Chapter 178 Cenko

The general of the imperial court went on an expedition, and if His Majesty the Emperor wanted to see him off, the Ming Dynasty had a set of extremely cumbersome procedures.

After listening to Wang Chengen and the report of the Ministry of Rites, Zhu Youzhen felt that he had neither patience nor time.

So, after Qin Liangyu received the documents from the Ministry of War for the second time, and then went to the Ministry of War to change his military talisman and Yin documents, he officially came to meet Zhu Youzhen. Zhu Youzhen did not choose to stay in the pachinko room this time, but returned to the Wuying Hall in the Forbidden City.

On this day, the wind and snow became even more violent, and the entire Forbidden City turned into a white expanse except for the yellow glazed tiles on the roof of the main hall and the long red palace wall. After the audience process was completed, Zhu Youzhen personally sent Qin Liangyu, who was dressed in military uniform, out of the main hall. He did not stop, but continued to send down the long steps despite Qin Liangyu's repeated refusals.

In the square below the steps, a carriage and a dozen horses gathered.

Standing in the wind and snow were Empress Yi'an, who was also wearing a military uniform, Minglan who had restored her identity as Jinyiwei, and more than a dozen students who had just been transferred from the administrative school, and more than a dozen craftsmen from military factories.

"Let's go! I have given you special permission to ride horses in the palace today. The beacon fire in the west is urgent, so don't let the soldiers at the border pass be anxious. ”

What should be said has been explained in advance, and what should be done has been arranged as much as possible, and the rest can only be left to God. Except for Empress Yi'an, the rest of the people all turned over and stepped on the stone slabs in the square, and the air currents formed rolled up more snowflakes.

Outside the palace, there were still three or four hundred secret guards waiting to join them. Outside the city, there were 3,000 soldiers and more than 5,000 auxiliaries waiting to join them. Subsequently, the only reorganized force that Zhu Youzhen can now get his hands on will pass through Beizhili along the ancient road, along Yizhou and Yunzhou, and go straight to Datong Mansion in Shanxi.

Everyone walked away, and Zhu Youzhen was still standing outside the main hall, looking blankly into the distance, and suddenly, he felt that the snow had stopped. Only then did I find out that it was Wang Chengen who laboriously cushioned his feet, holding an umbrella and trying his best to shield himself from the wind and snow.

"Put it away, I'm not a mud doll, this snow can't kill your master."

As he spoke, he walked briskly up the steps. As soon as the emperor moved, many eunuchs also hurriedly moved. Wang Chengen also hurriedly threw the umbrella to the little eunuch next to him, and followed Zhu Youzhen in small steps tightly. Who knew that as soon as his feet slipped, he was about to fall, but he was helped by Zhu Youzhen.

"Otomo be careful."

Wang Chengen's heart warmed, and tears were about to come out. Zhu Youzhen didn't pay attention to his careful thoughts, and he didn't enter the hall, just standing in the white jade trunk outside the hall. Shaking his head, he shook out the sadness, regret and untimely thoughts that should not be in his heart, and said loudly.

"Xueda, don't run around, call a little eunuch to summon Han Shoufu over, pass the decree, and allow Han Shoufu to walk in a carriage in the palace."

The new cabinet is much larger than the original cabinet, and the little yellow door Cai Ying is also here for the first time, he cautiously asked Shousuke's room, and then walked down the corridor. When I was about to arrive, I saw a large group of people standing outside the door of Shousuke's official office, some were sitting and some were standing, all of them should be queuing up for Shousuke to receive them.

At this time, the door was pushed open, and Han Ying should be seeing off guests, standing next to him was a farmer dressed in a short dress and wearing a hat.

"Qianyi's experience of coming back from the northwest this time is placed here by the old man, and the old man will make a special trip to the emperor tomorrow. Don't worry, your old man has read it, and I won't tell you that I have a lot of benefits. It seems that the old man will also go to the northwest for a walk if he has time. ”

Qian Qianyi was still the head of the team in the Qinglou when he left, and when he came back, it was not too much to say that he was a farmer in the field.

"It's also strange for students to miss the food at Sihai Restaurant every day when they are in the northwest. As a result, I returned to Beijing, and my classmates had a treat yesterday, and the meal I dreamed of was not as good as the yellow bun I brought back. ”

"Read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles, and the master will not deceive me." With that, Qian Qian shook himself to the ground, turned around and left.

