Because he had to enter the palace the next day to celebrate the New Year, he ate flat food at Xu Jie's mansion, and Zhang Juzheng and Shen Mo said goodbye and went back to rest.

According to the regulations, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the emperor will accept the congratulations of hundreds of officials in the main hall of the Forbidden City, and before accepting the congratulations, he will lead the prince to the Fengxian Hall and the Fengci Hall in the middle of the night to worship the ancestors

And this day is very special for many people. Jiajing will return to the Forbidden City on this day; His sons will also meet the long-lost emperor father on this day; For the hundred officials, this is also the only chance to see the emperor in the dragon robe in a year.

For the inner eunuchs, this is the busiest time of the year, because Emperor Jiajing lives in Xiyuan all the year round, and most of the palace people have followed, and the Forbidden City is inevitably barren and dilapidated. But this day's ritual is about the face of the heavenly family, how can it be improvised casually? So a few days ago. The head of the direct hall supervisor had to come back from the West Garden to organize manpower, starting from the Chengtian Gate and cleaning until the Jianji Palace. When it was cleaned up, the superintendent came again. The royal book, ceremonial guards, lamps and lanterns and other decorations are complete" and a lot of curtains are used to cover up the places in disrepair. In short, the surface of the donkey dung and eggs should be shiny, so that people can not see the slightest breakage.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, Shang Baojian transported the emperor's throne out of the inner treasury and set up a seat in the imperial hall, and set up a treasure case in the east of the throne and an incense case in the south of His Majesty. The Teaching Workshop Division should set up the east and west of the Imperial Palace, and these furnishings are all sitting in the south and facing north. On behalf of the emperor, it means to accept the worship of all the people.

When all the decorations stopped, it was dawn on New Year's Day, and the palace people were almost tired. Huang Jin, who was the general leader of the entire ceremony, wiped his sweat and said with a panting face: "Why are you so busy?" I almost missed a big deal

The little eunuch on the side flattered: "Once we are born and mature, we will not miss anything after all." ”

Hmm, Huang Jin shook his head and sighed: "Originally, when the ancestor was there, everything was orderly, and everything could be finished after Chinese New Year's Eve, and he didn't delay eating the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner" said with red circles in his eyes: "I'm really unfilial, I forgot about his old man when I was busy, and I don't know what happened to my godfather now, is there water snacks to eat in Changping, is there silver silk charcoal burning, and silk quilt cover?" The fat cheeks shrugged and shrugged, and tears fell from it.

The people on the side hurriedly shed tears, saying that Huang Gandad was too benevolent and righteous, and he was sad for a while, until he shouted: "What is the crying and mourning for the New Year?" ”

When everyone saw it, it turned out that Chen Gonggong was limping, and hurriedly lowered his head, afraid to speak out, "After the confinement expires, Chen Hong will return to his original position, the chief of the ceremonial supervisor and the eunuch of the Dongchang Governor, and temporarily take charge of the emperor Yuwang, which is only higher than Huang Jin, the second seat of the ceremonial supervisor and the eunuch of the imperial horse supervisor, but Huang Jin is not afraid of him."

Chen Hong hated Li Fang for harming himself like this, so he was naturally angry with Huang Jin, Huang Jin hated Chen Hong for harming Li Fang to repair Jiyang, and he couldn't wait to record the surname Chen.

At this moment, Huang Jin stared at a pair of small eyes, glared at Chen Hong angrily, and said, "Cripple Chen, there is something to do with you here." What are you mourning? ”

Hmph, Chen Hong hates others calling him lame, but he is really lame, his face twitched a few times, and he said in a dark voice: "I came to pass on the master's message, is it also a mourning?"

Huang Jin had no choice but to kneel in front of him and said, "Slave and maid listen to the commandment."

Chen Hong smiled proudly: "It's almost the same" Listen, the emperor has a decree, and His Royal Highnesses King Yu and King Jing are waiting in the Jianji Palace...... Jianji Hall is one of the three major halls of the palace, originally called the Jinshen Palace, and later changed the name by Jiajing, but the role has not changed, it is the emperor before the court. A place to tidy up your grooming and take a short break.

