"Ladies and gentlemen, this is our signature dish, Nine Cranes Mingtian."

Xiao Er's plate is a huge ceramic bowl, and a colorful crane in it stands lifelike in the soup, which looks very pleasing to the eye.

The palace has always been frugal, and no one will be idle to do such an art, and occasionally you can see exquisite dishes during the feast.

Xiao Yongning also opened his eyes, but at the moment, he was still blinking and stunned, and looked up at Xiao Er and said, "This, how to eat?" ”

Not only Xiao Yongning, but also the Zhang Yun sisters were also curious, staring at each other, they all looked like they didn't know what to do.

Even Zhu Xu looked left and right, couldn't find tools, and couldn't deduce how to eat.

Xiao Er stood beside Xiao Yongning and said with a smile: "Guest officer, gently pinch it with chopsticks, there are three kinds of meat here, chicken, duck and goose, and the inside can be rotated, and the dipping soup has a special taste......

Xiao Yongning couldn't wait, and when he stood up, he poked the 'crane eye' with chopsticks.

Zhu Xu shook her head secretly, Zhang Yun's two sisters also sandwiched a piece in the wings and put it in the soup, Zhang Shu took a bite carefully, her pretty face showed joy, and before she could speak, Xiao Yongning had already said to Zhu Xu: "Emperor...... That uncle, eat quickly, eat quickly, it's so delicious......"

Zhu Xu picked up the chopsticks and clamped a little, and as soon as he took a bite, he nodded slightly and said, "It's good." "As Zhu Xu, it's good, this plate of 'Nine Cranes Mingtian' is really good.

Xiao Er said: "Our chef is from Nanzhili, and it is second to none in Nanzhili, this is the third dish he made in Jingshi, and ordinary people can't afford to eat it at all, you guests may wish to taste more." ”

Nonsense! Sixteen taels and one dishes, how many can be so extravagant?

The little girl ignored Xiao Er's words, looked at Xiao Er after eating a few bites, and said crisply: "Can this be packed?" ”

Xiao Er said, "This is to be eaten freshly, the meat will change when it is cold, and there is no way to eat it." ”

The little girl was a little disappointed, and her interest in eating immediately decreased a lot.

When Zhang Yun saw it, he smiled and said, "Don't be disappointed, if you want to eat, you can invite the chef back." ”

The little girl's eyes lit up, and she looked at Zhu Xu and said, "Is it okay?" ”

Zhu Xu knew the little girl's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Yes, you are also a big girl, and you can make your own decisions about some things." ”

The little girl cheered, looked at Xiao Er and said, "You go, by the way, is there anything delicious?" ”

Xiao Er glanced at Zhu Xu, knowing that he was full of luxury, and hurriedly said: "Yes, we also have a must-have of the eight treasures here, fifteen taels and one plate." ”

"Hurry up, hurry up." The little girl waved her hand and couldn't wait.

Zhang Shu and Zhang Yun could see that Princess Yongning wanted to try it first, and then called the chef into the palace to make it for the Queen Mother to taste, and they all smiled and watched.

Zhang Yun quietly glanced at Zhu Xu and chuckled, with a touch of shyness in his eyes.

During the time in the meditation room, their relationship changed.

The little girl solved her worries and ate more happily, Zhu Xu shook her head and said, "Eat slowly, there will be more later, after eating so much, no one will carry you back after a while." ”

The little girl blinked, immediately sat up straight, and slowed down rather ladylikely.

Cao Huachun, Wang Yizhou and others stood not far away, vigilantly around, and also looked at Zhu Xu's table, the two of them had their own thoughts, but they always felt that there was always some special 'warmth' on the emperor in front of them, not like an emperor, like a 'person'.

"Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road...... Hey......"

An extremely harsh sigh suddenly sounded at Zhu Xu's table.

"I don't know how many people starve to death every day, but someone extravagantly orders a plate of dishes of more than ten taels......"

"Heaven is a good reincarnation, today is extravagant, who knows that he will sleep on the streets one day......"

Zhang Yun's two sisters frowned when they heard this, Zhang Shu glanced at Zhu Xu, turned her head to look, and saw three young people on a table not far away, looking at their table, with contempt on their faces.

