Di Linaza closed the book, carefully placed it at the head of the bed, moved her sexy and slender legs off the bed, put on the shoes under the bed, walked to Zhu Ao with a smile, looked at the white paper he spread on the table, frowned and thought: "According to the concubines, the people of Dunhuang want to use the king's ink treasure as an heirloom, so it is better to write something like 'the house of loyalty and filial piety'." ”

The home of loyalty and filial piety? This proposition is too big, this is the highest honor in feudal society, Zhu Ao frowned slightly and shook his head, kept playing with the pen in his hand, sighed, and retorted: "Just guess a riddle, if you win, you win." In this way, you can get a reputation of 'loyal and filial piety', so aren't these four words too worthless? What do you want those who work hard to serve the country and honor their parents? ”

After Zhu Ao's little push, Di Linaza realized that she was abrupt, slapped her forehead with her hand, and said with a sneer: "It's the concubine who is not thoughtful, thanks to the king's reminder." How about writing witty? Riddles are witty, and they fit the theme of the event. ”

Witty? These four words are not bad, Zhu Ao nodded with satisfaction, then picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, and wrote down these four big characters on four blank sheets of paper.

After finishing writing, Zhu Ao threw the pen on the table very casually, and the palace maid who was already standing on the side put away all the pen, ink, paper, and inkstones, and then gently withdrew and closed the door of the main hall.

In the main hall of the huge Gyeongbokgung Palace, there are only two people left, Zhu Ao and Di Linazha. Di Linaza took Zhu Ao's arm, helped him to the head of the bed and sat down, and then slowly knelt at his feet, a pair of big black eyes turned softly, and said in a low voice but infinitely coquettishly: "Your Majesty, the concubine will wash your feet." ”

This little girl is really sultry. Zhu Ao took a breath of cool air, and the distracting thoughts in his heart beat a few times, and then he forcibly pressed down, gently knocked on Di Linazha's head, and said, "You are starting to be naughty again." ”

Di Linaza lowered her head and smiled, then brought the foot washing water, first tested the temperature of the water with her hands, and then put Zhu Ao's two feet in it and slowly washed it. The water temperature is just right, Di Linaza is ingenious, the technique is very clever, and the washed Zhu Ao is called a comfortable.

After Di Linaza finished washing, she took the foot washing water aside and put it away, but did not take it out, because she knew that the next day there would be a palace maid to come and pack up these things, and now she just wanted to cherish the time with the king, sat next to Zhu Ao, plunged into his arms, and said with a happy face: "Your Majesty, is the concubine serving well?" ”

Zhu Ao had to admit that his idea could only be closed to Di Linaza now, and he found that he also liked YY now, so he took Di Lina Zha in his arms, kissed him, and asked pretending to be embarrassed: "You want to be the princess so much?" Giving the widow a princess and bending you up? ”

Di Lina Zha Bingxue is smart, how can she not hear that he is joking, hiding in Zhu Ao's arms like a kitten, pouting, and saying with a little unhappiness: "Look at what Your Majesty said?" The concubine can follow His Majesty, it is a blessing that the concubine has cultivated for several lifetimes, how can she feel wronged? The concubine didn't think this way for the concubine herself. Your Majesty, please think about it, what will a concubine do with a woman's family? It's nothing more than that your own man is good, and you can follow the high branches. As long as you can stay by Your Majesty's side, being a princess or an imperial concubine does not make much difference to the concubines, anyway, they all enjoy glory and wealth. But the difference between being an emperor or being a vassal king is big for His Majesty, one is a man, the other is a man, and the difference between the words is the difference between cloud and mud. ”

Zhu Ao's heart went to say this, although he has already founded the country, but in the final analysis, it is still a subject country of the Ming Dynasty, Lao Zhu doesn't care about him now, it doesn't mean that he won't care about him in the future, even if Lao Zhu doesn't care about him in this life, it doesn't mean that the future successor doesn't care about him. Aren't Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Di both clans?

It is not uncommon for emperors of previous dynasties to fatten up vassal kings and then kill them.

Zhu Ao hugged Di Linaza and gently fell on the big bed, changed to a position that was comfortable for both of them, stroked her cloud-like hair with one hand, and sighed softly: "How can a widow not know what this difference in words means?" But you may not know that my father is a very traditional person, to put it mildly, even if he sets up ten princes at once, it will not be the turn of the widow. ”

Di Lina saw that Zhu Ao's heart was moved, her heart was sweet, the corners of her mouth smiled slightly, she slowly got up from Zhu Ao, took the book she had just read, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, do you know what the concubine just read?" ”

"Historical records?" Zhu Ao saw the cover of this book at a glance, and really didn't understand why Di Linaza read such an old book, he had already finished reading it under Gao's supervision when he was ten years old.

