Zhu Yuanzhang didn't think Liu Ji dared to deceive himself.

It's just that what he heard was a bit too magical, and Zhu Yuanzhang suspected that he had heard it wrong.

Ordinary people can eat meat casually, if the Ming Dynasty can really become like this, wouldn't it become a dynasty of ancient sparkling gold?

Liu Ji nodded seriously: "Mr. Chang, the lower officials don't dare to deceive you." ”

I was about to continue to say something, but I found that there were not many people in front of them, and it was about to be their turn to eat.

Liu Ji hurriedly told Zhu Yuanzhang: "Mr. Chang, wait a while, if you want to eat something, just tell the person who is cooking." ”

"The canteens of our Yanjing departments are free and open for officials, and you can eat whatever you want, just order. There is only one requirement, you must eat all the food you order, and if you waste food, it will affect your promotion. ”

"How can you be so strict?" Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned.

Even if he is known for his cruelty, he will not ruin his official career because the officials waste a little food.

As he was talking, the person in front of him had already finished eating.

The canteen aunt who was in charge of cooking immediately became enthusiastic when she saw Liu Ji: "Lord Liu, you haven't been here for a while, what do you want to eat this time?" ”

Although queuing is fair and just, people can't do it after all, and they are completely unselfish.

For example, this canteen aunt who eats has a completely different attitude towards Liu Ji than other officials.

Liu Ji has long been accustomed to this kind of thing, so naturally he won't take it too seriously, and said to the rice aunt in the canteen with a smile: "Give me a braised pork, salted crispy chicken, fried bamboo shoots, fried three silks, and then a seaweed and pumpkin soup and rice, and the rice will be fine." ”

When Liu Ji ordered, the spoon of the cafeteria aunt flew up and down, and the speed was extremely fast.

In the blink of an eye, the two meat and two vegetables ordered by Liu Ji were served.

The speed is not slower than the speed at which Liu Ji reports the name of the dish.

And here, the cafeteria aunt's hands are shaking, but she doesn't commit it at all.

Moreover, this canteen aunt should be very familiar with Liu Ji.

The amount of food is obviously slightly less than that of other officials.

This is not because he even dares to deduct Liu Ji's food.

It's because Liu Ji's appetite is not particularly large.

If Liu Jicheng is given too much, the cattle and chickens will not be eaten and wasted, which may affect Liu Ji's evaluation.

After all, Liu Ji is not Yanjing's leader now, and there is a Liu Song above him.

Liu Ji finished ordering the food and did not leave in a hurry.

Instead, he stood aside and waited for Zhu Yuanzhang with a smile.

"This adult looks a little embarrassed, it should be the first time I've been here." The canteen aunt's eyes were quite sharp, and she immediately saw Zhu Yuanzhang's face.

It's just that I don't know, if his aunt knew that the person in front of her was Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, what would her expression be?

Zhu Yuanzhang curiously ordered seven or eight side dishes: "Give us a little less of everything, we want to taste all the dishes in this canteen." ”

Although the canteen aunt's attitude towards Zhu Yuanzhang was not as enthusiastic as Liu Ji, she did not give any cold face.

smiled and took the big spoon of the meal, and quickly served almost all the dishes for Zhu Yuanzhang.

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished eating, Liu Ji took Zhu Yuanzhang to the dining table.

After all, Liu Ji is Yan Jingming's second-in-command, the actual controller.

So along the way, there are a lot of people who are very hot

greeted Liu Ji warmly.

Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang, who can always follow Liu Ji's side, has also attracted the attention of many people.

But these people are very sensible, and they don't ask more.

Until he sat down, no one dared to come over to disturb Liu Ji.

After all, this is a cafeteria, not an outside restaurant.

If you come over to disturb Liu Ji while he is eating, it will not be brushing up on his favorability in front of Shangguan, but it will be annoying.

"Mr. Chang, please be seated." In front of Lao Zhu, Liu Ji has always been very cautious.

He first put his dinner plate on the table, helped Zhu Yuanzhang pull out the chair, and asked Zhu Yuanzhang to sit down first.

After Zhu Yuanzhang sat down, he carefully sat opposite Zhu Yuanzhang.

