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Chapter 532 New Year's New Deal

The Chinese New Year will be celebrated in two days, and the "Ten Regulations on the Control of Shaanxi" are basically approved. It will be promulgated only after the Chinese New Year.

But the court officials were worried, and the emperor's attitude became more and more arbitrary.

On the eve of New Year's Eve, Zhu Youjian's apology was late, and he was still sincere and had a good attitude, but Zhu Xu did not immediately "pardon" him and allowed him to return to the cabinet.

This year's capital is more lively than in previous years. Even though the Ming Dynasty is full of disasters, the court's laws are becoming more and more severe, effectively curbing some of the corrupt governments. In addition, the court's restoration of Liaodong was particularly enthusiastic.

The streets and alleys of the capital are very lively, with endless exchanges and crowds.

Generally speaking, Zhu Xu's new policy benefited more and more small merchants, and his life was better than in previous years.

On New Year's Eve, Cining Palace.

"This rabbit lantern? It's so beautiful? It would be great if it could be put in the sky..."

"Uncle Emperor, let's put the Kongming lantern?"

"Uncle Emperor, the fireworks outside the palace are so beautiful and they are also set up in the palace. Is that good..."

"Uncle Emperor, I want to go out for fun, you can take me out..."

Xiao Yongning looked at Zhu Xu sending a bunch of gadgets, shouted, and then pulled Zhu Xu's arm and acted cute.

The old monk Zhu Xu sat down and ignored it at all. This girl is the little devil in the palace. No one can control her except Empress Dowager Zhang. If she leaves the palace, she will have to cause chaos.

Li Jieyu sat beside Zhu Xu, looked at her and smiled and said, "Princess, the fireworks were set aside a few years ago and burned down the three halls. Later, the emperor strictly forbidden to set off fireworks in the palace."

Yongning looked at Li Jieyu, flattened his mouth, his big eyes moist, as if he could cry at any time.

Zhu Xu had a headache. This girl’s ‘crying scene’ was very good. She could really cry, just like the real one. She had to say, “Stop pretending to me, be careful that the emperor’s wife came out to lock you up in prison.”

The little girl became more and more flat and she was about to cry.

Li Jieyu looked at the little girl with a chuckling and said, "Princess, you are about to cry, three days of confinement is indispensable."

The little girl immediately opened her eyes wide, wiped her face with her little hands, and then she laughed and said, "Then I won't cry anymore. Aunt Yu, okay, can you take me out for fun? The emperor has changed now and doesn't care about me anymore..."

Li Jieyu has been named an eighth-grade 'lady', so where can he leave the palace easily? He hugged Xiao Yongning and said, "There is actually nothing fun outside the palace. If you like something, I'll let someone go out to buy it."

The little girl snorted, came out of Li Jieyu's arms, lay on the table, with her little mouth flattened, and looked aggrieved.

Empress Dowager Zhang walked out of the inside, her whole body was wrapped thickly. When she came in, she felt uncomfortable all over. When she walked in, she hit Xiao Yongning with her hand and taught her a lesson: "Sit down!"

The little girl immediately sat upright, with a stern face, and was serious.

Zhu Xu shook his head secretly, I don’t know who this girl learned from, it’s really not easy for the emperor’s sister-in-law…

After Empress Dowager Zhang sat down, Huan'er arranged to serve the dishes. Not long after, the steaming dishes were filled with the table.

"I want to eat shrimp, I also want to eat fish..."

The little girl stood up and stretched out her hands to grab the red and steaming prawns.

Empress Dowager Zhang frowned, and chopsticks hit Xiao Yongning's hand repeatedly, and said coldly: "Give me some rules!"

The little girl flattened her mouth, sat upright, held the chopsticks, and struggled to hold the prawns.

Zhu Xu had no choice but to pick up one for her, then looked at Empress Dowager Zhang and said, "Sister-in-law, I heard that you are going to have a banquet for the nobles of the clan after the New Year?"

Empress Dowager Zhang had no appetite, her face was slightly pale, and she smiled and said, "Well, it's a routine. Jie Yu will come at that time."

Zhu Xu nodded and said, "After the New Year, I will also summon officials from all over the world to Beijing, and I will also let them bring their families with me. If necessary, I will also grant some imperial edicts. I will also bother the emperor's sister-in-law to see you again."

Empress Dowager Zhang smiled gently and said, "What's the trouble? Just call me."

Zhu Xu smiled and picked up some food for Queen Mother Zhang, saying, "Sister-in-law, eat more."

Empress Dowager Zhang nodded slightly, looking at the grown-up emperor, she felt quite moved. She remembered that she was only three years old when she took him over. She was extremely calm at the young age. The next two years were also very calm. The little guy ate and slept quietly, not messing around. But after the age of five, she was not sure. The little guy's thoughts made her worry.

But who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, the child who had grown up and now the emperor who ruled the world, had made impressive achievements.

Thinking of this, she smiled and looked relieved.

Zhu Xu didn't notice this, and then put some in Li Jieyu and said, "No need to be restrained, they are all a family."

Li Jieyu nodded softly. She had been in the palace for many days, so naturally she knew that the emperor and Empress Dowager Zhang’s extraordinary uncle and sister-in-law.

According to etiquette, Zhu Xu wanted to have a big banquet with the royal family, but he had always hated this and ordered the ritual supervisor to prepare rewards and send them one by one on New Year's Eve to show his kindness.

After a while of rest, a group of people went to Concubine Liu to have tea again to give her filial piety.

