Bai Shan left dinner for Man Bao and kept it in her room to heat.
Taking advantage of the palace door being unlocked and still able to walk freely, Bai Shan followed her to her room, watched her take down the food from the stove, and said, "Sir, he has no classes today and has been reading in the library all day."
I heard someone say that the Chongwen Library did not arrange any other tasks for Mr.
Man Bao said, "Don't worry, when they know your master's ability, they will let him participate in the book repair."
The lecturers at Chongwen Hall do not just give lectures to them, they also do some compilation or annotation work.
I also do some text research, etc., and occasionally I go to Zhan Shifu to help search and organize materials, just like the bachelor in Hongwen Hall who goes to Liubu as a servant or walks in front of the emperor.
Very busy too.
But now Mr. Zhuang is very free.
Being idle at work is not a good thing, because it means that your abilities are not recognized. But Man Bao doesn’t think it’s a big deal. She was very idle when she first became a doctor, and few patients were willing to seek medical treatment from her. But as time went by, her skills were revealed.
After she came out, not only patients liked to come to her, but even doctors also liked to come to her.
"So time can witness everything," Man Bao said, "Just wait, sir, you won't be in a hurry."
Mr. Zhuang is not in a hurry. He enjoys reading in the library every day. He only has two classes in three days, one for "The Classic of Filial Piety" and one for the "Tao Te Ching". Moreover, the prince has not yet learned the "Tao Te Ching".
You can say whatever you want, there are no taboos.
Needless to say, Mr. Zhuang has no worries except that he is troubled when talking about "The Classic of Filial Piety".
After seeing Mr. Zhuang's gray beard, the lecturers and editors of Chongwen Pavilion who looked down upon him slightly at first could not instruct him to do rough work like they did to newcomers, even if they upheld the tradition of respecting the elderly and caring for the young.
After all, offering wine to Confucius is a hall affair, and the lecturers in the Chongwen Hall also study Confucian classics. Even if they can't do it to the elders, they can still respect the elders.
What's more, he still has three direct disciples in Chongwen Hall. Not to mention Zhou Man's official status, even for Bai Shan's sake, no one will go out of his way to make things difficult for him.
Yes, for Bai Shan's sake.
Although he has only been in school for less than a month, the lecturers in the library have already discovered Bai Shan's intelligence. Except for the occasional tricky questions that are difficult for them to answer, this child is really smart.
Even Yang Heshu couldn't help but tell Magistrate Tang privately, "If he had been born ten years earlier, he would have been able to be a couple with you and go to the Imperial Academy together. Kong Jijiu might not have been able to resist expelling you both."
Go abroad to study."
When Magistrate Tang heard this, he knew how cunning Bai Shan was and couldn't help laughing.
Two days later, when he was working in the palace, he couldn't help but go to the Chongwen Hall to see them. "The fruits in my farm are quite ripe. It's a pity that you are all in the palace, otherwise I could give you some."
Man Bao was still thinking about the melon the emperor ate, and asked, "Is there any melon?"
Magistrate Tang couldn't help laughing, nodded and said happily, "I didn't have any at first, but now there are many people selling melons in Beijing. If you want to eat them, I will buy some for you when you leave the palace next time."
At this time last year, Manbao and the others had not yet come to Beijing, so they didn't know that the capital was now rich in melons, so they couldn't help but ask, "Are the melons in Beijing ripening so early?"
"No," County Magistrate Tang suppressed his laughter and said, "It means that some Zhuangzi planted them in the house or near the warm soup in advance and they are ripe, and others will probably have to wait for another ten or so to come out."
"Then why are they sold on the streets of Beijing?" Will people who can grow melons near Wentang sell them outside?
And the price is probably not comparable to that of ordinary melons, right?
County Magistrate Tang laughed and said, "Originally, most of these melons were kept for ourselves or as gifts, and we didn't make much money by selling them. But since yesterday, many vendors have appeared in the capital, holding melons and saying that they are all liked by Your Majesty."
The melons you eat cost half a tael each."
Of course Mr. Tang will not eat such expensive melons, but it will be the first day of June when Bai Shan and the others take a bath again. By then, the first batch of melons grown in the fields will be ripe, and the price will definitely come down.
, it’s okay to treat them to a few.
Man Bao immediately stopped talking. In the past two days when she went to the Daming Palace to see the Crown Princess, she deliberately walked around the main hall so as not to bump into the Emperor.
She filed the case of the emperor's stomachache, and kept her mouth shut with Xiao Yuanzheng who knew about it. She obviously only told Bai Shan, and Bai Shan didn't tell anyone, but the courtiers still found out.
Manbao and Xiao Yuanzheng inquired about it and found out that the emperor went to court as usual the next day, and nothing happened the whole day. Manbao even went to give him another acupuncture.
As a result, when the officials from the Menxia Province went to the Tai Hospital to check the medical records in the afternoon, they saw the new medical records of the Emperor and checked them.
Of course, the officials of Menxia Province did not take it too seriously at the time. Xiao Yuanzheng also hinted that His Majesty did not want too many people to know about this matter. However, after one night, Wei Zhi and other court officials still found out.
When courtiers like Zhao Guogong found out about this, they would at most laugh and tease the emperor in person, "Does the melon taste good?"
As a result, Wei Zhi went to the Daming Palace to block the emperor to remonstrate, thinking that if he did not cherish his own body, he did not cherish the country; as an emperor, he did not even have the ability to control himself, he was so greedy for pleasure, and so based on his likes and dislikes
When doing things, you obviously have to forget the original intention of becoming a politician.
He believed that he must sound the alarm for the emperor to prevent him from falling step by step and becoming more indolent.
So he scolded the emperor until he covered his face and apologized, and then the matter was over.
The emperor was in a bad mood these past two days, and scolded several people, especially those in the capital who didn't know that there was a trend of eating melons. Wei Zhi hasn't said anything yet, but the emperor is still worried and feels that
He might scold him again at any time.
However, the emperor did not expect that it was not Wei Zhi who scolded him this time, but Mr. Old Tang.
The magistrate of Tang County smiled and said, "My father wrote a letter today, believing that the current trend in the capital is because the superiors are willing to do good to the inferiors. Therefore, your majesty will be more cautious in your words and deeds in the future. Today, someone bought melons at a high price because your majesty loves melons."
Then in the future, there may be people who are willing to pull out the wheat and destroy the rice in order to grow His Majesty’s beloved melons, just to plant melons.”
Man Bao was stunned, "Is it so serious?"
Even Bai Shan was surprised, "Who would do that?"
Magistrate Tang laughed and said, "A melon costs half a tael, two equals one tael. An acre of wheat cannot be sold for so much money. The people are so ignorant that they don't think about how much melons can't be sold if they have too many. They just look at it."
Given the current price, when melon prices are so high, would you rather plant wheat or melons?"
Of course it's a melon.
Bai Shan and Man Bao, who had Xiao Zhuangzi and also loved money, secretly replied in their hearts.
The magistrate of Tang County said, "Your Majesty called me into the palace today for this reason."