Father can be an enemy to the country

September 18th is the Tianshou Holy Festival, which is also Boss Zhu’s birthday.

In the Ming Dynasty, this 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 from now on. Therefore, it is considered to be an important day for "Yang Qi rises and the ruler and Taoist leader", and it has been highly valued since the Han Dynasty.

These three days are also legal holidays in Ming Dynasty. Officials of the Hongwu Dynasty could have one day off each of these three festivals, so they were all eagerly looking forward to the holiday... Bah, no, it was to celebrate Emperor Hongwu's birthday!

In fact, this Holy Shou 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 care about his birthday.

It was in the second year of Hongwu that Boss Zhu began to celebrate his birthday. But at that time it was still called ‘Christmas Day’ and was not designated as an official holiday.

It was not until the third year of Hongwu that, at Li Shanchang's suggestion, Boss Zhu's birthday was officially designated as the 'Tianshou Holy Festival', a nationwide holiday, and various activities were held to celebrate the emperor's birthday.

On the Tianshou Holy Festival, slaughtering and funerals are prohibited nationwide; the government ignores punishments for several days; civil and military officials must wear court uniforms according to regulations; incense tables must be set up in government offices everywhere, and local officials will lead the gentry and common people toward the capital. Big gift.

The city of Nanjing was even more lively. Yingtian Mansion and Liangfu Guo County put up lanterns and colors, organized folk song and dance performances, and led the people to play music and music outside Hongwu Gate to celebrate the emperor's birthday.

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

This is bad news for the people in Zhongdu City, but it is great news for the people in Nanjing City.

In order to celebrate Boss Zhu's wise decision and make Boss Zhu believe that he made the right choice, Nanjing's craftsmen decorated several major streets in the capital and the banks of the Qinhuai River with colorful paintings and colorful cloths. The common people also spontaneously took to the streets to celebrate, singing and dancing everywhere, shouting "Holy Life without Borders" and "Long Live Nanjing" one after another, hoping to convey their feelings to Boss Zhu.

Inside the palace, there were lights and colorful decorations everywhere, making the festival lively and lively.

On this day, all of Boss Zhu’s furry rules can be temporarily relaxed.

Those low-level little fire maids can wear whatever they like, regardless of the regulations. You can also wear Fangsheng gourds with various glyph patterns on your body.

In addition, if you can have two good meals at noon and evening, you will also be rewarded by the emperor.

And you will definitely not be reprimanded on this day. No matter how bad-looking the ladies are on weekdays, they have to control their tempers and smile today. Otherwise, are you dissatisfied with the emperor?

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As the longevity minister, the emperor is of course the focus today.

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

"This bowl of noodles is exactly the same every year." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed as he looked at the noodle bowl.

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

"How is this possible? We are just sighing." Zhu Yuanzhang quickly picked up the bowl and ate the noodles and said, "We wish we could eat it every year until we reach ninety-nine!"

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

He then put down the bowl, held Ma Niangniang's hand and said, "We haven't celebrated birthdays since our parents died. However, I got married to you, my sister, and then someone celebrated my birthday again. So I order you, You have to live a good life, if you dare to go ahead of us, we will do nothing!"

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

She took the Wusha Yi Shan crown and placed it on Zhu Yuanzhang's head: "Who are you ordering?"

"No, no, I was wrong. I am begging you." Zhu Yuanzhang held his hat in his hand, stood up and took Queen Ma's hand: "Come on, mother-in-law, accompany us to the court."

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Boss Zhu and his wife went to the Fengtian Palace to receive congratulations and gifts from princes, officials and envoys from all over the world.

Regardless of whether you are an adult or a child, whether you are an emperor or a beggar, you are all very happy to receive gifts, and someone like Boss Zhu, who has suffered a lot since childhood, is no exception.

However, giving him gifts is particularly troublesome. Gifts that are too expensive will be scolded as too extravagant, and people may even check your financial resources.

But if you give a gift that is too ordinary and the emperor doesn't say anything, he will inevitably feel that you don't care about it, you don't know how to do things, and you even deliberately tease him. With Boss Zhu's unyielding temper, he will definitely need to wear small shoes in the future.

Even his sons have big heads and are not good at giving gifts. Although they will not wear small shoes, they will still be penalized. Later, they will be beaten for stepping with their left foot first when entering the door.

Therefore, the princes and ministers have been working hard to prepare gifts for Boss Zhu these days. On the day of the Holy Birthday Festival, I felt anxious and brought carefully selected gifts to accept Boss Zhu’s criticism.

After congratulating the emperor on having this day every year and having this day every year, it’s time to give birthday gifts that everyone loves to see.

The first person to appear was His Royal Highness. The prince naturally has no pressure. Even if he gives Old Zhu a shit, Boss Zhu who prefers to go to his grandma's house will always say it's really delicious with a face full of intoxication.

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

Zhu Yuanzhang took it from the prince's hand and was very happy as expected. He looked through the prince's Liu Kai script with smooth, straight hands and strong bones as if he had found a treasure, and praised it profusely:

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

"We are also very happy and say, 'Mom and dad, just follow your son and enjoy the blessings.'" Boss Zhu said, wiping the corners of his eyes and making a nasal sound.

"It's a pity that when I woke up, I remembered that they have been gone for thirty-two years. So, those of you who still have parents must seize the time to respect them well. Don't be like us, who want to support your children but don't wait for them. Oh, it's really It’s a pity…”

"Yes, I will obey the Holy Instructions." The princes and ministers responded in unison.

But when the princes heard this, they always felt that something was strange.

"Okay. Don't cry for this special occasion. Your parents-in-law and mother-in-law must also want you to have a happy birthday." Queen Ma on the side gave Zhu Yuanzhang a few words of advice, and then asked King Qin: "Second brother, what gifts have you prepared? "

"Son, I have prepared a...nice-looking one for my father." Zhu Xi has been scurrying around in the military camp for a while. He just returned home after getting it yesterday. Even the birthday gift was prepared for him by Lao Liu.

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 copper pipe and looked at it up and down.

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

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