Zhu Xiongying personally cooked sweet potato porridge.

Lao Xu didn't know how to cook sweet potatoes, and Zhu Xiongying didn't bother him, he wanted to cook this bowl of sweet potato porridge himself.

It was something he had grown with his own hands, and it was the first heavyweight thing he had brought to this world using the advantages of a traverser.

So of course he has a special feeling.

didn't let Zhu Yuanzhang wait too long, and a large pot of hot sweet potato porridge was brought to the hall by Zhu Xiongying steaming.

"Shhh

Zhu Xiongying shook his hand and carefully placed the sweet potato porridge on the table.

"Be careful!"

Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly came up to see if Zhu Xiongying was okay.

Zhu Xiongying shook his head with a smile: "Grandpa, I'm fine, the sweet potato porridge is ready, you can taste it!" ”

"Good!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and nodded, looking at the sweet potatoes that turned golden after cooking, as well as the white rice that exploded with millet grains, a faint aroma was confused, so that Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

"It smells so good."

Zhu Yuanzhang rubbed his hands, and his eyes looked directly at the sweet potato porridge brought by Zhu Xiongying.

Zhu Xiongying looked at Zhu Yuanzhang like this, smiled knowingly, nodded and said, "I'll go get the bowl." ”

At this time, it was already night, and the cold wind was howling outside, and Zhu Xiongying did not bother Lao Xu, but went back quickly against the cold wind.

"It's getting colder and colder these days."

Zhu Xiongying sighed, came in with a porcelain bowl, and scooped a bowl of sweet potato porridge for Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang took it with a smile, and while blowing the hot air in the bowl, he said, "Isn't it?" 1929 didn't shoot, 3949 walked on the ice, now it's 39 days, it's the cold time. ”

"Don't say it, it's really pleasant to drink hot porridge at this time!"

Zhu Xiongying nodded and frowned slightly: "Yes, this winter is colder than usual, and the Xiaoice period is about that." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was startled when he heard this, and asked curiously: "What is the Xiaoice Period?" ”

Zhu Xiongying smiled and shook his head: "It's nothing, drink porridge, warm your body, this sweet potato porridge warms your stomach." ”

"Hmm."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, he had long been curious about this sweet potato porridge, and took a spoon to send a small mouthful of sweet potato porridge to put in his mouth.

Silky and sweet, especially the sweet potato taste, which is even more refreshing.

"Shhh Delicious! This one tastes so good! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head and squinted, looking indescribably enjoyable.

"Try this sweet potato!" Zhu Xiongying said with a smile.

Zhu Yuanzhang scooped a piece and put it in his mouth and savored it carefully.

"Don't say it, what is this, soft and harmonious, sweet and silky, good, delicious!"

Well, it's really delicious!

This sweet potato can not only be used as food, but also quite delicious, which is quite unexpected by him, as his eldest grandson said, this sweet potato is really a good thing.

After a while, a bowl of sweet potato porridge was drunk by Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Don't say it, although there is little rice in this porridge and water, this thing is anti-hunger, and we are a little full in a bowl."

Zhu Xiongying said with a smile: "Actually, this sweet potato can not only be mixed with some millet porridge to drink, but it can also be eaten raw, or boiled alone." ”

"Other than that......"

Zhu Xiongying calmed down and continued: "This sweet potato can be dried after cooking, it can be made into dried potatoes and stored as dry food...... If there are too many of these things, people can't eat them all, and they can also be used to feed livestock, of course, they can also be stored and placed in a cool place, and they can be stored for more than six months......

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes sparkled when he heard this, this ...... How many ways could you eat it?

Zhu Xiongying paused, and then said, "There are still ......"

And also?!

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Xiongying with burning eyes.

I saw Zhu Xiongying pick a sweet potato vine from the pile of sweet potatoes dug up, and there were a lot of potato leaves on it, and put it in front of Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, saying: "This potato leaf can also be used to cook, the taste is okay, and this vine can also be used to feed livestock." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned when he heard this.

How do you listen, this sweet potato is simply full of treasures!

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly grabbed Zhu Xiongying's hand, and said in a trembling voice: "Eldest grandson, can this sweet potato only be grown in a greenhouse?" ”

If this is the case, the cost of planting is relatively large, after all, it takes too much fabric to build this greenhouse, where can ordinary people plant it?

