In the Jingshi University, since Chongzhen sued the temple for the burning of the Fengyang Emperor's mausoleum, and after wearing the guilt and saving the guilt, it only took a few days to work hard, and the whole person lost a lot of weight, Queen Zhou looked really distressed, but her husband was very strong, she couldn't persuade at all, so she could only secretly tell Wang Chengen to think of a way to change the emperor's vegetarian diet, otherwise this person would continue like this, and if he couldn't wait for the liukou to calm down, the emperor's own body would collapse.

After receiving the instructions of the queen's mother, Wang Chengen discussed with the palm print of the Shang Shan Jian to mix chicken soup into the emperor's vegetarian meal and cook it with precious condiments, so that there would be meat in the vegetarian food, so that the emperor's body would not be weakened because he did not eat meat.

As a result, the taste of the chicken soup was not hidden from Chongzhen, and the young Son of Heaven knew that this was also the kindness of the slaves below, but he couldn't swallow the meal with the chicken soup anyway, and scolded Wang Chengen who came to deliver the meal with a cold face: "I fasted and lived in sorrow, and did not eat meat, in order to resolve the anger of the heavens and alleviate the resentment of the ancestors." You bastard dog, you have followed me in vain for many years, but you don't know my hardships, selling dog meat on a sheep's head, specializing in deception, luring me to break the vows, what is your intention! ”

Wang Chengen scolded him in disgrace, full of grievances but didn't know where to tell, dejectedly bypassed the high wall of the Wenhua Palace, and slowly walked back along the west road, but saw Tian Guifei coming down from the white stone bridge on her shoulder, and hurriedly stepped forward to say goodbye: "The old slave has seen the concubine!" ”

When Tian Guifei saw that it was Wang Chengen, she stopped her shoulders and asked, "How much did the emperor eat today?" ”

Wang Chengen shook his head and said: "I only drank half a bowl of white rice porridge, and the rest of the dishes were withdrawn." ”

As soon as she heard that her husband was still the same as a few days ago, and she didn't eat the meat cooked by the Shang Shan Supervisor, Tian Guifei suddenly frowned and said, "What did the emperor say?" ”

Wang Chengen said with a bitter face: "The emperor said that meat is a great disrespect to the ancestors and gods, and scolded the old slave. ”

"Yes, you deserve it! Knowing that the Emperor of the Dao is not easy to deceive, you still made these vegetarian meals with meat, aren't you begging for a beating! ”

"The old slave is dizzy, he can't think of a good way, he can't teach Banzai to be so hungry! Besides, the queen also has instructions, the old slave has to give it a try. After speaking, Wang Chengen sighed, seeing the emperor torturing himself like this, his old slave felt really uncomfortable.

Tian Guifei thought about it, her husband really couldn't go on like this, she had to think of a way, so she said to Wang Chengen: "I have a way, you might as well try it." ”

As soon as he heard that the concubine Niangniang had a way, Wang Chengen hurriedly said: "Niangniang made it clear." ”

Tian Guifei said angrily: "You guys! It's just that you don't use your brain, you don't know how to adapt and make new, you just keep a muddy sheep and you can't grow up? ”

"The mother admonishes me." Wang Chengen nodded repeatedly.

"You are too honest, you mix chicken soup in green vegetables so clearly, what kind of ability do you show? Even a three-year-old child can eat, can he pay a difference? It's okay if you want me to teach you, but you have to do something for this palace. ”

Wang Chengen has been practicing for a long time, and he couldn't hear the meaning of Tian Guifei's words, so he hurriedly said: "Niangniang's kindness, the old slave remembers it in his heart." If there is a place for the old slave to contribute, but by the mother's words. ”

Tian Guifei smiled and said: "You are the master of ceremonies, and you are the old man of the emperor's hidden house, I don't dare to work you easily, but Huan'er is the most prone to fire in spring and winter, and it is good to recuperate with fresh vegetables and fruits sometimes." ”

"Lord Ding is the heart of the Lord of Long Live Lord, and this matter is wrapped up in the slave maid." Wang Chengen thought it was a big deal, and when he heard that the prince wanted to eat some fresh fruits and vegetables, he immediately put his mind at ease.

Seeing that Wang Chengen agreed, Tian Guifei couldn't help laughing: "Okay, good!" In fact, the vegetarian meat made by the food supervisor is not unreasonable, but it does not cover the fishy smell. ”

"How can you hide the fishy smell? Unless there's not a bit of meat in sight. Wang Chengen was a little distressed.

