10. Birthday Day (1)

At the end of May, the water seat of a cloud was repaired, and more and more people sang every day, and the emperor was in a very good mood for a while, because except for Jinling, the military affairs of all places were quite improved. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info for Hong Yang's use of troops, the center of gravity is still in Jinling, Zeng Guofan moved from Yuhuatai to Lishui, supervised Zeng Guoquan insisted on not withdrawing, Hong Yang fierce general Chen Yucheng to attack as a rescue, feint Huzhou, with the intention of forcing Zeng Guoquan to return to the division to rescue, then he had to relieve the siege of Tianjing, fortunately there is Hu Linyi in charge, Zeng brothers have no worries. In addition, Zuo Zongtang supervised military affairs in Zhejiang, which was extremely effective and was praised by the emperor. And Zeng Zuohu's unfulfilled responsibility and the establishment of his meritorious deeds are all the work of Su Shun's recommendation and protection, so the emperor's favor and trust in Su Shun are also endless.

Of course, Su Shun wanted to "be grateful for the picture", he was determined to let the emperor have a good birthday, first of all, not to bother him, the emperor did not want to meet with King Gong and those old ministers who were happy to be honest. Su Shun has already been arranged, and the emperor personally sent a message to the Minister of Military Aircraft, and he issued an edict that he did not have to come to the line to congratulate him on his longevity. But officials with deacons are exceptions. The deacons and officials related to the celebration were only officials from the Ministry of Rites, Honglu Temple, Guanglu Temple, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and from the middle of May, they brought a large number of craftsmen and materials from the capital to decorate the "summer resort" with flowers and joy. Of course, there are also famous singers in Beijing, who have long been spread to serve in Rehe, and on the day of longevity, Fushou Garden, a cloud and the three stages behind the Yubo Jingcheng Palace, are staged together. The emperor has decreed, on the ninth day of the sixth month: "Singing inside and out, to the ordinary axis acrobatics for a total of eighteen moments", plus the usual opening gong play, half a day can not be sung.

At this time, Qin Tianjian also came to join in the fun, and specially folded the report, on the first day of August, "the sun and the moon are combined, and the five stars are connected", and the drawing is presented at the same time. This is a rare auspicious time, it seems that the emperor is about to pass on the play "Four Seas Shengping".

However, the emperor is not a foolish and shallow lord who will revel in the coincidence of celestial phenomena. It was found out that on the first day of April in the fourth year of Jiaqing, there was also this "sun and moon combined, five stars connected with pearls" auspicious rui, when Emperor Renzongrui had an edict, saying that the war in Sichuan and Shaanxi was not settled, and he did not dare to speak extravagantly, and only hoped to calm down as soon as possible.

The emperor thought that his grandfather's words were very good, and ordered the military to send a message to the cabinet, so that he would "make it clear" and tell his subjects according to this meaning. However, the stars in the sky are "true but not literal", but the prosperity of the world is not true in words, and the celebration of longevity does not reduce red tape because of "southeast bandits, not eliminated". Inside and outside the palace, especially the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the mood for celebrating the birthday was as warm as the weather in those days.

On the eighth day of June, the eighth day of the warm life, food is given in the Fushou Garden, and it is a dinner party. On the first day of the 90,000th birthday in June, the emperor got up early in the morning, first went to the Suicheng Palace, which enshrined the five emperors of Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Jiaqing, and Daoguang, and then went to the Yubo Jingcheng Hall to receive congratulations.

There is a halo book to please drive, Dan Majesty Dale, headed by the prince and the prince, the prince of the county, the fifth rank of the prince, the prince and the prince, the minister of civil and military affairs, Han Zhan Kedao, all python robes and gowns, each according to the grade sequence, under the praise of the officials of the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple, the graceful and solemn "Qingping" movement, the celebration gift of three kneeling and nine kowtows.

The banquet at noon is still in Fushouyuan. The emperor ascended to the throne, gave tea, dined, gave wine, constantly played music, kept kowtowing, and when these rituals were finished, everyone was sweating and unbearable, so it was best to return to the private apartment, undress and cool down. Helplessly, this is something that can't be done, after the banquet, give a seat to listen to the play, and go back to give food, give Wen Qizhen to play, a lot of honors, can't go and are reluctant to go.

The ministers are like this, and of course it is more difficult for the emperor to support them. As soon as he returned to the dormitory, he took off only a small silk coat and trousers, and while munching on cold fruits, four little eunuchs fanned him on the other, and when the sweat was collected, he asked for fresh well water to wipe his body.

This is naturally pleasant, but the heat and cold are not something that his extremely empty body can bear, and he suddenly feels nasal congestion and dizziness, and there is an indescribable boredom in his chest.

However, he refused to speak out about his discomfort -- there were many reasons why he could not say that calling the imperial doctor on a happy day was not only too disappointing, but also feared that it would arouse a lot of suspicion and speculation. And he is not willing to spend this completely his own day in illness. He believed that it was his duty to celebrate his birthday from this moment on, and all the programs carefully arranged by the Ministry of Internal Affairs for him must not be easily abandoned.

At this moment, the little eunuch Jin Huan came to ask for a driver, saying that the concubine and the concubine, as well as the eldest brother and the eldest princess, were waiting to celebrate the birthday of the eldest lord. (To be continued.) )