Huang Jin was immediately angry when he heard this, jumped to his feet and said, "Okay, you dare to trick me." It was not the will that was passed down to me, but he had to kneel down to receive it."

"Did I say it was passed on to you?" Chen Hong sneered and said: "I'm a stupid pig, and I still feel like I complain about others."

you". In terms of bickering, Huang Jin was not Chen Hong's opponent, he was so angry that his face was flushed, and he said: "The two highnesses are resting in the Heart Cultivation Palace, why don't you go to the inner palace and come out instead?"

"Really? Chen Hong said abruptly: "I'll just come out and ask where the two highnesses are resting." As he spoke, he arched his hand and said, "Thank you, I'm going." ”

Who knew that Huang Jin turned his anger into a smile and said: "Go, go, go, go." ”

Chen Hong didn't understand at first, turned around and limped two steps. I felt that something was wrong, and when I looked back, I saw Huang Jin looking at his legs with a smile on his face, and said: "Go well, go well, don't fall This guy sincerely looks at his own jokes, Chen Hong was so angry that he could only walk on Qingyun Road, so he had to drag his legs in embarrassment."

"What are you looking at?" Seeing that Chen Hong was walking away, Huang Jin also lowered his face and scolded the little eunuchs who were watching the excitement around him: "No matter how hard it is to work, it will break your legs!" The people below laughed and scattered.

Huang Jin said that Chen Chuan was cooking because the Forbidden City was divided into the outer palace and the inner palace, and the outer hall was in the hall. It is the farthest away from the Qianqing Gate of the Inner Palace, and the Jianji Hall is the closest. After the Qianqing Gate, it is the three major halls of the inner court, the Qianqing Palace, the Jiaotai Palace and the Kunning Palace, respectively, "the emperor's bedroom, the emperor's and the queen's bedroom." and the Queen's Bedchamber.

On the west side of the Qianqing Palace, it is the place where Emperor Jiajing built for himself to meditate, called "Yangxin Palace", his two sons rested in it last night and this morning, King Jing is in the East Warm Pavilion, and King Yu is in the West Warm Pavilion.

The two princes can sleep in the palace for this night a year, the mood can be imagined, they can't close their eyes all night, they get up, they all look east, and they can see the top of the palace of Qianqing Palace. Isn't their lifelong pursuit to be able to sleep there?

It is said that Emperor Jiajing should rest there, but "the change in Renyin Palace has left him with an indelible psychological shadow, as long as he closes his eyes in the Qianqing Palace." Yang Jinying, Cao Duanfei and others rushed up to him and asked for his life, which frightened the young emperor into urinating on the kang. I moved to Xiyuan in a hurry. Therefore, although he occasionally returns to the Forbidden City, he is limited to the outer court, and even if he wants to stay overnight, he is making do with the Jianji Palace, and he will never set foot in the inner palace.

"Alas," King Yu said melancholy in his heart: "If you return to the Forbidden City in the future, how much will it cost to repair it?"

"" King Jing scolded secretly: "The old thing doesn't live with me, hurry up and return to the west!" ，

Although the ideas are different, they are actually all concerned about the same thing.

After the five drums sounded, the two knew that Xunhai went to wait for the hundred officials outside the palace gate, and then went to the Huangji Palace together to congratulate Wanshou. Then they turned around to the pavilion, washed their faces and changed their clothes, and appeared in front of the Heart Cultivation Hall with a grace that had never been seen outside the palace.

Under the thirty-six palace lights, the brothers were bumping together, King Yu was muttering and wanted to say something, but King Jing snorted coldly and walked out of the palace proudly. King Yu sighed, put on a straight face, and followed him out of the palace.

The two were about to lift their chariots when Chen Hong appeared over there. The two of them passed the dictation of Emperor Jiajing.

When the two of them heard this, they were so excited that their father asked them to wait in the Jianji Palace, that is, to accompany him to the court, which was really the first time in the world! They only vaguely remembered that when the prince was there, the emperor took the prince to the court. Then for more than 20 years, all the princes, of course, most of the time, were "waiting in the main hall with the ministers, looking at the mysterious emperor, sitting on the dragon chair unattainable, savoring the bitterness of giving Jiajing"

It is said that the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty. They all love their sons very much, and they are more like fathers than the emperors of the Qin, Han, Tang and Song dynasties, but why have we changed in this wave?