Zhang Shuqiao's face was angry, and she snorted coldly, "I don't look like you are poor, why don't you go to the disaster?" Why don't you donate money to the imperial court? You've eaten a lot of food, right? It's better than others, why don't you talk about yourselves? ”

The three of them were all the same, and the older of them, the young man who was obviously overly drunk, stood up and walked over, and said with a smile: "Miss is so sharp-mouthed, I don't know if Miss is married?" Where do you live? ”

The other two people also walked over with a look of 'everyone understands', and said with a smile, "This is my eldest brother, his uncle is going to be a household secretary, and he will definitely be enrolled next year, if you can be accepted as a concubine by my eldest brother, you will enjoy endless glory and wealth for a lifetime......"

"Hey, big brother, there's another ......"

The eldest walked over, and happened to see Zhang Yun's side face, suddenly opened his eyes, looked at Zhang Shu again, his face turned red, raised his hand, and said politely: "The two young ladies, in the next Zhang Heli, are the nephews of the new Hubu Shangshu Zhang, I don't know if the two young ladies have a marriage match?" ”

The action is very polite, but every move is full of lewdness, and it is disgusting to watch.

Without waiting for the two sisters Zhang Shu and Zhang Yun to get angry, Zhu Xu turned around with a smile, looked at Zhang He and said, "I don't know about the second miss, but this eldest lady has it." ”

As soon as Zhu Xu spoke, Zhang Yunqiao's face was slightly red, and Zhang Shu looked at this Zhang Heli with some schadenfreude, and the corners of her mouth could not hide a smile.

Xiao Yongning's mouth kept talking, raising his head, and Zhang Heli, who was looking at Zhang Heli with big eyes without blinking, flashed with excitement.

Cao Huachun looked at his nose and nose, and only hoped that this Zhang Gongzi would not cause trouble for Zhang Bingwen, and if he was imprisoned before taking office, it would be regarded as setting a precedent for Jing Zhengchao.

Wang Yizhou didn't have any leisure, he was careful to be on guard, if these three gentlemen hurt the emperor or the people at the table, then he would be very guilty.

Zhang Heli looked twenty-five or sixteen, although he seemed to be overly drunk, but his eyes were very shrewd, he glanced at Zhu Xu, straightened his waist, laughed, and said, "It's not that I look down on this little brother, I'm afraid that I don't have a reputation yet, right?" I don't even know who my uncle is. ”

Zhu Xu held the wine glass, hummed, and said, "I know, he is okay and always annoys me." ”

The three prodigals were stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing.

The three of them laughed breathlessly, and Zhang Heli walked over and patted Zhu Xu's shoulder hard, and tears of laughter came out.

Wang Yizhou's face changed slightly, and just as he was about to step forward, Zhu Xu quietly made a gesture.

Wang Yizhou stood in place with a cold face, not daring to be careless, the musket on his waist had been taken out, and the plainclothes guards not far away also quietly got up, touching the musket in his hand, as long as the three of them did anything wrong, they could be 'executed' in an instant!

Zhang Heli's face turned red with a smile, and he said loudly: "Haha, you're going to laugh at me to death, will my uncle bother you?" Who are you? Is it Fu Shangshu? Or a cabinet adjutant? Haha, little brother, bragging, you're going to laugh at me like this...... Haha......"

Zhu Xu smiled and slapped his hand away, and said, "Do you want me to call him, as long as I do, he will definitely come." ”

"Haha, Brother Zhang, he can call your uncle ......"

"Hahaha, Brother Zhang, haha, hurry up, let him call, we also want to meet Master Zhang, we usually can't see ......"

Zhang Heli laughed even more fiercely, looking like he was about to sit on the ground, completely speechless: "Haha, haha, haha......"

Peal pedal, pedal, pedal

At this moment, the staircase remembered the sound of footsteps, and two figures walked up one after the other.

The laughter of the three people stopped abruptly one after another, and they all looked at the two people who appeared at the staircase in a daze.

One has a somewhat fat posture and a pale face, and the other is tall and thin with an indifferent expression.

Zhang Heli and the three of them were all shocked, and they couldn't care about Zhu Xu, so they hurriedly ran over, honestly luggage, and said, "The student has seen Master Fu, Zhang Shangshu." ”

The people who came were Fu Changzong and Zhang Bingwen, and the two glanced at the three of them, walked towards Zhu Xu in turn, raised their hands and said, "The minister has seen the emperor and the princess." ”

Puff puff

As soon as they finished speaking, the three people behind them fell to the ground one after another, their eyes wide open and terrified.

