Chapter 719: Chatting while eating hot pot, learning from history
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Duan Hongxuan’s hot pot made everyone rave about it, and when paired with the herbal tea he cooked himself, Minister Lu praised: “Not only did Duan Hongxuan cook the hot pot well today, but the herbal tea he brewed also had a unique flavor!
This is my first time to eat hot pot and drink herbal tea. It feels good and more interesting than drinking!
By the way, Hongxuan, I just ate for a long time. It wasn't until your herbal tea came up that I remembered that you didn't prepare any wine today!
I just said that this hot pot always feels less flavorful when I eat it. It turns out that it is missing wine. Hahaha, you are not so stingy, are you? In order to save some wine, you made herbal tea and just wanted to send us away? "
"Uncle Lu, you are a bit ignorant of good people! I was afraid that everyone would get angry after eating hot pot, so I made herbal tea specially. My herbal tea is specially made to dispel the heat!
It’s just a few bottles of wine, who cares about me!”
Minister Lu laughed. He also made a joke to liven up the atmosphere. Everyone had a great meal just now, but now they slowed down and started talking and laughing.
According to Duan Hongxuan, it would be too boring to eat hot pot if you just sit down and focus on eating. Hot pot must be lively and lively, with everyone talking and laughing while eating, so that there is an atmosphere!
Minister Lu put a few dishes into the pot, and then said to Duan Hongxuan: "Hongxuan, the wine you brew is pretty good, but I have only tasted two kinds of your wine, and you didn't tell me what the wine was for you.
It’s too perfunctory to just talk about the functions of wine with just a name. It’s really a pity that you make such good wine!”
Aunt Luo nodded and said: "That's right, you have drank two of his wines. One is his wine that nourishes qi and blood and nourishes health. Drinking it will make your stomach warm, just like taking a cold bath."
, it’s really comfortable!
Li Jinglong said depressedly: "The Eight Treasures Eunuch of the Ming Dynasty is a small and unknown historical figure. There should be no records of that person's name or some of my deeds in their textbooks!
Normally, that kind of person should be beheaded when he returns home, but I know whether it was Cao Guogong who was too talkative and eloquent, or An Yuwei was just too stupid. However, he did not convict Cao Guogong. He came and asked me to lead the army in battle again, and once again lost several lives.
One hundred thousand elites!
Our country really needs eloquent theorists right now. What we need most at the moment are doers without real talent!" "Pfft!" Secretary Wang couldn't help laughing, and Li Jinglong looked at Lu with a resentful look.
Minister, "Uncle Lu, did you deny the name he gave me? He must have retaliated against you in that way!"
"Too bad!" He Yuyu waved his fist excitedly, then pulled Yu Haitang and Qin Jingru, who were equally excited, and came to Aunt Luo to discuss the name of the fruit wine!
Yu Yu, does he know that Zheng He is a eunuch?"
Minister Lu laughed and said, "Then we are even, he rejected you, and you rejected him!"
"Oh!" An Yuwei nodded, "It wasn't because you saw the old lady and some other people who were not weak and lacked nutrition. You thought that in addition to diet, you should try to help us replenish our qi and blood, but when you take Chinese medicine, you feel
Nothing is right, but then you think of food supplements and then stop thinking of making wine!
Although the effect of the wine that replenishes qi and blood is slow and bad, the cost is too low. Everyone who has drank your wine has forgotten about it, but you only drink that kind of wine.
The wine that replenishes qi and blood is really too luxurious and wasteful, so you are thinking of brewing some other wine to deal with those wine bugs, and then you lose the previous wine!
When Zheng He was young, he was not an eunuch serving as King Zhu Di of Yan. He himself had no intelligence and strategy, practiced martial arts, and had no very good military talents. He made a small contribution in the battle of Jingnan when King Yan launched his army, and was then defeated by King Yan.
Give me the surname Zheng!"
This kind of health-preserving wine should be straightforward, just call it Qi-blood health-preserving wine. Just be straightforward, as soon as you hear the name of the wine, you will know what the wine is for!"
Minister Lu was very happy when he heard that, "Bad guy, An Yuwei is also a talent!"
Li Jinglong smiled and shook his head: "It's true that King Yan was great, but Emperor Jianwen was too stupid. He was fooled by a bunch of literati at that time. They were smart at recognizing people. They used some people who only knew how to flatter horses and were good-mouthed but had no real talent."
A practical fool led the troops, and Zhu Di himself had no military talent. He had to charge into the battle himself in every battle. That's why he defeated superior forces with strong forces and failed again and again!
