Huai En saw Zhu Ao's sincere words, his heart was greatly moved, in response to the heavenly mansion, because of the basic national policy set by Lao Zhu, no one will treat them as people, often shouting and drinking, the slightest resistance will add fists and feet, I didn't expect that after coming to Su Guo, the dignified king will treat them as confidants, let them take care of the silver for themselves, immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "The slave and maid have thanked the king for these hard-working children, and the slave and maid must have instructed them to be good for the king, and give the king a good look at the silver." ”

"You have to learn your skills well, and the widows will reuse them in the future. And you, Wynne, you have been with the widow the longest and the most faithful, read more books and learn Braille these days, and the widow will be useful to you in the future. Zhu Ao was still lazily lying on the Luohan bed and said drunkly. But the person is not drunk, his heart is very clear, it is not enough to have the guard department of the car guard as a spy. The people in the Department of Honor and Guard are also normal men, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not collude with those officials in order to leave more property for their descendants and enrich their own pockets. Only by following Zhu Laosi and setting up the East Factory supervised by eunuchs can Zhu Ao rest assured, eunuchs are the most reassuring type of people.

Zhu Ao is a very insecure person, and what he thinks about the most on weekdays is who can threaten him, which he can say to have completely inherited Lao Zhu's psychological characteristics, so he must completely control his country, otherwise he can't sleep.

Huai En nodded as if he didn't understand, he didn't know what the king wanted to use him as a eunuch, in the history books, eunuchs and people basically don't have a good reputation, but he was still very grateful in his heart, people's greatest need is to be recognized by others, and the eunuch is the same, immediately knelt down and kowtowed in a hurry, and said gratefully: "The slave and maid thank the king for his cultivation, and the slave and maid are willing to go to the soup for the king." ”

"Alright. Step down and let Concubine Xian come to bed. Zhu Ao stretched his waist and said with drunken eyes.

Wynne kowtowed respectfully on the ground again, and said softly, "Slave and maid obey." Then, he stood up, hunched over, and slowly withdrew.

After a while, the virtuous concubine Lan Youcheng moved lightly, came to Zhu Ao's dormitory, walked to Zhu Ao's bedroom, walked to Zhu Ao, Ying Ying knelt down, kowtowed, and said: "The concubine visits the prince, the prince is a thousand years old, a thousand years old." ”

Zhu Ao raised his squinting drunken eyes, looked at the peerless beauty kneeling under him, and felt very happy, this is life, with a hint of majesty, he said: "Get up, let the widow see." The widow's virtuous concubine, isn't she beautiful again? ”

Lan Youcheng's heart was sweet when he heard this, the corners of his mouth smiled slightly, he slowly raised his head, and said gently: "The prince said that he was laughing, the concubines will only grow old and decrepit, where will they become more and more beautiful?" I just ask the prince not to dislike his concubines in the future. ”

Zhu Ao smiled at the corner of his mouth, hooked his hand, and motioned for Lan Youcheng to come forward, and when Lan Youcheng was close, he pulled her into his arms, ravaged her a few times with drunkenness, and said, "How can a widow be willing to dislike you, a beautiful girl?" ”

Lan Youcheng was ravaged by Zhu Ao, and his breathing became uneven, and he said coquettishly: "Thank you, Lord Wang." In fact, the concubines didn't think much about the future, and the concubines just wanted to serve the prince to the best of their ability and cherish every moment with the prince. The concubine will pour you a cup of tea and drink it. ”

Zhu Ao squinted his eyes and nodded slightly, he was happy today, he drank a little too much, and drinking a cup of strong tea with a dizzy head was simply enjoyable, especially when there were beauties to serve him.

