Liu Mingzhi took off the cloak behind him and threw it on the weapons rack aside.
Looking up at the brilliant fireworks exploding in the hazy night sky above the capital, and listening to the crackling firecrackers in the nearby mansion, Liu Mingzhi's eyes were unusually pleased.
Maybe it was because the world was unified, the war subsided, and the people finally ushered in the long-awaited day of peace, or maybe it was because of other reasons.
This year's fireworks are particularly brilliant, the sound of firecrackers is particularly sweet, and even the New Year atmosphere is very different from the past.
The world is peaceful and peaceful, and people can live and work in peace and contentment.
This is the life I want, and this is the day I look forward to seeing. I guess the same is true for the common people.
"Dad, are you okay?"
Liu Mingzhi woke up from his daze, looked at his eldest daughter Liu Yiyi who was standing in front of him with a worried look, and shook his head with a smile on his face.
Looking at the slender figure of his eldest daughter Liu Yiyi, who was almost as tall as his own shoulders, Liu Mingzhi raised his hand to caress his daughter's delicate cheeks, which were 60% similar to her mother Qinglian.
The look in his eyes was both fond and sad.
"My dear daughter, you will be fourteen years old in the blink of an eye, and it will be time to leave the government in a few years.
Time flies so fast. You and Yiyi have grown up, and your father is getting old.
Time is not forgiving! "
Liu Yiyi was startled for a moment, then she realized that her pretty face illuminated by the red lantern became even more rosy. She shyly grabbed Liu Mingzhi's wrist and shook it, coquettishly.
"Dad, what are you talking about? Yiyi doesn't want to get married. Yiyi and Feifei will stay with you and your mother to serve you two for the rest of their lives."
Liu Mingzhi nodded with soft eyes: "Okay, okay, if you don't get married, if you don't get married, daddy promises Yiyi. If Yiyi doesn't get married, daddy will support you for one day. If Yiyi doesn't get married, daddy will support you for the rest of her life."
But when the time comes, if you meet the man you like, and your father is reluctant to let you get married, just don't say that your father doesn't love you. "
"Daddy!"
Listening to Liu Yiyi's coquettish voice, Liu Mingzhi laughed and took Liu Yiyi's wrist and walked towards the center of the martial arts field.
"Let's go, dad will take you to set off fireworks."
"Yeah, thank you, daddy!"
"father!"
"Daddy!"
"Daddy!"
A group of children saw Mr. Liu coming up and hurriedly greeted him and saluted.
Liu Mingzhi knelt down, picked up Liu Yunxin who was holding the finger of his third sister Liu Yaoyao, kissed the little girl's forehead and lifted her up several times.
"Good girl, speak louder!"
The daughter of Ying'er, Liu Yunxin, is almost five years old this year. Not too old, not too young, she has perfectly inherited Ying'er's well-behaved and sensible character.
Seeing her father's excitement, the little girl giggled. She stroked the stubble on her father's cheek with her little hand, took a deep breath and shouted.
"Daddy!"
"Hey, good daughter!"
After putting Liu Yunxin down, Liu Mingzhi took out the fire folder from his arms and waved his hand: "Yaoyao, don't forget to cover Yunxin's ears."
"I know daddy!"
"Yiyi, Feifei, cover Zhenghao's ears."
"knew!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at the hundreds of barrels of fireworks of different sizes on the martial arts field and blew the fireworks: "Chengfeng, Chengzhi, and Chengqian, you three brothers are also here to help light the fire.
The four of us ordered a side each. "
"good!"
When Liu Mingzhi lit the fuse of the first bucket of fireworks, the three brothers leaned forward and started to light the fire.
Liu Yiyi and the other little sisters took a few steps back in excitement and fear, looking up at the hazy night sky.
There was a sharp sound, and then a colorful firework exploded with a rumble in the air.
A moment later, the fireworks over Liu Mansion exploded one after another without any gaps, illuminating many mansions in the east of the city like daylight.
