The civil and military officials got up together, and saw that the emperor Zhao Chen was wearing a dragon crown and an imperial robe, and the queen Yue Ying was beside him, wearing a phoenix crown and a xia shawl, and walked out of the palace side by side. Behind him, Concubine Xie, Concubine Han, Concubine Yang and others were also dressed up, and there were a large number of palace maids.

After the emperor and his entourage sat down, the ministers first congratulated the emperor, and Zhao Chen also got up and said with a smile: "I ascended the throne in the year of the weak crown, but fortunately, thanks to the support of the ministers, the country can be stable, the government is smooth, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the world is peaceful." Today is the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, so we should celebrate with you. Zhuqing doesn't have to be restrained, drink happily and rest when drunk. ”

The ministers hurriedly said in unison: "Thank you, Your Majesty." Then Chen Junqing, on behalf of the hundred officials, first toasted Zhao Chen with three links, which made the atmosphere in the hall warm. The wine and delicacies were immediately served like flowing water, and the ministers of civil and military affairs staggered their cups and drank happily. Zhao Chen has been the emperor for two years, and he can cope with this kind of scene very easily. And Yue Ying has also seen a big scene, although she is still a little restrained, but her actions and demeanor are also very decent, without losing the queen's demeanor.

At this time, the sheng, drums, flutes, pianos, and pipas played in unison, and the singing came from outside the hall, singing: "

The fire tree is blooming with silver, and the green is smiling.

The fragrant wind went with it, and the bright moon came one by one.

Jiumo color candles, three streets Lan car stopper.

Suddenly remember in Chang'an, Chinese New Year's Eve lights are like the sea!

I saw a team of 64 kabukis, divided into two teams, floating up from outside the hall, all beautiful and moving, their bodies swaying, their skirts flying. Singing and dancing to the melodious sound of drums.

At this time, the firecrackers outside the hall rang out in unison, the fireworks were shot in all directions, flashing out the glow of ten thousand ways, the fire trees and silver flowers, the fire flashing cannons exploded, brilliant and warm, which made people dizzy to see and breathtaking. In the brilliance of the fireworks, the dancers danced on the main hall, their skirts tumbling in an inch, their long sleeves fluttering, graceful and graceful, fluttering like a shock, and their robes were raised; The eyes of the bright moon convey affection, and the teeth of the rhinoceros are shining; The hands are soft, the arms are like tender lotus, the clothes are elegant, ** like the bud half with dew, Qiong is clear, and the bee waist is swaying. Everyone present was fascinated.

Only the women in the audience sang in unison: "

On Chinese New Year's Eve, thousands of households are hung with lanterns.

Ten miles of lanterns are bright in Aoshan, and nine Mo Luo is in the spring breeze.

The traffic is noisy and singing, and Ma Long is dark and fragrant.

The candle shadow beauties send autumn waves, and the young man under the moon meets his confidant.

Meet a confidant and go hand in hand. Hazy Lights Man Obsession!

After three rounds of drinking, the kabuko retreated to the sides, followed by a fierce drum beat, which shocked people's hearts. There are hundreds of strong men who enter from outside the hall with the sound of drums, holding swords and round shields, and the beat of the drums, striking each other with swords and shields, and roaring from time to time, full of masculine strength for a while, and the beautiful maiko just now is another taste.

Chen Junqing looked at it and frowned slightly, since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, it has been a great emphasis on civil governance, and this kind of martial arts dance is rare in banquets. However, after Zhao Chen ascended the throne, he paid more and more attention to martial affairs, and many ministers expressed their hearts to Chen Junqing in private, and wanted Chen Junqing to try his best to dissuade the emperor and return to the benevolent and sincere saint road.

Although Chen Junqing's thinking is biased towards science, after all, he is a knowledgeable person, unlike those pedantic people who only know empty words. He also knew very well in his heart that this set of statements might still work in the peaceful and prosperous times, but in the current form, if you want to recover the lost land, relying on the so-called way of the sage, it will not work at all, you must rectify the military, and military equipment is indispensable, but seeing that the emperor attaches so much importance to martial affairs, and even the martial arts dance is discharged at the banquet, it also makes Chen Junqing feel uncomfortable, and he always feels that it is not appropriate.

In fact, including Zhao Chen's proposal to change the law, although Chen Junqing didn't say it, he didn't agree with it very much in his heart, on the one hand, he was afraid that it would become like Xining's reform back then, which would intensify the contradiction between the two parties in the court, and on the other hand, it was also because the measures to change the law were actually somewhat contradictory to Chen Junqing's belief in the principle of the way of the sage of the outer king and the inner saint. It's just that Chen Junqing himself can't think of a way to respect the way of the saint, and to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and to recover the lost territory, so he can only think about dissatisfaction on the one hand, but he has to agree with the emperor's change of law, and strive to correct the problems that arise in the change.

