The life after marriage is like glue, Zuo Zhan respects and loves Zhang Yan, regards him as a treasure, and is ready to be a spoiled wife. Everyone thought that the little emperor would restrain himself for a while after the big wedding, but they didn't expect the storm to come soon.

In the Qinzheng Palace, Fang Congzhe and other cabinet members had just finished reporting on this year's Jingcha and New Year's income, and were about to propose a grand celebration of the Spring Festival, but Zuo Zhantie asked with a blushing face:

"Today, unlike in the past, the soldiers on the front line and the victims of disasters everywhere need a huge amount of silver, why is it that the vassal kings' salaries are still high? Let them set aside some fields to settle the homeless, and they will do things openly and secretly. Let them donate some silver taels to fill the shortfall, they will cry with me to be poor, don't they have responsibility in this Ming world? ”

Previously, in order to settle the displaced people, Zuo Zhan had taken the lead in ceding the land of the imperial village, but the vassal kings were indifferent. Later, the situation of fundraising was not ideal, and most of the 500,000 taels of deficit in the imperial court were made up by Zuo Zhan from the inner treasury, so he had long wanted to move this group of moths.

Han Xi saw that the little emperor's face was very ugly, and he thought that he thought that the royal family's fortune was too high, but after all, this was an internal matter of the royal family, so he could only say tentatively:

"The saint is angry, the princes' share of the profits are distributed according to the ancestral system, although this expenditure is a lot now, but the prosperity of the royal family is the blessing of the Ming Dynasty, and the ministers try to reduce other expenditures to balance the finances."

This is all to blame for some of Zhu Yuanzhang's early experience, after becoming the emperor, he was afraid that his descendants would suffer, so he set a high salary system, as long as it was in the royal family in the jade of the Zongren Mansion, he could receive a certain amount of money and food over ten years old. In order to get more money, the princes from all over the country have worked hard to give birth to offspring, and there are no less than 100,000 people today. For this expenditure alone, the imperial court will spend more than two million taels of silver a year, nearly six million stone of grain, and countless other rewards.

Although Zuo Zhan felt that it was too absurd, he understood that it was not the cabinet's fault, and said in a dull voice:

"The ancestral system cannot be violated, but this year's soldiers returning from the Liaodong battlefield need to be rewarded, and the victims of Gansu and Shandong need relief, Yang Aiqing said that at least 700,000 taels of silver need to be taken out, otherwise next year's spring ploughing will be wasted. However, this year's annual income is about 5.1 million taels of silver, and Liaodong's military salary alone is more than 3 million, not including my new army and Yongwei battalion. Could it be that in the future, I will have to pay money to fill the deficit for the imperial court, and I will sell the Forbidden City, and I will be able to hold on for a few years? ”

Everyone heard that the little emperor meant to reduce the royal family's wealth, but this matter involved the feudal kings and their sons, county lords and others from all over the country, not to mention nearly 100,000 people, and no one dared to answer for a while.

Zuo Zhan also knew that this was embarrassing these courtiers, to put it bluntly, it was Zhu Yuanzhang's mistake, so he could only carry the pot himself, so he said:

"This year's New Year's Eve will be used first to use the treasured calligraphy and paintings in the inner library, and the corresponding silver will be used first in Liaodong and the disaster area.

As for the decoration of the Spring Festival, I think we can celebrate it according to the advice of the cabinet, but it should not be too ostentatious and extravagant, and everything should be as simple as possible. ”

Speaking of the Spring Festival, it originated from the theory of ghosts and gods, and arose in the Yushun period. At that time, there was a monster called Nian, and the children who often came out to eat and ran around in the lunar month were miserable. Later, people found that the New Year Beast was afraid of sound, so they lit the bamboo to make a crackling sound to scare the New Year Beast, and then invented fireworks and firecrackers, which were set off on the day of the Spring Festival.

In the Ming Dynasty, the Spring Festival was more exquisite, especially the rules in the palace were more complicated, and they were all etiquette at the end of the day, which could make people tired like dogs. After listening to the arrangement of Ye Xianggao, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Zuo Zhan retreated in his heart, thinking that the New Year was just a family reunion, just happy and lively, and doing so many things on the scene was not to mention the wasted work, and it was also a waste of money and labor.