After blowing out the fireworks in his hands and watching the three brothers starting to light up the fireworks happily, Liu Mingzhi looked back at the group of young and old people from the Liu family who had arrived from nowhere around the martial arts field behind him, including his servants and others. The maid narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at the fireworks in the sky.
Father, have you seen it?
This prosperous age is as you wish.
The fireworks over Liu's house continued until the sky became brighter and then stopped.
As for how much money was spent in making these fireworks, that is not something Liu Mingzhi cares about. Anyway, everything from raw materials to workers was handled by Liu Zhian with his own money.
Talking about money with such a rich man, isn't it just a matter of eating enough?
It was getting brighter and everyone in the Liu family finally gathered together.
In the spacious main hall, there were five tables of fine wine and delicacies that could accommodate all the family members.
Wen Renzheng was not only Liu Dashao's mentor, but also Wen Ren Yunshu's grandfather. This year, he also stayed as Liu Zhi'an's in-laws.
As for Liu Mingzhi, Wenren Yunshu and his wife were more open-minded about the issue of how to address themselves, and were not as pedantic as those old scholars.
It's enough to discuss each one's differences, besides, Young Master Liu only calls himself his mentor on rare occasions.
Usually he is addressed as "old man".
Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings, and besides, the raw rice has been cooked into rice, or even turned into porridge, so what can I do?
However, Wen Renzheng had some doubts. His disciple, who had often called him "Old Master" from the beginning, had some evil plans for his little cabbage many years ago.
When Wen Renzheng thought of this, his heart suddenly twitched involuntarily.
I wonder if it would be better if I help Liu Mingzhi cleanse his muscles and cut his marrow and break through the Great Compassion Fu and Yiqi Sutra.
If one day this kid can cultivate the Great Compassion to the highest level of the harmony of yin and yang, it seems to have helped his granddaughter and close disciple Hu Yanjunyao, and it will also give this kid the confidence to flirt with women again in the future.
After all, this kid's status is different from what it used to be. The standard configuration is for the seventy-two concubines of the Three Palaces and Sixth Ward. Now, looking at all the wives and concubines together, he can't even get the number of concubines in the Three Palaces and Sixth Ward.
If he continues to flirt with women in this name, let alone his granddaughter Wenren Yunshu, even Qi Yun who has become the mother of the harem will not be able to say anything.
Liu Dashao, who was happily drinking wine with several elders, had no idea that his future happy life was in a silent contest between success and failure.
Looking at the children at the next table as they carefully put their New Year's money into their wallets, Mr. Liu's eyes flickered and he clicked the tip of his nose. When his eyes fell on the little cutie, his expression froze.
Secretly glancing at the little cutie taking out not only this year's lucky money, but also the past small coffers from his purse, rolling them up, hiding them in his arms, and putting them close to his body. Liu Mingzhi put down his wine glass with an annoyed look and started to groan.
"Really, I have never seen money, have I? As for being so defensive about your father?"
The little cutie who was stuffing his family reunion dinner with big mouthfuls of food paused for a moment, looked at the brothers, sisters and many elders around him blankly, and fixed his gaze on his father.
Seeing the abnormal expression on her father's face, the little cutie who didn't know what to think secretly took out the small vault she had just put away from her jacket, raised her hand and stuffed it into the arms of her eldest sister Liu Yiyi, who was already beginning to take shape.
"Sister Yiyi, save Yue'er's money for me first. No one can give it to Yue'er except Yue'er."
Liu Yiyi, who was chewing slowly, looked at the little cutie's cautious eyes without knowing why, and could only nod helplessly.
"Okay, sister will save it for you."
The most complete reunion dinner for the Liu family in many years ended with Young Master Liu, Liu Mingli, and Liu Mingjie getting drunk like a puddle of mud and diving under the table.
Mrs. Liu and the other female relatives were helpless and angry.
If you drink, just drink. As for drinking, will you become such a virtuous person?
