Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 604 Entertaining
"Never add a gift!"

At the meeting, Zhu Yihai wrote down these four characters with a pen at the end, and gave them to Uncle Zhang Erniu.Lao Niu is illiterate, but holding this four-character calligraphy, his eyes shine.

The more than 100 farmers, tenants, hawkers and other industry representatives in the surrounding area are also full of envy and jealousy. If they are not afraid of the majesty of the emperor, they might have rushed to snatch it away.

The old cow murmured long live while holding the words, and almost fainted.

Seeing the envious eyes of other people, Zhu Yihai said, "Since you don't dislike my handwriting, I'll write a copy for you too."

The emperor did what he said, and he really asked people to fetch more paper and write with a brush.

Originally, he wanted to write something different for each person, even Gong Xi Fa Cai and all the best, but everyone agreed to never add four characters, as if it was an iron ticket to avoid death.

Zhu Yihai had no choice but to pick up a pen and write.

Fortunately, there are only four words in one pair, so it is not difficult.

His calligraphy level is still good, especially now that he personally criticizes the red every day, and he has to review the test books of the ministers and reply to the ministers' secret books. He has to review at least 20 words of the test books and secret books every day, and the number of words in the reply Also a lot.

He also often takes time to practice calligraphy.

This is the price of pro-government. Many emperors in the Ming Dynasty did not see their ministers, and they did not need to criticize their officials.

However, Emperor Yongzheng had not been in office for many years, and the memorials reviewed were said to be more than 1000 million words written in hand.

Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was even worse, a workaholic.

Zhu Yihai now has to review at least 20 words a day. This is because he has repeatedly asked the ministers to standardize the format of the title books, prohibiting ramblings, especially limiting the number of ministers’ words. An outline is the same as writing a thesis.

In this way, sometimes Zhu Yihai can just look at the outline directly.

He also asked the Secretary of General Administration or the cabinet to classify these question books according to priority, and the cabinet votes are planned to be yellowed, and they will also be graded, so his review efficiency has improved a lot now.

Just glance at the things that are not very important, and then add a few words of special language in each batch.

A lot of them are even just approved for reading, I know and so on.

Important things will be carefully read and thought about.

Even the secret papers of the courtiers have regulations. They can't be too many words, they have to be concise, don't get close to the emperor, there is no time.

Reviewing the memorials every day, Zhu Yihai's handwriting has improved rapidly. It was barely considered calligraphy before, but now it has some charm.

Faced with more than 100 sheets without Fu, he can even change the fonts to write, some thin gold, some willow typeface, some Song typeface, even some Feibai, some cursive and some Di.

Think of it as a calligraphy class.

Needless to say, each has its own charm.

Liu Chao stood behind, stamping the emperor's works with seals, different characters, matching different seals, and even Zhu Yihai's inscriptions were also different.

There are Shaotian and Zhu Yihai, there are Fengtian Emperors, and there are Datianzi and so on.

Those who received the letter from the emperor were all overjoyed. Holding the letter, they knelt down and kowtowed to the emperor, shouting long live.

The chief assistant Song Zhifu, cabinet ministers Zhang Guowei and Xu Shiqi, ministers Liu Zongzhou, Hong Chengchou, Qian Qianyi, Zhu Dadian, He Tengjiao and other ministers who accompanied him could only stand there in admiration when they saw this scene.

Although only a group of small people.

But these more than 100 paintings will never be published today. Who in this world doesn’t know what the emperor said today, and who doesn’t believe in the benevolent government of the emperor?
It can even be believed that the newly recovered dozens of counties in Shandong will be extremely obedient and supportive of the Shaotian court in the future. After all, they are not afraid of ignorance, but they are afraid of comparing goods.

This emperor, who is only 30 years old, has really become more and more powerful in his tactics. In just a few years, he was able to win the hearts of the people so much, it is indeed not in vain.

Just look at the means of the Holy One, invite more than 100 small people from the county, who can compare with such kindness?
There are more than 100 pictures that will never be endowed. In fact, it is only four to five hundred characters, which is equivalent to a name sticker. As a result, these hundreds of characters, the effect of a single word is not overstated.

After writing more than 100 pieces without adding Fu, Zhu Yihai still felt very happy and not tired.

He was very interested, and specially invited these more than 100 people, together with the powerful gentry and powerful landlords in the city, to go to the imperial camp outside the city to inspect the military camp and condolences to the soldiers.

Let them feel what is called the emperor's soldiers at close range.

Looking at the mighty and majestic Royal Forest Army, and then enjoyed a meal in the camp.

As for the food in the army during normal marches, the emperor deliberately did not allow extra meals, and the soldiers ate whatever they ate.

There is dry food for marching in the imperial camp. One bucket of corn can be fried into twelve catties and eight taels, and five buckets of rice can be made into eight catties of fried rice.

Eight catties of fried rice can be used for five-day rations, and eight catties of fried noodles can be used for eight-day rations.