After drinking the strong tea, with the strength of the wine, Zhu Ao took Lan Youcheng a good time, and after finishing the matter, he took a breath, stroked Lan Youcheng's smooth body, and said solemnly: "Aifei, you may be busy in a while." ”

Lan Youcheng Bingxue was smart, so she naturally knew what was going on, so she leaned her head on Zhu Ao's chest with a layer of sweat, hugged Zhu Ao's sturdy body, and said gently: "The concubine can save it, and the concubine must take care of all the accounts for the prince to ensure that the score is correct." ”

The country's taxes and so on should be handed over to Hu Cao to manage, and he earns extra money, so he naturally leaves it to his wife to take care of it, Zhu Ao is very satisfied with this smart, capable, and sensible concubine, picked her chin, and said with a smile: "Good." The widow knows that you will not let the widow down. However, in the future, the widow will make a lot of money, and you will not be able to keep so many accounts yourself, so you have to teach some smart and reliable palace people how to keep accounts, and let them help you. You're only in charge of the general ledger. ”

Lan Youcheng's heart was sweet, she got up, kissed Zhu Ao's forehead, and said with a smile: "Concubine Xie Wang Ye has mercy, the concubine has already cultivated a few smart little maids and little eunuchs, let them teach a few more disciples, and they can help the concubine master the accounts of the entire Su Kingdom." ”

Having a capable wife is worry-free, Zhu Ao's heart is very relaxed, when the business is done, it is time to do the bad thing, pinched Lan Youcheng's body, and said with a bad smile: "Do you remember the things that the widow told you?" Let's do it for the widow once. ”

Lan Youcheng's pretty face turned red, like a frightened kitten, she plunged into Zhu Ao's arms, and said shyly: "The prince is really bad." Where did the prince hear any words like great health care, and the concubine died of shame. Concubines don't want it. ”

Regarding this issue, Zhu Ao has communicated with the queen and the second concubine of Xianshu many times, but they are women from good families cultivated by the orthodox etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, and they have a natural resistance to these activities in their hearts.

"The widow is in a good mood today, you don't want to sweep away the widow's interest." Zhu Ao pinched Lan Youcheng's handsome little face, showed a hint of an obscene smile, and said evilly.

Lan Youcheng still refused, shook his head vigorously, shook his head like a rattle, and said very shyly: "Don't, don't." Lord, let the concubine let Lianyue serve you. ”

Lianyue is her personal maid, and this girl wants to push her work to others to do, like the other two women, either perfunctory, or let her maid do it for her. Zhu Ao was very dissatisfied with her attitude, slapped her a few times, and said with a hint of majesty: "Don't want to escape from forced labor, this is your job, hurry up." ”

Lan Youcheng saw that the prince was a little unhappy, and was afraid that he would fall out of favor, so he could only comfort himself: I am the prince's woman, he should do whatever he wants, pouting, looking coquettish, and came to Zhu Ao's side.

On the morning of the second day, there was no major event to discuss, everything was implemented in accordance with the established policy, which is a very normal phenomenon, a country, if there are major events happening all day long, it is not a good phenomenon, it is only a thing in the Chongzhen years.

It's too tiring to wake up so early every day to deal with some trivial things, as well as some etiquette issues, and like some miscellaneous meetings in later generations, there is no use, and it is a special waste of time, where it has no effect except for listening to a bunch of leaders talk about some truths that everyone knows, and it is completely formalistic. So Zhu Ao announced at the end of the early dynasty that he would change the day to a five-day dynasty, and if there was a major military event, it must be reported at any time without delay.

