Chapter 888: The Taste of It

Zhao Hao put on such a big posture, and he really wanted to take the opportunity to clean up, so as to open up the situation for the upcoming pro-government and pave the way for the Northern Expedition in the future. But after calming down, I still put this thought down, thinking that the massacre will not solve the problem completely, nor is it the solution to the problem of power struggle. But the posture has been opened, and the fist must be punched, but the severity of the fight and where it will be hit, you need to think carefully.

After coming to this world, Zhao also experienced several power struggles, from the earliest escape to being marginalized, and he relied on the experience of office struggles in his previous life to win. After arriving in Qiongzhou, there was a conflict between the local aborigines and the slang people, and they used local officials to marry the slang people to tide over the crisis. After the relocation of the Xing Dynasty, it became a struggle between the localists and the old officials of the Xing Dynasty, and he gradually took control of power through compromise and concession of power. This time it will be bigger and more likely to involve more officials than the previous two, and it will also be more dangerous.

Zhao Yu thinks that officialdom infighting has existed since ancient times and has existed widely around the world, but in fact, to put it bluntly, it is a conflict of interests, which is the so-called difficulty in sharing hardships and hardships, and it is difficult to share wealth and prosperity. In a critical situation, everyone can put aside their past grievances and interests to share with foreign enemies, but once the situation improves, things will come, and they will begin to make calculations, and their thoughts and energies will turn from external struggle to internal fighting, and they want to trample their former partners under their feet.

"See Your Majesty!" After Zhao Yu passed on the decree, he had just drunk two cups of hot tea, and Ying Jieyan and Jiang Xuan had already come in response to the edict.

"No excuses, please sit down!" Zhao Yu hurriedly got up and stepped forward to help, and let the two into his small study.

"Your Majesty is still the same as when he was a child, and he always made the study so chic!" Jiang Xuan looked left and right after coming in and said with a smile.

The Wende Hall was generally used as a place for the emperor and his courtiers, and it was also the place where the emperor worked in the previous dynasty, while the apse was a place to change clothes and wait for the upper dynasty. And the little emperor, as in the past when he was in Qiongzhou, separated a small room in the apse, which was used as his office and as a temporary resting place. The layout is as simple as in the past, there is a long bookcase by the window, and a soft couch on the ground is inside, but the area is larger, with a blanket on it, a low table, and a tea set next to it, so that you can rest on the ground when you are tired.

"Hehe, reading is already a hard thing, and if you don't make it more comfortable, wouldn't it be even harder!" Zhao Hao smiled and said with a smile, so he wanted to help Ying Jieyan go out of the long clothes on his body, so that he could be more comfortable.

"If Deng Zhongcheng is here, Your Majesty will definitely have another lesson!" Although they are masters and apprentices, they are also monarchs and ministers, and they dare to let the emperor help them change their clothes, so they quickly avoid it, and their own little yellow door stepped forward to help them remove their clothes and hats and take off their boots.

"Alas, Mr. Deng's temper really makes me hate and fear, but I am helpless!" What can Zhao Yu say, he can only spread his hands and smile bitterly.

"Haha, then why didn't Your Majesty release Deng Zhongcheng, and save him a lesson!" Jiang Xuan said with a smile.

"No, Mr. Deng's temper is a little stinky, but his heart is open-minded, and I also need such a mentor to remind me from time to time." Zhao Yu sat on the soft couch and waved his hand repeatedly.

"Alas, it is also a blessing for Zhongfu to be His Majesty's teacher, otherwise who can tolerate his strange temper, I am afraid that he will either be relegated to the distance, or he will be dismissed and return to his hometown." Jiang Xuan listened to what the little emperor said, sighed lightly and said with emotion.

"Sir's words are wrong, it is my luck to be able to take you gentlemen as teachers, and I can only learn a thing or two with the teachings of your ears and faces, and barely govern the country and control the army, and understand some of the ways of being a king!" Zhao Yu asked the two of them to sit down next to him, one left and one right.

"Well, this low couch design is very comfortable, it is still warm as spring in the cold winter, and I will definitely imitate a set after I return to my hometown, this old bone is already unbearable in the winter of Jiangnan." Ying Jieyan sat down and stretched out, and touched the soft couch again.

"Sir can't be from the thought of Zhishi, I still need the assistance of Mr. to listen to the teachings!" Xiao Huang Men sent the boiled hot tea, and Zhao Yu took it and poured tea for the two of them.

"Your Majesty, the minister is seventy and six this year, how can he stand on the court for a long time with such an old body, even if His Majesty does not dislike the minister's old and incompetent, he will be slandered by the juniors as greedy for the phase, and he will not die of old age." Ying Jie Yan brushed his already snow-white beard and teased.

