The Lantern Festival is the most lively festival in Daming, and it is even more than that, but it has to be traced back even further.

I don't know how many Tang poems and Song poems about the Lantern Festival, and there are countless famous articles.

Zhu Xu and the five elders, from this end of Chang'an Avenue to that end, congratulatory messages, rewards, flower boats, and lanterns like dragons pushed this warm atmosphere to the extreme.

On Chang'an Street, the flowers are splendid, singing and thundering, like a sea of lights, bright as day, lion dance, juggling, all kinds of shouting, noisy and shouting, one after another, blazing hot like boiling.

After a long walk, Zhu Xu, Bi Ziyan and other cabinet assistants came to a restaurant, sitting at a table, looking at the fireworks outside, listening to the shouts, all of them lost their usual seriousness and nervousness, each of them was smiling and quite relaxed.

"Here, raise a glass."

Zhu Xu held the wine glass and looked at the crowd and said loudly.

A group of people all smiled and raised their glasses, accompanying Zhu Xu to drink.

Although the government is under great pressure, the situation is chaotic, and the courtiers have different thoughts, they are all 'work', and aside from these, everyone can still have fun and talk and laugh.

Zhu Xu was also a lot more relaxed, and said with a smile: "Today, you don't need to be restrained, drink freely, get drunk, and I will be responsible for delivering it." ”

Bi Ziyan and the others all smiled politely, but the guests were happy.

"Uncle Huang ......"

Not long after, Xiao Yongning suddenly ran up, saw so many people, and saluted very stiffly, and came to whisper in Zhu Xu's ear: "Uncle Huang, my aunt refuses to come out." ”

Zhu Xu had already expected it, sighed in his heart, and became more and more disgusted with the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty.

So many beautiful pictures just slipped away in my mind.

"Sit down and eat." Zhu Xu smiled quietly.

The little girl sat next to Zhu Xu, and in front of outsiders, she still put on a princess demeanor, but she was not rude.

The cabinet officials naturally knew that Her Royal Highness the princess was willful and naughty, but there was nothing out of the ordinary, so they all smiled and signaled.

This meal, this Lantern Festival is very good in the whole capital, after all, the price control in the capital is excellent, the business is relatively developed, and there are a lot of rich people, almost all night celebrations, endlessly.

When Zhu Xu and the others were eating, the Zhang family was now also beaming with joy and lights.

The Zhang family is all internal supervisors, the palace maids are walking around, Zhang Yun is constantly being dressed up and dressed up, going to this side, going to that side, especially all aspects of the wedding ceremony, meticulous.

The Zhang family is busy with the work, and they are not tired at all.

"Come back for me, help your sister ......" Mrs. Zhang grabbed Zhang Shu, who was about to escape, and said angrily.

Zhang Shu shook her head and screamed, "Mother, people are very tired, why is my sister married, it's me ......who is tired?"

"Come over to me." Mrs. Zhang pulled Zhang Shu back and reprimanded her in a low voice.

Zhang Yun stood in the middle of the hall, and a group of palace maids were busy with her, still chattering non-stop.

After a while, a consul palace maid said, "Niangniang, after saying so much, I guess you don't remember much, don't worry, we still have time." ”

Zhang Yun had a heavy phoenix crown on his head and a big red curtain on his body, adding up to at least dozens of catties, standing there without moving, chuckling and saying, "It's okay, I remember everything." ”

Several palace maids looked at each other, and the consul palace maid hurriedly said: "It's okay, we will lead us when the time comes, as long as the mother listens to us, she will not be wrong." ”

"Okay." Zhang Yun glanced at them with his eyes and said with a toothless smile.

The palace maids didn't think that Zhang Yun could remember, and they fiddled with it more and more dedicatedly.

This one is going to live in Kunning Palace, the master of the Middle Palace, they don't dare to be careless at all.

Zhu Xu was half drunk outside the palace, took Xiao Yongning back to the palace, and celebrated the Lantern Festival with Empress Dowager Zhang, Li Jieyu and others.

Because Ciye kept making trouble, Li Jieyu had to take the two little guys to retreat first.

Empress Dowager Zhang saw that Zhu Xu was a little drunk, and said, "I heard that Ryukyu is going to pay tribute to a woman to enter the palace?" ”

Although Zhu Xu drank a lot, he was still very sober, and when he heard this, he said: "That's what the Ryukyus side thinks, but I haven't agreed yet." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang looked at Zhu Xu and said: "Your palace is indeed deserted, when the queen enters the palace, arrange for some people to come in, the two that I and the concubine are optimistic about will be included as soon as possible, and they can't all be Yiren women......

Zhu Xu heard that the Queen Mother was a little worried, and nodded: "I know." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang glanced at Xiao Yongning, who was still in high spirits on the side, and then at Zhu Xu's red face, and said: "Okay, I won't say much to you, there are still many things to do tomorrow, you should go back to rest early, you should go through the rituals carefully, don't make mistakes, you will make jokes when you ascend the throne......"

Zhu Xu had no problem with Empress Dowager Zhang, and after expressing his position seriously, he left Cining Palace.

As soon as the cold wind blew, Zhu Xu sobered up a lot, spat out the wine, and said as he walked: "What else is going on today?" ”

Cao Huachun followed behind him and said, "There is nothing to do today, the cabinet has not sent a new notebook, the emperor can rest early tonight." ”

Without a script, Zhu Xu felt a little uncomfortable, thought about it, and said, "Since that's the case, let's go back to sleep, I don't know how many things are waiting tomorrow." ”

"Yes." Cao Huachun responded.

