Chapter 255: Reward
In the twelfth year of Wanli, on July 18, the sun was scorching.
The Temple of Heaven in Beijing was heavily guarded, and within five steps, there were Praetorian Guards wearing armor and holding weapons in their hands. The inside of the Temple of Heaven was full of flags, and a gust of wind blew and fluttered in the wind.
The ministers gathered around the Temple of Heaven, and after Wanli bathed, he stepped on the high platform a few steps to pray, and the ministers hurriedly knelt on the ground and prayed with Wanli.
After praying, Wanli got up, glanced at the ministers in the audience, and nodded at Feng Bao. Feng Bao understood, took out the holy decree, and read it out in a sharp voice.
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said: Mongolian barbarians, do not keep their promises, violate my border, fortunately I have the blessing of God, and there are loyal and brave warriors, and I have won this full merit."
"Today, I pray to Heaven on the rooftop, and I will reward those who have made meritorious contributions."
"The secretary of the military department, the scholar of Wuyingdian University, Ye Mengxiong has made meritorious contributions to quelling the rebellion and the prince Taibao, and he has been given a python robe and jade belt."
"The commander of the Changning Army, Changning Bo Zhang Yun added the title of Changning Marquis, and then the shadow of a son is a thousand households, his wife Xu Xi is crowned with the second rank of the Lady of the Order, and his wife Zhu Ziyi is crowned with the title of the third grade lady......"
Feng Bao read a long list more, and finally paused for a moment to breathe a sigh of relief.
Zhang Yun heard Wanli's reward for himself below, and couldn't help but secretly smash his tongue, I don't know how many people hated him. He just looked behind him, and the minister behind him wanted to strangle Zhang Yun to death.
Zhang Yun hurriedly turned his head and smiled at Wanli.
Immediately afterwards, Feng Bao read it out again: "Xiao Ruxun, the general of Ningxia, has made meritorious contributions in sticking to Lingzhou City, and has broken the main force of the Mongolian army, and has been promoted to the deputy chief soldier of Ningxia, and he has been crowned Pingyubo. β
"Zhao Hu, the commander of the Yunzi Battalion of the Changning Army, captured the Mongolian Khan King, Tumen, raised the prestige of my Ming Dynasty, and sealed the Emperor."
β......β
After the four of them finished reading, what followed was some inconsequential rewards, and Zhang Yun only yawned when he heard it.
"Chin this!" In the end, Feng Bao looked at the sleepy hundred officials below, and deliberately increased his tone and lengthened his voice.
Sure enough, Feng Bao's voice shouted, and all the ministers woke up in an instant. Feng Bao looked at the hundred officials who had just woken up from a dream, with a smug expression on his face.
"Guys, don't you want to thank you?"
"The ministers have thanked the emperor for his grace." The people who received the reward hurriedly thanked Wanli.
Wanli waved at Zhang Yun and the others, "Get up." Then he looked up at the sky, and saw the scorching sun shining brightly, piercing him so brightly that he couldn't open his eyes.
The floor was scorching hot, inducing drowsiness.
"It's all gone, it's all gone." Wanli was afraid that the civil officials would faint, so he hurriedly shouted below.
As soon as Wanli's voice fell, the ministers immediately dispersed in an orderly manner. Not long after, the originally crowded Temple of Heaven instantly left only a few people.
"Your Majesty, the ministers and others have also retired."
"Hey." Wanli grabbed Zhang Yun's hand.
"It's hard for me to get out of the palace today, it's still early, I'll go to your restaurant to try it."
"Feng Daban, this should be fine."
Feng Bao smiled embarrassedly, "Your Majesty naturally can go if you want to, but please ask Your Majesty to change your clothes and go again." β
"Oh, yes, yes, I'm going to have fun with the people." Wanli looked at the dragon robe on his body and suddenly realized.
As soon as Wanli gave the order, someone brought him a few sets of clothes from the tailor's shop. Wanli hurriedly put it on, and soon appeared on the streets of the capital with Feng Bao, Zhang Yun and others.
