"Now that it's autumn, the weather in the mountains is cold, so my brother should bring cotton clothes. Eight [one??] Net ])).}" Tassel said as he picked up the cotton coat and put it in the big box.

After the two of them got married, for a long time, the tassel still called Yang Yan "brother", but later Yang Yan came to Jiankang to live and married Zhao Yueru, and the number of people in the house increased day by day, and the tassel changed his mouth to call Yang Yan "Xianggong", but today he couldn't help but call it out again.

After Zhao Qianru gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix twins, more than 20 days later, Lin Yanhong gave birth to another baby boy, so during this time, Yang's mansion was full of festive atmosphere. Throughout August, after Yang Yan finished his official business, he returned home early, accompanied his wife, and teased the children for fun.

After entering September, the envoy who invited the Jin State to watch the Autumn Festival returned, brought back the national letter of the Jin State, and the Jin State would take Shangshu Zuo Cheng Bai Yanjing and Tianchang Jun Jie Du to make Wanyan Chen Monk as the main and deputy envoys, and went to Jiankang to watch the Autumn Festival. These two people are both important civil and military ministers of the Jin Kingdom, which shows that the Jin Kingdom also attaches great importance to the autumn of the Great Song Dynasty.

After Zhao Chen received the letter of state from Jin Guo, he immediately issued an edict and ordered the Privy Council to start preparations. The location of Qiu Zheng had already been decided, at the foot of Niu Mountain, thirty miles south of Jiankang City, and ordered Yang Yan to lead Chen Min, the official affairs of the Ma Military Division, Qi Fang, the official affairs of the Guarding Infantry Division, and the Guarding Infantry Division, all commanding Gao Zhen to go to Niu Mountain and arrange the venue of Qiu Xuan. And this time it was Yang Yan who went out, only Zhang Wei was with him, Zhao Yueru and Zhao Qianru stayed in Jiankang's Horse Mansion, waiting for the official autumn day to set off with the emperor.

The autumn festival is held on the tenth day of October and lasts for three days, so Yang Yan's departure will be more than a month. In fact, in the past, Yang Yan often went out on expeditions, and there were few times at home, but it was more than two years ago, and now the wives and concubines at home are used to Yang Yan's life at home. In fact, Yang Yan didn't want to leave home, but his duty was just that he couldn't shirk it. Fortunately, the two pregnant women at home gave birth smoothly, which also made Yang Yan worry a lot. Therefore, for three days before the expedition, Yang Yan accompanied his wife and concubines at home and said goodbye one by one.

Yang Yan is going out tomorrow, tonight Yang Mansion set up a family banquet, for Yang Yan to practice, every time Yang Yan went out in the past, it was the tassel to take some luggage for him, so this time the tassel did not want to let the maid do it, or personally sorted out the clothes for Yang Yan. Fang Cai couldn't help but shout "brother" again, which reminded Yang Yan of the past in his heart. It seems to go back to more than ten years ago, when the tassel first entered the Yang Mansion, and he was shy and timid when he called himself "brother" for the first time.

Yang Yan couldn't help it, walked behind the tassel, hugged the tassel in his arms from behind, and said with a smile: "It's been a long time since I've heard you call me like this, and I thought you forgot about it." ”

Among Yang Yan's wives and concubines, only Tassel and Yang Yan can be regarded as childhood sweethearts, and the two have no guesses. Tassel couldn't help but think of the previous things of the two, and couldn't help but be full of warm feelings in his heart.

After a long while, Tassel said: "Brother, you go out first, the sisters and sisters are waiting for you to eat outside, I will clean up immediately and come out in a while." ”

Yang Yan came out, and sure enough, all the ladies were there, along with Zhang Wei and Yang Yan's current four children, all of whom were held by the nurse, waiting for him to open the banquet. Everyone naturally did not give up, fortunately, Zhao Yueru and Zhao Qianru reminded them in advance, and Yang Yan was often not at home before, and all the ladies were used to it, so the atmosphere was not too sad.

During the banquet, the ladies repeatedly instructed Zhang Wei to take care of Yang Yan's life. At this time, Zhang Wei was about to turn sixteen years old, and he had been Yang Yan's personal companion for the past two years, learning the art of war and martial arts with Yang Yan, and his behavior was also quite sophisticated.

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Although there are still many middle- and lower-level officials and scholars who oppose the Song Dynasty's Autumn Festival, there are no more than two reasons for opposition: one is to work the people and lose money, and the other is to use the army and force recklessly, and most of the people who oppose it are some older and old-fashioned diehards. However, in the court, the vast majority of officials know that holding the autumn festival is a thing that cannot be changed, so instead of still dwelling on whether to raise the autumn festival, it is better to focus on how to hold the autumn festival and not let the emperor do too much.

Although the intention of Qiu Bao is to perform martial arts by hunting fields, it is nominally an antique act, so it is not only a hunting activity, but also a number of rituals to worship the heavens and the earth and worship the gods. Of course, Zhao Chen's original intention was not these, he just paid close attention to the Privy Council's discussion with the palace secretary to hold those military exercises. For this reason, Yang Yizhong, who was at home, was also invited out to participate in this autumn festival. As for the sacrificial etiquette, Zhao Chen threw all his brains to the officials of the Ministry of Rites and Taichang Temple to discuss, and only set a tone that everything should be as simple as possible.