Zhu Xu staggered back to the Qianqing Palace, washed and went to bed.

When Zhu Xu was sleeping, the liveliness of the capital did not go down, but became more and more blazing.

The adults of the cabinet and the six departments are all on a day off, feasting with each other, staggering, and chatting freely.

At the same time, officials from all over the country of the Ming Dynasty set off almost at the same time and rushed to the capital. The envoys inside and outside the Ming Dynasty also set off one after another and rushed to the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

In the second year of Jingzheng, the twentieth month of January.

This was the first day of the opening of the dynasty, and Zhu Xu led a cadre of ministers from the six departments of the cabinet to watch the flag-raising at Chengtianmen.

The crowd of onlookers grew in large numbers, standing in the distance and watching.

The solemn and solemn guard of honor, the vigorous, passionate drums, piano and other mixed music are very solemn in front of the Chengtian Gate.

Zhu Xu's expression was awe-inspiring, hanging his hands, it was the first time for all the adults, but they all did the same, looking at the honor guard solemnly and watching the national flag slowly rise.

Zhu Xu's mentality was a little complicated, looking at the national flag slowly fluttering, his eyes were straight, and his heart was surging.

At this time, Daming finally has some appearance, and from this moment on, he is about to enter a new stage.

The other adults had their own ideas in their hearts, and they looked down without moving, and glanced at Zhu Xu from time to time.

In any case, His Majesty the Emperor is for the sake of 'Daming Zhongxing', although he does not agree with many of his actions, but now, he is right, Daming can have what it is now, and most of the credit is his.

The guard of honor stood under the national flag, did not move, stood awe-inspiring, and above their heads was the fluttering and rustling Ming flag.

The people around were a little dazed, they didn't know how to react, they were very unaccustomed to this scene, they felt inexplicable, the emperor, the adults of the court were there, strange, I thought there was something big.

Zhu Xu and the others completely raised the national flag and leaned slightly towards the national flag.

All the adults looked at him, feeling awkward, and still bowed to the national flag.

After a while, Zhu Xu turned around and said with a smile: "From now on, come once every ten years, I come, and all the adults will come too." ”

These are all small things, Bi Ziyan and the others didn't care much, followed Zhu Xu, and followed him down the city tower.

Bi Ziyan's mood was quite refreshing, and he followed Zhu Xu and said, "Your Majesty, there are many people from all over the world entering Beijing, and it is inevitable that there will be many people and things, I don't know what arrangements the emperor has?" ”

Zhu Xu could hear that Bi Ziyan was tempting, and said directly: "The cabinet has full authority to deal with it, and it is in accordance with the law and regulations." ”

Even after listening to Zhu Xu say this, Bi Ziyan was still not very relieved, pondered for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, the general framework of the 'New Deal', I don't know what instructions there are?" ”

Zhu Xu has already seen it, and on the whole, it is in line with his ideas, and he said as he walked: "The 'New Deal' is an unprecedented process, not only to be unswerving, vigorously promoted, but also to strictly correct the problems found, not to be negligent, but also to be fooled, we must establish a perfect system, can not leave loopholes, in the implementation of the 'New Deal', it is not only to amend the past law, but also to emphasize the irresistibility of the law, although there are some contradictions, but you must distinguish clearly...... In the past hundred years, the reason why my Ming Dynasty has been chaotic is that too many people have crossed the border and there is no restraint, resulting in the monarch not being the king, the ministers not being ministers, the inner court and the outer court are chaotic, the dynasty is corrupted, the border is declining, and the people are not living ......"

Bi Ziyan and a group of people who followed Zhu Xu all changed their expressions slightly and did not answer.

Everyone knows that the person in front of him who hates the party struggle and is full of anger at the corruption of the DPRK is quietly following behind him, and he does not dare to talk.

Zhu Xu didn't care if these people could understand the subtext of his words, and continued: "The Governor's Yuan, the Criminal Prison Department, Dali Temple, etc. must show the courage to take responsibility. I know that some people are not afraid of being dismissed, they are not afraid of death, and they are upright and stubborn to resist the 'New Deal', but whenever they encounter it, they will be dismissed from office and will never be used! For some snakes and rats at both ends, swaying, unable to do things, all must be eliminated, I Ming Ming is the most important person to be an official......"

Zhu Xu also said similar things in the past, but what he said today has a different meaning, that is, it's time to get serious.

A group of cabinet and the adults of the six ministries couldn't help but glance at each other, and they felt as if a hurricane was blowing over their faces, and then they went out of the palace, out of Beijing, and swept through the east, west, north and south of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Xu led people to the cabinet, and said, "I will go to the cabinet today for a day, and I won't go tomorrow, I am dizzy when I am busy with this big wedding, and you will have to bear more of the next things, and when I am busy for a while, all things can be promoted......"

"Yes." Bi Ziyan raised his hand and said: "The emperor's wedding is a big event, and the cabinet will do its best, the emperor can rest assured, and the ministers will handle the government affairs during this time." ”

The big wedding is both an adult and a personal government of the emperor. Although many people have forgotten about this stubble, this thing still needs to be done and done well.

Zhu Xu nodded slightly, and said, "The adults and envoys from all over the country must enter Beijing, and the cabinet will entertain them, so try not to make trouble......"