Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2474 Rising up

  Chang'an.

  Early in the morning, a young man wearing a short jacket and holding an empty bowl walked out of the alley while yawning. As soon as he turned the corner of the alley, he was shocked, "Uncle! What are you doing? 』

   At the entrance of the alley, there is a simple breakfast stall.

  As the population of Chang'an gradually increased, the division of labor and cooperation in society became more and more detailed. If it is an ordinary small county town, even when it is time for meals, it is not bad to have one or two restaurants open all over the street, like TV and film, no matter where it is, even if it is in a remote area. Going to restaurants to eat and drink is basically a joke.

   Firewood doesn’t cost money? There is no liquefied petroleum gas or natural gas these days. If you want the stove to be able to make meals at any time, you must keep a fire head at all times. How much wood will it cost to burn it in a day? Not to mention that those small shops may never meet a fool who goes to eat with silver ingots in his life.

  Small businesses all pay attention to the time period. After this point, there will be no more.

And for some laborers who work at night, after being busy in the middle of the night, it can be said that it is very uneconomical to get up and light the fire to wash the pots and vegetables for cooking, so most of these people will be at the breakfast stall , spend two dollars to buy a bowl of soup cakes, you can have a delicious belly, and then go to sleep, so that you have the energy to deal with the evening errands.

  But when the young man arrived at the entrance of the alley, he saw that Uncle Tian, ​​who had originally set up a stall at the entrance of the alley, was going to close the stall!

What's happening here?

  『Uncle, what’s wrong? The young man hurried forward and asked, "What's going on?" 』When I came here before, these small stools and small tables were full of people, and the stalls would not be closed so early. Could it be that I got up late? No, he came only after hearing the bells and drums on the street. The young man looked up at the sky, hesitating. Or do you wake up halfway and fall asleep again?

  『Gua Wazi, if you don’t come, you’ll leave! 』

"what? ! 』

  『Hah, you bastard,』Old man Tian grew up watching the young man, don’t look at the young man who came to take care of his business, he is not forgiving at all, ‘General’s celebration, you don’t know about these four? What's the trouble? 』

  『No, Uncle Tian, ​​didn’t you say that the official start will be three days later? The young man scratched his head, "It's a critical moment, it's time for a holiday..."

  『You idiot,』 said the old man Tian bluntly, 『It’s time to start now, does Qinglong Si know? Many people have gone, if you don't grab a seat now, will you help the old man to occupy a seat? bring it! 』

Old man Tian stopped cleaning up the stall, took the young man's empty bowl, then opened the stove door and increased the heat to boil the soup, while muttering, "Every time I take a big bowl, I hate the old man's dirty bowl, Still think there are too many soup cakes in a big bowl? You son of a bitch, if the old man didn't give you an extra portion every time, you would have thought everyone had the same amount! 』

  The young man just laughed.

  Is it a small business, every penny is hard money.

  The water boiled quickly, and the old man began to tear apart the soup cakes, elongated them, and skillfully threw them into the boiling water, and then began to add seasonings to the big bowl inside the boy...

  『Put more vinegar, uh, yes, put more green onions...』 The young man gestured aside.

  『What a broken baby...』Old man Tian cursed, but he was not stingy in his hands. He not only added more vinegar and green onion to the young man, but also deliberately added a little bit more coarse salt. Old man Tian knew that the young man worked hard, so if he didn't add more salt, he might not work long enough and his legs would become weak.

  The young man was grinning, he was accustomed to Old Man Tian's scolding. Anyway, in this small alley, most of the people without parents basically grew up eating old man Tian's soup cakes, just like old man Tian's children. Had it not been for a bowl of noodle soup from Old Man Tian, ​​he might not be where he is today.

  『Uh, is there anyone going to Qinglong Temple? ’ The young man said while sipping the soup cakes, ‘It’s been a few days in advance, so business is not...’

