Unlike the officials of the previous Central Plains dynasties, as well as those public servants in later generations, who had public holidays that many people envied, the officials of the Ming Dynasty were really hard pressed in this regard. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Because he came from the destitute class who did not have enough to eat, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang has always had no good impression of officials, even if he later became the lord of the world and became the lord of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, his perception in this regard has not changed much.

Because of this, he founded the Jinyiwei, an organization that supervised all the actions of the hundred officials, and set up a number of large prisons, thereby eradicating a large number of the founding ministers who he thought were not so peaceful. At the same time, in order to enable officials to better serve the people of the world, he was extremely harsh in the treatment of officials, not only did he pay a pitiful amount of money every year, but he also worked a particularly long time, even during the New Year, he only gave them three or five days of vacation, and only on the afternoon of the Chinese New Year's Eve could he take a holiday. It seems that in his opinion, the person who is an official under him should be a group of people who take less and do more, and do not care.

And this kind of treatment is naturally impossible to convince the officials, if there is no suitable Yulu, then we will think of ourselves, anyway, we have the power in our hands, are we afraid that we will not be able to find money? As a result, even during the reign of Emperor Hongwu, he hated corruption and created tortures such as peeling daylilies, but it was still difficult to eradicate endless corruption.

On the other hand, the officials are a little difficult to deal with. The system is there, you can't talk to yourself about giving yourself a holiday, right? So in those difficult days, the officials could only suffer. Fortunately, soon, the times changed, the emperor changed, and the attitude towards them also changed.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang has been prepared for a long time and has set these rules as the ancestral family law, people always have to be flexible, especially after being passed down for more than 200 years, the previous rules are not taken seriously.

Nowadays, in addition to the original points, there are also endless other subsidies for officials, such as fire consumption, such as ice and charcoal in winter...... At the same time, the wind of corruption that has been passed down over the years has also intensified, the pockets of officials have become more bulging, and the treasury has less money than before.

As for the public holidays, they were also reformed by the wise descendants. Every half a month, there will be one or two days off, and there will be corresponding holidays every holiday. As for the New Year's Festival, although the rule of sealing the government on the afternoon of the thirtieth day has been handed down, this holiday can be put on the fifteenth Yuan Festival, and in addition, some yamen who do not have much official affairs will also ask for leave early under various excuses.

In this way, in fact, by the time of Wanli, the officials of the Ming Dynasty were not much worse than those of the same kind before and after in terms of treatment.

However, this year's situation is obviously a bit special, in previous years, after the middle of the month, the yamen have been deserted, but this year these people have hardly seen anyone leave the capital, all for one reason, after the year, the Son of Heaven will be married.

Whether it is ancient or modern, whether it is a peddler or a dignitary, marriage is an extremely important event for everyone, which means that a man is truly mature and mature, and it is the beginning of his self-reliance. And the emperor is even more important in this regard.

Generally speaking, the Son of Heaven, who succeeded to the throne at an early age, once he got married, the minister who helped the regent had to return the power to the emperor and let him really be in power. This kind of coming-of-age ceremony is not a trivial matter, but it is enough to change the entire situation, and it is too big to be big.

In this regard, the officials naturally knew it, so in the face of this major event, almost everyone chose to stay in the capital and wait for this moment to come.

Of course, there are different purposes and opinions on this. Some people have some illusions -- Zhang Juzheng can be above the ministers, in addition to the fact that he is the head of the dynasty and the auxiliary position of high power, but also because he himself has the status of an auxiliary minister appointed by the previous emperor, and it is natural for him to help the emperor handle and decide government affairs. And now, the emperor is about to get married, does it mean that Zhang Juzheng has to give up part of his original great power, so that he will no longer be so powerful?

Others see things more clearly -- with Zhang Juzheng's strong style, not to mention that the emperor is only fifteen or sixteen years old now, and even if he is in his thirties, he will not be able to give up the power he has acquired. Since this is the case, then this pair of monarchs and ministers who have been at peace with each other before will inevitably have a conflict, and then they will be able to take this opportunity to fight with Zhang Juzheng. Because the situation is completely different from what it used to be.

Of course, neither of these is the majority of the officials. The vast majority of officials only care about living a good life and having a good future, and they don't care who is in charge of the world. And what can make these people choose to stay is because of the reward after the wedding.

