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Chapter 217 Boss Zhu's Birthday

September [-]th is the Tianshou Festival, 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 Zhengdan and Winter Solstice.Zhengdan is the Spring Festival.The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year, and the days will get longer and longer in the future.Therefore, it is considered to be an important day when the yang qi rises and the monarchy grows, and it has been highly valued since the Han Dynasty.

These three days are also the statutory holidays of Ming Dynasty.The officials of the Hongwu Dynasty can have one day off each of these three festivals, so they are all scratching their heads looking forward to the holiday... Bah, no, it's the birthday celebration of Emperor Hongwu!
In fact, this Shengshou Festival did not exist from the beginning.Not to mention before the founding of the People's Republic of China, even in the first year of Hongwu, Boss Zhu was too busy to attend to his own birthday.

It was in the second year of Hongwu that Boss Zhu started celebrating his birthday.But it was also called 'Christmas Day' at that time, and it was not designated as an official holiday.

It wasn't until the third year of Hongwu that under Li Shanchang's suggestion, Boss Zhu's birthday was officially designated as the "Tianshou Festival", a national holiday, and various activities were held to celebrate the emperor's birthday.

On the day of Tianshou Holy Festival, slaughtering and funerals are prohibited in the whole country; the government ignores criminal names for a few days before and after; civil and military officials must wear court uniforms according to the system; all local yamen must set up incense cases, and local officials will lead gentry and common people to the direction of the capital. Great gift.

The city of Nanjing was even more lively. Yingtianfu and Liangfuguo counties were decorated with lanterns and festoons, and folk song and dance performances were organized.

This year's celebration is much more grand than 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 Zhongdu City, but it is great news for the people of Nanjing City.

In order to celebrate Boss Zhu's wise decision and make Boss Zhu believe that his choice was right, the artisans of Nanjing City used colorful paintings and colored cloth to decorate several main streets in the capital, as well as the banks of the Qinhuai River.The common people also spontaneously took to the streets to celebrate, singing and dancing everywhere, shouting "Longevity without bounds" and "Long live Nanjing" one after another, hoping to convey their hearts to Boss Zhu.

In the palace, lanterns and festoons are also everywhere, celebrating the big festival with excitement.

On this day, Boss Zhu's tricky rules can be temporarily relaxed.

Those low-level little fire fighters and little palace ladies can wear blue and purple clothes according to the regulations, and wear their favorite clothes.You can also wear Fangsheng gourds with various zigzag patterns on your body.

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

And this day will never be reprimanded.Even the stinky girls on weekdays have to hold back their temper and smile today, or are you dissatisfied with the emperor?

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

So when he got up in the morning, Madam Ma cooked longevity noodles and pocketed two eggs for him.

"This bowl of noodles is exactly the same every year." Looking at the bowl of noodles, Zhu Yuanzhang expressed emotion.

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

"How is it possible? We are sighing." Zhu Yuanzhang quickly picked up the bowl, ate the noodles and said: "We wish to eat every year, until 99!"

Three times, five times and two times, a bowl of longevity noodles is so dry that there is no soup left.

He just put down the bowl, took Madam Ma's hand and said: "After our parents died, we didn't celebrate our birthday, but we got married to your sister, so someone celebrated our birthday again. So we order you, You have to live well, if you dare to walk ahead of us, we will never be better!"

"It's a birthday, say something auspicious." Madam Ma withdrew her hand in embarrassment, and there was a maid waiting beside her.

She took the Wushayi Shanguan and put it on Zhu Yuanzhang's head, and said, "Besides, who are you ordering?"

"No, no, we made a mistake. We are begging you." Zhu Yuanzhang held his hat, got up and took Empress Ma's hand and said, "Go, mother-in-law, accompany us to the court."

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Boss Zhu and the proprietress went to Fengtian Hall together to accept congratulations and gifts from princes, officials, and envoys from the four barbarians.

Regardless of adults or children, regardless of the emperor or beggars, it is very happy to receive gifts, and Boss Zhu, who has suffered a lot since childhood, is no exception.

But giving him a gift is very troublesome. A gift that is too expensive will be scolded as too extravagant, and people will even check your financial resources backhandedly.

But if you give such an ordinary gift, if the emperor doesn't say anything, you will inevitably feel that you don't care, you don't know how to do things, and you even humiliate him on purpose.With Boss Zhu's temper of vengeance, small shoes will definitely be indispensable in the future.

Even his sons have big heads, so they can't give presents well. Although they won't be wearing small shoes, they will still be charged with small bills. When they turn around, they will be beaten with their left foot first when they enter the door.

So the princes and ministers have racked their brains to prepare gifts for Boss Zhu these days.On the day of Shengshou Festival, I accepted Boss Zhu's evaluation with apprehension and carefully selected gifts.

Congratulations to the emperor for having today every year and the present day every year, and then comes the birthday presenting link that everyone loves to hear.

The first one to appear was His Royal Highness the Prince.The prince naturally has no pressure, even if he is giving Lao Zhu a fart, and the boss Zhu who prefers to go to grandma's house, he will be intoxicated and say it's really delicious.

The birthday gift prepared by Zhu Biao was a "Book of Filial Piety" that he copied by himself.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy when he took it from the prince. While looking at the prince's Liu Kai with sharp hands and strong bones, he was full of praise:

"If you want to ask who understands us best? It must be the prince. Last night, we had a dream. I dreamed that my father and mother celebrated my birthday just like when I was a child. My father praised me and said, 'heavy eight, You have done a good job and have added luster to our old Zhu family.'

"We were also very happy and said, 'Father and mother, you can enjoy the blessings with your son.'" Boss Zhu wiped the corners of his eyes and made a nasal sound.

"It's a pity that I woke up and realized that they have been gone for 32 years. So, those of you who still have parents, you must take the time to be filial, don't be like us, who want to raise children but don't wait for relatives. Hey, what a pity. ..."

"Yes, the ministers and others would like to abide by the hadith." The princes and ministers hurriedly responded in unison.

It's just that the princes always felt weird when they heard this.

"Okay. Don't cry for the big festival, your father-in-law and mother-in-law must want you to have a happy birthday." Empress Ma on the side persuaded Zhu Yuanzhang a few words, and then asked King Qin: "Second brother, what gift did you prepare? "

"Son, my son, I have prepared a... good-looking one for my father." Zhu Xi has been scrambling in the barracks for a while, and only returned to the mansion yesterday after fishing. Even the birthday gift was prepared for him by the sixth son.

When the gift box was presented, Zhu Yuanzhang opened it and saw that it was a brass tube.

"What is this? A weapon?" Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the brass pipe and looked it up and down.

"Father, be careful, this thing will make your eyes dark!" Lao Qi was shocked when he saw it.

ps. I fell asleep last night, haha, look, this is called self-knowledge (embarrassing)

(End of this chapter)