Chapter 110 Section 7 Feast for Fengyang villagers in the Nanjing Imperial Palace

Zhu Yuanzhang has never returned to Fengyang since the "victory-wearying incident" occurred in the eighth year of Hongwu.However, he misses the fellow villagers of Fengyang all the time.After all, these twenty families are the blood vessels connecting him with Fengyang, through them, he can feel the warmth of his hometown. On the second day of August in the eighteenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had already entered old age, suddenly missed his fellow villagers very much. So he ordered people to invite twenty households to Nanjing, firstly to comfort the lovesickness, and secondly to let them come to the capital to see the world.A few days later, the villagers all entered the city, but they first sent someone to report to Zhu Yuanzhang, saying that everyone's clothes were shabby and they could not see the emperor.

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed when he heard this, and ordered the eunuch Shangyi to pick out a set of clothes, boots and hats for each of them from his own imperial wardrobe, and arrange them to rest in the Huitong Hall, which was originally designed to receive foreign envoys. The next day, fellow villagers entered the palace to meet Zhu Yuanzhang.Zhu Yuanzhang held hands with everyone and narrated the family routine, and then held a banquet in the left veranda of Fengtian Hall to feast on the folks.The food was very sumptuous, and the content was something that the folks had never seen before. After eating, there was still a large table left.Seeing the reluctance of the villagers, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered people to pack the meals in holding boxes, wrapped them in "Huanglong burden", and sent them to Huitong hall for them to eat at night.

The next day Zhu Yuanzhang invited everyone into the palace again, put down his work, and acted as a tour guide himself, leading them around the palaces of the palace.For the folks, this is really Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden.Zhu Yuanzhang also let them meet the imperial concubine (Empress Ma had passed away at this time), and then held a big banquet and drank with everyone. On the third day when the villagers went home, Zhu Yuanzhang gave each of them fifty guan notes.The imperial concubine also gave each person fifty guan, and also gave each person a catty of sumac and a catty of pepper.Zhu Yuanzhang personally sent them out of the West Chang'an Gate, and told them to take good care of their bodies and say goodbye one by one.

After sending off the folks, Zhu Yuanzhang felt infinitely sad.The folks are about the same age as me, in their sixties or seventies, but they are all in poor health. Although this trip has opened their eyes, several of them are tired and sick.So he issued an edict that day: There are 20 relatives in Fengyang, the old ones are far away, and the rivers and rivers are inconvenient due to rain and snow, so there is no need to come here in the future.Teach his family to buy sticks of good incense to burn during the seasons, offer heaven and earth, teach children and grandchildren to study, save class money, and obey the village drinking ceremony.Donglu Mountain, Xilu Mountain, Ma'an Mountain, and Longevity Mountain are all with him, teaching children and grandchildren to go in and out of pommel horses, flying eagles and releasing dogs, hunting and hunting, and I can't help them with bows and arrows. (For all the above, see Volume 5 of "Fengyang New Book")