This can be a pain for the officials of the Ministry of Rites and Taichang Temple, the Great Song Dynasty has not held similar activities before, so there is no precedent to follow, and everything must be quoted from the scriptures, and work out a great power momentum that conforms to etiquette and does not lose the help of etiquette, and meets the conditions of the current Great Song Dynasty, and can also satisfy the emperor.

At this time, those scholars in Zhongshan Academy have a place to play, Lu Yuanqian, Zhang Yan, Er6, Zhu Xi and others, all of them are people who have read more than 10,000 books, especially when it comes to classical sacrificial etiquette, it can be said that everyone can say it. Therefore, after Zhou Kui, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Shi Shi, the master of Taichang Temple, asked Zhao Chen for instructions, and asked several scholars.

In the face of such a major event, several scholars naturally did not dare to be sloppy, and moved their disciples one after another to look for classical books and the conventions of the previous dynasty. It is a pity that many of the records in ancient books are either incomplete, contradictory, or vague and difficult to understand, and scholars have also had many different interpretations according to their own understandings, which has led to many quarrels.

However, the people of Jiankang don't care so much, they just think it's a good thing to have excitement to see. Therefore, in the past few months, as the number of troops coming and going on Jiankang Street has gradually increased, Qiuqiu has also become a topic of discussion in the streets and alleys of the people. Some well-informed people are also spreading all kinds of information they have heard.

Tubo, Jiaozhi, Liuqiu and other countries that had established diplomatic relations with the Great Song Dynasty also sent envoys to the Great Song Dynasty to congratulate them. Moreover, in the past few years, the Great Song Dynasty has vigorously developed overseas trade, and its influence in the Nanyang region has also increased, so overseas countries such as Srivijaya, Japo, Purui, Mayi, Bagan, and Zhenla have also sent envoys to the Great Song Dynasty to participate in the Autumn Festival.

And no one thought that the first to arrive in Jiankang was actually the Jin State Mission.

This time, the Jin State sent a huge delegation, in addition to the chief and deputy envoys, Bai Yanjing and Wanyan Chen Monk, there were more than 20 subordinate officials, and the entourage was more than 150 people. Moreover, in addition to bringing the national letter of the Jin Kingdom, he also brought gifts from Wan Yanyong to Zhao Chen: in addition to some luxury items such as gold, silver and jade, there are also 12 tiger skins, 12 mink skins, 12 bear skins, 24 wolf skins and fox skins, 16 high-grade Changbai Mountain old ginseng plants, 16 good horses and so on. This gift is not too heavy, because it is mink and ginseng, which are not available in the Great Song Dynasty, and those sixteen good horses are also extremely rare good horses in the Great Song Dynasty.

Now that the strength of the Song and Jin countries is equal, even if the peace negotiation is successful, then no one is willing to start a war first, so the Jin country does not want to lose face in the number of courtesies. Moreover, every time the Song and Jin countries exchanged congratulatory envoys, it was actually a huge commercial activity, and not only would they get a roughly equivalent amount of gifts in return, but they would also buy a large number of goods needed in their own countries, and return with a full load.

Especially now, the Jin State has closed almost all the fields on the border, and severely restricted smuggling activities, and if you want to obtain the goods of the Song Dynasty, you can only buy them from the Song Dynasty at a high price. However, due to the decrease in sources, the prices of tea, silk, porcelain, silk and other commodities in the country of Jin have risen nearly threefold, but they are still in short supply. Therefore, every time the envoys congratulate each other, it has also become a rare opportunity to purchase.

Moreover, the price of buying in the interior of the Great Song Dynasty is much cheaper than that in the field, so this time Bai Yanjing and Wanyan Chen Monk sent an envoy to the Great Song Dynasty, and when they were leaving, they received a thick stack of orders, all of which were purchased by the ministers of the court and the wealthy nobles, and a considerable part of them were needed in the palace. The two couldn't help crying and laughing, so they had to leave for Jiankang early with the mission.

Of course, the two of them went to the Great Song Dynasty this time, and there was also a task, which was to find out the reality of the Song Dynasty, because now the Song and Western Xia were meeting each other in the military revolution, although the Jin State also planted a lot of spies in the Song Dynasty, so that after learning that the Song Dynasty sent Cao Xun to lead a part of the men and horses to aid Lanzhou, but how did the Song Dynasty plan to deal with the attack of the Western Xia? It is not known that if the Song Dynasty wants to concentrate its army and fight a decisive battle with the Western Xia, the Jin State must also make preparations in advance, and if the Song Dynasty intends to make peace with the Western Xia, then the Jin State can also maneuver around and strive to get a piece of the pie.

Therefore, after the Jin delegation arrived in Jiankang, they first met with Zhao Chen and handed over the gift of credentials. Later, he sent people to start purchasing the items needed by the Jin Kingdom, and at the same time inquired about the discussions in the streets and alleys, paying attention to the dispatch of food for the army, and Bai Yanjing and Wanyan Chen monks also began to visit the ministers of the Song Dynasty one by one to see what they could find.