Chapter 837: A place for horse riding in the sky above the snow
Li Zhi's stop in Zhengzhou was not just for a simple rest. One of the most important things the emperor did during his tour was to win people's hearts.
The roads chosen, the location for palace construction, and the length of stay are all very particular.
At this time, when the emperor met with local officials and local squires, he would show great sincerity and patience, and was willing to listen to their opinions and views on the dynasty. He rarely got angry and punished those who heard offensive words.
Someone who speaks the truth.
This kind of thing is a once-in-a-century opportunity for the local area. Once their requests or suggestions that are beneficial to the local area are adopted by the emperor, a good thing that will be famous in the local area for eternity will happen, and then be praised by the local people.
Villagers have been singing this song for thousands of years.
For example, the emperor drank a bowl of thick, sour and spicy soup with a lot of pepper. The pepper made him sweat, and he casually shouted "Hello". The local officials and even the gentry present looked proud on their faces.
Zhengzhou Hu spicy soup really deserves its reputation!
While everyone was happily tasting the bowl of spicy soup, Li Si, who was standing behind Li Hong and dressed in a prince's attire, had a look of disdain on his face.
At this time, he accompanied the emperor to Zhengzhou and met with local officials, scholars, celebrities, squires, and wealthy people.
The emperor wanted to win over people's hearts, but it was the local people who were ready to be won over by the emperor who paid.
At least the emperor had to pay for the banquet he entertained these people.
Although Zhengzhou is a big place, if you want to hold a big banquet to entertain the emperor and empress, it involves more than just food.
It can be said that within a radius of a hundred miles, only Li Si's kitchen has this ability. Even the chefs brought by the emperor and empress cannot compare with it.
It wasn't that the cooking skills of the imperial chefs were not as good as those brought by Li Si, but that under Li Hong's intimidation, the imperial chefs did not dare to say that they were stronger than the chefs under Li Si's command.
Not only did they have to admit that they were not as good as the cooks under Li Si, but they also offered to help Li Si prepare meals for the emperor, empress, prince and other nobles.
This is the standard approach of just wanting to make money without taking any responsibility, and it is also Li Hong's way of caring for his sister.
During the snowy season, the emperor sat in a warm shed and drank and chatted with high-ranking officials, great scholars, and celebrities. Those petty officials, wealthy men, and landowners could only stand in the white snow and watch the emperor drink with the local bigwigs.
The weather was very cold, but people's hearts were very warm. When the emperor stayed in Chang'an and Luoyang did not go out, they were very dissatisfied with the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Now, the emperor personally came to the land where they lived and was willing to listen to their views and opinions. As a result, their hearts, which were originally disappointed with the Tang Dynasty, suddenly became hot.
The emperor rewarded them with a bowl of spicy soup to prevent them from freezing while standing in the snow.
The spicy spicy soup that the emperor drank was naturally different from the original spicy spicy soup in Zhengzhou. The earliest spicy spicy soup in Zhengzhou did not have pepper, but only had a sour, pungent sour taste. The imperial chef and the masters of the canteen added this vulgar local snack to
After adding valuable ingredients such as pepper, yellow flowers, fungus, and beef slices, and softening the pungent sourness, a new hot and sour soup with a pungent smell of pepper appeared.
Pepper was very precious, and it was considered a special favor for the emperor to reward them with a bowl of pepper-flavored soup on a snowy day.
The ability to blend the five flavors is a skill that every high-end canteen chef must possess. In this regard, canteen chefs with rich experience in improving snacks are better than those of the royal chefs.
Seeing his father applauding after drinking the improved spicy spicy soup, Li Si knew that the improvement of spicy spicy soup this time was extremely successful.
It doesn't matter whether others like it or not, as long as my father likes it, if others don't like it, it can only be said that his drunkenness is not right and his tongue cannot feel the good taste of the delicacy.
As long as given time, their tastes will quickly get closer to the emperor's tastes.
