The Spring Festival of the Ming Dynasty was actually called New Year's Day, and Yang Fan was almost confused.
It turns out that the Ming Dynasty used the lunar calendar, and the first day of the first lunar month was New Year's Day.
It is also the first day of the Lunar New Year in later generations.
On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, Yang Fan completed the appointment letter.
Things that were done a year ago are done.
During the Spring Festival, we can only celebrate the New Year with peace of mind. The remaining matters cannot be continued until after the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month.
Yang Fan has moved to a newly rented mansion.
During this period, Yang Fan had been living in the Jingshan Houxiaochang Military Camp.
He works in the front hall, Guande Hall, and lives in the back hall. But this is a royal place, so he can stay there. If you get married here, you will be overstepping your bounds, and you will be impeached by the imperial censor.
The newly rented mansion belongs to an old official from the capital of Henan Province. It has a neat three-in-four courtyard with a west garden and a stable in the east yard.
The size is relatively consistent with Yang Fan's status.
The reason why Yang Fan chose this place was because it was in a good location on East Fourth and North Street. It looked like it had three courtyards, but the place was relatively spacious. The house and garden were very new. There was no need to decorate, just simple tidying up.
When I looked at the houses with Xiao Niangpi, there were more than a dozen houses, and Xiao Niangpi fell in love with this place.
Although the rent is not cheap, the living is comfortable, and Yang Fan feels that the money is worth it. After all, it is estimated that he will have to live here for at least a year before the construction of the Jinsitao land is completed.
Yang Fan has many servants, and the stable area in the east courtyard is more than enough to station nearly a hundred servants, which is also convenient for security.
Yang Fan has offended a lot of people recently, whether it's Nine Thousand Years Old, Madam Feng Sheng, or those people in Jiangnan. It would be bad if they don't calm down.
Yang Fan never left the military camp when he had nothing to do. He didn't like hanging around in the first place. Except for accompanying his little girl out on the street, he was forced to do business and stayed in the school yard behind Jingshan.
In later generations, Yang Fan moved bricks in the imperial capital. Although he was building houses, he at least knew the famous courtyard houses in the capital.
Enter the third quadrangle, including the reverse room in the front, which receives ordinary guests. After entering the second hanging flower door, you will find the main house. The host and hostess live here. There is a small courtyard and a row of back rooms behind the main house.
, the women who live there are the servants.
The stable in the east courtyard houses the servants and bodyguards. To the west is the garden. To the west of the garden is a row of side rooms, which open to the alley on the west side. Here live the servants and some of the servants.
On New Year's Eve, as usual, Yang Fan sealed his office and stopped working.
The printing will not be opened again until after the Lantern Festival.
The military camp was filled with joy. After breakfast early in the morning, the holiday allowance and year-end bonus were distributed. There had been no news at all before, and it was a big surprise for the team trainers.
In the past year, the regiment trainers accompanied Yang Fan through life and death, fought several fierce battles, and obeyed the Queen's orders when he went to the capital. The military discipline was strict and there was never any mistakes or troubles.
Yang Fan saw it all and was very satisfied.
The festival fee is three silver dollars for ordinary soldiers, which is equivalent to three taels of silver. This is equivalent to one month's military pay. If you are an officer, your treatment will naturally be better. After all, the army is a place where the upper and lower classes are strictly divided. Officers must highlight their authority.
One silver dollar is added to each level. This is helpful to stimulate the desire of soldiers to perform meritorious service and be promoted.
The normal festival fee is not that much, the public one is three silver dollars, but there are a lot of battles this year, so seven year-end bonuses are specially awarded. The year-end bonuses are the same for everyone this time, regardless of official position. After all, everyone fights bravely through life and death.
This time, more silver coins were issued. As soon as the silver coins were issued, the three armies burst into cheers and cheered, shouting that they would die for the Lord. The morale was so high that they wanted to rush out of the camp gate right now and hack all the enemies to death for the Lord.
The officer's bonus increases by one yuan for every higher rank. Judging from the base number of three, an increase of one yuan is quite a lot. However, the base number issued this time is large, so it is not conspicuous.
Soldier Three Silver Dollars
Wu Commander four silver coins.
Five silver coins for the captain.
Six silver coins for the squad leader,
Seven silver coins for the squadron leader.
Captain eight silver coins
When you reach the level of captain, leading a battalion of soldiers, your level is almost three times higher than that of a soldier. The gap is still very obvious.
In the early morning, the cooking squad brought back some helping soldiers and brought back more than 30 large fat pigs, as well as purchased beef and mutton. As well as a few vegetables of this era such as cabbage and radishes. Zunhua
New Year supplies were also shipped in advance.
