Sweet potato porridge, shredded potatoes, scrambled eggs with leek, radish stew, roasted fish with tofu, four dishes for two people, you eat your vegetarian food and I eat my meat. Qingyi was full of praise for the food. Lao Hu has always been curious about who this Taoist nun is. Chang Yu casually joked: "Li Muchian's uncle" Lao Hu looked surprised.
"By the way, where is Li Muchian?" Chang Yu asked. Lao Hu said that he was practicing in Baiyun Temple these days and occasionally came to his house. Chang Yu asked Lao Hu to send someone to tell him that he was coming in the evening. During the meal, Lao Hu He also brought in two large bunches of dried red peppers and said, "Master, these are sent by someone from my great-uncle from my hometown."
Hey, Chang Yu was immediately happy when he saw it: "I'll treat you to hot pot tonight, Sichuan spicy hot pot."
Chili peppers were introduced to China in the Ming Dynasty, but the first people to eat them were not the Yungui people of Sichuan, but the people of Xiajiang, the so-called lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and today's Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas. At that time, people in Sichuan did not know what chili peppers were. It was not until the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty that Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hunan and other places began to eat it. The whole country began to eat chili pepper after Daoguang. In the late Chongzhen period, it was only eaten in Hangzhou and Nanjing.
As a descendant, who doesn’t eat hot pot in the winter, and who doesn’t eat spicy food when eating hot pot?
At that time, Chang Yu had casually chatted with Chang Yanling when he went south to pacify Baiwang, so this cheap uncle really remembered it and sent a lot of gifts, enough for Chang Yu's family to survive this winter. Before the meal was finished, Little Apple and his parents came to visit. They were happy and distressed to see Chang Yu. Later, Chen Wangting, Jiang Fa, and Wu Zhong all came to visit and had a conversation. Everyone knew that Chang Yu had been on the road for days and was still there at night. If you want to enter the palace to meet the saint, you will know how to leave and let him have a good sleep.
It was already dark when I woke up. I asked the time and found out that it was just after Youshi (about 7 p.m.), so I got dressed and got up. Lao Hu told Wu Mengming that he was waiting in the lobby. Chang Yu secretly laughed, and this guy probably couldn't bear it either.
Sure enough, when Wu Mengming saw Chang Yu, he complained repeatedly. Chang Yu was not in the capital when the gods were fighting, which burned his ass. For example, those arrested family members did not dare to go to Dongchang Yamen to cause trouble. In addition to asking the cabinet to put pressure on the emperor , I went to Jinyiwei Town Fusi every day to find him and establish various relationships with him. Wu Mengming was not only greedy for money, but also a good old man. He didn’t want to offend the nobles. He really couldn’t lose face and refused but was powerless. If he didn’t help, he would be scolded. If he agreed, he would help again. If he didn't do it, he would be scolded by Emperor Chongzhen.
"We have just returned to Beijing and you are full of bitterness. Why can't you say something nice!" Chang Yu was in a hurry to enter the palace and could not chat with Wu Mengming at the house. The two of them walked towards the imperial city together. As soon as they talked about this Wu Mengming, He smiled bitterly: "The news you brought back to the capital is not good news, Mr. Du Gong. You were called into the palace just after you took up your humble position. First, you scolded the Jin Yiwei for being incompetent. How could there be so many things going on in Yunnan?" If we can't detect it in advance, it's better to take precautions and find out that, Sha, Sha Dingzhou's idiot wants to seize power... Then he asked me to make preparations and go to Yunnan soon! Oh my god, Yunnan! Lord Governor!"
Wu Mengming looked exaggerated: "Do you know how far it is? It's all the way to the horizon. It would take several months to travel all the way on horseback, not to mention that you have to pass through the territory of the thief... I'm humble, I have old arms and legs... Lord Governor, can you give me your humble position in front of the Emperor... Well, please ask for a favor..."
"Hey, Mr. Wu, you came here to talk to our family in front of the emperor at night. Bai Xiang moved our family and thought you were here to cleanse our family." Chang Yu laughed and scolded, Wu Mengming licked his face Laughing: "We all have it, we all have it, and we ourselves have nothing to pretend to be."
Chang Yu sighed: "Mr. Wu, actually our family thinks it would be good to go to Yunnan. You will regret it if you don't go."
Wu Mengming shook his head directly: "Thousands of miles away through mountains and rivers, and there is still war and chaos there. If you don't go to a humble position and burn incense, how can you regret it?"
