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With the arrival of Zhao Junchen, the congratulatory gifts filled with dozens of carriages made the hundreds of officials waiting outside the noon gate all amazed, pointing and discussing, and many officials from the DPRK and China gathered around Zhao Junchen and deliberately curryed favor. (If you like this book, please bookmark biquge.info)

And Zhao Junchen coped with the greetings of hundreds of officials, but he was amazed by Emperor Deqing's generosity.

Along the way, Zhao Junchen has noticed that the capital has already changed greatly because of the birthday of Emperor Deqing, from the west of Beijing to the Forbidden City, Qingyi is connected, along the way the color square is continuous, interspersed with lantern fangs, lantern towers, lantern galleries, dragon sheds are numerous; The people's homes and all kinds of shops are all colored incense cases, burning incense and praying for blessings; The temple view of the path, the large celebration altar; Along the road, the ministries, temples, prisons and other official offices of the capital, also build scripture sheds, set up color workshops, and are very lively.

However, after coming to the noon gate, Zhao Junchen realized that compared to the changes in the palace, the lively Qingyi in the capital was nothing at all.

At this time, the noon gate opened early, and hundreds of officials entered one after another, and the luxury in the palace was imprinted in his eyes, which made Zhao Junchen even more dumbfounded.

I saw that in the Forbidden City, there were craftsmen who used colorful paintings, cloth, silk and other objects to make colorful walls and corridors, decorated the corridors in the palace with gorgeous colors, and there were big characters such as "longevity without borders" and "ten thousand years of the Son of Heaven" made of colored silk appeared on the color wall; As far as the eye can see, the trees in the palace are all decorated with red and green silk, gorgeous and colorful; There are high sheds everywhere, the artists in the teaching workshop sing and dance endlessly, the palace is close to the left, and the musicians play "Qianqiu Music", "Qianqiuzi" and other birthday songs in unison, and when one wave is tired, it will change to another wave, never interrupted.

Emperor Deqing spent nearly 400,000 taels of silver in the inner treasury for his birthday, Zhao Junchen originally thought that there were eunuchs in the palace who did something, but it was just a glimpse of the palace outside the gate at noon, Zhao Junchen already understood that the 400,000 taels of silver were not complained, even if the eunuchs in the palace moved, the silver greedy for ink was only a decimal.

Not to mention the rest, just look at the colorful walls and corridors composed of silk and satin, if they are really all over the palace, the cost of silver will be tens of thousands of taels, not to mention the renovation in the palace and the purchase outside the palace.

"Is this a song and dance? Or is it a whitewash? Or is it a luxury? ”

Thinking of the embarrassment of the people he saw in Lu'an Mansion, Zhao Junchen shook his head secretly.

And just as Zhao Junchen was thinking about it, the palace guards had already checked the congratulatory gifts brought by Zhao Junchen, and they were also a little dumbfounded, but there was nothing forbidden, so they were quickly released.

……… After entering the palace, all kinds of congratulatory gifts were arranged by the people in the palace, and Zhao Junchen came to the Taihe Hall to wait, looking left and right, but found that the Taihe Hall at this time was completely different from the early court on weekdays.

In fact, because there were so many people who came to congratulate Emperor Deqing on his birthday, the officials below the third rank in the court could only wait outside the Taihe Hall to worship.

Perhaps because of the bad reputation, although there are many strange noble clans in the Taihe Palace, there are few who are interested in making friends with Zhao Junchen, most of them are around the prince Zhu Heyu, the first assistant Zhou Shangjing, the elder Huang Yourong, Shen Changmao and others, and Zhao Junchen is accompanied by only one Ministry of Works, Shangshu Zuo Lanshan, and there is a small chat.

Zhao Junchen was feeling bored, the bells and drums were ringing, and Emperor Deqing took the queen, concubines, and princes, hugged and shouted, and finally arrived.

"Everyone, get up quickly."

After the mountain called long live, Emperor Deqing asked everyone to get up, and his voice was loud.