This order made the ministers look at each other, what kind of rhythm is this? Since then, the king has not been in court early? Some principled ministers felt that this was not good, they thought that it was possible that the king had just won several big victories, and became proud and slack, and if it continued, it would be extremely detrimental to the development of the country, so they advised one after another: "The king of Qiyu, since ancient times, has been one day a day, some diligent kings even two or even three dynasties a day, after the next dynasty, they will invite the ministers to give lectures, and the king of Wanwang will take them as an example, be diligent in political affairs, and create his own prosperous world." ”

Zhu Ao was stunned for a moment, three dynasties a day, and I still have to listen to you who will be Confucian, so just forget about the widow, can't you live without Confucianism? Qin Shi Huang didn't believe in Confucianism, Liu Bang didn't believe in Confucianism, didn't they all unify the world? His son Zhu Yuanzhang also did not believe in Confucianism, so he still started from scratch. But at this time, he didn't want to attack in person, after all, these ministers were also for his good, but their concepts were more corrupt, and he said with a little impatience: "As a king, you must be diligent in political affairs, but the widow is only in charge of military affairs, and those trivial things have to trouble the widow, what is the use of the widow to support you?" ”

None of the ministers below dared to speak up, this was a serious problem, and the king began to doubt the necessity of their existence, who would dare to chew his tongue without knowing the current affairs. They were all silent and stood respectfully in the hall.

Seeing that his words had a deterrent effect, Zhu Ao was quite satisfied, and immediately struck while the iron was hot: "From today on, a cabinet will be established, and the cabinet bachelor will be filled by people who have both ability and political integrity selected by the widow from the Hanlin Academy and other departments, and he will be a five-grade official. Assist the widow in handling trivial matters and draft edicts. From now on, the memoranda received by each ministry will be sorted out and summarized by the officials of each ministry, and after writing out the handling opinions, they will be handed over to the cabinet, which will organize them in a unified manner, put forward the handling opinions, and submit them to the widow for review. ”

The ministers who said this were stunned again, this king is too good at saving trouble, in this way, he only needs to approve and seal, and all the work is handed over to his subordinates to do, and he does not have Zhu Yuanzhang's spirit of being a model worker at all.

Who knew that Zhu Ao's words were not finished, and the king continued: "From today on, we will set up a celebrant eunuch, a palm seal eunuch, and a number of pen eunuchs. The cabinet summarized the folds and turns, first handed over to the celebrant supervisor, by the pen eunuch adhering to the widow's will to approve the red, after the widow is satisfied, and then handed over to the palm seal eunuch with the seal. In this way, an edict can take effect. ”

Yes, even the approval and stamping are saved.

At this time, some upright ministers could no longer bear it, the official Cao Judgment is the head of the civil officials, representing the face and backbone of the civil officials, if they don't stand up and speak at this time, they will definitely be despised to death by their colleagues, so they stood up and made a bow to Zhu Ao, and said: "Your Majesty, the emperor has repeatedly ordered that eunuchs are strictly forbidden to interfere in politics, is it inappropriate for the king to do this." ”

He is an old fritter who has been mixed up for many years, and he knows that what Zhu Ao wants to do will definitely be done, and then the eunuchs will become a huge force in the country, and he can't offend them, plus he doesn't dare to openly question Zhu Ao's decision, so he brought Lao Zhu out to say something, and no one can find fault.

This group of people really used their own Lao Tzu to suppress themselves, which made Zhu Ao's heart very unhappy, what is the difference between this and the later Donglin Party taking out the ancestral system to suppress Chongzhen at every turn? His face had become ugly, and a glint of displeasure flashed in his eyes, and he said patiently: "Father and Emperor have already allowed the widow to build a country. From now on, the affairs of the Su country are all decided by the widows, and as long as the widows do not rebel, no one can say anything. I believe that my father can understand the widow's decision. ”

When it comes to this, the ministers don't dare to say anything, and if they continue to talk about it, they will be working against the king, although their power is divided a lot by those dead eunuchs who are despised by them, which makes them very unhappy, but fortunately, at this time, Zhu Ao's royal power is still very strong, and it can be said that it is a one-word existence in Su State, so no one dares to oppose this matter against his dragon scales.

