Because of the Zhengdan pilgrimage meeting on the first day of the new year, Chinese New Year's Eve should rest early, and it is considered a night of keeping the New Year in advance, returning from dinner, sitting in a circle, drinking tea, or reading or listening to music or playing chess, and the small games that Zhu Yuan brought from the later life, which is very enjoyable.

It wasn't until Zhu Yuan's pocket watch that he was reluctant to put down after he got his hand showed that it was ten o'clock in the evening, and he was urged again and again to finally go to rest.

Wake up again, the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month.

Chinese New Year's Eve.

I woke up a little earlier today, and the pocket watch showed that it was only 8:20 in the morning, but after a certain accurate crystal carving, it was half an hour away, and it was almost 9 o'clock.

Freehand ran to serve and get up as usual, but there was something special.

It's not that it's special, but Nizi brought two strange women in together, and Zhu Yuan gestured while wearing clothes: "Who is this?" ”

Freehand was rarely weak-hearted, and after a pause, he said: "Your Majesty said that the beauty of rewarding the lord will be ...... this morning. This is just arriving, and the slave brought it to the adults to see. ”

Zhu Yuan smiled and grabbed his freehand chin, seeing that the girl was even more weak-hearted, he didn't ask much, and motioned to the two beautiful women who were cowering and a little tired: "Come, I'll take a look." ”

The two women stepped forward together.

The first is age, one is definitely less than twenty, and the other is twenty-four or five at most, both of which are quite young. What is so special about it...... Although it was a warm room, it was a little strange to wear some light clothes, and it was not a group that accompanied me last night.

Pulling the smaller one in front of him, Zhu Yuan held his waist and was about to look carefully, when he suddenly sniffled, and a special fragrance came, and he immediately woke up.

Look at Freehand.

Freehand face is already red, and it looks even more empty.

Zhu Yuan thought for a moment and asked, "Is it really a reward?" ”

Freehand nodded hurriedly: "Yes, how dare a slave lie to an adult." ”

"That's good," Zhu Yuan looked at the woman in front of him again, and said, "I don't want to be impeached by the imperial history and rob the people's daughters one day."

Freehand reassures: "Slave ...... Don't dare. ”

Zhu Yuan laughed: "Stupid, you don't admit that you arranged it." ”

Freehand: "......"

It seems like...... That's right.

Zhu Yuan turned to the front, looked at the woman who was still standing in a daze, and asked, "What's your name?" ”

The woman avoided her gaze and could not be heard: "Slave...... Ran's. ”

"Well," Zhu Yuan nodded and asked the other on the side: "What about you?" ”

When the older woman heard this, she knelt down: "My lord, Nu Shang's family." ”

"It seems that there are no names," Zhu Yuan thought for a moment and said, "It happens that Chinese New Year's Eve today, say goodbye to the old and welcome the new...... Well, no, it's not a small guy. For another change, the old year is about to pass, so fast, like a year of water, then ...... One 'cherry', one 'plantain'. ”

Inside the bedroom.

This twist is a bit clueless, even if some people who have read the book, they didn't react for a while, why did they 'cherry' and 'plantain'?

However, Zhu Yuan's words fell, and Shang, who had just got his name, immediately fell to the ground and said, "Lord Xie gave me a name." ”

In front of Zhu Yuan, he was still a little stunned.

However, Zhu Yuan noticed that just after the words fell, the girl's eyes flashed in front of her, obviously not really stupid, so she asked with a smile: "Tell me, why are you a 'cherry'?" ”

The woman paused, whispered, and said softly: "From Jiang Jie's "A Cut Plum" in the Song Dynasty, the streamer is easy to throw people, red cherries, green plantains. ”

"That's right," Zhu Yuan said, and suddenly changed the subject: "What about your child?" ”

The woman was stunned, the panic in her expression flashed, and then she finally knelt down.

Zhu Yuan didn't force it, no one could pull his body, and when he saw the woman kneeling down but didn't speak, he could only look at Freehand.

Freehand was also a little weak-hearted, and whispered: "My lord, her ...... It's a daughter, and she picked it up together, and the slave thought that there was no shortage of this one at home. ”

After freehand, the woman in front of her finally took the initiative once, and said with a crying voice: "Ask for ...... Ask for ...... adults"

Zhu Yuan turned to another: "What about you?" ”

Shang shook his head: "Slave...... No, no. ”

Naturally, there is.