Di Linaza flipped through the "Historical Records" in her hand, opened the middle page, handed it to Zhu Ao, pointed with her hand, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, please take a closer look, the concubine is looking at Emperor Xiaojing's Benji." ”

Only then did Zhu Ao know that she wanted to use history as an opportunity to persuade herself, and she didn't speak at the moment, but only glanced at her with her eyes and motioned for her to continue.

After Di Linaza understood, she closed the book, and then plunged into Zhu Ao's arms, hugged his sturdy body and said: "In the final analysis, the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms in the Western Han Dynasty was caused by the cutting of the feudal domain, what was wrong with those feudal kings?" It's just that life is a little corrupt, and occasionally does something that violates discipline, and you don't think about rebelling and becoming an emperor? And those emperors and so-called prescient ministers above the temple had to grasp their little fault and not let go, and vigorously cut down the feudal domain. Your Majesty, please think about it, who of the current vassal kings has not done one or two things out of the ordinary? Even Your Majesty has made such a great contribution, and some people say that you reuse the palace people, right? If the future successor and his mistakes also grasp this point, use the violation of the ancestral system as an excuse, ask Your Majesty for the blame, dare to ask Your Majesty how to deal with himself? ”

Although the Western Han Dynasty's reduction of feudal domains allowed the emperor to have more resources in his hands, he could pool China's strength to fight against the Xiongnu. But didn't those vassal kings become innocent victims? They worked hard to build their vassal kingdom into a strong and wealthy state, and in the end the emperor was going to go back with a word, why? It is hard to believe that the emperors coveted their wealth and committed the act of banditry. ”

I have to say that Di Linaza is really insightful, although there are not many words, and the examples cited are also the most common, but they are every word, yes, no matter how high-sounding the reason for cutting the feudal domain, but the root cause is nothing more than two points, the first is greed, just like Di Linaza said, coveting the wealth of the vassal king, and finding an excuse to fatten up and kill.

The second is fear, the fear that the vassal king will replace him. It is precisely unfortunate that Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Di are both monarchs who advocate cutting the domain, and their psychology is afraid that the second type is the majority. Zhu Yunwen has a persecution paranoia, guarding against his own uncle is the same as guarding against thieves, Zhu Di started a rebellion at all, so the prevention of other vassal kings is also deep in his bones. Reasoning with the two of them, treating freedom and equality is tantamount to seeking skin with a tiger.

Zhu Ao sighed softly, stroked Di Linazha's delicate body, and said with a hint of helplessness: "What you said makes sense, it's just that the widow is just an ordinary vassal king, and the resources in his hands are limited, and he can't compete with the imperial court, what should he do in the future?" ”

Di Lina came to her senses, leaned on Zhu Ao's body and said with a straight face: "Your Majesty can't be presumptuous, Your Majesty is now a vassal king, but not an ordinary vassal king, looking at the nine great Sai kings, and the vassal kings of other places, who made Your Majesty's career and expand the territory for the Ming Dynasty for two thousand miles?" Although the father will not pass on to His Majesty, a really good man should make a world with his own ability, why do you have to ask others to pass it on to you? As long as Your Majesty has worked hard in the past few years, reorganized the army and defeated the Uighurs and Warat, then no matter who becomes the emperor of the Ming Dynasty in the future, he will not dare to move you easily. ”

This Nizi is really extraordinary, a good man should stand up to the sky, create his own foundation, like a little monk who asks for food, waiting for others to pass on what is going on with you? Ancestors are meritorious and virtuous, no matter how well people pass on the throne, they can only be called ancestors, and the world they have laid down can be called ancestors, such as Comrade Zhu Di.

He can do it, why can't a widow do it? Zhu Ao's heart was stirred again, it seems that he didn't waste his efforts to save this little girl in vain, her knowledge is not ordinary, with her, she has another person who can discuss military affairs, and she is an absolute confidant.

On this night, in addition to shaking the clouds and rain with Di Linazha, Zhu Ao also secretly made up his mind that within the few years that Lao Zhu was still alive, he would accomplish the following goals: the population would reach 5 million, the grain production would quadruple, the standing army would reach 300,000, the war horses should be at least 150,000, the army's armor rate should reach 100 percent, and firearms should make great progress. Steal the limelight from Zhu Laosi. Militarily, he wanted to completely defeat the Warat in the north and the Uighurs in the west, control the northern steppes and all of Xinjiang, and break the cage trapped in his head.

