A few days passed in the blink of an eye, the weather became colder and colder, and the climate of Jingshi was already dry, let alone this Xiaoice period.

The wind was like a knife, and it hurt people's faces. As the New Year approached, the eunuchs and maids in the palace began to carefully sweep the entire palace to prepare for the upcoming New Year's Day.

It's almost the New Year, but almost no one has a face full of joy to welcome the New Year, and the people in the palace are not next to the master, looking at the master's face.

But the emperor, the number one master, has been in a very bad mood these days, always pulling his face, as if someone owes him money.

The eunuchs and palace maids at the bottom of the palace secretly guessed that it must be related to this thief's lack of snow.

A eunuch was holding on to a ladder, and on the ladder stood a eunuch who was wiping the paintings under the eaves of the porch with a damp rag.

Xu was that the weather was too cold, his hands were already stiff from the cold, and he still had to hold the wet rag stained with cold water, and one of the rags fell off his hand, just hitting the face of the eunuch on the escalator.

With a snap, the eunuch grinned in pain, and was directly inhaled by the ice, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

It took a few breaths before he remembered to remove the rag from his face, and complained to the top: "You look at it, so I can't teach you to stone to death." ”

The eunuch above took the opportunity to puff his hands, "This can't be blamed on us, this ghost weather, it's almost the New Year, it's just not snowing, it's still cold, and your hands are frozen, why don't you come up and try that rag?" ”

The eunuch below was shocked, "Shut up your stinky mouth!" God doesn't snow, the emperor is in a very bad mood for this, so people can hear it, you and I will inevitably be beaten. ”

"Alright, throw the rag up, so scared. You are all old yellow calendars, when I went to deliver charcoal to Kunning Palace this morning, I heard Xiao Chunzi say that Her Royal Highness the princess has returned to the palace, and the emperor has a smile on his face. ”

Hearing this, the eunuch who was holding the ladder down suddenly calmed down a lot, grabbed the rag and made a gesture of throwing it up, "Then." ”

The rag drew a parabola, but the eunuch above did not catch it, but looked fixedly into the air, and he saw a field of snow like goose feathers.

And then another slice.

Countless pieces followed.

"Snow!" The eunuch's voice was already sharp, and his voice was shouted again, and it immediately spread far and wide.

Many eunuchs and palace maids around heard this shout, and they all looked up to the sky, only to see the snow floating all over the sky like goose feathers.

"It's snowing!"

Countless shouts of surprise rang out in different places almost simultaneously, and instantly spread throughout the entire palace.

There was a charcoal fire in the Kunning Palace, and the inch-long charcoal was burning in the copper furnaces in the shape of lotus flowers.

The doors of the halls were all closed, and they were in the Dongnuan Pavilion of Kunning Palace, faintly floating into these countless shouts, but they couldn't hear what the shouts were.

Emperor Hongzhi, who was talking to his daughter, frowned, "These people in the palace are shouting something. ”

Empress Zhang said, "Mama Liu, go, you go outside and take a look." ”

That Mama Liu answered, and before she left, Xiao Jing ran from the outer hall into the Dongnuan Pavilion, the old face was full of joy, and as soon as she came in, she fell to her knees.

"Slave and maid, congratulations to the emperor! Congratulations! Congratulations to Her Royal Highness Princess! It's snowing, it's snowing! What a big snow! ”

Before the words fell, Emperor Hongzhi stood up suddenly, left his wife and daughter and walked outside, walked to the outer hall, pushed open the door of the hall, and walked out of the hall.

Outside the Kunning Palace, countless goose feather-like snow was sprinkled all over the sky. Xiao Jing, who chased out, held a fox fur cloak in his hand and hurriedly draped it on Emperor Hongzhi.

Zhu Youzhu looked at the heavy snow, and the sorrow hidden between his eyebrows finally dissipated a little, and he let out a hearty laugh.

Immediately, he turned his head to look behind him, until he saw his daughter wearing a white fox shoulder cloak coming out of the palace with the queen, and then he beckoned happily, "Xiurong come quickly, come to my father." ”

"Father."

The call of the father was soft, and when he heard it, Emperor Hongzhi's face became more and more happy, and he helped his daughter adjust the fox fur shoulder cloak on his shoulders with his hand, and then said heartily:

"Today, Xiurong returned to the palace, and this heavy snow fell, and this Ruixue must have been recruited by my daughter."

Empress Zhang looked up at the heavy snow, and said with a smile: "This heavy snow can fall, maybe it is the warm and humid airflow that Ju Zheng said a few days ago, and our Xiurong is not snow, it should be this warm and humid airflow." ”

"What is a warm and humid airflow?"

Zhu Xiurong looked stunned, and Empress Zhang asked, "He didn't tell you this?" ”

"Nope."

Hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi glanced at the curiosity and confusion on his daughter's little face again, and said loudly: "Xiao Banban, you go and find that kid for me, and ask him to come over and tell Xiurong about it." ”

There are a total of seven warehouses for grain storage in the Ming Dynasty, and each warehouse can store millions of stone of grain.

These are all warehouses for grain storage, and as for the national treasury, they are Guangying Warehouse, Changying Warehouse, and Fengying Warehouse.

Among them, the abundant library is the place where the officials of the world are specially supported, there are three library doors, each door is three zhang high, two zhang wide, and several feet thick.

The three doors are still two together, and such a heavy door is equipped with sheaves. Whether it is open or locked, it is several people who work together to pull the chain, usually these three library doors are closed, and the household personnel enter and exit from the small door on the left side of the door when they count the silver.

There are many guards guarding the sun, and no one dares to approach, but today's Fengying warehouse is very lively.

Guyin has been notified by the Ministry of Households: All officials of the fourth grade and below in the capital will come to collect the arrears.

There are many officials in Beijing, and the situation is also different, and those who are in high positions and powerful do not look down on this bit of silver at all.

And some low-grade officials, with rich family assets, disdain the court's wealth.

Most of them are young, poor-born officials, and they have finally become officials, but they have no authority, let alone the opportunity to make money.

It is not easy to live in Beijing.

They live on these money, and now they are in arrears for three months, and they are about to celebrate the New Year, and whether they can live this year depends on today's money.

Therefore, although it snowed with goose feathers, it still did not resist the enthusiasm of these people and looked forward to it.

The team was noisy and disturbing, with anticipation and joy, and from time to time there were people in the team asking why the door was not open, and some people called friends.

"Brother Boyan, after receiving the money for a while, it is rare to catch up with the first fall of this year's snow, why don't I wait for a luxury time, buy some peanuts, wine and meat, and go to Yuquan Mountain to drink and enjoy the snow together?"

In the end, it is a poor Beijing official, and the so-called luxury is only to buy some wine, meat and peanuts, and go to free tourist attractions such as Yuquan Mountain to see the snow.

The person who was called Boyan, surnamed Wu, Boyan is his word, and when he heard this, he thought for a while and said: "It's good to buy some peanut wine, but the meat is still not necessary, otherwise my bad chaff should lose my temper again, and I will be accused of spending money indiscriminately." ”

"I didn't expect Brother Boyan to be afraid of guilt."

Hearing this, several people who knew each other laughed, and looked at the still closed vermilion gate with anticipation.

It's just that everyone in the queue doesn't know, after passing through this vermilion gate, and then through the three library doors.

In the huge rich warehouse, the walls are empty at a glance, but there are cloth bags stacked on the ground, and the thick smell of spices spreads.

(End of chapter)