Father-in-law Zhu Di, I am so happy to marry the disfigured princess

Chapter 260 During the Spring Festival, Li Xiao's plan, the most beautiful boy in the audience!
In a blink of an eye, it is the end of the year, and the Spring Festival is here.

Ever since Li Xiao was in Beiping, the Spring Festival in Beiping City has been extraordinarily lively. It is now the seventh year of Yongle, and the fifth year of Yongle's relocation of the capital to Beiping is already the second year. This year, the officials of the imperial court finally felt the benefits of the reform!

Officials' holidays in the early Ming Dynasty were once very stingy.

Under the arrangement of the model worker Zhu Yuanzhang, Hong Wu himself, including the officials, only had five days off a year, but the time for taking a bath during the holidays in Beiping had already been changed by Li Xiao.

As the end of the year approaches, Li Xiao suggested that there should be more holidays during the Spring Festival. Everyone has been busy for a year. At this time, it is time to reunite. Everyone has been busy for a year, and the money earned should be spent. This is a good opportunity to promote the economy.

So Zhu Di was generous again, adding ten more days to the Lantern Festival holiday, from the 24th of the twelfth lunar month of the previous year to the [-]th of the first lunar month of the next year.

For example, the Beijing Town God’s Temple Fair on the first day of the first lunar month was really crowded with people. Looking around, it was like the ocean, full of heads, crowded with people, and they were all shopping.

From the opening of the market in the morning, all kinds of goods stalls have been lined up in one go, and they can even occupy the entire street of the Ministry of Justice. The people's shopping desire is high on this day, and they will come to buy New Year's goods.

There is everything you need for food, play, and clothing. There is a collection of rare goods from all over the country, and there are even Western objects imported from Europe.

It is hard to find a booth in Chenghuangmiao, and you have to pay expensive rent. There are many booths, and the competition is fierce. Merchants will give some benefits to each other, just like the future Double Eleven Shopping Festival.

But the rent is high, and the income is also high.

Some hawkers who sell oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar have millions of dollars.

The Spring Festival in the seventh year of Yongle was definitely not ordinary. In order to show the imperial power of the emperor this Spring Festival, Zhu Di spent almost 10 taels of silver preparing various banquets and lantern festivals, so that the people in the city could feel the prosperity and benefits of being at the feet of the emperor.

There are folk ways to celebrate the Spring Festival, but the royal family is a little different.

With Li Xiao's status now, what he celebrates is not the folk Spring Festival, but the royal Spring Festival.

He celebrated the festival with Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di and others, so his identity as Yibin has long been removed, and he is not a son-in-law, but a brand-new appellation "Jinbao".

The status of Yibin and son-in-law was relatively low in the Ming Dynasty, so low that noble families and even ordinary scholarly families were unwilling to marry the royal family. Whoever was selected as son-in-law would be done for, and could no longer be a high official.

"The son-in-law, Yibin, is not allowed to be an official, and his son is not allowed to be the rank of the capital." If the father of the chosen son-in-law has already served in the court, he will immediately be promoted to a rank and then retire immediately.

The starting point of this regulation is to prevent foreign relatives from interfering in politics, because this national regulation, becoming a son-in-law or Yibin, is regarded by many men as tasteless.

Secondly, the son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty had no status. After getting married, the relationship with the princess was still a superior and subordinate relationship.

When they got married, after the two people worshiped heaven and earth, the princess and son-in-law sat facing each other.

Get up and thank you for two bows. After the ceremony is completed, the son-in-law can live in the princess mansion, and the husband salutes his wife. This is completely contrary to the traditional concept that men are superior to women.

Not only the son-in-law has no status, but even his parents have no status.

According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, on the [-]th day of marriage, the young couple had to go back to the palace and return to the gate. On the day of the return, the princess went directly to the palace to go to the Fengxian Hall, and then to pay respects to the father and mother.

