The sacrificial stove is also called the ci stove in the Juzhou area, which is a traditional custom that has a great influence on the Han people and spreads very widely. m.jznzt.

The folk sacrificial stove originated from the ancient people's custom of worshipping fire. "Interpretation" "Stove." Create, create, create, food. "The duty of the god of the stove was to take charge of the fire and manage the diet, which was later expanded to investigate the good and evil in the world in order to bring blessings and misfortunes. The sacrificial stove has a history of thousands of years in Chinese folk, and the belief in the god of the stove is a reflection of the Chinese people's pursuit of the dream of "having more food and clothing". The traditional day of the folk sacrifice stove is the 24th day of the lunar month, and most of the southern regions still maintain the ancient tradition of celebrating the 24th lunar month.

From the middle and late Qing Dynasty, the emperor's family held a ceremony to worship the sky on the 23rd day of the lunar month, in order to "save expenses", by the way, the king of the stove also worshipped, so the northern region mostly celebrated the New Year on the 23rd of the lunar month.

Juzhou is located at the intersection of Shandong Province and Nanzhili, and has both northern characteristics and southern imprints in customs. Until now, there is still a saying that "the third is the king's speech, the fourth is the people's speech, and the fifth is forgotten, and the other is six", which probably originated in the late Qing Dynasty. Therefore, in Ju County, there are both the twenty-third resignation of the lunar month and the twenty-fourth resignation of the lunar month.

It is said that on this day, the Lord of the Stove will go to heaven to report the good and evil of this family to the Jade Emperor, so that the Jade Emperor will reward and punish. When he resigned from the stove, he also melted the Kanto sugar (sugar melon) with fire and smeared it on the mouth of the king of the stove, so that he could not speak ill of the Jade Emperor in front of him. "Men do not worship the moon, women do not sacrifice to the stove" custom, so the sacrifice to the king of the stove is limited to men.

There is also a legend about the king of the stove in Juzhou folk.

Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a family with an average family background. There is a schoolchild in the family who is studying in a private school, and there is a river between the home and the private school. In the summer, the river swelled, and every time the schoolboy went to and from school, an old man with a white beard carried him across the river.

Until one day, when the old man crossed the river on his back again, the schoolboy asked, "Old man, why do you carry me across the river every day?" Who are you? ”

The white-bearded old man replied, "I am the king of your family's stove, because you have a noble body, you will be able to win the champion in the future." Your noble body can't touch the water in this river, so the Jade Emperor sent me to carry you across the river. ”

The ignorant schoolboy remembered the words of the white-bearded old man, and when he returned home, he told his parents about it, and of course the parents were very happy.

When the child's mother resigned from the stove on the 24th day of the lunar month, she poked the forehead of the portrait of the king of the stove with a burning stick and said, "Lord of the stove, you have to carry my child to school well, and when he is the champion, I will repay the kindness and the grievance!" ”

When the Lord of the Stove went to heaven to report to the Jade Emperor, the Jade Emperor saw that there was a piece of blue on his forehead, so he asked him what was going on.

The Jade Emperor was very angry when he heard this, and said, "It seems that it is wrong to give his child a noble body, and his mother does not deserve this noble body." ”

So he sent the noble god to the lower realm to draw his noble bones at the appointed hour.

The Lord of the Stove consciously said more, brought trouble to the child, and felt that the child was innocent, so he told the schoolboy about it, and told him that at a certain moment, you will be mixed with pain, and at that time you should not cry out for pain no matter what, just grit your teeth and hold on for half an hour, and it will be fine. In this way, you will still have the blessing to eat some good things in your life.

So the schoolboy did as the king of the stove instructed. Since then, the Lord of the Stove will no longer carry him across the river.

The hostess of the house was full of remorse, regretting that she should not have offended the king of the stove by talking nonsense when she was leaving the stove. Since then, the folk have had the custom of "women do not sacrifice to the stove".

And that schoolboy didn't even get into the exam in the end, and he was a private mat for a lifetime and ate good food for a lifetime. but for a lifetime.

Before the New Year's Festival, He Zhiyuan visited all the workshops, the Academy of Sciences, the firearms factory and the barracks. The common people and families have to put sugar on the mouth of the king of the stove, so that he can say more good things after he goes to heaven. And the bosses will also give rewards to the workers before the New Year's Day, share benefits, let them take them home, and say good things for the boss.

Everywhere He Zhiyuan went, he naturally had a red envelope per person, and the red envelopes were large and small, the big ones were seven or eight taels of silver, and the small ones were also one or two pieces of silver. This circle of red envelopes was distributed, and at least thirty or forty thousand taels of silver were spent. All these expenses are worth it, at least the workers in these workshops will be more motivated and productive next year. At this time, there are few workshops, and it is very good for farmers to find a job, and it is impossible to change jobs after sending red envelopes.

After spending the New Year at home, He Zhiyuan went to the Luoquanzhuang Coal Mine in Yizhou the next day. According to the rules of the coal mine in the past, even during the Chinese New Year, these miners could only take one day off, and they could not leave the coal mine, and they only had a little more meat than usual in terms of food. The kiln owners were afraid that the miners would not come back after returning home for the Chinese New Year. The reason why they are reluctant to come back is not because they work too hard, eat too poorly, and pay too little.

He Zhiyuan decided to change this rule, and on the first day he arrived here, He Zhiyuan instructed the account room to give each miner a red envelope of 500 yuan. After all, He Zhiyuan has only been in the coal mine for a month, and a red envelope of 500 wen is already a lot, and this is the first owner in the coal mine to send New Year's red envelopes to miners, and even the account room is very surprised.

