Daming: At the beginning, recognize Zhu Yuanzhang as grandfather!

Chapter 156 The Old Man's Wish!

In the 25th year of Hongwu, on the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, it was sunny.

Today is New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve means New Year's Eve, which means that the old year will be eliminated and a new one will be replaced.

New Year's Eve has a special meaning in the hearts of Chinese people. This is the most important day at the end of the year. No matter how far away the wanderer is, he has to rush home to reunite with his family, bid farewell to the old year with the sound of firecrackers, and greet the new year with fireworks all over the sky.

The people worked hard for a whole year.At the end of the year, no matter how you say it, you have to live in style, and the New Year in the palace is even more particular, you must have a heavenly family atmosphere and show the royal demeanor.

In the Forbidden City, there are lights and festoons, beaming with joy.

On this day, there is another activity with special significance, which is to paste Spring Festival couplets.

Wang Anshi said that thousands of households would always exchange new peaches for old talismans, and they were talking about Spring Festival couplets.

However, although the folk custom of pasting Spring Festival couplets during the Spring Festival originated in the Song Dynasty, it really prevailed in the Ming Dynasty.

It is none other than Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang who promotes this folk custom activity.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang started in the infancy, he loved couplets very much. He not only wrote them himself, but also often encouraged his courtiers to write them.

Zhu Yuanzhang strongly advocated posting couplets.After he established the capital in Jinling City, he delivered a decree on New Year's Eve: a Spring Festival couplet should be placed on the door of the family of the public, ministers and common people.

He not only delivered the decree to post Spring Festival couplets, but also made private visits, checked around, and personally supervised.

This made the literati at that time also regard the couplets as an elegant pleasure, and writing Spring Festival couplets became a social fashion for a while.

It can be said that the prosperity of the Spring Festival couplets has finally formed a long-lasting fashion in China, and Zhu Yuanzhang's contribution is second to none.

One New Year's Eve, Zhu Yuanzhang was walking through the streets and alleys of Jinling City. He was surprised to see that a family did not post Spring Festival couplets, so he went in and asked why.It turned out that this family was a eunuch, and he couldn't write it himself, and he couldn't invite anyone to write it, so Zhu Yuanzhang ordered his entourage to bring the four treasures of the study, and personally wrote a Spring Festival couplet for the eunuch.

Split the road of life and death with both hands, and cut the root of right and wrong with one knife.

This couplet is neat and tidy, with a majestic artistic conception, closely related to the identity of the head of the household, the couplet is humorous and witty, and the couplet has profound puns.

Here, Zhu Yuanzhang used the title of castrated pig to express his lofty ambition and comfortable mood to conquer the world, which became a good story for a while.

This year's New Year's Eve is no exception.

But this year is different from previous years, Zhu Yuanzhang is no longer alone, and there is another Zhu Xiongying by his side.

The grandpa and grandson were wearing casual clothes, walking leisurely on the streets of Jinling City.

"People come home early in spring and there are many happy events!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the Spring Festival couplets of the family and said, "Dasun, what do you think of this pair?"

"That's right, the battle is neat and tidy, which means auspiciousness." Zhu Xiongying replied with a smile.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Look, grandson, the wishes of the common people are actually written in the couplets. It's actually very simple. It's nothing more than peace and security and family harmony!"

Zhu Xiongying smiled and said, "Grandpa, you are not looking at Spring Festival couplets, you are looking at all kinds of things in the world!"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed loudly, and continued to move forward with his hands behind his back.

"Da grandson, this is interesting!" Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to the brand-new couplet on the door of a family looking at some dilapidated houses.

"Riding the horse back home, the spring tide is rolling all the way, toasting around the stove, Kyushu is full of joy"

Zhu Xiongying nodded: "Well, grand and ambitious, it seems that this family has a child with ambition, and the life of this family will definitely flourish in the future!"

"Ha ha--"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, pointed at Zhu Xiongying and said, "You can teach a child!"

At this time, Zhu Xiongying also understood why the old man liked to come out to see the Spring Festival couplets in every household so much on New Year's Eve. It was not just for fun, he also wanted to see the world of Daming under his governance.

Really interesting!

The grandfather and grandson looked at the Spring Festival couplets of several families one after another with relish, and Zhu Yuanzhang said suddenly: "Da grandson, we are short of a pair of Spring Festival couplets in our bedroom, can you help us think of one?"

Zhu Xiongying knew that the old man was a master of Spring Festival couplets, so there would be no shortage of Spring Festival couplets, so he made it clear that he wanted to test himself.

Looking at the old man's expectant eyes, Zhu Xiongying couldn't bear to disappoint the old man, but ordinary Spring Festival couplets are easy to write, but it is not easy to write Spring Festival couplets that fit the old man's bedroom!
After thinking about it for a moment, Zhu Xiongying spoke slowly, and said, "The sky is full of spring, and the culture governs the sun and the moon. How about it?"

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up immediately, and he shouted loudly: "Okay!"

The superficial meaning of this couplet is that the sky is gracious, the spring breeze is mighty and mighty, and the country exudes brilliance and splendor like the sun and the moon under the court's cultural and martial arts.

The "spring" in the couplet fits the theme of the Spring Festival.

It not only praised the image of the prosperous age, but actually secretly praised the emperor's grace and merit.

