The meals sent by Zhongdu Imperial City were very exquisite and in large quantities. Cold dishes, hot dishes, meat dishes, vegetarian dishes.
In addition, the chefs in the imperial city of Zhongdu, carefully developed pastries, and even a few jars of sweet-scented osmanthus stuffed according to the season.
In an instant, the table under the small pavilion was already full of things. Zhu Yunwen suddenly said something to Zhu Yunxi with a very different tone.
Qiuniang struggled a few times when he held her hand under the table. It's just that Zhu Yunwen held it very hard and Qiu Niang never broke away.
He gave Qiuniang a calm look, indicating that nothing would happen to her, and then looked at the dishes on the table full of flowers, which looked extremely beautiful.
Zhu Yunxi poured a cup of sweet-scented osmanthus wine for Zhu Yunwen and signaled: "I will explain to you here and deliver it every day from now on." He did not ask Zhu Yunwen why he suddenly said that he was powerful.
In Zhu Yunxi's view, if Zhu Yunwen wants to say something now, he will definitely say it. Zhu Yunwen did not respond, but shook his head silently.
He turned to look at Qiuniang, with a rare tender smile on his face: "Try it, if I remember correctly, the cook here was also taught by the Xu family, and the Huaiyang cuisine is very good." As he spoke, , Zhu Yunwen had already lifted Kuai Zi, picked up a few vegetables for Qiuniang and put them into the bowl in front of him.
There were so many outsiders present today, but Zhu Yunwen was still so tender and affectionate. Qiuniang's face turned red for a moment, and she lowered her head and looked at the palace dishes in the bowl that she had never eaten in her life.
She held the tachyon in her hand, but she refused to move it.
"Come! Come and have a few drinks with me and your second brother!" Zhu Yunxi patted the table with his palm, raised his glass to invite Gao Yangzhi and several others, and invited Zhu Yunwen to the same place.
Gao Yangzhi glanced at the woman next to Mr. Can with a smile on his face: "I wish Mr. Can good health and long life." Bai Yuxiu and others also said their own toasts.
One arm at a time, raised on the dining table. Zhu Yunwen's eyes flashed for a few times. He sighed silently and looked at Zhu Yunxi who was smiling. He nodded and raised his glass: "The common people respect your highness and all of you." After that, he drank the wine in the glass in one gulp. All.
"Okay!" Zhu Yunxi cheered, and Gao Yangzhi and others also drank from their glasses. Later, Zhu Yunwen took the initiative to pour wine and raise a glass.
Qiu Niang, who was on the side, finally dared to move her kuaizi, taking small sips and quietly lowering her head to taste the palace delicacies in the bowl that she had never tasted in her life.
After a few mouthfuls, Qiuniang's eyebrows and eyes were already filled with a smile of joy. In the small courtyard, as the drinks went down, the atmosphere gradually became warmer.
On this autumn day, for the first time, this small courtyard has a more populated atmosphere. The men changed cups and drank from them.
The woman sat aside, moving her body from time to time, looking at her man's face with a different smile than before, and pouring him food and wine from time to time.
Throughout the process, Zhu Yunxi only asked about the customs and customs of Fengyang, the central capital, and Zhu Yunwen only answered about Fengyang City.
Gao Yangzhi occasionally mentioned the scenery of the south, which made Zhu Yunwen a little curious, and the scope of the conversation expanded slightly.
Sweet-scented osmanthus makes people drunk. But today, all the drinkers had rosy faces. Zhu Yunwen suddenly slapped his palm on the table. The sound was not loud, but Gao Yangzhi and Bai Yuxiu, who were still arguing about how whales reproduced in the sea, stopped together and looked sideways at Zhu Yunwen.
Zhu Yunxi, who was closest to Zhu Yunwen, also held the wine glass in his hand and placed it on the table, turning it gently.
Zhu Yunwen stared at his red eyes and looked straight at Zhu Yunxi: "You are really amazing!" Peng.
The first person to fall drunk under the table was Bai Yuxiu, the head of the Qing Li Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Ming Dynasty. Then Ma Hongqing pulled Niu Dafu down together, hitting the ground with a thud.
Gao Yangzhi looked around and realized that someone had taken the advantage. Little Gao Ge Lao was immediately furious. He picked up the wine bottle in front of him and drank it all.
"If you fall, stay in Zhongdu Imperial City and don't leave." Zhu Yunxi's faint voice penetrated Gao Yangzhi's ears, making him tremble.
When Gao Yangzhi lowered his head, he saw the emperor's grandson's eyes staring at him sinisterly. Gao Yangzhi immediately shook his head and sat upright in his seat.