"I'm here, see who dares to talk nonsense!" Zhao Hao listened to his rather sad words and said angrily. You must know that when you are most lonely and helpless, she did not hesitate to be ordered to assist him, help him set up the Shuai Mansion, based on Qiongzhou, raise money and food, plan to resist the incursion of Meng Yuan, and work hard for more than ten years, hard work, the relationship between the two has long exceeded that of master and apprentice, and he has treated him like a relative.

"Your Majesty, the minister has already made a plan, and after His Majesty is in power, he will go to beg for support. Now that the court's good ministers are like clouds, why don't Your Majesty worry about finding someone who is willing to be loyal to assist! Seeing the sad look on the little emperor's face, Ying Jieyan also had tears in his eyes, and said with a strong smile.

"No, I still want Mr. to accompany me back to the Central Plains!" Zhao Yu said without hesitation.

"Okay, when the Central Plains is set in the north, even if the old minister climbs, he has to visit the old capital and climb the old gate to see Tokyo City!" Ying Jieyan listened and patted his legs and applauded.

"Yes, the ministers who come to Japan will also accompany His Majesty to enjoy the scenery of the grassland desert!" Jiang Xuan was also infected and spoke loudly.

"Your Majesty, the meal has been prepared, can you pass the meal?" At this time, Wang De stepped forward and said.

"Is Baiguan's meal ready?" Zhao Hao asked first.

"Your Majesty, you have already sent it over first!" Wang De replied.

"Okay, let's send it up!" Zhao Yu nodded at this time.

"Your Majesty is still so frugal, and the dishes are never more than four grades!" After waiting for a while, the small yellow door outside the hall gate sent two food boxes, one by one on top of the low table, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but sigh when he saw it.

"In the past, His Majesty's meals were just one meat and one vegetable, but today I invited two gentlemen to add two dishes!" Wang De said while directing Xiao Huangmen to arrange the dishes and chopsticks.

"Alas, this is still the luxury of those ministers, maybe I will scold the delicacies of the mountains and seas I use in the palace while eating, but I want them to eat the ugly food!" Zhao Hao sighed lightly and said with a smile.

"Today's affairs in the palace are indeed infuriating, outsiders can still forgive if they don't know, but the hateful thing is that some old ministers of Qiongzhou also followed suit, but it is a pity that Your Majesty's diet is not as rich as theirs." Jiang Xuan looked at the dishes on the table and saw that it was just a dish of fried chicken slices, a plate of steamed pork, a steamed fish, a plate of mixed choy sum and a pot of soup, and then a pot of rice, this was because the two of them used it together, thinking about the words of those people in the palace, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but be angry.

"I defend myself in the temple today out of helplessness, just to have a clear conscience." Zhao Yu smiled and said, "It's just that I still have to discuss things in the afternoon today, so I can only have food and no wine." ”

"Your Majesty is right, just act with a clear conscience, and you don't need to listen to the noise of others!" Ying Jieyan nodded and said, "But it's a pity that there is no wine, but I heard that this year, tributes from all over the palace have been given to the palace!" ”

"Hehe, Wang De selected some good wine for Mr. and sent it to the house, let Mr. taste and comment, anyway, I can't drink it well!" Zhao Yu listened to it and said with a smile, the old man is begging for wine with himself in a different way.

"Old minister, thank Your Majesty for the wine." Ying Jieyan hurriedly thanked him.

"Why should Mr. be polite, there was a shortage of food in Qiongzhou that year, so I had to strictly prohibit winemaking, Mr. has not touched a drop of wine for three years, it can be regarded as compensation of one or two!" Zhao Yu said and served the two masters with rice.

"Your Majesty personally poured tea and added rice, it was really a killing of the minister!" Jiang Xuan took the aisle with both hands. Originally, he was still a little dissatisfied with the little emperor sending troops to the military department, thinking that it was because he didn't trust himself that he would do so, but it can be relieved that His Majesty did not suspect himself of disloyalty.

"This chicken and fish are all ordinary things, and they must also be commonly used in the house, but the two gentlemen may not have eaten this soup!" Zhao Yu scooped a spoonful of each of them.

"Oh, then I'm going to have a good taste!" Ying Jieyan listened and scooped a tablespoon into his mouth and tasted it carefully, "This soup is very delicious, there are bamboo shoots in it, and it is cooked in chicken soup, but there is another thing that is very tender and smooth, but I don't know what it is!" ”

"Well, what my father said is true, this soup is so delicious thanks to this thing, but I can't taste anything." Jiang Xuan is also called the Tao.

"This is earthy meat!" Zhao Yu also took a sip of soup and said.

"Dirt meat?" Jiang Xuan frowned but couldn't think of what it was, and muttered.

"Your Majesty, I am talking about the Three Kingdoms period, which is contained in the "Chronicles of Foreign Objects in the Sea and Soil in the Sea" written by Shen Ying of Wu State: The soil flesh is as big as a child's arm, five inches long, with a belly, no mouth, and thirty full, and it is scorched. Is this the kind of dirt meat? Ying Jie Yan thought for a moment.

