"My lord, do you want to meet this man named Hong?" Chen Dali thought that he had brought Hong Chengchou's master and servant over, so he asked Liu Heng if he wanted to meet him.
Liu Heng glanced outside the door and asked, "Did anyone bring it?"
"They're here. They're right outside the door. If my lord wants to see them, I'll bring them in right now." After saying that, Chen Dali stuffed the last bit of meat buns into his mouth.
Liu Heng hesitated for a moment and then said: "Okay, since he is here, let's meet him!"
"Subordinate, go and bring the people in right now." Chen Dali picked up the porridge bowl and drank the remaining porridge base in one gulp, wiped his lips, stood up and walked out.
Soon, Hong Chengchou's master and servant were brought over.
Liu Heng glanced at Hong Chengchou, and naturally ignored the servant next to him.
At present, Hong Chengchou is in middle age, not even forty years old. He has two beards on his upper jaw. He is at the most youthful and powerful age in his life.
Of course, he has not yet reached the peak of power in his life.
"Find a seat for Hong Shenzheng." Liu Heng told Zhao Wu.
Zhao Wu moved a bench from the next room.
"Thank you, Mr. Liu." Hong Chengchou politely crossed his fists and sat on the bench.
The servant came to stand behind Hong Chengchou.
"Hong Shenzheng probably hasn't had breakfast yet, right?" Liu Heng asked, and before Hong Chengchou responded, he said to Zhao Wu, "Go to the canteen and bring two bowls of porridge."
Zhao Wu agreed, turned and left the room.
"Thank you very much, Mr. Liu." Hong Chengchou thanked him again.
Liu Heng ignored him and concentrated on eating the breakfast in front of him.
The half-eaten meat buns were oily in the sunken areas. He picked up the pickles in the bowl and ate one bite of pickles and one mouthful of meat buns.
The meat buns were still steaming, and the aroma of the meat filling wafted out.
Hong Chengchou, who had not had a good night's rest and had not eaten breakfast, smelled the aroma of rice, saliva filled his mouth, and his Adam's apple made swallowing movements from time to time.
"Dongzhu Liu is really thrifty. With Dongzhu Liu's current powerful position, it's really unexpected that he would have such a simple breakfast." In order to relieve his embarrassed look, Hong Chengchou used words to distract himself from the food in front of Liu Heng.
Liu Heng took a few bites of the big meat buns into his stomach. He picked up the porridge bowl and looked at Hong Chengchou and said, "It's good to have these things for breakfast. I don't know how many people in Shanxi and Shaanxi don't even know how to eat tree bark." miss a meal."
After hearing this, Hong Chengchou showed a look of embarrassment on his face.
Although he knew that Liu Heng was not necessarily sarcastic about himself, it still made him, the chief envoy of Shaanxi, feel ashamed to participate in politics if the people of Shaanxi could not bear to eat the tree bark.
Because everything the other person said is right.
The people of Shaanxi have reached the point where they cannibalize each other. As the parent official of Shaanxi, whether he wants to admit it or not, it will be difficult for him to completely abdicate his responsibility.
"Knowing that embarrassment means you still have to be shameless, I thought Hong Shenzheng no longer has those people who don't have enough food in his eyes." Liu Heng said sarcastically.
Pick up the pickles in the bowl with chopsticks and eat them with the porridge.
"I really didn't expect that with what Liu Dongzhu is doing now, he still cares about the people, which is indeed beyond my expectation." Hong Chengchou said with emotion.
Liu Heng put down the porridge bowl, picked up the handkerchief and wiped his mouth. He looked at Hong Chengchou and said, "It's not that you didn't expect it, but you pretended to be blind on purpose. Don't you, Hong Chengchou, don't know what Tiger Flag has been doing these past few months?" ?The mess left by the imperial court, but the Tiger Character Banner is constantly sending life-saving food to the people of Shaanxi so that the people can survive."
"This is different." Hong Chengchou said awkwardly.
After hearing this, Liu Heng chuckled lightly and said: "You feel in your heart that the Tiger Character Flag is a rebellion, and giving food to the people of Shaanxi is to win people's hearts. In order to make the people of Shaanxi work for the Tiger Character Flag, am I right? "
He asked Hong Chengchou in return.
"If Liu Dongzhu really cares about the people, why doesn't he accept the imperial court's offer? Then he can help the people openly and honestly, which is much better than doing it now and dragging the people into the war." Hong Chengchou advised.
Liu Heng put his hands on the table, looked at Hong Chengchou, and said disdainfully: "Hong participated in politics, does he know how much the property of the feudal princes and officials confiscated by the Tiger Character Banner was gained? I am afraid that the word "harvest a lot" is not enough to describe the Tiger Character Flag. The Harvest of the Flag.”
"This," Hong Chengchou said with an ugly face, "what's the difference between what you do and a robber?"
He didn't understand the virtues of the feudal princes and most local officials, but he still felt uncomfortable knowing that the Tiger Character Banner just took away all other people's wealth.
In any case, he is one of them, and he has bought a lot of property in his hometown. He is no longer a descendant of the Hong family who had difficulty studying when he was young.
Liu Heng chuckled and said: "You should know better than me who the robber Hong Shen is. If he were a serious official, with the salary of the Ming Dynasty, no official could afford such a big house and enjoy the service of a group of servants. As for the situation of the vassal kings in various places, I don’t think I need to say more, but I still have to explain that the Tiger Character Banner is not a bandit, but a rebellion. As for me, I am the one you officials say deserves to be cut to pieces. The leader of the rebellion.”
"Why bother talking about yourself, Dongzhu Liu? As long as Dongzhu Liu thinks so, I believe that the court will still be willing to recruit him. When the time comes, Dongzhu Liu will have a chance to be knighted. From now on, I will have to call myself a subordinate in front of Dongzhu Liu." Hong Chengchou wanted to Persuaded Liu Heng to accept the recruitment.
The attempt to bribe the internal staff of Huziqi failed. If he could recruit Anhuziqi, the credit would be even greater for him.
As for the vassal princes' palaces and officials' properties confiscated by the Tiger Character Banner, they were all local officials in Shanxi and Shaanxi, and had little to do with him as a foreign official.
Zhao Wu walked in carrying two tea jars.
"You two must be hungry already. Let's drink some porridge to fill your stomach first." Liu Heng said.
Zhao Wu handed the two teapots filled with porridge to Hong Chengchou and his servant respectively, put down the pickles in the bowls, and then returned to Liu Heng's table to clean up the remaining dishes after finishing the meal.
"Well, this porridge tastes very fragrant. It doesn't seem to be made from rice." After taking a sip of the porridge, Hong Chengchou found that what he was eating was porridge made from something he had never eaten before. It was a bit irritating, but the taste was slightly different. Sweet and fragrant, it is a good food to satisfy your hunger.
Liu Heng said with a smile: "It's jade wheat. In the past two years, Huzi Banner has grown a lot of jade wheat in Shanxi. After being ground, it can be pasted on pancakes or made into porridge."
"So this thing is jade wheat?" Hong Chengchou looked at it carefully while holding the porridge bowl.
As early as in Shaanxi, he had heard that Huzi Banner planted a kind of agricultural product called jade wheat in Shanxi. This was the first time he had tasted it in person.
Chapter 1965 Jade and Wheat Porridge