Fried noodles have more advantages than fried noodles, so in the north, fried noodles are generally used.

Fried rice and fried noodles are fried and then exposed to the sun. They are usually soaked and eaten, and they are easy to carry and transport.

Of course, the taste is very average. If the conditions are good, the logistics troops will also transport rice noodles, and even purchase supplies on the spot.For example, now that Zichuan is stationed, military officers in charge of logistics will go to the local area to buy rice, noodles, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, meat, vegetables, chicken, duck, etc. If they can be purchased locally, try to buy locally, which can save a lot of money. Shipping supply costs.

Of course, even if you buy locally, there are standards.

Now a lot of people are stationed all of a sudden, the purchase is huge, and the supply of meat and vegetables is not enough, but it is still much better than marching in a hurry or even marching in remote areas during wartime.

For example, today I inspected the camp in Jinwu Town and then ate.

Jinwu Town is home to cavalry, and the food conditions are even better. The soldiers eat white flour steamed buns, corn buns, and then soup.Fill the big pot with water, then throw some chicken, duck and pork into it, sprinkle with salt, cook on high heat until the boiled flesh and bones are separated, and finally add vegetables into it, and it will become a pot of delicious soup.

"When marching and fighting, the food is mainly to nourish strength. The standard in the army is two liters of food per day for each soldier. The food is not as good as it is today when marching. The main food is steamed cakes. If there is a war situation, you can't fire, you can only eat Fried noodles."

Zhu Yihai is used to the food in the army, and he explained it to everyone, "We are treated well today. There are coarse grains and fine grains, ten steamed buns and steamed buns per person, and meat and vegetable soup to fill you up. Everyone can eat freely."

It is not easy to buy when the army passes through the border. Zichuan is still a big county on the road, but the three towns gather in the county, and 2 people, although not all of them are crowded in the county, but the ones that can be bought are limited.

So that is to change the usual steamed cakes into white flour steamed buns and corn nests, and it is very good with a pot of stewed meat and vegetables.

The cavalrymen in Jinwu Town were very satisfied with the food, and each of them brought a tall pile of steamed buns and buns, and a big pot of soup.

There are a few pieces of meat, some vegetables in the soup.

They were very satisfied and enjoyed eating.

"We are marching outside, and our conditions are limited. We need to build strength and eat enough, but it is difficult to eat well. Usually, it is steamed cakes with pickles. Even bacon is limited in supply, not every day. As it is now, It is not easy to be stationed in cities and towns, to purchase fresh meat and vegetables, and even to buy grains to make steamed buns."

For an old farmer like Zhang Erniu, the food for the soldiers in Jinwu Town was very good, at least the same as when the landlord's family hired people to work during the busy farming season.

When harvesting wheat, harvesting rice and plowing land, when the labor is heavy, the landlord’s family hires people to work, and they have to eat and have meat. Although the landlords will buy some cheap meat such as offal, pig’s head and neck, the amount is limited. There is a certain number, and if there is less, everyone will be dissatisfied, and they will not work hard, so the landlords may not be willing to eat meat at ordinary times, and they have to give up money to buy meat at this time.

Zhang Erniu is a self-cultivated farmer. His family has ten acres of land. He usually eats two meals a day, one dry and one thin. live.

The steamed buns in Jinwu Town were delicious, and Zhang Erniu ate them with great satisfaction, and the steamed buns were also delicious, all made of cornmeal, without any other ingredients.

Eat a steamed bun and drink a few mouthfuls of broth, it's delicious.

These representatives from the lower classes all ate with gusto.

On the other hand, such rich gentry as Gao Wei, Wang Shizhen, Pu Pan, and Zhang Zhongfa, whose family has thousands of acres of land, or even mines, workshops, and shops, whose family is not wealthy, and they don’t talk about fine clothes and fine food on weekdays, but who I will still eat steamed buns.

Not to mention this pot of messy meat and vegetable soup, in their opinion, it's too messy, and it's simply smelly.

They are either Jinshi or Juren, and some are famous calligraphers and poets, talented and rich, and more famous. They really can't eat these meals.

But seeing the emperor Zhu Yihai biting with one hand and holding the soup bowl with the other, taking a few sips from time to time, it was hard for them to believe that he was so happy to eat.

After all, Zhu Yihai is not Zhu Chongba, nor was he born in poverty, nor was he ever a monk or beggar. This man was born as the son of a county king, and later his father inherited the title of King of Lu. If you talk about the 30-year-old emperor, he was born with a golden spoon in his mouth, and he was used to rich clothes and fine food, but now they are really surprised and admired.

"Everyone eats. When Jinan is recovered, I will celebrate with the soldiers under the city of Jinan and reward everyone."

The Ming army usually rewards the army.

Roughly, there is one reward every ten days, and the usual food is simple, but when rewarding, each person can get a catty of wine and a catty of cooked meat in name.