Zhu Xiongying said with a smile: "This sweet potato is not an out-of-season thing, so it can be planted anywhere outside, in summer and autumn, and this thing does not have high environmental requirements, and it can also be grown in dry land!" ”

"Can you produce 30 stones per mu in dry land?" Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Zhu Xiongying directly.

Zhu Xiongying nodded seriously.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes at this time, under the reflection of the charcoal pile, were frighteningly bright.

If this sweet potato is really as his eldest grandson said, then the people saved will probably exceed millions in the future.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang's heart couldn't help but pound.

What is the biggest problem in China for thousands of years? It's a matter of eating for the people.

As the saying goes, people take food as the sky!

Food is more important to the people than the capital.

Now with this sweet potato, this means that the risk of famine is greatly reduced.

The old man's eyes were moist at this time.

Zhu Yuanzhang is a person who really puts the people of the world in his heart, so he attaches so much importance to food.

Now that the appearance of sweet potatoes can play such a big role, why is he not excited?

This made him laugh out loud suddenly, Long Yan Dayue!

With this sweet potato, there is no need to worry about natural disasters, what if natural disasters come, the output of grain can be increased enough, if not thirty times, then at least ten times.

Zhu Xiongying said with a smile: "Grandpa, originally my grandson wanted to give you this sweet potato as a birthday gift on your birthday, but my grandson thought about it, this sweet potato is very important, and it is inconvenient to show it in front of outsiders for the time being, so as to avoid many twists and turns, so I changed my glasses." ”

"Good! Well done! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's big hand pressed heavily on Zhu Xiongying's shoulder.

"Grandpa, in fact, in addition to sweet potatoes, there is also a thing called potatoes, which has the same yield as sweet potatoes, and can be used as a staple food, which is more versatile and more delicious than sweet potatoes!"

"What?!"

Zhu Yuanzhang subconsciously clenched his wrist.

"Uh...... Grandpa, don't get excited! ”

Zhu Xiongying's mouth pulled slightly, if it weren't for his strong body, I was afraid that he would be pinched by the old man and couldn't stand it.

Don't look at the old man's age, his hand strength is not small.

Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly withdrew his hand and said, "It's that we're excited, but eldest grandson, what did you just say?" Is there a more powerful artifact than this sweet potato? ”

Zhu Xiongying nodded and said, "Well, it's called potatoes, but we don't have it now." ”

"Da Ming doesn't have it? Where's that? Zhu Yuanzhang asked curiously.

Zhu Xiongying replied: "Beyond the sea! ”.

Beyond the sea.

These four words are a little sensitive to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Now the empire is mainly closed to the country, since the death of Chen Youliang and Fang Guozhen, Zhu Yuanzhang began to close the sea ban.

Although there was a gradual trend of opening the sea, Japan began to have internal turmoil again, and it spread to the coast of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to strictly control the coastal defense again.

Although this time the King of Qi has exterminated some of the coastal pirates, who knows what will happen once the sea is opened?

And even if the sea is opened, can you really find the potatoes that his eldest grandson said?

However, the impact of this sweet potato crop on Zhu Yuanzhang still made this dying old man have a bit of yearning in his eyes.

There is more entanglement in the yearning.

When he heard that there was a food crop that was more powerful than sweet potatoes, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes shone brightly.

It's just that...... How difficult it is to open the sea!

Not to mention the resistance of the old-fashioned Confucians in the imperial court, just the remnants of Chen Youliang's forces along the coast and the Japanese invaders, as well as the unknown dangers that made the Ming Dynasty face the vast sea, etc.

All of these are issues for him to consider.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang had already kept this matter in mind, he glanced at the sweet potato greedily again, and said, "This thing can also be eaten raw?" ”

Zhu Xiongying nodded and said, "No, I'll wash one for you." ”

After a while, Zhu Xiongying washed a sweet potato.

"What do you want to eat this thing for?"

Zhu Yuanzhang took it in his hand and looked at it for a while: "Want to peel the shell?" ”

"Haha!"

Zhu Xiongying couldn't help laughing and said, "Grandpa, it turns out that you don't understand sometimes!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him, and said angrily: "There are many things we don't understand, don't sell it, say, how to eat?" ”

Zhu Xiongying replied: "Just chew it directly, just don't eat the skin." ”

Quack!

As he spoke, Zhu Xiongying took a bite and spit out the skin.

Zhu Yuanzhang realized something, learned from it, chewed it, smacked his mouth and said, "Not bad, crispy, sweet!" ”

"Don't say it, this thing is really a good thing, cooking porridge to fight hunger, and it tastes good when you eat snacks, the blessing of the Ming Dynasty, the blessing of the Ming Dynasty!"

