Chapter 261: Chinese New Year's Eve

Busy days always pass quickly, unconsciously, tomorrow is New Year's Day, the people in the last time to prepare for the New Year's goods, the customs of the people, during the New Year, I hate to move the entire shop to the home, so as not to be enough.

Strictly speaking, the officials in Liaodong are much busier than the officials in Guannei, because Ye Xun is in charge of Liaodong.

But the treatment of Liaodong officials is undoubtedly the highest in the entire Ming Dynasty, especially after the imperial court transferred the previous officials, Ye Xun paid more salaries to the successor deputy officials, so this year, not only ordinary people, but also officials are smiling.

The holiday will last from New Year's Day to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

This holiday was set by Ye Xun, and the holidays stipulated by the Ming court were five days on New Year's Day, three days on the winter solstice, and ten days for the Lantern Festival, adding up to eighteen days.

Ye Xun felt that such a holiday was problematic and not conducive to work efficiency, so he simply connected New Year's Day and Lantern Festival, and the winter solstice had passed, and the holiday could only be set next year.

Everyone else can rest, but Ye Xun has no holiday, the first day he went to Tieling, after paying homage to the soldiers and civilians of Tieling, he went to the cemetery of Zhang Baoguo and other warriors to sweep the tomb.

Because of Ye Xun's attention, this ancestral hall and cemetery dedicated to the warrior's spirit have been built on a very large scale, and there is a special person to take care of it, so that the warriors can enjoy the incense in the four seasons of the heavenly spirit.

It is not only the spiritual seats of Han Chinese soldiers that are enshrined here, but also the spiritual seats of Mongolian soldiers, as well as the remains and spiritual seats of Jintaiji and Buyangu.

A seemingly simple move, but it touched the hearts of the soldiers and civilians of all ethnic groups, and now if someone says that Ye Xun is not good, the custody will be attacked by a group.

After returning to Shenyang to give his subordinates a holiday, Ye Xun first came to the barracks to greet the soldiers of each battalion.

Needless to say, dumplings, in addition to not drinking, what pork stewed vermicelli, chicken stewed mushrooms and other Northeast specialties are all enough.

Many of the soldiers are poor, and the food in the barracks is obviously better than at home, although homesickness is inevitable, but due to Ye Xun's attention and the attention of the generals, the soldiers' emotions are very stable, and everyone gets together to talk about the world and imagine the future.

Coming out of the barracks, Ye Xun went non-stop to comfort the civil and military officials and soldiers on duty in various parts of the city, and finally returned to his mansion, and this big circle ran down, and it was already dark.

Ye Xun's mansion is also very lively, Cheng Yu, Zhang Quan, and some civil and military officials whose families are not in Shenyang have been invited by Ye Xun to celebrate the first Spring Festival after Ye Xun's crossing.

Countless lanterns illuminate the entire mansion as if it were daytime, and some children who came with their parents played in the snow in the courtyard, and the sound of firecrackers never stopped from morning to night.

There are more than ten banquets in the huge hall, Ye Xun likes to be lively, and the officials also know very well that this kind of occasion is undoubtedly a good opportunity to deepen their relationship with Ye Xun, so some officials who were not invited came with their families.

During the Chinese New Year, Ye Xun naturally couldn't drive people out, so he could only add banquets one by one, fortunately, there was nothing missing in the house, otherwise there would be no place to purchase at this time.

In the midst of laughter and laughter, the banquet soon reached a climax, and everyone took turns to toast Ye Xun for the New Year.

Relying on his profound internal strength, Ye Xun did not refuse to toast the officials, and he was busy for nearly eight months, and Ye Xun also felt that it was time for him to rest.

Ye Xun's experience in the past eight months, I am afraid that many people will not be able to complete it in their lifetime, but seeing that Liaodong is becoming more and more stable and the lives of the people are gradually getting better, Ye Xun feels that it is all worth it.

Although most of the wine was excreted from the body with internal force, there was still alcohol left, and as time went by, Ye Xun also had a bit of alcohol.

When the last toasting official went down, Ye Xun took the initiative to stand up and said to everyone with a wine glass: "Soon it will be a new year, Ye Mou thanks you for your support to me in the past year, and thank you for your contribution to Liaodong, please drink this cup, I wish us more and more smoothly in the new year, and strive to pacify Liaodong as soon as possible."

When Ye Xun got up, all the civil and military officers also stood up, and when Ye Xun finished speaking, he hurriedly held his wine glass and said in unison: "I can have today, thanks to my father-in-law's support, I wish my father-in-law good health in the new year, step by step."

The civil and military officials present here are grateful to Ye Xun from the bottom of their hearts, without Ye Xun, they would not be where they are today, let alone the stable life of the people of Liaodong.

In fact, Ye Xun himself knows that many ordinary people in Liaodong worship his tablet, and the incense is continuous in all seasons, and he has been regarded as a family protector.

But Ye Xun is not an immortal after all, he also miscalculates, and some mistakes often cause extremely serious consequences.

While the New Year was being celebrated in various parts of Liaodong, the 10,000 Jurchen troops of Huerhan had secretly lurked on the outskirts of the six forts of Kuandian, and were ready to attack.

In order to ensure that this place will not be occupied by the Jurchens again, Ye Xun stationed more than 15,000 troops here, even if the Shenyang battalion was reorganized, Ye Xun did not mobilize the troops here.

Cao Wenzhao is very capable, and he has always been very vigilant about the establishment of the state, but there are always times when people make mistakes.

The New Year is not only the New Year of the Han people, but also celebrated by people of all ethnic groups, and the Jurchens are no exception.

The information returned from Hetuara showed that Huang Taiji and his civil and military ministers were also busy preparing for the New Year.

After getting such news, Cao Wenzhao naturally relaxed, and Huang Taiji had just sent three million taels of silver to Ye Xun, no matter from that point of view, it was a posture to be repaired with Shenyang, how could it be possible to do something to Kuandian Liubao at this time?

But often the impossible looks like something happens.

The six forts of Kuandian are sharp knives inserted in the ribs of the Jurchens, and Huang Taiji is always thinking about retaking this place.

It has to be said that Huang Taiji is very talented in acting, not only did he succeed in confusing Ye Xun, but even among the Jurchen ministers, few people knew that he was going to attack the six forts of Kuandian.

And he also calculated that Chinese New Year's Eve was the time when the Han people were the least vigilant, so he chose to attack at this time.

In fact, from the very beginning, Huang Taiji did not choose to attack, but ordered Huer Khan to use the method of sneak attack, and wait for the army to quietly approach the Ming army camp, and then suddenly attack.

Huerhan was also a general, and he patiently lurked outside the Ming army camp until the New Year's bell rang and the Ming army camp was cheered, and then he led the army to kill the Ming army camp.

"Kill!"

"Rush!" ...

When the Jurchens' shouts of killing sounded like a tide, it was too late...