Daming: My grandfather is Emperor Hongwu!

Chapter 63 New Year's Eve (1)

In a blink of an eye, the year came unexpectedly.

In the Forbidden City, there are lights and festoons everywhere, and there is a lot of joy.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood outside the Kunning Palace with his hands behind his back, watching a few young eunuchs on high stools post Spring Festival couplets.

"The east side is higher!" Zhu Yuanzhang shouted.

The little eunuch who posted the couplet shook his hand, his mind went blank for an instant, he didn't dare to move, and stood there in a daze.

"What are you doing in a daze, let's say the east side is higher!" Zhu Yuanzhang scolded.

The little eunuch was dumbfounded, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"Oh, the stupid ones are solid!" Zhu Yuanzhang scolded again, "The east side is higher, you can just go lower!"

The little eunuch who posted the couplet tremblingly pulled down the couplet, but he pulled the couplet to the west.

"Damn it!" Zhu Yuanzhang cursed, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "I can't tell the difference between the south, the south, and the north, so what's the use of you?"

With a plop, the little eunuch fell off the stool, knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Your Majesty's forgiveness, Your Majesty's forgiveness!"

"Chongba! Look, you scare him!" Empress Ma was making dough, her hands were still covered with flour, she poked her head out of the hall, and said, "Originally, they posted it well, so where do you stop? Who is not afraid. He is afraid in his heart, can he still post it well?"

"You sound like a plague god!" Zhu Yuanzhang curled his lips, and looked at the guards behind him, "You guys go up and post it well!"

"Follow the order!" Li Jinglong, Fu Rang and the guards of the East Palace stepped on the stools.

"Your Majesty, do you think it's just right?" Li Jinglong asked loudly holding up the couplet.

"West further to the west!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Li Jinglong moved to the west in an instant, "What about this time?"

"That's about the same!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "That's it, let's post it!"

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"Oh, our brother Ying is so handsome!"

Zhu Xiongying came out from the apse wearing a brand-new five-claw golden dragon robe. Empress Ma wiped her hands on the apron, pinching his little face dotingly.

The whole body of this new robe is red, embroidered with golden silk thread, and the five-clawed dragon is alive and powerful without anger.

There is also a suet jade belt buckled around the waist, and a sachet is hung.

Zhu Yunxi's gown was made by hundreds of weavers with the best skills in the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, and it took a year to weave it.

It's Chinese New Year, and children need to wear new clothes, so Empress Ma directly ordered Chunxiu to put them on for Zhu Yunxi.

"Quickly, go out and let your grandpa see!" Empress Ma pulled Zhu Xiongying out, and smiled at Zhu Yuanzhang who was standing at the door, "Look at our grandson, how handsome he is!"

Seeing Zhu Xiongying, Zhu Yuanzhang laughed so hard that he couldn't see his teeth.

I looked it up and down, "Well, this color is good, and the auspicious celebration is lively, you should wear new clothes like this during the Chinese New Year!"

The taste of new clothes is actually not pleasant, and this kind of bright red robe embroidered with gold thread is somewhat heavy on the body.

Zhu Xiongying looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and asked, "Grandfather, why don't you wear new clothes?"

Zhu Yuanzhang still wore the old cotton clothes that had remained unchanged for thousands of years, the cuffs were all balled up, and the color was a little faded after washing.

"At our age, what else do we wear?" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed.

Zhu Xiongying looked at the cloth shoes he was pulling again, "Then you change a pair of shoes, your shoes are all threaded!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked down at his feet, and continued to laugh, "What's the matter, just make up later!" Then he laughed again, "This is the new shoe your grandmother made for us in winter. A pair of folk shoes can be exchanged for half a bag of miscellaneous grains, and we are reluctant to exchange them. To live, three years old for three years, and three years for sewing and mending!"

"Besides, we are the emperor, if we think about wearing new clothes and shoes all day long, how many things will we harm?"

Not only in wearing clothes, but also in all aspects of life, Zhu Yuanzhang can be called simple, even a little picky.The new year is coming soon, and the court naturally rewarded the courtiers who have been busy for a year, but Zhu Yuanzhang not only gave nothing, but also sent an order to the six ministries to keep people on duty during the new year.

One day when we were in a bad mood, we went for a walk and found that no one was on duty, so we chopped off your heads.

In the past few days, the palace is preparing the menu for banqueting the ministers after the Zhengdan court meeting.After Zhu Yuanzhang looked at it, all the exquisite dishes were marked down, and only four dishes were allowed per table, and he also said that the courtiers should leave as soon as they finished eating.

