Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

After promising Su Mu not to eat barbecue today, and hearing that he could grow back his previous muscles, Emperor Zhengde was in a good mood, and after talking with Su Mu for a long time, he suddenly said: "You can skip meat, but you must drink wine. "

Su Mu was taken aback: Just kidding, the blood vessels in your brain may explode at any time, and you still dare to drink, isn't that courting death?

Busy shaking his head: "Your Majesty can't!"

Zhengde was very unhappy: "Why not?"

Su Mu said seriously: "Returning to Your Majesty, has Your Majesty forgotten that there is a saying about wine fat among the people?"

The so-called wine fat refers to people who drink alcohol for a long time, and the body will easily accumulate fat, and the fat in the human body is most likely to be reflected on the stomach.For example, among the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang in later generations, many soldiers of the Qin Army had big stomachs.That's because the Qin army would let the soldiers drink a lot before fighting and after winning.In this way, the stomach and size of the Qin army will be enlarged by the soldiers of the six eastern countries. On the battlefield, the soldiers' personal physical strength is also stronger than them.

Hearing that Su Mu's words were reasonable, Zhengde was unhappy: "Today is my banquet for the kings. If you don't drink alcohol, it will be incompatible with the etiquette. Besides, in a few days, it will be the [-]th day of the first lunar month. Gotta drink."

Su Mu was taken aback, and realized the seriousness of the problem. After thinking for a while, his heart was moved again, and he asked: "Your Majesty, there are fine wines from the Western Regions hidden in the palace, but this is drinkable. Drink it. After that, you won’t gain weight, which is good for your body.”

According to later studies, wine has a certain effect on softening the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular.If Emperor Zhengde insisted on drinking, he could only drink this.

Zhengde was very pleasantly surprised: "It turns out that wine can be drunk. You said it earlier. There are many. There are many hidden in the palace!"

He still has a little regret in his heart: it's a pity that he can't drink distilled liquor.However, the big deal is that I just need to drink more wine, it can still be enjoyable.

This is Qiushou, which is a ceremony of the royal family. It is held once a year and is usually presided over by officials from the Ministry of Rites.

In the evening, Emperor Zhengde held a banquet in the palace to entertain the princes from all over the country who came to Beijing.

This is the first time that Su Mu has taken all the princes of the Zhu family. The last time was many years ago. At that time, he was just an ordinary person, and he was undoubtedly far different from these Tianhuang nobles.

But sitting at the same table with them today, I can't help feeling a little emotional in my heart, and at the same time carefully observe the kings of the earth.

To be honest, since Ming Chengzu made a bad start, there were also some ambitious princes in the Ming Dynasty.Among them, King Ning is naturally the leader.

However, after King Huai's rebellion, King Ning was exposed in reverse and was under the great surveillance of the court. Presumably, the Huanhao Rebellion in real history would never happen again.

Su Mu didn't care about King Ning either, but he still couldn't help but glance at him.

King Ning has had a very unhappy life these past few years. Compared with eight years ago, he seems to be much haggard, his temples are a little gray, he looks like a tired middle-aged man, not a young man in full bloom .

Since entering the main hall, this guy has found a secluded corner, where he sat drinking and eating alone.

After watching for a long time, Su Mu lost any interest in this loser, and turned to observe other princes.

There were really too many vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty, and there seemed to be dozens of them by now, and it was impossible to squeeze a large hall.As far as Su Mu knows, there seem to be more than a dozen princes in Henan, such as King Zhou and King Yingchuan.Most of the fertile land in Henan has been annexed by the princes, and the life of the people is very difficult.

It is not a good thing for the country to have more princes. These people have to be paid.In addition to the prince, the number of members of the royal family surnamed Zhu that the court needs to support has reached an astonishing one hundred thousand. This is a heavier financial burden than the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty!

Do you want to propose to the emperor to reduce the salary of the royal family?

After thinking about it, Su Mu felt that it might not be appropriate to do this, at least he shouldn't do it.

I, Su Mu, a dignified Hanlin scholar, has a bright future, but I don't want to be Chao Cuo of the Ming Dynasty.

Just thinking about it, game was brought up like flowing water, and the hall was filled with the smell of fine wine.Unknowingly, the banquet has reached its climax.

But Su Mu didn't know that wine is also wine, and Zhengde got a little drunk by accident.

The emperor coughed, and the hall suddenly fell silent.

Zhengde: "My lords, I ordered you to enter Beijing today because I have just personally conquered Tatars and won an unprecedented victory. Even the little prince of Tatars was beheaded by my Ming Dynasty... I have been trapped for a long time. Daming's northern border troubles have been lifted..."

He drank too much, and his tongue was a little too big.

However, he still talked about the whole Yingzhou war from beginning to end.

All the kings naturally complimented loudly at the same time and raised their glasses to congratulate.

Su Mu found that King Ning picked up the cup unwillingly, and only touched his lips perfunctorily.

King Ning has been hiding in the corner, looking very low-key.Although Zhengde was already drunk, his eyes were so sharp that he couldn't see that King Ning was dissatisfied with him.

Thinking of the night that Emperor Hongzhi passed away, this nasty King Ning actually wanted to fish in troubled waters.It's a pity that I had just ascended the throne back then, and I didn't want to make matters worse, so I let him go.

But I don't think, this kid actually doesn't think much of my martial arts and martial arts, well, I will show you something today.

Thinking of this, hatred welled up in his heart, Zhengde suddenly threw away the cup in his hand, and burst out laughing.

The laughter was so loud that all the kings in the palace fell silent at the same time, and then looked at each other in surprise.

After Zhengde laughed, he deliberately shook his body and stood up, pointing at the crowd and said: "I know that some of you are not convinced by me, saying that I am an absurd monarch who only knows how to practice martial arts all day long. But don't forget, Taizu, Chengzu But they all won the world immediately, and our Zhu family should all be warriors on horseback... Ugh!"

After hiccupping, Zhengde said again: "There are still people who think that this time I personally conquered, in fact, I just hid in the background and commanded, and I didn't go to the battlefield at all. I am a coward. I killed a Tatar with my own hands... But just like that, you are still laughing at me..."

Seeing the emperor go crazy, all the kings were horrified.

"King Ning, stand up!" Zhengde suddenly shouted after finishing speaking.

King Ning did not expect the emperor to find him, his expression changed, he got up and saluted: "I have seen Your Majesty."

Zhengde: "Recently, the story of me slaying an enemy has been spread everywhere. It is a great achievement, but it is regarded as a joke, and it is said that it was written into a book... What is the name of this book, let me think about it. It seems to be called "The Legend of Zhengde", and it sells very well in Jiangnan... By the way, King Ning's fief is in Jiangnan, and there are many scholars under his command, did you do this?"

King Ning's face turned red, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes: "I dare not."

"Don't dare?" Zhengde sneered: "I know you very well, are you so courageous? Why, suspect that I didn't go to battle to kill the enemy, suspect that I am deceiving others, come, come, let's go through a few tricks!"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pulled King Ning out of his seat.

At this time, everyone was in an uproar, even Su Mu was so shocked that sweat came out.