Chapter 231: Hot Pot
After reading the holy decree, Zhu Biao put it in Li Shanchang's hand and said: "The Taishi doesn't have to leave Beijing in a hurry, he can cultivate in the mansion with peace of mind, and it's not too late to make plans when Li Qi comes back." ”
Li Shanchang stood up with the holy decree in his eyes and said: "The old minister is grateful for the emperor's grace, the minister just did his duty, and it is really ashamed to be able to be so honored. ”
Zhu Biao smiled and comforted a few words, Li Shanchang is not talking to him in this situation now, it didn't take long for Zhu Biao to say goodbye and leave, presumably there will be many people who will come to visit him at noon.
Although it is said that people go to tea and cool, but Li Shanchang is crowned as a Taishi, it shows a lot, not to mention that people are retired, and they are not deposed, Hu Weiyong and other Huaixi nobles must still come over to congratulate them.
But this has nothing to do with Zhu Biao, Zhu Biao only wanted to go to Yu'er when he passed by the Yamen of the Six Ministries, and asked Liu Jin to say hello to Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and transferred Zhang Yuan's family to the capital.
Liu Jin went as promised, and soon came out, this little thing naturally didn't have to be troublesome, the car drove straight out of the city gate, Quan Xu was already waiting here, Zhu Biao got out of the car and rode on the horse, galloped for more than ten miles and met the cavalry stationed outside, gathered into a force and rushed to Fengyang.
The rapid march took more than two days to the territory of Fengyang Mansion, Zhu Fan came to greet him, and explained to Zhu Biao clearly the affairs of his departure for the past few days, in fact, it was nothing, Zhu Biao was set when he left, and there would naturally be no accidents in this short time.
Zhu Biao rested for one night and took over government affairs again the next day, while Quan Xu led five hundred henchmen to take over those orphans and began to choose, which is not something that anyone can do.
The name Zhu Biao also set for them, Daming did not have a brocade guard for a day, Zhu Biao always felt almost meaningful in his heart, although Quan Xu They felt that the name was not powerful and domineering enough, but they did not dare to refute anything.
Zhu Biao also took the time to take a look, and Quan Xu's selection method was also very simple, first pick out the strong ones, of course, they are all relative to these orphans, and the short ones have to be picked out more top-notch.
These children have been well fed in recent months, and their bodies are much stronger than when they asked for food, and Jinyiwei is not only as simple as a spy, but also needs force to arrest criminals in frontal combat.
Then it's about choosing girls with outstanding appearances, which doesn't need to be said, and then it's much more complicated, to test whether they can memorize quickly, or whether they can hide their bodies as quickly as possible, or their eloquence in receiving people.
Many of these people are beggars, but there are many who are articulate, in short, everyone has a personal use, and the same is true for those who are not physically outstanding and have an average mind and are stupid.
Zhu Biao stopped caring after a rough look, Jinyiwei is still far from being useful, at least he has to wait for five or six years to have some effect, and it is still very early to reach the level of the pro-army governor's mansion.
Unless he takes over the background of the pro-army Governor's Mansion in the future, but their framework will definitely not be usable, and when Mao Xiang dies, Zhu Yuanzhang is estimated to be able to wash the blood of the middle-level cadres of the pro-army Governor's Mansion.
In this way, the pro-military governor's mansion that has lost the high-level and middle-level can be perfectly inherited by Jinyiwei, at least until Zhu Biao's generation, there is no need to worry too much about corruption, of course, maintenance can not be forgotten at all times.
Nothing happened in the next month, and after Zhu Biao came back, he took turns to summon Xu Yungong, Guo Chong, Zhu Li and others who were scattered all over the country, and all the work was carried out step by step, only the corrupt official camp was tired of more than 100 people.
Fortunately, the errand servants will not be too difficult for the gentlemen who work together, otherwise it is not easy for them to be exhausted to death Zhu Biao, after all, whether the children are corrupt or not.
But this also scared them so much, Zhu Biao passed by and took a look at them and rushed over to cry and cry for their mother, they got up before dawn every day to work, only a piece of dry food and two scoops of water at noon, there was no time to rest, and the people around them kept dying, they were really scared.
Zhu Di, who is in charge of this, also has a very dark face, these guys eat better than the corrupt officials, and they generally don't get whipped, they do some work, and the corrupt officials are tired to death more than 100 times, these bastards are very energetic.
Zhu Biao didn't blame him too harshly, they weren't people who had committed a crime, they were just a little sneering, relying on the exploits of their father and brother to fight in Beijing, so they took away all the real crying, if they went out and worked hard, they would do it, and if they didn't do well, they would be sent back.
After another half a month, the first snow of the year came, but fortunately, the work went smoothly, and the migrants had sheltered from the cold, plus the cotton clothes and quilts distributed by the imperial court would definitely be able to survive.
Of course, the local poor people in Fengyang also sent beds and quilts to their families, and during this time, the men worked, and the women sewed these things in addition to cooking, so some of them were divided, after all, they were the hometown fathers.
The snow did not stop for a day and a night, the people stopped working, and Zhu Biao had already been invited to Haozhou City, after all, it was not easy to have a hard time in the camp on this snowy day.
The prefect of Fengyang gave up his mansion and led his family to live in the mansion, and Zhu Biao was not polite, just promote more in the future.
Zhu Biao can only take a break at this time, the work and rest have stopped, and the people are all nested at home, so there will naturally be fewer things, just send a few officials to keep an eye on it, Zhu Biao suddenly wants to eat hot pot.
Fortunately, there is a hot pot in the Warring States Period, the historian takes the clay pot as the pot, in the five dynasties, there was a five-grid hot pot, that is, the hot pot is divided into five grids for the guests to use, to the Song Dynasty, the way to eat the hot pot has been very common in the folk, the Tang and Song dynasties set up banquets in the official government and celebrity homes, and prepare more hot pot.
This thing is just lively, Zhu Biao simply summoned his subordinates, Fengyang is so big, not to mention that most people followed Zhu Biao into the city.
By the afternoon, everyone had arrived, and the prefect of Fengyang personally prepared the ingredients, but there were no vegetable greenhouses in this era, so there were few dishes, but the meat was enough, especially mutton.
It was rare to be so happy, there were only two more cows in the cowshed who fought and died, Zhu Li personally led people to bring them back, and the back kitchen was very happy to kill sheep and slaughter cows.
Originally, he was going to eat in the house, but Zhu Biao looked outside and said, "The snow is not heavy, so it's better to eat outside." ”
The rest of the people responded abruptly, so they placed several large tables in the courtyard, in front of the princes was naturally a delicate small pot, and it looked very familiar, and looked at Liu Jin, who was waiting on the side, a little speechless, how could you come out on an errand and bring hot pot?
The rest of the people were not so particular, as the soup in the pot began to boil as the charcoal fire lit it, the small snowflakes fell into it and disappeared instantly, and the rest of the people had already warmed up with wine.
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