In the pre-Qin period, when political power changed, the calendar would often change accordingly, and the time for each political power to celebrate the Spring Festival was not fixed.
It was not until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty came to the throne and revised the new calendar "Taichu Calendar" that the time of the Spring Festival was fixed as the slack season at the end of the lunar year.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty believed deeply in ghosts and gods, so during the Chinese New Year, there was a very strong custom of exorcising evil spirits.
Especially on New Year's Eve, the last day of the year, there is a Nuo dancing ceremony. The one held by the court is called "Guo Nuo", and the one held by common people is called "Da Nuo".
Of course, Yecheng will not overstep the etiquette system too much, so the regulations for Nuo dance are lower than those for the national Nuo dance.
However, the largest Nuo dance has already been held on the twelfth lunar month, and this time to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, the scale is smaller in comparison.
There were hundreds of people dancing Nuo, starting from the city and stopping outside the city. The entire Yecheng people, including the nobles, came out to watch the fun.
Yuan Xi also found a few acquaintances in the crowd, and counselors such as Tian Feng Jushou also came out to go shopping.
Yuan Xi couldn't help but sigh. On the one hand, this lively scene is attractive. On the other hand, it is also because there are very few entertainment activities in this era.
At this time, paper still needed to be improved, and things like calligraphy and painting that cultivated sentiments had not yet been widely spread, so it is no wonder that most nobles liked fine wine and women. Apart from that, how could they have any hobbies to pass the time?
Therefore, after the invention of Five Stone Powder, it quickly became popular among the nobles, which is reasonable.
When it comes to Wu Shi San, we can trace it back to the alchemists who made Wu Shi San and the Taiping Taoism, which had a close relationship with the Yellow Turban Army.
Regardless of Yuan Shang, Yuan Xi is more worried about what kind of existence Cao Cao is in Taoism.
Because various signs from later generations indicate that Cao Cao's status in Taoism is likely to be quite high!
This is not Yuan Xi's own imagination, but was researched by many scholars in later generations and supported by many evidences.
Just like the origin of the Yuan family's family education is Meng's Yi, the Cao family has always believed in Huang Lao Taoism since Cao Teng, which is an important branch of Taoism. There is also a special shrine to Huang Lao in the Luoyang palace where Cao Cao lived in his later years.
The Zhuolong Temple.
Cao Cao suffered continuous defeats when he raised his army. There were only a few thousand soldiers and horses. The Qingzhou Yellow Turbans had more than 300,000 men and women, and more than a million men and women. Even Liu Dai and Bao Xin were killed. It can be seen that the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans' combat effectiveness was quite strong, but Cao Cao did not waste any time.
It was incorporated with little effort, which many people at the time found unbelievable.
The Yanzhou nobles were mostly poisoned by the Yellow Turbans. After Cao Cao incorporated the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, almost all the Yanzhou nobles rebelled. Bian Rang's death was probably just one of the triggers.
The Black Mountain Army was said to have hundreds of thousands and once threatened Ye City. Although Yuan Shao defeated it, it could not completely solve the problem of the Black Mountain Army. After the Battle of Guandu, the Black Mountain Army immediately surrendered to Cao Cao.
Zhang Lu, the prefect of Hanzhong, was a heavenly master of the Five Pecks of Rice Cult. He expressed that he would rather be a slave for Duke Wei than a guest for Liu Bei, so he joined Cao Cao.
One or two things are still accidental, but when many seemingly accidental things are put together, they must have elements that are consistent with logical cause and effect.
There are various signs that Cao Cao and even the Cao family have mastered the power of Taoism, and are also considered by Taoists to be fellow Taoists. They believe that "his Tao is the same as that of Zhong Huang Tai" and are called the "Huang Family".
Cao Cao was finally able to unify the Northern Territory, and later allowed the Cao family to conquer the world. The reason was by no means as simple as it seemed.
If this is true, the power Cao Cao possesses behind the scenes is terrifying, because the remnants of the Yellow Turbans and Taoism have penetrated into every state and county.
Yuan Xi felt that in the process of his political and military expansion, Cao Cao not only used force to level the world, but also mastered and utilized the powerful religious and political power of Taoism to accomplish what others could not do.
Yuan Xi felt that the pressure was getting stronger. The more he got to know Cao Cao, the more he understood how terrifying he was. On the one hand, it was because he was indeed a great talent in the world, and on the other hand, it was also because he controlled a power that many people ignored.
As long as you are hostile to Cao Cao, you will face these forces sooner or later. It seems that there are some things that need to be prepared for a rainy day.
When Yuan Xi returned to Yuan Mansion, a servant had already greeted him and said that the Yuan family was all here.
According to the custom of the Han Dynasty, on New Year's Eve, the whole family would sit together, chat and watch the New Year's Eve, drink New Year's wine together, and stay up all night to welcome the first day of the New Year.
Yuan Xi hurriedly entered and met with Yuan Shao and the Liu family. A servant came in and served wine and food, and the dinner began.
This was the first time since his rebirth that he celebrated the New Year with the Yuan family. He saw everyone chatting and laughing happily, but at this time, he inexplicably thought of the movie called The Night Banquet in his previous life.
Thinking of how everyone had their own thoughts at the night banquet, the situation in front of them suited the situation, but fortunately, the finale of the group's destruction did not really happen at this moment.
Yuan Shao had obviously drunk a little too much. He stood up unsteadily and insisted that each of his sons drink a few more drinks. He was still unsatisfied after drinking, and was finally persuaded by Mrs. Liu.
Yuan Xi pretended to be humble and toasted Mrs. Liu with a wine pot. Mrs. Liu asked Yuan Xi to get a new one with a smile, and then she took a sip with confidence.