Looking at Liu Zhi'an, Qi Run, Liu Yuan, Liu Yi, and An Gou'er who were about to reach their limit, who were still drinking and changing glasses, they were still drinking.
Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Qi could only greet Qi Yun helplessly, while Song Lei, their sisters-in-law, and each other's sisters helped their husbands back to the room to rest.
After many days, Mr. Liu got his wish and asked Mrs. Liu for a marrow-cleansing pill that had the same effect as the Jinjin Pill.
With the help of Wen Renzheng, he started the action of cleansing the tendons and cutting the marrow, attacking the fifth level of Yin Yang Harmony and Great Compassion Fu and the second level of Yiqi Sutra.
The sun and the moon fly by, and time flies by like a white horse.
In the blink of an eye, it was early May of the second year of Taiping.
Under a series of newly issued decrees by Liu Mingzhi.
The great dragon that unified the Three Kingdoms is now restoring its former prosperity with vigorous vitality.
The merchants and the imperial caravans traveling between the three countries were like crucian carp crossing the river, coming and going between the three countries, exchanging what they had.
After the world was unified, Liu Mingzhi truly treated the people of Dalong and the people who had surrendered to Jin and Tu as his subjects.
During this period, the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, the sixth day of February, and the fifteenth day of March are these days.
Wen Ren Yun Shu, Hu Yan Yunyao and Yun Xiaoxi sisters finally got their wish and became pregnant one after another.
The third princess Li Yan and Ling Weier also suffered from morning sickness again on the same day as April 2nd.
Wen Ren, Yun Shu and the other two people gather together every day to consult with sisters who have been mothers for a long time about their experiences in conceiving and raising babies.
The third day of May in the first year of Taiping.
In the imperial study room of the imperial palace, Liu Mingzhi looked ferocious and threw the memorial in his hand among the piles of memorials on the dragon table.
"Damn it, even the appointment of a small county magistrate has to be approved by this young master himself. Is this old guy Du Chenghao just doing it for a living?"
"Your Majesty! We are back!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at the palace door angrily: "Come in, what's the matter?"
"yes!"
In the blink of an eye, Xiao Chengzi walked into the palace with four young eunuchs.
"You guys, please submit all the information to His Majesty's Dragon Case."
"yes!"
Young Master Liu looked at the four young eunuchs with a trembling corner of his mouth as they all had a thick pile of memorials in their arms. He sighed and looked at Little Chengzi helplessly.
"Where's the discount again?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, these are the official reports on the August and Autumn Festivals, the official reports on the promotion and demotion of officials from various places, the household reports on summer taxes, disaster relief, and official and business reports.
The Ministry of Industry dredged rivers and reported on the construction of school buildings in the two countries.
Finally, there is the excerpt of the combination of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites.
There are excerpts from the Ministry of War to streamline the number of guards and horses, and there are excerpts from the Ministry of Rites admonishing His Majesty to establish a queen and a crown prince. "
Liu Mingzhi slapped the table hard, startling Xiao Chengzi and the other five, and looked at the crazy-looking Young Master Liu with trepidation.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, please calm down."
"Calm down your anger, how can I calm down my anger? There are still 20% of yesterday's papers that have not been approved, and today there are so many.
Even if you are working hard, you have to take a rest. Do these bastards want to exhaust me to death? "
Liu Mingzhi threw the ink pen into the brush washer, pinched his waist and started pacing.
"Damn it, this young master quits. Go, go, go, I will immediately summon the officials from the six ministries and nine ministers to come to Qinzheng Hall. I will tell the world to abdicate in favor of others.
Whoever the hell wants to sit on this throne can sit on it. I am determined not to sit on it!
In the past, I was weak-willed when accompanying women, but I finally had the will and endless energy to do it. It was as powerful as a small electric motor, but in the end I ran out of time.
Isn't this a joke on my young master? "
"Go, go and deliver the order right away!"
