The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 764 Loving Mother and Strict Father

The majesty of the emperor and the nobility of the emperor's nobles have been well integrated in Zhu Hongyu!
Now he looks like a born emperor!

Even people who don't know him, just take a look at him, and they will think that he is not simple!
This kind of temperament cultivated by being in a high position is not something ordinary people can possess.

Zhu Hongyu turned around in front of the floor-to-ceiling mirror, nodded in satisfaction, and then spoke.

"Try a change!"

These are the new clothes he wears during the Chinese New Year, so naturally it is impossible to have only one suit.

A brand-new twelve-pattern crown suit, which is to be worn on various formal occasions such as worshiping the heavens and ancestors, and grand ceremonies.

In addition, there are several sets of uniforms.

A set with gold thread on a black background, a set with red thread on a white background, and a set of khaki, plus Zhu Hongyu's red and sky blue.

There are five sets in total, and the colors correspond to the five elements. They are worn on some informal occasions, such as meeting officials and going out for inspections.

Apart from these, there are also a few sets that belong to the kind of private clothes, worn in private in the harem.

This kind of clothes does not consider the shape, the first requirement is to wear comfortably!

After changing and trying several clothes in a row, Zhu Hongyu was very satisfied with it.

It can only be said that it is worthy of being an embroiderer who serves the royal family, and this craftsmanship is indeed not covered.

At this moment, a little carrot head ran in from outside.

"See Father Emperor!"

The person who came was Zhu Hongyu's crown prince Zhu Caikun.

Looking at his son who saluted him with a serious look, Zhu Hongyu said with a straight face.

"Have you tried on the new clothes for the New Year? Is there anything inappropriate?"

Zhu Caikun said.

"It's very appropriate to report to my father!"

"My son is here, it is the queen mother who invites the emperor to come over!"

Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly.

Then holding his son with one hand, he turned around and walked towards Kunning Palace.

Along the way, although Zhu Hongyu didn't smile much, he cared about his son's current situation from time to time, asked about his life, and tested his knowledge.

As Zhu Caikun is the prince, there are not many people who can control him.

Li Lingxiu is a queen, and Li Lingxiu loves her son who has been with her for two or three years when her husband is not around. She is so young and gives whatever she wants.

Then, Zhu Caikun got used to it and got a little out of shape!
And in a family, if someone sings the red face, someone naturally has to sing the bad face.

Since Li Lingxiu was a little too fond of his son, he could only be stricter as a father.

Loving mother and strict father!
He didn't want to train his crown prince to be a dandy, even if he didn't have a genius, at least he had to be a man.

But in order not to leave any psychological shadow on his son, although Zhu Hongyu behaved harshly in front of his son, he rarely got angry.

Just put on a straight face and pretend to be serious!

Zhu Hongyu brought his son to the Kunning Palace. As soon as he entered the palace, his thigh was hugged.

"Father~ I miss you~!"

A little beanie rushed over, hugged Zhu Hongyu's thigh, and said coquettishly in a soft, milky voice.

It is Zhu Hongyu's eldest daughter, the princess born by Zheng Xuan is named Zhu Yingxue, and her nickname is Tuantuan.

Seeing his daughter coming to act like a baby to him, Zhu Hongyu's originally serious face instantly melted away, and he bent over to hold his daughter in his arms.

And kissed her on the cheek.

The little girl with the stubble on her chin was a little itchy, giggling, her laughter was as clear as a silver bell.

"Tuantuan misses Father~? How much do you miss?"

Zhu Hongyu asked with a smile.

Zhu Yingxue lay in Zhu Hongyu's arms, raised her round face, and blinked her big eyes.

A pair of fleshy little hands gestured in front of him and said.

"Special, special, special want!"

Seeing his daughter's lovely appearance, Zhu Hongyu couldn't help but let out a burst of hearty laughter.

The patriarchal thinking of people in this era is very heavy!

But Zhu Hongyu is quite fond of his daughter, um, give him whatever he wants!
Once, the little girl was naughty and smashed walnuts with Zhu Hongyu's jade seal, but Zhu Hongyu didn't get angry afterwards.

Instead, he smiled and asked someone to re-carve a jade seal, and the jade seal whose pattern was broken due to smashing walnuts was simply given to the little girl as a toy.

The reason why Zhu Hongyu is like this is because he really likes his daughter.

The second is because this era is too patriarchal. Compared with Zhu Hongyu's sons, daughters generally receive less attention.