In the past year, the new law has been tried out on six roads in Lianghuai, Liangzhejiang and Liangjiang, and in general, good results have been achieved. First of all, the land of the six roads has been basically investigated, and more than eighty percent of the land has been found in total, which has also greatly increased the source of taxes for the imperial court, and the implementation of several other new laws has not only not increased the burden of the people, but has reduced it to a certain extent.

According to the original decision, after the beginning of the year, the law on the border will continue to be implemented in other places, and the land will be verified and the household registration will be checked. And it is not surprising that two years later, other new laws can also be promoted in other places, and at the same time, there are tariff revenues from the Langchang and coastal cities, which also makes the financial revenue of the Great Song Dynasty very rich.

Judging by the current situation, after only a few years of accumulation, the Great Song Dynasty could at least have enough financial resources to support a war. Moreover, there is a group of young generals like Yang Yan, who only need to reorganize their armaments and train their soldiers, so it is not impossible to recover the lost territory, return the capital to Tokyo, and even recover the sixteen states of Yanyun back then. Therefore, although Chen Junqing does not fully agree with the new law, he is also somewhat gratified.

Of course, not everyone can be like Chen Junqing, who can deal with the current changes rationally. On the one hand, there are a group of pedantic people in the DPRK who stick to dogma and oppose the reform of the law, whether black or white, and stubborn ministers who advocate peace with the Kim state. On the other hand, there are a group of victims who will make their own interests because of the change of the law, most of them are local tyrants. Although it has little influence in the imperial court, it is deeply rooted and has great influence in the local area.

The southern invasion of the Jin army caused great damage to the old forces in Lianghuai, Liangzhejiang, Liangjiang and other places, and the new forces had not yet been formed, so the opposition force was not large. However, in other areas that were not hit by the Jin army, local forces still existed, and seeing the smooth changes of the six roads of Lianghuai, Liangzhe, and Liangjiang, he knew that sooner or later they would be promoted to their own areas. Most of them own a large amount of land and tenants, and most of them hide their land and blackmail their names. The implementation of the Economic Boundary Law, the Mu Tax Law, and the Shecang Law will greatly harm their interests, so they are also the group of people who oppose the new law the most.

After the two forces collude with each other, they cannot be underestimated. It's just that in the past year, the reform has been limited to Lianghuai, Liangzhejiang, and Liangjiang Six Roads, and has not yet spread to other places, and so far, the implementation of the new law of the imperial court has not made any major mistakes, so it is impossible to form a big opposition force for the time being, but as long as there is a suitable opportunity, it can cause a lot of storms.

However, Zhao Qianru, Yang Yan and others also have a clear understanding of this point, and they have also reminded Zhao Chen several times that they must not take the current situation of the imperial court lightly. Zhao Chen held a grand banquet on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, on the one hand, to show the achievements of the Great Song Dynasty this year, to show the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty, and also to express to the ministers that the reform would continue. On the other hand, the introduction of martial arts at the banquet is also a subtle change in the custom of the Great Song Dynasty to emphasize literature and ignore martial arts, and gradually cultivate an atmosphere of attaching importance to martial arts.

However, this was at the Chinese New Year's Eve feast, and even if they were dissatisfied with the emperor's arrangement, no one would come out at such a moment and sweep the emperor's happiness, so the courtiers enjoyed the song and dance while drinking happily, and only when it was time to enter the shift, they dispersed happily.

After the banquet was dispersed, Yang Yizhong, Yang Chaoguang, Yang Yan and others went home with their families. Although it was late at night, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, so the streets are still very lively, every house is still lit up, and from time to time there are fireworks and firecrackers.

When the group returned home, Yang Yan and the others did not go back to their own mansion first, but followed everyone to Yang Yizhong's mansion. Because tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, the family should have a reunion and pay homage.

Yang Yan's other wives and concubines, as well as Tie Chenglin, Gu Xueping, Zhang Wei and others have already gathered here, and Tassel is holding their daughter and waiting here. But the children couldn't stay up at night, and they had already fallen asleep. Mrs. Yang naturally cherished her granddaughter, and let her mother-in-law also carry her mother-in-law on the shaking bed, so that the little girl could sleep peacefully. Let them wait in an inner room, so as not to disturb the children. The whole house is just waiting for them to return.

Now that Yang Yan is in a high position, who in the mansion dares not to value him, but Yang Yan was rarely ignored in the mansion when he was young, and he didn't have much deep friendship with the clansmen. And now taking advantage of the opportunity of the New Year, there is a reason for not being close to the relationship.

Yang Yan is not there, the men naturally don't come over, but the women have no scruples, they come to visit the children, naturally they can't help but praise the children for being beautiful, and they must be a beauty when they grow up, and then try their best to chat with Yang Yan's other wives and concubines. Tassel sat on the edge of the shaking bed, shaking her daughter continuously, afraid that she would be woken up, while whispering to Yan Rui, Lin Yinzi, Lin Yanhong and others to deal with others.

