Time flies, and it’s half a month again. The first day of spring has passed, and in a blink of an eye, it’s already the new year.

On this day, Qi King Li Yuanji suddenly paid a visit.

He has been to the Prince's Mansion in the East Palace for many days in a row.

Tonight is the night of the Lantern Festival, also known as the Lantern Festival among the people. Taoism has the theory of "three yuan", and Buddhism has the practice of "burning lanterns" to worship Buddha. Since the time of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, emperors have had the tradition of worshiping Taiyi.

So this is a big festival, and all the civil and military officials of the dynasty would take a break.

Xiu Mu means paid leave. The ancients were much more conscientious than the '996' in later generations.

Although the Tang Dynasty had just been founded, it attached great importance to official holidays. For example, during the winter solstice, they were given a seven-day holiday. After the long winter solstice holiday, the first day of the spring was ushered in, and there was another seven-day paid holiday.

, the officials were very happy.

When the seven-day holiday of the Yuan Dynasty is over, it only takes seven days to go to court and then rest for seven days. The festival of the Yuan Dynasty will last another seven days.

For three consecutive golden weeks, all were given paid holidays. Officials were not tired at all, and the people also benefited. Why do you say this? Because in the Tang Dynasty, officials were the main consumers.

Official, from an aristocratic family.

People from aristocratic families have the best face.

For example, during the Shangyuan Festival this time, lanterns will be set off all over the city (this is clearly recorded in history). The lanterns are very laborious to make. The aristocratic family must not have the time to make them. Even if they know how to make them, they are only of interest to the female relatives.

As a result.

But the aristocratic family wanted to show off its financial resources in a big way, and the women's interest alone could not make a few lamps, so they had to purchase them.

This time is a happy festival for the people of Chang'an.

As long as you save a batch of bamboo early last year, you can cut it into bamboo strips to make various lanterns. The process is not complicated and requires a lot of dexterity. Even children at home can help lay lanterns. You can earn money for a day's work.

A copper plate of four or five cents is very good, whether it is to buy food and drink, or to draw a piece of cloth to make clothes for the family.

The aristocratic families of the Tang Dynasty were also generous with their money on this day, and would spend a lot of money in order to gain a reputation.

Especially the homes of officials would light up lanterns as a ceremony, thus feeding many people. This is probably the reason why dynasties in the past were willing to take holidays.

Therefore, the entire Shangyuan Festival is a day for officials to have fun. It is so fun to take a leisurely bath with their salary.

It's a pity that although officials are leisurely, there are still hardworking people in the Tang Dynasty.

For example, Prince Li Jiancheng.

Today is the night of the Yuan Dynasty, and people all over the city have a good time. Even ordinary people in Chang'an will relax and go out for a stroll this night. However, only Li Jiancheng is still in his room reviewing documents.

Under such circumstances, Qi King Li Yuanji suddenly came to visit.

Although this guy has been crowned a king, he is full of bad character at heart. He is not polite when he comes to visit, and he is not even willing to wait for the concierge to inform him.

He broke into Li Jiancheng's study directly and burst into laughter after entering.

At this time, Li Jiancheng was reviewing a document, but Li Yuanji grabbed the brush and threw it away. He laughed and said: "Brother, let's go, it's Lantern Festival today, let's go shopping, the city is full of lights outside, even ordinary people

We are all wandering around, but you, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, are hiding at home to review documents!"

As he spoke, this guy dragged Li Jiancheng out and shouted again: "I have booked the Baiyue Tower in Chang'an, and I am going to hold a poetry meeting tonight. My eldest brother will go with me to compete with scholars from aristocratic families.

Sip tea and enjoy singing and dancing. This music is really the best in the world, haha, hahaha..."

Li Jiancheng felt helpless when he was pulling him. He used a lot of effort to break free and said: "You go ahead, I'm very busy for my brother. It's snowing heavily over there in Hebei, and I have to find a way to get some food there."

These words immediately made Li Yuanji frown and said displeasedly: "Hebei again?"

Suddenly he snorted coldly and said with great dissatisfaction: "That place is so poor that it is a bottomless pit that cannot be filled. It suffers from disasters every year and requires relief every year. If you ask me to just throw that place away, it will not be cheap to provide relief."

For outsiders..."

He said this with a strong sense of displeasure.

Li Jiancheng glanced at him, smiled and asked, "What's wrong? Are you unhappy?"

But when Li Yuanji snorted again, he said: "A while ago, I sent a bird message to the third sister, hoping that she would put out words and stand on our side, but the third sister didn't say anything. Instead, the poor boy replied

I wrote a letter with only six words, which made me very angry. He actually said that it is inconvenient for my surname to interfere, so should I ask him to do something? What I am looking for is my third sister, and what I want is the third sister’s women’s army to help us.

, who is he, a relative of Princess Shang, who dares to take matters into his own hands and reply to my third sister’s letter..."

He seemed to be getting angrier as he spoke, and suddenly gritted his teeth and said: "A poor boy relies on my third sister. Doesn't he want to develop Hebei? Then let him develop on his own. Brother, don't worry about it anymore.

Regarding the matter in Hebei, this heavy snowfall has caused people there to starve to death, and it will also make him understand clearly what a poor person he is."