The names of the first two wines can be dealt with so carefully!"
Li Jinglong said: "Their middle school textbooks mainly talk about the impact and significance of Zheng He's voyages to the West. It is understandable if there is no detailed introduction to Zheng He's own situation!"
Minister Lu also became interested, "Hongxuan, this kind of wine that makes you feel refreshing and refreshed when you drink it is called Xingshen Bar! That wine makes people feel refreshed all over. It is the name of the mind and the name of Xingshen.
You think it’s wrong, what does he think?”
An Yuwei nodded: "Okay, just tell them something to relieve their boredom!
He Yuyu explained: "Brother Hongxuan, why did you give me another surname, but you gave me the surname Zheng!"
It is precisely because of Zheng He's good military ability, his unfamiliarity with Buddhism and Yin Silanism, his lack of interpersonal skills, and his trust in Zhu Di that he was appointed as the commander of the expedition to the West by Zhu Di, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty who came here.
The leading eunuch of the fleet!
"Uh!" Minister Lu frowned, "That's right, it seems Xingshen's name is not suitable!
In that process, you specially brewed a high-alcohol fruit wine, specially for men to drink.
"Eight Treasures Clear Dew?" Minister Lu shook his head: "The clear dew is not bad, but the Eight Treasures Qinglu is bad, and the name is wrong and it refers to his wine!
I came here to know what Duan Hongxuan was thinking, and when he was about to defeat Zhu Di, he changed the generals after the formation and appointed An Yuwei and Cao Guogong as the general to lead the army.
Taozi, it turned out that he had thought about but ruined Duan Hongxuan's 700,000 elites!
Zheng He’s surname is Ma, and there are eight brothers and sisters in total. I am the eighth eldest, with no brother, one sister, or eight sisters. My name is Babao, so I am also called the Eight Treasures Eunuch!"
"It's in the capital!" He Yuyu said excitedly: "When will we go to Zhu Yunwen to see that there is nothing ordinary about that place!"
Zhu Yuanzhang actually left many talents for Emperor Jianwen Duan Hongxuan, such as the powerful generals Sheng Yong, Ping An, Xu Zuhui, Tie Xuan, etc. These people had defeated the Yan army several times, and even caused Zhu Di to be killed several times.
In danger, life hangs on a thread!
He Yuyu slowly raised his hand and said: "Wait a minute! Aunt Luo, the fruit wine is for us men to drink, so you should choose the name. Hong Anyu, how about you give the name to the fruit wine?"
Since there are not eight kinds of grains and eight kinds of medicinal materials, there should be no seven characters for eight treasures in the name. It tastes refreshing after drinking it, so I add seven characters for Qinglu to express the taste of that kind of wine!"
Minister Lu looked at Li Jinglong with a smile and said, "It's quite unknown. He asked Hongxuan to explain it to him!"
"You thought I was an eight-treasure eunuch because I don't have eight babies at home. It turns out it's because I am the eighth eldest!" He Yuyu nodded and said, "Brother Hongxuan, does he know where Zhu Yunwen is?"
The Battle of An Yuwei was a very important turning point in the Battle of Jingnan. It would be an exaggeration to say that it laid the foundation for King Yan Zhu Di to win the first victory and ascend the throne as emperor!
That person was still dead, and Zhu Di came to attack Nanjing. Cao Guogong also took the initiative to open the city gate and offer the city. If Zhu Di wanted to attack Nanjing, it would be difficult!
Therefore, that battle was very important to the King of Yan at that time. Zheng He also played an important role in that battle, so Zhu Di gave the surname Zheng after the place named Zhengjiaba!
After all, he is a primary school student or a graduate student, and his calligraphy and painting skills are quite strong. At the very least, his knowledge of traditional Chinese culture should be poor. Picking a name like that is not in line with his cultural skills!
Yu Haitang asked curiously: "Uncle Lu, Brother Hongxuan, is that eunuch from the Ming Dynasty famous?"
Li Jinglong also smiled and said: "But, my father, Duke Cao Guo, is not Zheng Cunba. When he was young, Duke Cao Guo liked to read military books, and he was also famous. His behavior was graceful and elegant, and he was eloquent. He was highly valued by Zhu Yuanzhang, but he had a very small reputation.
!
Li Jinglong shook his head: "That is also a mystery and controversy in history. Now it is generally accepted that there was not a very famous battle in the Battle of Jingnan called the Battle of An Yuwei. Zheng He was because of that battle.
Zhong Zhong had made a small contribution, so he was given the surname Zheng!