Finally waited for their group to come back, and the people in the house had already prepared firecrackers and fireworks, and then they were set off together, the firecrackers roared, and the fireworks were beautiful, so lively. Then put on a new talisman and paste the word blessing upside down to welcome the arrival of the new year.

Yang Yizhong led the people of Hefu to stand in order according to the order of respecting the inferior and the young, the seniors, and the relatives and clans, and worshiped the ancestral tablets together. Then the people in the house congratulated Yang Yizhong and his wife on the New Year in turn, and after these things were done, they ordered people to prepare for the banquet.

After all this was over, when Yang Yan returned to his mansion with his wife and concubines, Tie Chenglin, Gu Xueping, Zhang Wei and others, it was almost the third watch.

Before he could enter the house, he heard someone inside: "You have finally returned." I saw three old men sitting in the main hall, and it was the three wonders of the rivers and lakes who came. Gu Xueping immediately cheered and said, "Grandpa, you're here." Then he threw himself into Gu Zhengyang's arms, crying and laughing.

After the three of them witnessed the battle at sea between Pufeng and Dugu Idiot, they returned to Jiankang with Yang Yan, participated in the wedding of Yang Yan and Zhao Yueru, and then walked the rivers and lakes separately, and they have not appeared in Jiankang for more than a year. Now that it is here again, Yang Yan is naturally very happy. He Tie Chenglin and others also hurriedly entered the house and gave the three of them a salute.

However, at this time, Yang Yan's other wives and concubines had spent most of the night, and they had not practiced superior internal skills, so naturally everyone was sleepy, and after seeing the three elders, they all went to rest. Only Yang Yan, Zhao Yueru, Tie Chenglin, and Gu Xueping are not sleepy and are here to accompany them. The three strangers of the rivers and lakes are all informal people, and they don't care.

Yang Yan asked, "Grandfather, second grandfather, third grandfather, when did you arrive at Jiankang, and how long did you wait at home?" ”

Wan Xiansheng laughed and said: "We entered the city in the evening, knowing that you entered the palace to go to the banquet, so we walked around the street a few times before coming here, knowing that you were all there to have a New Year's dinner, and I didn't want to disturb you, so I waited for more than an hour." ”

Zhao Yueru also said: "The three old people are back now, don't leave so early, you must stay at home for a few more days, let us serve the three of you well." ”

Gu Zhengyang said with a smile: "We came this time, and we also wanted to stay for a few more days, but we three old monsters live here, so you have to worry more." ”

Zhao Yueru also smiled and said: "The three old men are talking about that, Yanlang is the grandson of your three, Cheng Lin and Xue Ping are both juniors, and our sisters are also your old granddaughters-in-law, isn't this the same as your own family?" Isn't it our duty to serve you, and though you stay here, we'd better not go. ”

Yixiu smiled and said: "Boss, your grandson's daughter-in-law looks good and speaks well, if you give birth to a grandson sooner, it will be better." ”

The three of them burst into laughter, so much so that Zhao Yueru blushed. Gu Xueping also took the opportunity to come over to shame her face, but she was grabbed by Zhao Yueru and refused to give up, and the two fought for a while, so that they seemed very close. It was also very comfortable to see the three old men.

After they made trouble for a while, Yang Yan said: "Grandpa, second grandfather, third grandfather, this time you came just in time, and I also have something to discuss with you." Then he pointed at Tie Chenglin and Gu Xueping, and said, "The two of them are not young, I think that this time, the three of you are here, and the marriage of the two of them will be done." After getting married, they don't have to move out, anyway, there are many houses in this house, just pack up a few sets and give them a new house. ”

Gu Zhengyang nodded, and said with a smile: "Child, you are so careful, the three of us are so old and confused, we almost forgot about it." ”

Yixiu also said: "Yes, in a blink of an eye, the children have grown so big, and the sooner we get married, we old men can also feel at ease earlier." ”

Tie Chenglin lowered his head and said nothing, although Gu Xueping was innocent and informal, but when she heard about her marriage, she couldn't help blushing shyly and lowered her head. Zhao Yueru took the opportunity to pull her and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, after Xueping gets married, you have to be more peaceful, if you still mess around, it won't work." ”

In fact, Tie Chenglin and Gu Xueping grew up together since childhood, they are childhood sweethearts, although one is wooden and quiet, calm and upright, the other is smart, innocent and lively, and their personalities are very different, but the two are in love, and it is natural for them to get married. Listening to Yang Yan mention it now, although he is a little shy, he is more happy in his heart.

Yang Yan said with a smile: "Then it's decided, after the New Year, I will start arranging for them to get married." ”