Zhu Yunxi stood at the main entrance of the palace, watching Zhao Sili gradually walk away under the guidance of the palace people, and he let out a sigh of relief. The scene just now was really embarrassing. If the future father-in-law really stayed for dinner, he would still
Don't know what to say.
Although he is the grandson of the crown prince, if his future father-in-law saw the scene just now, even a man would be a little embarrassed, wouldn't he? This is two different concepts from him taking in a concubine in the future.
Fortunately, he is a grandson. If he were an ordinary person, Zhao Sili would have used his old fists today. And the world would still say that he fought well.
He turned around and returned to the palace. Before he could say anything, Pu Wuyong, who had caused trouble, knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly.
"Your Highness, this slave deserves to die. I don't know that Your Highness is inside..."
"Shut up!" Zhu Yunxi said lightly, and Pu Wuyong stopped immediately.
The more he looked at him, the angrier Zhu Yunxi became. He had just dealt with the bastard in the morning, and this guy caused trouble again in the afternoon. Could it be that he seemed too easy-going now, and these slaves lost their respect.
"Come on!" Zhu Yunxi shouted to the door.
"Your Highness!" Bastard limped over and said, "Your Highness, the founding Duke Huai Yuanhou and the noble sons of the Chang family are here and are waiting in the front hall!"
Zhu Yunxi looked at Pu Wuyong again, "Remember that you are thirty years old, get out of here and do your errands first!" After saying that, he walked towards the side hall, "Get ready for the banquet!"
After the emperor's grandson went out, Pu Wuyong seemed to have escaped from death, and his whole body was soaked with cold sweat.
The bastard looked at Pu Wuyong and said with a smile, "Xiao Pu, do you owe our family a favor?"
Pu Wuyong blinked, "Old Wang, why did you say that?"
"If our family had come a moment later, you would have..." the bastard said with a smile, "Are you as strong as the Za family? Thirty bucks will kill you!"
Pu Wuyong froze on the spot, not knowing what he was thinking in his heart. He finally got to be on an equal footing with this bastard, and he would be bullied by him again in the future.
At this time, outside the palace, Miao Yun led a group of palace maids, carrying exquisite porcelain, to arrange the banquet.
The bastard had sharp eyes and bared his teeth as he limped out, "Miss Miaoyun, how can you let you do this kind of rough work yourself..."
The Chang family brothers took the younger members of the family to the East Palace. Then Zhu Yunxi met these cousins one by one and held a feast in the East Palace.
The East Palace, which was usually deserted, suddenly became lively.
At the same time, in the side hall of Fengtian Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang was also drinking. And he seemed to have drunk a lot, and his face was a little drunk.
Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting on a soft couch. In front of him was a large long table four feet long and two feet wide.
This kind of table was actually used by the emperor and his ministers when they ate alone. The emperor was on one end, and the ministers were on the other. On both sides, there should be palace servants serving the emperor and ministers.
(It is when eunuchs use chopsticks to pick up food. Not only in the palace, but also in the past, people with high status ate like this in public places. When I was a child, I went to Beijing to visit relatives, and the Nationality Hotel was still like this at that time. I asked about it out of curiosity.)
But now, everyone in the palace is standing outside the door. The courtier who was drinking with Zhu Yuanzhang did not sit at the end of the long table, but sat at the bottom, and his speech and behavior were quite casual.
This man looked a few years older than Zhu Yuanzhang, his hair and beard were all white, and he was not as energetic as Zhu Yuanzhang. His speech was a little slurred, but he had a very good capacity for drinking, one cup after another.
"Dingchen!" Seeing that the other party was drinking happily, Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said, "You can still drink so well!"
The famous old minister held the wine glass with his slightly trembling right hand and said, "In this life, I would rather miss three meals than one drink!" After saying that, he drank it all in one gulp, smacking his lips with pleasure.
Said, "Wine is made from food, and is better than medicine for treating diseases!"
"Haha!" Zhu Yuanzhang clapped his thigh and laughed heartily, "Come here, bring the tribute from Shu to serve as wine, and give Duke Xin another pot, hurry up!"
"Your Majesty is still happy!" The old minister also said with a smile, "I am in my hometown, and I am controlled by my children every day." After saying that, he actually cursed out loud, "Damn it, I have fought all my life to earn a lot of money for them.
Wealth and honor. When you get old, you have to be controlled by them, even if you drink a sip of wine!"
"Haha!" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed again, also using foul language, "Damn it, when we get old, our children will crawl on top of us. There is an old saying that a son will respect his father for the first thirty years.
, the next thirty years, the father respects the son!"
This old minister was none other than another important founding figure of the Ming Dynasty who retired from old age and returned to his hometown. He was the Duke of Xin, Tang He, also known as Dingchen.
