Chapter 90: Chinese New Year's Eve Feast
This is very important, because Yun Xi attracted Lao Zhu's attention with 'expanding the land and eating enough, imitating the ancient feudal country', although they had a very lively discussion at that time, but Lao Zhu has not clearly stated his attitude, and Yun Xi is not easy to ask, so it has been vague until now. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
If Lao Zhu didn't accept that point of view, he would definitely find another reason to kill these quasi-first-class or second-rate generals except Geng Bingwen and Guo Ying, so Yun Xi would be very troubled, because he didn't have enough martial arts to expand externally, and he knew that the only famous generals of the Yongle Dynasty in the original history were Zhu Neng and Zhang Fu, even if they were poached, it would not be enough. Self-cultivation can only be cultivated with the blood of soldiers.
But the blood of the Ming soldiers is very precious, and he is not willing to give it, so if Lao Zhu does not accept his point of view, it will be difficult to change his course when he ascends the throne; It's much simpler.
But Yun Xi couldn't guess Lao Zhu's thoughts, so he could only wait.
Yun Xi put down his mind and looked at Lao Zhu's approval. Lao Zhu didn't write much, and he didn't mention what to do with Lan Yu's title, but only mentioned his own sorrow, and personally mourned for Lan Yu.
Yun Xi knew that he couldn't run away again, but as a relative of Lan Yu, worshipping was the right thing to do, even if Lao Zhu didn't mourn in person, he had to go to the Liangguo Mansion to mourn, but there was no big reaction.
As for sadness, Yun Xi may not be as sad as Lao Zhu. After all, he had barely seen Lan Yu, and it was difficult for him to grieve for someone who could be called a stranger. He just regretted the death of another general.
Yun Xi pondered for a while. At this time, Wang Jin walked in and said that Lian Zining, Qi Tai and others had arrived, and Yun Xi hurriedly took the fold to Dongnuan Pavilion, the place he chose to discuss the matter.
On the fifth day of the next lunar month, Yun Xi accompanied Lao Zhu to mourn for Lan Yu at Xihua Gate. The process is the same as the process of mourning for Mu Ying. And Lao Zhu also posthumously named Lan Yu as the king of Jining, nicknamed Jingxian, and accompanied the Taimiao Temple to rank as a portrait of the meritorious temple, and the honor after death is second only to Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, and Chang Yuchun and others are almost the same; After all, after Xu Da's death, Lao Zhu promised that the three generations of the Xu family could be posthumously crowned the prince after their deaths, and no one else could compare.
Then Yunxi returned to his normal routine. But the December of the run is the wax month, and the further the days go, the stronger the flavor of the year. The palace is not visible, but when Yun Xi went out of the palace to inspect, he saw that there were more and more people selling New Year's goods on the street, and there were also people who set off firecrackers, and the poor people took out the little money left to buy New Year's goods, and the smiles on the faces of the children playing on the street were also more.
Everyone in Layue wants to have a good year, and they don't have the heart to do anything else, so whether it is in the capital or in the locality, all kinds of things have been greatly reduced, and even the captain who caught corrupt officials seems to be lazy.
In the blink of an eye, it was Chinese New Year's Eve. Lao Zhu was extra gracious on this day this year, and allowed the ministers to go home for the New Year after leaving the court. The ministers were pleasantly surprised! After listening to the eunuch's oral message and kneeling down to thank him, in less than a stick of incense, except for the people who were left on duty by various departments, everyone else disappeared, and in an instant, the yamen, which was still very lively, was empty, making the passers-by who didn't know the inside story dumbfounded.
On Chinese New Year's Eve, Lao Zhu called all his sons, grandchildren, daughters, and granddaughters in Beijing to the Qianqing Palace for a gathering. This is the first family gathering with a full number of people after the Chung Yeung Festival this year, and now Lao Zhu has not yet arrived, and there is no one to visit him on weekdays, so everyone takes this opportunity to hurry up and say a few more words.
Therefore, Yun Xi gathered the most uncles and brothers around him. It's not that they haven't visited Yun Xi in Wenhua Hall on weekdays, but Yun Xi is very busy, there is always something, although Yun Xi never rushes people, but how can the people who visit him not have the eyesight to see children? After saying a few words, he said goodbye, and he didn't have a chance to communicate with Yun Xi for too long, but now that he has a chance, he can't make good use of it.
Yun Xi also humbly talked to his uncles, brothers, and uncles. Yun Xi had a good relationship with the eighteenth uncle Min Wang Zhu Yan, Shang Bing (Qin Shizi), and Gao Xu, and stayed by his side to talk.
