The cold north howled.
However, in Beijing, everyone was smiling.
Because today was the Spring Festival.
As the beef and mutton from the Great Prairie were sent to all parts of the country, the price was not expensive. Every household would buy some cattle heads for the New Year.
Even those who didn't have much money at home would buy a few new clothes and try a pound of beef.
During last year's Spring Festival, most of the people were still in a precarious situation, so the New Year was not very happy.
This year, even the poorest family could eat their fill.
For the people of this era, being able to eat their fill was the greatest happiness. This kind of simple happiness was rarely experienced in the past.
Beijing was the capital, and the people in the city were all rich.
No matter how poor a family was, they could still save some money after working in Beijing for a year.
Therefore, this year might be the richest year they had ever lived in their lives.
No matter how cold the weather outside was, their hearts were still warm.
In the Forbidden City, all the officials and officials were attending the state banquet. Some of them even brought their families.
Although these officials were all recruited by Liu Yu, they were not only loyal to Liu Yu, but they were also living people.
Therefore, it was very normal to get married and have children.
"Come, everyone, don't be so restrained. Today, there's no monarch or minister, only confidants. Let's drink first.”
Liu Yu raised his wine glass and finished it after saying that.
Everyone gave him face and drank it all in one gulp.
Following that, the banquet hall of the fishing island was filled with singing and dancing. It was a joyous occasion.
The meal lasted from night until almost midnight.
At midnight, fireworks exploded in the sky above the Meridian Gate Square of the Forbidden City.
The fireworks of the Ming Dynasty were definitely not as beautiful as the fireworks of the future, but in this era, it was indeed a very happy thing to be able to set off fireworks on a large scale.
In any case, Liu Yu hadn't set off any fireworks for seven to eight years after he grew up.
"Let's go to sleep."
Liu Yu dragged the four girls to his dragon bed for the night.
It was the New Year, and the most important thing was to be happy.
For the next few days, Liu Yu gave all the officials a break so that they did not have to go to work.
Liu Yu also had a rare few days of leisure.
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On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Liu Yu lay on Liu Rushi's lap and listened to Lee Xiangjun read.
Lee Xiangjun was reading the Yongle Encyclopedia, which had been lost in later generations.
And what Liu Yu had now was the original copy of the Yongle Ceremony.
As for the original manuscript, it had been burned to the ground by a fire more than a hundred years ago.
Just as Liu Yu was so happy that he forgot about his home, Chen Cheng suddenly ran away, saying that he had something important to report.
"What is it?" Liu Yu asked curiously.
It was the new year, what could happen?
"Your Majesty, the Manchu Empire is in chaos. The White Bordered Flag and the Red Bordered Flag rebelled, and the Yellow Bordered Flag and the Yellow Bordered Flag fled Jinzhou with the little emperor.”Chen Cheng said seriously.
"What is it? Internal strife in the Eight Banners? Why?"
Liu Yu was a little confused. He didn't take action to deal with the Manchu Dynasty because Mongolia couldn't spare them.
In the end, he hadn't even made a move yet, and the Qing Dynasty was already in chaos.
"I'm not too sure about the exact situation. The snow has sealed the city, and information cannot be transmitted.
Even this piece of news was discovered by the scouts during their routine patrol in Liaodong.”Chen Cheng replied.
After Liu Yu heard this, he pondered for a while.
To be honest, after thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure out why such a situation would occur in the Qing Dynasty.
Because in his memory, the descendants of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty were basically officials. Their interests were one with the interests of the Qing Dynasty.
In theory, the Eight Banners Disciples shouldn't rebel.
But in reality, under such bad weather, the Eight Banners really rebelled.
"Send someone to investigate the situation." Liu Yu said.
Taking advantage of the civil strife in Manchuria to exterminate Manchuria?
Liu Yu had never thought that if he wanted to destroy the Manchu Dynasty, there was no need to take advantage of the civil strife in the Manchu Dynasty.
Now that it was snowing heavily, there would be no benefits at all if he went to destroy the Manchu Qing. He must have lost his mind to choose to attack the Manchu Qing at this time.
Therefore, he still sent someone to check on the situation. He was very curious about what had happened to the Qing Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, after receiving the report, I've already sent someone out to check on the situation.”Chen Cheng immediately replied.
"Okay, then let's do it this way. Inform me when there's news.”Liu Yu nodded.
This was the only way now. No matter how big the Manchu Dynasty was, it wouldn't affect the Han Dynasty.
At the same time, in Jinzhou City outside the pass, Xiaozhuang's expression was very ugly.
The rebellion of the Eight Banners Disciples came too suddenly and too quickly.
As a result, Xiaozhuang was not prepared.
Fortunately, under the protection of the imperial guards, Xiaozhuang and Shunzhi escaped to the East Camp.
The True Yellow Flag and the Bordered Yellow Flag were the military forces under the direct leadership of the royal family. They would not betray the royal family.
Therefore, under their desperate protection, Xiaozhuang and Shunzhi were able to escape.
However, even though it was only a 300-mile journey from Shenyang to Jinzhou, in such a snowy day, they had to use all their strength to escape.
In the end, when they arrived in Jin Zhou, they found that there was no more food in Jin Zhou.
Even the families of the Eight Banners Disciples didn't have much food left.
It was not a problem to provide food for Xiaozhuang and Shunzhi, but it was definitely not enough if the soldiers with the True Yellow Flag and the Bordered Yellow Flag were added to protect them.
If they were to eat as much as they wanted, the food in Jinzhou City would not even be enough for them to eat for half a month.
"Mother, are we going to die?”The young Shunzhi asked with a trembling voice.
"Don't worry Old Fulin, we will be fine.”
Xiaozhuang forced a smile and comforted her.
Although he said so, Xiaozhuang didn't think so in his heart.
Without food, she couldn't conjure food.
It could be said that at this moment, she was facing a desperate situation.
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