Chapter 208 Preparing for the Spring Festival

Zhang Wei is now afraid of the Spring Festival, even the ancestors don't know who to sacrifice, last year is good to say, has been busy with the war, no contact with outsiders, no one pays attention to Zhang Wei, this year is different, the empire was founded, the empire's military strength has developed by leaps and bounds, won several wars in a row abroad, the people at home are rich, and they have lived a life that they didn't even dare to think about before, there are countless pairs of eyes staring at the emperor inside and outside the empire, and the matter of sacrifice is a big thing among the Chinese, and this year is not good to fool the past. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Zhang Wei in this life is an orphan, he used to look forward to the Spring Festival, during the Spring Festival, many large and wealthy families in Guangdong will give alms, Zhang Wei can eat enough in those days; At that time, it was the biggest dream to be able to eat well, and I still had the heart to think about the sacrifice; Zhang Wei pondered for a long time, in his memory, he had no impression of his parents and other elders, and he didn't even know that he was from the village of Meixian County, since he had his memory, he followed an old beggar named Zhang Changfu to wander around, Zhang Wei's name was still given by the beggar, and then the old beggar died, and Zhang Wei wandered around alone; The fellow who led him from Meixian to Kalimantan Island was also killed in the indigenous attack, and there was no direction to find his roots.

Zhang Wei thought to himself, he couldn't just make up fake names for his father and mother.

I really couldn't think of a way, and in the end, Zhang Wei had an idea, and recorded his father's name as Zhang Changfu and his mother as Zhang's, and ordered someone to carve the tablet. In the living room of the villa where Zhang Wei lived, a sacrificial place was arranged for the tablets of his adoptive father and apocryphal adoptive mother; Although it is very sloppy and a bit of a child's play, outsiders don't know the inside story, and it can be regarded as an explanation to the subjects and an example for the people of the empire.

From the afternoon of the 23rd of the lunar month, the general manager Fan Laifu arranged for people to place various tributes in front of his parents' tablets, and asked Zhang Wei to make incense, kowtow, and worship on time every morning and evening.

Zhang Wei is still reluctant to participate in large-scale celebrations and gatherings, and still retains the character of an otaku, so he entrusts all the external sacrificial activities to Prime Minister Zheng Daoyou, and the sacrificial activities inside the palace are entrusted to the chief manager Fan Laifu, and some religious ceremonies and other activities are entrusted to Yun Zhenzi of Yunlongguan to deal with.

Yun Zhenzi is a competent Taoist temple host, he is very attentive to any sacrificial activities or ceremonies, never missed any opportunity to promote Taoism, under the influence of his propaganda, now Yunlongguan can be said to be the peak of incense, many believers, many believers are thousands of miles to come to the Taoist temple to incense, vows, prayers, etc.

Yun Zhenzi came to the palace many times to ask Zhang Wei to support his Taoist cause, and this Spring Festival, he must attend a believer conference organized by Yunlongguan; Zhang Wei considered that Taoism was established as the state religion, but he had never made any contribution to Taoism, so he agreed to Yun Zhenzi's request; After Yun Zhenzi and Fan Laifu communicated, it was decided that this year's Spring Festival, on the ninth day of the first lunar month, Zhang Wei would participate in the big party organized by the Taoist Temple to worship the birthday of the Jade Emperor.

Zheng Daoyou also arranged several gatherings that Zhang Wei had to attend, Zhang Wei asked not to participate as much as possible, and finally under the discussion of Zheng Daoyou and Fan Laifu, it was decided to only participate in the pilgrimage of all people organized in the National Square on the first day of the first lunar month, the worship of the God of Wealth organized by merchants in Beijing on the fifth day of the first lunar month, and the lantern riddle meeting on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. As the emperor of the empire, if you don't show up for a long time at such an important time, it is easy to cause bad rumors in society.

Everything in the palace was done meticulously by Manager Fan in accordance with customs, and even the laba garlic was pickled in 2 large jars.

On the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, Chief Fan began to ask the palace handymen and palace maids to clean up, and all the halls, large and small conference rooms, various restaurants, and villas in the backyard, as well as roads and gardens were cleaned up. Lanterns were hung on all the halls and gates of the palace, as well as on both sides of the villas and meeting rooms, restaurants and roads, but the lanterns were filled with bulbs, which made the interior of the palace a fiery scene at night; As for other things such as steamed buns, steamed rice cakes, and spring couplets, they were all done in accordance with the customs of the Spring Festival in the Ming Dynasty, and a set of Ming Dynasty regular clothes were made for all the people in the palace, ready to be worn on the first day of the New Year.

The first and second floors of the Arc de Triomphe are also covered with red lanterns; The government departments also hung red lanterns around the National Square and on both sides of Shengli Avenue, built a lot of flower beds, and presented a very beautiful shape, which immediately made Shangjing City look like the Spring Festival.

The occasional sound of firecrackers on the street made Zhang Wei feel more like a New Year.

For the military and political aspects, all according to Zhang Wei's instructions on vacation, the time is from the 28th of the lunar month to the 16th of the first month, but each department is on rotation, must leave enough personnel on duty to deal with any emergencies.

Zhang Wei didn't care about anything, and while everyone was busy, he meditated in the study, whether to fight the United States first or occupy the whole of Australia first, he must upgrade the system to the imperial level as soon as possible and unlock the fertility of all synths, otherwise it will be very detrimental to the stability of the empire.

During this period, Zhang Wei stayed in the palace and got acquainted with the 30 palace maids who took care of his daily life and office.

Their appearance was definitely very beautiful in the eyes of people at that time, but Zhang Wei's aesthetics were still very different from those at that time, among these people, Zhang Wei's favorite 2 were called Zong Zhenglan and Du Jingyi, both of whom were about 163 tall, not fat or thin, the same age as Zhang Wei, and they were all quiet and well-behaved.

I also have a general understanding of the families of these 30 palace maids, they are all seniors or previous generations who came to Nanyang, they are authentic Chinese, and the family economic conditions are okay, otherwise they will not support them to study until junior high school or high school.

Due to the similar age, these palace maids emotionally treat Zhang Wei as a little brother, and they are no longer as shy as they were when taking care of Zhang Wei's daily life.

After the palace maids became familiar with each other, they retreated from the estrangement when they first came, and they all became active, and in private, they were still called sisters to each other; For girls in this era, especially girls from large families, in addition to going to school and studying, they rarely communicate with the outside world, which is also the first time to leave their parents and relatives and live in an unfamiliar place, which must be uncomfortable at the beginning; Being able to get acquainted with the living environment here in such a short period of time already makes Zhang Wei happy for them.

During the Spring Festival, there were relatively few things in the palace, so Zhang Wei asked Fan Laifu to arrange for them to take turns to go home to visit relatives during the Spring Festival, each time for 5 days, Zhang Wei gave each person 100 taels of silver as a year-end reward, and arranged 2 heavily armed Yulin guards to escort them to take care of the safety on the road.

During this period, Zheng Daoyou and Lu Weimin visited many times to discuss some group worship and sacrifices, and Zhang Wei's request was to keep everything simple, and the external affairs were all handled by the two of them; The two of them should not interfere in the affairs of the palace, and leave it all to Fan Laifu; However, the war against Japan could not be stopped, and the naval blockade of Japan was continued to be maintained, and the Japanese army in Lushun was resolutely annihilated.

(To be continued.) )