The gift tube that Zhao Yunze presented to Li Shimin was made by him only yesterday.This kind of gift flower tube is actually very easy to make, Zhao Yunze would make it himself every Lantern Festival when he was a child.Use a small iron cylinder with only a small hole at the top, first insert a fuse into the small hole, then load a mixture of gunpowder and various metal powders into the iron cylinder, and finally seal the other end of the iron cylinder with cement to tamp the cement to make it.Zhao Yunze made this kind of gift tube, and he also wanted to shoot Li Shimin's sycophants.Other ministers slapped the emperor's sycophants and played lip service, but Zhao Yunze didn't have such good eloquence, so he had to come to something practical.If, as Zhao Yunze said, hundreds of ceremonial tubes were lit in the imperial palace on Chinese New Year's Eve, and the entire imperial palace was shrouded in colorful flames, then Li Shimin's vanity would be greatly satisfied."
Peng Yu, how much have you made of this kind of gift tube," Li Shimin asked Zhao Yunze.Zhao Yunze said: "The minister is now at home on vacation, and when he is idle and bored, he made this gift tube.If Your Majesty wants more ceremonial flowers, let someone else in the arsenal make it. ”"Today is the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, and the day after tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, is it too late?"
Li Shimin asked Zhao Yunze.Zhao Yunze said: "This kind of gift flower tube is very simple to make.As long as the ingredients are ready, you can make one without the effort of a cup of tea.The materials for making the ceremonial flower tubes are also easy to find, and they are all stocked in the arsenal.It is a little more cumbersome to make an iron tube, but you can use a bamboo tube instead.If the craftsmen of the Arsenal were mobilized at the same time, they would be able to make hundreds of them in one afternoon. ”"Okay, you go to the arsenal and strive to make three hundred and sixty ceremonial flower tubes today, can you do it" Li Shimin asked Zhao Yunze.Zhao Yunze nodded affirmatively and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, the arsenal will definitely be able to deal with it today." ”The two days of the dividing line passed in a flash, and in a blink of an eye, it was the Chinese New Year's Eve of the ninth year of Wude.In the small mansion of the Zhao family in Yankang Fang, Qin Mo'er was directing Mingyue Caixia and Xianglan Musk Jade, as well as Qin Ping and Qin An to be busy.Because of the Chinese New Year, Liu Shanbao was also given a holiday by Zhao Yunze and returned to Jingyang.Now, there are only Zhao Yunze's two young people and six maids left in this family.Not even a single outsider.There are many things to do on Chinese New Year's Eve, such as sweeping the house, hanging peach charms, pasting window flowers, preparing Chinese New Year's Eve dinners, worshipping ancestors, and so on.After Zhao Yunze got married, Qin Mo'er became the hostess of this house, and Qin Mo'er was in charge of all the affairs in the family.Don't look at Qin Mo'er as a wife for the first time, but she can do a decent job when she takes charge of housework.Zhao Yunze was a lot more relaxed.Don't look at Zhao Yunze's family, there are not many people, but in time for the Chinese New Year, there are a lot of things in the family, and fortunately, Zhao Yunze got married a few years ago.With Qin Mo'er in this family, Zhao Yunze became the shopkeeper.If it weren't for that, the trivial things of the busy year would be enough for Zhao Yunze.At this time, everyone else was busy, and Zhao Yunze was not idle, he was cutting red paper in the study and writing Spring Festival couplets.The custom of sticking Spring Festival couplets during the Spring Festival originally originated in the Song Dynasty and flourished in the Ming Dynasty.At this time, it was still the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty did not have the custom of pasting Spring Festival couplets.But Zhao Yunze doesn't care so much, he doesn't post Spring Festival couplets during the New Year, he always feels that there is a little less New Year's flavor.So, he found the red paper himself and began to write Spring Festival couplets.has just got married, and there is naturally no shortage of red paper at home."
Husband, we are busy outside, but you are hiding in the study."
Qin Mo'er walked into the study with an expression of "others owe her money and don't pay it back"."
Hey, what are you doing cutting red paper" "Write Spring Festival couplets" Zhao Yunze raised his head, smiled at Qin Mo'er, and continued to work on him.By this time he had cut the last piece of red paper."
Spring Festival couplets, what's the matter" Qin Mo'er was at a loss.At this time, Zhao Yunze finished cutting all the red paper."
I want to know what the Spring Festival couplets are, and they are grinding ink," Zhao Yunze said in a tone.Qin Mo'er glanced at Zhao Yunze coquettishly, but she still couldn't resist her curiosity and obediently sharpened the ink for Zhao Yunze.Zhao Yunze spread out a piece of red paper, lifted the pen to dip it in thick ink, and after a little thought, he wrote on the paper."
New Year's Acceptance" Qin Mo'er read out the words written by Zhao Yunze word by word.After writing the first piece of red paper, Zhao Yunze put down the pen, carefully lifted the red paper with both hands, and put it aside.Then I picked up the pen again and wrote the next couplet."
Festival No.
Changchun" Qin Mo'er followed Zhao Yunze's pen and read out the next couplet.After Zhao Yunze put the two pieces of red paper together, Qin Mo'er read it again: "The New Year is celebrated, and the festival is called Changchun."
Husband, why did you only do half a poem this time" Zhao Yunze shook his head and said: "This is not a poem, it is a couplet for a while, and when the handwriting is dry, let Qin Ping and Qin An paste this couplet at the gate."
Remember, the upper link is directly to the right of the gate, and the lower link is to the left. ”"Couplet" Qin Mo'er couldn't understand.After thinking about it for a long time, she finally realized something: "I understand, is this kind of couplet used by husband to replace the peach talisman" Zhao Yunze smiled: "No, no, no, the peach talisman should be hung and hung, and the couplet should also be pasted."
Mo'er, let me make a bet with you, this year, our family will post a couplet, maybe it won't take a few years, and the people of the entire Tang Dynasty will not hang peach charms during the New Year, but will stick couplets instead. ”"Hmph, I don't believe it, that is, you like to be different" Qin Mo'er dropped a sentence, turned around and walked out of the study.Zhao Yunze said in his heart: This unconventional person was not me in the original history, but Meng Chang, the queen of Shu during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.As soon as Comrade Meng posted the Spring Festival couplets, he soon flourished in China.I don't believe it, my post won't work like this.Originally, in history, before the Song Dynasty, every household hung peach charms on the gate during the New Year.The so-called peach talisman is made of two small wooden boards made of peach wood, on which are written the names of the two gods, "Shen Tu" and "Yu Lei", or the portraits of these two gods are painted on paper and hung on both sides of the gate.It is intended to pray for blessings and evil spells.This is also the earliest door god.By the time of the Five Dynasties, Meng Chang, the queen of Shu, liked to be unconventional, so he wrote the couplet of "New Year's Yuqing, Festival No.
Changchun" on the peach symbol.This is the first Spring Festival couplet in China.Later, people simply replaced the peach charm with the Spring Festival couplets, and changed the peach charm to paste the Spring Festival couplets during the New Year.However, before the Ming Dynasty, the Spring Festival couplets were still called "peach symbols".Zhao Yunze looked at Qin Mo'er's disappearing back at the door of the study, shook his head with a smile, and continued to write Spring Festival couplets and blessing characters
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