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Chapter 156 Fireworks in Yangzhou in March

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    It is undoubtedly a wise choice for Tuo Huan Tie Muer to be able to get out of this dangerous situation in time at the critical moment of power struggle.  Otherwise, maybe he will follow in the footsteps of his father and Shi?

    When they heard that the crown prince was going out to play, the queen mother and the prime minister were all overjoyed.

    Empress Dowager Bu Dashili thought: It seems that Tuo Huan Tie Muer is indeed a playful and dissatisfied young man. His "advantages" cannot restrain him;  What's so scary about the crown prince who can't even stay in the palace for a moment?

    Both of them readily approved Tuo Huan Tie Muer's spring outing plan of "Fireworks to the South of the Yangtze River in March".

    [1] "Mooring Boats on Guazhou" by Wang Anshi. Poem

    After more than 20 days of sailing, the cruise ship stopped at Guazhou Wharf, the end of the Grand Canal.

    When the ship arrives here, it is much more convenient to go to Yangzhou.  You can take a boat on the waterway from Guazhou to Wantou with a total length of about 60 miles; you can also take a sedan chair or ride a horse along the famous "Yangzhou Sanwan" [1] dry road, which is the oldest section of the road.  There are many landscapes, and it is most suitable for a journey in spring.

    This time, traveling with the crown prince are the personal eunuch Wang Buhua, the tea-serving court lady Qi Chengniang, and more than a dozen "cowardly" [guards].

    Wang Buhua hurriedly disembarked and looked for an inn where she could live.  However, it was already midnight, and every household on both sides of the canal was closed.

    The prince looked at the darkness everywhere, without even a lantern, even the moon, there was only half of it, and it was about to go down the mountain.  Then he sighed and said, "If I had known this was the case, I wouldn't have come out." He suddenly remembered Wang Anshi's poems reciting Guazhou, so he began to recite:

    "Jingkou Guazhou is a water room,

    Zhongshan is only a few mountains away;

    ? The spring breeze turns green on the south bank of the river,

    When will the bright moon shine on me?  "

    Wang Buhua hurriedly comforted him: "Young master, we have just reached the stage of fun, how could you want to go home again?"

    "Where is the fun?"

    "It's midnight now, the daytime must be fun!"

    "Why, now it's fun during the day again? When you came here, didn't you say¡ª'Shili Yangchang Fireworks Land, a city that never sleeps with lights and feasting'?"

    "yes!"

    "Where's the lamp?"

    "Maybe you have to go in?" Wang Buhua pointed in the direction of Yangzhou.

    "Then, where's the wine?"

    "Where there are lights, there must be wine You are blind! Look, is there a light ten miles ahead?"

    Wang Buhua shook her head helplessly.

    The prince urged: "Stop rambling, hurry up and find a place, and fill your stomach first!"

    Wang Buhua trotted along the river bank, looking for an inn that was still open.  But after searching for half an hour, there was nowhere to open the door, so I had to come back with my head down and horns drooping.

    The prince ordered the guards to smash the door of an inn.

    The shop clerk stretched out his head and asked, "Guest officer, is there anything urgent?"

    Wang Buhua said: "When you go to the inn, what else can you do if you don't stay!"

    The waiter let them into the house.  Just when he was about to arrange a room for them, the prince asked for wine.  Xiaoer had no idea, so he called the shopkeeper down.

    When the shopkeeper saw this group of northern barbarians, he became angry.  He raised his eyebrows and said, "I don't have wine here! I just want to pee a little bit, do you want it!?"

    When the prince heard this, he was furious, so he went up and slapped the shopkeeper.

    The wife of the inn didn't like it, so she quickly called a group of guys in the inn and wanted to fight.  Both sides opened their postures, but neither dared to make a move.

    The prince was afraid of revealing his identity; the inn was afraid that he would not be able to beat him so they were deadlocked to make an appointment with the watchman for a cup of tea.  Just follow the "click, click" on the second floor and a person comes down.  He is dressed in white, has a white face, and white hair, and there is a handsome young man by his side.