Zhao Junchen stood behind the queue, and when he got up, he secretly raised his eyes, but saw that Emperor Deqing was in a very good mood, his face was full of red light, his face was radiant, and his three beautiful beards were deliberately trimmed, and he seemed to be much younger.

After everyone in the hall got up, Emperor Deqing then raised his voice and said: "I am very happy today, not because today is my 55th birthday, but before and after this birthday ceremony, the actions done by Zhong Aiqing made me see the strength of my Ming Dynasty, let me see the loyalty and filial piety of the officials and people of the world to me, and let me see the harmony between the monarchs and ministers of the court!" In this way, I am a great country, why can't I worry about it for hundreds of years? ”

As Emperor Deqing's words fell, all the officials in the palace shouted "Your Majesty Xià Shengming".

And Emperor Deqing continued: "In order to show the meaning of the whole world and celebrate, I issued an order today, amnesty to the world, hundreds of officials in the court, the second grade and above will be given pearl gold silk, the fourth grade and above officials will be given gold mirrors, and the officials below the fifth grade will be given beads and silks, and all the states in the world will be given a three-day holiday for feasting and resting!" ”

When Zhao Junchen shouted "Your Majesty is wise" with everyone, another eunuch screamed: "The birthday ceremony begins, and the music begins!" ”

In the Ming Dynasty, the emperor's birthday, also known as the "Wanshou Festival", was juxtaposed with the two major festivals of "Chao Sui" and "Sacrifice to the Heavens", which added to the solemn atmosphere and made it have a more sublime meaning. In this way, it is natural that the rules and etiquette are extremely complicated.

First of all, it was the officials, nobles, and clans who made a big salute to Emperor Deqing, not an ordinary big salute, but a thirty-three salutes, and Zhao Junchen only had to follow suit. After saluting, he saw that many older officials and nobles were already trembling and pale, but Emperor Deqing was unconscious, just looking at it with a smile.

Then, it was the famous officials, nobles, Confucians, and princes between the government and the opposition to take turns to congratulate Emperor Deqing, although Zhao Junchen was the champion of Deqing for 29 years, but his prestige and qualifications were not enough, and he still had nothing to do with such a ceremony, as long as he listened to those sour Confucians reciting those long texts that were mostly composed of pun and li sentences.

To be honest, Zhao Junchen didn't understand most of the words and sentences in these articles, but between his expressions, he was still intoxicated and deeply convinced.

During this period, there were all kinds of elegant music, singing and dancing, not mentioned.

When all the ceremonies were over, it was finally time for everyone to present congratulatory gifts to Emperor Deqing, and it was finally time for Zhao Junchen to be in the limelight.

As Zhao Junchen expected, the congratulatory gifts given to Emperor Deqing by the officials and nobles in the palace are relatively ordinary, most of them are elegant things such as calligraphy, famous paintings, antiques, etc., which seem precious, but compared with the net worth of everyone in the palace, it is a drop in the bucket, and Zhou Shangjing, the first assistant of the cabinet, is only dedicated to Emperor Deqing A birthday poem written by himself.

In the face of these congratulatory gifts, Emperor Deqing also had many words of thanks, but there were fewer surprises, and the process was a little dull.

Just when everyone was bored, a eunuch screamed again: "Zhao Junchen, the head of the household department and the head of the internal transportation warehouse, come to offer a congratulatory birthday message!" ”

As the eunuch's voice fell, everyone in the palace focused their eyes on Zhao Junchen, even Emperor Deqing, who was in good spirits.

Obviously, unconsciously, everyone has regarded Zhao Junchen's congratulatory gift as the ** program of the Halloween Festival.

"Oh? Is it Zhao Aiqing's turn to present a birthday gift? Emperor Deqing rarely spoke before the congratulatory gift appeared, and his expression was full of expectation: "I heard before I came to the Taihe Palace, Zhao Aiqing used thirty-seven carriages to carry the congratulatory gifts this time, and the congratulatory gifts sent by Zhao Aiqing in previous years were ingenious, and this year's congratulatory gifts, I think they will not disappoint me, and they will be presented quickly." ”

As Emperor Deqing's words fell, there was an uproar in the hall, some people came early, but they didn't know that Zhao Junchen's congratulatory gifts this year would need dozens of carriages to carry them.