Although the status was low, the threshold for concubines or Yibin in the Ming Dynasty was also lowered. Many princesses and princesses married ordinary people, which was not seen in previous dynasties.

Li Xiao was able to marry the princess in the Ming Dynasty, but in other dynasties, he might have gone where it was fun.

However, Li Xiao struggles to be soft, bah, and hard to eat, unlike other Yibins and concubines, his status gets higher and higher, and he is called brother and brother with Zhu Yuanzhang, and he has his own mansion outside the palace. The title of Yibin and consort is obviously not suitable for him.

Under Zhu Di's order, the Ministry of Rites and other officials discussed for a week with special matters, and gave the national teacher Li Xiao the title of "Golden Treasure", which is the only one in the world.

The golden treasure in the golden book refers to the Chuanguo Seal, which is the seal passed down by the Chinese emperors in the past, and was engraved by the order of Qin Shihuang.

That is to say, Li Xiao's identity is already equal to Chuan Guo Yuxi, plus the title of Yongle Gong and Yongle, he is really No. 1 in the ages.

And Yao Guangxiao sighed loudly when he learned that Li Xiao's identity was conferred the title of 'Golden Treasure', "That's what the calculated half of the emperor's life means! Li Xiao has become a jade seal, that's really half the emperor's life!"

After being named Jinbao, the relationship between Li Xiao and Zhu Di was really equivalent to the relationship between a folk father-in-law and an old son-in-law.

However, Li Xiao is a special case. His promotion of status has no effect on the status of other Yibin and son-in-law.

Of course, if other sons-in-law can do the same as Li Xiao, helping the father-in-law win the throne, saving the lives of the father-in-law and mother-in-law many times, renewing Zhu Yuanzhang's life, reforming the law and strengthening the country dozens of times, and becoming a Confucian saint, then he will definitely be treated like Li Xiao, but obviously, no one can do it except Li Xiao
From the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, the palace began to prepare for the New Year.

Palace family members and eunuchs began to wear gourd Jingbuzi and python clothes, and everyone was allowed to steam all kinds of exquisite dim sum and store pork, "it will cost ten or twenty days."

From this day until the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, the palace will set off fireworks every day in front of the Qianqing Palace. Only when there is a strong wind will it stop for half a day or a day.

On the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, the palace began to get more busy. Xifan prayer wheels, or weaving yellow coins like dragons", "sesame straws are inserted in the eaves and eaves, and cypress branches are burned in the courtyard, which is called Sui".

In the seventh year of Yongle, on the first day of the first lunar month, Li Xiao got up early in the morning, led the whole family to the palace, and spent the royal Spring Festival with the old Zhu family.

At daybreak, the civil and military officials in the capital will wake up and leave their homes to rush to the Forbidden City, because the annual Lunar New Year's Day is about to begin.

Part of it is "Chao He Yi", and the objects of the court congratulations are different. Civil and military officials and foreign envoys will pay New Year's greetings to the emperor.

The wives of each family will congratulate the empress dowager, queen mother and empress.

The second part is the "big banquet". First, the emperor held a grand banquet in the palace after the officials paid their respects. Officials, members of the royal family and foreign envoys could all participate. Second, the wives had to eat with the queen mother and others in the harem.

The scale of the entire Zhengdan court meeting is very large, and the banquets are also varied. They are divided into large banquets, medium banquets or small banquets. Different banquets also correspond to different dishes.

In short, it was eating, drinking and having fun all day long, but Li Xiao was not a small character who could eat comfortably, and not only had to accept toasts from civil and military officials, but also from envoys from vassal states.

Because of the extended holiday, we played all the way during the Spring Festival, which lasted until the Lantern Festival, and then played around.

It was another Shangyuan Festival, and I still remember that when I opened Zhu Ningyun's heart, I took her away from the mansion to the Shangyuan Festival. At that time, Li Xiao was still pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger.