Really? Chang Yu smiled: "I'm afraid I'll regret it. The so-called wealth is gained through danger."
"Come on." Wu Mengming waved his hand: "Where can you get the wealth over there? I won't ask for it..." Suddenly something occurred to him and he looked at Chang Yu with a surprised look on his face: "Is it possible that the Governor is also going?"
Chang Yu laughed loudly: "If not, how could I call you together?" Wu Mengming then realized that it was Chang Yu who had called him by name in front of Emperor Chongzhen, so he lowered his head and frowned, thinking again, Chang Yu is a cornucopia, wherever he goes Everyone can make money, and the more chaotic the place, the better. Wu Mengming has been working with him since he first debuted. It is a lot of money. If Chang Yu also wants to go south this time, then...
"Master Wu, we are at the palace gate just ahead. You should make your decision quickly." Chang Yu smiled evilly, and Wu Mengming gritted his teeth: "The Governor is right. Wealth is gained through danger. It is worse to be roasted in the capital than to be burned." I’m going out to enjoy the scenery and see thousands of miles of mountains and rivers.”
Okay, Chang Yu got off the carriage outside Dong'an Gate: "Master Wu, go back and warm up the wine, let's chat in the evening."
Okay, Wu Mengming flew up happily, cupped his hands and watched Chang Yu enter the palace, then flicked his clothes, looked up at the night sky with his hands behind his back, unable to hide his proud look, he was about to show off.
Emperor Chongzhen in the Palace of Qianqing also had a proud look on his face. He spent the whole afternoon saying goodbye to his cabinet ministers and directly threw away the Yunnan Wubikui rebellion as previously discussed with Chang Yu. Didn't he want power? Here!
Solve it immediately!
After analyzing the impact and harm that Wubikui's rebellion would bring, the faces of the cabinet ministers became dark!
This is so tricky!
But Emperor Chongzhen spread his hands, and the difficulties must be solved, otherwise, why would you be used as ancestors? We must come up with a response plan today, and it must be resolved at the meeting tomorrow morning! Although he and Chang Yu had already agreed on a countermeasure and had begun to implement it, they still had to take it out and air it in the court. Although Wu Bikui's rebellion was a very bad thing, the current situation in the capital was difficult to deal with. It is said that it came very timely, but it can just resolve the current situation of conflict between the king and his ministers in the capital. It came at the right time!
"Tomorrow during the court meeting, I will ask them to push out a few people to go to Yunnan to mediate. Let's see who they push out in the end. Then I guess they haven't arrived in Yunnan yet. By then you have solved the problem, and then their faces will be different. There is no place to put it, but as long as I feel a little ashamed, I will not dare to bark again in the future..."
Seeing Chongzhen's proud face, Chang Yu knew how much he had suffered during this period, and how happy he was today.
"Now that the world is in turmoil, it is just when the ministers are doing their best, but they are wasting their energy on all useless things. In fact, it makes people sad. The ministers are useless and cannot share too much for the emperor. They can only try their best to quell the chaos and restore peace to the Ming Dynasty. As for Those things are really unintentional and powerless. In the end, the emperor has to fight with them." Chang Yu made tea for Emperor Chongzhen and handed it over respectfully. Emperor Chongzhen took it and looked at him with his eyes flickering, and then sighed: "You I have done enough, and I should be content." He picked up the tea cup, took a sip and then put it down gently: "Are you confident that the chaos in Yunnan will be quelled, and can the situation be controlled?"
"My lord, I can only say that I will do my best to obey fate." To be honest, Chang Yu himself didn't know for sure, because there were too many uncertain factors in the matter, so he couldn't guarantee it, but Emperor Chongzhen insisted on making a guarantee because he was too scared. At the beginning of the year, the intruders came to the door of his house, and the Qing army attacked the city. He was really frightened. At this time, it was just a little peaceful here, and Yunnan was in chaos again. Although it was a hundred and eighty thousand miles away from the capital, he could not reach it in a short time. The capital is safe, but once Zhang Xianzhong annexes Yunnan and Guizhou, it will be an extremely terrible thing, because the road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to reach the sky. Once he has established himself in the kingdom of Tianfu, relying on natural dangers will be far more difficult than Li Zicheng in Xi'an!
It's easy to lose, hard to get back, and it may even be impossible to get it back. Just like Shenyang Wei in the north, it has now become the capital of the Qing Dynasty.
He was afraid, so he wanted to hear some reassuring words from Chang Yu.
