"Ashamed to say that."
"I've been doing business outside for the past year."
"I just returned to Beijing yesterday afternoon. This morning, I went out for a walk with my grandson. I really don't know what happened."
Zhu Yuanzhang thought of a reason for himself and explained it simply.
The middle-aged man suddenly realized.
It's normal for someone who just came back to not understand the situation. He didn't worry too much and said with a smile: "Your Majesty canonize the emperor's grandson and enjoy the joy of the people. He will give us a bite of meat to eat. Each person can receive three kilograms of meat."
Zhu Yuanzhang pretended not to understand and asked: "But I think my brother's meat is more than three kilograms, right?"
The middle-aged man said happily: "Six kilograms! We have a lot of people in our family. As long as we have proof of household registration, we can apply for more. You can receive up to six kilograms of meat. Thank you for your gift, haha..."
Hearing what he said, Zhu Yuanzhang was happy and said: "So, His Majesty is really good to us people!"
"Master Hongwu is quite good!"
The middle-aged man said excitedly: "I heard from my father that when Yuan Meng was still here, let alone eating meat, even having a mouthful of porridge was already a great gift. It's only Lord Hong Wu who was good to us."
Hearing the people praising him for his good deeds, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately grinned. He liked to hear these words the most, but he modestly said: "Master Hong Wu, it shouldn't be as bad as you think, right?"
"Why is there no more?"
The middle-aged man's voice suddenly became louder, and he said angrily: "If I hear you dare to say something bad about Master Hong Wu again, I will sue you at the Yingtian Mansion Yamen, hum!"
After saying this, he left angrily.
Zhu Yuanzhang: "..."
Then he laughed.
I originally wanted to be humble, but the people defended themselves in this way. This was great. I couldn't be humble even if I wanted to. I felt extremely satisfied and didn't blame the man for his rudeness at all.
Zhu Xuan said: "Grandpa Huang, how do you feel?"
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "Of course it is good. We can be recognized by the people and we will be happier than ever. Dear grandson, please remember that we are the standard. When you become emperor in the future, you must surpass us. Even if you cannot surpass, you must reach it." Do you know this standard?"
He is not bragging, but he is confident that he is really that good.
"Grandpa Huang is the emperor of the ages. It will be very difficult for his grandson to surpass Grandpa Huang!"
Zhu Xuan said.
Lao Zhu felt proud when he heard the words "Eternal Emperor and One Emperor", especially when it came from his good grandson, but he still said modestly: "We are nothing but an Eternal Emperor, Emperor Qin and Han Wu, which one is not better than us?"
Zhu Xuan said: "Grandpa Huang is as good as Emperor Qin and Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. Emperor Qin unified China and united us China. Grandpa Huang drove away the Tartars and restored our Han people's rivers and mountains!"
"well said!"
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed happily.
These are the words I like to hear the most, even though they are deliberately flattering.
Yun Qi and Hou Xian followed them, happy to hear this, and laughed in agreement with Lao Zhu.
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes fell in front of the Yingtian Mansion Yamen, and he said: "Arrange a few Jinyi guards to keep an eye on all the officials who distribute money and meat. We are keeping a close eye on them. If anyone dares to steal the things given to the people, I don't care. Let’s show them some blood during the Chinese New Year.”
He still doesn't trust officials.
"yes!"
Jiang Wei, who was following behind, immediately responded.
To deal with those corrupt officials, they, the Imperial Guards, have many methods that can make life worse than death for corrupt officials.
Zhu Yuanzhang said again: "My dear grandson, let's continue walking."
He likes to see the happy people the most. Although this is not the prosperous age in his mind, he must use this as his goal to lead the people towards such a prosperous age.
Of course Zhu Xuan was happy. He followed Lao Zhu and visited the capital before going back to the palace.
At noon, I was still outside and ate a duck blood vermicelli.
That taste is so good.
When we returned to the palace, it was already afternoon.
Zhu Yuanzhang was old and a little tired at this time. He didn't have to deal with government affairs for the time being, so he went back to find Concubine Guo Hui to rest comfortably.
Zhu Xuan returned to his east palace and stayed with Jingqiu for a while. Suddenly he thought of those little wives, so he asked Hou Xian to come out of the palace and bring Mu Yuanjun and others in.
It's been a long time since I've seen them, so Zhu Xuan must be missing them.
So do they.
Only by experiencing the feeling of lovesickness can we truly understand and know it.
"younger brother!"
Mu Yuanjun fell into Zhu Xuan's arms first.
Zhu Xuan hugged them respectively and said a few words to make them happy.
Tie Xiuying said softly: "Congratulations, Your Highness!"
Zhu Xuan smiled and said: "What can I say to congratulate? I may have fewer opportunities to see you in the future."
Cen Hua said: "We can wait until the day His Highness takes us into the palace."
Xu Miaojin echoed: "I knew that my brother... was wrong! Now we should call His Highness, and he will definitely take us into the palace officially."
Now Zhu Xuan is the king and they are concubines.
You can no longer call me brother, you need to use a more formal title.
Even in front of Lao Zhu, Concubine Guo Hui always addressed her as Your Majesty, but only they knew what they called her in private.
The name on the surface can no longer be so casual.
Zhu Xuan said: "I still like it. You call me brother, but the etiquette must not be broken. It is better to follow Sister Miaojin's advice, otherwise the officials outside will listen to it and they must not scold me in the court."
Yanguan is the most difficult group to deal with. They like to troll people very much.
Under normal circumstances, when someone is being sprayed, one cannot refute, let alone kill them casually.
They listened and laughed together.
Zhu Xuan kept them in the East Palace until evening, and then quietly asked someone to send them out. The reason why he had to be quiet was not to let the ministers know.
According to Confucian etiquette, this is very against the rules.
If they were to see it, they would have to be lectured again.
Kong Gongjian might come back to work overtime right away, take Zhu Xuan to the main hall, and explain to Zhu Xuan seriously what Confucian etiquette is.
When you become the grandson of the emperor, you have greater power and higher status, but also have more restrictions.
This is also normal. Usually, what you gain also means that you are about to lose something. Sometimes the world is fair, unless you decide to be a fool and don't want to lose, but only want to gain.
After they all left, Jingqiu dared to come out.
Seeing that His Highness has such a good relationship with them, this little girl is still a little envious, but thinking that she is just a palace maid, she actually doesn't envy her much.
I feel uncomfortable, but that's for sure.
"Jingqiu, come and accompany me tonight."
Zhu Xuan said after naming them.
"My slave takes orders."
Jingqiu is still like that, like a cold machine that only accepts orders.
Concubine Guo Hui did a good job in educating her, so that she only had the identity of a slave in her heart and never dared to have other delusions.
Sometimes palace maids like Jingqiu seem to be pretty good, and can reduce a lot of intrigue.
