of Luo Cheng's reputation for a long time. I finally met today and came to Yang's mansion to celebrate his father's birthday. No matter what, I have to have a good time in Yang's mansion today. Let's go to the other courtyard to have a banquet, which is the younger generation in the capital."
Yang Xuangan walked in front, including Luo Zhaoyun, and more than a dozen young noble children surrounded him and walked towards the east wing courtyard, where there were many tables and banquets.
Chapter completed!