It's just that...... Lucky to have such a good home, she didn't want to bring one to drag her over.

"Get up," Zhu Yuan asked, and then turned to freehand: "Arrange them, besides, don't mess around in the future, my reputation is not good, and then spread it...... I can't see anyone at all. ”

Zhu Yuan said this, and before the two in front of him got up, Freehand had already knelt down: "My lord, the slave knows that he is wrong." ”

"I'm going to punish you for taking the time."

Zhu Yuan said a word, finally put on his shoes, and left the room.

Freehand motioned for a few Caisang and last night's pick-up lamp to go out, stay by themselves, look at the two girls who were helped up by Xi Jiangyue and Man Tingfang, thought for a while, and said to Ran: "If you have a place to go, I will talk to the adults, send you away, and the adults will definitely allow it." ”

Ran subconsciously shook his head, just got up, and knelt down again: "No, don't ......"

was escorted from Shuzhong for thousands of miles, and his family was ruined, where else could he go?

Let alone...... She was actually observing just now.

A certain teenager...... Just a short contact, she actually found that she is a good person, even so, in addition to this, there will be a better place for their mother and daughter to go?

Could it be that he was returned and rewarded with other meritorious heroes, or did he go to the Sect Division?

Then it's all life and death.

Anyway, it's already like this, it's better to stay here.

Ran's head shook his head, and then instructed Xi Jiangyue to take them away first, and then went out of the back house by himself and came to the front yard of the inner house.

Zhu Yuan had already begun to eat.

Also, Wutong came again, this time not only pulling Nuan Niang, but also bringing Zhu Erniang, who had just entered the house yesterday, with him.

also sued, saying that it was his master, the same as himself...... I can eat it. provoked Zhu Erniang's face to turn red, and she obviously wanted to run away.

Freehand waited for Wutong Balabala to say a bunch, and left with a cage of steamed buns from here, before mentioning just now, in addition to those two, there are eighteen others.

Zhu Yuan only said that he would take the time to look at it.

Freehand then continued, about the next New Year's arrangement.

First today.

The mansion has been swept again.

On the side of the ancestral hall, preparations were also started a few days ago, and Zhu Yuan needed to go and see it in person later.

In addition, Zhu Yuan temporarily remembered a little thing last night, pressing the New Year's money, to wrap it in a red envelope, the freehand has been made to do it, not the kind of paper red envelope that came later, after all, the silver money of this era is not paper money, so it is planned to be made into a red cloth packet, which can be completed before the evening.

Then there are two more important things.

I had to rush to the palace before noon.

Tomorrow is the Zhengdan Dynasty Meeting, and today, Lao Zhu ordered that a family banquet be arranged at noon, but there are probably only a few.

In addition, after returning from the family feast, it is necessary to start worshipping the ancestors.

After these two major events, in the evening, Qiao Wang, Lu Qi and other internal and external stewards of the mansion would come over to pay New Year's greetings to Zhu Yuan.

And then next year.

I have to go to bed early in the evening, and tomorrow I have to go to the Zhengdan Festival, and there is also a banquet that lasts until the afternoon.

After the first year of junior high school.

On the second day of the first month, he planned to have a 'private visit to Weifu' with Lao Zhu, and the butcher's store had been found.

Then, it's gone.

Fang Guozhen proposed that Zhu Yuan have a banquet before, and at first he thought that it might be possible, but when he considered the list, he found that it was too difficult.

There are some things that can really not be done by a 'clear person who purifies himself', but in the end he still dispelled the idea.

If you have time, you only plan to invite Fang Guozhen to fish together.

It's certainly fine.

The old party has no ambition and no power, and when he becomes Zhu Yuan, the fishing friend of the king of the side branch, no one will say anything.

In comparison, if he arrogantly invited a group of scholars, squires and even civil and military generals at all levels to come over, even if Lao Zhu trusted him enough, it was difficult to guarantee that he would not be recited by someone with a heart.

If you talk too much, it's not good after all.

Zhu Yuan really didn't want to do anything, so he didn't want people to misunderstand what he wanted to do.