The old man smiled knowingly, with a joy in his eyes that could not be concealed.

After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and said, "Let's go, we should go back too, there are still a bunch of music waiting for us at home!" ”

……

In the Wuying Palace.

At this time, it is warm here, and the ice and snow outside are like two worlds.

The grandfather and grandson hadn't watched the concert together for a while.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang was still a brute and remembered those days of reviewing and reading together, so he called Zhu Xiongying again.

"Come, sit down, and watch the music."

Zhu Xiongying nodded, walked next to Zhu Yuanzhang, and was about to sit down, when the old man took a mattress and put it on the Taishi chair: "It's more comfortable to put a mattress." ”

Zhu Xiongying was a little warm-hearted, and said busily: "Thank you, grandpa." ”

"Approve it."

Zhu Yuanzhang sat next to him, still holding a sweet potato in his hand, chewing it rattling.

Zhu Xiongying also began to open the recital.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Xiongying's serious appearance and couldn't help but smile.

Wanting to become a qualified emperor, or taking a step back, wanting to become a qualified courtier, is a gradual process.

Only by first understanding the internal affairs and shortcomings of this empire can we make corresponding reforms in the future.

Any reform is based on the previous system and must be in line with reality.

Zhu Xiongying looked at Song Shu seriously.

This is a letter from the Shanxi Political Division, talking about the snow disaster, but it was impeached by the local governor.

"Minister, Your Majesty, the Imperial Court of the Imperial Palace, Wang Ping, the county magistrate of Yangquan County and the local powerful gentry concealed natural disasters, embezzled land, covered up the truth, and deceived the present, and their crimes were ......"

The core point is that the Yangquan County Order and the local gentry joined forces to deceive the emperor, conceal natural disasters, and force the people to transfer their fertile land to the big landlords and gentry.

The land annexation of the Ming Dynasty, on this letter, Zhu Xiongying can see the tip of the iceberg.

After looking at it, Zhu Xiongying couldn't help but have a touch of anger on his face!

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Zhu Xiongying's expression was wrong, he looked over silently, and after reading it, he said lightly: "We have seen a lot of this kind of thing, the first time you see it, it is inevitable that you will be angry, and if you kill too much, you will be used to it." ”

A faint speech, but with an undisguised murderous aura!

Zhu Yuanzhang tapped his fingers rhythmically on the case, and said lightly: "Over the years, we have killed too many of these people, we are not thirsty for killing, but we have to kill." ”

"However, no matter how you kill, you can't put an end to this situation, every time there is a natural disaster, there will always be people who try to think about how to get rich, but they never want to think about how to facilitate the people, how to help the people through natural disasters as much as they can!"

"A bunch of moths of the court! It's they who are gnawing on the Ming Dynasty! Not killing is not enough to establish the prestige of the imperial court! The old man's words were filled with unprecedented indifference and coldness.

Zhu Xiongying sighed and said: "It's better to be sparse than blocked, blindly killing, it is endless, you have to find a restraint mechanism to manage it." ”

Saying that, an immature idea was born in Zhu Xiongying's mind.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Xiongying and stopped talking, and said, "You say, if you have anything to say, talk about it." ”

Zhu Xiongying nodded and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Since these corrupt officials can't be killed, can you try to prevent it in advance?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang became interested, squinted his eyes and said, "Let's continue to talk about it, what is the early prevention method?" ”

Zhu Xiongying said: "For example, independent of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, there is another department, which is specifically responsible for supervising the governance of the world's officials, and purging the governance of officials. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a while and said, "How to set up, set up and authority?" ”

Zhu Xiongying replied: "The Metropolitan Procuratorate can be heard all over the world, from corruption and rebellion to the style of officials. ”

"Let's try to set up a yamen that is only responsible for supervising the administration of officials, so as to supervise the corruption of officials."

This kind of assumption is similar to that of the Independent Commission Against Corruption in later generations.

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to ask: "Do they have the right to dispose of it?" ”

Zhu Xiongying replied: "There should be, so that the local officials can be deterred." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang closed his eyes and pondered, while Zhu Xiongying looked at him and added: "Of course, this yamen is not said to be built, and it still needs to be discussed by many humerus ministers. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang opened his eyes, pressed his hand and said, "Not bad!" ”

Zhu Xiongying was overjoyed: "The old man also agrees? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "Let's say you're good!" Dare to think and dare to do, dare to bring forth the new, this is a good thing, the old thinking is unacceptable, and there will only be regression. ”

"But let us ask you, did the yamen that you are talking about, independent of the form of government, replace the Metropolitan Procuratorate? They also have the power to enforce the law, do they also replace the three law divisions? ”

"According to your assumptions, is there still a need for guards inside this yamen to be arrested?"

