Chapter 124: Observing the government according to the order (12)
Gao Pragmatic is currently unable to intervene in matters related to the military system, and even his usual method of persuading Gao Gong to promote it is difficult. Therefore, Gao Pragmatic can only silently pay attention to and remember the current situation of Xuan Da's border army.
In my mind, I slowly thought about future reform opportunities, reform methods and even reform steps.
Since Zhenhe Fort is dozens of miles away from Datong, even though Gao Pragmatic cut a lot of corners in today's inspection, it was still evening before he could get back to Datong.
Today, only Huang Mengyu, Ma Fang and the Datong magistrate Cheng are present in Datong. The governor of Xuanda, Wang Chonggu, and the governor of Datong, Fang Fengshi, accompanied the imperial envoy Cheng Wen to inspect the Hukou border defense. Therefore, Gao pragmatic declined on the grounds of being tired.
After the banquet hosted by the Datong garrison eunuch Huang Mengyu and the Datong magistrate, he rested in the Dusi Yamen and waited for the meeting with Bahan Naji tomorrow.
Since Han Naji couldn't arrive in Datong until around noon the next day, Gao Qingshi took a rare nap the next morning and didn't get up until about a quarter of an hour with full health.
At 3:30 p.m., Gao pragmatic received the news that Han Naji had entered the city and was temporarily received by Huang Mengyu and Ma Fang. However, the luxurious villa originally planned to house Han Naji was ready, and Huang Mengyu sent someone to invite him.
High pragmatism goes first.
Gao pragmatic told Huang Mengyu and others yesterday that he would have dinner with Han Naji today - of course eating is a small matter, mainly a meeting.
Huang Mengyu and others had already guessed that this would be the arrangement, so they told Gao Jingshi that the banquet had been arranged. Of course, the location could not be arbitrary. They would eat in the other courtyard where Han Naji was housed. Moreover, Huang Mengyu was still the same as two days ago.
, is very knowledgeable and knowledgeable, saying that except for Gao Pragmatic and the people he brings, no outsiders will disturb him.
Gao Pragmatic had to sigh once again, smart eunuchs are indeed the best choice to serve people.
Huang Mengyu and Ma Fang received Han Naji in advance mainly to understand the situation. This was their job. Of course, Gao Jingshi would not interfere, but the time difference was just right for Gao Jingshi to rush to the other courtyard to see if it was suitable.
-This is actually just a talk. Could it be that Gao Pragmatic temporarily asked for another place to be moved?
Since the questioning between Huang Mengyu and Ma Fang took quite some time, Gao Pragmatic even had time to enjoy it in advance in the other courtyard and take a nap.
He slept until midnight, when Gao Pragmatic was woken up by his servants, saying that Huang Zhenshou was here.
Not long after, Gao Pingshi came out of the room, rubbing his groggy eyes, and followed Huang Mengyu out of the study, through the flower hall and to the garden.
This villa is actually the property of the king. This time, it is a great honor to give it to the court for temporary use. This villa has seven levels. The first level is the gatehouse. After the gatehouse, there are the sedan hall, the hall, and the women's hall.
, behind the female hall is a garden covering an area of about five acres. Then there is the upper room with three entrances, forming two triple courtyards, and then there is a spacious and grand quadrangle courtyard connected by an arcade. With the garden as a partition, the king's palace
The first half of the courtyard is a place for official receptions and banquets, and the second half is where the family members live. There are two study rooms in the Daiwang Villa, one is next to the living room, with three entrances and five couplets.
Study room. The other one is in the courtyard, connected to his bedroom, and is a small study room.
However, when Gao Pragmatic came out of the big study and went to the garden, he felt that the sun was dazzling. Fortunately, the flowers and trees were sparse and the ground was shaded. In addition, it was approaching the Mid-Autumn Festival, so there was no heat wave.
Huang Mengyu led him to the right corner of the garden under the gable - outside this gable is the corridor under the east wing. There is a grape trellis with lush vines. There is a stone table and four stone benches on the brick floor under the trellis, which are used when visiting the garden.
