30. Zhu Houzhao's whimsy
The courtiers above the court, you say a word, and I say a lot of noise. Of course, for Hongzhi Emperor Zhu Youzhang, he thought this was a good thing, after all, he lacked silver in his pocket, and 50% of the money he earned was collected into the treasury, and 50% would go into the treasury and become the private property of Hongzhi Emperor Zhu Youzhang.
"Alright, stop arguing! I think it's pretty reliable, I can give it a try! Besides, don't you find a place to pilot first? Moreover, this matter did not violate the ancestral etiquette law, but I felt that this matter just let the people know that the court was still very attentive to them. This matter will be handed over to the household department and Master Ma and the prince to work together! If nothing else, retreat! "Hongzhi Emperor Zhu Youzhu was hungry and didn't have breakfast.
"Command!" Marven ascended.
"The location of this pilot project is Yangzhou, which is proposed by Li Aiqing, Yangzhou is rich, it is a place for salt transportation and water transportation, and it is also one of the main places where the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal passes, so it is located in Yangzhou!" Hongzhi Emperor Zhu Youzhu was extremely hungry and hurriedly announced his retirement from the dynasty to eat something.
Zhu Houzhao also didn't eat, but he was not in the mood to eat now, because he wanted to find a way to get the best of both worlds, so that everyone could fill out the questionnaire obediently.
I stopped drinking this porridge halfway through it, and I was in a daze.
"Your Highness, if you don't drink this porridge again, it will be cold!" Liu Jin said.
"Porridge, that's right! with," Zhu Hou said.
"Your Highness, what's there?"
"Porridge for help! Emperor Taizu's life-saving porridge! ”
As for the life-saving porridge told by Zhu Houzhao, it is actually a story about Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
To say that this Zhu Yuanzhang was also very miserable when he was a child, after escaping taxes and settling in a Zhongli village, he herded cattle for a landlord named Liu De. It stands to reason that there are cow herding babies, but our founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty can herd cattle the same as other cattle herding babies, naturally not the same.
In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang was not a competent employee, he and a few poor boys of his age killed the landlord's calf in the wild, and then ate it separately. Of course, our founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty realized the seriousness of the matter only after eating. So the bones of the ox were buried, and a tail of the ox was inserted into a crack in the stone.
What kind of rhetoric did he say that the calf had gone into the cave by himself? Although this kind of clumsy acting skills and lies, as a skinny landlord, he will definitely not believe it. But I have to say that daring to eat cattle and making up nonsense to try to deceive the landlord is not something that ordinary children can do. I'm afraid that I was so scared that I peed my pants a long time ago, and I dared to move the idea of eating a calf.
After that, he was beaten by the landlord, and then locked up in the firewood room, of course, there was no food! The hungry Zhu Yuanzhang found some whole grains in the cupboard with mice, and then boiled a pot of porridge to survive.
Even later, as an emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang still had mixed feelings when he remembered this childhood experience, and even asked the palace people to remake the bowl of life-saving porridge back then.
"Your Highness, what do you mean to do with this life-saving porridge of Emperor Taizu?" Liu Jin asked.
"Poof-" Zhu Houzhao almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood, he thought Liu Jin had figured it out.
"Do you think about who rescued the people from the decadent rule of the Yuan Dynasty and lived a life of peace and contentment? Who is it to save the people and turn the tide in the midst of fire and water? Zhu Houzhao slowly guided Liu Jin.
"Naturally, it's Emperor Taizu!" Liu Jin said without thinking.
"So, you still don't understand?" Zhu Hou looked at Liu Jin, who was a little dazed, and said, "Let me tell you this, let's use the reason of life-saving porridge to boost our business at that time, do you know?" Think about it first, since this life-saving porridge saved Taizu's life. Then without Taizu, how can we save the people of the world. Therefore, just rushing this bowl of life-saving porridge will have many people give some face. This attracts some business, and in the future, we only need to compare those dart games, and the tooth line is good, so we will naturally come here to know! ”
"What a plan! But this is really good, on the grounds of Emperor Taizu's life-saving porridge, is it a little disrespectful to Emperor Taizu? Liu Jin felt a little inappropriate.
