Although this tea shop is only three stories high, the other side opposite the front door of the street can be seen with a good view at the southeast corner of Chang'an City. It is surrounded by a large garden museum. It is the former scenic spot of Qujiang and the largest tourist destination in Chang'an City.

Therefore, from the perspective of the teahouse, you can vaguely see many private villas and courtyard sites built in all dynasties, which are scattered on both sides of the wide waterway called Huangqu, which runs inside and outside the city; there are traces of many amusement and entertainment facilities mixed with.

At the end of the north-south yellow canal flows through the city, there is a large area of ​​sparkling irregular gourd-shaped water surface, with landmark buildings such as Ziyun Tower, Caixia Pavilion, Liangtang and Penglai Mountain standing in stairs. This is the place of Furong (College) Garden, a royal garden that has been inherited from the Sui Dynasty.

It is said that since the Qianyuan period, emperors of all dynasties no longer sing and dance on the Huayouxianghui Tower of Xingqing Palace, but received worship and respect from the people of the city. Instead, they followed the path connecting the Daming Palace in the north of the city wall and came directly to the Furong Garden in the south corner of the city, and watched the nearby people's livelihood.

At present, the autumn is high and vast, the green clouds are rolling, the heat is gone, and cicadas are ringing. You can vaguely see the continuous palaces and the pavilions are rising and falling. As the saying goes, "The palace in Jiangtou locks thousands of doors, and who will the fine willows and new pagodas are green?"

Although now, due to the war, the Western Army broke into the city from Furong Garden, most of them have become rubble and ruins, but the ruined walls are hidden under the sky, but there is a unique cruel and dilapidated beauty.

It is said that during the festival, there are a stream of pedestrians and colorful tourists. Near the water platform, people watch calligraphers wield ink; on the bluestone table, they listen to musicians playing the volley. Whenever they see an old man holding a quinoa, they hear the sound of children. Ladies and handsome men hold their arms and wrists. They may wander in the secluded road or boat in the middle of the river. "Qujiang Fu"

Especially after the annual imperial examination, as newly released Jinshi, after "visiting the Prime Minister and thanking the Lord", they would come here to attend the regular banquet organized by the court. Therefore, it is also called the "Qujiang Banquet", "Winning Banquet" and "Answering Banquet".

Those who attended the banquet, from the old ministers who were "below one person, above ten thousand people", to the Jinshi who were newly listed, to the officials, nobles, relatives, and famous scholars, would gather together, using the red silk cakes and cherry bilora made in the royal family as the staple food, and then put on the precious dishes of water and land, and ordered the sects to promote the music of actors and famous gangsters to sing and dance in the pool.

Sometimes when the emperor personally gave a banquet, he would stand on the Ziyun Tower to preach and teach the subjects. At this time, many wealthy families and great merchants would take the opportunity to seize the nearby location to set up mats. Using this reason to entertain and receive the scholars and people on the shore who came to see the audience were unprecedented.

Then after the banquet, the Jinshi had to go to the nearby tower of Ci'en Temple, which is the highest terrain nearby, to write poems and sing and engrave them as a souvenir, called the "Title Meeting". It is said that Bai Juyi was full of confidence after the title of the twentieth crown. When he was inscribed with the title of Yan Pagoda, he left the poem "The place where the title of Ci'en Temple is the youngest among the seventeen people."

This Qujiang event is also the best time for many families with noble families to come to see the style and evaluate the characters, and choose a son-in-law; as the saying goes, "Work a wife, you should marry a daughter of five surnames, and you should marry a Jinshilang" trend.

The reason is also very simple, because the former represents good family tutors from the matriarchal line, while the latter represents infinite possibilities and potential in the career. Therefore, after each Jinshi banquet in Qujiang, it is also a high period for various quotations and entrusted rituals.

Sometimes the emperor even had to go to the scene with a blushing face and thick neck, competing for son-in-law with the prime minister and ministers; but the corresponding competitiveness was seriously insufficient. Because the princess and son-in-law of the Li Tang family have been continuously criticizing the murder since Princess Gaoyang, and it is a certain negative example.

You should know that the two Jinshi princes recently took Yu Jie, the former prime minister of Princess Guangde, the daughter of Emperor Xuanzong; and Wei Baoheng, the daughter of Emperor Yizong of Tang, later took Wei Baoheng, the daughter of Emperor Yizong of Tang. However, Wei Baoheng and Princess Tongchang, who had poor reputations died earlier.

The only remaining Yu Jie was also missing during the Chang'an Incident a few years ago; and Princess Guangde is now working as a teacher in the girls' school in Jiangling; but his former concubine Yu Luozhen followed Cui Wanrong and is now raising a baby in Xiangyang together.

Of course, the most lively season in Qujiang and Furong Pool is not the time to hold a Jinshi banquet; it is the day of March 3. It can be traced back to the Zhou Dynasty. "The Spring Official of Zhou Li" says: "Witches will slap in the year to eliminate the bathing."

In the Tang Dynasty, in addition to having to give birth to the Shangsi Festival, the "Shangsi Festival" also evolved into the days when royal nobles, ministers, and literati and scholars were feasting in the water. This became another important custom of the "Shangsi Festival" "Qushui Liushang".