"Feng Daban, what is that?"
"Feng Daban, what is this?"
"Feng Daban ......"
β......β
Along the way, Wanli was like a child who had never seen the world, and when he saw something new, he pulled Feng Bao to ask, which gave Feng Bao a headache.
Finally, half an hour later, the group finally came to Zhang Yun's restaurant.
"Master Hou, why are you free today?" As soon as Zhang Yun entered, the restaurant owner came up.
"Well, go, send me all the specialties to the private room."
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Yun made a gesture of invitation to Wanli's side. Wanli chuckled, took a step forward, and walked towards the private room, followed by Feng Bao and Ye Mengxiong.
Seeing that Zhang Yun was so respectful to that person, the boss couldn't help but gossip: "Master Hou, who is that person?" Worthy of your attention? β
"Don't ask if you shouldn't, and send in a few pieces of chilled watermelon first." Zhang Yun glanced at him.
After that, Zhang Yun followed into the private room.
I saw that in the box, Wanli was lying on the window excitedly, poking his head out, and half of his body was about to float outside.
"Ouch, my little ancestor, be careful." Feng Bao saw Wanli like this in the back, and his face was full of worry.
"Your Majesty, my window is broken, you should be careful."
"Huh?!" Wanli exclaimed, and then hurriedly retracted his body. Feng Bao saw that Wanli was finally willing to come down, and threw a grateful look at Zhang Yun.
While a few people were chatting, someone brought in a watermelon, and there were still a few ice cubes left on it, and it was cold.
Zhang Yun picked up a piece of watermelon and handed it to Wanli. "Your Majesty, please, the minister accidentally learned that this watermelon will taste better with ice cubes."
Wanli took a bite, his mouth was cold and sweet, his whole body was comfortable, and most of the heat dissipated in an instant.
"Well, well, it's delicious, it's much better than what I ate in the palace." Wanli praised busily.
"Ye Ge Lao, Gonggong Feng, Xiao Zongbing, you can also taste it." Zhang Yun smiled at the three of them.
A few people picked up a piece and put it in their mouths, and it was really delicious in the world. As soon as a few people wanted to take the second piece, they saw Wanli gnawing on a watermelon and glaring at a few people.
The three of them smiled wryly and hurriedly retracted their hands.
"Your Majesty, besides, if the emperor likes it, the minister will send you to the palace."
"Okay, okay, I'll send me to the palace tonight." Wanli said vaguely.
Zhang Yun saw that he was eating too quickly, and hurriedly reminded: "Your Majesty, you can't eat too much of this thing at one time, otherwise you won't have the stomach to eat later." β
Wanli raised his head and looked at Zhang Yun suspiciously. After nibbling on the last piece of watermelon, he brought a handkerchief, wiped his mouth and hands, and sat down in a chair.
"Alas, you still know how to eat, my imperial kitchen is a rice bucket compared to you!" Wanli said hatefully.
"Your Majesty has praised it falsely, that is, the emperor is tired of eating, and ordinary cooks are comparable to imperial chefs."
"Hmph, I'm going to see how the food in your restaurant is going today."
After a few more small talks, the restaurant owner found Zhang Yun and whispered a few words to him, and Zhang Yun nodded.
After a short time, there were young and beautiful maids shuttling around, and the originally empty table was instantly filled with food. Suddenly, the whole room was filled with the scent.
"Your Majesty, this is roast whole sheep, this is roast duck, this is a specialty of Qingdao, yellow croaker, which was only shipped from Tianjin this morning."
"This is the sea cucumber roasted with green onions, this is the ......"
Zhang Yun introduced Wanli one by one.
Before he could speak, Wanli couldn't wait to stop Zhang Yun, and then directly stretched out one hand to the roasted whole sheep, tore off a piece and put it in his mouth.
"Well, it's delicious!" Wanli let out a sound of admiration.
