Datang: Dad, I really didn't want to rebel!

Chapter 48
Chapter 61
Justice is a false excuse, but many people are willing or forced to live in it.

Li Chengqian is also not exempt from vulgarity. Whether it is really for the people or specifically to establish a tall image for himself, he must try his best to prevent this.

Thinking of this, Li Chengqian stood up, went to the study, opened a piece of paper, then picked up a brush and started writing.

"Father, my son got a strange man in Qianzhou, who knows astronomy, geography, and divination. The strange man calculated the Shannan Road Jingzhou and Xiangzhou..."

Soon, hundreds of words appeared on the paper.

Li Chengqian blew on the envelope, looked at it carefully for a while, then put down the brush and enveloped the book.

"I hope you will pay attention to this letter, otherwise..."

Li Chengqian shook his head and sighed. To be honest, he knew very well that the content of his letter might not be taken seriously by others, because it was too shocking.

There were still a few months before the beginning of spring, but he expected what would happen a few months later.

After thinking about it, Li Chengqian's eyes suddenly lit up, and he took out another piece of paper and began to write.

"To Li Chunfeng..."

After a while, another letter was written.

At this time, Li Chengqian called Jiang Qing in, "Jiang Qing, you personally send these two letters to Li Chunfeng of the Taishi Bureau, remember, you must hand them to him!"

Then, Li Chengqian took out his goldfish bag and handed it to Jiang Qing, "This is my goldfish bag, so that Li Chunfeng will believe you, go."

"Here!"

Jiang Qing nodded calmly, then turned and left with the goldfish bag and envelope.

A smile appeared on Li Chengqian's face.

Although it is a bit shocking to calculate what happened a few months later, this kind of thing is also rewarding.

If Li Chunfeng from the Taishi Bureau told the story, many people in the court would believe it.

After all, Li Chunfeng did this specifically. As a well-known magic stick in history, Li Shimin should believe what he said.

And in order to prevent Li Chunfeng from not believing it, Li Chengqian also specially wrote about an upcoming event.

In the first month of the 18th year of Zhenguan, Li Chunfeng was named Taishi Cheng.

Calculating the time, it should be just one and a half months later.

At Jiang Qing's speed, one and a half months would be enough to reach Chang'an and hand the letter to Li Chunfeng.

...

In mid-December, Li Chengqian was calculating how much money he had earned in his study, when Su Han suddenly walked in and said, "His Royal Highness, the Chinese New Year is about ten days away, and the family still needs to prepare a lot of things. Are you Shouldn't it be time to arrange it?"

"Don't worry, we are not short of money now, you can go to the warehouse to get the money later, and then take a few maids with you, just go out for a walk." Li Chengqian said.

"No, no, you have to go too."

Su Han grabbed Li Chengqian's hand and kept acting coquettishly.

What man can stand this delicate look?
"Okay, as long as you are happy!"

Li Chengqian couldn't stand it either, so he nodded in agreement.

Then, he went to the warehouse to get a few taels of silver, and went out with Su Han and a few maids.

As the end of the year is approaching, both sides of the street are filled with lanterns and colorful decorations, beaming with joy.

The Spring Festival is the most important time of the year. No matter how poor the people are, they will buy all kinds of delicious food on this day and reunite the whole family to celebrate the New Year.

On the street, even if it is snowing and windy, it is still difficult to resist the enthusiasm of the people.

All shops have discounts, but not much less, anyway, it's just for auspicious celebration.

As soon as Su Han arrived on the street, he unlocked some strange attributes.

Whatever she likes, she doesn't bargain, she just takes the goods and leaves, while Li Chengqian is responsible for paying.

Looking at Su Han who was in high spirits, Li Chengqian's forehead was covered with fine sweat even though the cold wind was blowing.

A woman's shopping attributes are indeed engraved in her genes, and the few taels of silver he brought out are now running out.

Moreover, the maidservants were also covered with large and small bags, and there was really no place to put them.

"Xiaohan, we have almost everything. Just the two of us don't need much. Isn't it a waste of you to buy so much..."

Finally, under Li Chengqian's persuasion, Su Han stopped shopping sullenly.

...

The time was pushed back a few days, and Li Chengqian held the last meeting of the year. After explaining the matter, he announced a seven-day hiatus.

Three days later it will be New Year's Eve, and the whole Qianzhou is immersed in a joyous atmosphere.

Everyone bought their things and prepared to spend a good New Year in peace.

And the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion also ushered in the most peaceful days.

Officials in the Tang Dynasty were happy because not only were their salaries good, but they also had numerous holidays that could not be matched by any other dynasty!

Datang's "False Ning Order" stipulates in detail the number of vacation days throughout the year.

The types of holidays can be roughly divided into nine categories: annual holidays, accident leave, provincial service leave, and marriage leave.

There are as many as 47 official holidays throughout the year, and this does not include various holidays such as clothing leave, field leave, and ten-day leave.

If one day the emperor is in a good mood, he will suddenly hold a temporary holiday. From time to time, there will be a small holiday, Golden Week, and others will not be envious of it.

At the beginning of the year, it is natural to have a seven-day holiday starting from New Year’s Eve.

Moreover, not only did he have to take a holiday, as the governor of Qianzhou, Li Chengqian also had to say a lot of New Year's speeches and pray to heaven.

Li Chengqian didn't want to be blown into tears by the wind in winter, so he discounted it directly.

That's right, hundreds of officials, large and small, all received red envelopes from Li Chengqian, and everyone tacitly forgot about those rules.

And in a blink of an eye, it was New Year's Eve.

New Year's Eve in the Tang Dynasty was called "New Year's Eve", "Chu Day" and "Po Sui".

There are many things to do on this day, such as getting up early in the morning and going to the yard to cut a bright peach branch from the peach tree and insert it on the door.

If you don't have a peach tree in your yard... just sneak around and borrow one from someone else's yard.

This is "take four bluestones and seven peach branches and shoot them with peach arcs", which means to drive away evil spirits and poison in the coming year.

Afterwards, the Spring Festival couplets were posted, which was also the predecessor of the Spring Festival couplets.

Then the next step is to draw the tiger's head and the character of head calligraphy.

Several important processes must not be missing, otherwise the coming year may be unfavorable.

Li Chengqian was completely in no mood for these messy things, so he left it to the maids.

"Ugh!"

Li Chengqian crawled in front of the window, staring blankly at the heavy snow outside.

In the past, he felt that the taste of the Chinese New Year was getting weaker and weaker. It didn't mean that the quality of life was not good, but that there was a lack of feeling.

But after coming to Datang, this year was enough, but the quality of life has declined...

In the Governor's Mansion, there are only two masters, Li Chengqian and Su Han, and there are only fifty servant girls left.

There is no one here, so how can it be lively?

"Your Highness, how can you do it now that you are listless, and you will have to watch the New Year's Eve later in the evening!" At this time, Su Han said softly.

Li Chengqian came to his senses, turned around and looked at Su Han, sighing: "Xiao Han, don't you think our Chinese New Year is a bit shabby?"

Su Han pouted, "Well, when I was in Chang'an before, there were thousands of people around during Chinese New Year, but here... only the two of us are left..."

(End of this chapter)