The officials who were waiting around were like ducks pinched by the neck, quacking around Han Ying. Xiao Huangmen hesitated, but was seen by Han Ying. Dressed in purple with a white collar, it looks like it came from the palace.

Han Ying pressed his hand and motioned for everyone to be quiet, and then asked towards the lower yellow door.

"But what's going on in the palace?"

Cai Ying hurriedly stepped forward, bowed slightly behind him and said, "Minister-in-law Cai Ying was instructed to summon Han Shoufu into the Wuying Palace. ”

With that, he bowed and stood at his side.

Han Ying was not very anxious, but patiently said to everyone:

"Everyone, everyone. Let's wait for a trip in vain today. The emperor summoned the old man into the palace, our affairs, everyone has an excerpt and the document is placed in the scrivener's place, if there is a need to discuss, you can leave a name and time in Lao Li, and I will take time to go back. As for the people in the cabinet, we'll see you here after dinner. "Anyway, with the supreme of the first assistant, he still made a group.

Only then did he say to Cai Ying: "Father-in-law, wait a minute, I'll go add clothes and arrange for a car." ”

Cai Ying didn't expect Shoufu to be so approachable, and said with a smile: "Shoufu is self-convenient." The snow is slippery, and the emperor has specially told you to take a carriage into the palace, and the carriage has already arrived and is waiting outside the cabinet gate. ”

"Then thank you, Your Majesty, there is Grandpa Lao waiting for you."

Han Ying didn't waste much time, just returned to the official office room, and selected some of the notes that the emperor expected to ask. Still not at ease, he turned his head and asked the clerk on the side.

"Is there a new Northwest War Report and Bulletin Excerpt today?"

The clerk flipped through the pages before replying.

"Xiang Ye said that the Northwest War Report and Twists will not be pressed, and it will be dealt with as soon as possible. There are no new excerpts or letters. ”

"Hmm."

Han Ying nodded, and under the service of his old butler, he put on a fur cloak that reached the head of the hood, and followed Cai Ying towards the door of the cabinet.

The road was slippery, and the sky was gloomy and full of snow, and Cai Ying walked very slowly, a step or two ahead. Han Ying asked casually as she walked.

"My father-in-law looked at Miansheng, as if he hadn't seen much before."

"Looking back at Fu's words, the little one has only been in the palace for three months, and now he is running an errand under the prince. Today's snow is heavy, and the emperor is afraid that the prince will be too old to walk, so he ordered the little one to come over and pass the decree. ”

"Oh, listening to my father-in-law's accent, like someone from Baoding Mansion?"

"Yes, I grew up in Baoding since I was a child, and I was sent to the capital by my parents last year."

Han Ying knew that the emperor had a bad temper these days, and he heard that he had dropped a lot of porcelain, but he didn't know what the problem of His Majesty the Emperor was. When he was about to ask, he didn't expect Xiao Huangmen to speak by himself.

"Lord Shoufu, if you are free for a while, you must persuade the emperor. In the past few days, the emperor has seen the war report in the west, and what he has not eaten or drunk is the mutton soup that Queen Zhou personally boiled a few days ago, and the emperor only drank a small sip of clear soup. A few days ago, I heard a few things about the household, and I was so angry that I didn't sleep until midnight. The little ones couldn't help much, so they had to follow Yaye. ”

Han Ying smiled and didn't speak.

Soon the two of them came to the door, and Han Ying was a little frightened when he saw it. The emperor sent his four-wheeled carriage over. This was developed by the Academy of Sciences only recently at the request of His Majesty the Emperor. Pure black carriage with nine golden dragons carved in gold. The carriage grew larger, leaving a place in front for the driver and the brocade guards to sit on, and there was a protruding pedal at the back of the carriage that also allowed the two brocade guards to stand on it.

"The emperor insisted that this carriage come to pick up the adults. I specially advised, please give some advice to Lord Han, if there is no opinion, His Majesty is ready to order twelve cars for the cabinet and the six ministries. ”

Zhu Youzhen knew that if he didn't say so, Han Ying wouldn't sit even if he walked over. So Wang Chengen's speech was specially arranged. Of course, what is said is also true, and this carriage will become another way for the Academy of Sciences to make money. Shangshu's car, slightly lower the specifications, 100,000 taels of silver should still have a market.