Zhang Yun looked at the rest of the people with a smile, "Everyone, please." Only then did a few people start to move their chopsticks.
However, because Wanli is here, everyone is a little restrained. This is bitter Zhao Hu, a rough man, he even has to chew slowly, pick up the rice grains in the bowl with chopsticks, like a girl, and slowly send them to his mouth.
Wanli didn't care at all, and feasted as if no one was around.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, enough is enough, enough is enough, you can't eat too much." Feng Bao on the side hurriedly urged.
Wanli said nonchalantly: "Don't get in the way, don't get in the way, I just indulge for a day once in a while, and it's not a big deal." β
Feng Bao was about to say more, but Zhang Yun immediately interrupted him and shook his head at him.
"Ugh." Feng Bao let out a long sigh, then stepped aside, ignoring it again.
It's getting late, and the moon is heavy.
After Wanli was full, he completely ignored his posture and lay directly on the chair.
"Gonggong Feng, Your Majesty will be taken care of by you, let's go first. I'll send a few men and a wagon to take you back. β
Feng Bao nodded at Zhang Yun. "Hmm." Then, Zhang Yun walked straight out.
Walking out of the private room, everyone was relieved and breathed a sigh of relief. A gust of wind blew, Zhao Hu only felt that his back was cool, and when he touched his back, it turned out that his back had already been wet with sweat.
Zhang Yun looked at Zhao Hu's naΓ―ve appearance and bowed his hand to the rest of the people. "Ladies and gentlemen, I won't leave you tonight, and we'll get drunk another day."
Ye Mengxiong and Xiao Ruxun bowed their hands to him, and then turned to leave. After the two walked out of the restaurant, Zhang Yun looked at Zhao Hu and asked with a smile, "Didn't you eat enough?" β
"Hmm." Zhao Hu touched his head and smirked.
Zhang Yun patted him on the shoulder. "Go to the kitchen and find something to eat, I'll go back first."
After that, Zhang Yun walked straight out of the private room and ran towards home with excitement.
When they arrived home, Xu Xi and Zhu Ziyi were holding Zhang Liang and Zhang Zhu in the pavilion. Zhang Yun was also immediately interested, walked quickly to the two of them, and began to tease Zhang Zhu.
"Ahh......h
Zhang Yun experienced this kind of thing, and suddenly became at a loss.
"Look at you, I said I wouldn't let you hug you, you have to hug you." Xu Xi took Zhang Zhu from Zhang Yun's arms and glared at him complainingly.
"Zhu'er is good, Zhu'er is good, that was daddy just now, is daddy scared you?" Xu Xi hugged Zhang Zhu and began to shake, and after a while, Zhang Zhu's crying became quieter.
Xu Xi coaxed for a while, and Zhang Zhu's breathing became even, "Shhhhh Xu Xi shushed, then gently carried Zhang Zhu back to the room, gently put her back on the bed, and covered her with the quilt.
After seeing that Xu Xi had taken care of his daughter, Zhang Yun breathed a long sigh of relief.
After Xu Xi came back, he immediately complained to Zhang Yun: "It's not that I don't go home every day, my daughter hasn't seen you a few times, I think you are a stranger, and I am afraid when I see you." β
"That's good, that's good. I'll be with you every day this month, okay. β
"I have to let these two boys recognize me. lest in the future, you find them a stepfather. β
"Ahh
As soon as Zhang Yun finished speaking, he felt a pain in his waist. When he looked up, he saw Xu Xi staring at him with wide eyes.
"Husband, I'll go back to sleep with Liang'er in my arms first, you can talk to your sister." Zhu Ziyi was afraid that the pond fish would be affected, so he found an excuse and slipped away.
After Zhu Ziyi left, Xu Xi strangled Zhang Yun's neck and said indignantly: "Since you dare to say this about me." β
"I was wrong, I was wrong." Zhang Yun begged for mercy again and again.
"Okay, you carry me back to the house." Xu Xi hooked his legs around Zhang Yun's waist and smiled charmingly.