The meals sent by Zhongdu Imperial City were very exquisite and in large quantities.
Cold dishes, hot dishes, meat dishes, vegetarian dishes.
In addition, the chefs in the imperial city of Zhongdu, carefully prepared pastries, and even several jars of sweet-scented osmanthus brew that suit the season.
In an instant, the table under the small pavilion was already full of things.
Zhu Yunwen suddenly said something to Zhu Yunxi with a very different tone.
Qiuniang immediately struggled a few times when he held her hand under the table.
It's just that Zhu Yunwen held it very hard and Qiu Niang never broke away.
He gave Qiuniang a calm look, indicating that nothing would happen to her, and then looked at the dishes on the table that were covered with flowers and looked extremely beautiful.
Zhu Yunxi poured a cup of sweet-scented osmanthus wine for Zhu Yunwen and signaled: "I will explain to you here and deliver it every day from now on."
He did not ask Zhu Yunwen why he suddenly said that he was powerful.
In Zhu Yunxi's opinion, if Zhu Yunwen wants to say something now, he will definitely say it on his own initiative.
Zhu Yunwen did not respond, but shook his head silently.
He turned to look at Qiuniang, with a rare tender smile on his face: "Try it, if you remember correctly, the cook here was also taught by the Xu family, and the Huaiyang cuisine is very good."
As he spoke, Zhu Yunwen had already raised his chopsticks, picked up a few dishes for Qiuniang and put them into the bowl in front of him.
There were so many outsiders present today, but Zhu Yunwen was still so tender and affectionate. Qiuniang's face turned red for a moment, and she lowered her head and looked at the palace dishes in the bowl that she had never eaten in her life.
She held chopsticks in her hands, but she refused to move them.
"Come! You can have a few drinks with me and my second brother!"
Zhu Yunxi patted the table with his palm, raised his glass to invite a few people, and invited Zhu Yunwen to the table.
Gao Yangzhi glanced at the woman next to Mr. Can with a smile on his face: "I wish Mr. Can good health and long life."
Bai Yuxiu and others also said their own toasts.
One arm is raised on the dining table.
Zhu Yunwen's eyes flashed for a few times. He sighed silently and looked at Zhu Yunxi who was smiling. He nodded and raised his glass: "The common people respect your highness, and all of you distinguished ministers."
After saying that, he had already drank the wine in the glass.
"good!"
Zhu Yunxi cheered for him, and he, Gao Yangzhi and others also drank from their glasses.
Later, Zhu Yunwen took the initiative to pour wine and raise a glass.
Qiu Niang, who was on the side, finally dared to move her chopsticks, took small sips, and quietly lowered her head to taste the palace delicacies in the bowl that she had never eaten in her life.
After a few mouthfuls, Qiuniang's eyebrows and eyes were already filled with a smile of joy.
In the small courtyard, as the drinks went down, the atmosphere gradually became warmer.
In this autumn day, for the first time in a row, this small courtyard has a more populated atmosphere.
The men changed cups and drank from them.
The woman sat aside, moving her chopsticks from time to time, looking at her man with a different smile on his face than before, and pouring him food and wine from time to time.
Throughout the process, Zhu Yunxi only asked about the customs and customs of Fengyang, the central capital, and Zhu Yunwen only answered about Fengyang City.
Gao Yangzhi would throw out a few words about the scenery of the south from time to time, which made Zhu Yunwen a little curious, and the scope of the conversation expanded slightly.
Sweet-scented osmanthus makes people drunk.
But today, all the drinkers had rosy faces.
Zhu Yunwen suddenly slapped his palm on the table. The sound was not loud, but Gao Yangzhi and Bai Yuxiu, who were still arguing about how whales reproduced in the sea, stopped together and looked sideways at Zhu Yunwen.
Zhu Yunxi, who was closest to Zhu Yunwen, also held the wine glass in his hand, placed it on the table and turned it gently.
Zhu Yunwen stared at his red eyes and looked straight at Zhu Yunxi: "You are really amazing!"
Bang.
The first person to fall drunk under the table was Bai Yuxiu, the head of the Qing Li Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Ming Dynasty.
Then Ma Hongqing pulled Niu Dafu down together, hitting the ground with a thud.
Gao Yangzhi looked around and realized that someone had taken the advantage. Little Gao Ge Lao was immediately furious. He picked up the wine bottle in front of him and drank it all.
"If you fall, stay in Zhongdu Imperial City and don't leave."
Zhu Yunxi's faint voice penetrated into Gao Yangzhi's ears, making him tremble all over.
When Gao Yangzhi lowered his head, he saw the emperor's grandson's eyes staring at him sinisterly.