Zhu Yunwen watched all this quietly from the side, and then smiled: "It has only been a few years, and you are already able to control the civil and military forces of the dynasty. Looking back on those days, you were still a timid little guy who didn't understand anything. "Zhu Yunxi just had a smile on his lips: "Second brother is not as stable as before." Zhu Yunwen shook his head and said: "At the beginning, everyone in the palace said that you were destined to be defeated, and no one was happy. I didn't understand anything at that time. , I always feel that you are still pitiful. I often give you something, and I wonder if you still remember it? It’s just that later on, when you grow up, you have more ideas, and you are not as simple as when you were young..." There was a trace of light on his face. Suddenly, he seemed to be recalling the scene in Yingtian City many years ago.
Zhu Yunxi also fell silent. How Crown Princess Chang passed away is not a secret in the palace.
In the early years, there were indeed people in the palace saying that it was Zhu Yunxu who had killed his mother. Zhu Yunwen said again: "Since you saw me off at Dongshuiguan Pier that year, in the past few years, I have seen it more clearly. The so-called authority is just a constraint. So what if you get it? Think about it. You didn't live a happy life in the New Year. You went to Jiaozhi and Henan, and you were busy and busy, so you could make a little change. But you are really amazing. Many things have changed in my Ming Dynasty. The world Scholars will no longer be able to enjoy wealth and honor with their fame, and the people will also have more vitality and livelihood." Zhu Yunxi chuckled lightly, nodded in agreement and said, "Nothing in the world is easy..."
"So you really did a good job!" Zhu Yunwen also rarely praised Zhu Yunxi one after another. He widened his eyes and said: "Perhaps you don't know how miserable the people are! They grow food, but they can't eat it. Those new grains that are born in vain. Unless the farming season is busy, eating two meals a day is just to deceive the stomach. When the farming season is busy, it is just to cook the porridge a little thicker and stuff it with some oil and water. But in the world, it is like this There are so many fields, where has the food gone? I have been unable to figure it out over the years, but I can see a lot in Fengyang. "Where has the food gone?
This issue involves the operation of the entire world. Zhu Yunxi silently stared at Zhu Yunwen in front of him, waiting for him to continue speaking.
Zhu Yunwen did not keep him waiting long and continued: "When I first came to Fengyang, I was thinking when I looked at the people outside the city. This is still the place of Longxing of our Zhu family, Fengyang, the central capital of the Ming Dynasty. If the people are like this, what about the people in other places in the world? Later, after you made that deal with the heroes of Huaiyou, the fields on the boundary of Zhongdu were still in the hands of the people. In recent years, it has been It's gradually getting better. But, what about the people in other places in the world? Maybe like here in Zhongdu? You set up a business to settle this matter, I guess. The tax office controlled by Brother Chi is probably It is also to keep an eye on the local gentry and prevent them from quietly stealing the interests of the people. That’s why I say you are very powerful. You are really powerful. In just a few years, you have done so much in the court. Things. If it were me, I probably wouldn't have thought of these things..." Qiu Niang, who was sitting at the table, looked worried between Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Yunwen from time to time.
She couldn't understand those things about the world. She only knew that her Erlang was saying things that she would never say in the past.
Zhu Yunwen seemed to feel Qiu Niang's gaze, turned his head, with a gentle smile on his face, held Qiu Niang's hand and raised it, and gently patted the back of Qiu Niang's hand in front of Zhu Yunxi.
Then, he turned back to look at Zhu Yunxi: "It was Qiuniang who told me a lot about how our people lived in the Ming Dynasty. It was also because of Qiuniang that I learned my carpentry work from an old master. ." Zhu Yunxi looked at Qiuniang, raised his glass and said: "Second sister-in-law is a virtuous woman, and it is my Zhu family's great fortune to join our Zhu family." After saying that, he raised his head and drank the wine in one gulp.
Qiuniang seemed a little flustered and didn't know what to do. Zhu Yunwen shook his head and said, "You don't have to do anything. He was right." After saying that, Zhu Yunwen patted the back of Qiuniang's hand again.
He looked in the direction of the house and whispered: "Go to the house and get the box I put under the bed." After saying that, he gave Qiuniang a look.
Qiuniang was stunned for a moment. The box was kept tightly by Erlang and even locked. She would never touch it on weekdays.
It's actually going to be taken out today. She stood up hesitantly, and slowly walked towards the house under Zhu Yunwen's gaze.