"Sir really has a good memory, in a word, it is the soil meat contained in it, some people call it sea cucumber. Its nature is warm, sweet and salty, it has the function of tonifying the kidney, benefiting essence, eliminating phlegm and dampness, and it is really a good product for nourishment. It's a pity that many people today think it's ugly, don't dare to eat it, and regard it as waste, even if fishermen catch it, they often discard it! Zhao Yu nodded. He really admires the old man's memory, this book is out of the way enough, and he was also collected in order to understand the current coastal situation, but he can tell the source with only the word 'soil meat', which shows that he really has an eye and never forgets it!

Of course, at this time, no one called it sea cucumber, and it was not like later generations who included sea cucumber as one of the eight treasures of seafood, regarded as a delicacy, and the price was high. And Zhao Yu was also in Hainan when he happened to see the fisherman throwing the sea cucumber hanging on the net into the sea before he remembered that there is still this delicious food in the world, so he intended to let Zheng Fuweng keep some for himself, after he fiddled with it and really ate the taste, and then learned the processing method of later generations to make dried ginseng, so that he can enjoy it at any time, but only the people in the palace know, but at the moment it is really cheap as dung.

"I really didn't expect that this soil meat could be turned into such a delicious thing by His Majesty's hands, it can be seen that Your Majesty has the ability to turn decay into magic!" After drinking it strictly, he took another spoonful and said while drinking.

"This soup is also very delicious when poured over rice, and Your Majesty has just rewarded his father with wine, so he will ...... Give some of this sea cucumber to the minister! Jiang Xuan drank two mouthfuls of his appetite, ate a bowl of rice first, and smacked his lips.

"There are still some in the palace, if the two gentlemen are not too vulgar, even if they take it, they must learn how to cook it first, otherwise it will be very unpalatable!" Zhao Yu is generous and authentic, anyway, sea cucumbers are worthless now, and they are no different from giving them away for nothing.

"A word is a certainty, tomorrow I will send the kitchen into the palace to ask for advice!" Jiang Xuan was also not polite.

"Yes, it is also very good to use this thing to make some porridge and eat it every day, and when the husband is older, he can use some every day, which can strengthen the body and prolong his life." Zhao Hao agreed with a smile.

"The so-called cannibalistic mouth is short, and the hand is short, Your Majesty will give you food today, but you have something to help you!" It is the old man who has become a good man, and he smiled at Jiang Xuan with a smile.

"Sir's words are wrong, when did I forget my master when I had a good deed, and you, as a master, naturally have the responsibility to answer questions and solve doubts for students, how can you be so cheesy and misinterpret my kindness!" Zhao Yu heard this, but he shouted injustice again and again.

"What Your Majesty said is very true, as masters, we have to prevent disasters for our apprentices, and we can say everything directly!" Ying Jie Yan was a little helpless.

"Today's affairs in the palace, the minister thinks that His Majesty has handled it properly, and there is nothing wrong with it." Without thinking about it, knowing that the little emperor was worried about today's affairs, Jiang Xuan put down the chopsticks and waved his hand.

"Zongbao, I'm afraid that what Your Majesty is thinking about now is not the affairs of the palace, but how to deal with the follow-up matters, whether to kill or release, it is difficult to decide." Ying Jieyan shook his head when he heard this, took a bite of food and said.

"Huh!" Zhao Hao laughed dryly, and acquiesced, "Today's incident happened suddenly and without warning, I didn't expect that someone would provoke an incident with this. Therefore, when it is found that someone is premeditated, you can only make the worst assumptions on the spot, and the measures may be a little drastic afterwards, but it is also a last resort. ”

"What Zong Bao said just now is good, His Majesty immediately decided to blockade the palace after discovering that something was wrong, and it was also correct to use force to control the cardinal. Because in the case of unclear circumstances and a large number of participants, the prevention of cathesis and the control of the situation are still the first considerations. Ying Jie said sternly, "Now that the situation has been stabilized, it is a little inappropriate to keep all the ministers in the palace, which will cause panic in the government and the opposition." ”

"I don't think it's right to talk to my father." Jiang Xuan shook his head and objected, "Now the people involved are all from the cardinal, although their positions are not high, but they cannot be underestimated, if they are not instructed by others, how can they act together, so the mastermind should be found out first." And this matter is obviously aimed at His Majesty, and it is intended to prevent His Majesty from pro-government, and the reason is not clear, if the important ministers participate in it, opening the palace gate is equivalent to letting the tiger return to the mountain! ”

"The distinction between loyalty and treachery is like the taste of this earthy meat, and only after cooking can you understand the deliciousness of it. If it is only because of the matter, you will doubt all the people, and it will chill people's hearts! Ying Jie said slowly......