Chapter 754: Vegetarian
The monarchs and ministers counted back and forth around the sweet potato, and the weak sweet potato hid in the ground and shivered.
Fortunately, Li Zhi's brain is still very clear most of the time, and he can distinguish the importance no matter how greedy his mouth is.
"Don't hit it! Especially you, you come to the fields every day, and I'm really worried...... I will command the guards to search your body when you leave the sweet potato field." Li Zhi said solemnly.
"Your Majesty thinks of the minister, how can the minister dare to ...... for the sake of mere appetite But seriously, sweet potatoes taste the best when baked, they are charred on the outside and tender on the inside, and the sugar inside flows out like honey......
Li Zhi was shocked again, swallowed a mouthful of saliva fiercely, and tried to restrain himself: "Then, that's not allowed to be eaten!" Don't say that it is not ripe yet, even if it is harvested, it is not allowed to move any of it, and it will be kept for seeding, and after three or two years, at least Weinan County will be popularized, and we can taste it."
Li Qinzai praised: "Your Majesty is very human, and with this firm willpower, you deserve to be the Son of Heaven."
Li Zhi's face suddenly turned upset, and he was a little ashamed, but he couldn't help but eat a bite of sweet potato, and it was actually related to willpower.
"Let's go, don't squat in the ground and watch, if you look at it any longer, I'm afraid I'll make a big mistake!" Li Zhi picked up Li Qinzai and walked out.
Walking out of the sweet potato field, Junchen slowly walked towards the Li family's courtyard.
On the way, both of them tacitly did not mention the conflict at the Shuowang court, as if they had forgotten the unpleasant experience at the same time.
"I heard that you beat Wu Yuanshuang yesterday?" Li Zhi asked with a smile.
Li Qinzai also smiled: "Yes, Wu Yuanshuang is cheap, and the minister is too lazy to quarrel with him, so he has to do it, fortunately, the minister brought a lot of parts that night."
Li Zhi snorted and said, "Wu Yuanshuang was carried into the Taiji Palace the next day and ran to me and the Empress to sue you."
Li Qinzai blinked: "The minister believes that His Majesty is discerning, and he will not easily believe the instigation and slander of the female cadre."
"Haha, that's right, it's not the first person to sue who is justified, you have to find out later. After the incident, I ordered the Hundred Cavalry Division to investigate, and it turned out that it was Wu Yuanshuang who spoke disrespectfully and insulted Jing Chu's family and children, and it was reasonable for Jing Chu to beat him."
Li Qinzai said tentatively: "The minister beat His Majesty's eldest brother, and His Majesty is not angry?"
Speaking of the word "eldest brother", Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, no one had ever used this kind of people's name in front of him, which was a bit novel for a while.
Immediately, Li Zhi suddenly shivered, and a disgusted expression appeared on his face.
"Jing Chu Mo Hu said, what 'uncle', I am me, the queen is the queen, Wu Yuanshuang is Wu Yuanshuang, that kind of goods that tend to be inflammatory, how can they enter my eyes? It was just a matter of etiquette to seal him in the first place, otherwise, I would have been able to look down on such a person?"
Li Qinzai also showed an empathetic expression and kept nodding.
It seems that the Heavenly Family is no different from ordinary people, everyone has an uncle who doesn't like the eye.
But to tell the truth, although Li Qinzai's eldest brother doesn't like each other, Cui Sheng is still much stronger than Wu Yuanshuang in terms of character and talent.
Li Zhi dislikes Wu Yuanshuang so unscrupulously, of course, it is not because of low emotional intelligence, it is really because ...... Empress Wu disliked her two brothers so much, and Li Zhi, as a brother-in-law, of course, had no scruples.
The character is bad, don't say that the future of the official, in front of the Son of Heaven, he can't even get the minimum dignity.
Stepping into the door of the other courtyard, the subordinates saw the arrival of the Son of Heaven, and immediately put down the work in their hands and bowed down one after another.