Yuan Xi thought, "What a bastard!" Liu definitely knew about Yuan Shang's drugging!
Seeing how cowardly you are, can I openly drug you?
When Yuan Shao dies one day, let's see how I come back with revenge!
In the midst of laughter and laughter, the old year left and the new year arrived. The children of the Yuan family offered pepper wine to Yuan Shao and Liu family to wish good luck and longevity. The atmosphere in the Yuan Mansion was joyful, and everyone's face was filled with more or less smiles.
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Yuan Xi was sitting on the carriage going home and saw snowflakes starting to fall outside, and thought to herself, this is a good sign.
At this time in Yecheng, every household lit candles and oil lamps to pray for blessings. For a time, thousands of houses were lit up with stars.
Yuan Xi seemed to have an illusion that the entire Ye city was glowing with prosperity, spreading to the entire Jizhou, making this one of the most prosperous states in the world even more joyful.
Yuan Xi remembered that originally the largest celebration in the world was the large-scale court event held by the Han court. All civil and military officials would send gifts to the emperor at the court meeting. As a thank you for the gifts given by all officials, the emperor would give a banquet after the worship.
There are musical instruments and opera performances.
For the current Han Emperor, such a court meeting was already a luxury, because news came that Li Jue and Guo Si had started fighting in Chang'an, and it was said that hundreds of people died every day.
Under such circumstances, Han Emperor Liu Xie must have had a very difficult time.
In history, this kind of day lasted for more than half a year. In the end, Li Jue and Guo Si lost both sides, and tens of thousands of people were killed in Chang'an City. After that, the Han Emperor would find a way to escape Chang'an and embark on the long journey back to Luoyang.
This team went through many hardships and took nearly more than a year to reach their destination. Then they were welcomed by Cao Cao to Xuchang and became puppets again.
Yuan Xi returned to his residence. As soon as he entered the backyard, he saw Guo Jia, drunk, dragging a woman and a five or six-year-old boy to dance in the snow.
Because it was the Chinese New Year, before Yuan Xi left the house, he had Guo Jia released to reunite with his family, and he was exempted from the ban on alcohol.
Now it seems that Guo Jia has been holding it in for too long and drank a lot of wine. Now he is barely standing and is drunk.
He held the wine bottle in one hand and held the woman in the other and said, "Come on, come on, it's not easy to meet her. I still don't know whether I will live or die tomorrow. Before that bastard comes back, let's go back to the house and make a baby."
He looked up to the sky and shouted: "I can no longer see my sweetheart in my hometown of Yangzhai!"
"How can I live without a woman?"
"That heartless thing!"
Yuan Xi wondered if Guo Jia, a sex critic, died early because of excessive sexual indulgence.
The woman looked dignified, but Yuan Xi recognized her. She was Guo Jiazheng's wife Dong, who was captured together.
Seeing that Guo Jia was drunk and crazy, she let him do whatever he wanted with a wry smile. She suddenly raised her eyes and caught a glimpse of Yuan Xi who had come back at some point. She turned pale with fright and hurriedly knelt on the ground.
When Guo Jia saw it, he turned around and was immediately embarrassed. The hand holding the wine bottle stopped in mid-air, neither standing nor walking.
The boy's nose was so cold that he still stood there blankly. The woman pulled him and made him kneel on the ground.
Only then did Guo Jia react and his face turned red. He even felt that he was about to be killed by Yuan Xi!
He had just experienced the joy of family reunion and spending the New Year together, but the fear of death suddenly struck him, making him fearful in his heart.
He opened his hands and said: "It's all me, Guo Jia, who scolded me, it has nothing to do with them!"
Yuan Xi crossed Guo Jia, walked over, pulled up the boy kneeling on the ground, and said, "What is your name?"
The boy sniffed and said, "Guo, Guo Yi."
Yuan Xi laughed after hearing this and said: "Your name is Guo Yi, and my courtesy name is Xianyi. We have some similarities."
Mrs. Dong thought that Yuan Xi had murderous intentions, her face became paler and she kowtowed on the ground.
Guo Jia finally gave in, bowed his head and said, "This is all Jia's fault. I would like to exchange one life for another."
When Mrs. Dong heard this, she thought: "If your husband dies, how can I be the only one I have left?"
Yuan Xi thought to himself: How come I look like a villain?
He waved his hand and said, "Who do you think I am?"
He turned to Guo Jia and said, "From today on, you don't have to stay in the dark room anymore. You can move out and live with your family."
"But I'm going to say something ugly first. If you want to run away, it will be difficult."
"And I don't usually drink."
When Mrs. Dong heard this, she was very happy and pulled Guo Yi to kowtow repeatedly.
Guo Jia muttered: "If you can't drink, what's the point of living?"
Mrs. Dong hurriedly touched Guo Jia's feet and he stopped talking.
Yuan Xi smiled and said: "If you want to drink, it's not difficult."
After hearing this, Guo Jia said disdainfully: "I know what the young master is thinking, don't you want me to make suggestions?"
"But I advise you to give up on this idea. Jia Cai has limited knowledge and can't think of any clever ideas. What's more, there are countless people in Yecheng who can't learn from Jia Cai. Why should you be obsessed with Jia Cai?"
Yuan Xi said: "After the New Year, I will return to Beixin City."
"Whether Brother Fengxiao wants it or not, I will take you away."
"Let me explain my bottom line first. Even if you don't give me advice, I won't let you give others advice."
Guo Jia was stunned. What on earth had he done? Why was Yuan Xi so obsessed with him?
I can’t figure it out!
At this time, Yuan Xi pulled Guo Yi and said to him: "I want to adopt you as my adopted son, are you willing?"
As soon as these words came out, Guo Jia and Dong were stunned.