When Eleven Lang came out, Zheng Yunming hugged him and was about to return to the side hall. Suddenly, I heard a big mess in the back garden. Zheng Yunming's heart moved, and the direction of the noise was the place where the banquet of the courtiers was placed.

When the dignitaries and dignitaries are having a good drink, the hospitality of the waiters and guards below cannot be neglected, and the ministers have a bearing in their chests and will not care because they are not satisfied with the eating of chopsticks and fish. But the little ghosts below are not necessarily.

The standard for entertaining these guards and envoys of the inner court was one cooked sheep for every fifty people, fifty steamed buns, fifty bottles of pure wine, and all kinds of snacks, strong tea and fruits. Served by the subordinates of the Zheng Mansion, a banquet was set up in the vast back garden of the place, and a drink was heartily served. At this time, it is a good time to drink and move the chopsticks, how can there be such a panicked shout?

Zheng Yunming easily stuffed Shiyi Lang into the arms of the servant who followed, and ordered: "Send Xiao Yanei back, and then quickly go to the hall to inform the master." ”

With that, he took off his robe sleeves and strode towards the back garden. If something happens at this time, it will probably be a major event that affects the entire political situation of the Great Song Dynasty!

When he was about to step into the backyard, Zheng Yunming almost collided with a servant holding a bucket. The man clearly saw that it was Young Master Yunming who had bumped into him, and he hurriedly bent down and bowed, confessing his guilt.

"Is there something wrong in the backyard?" Zheng Yunming patted him on the shoulder, signaling not to blame, and asked.

"Yes, it was the military masters who served the palace officials and the front division of the palace that caught fire at the banquet, burning several houses in the backyard, and everyone was busy fighting the fire."

"How could you be so careless?" Zheng Yunming frowned and complained, "Don't you know who the master is eating with in the hall now!" Hurrah the alarm, how can you stand the punishment? ”

The servant said in a low voice: "I can only tell my son about this matter: the fire just now was all because a military master was drunk and crazy, and he wanted to perform a double-hammer fire meteor in front of everyone, but a fire meteor that didn't play well knocked down the oil altar on one side." It burned immediately, and there was firewood for the barbecue nearby, so it was all made up by skill."

"Whatever the reason, it's a big deal if something like this happens!" Zheng Yunming instructed: "Hurry up and fetch water, don't alarm the officers and soldiers of the water line, then it will be a big trouble!" With that, he hurried into the backyard.

The backyard is now a mess, whether it is the envoys of the inner court wearing brocade clothes and embroidered satin, the guards of the imperial cong dragon horse or the personal guards of the horse infantry army in front of the palace, everyone is mixed together, some flee for their lives, some shout loudly, some help the servants of the Zheng Mansion to put out the fire, and some stand aside with wine bottles to watch the excitement.

The real anger is still the servants of the Zheng Mansion, the deputy chief servant Zheng Yijia is already sweating profusely, while arranging for the servants who rushed from the various courtyards to support the firefighting, on the other hand, they have to dissuade those envoys and military attaches who command loudly and indiscriminately, after all, the status of any of them is higher than that of the servants of the entire Zheng Mansion, and some people can even directly compare the class with the little master who has just been promoted.

But it has become a habit for these people to show off their power outside the court, how can a mere butler of the prime minister's mansion dissuade them? Seeing that the officials were in command, the servants were running around at a loss, the fire could not care about their disputes here, the flames had spread to the three houses near the courtyard, the courtyard was full of all kinds of exquisite ingredients, and what was even worse was that there was a large amount of dry and dry firewood piled up there, which was originally purchased from the fire shop in the city by the prime minister's family in order to cook the imperial banquet, if it was eaten by the fire, the whole fire would really be uncontrollable, even if the officers and soldiers of the water line fell from the sky at this time, I'm afraid it won't help.

The deputy head of Zheng Yijia stomped his feet, and was about to turn back immediately to report to the old man who was still in the hall to entertain the holy bow, when he turned his head and found that the third prince was already standing behind him at some point.

"Uncle Yi should panic, everything has me," Zheng Yunming took over the responsibility without hesitation, and then his voice rose an octave: "Don't panic, everyone!" I am Zheng Yunming, the third son of Zheng Xianggong, everything is at my disposal! ”

"It's too dangerous here, please ask the nobles in the palace and the generals of the palace to withdraw from the palace quickly, so as not to be burned and touched and hurt your life! Uncle Yi, you send two servants to watch the door, and don't let unrelated people in! ”

Zheng Yunming spoke as the son of the prime minister, and the effect was naturally very different, these Qiu Ba and the eunuchs were no longer lawless, and they would not take the Yanei of the dynasty as a product in their eyes, so they walked out of the palace one by one.

But the fire showed no sign of abating, and a few rays of fire rushed to the beams of the house, rushing to the cross-courtyard where a large amount of high-quality dry wood was piled up.

"Childe, how is this good?" Zheng Yijia was as anxious as ants in a hot pot scurrying around, and was suddenly pressed by Zheng Yunming on the shoulder: "Uncle Yi, it's too late to extinguish it with water, let's use it to extinguish the fire." ”

Zheng Yunming's hand refers to the neat and tidy large jars in the yard, there are several jars that have broken through the yellow mud seal, wafting out the aroma of wine through the bones, this is the Zheng family's own high-grade wine, in the Southern Song Dynasty, all the wealthy families must have their own brewed good wine to entertain guests, these wines generally do not flow into the market, so it does not violate the Southern Song Dynasty's liquor monopoly system. The Zheng family's good wine also has its own name, and its name is called Yingxin Spring. Today, in order to entertain the emperor and his colleagues in the court, Zheng Qingzhi specially prepared 200 altars of Yingxin Spring, all of which were piled up in the backyard and taken at will.