Under the attention of everyone, Zhao Junchen hurriedly came out of the queue and saluted Emperor Deqing with a smile: "Your Majesty, the minister's congratulatory gift this year is a little different from previous years, there are three pieces, one of which was given to His Majesty by someone else on behalf of the minister." ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen say this, everyone in the hall was stunned, for so many years of the Wanshou Festival, it was the first time that someone gave gifts to the emperor on behalf of others.

But Emperor Deqing was even more interested, and raised his voice to urge: "Oh? There are three congratulatory gifts? Zhao Aiqing really bothered. Hurry up and let me enjoy it. ”

With the urging of Emperor Deqing, the eunuchs in the palace hurriedly presented the congratulatory gifts.

Under the joint efforts of the four famous eunuchs, Zhao Junchen's first congratulatory gift finally appeared in the eyes of everyone.

But it is a floor-to-ceiling single pendulum mechanical clock, not only with the height of people, but also exquisite and luxurious, there are dragon and phoenix carvings on the outside, gold and jade as the base, dragon needle jade carving, gold threads are connected.

"Oh? Is it a pendulum? But it is much taller than the ordinary pendulum, it is also delicate and luxurious, it looks luxurious and atmospheric, compared with the ordinary pendulum clock, it is also more lined with royal style, Zhao Aiqing has a heart. ”

Seeing the single-pendulum mechanical clock brought by the eunuchs, Emperor Deqing liked it quite a bit and nodded again and again.

As early as the Wanli period, there were foreign envoys to offer a mechanical clock, after the Wanli Emperor received this gift, he appreciated it very much, almost every day to watch, night and night caressing. He also issued a summons to set up a palace workshop specializing in the manufacture of mechanical clocks, which was exclusively used by him, his relatives and confidants.

However, although there are palace workshops to make them, most of the mechanical clocks manufactured are imitations, without innovation, and they are all small mechanical clocks placed on the table.

And Zhao Junchen's mechanical clock, in fact, the manufacturing process is not difficult, at least the palace workshop can also be manufactured, but its height of seven feet, gold and jade decoration, and dragon and phoenix carving, but the atmosphere is a lot more luxurious, Emperor Deqing naturally likes it.

Zhao Junchen said with a smile: "Your Majesty, a large pendulum similar to this, the minister made a total of fifty-five, in order to celebrate His Majesty's fifty-fifth birthday, not only to His Majesty, but also to all the ladies in the palace, so that under the popularity of the palace, His Majesty can be seen not only everywhere." ”

Emperor Deqing looked surprised and laughed: "Oh? Fifty-five? Zhao Aiqing bothered, I was very relieved, but this kind of congratulatory gift is only the first congratulatory gift, with Zhao Aiqing's temperament, the next two congratulatory gifts will inevitably be more novel and rare, and they will be presented quickly. ”

Zhao Junchen nodded with a smile and said to Emperor Deqing: "Your Majesty, this second congratulatory gift, but the minister borrowed flowers to offer the Buddha, not deliberately prepared by the minister, but someone entrusted the minister to send it to His Majesty, but there are too many of them, and it is not like this pendulum to only bring one for His Majesty to watch, and please move to the outside of the Taihe Hall to watch with the ministers." ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen say this, Emperor Deqing became more and more curious, although Zhao Junchen's request was a little unruly, but Emperor Deqing's interest was quite high, and he smiled: "Oh? What exactly is a congratulatory gift? Do you need to let me go outside the Taihe Hall to watch? Okay, just follow Zhao Aiqing's wishes, all Aiqing, are you willing to go with me to watch Zhao Aiqing's congratulatory gift? ”

For Emperor Deqing's inquiry, everyone in the hall naturally had no reluctance, and under the leadership of Emperor Deqing, they came to the outside of the Taihe Palace.

Then, both Emperor Deqing and the officials and nobles were stunned by the scene outside the Taihe Palace.

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