Zhu Yunxi stood at the main entrance of the palace, watching Zhao Sili gradually walk away under the guidance of the palace people, and he let out a sigh of relief. The scene just now was really embarrassing. If the future father-in-law really stayed for dinner, he would still
Don't know what to say.
Although he is the grandson of the crown prince, if his future father-in-law saw the scene just now, even a man would be a little embarrassed, wouldn't he? This is two different concepts from him taking in a concubine in the future.
Fortunately, he is a grandson. If he were an ordinary person, Zhao Sili would have used his old fists today. And the world would still say that he fought well.
He turned around and returned to the palace. Before he could say anything, Pu Wuyong, who had caused trouble, knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly.
Your Highness, this servant deserves to die. I don’t know that Your Highness is inside...
Shut up! Zhu Yunxi said lightly, and Pu Wuyong stopped immediately.
The more he looked at him, the angrier Zhu Yunxi became. He had just dealt with the bastard in the morning, and this guy caused trouble again in the afternoon. Could it be that he seemed too easy-going now, and these slaves lost their respect.
Come on! Zhu Yunxi shouted to the door.
Your Highness! The bastard limped over and informed Your Highness that the founding father Huai Yuanhou and the noble sons of the Chang family have arrived and are waiting in the front hall!
Zhu Yunxi looked at Pu Wuyong again, remembering that you are thirty years old, go out and do your errands first! With that said, he walked towards the side hall to prepare for the banquet!
After the emperor's grandson went out, Pu Wuyong seemed to have escaped from death, and his whole body was soaked with cold sweat.
The bastard looked at Pu Wuyong and said with a smile, Xiao Pu, do you owe our family a favor?
Pu Wuyong blinked, Old Wang, why did you say this?
If our family had come a moment later, you would be here today... The bastard said with a smile, "Can you withstand a beating like the Za family? Thirty bucks will kill you!"
Pu Wuyong froze on the spot, not knowing what he was thinking in his heart. He finally got to be on an equal footing with this bastard, and he would be bullied by him again in the future.
At this time, outside the palace, Miao Yun led a group of palace maids, carrying exquisite porcelain, to arrange the banquet.
The bastard had sharp eyes and bared his teeth as he limped out, Miss Miaoyun, how can you let you do this kind of rough work yourself...
The Chang family brothers took the younger members of the family to the East Palace. Then Zhu Yunxi met these cousins one by one and held a feast in the East Palace.
The East Palace, which was usually deserted, suddenly became lively.
At the same time, in the side hall of Fengtian Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang was also drinking. And he seemed to have drunk a lot, and his face was a little drunk.
Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting on a soft couch. In front of him was a large long table four feet long and two feet wide.
This kind of table was actually used by the emperor and his ministers when they ate alone. The emperor was on one end, and the ministers were on the other. On both sides, there should be palace servants serving the emperor and ministers.
(It is when eunuchs use chopsticks to pick up food. Not only in the palace, but also in the past, people with high status ate like this in public places. When I was a child, I went to Beijing to visit relatives, and the Nationality Hotel was still like this at that time. I asked about it out of curiosity.)
But now, everyone in the palace is standing outside the door. The courtier who was drinking with Zhu Yuanzhang did not sit at the end of the long table, but sat at the bottom, and his speech and behavior were quite casual.
This man looked a few years older than Zhu Yuanzhang, his hair and beard were all white, and he was not as energetic as Zhu Yuanzhang. His speech was a little slurred, but he had a very good capacity for drinking, one cup after another.
Dingchen! Seeing that the other party was drinking happily, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, you are still so good at drinking!
The famous old minister held the wine glass with his slightly trembling right hand and said, "In this life, I would rather miss three meals than one drink!" After saying that, he drank it all in one gulp, smacked his lips, and said happily,
Wine is made from food and is better than medicine!
Haha! Zhu Yuanzhang clapped his thighs and laughed heartily. Come, bring tribute from Shu to serve as wine, and bring another pot to Duke Xin. Hurry!
Your Majesty is still so happy! The old minister also laughed and said, I am in my hometown, and I am controlled by my children every day. After saying that, I actually cursed out loud, damn, I have fought all my life and earned them incredible wealth. When I grow old,
Now, I have to accept their control, even if I drink a sip of wine!
Haha! Zhu Yuanzhang laughed again, also using foul language. Damn it, when we get old, our children will crawl on top of us. There is an old saying that a son respects his father for the first thirty years, and for the next three
Ten years, father respects son!
This old minister was none other than another important founding figure of the Ming Dynasty who retired from old age and returned to his hometown. He was the Duke of Xin, Tang He, also known as Dingchen.