Now there are less than four years before Zhu Yuanzhang's death, and it is indeed difficult to complete this series of goals, but there is never anything easy to do in this world, and it is easy to achieve great results. When I first came to Gansu, it was poor and white, except for some military men and pieces of wasteland, there was nothing, and it was not that I took them to do a lot of work, which is why we have today's prosperous scene. The widow has already performed a miracle once, why can't he do it a second time.

The next day, the roast duck restaurant's guessing contest was held as scheduled, and after round after round of competition, four more people finally won the championship, each of whom won three brocades and a pair of Su Wang's ink treasures, which attracted the rest of the people to exclaim for a while, which can be described as envy of others.

Immediately afterwards, the loud man in charge of presiding over the game announced loudly: "Fellow villagers, today there are four more champions who have received huge rewards from the king, and everyone must be itching in their hearts." Don't worry, there's still a chance tomorrow, one last chance. The winner of tomorrow's tournament will be rewarded with three brocades, which is not enough, as they will each receive a mystery gift in addition to the three brocades. ”

"A mysterious gift? What a gift? You can make it clear. Some of the anxious liberation began to shout impatiently.

The loud man pressed it with his hand again, signaling everyone to be quiet, and then said calmly: "Don't worry, everyone, since it is a mysterious gift, it must not be said, please calm down, go back and practice hard, and when it comes to tomorrow night, everything will be revealed." ”

"It's going to sell off!" There was another shout from the crowd, and although they were angry at the fellow's attitude of digging the hole, everyone's curiosity was aroused - what kind of gift could be worth more than the king's inkstone? Could it be the Emperor's Mobao?

On the 15th of August, all the residents of Dunhuang City were discussing the riddle contest in the evening, and even during the reunion dinner, they did not leave this topic, especially the mysterious gift that the loud-voiced guy said was the most discussed. Everyone's curiosity was aroused, and Zhu Ao's propaganda purpose was completely achieved.

On the evening of the fifteenth, people poured out of their homes to the four locations to participate in the riddle guessing contest, and after a brutal round of elimination, the final winner was finally determined.

The most exciting moment finally arrived, and all the audience below stared at the stage with wide eyes, wondering what that mysterious gift was?

At this time, the father-in-law who was in charge of the operation of the roast duck restaurant came out, and he first awarded the three brocades that everyone knew before to the champion of the competition, and then shouted in a very shrill voice at the crowd: "Fellow villagers, after rounds of cruel duels, the three-day national riddle guessing contest has finally come to an end." Today is the time to reveal the mysterious gift, so please wait and see. ”

"Good, good, good. Take it out and let us see, what kind of gift is more valuable than the king's ink treasure? The crowd erupted in shouts, and everyone was impatient, this time can be regarded as a time to spoil their appetite, and they must find out today.

"Lift it up!" The shopkeeper waved his hand and commanded in a shrill voice.

Immediately, a few guys brought a sliced roast duck and the necessary utensils and spices.

"What is this? Isn't it just a few pieces of meat? How can it be worth more than the king's ink treasure? ”

"It's not fair, it's not fair. This reward is not fair. "There was another burst of righteous indignation in the crowd, isn't this nonsense? How much is a duck meat worth? How can it be worth more than the ink treasure written by the king himself? Mistaken, is this the answer we have been waiting for for so long? Don't say yes!

"No! We don't say yes! How could this thing be worth more than the king's ink treasure? ”

"Did you secretly swap things?" Zhu Ao stipulated that the public could report corruption when they found out that officials had committed corruption, so as to reduce the number of hypocritical bureaucrats who put all their money into their own pockets under the banner of honesty. Therefore, at this time, the people of Suguo still dared to boldly expose the corruption of officials.

"Bold!" The shopkeeper eunuch was not a vegetarian, and seeing that the crowd was agitated and had a tendency to be self-defeating, he immediately shouted loudly and suppressed the situation in the palace, and then shouted loudly: "Do you know the origin of this roast duck in the oven?" It was developed by the king himself, and it was incomparably delicious, better than all the delicacies you have ever tasted. The king loves the people like a son, and he doesn't want to enjoy the food exclusively, so he puts it in the store to sell, and today he also gives it to you and so on. Not only are you not grateful, but you even say disrespectful words, is there still a monarch in your eyes?! ”

At these words, the masses below did not dare to say anything. It turns out that this roast duck was developed by the king himself, no wonder it is so valuable, who dares to say a word in public?

Seeing that his words calmed the field, the shopkeeper and eunuch hurriedly struck while the iron was hot and announced loudly: "Please come up and enjoy the champion contestant." ”

"Is it here?" The winning contestant looked confused, and originally wanted to take it home and taste it, but he didn't expect this father-in-law to let him eat it in public.

How can it be sensational if you are not allowed to eat in public?

"This is the king's will, and you can also let your family and friends come and taste it." The shopkeeper said slowly, and although his tone was gentle, there was an irresistible majesty.

