Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 315 This Is Not the Son Emperor, This Is the Gray Grandson (Two in One, [-] words)

A group of people soon arrived at the gate of Mingde, Pei Yuan sighed suddenly, and felt a little sympathetic to the emperor Shi Jingtang in his heart.

Luoyang cannot be a dilapidated capital, but how much better can Kaifeng be?It has also been war-torn and devastated!

Especially in the battle of destroying Liang in the Tang Dynasty more than ten years ago, Kaifeng Mansion was the first to bear the brunt, and was washed away by the silver guns who made great contributions to destroying Liang in the later Tang Dynasty.

Then Zhuang Zong Li Cunxu's Shatuo Ya'er army became angry, as if no one had done any meritorious service, so they looted around Kaifeng again.

When Li Cunxu finally made Luoyang his capital, apart from showing that he was orthodox in the Tang Dynasty, Kaifeng was too damaged to take on the role of the capital.

It's just that he didn't expect that Luoyang could no longer be supported at all. After more than ten years of repairs in the later Tang Dynasty, he was finally overtaken by Kaifeng, who returned blood by himself.

The palace where Shi Jingtang lives now is the palace of the Zhu family in the Later Liang Dynasty, and this palace was originally rebuilt on the government office of the Xuanwu Festival at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and it is short and small.

Although it is currently the only masonry building in Kaifeng, it is completely incomparable with a real palace.

After entering the Mingde Gate, we arrived outside the Daning Hall within a few steps. This imperial palace, which was rebuilt from the office of the Xuanwu Festival, was called Jianchang Palace in Houliang.

Shi Jingtang changed its name to Daning Palace two months ago, and even the Wende Palace, where the emperor rested when he was in court, was changed to Daning Palace.

In all dynasties, Wende Palace has never been changed to such a strange name, but Pei Yuan knows why.

Daning Daning, Shi Jingtang is trying to seek peace for himself!
"Song officials, the servants in a certain palace are all in a hurry, with solemn faces, whether it is Yecheng."

The official Song that Pei Yuan mentioned was Shi Jingtang's servant who brought him from Luoyang to Kaifeng.

This person originally served Li Siyuan, Emperor Mingzong of the later Tang Dynasty. After Li Congke killed his adopted brother Li Conghou and a large number of descendants of his adoptive father, he felt that the Song eunuch was an eyesore, so he sent him away.

After Shi Jingtang entered Luoyang, the Song eunuch took advantage of his old relationship with Shi Jingtang, and after a quick fawning, he became Shi Jingtang's side person not long after. He didn't have much power yet, but the news was still very well-informed.

During the interrogation, Pei Yuan stuffed a small jade pendant into the hands of Eunuch Song. Eunuch Song looked straight into the distance, pinched it quickly with his right hand, and lifted it lightly, and the jade pendant quickly disappeared into the wide sleeve middle.

This was specially arranged by Zhang Zhao for Pei Yuan. In addition to its own value, a jade pendant can also be exchanged for ten catties of Hexi white sugar and one catty of rock sugar at any Sogdian shop in Kaifeng City that sells Hexi goods.

These two are quite valuable hard currencies in today's Central Plains, and they can make more than ten pennies just by changing hands, not to mention that they cost nothing.

Eunuch Song looked at Pei Yuan with a smile and a little admiration.

"Pei Shilang's ingenious calculation, Fan Yanguang of Yecheng really has the heart of disobedience, and he has raised the flag to rebel in Yecheng, and the rebels are coming south. The saint has not had a good meal for a few days because of this worry."

As he said that, Eunuch Song heaved a long sigh. Apparently Fan Yanguang's rebellion made him, who didn't know much about military affairs, feel a little scary.

This Fan Yanguang is no ordinary person, he is a powerful general who went to the battlefield with Emperor Mingzong Li Siyuan in the later Tang Dynasty. Yecheng is the territory of the Tianxiong Army, and the Jiedushi of the Tianxiong Army used to have a name, Weibo Jiedushi.

Although Wei Bo's Silver Spear Efficiency Army has been hit by successive emperors repeatedly because of its excessive military democratization, it has basically disappeared now.

But the democratization of the military is gone, and the combat effectiveness of Wei Bo Tianxiong's army is still very terrifying.