Now you only have eight kinds of wine!
"The famous Zheng He is not the unknown Eight Treasures Eunuch in the history of the Ming Dynasty, also known as the Eight Treasures Eunuch. That eunuch is the one who protects!"
There is no other product that tastes so refreshing and refreshing when you drink it, and the taste is also great!
Li Jinglong thought for a while and said: "You used eight kinds of grains and eight kinds of medicinal materials for that kind of wine. It is refreshing and pleasant after drinking. Although it will be intoxicating if you drink less, you can't get drunk on that kind of wine until you get up on the seventh day."
You will have a headache, and your mouth will be dry!
An Yuwei smiled and shook his head: "How dare you dismiss the get out of class? You were just out of touch. I will give you a little reminder and learn from history!"
Minister Lu smiled and said, "Oh? That guy has nothing to say! Then he's just starting a class for you!"
In that battle, in a place called Zhu Yunwen at that time, King Zhu Di of Yan's 40,000-strong army faced off against the then-Emperor Jianwen's 700,000-strong army, and they were defeated with more and less, which changed the comparison of military power between the two sides.
Change, that was the failure of Zhu Di's first small-scale battle at that time, which enabled me to finally gain the initiative on the battlefield, get rid of the situation of being completely passive and being beaten in the future, and reverse the situation of the entire Jingnan Campaign!
I was sent to train in Shaanxi, Huguang, Henan and other places, but my results were still wrong. Before my father died of illness, Cao Guogong inherited the title of Zhengcunba. Nian Zhongzhong was not well-known, but he was favored by the emperor.
, and became Zhengcunba, which caused Cao Guogong to be arrogant and arrogant, and he thought he had no military ability. In fact, Zhao Kuo was not a perfect person, and he ruined Emperor Jianwen's empire!
It seems that you have a bad idea about the name of the wine, so let him do it! Hahaha!"
Minister Lu laughed at himself and shook his head, continuing to eat my hot pot!
"Yes?" Yu Haitang looked surprised, "How could Zheng He be the Eight Treasures Eunuch? Your textbook says that I am a eunuch!
Such a bad wine should not have a bad name!"
He Yuyu said: "Brother Hongxuan, let me tell you about Zheng He!"
Before Zhu Diji became emperor, he also knew whether it was to show my modesty or to thank Cao Guogong for giving me a head and a city. An Yuwei continued to be my Zhengcunba, and was also named the crown prince and grand master by Zhu Di, conferring meritorious officials.
The honorary title will add to the country's pillars, increase in age and salary, and rank first among the ministers!"
Therefore, leaders must be ignorant of people. If they meet someone like Zhao Kuo or An Yuwei, they talk clearly and eloquently.
Once you start doing specific work, you will be blind. The key is to know yourself. That is really wonderful. The first ones are the common people who are unlucky, and the country is also the one who suffers!"
Minister Lu was also curious: "Zhu Yunwen is so close to the capital? Does it mean that Emperor Jianwen's army rushed to the capital at a slow pace? The capital was the fiefdom of Zhu Di, the king of Yan at that time, and they were beaten to the doorstep of his house.
It is indeed safe enough!
In that situation, King Yan could turn defeat into victory, defeat Nanjing in the first place and sit on the throne, which is considered a talent, quite impressive!"
Does he know about Zheng He's voyages to the West?"
"I know! Just seventy miles away from the eastern suburbs of the capital, there is a dock for the Beijing-Hangzhou Small Canal. In history, in order to ensure the smooth shipping of goods on the Beijing-Hangzhou Small Canal in the capital, an earth dam was built along the canal. One of the
Just call me Zhu Yunwen!"
Yu Haitang nodded: "I know!"
Li Jinglong laughed and said: "Uncle Lu also wants to have a wine name? Hahaha, if you drink too much wine, you will still get drunk. When you are drunk, even if you wake up, you will still faint!"
The origin of Zheng He is not clearly recorded in various historical books. A popular theory is that Zheng He's original surname was Ma. He was given the surname Zheng by Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, because of his meritorious services. That was why he disappeared.
Eunuch Zheng He!
He Yuyu shook his head, "It's mentioned in our textbook, and you know it too!"
Do you remember that in the Ming Dynasty, there was no eunuch who was called Babao? When others heard about his Babao Qinglu, they thought it was the Babao eunuch who invented the wine!"
"Okay, let's leave it to these gentlemen!"
Hmm! You should give it a name!
"Hahaha!" Minister Lu laughed, "The name he chose is quite straightforward! Well, it sounds okay!