This year, the Chinese New Year was celebrated in the military camp, and the soldiers could not go home. Yang Fan decided to celebrate a special Spring Festival according to the way the military camp celebrated the New Year in this era.
In addition to having enough food and wine, we also need to carry out sports.
According to the custom of the Ming Dynasty, soldiers who could not go home had to celebrate the New Year in the military camp, and usually held a willow-shooting and praying competition. The place where they were stationed happened to be the Guande Hall where the emperor inspected the riding and shooting.
Yang Fan decided to hold a willow-shooting and praying competition on the first day of the lunar new year, which will be held separately for cavalry and infantry. The main events are cavalry bows, infantry large bows, fire blunderbuss rifles, fire blunderbuss pistols, and grenade-throwing training shells (the grenades have not yet been officially equipped, but they have begun to advance in advance.
Use the trainer to train).
The top three individuals and teams will be rewarded, and the top three teams will also be given banners as an honor.
Starting from the second day of the Lunar New Year, the military camp holds competitions such as Cuju and sumo wrestling.
After the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, we take turns to have holidays until the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Let the animals that have been suffocated in the military camp be let out. You can go to temple fairs, buy things for your family in Zunhua, and go to Bada Hutongs and hidden gates. As long as you don't cause trouble,
Don't care anymore.
The Military Police Squadron is responsible for enforcing military discipline and strictly handling disturbances during festivals.
Emperor Chongzhen wrote a spring couplet in the West Nuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace. The soldiers dried the ink and asked the eunuchs to stick it on the pillars of the gate of the Qianqing Palace.
"The flying phoenix dances in the sky, the moon is bright, the wind is bright, and the earth is spring." Chongzhen read with satisfaction.
"Your Majesty, the Spring Festival couplets will also be hung in Kunning Palace. Please also write one for me." Queen Zhou, who was studying ink next to her, also became interested and said softly.
Chongzhen now fell more and more in love with this civilian-style family life. The three concubines often ate and lived together. This Spring Festival, he also wrote Spring Festival couplets himself.
"Okay, I will write one to the Queen right now," Chongzhen said quickly.
Use a large pen with a wolf brush, dip it in ink, think for a while and then write it off.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "The harp and the harp are harmonious, and the unicorn is harmonious and nurturing." Queen Zhou read while her cheeks turned red. This couplet is very suitable for her and His Majesty's identity.
The husband and wife are one noble body, harmonious with the piano and the harp, and a straight character is a recognition and praise for her actions since she sat in the palace.
The second line of the couplet expresses the hope that she will be grateful and bear the rain and give birth to many princes in the days to come. Qilin refers to an outstanding son, and Qilin is also one of the sons of the dragon.
This not only means that His Majesty will favor her more in the future, but also means that he will choose to inherit the throne among her sons.
"Your Majesty," Empress Zhou exclaimed, and immediately hugged his arm, tears of excitement welling up in her eyes. She was a woman in a deep palace, loved by her husband, and had a son to inherit the throne. What else could she ask for?
Woolen cloth.
"Your Majesty, I want it too."
"Your Majesty, my concubines also want it"
Concubine Yuan Guifei and Concubine Tian suddenly became red-eyed. Does Your Majesty mean in this couplet that you only want to pamper the queen? How can that be done?
We can also give birth to Qilin children.
"Okay, okay, we have it, everyone has it." Chongzhen suddenly felt a big headache, and the two girls acted coquettishly, and he couldn't bear it.
He quickly continued to wave.
"The fragrant breeze in the embroidered house is warm, and the orchid house is full of joy." Concubine Tian whispered. She loves reading and often compares herself to Tinglan. Your Majesty gave her this couplet, and she was immediately happy.
"The spring breeze comes to show the pavilion, and the boudoir is filled with peace and harmony," Concubine Yuan whispered. She has been making trouble for Concubine Tian recently because Concubine Tian is ranked above her. She is secretly wary in her heart that this is His Majesty's beating on her. She quickly expressed her face.
Laughing a lot, accepting it happily.
During this period, the three of them lived with His Majesty every day. Who could give birth to a Qilin child would have to depend on their own abilities, but it was not necessarily possible for the Queen to succeed, she thought to herself.
"Your Majesty, Yang Qian has written a memorial to congratulate you on the New Year." Wang Chengen's voice came to mind outside the door.
"Oh, Yang Qing congratulates me on the Happy New Year, hahaha, bring it here, let me take a look. Yang Qing is good at everything, but his writing is not very fluent, he speaks in plain English, haha."
