Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 181 You've always buried eyeliner by my side, right? "

Qianqing Palace.

Looking at the table full of food, Lao Zhu secretly regretted it.

Ever since he arranged an errand for the eldest grandson, the grandson has not entered the palace for five days, which made him lose his appetite for food.

"Erhu, will you come and have dinner with us?"

"what?"

Erhu wanted to say that he had already eaten, but seeing the resentful look in the emperor's eyes, he really couldn't refuse, so he could only bite the bullet and sit down to eat.

In fact, eating with the emperor is a very painful job, even a close person like Erhu can hide whenever he can.

Because the emperor's imperial meal is not necessarily delicious, it's just safer.

In addition, there are many rules, sitting unsteadily, and eating cautiously, so no one wants to mess with this kind of business.

But the two tigers are relatively better. They are not very picky eaters. They belong to the kind of people who eat whatever they give, and they are very easy to feed.

With the addition of the two tigers, the food on the dinner table decreased rapidly, and Lao Zhu's appetite improved a bit. He finally drank half a bowl of porridge and ate a plate of fried chicken with leeks.

Just when the two tigers were preparing to embrace the banquet, the eunuch outside the door suddenly reported that His Royal Highness the Third Emperor asked to see him.

When Lao Zhu heard this, surprise immediately appeared on his face, while Erhu almost choked on the boiled chicken, thinking to himself that he ate all the food, what will the third grandson eat later?
"Tell him to get out!"

"Humph!"

"When we were in the palace, we held him by the ears, but didn't teach him the rules. It's only been a few days since I left, so I'm so hypocritical!"

Not long after, there was a sound of running fast, and then Zhu Yunxi came in through the small door of the side hall like a big mouse, rushed in, hugged Lao Zhu and shook him.

"Grandpa Huang misses me!"

"Is it because you think about me these days so you can't sleep well or eat well, hahaha!"

Lao Zhu was so shaken by his grandson that he almost fell apart, and he couldn't help rolling his eyes when he heard Ni Sun's words.

"Who are you!"

"Come on, give us this leather monkey!"

Zhu Yunxi said cheaply and authentically.

"You don't even know me anymore, I'm your big brother!"

Old Zhu's originally stern face immediately broke his guard when he heard this, and burst out laughing.But after laughing for a while, he cursed a few more words like complaining.

"We sleep well and eat well every day, so we don't miss you, a heartless little rebellious grandson!"

Zhu Yunxi had expected that the old man would be angry a long time ago, so he hurriedly explained when he heard this.

"Grandson is also worrying about the country!"

"You don't know, my grandson has been running all over the city and outside the city for the past few days, and his legs are so thin!"

As Zhu Yunxi said, he raised his front swing and showed Lao Zhu his thighs.

Seeing that he was so out of shape, Lao Zhu patted his butt angrily.

"Don't be ridiculous, sit down and eat!"

After Lao Zhu finished eating, he couldn't help but glanced at the table. Seeing that the table was in a mess, he couldn't help but glared at Erhu.

"You are talking too fast, our eldest grandson hasn't eaten yet, and you have eaten all of it?"

Erhu was holding two buns in his hand and was about to stuff them into his mouth.Hearing this all of a sudden, he didn't want to eat or not to eat for a while, and he just froze there.

"My lord, why don't you take these two buns back?"

Lao Zhu said with a look of disgust.

"You've already grabbed it with your hands, how can our eldest grandson eat it!"

"Where's Old Xu?"

Lao Zhu looked around and didn't see Xu Xingzu, so he ordered immediately.

"Come here, go to the imperial dining room to pass the decree, hurry up and order some food for our grandson!"

Hearing this, Erhu hurriedly got up and said.

"Humble post, let's pass the decree!"

Zhu Yunxi didn't feel disgusted at all, he just reached out and picked up a bun and started to chew it.While chewing, he complained to Lao Zhu.

"Grandpa Huang, you don't know how hard and tired your grandson is these few days."

"I haven't had a serious meal for several days, and I always eat dry food to deal with it on the road!"

"Take a look and see if I've lost weight?"

Lao Zhu looked at Dasun's big face that was getting fatter and fatter, but he didn't seem to be getting thinner at first glance.And he even sneered at what Dasun said about eating dry food every meal.

He had already sent someone to find out clearly that this grandson ordered noodles in the restaurant every day to eat on the road.

Although it was very hard to travel and inspect, but he didn't wrong himself, and he was eating well after a meal.

However, when Lao Zhu heard Dasun say this, he still felt a little bit pained in his heart.

After all, Dasun's hard work along the way is real, there is no falsehood.

Moreover, according to the secret report from his subordinates, Dasun was very meticulous in his inspections, not missing every workshop or process.

Every time I go to a place, I will seriously record what I see and hear, and chat with the craftsman from time to time, asking about some details of production and life.

Every time Lao Zhu thinks of this, he feels sour in his heart. Dasun's behavior is just like his father's idiot...

When Zhu Biao went out to practice when he was young, he was also so meticulous and conscientious, and he paid great attention to understanding the people's sentiments.

