Chapter 11: Never Knowing the Face of a King (5)

Song Hongye is a smart man.

If you can work in a place like the Five Cities Terracotta Division for twenty years, an idiot will become a smart person.

Song Hongye had a flash of inspiration in his head, and suddenly realized the intention of the prince to be unworthy of the official position. This is because there is no one around the prince! He secretly looked at the entourage around the prince, a pampered nobleman, a few eunuchs, and an eight-foot-tall martial artist.

Sure enough, there were no scribes!

The prince is building a team from scratch!

Song Hongye was happy in his heart, and said loudly: "I am willing to serve His Royal Highness the Crown Prince with the capital of a horse, and I will never give up!" ”

Zhu Cihong was a little surprised, this was the first time he had seen someone so excited because he had become an official of the East Palace. Every time he saw the lecturers in Zhan Shifu, he felt lifeless and unappointable. It's rare to see such a vigorous person. This move alone made Zhu Cihong almost blurt out an official body.

It's good that it's just a little bit close.

"Song Hongye," Zhu Cihong said, "do something for me, don't be afraid of making mistakes, just three words." ”

"Humble duty and listen to the prince's order!"

"Lazy, greedy, mediocre." Zhu Cihong raised his voice, and at the same time he listened to the old men of the East Palace behind him, he said: "Afraid of difficulties, afraid of hard work, such lazy people, I will never let them have a vegetarian meal." If you dare to take it without telling me, it will fall into my hands, and it will be light to peel and fill the grass! As for mediocrity, if he can't do things, what is the use of me keeping him? What is the use of the state raising him? ”

"Humble duty understands!" Song Hongye replied loudly, thought about it and said: "Although he is a scribe, he also went to the wall to fire cannons when he changed, and he also used to slash thieves. ”

Zhu Cihong chuckled when he heard this: "You are not mediocre. He turned his head and said, "Tian Cunshan, have you found the one who wrote "Records in the Middle"?" ”

Tian Cunshan's heart tightened, and he felt like he was digging a grave for himself. He didn't dare to say that he didn't go all out to find it, but said: "Your Highness, the slave maid inquired about Liu Ruoyu, who wrote the "Chronicles of the Middle", entered the palace when Wanli was in the palace, and was ruled to be against the party when he was convicted of the rebellion, and was imprisoned until the fourteenth year of Chongzhen. ”

"He already has a confession in his book, and I know all of that." Zhu Cihong raised his eyebrows: "But what I ordered, you can be lazy and not do it!" ”

"The slave is guilty!" Tian Cunshan immediately knelt on the ground, and said secretly in his heart: The prince will not want to kill chickens and monkeys and give the newcomer Song Hongye a dismount, right? How could I be so unlucky!

"Arrange for him to be in the right place tonight." Zhu Cihongyun said lightly, and then continued to walk forward.

Song Hongye was shocked to sweat, and said secretly: This prince is really unpredictable, it seems that he will either soar in the future, or he will be crushed!

"Song Hongye," Zhu Cihong walked in front and suddenly shouted, "Do you have a table?" ”

"Don't dare to insult the cheap words." Song Hongye hurriedly followed, bowing down and taking a step behind.

"Say."

"Humble and lowly Zhenhua." Song Hongye said.

"Aspiring." Zhu Cihong praised casually, and then asked: "weishenme, I see that many merchants have a basin of water on the counter?" Is it for hand cleansing? "If people in this era already know that washing hands frequently can prevent the plague, then this epidemic prevention work will be much easier.

"Back to Your Highness, this is for checking money." Song Hongye said.

"Checking money? How to test? Zhu Cihong knew that copper coins were officially minted and privately minted, and silver also had a difference in fineness, but it was the first time he had heard of it when he used water to test money.

"There's an allusion to this." Song Hongye was willing to give up the opportunity to deepen his impression in front of the prince, but he didn't dare to be too much Meng Lang, so he immediately stopped looking at the prince's face.

"Say."

"Obey," Song Hongye cleared his throat, "It was the twenty-fourth year of Wanli, when the Gao Gong Company was in charge of the Wenmen, and he dreamed that a god man said to him: 'Tomorrow, there will be ghosts and two cars entering this gate, and they will not accept it'." Gao Gonggong was deeply surprised, and personally sat in Gaomen that day and ordered all cars not to enter the city.

When it was noon, he thought that the ghost would not come out at this time, so he went to eat. After a while, I heard the sound of a car passing through the door, and hurriedly asked left and right. The left and right began to say, 'absolutely not', and only after being whipped by Gao Gonggong did he confess: 'Someone gave a silver ingot to cross the border privately, and the villain couldn't donate a few dollars if he wanted to, but now he took five taels, which is a good deal'. Gao Gonggong said, 'This must be a ghost.'" Then he ordered Dasuo, but he couldn't find it. Then he took the silver and put it in the water, and immediately it floated, and it turned out to be folded paper. Nowadays, the epidemic in Beijing is said to be a hundred ghosts every day, looking for a substitute for death, so merchants put water basins on the cabinet to distinguish people and ghosts. ”

Zhu Cihong was silent after hearing this.

Song Hongye saw that the young prince was so deep, for fear that he had committed some taboo in this story, and his heart was uneasy, like playing a drum.

After walking for a while, Zhu Cihong said: "Your allusion is really subtle. There is the rule of officials, there is education, and there is the will of the people. You must know that the epidemic prevention is not very difficult now, but because the officials refuse to obey my orders, and the people don't know my lesson plan, what can you do? ”

Song Hongye just turned in his mind, and thought about it along the idea of "testing money with water", recalled the prince's reaction just now, and said: "Your Highness, the people are ignorant and believe in ghosts and gods, so you might as well use the name of ghosts and gods to spread the prince's teachings." ”

Zhu Cihong was noncommittal.