Even their mother and concubine don't care much about their daughters!
In order to give the child a good childhood, the mother doesn't care, so Zhu Hongyu, the father, naturally has to be pampered.

Of course, Zhu Hongyu's different attitude towards sons and daughters is also related to the fact that princes may inherit the great line in the future, become emperors or be entrusted as vassals, and they must bear political responsibilities, so naturally they must be well cultivated.

If it is raised wrongly, something will happen!

But the daughters only need to grow up happily in the future, and then enjoy the glory and wealth without having to bear political responsibilities.

No matter how much the daughters Zhu Hongyu pampered them, nothing would happen. At most, they were spoiled like the princess of the Tang Dynasty, and their reputation was not good, but as long as they didn't interfere in politics, it wouldn't be a big deal.

No matter how bad the reputation of the princesses is, it hasn't affected the Tang Dynasty and Wanguo's coming to court!
But sons, if spoiled, something will happen.

Holding his son in one hand and his daughter in the other, Zhu Hongyu went to look at the little ones who were still breastfeeding.

The smile on his face was very sincere.

Zhu Hongyu patted Li Lingxiu's hand lightly, and said in a gentle voice.

"My harem can be so harmonious, thanks to the queen's management!"

Zhu Hongyu is now very satisfied with Li Lingxiu, the queen.

There are many people in his harem now, palace fighting is inevitable, this is human nature.

Zhu Hongyu didn't expect his women to be kind, this is unrealistic!

As long as it doesn't interfere with their own enjoyment, they can fight however they like. Only when the concubines roll up, will someone change their ways to please the emperor!

But from the beginning to the end, the Daming Palace has never crossed the line, and there has been no incident of children being knocked out, or young princes and daughters having accidents. The contribution of Li Lingxiu, the empress, cannot be ignored.

Li Lingxiu said with a smile.

"Your Majesty's reputation is too high, this is what a concubine should do."

After all these years, Li Lingxiu has been able to continue to favor her. Apart from the real relationship between him and Zhu Hongyu, she also has means.

Being able to secure the position of empress does not depend solely on the emperor's favor, scheming, means, ability, background, etc., but none of them are missing.

Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly in satisfaction.

It was night, and Zhu Hongyu was wearing a brand new robe, and had a grand banquet in the square in front of Fengtian Hall.

Civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty gathered together to celebrate the New Year.

Even the envoys of the vassal state also participated in the banquet.

After the end of the banquet, it was almost midnight, and it was another night of fiery trees and silver flowers!
Throughout the night, the fireworks in Nanjing never stopped!

The fireworks display organized by the imperial court started first, and then the big families in Nanjing lit the fireworks one after another.

Even those poor families have to set off some firecrackers to celebrate the New Year's Eve!

……

On the second day, the sky just dawned!

It snowed heavily in the early hours of last night in Nanjing City, and the auspicious snow heralds a good year.

The goose feather and heavy snow kept falling, turning the world into a snow-covered world.

The eunuchs and maids got up early and began to sweep the snow away, exposing the stone road in the palace.

Some people even climbed onto the roof and swept off the snow on the roof, revealing the golden tiles.

The sun shines on the tiles that still have snow flakes, which is golden and very beautiful.

Zhu Hongyu got up early.

He put on a brand-new embroidered crown with twelve chapters, got on a step, and headed for Xiaoling outside the city.

On the first day of the first day of the Lunar New Year, he was going to pay homage to Comrade Zhu!

There are still scattered snowflakes in the sky, but this does not affect anything.

A soldier of the Imperial Guard, wearing armor and carrying a musket, accompanied him to the Xiaoling Mausoleum outside the city.

The annual leave of the Ming court is divided into two periods.

The first period is from New Year's Eve to the sixth day of the first month. Officials will go to work on the seventh day to deal with the backlog of government affairs during the Chinese New Year.

The second period is the holiday of the Lantern Festival, including the [-]th day, it will be released for three days before and after!

In terms of the room, Zhu Hongyu is much more generous than Comrade Zhu, and he will not let the officials take two or three days off a year.

Isn't that tossing people?
New Year's Day, Lantern Festival, Tomb Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival...and the emperor's birthday and other major festivals are all holidays.

As little as two or three days, as many as six or seven days!
Quite humane!

Moreover, regardless of the issue of holidays, in terms of official salary, Zhu Hongyu is much more generous than old Comrade Zhu.

