Cheng Feng strode away, while Tabata watched his men close the courtyard door, thoughtfully.
One of the captains lowered his voice and said, "Boss Tian, this Cheng Feng is too much."
Cheng Feng rarely exchanged greetings when he came and went, and even made it clear that as long as it was beyond the scope of killing Yang Jian, it had nothing to do with the Yulin Cavalry. This naturally made these white-robed men feel unhappy.
Although you Yulin Cavalry are also powerful, you are not so aloof, right?
Tabata laughed and said, "It's good for us all."
Several subordinates were a little stunned and exchanged glances subconsciously.
"Your Majesty doesn't want to see Baipao and Yulin riding too closely together." Tabata's voice was a bit colder, "If people don't get close to each other, they are protecting themselves, and how can they not be protecting us? Since Your Majesty has already assigned the tasks of both parties to
Everything has been arranged clearly, so it’s not a bad thing if they don’t go too far.”
If the white robe is Li Xinchen's secret arrow, then the Yulinqi is Li Xinchen's bright spear. One is in the light and the other is in the dark. Together they ensure the stability of Li Xinchen's rule. If it were any emperor before the Southern Dynasties, it would be impossible for him to have the courage to directly fight with a family.
Conflict broke out between the dominant southeastern gentry, even a life-and-death conflict like this one.
But Li Xinchen has the courage and strength. In the final analysis, in addition to Li Xinchen being able to take advantage of the mutual checks and balances and conflicts between the aristocratic families, he also has the overt and covert trump cards of Yu Linqi and Baipao, and he can finally control those few
The family that intended to rebel was also because of the quick movements of Yulinqi and Baipao.
Therefore, both Cheng Feng and Chen Yu are trying their best to maintain the lukewarm relationship between Bai Pao and Yu Linqi. If the relationship between the two parties is too close, Li Xinchen will inevitably replace it with a new similar organization.
"I also know that Yu Linqi and we are the first-class elites in His Majesty's hands, so you always want to compete with Yu Linqi. This time I will give you a chance, but no one is allowed to compete with Yu Linqi.
There is a direct conflict between Lin Qi and I will definitely not spare you if it delays the matter." Tabata said coldly, "Our first group will leave today and we must get to Chang'an City as quickly as possible!"
"No!" The lieutenants did not dare to neglect and responded loudly at the same time.
Time always flies by inadvertently, and the New Year atmosphere on the street becomes strong again on the last day of rest.
The Shangyuan Festival appeared due to the new calendar compiled by Sima Qian, and became one of the most important festivals in China in the following hundreds of years. After the Shangyuan Festival, it also means that the Spring Festival in the traditional sense has come to an end. People are experiencing the end of the year.
After the rare rest and reunion, new busyness and separation will come.
It is precisely for this reason that the Shangyuan Festival has evolved from the original sacrificial festival to the current celebratory festival.
As early as two days ago, the streets had been decorated with lights. Every household took out various materials to decorate their homes with colored lanterns. One after another red lanterns were hung on the eaves, illuminating the wide streets.
The lights are bright. At the corners of the streets, the government also sends special personnel to lay out lanterns to create a strong festive atmosphere.
As soon as night fell, people began to come and go on the streets. The imperial court specifically postponed the curfew to the early morning in order to give people more opportunities to appreciate the lanterns.
From Tianjie to Zhuque Bridge to Wuyi Alley and then to the quietly flowing Qinhuai River, there are colorful lanterns all the way. The snow on the road has not yet melted, and the cold wind is blowing on the face with a chill, but it still does not affect people's interest in visiting.
Especially beside the Zhuque Bridge, at the entrance of Wuyi Alley, and in front of the mansions of various dignitaries, more lanterns were put up in order to pray for blessings, so naturally more people were attracted to visit.
A painting boat slowly moves forward along the Qinhuai River. Standing on the boat, you can see the lively scenes on both sides of the river.
Li Xingchen, dressed in plain clothes, held a wine glass and said with a smile: "May you have good luck in the new year!"
"Good luck!" Lechang, Xiao Xiang, Yuchi Chifan and others all raised their glasses at the same time.
Although there were lanterns in the palace, the emphasis of the Lantern Festival was on walking in the snow and admiring the lanterns. There were few people in the palace, so there would not be such an atmosphere, so Li Xingchen simply invited his wife and children.
Come out and enjoy the lanterns on the Qinhuai River.
Lechang was still pregnant, so she only touched her lips slightly, while Xiao Xiang, Yuchi Chifan and others naturally drank it all in one gulp. Li Xingchen stretched out the wine glass, and Zhang Lihua, who was standing aside, hurriedly poured it for him again.
Lechang smiled and said: "Your Majesty, tomorrow is the first court meeting after the New Year. It would be better for Your Majesty to drink less."
Li Xingchen put down his wine glass: "That's fine, but this glass of wine can't be wasted like this. Why don't we make the drinking order."
Drinking order is a way for ancient people to drink and have fun that appeared in the Western Zhou Dynasty. After a long period of evolution and development during the Han Dynasty, and polished by scholars in the Wei and Jin Dynasties during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it gradually formed such popular practices as Feihua order in later generations.
Jia Yi of the Western Han Dynasty also wrote the book "Jiu Ling". The famous "Preface to the Lanting Collection" actually records a grand drinking ceremony and drinking Qu Shui.
"Okay!" Xiao Xiang and Ning Yuan immediately cheered up. For them, sitting on a boat drinking was obviously too boring, but with Li Xingchen and Lechang watching from left to right, it was impossible.
I actually ran to the shore to enjoy the lanterns with the pedestrians coming and going.
The most familiar drinking order to future generations is probably Feihua Ling, which became popular due to a certain program. Feihua Ling was named after the poet Han of the Tang Dynasty, the man who wrote "Zhangtai Liu", whose famous line is "Spring City".
"There are flying flowers everywhere", so people in the Tang and Song Dynasties named it "Flying Flowers".
In this era, there will naturally be no flying flower orders, and the various drinking orders have not been perfected and unified, but it does not hinder the fun.
Li Xingchen immediately said: "Listen, I will tell you a theme, and then everyone's poem must revolve around this theme. If you can't come up with it within five breaths, you will be punished with a drink. How about that?!"
"Okay!" Xiao Xiang applauded.
Lechang and Yuchi Chifan also leaned forward slightly, looking attentive. Needless to say their backgrounds, they had received a complete education in poetry and etiquette since they were young. Naturally, they were not afraid of this. Ning Yuan stuck out his tongue. He had known that he
Just be obedient and memorize more poems.
Next to them, Zhang Lihua and Kong Wangxian, Chen Shubao's former noble concubine Kong, who was called Wangxian because she lived in Wangxian Pavilion, also sat down amidst Li Xinchen's greetings. Although they were only female officials, no one in the palace knew that Li Xinchen had been there for a long time.
He had already tasted it, and from time to time he would drag these two stunning beauties to sleep together, and Chen Shubao's head was naturally covered with green grassland.