please make me king

Chapter 699

As the moon bends over Jiuzhou, some families are happy and others are sad.Not to mention how Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces in the mansion prison, clashed with Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Yunyang, and said that the rebel army defeated the officers and soldiers, and their power skyrocketed and their reputation rose.

How to encircle and suppress the remnants, how to clean up the battlefield, how to classify the captured trophies, and put them into the public treasury one by one.Not to mention that the rebel army took the opportunity to capture the counties and planned to bring the surrounding areas under the rule of King Shun.

But King Shun himself had nothing to do at home.It wasn't that Zhang Shun was being lazy and slippery, and it wasn't that he was indulging in the gentleness of the country, but that he went out to fight with an illness. Although he was lucky enough to defeat Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, only one battalion of [-] officers and soldiers escaped.

However, there is still a price.For the rebels, the biggest price was the casualties of many soldiers, the destruction of a lot of cultivated land by the flames of war, and the harm to the nearby people.But for Zhang Shun's mother-in-law and civil servants and generals, the biggest price was that Zhang Shun's wound swelled up after the wind.

The so-called "swelling" is actually inflammation. It is a pity that some anti-inflammatory drugs can be used in later generations. Unfortunately, in this era, there are no simple and effective drugs, so we can only rest and rest, supplemented by drugs.

Zhang Shun, who had no choice but to continue to work hard, had to do nothing.Even if he wanted to do some "man-made" activities, the girls refused him mercilessly because they were afraid of tearing Zhang Shun's wounds.

In fact, Zhang Shun's throat has improved a lot after this period of training. Although it still hurts, he can barely speak a few words.

On this day, Zhang Shun was idle and bored, but seeing Liu Rushi and Zhu'er busy with some bamboo sticks and red paper, he asked strangely: "What are you going to do?"

"Tomorrow is the Shangyuan Festival, let's find a craftsman to make two lanterns for Huaji and Pingan!" The two responded, while persuading, "Hey, my lord, don't open your mouth, in case Once the wound is injured, Mrs. Xiang and Mrs. Hong will definitely kill us!"

"Shangyuan Festival?" Zhang Shun actually struggled to speak, so he had to keep it as short as possible.

"It's the Lantern Festival, also known as the Lantern Festival, and it's a day to enjoy lanterns!" Seeing that Zhang Shun is fine, the two explained with a smile, "My lord, because you have not had a safe Spring Festival this year, this Lantern Festival Anyway, the festival is still going to be lively!"

It turned out that when Zhang Shun was fighting with officers and soldiers years ago, his throat was first injured by Zuo Guang, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi. He lay on the bed for three days and missed the Spring Festival.But when the others saw that their lord was ill, they were panic-stricken, so they naturally had no intention of celebrating the Spring Festival.Thus, a grand traditional festival passed away so quietly.

Zhang Shun waved his hand and let them go, but he thought to himself: "Now the rebel army has occupied Luoyang City for several months. Although under the strict military discipline, it can barely be said that there is no crime in autumn, but there is still a lot of estrangement between the army and the people. .”

"Now that the rebel army has won a great victory, and the whole city is ecstatic, why not take this opportunity to hold a grand celebration, firstly to boost the morale of the army and the people, and secondly, to take the opportunity to shorten the distance between the rebel army and the people of Luoyang."

It's just that all the ministers are busy now, how can they have time to talk to him?After much deliberation, Zhang Shun had no choice but to ask Wang Jinyi to call another "rich and idler".

Not long after, Song Xiance, who was also "idling", rushed over, gave a salute, and asked, "How is my lord? Has it improved?"

"Sit down, I can barely say a few words!" Zhang Shun replied with difficulty, and then handed some entries to Song Xiance when he was waiting for him to come.

Song Xiance looked down and couldn't help but read: "Shangyuan Festival?"

Hi, I am familiar with this!Calling the Lantern Festival "Shangyuan Festival" originally comes from Taoism.

Taoism has always had the "Three Yuan Theory", and the Wudoumi religion, which was just established at the end of the Han Dynasty, believed in the gods of heaven, earth and water.The responsibilities of these three are: the heavenly official blesses, the earthly official forgives sins, and the water official relieves misfortune.

Taoism happens to match three officials with three yuan, saying that Shangyuan Tianguan is born on the fifteenth day of the first month, Zhongyuan earth official is born on July fifteenth, and Xiayuan Shuiguan is born on October fifteenth.

Taoism in the Wei and Jin Dynasties matched the "three officials" with the time and seasons, and set the fifteenth day of the first lunar month as "Shangyuan", the fifteenth day of July as "Zhongyuan", and the fifteenth day of October as "Xiayuan", collectively called "Sanyuan". ".Here is the origin of "Shangyuan Festival".

In fact, the Lantern Festival in the Ming Dynasty was not just on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Most of them started on the eighth day of the first lunar month and lasted until the seventeenth day of the first lunar month.It's just that this time, because of the siege of the city by officers and soldiers, the people are in danger, so why would they have the thought to set up a lantern festival?It was just delayed for a few days, and it was almost the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Song Xiance, an old Taoist priest, has never eaten pork, but has always seen pigs run away.He couldn't help responding: "The Shangyuan Festival is very lively. Although there are many tricks, it is basically nothing more than fireworks and lanterns. If the Lord wants to hold this lantern festival, the old man still needs to collect gunpowder, silver, etc., and also need to mobilize the palace and Zhang Dudu's subordinates." Craftsman, do you know if you can?"

"Sure! By the way, I don't know what the Lantern Festival looked like in the past, but I just have a few suggestions for your reference!" Zhang Shun pointed to the note he had just handed to Song Xiance and replied.

Song Xiance quickly lowered his head and read: "In addition to all kinds of lanterns, Kongming lanterns and large Kongming lanterns must be added to the lanterns of the lantern festival. Fireworks and firecrackers must be added with fireworks and flag flowers, and firecrackers and firecrackers should be sold to play with children and have fun with the people. !"

All are painted with patterns, attached to it.Song Xiance didn't know much about it, but after all, it was the lord's intention, and he was going to give it to the craftsman to make it, as long as it can be used.

In fact, this is Song Xiance's short-sightedness. The Kongming Lantern is okay, but the so-called "big Kongming Lantern" is actually a hot air balloon tied with a rope. Zhang Shun just took the opportunity of the festival to test the craftsman's technology first. At the same time, it can also increase the three-dimensional effect of the lantern festival.

And the fireworks are the "blooming bombs" shot into the air by later generations, blooming various flower-shaped fireworks; and the flag flower is actually the signal released by the army of this era, similar to a rocket with the arrow removed.The front of the flag flower is a medicine sac, and the back is connected to a long balance pole, which can make a sound when it is released.

These seem to be for civilian use, but they were originally for military use.Zhang Shun made the best use of everything, and took the opportunity to explore the level of firearms production by his artisans.

Due to time constraints, the two discussed for a long time, and then directly decided to set up the lantern festival on the street in front of Fuwang's Mansion.Master Song Xiance quickly took his orders and hurried away, for fear of delaying time.

At this time, Li Xiang just came over to check the injury and change the dressing, and he was busy for a while.Zhang Shun couldn't help smiling and took out a list, handed it to Li Xiang and said, "Madam Xiang, please find a few maids and write some invitations according to this list."

Li Xiang looked at it suspiciously, and suddenly found that the post was densely filled with names, and couldn't help asking in surprise: "What is this going to do? Do you want to entertain the gentry in the city?"

"You guessed pretty well. I'm going to invite the gentry and some scholars in the city to come and enjoy the lanterns. I'll take this opportunity to try and test them out!"

(End of this chapter)