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The first day of the Lunar New Year is perhaps the most important day of the year for many officials. (The fastest update speed is on the Aishang Novel Network biquge.info)

Without him, this day happened to be the birthday of Emperor Deqing.

It is rumored that a large part of the reason why Emperor Deqing looked at Emperor Deqing the most during his lifetime is because Emperor Deqing was born on the first day of the Lunar New Year, which is the day of sacrificing to the gods and Buddhas, removing the old and clothing the new, welcoming the jubilee and receiving blessings, and praying for a good year.

And the Deqing Emperor is also quite proud of his birthday, quite boasted of being the "chosen one", since he ascended the throne, he attaches great importance to his birthday, and every year it is very grand, and this year's treasury is rich in money, even more so.

In short, this day is the best time for officials in the court to pat Emperor Deqing's ass, and many court officials have been valued by Emperor Deqing because of the comfort of the fart and the good birthday gift on this day.

Among them, Zhao Junchen is a representative figure. The congratulatory gifts he gives every year are not only ingenious, but also extremely valuable.

The year before last, Zhao Junchen's birthday gift to Emperor Deqing was fifty-three carved dragons, with wood carvings, stone carvings, jade carvings, gold carvings and silver carvings, Emperor Deqing was overjoyed, and not long after, Zhao Junchen was promoted to the head of the household.

Last year, Zhao Junchen's birthday gift to Emperor Deqing was a robe with five hundred and forty small pearls, and the golden threads were connected to form ten longevity characters, and Emperor Deqing couldn't put it down, and it didn't take long for Zhao Junchen to take charge of the inner transport warehouse.

At least, in the eyes of many people, the fundamental reason why Zhao Junchen has today's achievement status is that he is good at patting Emperor Deqing's sycophants.

And this year, what kind of birthday gift Zhao Junchen will give is also a matter of great concern to many officials in the DPRK and China.

……… On this day, because Emperor Deqing wanted to lead the royal clans to worship the ancestors of heaven and earth and re-order the family motto, it was rare for hundreds of officials in the court not to go to the early court.

Until after noon, before half of the time, the hundred officials will enter the palace, congratulate the Deqing Emperor on his birthday, send a birthday gift, if the Deqing Emperor is in high spirits, the hundred officials can also stay in the palace to enjoy the imperial banquet.

Because of the special day, Ge Lao Huang Yourong did not dare to play music like the morning dynasty on weekdays, and always stepped on the sedan chair at the hour, but rushed to the noon gate in the sedan chair early, in order to show his respect and loyalty to Emperor Deqing. However, when the sedan chair came to the official road in front of the palace, it suddenly stopped and did not move forward for a long time.

In the sedan chair, Huang Yourong was still waiting patiently, but after waiting for a while, he still didn't see the sedan chair move, and finally couldn't hold it back, opened the sedan curtain, poked his head out, and asked impatiently: "What's the matter?" Why don't you go? Delayed the official to celebrate His Majesty's birthday, what do you expect? ”

As soon as the words fell, looking at the scene in front of the sedan chair, Huang Yourong couldn't help but be stunned, and finally understood why his sedan chair couldn't move forward.

It turned out that at this time, a large number of carriages were rushing from the turn of the official road towards the direction of the noon gate, one after another, one after another, Huang Yourong roughly counted, there were no less than thirty or fifty.

Because of these carriages, not only Huang Yourong's sedan chair, but also many officials of the DPRK and China who were rushing to the noon gate were all blocked from the way, and the official road in front of the palace was also chaotic.

Just when Huang Yourong was confused about the scene in front of him, Liu Lu, who had gone to inquire about the news, hurried to Huang Yourong's sedan chair.

"What's going on with these wagons? The official road in front of the palace, can it accommodate the passage of carriages? How can it be so chaotic? ”

Huang Yourong frowned and asked again.