After talking about things in a freehand manner, Zhu Yuan also had breakfast.

It was only half past nine.

The family banquet in the palace is starting at noon, that is, at 12 o'clock, Zhu Yuan is ready at half past 10 o'clock, and he will leave at 11 o'clock, so there will be no problem.

So there was still an hour to go.

I went to the lower ancestral hall first.

Last year there were no ancestors to sacrifice, but this year there is.

Except for the second brother Zhu's family, further up, it is similar to the one in the Taimiao. He pretended to be the twenty-third grandson of the family, and he was expected to get the title of county king, so cheap, the ancestors changed ...... It's changed.

After reading the preparation of the ancestral hall, I talked about it again.

In the morning, Song Lian asked people to send the first draft of the next issue of "Daming Monthly", so he returned to the study of the main house, began to perform the duties of the editor-in-chief, and finally reviewed it.

Some of the main articles have been discussed in advance, and I have seen some first drafts, which are basically skipped.

What Zhu Yuan is more interested in is the batch of 'tofu blocks' accumulated this month.

It is some brief information in the "Current Political News" section, mainly personnel appointments, such as a certain official who was impeached and dismissed, such as Bianliang's new change of prefect, such as Wang Guangyang, who was just confirmed a few days ago, is about to transfer from Shandong Province to Shaanxi Province to participate in politics.

People who are familiar with the court can see many contexts from these personnel appointments that seem to confuse ordinary people.

For example, factional struggles, such as court trends, such as the emperor's mentality, and so on.

What Zhu Yuan saw this time was one word.

Steady!

Compared with the large-scale appointments and dismissals when the 10 ministries were confirmed last month, this time, the only transfer that took the biggest move was Wang Guangyang's transfer from Shandong to Shaanxi.

Of course, this 'stability' is actually a comparison with the original timeline.

In history, during this day, the country was founded, and it was necessary to enjoy wealth and wealth, and it began to compete for power and profit.

Let's talk about Wang Guangyang's arrangement this time, this is an arrangement made by Lao Zhu in order to stabilize Shaanxi's civil affairs, and perhaps, there are some arrangements related to Gansu, which is operating.

As for Shandong, this is the direction of the main business of Kang Maocai, the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and the field envoy next year, although Kang Maocai is a military general, but he is also good at civil affairs, and at the beginning of the year he participated in receiving grain from Jiaozhou and arranging transportation, and all aspects were handled in an orderly manner at that time. Therefore, Shandong's provincial participation in politics is temporarily vacant, and there is no major problem.

Speaking of which, Lao Zhu still lacks available people in his hands.

It's not that there are no people, but there are no suitable people to be assigned to certain positions.

Just like in history, Qian Tang was a white body, entered the court, and directly went to the third grade of the criminal department, which seems to be the old Zhu Qiuxian, on the other hand, it is not a manifestation of overstretched. Moreover, doing so will inevitably bring some side effects, which will make those subordinates who have followed Lao Zhu for many years dissatisfied.

Everyone has been following you conscientiously for so many years, is it better to be a white body with no work?

In fact, this dissatisfaction has already manifested itself.

In the middle of the year, Zhu Yuan was still in Mingzhou, and he saw an edict issued by Lao Zhu, to the effect that Lao Zhu was explaining: Now many new officials are ranked above some old ministers, it's not that I don't pay attention to the old ministers, it's just that the Ming Dynasty is getting broader and bigger, and more people need to take care of it, and the criteria for selecting people, I don't have any selfish motives as an emperor, and I just appoint people on the basis of merit.

There is always an effect, and there is a cause.

Lao Zhu's issuance of this edict will not be an inexplicable whim, he must have felt the complaints of his subordinates.

This kind of complaint must not be ignored.

Otherwise, the hearts of men will be scattered. When people's hearts are scattered, the team will not be easy to lead.

Therefore, Lao Zhu must not only explain, but also make some practical actions. Probably, even if there are vacant positions, if there is no suitable candidate who can convince the public at the same time, you can't use people indiscriminately.

In the final analysis, even the emperor is by no means the kind of person who can do whatever he wants.

After browsing a series of tofu blocks, Zhu Yuan's other thing he paid more attention to was the advertising insert of 'Zhiyongzhai'.

