Yuan Day is the first day of the first lunar month, which is called New Year's Day, and is commonly called New Year. The last day of December, which is the day when the year ends, is called New Year's Eve.

It is also an important activity to welcome the New Year, and the New Year's greeting activities begin from this day.

At this time, it is approaching the first day of the year, and the subjects of Kaifeng City in Tokyo are busy cleaning their homes, changing door gods, hanging bells and kui, nailing peach charms, exorcising Nuo, setting off firecrackers, bathing in fragrant soup, setting off lanterns, drinking Tusu wine, sifting clothes and worshiping their ancestors, etc.

It's great to see that every household is preparing to welcome the New Year, and Kaifeng Imperial Palace is no exception. Both inside and outside the palace are decorated with lights and colors, creating a festive atmosphere.

The people on the streets of Kaifeng are also crowded with people, shoulder to shoulder. The major restaurants, wine shops, tea shops, gouran, etc. in Kaifeng are also overcrowded and lively.

At this time, the Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo also gathered countless scholars from all over the country who were rushing to take the exam. The scholars called their friends and gathered in restaurants, wine shops, teahouses, inns and other places to comment on the affairs of the court, guess test questions, and discuss knowledge.

In preparation for the Spring Festival Competition held every three years.

Ye Mengde, Li Sanjian, Ran Yunbiao, and Zeng Gongming discussed the government affairs, which attracted the attention of many scholars around them. As time went by, they gathered around Ye Mengde, Li Sanjian and others, cracking melon seeds, peanuts, drinking hot wine, and each expressed their opinions.

It must be getting more and more lively.

"Boil the beans to burn the pods, and the beans weep in the cauldron. They are born from the same root. Why fry each other in such a hurry?" Ye Mengde said that this guy is crazy because of one person. The more people there are, the more excited he is: "We are all from Yuanfeng, why can't we be compatible?"

?Fighting over and over again, it is our Song Dynasty’s national power that is being wasted.”

"What Xiongtai said is absolutely correct." A scholar from Xiuzhou said: "But there are also some flaws in Xiongtai's words. People from Yuanfeng cannot attack each other. Is it possible for people from Yuanyou? Yuanfeng

, Yuan You are both members of our dynasty, and they are not foreigners. They are both ministers of the Song Dynasty, so how can we distinguish between them? Do we have to be in a life-and-death situation? "

"The people of Yuanyou are all conservative people, how can they be allowed to live in temples?" A scholar from Wenzhou retorted: "Today, outside our holy dynasty, there are Beibei captives in the north, Xirong in the west, and there are robbers in the south.

Such a situation, if there is no thunderous change, and if it is slowly adjusted, it will become more and more difficult to recover, and it will become more and more disadvantaged. In the end, it will be unable to defend the northern captives and Xirong from the outside, and it will not be able to protect the people and the country internally. As for the chaos and even the collapse, it is unknown.

, so it is necessary to change at this time. In this way, how can we enrich the country and strengthen the army by appointing people like Yuanyou?"

"Can the people of Yuanfeng enrich the country and strengthen its army?" Xiuzhou Juzi heard this and said angrily: "It's called loving the people, but it's actually hurting the people. It's called benefiting the country, but actually it's hurting the country. It's just giving up right and wrong, doing harm and eliminating benefit.

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"Brother, this is a big fallacy. The key to revolution is to use people. If you use people improperly, you will fall short of the success. If you use people properly, you will get twice the result with half the effort..." another scholar retorted.

"You are all wrong..."

All the disciples were talking and quarreling incessantly. Everyone was so angry that they wanted to fight each other with their fists.

Li Sanjian also became more and more excited as he listened. At the same time, he was extremely surprised by Song's freedom of speech. He criticized the government and made such remarks, but no "Jin Yiwei" came to his door?

Li Sanjian didn't know that there was no "Jinyiwei" in the Song Dynasty. If there was one, there was a government office equivalent to the "Jinyiwei" in the Ming Dynasty, the Song Dynasty Imperial City Division.

Li Sanjian had probably heard a little about the dispute between the old and new parties in the court before. At this time, Li Sanjian became more and more aware of this. At present, the court is dominated by the new party, that is, the Yuanfeng party, and the old party, also known as the Yuanfeng party, is in power. Many members of the You Party were demoted and removed from the center of the imperial court.

At this time, Su Shi was demoted to Qiongtai Danzhou, so there is no doubt that Su Shi was a member of the Yuanyou Party, at least in the eyes of the people currently in power in the court.

