Chapter 23 The palace maid leaves the palace to clean Chang'an Street
December 5, 1620.
11:30 p.m
West of Chang'an Street, outside Xuanwu Gate.
38-year-old Yun Niang and her 12-year-old daughter Yang Xiaomin sell snacks on the street.
The streets are full of people, very lively, and the cries of selling come and go.
"Sell rice balls! Today's rice balls are fragrant and sweet! ”
"Selling sugar gourds, a string costs two pennies!"
"Selling steamed buns, fresh mutton buns!"
"Sell iron stoves, hot iron stoves, you won't be afraid of freezing in winter!"
Today the weather is clear, and there are only a few white clouds floating in the sky.
"Mother, what do you think is that?"
Yun Niang listened and turned her head to look east.
It seems like a lot of people are coming, uh... Be? The eunuchs who came out of the palace and many palace maids.
Xiaomin: "Wow! They're sweeping the streets with brooms! It's weird! ”
More than 300 eunuchs, more than 800 palace maids, more than 80 civil and military generals, and more than 1,500 forbidden soldiers, some of them with brooms, some with dustpans, some with small hoes, and some with bamboo baskets, are really sweeping the street, Chang'an Street!
The little people on the street are already dumbfounded!
Where have they ever seen such a scene?
The palace ladies and ministers who are high up in the sky are sweeping the streets?
This... Especially the more than 800 palace maids, with beautiful appearances and bright clothes.
Everyone is very curious, because there are very few opportunities in the palace to go out of the palace on a large scale.
Yun Niang: "The emperor today is really a strange person! Xiao Min, take out all the bowls, pour boiling water, after the little lady in the palace came over, said that it was hard work, come and drink water! ”
Yang Xiaomin: "Mother, is this good?" ”
"It's rare for them to come to work, go quickly!"
"Oh, it's really here!"
On the other side, Zhu Youxiao (Li Xiaofeng) took a broom and swept the garbage into the dustpan.
Luo Sigong: "There are little people blocking the road over there, do you want to drive them away?" ”
Zhu Youxiao: "Is there something wrong?" ”
"It's the people who sell snacks who want the palace maids to drink water, and I'm worried about 。。。。。"
Zhu Youxiao: "What are you worried about?" You're worried! I don't think you understand, what are you doing with more than 2,600 people coming out on Chang'an Avenue today?
Have you ever done a job at home? Or do you help the elderly people carry heavy things on the street? ”
"Or is the master used to it, and he doesn't know what labor is all about, right?"
"Tell them that the people invite them to eat, and how much they eat must be reported to the servant! Pay right away, not a penny! ”
Xiaomin: "Sisters, sisters, you have worked hard! Come and drink some boiling water! ”
Yulan and Yunhuan, the two little palace maids, ran over happily.
"Thank you, little girl! What is your name? ”
"My name is Yang Xiaomin, what are the names of the two sisters?"
The two palace maids replied: "Our two names are Yulan and Yunhuan!" ”
Yang Xiaomin: "Sister Yunhuan, it's a coincidence, my mother's name is Yun Niang!" ”
"What?"
Yun Niang: "Are you Uncle Liu's Yunhuan?" ”
Yunhuan: "Aunt Yun! It's really you! It seems like I haven't seen each other for 7 or 8 years, how are you doing? ”
Yun Niang: "Okay, some time ago, your Uncle Yang, who was on an errand in the Beijing camp in the capital, was incorporated into the Huangzhuang engineering team, and he had a salary of 1 tael and 5 yuan per month, no, I used his salary to buy this snack stall, and it has been more than a month!" ”
Yunhuan: "Oh, it's still a bun stuffed with mutton?" Auntie, can I eat one? ”
"Eat, eat! Why did you come out to sweep the streets today? ”
Yunhuan: "When Your Majesty summoned us this morning, he said that let us come out to work is not to let us forget our roots, let us know that only after work can we have food, only after labor can we have clothes to wear, and only after labor can we have a house to live in."
In the future, I will take time out to work every month to help the people in the city, I heard that I have a chance to come out every month, and I will come out to see you again, okay? ”
Yun Niang: "That's a good relationship, your Uncle Yang can go home every six days to rest for a day, and we live in Dazheng Fang behind, do you remember the place?" ”
Yunhuan: "Of course, Your Majesty said, wait a minute, you want to reward us with something after work, anyway, I can't use it in the palace, wait for me and Sister Yulan to go to your house, Xiaomin, are you welcome?" ”
Yang Xiaomin: "Great! ”
Zhu Youxiao: "Wang An, wait a minute, there are relatives and friends in the capital, each palace maid and eunuch will be given ten catties of grain, three feet of cloth, and some food, you must arrange this matter, these things are bought directly on the street, which is also rare, let's come out and take care of their business!" ”
Wang An: "Your Majesty's kindness, the people will be very happy!" ”
"Hehe, you're pretty good at talking!"
I saw three old ministers over 60 years old, Li Ruhua, the secretary of the household department, Huang Kezhang, the secretary of the military department (Huang Jiashan just now), and Zhang Weixian, the British public, were also sweeping the floor seriously.
Li Xiaofeng walked over.
"Do you three want to take a break? Going over there for some tea? ”
Li Ruhua: "Your Majesty, that's not possible, you have to do things like you do things, and we all understand Your Majesty's hard work!" ”
Huang Kezhang: "Yes, saint, so as the saying goes, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, if you don't sweep a house, how can you sweep the world?" Only when we come in a low-key manner and get to the people can we truly understand the suffering of the people! ”
Zhang Weixian also said: "Yes, Your Majesty, this is much more meaningful than going to a restaurant to eat and drink!" ”
Li Xiaofeng: "Aiqing, if you can understand my hard work, then it couldn't be better!" Because of the surname Ma, that gentleman said that manual labor is a great disinfectant to eliminate all social viruses! ”
Li Ruhua: "This old horse's words are very good! What's the name of this old horse, and where is he from? ”
Li Xiaofeng's words in his heart, this old horse will not be born for more than 200 years, how can I answer? The great capital has not appeared, do you want to be a copyist yourself? Get it out? Ah, just thinking about it, I feel so excited!
"Oh, this old horse appeared in my dream, and he told me that he was a character 200 years later!"
Huang Kezhang: "Then what kind of words did he say?" ”
Li Xiaofeng said in his heart, he said a lot, and it was incisive and profound, to the point!
Lao Ma said:
"It is better to regret the past than to strive for the future.
Great men look great only because we are on our knees, stand up!
The value of a person is contained in his talents.
Friendship always needs to be sown with loyalty, irrigated with enthusiasm, cultivated with principles, and cared for with understanding.
It is only in the collective that the individual acquires the means for the full development of his talents, that is to say, it is only in the collective that individual freedom is possible.
Conscience is determined by one's knowledge and the whole way of life.
One step of practical action is more important than a dozen programs.
Freedom consists in transforming the state from an organ that stands above society into an organ that is completely subordinate to it.
Whether or not human thinking has objective truth is not a matter of theory, but of practice. ”
Li Ruhua: "。。。。。。 ”
Huang Kezhang: "I like that sentence, regretting the past is better than fighting for the future!" ”
Zhang Weixian: "Yes, yes, I also like this sentence, which is more appropriate for our current age!" ”
Li Xiaofeng: "Then, from today on, we will work together to create a better future and let Daming recast brilliant!" ”
"Let Daming recast the brilliant !!"