After everything is settled, the army heading to Beijing to take the exam will be on their way. Holy Church
In this era, the inconvenience of transportation can torture people to death. Even if they come back immediately after taking the exam, the next time they see each other will be a year and a half later. Although the younger sister was reluctant to leave, the two newlywed sisters-in-law did not say anything.
Of course I have to hold back...
Chen Ke deeply apologized for leaving his little sister in Shu, but before getting married, Su Xun was determined not to allow his little sister to go with him, so he could only hope that the problem could be solved in the capital... Thinking of this, he couldn't help but
You must despise that incompetent father, why can't he even do this?
This time when they left Sichuan, they did not go through the Three Gorges, but took the dry road to the capital, passing through Jiange, crossing the Qinling Mountains, and traveling thousands of miles. It took more than two months to reach the capital.
When I left Sichuan, it was still the third year of Zhihe, but when I arrived in Beijing, it was the first year of Jiayou... The Song Dynasty changed its year name again.
Doing the math, in the ten years since Chen Ke came to this world, the reign name has been changed three times: the first time, because Li Yuanhao died, it was changed to Huangyou... to thank the emperor for his blessing; the second time was because he put down the rebellion of Nong Zhigao, and it was changed to Huangyou...
For the present Zhihe... I look forward to world peace; it has only been peaceful for a little more than two years, and it has been changed to Jiayou.
The reason for changing the reign name this time is because the current official family is ill...not a minor illness, but a serious illness.
It happened on a festive day, the first day of the first lunar month, during the New Year's Assembly of the Song Dynasty.
On this day, all the officials gathered in the main hall, lined up in costumes, and prepared to pay New Year greetings to their beloved Emperor. When the servants rolled up the bright yellow curtains, the officials of the Song Dynasty, dressed in grand attire, sat on the dragon chair.
The ministers were about to pay homage, but the emperor fell down first. After a moment of astonishment, screams sounded... The emperor fainted! The following scene was not suitable for foreign ministers, and the eunuchs quickly closed the curtain. ("")
The ministers looked at each other with their hearts in their throats. Fortunately, after a while, the curtain was opened again, and the ministers saw the emperor, sitting there again.
It seemed that it was just a false alarm. The ministers barely suppressed the fear in their hearts, bowed to the emperor and left. Who knew that this was just the beginning.
On the fifth day of the first lunar month, it was the first day of work for the imperial court. Naturally, it was the Great Dynasty, and envoys from the Liao Kingdom would also go to court to pay New Year greetings to the emperor.
It started fine, but when the Liao envoy came to the palace, the emperor suddenly danced around, drooled, and spoke incoherently. The Liao envoy was stunned for a moment. Fortunately, Prime Minister Wen Yanbo responded quickly and told the Liao envoy that the emperor was during the Spring Festival.
, drinking without restraint, caused by the hangover from last night...
Thanks to the fact that the Liao people were honest and did not forget to think elsewhere, the face of the Song Dynasty was not lost to foreign countries.
In the next few days, the official's condition worsened, her hair disheveled every day, and she shouted in the palace: "The queen and Zhang Mao are plotting a treason" and so on. The queen is Empress Cao, the granddaughter of the founding general Cao Bin. She has a kind and cautious temperament.
Zhang Mao was the eunuch in charge of her palace.
No one knows what happened, but poor Eunuch Zhang was forced to have no choice but to hang himself...
After that, the prime ministers Wen Yanbo, Fu Bi and others were responsible for handling major affairs inside and outside the court, and organized all officials in the capital to pray in temples and Taoist temples. In short, the whole capital was in a state of chaos for a month. When Chen Ke and others entered the capital,
The official gradually recovered from his illness and began to deal with political affairs again...
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In February of the first year of Jiayou's reign, the northern land was still experiencing a cold spring.
After two months of long journey, the Chen brothers and the Su family finally arrived in Bianliang City. ("")
In fact, we had already arrived in Bianliang before we saw the city. We were in Gyeonggi Province before. Along the way, we saw houses and fields everywhere, and chickens and dogs chatting with each other. The closer we got to Bianliang, the wider the roads became, and there were bricks and stones on the sides of the roads.
The drainage ditch water is said to be full of lotus plants. Although the season is wrong and there are no lotus plants, the peaches, plums, pears, apricots and assorted flowers near the shore are enough to make people imagine that between spring and summer, they look like embroidery.
The beautiful scenery.
There are gardens on both sides of the official road. Within a hundred miles, there is no idle land. There are whitewashed walls and thin willows everywhere, pavilions with heavy eaves, red-painted pavilions and pavilions, and white-faced singers near painted bridges and flowing water. The scenery is picturesque.
The peace was extremely joyful... Su Xun pointed out to the younger generations that the homes of ordinary people with white walls and black tiles, the gardens with high walls and cornices were the gardens of the wealthy merchants, and the glazed tile roofs like palaces were temples and Taoist temples... Chen Ke was regarded as
After traveling all over the country, none of the so-called big cities he had seen could catch up with the suburbs of Bianliang.
Not to mention the Su Shi brothers who were going out for the first time. They were all looking around like country bumpkins. Every once in a while, they would sigh: "Gua Wa Zi Di, is this a fairyland?" Su Laoquan's old face turned red and he ordered them to stare at each other.