Li Zhi waved his hand very casually, and then said with a smile: "Long future Ganjingzhuang, what delicious food did Jing Chu prepare for me today?"
Li Qinzai said: "Your Majesty rest assured, the ministers will let Your Majesty eat satisfactorily, and you will not be happy."
Li Zhi was overjoyed, rubbed his hands and smiled, "Then I will wait."
Then Li Zhi suddenly remembered something, turned around and ordered the palace people who followed him to bring the gift in.
Then Li Qinzai was pleasantly surprised to find that a load of gifts from the inner treasury of the palace was carried into the door by the guards, although it was inconvenient to open and inspect the goods on the spot, but the palace produced must be a fine product, obviously this pile of gifts is worth a lot.
"Your Majesty, how can you ...... the minister" Li Qinzai was so moved that he was incoherent.
"Of course you are immoral and incompetent, and the gift is for your wife." Li Zhi said unceremoniously: "I heard that Mrs. Zun is pregnant, and her sister-in-law will come out, the joy of the family is also the joy of my Tang Sheji, I believe that Jing Chu will cultivate a pillar of talent with both ability and political integrity for me."
"This gift was personally selected by me, and it can be regarded as a congratulatory gift. Seriously, these things are worth a lot of money, and it's a bit crazy to say "trivial", but it's a little mean."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, the Minister understands what Your Majesty means, it is not as simple as the meaning, it must contain other meanings......
Li Zhi kept blinking, and before he could sort out the meaning of this pile of "meanings", Li Qinzai said again: "Your Majesty, please wait a moment, the minister will cook in person, and he will serve His Majesty a delicious meal."
Li Zhixi said, "Go quickly, I will wait."
Not long after, the maids in the house lined up to deliver the delicacies into the hall.
Then Li Qinzai also came in and sat opposite Li Zhi.
Untied the food lid, Li Zhi picked up the bamboo chopsticks with surprise on his face and prepared to start, and then his movements suddenly froze, and the smile on his face stiffened.
There is a lot of food and portions, but the table is full of unsightly dishes.
Persian cuisine, boiled lotus cabbage, cold salad coriander, cold salad with wild vegetable root......
Li Zhi was stunned for a long time, and did not give up to pick up the bottom of the vegetable leaves with a bamboo chopstick, trying to find traces of meat, but he was disappointed in the end, there was really no meat at all.
Putting down the bamboo chopstick, Li Zhi sighed, "Jing Chu, what does this mean? Did I come to your house as a monk?"
Li Qinzai showed a look of guilt, lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty forgives me, just now the people in the palace reminded that it has been the Qingming Festival recently, and it is the time to pay tribute to the ancestors, in order to show sincerity, the whole family must eat vegetarian food for half a month, otherwise it will tarnish the admiration of future generations for the ancestors."
Li Zhi's cheeks twitched fiercely.
It's right to pay tribute to our ancestors, and it's true that it's been the Qingming Festival recently, and it's even more true, but I always feel that you are deliberately targeting me, but unfortunately there is no evidence......
Then Li Qinzai smiled again: "Your Majesty, don't worry, although the food is not good, at least there is still wine to drink."
Li Zhi glanced at him, "Isn't drinking a vegetarian vow?"
"It's vegetarian sake."
Li Zhi sighed in despair.
Vegetarian wine, of course, is also wine, it is not made from grain, but from fruits, such as the famous grape wine, which is technically considered vegetarian wine.
There are no taboos in this world, and even monks can drink it.
Tang Seng in Journey to the West also drank vegetarian wine, such as when Tang Taizong saw him off, for example, when he was eye-to-eye with his daughter King, he drank vegetarian wine.
Unfortunately, more than 1,000 years later, the meaning of vegetarian wine and meat wine has been completely distorted.
A thousand years later, vegetarian wine is the meaning of the Luohan Bureau, and meat wine, well, there are few spiritual little girls in the box who play dice cups, and there is no princess who helps you pour wine and order songs, is it embarrassing to call it meat wine?