Daming 1805

Chapter 191
The 34th day of the twelfth lunar month in the 29th year of Taiping is the last day of the Taiping Era.

The Supreme Emperor Zhu Zhongliang returned to the Forbidden City with his family to host the royal family banquet and the imperial family banquet.

Zhu Zhongliang is still the patriarch of the royal family, and his actual status is equivalent to that of a retired chairman.

Zhu Jianyan's status is similar to that of the general manager who actually manages the family and business.

When arranging the seats, Zhu Zhongliang, Zhu Jianyan and his son were side by side, and Zhu Zhongliang's other descendants were on the left and right sides below.

In the past, when the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor were present at the same time, the seats had always been arranged in this way.

On the side of the female relatives, the Empress Dowager sits in the middle, and Zhu Jianyan's concubine, the intended future empress, sits on the left of the Empress Dowager.

The intended imperial concubine, Liang Yunying, was arranged by the Empress Dowager to her right.

Other concubines and concubines are on the left and right sides below.

Liang Yunying herself was very surprised:

"The queen mother...it's not appropriate for a concubine to sit here."

The queen mother explained with a smile:
"The Supreme Emperor asked me to arrange this. There is nothing inappropriate. You are the only imperial concubine here. This position was originally reserved for you."

Liang Yunying didn't dare to refuse any more, so she could only sit on the queen mother's right side very carefully.

Then he observed the reactions of the people around him, and at the same time muttered in his heart:
Even the intended imperial concubine should not sit with two generations of empresses.

After Emperor Shizu and before Zhu Jianyan, these generations of emperors were not legitimate sons.

So there will always be two queen mothers, so there will be exactly three people sitting on it.

The current emperor, Zhu Jianyan, is himself a legitimate son, and there should have been only the queen mother and empress above him.

One position should have been withdrawn, but now three people are still arranged.

And the arrangement given to Liang Yunying by the Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager completely chilled the hearts of Zhu Jianyan's other wives.

Originally, when Zhu Jianyan was still the prince, the other three wives naturally hoped that their son would inherit the throne.

The prince's sons are all potentially competitive. If they want to inherit the title, they have to study hard and find ways to please their father.

Zhu Jingyuan was the most favorable contender for the throne at the time.

Because they were so outstanding, the other brothers and their mother basically gave up the idea of ​​increasing the throne one after another.

As a result, Zhu Jingyuan won the title of prince himself, so he didn't have to compete with them, and gave them another chance, and immediately began to compete secretly again.

As a result, this process lasted for less than a year, and Zhu Jianyan became the emperor.

Everyone is back to the common starting point.

In the future, there is no need to compete for the throne, but to start competing for the throne.

The attractiveness and allure of the throne is many times higher than that of the previous title of prince.

Even if they think that there is a high probability that they will not be Zhu Jingyuan's opponent, they still have illusions.

Since news from the court and the palace cannot be spread at will, many people don't know what happened between Zhu Jingyuan, the old emperor Zhu Zhongliang and his father Zhu Jianyan.

However, with several other wives conferring as imperial concubine, Liang Yunying was conferred the title of imperial concubine alone, and now she was assigned the main position alone, and they once again realized the huge gap.

Liang Yunying's son is not only smart, but the key is that he has been recognized by the old emperor Zhu Zhongliang and the new emperor Zhu Jianyan.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for Liang Yunying to be the imperial concubine, otherwise there would be no special seating arrangements.

And Zhu Jingyuan's outrageous award.

These circumstances all show that Zhu Jingyuan is the heir that the two generations of emperors are optimistic about.

Others still don't bother.

Honestly pass the administrative training and work hard to get the title of prince.

The royal family banquet lasted from noon to evening.

The slightly drunk old emperor Zhu Zhongliang took his concubine back to the palace outside the city by car.

The old city of the capital is a bit deserted, because the old city is not lively enough, the key is that no firecrackers and fireworks are allowed, lest some saboteurs use firecrackers to cover up the gunshots.

After posting Spring Festival couplets in the morning, most people went to Xincheng to set off fireworks and visit temple fairs in the afternoon.

When Zhu Zhongliang left the palace, it was not completely dark yet, and there were already sounds of fireworks rising into the sky in the direction of Xincheng.

Zhu Zhongliang waved to the children and grandchildren around:

"You don't need to follow me, go out and play, now you are all liberated..."

The older sons were not very embarrassed, and they were not in the mood to go out to play.

On the contrary, the young sons, grandsons, and great-grandchildren are waiting for Zhu Zhongliang's words.

Those who came out with the old emperor were all other sons and grandsons besides Zhu Jianyan.

Now that they have basically lost their inheritance rights, their security level can be lowered, and they are correspondingly more free.

At this time last year, they all had to stay in the old city honestly, and now they can go to the new city to play.

But Zhu Jianyan's descendants have to stay in the Forbidden City now.

Except for those who have practiced governance in other places.

It was evening in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and it was noon in Zhu Jingyuan's Dashiguo.

Zhu Jingyuan asked the palace to prepare a "state banquet".

It is not a state-level banquet, but a banquet attended by all the people.

The capital of the Great Food Country, and everyone in the entire Quicksand City, were invited to participate.

Just outside the city walls of the new palace, a huge open-air banquet was held.

Anyway, even if it is winter in Quicksand City, the daytime temperature is [-] degrees, which is not cold at all.

