After school, Zhu Zhen rode back to the palace on a bull, and was caught by the prince and asked him to go to Chunhe Palace for dinner together.

The crown princess Chang also cooked for him and made him a large table of dishes, which looked a little wasteland.

"The sixth brother tastes his sister-in-law's craftsmanship." Chang served a plate of black rice with a smile on his face, as if it had been pasted in a pot.

"What is this?" Lao Liu looked confused.

"This is our hometown's fish cooking!" Chang Shi put the plate on the table, and said proudly: "Mix the rice and fish together and cook, the rice has the fragrance of the fish, the freshness of the fish and the softness of the fish, I have learned from the queen mother for a long time." ”

"Oh, it's fish cooking...... Zhu Zhen said suddenly, and said in his heart, don't you say that I can't see it.

And this craft is not like it was learned from the queen mother, but it seems to be taught by an old Indian chef! His Royal Highness the King of Chu complained frantically in his heart.

The sister-in-law, the tiger girl, personally filled a bowl of 'fish cooking rice', and then added a piece of black and yellow pot that had been pasted off and said: "The essence is this layer of burnt yellow and translucent pot with crispy flavor, the sixth brother can taste it." ”

"Alas, thank you, sister-in-law." Zhu Zhenqiang took it with a smile.

"Taste it......" The sister-in-law looked at the sixth child expectantly, and when she saw that he was reluctant to put a spoonful in her mouth, she couldn't help laughing: "Such a big child, do you still have to feed your sister-in-law?" ”

"No need to ......" The sixth knew that he couldn't hide, and said in his heart that I had eaten the dog's leftovers, so could it be even more unpalatable?

He resolutely sent a spoonful to his mouth.

Holy, it's really worse......

I didn't eat the flavor and softness of the fish, but I ate the earthy smell of the fish and the burnt bitterness of the pot.

Thanks to His Royal Highness the King of Chu, he has endured hardships and had to eat, otherwise he would not be able to swallow it.

"How does it taste? Is there a true biography of the queen mother? The sister-in-law asked.

The sixth smiled and nodded, giving a thumbs up.

"Haha, if the sixth brother likes it, he will often come to dinner in the future, and my sister-in-law will make it for you." Chang Shi said happily: "You two eat first, and I'll go to the back to stew a soup." ”

"Hey, well, come and eat often." Zhu Zhen smiled and watched her sister-in-law leave.

Then the two brothers breathed a sigh of relief.

"Do you know what kind of life my eldest brother has been having recently?" Zhu Biao sighed to the sixth child.

"Sister-in-law's cooking skills are comparable to my mother's concubine." Zhu Zhen showed a sympathetic expression and said, "You said that if you don't know how to cook, don't do it." But she couldn't help but burst out of mother's love, so she had to cook me a delicious meal, which was called a reward. ”

"Alas, your sister-in-law was not like this before, she has never been in the kitchen for two and a half years after her wedding, and she has been obsessed with cooking for a while." The prince smiled bitterly helplessly, and explained to the sixth child:

"I just asked people to come back and let me know, saying that you came to the house for dinner and prepared well, but I didn't expect her to cook herself."

"That's also my sister-in-law's love for me." The sixth child is very sensible.

"You eat these dishes." The prince pointed to a few dishes that looked a little stronger, but not too strong, and whispered: "Usually the Lu family is in charge of the meal, and these dishes should be cooked by her." ”

Zhu Zhen cast a sympathetic look at his eldest brother, what kind of life is this? Most of the time, I still eat the dishes cooked by the cook.

However, for the sake of politeness, he still sandwiched a chopsticks of the tofu burned by Concubine Lu's family, who knew that as soon as he entered it, it was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, sweet and sour, delicious.

It's just that the color of that layer of sweet and sour sauce is too dark, and the knife work is abstract, so the appearance is very poor.

"Delicious, right?" The eldest brother smiled happily and finally raised his eyebrows. He said in a low voice: "Lu's cooking dishes are full of color and fragrance, but after beating your sister-in-law and starting to cook vegetables, only the fragrance and flavor are left." ”

"Oh." Zhu Zhen nodded, he somewhat understood why the sister-in-law would be gone in the future, and the Lu family would be corrected.

Jinnyima is too good at it.

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While eating, the prince told the sixth child what happened today.

praised him again and said: "You have done my father a great favor, not only this court meeting, but also in the future - 'the law is forbidden without authorization', this sentence, my father has ordered someone to engrave it on the wall of Wuying Palace." ”

"That's what my master said, I'm a messenger." Zhu Zhen shook the pot unscrupulously.

"Mr. Liu is a pedantic, but this is not his thinking." Zhu Biao shook his head slightly, when he was in Wuying Palace, he was a little strange, and when he returned to Wenhua Palace, he asked Song Lian for advice. Mr. Song decided that Liu Bowen did not say this.

"The eldest brother and Mr. Song look at people with old eyes. Shibei was impressed in three days, my teacher was a person who died once, and he has broken a lot and has entered a new realm. Zhu Zhen Zhenzhen said.

"Adults and tigers have changed?" The prince said thoughtfully.

"Yes, yes, he's changed a lot now." Zhu Zhen nodded vigorously.

"Well, anyway, after this time, the local government should be able to stop for ten or eight years." The crown prince sighed lightly and said: "It's just that my father took the opportunity to divide the power of the provincial yamen into three divisions, I don't know if it will make the three divisions fall into a rifle." ”

"Definitely." Zhu Zhen said without thinking: "The three monks don't have water to eat." ”

"That's how I see it, too." The prince's expression tightened and asked, "Does Mr. Liu see it that way?" ”

"yes, yes, yes." Zhu Zhen hurriedly pulled the banner and said: "But eldest brother doesn't have to worry too much, my master said that the general trend of the world will be divided for a long time, and it will be divided for a long time." There's nothing to be nervous about, if it's inconvenient in the future, let's add another high-ranking official to the provinces. ”

"Add another high-ranking official...... the prince pondered for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Good idea, so that the three divisions are relatively independent, and there will be no excessive concentration of power like the province; There is also the governor of a province who makes overall decisions, so he will not pass the buck. It's a pity that Zhiduoxing like Mr. Liu is no longer out of the mountain. ”

"Alas, he's got a mouth cannon left now." Zhu Zhen smiled bitterly: "Big brother, let's let him go." ”

"Okay." Although the prince said this, he still couldn't help but ask, "What else did your master say?" Tell the eldest brother about it. ”

He said......" Zhu Zhen scratched his head, searched his intestines and scraped his belly and said:

"He said that your father was really a mess in terms of financial management, and he not only copied the financial system of the Yuan Dynasty, but also changed it even worse...... The old man has never seen a more primitive financial system than this dynasty. ”

"Mr. Liu is really insightful." The crown prince thought deeply and said: "The original intention of my father is to reduce the burden on the common people, so that the prefectures and counties can directly send the tax grain to the yamen or guards in need. With the tax grain of such a county to be distributed to more than a dozen places, can the accounts not be chaotic?

"The reason why the empty seal case broke out is actually largely due to this chaotic fiscal system."

"That's right. Moreover, the tax that the household department can directly control is very small, and it is difficult for the court to do anything, and it is no wonder that the father was forced to issue treasure money. Zhu Zhen nodded.

"Then does your master have any good ideas?" The prince looked at Zhu Zhen with blazing eyes.

(End of chapter)