    This person is Ji Xu who came to Yangzhou to play, and that handsome young man is his righteous brother Zhang Jin.

    They came to the middle of the two teams, and Ji Xu asked: "It's midnight, what are you doing?"

    The prince said: "Why, fight!"

    Ji Xu asked again: "Why did you fight?"

    The owner covered his face and said, "He slapped me when he entered the door?"

    The prince said: "You let me drink urine, I won't beat you!"

    Ji Xu asked: "Why do you let people drink urine?"

    The owner said: "He wants wine, but I don't have any!"

    "No, you can't let people drink urine!" Ji Xu laughed,??It is silted up and connected to the land, so it is named because it is shaped like a melon.

    Guazhou has always been the gateway of Yangzhou. It began in Jin Dynasty and flourished in Tang Dynasty. Its popularity in history is second only to Yangzhou.  The ancients believed that: "Although Guazhou is a small ball, it overlooks Jingkou, connects Jiankang, borders the sea, faces the great river, and is the throat of seven provinces" It is known as "the first town in the Jianghuai River" and "a thousand-year-old ferry".  Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, Guazhou gradually had fortifications. In the fourth year of Qiandao in the Southern Song Dynasty, Guazhou began to build a city.  There is another "Ghost Willow City" built outside the east gate of Guazhou City.  The Yuan Dynasty set up a province here, the Ming Dynasty set up the Tongzhi Office, and the Qing Dynasty set up the Inspection Office, the Water Transport Office, and the Governor's Office.

    Guazhou has been a gathering place of literati from Tang Dynasty to modern times.  Li Bai and Bai Juyi in the Tang Dynasty, Wang Anshi and Lu You in the Song Dynasty, Zheng Chenggong in the Ming Dynasty, and Zheng Banqiao in the Qing Dynasty all searched and explored Guazhou, and left a lot of poems about Guazhou.  Guazhou is also a must-go place for many politicians and Chinese and foreign travelers in the past dynasties. Emperor Kangxi and Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty visited Guazhou six times on their southern tours, and set up a palace in Jinchun Garden.  The imperial tablet inscribed with poems in the spring garden is still well preserved.

    ? The friendly envoy of the Chinese and Japanese peoples and the eminent monk Jianzhen of the Tang Dynasty traveled east to Japan. He built ships, bought ships, boarded ships, and stored grain in this place.  Marco Polo, an outstanding Italian traveler, also visited Guazhou, and in the first chapter of the second volume of the famous "Marco Polo's Travels", entitled "Guazhou City", the geographical location of Guazhou  The role of history is described in detail.  The legend of Du Shiniang sinking the treasure chest in anger puts a magical veil on this ancient town.

    In ancient Guazhou, as a north-south transportation hub, the flow of people and goods was strong, and the place was rich. There were dozens of large buildings, private gardens, temples, buildings, pavilions, halls, halls, etc. in the city.  For example, there are pavilions, such as the Daguan Tower built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, which is described in the Fengxue Daguan Tower in Cao Xueqin's "Dream of Red Mansions"; the Jianghuai Shenggai Tower built in the Zhengtong period of the Ming Dynasty;  Qujiang Pavilion and others.

    In addition, there are also ten famous sceneries in Guazhou in ancient times, namely Stone Bridge Stepping on the Moon, Tianchi Night Rain, Jianglou Parade of Martial Arts, Cao Ship Riding the Wind, Dongcheng Liuan, Taowu Early Oriole, Luting New Goose, Snow Water Fishing Boat  , Jinshan Tower Light, and Yinling Qinglan.  In April 1949, the People's Liberation Army marched toward the south of the Yangtze River from here; the north bridgehead of the Runyang Yangtze River Highway Bridge under construction was located in Guazhou.  The very distinctive landscape makes Guazhou a tourist attraction in history.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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