Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 45 The old man is so stingy
Zhu Di is also very tall, and he is not as puffy as Zhu Biao. He is really strong and has the power of a military commander.

In fact, the Zhu Yuanzhang family is all good-looking. Not to mention outstanding in talent and appearance, at least they have good outlook on life. Especially Zhu Yuanzhang, who is tall and powerful, with a majestic temperament, and is not the skinny shoehorn face.

In ancient times, the rich and powerful were also based on appearance. If you were ugly, you would not be admitted to the official position. Especially at the end of the imperial examination and during the interview with the emperor, if you are not pleasing to the eye, it will be useless no matter how good your literary talent is.

The same goes for the emperor. You must have the appearance of an emperor. If you are too ugly, you will not have any prestige and others will not follow you.

After Zhu Di greeted the elders one by one in the palace, he returned to his palace exhausted.

Xu Miaoyun had already led his servants to greet him at the door.

Zhu Di was a little excited to see his beloved concubine again after more than half a year. Since their marriage, he and Xu Miaoyun have always had a very good relationship and are very loving. Otherwise, they would not have been married for five years and had four children.

"The concubine has seen the prince."

"My concubine, get up quickly."

Zhu Di smiled and helped Xu Miaoyun up, lovingly holding her little hand and entering the house. The servants lowered their heads and waited for them to enter before following.

After dinner, Zhu Di took a bath to wash away the dust of the road before returning to the room with Xu Miaoyun.

"Miaoyun, has anything happened in the court recently?"

After the storm passed, Zhu Di began to ask about the affairs in the court this year. After all, he was a prince, so he still had to pay more attention.

"Well, there is one thing. Your Majesty found a strange person from nowhere. It is said that it was this person who suggested that Your Majesty abolish the Ministry of Education, but it angered those civil servants..."

Xu Miaoyun told Zhu Di that Li Wei was scolded by civil servants as a traitor and what he had done in the past few months. Of course Zhu Di had known about such a big thing as the abolition of Zhongshu Province, but the details were unclear.

He could probably guess the purpose of his father's move, which was nothing more than to strengthen the centralization of power. As for Li Wei, he thought it was just a shield for his father, so he didn't take it to heart. Not worth the attention of a prince like him.

In addition to Li Wei's affairs, Xu Miaoyun also talked to him about other matters. Since the prince was not here, she, the princess, naturally had to pay more attention to it.

After talking about business, we chatted some more, and it wasn’t until late at night that the room became quiet...

Three days passed by in a hurry, with the cold wind howling, and Li Wei ushered in his first Spring Festival in Daming.

This area near the imperial city is full of powerful people, and red lanterns are hung at every door. Fireworks are launched into the sky from time to time, blooming brilliantly.

Xiaoqing and Xiaoyue prepared the New Year's Eve dinner. Li Wei asked her to call Laifu and Abu over. Under his strong request, everyone sat down around the large square table to spend New Year's Eve together.

Xiaoyue and Laifu were deeply grateful for Li Wei's easy-going. Even Abu began to look at Li Wei differently. This gentleman was different from the officials and dignitaries they had interacted with in the past. He had no airs at all and treated servants like them. Like family.

Li Wei sat at the main seat and delivered a speech. The central idea was to eat and drink well, and then under his leadership everyone got into action.

Before time travel, Li Wei would hide in the city during the Chinese New Year. He would miss the opportunity to go home during the New Year. Anyone in his 30s would understand the reason.

Every time he came home and looked at his parents and eldest brother's family, he felt like an outsider.

He has lived on campus since he was in junior high school, and the number of days he can spend time with his family is only a few days a month. Later, when he went to college, graduated and worked further away from home, he only went back once or twice a year. Although he had blood Yu Shui's family affection, but it is inevitable that it still feels a bit strange.

Whenever the Chinese New Year comes, people in the city all go back to their hometowns, and the whole city suddenly becomes empty. Coupled with the fireworks control, there is no Chinese New Year flavor at all.

But now, five people were eating, drinking, talking and laughing around a table, which made him feel quite warm. Except that there was no Spring Festival Gala in the background, everything else was more festive than in previous years.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, he took everyone together to watch others set off fireworks. Li Wei didn't buy it himself, not because he had no money, but because he forgot. Since he lost his mobile phone, his life has been in a muddle and he doesn't even know. What day of the week is it?

Amid the laughter of a few people, his first year in Ming Dynasty passed by.

Early the next morning, Li Wei got up very early because there was a big court today and he wanted to pay New Year's greetings to Zhu Yuanzhang. This was a grand annual ceremony, which was different from the usual court meetings.

In order to join in the fun, Li Wei came to Fengtian Hall again after dozens of days.Under the command of the Palace Ceremony Department, they chanted together with the other ministers to congratulate Zhu Yuanzhang on the New Year.Zhu Yuanzhang happily accepted the congratulations from the officials.

But Li Wei, who was in high spirits when he first arrived, became depressed not long after. These complicated etiquettes were too tiring. Although there was no need to discuss matters, doing this was not lighthearted at all!
Never again!
Li Wei was full of regrets, but he had already come, and it was not okay to slip away in the middle. The censors were watching.

After finally waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang to finish his speech, all the officials had to give congratulations. His verbosity made him want to hit someone!
Finally coming to an end, here comes the exciting part of giving out red envelopes and giving banquets.