If it was written by Zhu Yuanzhang himself, it would inevitably have the intention of showing off, but if it was written by his grandson, the meaning is completely different.

This couplet is majestic and majestic, with an imperial atmosphere.

What's even more rare is that the sun and the moon in it fit the Ming characters.

"go!"

The old man smiled and pulled Zhu Xiongying: "Let's go back and write Spring Festival couplets!"

Back in the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't wait to get someone to bring the Four Treasures of the Study, and asked Zhu Xiongying to splash ink in person.

Zhu Xiongying couldn't refuse, so he dipped his pen in the ink and began to write on brand new red paper.

The font is vigorous and powerful, and the pen is like a snake, which is even better than that of everyone today.

At this time, Liu Bao, Zhu Yuanzhang's personal eunuch, came and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, someone from Koryo has sent 25 East Pearls. What do you think of them?"

Zhu Yuanzhang watched Zhu Xiongying write, without raising his head, he said, "Send it to the East Palace."

After Zhu Xiongying finished writing, Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the couplets and laughed, and quickly recruited a few palace officials to personally supervise the posting of the couplets.

After posting the couplets, it's time for the New Year's Eve dinner.

The New Year's Eve dinner is held in the Nine Five Flying Dragon Hall.

Zhu Xiongying smiled at Zhu Yuanzhang: "Grandpa Huang, I'll call my third brother and younger sister Xiaobao together."

"Success, the whole family is lively."

When the old man spoke, he was suddenly a little dazed.

Zhu Xiongying naturally knew what the old man was thinking, and said: "Grandpa Huang, I sent someone to call the second brother back a few days ago, but the second brother wants to celebrate the New Year in Shouzhou."

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, and said: "It should be, he is now the vassal king, and he can't just go to Beijing if he goes to Beijing, let him govern Shouzhou well!"

Zhu Xiongying didn't say much, maybe this kind of ending is the best for Zhu Yunqi, but I just hope that there will be no more troubles in this process.

Zhu Xiongying stopped thinking about it, and called Zhu Yunxie, his two younger sisters and Xiaobao over, and the group walked towards the palace in a lively manner.

At this time, the Nine Five Flying Dragon Hall was already filled with tables and chairs.

The entire hall was hung with red lanterns, red silk can be seen everywhere, and the scene was very festive and lively.

All the concubines and their heirs followed the mother and concubine, standing respectfully in the square outside the hall, waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang to arrive.

After a while, the old man came, accompanied by Zhu Xiongying and his party.

All the concubines and princes in the harem saluted Zhu Yuanzhang together.

"Concubine, please see Long live my emperor."

"My son, please see Long live the father and emperor."

Zhu Xiongying looked intently, and saw at least thirty concubines and six or seven children in front of him.

The headache is that these children are all Zhu Xiongying's uncles.

"No courtesy, let's enter the palace."

After the old man said something, Zhu Xiongying led Zhu Yuanzhang to the palace.

"See His Royal Highness Taisun!"

Everyone saluted Zhu Xiongying again, and now Zhu Xiongying is the heir apparent, with one man under ten thousand.

"For those who celebrate Chinese New Year, there is no need to be polite!" Zhu Xiongying raised his hand with a smile.

Everyone stood up, at this time the youngest Zhu suddenly stepped forward and said with leaky teeth: "Red red envelope!"

Zhu Xiongying laughed when he heard the words: "All of them, all of them!"

Donggong has already prepared a red envelope.

"Mine, don't grab it!"

"My, I haven't got it yet!"

Although the little princes were stubborn and bullied Zhu Yunxi together at the beginning, sometimes they are the catalyst of happiness.

After distributing the red envelopes, Zhu Xiongying smiled and said, "Uncle Wangs, I have given you the red envelopes as the crown prince, but as uncle Wangs, shouldn't you also give red envelopes to your nephew?"

If you want to be called Huangshu on weekdays, this Huangshu can't be called for nothing.

Hearing this, several princes groaned one after another, and were at a loss for a moment. They never expected that the grandson of the emperor would ask them for a red envelope.

But logically it should be given.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the embarrassing princes from the sidelines, and smiled with all his big teeth.

At this time, the concubines secretly prepared red envelopes in a hurry, and then took them to their sons, and then handed them to Zhu Xiongying, Zhu Yunxie and Xiaobao.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang also took out a large red envelope and handed it to Zhu Xiongying: "Da Sun, your red envelope."

"grandfather……"

Zhu Xiongying took the red envelope, feeling warm in his heart.

"Open it and have a look." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled all over his face.

"Ah."

Zhu Xiongying ordered the meat, and then opened the red envelope, only to find that in addition to a few exquisite gold coins, there was actually an amulet wrapped in a triangle.

"This is?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Xiongying and said with a smile on his face: "This is the amulet your grandma begged for us back then. Now we give it to you to bless you with peace and good health in the future."

"This……"

Zhu Xiongying didn't know what to say for a moment, it was too precious, it was left to the old man by Empress Ma!
"Take it, this is your grandma's wish!"

"Ah."

Zhu Xiongying held the amulet in his hand, and his eyes couldn't help turning red. Yes, the safety of children and grandchildren and harmony in the family are the greatest wishes of the elderly, whether it is an ordinary family or an emperor's family!
(End of this chapter)