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It was just that time passed quickly, and the moon quietly climbed into the sky. The brightness was brighter and rounder than the fifteenth one, which made a lot of sense. People on the streets enjoyed the lanterns with the bright moonlight. The street lights on the street were turned off, not to save electricity, but to enjoy the rare moonlight.

However, under the moonlight, some people in white swayed around. Zhao Gang looked carefully and realized that many young women were wearing moon-white windbreakers, walking in groups on the street. When they were shining by the moonlight, they looked like foxes, which were particularly charming. Zhao Gang was puzzled and asked, "Wife, these women are so strange. Why do they wear the same white clothes?"

Xiao Xiaoyan smiled and pointed her finger at Zhao Gang's forehead and said, "Husband, you are a little stupid. This is the rule of the 49th city. On the night of the 16th day of the first lunar month, it is the day for women to walk on the bridge. Most of these young people have to touch the nails at Zhengyangmen! When you walk on the bridge, you can only wear white clothes, otherwise it will not work!"

The guards turned their faces and kept shaking their shoulders, obviously they were very hard to hold on.

"Walking on the bridge to touch the nails? What's going on? Why don't I know?" Zhao Gang was confused, but still didn't understand what was going on.

Xiao Xiaoyan smiled silently, and finally explained: At that night, the women were wearing white silk shirts and made an appointment to form a team. One person held incense in front of them. Everyone followed them, saying that they were walking or losing all diseases. When crossing the bridge, they were called Due. Women in teams went to the city gate, especially the Zhengyang gate, and they had to touch the door nail. It is said that after touching the door nail, it is advisable to have a boy...

Zhao Gang couldn't help but smile: "There are so many strange things! No wonder I saw that the copper nails in Zhengyangmen were very bright. It seems that these women must have worn them out. However, this idea makes some sense. Zhengyangmen, Zhengyangmen, it is reasonable to have a boy when they are yang energy. Xiaoyanzi, you can also touch them later. We will give birth to a boy next year!"

Xiao Xiaoyan was embarrassed and raised her hand to hit him. After thinking for a while, she put down her hand, gently held Zhao Gang's cuff and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you lend me Zhengyangmen for a day!"

Zhao Gang laughed, and was about to speak, and suddenly he shouted on the street at the same time. Then he saw a flash of light from the zenith. A small red dot rose to the sky and exploded suddenly. Tens of thousands of peach blossoms immediately bloomed in the air. This was not the end, and there was a crisp sound of "reclining and romping".

"Okay. The peach blossoms are red in thousands of miles!" The good things started to scream. Zhao Gang's place happened to be the center of the Dengshi City. The terrain was extremely high and an open area was looking around. The lantern sheds were densely packed and could not see clearly, and they were winding out like a long dragon. The shops were also decorated with lights and opened convenient doors. The gongs and drums at the door were loud and the sounds of tourists talking to each other could not be heard clearly. There was an empty scene at the east and west entrances of the Dengshi City, with dozens of fireworks being shipped side by side, and surrounded by a group of burly men, attracting thousands of tourists tightly there and not being able to move.

The peach blossoms in the thousands of miles were just now. They were a little overwhelmed in the east. They seemed to be competing on both sides. They didn’t put them in the west, and they didn’t put them in the east. A kind of flower was placed on the west, and they must be placed on the east, and they must cover the west. There was also one in the east, which was also rising slowly, but this time the rise was too high. Someone’s heads were sore. Before they saw the fireworks, they heard a sound of touching the fireworks exploded in the air. At first, it was one-two, and then there were more, two-two, four-two, and it seemed to be drawn. In a short while, the sky was covered with fireworks. Only then did everyone watching the flowers know the benefits. Cheers together.

Zhao Gang was also interesting to see. This is really a new thing. Fighting cock, dog, horse, tiger, and there are even flowers. For a moment, a street in Dengshikou was crowded and tourists were competing to see it, feasting their eyes. A lantern brocade was placed in the west, which shone red light within several pieces; a moon curtain flew to the east, like a bright moon rising in the air, illuminating the surroundings.

The east was overwhelmed by the majesty, so the west was naturally unable to admit defeat, and the fire lotus on the rack was lit. The name of this lamp was that the sparks rotated rapidly, just like a lotus in bloom, so it was called a fire lotus. The east was followed by the line and the peonies burned, and the colorful peonies on the fireworks suddenly appeared on the fireworks.

The west was so angry that with a "brush", a grape trellis was placed on the night sky, and the purple starlight flashed densely, as if a bunch of ripe grapes were hanging down; the east was not relaxed, and as a pearl curtain was placed into the sky, the changing colors were wandering around, which was really surprising.

Drops of gold flew out to the west, also called stacking money, and golden beads fell like raindrops in the sky; in the east, more than a dozen thousand-foot chrysanthemums were shot diagonally, and the long golden silk was so bright that it was hard to open your eyes!