Moreover, they also had a great enmity with the Hedong soldiers of Shi Jingtang's lineage. When it came to fighting the Hedong soldiers, it was estimated that Wei Bo's Tianxiong army would be able to explode with [-]% combat effectiveness.

At the same time, Fan Yanguang is also related to the son and daughter of Li Congke, the last emperor of Tang Dynasty who died of self-immolation in Xuanwu Tower in Luoyang a few months ago. His daughter married Li Chongmei, the prince of Li Congke, as the princess.

When the Xuanwu Building set itself on fire, Fan Yanguang's daughter and son-in-law went to die together, and they hated Shi Jingtang to death. Once the rebellion succeeds, will everyone who is associated with Shi Jingtang be able to eat good juice?
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In the Daning Palace, Shi Jingtang was relatively calm, at least from his face, there was no trace of tension or anxiety.

However, Pei Yuan still felt a little unusual, because Sang Weihan, who usually picked his nose and eyes at him, not only did not have a horse face, but also made an exception and squeezed out a smile.

"The assistant minister has offered Hexi delicacies for a few days, and today I finally have some free time, so I invite the assistant minister and Sang Xiang to enjoy it together."

Shi Jingtang said to Pei Yuan with a smile, it has to be said that his appearance as a virtuous corporal is indeed a bit like a master.

The so-called delicacy has always been a way for the vassals to express respect to the emperor of the Central Plains.

Of course, offering gourmet food is not to present the food to the emperor, but to send the ingredients, recipes and even the cook to the palace, and then the cook will present the food to the emperor under the supervision of the emperor's confidants.

The delicacies presented by Pei Yuan on behalf of Zhang Zhaojin are actually very simple. One dish is Anxi cheese lamb chops. This is Anxi's recipe, which is quite different from the Central Plains lamb chops.

One is rock sugar braised pork, which is a new thing brought by Zhang Zhao. It is actually the sweet Dongpo pork.

Historically, it was invented by a delicious old fat man like Su Dongpo, and was improved by famous chefs of all dynasties. It was not fully developed until the end of Qing Dynasty.

The last drink is salty milk tea and sweet tea made with Hexi brick tea and ghee.

You can see it, saying that he is offering food to the emperor, but Zhang Zhao actually wants to take over the golden signboard of the emperor to open up sales for Hexi's three major specialties, white sugar, rock sugar and tea bricks.

Among them, the white sugar and rock sugar hope to open up the sales of the wealthy families in the Central Plains, and the tea bricks hope to open up the sales of the Khitan and other northern nomadic peoples from Shi Jingtang.

After all, according to Shi Jingtang's status as the emperor, Yelu Deguang sent him various gifts to the Central Plains every year. Zhang Zhao hoped that from the tens of thousands of gifts every year, tea bricks would follow him northward as the protagonist.

At this time, the meal sharing system was still adopted, and the rules between the monarch and his ministers were not as great as in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The three of them sat down more casually, and the food was divided in advance, and the servants brought it up in the same way.

Shi Jingtang first took a sip of the salty milk tea, which was not much different from the later generations of butter tea.

Ordinary people drink it, the taste is a bit strange, ghee is a taste that must be constantly exposed to get used to it.

But Shi Jingtang was born in Shatuo, and maybe his ancestors were Sogdians, so he is still very used to this taste. After several sips in a row, Pei Yuan felt a little tired, but Shi Jingtang didn't think so at all.

"I heard that this tea brick was made by Zhang Jun himself? Not bad! The taste is very good, and the tea brick is also good for preservation.

The taste of this milk tea is much better than that of the boiled tea soup, but the quality of the tea leaves is a bit inferior. "Shi Jingtang commented while drinking.

The tea soup at this time is really a soup. In addition to the tea leaves, coarse salt, mutton oil, pepper, nutmeg, ginger, garlic, orange peel, dogwood, etc. are added. The taste can kill people!
Zhang Zhao's tea is called milk tea. In fact, butter tea, compared with the current tea soup, is simply sweet and refreshing.

Although Pei Yuan is not pleasing to the eyes, Sang Weihan still has to admit that the brick tea, milk tea and sweet tea in Hexi are indeed better than tea soup, and not so greasy.

