Chapter 95: The New Year's Banquet

The snow in North Korea is like an oil painting, stacked with layers of material, while the snow in Jinling is like a danqing, just sketched by hand, leaving a large blank space, just a light white sprinkle between heaven and earth.

In today's Jinling City, there is a bit of festivity.

It's just that last year's Nanjing Massacre had too much impact on Nanjing City, and it was by no means a year to recover its vitality. Only in a few bustling streets can there be a place of red confetti and a faint smell of gunsmoke.

Nowadays, firearms are used on a large scale, and gunpowder is in short supply much more than in previous years.

However, this year's Wen'an concert is named Zhang Xuan, saying that this New Year's Day banquet will be held in a big way.

There are many reasons for the big deal, showing the world to be stable. There is also the world to show orthodoxy.

Anyway, now Zhang Xuan has been sitting in the position of emperor for more than a year, and the internship period has long passed. The world also regarded him, the emperor, as ordinary. The power structure has also stabilized for the time being, and after a busy year, many things have been fruitful.

For example, measuring land, such as clearing taxes, such as rectifying soldiers and horses, such as sorting out salt administration, such as the battle to conquer Taiwan, such as trade with the Dutch.

And so on and so forth, if you talk about it in detail, you don't know how much.

Zhang Xuan also nodded, as a reward for the upper and lower people.

Zhang Xuan pulled out 100,000 taels of silver from the treasury to do this thing. Of course, Zhang Xuan was not so extravagant that he ate a meal for 100,000 taels of silver, but the 100,000 taels of silver, nearly half of which had to be distributed among the yamen below as a red envelope or bonus allocated by the emperor.

Only the officials of the various yamen of the Jingshi were entitled to a meal at the palace.

And it doesn't take 50,000 taels to eat.

Of these 50,000 taels, there are quite a few of them. They are all used to repair some buildings in the palace, and you can't let people eat in the open air, how cold it is. In other words, part of the funds for this renovation seem to have gone to the account of the household department, but it is actually the affairs of the palace.

It can be regarded as Zhang Xuan's little abacus.

It's really a poor man with short ambitions, and a horse with long hair and thin hair. The treasury is by no means rich, and the palace is also tight, so Zhang Xuan can only act like this.

On the day of the New Year's Day, the famous chefs of Nanjing, and even the big restaurants in the south of the Yangtze River were recruited into the palace. After all, Zhang Xuan is in the harem, and there are more than 100 people around him.

And this time the banquet was about thousands of people, and all the Beijing officials and even the officials were in the process of being invited.

Of course, high-ranking officials are invited into the main hall, and those who are small officials. It's just outside.

Such a big banquet is simply not something that the chefs in the palace can host.

Zhang Xuan could only let the people from the restaurant outside enter the palace, of course, it was also very pressing

Price, many chefs are very valuable outside, but today, it is just a hard fee, otherwise so many chefs are invited. I can't hold it for a few thousand taels of silver.

For a time, the entire palace was lit up.

Before night, it was lively.

Zhang Xuan was in the apse, and Luo Yujiao was sorting out Zhang Xuan's clothes. Zhang Xuan crossed his hands and said, "Just do this thing." ”

Luo Yujiao said: "In the past, I can't see you every day, I just want you to come back in the future, we can see each other every day together, but I don't want to now, although we are separated by several walls, but every day you go back to the palace late at night, and go in the early morning, you don't know how to talk to each other, and sometimes you don't go back to the palace for several nights, so you simply rest in the front palace." I'm not going to take the time to stay with you a little longer. ”

Zhang Xuan was a little ashamed in his heart and said, "I'm sorry." ”

Luo Yujiao said: "It's nothing, marrying a big hero is like that." ”

Zhang Xuan said: "After this period of time, I will take time to accompany you, and when the world is decided in the future, I will pass the position to An'er, you and I will wander the rivers and lakes, how about the two of us?" ”

Luo Yujiao smiled: "Don't lie to me, don't I know?" Jiangshan Sheji is not a matter that day, and every thing that reports to you may be a trivial matter to you, but for the people below in Shengdou, it is a major event, and it must not be ignored. I can't let you be a dumb man. ”

"By the way, there is something to tell you, Xiaoya is pregnant."