The matter was settled. It's not that Zhu Ao didn't know Lao Zhu's order to strictly prohibit eunuchs from interfering in politics, but he knew that Lao Zhu later regretted it, figured it out, and began to appoint eunuchs to restrain courtiers. Li Wenzhong, the Duke of Cao Guo, also gave Zhu Yuanzhang a special advice on this matter, but was severely criticized by Zhu Yuanzhang: "Do you want to cut out my wings?" ”

Li Wenzhong is Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew, Zhu Yuanzhang attaches great importance to family affection, but all his relatives, as long as they don't rebel, no matter how big a thing Lao Zhu does, he will cover you. Although Li Wenzhong's words made Zhu Yuanzhang displeased, Zhu Yuanzhang did not intend to punish him. Lao Zhu thought that his nephew was right, and it was the so-called disciples raised by Li Wenzhong who taught him badly, so he killed all the hundreds of disciples raised by Li Wenzhong.

This incident made Li Wenzhong honest for a long time, but although he is very capable of fighting, he also has a big problem - greedy for vanity, he just likes to raise soldiers, so as to reflect his demeanor as a corporal and admire the legacy of the four sons of the Warring States.

After being honest for a while, Li Wenzhong's old mistake was committed again, and it was estimated that Lao Zhu's anger was almost gone, so he began to raise a soldier again, but Lao Zhu killed his doorman again. Completely honest.

Zhu Ao actually has a bit of a gambling mentality, he blocked Lao Zhu Neng to understand that his original intention of appointing eunuchs was to suppress the outer court with the inner court, and at the same time to contain the inner court from the outer court, and finally achieve the goal of internal and external control and centralization of power in the hands of the king.

If Chongzhen had understood this truth, the Ming Dynasty would not have perished.

Zhu Ao dares to make such a gamble and has capital, first of all, he has already established the country, and I believe that Lao Zhu is still a sensible person and will not interfere too much in his internal affairs; The second is that he has just won the battle against the Uighurs, a powerful country, and has earned Lao Zhu a lot of face.

I have to say that Zhu Ao still has a good grasp of Lao Zhu's psychology. The appointment of eunuchs is so big, and it is naturally impossible to hide such a ruin of the three views, and it didn't take long for Zhu Yuanzhang to find out.

With Zhu Yuanzhang's cleverness, he could see Zhu Ao's intentions at a glance, but his blatant refusal to give face still made Lao Zhu unhappy. In the end, it was Concubine Guo Ningfei who advised: "When the child is older, how to build his own country is up to him, he has just defeated the Uighurs, a powerful country, which shows that he is very capable." When are you going to be the boss? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said this, who doesn't want their children to be self-reliant? Children are happier with their achievements than they are at their own. When King Su fought with the Uighur army, Zhu Yuanzhang really sweated for him, but the road was far away, and he didn't have time to support, but he didn't expect this kid to defeat the old power of the West - the Uighurs, and captured the other party's general.

Concubine Guo Ning is right, children have to be self-reliant after all, when will the parents be the head, not to mention that they are also old, their health is getting worse and worse, and they don't have the energy to manage so much, anyway, they gave you a feudal country, and their father's responsibilities have been fulfilled, so you can toss as much as you want.

Regarding Zhu Ao's affairs, Zhu Yuanzhang decided not to interfere anymore, as long as he honestly respected the king and guarded the northwest border for the emperor, he would do whatever he wanted.

However, after Zhu Yunwen and Huang Zicheng heard the news, they were really unkindly happy, and the two of them agreed that the reuse of eunuchs has been the way to take trouble since ancient times, and it is the only way for the kingdom to decline. They were still worried about the fact that Su Guo had just won a big victory, and their prestige and strength had increased dramatically, and they were thinking about how to cut the feudal domain in the future, but after hearing that Su Guo reused eunuchs, they both breathed a sigh of relief, and it seemed that Su Guo did not need to cut it, and it would go into decline in the future.

Rookie will never understand the operation of the great god.

Time flies, a month has passed in a blink of an eye, and today is the day when the king assesses the results of their pawn meals, and Wang Dafu and his disciples are extremely nervous. In order to meet the king's standards and make delicious food that the king admires endlessly, they basically didn't go home much during this month, and they have been studying roast duck in the Dianshan Institute.

