In March, grass grows and beetles fly. Around the Shangsi Festival, there are many tourists near Qujiangchi, southeast of Chang'an City, for outings and entertainment.

Unlike the Xinding after the chaos last year, the market was depressed. After more than a year of rest, especially around the beginning of the year, Tubo invaded the border again. His Highness Yong led the four Taichung troops to the west of Longguan, which once again defeated the Tubo offensive, which made the entire Chang'an city's scholars and citizens more confident about Taiwan.

Due to the Tubo's invasion of the border, this year's Lantern Festival, Chang'an City was spent in a solemn curfew. The people's enthusiasm has accumulated to Shangsi Festival. With King Yong leading his army to triumphantly, it was finally released, so that there was almost no idle place around Qujiangchi. The people went outings and sang, and the scene was warm and the atmosphere was festive.

As early as the Ruyi period of Wuzhou, King Yong had presided over the Qujiang rally when he stayed in Chang'an City. Although the rally was quite an unexpected event and ended in a hurry, this custom was followed and attracted relish.

Now King Yong has returned to Chang'an and is in peace and politics, so this year's Qujiang event is particularly grand. The grand occasion is almost the most proud of the Zhenguan and Yonghui periods of Chang'an people.

Chang'an citizens have always been full of entertainment spirit. This year's Qujiang rally was unprecedented, and the various opera contents were also diverse. In addition to the most anticipated Pingkang genius on stage, there are also various opera presentations among the folk, such as rural opera, golfer singing, horn polo, etc., and some Hu people also actively participated, each with a fighting music.

The folk customs of the Tang Dynasty were fighting for the first place, and there were already many folk operas, so the powerful and powerful families of the honorary families were naturally unwilling to fall behind.

The law enforcement of Taiwan has always been majestic. The nobles in Chang'an City are usually obedient and dare not violate the law. However, in this Qujiang gathering where scholars and people are happy, they can be less concerned. Moreover, the advocate of the tradition of this gathering is His Highness Yong. Actively participating in it is also promoting the achievements of Taiwan's politics.

Therefore, the many manors surrounding the banks of Qujiang Pool have also made unique arrangements, or set up stages to invite famous prostitutes to perform on stage, or use rare treasures to show off, or show off their cleverness, or play with colorful scenes to attract popularity. The methods are different, but only by judging the advantages and disadvantages.

Such a grand gathering is not only for Chang'an people to entertain themselves, but also for a large number of people gathered from all over the world, especially for the tourists from Shendu.

Human resources exchanges between the two capitals are already frequent. Although the atmosphere of vague confrontation between the major Taiwan and the court has caused the exchanges on the official side to stagnate, the public is not greatly affected by this.

Even if the court is very careful about the existence of Daxingtai, it is impossible to openly declare to the people that Shaanxi is no longer owned by the state and prohibit all the people from flowing to Chang'an. After all, Chang'an is the ancestral town of the Tang Dynasty. Even in the eyes of the people, the center of the court located in the capital of the god Luoyang is not as good as the Daxingtai in Chang'an, which represents the legal tradition of the Tang Dynasty.

The Shendu Luoyang has flowed into Chang'an in large numbers, and another important reason is that at this time, from the winter collection selection that started last year to the imperial examination this year, all of which have come to an end.

A large number of futile electors fell behind God’s title, and most of them were reluctant to stay in this sad place. Many people were unwilling to return home in such a lonely way, either traveling and relaxing, or finding another way out. No matter what purpose they had, Chang'an was undoubtedly the first choice.

Not only these electors who failed to be elected, but even some of the candidates who were ranked in the top juren and those who were not satisfied with the election and the candidates who were not satisfied with the election. After all, the next election for the Ministry of Personnel will take half a year later, and it is also good to go to Chang'an to kill time.

Last year was a year of general elections that the government and the opposition paid attention to. The number of candidates participating in the election alone reached 50,000 or 60,000, which even far exceeded the number of in-service officials. Even if the court greatly relaxed the election restrictions, it could only be granted a thousand people at one time. Even if a small number of those who failed to be elected chose to come to Chang'an, there would be a flow of thousands or even tens of thousands.

Since these people can receive relatively complete education and at least have small and medium-sized landlords with wealthy families, such a large number of people poured into Chang'an, and the Qujiang event in Chang'an City was naturally like adding fuel to the fire, making the atmosphere of the event even more lively.

Regarding this phenomenon, it is not that no one in the court proposed to be wary of this. In order to avoid a large number of electors from entering the pass, on the one hand, a large number of extra-official positions were set up to expand the scale of election admissions, and on the other hand, a large number of school buildings were built to improve the cultural and educational environment of Shendu. It was also proposed that the court set up several rounds of examinations to attract scholars to continue to stay in Shendu.

