With the howling of the winter wind, time gradually came to Yuanzheng, also known as Zhengdan day. According to tradition, a large court meeting needs to be held, and all officials need to congratulate the emperor.

On the day of the court meeting, all civil and military officials stood in the prescribed positions. "The emperor wears a crown and a crimson gauze robe that reaches the sky during the winter solstice. The imperial carriage comes from the west room, that is, the throne sits facing south. Fu Baolang holds the treasure in front of him, and everyone below the prince

All the guests and envoys came in and took their places.

The ceremony said: "Bow down again". Those who praise it will pass on it, and those who are in office will bow again. The Lord went to the west-step mat, took off his saddle, knelt down, untied his sword and placed it on the mat, raised it, stood in front of the throne, and knelt down to the north to congratulate.

It was said: 'A certain official and minister said: Yuan Zhengshou Zuo, Jingfu Weixin, Fuwei Shengming, His Majesty, rests with the sky.' Then he was demoted to the throne, knelt down, sword in hand, prostrated, raised, accepted the boat, and restored his position.

Everyone who is in office bows again. The servant goes forward to accept the imperial edict, surrenders, and pays homage to the officials in the northeast and west, saying "Youzhi". Everyone in power bows again. Xuanzhi said: "The celebration of taking office is the same as the public.

.'Everyone who is in office bows again, dances, says long live three times, and bows again.'"

This set of etiquette is so different from that of the Ming and Qing dynasties that there is nothing much to say about it.

After that, just like many companies, those frontier officials who had made meritorious services, as well as many frontier officials, needed to be summoned by the emperor to have their duties reviewed.

The emperor also had to hold an internal court in the Zichen Hall, summon the princes, ministers, and descendants of the clan, and distribute gifts as a token of comfort.

After almost half a day's work, Li Jia was free enough to meet his concubines.

In the palace, there are three pregnant concubines, one is the Yu concubine Jiang Xiaoyu, the other is the Li concubine Hou Liniang, and the last is the personal maid, who is named the Shun concubine Xizhu. All three have high abdomen. From the diagnosis in May to the present

, already about to give birth, Li Jia was very happy.

Only the queen forced a smile. It had been so long and she still hadn't gotten pregnant. Is it really her fate?

Except for a few pregnant women, the only ones Li Jia could favor were Queen Zhou Ying'er, Wu Jin'er, and Yayu, who had been promoted from palace maid, which was really quite lacking.

Yuan Zhengri was a festive day. Everyone else was happy, but Li Jia was really tired. Looking at the howling cold wind outside the window, he suddenly became interested. Surrounded by a group of eunuchs and maidens, he

I came to the study room, found red paper, took a brush, and wrote two lines:

"The New Year is full of joy, and the festival is called Changchun."

"The word "Your Majesty" is really good. It's very festive on this Yuanzheng day!" Tian Zhong praised quickly from the side.

"What's a good idea?" Li Jia asked deliberately.

"My servant has little knowledge and doesn't know many words, but when I looked at the black words on the red paper, I felt a burst of joy in my heart. I felt that with it, I was inexplicably Yuan Zheng!" Tian Zhong said with a smile, although he didn't make it clear,

But I felt quite proud in my heart.

Later, Li Jia asked him to stick it in front of his study room and admire it by himself.

"With His Majesty's blessing character, I don't think we even need to put up these peach charms!"

"Forget it, I can only celebrate this. Shen Tu Yulei is a god who wards off evil spirits, so I can't offend him!"

The need to post Spring Festival couplets during the New Year does not just appear suddenly, but it is related to the ancient "peach charms" to drive away ghosts and ward off evil spirits.

The ancients had limited technological level and believed that diseases and disasters in the world were caused by ghosts. In order to resist their intrusion during the Chinese New Year, people hung peach boards with evil-avoiding effects beside the door. At the same time, they wrote the door god Tuyu on the peach boards.

The names of the fortresses (some also have their images painted on them). In this way, the ghosts and evil spirits who do evil will not dare to come to the door. These peach boards are called "Peach Talisman".

Every household in every household always exchanges new peaches for old talismans. This is how it comes about.

The real Spring Festival couplets were made by Zhu Yuanzhang. He called the couplets posted during the New Year the Spring Festival couplets to distinguish them from couplets and elegiac couplets.

On this first day, when the sky was still bright, Li Jia couldn't sit still and came to the Forbidden Army station, bringing a reward of food, clothing, wine and meat to comfort some soldiers who could not return home.

The emperor pointed at a soldier casually and asked how much his salary had been in the past three months. He also asked in great detail about the amount of money and goods.

When the soldiers saw that it was the emperor, they stumbled a little, but in the end they told the story completely, which was true.

After hearing this, Li Jia thought about it in his mind and nodded slightly. He had an idea of ​​how much benefit a soldier of the Forbidden Army should get. Through the situation of an ordinary soldier, he could judge the internal management of the Forbidden Army.

Afterwards, he visited several camps, made inquiries, and left some wine and meat, which made the imperial soldiers very happy. It seemed that they were very satisfied with him as an emperor who loved soldiers.

Since it is a show, it must be perfect.

Li Jia found several families who had been killed in battle to provide pensions, and brought the emperor's condolences, which made these ordinary people cry with joy and couldn't control themselves with excitement.

Naturally, when the emperor arrived, he could not be empty-handed. In addition to the food and wine, there was also a couplet written by Li Jia himself and given to these loyal families as evidence to prove that the emperor had really come and to promote the emperor's kindness.

This Yuan Zheng really lived a happy life.

In a warm courtyard in Guangzhou City, Chen Bing, an unshaven boy in his teens, was sitting on a chair, enjoying a foot bath. A pretty maid was squatting to clean him.

During the countless nights he slept alone, he had thought about what this would feel like, and the blood in his body was boiling, but he didn't know why he was so excited, and he couldn't remember that the process was over.

Maybe it's because the weather in Sakhalin Island is too cold. Even the affairs between men and women seem to be particularly indifferent and thoughtful, but as the cold wind blows, they disappear immediately.

Or maybe he doesn't like those barbarians in the North. He is from a family of generals and a dignified guardian. How can he be defiled by a barbarian girl? Isn't it ridiculous?

At this time, his sister walked in from the outside with a smile. Seeing the restrained look on Chen Bing's face, her smile grew thicker:

"Brother, how are you? Have you recovered from your fatigue? Xiaochan is very good at her craftsmanship!"

Chen Bing's face turned red. He looked at the food brought by his sister and smelled the fragrance. Only then did he remember that he was really hungry.

So regardless of what happened, he just started eating. He had been eating fish for more than half a year, and he was almost tired of it. Now that he eats rice, his whole body is shaking...

And here, Xiaochan carefully massaged him and trimmed his nails. Her slippery fingers made him feel itchy.

How long had it been since Chen Bing had been served like this? He was very happy in his heart, but he was helpless because he didn't know what to say. He just wolfed it down and couldn't taste anything. It seemed to be a bit sour and salty.
Chapter completed!