lied to Kangxi

Chapter 432 Zhang Hengchen came to issue the decree again

The old eighteen is a son, father and son are not at the same table.

Zhao Chang and Wei Zhu are both eggless dog eunuchs, so they are not qualified to sit together.

As a result, Yuzhu, who was naked from the upper body, drank with the old emperor.

It's just that the old emperor is the supreme being in the world after all, no matter how afraid he is of heat, his neckline is always fastened.

Yuzhu wanted to change clothes, but the old emperor refused to let him. This was obviously an intentional trick.

Under everyone's busy hands and feet, the small square table on the boat was moved to the imperial concubine's bed.

The old Shiba was responsible for pouring wine and serving dishes for Kangxi, while Yuzhu was responsible for currying favor with the old emperor, the division of labor was unusually clear.

"What kind of wine is this?" Kangxi picked up the wine cup, and before he drank it, he smelled the strong aroma of the wine, and he immediately realized something was wrong.

Yu Zhu hurriedly explained: "This is baijiu distilled and purified by foreign missionaries, and it has no name. I just like its spiciness."

Kangxi took a sip of the white wine, um, it was indeed hot on the tongue and throat, very strong, much stronger than the rice wine like Zhuangyuanhong.

However, it is really a bad thing for the emperor to drink baijiu, and he can only drink it in private, and he must not be on the stage of a formal banquet.

Old Shiba was very self-conscious. Every dish was given to Yuzhu first, and then served to Kangxi after Yuzhu had eaten.

However, Kangxi trusted Yuzhu and felt annoyed, so he took a piece of boneless eel slices with chopsticks and chewed them carefully.

"This taste is very refreshing and very palatable." Kangxi praised it after tasting it.

Yuzhu knows that eating too much salt can lead to high blood pressure, so the boiled eel slices are mainly fresh, spicy and tender, not salty at all.

However, the soup for cooking eel slices must be oily no matter what.

In this era, it is impossible to think about oily dishes.

In addition, the chefs of Yuzhu's family have long used ground sea intestine powder to replace the fresh and flavorful monosodium glutamate.

In the Qing Dynasty, Shandong cuisine was popular throughout the capital. To put it bluntly, the core technology is the ground sea intestine powder.

Kangxi ate the frog again, and felt that the meat was so tender that it tasted like a mouthful of meat, and it was an authentic dish to go with wine.

Seeing Kangxi eating with gusto, Yu Zhu felt sorry for him.

Even though Kang Mazi is the lord of billions of people, all the imperial food he eats is cold.

Chinese food, just like Chinese green tea, must be eaten while it is hot to get the essence.

Kangxi ate a few dishes with chopsticks and drank a few glasses of wine, but suddenly stopped chopsticks.

Seeing that Kangxi had been looking at the curtains that had been erected around him, Yuzhu thought about it for a while, and he had a rough idea in his mind.

"You all step back." Yu Zhu directly ordered the guards standing around.

How could the guards dare to act presumptuously, they all aimed at Kangxi, only to see Kangxi slightly shaking his head.

"Hey." After saluting, all the guards retreated and surrounded the outside of the curtain.

Yuzhu said to Old Shiba again: "Master Shiba, the hangover soup is ready, let's drink it quickly."

Old Shiba was stunned for a moment, then understood, and knelt down without saying a word.

Yuzhu brought the unused swimming trunks and a large cotton handkerchief to wipe her body, put them on the imperial concubine's couch, knelt down and said, "Your servant will leave."

The old emperor wants to soak in water, how can a courtier peek at the dragon's body?

Kangxi hesitated for a while, wanting to keep Yu Zhu, he said: "You should stay?"

Yuzhu is not stupid, the old emperor is now in a good mood, and he seems very approachable.

In the future, if someone engages in slander, it will be a great crime to lose one's head when the time comes.

"Your servant will leave." After Yuzhu kowtowed, she just got up and ran away.

Yu Zhu and Old Eighteen, how dare they go far?

Both of them are staying outside the curtain.

Zhao Chang can return to the pinnacle of power, and he is by no means a vegetarian.

According to the impression in his memory, he and Wei Zhu restored the small wooden boat and the small square table perfectly.

Under the service of the two of them, Kangxi took off his dragon robe and imitated Yuzhu, wearing only swimming trunks, sitting in the water, drinking wine and eating vegetables at the same time.

Sitting in the warm water for a meal on a hot summer day, alas, that feeling is simply wonderful.

Kangxi, who didn't have a good appetite, actually emptied the meal slices and frogs.

Field eel has a strong earthy smell, and special methods must be used to make it spit sand. It belongs to the category of cheap snakes that are absolutely not on the table.

It is even more impossible for frogs to appear on the old emperor's table.

However, the more uneaten food, the more the old emperor thought about it.

After eating and drinking, Kangxi soaked in the water, feeling drunk, making him drowsy.

So, Zhao Chang and Wei Zhu supported Kangxi and lay down on the imperial concubine's couch.

Wei Zhu was very careful, worried that Kangxi would catch the cold, so he spread several layers of large cotton veils on the couch.

After Kangxi lay down, Zhao Chang covered him with a large cotton veil with his own hands, picked up the folding fan that the old eighteen had left on the small table beside the couch, and gently fanned the old emperor.

Originally, Yuzhu thought that after the old emperor soaked in the water, he would definitely return to Changchun Garden.

Who would have thought that through several layers of curtains, he could actually hear the sound of snoring like thunder.

