Chapter 160 Mooncakes for the Moon Festival
"Why not, the wedding date can be postponed, how can national affairs be prevaricated, when I come back, Your Majesty will personally preside over the marriage for me, and I will have no opinion if I want to come to the Yang family."
This guy, Liu Zhi really can't do anything about him.
"In that case, then you set off overnight and go back as soon as possible."
"Oh, Your Majesty."
Although Deng Yan did not serve in the DPRK, he still worked hard for the state affairs and did it himself.
This alone made several others awe-inspired.
After sending a few people away, Liu Zhi saw that it was not early, so he went back to the North Palace and discussed with Deng Meng about tomorrow's Moon Festival.
Although Empress Dowager Liang lives in Fanglin Garden, she still has to go through the motions, after all, the Han Dynasty has always ruled the country with benevolence and filial piety.
"Don't worry, I'll get everything ready, so I'll let Zuo Yi and Zhou Fu send it over.
I won't go over to say goodbye, lest the Queen Mother and I look at each other with disgust. ”
Deng Meng laughed self-deprecatingly, yawning as he spoke, with a tired look.
"What? Is there something uncomfortable? ”
"It's okay, I've been feeling a little tired lately, and there's nothing else wrong with it, just want to rest more."
Deng Meng smiled disappreciably.
"Then pay more attention to your body, and ask a medical worker to take a look at it at some unknown day?"
Liu Zhi expressed his concern.
"I can eat and sleep, how can I be so delicate, I see a doctor at every turn."
Thinking that she was not usually that kind of delicate girl, Liu Zhi smiled and did not continue the topic.
"Tomorrow's Moon Festival, you can go with me to your mother's side."
"Okay."
Deng Meng smiled with crooked eyebrows, this is the family banquet of the Moon Festival, Liu Zhi can take her, which shows that he really treats her as a family member.
On the second day, the court discussed, and the left was just that idea, and discussed the state test a few days later, and then the situation in Qingzhou, which was basically in a state of confrontation.
Everyone was also a little numb, as long as there was no earth-shattering news, everyone was light and light.
Liu Zhi also specially rewarded them with mooncakes, which only came in two flavors, a simplified version of the five-kernel mooncake and an egg yolk mooncake.
Lotus paste is used for egg yolk mooncakes, which have a delicate and sweet taste, and as for five-kernel mooncakes, because there are no melon seeds, only walnut kernels, southern almonds, pine nut kernels and sesame seeds can be used.
This kind of pastry has never been seen before, and it is quite novel, and everyone is full of praise.
In fact, Liu Zhi feels unsatisfactory, and plans to develop a red bean paste filling next year, and then prepare some winter melon candy and orange peel candy in advance, so that it will be more perfect.
As a result, the content of the court discussion was immediately crooked, and it became a food tasting meeting.
Liu Zhi reaped a belly full of songs and praises, and when he arrived at the scattered dynasty, he packed some for each minister and brought them back to his family to taste.
It can be regarded as a gift from the heavenly family for the Moon Festival.
In short, he just had the intention to hype up this festival, and after a few years, the festival atmosphere became more and more intense, so he fixed it as a big festival.
The highlight of the Moon Festival is naturally in the evening, and Liu Zhi still reads the chapters as usual in the afternoon, and the official letters from all over the country are now broken according to his meaning.
And it's no longer the same as before, first write a lot of sycophants biting the words of Wenjue, and the language style is becoming more and more concise, all about things.
This greatly reduced his ineffective workload, not to mention that he also asked Shang Shutai to divide it into categories in advance, such as government affairs, military affairs, routine reports and emergency reports, etc., all of which were placed in different categories.
There is no major event today, and the review is very fast, and the more urgent ones are done, so I plan to go to Lu Lane as soon as possible.
So he sent someone to pick up Deng Meng in the Hehuan Palace, and the two went together, and when they arrived at Mrs. Yun's house, it was already unitary time.
Liu Shu and Liu Kui didn't go out, they talked with Yun Ming in the hall, and Liu Zhi was also very relieved to see his mother's happy smile.
After seeing the ceremony, Liu Zhi smiled and asked, "What do you say, so happy?" ”
"Kui'er said that I have been here for so long and I haven't been to the Dragon Garden, and I am telling me what is interesting in it."
As soon as she said this, Liu Zhicai was shocked to realize that her mother seemed to have stayed at home every day in the past two years and had never been anywhere.
She has never seen any of Kyoto's famous gardens and scenic spots.
In the past, because Empress Dowager Liang didn't like it, she tried to minimize her sense of existence, so as not to be unfavorable to her son.
After he became in power, it was probably because he didn't want to cause trouble to Liu Zhi.
This made him feel very guilty, "Why don't I accompany you to visit the West Garden tonight?" ”
"West Garden?" Yun Ming was a little moved, and then shook his head very resolutely, "Forget it, it's good to spend the holiday at home." ”
Liu Zhi knew that she was afraid of being recognized and causing flattery from people with a heart, so it was really better to be at home.
"Mother, don't worry, Long Linwei has a master of disguise and disguise, and no one can recognize him if he keeps it, so he can play to his heart's content."
"Really? Let's go to the West Garden and play together. ”
Sure enough, when she heard that she could change her disguise, Mrs. Yun's eyes immediately lit up, and she immediately agreed, Liu Shu has a quiet personality, and she has never gone out since she came.
Only Liu Kui, who couldn't stay idle, even if Long Linwei followed, he also walked around the places he should go with great interest.
As for the places where he shouldn't go and where he really wanted to go, he could only stare dryly, and he didn't have the courage to do so much for the time being.
It is estimated that the main reason is that he is afraid that Liu Zhi will drive him home, after all, the emperor has not said anything to let him stay, so he has to be patient for the time being.
The dinner was very rich, and after a short rest after using it, the sky was already dark, and Liu Zhi asked Long Linwei's disguise master to change the clothes of several people.
Pretending to be an ordinary official family member, he rode to the West Garden in a black-canopy carriage.
After Liu Zhi opened the West Garden as a public garden, it has been full of tourists and has become a sight in Kyoto, but he has not missed the opportunity to make money.
Let Shaofu run restaurants and entertainment venues in the park, and there will be a team to perform all kinds of juggling and drama songs and dances in it.
Not to mention, the business is very good, almost full every day, of course, this garden is owned by the royal family, no matter how good the business, others dare not blush.
Although this year's annual success is not very good, and the livelihood of people in many remote areas is difficult, it has no impact on Beijing, and the people here have long been accustomed to bright lights, singing and dancing.
Liu Zhi couldn't help but think of the famous Tang poem, "Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road." ”
A few days ago, he followed up on Yang Bing's work, and it is said that he is now looking for planting experts everywhere, and he has also ordered to link agricultural technology innovation with political performance.
But in the current chaotic situation, most of the places have not worked well, and only some relatively peaceful and wealthy places have begun to implement them.
No matter what, we always have to take our time step by step, and it is good to develop some areas first.
As long as they succeed, they can at least play a leading role in leading the way, leading from point to point, and then leading the development of agriculture throughout the country.
Liu Zhi reined in his mind and walked around the garden with his mother with peace of mind, speaking seriously, this was the first time he had accompanied Mrs. Yun to go out to play.
As a son, it is indeed unfilial, ashamed.