Change your native land and return to your hometown?
Hu Weiyong's heart moved and his eyes narrowed slightly.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Gu Zhengchen deeply, and he didn't expect that he would even consider changing his native land and returning home during a temporary school exam. Such long-term planning and thought was amazing.
"Returning to exile is still a long way off. Hu Aiqing, just follow Gu Zhengchen's words and order the Guizhou Guards to command Zhang Dai to lead an army to attack. In addition, he ordered Guozixue to expand its school and prepare to accept a group of chieftain disciples."
Zhu Yuanzhang made a decision.
Hu Weiyong accepted the order and when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang waving his hands, he bowed with Wu Lin and Le Shaofeng and exited the hall.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Gu Zhengchen: "You and the prince are asking for a meeting. You probably don't want to chat with me. Tell me, what's the matter?"
Gu Zhengchen took out a document from his sleeve, bowed and held it up: "The alcohol is ready. I will now write down the preparation method, medical bandaging, etc. in the book. I would like your Majesty to read it."
"oh?"
Zhu Yuanzhang's face was filled with joy. He stood up and walked towards Gu Zhengchen without waiting for the chamberlain to take it. He took the document in person, read it carefully and asked, "Do you think it can be done?"
Gu Zhengchen replied seriously: "Your Majesty, you will know once you try it whether it will work or not."
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and asked someone to bring the alcohol jar in. He looked at it carefully and asked, "Fifty jars of wine can make twenty jars of alcohol?"
Gu Zhengchen's lips twitched and he said quickly: "Seven jars of wine and one jar of alcohol. Most of the money your Majesty rewarded me was spent on buying soju."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Gu Zhengchen and snorted: "Why, you are a county magistrate, why do you need so much money? Being an upright official, living in poverty and enjoying the good life is the right way."
Gu Zhengchen was very depressed, but Lao Zhu never thought that he would have to support his mother, two younger sisters, two servants, and two guards, totaling eight people including himself.
Sun Shiba and Gu Cheng are both our own people, so we can't treat them badly. Yao Zhen and Zhang Pei are protecting themselves with their lives. People who can stand in front of them when something happens should not be treated badly.
As for the magistrate of Jurong, the salary is enough for anyone. If he hadn't robbed the Buddhist and Taoist sects, the family would probably be in trouble.
"Please step back, I still have memorials to review."
Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, and Gu Zhengchen had no choice but to bow and leave.
Zhu Biao stayed in the Huagai Hall and asked: "Father, Mr. Gu just talked about changing his native land and returning to his hometown. Why don't you let him continue? In the southwest, the court cannot only focus on chieftains, otherwise there will be disasters one after another, which will waste the country's power. .”
Zhu Yuanzhang opened a memorial and wrote: "The Guizhou chieftain incident was just a temporary examination, but Gu Zhengchen was able to think long-term and even talked about returning to his hometown. This shows that he is not an ordinary scholar and has a clear understanding of the current situation. I know him, and he is also a far-sighted person. This kind of person is a talent to the court, but to some people, hehe, he is a threat, so he might as well say less."
A threat to some people?
Zhu Biao wanted to understand. This person refers to Hu Weiyong. Hu Weiyong is indeed talented, but he lacks the tolerance for others. This is very similar to Chen Ning, but Chen Ning is openly intolerant, and Hu Weiyong, on the other hand, is intolerant of others in the dark.
"This is the method of refining alcohol written by Gu Zhengchen. Have you read it?"
Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to Gu Zhengchen's documents on the desk.
Zhu Biao nodded: "I have already seen it."
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed: "Gu Xiaozi handed over all the methods without reservation, and even wrote down the calculation method, which shows his loyalty. If this thing is really useful, it will be of great benefit to my sergeant. This credit, No less than killing one hundred thousand enemies."
