Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 572

Li Jing shook his head: "Zhou Yanru's disciples and old officials are all over the world, if he is arrested without a reasonable reason, he will still be in trouble, so let's monitor him first, don't arrest him a year ago, I don't want any problems a year ago.

Hmm...Brother Gao, you tell...you tell Zong Chao about this matter, and let Zong Chao handle it. Zong Chao works calmly and can hold his own. "

Gao Qi turned around and replied, "Yes!"

After pondering for a while, Gao Qi said again: "Should I tell Fifth Brother about this?"

Li Jing shook his head: "Don't tell fifth brother for the time being, if fifth brother finds out, he won't take Zhou Yanru's skin off! Years later, we will talk about it later. Years ago, this matter must be kept secret. Don't say it either."

"Yes!" Gao Qi hurriedly said.

Seeing that Yang Xuan wanted to go out with the crowd, Li Jing waved: "Yang Xuan, don't leave, I have something to tell you."

Yang Xuan hurriedly turned around when he heard the words: "Commander, please give me instructions."

Li Jing pointed to the chair: "Sit down and talk."

"I dare not." Yang Xuan said hastily.

Li Jing waved his hand, turned to Xiao Jiu and other guards and said, "Sit down and listen."

Xiao Jiu responded, poured a cup of tea for Li Jing, and just sat down on the chair.

Li Jing picked up his teacup, sipped lightly, and said, "Yang Xuan, you are young and inexperienced. Some things may seem trivial to you. In fact, conspiracies are often hidden in things you don't care about. The first of the 36 tricks Crossing the sea with the sky is to take advantage of people's psychology.

If you prepare for the week, you will be lazy, but if you are familiar with it, you will not doubt it. Yin is within yang, not in opposition to yang, the sun and the sun.This is the original text of cheating the sky and crossing the sea. I taught you when you were young.

You are all my adoptive sons, I have arranged you in the palace, the emperor will not prevent you, similarly, people who see the emperor will not casually say anything that is not good for me.They will say some things that you don't care about, and even say good things about me, and do what you like.

When you hear such words, you feel nothing, so you don't pay too much attention to them. This time Zhou Yanru is taking advantage of your mentality.In fact, those words he said concealed other intentions.

I arranged for you to be the commander of the guards in the palace, not only for you to protect the emperor, but also for you and your brothers to be my eyes and ears.

It doesn't matter if you don't understand what those words mean, you have to tell me, if I'm not here, you can tell you Grandpa Shen, or Uncle Gao.

If you could tell Grandpa Shen and Uncle Gao what Zhou Yanru said to the emperor the day before yesterday, they would definitely think about it seriously, and everyone would not be so passive today. "

"Yes! I know my mistake! From now on, no matter what I hear, I will immediately notify the commander." Yang Xuan hurriedly said.

Li Jingjing nodded: "Okay, you go back, don't tell anyone what happened today."

"Yes!" Yang Xuan hurriedly said.

Looking at Yang Xuan's back, Li Jing sighed lightly.

Looking at the time, Li Jing said to Xiao Jiu: "I'll take a nap, and you can go to the Xianghe Tower and order me some home-cooked meals that ordinary people often eat, and then go to the palace and tell the emperor that I will have dinner with the emperor at night."

"What? Order the home-cooked meals that ordinary people eat? Does Xianghe Tower have such meals?" Xiao Jiu asked doubtfully.

Li Jing smiled and said: "Then you can't go to the common people's house to buy it? I want to eat with the emperor, so I have to be clean."

When Xiao Jiu heard this, her eyes widened immediately: "Marshal, you want to eat home-cooked meals with the emperor, can the emperor eat it?"

Li Jing smiled and said: "If you eat well, the emperor will understand what I mean after eating such a meal. There are some things that you don't need to say directly."

"Okay then." Xiao Jiu said helplessly.

Speaking of which, Xiao Jiu got up and went to the inner room to lay Li Jing's luggage, lit the charcoal basin again, and helped Li Jing to lie down before going out.

But Li Jing fell into a deep sleep soon after lying down.

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, Li Jing finally woke up.

Hearing Li Jing get up, Xiao Jiu hurried into the room.

"What time is it? How long have I been asleep?" Li Jing asked while getting dressed.

Xiao Jiu smiled and said, "It's four quarters of the unitary hour (six o'clock in the evening), the commander-in-chief slept really soundly this time, and slept for a full two hours."

"Ah? Sleeping for so long? Has anyone been here in the palace?" Li Jing asked hurriedly.

"Wang Chengen has been here twice." Xiao Jiu said with a smile.

Li Jing frowned: "Why didn't you wake me up?"

Xiao Jiu said with a smile: "It's rare for the commander to sleep well, how can I wake you up? Wang Chengen also said that the emperor has explained when the commander will wake up and when he will enter the palace again. You are not allowed to wake up the commander."

Li Jingjing nodded: "Hurry up and prepare the car, I will enter the palace right away. By the way, have you ordered the meal I asked you to order?"

"It's ordered, I'll send someone to pick it up right away." Xiao Jiu said hurriedly.

Li Jingjing nodded, washed his face in the basin carried by the guards, rinsed his mouth again, put on his coat, and hurried into the palace with Xiao Jiu and other guards.

When Li Jing arrived at the East Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youjian was already waiting outside the door.

Seeing that Zhu Youjian went out to greet him in person, Li Jing couldn't help but frowned.

However, Li Jing quickly showed a smile, stepped forward and said, "How dare you ask the emperor to welcome you personally."