"The bitter cold land on the west of Hexi is no match for China? Hexi tea bricks are only sold to the barbarians everywhere, but if some famous Chinese tea can be made, it may be sold to nobles of the Liao Kingdom!"

A smile appeared on Shi Jingtang's face, and he soon understood what Pei Yuan meant.

That is, good tea leaves can be used to make high-quality tea bricks and sent to Khitan nobles such as Yelu Deguang. Pei Yuan didn't directly say that this was because he was concerned about his face.

Pei Yuan glanced at Sang Weihan, and seeing that Sang Weihan wanted to speak, he hurriedly spoke before Sang Weihan spoke.

"After drinking the milk tea, I would like to invite everyone to taste Hexi Bingtang Braised Pork. This is also a dish invented by Zhang Sikong. Hexi is barren, but this dish is very rich!"

Sang Weihan was blocked, so he could only lower his head and continue to drink tea, but he was thinking in his heart, since this tea brick, milk tea, and sweet tea are suitable for the people of the northern grasslands to drink, and it is good for preservation, the method of making must let Hexi People have to hand it over.

Shi Jingtang hadn't thought of going here yet, but when he heard Pei Yuan's strong recommendation, he gently lifted the lid of the earthen pot with rock sugar braised pork in front of him, and immediately a smell of meat mixed with rich sweetness gushed out of the pot .

"It turned out to be pork meat?"

Shi Jingtang pulled it with his chopsticks in surprise, he didn't expect that the delicacy presented by Hexi was actually pork.

Although pork was more popular at this time, the upper class didn't eat it very much.

This is because pork was a cheap meat in ancient times. First of all, the breeding environment was relatively poor, far less clean than the sheep grazing on the hillside.

This makes pork more susceptible to various parasites. If you don't pay attention to the fact that the meat is not fully cooked, you can get sick.

In addition, the pig castration technology at this time is still immature, and it often happens that pigs cannot be kept alive after being castrated.

This is very deadly, it is difficult to feed if it is dirty, and the meat that is not dirty has the smell of urine.

And if you don’t want to, the estrus interval of pigs is relatively short, not to mention that once they are in estrus, they will become thinner, they will not be able to be locked up, and sometimes they will hurt people. Therefore, pork has never been able to become a stable and reliable meat supply.

"Hey! How come the pork is so fat?" Sang Weihan also untied the lid of the braised pork with rock sugar, and his eyes were attracted by the thick fat of the pork.

Fat meat is a good thing in this era, and even three catties of ordinary lean meat can't buy a catty of fat meat.

"Returning to Sangxiang, this pork meat is from Hexi's unique black pig. The meat is plump and suitable for braised pork, and it has no fishy smell. Please taste it with Sangxiang!"

Looking at the surprised eyes of the two, Pei Yuan said with some pride that when he first came into contact with Zhang Zhao, he was also so dumbfounded that he almost thought that Zhang Zhao came from some kind of immortal.

How can there be a family member in this world who can lead soldiers to fight, know how to be a king, can make tea bricks, milk tea and braised pork, and finally castrate pigs?

Why would Zhang Zhao be a pig?Actually he can't, but he knows how to do it!
Because before time travel, he often paid attention to some strange UP masters on the Shushu video station, among them there was a strange flower who specially sterilized wild boars in areas where wild boars were infested.

Therefore, although he has never done it, he knows how to do it. After disinfecting the knife, he directly catches the piglet, pinches the nipple with the testicles, cuts a hole, and then directly squeezes the testicles out that is.

There is no need for anesthesia, and there is not even much blood flow. Just pay attention to the disinfection of the knife and suture it slightly.

So under his guidance, after killing and maiming hundreds of innocent piglets, the technology of slaughtering pigs in Liangzhou area has advanced by leaps and bounds, and there have even been risen pigletters who specialize in slaughtering pigs for a living.

However, at present, only boars can only be slaughtered, and the more complicated craft of slaughtering sows is still accumulating experience.

Now that Pei Yuan said that it was Hexi black pig, Shi Jingtang no longer cared about it being pork meat.

He stretched out his chopsticks and squeezed lightly, and a piece of braised pork with rock sugar wrapped in red sugar liquid was put into his mouth.

Immediately, the emperor's eyes lit up. The braised pork in the mouth was fat and thin, and the lean meat was not as rough as ordinary pork. Instead, it was a little soft to chew, and the taste was very good.

