Daming wolf ride

In Beijing Normal University, since Chongzhen sued the Ancestral Temple because of the burning of the Fengyang Imperial Tomb, after a few days of hard work, he lost a lot of weight. Empress Zhou felt really distressed, but her husband was very stubborn. She couldn't persuade him at all, so she could only secretly tell Wang Chengen to find a way to change the emperor's vegetarian diet, otherwise if this person continues like this, the emperor himself will collapse before the bandits are settled.

Obtained by the Empress Empress, Wang Chengen discussed with the palm seal of Shang Shanjian about adding chicken broth to the emperor's vegetarian diet and cooking it with expensive condiments, so that there would be meat in the vegetarian diet, so as not to make the emperor's body weak because of the lack of meat. go down.

As a result, the taste of the chicken soup was not hidden from Chongzhen. The young emperor knew that it was due to the kindness of the servants below, but he couldn't swallow the meal accompanied by chicken soup anyway, and scolded Wang Chengen who came to deliver the meal with a cold face: "I The purpose of abstaining from living in the wrong place is to dispel the wrath of the gods and alleviate the grievances of the ancestors. You bastard, you have been with me for many years, but you don't know my difficulties. What is the intention of tempting me to break the precept!"

Wang Chengen was scolded to shame, full of grievances but didn't know where to put it, dejectedly walked around the high wall of the Wenhua Palace courtyard, and walked slowly back along the west lane, only to see Concubine Tian Guifei riding a shoulder car from the white stone After getting off the bridge, he hurriedly went forward to pay his respects: "This old servant has seen the imperial concubine!"

Seeing that it was Wang Cheng'en, Concubine Tian ordered her to stop and asked, "How much did the Emperor eat today?"

Wang Chengen shook his head and said, "Just drink half a bowl of white rice porridge, and the rest of the dishes will be withdrawn."

When she heard that her husband was still the same as the previous days, and did not eat the meat and vegetables cooked by the Shangshan Supervisor, Tian Guifei frowned and said, "What does the emperor say?"

Wang Chengen said with a bitter face: "The emperor said that the meat is disrespectful to the ancestors and the gods, so he scolded the old slave."

"Yes, you deserve it! Knowing that the emperor is not easy to deceive, you still cook these vegetarian meals with meat in them, don't you ask for punishment!"

"This old slave is dizzy, and I can't think of a good way. I can't teach the Lord Long Live to be so hungry! Besides, the empress also has orders, and this old slave has to try." After finishing speaking, Wang Chengen sighed and looked at the emperor. Torturing himself like this, the old slave really felt uncomfortable.

Concubine Tian Guifei thought for a while, her husband really couldn't do it if he went on like this, she had to find a way, so she said to Wang Chengen: "I have a way, you might as well try it."

Hearing that the imperial concubine and empress have a solution, Wang Chengen hastily said: "Empress expressly."

Concubine Tian Gui said angrily: "You guys! You just don't use your brains, copy things from here and there, don't know how to adapt to make new ones, how can you make progress if you just hang around like a dead sheep?"

"Your Majesty is admonishing you." Wang Chengen nodded repeatedly.

"You are too honest. You just mixed chicken soup with green vegetables so clearly. What kind of skills do you show? Even a three-year-old child can eat it, and you can pay for a job? I can teach you, but you have to give it to me. Do your best."

After a long time of practice, Wang Chengen couldn't understand the meaning of Concubine Tian Gui's words, so he hurriedly said: "My lady's kindness, I will keep it in my heart. If there is room for this old servant to contribute, I will rely on my lady's words."

Concubine Tian Gui smiled sweetly and said: "You are the pen of the supervisor of ceremonies and the old man in the emperor's hidden house. I would not dare to work for you easily, but Huan'er is most likely to get angry in spring and winter. If you have fresh vegetables and fruits to take care of That's good."

"Prince Ding is the heart of Long Live Lord, and this matter is left to the servants." Wang Chengen thought it was a big deal, but when he heard that Prince Ding wanted to eat some fresh fruits and vegetables, he immediately felt relieved.

Seeing that Wang Chengen agreed, Concubine Tian Gui couldn't help laughing: "Okay, okay! In fact, it's not unreasonable to have meat in the vegetarian dishes made by Shangshan Supervisor, but it doesn't cover up the fishy smell."