Is it because of "the two dragons don't see each other, this abominable prophecy?" That's true. When the time comes, Tao Zhongwen's hateful bull's nose will be dug up and whipped to vent the hatred in his heart!

However, this time is obviously a positive sign, it seems that the attitude of the father and the emperor is going to be a little gratifying.

The two princes hurriedly sat on the chariot and ordered the eunuch carrying the sedan chair to hurry to the Jianji Palace.

In the Jianji Palace, Emperor Jiajing also did not sleep all night, he sacrificed to the emperor in the Fengxian Hall yesterday, and sacrificed the Empress Dowager of the Holy Chapter in the Fengci Palace, but after lying down at night, he dreamed that his father and mother were asking himself, has the prince been arranged? Do we have a successor? Don't let anyone else snatch it again.

In fact, in the final analysis, his treatment of his uncle's family was too much. It is said that he took over the throne from behind his cousin Wuzong, and he should be full of gratitude to the Xiaozong family, but it may be due to selfishness and inferiority, or it may be due to the protracted battle with the minister for the title of heir or successor, so that he cannot face this family correctly.

So he did his best to slander his cousin Emperor Wuzong, and to his uncle Emperor Xiaozong, he also tried to downplay his influence, never thanked Dade, and even deliberately ignored the sacrifice. Even more excessive is his only wife to Xiaozong. Wuzong's biological mother, Empress Dowager Zhang, who helped him ascend to the throne, did her best to do her best!

When he first ascended the throne, under pressure, he could still respect the Empress Dowager Zhang as a virgin, and he didn't dare to treat his biological mother any differently. But after a long time, the difference became bigger, and the support given to the Empress Dowager Zhang was always untimely, and most of the palace people assigned were old, weak, sick and disabled, and everywhere was a grade worse than that of his mother, and later he changed the name of Our Lady to his aunt, and some ministers were not used to it. The exhortation was also condemned by him.

The most excessive thing is that the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Zhang, Shou Ninghou, committed a crime, in the entire great ceremony. Emperor Jiajing, who insisted that "humanity is greater than legal principles", was iron-faced and selfless this time, and he had to kill him. Empress Dowager Zhang knelt bitterly in front of Jiajing to plead for intercession, but she couldn't afford to get sick. In the end, the bleak Empress Dowager Zhang died soon. Even her death did not cost her brother's life. In the following month, Jiajing put Shouninghou to death.

Although Jiajing's behavior cannot be called revenge, it is absolutely ungrateful and completely contrary to the values of the scholar, so his relationship with the minister is not harmonious, and it is even more stiff. But Jiajing was cautious and didn't think he was wrong at all, but thought that those ministers who advised him were using this matter to fight back for the great ceremony. They were punished more severely. Since then, the monarch has an iron heart, the minister has a cold heart, and the monarch and the minister have deviated from morality. Only then can flattering people like Yan Song profit from it!

Jiajing was not afraid of these things, but as he became critically ill several times, he became more and more worried that he would suffer retribution in the future. He was worried that the throne would be taken away by other people's children and grandchildren, and he also treated the six worries like this, and what he did might be overturned in the future. This is a self-proclaimed god, and it is absolutely difficult for him to accept, so he has been thinking about it for a long time, how to avoid this situation"...

Actually, he knew. The key is also in the heir, if there are successors in his lineage, and they all respect themselves" Just like Emperor Taizong Zhu Jie, although the usurpation was brutal, but because the successors were all his children and grandchildren, and they were all blessed by him, no one exposed his shortcomings, but instead elevated him to the same status as Taizu, this is a good example.

In this way, I must change my attitude towards my son, otherwise how can I expect one of them to defend himself in the future?

So he ordered Chen Hong, who was waiting outside, to call his two sons to him.

Not long after, King Yu and King Jing came and respectfully saluted their father. And congratulate my father on the new anniversary, and wish my father a long life. Emperor Jiajing wanted to smile at them, but he had never done it to his sons, his expression was stiff and unnatural, and he had to give up.

