Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 284 Observing Politics by Order ([-])
Regarding the matter of the military system, Gao Yushi is still unable to intervene, and even his usual method of persuading Gao Gong to promote it is very difficult. Therefore, Gao Yushi can only silently pay attention to and record the current situation of the Xuanda Frontier Army. In my heart, slowly think about the opportunity, method and even the steps of reform in the future.

Since Zhenhebao is tens of miles away from Datong, although Gao Yushi cut corners a lot in today's inspection, it was still late at night to rush back to Datong.

Today only Huang Mengyu, Ma Fang, and the magistrate of Datong are present in Datong City. Xuanda Governor Wang Chonggu and Datong Governor Fang Fengshi accompanied the imperial envoy Cheng Wen to inspect the Shahukou border defense, so Gao Wushi declined on the grounds of fatigue. After the banquet held by the eunuch Huang Mengyu and the magistrate of Datong, he honestly went to rest in the yamen of Dusi, waiting for the meeting with Bahan Naji tomorrow.

Since Han Naji would not arrive in Datong until around noon on the second day, Gao Yushi had a rare late sleep the next morning, and did not get up until [-]:[-] pm, full of blood and revived.

At three o'clock, Gao Wushi received the news that Hannaji had entered the city and was temporarily received by Huang Mengyu and Ma Fang. However, the luxurious courtyard that was originally planned to house Hannaji was ready, so Huang Mengyu sent someone to invite him. High pragmatism goes first.

Gao Wushi told Huang Mengyu and others yesterday that he was going to have dinner with Ba Hanaji today - eating is of course a trivial matter, the main thing is to meet.

Huang Mengyu and others had already guessed that it would be this arrangement, so they told Gao Wushi that even the banquet had been arranged. Of course, the location could not be random, and they had dinner in the other courtyard where Han Naji was placed.Moreover, Huang Mengyu is still very knowledgeable and interesting like two days ago, saying that except for Gao Yushi and the people he brought, there will be no outsiders to disturb him.

Gao Yushi had to lament once again that a smart eunuch is indeed the best choice to serve people.

Huang Mengyu and Ma Fang received Han Naji in advance mainly to understand the situation. This is their job. Of course, Gao Yushi will not interfere, but this time difference is just right for Gao Yushi to rush to the other courtyard first to see if it is suitable— — This is actually just a scene. Could it be that Gao Yushi also temporarily asked to change the place for others?
As Huang Mengyu and Ma Fang's questioning would take some time, Gao Wushi even had time to enjoy it in advance and take a nap in the other courtyard.

This sleep lasted until the end of the day, when Gao Yushi was woken up by his servants, saying that Huang Zhenshou had come.

Not long after, Gao Wushi came out of the room, rubbed his sleepy eyes, followed Huang Mengyu out of the study room, walked through the flower hall to the garden.

This other courtyard is actually the property of the acting king, and this time it is considered a shame to give it to the imperial court for temporary use.There are seven levels in this courtyard. The first level is the gate house. After passing through the gate building, there are sedan chair hall, hall, and women's hall. Behind the women's hall is a garden covering about five mu of land.Then there is the upper room with three entrances, which form two courtyards, and then there is another tall and grand courtyard connected by arcades.Separated by the garden, the first half of Daiwang Bieyuan is a place for official receptions and banquets, and the second half is a place for family members to live.There are two study rooms in Daiwang Bieyuan, one is on the side of the living room, with three entrances and five couplets, it is a large study room.The other is in the courtyard, connected with his bedroom, is a small study.

However, Gao Yushi came out of the big study and went to the garden for the first time, but he felt the sun was dazzling. Fortunately, the flowers and trees were sparsely covered with shade, and the season was approaching the Mid-Autumn Festival, so there was no heat wave.

Huang Mengyu led him to the gable at the right corner of the garden—outside the gable is the passageway downstairs in the East Wing, where there is a grape trellis with luxuriant vines.There is a stone table and four stone benches on the brick floor under the shelf, which are occasional resting places when visiting the garden.Now leaning against the corner of the wall, a wooden barrel is suspended on a wooden frame. There is a sand filter device at the bottom of the wooden barrel. And spread a wide bamboo pan with thick silvery white fine sand, these crystal clear water drops filtered by the sand, and then drip into a blue and white porcelain basin with a white background that is clean and shiny.

Exactly what this device is used for needs to be introduced: Around 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 escorted the tribute to Beijing to give Gao Gong A can of Miyun Long tea was brought along.This Miyun long tea is produced in Jiaokeng, 35 miles west of Nankang County, Jiangxi Province - a place of about [-] to [-] mu of land.

Since Song Yuanfeng listed this tea as an exclusive drink for the inner court, 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 tea trees around Qingming every year, and made into fine small tea cakes, which are as milky as jade and look like a dried chrysanthemum.Due to the small area of ​​production, the annual output is no more than [-] catties, and the best top-quality Jade Cloud Dragon is only about [-] catties—as usual, it has to be tributed to the inner government, and it is difficult for foreign ministers to taste it.

However, due to the favorable rain in Jiangxi this year, two catties more of Qingming Miyun Longcha were produced.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 Gao Gong who decided to promote him.

However, Gao Gong didn't pay too much attention to these things, but Gao Yushi was more interested in drinking tea - in fact, it was rare to drink pure and pollution-free good tea in his previous life, so he must enjoy it if he has the opportunity in this life.

So Gao Wushi asked Gao Gong to ask for it. After getting the Miyun Long tea, he immediately boiled a pot of water, decanted the tea milk, and tasted the green tea soup carefully. is average.

Later, I asked about the secretary in the imperial tea room who specially made tea for the emperor. I found out that the emperor used the spring water from Yuquan Mountain to drink this tea, and the water had to be sent to make tea immediately after brewing, and there should be no more in between. hold up.Tea water Tea water, one is tea, and the other is water. If there is good tea but no good water, the tea soup brewed must not be authentic.

The water that Gao Dashi's mansion usually drinks is also the spring water from Yuquan Mountain, but it certainly does not have such "timeliness", so it is not good.

Knowing this mystery, Gao Wushi still sealed the Miyunlong tea in a tin can, thinking that when he had the opportunity to go to Yuquan Mountain, he would taste the mountain spring water directly.But after thinking about it later, he felt that it should not be so harsh. He felt that tea should be made in any clear mountain spring.

This time when he came to Datong, he remembered that there was a spring in the Yungang Grottoes in Datong in later generations, so he brought the tea here to try it.

He remembered that the ancients had a method of removing turbidity from spring water. Just set up a bamboo pan and filter it with sand, and the spring water will return to sweetness.Gao Yushi was originally a common man, but in this life, he occasionally needed to be arty, so he talked to Huang Mengyu, and planned to do the same when he met Han Naji.

Now standing next to the bamboo pot, Gao Yushi bowed to look at the spring water dripping into the blue and white porcelain basin, his misty face that had just woken up slightly stretched, so he turned his head and said to Huang Mengyu: "I'm sorry to trouble the guard Huang, let me look at this porcelain basin The water in the pot is enough for a pot, you order someone to boil it and make another pot of Miyunlong. Remember, you need to use pine charcoal to boil the water. The pine charcoal is warm and slow, and the spring water will be boiled more thoroughly."

Huang Mengyu didn't guard the eunuch's airs at all, and left with a promise. Gao Wushi wandered alone in the garden, waiting for Han Naji's arrival.

(End of this chapter)