Officials of the Ming court, even the grassroots officials, could support their families with their salaries.

Even if senior officials don't take bribes, their salaries are enough for them to live a decent life!

Although corruption is human nature, if your official salary is too low so that officials can't support themselves, then don't blame others for being greedy!
Even if Zhu Hongyu wants to fight corruption, he must ensure that the official salary can make the officials live a decent life, so that it can be justified!

The official salaries of the imperial court are not enough, and the officials go to corruption, and the corruption of others is open and aboveboard!

And if the imperial government's salary is enough, and the officials go to corruption again, it will be shameless!

……

Outside Nanjing, Xiaoliushuzhuang!
At the entrance of the village there is a big willow tree hugged by two or three people. Almost all the leaves of the willow tree in winter have fallen, leaving only bare branches.

The heavy snow fell all night last night, and it didn't stop after dawn, it just became smaller.

From goose feather heavy snow to fine and dense light snow!
The branches of the big willow tree at the entrance of the village were almost broken by the snow.

Li Shengli lay on the bed, rubbing the center of his brows, feeling a little pain in his head.

The waist and eyes of the lower back are also numb for a while!
Last night on New Year's Eve, their family got together for a New Year's Eve dinner, and then he drank some wine with his father and two brothers.

After drinking too much, he went back to the house with his wife in his arms, and didn't sleep until midnight.

After waking up the next morning, he felt his whole body was limp, and he couldn't lift his strength at all.

On the contrary, his daughter-in-law's complexion was ruddy, she looked nourished, and she got up early to make breakfast.

By the time Li Shengli got dressed, got up from the bed, and went out with his coat on, the whole family was already sitting around the table, ready to have dinner.

There are about ten people in their family. Li Shengli's father is currently the elder couple. Li Shengli has three brothers, and all three of them have married wives.

Li Shengli has a daughter and a son. The second family has a son. The elder just got married three years ago and has not yet given birth.

A family of more than a dozen people lives together. Although there are usually family disputes, it is lively enough.

Especially during the holidays, when the whole family gathers together, it is called a lively life.

Li Shengli walked out of the room, ran to the latrine to put water on it, and after washing his hands, he returned to the table and sat down, saying hello to his father.

"Good morning, Dad."

Li Shengli's father nodded, and then said to his three daughters-in-law.

"Everyone is ready to eat!"

Li Shengli and the daughters-in-law of his two younger brothers heard the father-in-law's words, and brought up the food.

Hot porridge, steamed cakes, leftover chicken soup and fried fish from last night, and a few boiled eggs.

Although the Li family is not considered a wealthy family, they still choose to eat good food during the Chinese New Year.

While eating, he peeled two hard-boiled eggs and gave them to his two grandchildren, the master of the Li family said.

"Eat well. Only when you are full can you grow taller and smarter."

"After the Chinese New Year, grandpa will send you two to study."

The old man of the Li family said to his two grandsons.

The imperial court wanted to carry out a pilot program of compulsory education, and Nanjing was the first to bear the brunt.

Last year, the policy experiment was carried out in the city of Nanjing. This year, the policy is ready to be promoted to the suburbs of Nanjing.

Since the imperial court has this policy, Master Li doesn't mind sending his two grandsons to study!
The expression on the face of the eldest granddaughter beside her was a look of loneliness visible to the naked eye, but the old man of the Li family pretended not to see it.

In this era, the population is the labor force!

There are so many fields to be planted in the family, and the labor force is not enough.

It's fine to send the grandson to study. It's better for the granddaughter to stay at home and do farm work, so as to share some burdens with the adults.

Li Shengli saw the loneliness on his daughter's face, opened his mouth, and couldn't help but suggest.

"Father, let Yaya go to study too!"

"Didn't the imperial court say that compulsory education is the court's good governance, regardless of gender, as long as the age is right, you can enroll?"

Li Shengli's father glanced over, dissatisfied that the authority of the head of his family was questioned, and said in a bad tone.

"What do you know?"

"Girls are going to marry sooner or later. Isn't it a waste of time to read any books? Haven't you heard that a woman's lack of talent is virtue?"

"Besides, the cost of books and food are all money. It is already very difficult for our family to support two dolls in school. If there is one more, we can't afford it."

Reading this matter has been a costly thing since ancient times.

Even if the imperial court waived tuition fees and allowed students to enroll, books, food, and even accommodation fees all cost money.

Ordinary people really can't afford it!
(End of this chapter)