Before Zhu Yuanzhang started to eat, he first asked the question he had just asked: "Just because of wasting food, it will affect promotion, will this be too harsh?" ”

Liu Ji smiled and shook his head. "Your Majesty doesn't need to worry, in our Yanjing side, for the promotion and promotion of officials, in addition to the opening of the skin formulated by His Royal Highness, there is also a set of scoring standards for officials, daily behavior. ”

"His Royal Highness once said that the morality of officials, although not the most important indicator, is indispensable."

"Therefore, for the usual performance of officials, there will also be inspections of the imperial history for scoring."

"This score, although not particularly important, will still have an impact on officials at critical moments."

"For example, if two officials have similar political performance, in this case, the daily market score will play a key role."

"And the waste of food, the daily score deducted is relatively large."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled again: "For this proposal of the Seventh Five-Year Plan, Liu Song must have raised his hands in favor, right?" ”

Lao Zhu could even imagine that after hearing Zhu Han's proposal, Liu Song was inexplicably excited.

Liu Ji said with emotion: "Mr. Chang is really as wise as a torch. ”

"Just because of this incident, Liu Song even put aside his previous opinions on His Royal Highness the British King."

"Seventy-five, this kid really has a way." Zhu Yuanzhang even had an impulse to implement this kind of policy on Ying Tianfu's side.

But after thinking about it for a long time, I finally gave up this plan.

After all, any policy depends on the right time, place and people, and putting it on Yanjing's side is a subtle national policy that is beneficial to the family and the country, but if it is moved to Yanjing, it may become a different situation.

Regarding this point, Zhu Han has emphasized it more than once. is afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang will be greedy for merit, but it will make the peaceful tomorrow chaos again.

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang remembered another thing: "By the way, you just said that the people here in Yanjing can eat a meal of meat in three or five days, is this true or false?" ”

Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that what Liu Ji said was true, and he roughly wanted to confirm it.

"How do you know that the people can eat a pound of meat in three to five days? Could it be that you still send people to the people's homes twice in three days to investigate? Or is it just your intention? ”

Speaking of this, a strange smile appeared on Liu Ji's face: "Your Majesty, of course the country should speak with data, not a certain person's assumptions." ”

"The reason why Chen dares to say this is because of the data surveyed by the Statistics Department of our Yanjing Yamen, and the markets in Yanjing now consume about 4,000 chickens, 1,000 ducks, more than 200 pigs, and more than 1,000 other wild meats."

"In addition to the locally farmed meat, many of these meats are trafficked by merchants from other places."

"Although the price of meat in Yanjing is relatively low, because of the amazing consumption, it is a very suitable market for many big businessmen."

"So many?" Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded when he heard this, because even if it was consumed by Ying Tianfu, it was not even a third of Yanjing's.

It can be seen how huge the meat consumption here in Yanjing is.

After all, he is the one who is the emperor, and Zhu Yuanzhang can clearly know what this means.

After lunch, there was still time for a lunch break.

"You guys, life is much more comfortable than ours." Zhu Yuanzhang complained angrily.

After all, when he was dealing with government affairs, he didn't have much time for lunch breaks.

Unlike these ordinary officials, the whole world's government affairs are pressed on him alone.

Dean Zhu had almost just finished lunch and was about to go to deal with government affairs.

I often have to bury myself in the first case all the time, and I have time to rest for several hours.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang knew that the officials on Yanjing's side handled government affairs very efficiently.

However, he always felt that these officials were not working at all, but the old wealth of the landlords who enjoyed life.

Liu Ji smiled awkwardly: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness said that only better rest can work better." ”

"After all, if you don't have enough rest time, you don't have enough energy to work."

Lao Zhu said angrily: "You guys always have something to say." ”

After the lunch break, Liu Ji just went out for a trip to visit a school, and then returned to his office to work.

This stay lasted for several hours, and the lower limbs did not leave until the evening.

Although he didn't go anywhere, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't feel bored.

Of course, the government affairs handled by Liu Ji are usually decided by him alone.

But today, Zhu Yuanzhang will be here as the emperor, and of course he doesn't dare to make decisions casually.