Because the emperor rewarded him with spicy soup, the little man standing in the snow now had a short table, a futon, and a bamboo umbrella on his head.
After drinking the spicy soup, it warms the body, indicating that the emperor has felt the coldness that the people of Zhengzhou have experienced over the years and wants to make changes.
Having an umbrella on his head saved him from the pain of being showered with snow, indicating that the emperor was aware of all the sufferings the people of Zhengzhou had endured, including the mistakes of the imperial court. Now, the emperor was willing to give them an umbrella to cover their suffering.
There is a short table and a futon on one side, which is a sign of attending the grand banquet. It is obvious that the emperor's reward today clearly tells these people that they are qualified to attend the table of the Tang Dynasty.
When each person was rewarded with a pot of about three taels of antiseptic medicine, some of the gentry with white beards and white hair could not help but burst into tears.
Just when Li Zhi was confused, Xu Jingzong, who also had white beard and white hair, explained in a low voice why these gentry were crying.
Li Zhi said in surprise: "Can you still explain it like this?"
Li Jingxuan said quickly: "His Majesty is so majestic that he moves with every breath. Even though it is a simple reward, it is a huge favor that falls on these people."
Li Zhi laughed loudly, waved his hand to the eunuch, and rewarded these bumpkins with the mountains of food in front of him.
Although the meal in front of the emperor was large, it was still far from enough to feed six hundred people.
Everyone could only get a very small handful on the plate in front of them, but after the eunuchs evenly distributed the food, Li Zhi came to the edge of the shed with the wine glass high and shouted: "Drink!"
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More than 600 Zhengzhou natives, as well as the accompanying civil and military officials, raised their glasses one after another without the need for anyone to teach them, let alone anyone else to direct them. The shouts of "Your Majesty for ten thousand years" resounded throughout the teaching military field.
Faced with such a heated scene, Li Zhi burst into hearty laughter from time to time.
Li Hong took the opportunity and asked Li Si to serve the dishes that had been prepared long ago in waves. As soon as those people finished the previous dish, the next dish would be served immediately.
After Li Zhi took a bite of the sour soup balls, he turned to look at Li Jingxuan, who was sitting at the third table on the left.
Li Jingxuan immediately stepped forward and heard Li Zhi ask: "Today's banquet is very much in line with my wishes. Those who prepared the banquet should be rewarded."
Li Jingxuan smiled and said: "Such a banquet is worth more than an army of 30,000 men. As for the preparations, the people preparing it are behind your majesty."
When Li Zhi was eating, there was always someone helping with the dishes. Looking at the sleeves, he thought it was Li Hong. He turned around and saw that it was Li Si wearing the clothes of a prince.
"Nonsense, what a good royal princess, how can you be so decent wearing men's clothes?"
Li Si smiled and said: "Only in this way can we relieve our father's worries."
Li Zhi frowned and said, "Only this time."
Li Sidao: "My child is good at preparing banquets. With this ability, he still hopes to serve his father."
Li Zhi looked at the civil and military officials in the shed, and then at the local gentry in Zhengzhou who were eating and drinking very enthusiastically. He felt that it was not a big deal for Li Si to help prepare the banquet, so he immediately agreed.
After receiving the emperor's permission, Li Si immediately beamed.
Li Zhi saw Li Si smiling brightly and raised his hand to touch his daughter's face for the first time...
Naturally, none of the civil and military officials in the Tang Dynasty were given in vain. His Majesty the Emperor had already given his favor to the gentry of Zhengzhou, so these gentry must pay something in return.
They are professionals in taking advantage of opportunities. Seeing the civil and military officials disperse and walk into the group of gentry, whether it was Xu Jingzong or Li Jingxuan, there was an inexplicable smile on their faces.
The Tang Dynasty court used to be too tyrannical in handling local affairs. Now, it should be a new change to be able to show rare gentleness through a banquet.
The person who was best at riding a horse in the entire Tang Dynasty was King Ji Li Shen.