"How can the fishy smell be covered? Unless there is no meat left." Wang Chengen was a little distressed.

Concubine Tian Gui said: "This is not difficult. Remove the feathers of a raw goose, remove the liver and intestines and other filth from the tail hole, then stuff the vegetables into the pot, boil them on high heat, and immediately take out the vegetables. Then dip it into the dish. Before the dish is cool, wash it off with wine, and the fishy smell will be almost gone, and then cook it again with sesame oil, this is the meat in the vegetarian dish!"

Hearing this method, Wang Chengen said happily: "Thank you, Madam, for your suggestion. This old slave will ask Shangshan Supervisor to prepare."

Concubine Tian Gui said with a smile: "The dishes are ready tomorrow, and I will send them to the emperor."

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At noon, the chief assistant Wen Tiren led all the cabinet ministers to kneel down and beg the emperor to return to the palace. Chongzhen was unmoved at all and only ordered them to do their best.Seeing this, the cabinet ministers had no choice but to go back.

It was getting late, the clouds were hanging low, and the frosty wind was shrill. Several eunuchs came from a distance carrying palace lanterns. The eunuch in charge Ma Yuancheng and others were shivering in the cold wind. When the palace lanterns approached, they realized that they were Chengqian Palace. Concubine Tian Gui hurriedly kowtowed.

Concubine Tian Gui didn't wait for him to speak, she reported to the room: "Your Majesty, my concubine has made some side dishes, please Your Majesty to taste."

Chongzhen's voice came from inside the room, "Come in, it's hard for you to have a heart."

After Tian Guifei entered the room, she saw that her husband's cheeks were getting thinner and haggard day by day, his eye sockets were sunken, and his complexion was pale and dark. She couldn't help feeling sad that her eyes turned red, and she lowered her head to take out dishes from the food box.

Chongzhen didn't even look at the dishes, he just asked, "How is Huan'er?"

"Okay! He is arguing to see the emperor, and the concubines are afraid that he will make noise and make the emperor feel uneasy." Concubine Tian Gui answered while laying out the dishes.

Chongzhen sighed softly: "I usually worry about state affairs, and take care of my children flawlessly. When the world is at peace, I will take them to the south of the Yangtze River, so that I can see the great country left by our ancestors."

"The concubine is also looking forward to that day. Jiangnan is the concubine's hometown! Your Majesty, the concubine picks these vegetables by herself. Try it."

Chongzhen heard that Concubine Ai picked it herself, and couldn't bear to cheer her up, so he picked up a tree with chopsticks and put it in his mouth.Seeing this, Concubine Tian Gui couldn't help showing a smile on her face.

"It's delicious!" After Chongzhen tasted it, the green vegetables were really delicious, and he immediately had an appetite, and he picked up a few chopsticks in succession, full of praise.

Concubine Tian Guifei saw that Chongzhen was eating with great interest, so she didn't disturb him, but burned ambergris, set up the piano of the Great Sage's legacy, tuned the strings and rhyme, stroked it briefly, and immediately diffused a sense of sadness.

The sound of the piano is desolate and sad, lingering and lingering, like a poor wanderer, at dusk and dusk, the hometown is hard to find, full of sorrow and sorrow.It is also like a girl locked in a spring boudoir, sad and sentimental.

Chongzhen was so overwhelmed by listening to the melody that after playing the tune for a long time, there was still the sound of wind and rain in his ears. He chanted in his mouth: "The road is long and long, and I will search up and down. At the beginning, it is depressed, and then it is bold, which makes people feel happy. A shock, worthy of the famous music. You are a qin admonition!"

"Courts and concubines should not be remonstrance words. As long as the emperor works hard to add meals, there is hope for the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, and the ancestors and ancestors will turn their anger into joy, regardless of temporary gains and losses."

After hearing this, Chongzhen nodded, and then gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "I will use the head of the thief to sacrifice to the Taimiao!" He put down the jade chopsticks, got up and paced around, and couldn't help feeling ruthless: I don't want to wash away this humiliation. , I will never return to the palace in this life!

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Shaanxi, Xi'an.

Sun Chuanting, who succeeded Lian Guoshi as the new governor of Shaanxi, did not wait for officials from Xi'an to greet him outside the city. Therefore, all the officials who came to see were exhausted, and they would sit down for business in three days.

