The twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month in the thirty-fourth year of Taiping, the last day of the Taiping era.
The Supreme Emperor Zhu Zhongliang returned to the Forbidden City again with his family papers and hosted the royal family banquet and the clan family banquet.
Zhu Zhongliang is still the patriarch of the royal family, and his actual status is equivalent to that of a retired temporary chairman.
Zhu Jianyan's status is similar to that of a general manager who actually manages the family and business.
When arranging seats, Zhu Zhongliang and Zhu Jianyan, father and son, stood side by side, and Zhu Zhongliang's other descendants were on the left and right below.
In the past, when the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor were present at the same time, the seats were always arranged like this.
On the female side of the scroll, the Queen Mother sits in the middle, and Zhu Jianyan's princess, the intended future queen, sits to the left of the Queen Mother.
The scheduled imperial concubine Liang Yunying was arranged to her right by the Supreme Empress.
The other concubines and concubines are below on the left and right sides.
Liang Yunying herself was very surprised:
"Mother...it's not appropriate for me to sit here."
The Queen Mother explained with a smile:
"This is what the Supreme Emperor asked me to arrange. There is nothing inappropriate. You are the only imperial concubine here. This position was originally meant for you."
Liang Yunying did not dare to refuse anymore, so she could only sit on the right side of the Queen Mother very carefully.
Then he observed the reactions of the people around him and muttered in his mind:
Even the scheduled imperial concubine should not sit with two generations of empresses.
After Emperor Shizu and before Zhu Jianyan, these generations of emperors were not legitimate sons.
So there will always be two queen mothers, so there will be exactly three people sitting on it.
The current emperor Zhu Jianyan is his legitimate son, and there should have been only the queen mother and empress above him.
One position was supposed to be removed, but now three people are still assigned.
The arrangement given to Liang Yunying by the Emperor and the Queen Mother made Zhu Jianyan's other wives feel completely cold.
Originally, when Zhu Jianyan was still the prince, the other three ladies naturally hoped that their sons could inherit the throne.
The prince's sons are all potentially competitive. If they want to inherit the title, they have to study hard and find ways to please their father.
Zhu Jingyuan was the most favorable contender for the throne at the time.
Because he was so outstanding, the other brothers and their mother basically gave up the idea of increasing the number of thrones.
As a result, Zhu Jingyuan got a prince title, so he no longer had to compete with them. This gave them another chance, and they immediately began to secretly compete with each other again.
As a result, this process lasted less than a year, and Zhu Jianyan became the emperor.
Everyone is back to the same starting point.
From now on, we no longer have to compete for the throne; we have to start competing for the throne.
The attraction and allure of the throne are countless times higher than the previous title of prince.
Even if you think that there is a high probability that he will not be Zhu Jingyuan's opponent, you still have illusions.
Since news in the court and palace cannot be spread randomly, many people do not know what happened between Zhu Jingyuan, the old emperor Zhu Zhongliang, and his father Zhu Jianyan.
But as several other ladies were granted the title of imperial concubine, Liang Yunying was granted the title of imperial concubine alone, and now she was placed in the chief position alone. They once again realized the huge gap.
Liang Yunying's son is not only smart, the key is that he is recognized by the old emperor Zhu Zhongliang and the new emperor Zhu Jianyan.
Otherwise, it would not be possible for Liang Yunying to be the only imperial concubine, otherwise there would not be a special seating arrangement.
And Zhu Jingyuan’s outrageous reward.
These circumstances all indicate that Zhu Jingyuan is the successor that both emperors are optimistic about.
Others should not bother.
I will honestly pass the political training and work hard to get the title of prince.
The royal family banquet lasted from noon to evening.
The drunken old emperor Zhu Zhongliang took his concubine and returned to his palace outside the city by car.
Children in the old city of the capital were a little deserted, because the old city was not lively enough. The key was that firecrackers and fireworks were not allowed to prevent saboteurs from using firecrackers to cover up the sound of gunfire.
Most people finished posting Spring Festival couplets in the morning and went to Xincheng in the afternoon to set off fireworks and visit temple fairs.
When Zhu Zhongliang left the palace, it was not completely dark yet, and there were already sounds of fireworks rising into the sky in the direction of the new city.
Zhu Zhongliang waved to the children and grandchildren around him:
"You don't have to follow me anymore. Let's go out and play. Now you are all liberated..."
The older sons were embarrassed and in no mood to go out and play.
On the other hand, the young son, grandson, and great-grandson were waiting for Zhu Zhongliang's words.
Those who followed the old emperor were all his sons and grandsons besides Zhu Jianyan.
Now that they have basically lost their inheritance rights, their security level can be lowered, and accordingly they have more freedom.
Last year at this time, they all had to stay in the old city, but now they can go to the new city to play.
But Zhu Jianyan's children and grandchildren now have to stay in the Forbidden City.
In addition to those doing administrative training in other places.
It was evening in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and it was only noon in Zhu Jingyuan's food kingdom.
Zhu Jingyuan asked the palace to prepare a "state banquet".
It is not a national-level banquet, but a banquet attended by all people.
The capital of the Dashi Kingdom and everyone in the entire Liusha City were invited to participate.
Just outside the city wall of the New Palace, a huge open-air banquet was held.
Anyway, even if it is winter in Liusha City now, the daytime temperature is still 20 degrees, which is not cold at all.
