Chapter 139: The world nourishes Zhu...

Style: Historical Author: Winter plum blossoms startle the snowWords: 2095Update Time: 24/02/20 16:17:24
Zhu Zhi arranged for the banquet to be removed and served Huqiu tea, which made Zhu Gui, Zhu Mei and Zhu Quan shake their heads and sigh.

"I heard that Huqiu tea is very rare, but I didn't expect that my fifteenth brother can taste it here."

Zhu Gui touched the tea cup with the tea lid, looked at the white tea soup, and smelled it gently. It was like the fragrance of bean curd, which was elegant and entered the heart.

"It is clean and indestructible. It is a drink that washes away dust and troubles. This product has a spiritual taste and is originally from the source of immortality." Zhu Quan is quite knowledgeable about tea ceremony. He examined the tea soup and said: "This is "This is a poem written by Wei Yingwu, the governor of Suzhou in the Tang Dynasty. "The Tea Grows in Xiwuqiu Garden", this thing is this Tiger Hill tea."

Zhu Zhi chuckled and said: "Yes, people in Suzhou have always known Biluochun and few know about Tiger Hill. As everyone knows, this Tiger Hill tea is also wonderful."

"I heard something like this in a certain book: Tiger Hill tea is the most exquisite and the best in the world. Haha, although it is just a family saying, it is not unreasonable to taste it today."

Zhu Quan admired the dark tea leaves stretching in the water, his eyes full of enjoyment.

Famous tea, what is produced in heaven is made by man.

Almost all the famous teas in the Tang Dynasty were tribute teas, and central Sichuan was the main tea-producing area. It was not until the Song Dynasty that the status of the tea-producing areas in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian was improved, surpassing the Bashu tea area.

Tea in the Tang and Song Dynasties was mostly cake tea.

If you look through the classics, you will find that they did not use "cup" as the unit for drinking tea, but "bowl", "ou" and "cup". Before drinking tea, processes such as "roasting" and "grinding" were required .

To put it bluntly, tea at that time was mostly made in the form of cakes.

If you want to "make tea" or "sencha" today, first take out the tea cakes, bake them on the fire, let them cool, then get some of the tea cakes, grind them into powder, and then put them in a tea maker to make a drink.

Oh, by the way, don’t forget to add salt, it’s indispensable, and green onions and ginger, remember to add...

If you are more personal, you can also add some dates, orange peel, dogwood, mint, etc.

In the Tang and Song dynasties, either individuality was liberated or literati were king. You could customize it however you wanted. Don’t worry about whether others are going to vomit. Just drink to your own comfort.

Loose tea gradually emerged in the Song Dynasty. It was called "herbal tea" and was not considered elegant.

Speaking of which, you have to thank Zhu Yuanzhang for drinking loose tea.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't like tea cakes. Not to mention causing trouble, drinking tea was just as troublesome. He had to bake them again and again, adding this and that.

I made it into fine powder and took a sip, and my mouth was covered with tea foam.

It tastes bad and the process is complicated, which is not good for people and bad for the stomach.

So Lao Zhu issued an imperial edict in the 24th year of Hongwu's reign, "Stop making dragon balls and only make progress by collecting bud tea." This made loose tea become the mainstream in one fell swoop.

Most of the various types of tea in later generations were loose tea, and only a few teas maintained the form of cake tea, such as Yunnan Pu'er.

These princes cannot live without tea. After all, eating mutton every day is not an option. They always need tea to relieve their tiredness.

Zhu Quan tasted the good tea. After tasting it, he couldn't help but ask for it: "Brother Fifteen, please give me a few pounds of Tiger Hill."

Zhu Zhi almost fainted. Does your tea come in pounds?

"Ahem, the tea is very good. It's three pounds per person. We've settled on it. First, please explain clearly what the emperor means. What is the world's support for Zhu and who can support the world? I can't wait for dozens of people. Where do you come from with such threatening words?"

Zhu Gui put the tea bowl on the table and asked seriously.

King Zhu Zhi of Liao and King Zhu Geng of Min were engaged in business. This was not a problem between the two vassals, but involved all the vassals! If this matter is not clarified, who knows when the emperor will have a whim and let himself go into business?

It's a matter of destiny, so don't be careless.