"As the saying goes, the Song Dynasty died of redundant officials, and if you set it up, the official system of the imperial court will gradually expand."

"The Song people also thought so, and when they encountered problems, they thought of setting up more yamen, replacing the military department with the Privy Council, dividing the financial power between the three divisions, and even raising a group of idlers from the military department, household department and other yamen, and they ate the Great Song Dynasty alive."

"The economy of the Song Dynasty was so complicated, and Rao was so, and they all gradually died out because of the problem of redundant officials."

"You often say that history is a mirror, so if our Ming Dynasty also begins to follow the old example, set up more kinds of yamen, and disperse the duties of the original yamen, it seems that there is nothing now, and over time, a series of problems such as officials passing the buck and raising idle and white offerings will breed."

"Have you considered these?"

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Zhu Xiongying casually, and casually combined the history of the Song Dynasty to analyze the current national system.

Zhu Xiongying showed a contemplative look: "Is this ......?"

He didn't think about it.

As he himself thought, many things seemed good to him, and even in the afterlife, they were all feasible after practice.

But if it is placed in the Ming Dynasty, it still does not match the national system.

"It's good for our emperor to kill corrupt officials, but despite this, not everyone is brainless, it's okay to be greedy, but don't hurt the interests of the people, cadres and corrupt officials, compared to mediocre officials, in fact, your grandfather prefers corrupt officials."

"Huh?"

Zhu Xiongying scratched his head and looked at the old man with some suspicion, "Didn't you say that you hate corrupt officials the most?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "It's different, the corrupt officials we are talking about are corrupt officials who will come to things, let's pinch their handles, and many things we don't want to do can be done by these people." ”

"For the above, what you have to think about is how to check and balance, this court, it's not that the water is clear and there are no fish, the water is muddy, you can check and balance those Qing officials, if not, one plus is dominant, what is the prestige of the imperial power?"

Zhu Xiongying suddenly realized: "That's the reason." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said a little profoundly: "The officials of the Ming Dynasty are very precious, don't set them up randomly, you have to let those scholars know how difficult it is to be an official, our dynasty strictly controls the imperial examination, and the average age of the Jinshi who can be admitted is over thirty years old, why?" ”

"How do they know the troubles of the people without going through difficulties, but the things of the world? How do you know that it is not easy to be an official of the Ming Dynasty? Only in this way will they be willing to cherish! ”

"Officials are powerful, high-minded, unattainable by the people, leapfrogging into the dragon gate, chasing each other, and can't be given casually."

"Many people in the people can go crazy with joy when they are lifted, why do they think? It is not easy to cross every class, it is a thing that makes the people jealous to the point that their eyes are red, and it is a thing of extreme awe. ”

Zhu Xiongying suddenly said: "The imperial power is even more supreme!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed: "Isn't it, just to make them so in awe of the imperial power and the official power, so what do the people think of the unattainable thing of imperial power?" It must be in awe to the bone! ”

This is the feudal system!

In the old man's words, the world's class analysis has been vividly and vividly!

It's like the discord between Zhu Xiongying and the old man's ideas at the beginning, Zhu Xiongying thought that the imperial court should vigorously develop commerce now, but now when he thinks about it carefully, it seems so immature and unrealistic.

The deeper you go into this era, the deeper this feeling becomes. There are many things, you must not pat your head and think about reforms, what you think is good, may bring disaster to this ancient feudal empire.

It is a good thing to be able to truly adapt to this era and truly bring benefits to the country and the people.

The central ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, each of whom is a two-rank jinshi, may be a little pedantic, but in the matter of governing the country, their abilities and views are far from being comparable to ordinary people.

Zhu Xiongying is not easy to be ambitious, now he has not ascended to the throne, it is the opportunity to lay a solid foundation to understand the Ming Empire, a person's life, there are not many opportunities, seize it, you should cherish it.

While the old man is still there, he has the opportunity to learn and the opportunity to make mistakes.

Zhu Xiongying cherishes this opportunity, which is not something that everyone can have.

He is also very fortunate that there is an old man by his side who cares about him and teaches him everything!

(End of chapter)