Some people even proposed to postpone the imperial examinations hosted by the Shangshu Province. According to common practice, the imperial examinations should have been completed in February and the results should be announced. After seeing the results of the list, the electors can just take part in the Shangsi Festival Qujiang rally in Chang'an. If the imperial examinations are postponed for one month and there will be conflicts in time, a large number of electors can be avoided from flowing to Chang'an.

But this proposal was quickly rejected. Not to mention whether doing so would make the court too stingy. Just postponing the elections in various states wasted a month of money and food consumption, it would easily cause great dissatisfaction.

More importantly, even if the extension is delayed and the Shangsi Festival is staggered, what about the Dragon Boat Festival? What about the Double Ninth Festival?

Such actions will not essentially change any problems except that they will make the imperial court's government decree more chaotic and disorderly.

Moreover, compared with Daxingtai, the court has the advantage of patriarchal law, and the breadth and depth of policy selection are far beyond that of Daxingtai. If the attraction of talents, Daxingtai is more than the court, then if the court really wants to conduct a profound self-examination, which part of the fault is so serious that it is actually cut off from the public?

But the truth is this, but when many failed electors called their friends to go to Xijing, the people in power were also very uncomfortable.

Although I feel self-comfortable, these are all a group of losers who do not meet the standards of the imperial court's talent selection. They are people who wait and see. Even if they are quoted by Xingtai, it is not worth worrying and not worth regretting. But who can guarantee that the imperial court will be fair and comprehensive in choosing talents, and there is no regret at all?

What's more, the Empress Dowager, who had been silent for a long time before the New Year, suddenly made the entire Shendu court more vigilant. The Empress Dowager had lost his power and had grown old, so it was impossible to get the opportunity to regain power again, but after all, his power was profound and his remaining power was still there. What's more, no one could guarantee whether the Empress Dowager's action had reached any consensus with the forces outside the court.

Under such circumstances, the court did not dare to have any extreme restrictions on the major trade and Taiwan. It only took advantage of the end of the year when Tubo disturbed the border again, and made another adjustment to the court. Li Zhaode was specially sent out to serve as the governor of Guangzhou, while Wei Yuanzhong, the commander of Rencheng County, made a long journey to join the army in Yaozhou.

During this adjustment, there was another inconspicuous appointment, that was, the candidate Pei Yixian joined the army for the Sicang of Junzhou. Unlike the exile of several former prime ministers, this appointment only involved an eighth-rank low-ranking position, and Pei Yixian was not a famous minister with deep talent. In the year of the election, it was not very prominent among the thousands of appointments granted by the imperial decree.

But if you analyze it in depth, you will understand the depth of the meaning of this appointment. Junzhou is located in Shannan Road, one step away from Fangzhou where King Luling lives. Sicang joined the army and held the military officer, which indirectly affected the military of Hezhou.

As for Pei Yixian, who was appointed as the military officer of Sicang of Junzhou, he was not an ordinary candidate, and he did not even have the qualifications to choose a person. Instead, he was given a free appointment. The reason for this appointment was because of his origin. Pei Yixian was sentenced for the crime of treason and had not yet been rehabilitated!

By placing such a character in Junzhou, which is very close to Fangzhou and giving certain military responsibilities, this appointment can reflect the entanglement of Emperor Li Dan in the face of the Luling King issue.

Although more than a year has passed since the Shendu coup, some ministers who were wronged and guilty in Wuzhou have been rehabilitated one after another. Some of the deeply persecuted relatives of Li Tang were gradually recalled from the exile place and were gradually called back to the court for office.

But there is another exception, that is, King Luling Li Xian. The court not only did not make adjustments to King Luling's situation, but even all topics about King Luling have become a taboo in the court and the country.

Of course, not no one mentioned this matter at all. Just before the New Year, there was a servant from the Shendu who threw himself into the palace and wrote a letter saying that King Luling was the legitimate son of the two saints. Although he was a small fortune and could not defend the country, he was a close relative of the clan family after all, so he should be treated with kindness as a god.

However, when the Dali Temple judge Xu Junchen was inquiring about a case, he found that the priest was actually a fugitive slave in a nearby county who wanted to use a rude plan to get rid of the punishment, so he arrested the person and sentenced him to the prison and sentenced him to the extreme, so that the court could avoid being deceived by the evil plan and indulging in the world. Xu Junchen also made great contributions and was appointed as the chief clerk of Luoyang County.

No matter whether a person is good or bad in nature, if his existence makes everyone feel uncomfortable, then his existence is really a sin. In short, all topics about King Luling are covered up in this blind way.

Even if the emperor's sensitive nerves are aroused by the sudden abnormal movement of the empress dowager, we need to be vigilant about this and choose this method that does not cause time-consuming imagination.

Inside and outside the court, anyone in the court may collude with the King of Luling for the sake of power, but only Pei Yan's descendants will not.
Chapter completed!