  Old man Tian closed the furnace door, covered the fire, and then continued to put away the stall swiftly, not forgetting to respond, "Do you think you have melons?" Just you going to the celebration? People started going there the day before yesterday, and a market was built! Well, if you don’t go earlier, you’ll have to stand outside! eat yours! 』

  The young man hummed, then began to eat with a grunt, and suddenly raised his head when he was halfway through the meal, "Well, uncle, you go to Qinglong Temple, what are you going to eat tomorrow?" 』

  『You bastard! Get up early these two days! ’Old man Tian stared unceremoniously, ‘If you delay, dig the dirt and eat it yourself! 』

  The young man suddenly realized that it turned out that Old Man Tian didn’t leave the alley to stop doing business here, but that he would rush to Qinglong Temple after finishing breakfast...

"middle! 』The young man ate voraciously, then licked the noodle soup again, then put the bowl on the basket of Old Man Tian’s stall.

"Eh? ’Old man Tian didn’t understand, so he went in, ‘What are you doing? 』

  『Ah, help you carry it to Qinglong Temple! 』The young man didn’t talk too much, he just wanted to help Old Man Tian choose a stall.

  Old man Tian was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "You silly boy! How long does it take to get to Qinglong Temple? ! Don't worry, I'll take a car at the intersection... The car to Qinglong Temple is half price these days, half price, do you understand? Just charge half of the car fare...」

  『Oh…』 The young man pondered for a while, 『Okay, I’ll help you fight to the street. 』

  『Hi, you kid…』 Every wrinkle on Old Man Tian’s face seems to be smiling, 『Sure, let’s go. 』

  The young man picked up the breakfast stall and stepped forward in the morning light.

  Old man Tian smiled and supported the stall behind him, and followed behind.

  The two of them walked towards the brighter and brighter sunlight, as if walking into the light...

  …\(^o^)/…

  When General Hussars was about to hold a celebration, in Xu County, a similar ceremony was held.

Unlike Chang'an, although in Xu County, in order to welcome Cao Cao's promotion to prime minister, the curfew was lifted and the opening hours of the market were extended, but if it is serious, in fact, in Xu County, it can still be lively at night There are not many places. Except for a period of time around the Spring Festival every year, most of the middle- and lower-level officials finish their dinner early and then turn off the lights to rest, not to mention those who even think that lamp oil or candles are expensive. Ordinary people.

Only during the New Year and Lantern Festival, the people in the Yingchuan area of ​​Yuzhou will relax more or less. At other times, unless they get some special "support" from the government, simply speaking, they spend money to invite people to participate. Otherwise, they are not really interested in these so-called celebrations.

  After all, life is stressful, and sometimes there is no next meal after eating. Under such circumstances, how many people would have the leisure to spend most of the day or even the whole day to participate in some celebrations?

  But this time the celebration is different.

   Qing Xu Dajie.

  Never mind how great the victory was, after all, you won the battle, didn't you?

  Do you want to celebrate after winning the battle?

  Cao Cao was promoted to prime minister.

  Don't worry about why you want to be promoted, but this can be regarded as the second prime minister of the Han Dynasty in the past hundred years besides Dong Zhuo. It can even be said that Dong Zhuo's position as Prime Minister is self-appointed, and has not been recognized by others at all. Can we celebrate?

But…

  This celebration, what exactly is a celebration?

  Emperor Liu Xie said that all counties and counties in all places should "celebrate together" and "light up for ten days" in order to reflect the majestic style of the Han Dynasty. This kind of national celebration similar to the whole country has never happened before, and no one has experience, so even Xun Yu and others were a little dumbfounded after they said "I will obey the order".

New Year, Lantern Festival and other national holiday celebrations, in fact, these officials don't need to worry about it. To a certain extent, these officials can't say that they are a little disgusted by the people running around during the New Year's Lantern Festival. Young people What's the point of not going to the factory, uh, bah, not working on the farm?

  Therefore, to a certain extent, national celebrations such as the New Year’s Lantern Festival are actually organized by the people spontaneously, and have little to do with officials.

The celebration of the New Year’s Lantern Festival has always been raised during the twelfth lunar month. The major private businesses, tycoons, shops, etc. contribute money and effort to bear almost all the expenses. You have to keep accounts, and you will keep more records, so that the officials in the government can have a good year and so on. You still have to cut off a piece of pork head!

