marquis of jingan

Chapter 257 The most regrettable thing
The next day, the Shangyuan Festival came.

As the capital of Dachen, Jiankang's Shangyuan Festival is naturally more lively than other places. Before it gets dark, lanterns are sold on the streets and alleys.

However, the Shangyuan Festival in the seventh year of Hongde is different from previous years.

Because of the Shangyuan Festival this year, not only lanterns are being sold on the street, but also mansion newspapers.

According to His Majesty's will, the new issue of the Dibao Division's Dibao was sent to the major bookstores in the capital in the early morning of the Shangyuan Festival. In order to spread the Dibao to the greatest extent, some bookstores even hired some Boy, take a stack of residence newspapers and sell them in the streets and alleys.

However, because of the literacy rate, most people on the street will not go to buy it. Only those teachers who can read, or some scholars, will stop these "newsboys" and buy a newspaper.

But the contents of this issue of the mansion newspaper are too explosive.

Not just the article written by Shen Yi.

The mansion newspaper also wrote that His Majesty the Emperor had ordered the reorganization of the Imperial Army and the recruitment of new soldiers.

The superimposition of all these kinds of information made it easy for people to see the thoughts of His Majesty the Emperor who had just taken charge.

His Majesty the Emperor, wants to revive the Great Chen Xiongfeng!
Since Chen Jun's disastrous defeat in Lianghuai ten years ago, the people of Chen State have been unable to lift their heads in front of Qi people. Even some Qi people who came to Jiankang to do business also look at people with their nostrils, which naturally makes the people of Chen State , especially the people in the capital of the Chen Kingdom in Jiankang City were upset.

But the imperial court's attitude towards Northern Qi was very timid, no matter how upset these people were, there was nothing they could do.

As time goes by, the hearts of the people of Chen State will be gone.

But now, the sale of this residence newspaper has excited the hearts of the people in Jiankang City!
Some scholars have been aggrieved for a long time. After seeing this mansion newspaper, they were so excited that they couldn't help themselves. Even some "old cynics" ran directly to the street after getting this mansion newspaper, and read it aloud to the people on the street. An article written by Shen Yi in the mansion newspaper!

Even though it is in Jiankang City, most of the people are illiterate. Right now, someone is "translating" the contents of the newspaper for them for free, and the people on the street also stop to listen to what these scholars read.

Some people got it, some didn't.

Some of those who understood were also excited.

However, some people took a pessimistic attitude, pouted their lips in disdain, and sneered at the court, saying a few words about how powerful the Qi people were and how weak the court was, in order to show their "differentness".

But no matter what, Shen Yi's article, or this issue of the imperial court's mansion newspaper, still had a huge influence.

At this time, Shen Yi, who is a writer for the residence newspaper, was accompanying two maidservants on the street to buy lanterns for the evening.

Originally, the lanterns should be tied by themselves, but their masters and servants have just arrived in Jiankang not long ago, and they don’t have time to do it by themselves. Fortunately, they are sold in the streets and alleys, and it doesn’t cost much, so Shen Yi followed them out to buy lanterns .

While the two little girls were choosing lanterns, Shen Yi bought a residence newspaper from a roadside stall and opened it to read.

He had already read this mansion newspaper from Zhang Jian.

Originally, this mansion newspaper should be the ninth issue of mansion newspaper, but because another year has passed, the words printed on the mansion newspaper are "Hongde's seven-year edition". first issue of .

Shen Yi read the official residence newspaper.

It is exactly the same as the one in Zhang Jian's hand, and nothing has been changed.

Shen Qi put the residence newspaper into her arms, and thoughtfully glanced at the direction of the palace.

"According to the original estimate, this mansion newspaper should be issued after the Shangyuan Festival. After all, today is the Shangyuan Festival. The mansion newspaper's release has some influence on the atmosphere, but the mansion newspaper department still hurriedly issued it..."

Shen Yi thought for a while in his heart, then shook his head slightly.

"I guess it was influenced by the emperor..."

But right now, Shen Yi didn't have the ability and qualifications to ask these things. After he thought about it for a while, the two little maids had already picked out the river lanterns to put on at night, and returned to Shen Yi.

Among them, Ping'er, who jumped out a little bit, smiled at Shen Yi and said: "My lord, I heard that the Qinhuai River is very lively during the Lantern Festival. Let's go and have a look together tonight, and let's put a river lantern by the way. a wish."

Before Shen Yi could speak, Qing'er at the side hesitated for a moment, then shook his head slightly and said, "Master, let's go home in a while, I will go with Ping'er to release the river lantern at night, so please don't come out..."

Obviously, the incident of being blocked on Dongshi Street yesterday caused Qing'er to have some psychological shadows. She was worried that there were still people who would be unfavorable to Shen Yi.

"I'm going to visit the Qinhuai River tonight."

Shen Yi smiled and said: "Even if you don't want to watch the lanterns, you still have to go to Xiao Xu's place to have a look. He is probably busy tonight."

Xu Fu and others now have two shops in Jiankang, one is on Dongshi Street and the other is on the Qinhuai River. Both places are "golden flow" areas, and business is usually very good. Today is the holiday, and the Qinhuai River It is estimated that there will be crowds, and the business will definitely not be bad.

Qing'er was still a little scared, bowed her head and said: "My lord, that person yesterday..."

"Don't worry, they won't do anything to me..."

Shen Yi squinted his eyes, thinking of Mr. Fan whom he hadn't seen for a long time, and then slowly said: "At least not in the near future, besides, if these people really want to do something bad, I'm afraid they can't avoid it by hiding at home."

After persuading the big maid, Shen Yi and the two young maids bought some other common items before returning home.

In the evening, when the sky was about to darken, the three master and servant set off from home and walked towards the Qinhuai River.

Because it is the Shangyuan Festival, there is no curfew in Jiankang City. The city is very lively at the moment, and you can see all kinds of lanterns everywhere, even lighting up the night in Jiankang City.

Among them, Pinger was the most excited.

Although she has been in Jiankang for several years, she has never had the opportunity to participate in the Shangyuan Festival, let alone come to Qinhuai River to set off lanterns.

Shen Yi's residence is not very far from the Qinhuai River. After walking for a while, the master and servant came to the bank of the Qinhuai River.

At this moment, the banks of the Qinhuai River are already brightly lit.

This scene is very spectacular.

Even though Shen Yi had met once last year, he was still shocked to see it now!

Because this kind of "brightly lit" is not lit by lights, but lit by pure firelight.

One by one, the lanterns hung on the trees in the hands make the Qinhuai River illuminate like daytime.

On both sides of the Qinhuai River, there were crowds of people, and there were lanterns written with lantern riddles on the street. Pedestrians pulled their family and friends, laughed and played, and some scholars stood in front of the lanterns, frowning and guessing riddles.

This kind of prosperous scene may not be so rare in later generations, but in this era, it is a real spectacle.

And this kind of spectacle, not everyone can see it in this era, only the people in Jiankang City who live at the foot of the emperor can be lucky enough to see this spectacle.

Standing by the Qinhuai River, Shen Yi silently watched the bustling scene in front of him. For some reason, he suddenly remembered a miscellaneous book he had read before.

That miscellaneous book is called "Yan Wen"

It is what a scholar saw and heard when the capital of Yan fell 60 years ago. The content of the book is not enough to describe with only one word.

Shen Qilang was silent for a long time, then murmured.

"Barbarism destroys civilization, which is really the most regrettable thing in the world..."

(End of this chapter)