"The Emperor's ......"

The lips of the three trembled, and large drops of cold sweat fell from their heads, and they collapsed to the ground.

Zhang Bingwen was sharp, and he was even more harsh, frowned and looked at the three of them, raised his hand to Zhu Xu, and pleaded guilty: "The minister has no way to teach his son, and he also asks the emperor to punish him." ”

Zhu Xu smiled, waved his hand and said, "There are more children of my Ming family than this one who is not like words, how can I teach you to do it yourself." ”

Zhang Bingwen frowned and said, "Yes." As he spoke, he turned to look at the three of them, and snorted coldly: "Give you a month to be admitted to the new barracks and stay for three years." If you can't pass the test, sea cucumber. Wei, Joan. The state, you choose. ”

Zhang Heli's faces changed greatly, but he also knew that this was already forgiveness, so he hurriedly got up and said tremblingly: "Yes, yes, I will definitely pass." ”

In Zhang Bingwen's opinion, with their 'delicate' hollowed-out bodies, they would definitely not be able to pass in a month, so he waved his hand with a cold face and said, "Don't appear in the capital for three years, go ahead." ”

The three of them turned pale, didn't dare to say a single 'no', hurriedly kowtowed, turned around and staggered away.

Zhu Xu looked at Zhang Bingwen and shook his head and said, "In the end, he is a young man, so there is no need to be so harsh." ”

Zhang Bingwen's expression did not change, and said: "It's the minister's negligence." Not only the court officials need to be purged, but the people of the world, especially the people of the family, need to be strict, otherwise the inertia will increase day by day, and the disaster of the country will arise. ”

Zhu Xu 'hmm', Zhang Bingwen's words made sense, but he didn't stand high enough to see the essence of the problem clearly, and he didn't say much, and turned to Fu Changzong and said, "Uncle is there something wrong?" ”

If it's okay, Fu Changzong will definitely not come to disturb his Yaxing.

Fu Changzong glanced at the people present, raised his hand, and said, "Yes." The minister went to the six provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu, in addition to the support of the emperor, the cabinet, and the six ministries, he also needed money and grain, and the minister wanted to use the reserves. ”

The so-called 'reserves' are the reserves of the ten major granaries and the Huitong Commercial Bank, which are now strictly controlled by the cabinet, and even Fu Changzong can no longer use them casually.

Zhu Xu understood that it was not easy for Fu Changzong to establish his prestige in the six provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu, in addition to power, he also needed money and food, and he had to do it in both ways.

Nodding, Zhu Xu said: "This is my inconsiderate thinking, so let's do it, in the future, the money and grain of the six provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu will come out of the prime minister's mansion of the six provinces, and some officials will be transferred, appointed and dismissed, and I will also give it to you, you must straighten out government affairs as soon as possible, and some urgent matters can also be cut first, and at a certain time, my uncle will also show some courage!" ”

What Fu Changzong lacked was this, but he also knew that it was a heavy responsibility, so he raised his hand and said, "Yes, Emperor Xie." ”

Zhang Bingwen watched from the sidelines and once again realized Fu Changzong's status in the emperor's heart.

After talking about Fu Changzong, Zhu Xu turned to Zhang Bingwen and said, "What's the urgent matter in the household department now?" ”

Zhang Bingwen immediately raised his hand and said, "The minister has come to ask for an order, hoping to go out of Beijing to inspect before the big discussion, so as to have a real understanding." ”

This is the first time this kind of request has appeared, Zhu Xu looked at him curiously, and said, "What, what problem did you find?" ”

Zhang Bingwen raised his hand and said, "Not yet, it's just that in the past, the household department paid money like water, and the minister wanted to see how the local government was running the money, so that he could know it in his heart." ”

Zhu Xu knew in his heart that Zhang Bingwen should have discovered something that could not be said clearly, thought about it, and said, "I'm right." However, if you go out of Beijing, I guess the cabinet will be very happy, and you have to know in your heart. ”

Zhang Bingwen naturally knew that the cabinet and the six ministries were now fighting for the division of power, and he, as the new head of the household department, naturally understood, raised his hand, and said: "The emperor can rest assured, the minister's heart is like a mirror." ”

Zhu Xu looked at the new household secretary and squinted his eyes, was he a little underestimated before? Maybe Zhang Bingwen will do better than he expected.