Tian Guifei said: "This is not difficult. Remove the feathers of a raw goose, remove the liver sausage and other filth from the tail hole, then stuff the vegetables in, put them in a pot and boil over high heat, take out the vegetables immediately, and the taste of the goose meat will be immersed in the dishes. Don't wait for the dish to cool, wash it with wine, the fishy smell will be almost gone, and then cook it with sesame oil, this is the meat in the vegetarian food! ”

Hearing this method, Wang Chengen was overjoyed and said: "Thank you Niangniang for mentioning it, the old slave will call the Shangshan supervisor to prepare." ”

Tian Guifei said with a smile: "I have prepared the dishes tomorrow, and I will send them to the emperor." ”

In the early afternoon, Shoufu Wen Tiren led all the ministers to kneel and ask the emperor to return to the palace, Chongzhen was unmoved, and only ordered them to do their best. Seeing this, the ministers had no choice but to go back.

The sky was nearly late, the clouds were low, the frost and wind were terrible, several eunuchs came from afar with the palace lamp, the steward eunuch Ma Yuancheng and others shivered in the cold wind, and when the palace lamp was near, they saw that the person was actually Tian Guifei of Chengqian Palace, and hurriedly bowed.

Tian Guifei didn't wait for him to speak, so she said to the house: "Your Majesty, the concubine has made a few side dishes, please taste them." ”

Chongzhen's voice came from inside the house, "Come in, it's hard for you to have a heart." ”

After Tian Guifei entered the house, she saw that her husband's cheeks were getting thinner and haggard day by day, his eye sockets were collapsed, and his face was pale and dark.

Chongzhen didn't look at the dishes, but asked, "Is Huan'er good?" ”

"Okay! He clamored to come to see his father, and the concubines were afraid that he would be noisy, and the emperor would not be at ease. Tian Guifei replied as she laid out the dishes.

Chongzhen sighed lightly: "I usually work state affairs, flawlessly take care of a few children, and when the Quartet is too peaceful, I will take them down to the south of the Yangtze River, so that I can see the great rivers and mountains left by my ancestors." ”

"The concubine is also looking forward to that day, Jiangnan is the concubine's hometown! Your Majesty, this green vegetable was picked by the concubine herself, you can taste it. ”

Chongzhen heard that it was picked by Concubine Ai herself, and couldn't bear to brush her interest, so she picked up the chopsticks and put one in her mouth. Seeing this, Tian Guifei couldn't help but show a smile on her face.

"It tastes good!" After Chongzhen tasted it, this green vegetable really tasted good, and he immediately had an appetite, and he sandwiched a few chopsticks in a row, and he was full of praise.

Tian Guifei saw that Chongzhen was eating with great interest, so she didn't disturb him, but burned ambergris, set up the great sage's relict piano, tuned the strings and rhyme, and stroked it slightly, and the sad atmosphere immediately dispersed.

The sound of the piano is desolate and sad, lingering with compassion, like a poor and troubled wanderer, dusk and twilight, the countryside is difficult to find, and sorrow is mixed. is like a girl in the deep lock of spring, sad and sentimental.

Chongzhen listened to it and forgot his feelings, and when the tune was played for a long time, there was still a vague sound of wind and rain in his ears, and he chanted in his mouth: "The road is long, and I will go up and down and seek." At the beginning, it was depressed, and then it was bold, which made people feel refreshed, and it was worthy of the name of composing a wonderful song. You're a piano! ”

"The concubines should not admonish the words, as long as the emperor works hard to add meals, the Ming Dynasty will be prosperous, and the ancestors and ancestors will also turn their anger into joy, regardless of temporary gains and losses."

After hearing this, Chongzhen nodded, and then gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "I will use the head of the thief to sacrifice to the Taimiao!" He put down the jade chopstick, got up and paced and wandered, and couldn't help but be ruthless in his heart: If you don't wash this humiliation, you will never return to the palace in this life!

Shaanxi, Xi'an.

Sun Chuanting, who succeeded Lian Guoshi as the new governor of Shaanxi, did not wait for Xi'an officials to greet him outside the city, and rode into the governor's yamen alone, activated the seal sealed by the outgoing governor Lian Guoshi, and immediately posted a notice: Lord Futai has an accidental cold wind on the road, and all officials who come to see him are all lacking, and he will sit in the court for business three days later.