Since the emperor's marriage is a great joy, it is natural that the whole world should celebrate it. In this way, the amnesty of the world and the addition of officials to the officials participating in the wedding celebration are naturally the proper meaning of the title. Therefore, staying in the capital during the Chinese New Year this time is completely a profitable deal, so why don't they do it?

It is in this atmosphere that the annual festival of the fifth year of Wanli is not so valued, even ordinary people, after tea and dinner, the most talked about is only the wedding of the Son of Heaven, because this itself is also extremely rare, that is, the old man, for this only to listen to their ancestors mentioned the original grand occasion.

Generally speaking, the Son of Heaven has already reached adulthood, and he has already married a wife and had children, such as the first emperor Muzong Longqing Emperor, and Emperor Shizong Jiajing, although he was not very old when he was on the throne, but he also had a wife in Anlu's hometown. It was the earlier Emperor Wuzong Zhengde, but he got married after he ascended the throne.

It can be said that although the emperor's succession ceremony is rare, in comparison, his wedding celebration is fewer, and things are scarce and expensive, which is naturally more concerned by the people. The miserable experience of the hundreds of people in the poor Xu family has only been less than a month or two, and it has been completely thrown aside by the people......

Of course, not everyone put all their minds on the emperor's wedding, such as Yang Zhen, who was a little numb to this, in his opinion, it was just a marriage, as for being seen so grandly, there were still many months, so it was really inappropriate to put aside the New Year's Festival that was close in front of him.

So during this period of time, he and his family tidied up their own house, and bought all kinds of celebratory supplies from various markets, just waiting to spend an unforgettable New Year with their families.

The other ones who are obviously more interested in the New Year are the children. The material level of this era is naturally far inferior to that of later generations, and only at this time can children eat the meat that they would only taste when they dreamed in the past, put on new flower cotton jackets and cotton pants, chase and fight in the lively streets and alleys, and at the same time put a few small firecrackers, but also a childlike innocence.

When Yang Zhen and Zhang Jingyun brought a lot of slaves from the market to buy a lot of things on the way home, they saw this scene that made people smile, especially Zhang Jingyun, after seeing this scene, a pair of eyes showed eagerness and envy: "It's so good, when I used to spend the New Year with my grandfather, I always wanted to put a few firecrackers like them, but it's a pity that I'm a girl, and my grandfather always doesn't let me buy ......."

Hearing her words, Yang Zhen's hand reached over and pinched her soft little hand: "It turns out that you are not only lively, but also have such an idea." Why didn't you tell me earlier? ”

"Erlang ......" Zhang Jingyun heard the meaning of Ailang's words, and her heart was both sweet and a little shy.

Yang Zhen took her hand and said softly, "I know what you're afraid of. But as I said earlier, there are not so many stinky rules in our family, so what do you want, just say it, and I will try my best to be satisfied. Don't you just want to set off firecrackers for the New Year? Putting it outside may make people gossip, but in our house, who dares to say half a word of nonsense? ”

"Well......" Hearing him pamper himself and say this, the smile on Zhang Jingyun's face became even bigger, and he couldn't help but lean on Ailang's shoulder, and answered softly with his nose, but his heart was very happy.

"And, I'll let you see fireworks that are better than these firecrackers. Haven't you always envied Yueying before? I heard her talk about the marriage proposal fireworks I put on her in Hangzhou at that time, and I will let you see all this this time during the Chinese New Year. Yang Zhen hugged Zhang Jingyun's waist and made a promise again.

Yang Zhen may not be so sure about other things, but in this matter of fireworks, he can really boast of Haikou, just because in the Zhenfu Division, he has secretly set up an institution specializing in fireworks and firearms at this moment, and the leader of this institution is Zhu Siyuan, who created a romantic release for him in Hangzhou before.

This Zhu Siyuan does have a blue firearm-making method, coupled with Yang Zhen, a person with experience in later generations, he has made a lot of progress in the transformation of today's Ming military firearms in these days. Although it is not yet possible to create a decisive weapon of mass destruction, as long as there is an investment of time and money, it is not a problem at all to bring the weapons of this era to a higher level.

Of course, this matter is the biggest secret inside Jinyiwei, not to mention being known to outsiders, even inside Jinyiwei, only a very small number of Yang Zhen's cronies know about it. Otherwise, just the crime of making firearms privately was caught by Zhang Juzheng, which was enough for Yang Zhen and Jinyiwei to shed their skin.

But for the sake of his beloved woman, Yang Zhen still decided to pretend to be a public beneficiary, thinking that no one would pay attention to himself during this New Year's Festival, right?