September 18 is Tianshou Holy Day, which is Boss Zhu's birthday.

In the Ming Dynasty, it was one of the three most important festivals of the year. The other two are New Year's Day and Winter Solstice. New Year's Day is the Spring Festival. The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year, and the days get longer and longer. Therefore, it is considered to be an important day of 'yang qi rising and monarch long', and it has been highly valued since the Han Dynasty.

These three days are also the legal holidays of Daming. The officials of the Hongwu Dynasty can take a day off in each of these three festivals, so they are all looking forward to the holiday...... Phew, no, it's a celebration of Emperor Hongwu's holy birthday!

In fact, this Holy Birthday Festival did not start at the beginning. Not to mention that before the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was the first year of Hongwu, and Boss Zhu was too busy to take care of his birthday.

It was in the second year of Hongwu that Boss Zhu began to pass his birthday. However, at that time, it was still called 'Christmas Day' and was not officially designated as an official holiday.

It wasn't until the third year of Hongwu that under the suggestion of Li Shanchang, Boss Zhu's birthday was officially designated as the 'Tianshou Holy Day', and the whole country was closed, and various activities were held to celebrate the emperor's birthday.

On the day of Tianshou Holy Day, slaughtering and funeral are prohibited nationwide; The government ignored the criminal name for several days; Civil and military officials must also wear court clothes according to the system; Incense cases should be set up in the yamen in various places, and the gentry and people should be led by the local officials to make a big salute in the direction of the capital.

The city of Nanjing is even more lively, Ying Tianfu and the two attached Guo counties put up lanterns, and organize folk song and dance performances, leading the people to blow and blow outside the Hongwu Gate, for the emperor's birthday.

This year's celebration is much grander than in previous years. Because just last month, the emperor gave up moving the capital and decided not to leave.

This is bad news for the people of the central capital, but it is great news for the people of Nanjing.

In order to celebrate Boss Zhu's wise decision and convince Boss Zhu that his choice was not wrong, the craftsmen of Nanjing City used colorful canvas to display several main streets in the capital, as well as the banks of the Qinhuai River. The people also spontaneously went to the streets to celebrate, singing and dancing everywhere, and the shouts of 'Shengshou Boundless' and 'Long Live Nanjing' came and went, hoping to convey their hearts to Boss Zhu.

In the palace, there are also lights everywhere, and the festival is lively.

On this day, Boss Zhu's rules for turtle hair can all be relaxed temporarily.

Those low-level little fire masters and palace maids can wear their favorite clothes without following the rules. You can also wear a variety of glyph patterns on the body.

In addition, if you can eat two good meals at noon and night, you can also get a reward from the emperor.

And there will be absolutely no reprimands on this day. Even if the mothers and girls who have stinky faces on weekdays, they have to keep their temper and laugh today, otherwise you are dissatisfied with the emperor?

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As the birthday star, the emperor is of course the focus of today.

So when she got up in the morning, Ma Niangniang cooked longevity noodles with her own hands and gave him two eggs.

"It's this bowl of noodles every year, it's exactly the same." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the noodle bowl and sighed.

"What, tired of eating?" Queen Ma asked.

"How is that possible? We're sighing. Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly picked up the bowl, took a big bite of noodles and said: "We can't wait to eat every year, eat to ninety-nine!" ”

Three times five divided by two, a bowl of longevity noodles directly dried so that there was no soup left.

Only then did he put down the bowl, held Ma Niangniang's hand and said: "After our parents died, we didn't have a birthday, but we still became a relative to your sister, and then someone gave us a birthday." So we order you, you have to live well, if you dare to walk in front of us, we can't do it anymore! ”

"It's my birthday, say something auspicious." Ma Niangniang pulled out her hand embarrassedly, and there was a palace maid waiting on the side.

She took the black yarn wing crown and buckled it on Zhu Yuanzhang's head and said, "Besides, who are you ordering?" ”

"No, no, we're wrong. We're asking you. Zhu Yuanzhang held his hat in his hand, got up and took Queen Ma's hand and said, "Let's go, mother-in-law, accompany us to the court." ”

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Boss Zhu and the proprietress went to the Heavenly Palace together to accept the congratulations and contributions of the princes and officials, the envoys of the four yi.

Regardless of whether an adult is a child, whether the emperor is a beggar or a beggar, it is very happy to receive gifts, and Boss Zhu, who has suffered since childhood, is no exception.

However, it is particularly troublesome to give him gifts, and too expensive gifts will be scolded for being too extravagant, and even backhand people will check your financial resources.

can give too ordinary gifts, the emperor doesn't say it, and it is inevitable that he will feel that you are not careful, can't do things, and even deliberately knock him down. With Boss Zhu's temper, small shoes will definitely be indispensable in the future.

Even his sons have big heads, and they are not good at giving gifts, although they will not be put on small shoes, but they will also be kept in small accounts, and they will be beaten with their left foot when they enter the door.

Therefore, the princes and ministers have been hollowing out their minds to prepare gifts for Boss Zhu for a while. On the day of Shengshou Day, with a worried heart, with carefully selected gifts, he accepted Boss Zhu's evaluation.

Congratulations to the emperor every year, and after the year has today, it is time for everyone to see the birthday gift.

The first to appear was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. The prince naturally has no pressure, he just sends Lao Zhu a fart, and Boss Zhu, who is biased towards his grandmother's family, will be intoxicated and say that it is really fragrant.

Zhu Biaobei's birthday gift is a "Book of Filial Piety" that he copied by himself.

Zhu Yuanzhang took it from the prince's hand, and he was really happy, and while flipping through the prince's crisp and beautiful Liu Kai with strong bones, he was full of praise and said:

"Who knows us best? It must be the crown prince. Last night, we had a dream, dreaming that my father and mother, just like when I was a child, celebrated my birthday, my father praised me and said, "Chongba, you have done a good job and added glory to our old Zhu family." ’

"We were also very happy, and said, 'Daddy, you can enjoy happiness with your son.'" Boss Zhu rubbed the corners of his eyes as he spoke, and his voice became nasal.

"It's a pity that I woke up and remembered that they had been gone for thirty-two years. So, those of you who still have parents, you must seize the time to be filial, don't be like us, your son wants to raise but doesn't treat you, hey, it's a pity......"

"Yes, the ministers obey the hadith." The princes and ministers hurriedly responded in unison.

It's just that when a few princes heard this, they always felt that it was weird.

"Alright. Don't shed tears during the holidays, your parents-in-law must also want you to have a happy birthday. Queen Ma on the side persuaded Zhu Yuanzhang to say a few words, and then asked King Qin: "Second brother, what gift have you prepared?" ”

"Son, son, I have prepared a ...... for my father's emperor A good look. "Zhu Fan has been crawling around in the barracks for a while, and he only returned home yesterday, and even the birthday gift was prepared for him by the sixth child.

The gift box was presented, and Zhu Yuanzhang opened it to see that it was a brass tube.

"What the hell is this? Weapons? Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the copper pipe and looked it up and down.

"Father, beware, this thing will make your eyes black!" Lao Qi was shocked when he saw it.

ps. I really fell asleep last night, haha, lo and behold, this is called self-knowledge (embarrassing)

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