After issuing the notice, Sun Chuanting immediately ordered people to send maps and books of Shaanxi and its surrounding provinces and governments to the inner signing room, and made a huge sand table by hand, and the terrain such as the Sanqin mountains and rivers passes was clear at a glance and clear.

As soon as the three days arrived, the big and small officials rushed to the governor's yamen early in the morning, waiting to pay homage to the new Futai, and after the day, a government official came out and said that the adult's illness had not healed, and the period of visiting the shrine was delayed.

Sun Chuanting was staring at the sand table in a daze in the yamen, and suddenly heard the guard outside the door report: "Master Li is here to visit the master's condition." ”

Master Lee?

Sun Chuanting was wondering which Master Li was, but he heard someone outside the door calling out his words and saying, "Brother Baiya, do you have time to meet you?" ”

"Ahh It turned out that Brother Li had arrived, and the younger brother was thinking about visiting the door, but he waited for the big driver! Please, please, please! ”

Sun Chuanting hurriedly stepped forward, affectionately grabbed the arm of Li Bingchang, the outgoing political envoy of Shaanxi, who was implicated in the matter of practicing state affairs, humbly sat down, and said: "I just arrived in Xi'an, my eyes are dark, everything has not been taken by surprise, I am busy all day long, and I have not had a moment of leisure. You and I have a friendship of the same year, and the foolish brother should go to see him, but the emperor's order is in his body, and he can't abolish the public for personal reasons. Besides, before the settlement, you and I have a lot to do with each other, and I am deeply afraid of tarnishing Brother Li's reputation. ”

Li Bingchang is thin and slight, covered with a green robe, with a smile on his face, but he can't hide the faint anxious and frustrated color between his eyebrows, listening to Sun Chuanting said sleekly, a little coy, his heart is on fire, he and Sun Chuanting are the same list of Jinshi in Wanli for forty-seven years, both in the top three, Sun Chuanting ranks forty-one, forty-two places higher than him, and has known each other for more than ten years, but on weekdays, they live in one place, there are not many contacts, and they can't talk about any friendship. felt that the hero was short of breath, and he couldn't be strong, so he smiled dryly: "Brother Baiya is polite, and he should be a young brother in public and private." ”

Sun Chuanting didn't think about what he meant for a while, poured a glass of wine, handed it over, and said, "Eat a cup of rice wine from my foolish brother's hometown." ”

Li Bingchang said with a smile: "The ancients said that guests came to tea and wine on cold nights, and Brother Nian used it in the opposite way, which shows that the relationship is very good!" If the younger brother has any reluctant request, presumably the younger brother will bother to be thoughtful. ”

"You and I both contribute to the court, how can you be reluctant?"

Li Bingchang ignored it, sniffed the cup, and praised: "Good wine!" Jin Bo is intoxicated with Yanmen Prefecture, this wine is golden in color and mellow in smell, which is not comparable to Jiangnan rice wine! ”

"Jin Bo is drunk in Yanmen Prefecture, and there is a June and autumn in the world", which is the poem of Zhao Bingwen, the secretary of the Jin Dynasty Famous Scholar and Rite Department, praised Daizhou rice wine, Li Bingchang's hometown is far away in Bashu, and he has been an official in the north for many years, and he also knows a lot of customs.

"Brother Nian is so erudite!" Sun Chuanting pointed out: "This Beiqi rice wine is made of millet rice, although it is not as famous as the Huadiao Zhujiu brewed with Jianhu water, but it is just like the simplicity of the foolish brother to treat the deceased. ”

Li Bingchang got up and shook it to the ground, and said: "Baiya called out the old man, and did not abandon the slack as a waste member, I will make it clear if I have something to say." ”

"If you have any orders, please tell me directly."

"Let me go!" Li Bingchang said word by word, and his tone was very urgent.

"How did my brother stop it?"

"Good! I also have a matter of begging, borrowing thirty or fifty soldiers to escort me into Sichuan. ”

Sun Chuanting was surprised: "Brother Nian is not a corrupt official, and the cage is not heavy, why do you need so many people to escort him?" ”

"I have been in the sea all my life, and I am confident that I have not done anything harmful, and I am not afraid of thieves who kill people and oversell goods."

"What was my brother afraid of that year?"

"You know it in your heart."

"What do you mean by that?"

"You don't have to hide it from me, you must have already received an urgent document from Hong Junmen, Liukou Gao Yingxiang took Tongguan and entered Shaanxi, I am leaving office now, and I don't have to live and die with Xi'an City."

