blenderwars Chapter 109 New Years
Chapter 109 New Years
Chapter 109 New Years
Before he knew it, it was New Year's Eve, which was also Lin Xuan's first New Year's Eve after traveling through the Tang Dynasty.
In the Tang Dynasty, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day were celebrated together. This New Year's Day is not the New Year's Day of later generations, but the first day of the first month, also known as Yuanri, Zhengri, Yuanzheng, etc.
New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, one is the end of the year and the other is the beginning of the year, which are highly valued by the Tang people.
The night of New Year's Eve and the morning of New Year's Day go hand in hand, forming the custom of "keeping the year old", that is, people rejoice from the night of New Year's Eve to the dawn of New Year's Day.
In the evening, after the family had a happy meal, Zhang Qing coaxed Lin Duoduo to sleep, and the family of three played mahjong in the room.
Mahjong was a reward for signing in a few days ago. Lin Xuan thought before, staying up all night without entertainment, it would be too boring.
Unexpectedly, the system was so powerful that it sent him mahjong.
There are many theories about the origin of mahjong, one of which is that a person named Wanbingtiao or "Wan Bingzhang" in the Ming Dynasty created mahjong on the basis of "Yezi Gexi" and used his own name "Wan, cake, and strip" as the origin of mahjong. Three basic suits.There is also a saying that Mahjong was developed and evolved from horse tags and playing cards.
Another way of saying is that when Zheng He went to the West in the Ming Dynasty, in order to relieve the soldiers' homesickness and loneliness, Zheng He used playing cards, tooth cards, Pai Gow, etc. as the basis, and used more than 100 small pieces of wood as brands. 1-9 "bars" were engraved, and then 1-9 "barrels" were engraved according to the number of fresh water barrels on the ship, etc., and the rules of the game were determined to invent mahjong.
But no matter what, it didn't exist in the Tang Dynasty. Since Lin Xuan taught Lin Dongyang and Zhang Qing, they were also very interested in the new game of mahjong.
"Zip, parents, give me the money." Lin Xuan smiled and stretched out his hands. (Note: Mahjong can be played by three people. In some places, the whitening in the southeast and northwest is removed, and in some places, two cards are used.)
"Why are you always fooling around?" Lin Dongyang gave Lin Xuan ten cents angrily.
Zhang Qing smiled and gave Shi Wen as well.
Because it was a family to pass the time, Lin Xuan didn't make it that complicated.
"Father, I invented this thing, I'm sure it's better than you." Lin Xuan said proudly.
Lin Dongyang snorted dissatisfiedly, and said, "I don't believe in this evil, come again!"
Lin Xuan smiled and started rubbing mahjong. He wondered if he should give Lin Dongyang a little bit, and don't make him angry.
Zhang Qing rubbed the mahjong, glared at Lin Dongyang, and said, "It's a family game, how can you be so competitive?"
Lin Dongyang rested his head, piled mahjong, and did not speak.
Seeing Lin Dongyang's expression, Lin Xuan was secretly happy.
In this round, under Lin Xuan's intentional firing, Lin Dongyang was stunned.
Lin Dongyang said proudly: "Give me the money quickly, and I'll tell you that it's impossible for you to mess around all the time."
Lin Xuan smiled and gave five cents.
The time of playing mahjong passed very quickly. When the maid came to remind Lin Xuan that it was time to go to court, Lin Dongyang still had a look of unsatisfactory expression.
"Father and mother, I need to prepare and go to court." Lin Xuan got up and said.
Normally, he doesn't have to go to the court, but he must go to the court meeting.
"Go and change quickly, don't be late." Zhang Qing said.
Lin Xuan nodded and returned to the yard.
After washing up, he ate breakfast and changed into royal clothes under the service of Chunyue and Yuhe.
Under the guard of his own soldiers, Lin Xuan went straight to the palace in a carriage.
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"Master Liu, happy new year."
"Oh, it's Mr. Zhao, we're all happy together."
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When Lin Xuan arrived, he saw a bustling scene at the entrance of the palace. There were many more officials than usual who came to see the Great Court Assembly. Everyone greeted each other with smiles on their faces.
Lin Xuan saw Cheng Yaojin and a group of people in the crowd, and walked over.
"Happy New Year, uncles, I wish you New Year's greetings." Lin Xuan smiled and bowed.
Cheng Yaojin laughed, and said, "Your boy is one year older, should you be crowned?"
In ancient times, a man held a coronation ceremony at the age of 20, indicating that he had become an adult.
But few people wait until they are 20 years old to be crowned, usually on their 15th birthday.
"Hey, I will definitely notify the uncles at that time." Lin Xuan said with a smile.
After exchanging pleasantries with Qin Qiong and the others, the palace gate opened.
Everyone quickly lined up and walked in in order.
Entering the Taiji Palace, everyone stood up according to their official positions.
Because Lin Xuan was named a brave general, although he has not taken office yet, he is also a general, so he stands in the rank of generals.
"Your Majesty is here!" Li Mugao shouted.
"The ministers welcome Your Majesty!" All the ministers saluted.
Li Shimin walked up to the head in a hurry, and said, "Pingshen!"
The first step of the Great Court Meeting is to report to Li Shimin with the big officials in frontiers.
Li Shimin listened carefully, and some officials who performed well were praised by him a few words.
Lin Xuan's interest in these things was useless, and he dozed off with his head down in the crowd. He didn't sleep all night last night, and he was already too sleepy.
I don't know how long it took, but Lin Xuan seemed to hear someone calling his name again while he was half asleep and half awake.
Lin Xuan didn't wake up until he felt someone pulling his clothes.
After Lin Xuan woke up, he wanted to look back to see which dream had disturbed him, but suddenly found that the entire court was extremely quiet.
Lin Xuan looked around curiously, and found that everyone's eyes were on him.
Some were surprised, some were ridiculed, and so on.
Lin Xuan looked at Li Shimin Li Shimin again, just in time to meet Li Shimin's murderous eyes.
Lin Xuan was a little confused, what's going on?
"Uncle Jingyang County, I just called you for a long time, didn't you hear?"
Lin Xuan was sweating coldly on his forehead, and said: "Your Majesty's words are so precious that I can't help but think about them carefully. I was fascinated for a while, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."
"Oh, tell me, what did you recall?" Li Shimin wished he could slap Lin Xuan to death.
You fell asleep when you fell asleep, and you dared to open your eyes and talk nonsense.
"Your Majesty's words are inscrutable, and I haven't recalled anything for a while." Lin Xuan said.
What the hell, he can fall asleep standing up, he admires himself a little.
"Didn't you ask me to increase the business tax? I just discussed with the ministers, and many people disagreed. What do you think?" Li Shimin asked.
Lin Xuan was dumbfounded, he was betrayed by Li Shimin.
Looking at Li Shimin's half-smile eyes, Lin Xuan knew that he had to say something.
"Your Majesty, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants seek profit instead of production. Therefore, merchant taxes must be added to limit the increase of merchants. Isn't it right?" Lin Xuan said with innocent eyes.
"I think what Lin Xuan said is reasonable, what do you think?" Li Shimin glanced at everyone.
"Reconsider!" Cheng Yaojin and other military generals said aloud.
"This..." The officials of the family didn't know what to say.
(End of this chapter)