When Zhang Xuan heard this, he suddenly felt sorry for Luo Yujiao in his heart, and muttered in his mouth, not knowing what to say.

But I heard Luo Yujiao continue: "So I am also relieved, you are now the king of a country, there are only two or three people in the harem, and there is only one son and one daughter under your knees, which is too little." Those ministers outside have been clamoring for a draft for you. Now it can be regarded as calming down a little bit of the controversy. ”

Zhang Xuan sighed lightly, as the emperor only has one son, it is indeed very bad, seeing that Zhengde had no children after his death, and after Jiajing succeeded to the throne, it can be seen how much movement he made.

To a certain extent, Zhang Xuan's family affairs are state affairs.

Once Zhang An has something. Who belongs to this matter in Daxia, I don't know how big a thing to do.

Therefore, the ministers hope that Zhang Xuan will accept a woman, and it cannot be said that it is not public.

Zhang Xuan hugged Luo Yujiao and said, "I'm sorry." ”

There was a trace of bitterness in Luo Yujiao's eyes, and she didn't know if she regretted asking her husband to find a marquis. But in the blink of an eye, this trace of bitterness passed away in a blink of an eye. said: "It's not early, there is a banquet in the harem for me to preside, you better go to the front." ”

"Okay." Zhang Xuan said: "I went over, in fact, it was a face job, accepting the congratulations of hundreds of officials, and after some courtesy, I came back." ”

"When the time comes, I

When we get together as a family, it can be regarded as a good year. ”

"Okay." Luo Yujiao said: "After I deal with those people, I will rush back quickly." ”

Zhang Xuan immediately went out and walked out under the protection of the brigade guards.

It didn't take long to come to the main hall.

All the civil and military officials have arrived.

As soon as Zhang Xuan arrived, everyone bowed, not once, but bowed, and shouted three times: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

Zhang Xuan was dressed in a crown dress, and with a slight movement, the bead curtain on the crown in front of him jingled, crisp and pleasant. After the salute was finished, he said, "Zhongqing is flat." ”

All the ministers of civil and military affairs sat down one after another.

This banquet is similar to the ancient system of separate tables, the ministers are divided into civil and military sides, and of course, there are some special personnel, that is, the envoys from all sides.

In fact, if you follow the red tape, I don't know how long it will take. However, Zhang Xuan has never been impatient with this, these things can be reduced. Zhang Xuan got up and raised his glass and said: "Back then, there was no way, the people were not happy, Taizu was a son of the army, and he wanted to help the world, and now it has been more than 20 years. Now the east is in the north, but the south is considered coarse, and my generation enjoys wealth and nobility, rather than the work of Taizu? This cup is dedicated to Taizu. ”

A glass of wine is poured onto the ground.

And all the ministers poured their cups of wine on the ground.

Zhang Xuan immediately raised another glass of wine and said, "For more than ten years, the old brother of the year, I don't know how many people have left?" If they live, they will rejoice in the light of today. Speaking of this, Zhang Xuan seemed to think of something and said: "The Ministry of Rites has set out to collect the list of the old brothers who have died, and I want to erect a monument to remember." ”

"Obey." The Ministry of Rites Shangshu Wen Anzhi said.

Zhang Xuan said: "A glass to all the martyrs. Another glass of wine was spilled.

Then he took another glass of wine and said: "The situation in the world can have today is because all the ministers are of one heart and one mind. ”

The ministers below got up one after another, and for a while, the voices of gratitude sounded, and some said: "Your Majesty, the ministers dare not take it seriously." Some said, "Thank you, Lord Longen." Others said, "The grace of God is vast." ”

In short, there is everything to say.

After three glasses of wine, the banquet was held, there was no so-called singing and dancing music, and there was no dancing girl Gong'e. Zhang Xuan was all exempted to save money. He secretly said in his heart: "This banquet is over." Just as he was about to retire, he saw a man kneeling at the door of the main hall, crying and saying, "The Korean envoy Zhao Chengli begged Your Majesty to save North Korea." ”

When Zhang Xuan heard this, the first thought in his heart was: "I'm afraid I can't go back to celebrate the New Year with Yujiao today." "Because he understands very well, the Korean envoys, there is no big thing, and he will never dare to be on the main hall, at this time, there is such a trouble.