Tang He was not only a hero of the Ming Dynasty, but also Zhu Yuanzhang's childhood friend. Their homes were separated by a small road. On the other hand, Tang He was also regarded as Zhu Yuanzhang's guide. Back then, he worked as a cavalry team member under Guo Zixing.
Thousands of households invited Zhu Yuanzhang to join them again and again.
He was older than Zhu Yuanzhang and had a higher official position at the beginning, but he never showed off in front of Zhu Yuanzhang. Instead, he listened to Zhu Chongba, who was three years younger than him, in everything.
The two were good brothers and good associates. They drank together, scolded each other, and conquered the world together. Although Tang He did not appear to have the same military exploits as Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, the soldiers and horses he commanded were always the elite Huaixi soldiers who were Zhu Yuanzhang's confidants.
It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang was too suspicious and criticized the heroes. But as an emperor, this was a last resort. It was not that we could only share adversity and wealth, but that a country could only have one master.
A hero, if you want to keep the wealth you gained with your life, you must know what is good and what is bad, and how to advance and retreat.
In the 22nd year of Hongwu's reign, Tang He retired and returned to his hometown.
"I have been fighting with your Majesty in the north and south for decades, and now I am very old. As the so-called fallen leaves return to their roots, I have prepared a cemetery in my hometown of Zhongli in Haozhou, Huaixi Province. I would like to ask your Majesty to allow me to take my children back to my hometown for retirement!"
Zhu Yuanzhang ordered people to build a house for his old man in his hometown in Haozhou, and rewarded him with gold and silver cloth, royal estates, and official posts for his wife and daughter, so that he could go home and live a life of luxury and wealth.
Not only that, Zhu Yuanzhang also specially ordered Tang He to go to Beijing to stay for a few days every year to talk and drink with him.
The Duke of Xin, Tang He, came to Beijing yesterday, and today he went to the palace to drink with him.
When the royal wine was served, Zhu Yuanzhang actually poured a cup for Tang He with his own hands and said with a smile, "How is it in our hometown?"
Tang He showed some hesitation on his wrinkled face, "The harvest in the past two years has not been very good!" He said with a smile, "There is something I haven't told your Majesty yet. The harvest in my hometown is not good. I made my own decision and destroyed my family.
The rent of the tenant farmers was waived, and a thousand dan of grain was given to the government to distribute to the poor people!"
Bang, Zhu Yuanzhang slapped his thigh and said, "Good thing! Well done! You donated a thousand stones, and we will reward you with two thousand stones later." Then, he scratched his head with his big hand and said, "It just so happened that Goryeo paid tribute to gold. You can take it back later.
How many boxes!”
"What do I need so much gold for? Where can I spend it at this age?" Tang He grinned, "My savings over the years, as well as the gold and silver, mines and fields that His Majesty rewards you every year, can be made by future generations at will.
We can’t even finish it. No, Your Majesty will keep it for military expenses and to use it for war purposes!”
"Dingchen, among us old brothers, you are the most honest and honest!" Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, "Those old brothers who started our business together with us, after they became dukes and marquises, they all forgot their roots and bullied the common people.
A cruel one!"
"Hey, if a person wants to die on his own, no one can stop him!" Tang He said casually.
Zhu Yuanzhang showed a smile on his face, "The family is very good? Your wife is very good?"
Tang He's wife was called sister-in-law by Zhu Yuanzhang in those days. During the years when he was conquering the world, he often lived in other people's homes. Moreover, while their men were fighting outside, the women lived together in the rear, and they had a deep relationship.
"That old lady is tougher than me! I can't survive her!" Although Tang He scolded his wife Tang He, he still had a smile on his face, "Your Majesty, she knew that I came to Beijing, so she specially brought you bacon from her hometown.
, she did it herself!”
"At this age, are you still making those things yourself?" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile while sipping his wine.
"The pigs raised in my farm are fat!" Tang He said with a smile. "The fatter ones are fatter and the thinner ones are less. When they are made into bacon and steamed, the plate will be full of oil. If they are fried with two handfuls of green garlic, the vegetable soup will be full of oil."
Yellow. Pour it on the rice and it will be shiny and full of flavor!"
"Damn it, we're all starved for it!" Zhu Yuanzhang smacked his lips and shouted, "Tell the kitchen to bring up a plate of steamed pork belly!"
Pu Bucheng came in from the door and said carefully, "Your Majesty, His Highness the Grand Sun has ordered that your old man's diet..."
"Did you see that?" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled at Tang He and said, "Don't talk about you, we are still the emperor, and we are not controlled by the little brats at home!" As he said, he laughed and scolded Pu Bucheng, "I'm not dead yet, we are dead.
You listen to him again. Go and prepare the meat! He doesn’t eat fat meat when he drinks wine, what kind of wine are you drinking!”
~~I will post two more chapters together later, hey! I found that I can’t brag, and I got slapped in the face just after I finished. Fortunately, it wasn’t too much, because it was still daylight.