Not to mention the fat, it is soft, like a ripe red apricot, and it melts away with a light sip.

The full fat exploded in the mouth, a kind of fat satisfaction that can only be obtained by creatures at the top of the food chain, and it was transparent from the inside to the outside.

Taking advantage of the bursting fat taste and taking another sip, the sweetness brought by the orange-red syrup instantly filled the entire mouth.

This kind of sweetness, the faint sweetness of ordinary brown sugar is completely incomparable. This is a kind of rich sweetness that is completely different from honey.

At this time, there is still a big gap between people's diet and later generations. In the eyes of later generations, fat meat that is too fatty, coupled with sweet syrup, is simply the culprit of calorie explosion and out-of-shape body, which is unhealthy. Standard synonym.

But in this era when most people have problems even eating enough, fatty meat and extreme sweetness represent the highest level of enjoyment.

Shi Jingtang also finally understood, why did Pei Yuan say that this dish is very rich?Because they are not rich and powerful, they cannot and cannot afford such dishes.

The room suddenly fell silent. Although Pei Yuan had eaten a few meals in Hexi, he could not often eat this dish.

Not to mention Shi Jingtang and Sang Weihan, although they have seen a lot of the world, but faced with this kind of culinary essence that has surpassed hundreds of years, they were still so shocked that they could not speak.

After a long while, Sang Weihan stopped his chopsticks and let out a long sigh after eating a large jar of rock sugar braised pork.

"Hexi has such good syrup and pork, Zhang Sikong will be very rich!
On the contrary, in today's China, there is a lot of waste waiting for the new, the shortage of money and food, and the difficulty of governing the country, even far surpassing Hexi. I don't know when the saint will be as rich as Zhang Sikong? "

Pei Yuan scorned Sang Weihan in his heart. This Sang Guoqiao was not lamenting, nor was it a compliment. It was actually arousing Shi Jingtang's desire for Hexi white sugar and rock sugar.

Maybe it doesn't need to be seduced by this one, Shi Jingtang also obviously noticed this point, he looked at Pei Yuan with burning eyes, although he didn't speak, but the meaning was obvious.

Pei Yuan could only leave the table.He bowed to Shi Jingtang, "When I came from Hexi, Sikong once ordered that although the technique of making Hexi white sugar and rock sugar is a secret recipe handed down by the ancestors, it should not be revealed to others easily.

But China is Sikong's homeland, and Tang'er from Longyou in Hexi is proud to serve his homeland.

Now that the country is newly established and the imperial court is spending money, Zhang Sikong understands the righteousness and is willing to hand over to the imperial court the exclusive right to sell Hexi white sugar and rock sugar in China.

In the future, white sugar and rock sugar will never appear in the hands of other merchants east of Tokyo. "

At this time, China in a narrow sense refers to the Central Plains, and Pei Yuan was able to be called a minister to Shi Jingtang because Shi Jingtang had appointed him an official post as a school inspector and household assistant.

Shi Jingtang and Sang Weihan glanced at each other. Zhang Zhao was obviously using the exclusive right to sell Hexi white sugar rock sugar east of Tokyo in exchange for smooth sales of Hexi rock sugar and white sugar in other places.

San Weihan thought for a moment, then nodded lightly. Although this person is shameless, he is actually very capable in governing the country.

Before Shi Jingtang entered Kaifeng, he silenced Shi Jingtang.

It is said that it is necessary to work on farming and mulberry to fill the warehouse, open up business routes to enrich wealth and goods, train farmers and raise soldiers, accumulate a lot of money, and humble the Khitan to secure the country.

In fact, although Shi Jingtang and Sang Weihan are quite shameless, this shamelessness is more out of helplessness.

The two of them were not born low-born and willing to submit to Khitan, but were forced by greed for life and fear of death and the current situation.

Both of them knew very well that if they wanted to keep their heads, if they wanted to secure the position under their buttocks, the biggest threat was not the Khitans, but the rebellious generals and teeth soldiers.

Although the Khitan wanted to be Shi Jingtang's father and extorted a large amount of money, they would not rush to take Shi Jingtang's life or take Shi Jingtang's throne.