At the same time, this is also the time when the people hold the "Haiba" ceremony for girls; it is also recognized as the auspicious day for the spring to remove the disease; therefore, many curtains and barriers will be set up early on the bank of Qujiang, as the corresponding officials and wealthy families go out for spring.

At that time, Chang'an City, regardless of whether it is men, women, young, good, low, noble, or common people, would gather by the Qujiang Pool to have fun; during this period, there were also famous ladies in the boudoir dressed in men, who openly sing with handsome young men and women; they left behind countless stories about how many talented men and beautiful women, or mischievous men and women.

Of course, after the Song Dynasty, Neo-Confucianism became more and more strict in etiquette, so the Shangsi Festival custom of men and women gathering together for spring gradually faded and faded in the customs and cultures of all dynasties; on the contrary, there are still remains in the ethnic minorities such as Miao, Dong, Zhuang, Yao, and even overseas Fusang and Silla.

Of course, looking at the buildings drowned in the beautiful grass and the splendid wild flowers, Zhou Huaian also had some initial thoughts; in addition to further promoting it, it would be better to change the original royal gardens into a large public amusement place!

Zhou Huaian arrived here at this festival, and because of the renovated Dunhua, Xiuzheng, Qinglong and Quchi nearby, a large number of scholars and recommended students from all over the country who were selected for the examination and selection of the post-Autumnal Equinox lecture;

They mainly live in Jianfu Temple in Chiqufang, Daqinglong Temple in Qinglongfang, Xingjiao Temple in Dunhuafang, etc., and the original temple site was requisitioned and renovated. As long as they can provide the corresponding property protection and personal protection, they can enjoy relatively low basic food and living conditions according to the head.

Therefore, during this waiting period, after the bell rings behind closed doors and bookkeeping, various scholars wearing big headscarves and casual shirts were grouped in groups of three or five, calling their friends and companions to sway across the market, which has become a unique scene on the streets of this emerging market today.

Therefore, not long after Zhou Huaian settled in this tea shop, several groups of scholars and students flocked in one after another. After ordering tea soup and delivery platters, they couldn't wait to start talking loudly, and spread the uncovered faint voice to the upper level.

Of course, since he is in Chang'an and is preparing to take the exam, it is naturally easy to re-introduce the topic to the Lord of the Taiping Army.

"What kind of person do you think this king is?"

"Of course, the merits are higher than those of Han in the world, but they regard Confucian scholars as gangsters; they take them as ancestral dragons, and they regard the rich surnames as zodiac dogs..."

"I'm afraid that the former dynasty Liu Jinu, who was so arrogant as a tiger, or Chen Qingzhi, who crossed the river in white, would be worse than that!"

"You must know that although Liu Jinu recovered the two capitals, he could not escape the dark Southern Dynasty pattern that was defeated; but as big as today, who can stop this whale from swallowing it?"

"It's a pity that this lord is really a bit of a great deal. He neither examines poetry nor the meaning of the scriptures. After all, he is biased and difficult to make a long-term way!"

"You are just joking. The Lord said it very clearly. Nowadays, poetry and essays cannot be used as food and clothing to relieve hunger and cold. The meaning of the scriptures alone can only save the world's human corruption, and it will not influence those who lead beasts and eat people. What's the benefit of just working hard to get to the people of the time?"

"What people need to promote is practical strategies to help the people in accordance with the times, not these peaceful years and decorate things... If you can't keep up with the new dynasty's elegant politics, how can you come to take the exam and seek a career!"

Although all this is not the suspicion of being deliberately flattering from the vested interest class, Zhou Huaian's face is still unmoved and he is inevitably filled with a deep sense of pleasure. Of course, there are also other words during this period:

"Why do you have to move with the Grand Governor? Is it worth saying that such a simple truth?"

"Of course, it is because the Grand Commander is born with a strange situation, and he naturally has the ability to suppress the energy where he lives! Therefore, the flood and drought are not prospering, and he is rich enough for the years."

"As for the little hardship and expenses of moving, the key is that as long as you move, your family's business will be better than you do. 1"

Even the voice of complaints:

"This mansion in Shangjing is too difficult to buy. It must be sold according to the number of household registration. If you want to buy more, you won't be sure."

"Are there any shops planned along the streets that are not limited to the number of sales?"

"But the shops along the street are now priced at a price, so it's hard to get a place for more money."

"Haha, is this new dynasty so easy to take advantage? It's too late to get a little bit of a slight sensation."

"At the beginning, Jingzhao Mansion called on everyone to buy more properties and settle down, but most of them were afraid of each other, and now they can't regret it."

Or some kind of old driver-like strange news:

"I heard that the Sanqufang area in Pingkangli has reopened again?"

"Not only reopened, there are many new places and flower heads..."

"I saw it with my own eyes, on those floats that were parading..."

"The flesh of the Bossie is as white as fat, but it tastes a bit loud..."

"I like the girl from Yuedi, the petite and lovely gentle taste..."
Chapter completed!