There is no doubt that he is a strict self-discipline, but also an emperor who is strict with others.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang was extraordinarily generous and willing to deal with his children and grandchildren.Just like Zhu Xiongying's robes, he personally ordered the Manufacturing Bureau to prepare them.

Zhu Xiongying grows taller every year, and this kind of clothes woven with painstaking efforts can only be worn a few times.Moreover, for such robes, two pieces are made for each of the four colors, so there are eight pieces in total.The gold thread on the top is real gold drawn into silk thread.

"This jade belt is no good!" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his eldest grandson, dragged his chin and said, "It's too plain!"

The jade belt around Zhu Xiongying's waist is all the best jade that is as warm and moist as suet.The pieces are all the same size, and each piece is connected by a jade ring, which is ingenious.

But in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, it was too plain.

"Park Guochang!"

"The servant is here!"

"You go!" Zhu Yuanzhang ordered, "Tell Honglu Temple, the internal construction supervisor, to choose the jade for our grandson, and carve a few dragon pattern jades to bring out, hurry up!"

"According to the order!"

Zhu Xiongying looked down at his belt, "Grandpa Huang, my grandson thinks it's good enough, so there's no need to do it again."

"What's the matter?" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile, "You are the grandson of the dragon. You don't even have a jade belt for carving a dragon. How can you be decent!"

Zhu Xiongying pondered for a moment, "Grandfather, you don't wear clothes yourself, because you are afraid that the king will gossip and cause the same effect, and waste the people and money! But you let the princes and grandchildren."

In fact, what he wanted to say is that you are simple but let your children and grandchildren be extravagant.
But obviously, Zhu Yuanzhang would have misunderstood the meaning, and laughed loudly, "For whom have we licked blood all our lives, not for your children and grandchildren!" Then, he patted Zhu Xiongying on the shoulder, "All the good things in this world are ours. Shoot it down and give it to you little monkeys!"

Speaking of this, some sighed, "The eight generations of our Zhu family have been mud-legged, and we have never enjoyed any blessings. We have also suffered for half of our life before we are today. When we come to you, we must not let you You live a tight life!"

At this moment, Zhu Biao came from behind with some notebooks.

"Are you done?" Zhu Yuanzhang said first.

It is true that Zhu Biao is the crown prince with the most stable position in the past and present. Zhu Yuanzhang persuaded him unconditionally. As a crown prince, he can sometimes replace him as the emperor.

"Today's work is over!" Zhu Biao smiled, and handed the old man a memorial, "Here is a memorial, and I want my father to use the seal, otherwise the Ministry of Households will not dare to approve it!"

"You don't dare to ask them to criticize them, you are tired of working!" Zhu Yuanzhang took the memorial, glanced at it briefly, and said displeased, "Why do you want another [-] guan?"

Zhu Biao said with a smile, "It's the end of the year, and the officials in Beijing are poor, so I feel that I should give them something to let them have a good year!"

This statement is true, the prices in the capital are far more expensive than other places.However, the salaries of officials in Beijing were meager, and Emperor Hongwu was in power, and he did not dare to accept filial piety from the local people, so life was extremely hard.Even some officials from poor backgrounds cannot afford a few meals of meat throughout the year.

"Didn't we all say no rewards!" Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, "I don't feel sorry for selling my father's land. You made a move of [-] guan. How many hundred thousand guan does Daming have?"

"Father!" Zhu Biao said with a wry smile, "Even if it's an ordinary family, some rice and noodles are given to the long-term workers after the Chinese New Year. We are dignified and dignified, so don't be mean to the workers!"

"Who is mean to them!" Zhu Yuanzhang glared, "Besides, can this be compared? A long-term worker can only work for his boss with his buttocks up, but those who are officials, we gave them the right to honor their ancestors and seal their wives Is the shade not enough?"

"I have given power, but I still want money. They take all the good things in the world." Zhu Yuanzhang continued to mutter, "You can't get used to their stinky problem. If you give so much this year, if you don't give it next year, it will be enough if you give it for several years in a row." If you don't give it in the future, it means that the royal family is not righteous!"

"Father!" Zhu Biao smiled again, "You should always use your seal!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's old face was a bit tangled, and he took out a small seal from his waist, heaved a sigh, and then pressed it down heavily, "You're a prodigal, a hundred thousand pennies, hum!"

(End of this chapter)