Chapter 10: Tricking the Queen into Eating ......
There is a plan, but there is no plan and no food, and everything is in vain.
Disaster relief is being carried out every year, the harvest is decreasing every year, and the food accumulated by the Tang Dynasty is far from enough to cope with such a big natural disaster for more than ten years since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
"One is to limit the quantity to ensure that the victims do not starve to death, and the other is to buy food ......" Fang Xuanling thought for a while, and then said: "The minister is willing to donate all the family property!" ”
Du Ruhui raised his eyebrows, and said with some pain: "The minister is also willing to donate all the family property......
Gao Shilian really wanted to cry, how much money and how much food his family had, Li Shimin basically knew in his heart, if he opened his mouth, he wouldn't be able to fool him in the future.
"The minister will donate half at most, and any more family will starve to death!" Cheng Zhijie glared at Fang Xuanling fiercely and said reluctantly.
Li Shimin's performance moved Li Shimin unworked, these are the old brothers who fought with him, and they are his own ministers of the humerus, who are willing to donate all their family property in difficult times, how can he not be moved?
But Cheng Zhijie's words smashed Li Shimin's emotion to the ground, and secretly scolded this fool......
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When Li Shimin and the ministers were still worried about the food problem, Li Yuanjing hid in the palace and refused to go out.
Hundreds of stones of grain were pit from the grain shop, although it was not much, but at this time it was still necessary to avoid the limelight.
In case the blind people of the Zheng family really sue the royal court, they can't return the grain, right?
Besides, what did the food give to them and the victims to eat?
The little money in his hand is just to buy food, and it is estimated that it is not enough for the victims to eat.
A pair of chopsticks pinch a locust from a makeshift pot, and the smell wafts faintly in the air, and if you don't look at these things, you won't feel sick.
"See what it tastes like!" Putting the locusts into the bowl, Li Yuanjing simply pushed it directly in front of Liang Yi.
"Temple...... Your Highness ......" Liang Yi's face changed drastically, and he subconsciously shook his head.
Li Yuanjing is good to himself, Liang Yi sees it in his eyes, and he is grateful in his heart, if he changes his master, he will be cold nine times out of ten.
But Liang Yi is the emperor's person after all, he knows what he should do and what he should not do!
If it was other requests, Liang Yi might agree without blinking.
But this locust, he never dared to eat it, even though it had been cooked, Liang Yi still didn't dare to try it.
"You have to try everything......" Li Yuanjing smiled, and did not force Liang Yi.
He took the locust himself, removed the head and shell, and stuffed the piece of flesh in his belly into his mouth.
It's not enough to stuff your teeth, and the meat tastes a little chai, so if you don't think about it, it's probably no problem.
"It tastes okay, it's like eating meat!"
"Really?"
"You taste ......"
"Vomit...... It's hard to eat......"
"Hahahaha......"
Li Yuanjing laughed heartlessly, locusts are not unpalatable, what is difficult is just to step over the hurdle in his heart.
As the so-called ignorant fearless, most of the time, you just send a piece of human flesh to a person's mouth, and he will not know what kind of meat it is, but when you tell him the answer, the picture can be described as beautiful as it is.
The palace guards caught a lot of locusts, and Li Yuanjing didn't plan to eat them all.
Roast it directly over the fire, boil it in water, and then roast it over the fire, and when it is crunchy, put it in the garlic mortar and mash it.
Li Yuanjing didn't want to be a good person, nor did he want to show his talent in front of Li Shimin, he was afraid of death......
The food in the Tang Dynasty was very simple, steamed, boiled, and roasted, basically just these three things, the food in the palace was slightly better, and the people outside ate it was called a miserable.
"Yuanjing, what are you doing?" Empress Eldest Sun smelled the tempting fragrance in the courtyard and was a little curious.
"Brother has seen the queen...... Li Yuanjing hurriedly put down the matter in his hand, got up and saluted.
"Are you making your own cakes?" After seeing what Li Yuanjing was doing, Empress Eldest Sun's face instantly fell.
The dignified prince, King Zhao of the Tang Dynasty, was mixed up in the palace to the point of making his own cakes?
If this matter spreads, the court will still give a fart disaster, and the victims will directly turn against it.
Now that the voices of dissatisfaction with Li Shimin outside are getting heavier and heavier, it is certain that at this time, no trace of negative news can be leaked in the palace, otherwise it may become the fuse that ignites a riot.
"Don't be angry, the queen doesn't want to be angry, the younger brother just thinks that what others have made, how can it be delicious to make it with his own hands?" Stretched out his hand and pointed at Liang Yi, "This blind one wants to persuade, but the minister's temper is uncontrollable, if he dares to keep persuading, it is estimated that the queen will only see his corpse when she comes." ”
"Then you can't do these things yourself." Li Yuanjing's words made Empress Changsun's face look better, from another point of view, Li Yuanjing is still quite sensible, but unfortunately he is his own brother-in-law, if it is a son, he will definitely try to help him to take the throne.
Thinking of this, Empress Changsun said with a straight face again: "You are the prince, you should pay attention to your identity, even if you want to try it, you can stand aside and direct them to do it, how can there be any reason to do it yourself?" ”
"Yes! Be! Be! Brother, don't you have itchy hands! What the queen taught was that the courtiers would pay more attention in the future! Li Yuanjing responded with a smile, he couldn't do it with a good attitude, mainly because he was afraid that the queen was here to find her own business for Li Er, and the Zheng family was not easy to mess with, and a few hundred stones of grain could make them turn their faces.
Perhaps, in their opinion, it is not food, but face, but dignity, but an act that challenges their status, and with one there will be two, three, countless times.
Therefore, during this time, Li Yuanjing plans to clamp his tail and be a low-key person!
Remove the pancakes from the pan, grin hot, tear half of them and put them in your mouth, although they are not as good as the puff pastry pancakes, but the pancakes with locust powder still taste very good, and they can be regarded as meat pancakes.
"Delicious! Would the queen also try the bread made by her courtiers? ”
Empress Changsun was stunned, and looked at the half of the cake that was being held by Li Yuanjing, the palace is still very particular about eating, starting from the pot to eating in the mouth, no one is allowed to touch it with their hands in the middle.
Even if the eunuch is trying the food, he must try it with silver chopsticks.
Li Yuanjing's unscrupulous behavior reminded Empress Eldest Sun of some scenes when she was a child, and she couldn't help but smile: "The cake made by Yuanjing himself should be tasted!" ”
"Mother's ......"
Liang Yi, who came back to his senses, was just about to stop it, but Empress Changsun had already put the half of the cake in her mouth and took a bite, and looked at Liang Yi suspiciously.
"It's better than the cake in the palace, but it tastes a little weird, some like meat, but not like meat......" Empress Changsun tasted carefully, took another bite and tasted.
Li Yuanjing scratched his head, that is, he only put one-fifth of the locust powder, and when it was officially launched, he would definitely not put only such a little, at least half of it, so that one person's food could feed two people, which was a key method that could affect the situation in a disaster year.
"Okay, you don't have to hide in the palace, although the Zheng family is angry, they don't dare to ignore the royal face, this time His Majesty has already solved the matter for you, don't be so reckless next time, let the minister solve any problems!" Empress Changsun said the purpose of her trip, of course, she also saw Li Yuanjing's current thoughts, so she comforted a few words, and then asked, "What are you putting in this cake?" The aftertaste is so fragrant......"
"Locust ......"