   But right now it’s not the New Year, and secondly, there’s no time at all. Also, does the word “Putian” in “All Heavens Celebrate” include Guanzhong? If it is included, how should it be said, and if it is not included, how should it be said?

  How to prepare the materials for the celebration, how to arrange the layout, where will the so-called "Ten Days of Lights" lanterns come from, and if the celebration is really released, how will the tourists in the inner and outer cities maintain order?

  The organization and scheduling of these things alone can teach people to bald their few hairs and scratch their scalps.

And it is obvious that if there is such a big celebration, the emperor Liu Xie will definitely attend it once or twice. At that time, he will also arrange congratulations for hundreds of officials, military and civilian pilgrimages, tributes from foreign vassals, etc. If some of these links are missing, then what Didn't it become a joke?

  Thinking of all the difficulties, the Shangshutai was completely silent, and no one was in the mood to talk. Even Cui Yan, who repeatedly went to court to persuade Cao Cao to become Prime Minister, frowned, feeling somewhat regretful in his heart.

   Xun Yu and the others actually didn’t prepare any celebration, or they wanted to hold a celebration, but they didn’t want to make it a big one, and it was even more impossible for them to have a “universal celebration” like the emperor Liu Xie said...

  Emperor Liu Xie was angry, and what he said was angry.

   This is something that almost everyone can see and understand.

   But the problem is that the emperor speaks in anger, so what can everyone do?

   Can’t say, don’t be angry, Son of Heaven, Prime Minister Cao is wrong?

   What's more, if it is true that all living beings in the world wish Cao Cao to be the prime minister, now that his wish has been fulfilled, how can we not celebrate it?

  So anyway, this celebration, no matter how difficult it is, must be held!

Fortunately, Xun Yu was still able to hold on to the scene. On the one hand, he sent people to inform the surrounding area of ​​Xu County. In any case, he had to dispatch some people to participate in the ceremony. At that time, he would walk around outside Xu County twice more, entering the north gate from the south gate. On the other hand, they ordered Xu County and the surrounding cities and counties to bring out all the lanterns in stock. First, they would decorate the long street in front of Tiangong City.

At the same time, the imperial edict was issued again, and special personnel were assigned to prepare the performances at the celebration. As for the bell towers and drum towers in the inner and outer cities, as well as the surrounding military drums, they should be used together to create a Grand momentum...

  Xuxian County’s Zhongguan Yamen sent people overnight to verify the real number of wood, silk paper, incense candles, fireworks, fireworks, etc. in the stores of various commercial shops, and make sure to keep enough for the time. All the government-run and private artisan workshops in the city immediately worked overtime, waiting for orders at any time to make lanterns. A few battalions of healthy soldiers were first transferred from the Tuntian camp, and all of them pretended to enter the city to be responsible for maintaining order inside and outside the city...

  In a short time, all the officials, big and small, worked crazily, collecting all the lanterns around them, and when night fell, they hung them on both sides of the imperial street one after another.

Along with the hanging of the lanterns in the city, huge red lanterns were also hung on the gate tower of the Xuxian Imperial Palace, and red lanterns were also hung at the nine gates of the outer city, accompanied by the sound of bells and drums in the palace. , The bell and drum towers in Xuxian City also rang together, one after another, as if there were bells and drums echoing everywhere inside and outside the city.

  The deep sound of bells and drums plunged the entire Xu County into an inexplicable atmosphere.

Scholars put down their scrolls, women light their lamps, merchants put down their ledgers, singers stopped their strings and bamboos, and countless people came out quietly, standing under the eaves, by the windows, on the stone steps, and in the streets and alleys. At the entrance of the gate, looking at the lineups of brightly armored imperial troops passing through the street...