Gao Yangzhi immediately shook his head and sat upright in his seat.
Zhu Yunwen watched all this quietly from the side, and then smiled: "It has only been a few years, and you are already able to control the civil and military forces of the dynasty. Looking back on those days, you were still a timid little guy who didn't understand anything.
"
Zhu Yunxi just had a smile on his lips: "Second brother is not what he used to be, he is more stable."
Zhu Yunwen shook his head and said: "At the beginning, everyone in the palace said that you were destined to be defeated, and no one liked it. I didn't understand anything at that time, but I always felt that you were still pitiful. I often gave you something, and I wonder if you still remember it?
It’s just that later on, when people grow up, they have more ideas, and they are not as simple as when they were young..."
There was a trace of trance on his face, as if he was recalling the scene in Yingtian City many years ago.
Zhu Yunxi also fell silent.
How Crown Princess Chang passed away is not a secret in the palace.
In the early years, there were indeed people in the palace saying that it was Zhu Yunxu who killed his mother.
Zhu Yunwen added: "Since you saw me off at Dongshuiguan Pier that year, in the past few years, I have seen it more clearly. That so-called authority is just a constraint.
So what if you get it?
Come to think of it, you haven't lived a happy life in the past two years. You went to Jiaozhi and Henan, and you were busy working here and there, so that you could make a little change.
But you are really powerful, and many things in our Ming Dynasty have changed. Scholars all over the world can no longer enjoy wealth and honor with their fame, and the common people can also have more vitality and livelihood."
Zhu Yunxi chuckled lightly and nodded in agreement: "Nothing in the world is easy..."
"So you really did a good job!" Zhu Yunwen also rarely praised Zhu Yunxi continuously, his eyes widened and said: "Maybe you don't know how miserable the people are!
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! They grow food, but they can’t eat the new food. If it’s not the busy farming season, they eat two meals a day just to cheat their stomachs. When the farming season is busy, it’s just a meal.
Make the porridge thicker and stuff it with some oil and water into your stomach.
But with so many fields in the world, where has the food gone? I have been unable to figure it out over the years, but I can see a lot in Fengyang."
Where did the food go?
This issue involves the operation of the entire world.
Zhu Yunxi silently stared at Zhu Yunwen in front of him, waiting for him to continue speaking.
Zhu Yunwen did not keep him waiting for long and continued: "When I first came to Fengyang, I looked at the people outside the city and was thinking. This is still the place of Longxing of our Zhu family, Fengyang, the central capital of the Ming Dynasty.
If the people are like this, what should the people in other places in the world be like?
Later, after you made that deal with the heroes of Huaiyou, the fields on the border of Zhongdu ended up in the hands of the people. Things have gradually gotten better in the past few years.
But, what about the people in other places in the world? Maybe like here in Zhongdu?
I guess you set up a business to solve this problem.
The tax office controlled by Brother Chi is probably to keep an eye on the local gentry and prevent them from quietly stealing the interests of the people.
So I said you are very powerful, you are really powerful. In just a few years, you have done so many things in the court. If it were me, I probably would not have thought of these things..."
Qiuniang, who was sitting at the table, had a worried look on her face, looking between Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Yunwen from time to time.
She didn't understand those things about the world, she only knew that her Erlang was saying things that she would never say in the past.
Zhu Yunwen seemed to feel Qiu Niang's gaze, turned his head, with a gentle smile on his face, held Qiu Niang's hand and raised it, and gently patted the back of Qiu Niang's hand in front of Zhu Yunxi.
Then, he turned back to look at Zhu Yunxi: "It was Qiuniang who told me a lot about what life was like for our people in the Ming Dynasty. It was also because of Qiuniang's face that I learned my carpentry work from an old master.
.”
Zhu Yunxi looked at Qiuniang, raised his glass and said: "Second sister-in-law is a virtuous and kind woman. It is my Zhu family's great fortune."
After saying that, he raised his head and drank the wine in one gulp.
Qiuniang looked a little flustered and didn't know what to do.
Zhu Yunwen shook his head and said, "You don't have to do anything. He was right."
With that said, Zhu Yunwen patted the back of Qiuniang's hand again.
He looked in the direction of the house and whispered: "Go to the house and get the box I put under the bed."
After finishing speaking, he gave Qiuniang a look.
Qiuniang was stunned for a moment. Erlang had kept the box tightly and even locked it in the past. She would never touch it on weekdays.
It's actually going to be taken out today.
She stood up hesitantly, and slowly walked towards the house under Zhu Yunwen's gaze.
Zhu Yunxi always silently stared at Zhu Yunqi who had lost all his identity.
