On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, it was the last early dynasty of the ninth year of Wude of the Tang Dynasty.After today, the officials of Datang will officially take annual leave.This last early dynasty, the number of people in the previous dynasty was also very large.Not only did all the officials above the fifth rank in Beijing go to the court, but the chief officials of each yamen and each department, regardless of the size of their official positions, also have to participate in the court meeting on this day.Although Zhao Yunze is on marriage leave, he is still the chief official of the Arsenal after all, so he also came to participate in today's court meeting.The last early dynasty has a greater symbolic meaning, and there is no discussion of court affairs.This early dynasty is equivalent to an annual summary meeting.At the court meeting, Li Shimin made a long, long annual summary report, greatly praised the civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty, and encouraged everyone to make persistent efforts in the coming year to make more contributions to the prosperity and stability of the Tang Dynasty.After that, the ministers slapped Li Shimin's sycophants with every word you said, and expressed their intention to make new contributions under the wise leadership of His Majesty Li Er.One of the most important and high-profile procedures of the annual summary meeting in later generations is the awarding of various awards.However, Datang's annual summary meeting did not have this procedure.Although the emperor and the imperial court will also evaluate the achievements of the officials of the Tang Dynasty this year, the rewards will not be issued until the following year.Normally, the first few meetings of the year will inevitably adjust the ministry of officials.Therefore, at the end of the year, the last court meeting was devoid of anything substantial.It was purely reduced to a meeting of the Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers to pat each other's ass.But such a court meeting, which had no substance, was held from dawn to noon.The Tang monarchs and ministers patted each other for a whole morning.Zhao Yunze stood among the officials in Wuyang and Wuyang, only listening drowsily.At the same time, he greatly admired the ability of Datang officials to make sycophants.Look at people, so many people have said so many things, and they don't have the same.It seems that the buddy's ability to be an official is far worse than that of these old oilers.Just this sycophant kung fu, buddies need to strengthen their learning, "Ladies and gentlemen, it's noon, and today's court meeting is here." ”Li Shimin's words sounded like heaven in Zhao Yunze's ears.This lazy woman's footcloth-like pilgrimage meeting can be regarded as over."
I have set up an afternoon banquet in the Liangyi Hall to reward the ministers for their hard work for the Tang Dynasty in the past year.Please move to the Hall of the Two Rites and dine with me. ”Li Shimin's next sentence made Zhao Yunze even more excited.No wonder today's court meeting is stinky and long, and the joint author is to delay the time and wait for the dinner after the meeting, so the Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers came out of the Taiji Hall with a hula la, and came to the Liangyi Hall behind the Taiji Palace.In the Liangyi Palace, a banquet has already been arranged.After the Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers arrived, they took their seats according to their respective positions.Zhao Yunze's place was in the last row, and it was Chu Suiliang who dined at the same table with him.Although it is a dinner, this meal is also mostly symbolic, whether it is Li Shimin or the officials of the Tang Dynasty, they all handle it one by one, and there is no drunkenness and profligateness.After the luncheon was dismissed, the officials who participated in the court meeting returned to the yazhong and presided over the holiday meeting in the yazhong.Because Zhao Yunze was on vacation, he didn't have to go to the arsenal.However, Zhao Yunze took the initiative to stay.As soon as Li Shimin returned to the Wude Palace, he had an inner servant, saying that Zhao Yunze asked to see him.Li Shimin's brows immediately furrowed.When Zhao Yunze entered the Wude Palace, Li Shimin didn't give him a good face at all, and said directly: "Peng Yu, when you usually perform your duties in the Arsenal Bureau, I didn't see you running here a few times.Why did I take your vacation, but you ran so diligently to me?"
"Your Majesty, isn't it going to be the New Year, the minister specially came to pay you an early year. ”Zhao Yunze said with a shy face.Li Shimin couldn't help but laugh and said: "I will be exempt from the early years, I am also tired, if you have nothing else to do, go home and accompany Mo'er." ”Zhao Yunze saw that Li Shimin was going to issue an eviction order, so he quickly put away his face and said to Li Shimin: "The minister came to see Your Majesty today because he has a gadget to offer to Your Majesty. ”"Oh, Peng Yu's gadgets, they have always been very novel.I don't know what you have to offer to me today," Li Shimin was obviously interested.Zhao Yunze took out a small iron cylinder about half a foot long and about ten centimeters thick from his sleeve and presented it to Li Shimin.Li Shimin took the iron cylinder, first checked it in his hand, and then looked at the iron cylinder over and over again.One end of the cylinder was sealed, leaving a small hole in which a gunpowder fuse was inserted.Although the other end is also sealed, it is not integrated with the iron cylinder, but the hollow cylinder mouth is sealed with cement."
Could this be another new type of firearm?"
Li Shimin speculated.Zhao Yunze said: "Your Majesty, this thing is called a ceremonial flower tube, and although it is also filled with gunpowder, it is not used for war.When lit at night, colorful flames emerge from the small holes, and are used for festivals. ”"Colorful sparks appeared" Li Shimin was surprised.Zhao Yunze said: "This iron cylinder is filled with gunpowder and some metal powder.After ignition, the intense combustion of gunpowder causes different metal powders to take on different colors.Since the entire cylinder was sealed, there was only one small hole, and there was nowhere to go under the expansion of the gunpowder, so it could only be sprayed out of that small hole.Your Majesty, don't underestimate this iron cylinder, the colorful fire it spews out can reach more than a zhang high.That scene is as beautiful as thousands of lanterns" "The lanterns are the kind of things that the folk of Shangyuan Festival make of charcoal and pig iron," Li Shimin asked."
Yes, yes, that's it.The lanterns are only one color and are cast flat.But the ceremonial flowers made by the minister can cast colorful lanterns, and they are sprayed into the sky. ”Zhao Yunze said again.The lanterns mentioned by Li Shimin are a group of primitive ceremonial flowers cast by the people during the Lantern Festival.The small iron cage is used to hold charcoal and smashed pig iron, the iron cage is tied to the top of an arm-thick wooden stick with a rope, and after the charcoal is lit, the strong man will shake the wooden stick to make the iron cage fly in a circle, and the pig iron that is red with charcoal will be thrown from the iron cage to the surrounding area, which is very beautiful."
Your Majesty, you can try to imagine that if on Chinese New Year's Eve, hundreds of ceremonial flower tubes are lit in the palace at the same time, then the night sky of the palace will be like thousands of rays of light, and like colorful stars, that scene is tsk" Zhao Yunze continued to induce Li Shimin.After listening to Zhao Yunze's explanation, Li Shimin closed his eyes slightly, imagining the scene depicted by Zhao Yunze
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