The champion of "Uh......." was completely speechless, which one is this that the king sang, since his old man has a will to let him eat here, then eat here, where to eat is not to eat? Anyway, he didn't want money, so he bowed his hand to the shopkeeper's father-in-law, and said with a wry smile: "Since it is the king's will, the villain is rude." Child, mother, come up with two sons to taste. ”

"Hey, the master, you eat first. I didn't expect that we would still be able to eat the food developed by the king himself in this life. It's really a blessing that has been cultivated for several lifetimes. A middle-aged woman in a coarse cloth walked to the podium with two teenage children with a very innocent smile. Her man was surprised and happy to win the championship, and no matter what the mysterious gift was, with three brocades in hand, their family's life would be much better.

Now seeing that she and her children can have the honor to taste the food developed by the king himself, this makes her heart really excited for a long time, and she also has a huge capital to brag to others in the future - the king invited us to dinner.

But happy to be happy, she has reached middle age, and has been at the bottom of the society for so long, the world has long been familiar with the world, and she will not get carried away for this little thing, and she can't find the north, after coming up, she didn't start, but took a pair of chopsticks and handed them to the shopkeeper's father-in-law, and smiled respectfully: "Father-in-law let's try it together." ”

The shopkeeper's father-in-law was slightly surprised by her gesture at first, and then his heart was overjoyed, this very simple act of this ordinary low-level woman, although there was no ornate ceremony, but it represented what human beings needed most - respect.

Eunuchs are also human beings, and they also desire to be respected by others, the simple actions of this ordinary woman make the shopkeeper's father-in-law can't help but rise a warm current in his heart, unlike those pretentious civil ministers, one eunuch after another, who do you rectify? Especially those Donglin Party members, many of you have bought their fame with money from those rich businessmen, what qualifications do you have to be arrogant in front of Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu's status is also done in a down-to-earth manner.

The shopkeeper's father-in-law showed a very happy expression on his face, and hurriedly smiled and waved at the woman, "Thank you sister-in-law for your kindness." Although our family also wants to eat it, the king has an order that this roast duck cannot be touched by the people in our store, so we can only give it to you to eat. ”

The woman hurriedly smiled and nodded, and said to the shopkeeper's father-in-law with a little embarrassment: "Then we are welcome, and we will have a chance to invite my father-in-law to dinner another day." ”

If you invite it another day, you won't be invited, and the shopkeeper's father-in-law is also an old and sophisticated person, how could he not understand the truth in this, but he is not bad for this peasant woman's meal, and immediately smiled and said very politely: "Please use it slowly." ”

"Wow! It's so delicious! It is worthy of the delicacy developed by the king himself! The champion was so impressed by the deliciousness of the roast duck that he couldn't help but exclaim it after just one bite.

"It's so fragrant, Daddy, I'm going to eat it again." "I'm going to eat it too." The two children scrambled to pick up chopsticks to grab the meat on the roast duck, and in the end, they even grabbed it directly, and the scene was very brutal.

"Mother, you can also try it, it's really delicious." One of the older children picked up a piece of meat and handed it to his mother's mouth, hoping that her mother would taste it too. It can be seen that he is a very filial child.

"Hmm. It's really good. No wonder the king took it as that mysterious gift, I have never eaten such a delicious thing in my life. The woman put the duck meat handed by the child into her mouth, chewed it twice, and praised it sincerely, her face was full of surprise and happiness, and it was clear that she had written four big words - so delicious!

"Is it true? Is it that delicious? The crowd erupted in shouts again, this mysterious gift had whetted their appetite, and this time they saw this family of four eating so happily, as if they had never eaten, their curiosity was even stronger, what kind of food could have such charm.

"Really, Fourth Uncle, your old man will also come and try it." The woman called up a gray-haired old man from the audience and handed him a slice of duck meat. This woman is very good at things, and when she has good food, she will certainly not have it to herself, but must use it to honor the elderly, so as to regulate her interpersonal relationships in her husband's family, and increase her reputation as virtuous and filial for herself.

"Not bad, not bad. It's really good, and the old man usually doesn't have any hobbies, so it's just a bite. After eating something for a lifetime, there is really nothing more delicious than it. "This fourth uncle is dressed as a scholar, and I don't know what his fame is, but he must have been famous in the food industry for a long time, and the food he commented on is equivalent to authoritative certification, and he is very influential in the neighborhood of Dunhuang.

The words of the fourth uncle immediately caused a great response in the crowd. People's curiosity became even stronger, and they shouted at the top of their voices: "The fourth uncle has said so, it seems that this dish is really extraordinary." I don't know if I have this mouthful, I can eat such a delicious dish. ”