The two sons were so afraid of him that they did not dare to say a word except to greet St. Ann. This is a rare time for the father and son to get along. It's so embarrassing.

In the end, Jiajing broke the silence and said, "How did you sleep last night?" ”

King Yu and King Jing were flattered and said: "Very good, very good"

"Nonsense." Jiajing smiled faintly and said, "My eyes are as red as rabbits, it's strange to sleep well." ”

The two hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty, and said, "Father Mingjian, Erchen did lie, but Erchen actually didn't sleep well." ”

Their panicked attitude made Emperor Jiajing, who meant to be joking, feel very bored and had to wave his hand and say, "Get up, I don't blame you." ”

The two of them obediently got up. They all lowered their heads and didn't dare to look at him.

Jiajing sighed secretly and said in his heart: How did I give birth to such two bear things? . But he also knew who caused it, so he said patiently: "You have seen the congratulatory watch and gifts, your filial piety is commendable, and your heart is very comforting." ”

The two knew that the emperor was not talking about this time, but the gift they gave after recovering from that serious illness.

I only heard Jiajing comment: "Zhen'er's congratulatory table is well written, and its words are very beautiful." The words are true, Lian likes it very much, it was Master Yuan who taught you, right? ”

King Jing Zhu Zaizhen was overjoyed when he heard this, and nodded and said, "Father Emperor Shengming." It was indeed written under the guidance of Master Yuan, and he said that he should write articles with sincerity and sincerity, and write whatever he has in his heart. ”

Jiajing smiled faintly: "Yes," and looked at Yuwang Zhu Zaili and said: "Li'er's Taoist robe is also very attentive, it is rare that you can think of embroidering the Tao Te Ching on the Taoist robe, Lian can see that every stitch and thread have been put into the heart, although it is not made by you yourself, but the intention has arrived." Hearing his father's praise, Zhu Zaili's tears of excitement fell.

King Jing saw that the limelight was taken away again, and he was very unhappy in his heart, and his face was a little bad.

Emperor Jiajing is also a person. Through the reactions of the two, we have an understanding of their current personalities. But today is the first day of the first lunar month, and he only speaks auspicious words, so he didn't attack anyone, but said calmly: "Let's have dinner with the couple." "It's just finer; There is also donkey head meat that must be eaten, because the donkey is commonly known as a ghost, so the palace calls eating donkey head meat a chewing ghost, and it is said that it can not be sneaky for a year.

Taking a bite of a dumpling, Jiajing suddenly smiled: "Lian instructed the people in the imperial dining room to wrap a dime of silver in these water snacks, let's also learn from ordinary people, see who can eat it, which one can eat it, and Lian will satisfy his wish." The two sons glared at each other, as if to say, "I want the west..."

Jiajing ate a few dumplings and put down his ivory chopsticks to see his two skinny monkey-like sons, desperately stuffing dumplings into his mouth. sighed secretly and said, "It's not a big deal",

In the end, Zhu Zaizhen was lucky, when he ate the last few dumplings, his eyes suddenly lit up, he spit out a dime of silver from his mouth, and said overjoyed: "Father, the sons have eaten it!" ”

Over there, Zhu Zaili gasped in disappointment, covered his stomach and said to the palace maid on the side: "Give me a bowl of dumpling coffee" He swore that he would not be late for at least three years.

"What reward do you want?" Jiajing looked at Zhu Zaili and said.

Zhu Zaizhen was holding the dumpling soup and staring at Zhu Zaizhen, he could guess it. What will this guy ask for.

Not surprisingly, I saw Zhu Zaizhen holding his stomach, knelt down with difficulty and said, "Son, I implore my father and the emperor to give the tiger head a name, right?" "Tiger Head, it was he who gave his son a nickname. It is said to mean tiger head and tiger brain, but some people say that it is a pai gow term. I only heard Zhu Zaizhen say sadly: "That poor doll will be a year old now." I don't have a tuba yet, so I can't get into the genealogy. ”

Emperor Jiajing groaned..."

It looks like I can still write a chapter, damn it, I don't believe in myself anymore