Mingshi

Chapter 1429 New Year's Eve
"Let's write it." Luo Xin thought for a while and said, "Write with the flow, don't write with strong words, it's better to mix it in the memorial, it doesn't show mountains or dews. In this way, if we write it, the officials will not hold grudges and isolate us. His Majesty will not blame us, after all, we do not stand out, but follow the trend."

"Then... what if His Majesty blames him?" Yun Zhiqiu asked.

"Just blame it." Luo Xin had recovered his indifferent expression at this time and said: "Our words are gentle, even if His Majesty blames us, it will not kill us. Wait for Your Majesty... After King Yu ascends the throne, We will naturally come back again. Moreover, in my opinion, as long as we don't pick the leader, His Majesty will not blame us who follow the trend."

"Right!"

Everyone nodded after hearing this.

"Then let's go!" Luo Xin stood up and said, "If we don't go back, it means that we also write memorials, and I'm afraid we will be isolated."

"go!"

"go!"

"..."

Now that they had a backbone, Zhang Xun and the others did not panic anymore.After walking out of the teahouse, they scattered and walked towards their own yamen.As soon as Luo Xin entered the Ministry of Rites, he saw Yan Na, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, walking towards him. Seeing Luo Xin, he said:

"No, where have you been?"

"Oh, feeling bored, I went out for a walk."

"No, I have already decided to go to Your Majesty and ask His Majesty to increase the salaries of all the officials. What do you think?"

"My lord is righteous!" Luo Xin cupped his hands and said, "I will definitely follow my lord."

"Then when will you write it? Everyone has connected it together, and it has to be handed in today. I have finished writing, and I am going to let the clerk send it to the cabinet. You will also send it to the clerk after you finish writing."

"it is good!"

Luo Xin happily returned to his room, then finished writing the memorial without any pain, and then sent it to the clerk.The news that Luo Xin also wrote the memorial reached Yan Na, and the old Shangshu finally breathed a sigh of relief, otherwise, if someone in his Ministry of Rites did not write it, he would really be laughed at by other officials.

night!
Emperor Jiajing looked at the memorial, and the first thing he looked at was Xu Jie's memorial.Xu Jie finally couldn't bear the pressure and wrote a memorial.If this is not written, his decree will not get out of the cabinet.If you go out, no one will listen.And the people who followed him lost their hearts and would leave one after another.

In this case, Gao Gong naturally also existed, so Gao Gong also wrote a memorial.But both of them have the same thoughts as Luo Xin.These two people are full of eyes, what Luo Xin can see through, how can the two of them not see through?
However, even if it is written without pain, it is also asking for a salary increase.

Looking at the memorials one by one, there was no anger on his face, most of them were dismissive, and there was no look of taking it to heart.After reading a few memorials, he threw them away and closed his eyes to rest.

A young eunuch came in, and seeing Emperor Jiajing closed his eyes, he looked at Huang Jin, Huang Jin tiptoed out, and came in again after a while.Emperor Jiajing closed his eyes and said:

"what happened again?"

"This... those officials went to the cabinet to make trouble again, and asked to meet His Majesty."

Emperor Jiajing was stunned for a moment, and then his face became ferocious.

"Wow..." He raised his hand and knocked the memorial on the table flying: "Increase in salary? Before, only half of the salary was paid out, and I didn't see them starve to death. Now that they can get all their salary, they still dance." Are you going to raise your salary? It’s all my money, if you want to share my money, these bastards should be killed.”

Huang Jin lowered his head and didn't dare to speak, Emperor Jiajing didn't scold for a while, not because he didn't want to scold, but because they didn't have the strength to scold.After just cursing a few words, he was panting there.Huang Jin hurriedly said:
"Your Majesty calm down and take care of the dragon body."

Emperor Jiajing gasped for a while, and shouted with some powerlessness: "They will not let me have a good year in order to have a good year. They are all traitors and traitors. They should be killed, damned!"

After a while, Emperor Jiajing calmed down.Huang Jin said softly:

"Your Majesty, these memorials?"

"Hehe..." Emperor Jiajing sneered and said, "They want to have a good year and don't let me have a good year. I just don't like them. I want to have a good year and don't let them have a good year. Haha... ...Don’t bother with them, we’ll talk about everything after the Chinese New Year.”

"This..." Huang Jin's face showed hesitation.

"Huh?" Emperor Jiajing raised his eyelids.

"The old slave is afraid that those officials will be at the court meeting..."

"Great Chaohui!" Emperor Jiajing said lightly: "Then come, I'll wait, but do they dare?"

Lunar New Year's eve.

After this day, it is the new year, and the midnight of this day is the time to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new. Everyone must keep vigil today, without sleeping, which symbolizes that they will be full of energy in the new year.

During the daytime of this day, various ceremonies such as offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors have to be carried out. The New Year's Eve has a deep imprint on China, so this day is also the most flavorful of the New Year. After this day, the flavor of the New Year will gradually fade away. down.After fifteen years, the New Year's Day will officially pass.

On this day, no matter they are rich or poor, they all get up very early, and they have to get up before dawn.After getting up, the first thing to do is to post couplets.The custom is that among neighbors, whoever pastes the couplet first will have a better life than the other family in the new year. This is called grabbing blessings.

In this regard, there is no difference between the poor and the rich.

After posting the couplets, there is a difference between the poor and the rich.

After pasting up the couplets, ordinary people will paste window grilles on the windows. These window grilles are all kinds of patterns cut out of colored paper, such as more than every year, crane and pine prolonging the year, etc., which make the festive atmosphere prosperous.

But rich and noble families are different. They will hang the red lanterns high and look magnificent.That kind of style is not comparable to ordinary people's homes.

After all this is done, no matter men, women, or children, they all start to wash and dress up, put on new clothes, and start offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors.Moreover, the traditional Chinese people worship gods quickly and ancestors slowly.The speed of worshiping the gods was very fast and ended in less than a quarter of an hour, but the time for worshiping the ancestors was very long.

Fortunately, the hard-working people don't have any ancestral halls, so they pay homage to their parents, at most grandparents.But the big family is different. It takes more than half an hour to enter the ancestral hall and invite the ancestors.

It was busy at night, and when the firecrackers sounded to say goodbye to the old year, every household lit up firecrackers, which made the whole capital lively and excited, and made people feel excited after a busy day. Tiredness is gone.

Until midnight, it was time for Chinese people to eat dumplings.Dumplings imply Jiaozi, that is, Zishi, the meaning of the replacement of old and new.At this time, all members of the family must be together, implying a reunion dinner.

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