The four-wheeled carriage has been promoted, and it is estimated that the construction of roads will be put on the agenda.

After saying this, Cai Ying hurriedly stepped forward and opened the door back, and then pulled the mechanism, and a three-section iron ladder stretched out of the carriage. Only then did he stretch out his hand and prepare to help Han Ying get into the car.

Hearing Cai Ying say this, Han Ying reluctantly stepped forward, gently held Cai Ying's hand, and then grabbed the handle next to the door, and got into the carriage in a few steps. The space inside the carriage was so high that Han Ying barely had to bend over. Facing each other sat two rows of seats stitched into white lambskin, the interior of the carriage was made of green sandalwood, and the floor was covered with a thick wool Persian carpet that almost completely covered the surface of his feet. There are transparent glass inlaid windows all around, and the front is close to the driver's position, as if it can slide. There should be some lockers between the seats, and you can see wine glasses and tea sets in the middle.

Han Ying shook his head, his own emperor was indeed very frugal when he was thrifty, but if he wanted to say that it was wasteful, it was really not comparable to the turtles he had seen.

Cai Ying helped Han Kang and felt that there was an extra roll in his hand, and then when Han Ying was free to get into the car, he looked down and saw that it should be a silver ticket. Without thinking about it, he kicked the silver ticket directly into his arms.

The first time I went out of the palace on an errand, and the first time I received filial piety, this made Cai Ying's heart beat very fast when she was sitting on a tall horse. He pressed his chest and touched the silver ticket inside. Then he shouted:

"Let's go back to the palace!"

The carriage in the wind and snow was very stable, only the two glazed palace lamps hanging in front of the carriage swayed. Han Ying looked through the glass boat, obsessively looking at the long red wall and the snowflakes flying in the sky, while simulating a duet with the emperor in his heart.

"The imperial court has taken a big step in the west." Han Ying thought.

His Majesty once said a very vulgar remark, saying that if you take too big a step, it is easy to pull the egg. At the time, he thought it was too vulgar, but he didn't expect it, but now he thinks this sentence is really appropriate.

Things in the northwest are like this, now it's not the imperial court, including His Majesty himself, he can't say it, it's exactly the same as an egg pain. There are few people who can speak, but they can only hold it in their hearts if they are angry.

Soon, the carriage stopped in front of the gate of the Mandarin Palace.

Han Ying also hadn't seen the emperor for a few days, and when he walked into the Wenhua Palace, he thought he could see a young man sighing in front of the document map, but what he didn't expect was that he saw His Majesty the Emperor and Tian Guifei roasting meat in the pavilion in the back garden of the main hall.

The pavilion was shielded from the wind with a half-person-high screen, the emperor was holding his sleeves and barbecuing meat, and Tian Guifei was happily waiting to eat next to him.

"Han Shoufu, come on. The queen said that she was tired and had just left, so she came to try my craftsmanship. ”

Han Ying, who had prepared countless rhetoric along the way, was stunned for a moment. He never imagined such a scene. Zhu Youzhen was silently happy.

"That's right, can't you guess my mind every time?"

There are not many people, and everyone is 300 hearts. Who dares to say that Tian Guifei's innocent demeanor deliberately made is really so naïve?

As soon as she sat down, without waiting for the palace maid next to her to make a move, Tian Guifei held a large piece of beef on a plate and sent it to Han Ying. Frightened, Han Ying hurriedly got up and saluted.

"Taste it." Zhu Youzhen looked curious.

Poor Han Ying, looking at a large piece of beef in front of him that seemed to have blood, didn't know how to put his mouth into his mouth.

"Cut it yourself with a knife." Zhu Youzhen also fished out a piece from the iron plate for himself, and then gave up the position of the cook to the chef in the palace.

Zhu Youzhen sat next to Tian Guifei, first forked it with a small knife, cut off a piece with another knife, and put it on the plate in front of Tian Guifei.

"Aifei try it, this time it should be good."

As he spoke, he picked up a large piece and dipped it in the sauce in front of him, put it in his mouth, and chewed it intoxicatedly.

Seeing that the emperor was eating happily, Han Ying also carefully cut off a small piece and dipped it in the sauce in front of him like the emperor. It's a pity that he is old, and to be honest, he may not be able to digest it if he eats it. There is no way, the above one can't resign. He had no choice but to put it in his mouth with a blank face.