Zhu Youjian greeted him with a smile and said: "Brother Li has been working so hard for state affairs, and he is worried about state affairs even when he is ill. I should welcome Brother Li."

Li Jing took Zhu Youjian's hand and said with a smile: "Since Li Jing is in this position, it is his duty to work for the country."

Said and waved his hand: "Please, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Youjian also waved his hand and said, "Brother Li, please!"

Li Jing and Zhu Youjian smiled at each other and walked into the cabinet hand in hand.

After taking his seat, Zhu Youjian waved to Wang Chengen: "Let's pass on the meal."

Li Jing said with a smile: "No need, I brought the food here, Xiao Jiu, bring the food."

Hearing this, Zhu Youjian couldn't help but wondered: "Brother Li brought anything delicious? Quickly serve it up and let me have a look."

Xiao Jiu smiled, opened the food box carried by the guard, and placed the meals on the table one by one.

Seeing the dishes served by Xiao Jiu, Zhu Youjian couldn't help but startled: "What is this?"

Li Jing said with a smile: "These dishes are common meals for ordinary people."

"The food that ordinary people eat? Brother Li wants to eat this with me?" Zhu Youjian asked puzzled.

Li Jing smiled, picked up a pair of chopsticks and handed them to Zhu Youjian: "Try it, Your Majesty."

Zhu Youjian took the chopsticks, frowned, picked up a dish whose name could not be named with the chopsticks, looked at it for a long time, and finally slowly put it into his mouth.

After chewing slowly for two bites, Zhu Youjian's eyes suddenly lit up: "It's delicious, not inferior to the chef in the imperial dining room."

Li Jing smiled and said: "This is made by the master chef of Xianghe Tower. The taste is indeed much better than that made by ordinary people, but the dishes themselves are not very delicious."

Zhu Youjian nodded: "Some can't be chewed."

Swallowing the food, Zhu Youjian continued: "Brother Li, why do you want to invite me to eat the meals of the common people? Could it be that you want me to experience the sufferings of the common people?"

Li Jing shook his head and said with a smile, "I'm not that boring. If the emperor wants to experience the sufferings of the people, he only needs the people to know at a glance. Why bother to eat these things himself."

"Then what does brother Li mean?" Zhu Youjian pointed to the food and said.

"These dishes are all eaten by Li Jing more than ten years ago." Li Jing smiled.

"Brother Li ate these things more than ten years ago?" Zhu Youjian couldn't help being startled when he heard that.

Li Jing said with a smile: "How can ordinary people have the craftsmanship of the master of Xianghe Tower? The food I ate at that time was much worse than today's, but the food I ate was delicious."

Speaking of which, Li Jing picked up the rice bowl, put two mouthfuls of vegetables into the bowl, and ate quickly.

"Huh?" Zhu Youjian couldn't help thinking when he saw it.

After finishing the rice, Li Jing patted his stomach and sighed: "I haven't eaten such a meal for a long time, and I almost forgot what these dishes taste like."

Zhu Youjian put down his chopsticks, sighed softly, and said, "Actually, since I ascended the throne, life has not been hard. In the most difficult time, the concubines in the harem wore old clothes, and my clothes were all old. I am patched, and the food is also very simple. There is no way, the country has no money, in order to fight the Jurchen, in order to put down the bandits, I can only save on food and clothing."

"That's right, we used to live a hard life. Speaking of which, the minister is much better than the emperor." Li Jing sighed.

Zhu Youjian sighed: "Brother Li helped me get some money later, and helped me get through those two years of difficulties. In the past two years, most of the expenses of the harem have been paid by the Ministry of Households, and you will pay it back every year. I have 100 million pocket money, my life is much better than before, and I finally look like an emperor."

Li Jing smiled: "Compared to the days before, we should be content! I don't know what the emperor thinks, anyway, I am content, and I will help the emperor rejuvenate Daming in my lifetime. After a hundred years of my life, future generations will be able to say that I am Li Jing I still do something, and I am a loyal minister of Daming, I am satisfied."

Zhu Youjian was startled when he heard the words, silently read Li Jing's words, and nodded slightly.

After a while, Zhu Youjian imitated Li Jing's appearance just now, picked up the bowl with two chopsticks and picked up the vegetables.

It's just that although the food tastes good, the quality of the food is really not good. Zhu Youjian chewed for a long time and didn't finish the meal.

Li Jing smiled, and waved to Wang Chengen: "Remove these meals, and serve the meals made by the imperial dining room."

Zhu Youjian shook his head: "It's not busy, I'll eat what's in the bowl."

Li Jing said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you just have to taste the taste of these dishes. You don't have to force yourself. In fact, I'm used to delicacies from mountains and seas. I really can't eat these things. I'm struggling to eat them now."

Zhu Youjian smiled, and pulled the last two mouthfuls of rice into his stomach.

After a while, Zhu Youjian swallowed the food with difficulty, and then said: "Brother Li, what kind of food is this, so unpalatable?"

Li Jing said with a smile: "This thing is called sorghum (sorghum rice), also called millet. It looks delicious and smells good, but the rice is too hard to swallow. Most people in the north eat this. Hungry. As for the vegetables, they are all wild vegetables in the mountains and fields, and when the common people have nothing to eat, they use these vegetables to eat."

Zhu Youjian nodded slightly.

At this time Wang Chengen suddenly smiled and said: "My lord, give the rest of the food to the old slave. The old slave was poor when he was a child, and he also ate these things. Now he hasn't eaten it for a few years. I want to try it."

(End of this chapter)