Squint and shut up, don't embarrass the people of Sichuan.
The wide official road is enough to accommodate twenty carriages driving side by side. It is bustling with carriages and horses going east and west... There are donkey teams carrying round grain bags, and there are teams of donkeys carrying flowers and charcoal.
There are wheelbarrows and carts carrying pigs and sheep. In addition to these products from the suburbs, there are also cloth, silk, tea, pens, inks, paper and inkstones from Shu; wool from the northwest, yellow fermented grains from Luo, fragrant medicine...
And not just on this road, the same scene is playing out on all the waterways leading to the thirteen city gates of Bianjing. Like a blood transfusion, Jiang Gui Gao Gu, silk cloth, and fish are being transferred from all directions.
Abalone and carp, fermented salt and fermented fermented vegetables, rice, wheat and other cereals... everything is available and cannot be forgotten. They were imported one by one to Bianliang City in Tokyo during the Song Dynasty, which made Tokyo extremely lively.
Walking like this at noon, they saw a large sparkling lake on the left side of the road, with a radius of about ten miles. Weeping willows were widely planted around the lake, and palaces, pavilions, ancient pines and cypresses, strange rocks and bridges complemented each other... Su Xun told them that this is the place.
The famous Jinming Pond, one of the four royal forbidden gardens, is open to the public every festival, and there are countless boat rides, boat racing, and water play... People rush to watch it, and it is absolutely lively.
Just when the younger generations were yearning for it, he pointed to the south, which was a red palace wall with yellow glazed tiles: "Do you know where that is?"
"have no idea……"
"Qionglin Garden, it is said that the flowers inside are as beautiful as snow, and it is a beautiful scene in the world." Su Xun said with a look of fascination: "This is also one of the four royal forbidden gardens, but it will not be open to the public. You can only win the Jinshi.
The official gave a banquet to Qionglin, so that we could have a chance to see the scenery inside."
After making the younger generation stunned for a moment, Su Xun pointed forward and said: "Bianliang City is here!"
Everyone looked up and saw that in the morning mist, the dark blue city wall of Bianjing City seemed to tower into the clouds!
They entered the city through the first city gate in the west-southwest of Bianliang Outer City, Shuntian Gate, commonly known as Xinzheng Gate.
As soon as you enter the city gate, the picturesque garden scenery disappears and is replaced by the rich atmosphere of life.
There are rows of houses on both sides of the street, full of various shops. Such as needle shop, color shop, tooth comb shop, hair and face shop, tooth brushing shop, scarf shop, medicine shop, Qibao shop, white clothes shop, belt shop, wool shop, crown shop,
Qingxi shop, light brand shop, ladder silk shoe shop, tapestry shop, flower shop, folding fan shop, green grate fan shop... There are specialties for almost every category of goods, and there are many varieties for you to choose from.
In addition, there are medical clinics, car repairs, fortune-telling, face shaping and plastic surgery, all kinds of industries, all-inclusive. There are also two or three-story-high Cailou Huanmen at the front of the large shops, with brightly colored and gorgeous hangings.
Market banners attract attention and attract business.
In the market, pedestrians under Huan's family are crowded in an endless stream. There are merchants from the Western Regions holding camels, romantic scholars waving folding fans, gentry watching the street scene, officials riding horses, hawkers, and family members riding in sedan chairs.
, there are walking monks carrying baskets on their backs, tourists from other places asking for directions, children on the streets listening and reading, children from rich families drinking heavily in restaurants, disabled old people begging on the edge of the city...men, women, old and young, scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, three religions and nine streams.
, all gathered on the streets of Kaifeng City, jointly interpreting a prosperous picture of a peaceful and prosperous age.
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Not to mention the Su family brothers, even Chen Ke was moved to tears by this realistic version of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival". When he came, saw and felt it, he felt that his life was worthwhile.
Just as several people were scrambling to describe the scene in front of them with the most gorgeous words, the disgraced old Su coughed and said to Chen Ke: "Shall we separate here?"
"Alas..." Chen Ke sighed and said, "Uncle, it's better to go home. Although it's not big, it's still a nest."
"No!" Su Xun shook his head decisively and said to Su Shi: "Let's go..." As soon as he thought of Chen Xiliang in that house, he wanted to kill that bastard with his sword!
"It seems that if we don't do it neatly, they won't be able to meet each other." Su Shi sighed, patted Chen Ke, and said with a smile: "I know your home address. I will go find you when I settle down some other day. Let's
You have to have fun in Bianliang City."
"Yeah." Chen Ke smiled and said, "That's natural."
The brothers sang a song and went their separate ways.
"Let's go too." Chen Ke looked at Song Duanping, Silang, Wulang and Liulang, and said with a smile: "Let's go and see what our family is like?"
"Be careful..." Before Song Duanping could finish his words, he heard a scream in the distance, and an unrided maroon red horse ran wildly from the crowded market.
In order to write about Bianliang City reliably, I checked the information for a whole day. I was depressed. I found that if I wanted to ensure the quality, I could only update it three times a day. If it was too much, I would have no time to think, and I couldn't write words that would make people happy.
...Hey, let’s pay off the debt first and then talk about it.