The banquet was held in Jinshen Hall, and there was also a dance and music performance by Jiaofangsi, which Li Wei was thinking about.

Li Wei received his own red envelope, which was ten guan, not much, just what he earned from selling soap for a day.

"Li Aiqing, the Ming Dynasty is now full of waste and waiting for prosperity, so we can't give you too much." Zhu Yuanzhang said meaningfully.

"It's okay, Your Majesty, I'm not too little."

"What we mean is that Ming Dynasty is short of money!" "???"

"If you have any ways to make money, please give it to us!"

Seeing that Li Wei was not enlightened, Zhu Yuanzhang said directly.

Li Wei thought for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, how about you leave the Jiaofang Department to me?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened and he kicked him aside.

Li Wei stumbled for two steps before returning to his seat muttering.

Sitting at Zhu Yuanzhang's table were the founding generals Xu Da and Li Wenzhong, as well as princes such as Zhu Biao and Zhu Di. Li Wei was not qualified to stay here. His position was with Wu Bozong and others in the cabinet. Due to his low rank, The location of the arrangement is also relatively biased.

But Li Wei doesn't care, just eat some.

After waiting for a while, the food finally started to be served. There were all kinds of chicken, duck, and fish. After all, if you are celebrating the Chinese New Year, you have to be generous no matter how poor you are.

Looking at the dishes that were served, Li Wei was a little disappointed. How can I put it, these dishes made him feel like a banquet in the village. The food was good, but it was just too boring!Li Wei went down with his chopsticks and was even more disappointed!
This thing was obviously made by Guanglu Temple!

What a waste of food!
After three rounds of wine and five delicious dishes, the generals began to show off their achievements, which cities they attacked and how many heads they chopped off.

As for the civil servants, while casting contemptuous glances at those reckless men, they began to show off their literary talents.

Li Wei didn't care about this, and while he was picking up meat and drinking wine, he was eagerly watching the dance and music performance of the young ladies from Jiaofangsi that he had longed for.

But if Li Wei doesn't fight, others will come to trouble him.

Ru Taisu walked around half the hall and came to Li Wei:
"Master Li, don't just sit around drinking. His Majesty often says that Master Li can learn from others. On this festive occasion, why don't Master Li write a poem to cheer everyone up!"

Li Wei turned around and glanced at the old man. He joked that he didn't look at him when he was beheaded last time, and now he did it again.

In many time-travel novels, the protagonists have been copycats, and they are slapped in the face by pretending to be poems written by later generations, which is extremely satisfying.

But Li Wei couldn't do it. He didn't study history well, and his poetry was also poor. After more than ten years of studying, he couldn't memorize a few poems. At this time, he felt guilty when faced with Ru Taisu's troubles.

"What... what poem?"

"It's just snowed in the capital, so let's use snow as the title." Ru Taisu said casually.

When the nearby civil servants noticed what was going on here, they all stopped showing off, waiting to see Li Wei's joke.

Li Wei thought for a while, and an idea flashed in his mind. Hey, there is really a poem that is particularly easy to memorize. He remembered it clearly.

"Ahem, here I come, one piece, two pieces, three or four pieces, five, six, seven, eight or ninety pieces, a thousand pieces, ten thousand pieces, countless pieces..."

Li Wei opened his mouth and paused deliberately on the third sentence. If he wanted to show off, he had to give others time to show his face.

Sure enough, as soon as these bad poems about counting snowflakes were uttered, the surrounding civil servants burst into laughter, and Ru Taisu was also so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was in the distance, also noticed this. Seeing that Li Wei was embarrassed, he couldn't help but frowned. He had found this bitch after all. In the court, he even shouted "Ai Qing" one after another. If he were here, He was disgraced and his face was dull.

After everyone laughed for a moment, Li Wei deliberately said the last sentence loudly:
"Flying into the reeds, all the flowers disappear!"

The laughter suddenly stopped. The first three sentences of this poem sounded pulpy, but the last sentence suddenly came to a twist, pushing the whole poem from the bottom to the top. The artistic conception is profound and wonderful!
"Okay! Mr. Li is really talented!"

Wu Bozong from the same department praised him first.

"It's so good, there are no reed flowers here, it's not suitable for the scene at all!"

"that is……"

Li Wei curled his lips. It would be great to be able to recite this poem. He also responded to the occasion. He didn't even remember who wrote this poem clearly. He just remembered one piece and two pieces. He memorized it. This last sentence actually didn't match the original poem, but he didn't know it himself, let alone these civil servants.

And the effect of him reciting it like this is quite good.

The smile on Ru Taisu's face froze, and the corners of his eyes twitched twice. After all, he didn't find fault like others. Although he holds a grudge, he still has a face. Regardless of whether there are reed flowers here or not, this poem is indeed written Very good, especially the last sentence, very wonderful!

"Master Ru, is there anything else going on?" Li Wei asked deliberately stroking the old man's face with his nostrils.

Ru Taisu took a step back in disgust, snorted coldly, didn't want to stay any longer, rolled up his sleeves and left.

Seeing that the old man was finally gone, Li Wei breathed a sigh of relief and cursed in his heart that this bad old man was so stingy. Didn't he just let him practice calligraphy outside the Meridian Gate for two months? How could he hold a grudge for so long?
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