Liu Lu's face was strange, but he still explained to Huang Yourong: "If you go back to the master, I went to investigate, these carriages are all under the mansion of Zhao Junchen, the head of the household, and they are all filled with birthday gifts from Zhao Shangshu to His Majesty." ”

Huang Yourong was taken aback, pointed to the dozens of carriages running around, and asked incredulously: "All those carriages are carrying birthday gifts?" ”

Liu Lu nodded again and again and said, "Yes, I have asked clearly, and it is indeed all birthday gifts for His Majesty." ”

Hearing Liu Lu say this, Huang Yourong glanced at the carriage not far away again, and snorted lightly: "This Zhao Junchen, this year is another big deal, Your Majesty's birthday this year, it seems that he is going to monopolize the limelight again...... After all, he is young and vigorous, and he is short-sighted......"

The strange thing is that when Huang Yourong said this, his expression seemed to be smiling but not smiling, with both envy and some disdain.

Muttering to himself, the carriages loaded with birthday gifts finally passed through the bend.

Then, Huang Yourong saw that Zhao Junchen's sedan chair was following behind the carriage and also walked in the direction of the noon gate.

After pondering for a while, Huang Yourong ordered: "Follow up, the old man wants to say a few words to this Shangshu master." ”

……… At the same time, Zhao Junchen lifted the curtains on the sedan chair, looked at the hundred officials sitting in the sedan chair blocked by the carriage at the intersection, and saw that many people were pointing in his direction, shaking his head and muttering to himself: "Isn't it a little shocking?" Seeing such a scene, all the officials and the people are afraid that they will talk about it. ”

Xu Qingyan followed next to the sedan chair, feeling that Zhao Junchen was in the limelight, and he was also majestic, hearing Zhao Junchen say this, he couldn't help but say proudly: "Young master, how do the officials and the people talk about it, and what does it matter to us?" 陛xià likes it. If you want me to see, when the hundred officials see the young master so generous, they must be envious and jealous in their hearts, young master, your birthday gift this year is not only generous, but also ingenious, and it will definitely be able to dominate the limelight again, but I don't know what Your Majesty will reward this time. ”

Hearing Xu Qingyan say this, Zhao Junchen shook his head and smiled: "You, it's too superficial, the birthday gifts we have given to His Majesty over the years have certainly dominated the limelight, but to say that hundreds of officials will be envious and jealous because of this, it may not be, but if it is said to be schadenfreude, it is very likely." ”

Xu Qingyan was slightly stunned, and looked at Zhao Junchen in confusion.

Seeing Xu Qingyan like this, Zhao Junchen sighed and asked, "Qingyan, let me ask you, in your opinion, why did last year and the year before last, at His Majesty's birthday banquet, only the congratulatory gifts we gave dominated the limelight?" ”

Xu Qingyan replied hesitantly: "Because the young master understands His Majesty's mind best?" ”

Zhao Junchen shook his head, a wry smile flashed on his face: "Wrong, because we are the shortest-sighted." ”

Xu Qingyan was stunned again, and asked incredulously: "We are in the limelight, Your Majesty is satisfied, why is it the shortest-sighted?" ”

Zhao Junchen sighed and explained: "The year before last, we gave His Majesty fifty-three carved dragons, there is no shortage of gold, silver and jade, and they are all from the hands of famous artists, which seems to be ingenious, but do you really think that the hundred officials can't think of it?" Last year's pearl longevity robe, the same is true, although it is novel, but do you really think that the officials of the court and the central government are so stupid that they can't think of a better and more novel birthday gift? ”

Xu Qingyan asked in a daze: "Then why did they let us take the limelight?" Don't they want to be in the limelight? ”

Zhao Junchen said lightly: "Because they will set up an archway and cherish their reputation." The reason why we will be out of the limelight in the first two years, in the final analysis, is only because we spent more silver, the fifty-three carved dragons, if I remember correctly, spent more than 20,000 taels of silver, and the pearl robe, is worth more than 30,000 taels, when it is given to His Majesty, compared with the ancient paintings sent by hundreds of officials, although it looks conspicuous and out of the limelight, but what is more conspicuous and more limelight is the silver we use when we hold the birthday ceremony, you think, How can a Qing official have so much silver to give His Majesty a birthday gift? Those two birthday gifts were given out in front of hundreds of officials, aren't they just preaching everywhere that we are corrupt officials? It's not without reason that I'm notorious in the government and the opposition, and I was really short-sighted in the past. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.