Huh? Wrong? Li Sanjian was thinking about it and suddenly remembered something. He suddenly remembered that Su Shi expelled him from the school. To this day, Li Sanjian still can't figure out why Su Shi expelled him from the school?

The New Party is currently in power, so if you are still a disciple of Su Shi at this time, wouldn't it be a serious matter?

Maybe the great cause of the imperial examination will die halfway?

Could it be that Su Shi deliberately expelled Li Sanjian from his school in order not to delay Li Sanjian's future?

Did he really mean this? The more Li Sanjian thought about it, the more he felt that his guess was almost accurate.

Li Sanjian felt like he was sitting on pins and needles when he thought of this. He really wanted to leave and run back to Danzhou to ask Su Shi face to face.

"What do you have in mind?" Ye Mengde asked, seeing Li Sanjian looking restless.

"None of them are advisable!" Li Sanjian blurted out, thinking about Su Shi and what happened to Su Shi.

Li San

Jian's words were louder, which immediately caused the surrounding scholars to turn their heads to each other, and they all looked at Li Sanjian in confusion.

"This..." Li Sanjian was a little embarrassed to be seen by everyone, and his face was a little red. He didn't know whether it was because of drinking or other reasons.

"Han Ren, tell me what you have to say." Ye Mengde said afterward.

"Yes, brother John Ren, your opinion must be unique." Zeng Gongming also said to Li Sanjian.

Ran Yunbiao also looked at Li Sanjian and nodded.

Li Sanjian was young and knew little about the affairs of the court. In front of many scholars who were much older than him, he didn't want to say anything, but he couldn't stand the attention of everyone and the expectations of his friends. He hoped that Li Sanjian would be able to shine. ", let all the scholars look at Lingnan Juzi with admiration.

In addition, Li Sanjian drank a lot of wine and was already half drunk, so he said: "Infighting is the beginning of trouble! It has been like this since ancient times. As Brother Shaoyun said, fighting comes and goes, and it costs a lot of money. We have great national strength in the Song Dynasty. At the end of the Han Dynasty, the struggle between the hook party and the eunuch party led to the disaster of party imprisonment and self-inflicted damage to the foundation of the Han Dynasty. During the Anshi Rebellion, Li Tang's vitality was severely damaged, and he still did not recover until his demise; the dispute between the Nanya and the Northern Division triggered the Two Kings and Eight Sima Incident and the Ganlu Incident.

There are countless precedents like this. Our country is now caught up in party strife and is not far from the danger of being imprisoned by the party."

Although Li Sanjian lacked historical knowledge, he read a lot of historical books while studying with Su Shi and Lingshan County School, so he was still able to tell some historical events, but these historical books only recorded things before this dynasty.

Li Sanjian's words did not surprise anyone, and what he said immediately shocked everyone. They all looked at Li Sanjian blankly, and no one spoke for a long time.

"Han Ren... Han Ren, be careful what you say, be careful what you say..." Ye Mengde exclaimed after he woke up.

Li Sanjian also woke up at this time, and suddenly felt extremely timid. He stood up in a hurry, said goodbye to everyone, and left Zhaixin Residence as if he was running away...

No matter how free speech was in the Song Dynasty, it is shocking to compare this period to the late Han Dynasty, the late Tang Dynasty, and the late Jin Dynasty.

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"Bang...Bang...Bang..." The New Year's fireworks bloomed on the majestic city of Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo, blooming in the night sky. They were colorful, colorful, and the dazzling fireworks flashed in the sky.

It is like a fairy descending to earth, dancing gracefully; carrying a flower basket on her arm, picking flowers; holding a pipa, lightly plucking the silver strings, and the sound of firecrackers breaks the tranquility of the night, making the night sky of Kaifeng Mansion extremely dazzling.

Today is New Year's Eve, and every household is busy preparing everything for the New Year and celebrating the New Year.

Li Sanjian's family was no exception. They all gathered in the small dilapidated house that Li Sanjian temporarily rented.

This is the first New Year that Li Sanjian's family has spent in Kaifeng Mansion, Tokyo, Song Dynasty. Therefore, although Li Sanjian's family is poor and the supplies for the New Year are extremely scarce, everyone is still in high spirits and joyful, preparing to spend this new year different from Qiong's.

The New Year in Danzhou, Taiwan, and the Han New Year is different from the Li New Year, so everyone feels extremely novel and excited.

"Sanlang, are you tired? You should rest for a while. It's the Chinese New Year, and you can wait to eat the corner of your mother's bun." Fu Erniang, who was busy chopping vegetables, said to Li Sanjian, who was covering the window.

Although Fu Erniang is from Li, Li Sanjian's father, Li Qing, is an authentic Han Chinese, so Fu Erniang can also make some Han dishes.