Alas, in recent years, the old emperor's sleep quality has been very poor, and he seldom fell into a deep sleep. Who would dare to wake him up rashly?
Kangxi fell asleep for three full hours.

After waking up, the old emperor's spirit was greatly lifted, and he called Yu Zhu in again.

"The food in the imperial dining room is extremely unpalatable. Alas, I'm so hungry and thin." Kangxi didn't directly express his thoughts, but complained to Yu Zhu.

Yuzhu himself is the head of the House of Internal Affairs, is there anything else that he doesn't know about the situation in the imperial dining room?
The food in the imperial dining room is indeed unpalatable.

Kangxi has never changed it, not because of the so-called ancestral system, but because he is afraid of death.

Kangxi dared to eat the dishes in Yuzhu with confidence.

That's because both Yuzhu and Old Eighteen have eaten.Moreover, if Kangxi was poisoned to death, the cheapest would be the princes who hoped for the early death of the emperor, which would be harmful to Yu Zhu but not beneficial.

However, the Imperial Dining Room is different.

Knowing people, knowing the face but not knowing the heart, who knows, which cook or eunuch belongs to it?
Yu Zhu was already very experienced in dealing with the old emperor.

"Old man, there are more than 500 people in the imperial dining room. They and those in the House of Internal Affairs are full of nepotism, entangled, and intertwined. It’s going to be a big mess.”

With Yuzhu's monstrous power, he didn't dare to cut off the wealth of those people in the imperial dining room easily.

Around the emperor, everyone tried their best not to offend the river.For things that want to make money, brothers climb mountains, each working hard and relying on their own abilities.

Why?

Each, in fact, has a certain right to harm.

Let's just talk about the most basic meal delivery eunuch, he really wanted to cheat Yu Zhu, but there was no other way.

These days, an official can only be a thief for a thousand days, how can there be any reason to guard against a thief for a thousand days?
Human nature is afraid of evil!

Everyone has the opportunity to hurt each other, so we simply don't interfere with each other, and don't tear down each other.

Just when Kangxi's eyes were about to dim, Yuzhu spoke again.

"Old man, the servant thought that it would be better to do this, and divide the imperial dining room into two. All regulations remain the same, one hundred and eight dishes, one half and one half, each serving half. After you tasted that dish, as long as it exceeds Just reward them with two chopsticks." Yu Zhu added, "In the view of a slave, you should put a chopstick in each of the dishes and put them in a small plate. You can taste it as you want. Wait for you to use it. After the meal, stew all the dishes in front of you together, and reward Zhao Chang or Wei Zhu to eat."

There are many benefits to doing this, the most important thing is that the people below can no longer tell what the emperor likes to eat.

Naturally, there is no way to poison them in a targeted manner!
Kangxi thought about it, couldn't help laughing, and scolded: "You little bastard, in order to shirk responsibility, how can you figure it out?"

Cursing is scolding, Yuzhu's suggestion is very feasible, and Kangxi finally nodded.

But Yuzhu knew that as long as there was sufficient competition, the quality of Kangxi's imperial meals would definitely improve greatly.

Since ancient times, as long as it is a unique business, there will definitely be all kinds of unimaginable demon moths.

For example, the high-grade official salt in Lianghuai River used to be monopolized by the government.As a result, there are huge losses every year, and there is no end to it.

Later, it was changed to salt merchants demarcating and competing for monopoly, and the losses were reversed in an instant.

Although, this salt monopoly system has made salt merchants rich.After all, the imperial court can collect tens of millions of taels of salt tax every year, so it is not in vain.

The rules in Changchun Garden are the same as those in the palace.Without special edicts and golden approval orders, who would dare to open the door without authorization and make a decision after the thousand taels were issued.

After Kangxi had a full sleep, he was very energetic, and he didn't plan to go back to Changchun Garden, so he took Yuzhu to chat and chatted endlessly.

Yuzhu saw this posture, why didn't he understand?

"Grandpa, the servant thinks that the open space behind Qingxi Bookstore is full of weeds. It's a pity, why don't we renovate it?" Yu Zhu was eager for Kangxi's urgency, and offered a reasonable suggestion.

Unexpectedly, Yuzhu took the initiative to mention it, but Kangxi waved his hand and said: "When the national use is insufficient, it is not good to build a large number of construction projects?"

What an old emperor who should stand upright.

Yuzhu racked his brains, racked his brains to argue, and finally found a suitable reason.

"Old man, you also know that the slave's Ama has always told the slave to find an opportunity to be filial and not afraid of spending money."

Long Ke made too much black money, and Yuzhu helped him spend a little on Kangxi, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.

In the future, when someone impeaches Longkodo, Kangxi will also spend Longkodo's money, so why not chase after him?

When Kangxi heard it, he felt that it was reasonable, so he nodded slightly.

It is neither forcing merchants to donate money, nor needing to use the treasury, nor needing to exploit grassroots people. With Hualong Kodo's money, Kangxi can enjoy it with peace of mind.

However, after dawn, Zhang Tingyu came not long after Kangxi left.

Looking at the beautiful landscape and gardens, Zhang Tingyu sighed secretly. His name also contained the word jade.

However, this jade is not that jade!

This time, it was still the same, he drew up the decree with his own hands, and came to the door to issue the decree to Yu Zhu himself.

(PS: The excitement can continue, the monthly ticket rewards a lot, and I will add more even if I don’t sleep.)
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