When he learned about the birthday gifts that "he" gave to Emperor Deqing two years ago, he was also stunned for a long time, only to feel that the former Zhao Junchen was extremely short-sighted. When he was a bitch, he still wanted to set up an archway, but Zhao Junchen in the past didn't care about his reputation, why did he really care about nothing to please Emperor Deqing. But he didn't know that if Emperor Deqing turned his face in the future, or someone else liquidated the impeachment, the birthday gifts he used to curry favor with Emperor Deqing in the past would be ironclad evidence in the future!

If you want to send some expensive gifts, you can send them privately, and it is not that you have not done it in the past, so blatant and known to the world, it can only be said that "you can't live if you do your own evil".

When Huang Yourong saw Zhao Junchen's birthday ceremony before, his expression seemed to be envious and disdainful, and it was precisely because he saw through this.

On the other side, after hearing Zhao Junchen's explanation, Xu Qingyan also understood, but he became more and more puzzled, pointed to the dozens of carriages in front of the sedan chair, and asked: "In this case, is our congratulatory gift this year too valuable?" ”

Zhao Junchen shook his head and sighed: "Since the wood has been completed, if you want to reverse your impression and reputation, you can only take it slowly, if you change it rashly, it will make Your Majesty unhappy and think that I am neglecting him." What's more, although these congratulatory gifts sent this year are all generous, in the final analysis, they are just ingenious, and they don't cost much silver, and some of them are not meant to be given in person. ”

Just when Xu Qingyan wanted to say something, he saw a sedan chair approaching Zhao Junchen's sedan chair quickly.

Xu Qingyan was most familiar with the entourage of hundreds of officials in the court, and when he saw the entourage next to the sedan chair, he had already explained to Zhao Junchen: "Young master, it is the sedan chair of the old Huang Ge. ”

Before Zhao Junchen nodded, Xu Qingyan stepped aside, and Huang Yourong's sedan chair was already close to parallel.

Then, I saw Huang Yourong open the curtain next to the sedan chair and face Zhao Junchen's expression, full of kindness and cordiality, without the slightest coldness and disdain before.

"I've seen Huang Ge Lao." Zhao Junchen's expression was full of respect, and he gestured to Huang Yourong: "Huang Ge Lao came early today. ”

Huang Yourong also nodded, and then asked with a smile: "Today is His Majesty's birthday, the old man naturally doesn't dare to slack off, but Junchen, the birthday gift given to His Majesty Xià needs dozens of carriages to load, it's really a big deal, I'm afraid this year I'm going to dominate the limelight again." ”

Zhao Junchen shook his head and smiled: "Where is it, the lower officials are just doing some things for His Majesty, and where is it to show off?" But he didn't expect the movement to be too big, seeing that he had hindered Huang Ge Lao's sedan chair just now, Xia Guan was feeling guilty, and hoped that Huang Ge Lao would not blame him. ”

Huang Yourong waved his hand and said, "It's not in the way, it's not in the way." ”

During the chat, seeing that the noon gate was approaching, Huang Yourong suddenly changed his words and said: "Speaking of which, we, the court officials, can only take a break these days before and after the New Year. ”

Zhao Junchen felt that Huang Yourong's words meant something, but he couldn't understand it for a while, so he just said: "Huang Ge Lao said that you are old and strong, and you have rich experience, just the so-called old man holds the country, what can make you overwhelmed?" ”

Huang Yourong seemed to be smiling, but sighed: "Old, old, where can you compare to you rising stars?" However, what the old man meant was that while he was free in the past few days, the old man intended to invite Junchen, as well as Lord Shoufu Zhou, and Shen Ge Lao to get together together, I don't know what Junchen wants? ”

Zhao Junchen was secretly shocked in his heart, now in the court, except for the prince's party, the main forces are occupied and divided by Zhou Shangjing, Huang Yourong, Shen Changmao and Zhao Junchen himself.

But for this banquet, although he didn't know Huang Yourong's purpose, Zhao Junchen naturally wouldn't agree, and said: "Huang Ge Lao has a banquet, how dare the lower officials refuse?" ”

Seeing that Zhao Junchen agreed, Huang Yourong nodded with satisfaction.

And between the two chatting, the noon gate has arrived, and before the noon gate, hundreds of officials gathered.

Emperor Deqing's birthday ceremony is about to begin as the hour approaches.

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