Zhu Yunxi always silently stared at Zhu Yunqi who had lost all his identity.
"The imperial court is now launching a new policy. I think you have a lot of things to be busy with." Zhu Yunwen said, took a sip of wine, and continued: "The new policy has been rolled out, and after a few years of accumulation, I, Ming Dynasty, will do my best to solve it. Is there a problem on the grassland?" Zhu Yunxi nodded, but he was a little surprised. Zhu Yunwen was imprisoned in Fengyang, but he was able to know these things and understand these things.
Zhu Yunwen seemed to know that he would think so, so he smiled and said: "Every copy of the imperial court's newspaper will be sent to the Imperial City of Zhongdu. As for me, I will say a few good words to the servants and help out on weekdays. The Di newspaper is now in my hands." Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but laugh. In just a few years, Zhu Yunwen actually learned this kind of worldliness.
"Second brother surprises me more and more, but he has never been wrong about the New Deal." As he spoke, Zhu Yunxi's eyebrows were sharp and he puffed up his chest slightly: "My family wants to have eternal peace and peace. In the prosperous Ming Dynasty, the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty on the grasslands outside the Nine-sided Great Wall need to be completely wiped out! The people of the Yuan Dynasty can graze the grasslands, and the people of the Ming Dynasty can also graze the Mobei!"
"Okay!" Zhu Yunwen also shouted. He raised the wine bottle in front of him, removed the stopper, and poured wine.
Zhu Yunxi didn't stop him, he just watched Zhu Yunzhen quietly swallowing the drinks in his stomach.
After finishing the bottle of wine, Zhu Yunwen's eyes were already blood red, his face was flushed, and his body swayed slightly.
"I was wrong before, but now I can see clearly." Zhu Yunwen's mouth was full of alcohol, but he spoke very steadily.
"At first you wanted to conquer Jiaozhi, and then you conquered Yingzhou. You attacked Jiaozhi for grain and grass supplies; you conquered Yingzhou for gold, silver, and Japanese workers. Because of these two places, the imperial court now has much more confidence than before. Do more things. This is why Grandpa Huang and you have the confidence to launch a new deal. Now that the input from the two places has been digested, the new deal has begun to take effect. When the time comes to expand beyond the Nine Borders, once the imperial court succeeds, I really I can't imagine what the world would be like at that time." At the end of the sentence, Zhu Yunwen's eyes widened and he stared at Zhu Yunxi, as if he was eager to know what the Ming Dynasty would be like at that time.
Zhu Yunxi hummed and said, "I hope that by then, the people can at least have enough to eat." Zhu Yunwen blinked: "It's a very practical idea." At this time, Qiuniang was already struggling to load a box , dragged from the house to the door.
Upon seeing this, Gao Yangzhi immediately stepped forward and helped Qiuniang carry the box to the pavilion. Zhu Yunxi looked at the dusty wooden box and looked at Zhu Yunwen with doubt.
Zhu Yunwen smiled, but his face suddenly became serious: "You have to be careful, Grandpa Huang and father... are careful. The world is so big, not everyone is of the same mind as my family!" His tone suddenly became serious. .
Zhu Yunxi also looked refreshed and his eyes were bright.
"Inside this are the letters, money and banknotes that those people tried to send privately since I came to Fengyang, Zhongdu, as well as the vouchers that those people exchanged with each other." Gao Yangzhi forgot to open it at a glance. The box in front of him suddenly pressed his palm on it. He raised his head and looked at Zhu Yunxi: "Send it to heaven?" Zhu Yunxi shook his head, but looked at Zhu Yunwen.
Zhu Yunwen also shook his head: "There is no need to send it to the next day for review and accountability by the court. Many of the people involved have been confiscated by you in the past few years. There are also some that are hidden deeper, and they are all in here. , just look for traces and trace them.”
"What do they want from you?" Zhu Yunxi asked the doubts in his heart. Zhu Yunxi smiled faintly: "What else can be done? For these people, everyone is worth investing, it just depends on how much or how little." Zhu Yunxi looked at Ma Hongqing who was lying at his feet, and raised his feet to lift him up.
Ma Hongqing groaned twice and opened his eyes in a daze.
"Go and ask people to investigate the Zhongdu Imperial City!" Ma Hongqing's eyes suddenly lit up, and he stood up straight while pulling Niu Dafu beside him.
The two of them clenched their fists and bowed their heads.
"Yes! The general takes the order!" Zhu Yunwen watched the two people leave with a look of satisfaction in his eyes. Zhu Yunxi asked: "Second brother took out these things today. What do you hope to get?"...