However, after many years, Li Xiao has been classified as the national teacher, the Confucian saint of the Ming Dynasty, the Duke of Yongle of the Ming Dynasty, and the sage of medicine of the Ming Dynasty.
It is obviously out of date to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger, and Li Xiao's sculptures of Confucian saints are all standing in the Confucian Temple.

Unlike the previous Shangyuan Festival, this time it was the royal family who made a direct move.

Zhu Di decreed that the Aoshan Lantern Festival held by the imperial court would be even more spectacular. The Ming royal family built a giant lantern and firework landscape in the palace city.

The scale of the Aoshan Lantern Festival is naturally unprecedented, and the cost is tens of thousands of taels. There are now many fireworks factories in Beiping, and the craftsmanship has also been greatly improved under the promotion of Li Xiao, and the economy is prosperous.

The imperial court bought them from the folk, and stacked various "exotic flowers" and "cannons" with unique designs, usually stacking thirteen floors several feet high. Because of its image like a mountain, it was called "Aoshan".

At the same time, the subjects were allowed to enter the palace city, and the subjects went to the Meridian Gate to watch Aoshan Mountain for three days.

On the day of the Lantern Festival, colorful lights of various shapes flicker on the huge "Aoshan Mountain", and gorgeous fireworks are constantly set off. It is really colorful and colorful, and the scale is so large that only Li Xiao's vision of heaven and earth, which is called a Confucian saint, can match.

On this day, in the beautiful music of the Bell and Drum Division, the court maids danced lightly, which is simply a wonderful audio-visual enjoyment.

It is worth mentioning that the [-] sour scholars gathered in the capital did not go home to celebrate the New Year. Because of training, they chose to celebrate the New Year in the capital and feel the Spring Festival in the capital.

At this lantern festival, literati and inkmen can be seen everywhere, guessing lantern riddles here, and writing poems and lyrics to get rewards. I have to say that scholars still have something, and they have almost snatched up all the rewards at this lantern festival.

"It's so lively."

Li Xiao and Zhu Ningyun took Li Wuyou to wander around the lantern festival to feel the festive atmosphere. There were also small vendors selling food here.

"Mutton skewers, fresh lamb skewers."

Many real girls from Shanhaiguan came here to beg for a living. They found that selling fresh kebabs here could make a lot of money, and the more business they did was selling kebabs.

"Daddy, Daddy, I want to eat lamb skewers."

"Okay, let's go and have a look."

For this daughter, Li Xiao was unconditionally satisfied. The son was poor and the daughter was rich. Li Wuyou pulled Li Xiao's clothes and walked towards the kebab stand.

Seeing that the national teacher came, the common people or officials consciously vacated a seat for Li Xiao, very consciously.

The stall owner of the mutton kebabs was a middle-aged man, dressed in Jurchen style, different from ordinary people's clothes, he was dressed in fur, but the needlework and craftsmanship showed roughness.

It feels out of place with the surroundings, but it doesn't hinder his business, and this clothes makes others think that his mutton skewers are fresh.

"I've seen the national teacher." The middle-aged man heard from the surrounding voices that this was the national teacher, and hurriedly saluted in the way of Jurchen.

"How do you sell lamb skewers?" Li Xiao asked.

"Dear Master, this is the best fresh beef and mutton. Thanks to you, it was pulled from outside the customs by train and slaughtered. It is absolutely fresh."

The middle-aged man gave a lot of introductions, afraid that the national teacher would not patronize his business, and finally said the main topic: "Master the national teacher, this mutton skewer costs three pieces of silver."

Li Xiao looked at this mutton skewer, it was not expensive, it was genuine, and the portion was sufficient. The mutton was a big skewer, full of big pieces of meat, sizzling on the oven, with the unique aroma of mutton, with a bit of sober smell, it was mouth-watering.

"Come on three strings." Li Xiao smiled and took out a one-deno Daming note with his own portrait on it.

The middle-aged man first declined, saying that he didn't need the money, but Li Xiao said that he didn't want to eat every needle and thread from the common people, so he took the money with both hands.