Old Zhu originally thought that the monkey was just a whim, and it was time to come back and complain to himself after a few days of work.He didn't expect to complain that he was really complaining, but this Nisun gritted his teeth and got the job done, which greatly exceeded his expectations.

"Xiao Nisun, how do you feel after observing these few days?"

Zhu Yunxi was chewing the steamed stuffed bun, when he heard this, he replied vaguely.

"too bitter!"

Old Zhu sighed inwardly when he heard the words, he complained wherever he went, my elder son only complained when he was traveling around the world.

At that time, the war had just ended, and there were no people in the prosperous places like Yangzhou, let alone the real countryside.

However, Zhu Biao persisted all the way without saying a word of distress.

It seems that this grandson still lacks experience, and he should really be sent out again to see the real suffering of the people.

"The group of craftsmen lived in too much hardship. They didn't even have a wall, just a thatched shed."

"And I don't eat well. I can eat a few bowls of dry rice with pickles, it's like a holiday."

"Grandpa Huang, what did you think back then, to create such a deceitful craftsman household system?"

Lao Zhu was taken aback when he heard the first few words, and secretly thought that the grandson was not complaining for himself, but for the craftsman!

But when he heard the last sentence, Lao Zhu's violent temper immediately came up, and he shouted loudly.

"What do you know!"

"You've only eaten rice for a few days, and you dare to deny us. We see that your butt is itchy again, and you want to be whipped!"

Lao Zhu naturally knew the disadvantages of the artisan household system, even if he didn't know it at the beginning, but after being the emperor for more than [-] years, he could receive memorials about the escape of artisan households every year, and he could realize that there was something wrong with the artisan household system.

But he never wanted to change, or was unable to change.

Because tax collection has been a big problem since ancient times, especially for craftsmen who have no fixed residence and no permanent property under their names, it is even more difficult to collect taxes.

They were working in Jinling City this year, but they might go to Peiping next year, and they might not know where they would go the year after.

Therefore, it became a logical method to firmly fix them on the household registration of craftsmen, and to carry out their every move under the supervision of the government.

But the most important reason why he was so angry was that the person who questioned him was wrong.

If an ordinary person questioned it, he wouldn't care even if he was upset.But Zhu Yunxi questioned, which made him a little annoyed.I feel that the authority of my grandfather, the emperor, has been questioned and has become less authoritative.

"Learn more, watch more, talk less and do less."

"Do you think that by worshiping three masters, you can dictate our governance?"

"Let me tell you, you boy is still far behind!"

"No matter how hard our Ming craftsmen are, it's better than when Meng Yuan was at it. At least we never killed anyone indiscriminately!"

"Go and find out how miserable the craftsmen were in the Mongol and Yuan Dynasties, and then criticize our ruling!"

Seeing that Lao Zhu was angry, Zhu Yunxi quickly shrank his neck and concentrated on cooking.

He thought to himself that those three masters were right, if he really followed the way he wrote the first version of the article, it would be strange for the emperor to hang himself up and beat him.

Maybe he could just take his own errands and send himself back to Dabentang to become a junior monk.

When Lao Zhu saw that his grandson was only absorbed in eating the leftovers, his heart ached again, so he hurriedly dissuaded him.

"Don't eat these leftovers for now, and wait for the imperial dining room to bring you new ones before eating."

Zhu Yunxi chuckled.

"It's okay, grandson doesn't dislike it, this is all food, it's a pity to lose it."

Hearing this, Old Zhu glared at Dasun and said.

"We despise it!"

"It's all leftovers from Er Hu's eating, how can we let you eat this!"

Erhu just came back from the imperial dining room, when he heard this, he was so embarrassed.

Isn't this what you always let me eat? It's my Erhu's fault again!

Besides, I am not a dog leftover, it is clearly a tiger leftover...

Not long after, the Imperial Dining Room brought over another serving of Imperial Dining. Lao Zhu watched his grandson eat deliciously, and ate two more bowls.

After the two had breakfast, Lao Zhu slowly picked his teeth with a toothpick, while Zhu Yunxi sat on a chair and patted his stomach to digest food like a baby seal.

After picking his teeth, Lao Zhu stretched out his hand towards Zhu Yunxi.

"Bring it!"

"what?"

"Give us a note!"

Zhu Yunxi's eyes widened when he heard this.

"Grandpa Huang, how do you know that I'm wearing a strip of paper? You probably buried eyeliner by my side, right?"

When Lao Zhu heard the words, he lied casually.

"Is there anyone else to ask about this?"

"You entered the palace early in the morning, you must have sent us a note!"

"Oh……"

Hearing what Lao Zhu said, Zhu Yunxi took out the written note from his sleeve.When Lao Zhu took it and was about to read it, he suddenly heard the report from the eunuch.

"Report to the emperor, the second emperor's grandson is kneeling outside the palace and begging for an audience!"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he was suddenly puzzled.

"What is he doing?"

"Reporting to the emperor, the second emperor's grandson is still holding a memorial..."

Lao Zhu couldn't sit still when he heard this, and hurriedly got up and walked outside the hall.

Seeing the grandpa come out, Zhu Yunwen hurriedly leaned over to salute.

"Grandson Zhu Yunqi, pay homage to grandfather, grandpa, and wish grandpa the best of luck and prosperity!"

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