"Also," Song Hongye saw that the prince was not very satisfied, and hurriedly added, "You can let the people in each fang, organize the people, and act with your heart, this does not need to be done by the government, as long as you send two officials, you can explain it." ”

"The ghost and god thing before was thaumaturgy." Only then did Zhu Cihong speak, "Ordering Lijia to explain the reason and let the people obey it, this is the right way." I am a dignified prince, how can I give up my righteousness and use strangeness? ”

"It's a humble position with shallow knowledge and improper thinking, please forgive your highness." Song Hongye heard the sound of the strings and knew the meaning of elegance, and secretly said in his heart: The prince's words are clearly saying that he can't use strangeness, and he should do it with the people below. Yes, I'm an unruly official, who should do this if I shouldn't do it?

Thinking that he was so useful to the crown prince, Song Hongye unconsciously felt a little proud.

The people walked around the city for a long time, and before they knew it, they came to the front gate. Look at the time, it was already close to noon, Zhu Cihong and the others came out early, and they didn't dare to eat those street omnivores along the way, and at this time they were also hungry and their legs and feet were sore.

Zhu Cihong pointed to the signboard of a two-story building on the side of the road: "This house looks quite clean, and there is a sedan chair parked at the door, you can use some." ”

Tian Cunshan was about to go over to clean up, but he heard Song Hongye say: "Your Highness, that is the palanquin of Li Banghua, the left capital of the Imperial Palace." ”

"Oh? Coincidentally, I wanted to meet him. Zhu Cihong smiled: "This is fate, let's go eat and drink casually first, and then let him come over." ”

Tian Cunshan bowed down and continued to run towards the store. As soon as he entered the store, he first grabbed the shopkeeper's, revealing the waist card in the palace.

When the shopkeeper saw that it was an ivory brand, he knew that he was a big eunuch, so he didn't dare to disobey in the slightest, so he let Tian Cunshan inspect the kitchen, supervise the cleaning, and boil the hot water to scald the pot and cook the dishes.

"Shopkeeper," Xiao Er said mysteriously as he came in from the door, "Looks like a nobleman." ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly straightened his clothes, went out to greet him, and saw that the leader was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old young nobleman, with a solemn expression, and a group of people behind him were in awe of him, not only did not dare to go beyond half a step, but even ordinary jokes were not seen. It can't be the king of the county, right?

The people of Beijing are no strangers to the affairs of the heavenly family. For example, today there are only the crown prince and the two kings of Yong and Ding, and they have not left the palace. Jingzhong has never heard of the king of the foreign domain, but if it is said that it is the general of the town and the auxiliary country, where does it come from such a great prestige?

"The shopkeeper wants a private room." Zhu Cihong had already greeted him with a smile, and pointed to Li Banghua's sedan chair: "It's better to sit next to them." ”

"Yes, yes," the shopkeeper hurriedly laughed, "Please come in, please raise your feet, and go upstairs slowly." He shouted again, "Hurry up and clean up the Purple Cloud Pavilion!" Be clean and not a little dusty! ”

The guys in the store didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly went up to clean up.

Zhou Jing made a look, and the guards of the East Palace hurriedly followed, probing the inside and outside of the Ziyun Pavilion clearly, so as not to let any thieves ambush.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Cihong secretly said in his heart: How did the protagonists of those novels pretend to be pigs and eat tigers? With such a big battle, even if it was really a pig, the tiger would not dare to come up.

After the top was cleaned up, Zhu Cihong moved upstairs, and saw that next to Ziyun Pavilion was Furong Pavilion, and there happened to be a servant in a green coat and a small hat coming out of it, looking at him nervously, so he generously gave a smile and pushed the door into his private room.

According to the custom at that time, many distinguished guests served drinks and snacks first, and only after they had finished talking about business did they pass the food to the feast. Although the Hibiscus Pavilion came early, the ingredients were still being prepared in the kitchen. Zhu Cihong was in a hurry to eat, and Tian Cunshan didn't need to be coerced, so the chef first prepared the ingredients for Haode and made it tightly in Ziyun Pavilion.

Zhu Cihong ate delicacies from the mountains and seas in the palace, and when he first ate the "delicacies" outside, he only felt that in terms of color and fragrance, only the taste could only be swallowed, and the other color and fragrance could not be seen at all. As soon as this thought germinated, an alertness flashed in his heart: It is said that it is difficult to live frugally from luxury, and if I lead the troops to fight and recover the land in the future, I am afraid that I will not be able to eat such a meal!

Tian Cunshan saw that the prince had eaten more than in the palace, and a stone in his heart finally landed. Before he had time to rejoice, he heard a high-pitched voice from the private room next door:

"Isn't that nonsense! Prince...... After all, he is a child, how can he predict military affairs! ”

The air condensed in the Purple Cloud Pavilion, and everyone turned into stone in an instant.

Cursing behind your back is nothing, but this kind of situation is ......

"Huh." Zhu Cihong put down his chopsticks and smiled before speaking, which made Tian Cunshan even more creepy.

"I know this voice," Zhu Cihong leaned back, "It's Zuo Zhongyun Li Mingrui." It seems that he and Xianchen haven't eaten yet, so it is better to invite some to use together. ”

One of the Han generals on the left and right of the guards stepped out and came out.

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