Chapter 45: The arrival of the seventh year of Chongzhen
The Spring Festival solstice, another year.
After a long time, the fallen leaves return to their roots.
With a wife and children, Tang Xidong has less and less time to recall his past life.
Every festival, light two sticks of incense, kowtow three heads, pour a pot of old wine, and say something illogical.
He comforted himself in his heart that the people over there were better off than themselves.
That's enough.
Rare and idle, Tang Xidong began to find time to accompany his wife and children.
The son passed a week.
I used to call it by a small name: Little Deer.
The ancients were like this, when they were young, it was often difficult to live, and they were afraid that God would not leave anyone, so ordinary people rarely gave their children a great name on the day they were born.
Tang Xidong didn't believe in these, but Liu Lian believed in it, so he had been called by his name all along.
A week later, Tang Xidong still insisted on giving his son a big name.
The name Xiaolu, after all, is too girly, and Tang Xidong is very uncomfortable.
Because he was born in Pingyang, this is where Emperor Yao established the Xia Dynasty and the beginning of the Chinese Dynasty.
So, it was named: Tang Jiyuan!
The name is full of Tang Xidong's expectations for his son.
He doesn't know what the future will be, but fathers all over the world are the same, and they often give their children expectations, hoping that he can do what he can't do.
Tang Jiyuan is very ordinary, he is just a child, he has a child's spirituality and a child's ignorance, if there is any difference, it is more lively.
As soon as he learned to walk, he began to be idle, and even showed the momentum of running.
fell countless times, and in Liu Lianqing's distress again and again, she was skinned.
Tang Xidong thinks it's very good, the boy must be energetic from the moment he lands.
Tang Jiyuan has learned to call his mother, but a 'father' always purs in his mouth for a long time and has no follow-up.
Tang Xidong was helpless, only blaming himself for being busy with government affairs for too much time and spending too little time with him.
He doesn't have much to accompany in the world, but in fact, he hopes that he can always be by his side and watch him grow up bit by bit.
Probably this is the helplessness of all fathers in the world, there are thousands of loves in their hearts, but the pressure of life is the opposite.
The year before last, there were heavy rains and flooding.
Last year, however, there was no rain and droughts.
Fortunately, the agricultural construction in Shanxi is very solid, and with the popularization of soil greenhouses and water conservancy construction, the grain harvest can still be guaranteed.
But outside of Shanxi, Tang Xidong can already imagine what kind of scene it is.
After the winter, people who starve to death and freeze to death will still be full of eyes, the country will be devastated, and the people will not be able to make a living.
With abundant materials, the people of Shanxi finally had a good year.
There was no war for the whole year, the harvest was good for the whole year, and six out of ten households had happy events.
Therefore, as far as the eye can see, they are all beaming.
There is no need to carry out any public opinion propaganda, and the people are already full of applause.
Shanxi Tangxidong, good parents to save the world!
It's a pity that Tang Xidong can only say ashamed in his heart.
The human heart is not content, but sometimes it is content.
Become dissatisfied in the days of abundance, and begin to be self-sufficient in the midst of long-term poverty.
But I also know that Tang Xidong knows that compared with later generations, the current life is really not rich.
Everyone is just self-sufficient, nothing more than everyone has a livelihood.
But it is still materially poor and spiritually dry.
Therefore, Tang Xidong knew that what he had done was still not enough.
What's more, he understands a little.
Shanxi is now in its own possession, but what will it look like in a year, five years, and ten years?
Even he didn't know the bottom of his own heart.
The Ming Dynasty will never allow a rebellious minister and thief in the eyes of the emperor to occupy a province.
For the time being, it is because the court can't make a move, and once it relaxes, it will be a thunderbolt.
Fortunately, there is one advantage, that is, the inevitability of history, the Ming Dynasty finally perished.
The peasant army made more and more friends, and finally sent Chongzhen to the coal mountain.
But Tang Xidong knew that when the peasant army occupied Beijing, it would also be the time when the Shanxi War would rise.
What's more, there are countless possibilities that can happen in this long time.
Tang Xidong had a good year, Ansheng.
Emperor Chongzhen had no intention of celebrating the festival.
At the end of the year, the troops were temporarily suspended, and the rebel army was still strong, and now the hoarding of heavy troops has been combined into one unit, and it is stationed in the northern part of Henan near the border of Shaanxi.