At this time, Zhu Yunwen walked into the hall with his two younger brothers. The rest of the people in the hall didn't dare to talk to him, for fear of offending Yun Xi, Yun Wei didn't mean to talk to others, and took his two younger brothers to sit on the seats.
Not long after, Lao Zhu came. The people present stood up and saluted one after another, and said unevenly: "Father (Imperial Grandfather) is good!" Lao Zhu also replied with a smile: "It's all good, it's all good." ”
Lao Zhu immediately sat down on his main seat, and then Yun Xi sat down on the crown prince seat on the east side of the throne, and then King Qing Zhu Chang and others also sat down one after another. Because it is a family banquet, except for Lao Zhu and Yun Xi, the others do not have a fixed position, and they can sit at will as everyone likes. As for his daughters and granddaughters, although they were a family, after all, there were different men and women, and they sat down separately with a veil on the other side.
Lao Zhu pays great attention to the education of his children and grandchildren, and although he now spends most of his energy on teaching Yun Xi, he also sometimes tests the learning of other children. Now, while the hour has not yet come, I will call a few people who are more concerned to my side.
The first to be called over were Zhu Chang, the king of the sixteenth Qing, and Zhu Quan, the king of the seventeenth Ning. Zhu Chang and Zhu Quan are the same age as Yun Xi, and King Qing's fief and King Ning's fief are in the border area, if it is the vassal king of the mainland, Lao Zhu may postpone the vassal now, but in the border land, Lao Zhu already has plans to send them to the vassal after the New Year, so talk to them a few more words, so as to judge whether they can serve as a suitable vassal king.
After that, Lao Zhu called Shang Bing, Ji Xi, Gao Chi and other princes over to ask about their homework. didn't wait for him to finish asking, it was already the right hour, Lao Zhu seemed to be displeased, but the right time couldn't be delayed, so he waved his hand and let them go down.
Lao Zhu stood up, his children and grandchildren also stood up, Lao Zhu said a few words, meaning that today is Chinese New Year's Eve, you are all uncles and nephews, don't be restrained, and you must love each other in the future. Lao Zhu will emphasize mutual friendship at every family gathering, which is really painstaking.
Then Lao Zhu passed on the meal. Groups of eunuchs and palace maids shuttled through the palace, delivering exquisite meals to the table in front of the princes. The Ming Dynasty, like other ancient Chinese dynasties, did not have the preference of the meal system, but now although it is a family banquet, it is a royal family banquet, this time it is still a more formal banquet, and it is not good to sit around in groups, so the implementation of single sitting, can only share meals.
Of course, the food is full of color, flavor and appetite, but now Yun Xi is used to eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, and he doesn't care about these, he pays attention to everyone's seats.
This time, except for him and Lao Zhu, everyone else was in their own chosen seats, although Yun Xi couldn't hear them talking, but he could still see from their respective positions that they were close and near, especially Yun Xi was on the stage, and the stands were very real.
This glance reveals a lot of things. Qin Shizi Shang Bing and Gao Xu and Jin Shu Zi Jixi got together, and Yun Xi knew that they were just playing together. Yunxi has a good relationship with Shang Bing and Gao Xu, but he can't look down on Jixi.
In his opinion, although Gao Xu and Shang Bing are domineering, their minds are still simple, at least for now, and they are quite forceful and worthy of encirclement; But Ji Xi may be because of his concubine background, he is more ruthless, Yun Xi is not Gao Xu who grew up in a honey pot, although the experience of mixed society in his previous life was not successful, but it is not impossible to distinguish between good people.
Yun Xi continued to look at it, Ji Xi and Gao Chi, as well as the nineteenth uncle Zhu Lu gathered together. Yun Xi sighed secretly: This is really a gathering of similar people. Ji Xi, Gao Chi and Zhu Xi were all disliked by Zhu Di later, Zhu Xi was repeatedly applied, Ji Xi was once deposed of the Jin throne, and Gao Chi almost lost the crown prince.
But rest assured that there will be no more such things on this plane.
While eating, Yunxi carefully observed the people sitting below, and said a few words to Lao Zhu from time to time. Lao Zhu is not good at calling someone to speak alone at the formal banquet, so he can only talk to Yun Xi.
The feast was not over until the end of the day. Lao Zhu Yin and Yun Xi often see each other on weekdays, so they don't have to call over today, but leave a few people who want to talk before the banquet to say a few words, and then disperse.
Yun Xi refused the plans of several brothers who wanted to get close to him again, and walked towards the Wenhua Hall without being able to drink, but not long after he left the Qianqing Gate, he was unexpectedly stopped by Yun Xi.