After issuing the notice, Sun Chuanting ordered people to send the maps and books of Shaanxi and surrounding provinces and prefectures to the internal signing room, and made a huge sand table by himself.

As soon as the third day arrived, officials of all sizes rushed to the governor's yamen early in the morning, waiting to pay homage to the new Futai. Reluctantly, they could only rush away.

Sun Chuanting was staring at the sand table in a daze in the yamen, and suddenly heard the guard outside the door report: "Master Li is here to check on the master's condition."

Mr. Li?

Sun Chuanting was wondering which Master Li, but he heard someone outside the door calling his name: "Brother Bai Ya, do you have time to meet him?"

"Ah! It turns out that brother Li has arrived, and my younger brother was thinking of paying a visit, but he waited for Dajia! Please hurry!"

Sun Chuanting hurried forward, affectionately took the arm of Li Bingchang, the chief envoy of Shaanxi, who had been implicated in state affairs, and sat down modestly. He cupped his hands and said, "I just arrived in Xi'an, my eyes are darkened, and I have not been caught off guard. , I’m busy all day long, and I don’t have a moment of leisure. You and I have a friendship of the same year, and I should go to see you, but the emperor’s life is in your body, and you can’t abolish the government for personal reasons. Besides, before the delivery, there is a lot of relationship between you and me, and I’m afraid it will be dirty. Brother Li's pure reputation is really incompatible, so he is hesitating."

Li Bingchang is thin and has a slight beard, wearing a Tsing Yi Taoist robe on his body, with a smile on his face, but he can't hide the faint anxiety and frustration between his brows. In 47, the Jinshi on the same list were all in the top three. Sun Chuanting ranked 41st, 42 places higher than him. Only then was eliminated, the two of them were promoted and retired, their fortunes were different, they felt that the hero was short of breath and could not show off, and said with a dry smile: "Brother Bai Ya is so polite, he should be a younger brother in public and private of."

Sun Chuanting couldn't figure out what the word "selfishness" meant for a moment, poured a glass of wine, handed it over and said, "Have a glass of rice wine from my brother's hometown."

Li Bingchang said with a smile: "The ancients said that Han Yeke came to tea for wine, but Brother Nian used it in the opposite way, which shows that we are very friendly! If Brother Nian has any unkind request, I think Brother Nian will take care of it."

"You and I are both working hard for the imperial court, how can there be any unfeeling request?"

Li Bingchang ignored it, took a sniff of the cup, and praised: "Good wine! Jin Bo is intoxicated in Yanmen Prefecture. This wine is golden in color and mellow in smell. It is comparable to Jiangnan rice wine!"

"Jinbo is intoxicated in Yanmenzhou, and there is June and autumn in the world." This is a poem written by Zhao Bingwen, the Minister of Rites of the Jin Dynasty, who praised Daizhou rice wine. Li Bingchang's hometown is far away in Bashu, and he has been an official in the north for many years, and he knows many customs.

"Brother Nian is so knowledgeable!" Sun Chuantingqiao pointed out, "This Beiqi yellow wine is made from millet. Although it is not as famous as the Huadiao wines brewed from Jianhu Lake, it is just like a foolish brother treating his old friends with sincerity. Feelings."

Li Bingchang got up and bowed to the ground, and said: "Bai Ya calls out to my old friend, instead of being neglected by dismissed staff, I will speak up when I have something to say."

"If you have any orders, please speak directly."

"Let me go!" Li Bingchang said word by word, with a very urgent tone.

"Why did my brother stop it?"

"Okay! I have one more request. Borrow thirty or fifty soldiers to escort me into Sichuan."

Sun Chuanting was surprised and said: "Brother Nian is not a corrupt official, the cage is not heavy, why do we need so many escorts?"

"I've been an official all my life, and I'm confident that I haven't done anything outrageous, and I'm not afraid of thieves who kill and rob."

"Brother, what were you afraid of back then?"

"You understand in your heart."

"How do you say that?"

"Don't hide it from me. You must have received the urgent document from Hong Junmen. The rogue Gao Yingxiang took Tongguan to attack Shaanxi. Now that I have left my post, I don't have to live and die with Xi'an City anymore."

"You are in a hurry to leave, so it's because of this?" Sun Chuanting couldn't help touching the document in his sleeve. He was worried that the news would leak out, and the whole city's soldiers and people would be panicked, and the situation could not be dealt with.

