Xu Ping's first Chinese New Year's Eve was spent in a busy and busy manner, and the current Xu family is no longer when Xu Ping left home to go to Yongzhou, the family has a big business, and all kinds of miscellaneous things are over after asking once.

The first day of the new year is the day to visit relatives and friends, Xu Ping breathed a sigh of relief, and finally could hide out for a quiet day, and throw all the things at home to his parents and Lin Suniang.

Early in the morning, Xu Ping packed up, and Liu Xiaoyi prepared a horse and prepared to go into the city to visit colleagues and friends.

As soon as she walked into the courtyard, Zhang Sanniang stopped Xu Ping, stepped forward, took out a small red cloth and handed it to Xu Ping, and said: "Da Lang, now your identity is not as good as before, and you have to give a reward when you see people, and you have to bring these money with you." ”

Xu Ping smiled: "I naturally have money with me, which is enough to deal with." ”

Zhang Sanniang stuffed the small red cloth bag into Xu Ping's hand: "Now we are a big family, how can we take out a few copper coins when we meet some people?" This is given by our family last time the emperor came up, twenty coins, twenty silver coins, you can give them as you like. Like the Li family, you can't take a handful of copper coins when children come up to pay New Year's greetings, how unsightly! ”

Hearing that it was money and money, Xu Ping thought about it and accepted it. It is indeed inappropriate for some large families to take out a few copper coins, and three or five gold and silver coins are much more magnificent.

At this time, some gold and silver coins were minted in the palace every year, and the shape was the same as ordinary copper coins, which were used for festivals and rewards. Of course, the palace is rich and rich, and sometimes the gold and silver coins are used as ordinary copper coins, such as when the honor guard goes out of the palace to sprinkle money to the onlookers, it is gold, silver and copper coins mixed together and thrown all over the sky. When the palace attendants and palace maids came out to buy things, they would sometimes use the gold and silver coins as ordinary copper coins. Whoever picks up or receives such gold and silver money will make a windfall.

When it comes to the New Year's Festival, the palace will also reward some gold and silver money to the close ministers' families, and the gold and silver shops and cross-introduction shops in the capital also have this kind of gold and silver money exchange, which is not uncommon in the rich and noble.

With gold and silver coins, Xu Ping and Liu Xiaoyi got on the horse, bid farewell to their families, and took Wanshengmen into Kaifeng City.

There are still fewer people at Wanshengmen, as soon as you get on the avenue by the Bianhe River, the flow of people will be congested, and when you reach the vicinity of the state bridge, it will be impassable.

Kaifeng City from the beginning of the first day, put the pass for three days, both sides of the road are full of all kinds of small stalls, from food to children's toys, everything, almost all with the way to buy, almost no serious business. When it comes to the New Year's Festival, both rich and poor, they all indulge to their heart's content, and there are people around almost everywhere.

Xu Ping and Liu Xiaoyi had no choice but to dismount and walk, moving forward with difficulty in the crowd. They had to go to Li Yonghe's house first, and then meet with their colleagues in the capital after the New Year. Li Yonghe's family lives not far from Xiangguo Temple, which is the most lively place in the capital, and I don't know how many people have gathered here today, and there are crowds of people everywhere.

In this way, Xu Ping's Liu Xiaoyi squeezed for almost an hour, and finally passed the Xiangguo Temple, turned down the avenue by the Bianhe River, and went around a section of the road before he arrived at Li Yonghe's mansion.

Envoy to the party, protect the tomb, Li Yonghe has been promoted to Chongyi envoy, Hezhou assassin envoy, has been the history of Yao County, just waiting for when to fall into Yao County, promoted to the history of the assassin will enter the ranks of nobles. Everyone knows that this is the emperor compensating Li Yonghe for the suffering he suffered in the first half of his life, and Li Yonghe himself is also cautious and cautious, and his rise all the way up is quite smooth. Now his ministry in the capital is to do the official affairs of the imperial city, managing the miscellaneous personnel such as the family and the personal servants, and there is an old courtyard to guide him, which is quite organized.

Today's Li Yonghe is no longer the little military attache who mentioned the point in the Jingcang grassland, let alone the hard-working boy in the paper shop, as the uncle of the country, I don't know how many people come to talk about the festival. Although there are basically no civil ministers here, the relatives of the clan in Kaifeng City, the military ministers and nobles, but anyone who can have a little relationship with the Li family will come to the door.

The relationship between the Xu family and the Li family was extraordinary, and as soon as the subordinates guarding the door saw Xu Ping coming, they hurriedly came up and led the horse, and led them straight to the inner house.

The children of the nobles waiting outside the door watched Xu Ping enter the door with envy. Poor and lowly friends, naturally, others can't compare, who let themselves not have the same luck as the Xu family.

Li Yonghe returned to Beijing the night before Chinese New Year's Eve, and was talking to the visiting prince of the clan in the front hall at this time, and Xu Ping was not easy to go to get together, so he had to go to Li Zhang's place first.

Entering Li Zhang's small courtyard, Su Er was basking in the sun outside with the black tiger, and when she saw Xu Ping coming in, she hurriedly came over to greet her.

Xu Ping took out five pieces of money given by Zhang Sanniang from his arms, stuffed them into the hands of the black tiger, touched his head and said: "This kid has a tiger head, he grows up fast, and when he grows up, he must be a tiger general." ”

Su Er is Lin Suniang's personal envoy, and she has always regarded the Xu family and the Lin family as her own mother's family, and she is not polite, so she let the black tiger accept it and thank Xu Ping.

A short moment later, Li Zhang heard Xu Ping coming, and hurried back to his small courtyard from the front.

After saying a few words, Su Er took the black tiger to the side to play, leaving the two brothers.

Sitting down in the hall, Li Zhang said: "Brother, you have to be careful recently, someone wants to be unfavorable to you!" ”

Xu Ping was confused for a moment and asked, "Why do you say this?" What happened? ”

"Did someone from Yongzhou send something to your house a year ago?"

"Not bad. It's just a few fruits, some local products, and my family has calculated the money for them. This is all the hearts of the locals, remembering the kindness I was there back then, and it is not good not to accept it. ”

When the magistrate is appointed, if the local people are grateful, they will ask someone to bring things to their parents and officials every New Year's Day, and even usually send some local products over. This is the practice of this era, Xu Ping also deliberately calculated the money for them, and it is much more disciplined than many ministers in the court now, I don't know why Li Zhang asked about this.

Li Zhang said: "My brother also knows that our Gate Division and Tongjin Division are closely adjacent to each other in the Vertical Arch Palace, and the news in the officialdom is better than others. A few years ago, because my brother received a gift from Yongzhou, there was a letter to impeach you. ”

Xu Ping was stunned: "Just impeach me because of this?" Minister of Asari, there are several filial piety confiscated places! My family still deliberately calculated the money, and the accounts are clear! ”

"Well, what's the use of saying that? Is it possible that someone really has to carefully investigate such a trivial matter? No one checks, whether your family counts the money or not, it's all the same, anyway, when the time comes, it's just to transfer the music to you, so that you can be careful in the future. ”

Xu Ping looked at Li Zhang and thought for a while before saying, "In this way, this piece is purely disgusting to me?" I didn't offend anyone in the court, how could anyone do that? ”

Li Zhang smiled bitterly: "My brother doesn't think I've offended anyone, but others don't think so." A few years ago, your impeachment of Taiwan has been approved, and each of the three has won an official. Taiwanese officials think that you are making a big fuss and deliberately falling into the ground, where will you be willing? You must not offend others, and if others offend you, it is also a feud. (To be continued.) )