Halfway through the middle of the year, the dull bell echoed in the palace and spread melodiously outside the palace, which indicates the end of the fourth year of Chongzhen and the first year of Jingzheng.

It is the year's end, and the officials in the capital rarely breathe a sigh of relief. However, the people are very lively, with lights and decorations everywhere, and the noise is endless.

After a few days of busy schedule, Zhu Xu was rarely disturbed. He stayed in Jingyang Palace, quietly reading books and thinking about things.

The Ministry of Rites's court newspaper did not rest, and several messages were logged in one after another.

For example, excerpts and comments on the replies of King Xin’s apology, joint articles by court officials for the change of the era, emperor amnesty for the world, court again reduced taxes from several southwest provinces, etc.

In the first year of Jingzheng, the sixth day of the lunar month, Jingyang Palace, inside the pavilion.

Yao Qingqing, Cao Huachun, Cao Wenzhao and Zhu Xu gathered together and were "smoking meat".

There were two jars of wine around the side, but the heat in the pavilion was still increasing.

Cao Wenzhao may have been in the military for a long time, his voice was thick and his tone was quite bold, and he shouted loudly, "Your Majesty, it's not my old Cao who brags. My Hu Ben Army, even if I face Jiannu's cavalry now, I dare to fight!"

Zhu Xu drank a little too much, his face turned red, his mind was still clear, and he pointed at him with a smile: "You are a bit boasting, it's hard for me to believe it..."

Cao Wenzhao waved his hand, drunken eyes, forced his eyes to open, and shouted, "Your Majesty, you have never seen our exercises. If you have time, Lao Cao would like to see it. Cannons can be blown up a thousand feet away. Such a long distance is enough for me to curb the cavalry charge. They want to dismount and fight in the field, and then taste my Lao Cao's short gun. After a while, I will kill 20,000 cavalrymen, which is more than enough..."

Zhu Xu laughed as soon as he heard this. The artillery in the Ming Dynasty is okay to defend the city, but it is not possible to fight in the field. It must be placed at a high place to fire the cannon to be powerful.

Zhu Xu's heart moved at this time. He kept letting the Military Weapons Bureau study and hadn't been to see it in person for a long time.

Cao Huachun adhered to his identity and was always quite cautious and did not drink too much. He knew the truth that being with the king was like being with a tiger.

Yao Qingqing let go a lot. She has been in the turmoil for many years, and has been away from her lowly family and has been waiting for Bi Maokang for ten years. She gave birth to a child a few years ago and finally got a home. She is most grateful to Zhu Xu.

She listened to Cao Wenzhao's wine talk, as if she had returned to the day of Jinghuan Palace. She stood up with a glass of wine and bowed to Zhu Xu and said, "I'm grateful to the emperor for his re-creation. Please drink a full drink."

Zhu Xu looked at her and smiled, saying, "I hope everyone in the world will live a good life, let alone the people around me, so there is no need to be too polite." As he said that, he picked up the wine glass and leaned over.

Yao Qingqing also drank a bit, his face turned slightly red, and he whispered: "I still want to thank the emperor."

Cao Wenzhao drank the most, waved at Yao Qingqing shakingly and said, "Don't do this, the emperor doesn't like to restrain himself..."

Yao Qingqing smiled and picked a piece of meat clip from the boiling pot and gave it to Zhu Xu.

Cao Huachun looked at Cao Wenzhao's unruly appearance and felt in his heart that it was different from the past. Who can still be "unrestrained" in front of the emperor now?

Zhu Xu hasn't been so happy for a long time. Looking at Cao Wenzhao's drunkenness, he smiled and said, "You are the one who knows me, Lao Cao! Come and continue drinking!"

"drink!"

Cao Wenzhao raised his cup and was full of heroic spirit.

After drinking this wine for more than an hour, everyone was drunk. Even Yao Qingqing, who didn't drink much, and Cao Huachun, who tried his best to keep his calm, was drunk and couldn't speak clearly.

Li Jieyu only brought people to him after receiving the notice from the palace maid and took several people away.

Zhu Xu returned to Li Jieyu's bedroom. Cao Wenzhao was taken away by Cao Bianjiao, Cao Huachun had an apprentice, and Yao Qingqing was also placed in a side room with dedicated care.

Zhu Xu was drunk in the palace, and the atmosphere of the New Year outside the palace gradually faded.

On the eighth day of the lunar month, after some preparations in the court newspaper, the edict to pardon Xin Wang finally came down. Xin Wang asked for the crime, and the emperor also rebuked and punished him. The government and the people may have expected that King Xin would return to the cabinet, but did not cause any trouble.

According to Sun Chengzong and Bi Ziyan's arrangements, a military meeting was held before the civil service meeting was held to determine military power, military system, military ranks, purify the army, demarcate war zones, arrange personnel, etc.

At present, there are 18 provinces in the Ming Dynasty. It should be 18 generals, but in fact it is not the case. Whether it is Liaodong or the southwest, the military system is relatively chaotic and the military rank is not clear enough. In addition, Liaodong's victory is bound to reward merits and make new personnel arrangements. In addition, the risks of civil unrest in the southwest gradually reached consensus at the top of the Ming Dynasty. The ministers all wanted to clarify the military and political relations and completely stabilize the morale of the military and the people.

This is why Cao Wenzhao was in the capital, mountain and west of the capital, and he rushed over as soon as he received the order.

With the resumption of the cabinet and the change of the era, the emperor summoned all officials to Beijing. The Ming Dynasty and the opposition knew that this was an important step in the emperor's new policy, and it was a clear, clear declaration and announcement of a series of new policies in the past five years!

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