"What's wrong, do you think that Taizu has no prestige among the people, you are really disrespectful!" Zhu Houzhao glared at Liu Jin as if he was going to kill.
"But if you think about it, this method is still very feasible. This is not just as simple as filling out a questionnaire and sending porridge, it is not only to understand public opinion, but also to be a great grace of the emperor! Zhu Houzhao said, "Moreover, we can also let some people come to us to deliver goods, which is a plan to kill two birds with one stone." No, it's a plan to kill a lot of birds with one stone! ”
Along the way, the horses were fast, the boat was tiring all the way, and the bumps were bumpy along the way, and finally arrived in Yangzhou.
"Jianghuai Zuodu, Zhuxi is the best place." Ma Wensheng said, "Yangzhou is really a good place!" ”
Zhu Houzhao groaned, "The immortals have ridden the white crane, and the tired guests are chasing the red dust!" ”
The two looked at each other and smiled, and walked towards Yangzhou Mansion.
When I arrived at Yangzhou Mansion, I naturally received a reception from officials. You know, this is sluggish, but you can't guarantee that your black gauze hat is still there! Rich in the south of the Yangtze River, Yangzhou is naturally out of proportion. This Yangzhou is not only rich in beauties, but also very rich.
The flowers and willows on both sides of the strait are pretty, and the green water is full of barn boats. Pavilions, pavilions, stone bridges, hidden courtyards, scholarly ink, sprinkled courtyards. As the center of water transportation and salt transportation, Yangzhou is prosperous and rich, and the scenery is beautiful. Some people even praised, "The world is divided into three bright moonlit nights, and the two points of scoundrels are Yangzhou." ”
As for Zhu Houzhao's dinner, it is an authentic Yangzhou famous dish. This food is very exquisite, very pompous, no less than the Manchu and Han banquets. After all, there are twenty or thirty officials in seven, seven, eight, and eight.
Cold dishes include, Bright Tiger Tail, Zhongbao Drunken Crab, Wind Chicken, Double Yellow Salted Duck Egg, Bright Green Snail; The famous dishes are basically, the original stewed shark's fin, Yangzhou lion head, boiled dried shreds, three sets of duck, braised silver carp head, glitter casserole wild duck, bean miao mountain chicken slices, grilled whole pig's head, vinegared mandarin fish, egg chicken.
There are also five vegetarian dishes, vegetarian crab roe, holly, fried vegetarian eel, Daming Temple Luohan Zhai, Wensi tofu soup, not to mention those various snacks and desserts.
Of course, the business should not be forgotten. Before going to bed, although everyone was eating very happily, Zhu Houzhao was very awake at this time.
"You, immediately go and ask someone to prepare everything that needs to be done, don't delay tomorrow's things!" Zhu Houzhao instructed the prefect of Yangzhou.
"Yes, the lower official will go and order." The prefect of Yangzhou responded.
"Your Highness, it's not early, are you sleepy?" Liu Jin scratched his nose and said with a tired face.
"I'm not sleepy, I'll be later." Zhu Hou looked at the crescent moon like a hook, thinking about tomorrow's things.
This talk of distributing life-saving porridge has spread in Yangzhou as early as ten days ago. So, these people are ready to get it. Of course, not porridge, but grain. It is the food that makes a pot of life-saving porridge.
Early in the morning of the second day, many people came to the gate of the Yangzhou Mansion. First, there is news to announce, and second, even if the news does not stop, who dares not to come to receive this life-saving porridge. If you don't come to receive it, you are disrespectful to Emperor Taizu, and no one will be so stupid that they forget to come to receive life-saving porridge.