Although the accident account room was still happily executed, after all, he also came here to work, and he gave red envelopes to miners, and naturally his red envelopes were indispensable.

After arranging the red envelopes, He Zhiyuan found Mine Chief Yin and Shopkeeper Sun to inquire about the situation here. Mine Chief Yin first said, "Mr. He, since the salary was raised, the output has more than doubled this month. That's a lot of extra money. ”

He Zhiyuan smiled and said, "This is a good thing, I have said a long time ago that I will not lose money if I raise my salary." This time it came true. I'm here to give you New Year's red envelopes this time, 500 wen per miner. At lunchtime, gather everyone together and send it together. The heads of each station each have one tael of silver, two taels of silver in the account room, and five taels of silver per person for Yin Mine Chief and Sun Shopkeeper. ”

When everyone heard the unexpected news, they were very happy and thanked each other, saying that the owner was really bold.

At this time, Mine Chief Yin said, "Master He, last time you rescued my son, I haven't thanked you yet, this time I want to give a red envelope, others can take my this, I can't take it." ”

"It's a gesture to save your son, and besides, your son was wronged and shouldn't have been locked up in prison. The red envelope is just a lottery and has nothing to do with saving your son. He Zhiyuan finished with a smile, and then asked, "Mine Chief Yin, what are you doing during this time after your son goes home?" ”

Mine Chief Yin said helplessly: "After I came out of prison, I have been in poor health and have been taking care of my body at home, and I will find a job after the New Year." ”

He Zhiyuan thought to himself, Mine Chief Yin was good at prospecting, and he didn't know that his son was also influenced by him and liked to do this. In this way, I can ask him to help me find the ore veins in the future. It was he who asked, "I wonder how old your son is this year and what he likes to do?" ”

"He is the third oldest in the family, and he has been following me for a few years after studying at 17 this year. I didn't read very well, but I learned well about prospecting. ”

"That's great, I know the general location of some minerals, how about coming to me next year to look for veins?" He Zhiyuan said immediately.

"Okay, I'm worried about him, I'll be relieved to let him follow Childe." Mine Chief Yin didn't expect to find something to do for his son so easily.

After the matter was decided, He Zhiyuan asked the shopkeeper Sun again, "How much has the waste kiln been purchased here?" ”

"In addition to the coal kilns that are now being excavated and have the main owner, the other coal kilns are ours, a total of one hundred and twenty-six, including thirty-eight high-grade kilns, fifty-five medium-grade kilns, and the others are low-grade kilns with a depth of more than 20 zhang and poor coal quality." Shopkeeper Sun replied like a treasure.

"After the spring of next year, the high-grade kiln will be mined first." He Zhiyuan said, and then asked, "You two first calculate how many miners you need to recruit?" ”

The two were shocked when they heard this, and at the same time asked, "If the construction starts next year, what will happen to the water in this kiln?" ”

He Zhiyuan smiled mysteriously, and then said, "You don't have to worry about this, I have my own way, and you will know when the time comes." ”

Then, Mine Chief Yin calculated for a while and said, "If all of these thirty-eight high-grade mines are started, at least 10,000 people will be needed, where can we find so many miners, this is unlikely." ”

He Zhiyuan was also shocked when he heard this number, but he didn't expect that coal mining is really a labor-intensive industry. So he had no choice but to say, "Then open a third, and recruit 3,000 people first." ”

In fact, before the Industrial Revolution, every industry was labor-intensive.

After the meeting, the participants received red envelopes, and then informed all the miners in the three coal kilns that they would all come back for dinner at noon today.

At noon, in the compound where the miners were eating and lodging, He Zhiyuan asked the guards to carry baskets of copper coins in strings. When the miners heard the baskets of copper coins, their eyes lit up and they were talking.

Then he stood on a stone platform and said to everyone: "Workers, today is the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, and the New Year will be celebrated in a few days." Today, I will give you a New Year's red envelope of 500 yuan per person, which is also a little bit of my heart. ”

When more than 800 miners heard this, some of them burst into tears of joy, and some thanked them repeatedly, and for a while the crowd buzzed like bees that had exploded their nests.

He Zhiyuan said loudly, "Everyone be quiet, there is good news to tell you." ”

The crowd immediately quieted down and listened to He Zhiyuan's speech. Then he continued

"After receiving the red envelope today, I will leave work in the afternoon. Everyone go to the bathhouse in Luoquanzhuang and take a shower. There are five big fat pigs sold in the room, come back to help kill the pigs in the room, please drink a drink tonight, the white flour steamed buns are full, the pork is enough, the wine may be full of wine, half a catty of liquor per person. Tomorrow I will have a holiday after receiving my salary, and I will come to work on the seventh day of the first month of next year. ”

Everyone was just about to cheer, He Zhiyuan pressed down with both hands and signaled everyone to be quiet. Then he asked, "Would you like to go home, raise your hand and let me see?" ”

Most of the people in the group raised their hands, and He Zhiyuan took a general look, there were about six hundred people. Then he said to everyone, "The workers who go home should publicize it in the village, and we will recruit people here after the beginning of spring next year, and each person will bring five people to work." Can you do it? ”

"Boss, you treat us so well, let alone bring five people, even ten can bring it."

"Yes, the owner treats us as people, and we think about the owner for the sake of the owner. The owner recruits people, and we should do our part. ”

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