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 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. Live in the apse. But this is a royal place and he can stay there. If you get married here, you are overstepping your bounds and will be impeached by the imperial censor.
The newly rented mansion belongs to an old official from the capital of Henan. It has a neat three-in-four courtyard with a west garden and a stable in the east yard.
The size is more in line with Yang Fan's status.
The reason why Yang Fan chose this place was because it was in a good location on Dongsi North Street. And it looks like the third courtyard, but the place is relatively spacious. The house and garden are very new. No decoration required, 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 thinks it is worth the money. After all, it is estimated that I 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 didn't leave the military camp unless he had nothing to do, and he didn't like hanging around in the first place. In addition to accompanying Xiao Niangpi out on the street and being forced to do business, she stayed in the school grounds behind Jingshan.
Yang Fan later moved bricks in the imperial capital. Although he was building houses, he at least knew the famous courtyard houses in the capital.
The third entrance to the courtyard includes the reverse-seating room in the front, where ordinary guests are received. After entering the second hanging flower door, you will find the main house. The host and hostess live here. Behind the main house there is a small courtyard and a row of back rooms, where the female relatives of the servants live.
A bodyguard lives in the stable in the east courtyard. To the west is the garden. Further to the west of the garden, there is a row of wing rooms, which open to the alley on the west side. Here live the handymen and some servants.
On New Year's Eve, as usual, Yang Fan sealed his office and stopped working.
The printing will not be opened until after the Lantern Festival.
The military camp was filled with joy. After breakfast early in the morning, holiday expenses and year-end bonuses were distributed. There was no news at all before, and it was a big surprise to the team coaches.
In the past year, the team trainers accompanied Yang Fan through life and death, fought several fierce battles, and obeyed orders when he went to the capital to obey the Queen's orders. The military discipline was strict and there was never any mistakes or troubles.
Yang Fan saw it all and was still 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 demonstrate authority.
Each level up adds one silver dollar. This is conducive to motivating soldiers' desire for meritorious service and promotion.
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. This year-end bonus is the same for everyone, regardless of high or low official position. After all, everyone fought 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 shouted that they would die in the service of your lord. The morale is high, and I can't wait to rush out of the camp right now and hack all the enemies to death for my lord.
The officer's bonus increases by one yuan for every higher level. Judging from the base number of three, an increase of one is a lot. However, the base number of this issue is large, and it is not conspicuous.
Soldier Three Silver Dollars
The corps commander has four silver coins.
Five silver coins for the captain.
Six silver coins for the squad leader,
Seven silver coins for squadron leader.
Captain eight silver coins
At the level of captain, leading a battalion of soldiers is almost three times higher than that of a soldier. The difference is still obvious.
In the early hours of the morning, the cooking squad brought some helping soldiers and brought back more than 30 large fat pigs, as well as purchased beef and mutton. As well as a small number of vegetables such as cabbage and radish that were available in this era. Zunhua also shipped supplies for the New Year 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 the Spring Festival in the same way as the military camp in this era.
In addition to having enough food and wine, we also need to carry out sports.
It is a custom in the Ming Dynasty that soldiers who cannot go home have to celebrate the New Year in the military camp, and usually hold a willow-shooting and praying contest. The place where they happened to be stationed was the Guande Hall where the emperor reviewed the cavalry and archery.
Yang Fan decided to hold a willow-shooting and praying competition on the first day of the new year, which will be held separately for cavalry and infantry. The main events are cavalry bows, infantry large bows, fire rifles, fire 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.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the military camp starts hosting Cuju and sumo wrestling competitions.
After the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the holidays take turns until the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Let these 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, or go to the eight alleys and secret doors. As long as you don't cause trouble, don't worry.
The gendarmerie 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 ink was dried, and the eunuchs were asked 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. During the 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 moment, and then write it with a brush.
"The harmonious harmony of the harp and the harp is harmonious, and the unicorn is harmonious and nurturing." Queen Zhou read it and blushed immediately. This couplet is very consistent with 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 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 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 called out sweetly, 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.
"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 he wants to pamper the queen exclusively? 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 started acting 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 muttered in a low voice. She loved reading and often compared herself to Tinglan. His Majesty's couplet was given to her, and she was immediately happy.
"The spring breeze brings beauty to the pavilion, and the harmony fills the boudoir," Concubine Yuan read in a low voice. Recently, she has been making trouble for Concubine Tian because Concubine Tian is ranked above her. She was secretly wary that His Majesty was beating her. He quickly accepted it with a smile on his face and a happy heart.
During this period, the three of them lived with His Majesty every day. Who could give birth to a Qilin child would depend on their own abilities, but it was not necessarily possible for the Queen to succeed, she thought secretly in her heart.
"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 fluent, he speaks in plain English, haha."