And Zhu Yihai increased the army's food, requiring the army to be stationed and trained at least three times a day, to ensure that there is meat in one meal, at least two taels per person, and one extra meal for three days, the standard is half a catty of meat per person.Reward once every ten days, one catty of meat per person.

The imperial battalion is a professional soldier, a standing soldier, with a lot of training and high requirements, so a certain amount of meat supply must be guaranteed, otherwise it will be too much.

It is difficult to guarantee it when you are away from home.

During the march, steamed cakes are the main food, and in emergencies, they can only eat fried noodles.

Now that they are stationed temporarily, they can eat meat and vegetable soup, which is indeed considered an extra meal.

Soldiers in the Imperial Battalion would usually be rewarded once every ten days, but they would also often have a meal of Yikusi sweet rice, Yikusi sweet rice is very difficult to eat, one serving of porridge and one portion of steamed bread.

Porridge is made from wild vegetables, rice bran, sweet potatoes, and vegetable leaves.Wotou is made by steaming cornmeal, dried yam, wheat bran, rice bran, etc. into steamed cornwotou.

Not a drop of oil.

Eating this thing will cause heartburn and farts, and it will choke your throat and it will not be easy to digest.

But having a meal once in a while, sitting together to reminisce about bitterness and sweetness, and to experience the hard-won present is indeed very instructive.

Today Zhu Yihai didn't arrange a sweet meal for the gentry and landlords, so he was already taking good care of them.

Of course, for Zhang Erniu and the others, they didn't find it unpalatable if they really arranged a meal, because these years, they couldn't even eat this kind of food for a long time, and sometimes they even had to eat soil and bark.

That is to say, now that the great emperor has come, he only takes two buckets, four liters and two liters per mu, so that they can keep [-] to [-]% of their harvest, and finally they can have enough rations.

In the past, there was no famine in any year.

Zhang Erniu ate up five steamed buns, five steamed buns and a large pot of soup, and then looked at the Huobing who was eating rice.

Zhu Yihai saw it and said with a smile, "If you are not full, you can add more. Soldiers usually have a ration, but today we will eat as much as we want."

"Thank you, Long Live," Zhang Erniu hurriedly took two pots to refill steamed buns and soup, such a rare opportunity, eat as much as you can, and don't lose your belly for the sake of face.

Many representatives also went to add rice and soup.

Zhu Yihai is not afraid that these people will support him. These days there is a lack of oil and water and the workload is heavy. Young and strong men are all big belly. It is not uncommon for them to eat ten bowls or eight bowls. You can eat more than a dozen big steamed buns. Like drinking water.

The main reason is the lack of oil and water, the diet is relatively simple, and the carbohydrates are the mainstay so that you will not be hungry.

Even if the Ming army is the most elite imperial camp, it is actually still working hard to eat enough to ensure that it is full. It has not been able to pay attention to delicious food and nutrition. In later generations, the treatment of soldiers has improved, and the standard is 11 yuan a day per person, but There are also milk and eggs in the morning and evening, four dishes and one soup at noon and evening, and mung bean soup in summer.

But now Zhu Yihai is still working hard to feed the soldiers of the imperial camp. He often eats corn flour and steamed buns mixed with flour, and steamed buns made of white flour can't be eaten every day, let alone four dishes and one soup.

Fruit is basically absent.

That is to say, only when marching and fighting, some ebony plums will be given out, which can produce body fluids and quench thirst in the mouth, avoid drinking too much water, and urinate more and more urgently when going to the battlefield, which will affect the combat effectiveness.

After Gao Wei finished his meal, most of them only ate one or two steamed buns and a handful of steamed buns, and didn't even drink much soup.

"Caomin and others request to donate money to His Majesty for payment, and donate some vegetables, pigs and sheep to the army."

Gao Wei offered to donate money, and he even thought that the emperor asked him to come to the army to eat and eat these cornbreads because they wanted them to pay the money.

So I have already admitted it, donate as soon as you donate, anyway, it is like this for everyone.

These days, there is no way to reason. If you have money, you have to have life.

"You have a heart."

Zhu Yihai rejected their donation, "If you are willing, you can contact the quartermaster to help purchase some food, meat and vegetables to supply military supplies. It will be a great help. As for money and food, there is no need to donate."

Gao Wei was stunned for a moment, Zhang Zhongfa and others were also very surprised, they were all ready to pay for the money, even thinking about how much should be paid, why not?
After repeated confirmation, these people were filled with emotion.

Before Zhu Yihai left, he specially called the logistics officer of the battalion in Jinwu Town, "I will ask Liu Chao to pay you the cost of this meal immediately, and it cannot take up the food expenses of the soldiers. In addition, I am very satisfied with the meal, and I will give you money." 20 yuan, to add to the food expenses of the soldiers in the camp."

Now Jiangnan pork is two cents of silver per catty, here in Zichuan is now four cents of silver, 20 silver dollars, can buy 680 catties of pork, shared among 12 Zhanfu people in the whole camp, and one person can get about [-] taels, which can add a good meal up.

(End of this chapter)