"You're in a hurry to leave, so that's what you're doing?" Sun Chuanting couldn't help but touch the paperwork in his sleeve, he was worried that the news would leak out, the soldiers and civilians in the city would be panicked, and the situation could not be controlled.

"Not bad."

Sun Chuanting asked straight to the point: "When is Brother Nian going to leave for his hometown?" ”

"The sooner the better."

"I'm afraid the delivery is not so easy!" Sun Chuanting's face sank, and his eyes were fixed on Li Bingchang.

"I didn't be greedy for ink, I didn't bribe my boss, those official documents and books were sealed in the duty room, just ask a few masters to clean up and hand them over, I don't have to delay here, go back to my hometown and wait first, if you find any clues, you can go to the excerpt to participate, I am willing to accept the guilt, and I will never deny it!"

"What's the use of having clear accounts? I want to have the money I need. Liukou is fierce, if you take Tongguan, Xi'an will have no danger to rely on, will bear the brunt, but Shaanxi soldiers and horses have been brought into Henan by Hongjunmen, only less than 5,000 left, how to defend the city? I plan to recruit the people to build an earthen city wall outside the city, and only set up four city gates: East Changle, Xi'an Ding, South Yongning, and North Anyuan. Each gate is built with three gatehouses: the gate tower, the arrow tower, and the main building. The gate tower is outside, the arrow tower is in the middle, the main building is inside, and a wall is built between the arrow tower and the main building to think that the urn city is built, and a wide moat is dug deep outside the city. For such a big project, how can the tens of thousands of taels of silver in the treasury be enough? ”

"That's your business, I can't control it, Shaanxi has a bad harvest year after year, these tens of thousands of taels of silver are still the emperor's gifts, don't dare to use them, otherwise the treasury would have been empty."

Sun Chuanting couldn't scare him when he saw it, so he changed his face to a smile and said, "Oops! Brother Nian returned to his heart like an arrow, and sent dozens of soldiers to escort him, which was also a trivial matter, just stretching out his hand. But you and I are in love in the same year, and we have to have a drink to say goodbye to the bar! But you have also seen that the military situation is urgent, and I am afraid that I can't take care of it for a while! ”

"This cup is a send-off." Li Bingchang raised his head and drank it all.

"That's snubbing." Sun Chuanting poured another cup and said: "Brother Nian just showed two things, and the foolish brother also asked for something, and he hoped for kindness." ”

"Shouldn't you teach me to donate money?" Li Bingchang looked at Sun Chuanting indifferently.

"How could it be! Those silver were all the money of the imperial court, and no one dared to touch it. How can a foolish brother be a man with only two eyes on silver? I want to invite my brother to stay for a few days. ”

Li Bingchang stood up in a hurry, patted the armrest and said sharply, "What do you mean by this?" Do you want to pull a cushion? ”

"Haha......" Sun Chuanting laughed, gritted his teeth and said: "Don't look down on us, others are afraid of rogues, but we are not afraid!" I keep you for the time being, so that I am a thief. If the thieves want to invade Xi'an, they must cross the Qinling Mountains. There are five main roads from east to west when the Qinling Mountains enter Hanzhong: Wuguan Road, Bao Slope Road, Fu Luo Road, Meridian Road, and Sanguan Road. The thieves are afraid that the officials and soldiers will chase after them, so they will not take the Wuguan Road. It would take hundreds of miles more to walk the Sanguan Road, and they would not take this road. The Praise Slope Road and the Meridian Road have been in disrepair for many years and have long been abandoned, and they only have to go to Fu Luo Road. I ambush here, and the thief will take it. ”

Li Bingchang bowed and said: "Thank you for your kindness, this place enters the Sichuan, and the mountains are blocked, but I can't help the wild goose to pass on the book, and I am waiting for the good news at home." ”

"You have to go?"

"There is no intention of lingering."

"You're going to mess with my people?"

"I can't take care of it anymore."

"Someone!" Sun Chuanting smiled and shouted: "I have given you enough face, but you insist on going your own way, no wonder I am ruthless." Take good care of Lord Li, don't be wronged. Then he went to his house to find some valuable objects to confiscate and help the army, and said that Lord Gan donated money to defend the city. ”

"You ......" Li Bingchang looked at the few martial artists who came in, and trembled with anger.

In February of the eighth year of Chongzhen, Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi, ordered Xi'an officials and gentry to donate silver and salaries, and counted 170,000 taels of silver

This chapter is the content of the later story.,But in order to dilute the content of the previous chapters about the return.,So it's changed to the front.,It's a last resort.。