"The imperial court is now launching a new policy. I think you have a lot of things to be busy with." Zhu Yunwen said, took a sip of wine, and continued: "The new policy has been rolled out, and after a few years of accumulation, I, Ming Dynasty, will do my best to solve it.
Is there a problem on the grassland?”
Zhu Yunxi nodded, but he was a little surprised. Zhu Yunwen was imprisoned in Fengyang, but he could know these things and understand these things.
Zhu Yunwen seemed to know that he would think so, so he smiled and said: "Every copy of the imperial court's newspaper will be sent to the Imperial City of Zhongdu. As for me, I will say a few good words to the servants and help out on weekdays. I will go back and forth.
The Di newspaper is now in my hands."
Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but laugh. In just a few years, Zhu Yunwen actually learned this kind of sophistication.
"Second brother surprises me more and more, but he has never been wrong about the New Deal." As he spoke, Zhu Yunxi's eyebrows sharpened, and he puffed up his chest slightly: "My family wants to create eternal peace, and we want to have peace.
In the prosperous age of the Ming Dynasty, the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty on the grasslands outside the Nine-sided Great Wall need to be completely wiped out! The people of the Yuan Dynasty can herd the grasslands, and we, the people of the Ming Dynasty, can also herd the Mobei!"
"good!"
Zhu Yunwen also shouted loudly.
He raised the wine bottle in front of him, removed the stopper, and poured wine.
Zhu Yunxi didn't stop him, he just watched quietly as Zhu Yunzhen swallowed the drinks in big mouthfuls.
After finishing the bottle of wine, Zhu Yunwen's eyes were already blood red, his face was flushed, and his body swayed slightly.
"I was wrong before, but now I understand."
Zhu Yunwen's mouth smelled of alcohol, but he spoke very steadily.
"At first you wanted to conquer Jiaozhi, and then you conquered Yingzhou. You attacked Jiaozhi for grain and grass supplies; you conquered Yingzhou for gold, silver, and Japanese workers.
Because of these two places, the imperial court now has much more confidence than before and can do more things. This is why the emperor and you have the confidence to dare to launch a new policy.
Now that the input from the two places has been digested, the New Deal has begun to take effect. When the time comes to expand beyond the Nine-Border Fortress, once the imperial court succeeds, I really can’t imagine what the world will be like at that time."
At the end of the sentence, Zhu Yunwen's eyes widened and he stared at Zhu Yunxi, as if he was eager to know what the Ming Dynasty would be like at that time.
Zhu Yunxi hummed and said, "I hope that by then, the people will at least have enough to eat."
Zhu Yunwen blinked: "It's a very practical idea."
At this time, Qiuniang was already dragging a box from the house to the door with some difficulty.
Upon seeing this, Gao Yangzhi immediately stepped forward and helped Qiuniang carry the box to the pavilion.
Zhu Yunxi looked at the dusty wooden box and looked at Zhu Yunqi with doubts.
Zhu Yunwen smiled, but his face suddenly became serious: "You have to be careful, Grandpa Huang and father... be careful. The world is so big, not everyone is of the same mind as my family!"
His tone suddenly became serious.
Zhu Yunxi also looked refreshed and his eyes were bright.
"Inside this are the letters that those people tried their best to send in private since I came to Fengyang, Zhongdu, as well as the banknotes and the vouchers that those people exchanged with each other."
Gao Yangzhi forgot to take a look at the unopened box, and suddenly pressed his palm on it. He looked up at Zhu Yunxi: "Send it to the sky?"
Zhu Yunxi shook his head, but looked at Zhu Yunwen.
Zhu Yunwen also shook his head: "There is no need to send it to the next day for review and accountability by the court. Many of the people involved have been confiscated by you in the past few years. There are also some that are hidden deeper, and they are all in here.
, just look for traces and trace them.”
"What do they want from you?"
Zhu Yunxi asked the doubts in his heart.
Zhu Yunwen smiled faintly: "What else can be done? For these people, everyone is worth investing, it just depends on how much or how little."
Zhu Yunxi looked at Ma Hongqing, who was lying at his feet, and raised his feet up.
Ma Hongqing groaned twice and opened his eyes in a daze.
"Go and ask people to investigate the Imperial City of Zhongdu!"
Ma Hongqing's eyes suddenly lit up, and he pulled Niu Dafu beside him and stood up straight.
The two of them clenched their fists and bowed their heads.
"Yes! The last general takes the order!"
Zhu Yunwen watched the two people leave with a look of satisfaction in his eyes.
Zhu Yunxi asked: "Second brother took out these things today. What do you hope to get?"