"good."

Sun Chuanting asked straight to the point: "When will Brother Nian plan to leave for his hometown?"

"The sooner the better."

"I'm afraid the matter of delivery will not be that easy!" Sun Chuanting's face darkened, and his eyes were fixed on Li Bingchang.

"I'm not greedy for ink, and I didn't bribe my superiors. Those official documents are sealed in the duty room. Just ask a few masters to clean them up and hand them over. I don't need to delay here. I will go back to my hometown and wait. You can participate in the play, I am willing to accept the crime, and I will never deny it!"

"What's the use of having a clear account? I want current money. The rogues are coming fiercely. If Tongguan is captured, Xi'an will have no danger and will bear the brunt of it. However, many soldiers and horses in Shaanxi have been brought in by Hong Junmen." In Henan, there are only less than [-] left, how to defend the city? I plan to recruit civilians to build an earthen city wall outside the city, and only set up four city gates: East Changle, Xi'an Ding, South Yongning, and North Anyuan. Each gate has three gate towers : gate tower, archery tower, main tower. The gate tower is outside, the archery tower is in the middle, and the main tower is inside. A wall is built between the archery tower and the main tower to form an urn city, and a wide moat is dug deep outside the city. Such a large project, Fan How can Curry's tens of thousands of taels of silver be enough?"

"That's your business. I don't care about it. Shaanxi has suffered from poor harvests year after year. The tens of thousands of taels of silver are still the internal funds bestowed by the emperor. I dare not use them, otherwise the treasury will be empty."

Seeing that he couldn't be frightened, Sun Chuanting immediately changed into a smiling face and said: "Oh! Brother Nian is like an arrow, and sending dozens of soldiers to escort him is a trivial matter. Just reach out. But you and I are in the same year, so we have to have a drink." Farewell wine! But as you can see, the military situation is urgent, and I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of it for a while!"

"This is a farewell cup." Li Bingchang raised his head and drank it down.

"Then neglect it." Sun Chuanting poured another cup and said, "Brother Nian just showed you two things, and brother Yu also asked for one thing, I hope you will agree."

"Shouldn't you teach me to donate money?" Li Bingchang looked at Sun Chuanting indifferently.

"How could it be! Those silver coins are all the salary of the imperial court, no one dares to touch them. How can Brother Yu be a person who only has his eyes on the silver coins? I want to ask Brother Nian to stay for a few days."

Li Bingchang stood up abruptly, slapped the armrest and said sharply: "What do you mean? Do you want to pull a back?"

"Hahaha..." Sun Chuanting let out a long laugh, gritted his teeth and said, "Don't underestimate us. Others are afraid of rogues, but we are not afraid! You are here for a while to watch me destroy the thieves. If the thieves want to invade Xi'an, they have to go through Qinling. Qinling has five main roads from east to west when entering Hanzhong: Wuguan Road, Baoxie Road, Tangluo Road, Ziwu Road, and Sanguan Road. Thieves will not take Wuguan Road if they are afraid of being chased by the officers and soldiers. Sanguan Road They would not take this road even if they walked for hundreds of miles. The Baoxie Road and Ziwu Road have been in disrepair for many years and have long been abandoned. The only thing they want to take is the Tangluo Road. I set up an ambush here, and the thieves can take it."

Li Bingchang bowed and said: "Thank you for your kindness. This place enters Sichuan and is blocked by Guanshan Mountain. I can't help the swan geese passing the letter. I will just wait for the good news at home."

"You must go?"

"No intention of staying."

"You want to mess with my people?"

"I can't care too much."

"Come here!" Sun Chuanting smiled and shouted: "I have given you enough face, but you insist on going your own way, no wonder I am cruel. Take care of Mr. Li carefully, and don't be wronged. Then go to his house and find some valuables to confiscate. To help the army, let’s say Mr. Gan donated money to defend the city.”

"You..." Li Bingchang looked at the Wu Bian who came in, trembling with anger.

In February of the eighth year of Chongzhen, Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi, ordered officials of all sizes and big gentry households in Xi'an to donate silver to help pay, and the total was 17 taels of silver.

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This chapter was originally the content of the later story, but in order to dilute the content of the previous chapters about Huihui, it was changed to the front, which is a last resort.