Li Jiancheng sighed, shook his head and said: "Even if you are dissatisfied with people, the people of Hebei are innocent. Yuanji, tell me the truth, are you really dissatisfied with him? I'm afraid you are dissatisfied with your third sister."

Li Yuanji's expression visibly stiffened.

This guy seemed to be embarrassed, but he quickly disappeared and said loudly: "Yes, I am just dissatisfied with her. She has an army of 200,000 people, why won't she stand up to help us? If she joins, how can the second

Can take advantage. I can’t figure this out..."

Li Jiancheng glanced at him and suddenly said: "Don't call me second brother, second brother, Shimin is your second brother after all."

Unexpectedly, Li Yuanji smiled ferociously and said, "I want to kill this second brother."

He suddenly looked at Li Jiancheng and said excitedly: "Brother, you know, I have just returned from the palace. I have sent many generous gifts this time. The concubines have already made their choices. They will keep blowing the emperor's hair."

, the life of the second child is definitely getting harder and harder.”

Li Jiancheng's eyes were deep and he suddenly said: "Are the generous gifts you gave us all from your 'friends'?"

Sure enough, Li Yuanji burst into laughter and said with a proud face: "The family is really conscientious and never let me lack money. As long as I say a few words, a large amount of gold, silver and silk will be given to me immediately."

Li Jiancheng's expression remained calm, as if he already knew about this kind of thing. He just asked slowly, staring at Li Yuanji and said: "How much money have you sent to the palace in the recent period?"

"Three hundred thousand dollars!" Li Yuanji did not hesitate, holding out three fingers with excitement.

I heard this guy laugh and say: "Last time we gave away 50,000 gold and silver orbs, those concubines have helped us blow the pillow wind. After just a few days, my father issued an order to reprimand the second son.

, and also eliminated the right of Tiance Mansion to appoint subordinate officials, and reduced the 30,000 households of the second son to 10,000, so we strike while the iron is hot and directly send 300,000 this time. Those concubines must work together.

The life of the second child must be getting more and more difficult, haha, hahaha..."

Li Jiancheng's eyes flickered slightly, and he suddenly asked: "Tell me, brother, what purpose do you want to achieve by sending money this time?"

Li Yuanji's eyes suddenly hardened, and he said in a solemn tone: "Take the second son back to Beijing."

Li Jiancheng's body swayed invisibly.

Just listen to Li Yuanji say again in awe: "This is the strategy of the head of the Wang family, it can be called a stroke of genius. Why is the second brother so arrogant? It's because he is sitting in Luoyang and has no control. As long as we get him back to Chang'an, he will become A tiger with its teeth removed...is a tiger without teeth still a tiger? It's not even as good as a Shiba Inu on the street."

Li Jiancheng's eyes flashed sharply, and he said: "If you take him back to Chang'an, who will be responsible for countering the rebellion in Jiangnan?"

Li Yuanji immediately smiled proudly and said disdainfully: "He is very good at fighting, isn't he? I am also very good at fighting! It's just a rebellion by the auxiliary Gongyou, and I can defeat it with my troops."

This guy is not bragging this time.

The Li brothers and sisters are indeed the best among men. Although Li Yuanji has a cruel temperament, he is indeed a rare warrior.

This guy charged into the battle and captured the flag. Countless enemies died in his hands, and they were all heroes in the late Sui Dynasty. Anyone could be a hero. However, they were all killed by Li Yuanji, and they were directly among the army. The kind of death that involves beheading.

Li Jiancheng suddenly sighed and said, "Fourth brother, it seems we are really going to win."

Li Yuanji immediately laughed and said with excitement: "How can we not win? We will win for sure. As long as the second child is brought back to Chang'an, his Tiance Mansion will be beyond his reach. Although the second child is ranked the first prince, but According to the law, he can only be equipped with three thousand soldiers, which means that he can only bring three thousand soldiers back to Chang'an, but your prince's guard now has two hundred thousand."

Li Jiancheng looked a little strange, as if he couldn't bear to watch Li Yuanji come to an end, and finally said with caution: "Although there are 200,000 East Palace Guards, 180,000 of them are soldiers of the famous family. Fourth brother, Those are soldiers from aristocratic families..."

Unexpectedly, Li Yuanji didn't think deeply at all, but laughed out loud again and said: "So, the aristocratic families are all friends, with sincerity and righteousness."

Li Jiancheng looked straight at him, as if he wanted to memorize the voice and appearance of his younger brother. After a long time, Li Jiancheng suddenly said, "Let your wife, Mrs. Yang, go to Hebei for a trip."

Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment and asked: "Why is she going to Hebei?"

Li Jiancheng picked up a letter from the table and said: "Your third sister wrote to say that she is pregnant. Although the child will be a nephew in the future, your third sister is from our Li family after all. Originally, I was I'm thinking of letting you go to Hebei, but you have resentment towards your third sister in your heart. In that case, let your wife go. She is the Princess of Qi and can represent the Palace of Qi..."

Li Jiancheng paused as he spoke. He suddenly glanced at Li Yuanji for some unknown reason and said, "This time I am not only going to pay homage to your third sister, but also to pay homage to Gu Tianya. After all, he is your third brother-in-law."

He paused again, his tone became even more strange, and he said softly: "You yourself don't want to recognize this relative, but your wife can recognize this relative."

This is to leave a way out for Li Yuanji's Qi Prince's Mansion.

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Chapter completed!