Every time a flower is released, millions of people cheer each other. The momentum and atmosphere are like being in the middle of the shaking of the mountains. However, Zhao Gang's brows tightened inadvertently. With so many fireworks, the money spent is definitely not a small number, even a wealthy family has not

Is it the government spending so much money to put out fireworks?

This is exactly what Zhao Gang is most taboo. Is the government a public servant? Isn’t it that I remember that Sun Chuanfang, a warlord in old China, opposed this statement and said: “Now officials claim to be public servants of the people. No servant is good, either making money from the master or seducing the master’s concubine. I am not a public servant, I am a parent. There is no parent in the world who does not love children. Only by loving the people as much as loving their children can you truly seek welfare for the people and do good deeds!”

Today's fireworks may not be made by the public servant, adding a lot of money to his pocket. When his pockets are bulging, this guy will definitely not take out his pocket to put flowers. Zhao Gang whispered to the guards, and when the guards left, he continued to look at the lanterns. He was suddenly stunned, then walked over and helped an old man up, patted the dust on his body and said:

"Old man, you are old. There are so many people on the street, be careful to fall!" The old man was energetic, with silver beard and white hair looking a bit fairy-like. Zhao Gang has always respected the elderly and loved the young, and he has already talked to him.

"Thank you, little kid!" the old man nodded and smiled, "The kids are anxious and they all went out in the second half of the day. I am older and have to leave slowly alone."

"How many people are in your hometown?"

"I am old and can't figure it out. I won't forget about girls. Just count boys." The old man smiled and stretched out his hand and said fifteen great-grandsons! In addition, I have 56 in total. You little man, are you having fun?"

"You are old and long! I really didn't expect..." Zhao Gang hesitated for a moment, answered vaguely, turning the topic to other questions.

"I'm 99 this year, and it's not easy to live!" The old man looked up at the glorious street market and sighed, "Daoguang was born in the eighth year... At that time, Master Daoguang sent Lord Lin to destroy opium, but the British were so angry that the cannons were set up and bombarded. Master Daoguang was really good, but unfortunately he didn't have the right time. If he was born at this time, he would be a wise king. If he wanted to live well now, he really gave Zhao Gang a blessing!"

The old man's heartfelt words made Zhao Gang feel warm. Who said that the people are stupid? They are smarter than anyone else? Who brings favors and disasters to him? They don't say it, but they are illuminated in their hearts! What the old man said is that when Daoguang ascended the throne, China was facing the most serious internal and external crisis. The Qing Dynasty had begun to decline, and it was known in history as "the decline of Jiadao and Taoism". It is prominently reflected in the corruption of the administration, the military preparations were loose, the national treasury was empty, and the people's anti-Qing struggles were frequent; outside, Western powers invaded the east, and opium poisoned the people. Daoguang wanted to do something, and also took a series of measures to revive. Although he was arbitrary in the court, he was known for his frugality. However, internal affairs, such as administration, river engineering, canal transportation, smoking ban, etc., had no improvement. Diligent politics and governance were in ruling.

Daoguang was at a critical moment of historical turning point, "keeping the norm but not knowing the changes." The poison of opium from the Southeast Sea made him restless. Finally, he decided to strictly ban smoking. In the early 19th year of Daoguang (1839), Daoguang appointed Lin Zexu as the imperial envoy to pay the land opium, totaling 191791976254 kilograms, which were destroyed in public in Humen. It was the largest and most poisonous amount in history.

The depletion of cigarettes in Humen also triggered tensions between China and Britain. In June of the 20th year of Daoguang (1840), the British Expeditionary Force arrived at the Chinese sea surface and the Opium War broke out. At the beginning of the war, the arrogant Daoguang believed that the British army was vulnerable, but with the development of the war, the British army besieged the estuary of the Pearl River, captured Dinghai, Zhejiang, and approached Daogu, which shocked Daoguang and hurriedly sent Qishan and others to negotiate with the British army. Finally, they compromised to investigate and deal with the war-holding factions such as Lin Zexu, Deng Ting, Yang Fang, etc., and re-opened Guangzhou. However,

The British army was not satisfied with this. They continued to attack Humen, Ningbo, Xiamen and other places, and captured Wusong in 1842. On August 29, 1842, the first unequal treaty of Qing Dynasty - the Treaty of Nanjing. The treaty stipulates that China ceded Hong Kong to Britain and compensated the United Kingdom a total of 21 million yuan. Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Ningbo, Shanghai were opened as ports, etc. After that, the Qing government signed the Sino-French Huangpu Treaty and the Sino-US Treaty of Wangxia with France, the United States and other countries, making China a semi-colonial society.

After all, this is not another reason, it’s just that I don’t know where the general trend is. When I encounter a major change in three thousand years, I’m at a loss.
Chapter completed!