Today's dinner has an extra dish, and that is grilled fish, and today's loot is to be eaten. Zhu Houzhao asked someone to send the fish to the imperial dining room, told them to kill the fish and clean it, and then sent it to Kunning Palace. In the square in front of the gate of Kunning Palace, the three brothers and sisters raised a fire in a grand manner, and then made a shelf out of wood. Two 50-centimeter-long pieces of wood, one end in a Y-shape and the other end a tripod, a total of two sets, were specially cut out by the guards. On each side of the two wooden frames, stood on the stone slab, and then took two washed iron rods, which were 2 centimeters thick and about 1 meter long, and put them in the Y shape of the wooden frame, the iron rods were placed in parallel, only 10 centimeters apart, and the bottom of the iron rod was a wooden pile, which was now ignited, and the fish was descaled and entrailed, and after washing, a bamboo skewer was put into the mouth.

began to grill the fish, the three brothers and sisters began to divide the labor, Zhu Houwei was responsible for salting the fish, and the good well salt was transported from Sichuan by horse. Zhu Houzhao is responsible for turning the fish over, and the little girl is responsible for fanning the wind with the boss's pu fan. The three of them are grilling fish for the first time, Zhu Houwei is okay, knowing how much salt the fish will probably coat, the little girl came out of the ocean, took the pu fan and fanned the wind hard and quickly, and blew the fire and the charcoal ash under it to the two brothers, and the three of them were squatting next to the fire, too close, and they didn't react at once. The surrounding palace maids and eunuchs saw that the flames were rising high, and they were about to burn the two princes, and they couldn't help but exclaim, and the queen who was standing not far away also exclaimed, and walked quickly to the three of them, but before they arrived, they heard Zhu Houzhao complain and said, "Son, don't be so anxious, do you want to eat grilled fish or grilled brother." The little girl grimaced at Zhu Houzhao and snorted in her mouth. Zhu Houwei smiled at the little girl and said, "Fan slowly, the fan is too urgent, and the fish will be scorched." The little girl was about to answer, but when she saw Zhu Houwei's face, she couldn't help laughing. Zhu Houwei squatted opposite her, although he didn't burn him just now, but the charcoal ash that came out of the fan all hit Zhu Houwei's face and body, and suddenly Zhu Houwei became an African. Zhu Houzhao didn't pay attention at first, but now when he turned his head to look, he couldn't help laughing, and the queen who came over couldn't help laughing, but she still took out a handkerchief to wipe her little son's face.

Although Zhu Houwei was a little embarrassed, he enjoyed his mother's care very much. Then the three of them continued to grill the fish, and after roasting for half an hour, Hongzhi also finished dealing with today's government and came to Kunning Palace, seeing that his wife and children were gathered in the square, he slowly walked over, and asked He Ding not to sing harmony, so as not to disturb them. At first glance, it was grilling fish, although Yu Li was not in agreement, but in the palace, Hongzhi still had the final say, he acquiesced, and the hundred officials would not say anything.

As soon as I walked to the fire, I saw the three brothers and sisters standing up, and it turned out that they had already passed the exam. The little girl's face was stained with a small amount of charcoal ash, but she still threw away the pu fan and crashed into Hongji's arms, looked up at Hongji, and said excitedly, "Daddy, these fish were stabbed by the second brother and the eldest brother in the river, we just roasted them, okay to eat them tonight?" Hongji wiped the little girl's face with one hand, and said, "Okay, okay, Daddy will eat the fish you made today." He turned his head to look at the dark faces of the eldest son and the younger son, and glanced at the queen, both of whom smiled.

Chinese parents have always tried their best to satisfy their children, but they don't feel that they give too much, and their children's feedback to their parents, even if it is a small thing, can make them feel that no matter how much they pay, it is worth it. The same is true for Hongzhi and the queen, the Son of Heaven, the mother of the country is the same as mortals in the final analysis, there are a lot of seven emotions and six desires, at most because of their identity, and they have to be restrained. For the masterpieces of the three brothers and sisters, they also feel very good and gratified.

Dinner was the original dish and the more than 10 fish grilled today, if it weren't for the queen's stopping, it is estimated that they would have grilled all 21 fish. Either out of respect for the fruits of their own labor, or with a sense of relief, in the end a dozen or so fish were wiped out, while the other dishes were left untouched. By the way, although it was the first time to grill fish, the taste was okay because the ingredients were natural green wild fish.