These herdsmen outside the customs made precious banknotes in Beiping, and when they left, they would go to the Daming Bank to exchange them for gold and silver, so they did not resist the precious banknotes.

"You put it away." The middle-aged man took out three skewers and handed them to Li Xiao.

"One string per person." After Li Xiao took it, he handed it to Ning Yun and Wuyou respectively.

"I don't want it anymore, husband, you can eat." Zhu Ningyun still pays attention to her image, and has no intention of eating skewers in public, so she pushed back with a smile.

"Then I'm welcome."

Li Xiao tasted it, and it tasted very good, pure mutton flavor, with a little seasoning, cumin and chili powder, to increase appetite.

Li Wuyou, who was on the side, had a small mouth full of oil, and breathed in the spicy haha. He obviously didn't eat spicy food at home, but he could eat it outside. The food outside was still delicious.

"How is the business?" Li Xiao asked the stall owner with a smile.

"Business is very good. It's only been a month, and it's the Spring Festival. In this month, I've earned more than 100 taels that I couldn't earn in the past few years."

The middle-aged man said in broken Chinese, "Hello Daming, many people over there want to learn Chinese and come here to do business and make money."

In fact, the reason why many Jurchens did not come over was firstly because of the language barrier, and secondly because relatives and friends were unwilling to come over there.

"Oh?" Li Xiao immediately became interested, "How are you doing?"

"It's hard to learn." The middle-aged man said, "I also learned it after several years of study."

Li Xiao nodded slightly. Next year, when Confucian scholars go there to teach Chinese, many people would want to come here after learning Chinese. But as the city is built there, this situation will gradually decrease.

Li Xiao asked, "By the way, what's your name?"

The middle-aged man was flattered, and the people here didn't like them Jurchens very much, but the national teacher felt very kind.

The middle-aged man replied: "The name of the grassroots is Guarja Dajib."

Li Xiao grinned. The name is too awkward.

Guarja Dajib saw the puzzled face of the national teacher, and replied with a smile: "Dajib means outstanding ability."

Li Xiao said with a smile: "It seems that you are really capable. You have earned your first pot of gold in this capital, and your life will be easier in the future."

Guarja Dajib said with a smile: "Yes, yes, it is all thanks to the blessing of the national teacher. I am really grateful."

As he spoke, he put his hands on his chest and bowed in salute.

Jurchen generally refers to the aborigines living in the entire Northeast outside the Guan. There are countless tribes, large and small, and Jurchen is the general term for all tribes.

Jurchen is actually very similar to Annan, mainly relying on chieftain management, but here is much better than Annan. It is not unreasonable that Annan is called Nanman. The people there are aggressive and often rebel.

However, the Jurchen gradually lost control of the Ming Dynasty. It started when the military strength of the Ming Dynasty dropped significantly after the Civil Fortress Change. The strength of the Ming Dynasty weakened, and the Jurchen gradually no longer feared the Ming Dynasty as before.

But now that the Ming Dynasty is powerful, the Jurchens are very well-behaved and can sing and dance.

"Guaguawazi Dajibu, right?" Li Xiao said.

"National Teacher. It's Guarja Dajib."

Guarja Dajib corrected politely.

Li Xiao thought for a while, and said: "Your name is a bit long. If you say, what my national teacher means is that if you change your surname, would you be willing?"

In fact, the Jurchen people don't pay much attention to their surnames, and they all use their tribal names as surnames.

For example, people from the Wanyan tribe have the surname Wanyan, and most people from the Yehe tribe have the surname Yehe. This Guwazi Guerjia is a common surname from the Guarjia tribe.

At this time, there was no surname Aixinjueluo. At this time, Nurhachi made up the surname himself and used it for the royal family.

"Change your surname." Guarja Dajib wondered, "What surname?"