Anyway, the king promised that the raw materials were enough, and they didn't consider the cost, and within a month, more than 100 ducks were killed, and at first they roasted and ate themselves, and then the people in the whole restaurant talked about the change of duck color, and they no longer dared to eat roast duck.

When Wang Dafu saw this scene, he was anxious, how could he do it if no one tried it? How can you know what level of craftsmanship you have reached without anyone trying it? In the end, in desperation, I had to take the roast duck of the prince to be a good person, and after the roast, I invited the nearby eunuchs to eat, the guards to eat, and the palace maids to eat, at first the nearby eunuchs, guards, and palace maids were still very grateful to Wang Dafu, after all, it was not easy for people of their level to eat roast duck, but after a long time, Wang Dafu found that these people began to go around him.

"Princess, I haven't seen you for a few days, come and eat roast duck, it's all ready for you."

"Ahem, Master Wang, our family still has some work to do, so I won't accompany you today. We'll see you another day. ”

"Guard Zhang, aren't you busy today? Did you finish eating? ”

"Uh, that. Master Wang, I'm on duty tonight, so I'll leave first, or I'll be late. ”

"Don't be in a hurry to go, bring a roast duck, and eat when you're hungry at night."

"Don't, don't. Thank you, Master Wang, this makes our guard chief see it badly, and I may have to take the board. I'll make an appointment another day. ”

"Oh, isn't this a small ring? Some days I don't get thinner, come in, Uncle Wang will give you nourishment. ”

Xiaohuan was startled, as if he saw a plague god, he unconsciously took two steps back, smiled reluctantly, and said, "Uncle Wang, I am still in a hurry to deliver fruit to Concubine Shu." Come back to visit Uncle Wang another day. After speaking, he ran away with a smoke, and said in his heart: It's all my fault that I ate your roast duck greedily, which caused me to grow several pounds and my face became bigger, but this time I must hold it.

No matter how delicious it is, people can't stand it every day. The day before the assessment, everyone in the Dianshan Institute was in their hearts, and now whether our craftsmanship is good or not, whether it is qualified or not, and there is no senior foodie to give relevant opinions.

In the end, he was a bold apprentice, risking being punished, secretly took the roast duck from the palace home, and tasted it for his wife and children, this taste didn't matter, his wife tossed him excitedly for most of the night, so that when the brother went to work the next day, he was listless.

In any case, they finally had a reference to prove that their craft was still very successful, which somewhat gave the guys in the pawn shop some confidence.

At noon, Wang Dafu brought up the roast duck he had carefully roasted, put it in front of Zhu Ao, and then carefully stood beside him, waiting for the final review of the king and the princesses.

Dai Yuzhu wrapped a piece of roast duck in a dough roll and handed it to Zhu Ao, and then looked at Zhu Ao like several beauties, waiting for Zhu Ao to eat a bite, and then carefully used chopsticks to pinch the roast duck.

I have to say that after a month of training, Wang Dafu's craftsmanship has made great progress, this time the roast duck is fat but not greasy, delicious and delicious, and the queen and princesses who eat it nod frequently. But Wang Dafu still didn't dare to take it lightly, because he knew that the final decision was in the hands of the prince, as long as the prince didn't nod, he didn't pass this level.

Zhu Ao finished eating a piece of duck meat, and nodded with great satisfaction, this Wang Dafu's work efficiency is okay, and it has reached the same level as the Peking duck of later generations in a month, he is a talent, showing an expression of appreciation, and said with a slight smile: "You did a good job, how many people have mastered this technology?" ”

Wang Dafu was really relieved in his heart, took a step forward, arched his hand, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, in addition to the villain, there are still seven or eight disciples who have mastered it. The villain obeyed the king's will, and gave them all his heart, and never dared to hide his secrets. ”