At the beginning, he ran fifty miles a day. After meeting the emperor, he discussed some matters that he could not decide, and then he went back again. This was a hundred miles.
After that, it was just a matter of running a hundred miles a day, repeating the same thing as the first day, and then rushing back overnight.
Now, he set off from Luoyang in the early morning and reached Zhengzhou, three hundred miles away, in the middle of the night.
It was not that Yun Chu had never run three hundred miles a day before, but at that time, he was chased by Turkic cavalry and would die if he didn't run, so he ran three hundred miles willingly.
But after running these three hundred miles, Yun Chu could only walk with his legs crossed, and this lasted for half a month.
After riding on horseback for a long time, the two hip bones that could move freely will be locked in the riding position, not to mention that the tender skin on the inner thighs is tortured by the saddle.
Li Shen's body is far less durable than Yun Chu's, but he can insist on running for three hundred miles. You know how tortured this big job of supervising the country is for him.
At this time, he accompanied the emperor to Zhengzhou and met with local officials, scholars, celebrities, squires, and wealthy people.
Witnessed Li Zhi's first imperial approach to the local area.
This time, Li Shen did not run back to Luoyang overnight. This was beyond the limit of his ability and his body.
After meeting Yunchu at Hulao Pass, he fell off his horse and fell unconscious.
After the military doctor used scissors to cut open Li Shen's lower skirt, he saw the guy's thighs and the flesh on his buttocks was rolled up, and not a single piece of good skin was visible.
Because it was winter, the possibility of inflammation and suppuration was lower, so Yun Chu did not ask the military doctor to clean his wound directly with antiseptics, but chose relatively mild willow water.
Even so, Li Shen still woke up from the coma in pain, grabbed Yun Chu's hand and said: "Yu Chu, my life is worse than death -"
After yelling, he fainted again.
Wen Wen put his hands in his sleeves and looked at Li Shen, who had a sallow complexion, and said to Yun Chu, "He must make a big mistake this time he supervises the country."
Yun Chu said: "Li Hong was right not to stay in Luoyang, but he didn't expect to hurt Li Shen."
He smiled softly and said: "If the supervisor is doing well, it means that King Ji is also suitable to be the emperor. If something big happens to the supervisor, it means that King Ji is incompetent and needs to be punished. This is all based on the laws and regulations of the country. Even the old gods
There is no room for comment.
King Cao Li Ming had submitted a memorial last night to withdraw from the feudal vassal. In the memorial, he said that he was stupid and incompetent. He also made the people under his rule miserable and had no ability to govern the place. I hope the emperor can see the consequences of his brothers.
For his sake, build him a royal residence in Chang'an, and allow him to enjoy the wealth of his life as a wealthy brother in Chang'an."
When Yun Chu was lamenting that things about Xuanzong's Sixteenth Prince's House were about to happen early, Li Shen suddenly opened his eyes, took Yun Chu's hand and said: "Help me up, I want to go to school, I want to go back to Chang'an to have peace of mind
The carved stone of the heart…”
Li Shen stayed at the Yunchu military camp for an hour for treatment of his butt and legs. After an hour, he felt that he was really not able to walk anymore, so he asked for a carriage from Yunchu and drove to Luoyang overnight. As for what he wrote specifically for the emperor
"Fools Please Retreat" also went to Zhengzhou overnight.
The suffering of a few people will not cause changes in the sky. The first snow in winter finally stopped. The earth was originally white and clean, but it was just a rut to Luoyang and a horse's hooves to Zhengzhou.
This time, because there was a banquet to be arranged, Li Si finally met the queen mother she had longed for.
When Li Si bowed down in front of Wu Mei, Li Hong's eyes were filled with tears, Li Xian looked up at the sky, Li Xian was frightened, Li Dan was carefree, but Taiping in Wu Mei's arms stretched out her little hand to Li Si.
Wu Mei smiled, let go of Taiping, and let her crawl towards Li Si...
I'm not in good health, so I'm going back to the maintenance station for repairs.