But around Shi Jingtang, the warriors who have been used to riots and rebellions for tens of hundreds of years, besieged and killed superior officials and even robbed the emperor, are the demons who may kill Shi Jingtang at any time.

For example, at present, although Shi Jingtang entered Kaifeng and became the emperor, the emperor's status is not even as good as when she was the Jiedushi in Hedong.

Only a few months after entering Kaifeng, Fan Yanguang raised his flag to rebel in Yecheng, north of the Yellow River.

And within the city of Kaifeng, Yang Guangyuan, the traitor general who had killed Zhang Jingda, the envoy of the north of the later Tang Dynasty, and supported Shi Jingtang, had actually controlled the city defense of Kaifeng.

Shi Jingtang's Hedong Yabing soldiers were too exhausted in the war to fight against Yang Guangyuan. Yang Guangyuan even openly sought a fortune teller in Bianjing City, asking them to see if he had the appearance of an emperor?
Being so blatant, almost made it appear that I was going to rebel, and Shi Jingtang couldn't even punish him.

As for the feudal towns outside, apart from Fan Yanguang directly raising the flag to rebel, An Chongrong, who was dissatisfied with his servile service to the Khitan, had long objected. Wrap rebellion.

Even Liu Zhiyuan, who Shi Jingtang himself stayed in Jinyang in Hedong, had a second heart. In order to weaken Yang Guangyuan's power, Shi Jingtang secretly sent angels to Jinyang, asking Liu Zhiyuan to send four thousand Hedong soldiers into Kaifeng to balance Yang Guangyuan's power.

But the order has been sent out for more than five months, Shi Jingtang has not seen a single Hedong yamen soldier, and Liu Zhiyuan has not even given an explanation.

There are warriors domineering inside, and vassal regimes rebelling outside. As long as the confidants are released outside, they will be unreliable immediately.

Under such circumstances, Shi Jingtang, who already had the miserable experience of being nearly hanged by Li Congke, naturally would not care about face.

He doesn't even think about how much harm it will bring to future generations. What he and San Weihan are thinking about now is how to save their lives.

Only after he stabilized the Khitan man and embraced the Khitan man's thigh, did Shi Jingtang have time to slowly accumulate strength.

This is called hugging Khitan's thigh to command the princes.

"Zhang Sikong understands righteousness so well, he is really an example for foreign ministers. In Tang Dynasty in the past, Zhang Taibao, Zhang Sikong's great-grandfather, was canonized as the founding Duke of Nanyang County. Saints should follow the rules and canonize Zhang Sikong as Duke of Nanyang County."

The family's ancestral secret recipes have been brought out. Of course, it is impossible to ask others to share, but Zhang Zhao has given the exclusive right to operate it, and he has to express it. So Sang Weihan thought of the title of Nanyang Founding County Duke that Zhang Yichao once obtained.

Pei Yuan was almost speechless. The exclusive sales rights of white sugar and rock sugar were exchanged for the Nanyang County Duke who was not painful, only a few tens of shilumi a year, and was still being deducted.

What's the use of this kind of county magistrate who can't even be passed down from generation to generation, not to mention hereditary replacement?

"My lord, I would like to thank Your Majesty on behalf of Zhang Sikong. Zhang Sikong often said that his ambition in life is to follow the example of his great-grandfather Zhang Taibao and submit the six counties of Hexi to the country.

I never thought that the six prefectures have not yet been attached, and everyone has to give you the title of Duke of Nanyang County. I am really ashamed to receive it!After the minister returned to the post house, he sent someone to report back to Zhang Sikong who was in Liangzhou.

However, according to my understanding of Zhang Sikong, Sikong has always respected the saying that no meritorious deeds will not be rewarded, and he might even express his thanks. "

The yin and yang are weird, avoid the important and take the light, right? Who wouldn't be, you shit talent!

Shi Jingtang's pupils shrank slightly, and Pei Yuan's words had a hidden meaning, on the surface he was saying that Zhang Zhao's character is noble and clean, but he will not be rewarded for his merits.

In fact, he was telling Shi Jingtang that Hexi white sugar and rock sugar are produced in Hexi, not everyone can make them.

Zhang Zhao can give the exclusive management right to the court, and he can veto it at any time, or refuse to implement it.