So no matter how big or small the animals are, they will all ask Zhu Yuanzhang's opinion first.

If Zhu Yuanzhang's opinion is not suitable for Yanjing's current situation, the mark will not be hidden, but will be said happily.

He knows Zhu Yuanzhang's temper very well, if it is such a national event, even if he disagrees with Lao Zhu, he will not hold a grudge.

On the contrary, if you hide it and don't say anything, you won't have an opinion on him until Lao Zhu knows about it later.

After this afternoon, Zhu Yuanzhang can be regarded as having completely seen the prosperity of Yanjing.

He felt that he would probably not have Liu Jiduo to deal with the things he always had to deal with when he governed the whole world.

The reason why this is so is because the affairs of the yamen on Yanjing's side are too detailed.

From the operation of various yamen, to the autumn harvest and spring planting of ordinary people, and even a small workshop opened in a certain village, Liu Ji will be reported to this point.

This is completely different from the traditional governance of the state.

In the past, the Ming Dynasty was not much different from all those feudal countries, and the imperial power did not go to the countryside.

The imperial court mainly focuses on the general direction, even if it is a matter under the control of the county order, it is only the county seat.

As for the various villages, they were actually managed by the local gentry and clan elders.

And in many things, the imperial court is mainly focusing on a general direction.

The specific implementation of the rest is left to the lower-level officials layer by layer.

For example, when it is time to sow seeds in the spring, the imperial court will also encourage farming.

However, in the past, the practice of the imperial court was not to go directly to the fields to instruct the peasants on how to cultivate.

Instead, they encouraged those officials to pay attention to agriculture.

But the situation in Yanjing is indeed different, and in one note, Zhu Yuanzhang even saw an official's prediction of the harvest of the cultivated fields around a certain village and town.

And in the projected harvest, the consumption of grain in villages and towns is calculated.

According to his calculations, the village's food for the coming year may not even be enough for the village's own consumption.

It is necessary for the Yanjing Yamen to prepare in advance and give some support.

And also made a serious protest to the higher yamen.

Because the main reason for the poor harvest in the village is that the construction of Yanjing City has attracted too much labor.

As a result, the bump rate in these villages is insufficient, which leads to a decline in the efficiency of cultivated land.

Therefore, the first-level official demanded that the Yanjing Yamen be able to slow down the absorption of strong labor in the surrounding villages and towns.

to ensure the normal operation of these villages.

Dare to directly propose dissatisfaction with the higher authorities in the recital.

This kind of official, Dean Zhu has only seen a few people such as Liu Song.

"This person is good, he dares to speak out, and he is a good official."

Regarding Zhu Yuanzhang's evaluation, Liu Ji did laugh: "Your Majesty, you have misunderstood, the minister does not deny that this person is indeed trying to do things for my Daming, but the reason why he dares to speak up is also for himself." ”

"Because of the situation in this village, if the current situation continues, he will definitely not be able to complete this year's opening on time, which will affect his own career."

"This official will naturally be extremely concerned about the situation on the ground."

Lao Zhu frowned: "Isn't this also because Yanjing is absorbing a large number of people, so his task cannot be completed?" ”

Liu Ji slowly shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, this is not the case, when His Royal Highness formulated the skin split, this situation was already expected. ”

"Therefore, this year's requirements for these villages, as long as the food can be basically guaranteed, they will be self-sufficient."

"It's not a difficult task for them, after all, His Royal Highness has also brought high-yield grain."

"As long as they can work diligently, it may be difficult to make any particularly dazzling achievements. But just finishing this year's peel is a very easy task. ”

"This person has not done it, which can only mean that he has not done his dedicated work, and it is even possible that he has made some shady transactions with some local people." As he spoke, a disdainful smile appeared on Liu Ji's face.

"Your Majesty, this kind of person can certainly be hidden from the court in the past, like a fish in water."

"But in Yanjing City, it is absolutely impossible to do this."

"If he doesn't take the initiative to bring it up, the yamen may not notice his problem for a short time."

"But now that he has taken the initiative to commit violence, then we don't need to be polite to him, and the morning meeting will immediately send the superintendent to investigate."