Well?

Han Ying's eyes lit up, and she felt that the taste was really good. Beef is not as tough as traditional dishes, but much more tender. Although it is said to be a bit bloody, as long as you don't think about it, it is not generally delicious.

"Well, that's a success of one of my studies. Wang Chengen, send these beef and sauce to Lord Xu Guangqi. The Westerners on his side probably like it too. ”

Han Ying, who was continuing to eat meat, put down his chopsticks when he heard this, and said:

"If you let it go, the minister will bring the cook over at night. It just so happened that the minister was also going to see Dean Xu Guangqi, and there was something to explain to Lord Xu. ”

Han Ying's speech was still very artistic, and it immediately aroused Zhu Youzhen's interest.

"Sun Yuanhua's youngest daughter, Sun Yousu."

"I remember that the last time I went to see Xu Guangqi, she seemed to be by my side." Zhu Youzhen thought about it.

"She can also be regarded as a nominal disciple of Lord Xu Guangqi, a female doll, who has studied Chinese medicine with Xu Guangqi for a period of time. Later, because of the minister, he also promised to introduce Dr. Wu Youxing to this female doll. So, this matter is really said by the old minister himself. ”

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand and asked the palace maids to clean up the food and replace it with tea.

This female doll followed Wu You's sex to learn medical skills, and later fell in love with battlefield trauma. Moreover, the minister also heard that Dr. Wu Youxing was still using dead people to see a doctor. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded.

"I know about it, and I haven't had a chance to tell Shousuke about it. If the leg is broken, how to connect the bones, you have to know what the original bones look like. Therefore, Wu Youxing specially found time to tell me about this matter, and I also allowed it. There are not many, only dead people are used, most of them are death row prisoners found by the Criminal Department, and they are handed over to the Tai Hospital for treatment after execution. ”

"That's a beautiful girl, how can she like trauma?"

"Your Majesty is right." Han Ying slapped the table, feeling very remorseful.

"Not to mention anything else, Lord Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua are also enlightened, but they haven't said anything. As a result, I found out when Sun Yuanhua came to me today. Didn't Sun Chuanting need a master craftsman and a doctor? The imperial court also sent a team, and the result was ......"

Zhu Youzhen answered:

"No, Sun Yousu is also involved in the team."

"But isn't it, I hid directly in the cart transporting medicinal materials, and I was found after Yunzhou. I have no choice but to let people go through now. Lord Sun from the military department also went to the letter. But Lao Chen thought that it would be better to talk to Lord Xu Guangqi in person. ”

Forehead......

encountered this kind of thing, Zhu Youzhen had nothing to say, so he could only say dryly.

"Empress Yi'an also set off today. Say a thousand things and ten thousand, you first let Datong detain people, wait until Queen Yi'an passes, and settle directly under Queen Yi'an's account. I also went with the letter. ”

After saying that, he slapped the table.

"You better write a letter directly to Sun Chuanting."

"By the way, I came to you today for business."

Zhu Youzhen said very casually, but Han Ying sat up straight all of a sudden.

"I agreed to what you said about Enko last time. How about you being the examiner? ”

Zhu Youzhen felt that he should also give Han Ying a chance to organize his own team. If you want the horse to run, you have to give the horse some grass.

Han Ying, who was sitting straight, shook his body.

I was ready to be hit by the emperor, but I didn't expect it to happen.

"What? Shousuke has an opinion? Or do you feel like the time isn't right? ”

"No, no." Han Ying hurriedly made up for his distraction.

Zhu Youzhen secretly laughed in his heart, thinking to himself, "It seems that I still have your eyeliner here." ”

He knew that Han Ying already knew the source of his unhappiness in the past few days, so it was fine. You don't need to be pushed, you should be able to take a little bit of initiative.

Han Ying cleared up his thoughts.

"At present, the weather is not good, even if it is divided into north and south courtyards according to the usual practice, there will still be a lot of people in the north courtyard who can't get there, so it's better to put it in the spring next year? At the same time, the Criminal Department has not yet replied to the cabinet on the matter of the last Guozijian, which also involves the matter of scholars, and the old minister feels that he should wait until the dust settles on this matter. ”