The so-called submission of the six prefectures in Hexi to the country was superficially telling Shi Jingtang about Zhang Zhao's lifelong aspirations, but in fact he was saying that Zhang Zhao's request was that Hexi Jiedu envoy would not win Longwangshu.

Zhang Zhao, who has thousands of elite soldiers in his hands and governs millions of people, only wants to be a Hexi governor like his ancestor Zhang Yichao Taibao.

If such a small request could not be satisfied by the imperial court, then why did he submit the six prefectures to the country and give Shi Jingtang so many benefits?

"Ah! By the way, I still have something to say to Your Majesty!"

Pei Yuan seemed to have just remembered something, and even pretended to be terrified.

Shi Jingtang took a deep breath and waved his hand, "Please speak, Yuying!"

This time Pei Yuan looked directly into Shi Jingtang's eyes a little presumptuously and said: "When I left, the Anxi Dynasty, the Great Treasure and the Great Jin Kingdom, the Great Sage and Great Ming King Li Shengtian, had sent envoys to Liangzhou.

His Royal Highness the King of the Kingdom of Jin is Zhang Sikong's uncle. The Kingdom of Jin was able to include the Western Regions and subdue Persia, Tianzhu and other countries thanks to the strength of Zhang Sikong.

It's a pity that Sikong has not been able to open the way to return to his homeland, and the envoy of the Great Jin Kingdom has not been able to come to Tokyo to congratulate His Majesty.

This is really a sigh!If Hexi can be connected to the country, and the Anxi Shengguo with a small mouth of 4 million like the Dajin Kingdom will come to the court, it will surely show His Majesty's prestige! "

'Gudong! Shi Jingtang couldn't help swallowing his saliva. Historically, when he couldn't secure his position under his butt this year, he could not wait to send envoys Gao Jujiao and Zhang Kuangye to Khotan.

What for?Wasn't the purpose of taking advantage of the opportunity of canonizing Li Shengtian to show that Shi Jingtang is a righteous king?
Since Tubo fell into the four towns of Anxi, Anxi, who could not be dealt with in the late Tang Dynasty, Houliang, and Later Tang Dynasty for 200 years, returned to the national territory. Doesn't it mean that he is Shi Jingtang's destiny!

Look at the emperors at the end of the Tang Dynasty, Zhu Quanzhong and Li Cunxu were inferior, but I, Shi Jingtang, can regain Anxi!
Thinking of this, Shi Jingtang couldn't calm down anymore. He looked at Pei Yuan and asked, "Is what Yuying said true? Is it true that Sikong's ambition is to use the six Hexi counties to belong to the country?"

"I dare not speak falsely. This sentence is true. If it is not true, please behead me!"

Pei Yuan said excitedly, but in fact there was no disturbance in his heart.

Not to mention fooling shameless Sha Tuoer like Shi Jingtang, who is a kind gentleman, in order to get Zhang Zhao the post of Hexi Jiedu envoy, he can also fool you without blushing.

Shi Jingtang was silent for a moment, he was constantly fighting between heaven and man in his heart, he really didn't want to confer the official position of Hexi Jiedu envoy to Zhang Zhao.

Because Hexi and Hedong have always been the places where the country produces elite soldiers and strong generals, and now Longyou is occupied by the people of Ganmo, and the imperial court is unable to control it.

If there is a Hexi Jiedu envoy with a strong army and horses in Liangzhou, it will definitely be a matter of time before Longyou is annexed.

In this world, there is a Jiedu envoy from Hedong, which is enough to cause a headache for the Central Plains court. If there is another large Jiedu envoy from Hexi Longyou, how will life be?
Just when Shi Jingtang was hesitating, there was a shrill scream from afar, a far majestic man, howling, ran headlong into the Daning Hall, startling the three people who were eating.

Shi Jingtang yelled and jumped three feet in place, he looked towards the entrance of the main hall in horror, thinking that there was a military commotion.

San Weihan even flashed behind the screen at an extremely fast speed.

Pei Yuan: "."

In an instant, the three of them who had been having a good meal and chatting just now left only him, who was not so sensitive, sitting behind the table and messing around.

　How about my broken chapter?Are you trying to praise me? (It’s really not that I want to break the chapter! It’s because I haven’t figured out how to write the following plot.)
　　
　
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