Ye Xianggao saw that Zuo Zhan deliberately resigned, thinking that he had such a little power, and how to wave the flag in the court after he didn't let it be used, he said with reason:

"Your Majesty, the ceremony of my Zhengdan Dynasty meeting is scheduled for Emperor Taizu, which is slightly similar to Dengji, and His Majesty must accept the congratulations of hundreds of officials in the Huangji Hall on the first day of the new year."

Zuo Zhan thought to himself that the royal court ceremony was large and had many procedures, and many people stayed up all night, so it was naturally very hard. Hearing Ye Xianggao move out of Zhu Yuanzhang to press him, he couldn't help but say with some wavering:

"Ye Aiqing will briefly talk about the rules of the day."

Ye Xianggao was naturally overjoyed and took the trouble to start his performance.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, the emperor's throne will be set up in the Imperial Palace, the treasure case and incense case will be placed, and the teaching department will prepare to neutralize Shaole. At dawn on the first day of the new year, the Jinyi guard set up the halogen book, honor guard, Ming fan, etc., arranged four wrestlers who threw whips, and the royal band of the Teaching Workshop Division sat facing north. The palace arranges guards on the direct army, the Han generals are arranged from the main hall to outside the noon gate, and the emperor's dragon flag is divided into two columns until the outside of the Huangji Gate.

As soon as the morning dawns, the ceremony officially begins, the first three drums are beaten, the hundred officials wear formal obedience to the left and right doors into the imperial palace, the deacons bow to the emperor five times, and invite the emperor to come to the main hall.

The emperor put on his robe and took off the dragon crown, and the Jiaofang Division began to play the "Neutralization Music", and the eunuch of Shang Baosi walked in front with twenty-four imperial seals. After arriving at the Imperial Palace, the fan is opened, the imperial seal is placed on the treasure case, and then the performance is stopped, and the four wrestlers who hold the whip sound the whip to tell the time.

The big eunuch shouted: "Arrange shifts", and the hundred officials standing on both sides of the Danqi immediately lined up in a neat formation.

The salutant shouted: "Bow", the Jiaofang Division began to play Shao music, and the hundred officials saluted the emperor four times.

The ceremonial officer shouted: "Enter the table", which is equivalent to the New Year's message issued by the head of state now.

The internal praise official shouted: "Xuan Biao", hundreds of officials knelt down to listen, after the emperor finished speaking, the ministers inside and outside the main hall should collectively kneel and worship, and the mountain shouted long live.

After that, the foreign praise officials shouted: "All the officials kneel", and the representatives of the hundred officials knelt in the Danqi to address the emperor:

"Gu Guanchen is a certain person, I meet Zhengdan, Sanyang Kaitai, and everything is salty and new. His Majesty the Emperor Gongwei, Yingqian Nahu, Fengtian Yongchang. ”

After speaking, the officials got up and played Shao music, and the hundred officials bowed to the emperor four times.

At the end of the salute, the music stopped, and the herald shouted: "The emperor has a decree!" ”

The salutant shouted, "Kneel," and the hundred officials knelt down again.

The official shouted: "The celebration of the end of the performance is the same as the Qing." ”

The salute shouted, "Raise the mountain! Baiguan knelt down and raised his hands above his head and shouted "Long live, long live, long live, long live", and all the people present also echoed in unison, which can be described as shaking the mountains.

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After a series of tedious ceremonies, the emperor was able to get up and return to the Huagai Palace, and the hundred officials left accordingly.

Ye Xianggao spoke for half an hour, Zuo Zhan was like falling clouds, and said in his heart, Big brother, please kill me, okay? This is the New Year, this is a living sin, and he hurriedly excused himself:

"Now that my vault is empty, there's nowhere to get out of this silver!"

When it comes to silver, the two of them know that last time Ye Xianggao confiscated several Zhejiang party officials with the secret help of Wei Jinzhong in order to pay tribute to the Taimiao, plus the 100,000 taels of silver allocated by Zuo Zhan, there were still more than 300,000 taels left in the small treasury of the Ministry of Rites.

Seeing that the little emperor hinted at this, he held a gift list and said with a smile:

"Qi Shengshang, the sacrifice to the temple has made up a total of 900,000 taels of silver, and there are 260,000 taels left after deducting all expenses, which can be taken out to arrange the Zhengdan court. In addition, in addition to the congratulatory gifts of the princes and the nobles, the two capitals, 13 provinces and vassal states also presented a large number of rare treasures. ”

Since ancient times, money can be channeled, and Zuo Zhan was afraid that someone would smash him with money, so he pretended to be reluctant to pick up the gift list. In addition to rare treasures such as gold-inlaid beast head agate cups and gilded dancing horsebit cup pattern silver kettles, there are also some calligraphy and paintings, specialties and exotic customs.