"But but, if you use it to extinguish the fire, what kind of entertainment will you use in the hall" Zheng Yijia never forgot the repeated instructions of the old minister, he must not neglect the banquet in the hall, and Hugh said that the emperor, even the lowest-ranking civil and military officials cannot be easily offended.

"Confused, if it burns and alarms the Holy Driver, how many jars of wine can save my father?" Zheng Yunming shouted: "Use it to extinguish the fire immediately, I'll take care of anything that goes wrong!" ”

Even if the servants of the Zheng family did not come to the hall in a hurry to report, the civil and military who were drinking happily could deduce from the smell of the mixture of scorched wood and fine wine wafting from the back hall that something must have happened. But was it a fire or a broken jar of wine? Zheng Qingzhi, who was in the master's seat, did not speak, and no one dared to ask easily.

After a while, a eunuch walked quickly to the emperor's approach and whispered a few words.

Zheng Qingzhi continued to drink with an expressionless face, of course, the one who could approach the emperor at will would not be a small role in the usual sense of being driven by people, it must be the imperial city envoy who was accompanied by the Son of Heaven and was responsible for supervising the duties. However, since the damage from the fire is controlled within an acceptable range, this small omission can still be forgiven for himself, the prime minister.

After listening to the secret report of the envoy of the Imperial City, the emperor asked with interest: "I just heard that it was Zheng Qing's son who commanded to extinguish a fire with wine in the backyard?" I don't know which of Zheng Qing's sons is Lu Dao? You can bring me to see me. ”

As soon as the command was given, Zheng Qingzhi immediately knelt down to accept the order, and immediately sent someone to the hall to summon Zheng Yunming to the court.

The second time he was naturally not as restrained as the previous time, and Zheng Yunming was able to sneak a look at the current day from the corner of his eye.

Duanping Tianzi, before ascending the throne, his name was called Zhao Yun, the ninth grandson of Emperor Taizu, because the former prince had a bad relationship with Shi Miyuan, the minister of power at that time, and was eliminated by Shi Miyuan. Only then did he support such a relative of the Zhao family, who could only fight with the deceased Emperor Ningzong, to become the emperor. The emperor endured it for so many years, and waited until Prime Minister Shi Cheng went to the underworld to meet Qin Xiangye, and there was naturally a little high spirits between his eyebrows, looking forward to doing a good job in the Great Song Dynasty where no one was restrained, and becoming a Ming Jun of Zhongxing National Fortune.

Anyone who wants to do a career, the most expected is to promote talents, especially those who are not pressed by fame and fortune, and have talents. The honest young man in front of him may be a good pillar to assist him in revitalizing the country in the future, the emperor thought so, and asked: "Zheng Yunming, why did you think of using wine to fight the fire?" ”

"The minister is stupid," Zheng Yunming, who is now famous, can also be generously called a minister under the ranks: "It is a method taught to ministers by the military attache of the predecessors of the dynasty." ”

"Oh?" The emperor asked with great interest: "Which minister in the court taught you the art of extinguishing fire?" ”

"It's not everyone in the hall, but a general in Shaoxing," Zheng Yunming was not in a hurry, and said slowly: "The minister once read the history books of the National Dynasty, and said that the general Wu Jue and Jin Wushu fought in Xianren Pass, and the Jin soldiers set fire to the Xianren Pass Tower, and it was too late to get water to save them in Xiaguan. Wu Jue poured all the wine he drank in the city and saved it, and finally extinguished the arson of the Jin soldiers and repelled the golden vultures, which was passed down as a good story at that time. The minister just picked up the wisdom of his predecessors, and it is really not worth mentioning His Majesty. ”

This humble attitude made the emperor very satisfied, he thought about it, and decided to test the young man's opinion of the current situation a little, so he said: "Today is a family banquet, don't use the rules of the court, let someone give a seat to Zheng Qing's family." ”

A eunuch next to him took a round stool and placed it at the bottom, and asked Zheng Yunming to get up and sit down.

There was a brief silence, and it was obvious that the Son of Heaven had not thought about what to say to the youngest minister present.

After another half an hour, the emperor asked, "There have been many disadvantages in the recent war with the northern Tatars. According to the envoy's report, the Tatars fought a lot of horses, and the front of the army should not be underestimated. How did the Qing family come to life? ”

"The minister thought" Zheng Yunming was shocked, he didn't expect that the emperor would give him this big topic for the first time, fortunately, he had been preparing for this topic for seven years, and it was better to flee to Australia as soon as possible It was the right way, but of course this could not be said: "The people of the tigers and wolves driven by the northern captives, because of the ingenuity of the Central Plains, can certainly be called the first major disaster in this dynasty for hundreds of years." With the tenacity and courage of a gold thief, he has been repeatedly broken by a small number of Mongolian elite horsemen, not to mention those untrained, disciplined and not very strict soldiers on the edge of the court? But although there are days for everything, things still need to be man-made. The minister thought that the situation in his own country was quite different from that of the Jin people. There are five differences. ”