  In the ranks of the imperial guards of these teams, one of the team leaders held up the lantern high, while the rest read aloud:

  『The most important thing for the prime minister is to consolidate the country, appoint Yuan Liang, and focus on the state of Zhenjun. The great general of the Han Dynasty controlled the military affairs of the seven prefectures of Hebei, Henan, Jingqing, Xuyouyang, supervised the civil affairs of the counties, and the Cao family of Yecheng Marquis practiced Mengde. Suppress the rebellious thieves, conquer the back court...』

  『The job is Heng, the record is only allowed, part-time internal and external, the ruling and the opposition are promising, it is appropriate to remove the position of general, and add the title of prime minister...』

  『The office is decorated with rituals, and the auspicious time is ordered...』

   With a sound, it was like throwing a stone into the water, causing circles of ripples.

  『In the sixth year of Taixing, Prime Minister Cao Yu Qingxu defeated the Jiangdong thieves! 』

  『The governor of Yangzhou dispatched the soldiers and will present them in front of the emperor's steps soon! 』

  『The Son of Heaven has an edict, the lights will be on for ten days, and the whole world will celebrate together! 』

  Young Xu Dajie?

  General?

  Prime Minister?

In fact, for many people, they don't know where Qingzhou and Xuzhou are at all, and they don't know which part of the Jiangdong thief is, but they know what "Great Victory" means, and they understand what "Tongqing" means. If there are edicts, then it must be a great "big victory"!

  So the cheers first rang out from the neighbors near Shangshutai, and then spread to the whole city, and then the cheers were heard in the imperial street, and then everyone inside and outside Xu County seemed to be immersed in joy...

  Among the cheers all over the sky, the only one who didn't smile was the emperor Liu Xie who was shrunk in the ancestral temple.

  The Son of Heaven kneeling under the ancestral spirit card, his body was a little hunched, he didn't seem to look like a young man, but like an old man in his seventies or eighties.

When Liu Xie was young, he basically lived in a greenhouse built by his grandmother, the Empress Dowager Dong. He lived a stable and comfortable life and received simple knowledge indoctrination, which made Liu Xie even stronger than Liu Bian. naivety and…

   Ignorance.

  Be fearless because of ignorance.

On the one hand, Liu Xie was young and his thinking was immature, so he could not understand some problems; I didn't feel any difficulty in life, which weakened Liu Xie's perception of the sinister human nature and the difficulty of survival competition.

  Liu Xie dared to yell at Dong Zhuo loudly, because he was still naive and ignorant at the time, and did not understand the horror of life and death like Liu Bian.

  Liu Xie dared to angrily accuse Cao Cao of killing Dong Cheng and Dong Concubine, because he still believed in the kindness of human nature, and did not realize that human beings know how to **** food from their mothers since they were babies...

   Now, Liu Xie has enough knowledge, so Liu Xie understands what fear is.

Fear is an innate skill of human beings, and it is the innate ability of human beings to avoid being hurt. However, just because human beings hate those things that they fear, human beings will find ways to eliminate the source of fear once given the opportunity. , and put it in the first sequence of things you have to do.

  The way of imperial power lies in the combination of kindness and might. This is Liu Xie looking through all the previous historical records, the history books written by the officials called Taishi, trying to figure out the words and deeds of Han Gaozu who founded the country and the talented and generous Emperor Xiaowu, and what he said is the best. deep awareness.

  But the current Liu Xie can't show any kindness, nor does he have much prestige.

  So what is Liu Xie fighting against Cao Cao now?

  If you can't fight, you can only endure.

  In the ancestral temple, everything was quiet.

  The cheering voices from the outside came in faintly, forming a noisy noise in the ancestral temple, just like the ancestors of the Han Dynasty on the spiritual case were buzzing...

  『Without wings for three years, with long wings...』

  『If you don’t fly or sing, you will observe the people...』

  『Although there is no flying, the flying will soar to the sky; Although there is no singing, the singing will be amazing...』

  『I listen to the government myself, ten people are abolished, nine people are raised, five people are punished, and six officials are promoted, and the state is ruled...』

  『Raise troops to punish Qi, defeat Xuzhou, win over Heyong, unite princes in Song Dynasty, and dominate the world...』

  Liu Xie lowered his head and muttered in a low voice amidst the noisy noise, as if he was reciting to the ancestors of the Han Dynasty, and also as if he was reciting to himself...

  (end of this chapter)