Li Xiaodao: "Changed to Daming's hundreds of surnames Zhao, Qian, Sun, Li, Zhou, Wu, Zheng"

After finishing speaking, Li Xiao added: "It's okay, if I offend you, please forgive me. Just ask casually."

After all, according to the customs of the Han people, letting others change their surnames undoubtedly makes them deny their ancestors.

Guarja Dajib asked with some joy: "Master, if you change your surname, can you become a citizen of Ming Dynasty?"

Li Xiao smiled and said: "What is this called, you are the people of Daming."

"No, no, no." Guarja Dajib asked, "I mean, you can enjoy the same treatment as the Han people, and you can live in Beiping for a long time."

"This." Li Xiao thought for a while, "I haven't discussed this yet, but it's not impossible."

As long as they buy a house here, Li Xiao thinks that these people can settle down, but now that Beiping City is overcrowded, it is really not possible. How about building a few towns outside the city as the outer ring?

It should be possible to concentrate population and resources, vigorously develop Beiping, and when Beiping develops stronger and stronger, it will naturally spread across the country.
Li Xiao suddenly had such an idea in his heart. Before, he always wanted to develop the whole country together, but now he finds it difficult.

Nowadays, everyone wants to come to Beiping. This Beiping has become a city like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen in the future. Most people who have achieved success in their studies will go to big cities to make a venture.

For example, in the future, new things such as movie theaters, KFC, and KTV will first appear in big cities. These things did not exist in small counties before, but after ten years, these things will gradually begin to appear in provincial capitals, and then slowly in small counties.
At this time, Guarja Daji preached: "National teacher, if you can settle in Beiping if you change your surname, I will be the first to change it."

"it is good."

Li Xiao smiled at Dong'an: "Then you just wait for the good news."

"I wish you a long life."

Guarja Dajib saluted again in a Jurchen special way.

Are you cursing me? Li Xiao smiled slightly. Since someone said auspicious words, he couldn't be stingy, so he took out a red envelope and handed it over.

Guarja Dajib took the red envelope, opened it, and found that it was a one-dollar prize. He was very happy, and bowed again and again.

"Wow, there are red envelopes for saying auspicious words to Confucian saints"

After a few Confucian scholars in the distance saw it, they had some ideas in their hearts.

Just as Li Xiao left, a Confucian scholar came over and bowed down.

"Student Wang Zhixin, I have met the Confucian saints of the Ming Dynasty. When the new year comes, I wish Mr. Confucian saints all the blessings, good luck, longevity and health."

A literati is a literati, and praising others sounds tall.

"reward."

Li Xiao was in a good mood, he gave the past a red envelope, and the Confucian scholars were overjoyed.

Others saw that I was going, and there was really a red envelope to take, and they rushed over one after another.

"I wish Confucian saints and Confucian saints' wives to grow old together in Huatang, and twin stars shine together."

"Mr. Confucianism is virtuous, and virtue is respected. Mrs. Confucianism is the happiest in doing good, and the accumulation of love will make you happy."

"I hope that after the new year, you will be lucky and happy, and everything will go well."

"I wish Confucian saints with white heads, eyebrows, and mandarin ducks pairing wings, and Qingyang Qirui, peaches and plums are of the same heart."

Blessings and auspicious words, like snowflakes, come one by one, and they are pleasant to everyone's ears in this Spring Festival.

Although they all wanted to get red envelopes, Li Xiao didn't care, he was rich and self-willed.

reward, reward, reward, reward, reward
There are more and more people.
That's it,
During the Spring Festival, Li Xiao crazily threw coins, and he seemed to be the most beautiful boy in the audience.

In the distance, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di are enjoying the good time with the people.

"Da Ming is getting better and better." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed.

"Yeah, it's thriving, and it's another year with good omens," Zhu Di said.

Afterwards, when they saw the lively scene of Li Xiao in the distance, surrounded by the crowd, the two couldn't help but looked at each other and smiled, and said in unison:
"Thanks to him"

(End of this chapter)