It is said that a thousand people form a mountain and ten thousand people form a sea. Now there are more than 20,000 people under the new palace of Dashi Kingdom. It is really a sea of people.
It took Dashiguo three days to clean and inspect all the orchids.
The first batch from Tianzhu and Mozhou totaled more than 4,300 people.
Then the distribution started directly.
There are only 3,000 bachelor workers in the Big Food Country.
Facing more than 4,000 Hu Ji, they theoretically have a choice.
But Zhu Jingyuan did not allow them the opportunity to choose freely, but adopted a lottery model.
Orchid is simply divided into five levels according to its shape and health.
Corresponds to the five levels in the worker assessment of the Great Food Country.
Workers will be evaluated at different levels every day, every ten days, and every month.
The highest level is one who is honest and hard-working, willing to learn, and in good health.
The lowest level is cunning, lazy, rejecting knowledge, and physically weak.
The highest-grade Orchid will be randomly awarded to the craftsman with the highest evaluation.
In the end, the remaining three hundred or so Hu Ji were temporarily used as ordinary handymen.
At the banquet, he becomes a waiter, responsible for delivering things and relaying messages.
At noon, just before the banquet started, Zhu Jingyuan stood on the temporary platform and spoke a few words of sincerity.
A group of loud-voiced guards stretched outward from the platform and were scattered among the crowd below.
Help convey Zhu Jingyuan's words sentence by sentence.
“Today, now, and tomorrow is the first New Year in our big food country.
"We gathered here from all over the Ming Dynasty and formed a big family - the Great Food Country and Liusha City.
“So today’s luncheon is a big banquet for all of us.
"In the evening, after everyone goes back, it will be their own little family dinner.
“Today’s luncheon and dinner, as well as tomorrow’s luncheon, all materials can be applied to the palace, and all materials will be provided free of charge according to the family size.
"Okay, enough nonsense. I hope everyone can eat and drink well today, continue to work hard in the coming year, and live a better life!"
After the news announced by Zhu Jingyuan was conveyed by the loud-voiced guards, the scene immediately erupted in undulating cheers.
You can eat and drink freely for two days!
"The king is wise and mighty!"
"The king loves his people like his own children."
"Great King Kangge..."
Amidst all kinds of praises, the "state banquet" of Dashi Country has just begun.
Zhu Jingyuan also came down from the stage and returned to his position in the front row.
Zhu Jingyuan chatted and ate with his staff, guards, courtiers, and maids.
The banquet also continued directly into the evening.
Zhu Jingyuan returned to the old palace, and Liusha City began to set off fireworks.
For Zhu Jingyuan's safety, the sound of firecrackers was allowed only after Zhu Jingyuan left.
Firecrackers are being set off in the Ming Dynasty, and firecrackers are being set off in the vassal states and imperial villages of the Ming Dynasty.
Countries in Europe and the West are also setting off firecrackers.
Influenced by the culture of the Ming Dynasty, the Spring Festival of the Ming Dynasty is now also one of the most lively festivals in Western Europe.
Most of them also put up Spring Festival couplets at home, and would put on Ming-style clothes and go shopping in the afternoon.
In the past, there were only traditional Ming-style clothes, and many Thai and Western ethnic elements were disgusted with this kind of clothes.
But now they have a new choice, Ming-made Thai-Western clothing designed by Prince Dashi.
Coupled with the custom of buying new clothes during the Ming Dynasty, the Thai and Western nobles once again went to the Royal Clothing Store and Dashi Store to snap up a batch of clothes.
On the night of the last day of the Ming Dynasty, at least half of the Thai and Western women put on traditional Ming-style coats and skirts on the streets of Paris, London, Moscow, Berlin, Rome and other large and medium-sized cities.
Nearly one-third of the men also put on Ming-style Thai-Western clothing with short skirts and high heels.
Chu Yuqiang followed Zhu Jingyuan's instructions and found several beautiful teenage Thai and Western boys to wear the same clothes to promote in the store. The actual effect was very good.
Prince Charles of France received Zhu Jingyuan's reply. While he was pleasantly surprised, he was a little confused about Zhu Jingyuan's weight loss ideas.
After looking for various records and portraits of Emperor Zhu Cixiang, I found that the situation was indeed as Zhu Jingyuan said. There was almost no sign of obesity, and the whole person's temperament was very lean.
So Prince Charles began to blame himself. He should not have doubted the important affairs of the Ming Dynasty royal family. Is there anyone who knows the story of the Ming Dynasty royal family better than him?
So Prince Charles began to try to lose weight himself. At the same time, he began to look for suitable primary and secondary schools in Paris to try out the new school uniforms proposed by Zhu Jingyuan.
Prince Charles' goal is to go to an aristocratic school, so of course he cannot use low-end clothing, and the high-end clothing designed by Zhu Jingyuan is too expensive. There is no agreement yet on who will bear the cost of the school uniforms.
At the same time, in addition to the initial deliberate guidance, various newspapers in Western Europe began to publish spontaneous local articles teaching ordinary people how to diet and lose weight.
In this atmosphere, the sky gradually darkened in Taixi.
Then the Thai and Westerners started to set off fireworks and entered the year-end period of keeping up the New Year's Eve.
Waiting for the arrival of the next day, waiting for new news from Daming.