Zhu Biao smiled and said: "Father, are you thinking about how to reward Mr. Gu?"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly: "Yes, Gu Xiaozi has made great contributions one after another, but we haven't given him a decent reward yet. Your mother has made several suggestions, not to chill people's hearts, and hopes to transfer him to Jinling has entrusted him with an important task. We thought that if the alcohol is really useful, we should give him some reward, so as to win people's hearts and give an explanation to your mother."
Zhu Biao was naturally delighted, but he couldn't directly tell Gu Zhengchen what kind of reward he would give, so he had to urge Zhu Yuanzhang to test the effect of alcohol.
The process of testing for alcohol is simple and crude.
Zhang Huan brought two jars of alcohol, an imperial physician, and four sergeants to the Ministry of Punishments to pick up twenty death-row prisoners. Without asking or saying anything, they went up and scratched and stabbed a few times with a knife, and then used The soil brought by the sergeant was applied directly to the wound and he treated it hastily, then he took two relatively clean strips of cloth and tied it up.
These death row inmates are very scared. They have never seen such a scene. Yet you interrogate and question them. You don’t say anything and you put a knife on them. You put the knife on them and then bandaged them. Why on earth is this?
After nearly half an hour passed, the imperial doctor ordered someone to bring some water, untied the cloth from the executed prisoner's wound, rinsed the wound with clean water, and after washing the wound, poured some alcohol on the wound.
The condemned prisoner suddenly twitched and screamed, the level of cruelty was terrifying.
The imperial doctor looked at the wound that was bleeding again, asked the sergeant to hold it down, poured some alcohol on it, sprinkled it with gold sore medicine, and took out the linen cloth. The linen was boiled in scalding hot water and dried on stove radiators that had been wiped with alcohol.
After bandaging one death row prisoner, continue to the next until all the wounds of the death row prisoners have been bandaged.
Zhang Huan ordered the twenty condemned prisoners to be carried into a clean and comfortable room, installed a heater, and told all the condemned prisoners that if their wounds healed within fifteen days, their sentences would be commuted by one level. The condemned prisoner was very happy and lived a happy life in a room as warm as spring.
After Gu Zhengchen handed over the method of preparing alcohol, he stopped making alcohol at home. However, because Wu Rong, Zhang Pei, and Yao Zhen were good drinkers, they still burned forty jars of strong liquor.
On this day, Gu Zhengchen asked Zhang Pei to bring a jar of strong wine and visited Liang Jiajun with him.
As people from Tengxian County, we still need to maintain basic communication.
Liang Jiajun serves as a doctoral assistant in Guozixue, which can be regarded as giving full play to his expertise.
After Gu Zhengchen left for Jurong, the two lost contact and did not exchange letters. Today's visit was also a greeting card sent one day in advance.
Liang Jiajun stood at the door to greet Gu Zhengchen. The two looked at each other and walked side by side into the courtyard.
It is inevitable to reminisce and exchange pleasantries.
Seeing Gu Zhengchen bring good wine, Liang Jiajun said with some regret: "Hey, it's a pity that Uncle Kaiji left Jinling due to illness, otherwise he would have been able to drink with us."
Gu Zhengchen didn't care about Kaiji's departure and said with a smile: "He is a man of great wisdom, but after a few years of dormancy, he will eventually be remembered by the court and entrusted with important tasks."
Liang Jiajun's originally depressed mood improved a lot, and he said: "Today I have wine, so I'm going to have a bright future!"
Gu Zhengchen was full of wine and laughed: "This is not an ordinary wine, you must be prepared to get drunk."
Liang Jiajun didn't take it seriously. It wasn't until the wine entered his body and the warm feeling spread throughout his body that he opened his eyes wide and took a long breath of wine: "Good wine!"
Glass after glass of wine, word after word.
The two chatted happily.
Liang Jiajun was a little drunk and said with a smile: "The eminent monk of Tianjie Temple is giving porridge and teaching Dharma in Laba. How about we go together?"