In order to promote next year's 'Zhuangzi' series, after Lao Zhu set a page advertisement of 1,000 taels of silver, his own side still determined three 6-page layouts, that is, it would cost 6,000 taels.

Of course, Zhiyong Zhai can afford it.

However, after seeing the beautifully made advertising inserts, Zhu Yuan also remembered that he should get some other advertisements together, not just himself.

Wood shows in the forest!

Thinking about it again, it was not too late, so before leaving home to go to the imperial city for a banquet, Zhu Yuan instructed He Xuan to let him go out and contact a few more as soon as possible.

In fact, it is also very easy to determine, such as Raozhou Tanshi, promote the red glaze, such as the ancient family of Zhangzhou...... Any business will do.

Zhu Yuan is also not worried that some people will not see the potential value of advertising, and will definitely only rush to vote.

The location is the imperial city, and there is still more than a quarter of an hour before the banquet.

The venue of the family banquet is located in the Qianqing Palace.

The existing clan relatives are basically all together.

After everyone sat down after a pleasant greeting, Zhu Yuan looked at the 'relatives' around him, but he thought of the thoughts he had when he was looking through those tofu cubes before.

The emperor could not do whatever he wanted.

The main thing is to think about the 'after' again.

The most illustrative one, the result of a series of 'do whatever you want' in the last years of Hongwu is to let the fourth child win the world.

In the battle of Jingjing, there are too many accidents, and there are too many inevitabilities.

Why is King Ning willing to borrow troops, is he really caught off guard and robbed by the old top four?

Why is Wuchen so useless, is it really that there is no one who can fight?

The fourth surprise attack on Jinling, why was it successful, where did the army that should have been King Qin go, not only did no one King Qin, but a bunch of people rushed to open the city gate, which was outrageous.

Why is all this?

Because, where there is a cause, there is an effect.

From the end of Hongwu to the beginning of Jianwen, in just a few years, he did whatever he wanted, and he lost people's hearts.

For example, Jianwen has done the most outrageous, meaningless, and hurtful thing.

Lao Zhu also had two nieces alive when he ascended the throne, one was the daughter of the eldest brother's family, Zhu Wenzheng's sister, and the other was the daughter of a cousin of the uncle's family a little farther away, which was considered a cousin niece. Out of pity for his family, the two daughters who should have been the county lord, Lao Zhu was exceptionally named a princess, one Fucheng and one Qingyang.

Later, more than once some courtiers raised objections, thinking that the princess should not be crowned, and the ceremony was inconsistent, Lao Zhu rejected it on the grounds of family affection, and finally took a step back, and the princess insisted on retaining the title, but was reduced to the treatment of the county lord.

When it comes to Jianwen, Princess Fucheng should be gone, Princess Qingyang is still alive, but she is already an old man about sixty years old, and she is only entitled to the title of princess, and she actually only enjoys the treatment of the county lord, not to mention, the princess title cannot be hereditary, it can be said that Princess Qingyang has no slightest threat to Jianwen's throne. And yet, that's it...... Xiao Xiao Zhu couldn't tolerate it, and after ascending the throne, he was demoted to the county lord.

According to etiquette, this is fine.

But, what about human affection?

Your grandfather has been nagged by his courtiers so many times in his life, and as an elder, he is not willing to give his niece a title. You're a junior, what do you think about an old aunt who hasn't lived for a few years to put it bluntly, as a nephew, to do this kind of thing?

And, that's not even the most outrageous.

The most outrageous thing is that when the old four soldiers came to the city, Xiao Xiao Zhu remembered that he only had such a cousin who was older than the fourth uncle, and she was considered the eldest sister, so she sent the poor aunt who was demoted from a princess to a county lord...... To persuade the fourth to quit the army?

It's just a god operation!

In short, this period of history is so outrageous that it even makes people wonder if the fourth child deliberately made it up in order to discredit his nephew.

In the dining room of the Qianqing Palace.

At the family gathering, Lao Zhu's interest was very high, Balabala said a lot before announcing the start of the luncheon, and let everyone not have to be formal, Zhu Yuan also retracted his thoughts, but it was inevitable to look at Xiao Zhu who was sitting next to Lao Zhu again.

I have to work harder!

(End of chapter)