After dinner, the father and son began to chat. Talking about what they saw and heard in the farm today, the father and son tacitly did not talk about Cao Luo. Zhu Houwei probably reported to Hongzhi about the current production method of the farm and the living conditions of the tenants. Hongji's face couldn't help but sink a little after hearing this, and now the problems found out by the crown prince Zhuangtian will have the same situation in the emperor's Zhuangtian, Hongji decided to investigate it thoroughly. Hearing Zhu Houzhao say that the five people in Zhu's Mansion had lost Zhuangtian's 5-year account in only 2 hours, they also had a lot of interest in this double-entry accounting method. However, in Zhu Houwei's elaboration, Hongzhi hesitated to learn about the advantages of this bookkeeping method, because one of them is that this method will make the ins and outs of each article clear, and even fake accounts will not appear for a long time. The advantages are great compared to the current methods, but they can't be used, and it can even be said that they dare not use them, why? Because there are too many people and things involved, and it is too wide.

Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang came from a very low background, it can be said that his life is the history of the counterattack of the first silk, he hated the corrupt officials very much, so he customized a very harsh law, embezzlement of 20 taels to peel the skin and fill the grass, but on the other hand, the amount given is very low. Take the magistrate of Zhengqipin as an example, his salary is seven stones and five buckets per month, which is almost 7 taels and 5 yuan when converted into money. The county magistrate generally has to invite a master, and the master will give them advice and check and fill in the gaps, after all, as the head of a county, there are many things to manage. But the master is not a court establishment, and his salary has to be paid by the people hired by themselves, and the monthly salary of a master is at least 5 taels. And there is a family in his house, as an official master, he can't do laundry and cook, and he can hand over tea and pour water by himself, so he has to support his family and maids, and his family's food and clothing and the wages of his family and maids must all be paid from his own salary, is it possible? Therefore, the officials of the Ming Dynasty will have other unspoken rules of income. For example, in the period of the Apocalypse and Chongzhen, if you go to the military department, then you will have dozens to hundreds of taels of silver per month to take, where does the silver come from-Liaoyu. But no one will report it, once you break the rules, then no one will play with you in the future, and in the end you can only abandon the official and go home, and you will not even have to return home.

Are there any officials who rely on these money to support themselves? Yes, but there are a few, the best example is Hai Rui in the Jiajing period, he just didn't take the money in secret, and of course he didn't report it. Let's take a look at what kind of life he had.

Hai Rui Jiajing in the twenty-eighth year (1550). At first, he was appointed as a teacher in Nanping, Fujian, and later promoted to Chun'an, Zhejiang and Xingguozhi County, Jiangxi, but there was no meat at home all year round. In the literati of the Qing Dynasty, he also starved to death because his daughter was very hungry and ate the cake given to her by passers-by, and was starved to death by Hai Rui on the grounds that "men and women are not kissed", of course, this paragraph is not in the official history of the Ming Dynasty, and the wild history is not seen, so the credibility is not very high.

However, as the head of a county, the "Baili Hou" in the mouth of the common people has no meat on the dinner table, which shows how hard life is.

Such a low level of income has also led to civil and military officials to find all kinds of excuses to increase their secret income, once Hongji decides to use this double-entry accounting method, then it may be the entire officialdom that will be pulled out.

Putting down the idea of a new bookkeeping method, Hongji asked Zhu Houwei, "What are you going to do after managing the income of the farm?" Zhu Houwei replied that "the current farm is based on tenants, and once there is a natural disaster such as drought and flood, it will be destroyed. The child is going to build a water conservancy, so that in the face of disasters, the damage will be reduced. There is also the fact that the farm is not only farming, but also raising fish, fruit trees, and livestock, so that the output of the farm will also be greatly increased, and the investment required in the early stage is very large, but Zhu Fu can fully support it. ”

Hongzhi continued to ask, "Since this is the case, then let it go, you can make your own decisions about this imperial village, by the way, you can also appoint the eunuch in charge of the village this time." Go down and rest, and you'll be busy in the future. "Yes, the boy is gone." The two bowed and slowly withdrew.

When he arrived at the gate of Kunning Palace, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help asking, "Is your method feasible?" Zhu Houwei replied, "If it doesn't work, I will know if I try it, and I will lose some money if it's a big deal." "Then who are you going to send to be the manager this time?"

Zhu Houwei thought for a while, "Just Gu Dayong next to you, it looks quite honest, besides, what do you want so many eunuchs to do?" ”

Zhu Houzhao smiled bitterly, "No way, this is the rule, and you will have it in the future." ”

"Then I won't want it in front of me anyway, I always have such an old eunuch around me, and I am very responsive. Go back to sleep, you're going to get busy from tomorrow, this Huangzhuang is mainly yours, don't think about being lazy"

Zhu Houzhao smiled lazily, "I'm responsible for taking my little sister, you go and do things, I'll support you if there's anything, haha." With that, he ran away.