Tang He was not only a hero of the Ming Dynasty, but also Zhu Yuanzhang's childhood friend. Their homes were separated by a small road. On the other hand, Tang He was also regarded as Zhu Yuanzhang's guide. Back then, he worked as a cavalry team member under Guo Zixing.
Thousands of households invited Zhu Yuanzhang to join them again and again.
He was older than Zhu Yuanzhang and had a higher official position at the beginning, but he never showed off in front of Zhu Yuanzhang. Instead, he listened to Zhu Chongba, who was three years younger than him, in everything.
The two were good brothers and good associates. They drank together, scolded each other, and conquered the world together. Although Tang He did not appear to have the same military exploits as Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, the soldiers and horses he commanded were always the elite Huaixi soldiers who were Zhu Yuanzhang's confidants.
It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang was too suspicious and criticized his meritorious officials harshly. But as an emperor, this was a last resort. It was not that we could only share adversity and wealth, but that a country could only have one master.
A hero, if you want to keep the wealth you gained with your life, you must know what is good and what is bad, and how to advance and retreat.
In the 22nd year of Hongwu's reign, Tang He retired and returned to his hometown.
I have been fighting with Your Majesty in the north and south for decades, and now I am very old. As the so-called fallen leaves return to their roots, I have prepared a cemetery in my hometown of Zhongli in Haozhou, Huaixi Province. Your Majesty, please allow me to take my children back to my hometown for retirement!
Zhu Yuanzhang ordered people to build a house for his old man in his hometown in Haozhou, and rewarded him with gold and silver cloth, royal estates, and official posts for his wife and daughter, so that he could go home and live a life of luxury and wealth.
Not only that, Zhu Yuanzhang also specially ordered Tang He to go to Beijing to stay for a few days every year to talk and drink with him.
The Duke of Xin, Tang He, came to Beijing yesterday, and today he went to the palace to drink with him.
When the imperial wine was brought up, Zhu Yuanzhang actually poured a cup for Tang He with his own hands and said with a smile, "How is our hometown?"
Tang He showed some hesitation on his wrinkled face. The harvest in the past two years has not been very good! As he said it, he smiled and said, there is something I haven't told His Majesty yet. The harvest in his hometown is not good.
He was exempted from his wife's duties, and he also sent a thousand dan of grain to the government to distribute to the poor people!
Bang, Zhu Yuanzhang slapped his thigh, good thing! Well done! You donated a thousand stones, and I will reward you with two thousand stones later. Then, he scratched his head with his big hand, and said, just in time, Korea paid tribute with gold, and you will take back a few boxes with you later!
What do I need so much gold for? Where can I spend it at this age? Tang He grinned. My savings over the years, as well as the gold and silver, mines and fields that His Majesty rewards you every year, cannot be made by future generations.
Done. No, Your Majesty will keep it for military expenses and war expenses!
Dingchen, among us old brothers, you are the most honest and honest! Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, those old brothers who started the business together with us, after they became dukes and marquises, they all forgot their roots and bullied the common people more cruelly than the others!
Hey, if a person wants to die on his own, no one can stop him! Tang He said casually.
Zhu Yuanzhang had a smile on his face, "The family is very good? Your wife is very good?"
Tang He's wife was called sister-in-law by Zhu Yuanzhang in those days. During the years when he was conquering the world, he often lived in other people's homes. Moreover, while their men were fighting outside, the women lived together in the rear, and they had a deep relationship.
That old lady is tougher than me! I can't outlive her! Although she scolded her daughter-in-law Tang He, her face was smiling. Your Majesty, knowing that I came to Beijing, she specially brought you the bacon from her hometown. She herself
made!
At this age, are you still doing those things by yourself? Zhu Yuanzhang sipped his wine and smiled.
The pigs raised in their own farm have four fingers of fat! Tang He smiled and said, the pigs are fatter and thinner. They are made into bacon and steamed. The plate is full of oil. If they are fried with two handfuls of green garlic, the vegetable soup will be yellow.
Pour it over rice and it will be shiny and full of flavor!
Damn it, we are all greedy! Zhu Yuanzhang smacked his lips and shouted to the outside, telling the kitchen to bring up a plate of steamed pork belly!
Pu Bucheng came in from the door and said carefully, Your Majesty, His Highness the Grand Sun has ordered that your old man’s diet...
Did you see that? Zhu Yuanzhang smiled at Tang He and said, Don't talk about you, we are still the emperor, and we are not being controlled by the little brats at home! After saying that, he laughed and scolded Pu Bucheng, I am not dead yet, you can listen to him after we die.
.Go, prepare the meat! Damn, if you drink wine and don’t eat fat meat, what kind of wine are you drinking!
~~I will post two more chapters together later, hey! I found that I can’t brag, and I got slapped in the face just after I finished. Fortunately, it wasn’t too much, because it was still daylight.