Zhu Zhi also stopped smiling, with a bit of worry in his eyes, and said: "We are our own family, so I'll tell you straight. Taizu attaches great importance to family ties. Except for the prince, all of them are awarded to princes. The eldest son of the prince can be The prince is hereditary, and the other descendants of the prince are named county princes."

"The eldest son of the county king is hereditary king, and the other children are granted the title of general of the Zhenguo; the descendants of the general of the Zhenguo are all generals of the auxiliary country; the descendants of the generals of the auxiliary country are all generals of the Fengguo; the descendants of the general of the Fengguo are the lieutenants of the Zhenguo; the lieutenants of the Zhenguo The heir is the lieutenant of the auxiliary state; the heir of the lieutenant of the auxiliary state is the lieutenant of the state of Fengguo. It is hereditary and will last forever."

"In addition, there are the emperor's sisters, who are the eldest princesses, the emperor's daughter, who is the princess, and the chosen son-in-law, who is the prince-in-law. The prince's daughter is named the princess, the princess's daughter is named the county princess, and the granddaughter is named the county prince. The great-granddaughter is granted the title of County Lord, the great-great-granddaughter is granted the title of Township Lord, and the husbands and sons-in-law of the princess, county lord, county monarch, county monarch, and township monarch are all granted the title of guest of honor."

"The Thirteenth Brother, the Fourteenth Brother, and the Seventeenth Brother must be very aware of these palace regulations."

Zhu Gui, Zhu Mei, and Zhu Quan nodded repeatedly. As members of the royal family, they naturally understood this basic situation.

Zhu Zhi took a deep breath and said gloomily: "

According to the regulations of the imperial court, the prince's salary is 10,000 shi per year, the county prince's 2,000 shi per year, the Zhenguo general's 1,000 shi per year, and the auxiliary general, Fengguo general, and Zhenguo lieutenant are gradually reduced by 200 shi. The lieutenant level is reduced by one hundred stones. "

"The princess and her consort are two thousand shi per year, the princess and her ceremonial guests are 800 shi per year, the county lord, the county lord and their ceremonial guests are reduced by 200 dan each year, and the county lord, township monarch and their ceremonial guests are reduced by one hundred dan. stone."

Zhu Gui couldn't help but knocked on the table and asked, "How come we, the royal family, don't know this? What does this have to do with raising Zhu in the world?"

Zhu Zhi looked at Zhu Gui, smiled bitterly, and said: "Brother Thirteen, we want to be rich and glorious, and enjoy peace. We also want to have children and grandchildren, and be blessed forever. Our generation has only a small number of children, but how many children will we have?" When it comes to grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren, how many children do you have?”

"this……"

Zhu Gui frowned.

Zhu Gai and Zhu Quan also took a deep breath. No one had thought about it for so long.

Zhu Zhi looked at the three of them solemnly and said: "The emperor has deduced for me and King Min that after a hundred years, the number of people in our clan will reach more than 8,000, and after 150 years, there will be nearly 20,000. Two hundred years later, there were an astonishing 150,000 people!"

"Fifteen thousand people, based on the minimum of 200 dan, that's 30 million dan! Our tax revenue in previous years was only more than 30 million dan. With such consumption, all the food in the world was used for the royal family. "Sir, why don't the world support Zhu?"

"At that time, even if the reduction is reduced, at least eight to nine million stones will be needed to support the clan every year. With all the output in Shanxi and Henan, it is still not enough! Thirteenth brother, fourteenth brother, seventeenth brother, you say, Isn’t this considered the world’s nourishing Zhu?”

Zhu Gui, Zhu Mei, and Zhu Quan were horrified. Who would have thought that there are only a few dozen royal family members now, but two hundred years later, they could multiply to hundreds of thousands?

But think about it carefully. For example, Zhu Yuanzhang, the father, has twenty-six sons, sixteen daughters, plus sons-in-law, which makes fifty-eight.

From one to fifty-eight, it's so simple.

Then from the generation of fifty-eight, how many fifty-eights will there be?

Even if these people are not as powerful as Zhu Yuanzhang, they still have to have three sons and two daughters, right?

By then, the number of royal family members would have increased fivefold...

If iteration continues, there will be hundreds of thousands of descendants, which is terrifying just thinking about it!