Zhu Zhihong of Lanzhou wanted to take this opportunity to inherit the hereditary king of Su, and sent a shadow sword to his liking. It is said that this sword has a shadow and is invisible, contains the aura of heaven and earth, and the twilight is a quiet, elegant as a humble gentleman, and it is hidden by Kong Zhou, a patriot in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Zuo Zhan thought that the sword would be left by himself, and those national treasures would be preserved for the Chinese nation, and other things could be exchanged for real money and silver in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, not to mention 800,000 taels. At this time, Zhou Jiamo and Zuo Guangdou were supervising disaster relief in Shandong and Gansu as Qincha, not only organizing the victims to reclaim wasteland, but also building water conservancy facilities and digging canals to dredge the water transportation, which was enough money for them to toss for several years.

The key is to implement a whip law next year, and the Cabinet initially plans to re-measure the land, divide the cultivated land into three grades, and distribute it according to households. In addition, it is necessary to provide farm tools, seeds, etc., which is not only a bottomless expense, but also will cause dissatisfaction among the princes and nobles in various places.

After dealing with the details of the court meeting, it was getting late, Zuo Zhan was ready to go back to the palace to rest accompanied by Wang An. Zuo Zhan, who was tired for a day, was in a much more relaxed mood, and Wang An saw that he was in a good mood, so he took the opportunity to put on a letter and said in a low voice:

"Long live the lord, this is the Yulin Captain Yu Dingbian handed over to the slave, saying that it is an old man."

Zuo Zhan didn't have to guess to know that it was the moon deduction, and there were only a few lines of small characters after disassembly, and it was written "Cocoon White Rabbit, go east and west." The clothes are not as good as new, and the people are not as good as the old. The handwriting was a little blurry, and Zuo Zhan took a closer look because of the tears sticking to it, and instantly chivalrous tenderness, endless indebtedness was blocked in his chest.

It turned out that Xiong Tingbi had asked his granddaughter about the two after returning to Beijing, but Huaichun, the girl who detained the moon, was also embarrassed, secretly resented that Zuo Zhan did not keep his promises, and often cried at the jade dragon. This is the love of the two, the moon can't help but see things and think about people, annoyed that he said that he wanted to marry himself into the palace, but first married the woman who dreamed of the fairy, and now the Spring Festival is a moment, I am afraid that the new person is better than the old person.

At this time, Zhang Yan had already prepared the wine and food, leaned on the door frame and looked into the distance, hoping to see the familiar figure as soon as possible, and hurriedly walked out of the hall to greet Zuo Zhan's Luan. Seeing this, Zuo Zhan immediately put away his guilt about Kou Yue, and looked at her affectionately. The two looked at each other in the air, and they were extremely affectionate, and they naturally envied others.

During dinner, Zuo Zhan couldn't let go of the buckle moon in his heart, and drank a few more glasses than usual, and after the wine came up, he said:

"Although I am not a wise man, but I can marry the most beautiful virtuous queen, it can be regarded as not in vain to come to this world for a while, what more can I ask for if I have a wife like this!"

Zhang Yan listened to the warmth in her heart, snuggled in Zuo Zhan's arms and said softly:

"The concubine is thin in virtue and looks like no salt, how dare she afford the reputation of the gods and goddesses, and I only hope to serve the saint wholeheartedly, and this will not swerving."

The two of you say a word to me, and Lang Qing and concubine are around Liang Sanza. Zuo Zhan finally didn't open his mouth, but the letter was deliberately exposed. In fact, Zhang Yan had heard about this a long time ago, and she also knew that the two were in love, but Zuo Zhan had to marry the queen first for the sake of the country.

As a pillow person, how could she not know Zuo Zhan's thoughts, seeing that he was snoring like thunder, Zhang Yan got up and took out the poem that Zuo Zhan wrote to her for comparison, secretly rejoicing that she was so lucky. In order to let the two lovers finally become married, she ordered someone to send the love poem written to her by Zuo Zhan to Xiong Mansion overnight.