A place for resting occasionally. Now leaning against the corner, a wooden barrel is suspended in the air with a wooden frame. There is a sand filter device at the bottom of the barrel. At this time, water droplets seep out, like broken pearls, and these water droplets flow into a
The root is about ten feet long and is covered with a wide bamboo mat covered with thick silver-white sand. These crystal water droplets filtered by the sand are then dripped into a clean and shiny blue and white porcelain basin with a white background.
It will take some time to introduce the purpose of this device: In about March, Yin Zhengmao, who was still in office in Jiangxi, but learned that he was going to be promoted to governor of Guangxi, entrusted the officials who were escorting the tributes to Beijing to give Gao Gong
I brought a jar of Miyun Dragon Tea. This Miyun Dragon Tea is produced in Jiaokeng, 35 miles west of Nankang County, Jiangxi Province - a land of about 20 to 30 acres.
Since this tea was listed as a drink exclusively for the imperial court during the Song and Yuanfeng years, this tea has been a royal tribute for hundreds of years, and its reputation has not faded. This tea is made from the new buds of the tea tree around the Qingming Festival every year, and is made into fine small tea cakes.
Milky white like jade, it looks like a dried chrysanthemum. Due to the small origin, the annual output is less than a hundred kilograms. The most superior jade Yunlong only weighs about five kilograms. As a rule, all tributes are sent to the inner palace, and foreign ministers are very worried.
Hard to taste.
However, due to the good rainfall in Jiangxi this year, two kilograms more Miyun Long Tea was produced during the Qingming Festival. Yin Zhengmao, who was in charge of this matter, secretly leaked two cans, one was given to Zhang Juzheng, and the other was given to the person who decided to promote him.
High arch.
However, Gao Gong didn't pay much attention to these things. On the contrary, Gao Pragmatic was more interested in drinking tea - in fact, it was rare to drink pure and pollution-free good tea in his previous life. If he had the opportunity in this life, of course he would enjoy it.
So Gao pragmatic asked Gao Gong for it. After getting the Miyun Long Tea, he immediately boiled water and made a pot, poured off the tea milk, and tasted the green tea soup. He felt that his mouth was full of bitterness, but after a while, it tasted sweet again.
It's average.
Later, when I asked the room clerk in the imperial tea house who made tea for the emperor, I found out that the emperor used spring water transported from Yuquan Mountain to drink this tea, and the water had to be sent immediately after being beaten to make tea, and there should not be more in between.
Delay. Tea, tea, tea, first is tea, and second is water. If there is good tea but no good water, the tea soup brewed will definitely not be authentic.
The water that the Gaoda Scholars' Mansion usually drinks is the spring water from Yuquan Mountain, but it definitely doesn't have such "timeliness", so it's inferior.
Knowing this secret, Gao Pragmatic still sealed the Miyun Dragon Tea in a tin can, thinking that when he had the opportunity to go to Yuquan Mountain, he would taste the mountain spring water again. But he thought about it later and felt that he should
Rather than being so harsh, he felt that any clear mountain spring could be used to make tea.
This time when he came to Datong, he remembered that in later generations, Datong Yungang Grottoes had a faucet that produced spring water, so he brought the tea here and planned to try it.
He remembered that the ancients had a way to remove the turbidity of spring water. He only needed to set up a bamboo basket and filter it with sand, and the spring water would return to sweetness. Gao Pragmatic was originally a layman, but in this life he occasionally felt the need to be arty, so he talked to Huang Mengyu,
I plan to do the same thing when I meet with Hannaji.
Now standing next to the bamboo couch, Gao pragmatic bent down and looked at the spring water dripping into the blue and white porcelain basin. His face that had just woken up from sleep relaxed slightly, so he turned to Huang Mengyu and said, "Thank you for your trouble, Mr. Huang. I see this porcelain basin."
The water in it is enough for a pot. You can order someone to boil it and then make a pot of Miyunlong. Remember, you need to use pine charcoal to boil water. Pine charcoal is slow to warm and the spring water can be boiled more thoroughly."
Huang Mengyu showed no pretense of being a eunuch and left after agreeing. Gao Pragmatic walked alone in the garden, waiting for Han Naji's arrival.