The so-called thousand people make a mountain, and ten thousand people make a sea. Now there are more than 2 people under the city of Dashiguo Xinwangfu, which is really a sea of ​​people.

It took Dashi Kingdom three days to clean up and inspect all the orchids.

Tianzhu and Bemozhou were the first batch, with a total of more than 300.

Then the distribution starts directly.

There are only [-] bachelor workers in Dashi Country.

Facing more than 4000 orchids, theoretically they have a chance to choose.

But Zhu Jingyuan did not allow them the opportunity to choose freely, but adopted the lottery mode.

Orchids are simply divided into five grades according to their shape and health.

Corresponding to the five levels in the assessment of workers in the Great Food Country.

Workers will have different levels of evaluation every day, every ten days, and every month.

The highest level is honesty, hard work, willingness to learn, and good health.

The lowest level is cunning and lazy, rejecting knowledge, and weak in health.

The most advanced Orchid will be randomly awarded to the craftsman with the highest evaluation.

In the end, the remaining 300 orchids were temporarily used as ordinary sundry workers.

At the banquet, it becomes a waiter, responsible for delivering things and forwarding messages.

At noon, before the banquet started, Zhu Jingyuan stood on the temporary platform and said a few words with earnestness.

A group of loud-voiced guards stretched out from the platform, scattered among the crowd below.

Help convey Zhu Jingyuan's words sentence by sentence.

"Today, now, and tomorrow will be the first New Year in our Great Food Country.

"We gathered here from all corners of the Ming Dynasty and formed a big family - the Great Food Kingdom, the Quicksand City.

"So today's luncheon is a feast for all of us.

"In the evening, when we go back, we will have our own little family dinner.

"Today's luncheon and dinner, as well as tomorrow's luncheon, all materials can be applied to the palace, and all are provided free of charge according to the family size.

"Okay, let's talk more nonsense, I hope everyone can eat and drink well today, continue to work hard in the coming year, and live a better life!"

After the news announced by Zhu Jingyuan was conveyed by the guards with loud voices, the scene immediately erupted with unceasing cheers.

For two days, I can let go of eating and drinking for nothing!

"The king is wise and mighty!"

"Your Majesty loves the people like a son."

"The king is generous..."

Amidst all kinds of praises, the "state banquet" of Dashi Kingdom has just begun.

Zhu Jingyuan also got off the stage and returned to his position in the front row.

Zhu Jingyuan chatted and ate with his staff, guards, courtiers, and maidservants.

The banquet also went straight into the evening.

Zhu Jingyuan returned to the old palace, and Liusha City began to set off fireworks.

For Zhu Jingyuan's safety, the sound of firecrackers was only allowed after Zhu Jingyuan left.

Firecrackers were set off in the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, and firecrackers were set off in the vassal states and Huangzhuang of the Ming Dynasty.

European and American countries are also setting off firecrackers.

Influenced by the culture of Ming Dynasty, the Spring Festival of Ming Dynasty is also one of the most lively festivals in Thailand and the West.

Most of them also put up Spring Festival couplets at home, and they will change into Ming-style clothes and go shopping in the afternoon.

In the past, there were only traditional Ming-style clothing, and many Thai-Western nationalists disliked this kind of clothing.

But now they have a new choice, the Taixi costumes made in Ming Dynasty designed by the Prince of Dashi.

Coupled with the custom of changing clothes during the Chinese New Year in Ming Dynasty, the Thai and Western nobles once again went to the Royal Clothing Firm and Dashi Merchant to snap up a batch of clothes.

On the night of the last day of the Ming Dynasty, on the streets of large and medium-sized cities such as Paris, London, Moscow, Berlin, and Rome, at least half of the Thai and Western women put on traditional Ming-style skirts.

Nearly a third of the men, too, had changed into sensible Taisey outfits with skirts and high heels.

According to Zhu Jingyuan's instructions, Chu Yuqiang found a few pretty boys in their teens and wore the same outfits to promote them in the store. The actual effect was very good.

Prince Charles of France received Zhu Jingyuan's reply letter, and at the same time, he was a little confused about Zhu Jingyuan's idea of ​​losing weight.

I went to find various records and portraits of Emperor Zhu Cihong, and found that the situation was indeed as Zhu Jingyuan said, there was almost no sign of obesity, and the whole person's temperament was very lean.

So Prince Shire began to blame himself, he shouldn't have doubted the great affairs of the Ming royal family, the prince, is there anyone who knows the story of the Ming royal family better than him?
So Prince Charles himself began to try to lose weight, and at the same time began to look for suitable primary and secondary schools in Paris, and tried the new school uniform proposed by Zhu Jingyuan as a pilot.

Prince Shire's goal is an aristocratic school. Of course, low-grade clothing cannot be used, and the high-end clothing designed by Zhu Jingyuan is too expensive. Who will bear the cost of the school uniform has not yet been negotiated.

At the same time, in addition to the initial deliberate guidance, various newspapers in Taixi have continued to have spontaneous local articles teaching ordinary people how to diet and lose weight.

In such an atmosphere, Tessie's sky gradually darkened.

Then the Thai and Westerners started to set off fireworks and began to enter the year-end watch.

Waiting for the arrival of the next day, waiting for new news from Daming.

(End of this chapter)