It seems that he still wants to go back to his hometown and occupy an area to become a king and dominate.
In the past six months, Chen Qiyu has lived up to the trust, subduing nine-tenths of the territory, but there are not many enemies.
There are not many real battles, and the good news that is naturally uploaded is also a little unsuccessful.
But, soon, Emperor Chongzhen's mood will be better.
Because a treasure from Shanxi will soon be delivered to the Beijing Division.
Heirloom jade seal!
The jade seal of the country fell into the hands of Tang Xidong and was of great use.
He couldn't be naïve enough to think that he would be able to become an emperor if he got the jade seal of the country.
The emperor is not easy to do, and ten thousand people want to get on the horse.
Ambition can be had, but uncontrollable ambition is easy to get lost.
The heirloom jade seal is a New Year's gift from Tang Xidong to Emperor Chongzhen.
Everybody is smart.
I snatched the jade seal from Houjin, but I don't want it.
You should understand what I mean, I don't want to be the emperor, you can rest assured, anyway, my attitude shows that it is your business to believe it or not.
Tang Xidong was not afraid that the Ming court would send troops to attack, and at this time he already had the capital to face the hard steel of the Ming Dynasty.
But he didn't want to bother to clean up the rotten cake that Chongzhen branded.
The power of a province still needs to be fully developed, and for the time being, there is no more ability to accept more territory.
Tang Xidong only hoped that Emperor Chongzhen would be able to acquiesce in his rule over Shanxi while obtaining the jade seal of the country.
Is it extravagant that he doesn't know, he only knows that Chongzhen really doesn't have the strength to move Shanxi for the time being.
But obviously, he underestimated Chongzhen's attention to the jade seal of the country, and also despised the energy that the jade seal brought to Chongzhen.
The jade seal of the country is the spiritual pillar of Chongzhen and the insistence on food.
Taking advantage of the Spring Festival, Tang Xidong began to carry out rich cultural activities throughout Shanxi.
Local governments carry out cultural festivals that last for half a month.
The people of the Ming Dynasty had a very hard time.
In addition to the material, it is also reflected in the spirit.
Many people have never been literate all their lives, and they have never even walked out of the county where they live.
Everyone has little knowledge, and they are accustomed to the sunrise and sunset that have been passed down from generation to generation.
It is not a kind of sadness that people live all their lives and do not even know the whole area where they live.
Tang Xidong can't give everyone more things materially, because everything can only do so much for the time being.
But he wanted to be able to give them spiritual sustenance.
He is actually their descendant, and he only hopes that after the historical changes made by him, the people can really live well, at least while living a difficult life, there is still a joy and happiness in their hearts.
Opera, storytelling, storytelling, acrobatics, tricks, etc.
Local governments take the lead, and folk artists gather together.
The people gathered in the county seat, singing and laughing every day.
For these traditional cultures, Tang Xidong hopes to give them support, so that they can get rid of the original fixed thinking and cognition in people's eyes, and no longer be a low-rate thing, but a traditional skill that can bring people laughter.
At the same time, Tang Xidong also dragged the factory workers he had created in various places into the streets.
Development of industrial technology exhibitions.
Let everyone see the tangible benefits brought by the improvement of industrial technology.
For example, the improvement of textile technology, the diversification of bicycle exhibits, the practicality of low-strength cement mortar, the cleaning power of soap, and so on.
While promoting everyone's interest and enthusiasm for the improvement of industrial technology, it also promotes everyone's purchasing power for novelty goods.
There are actually a lot of rich people.
Tang Xidong hopes to boost domestic demand.
In ancient times, these landlord classes actually had inertial thinking, and this inertial thinking even had a deep influence in later generations, that is, everyone only loves to save money, not to spend money, saving money for fear of the day when there is no money, and living frugally with money.
But if you live for a lifetime, save too much money, and don't spend it yourself, you will be defeated by your children and grandchildren in three generations.
Because things that are not earned are too easy to obtain, it reduces their ability and makes their children and grandchildren learn not to cherish it.
Tang Xidong hopes that the various exhibitions carried out during the New Year Festival will more or less allow everyone to change their inherent ideas and ways of thinking, or consumption patterns.