"Mom, the baby is fine. He will be fine soon." Li Sanjian knelt on the pit and used glue to paste pieces of rough paper on the holes in the wooden window where the air was leaking.

The earthen house that Li Sanjian rented belonged to a soldier. The soldier got some rewards and moved to a spacious house, so he rented two earthen houses to Li Sanjian. Because the earthen houses were dilapidated, the rent was relatively low.

The earthen house was low, dilapidated, and had drafts everywhere. The biting north wind mixed with snowflakes poured into the house through the holes in the windows, making it extremely cold inside.

Shan Kui is strong and strong. Although Li Sanjian was weak in the past, after several years of continuous physical fitness, his body has become stronger day by day, and he is still young, so Li Sanjian and Shan Kui can barely withstand it.

But Fu Erniang and Xiao Dou Ya were different. After all, they were both women, especially Xiao Dou Ya. The illness in Lingshan County, Qinzhou, almost killed Xiao Dou Ya, which made Li Sanjian worried.

So in addition to lighting a fire in the house, Li Sanjian wanted to cover the holes in the windows to block the north wind.

Invasion.

"Brother, brother, the paper...here you..." Xiao Douya was wearing a coarse cloth flowered jacket, her little face was flushed red and she was very excited whether it was blown by the cold wind or baked by the stove in the house.

He was so excited that he would give Fu Erniang a hand, hold the glue bowl in his hands, and help Li Sanjian paper the broken windows.

Li Sanjian stretched out his hand and pinched Xiao Dou Ya's tender face, took the rough paper with a smile, put some paste on it, and tried to paste it on the window.

But before Li Sanjian could close the window, the shabby wooden door opened to both sides with a pop, and Shan Kui walked in carrying a bag of white noodles.

The wooden door opened, and the cold wind mixed with snowflakes rushed into the house, blowing the fire on the stove to flicker.

A few pieces of the rough paper that Li Sanjian had just pasted were blown off.

Li Sanjian glared at Shan Kui.

Shan Kui didn't pay attention to Li Sanjian's expression. He put down his white noodles, patted the snowflakes on his body, and said to Fu Erniang with a naive smile: "Er Niang, I'm back."

Seeing that his family was poor, Shan Kui wanted to go out and do odd jobs to earn some money to supplement the family income, but was stopped by Li Sanjian.

The reason is that he is not familiar with the place, and Shankui does not know how to deal with the world. He went out to work part-time and was tricked without knowing what happened. The second reason is that although Shankui has a redemption deed, he is already a free man, but the deed

The book had been destroyed by Li Sanjian in front of Shan Kui.

Li Sanjian's move was to show that he had no intention of treating Shan Kui as a slave, but Li Sanjian never expected that there would be a troublesome thing, that is, the slave tattoo on Shan Kui's face had not been removed. If he went out to do part-time work, he would be punished.

He was misunderstood as a runaway slave and was turned away to the government.

Li Sanjian can't always carry the deed and go with him, right? Li Sanjian doesn't trust Shan Kui to go alone.

I'll wait until I have the opportunity to remove Shan Kui's tattoos on his face before doing what he wants.

"You've worked hard, are you tired? Have a drink of hot soup and rest." Fu Erniang helped pat the snow on Shan Kui's body and said as she patted it.

"Er Niang, Shan Kui is not tired." Shan Kui said with a smile.

However, Shan Kui still held a bowl of broth and drank it. After a few mouthfuls of hot soup, he suddenly felt warm all over his body.

Li Sanjian regarded Shankui as his elder brother and Xiao Douya as his younger sister. Fu Erniang also regarded the two poor people as his relatives, and they also regarded Fu Erniang as their mother.

After Li Sanjian papered the windows, he washed his hands and helped Fu Erniang mix the noodles. While doing so, he asked Shan Kui: "Did you encounter any trouble when you bought the noodles?"

"Master, there's no trouble, everything goes well." Shan Kui replied while drinking soup.

Li Sanjian nodded and kneaded the dough vigorously.

Shan Kui was like this. He always called Li Sanjian his master. Li Sanjian corrected him countless times, but Shan Kui insisted on going his own way and did not change his words at all, which made Li Sanjian helpless.

He can call him whatever he likes. Anyway, Li Sanjian does not regard Shan Kui as a slave, Li Sanjian thought to himself.

After everyone was busy for a while, Fu Erniang finally cooked the dumplings, and happily greeted Li Sanjian and others around an old wooden table. Everyone happily prepared to spend the first New Year in Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo.
To be continued...