Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 312 It's finally over

It is said that the New Year begins after the winter solstice. Prince Teng and his family have been in the capital for a whole year. Although it is a bit unkind to force the young couple to separate, it is a matter of discretion now.

The prince has been in a bad mood these days, but he won't say anything no matter who asks him. The more perceptive people in the family, such as his eldest brother, have already guessed the problem.

Perhaps his father was going to be the regent, and he felt depressed about leaving the dock and the sails that he missed so much.

The crown prince is the regent and the prince is the assistant in government. This is something that most people cannot accomplish and it can easily turn into a fight between uncle and nephew. However, Emperor Hongbao let Prince Teng be the main ruler, which fully demonstrates how deep the friendship between the fourth brother and the ninth brother was back then.

These days, the prince has to go see his brother every day, and the two old men sometimes even quarrel like children. For example, after the second heavy snow in Jinling City today, old man No. 4 insisted on going to the market again, saying that he had to wait in line for a long time to eat a pancake last time and had to eat something else, so he wanted to go early this time. But old man No. 9 refused to let him go, saying that it was not even daybreak and he would fall if he went.

Then old man number four became unhappy. He turned his face away and said some sarcastic words. He persuaded old man number nine for a whole morning before he agreed to let him go out for a walk.

Now old man number four doesn't bring guards with him when he goes out, only Tian En. They both wear coarse cloth clothes and a sheepskin coat on the outside. It's hard to tell that this man is the great god who controls life and death in the Golden Palace.

"This old ninth brother was carefree and free when he was young, but he has become like his father now that he is old. He nags all day long and wants to take care of everything." Emperor Hong Bao complained to Tian En while sitting in the carriage: "Now it's good. If we go there, we will definitely not be able to catch up. If we go there, many people will have to line up again."

"Your Majesty, I told you before that you could just ask someone to buy it for you. Why bother braving the wind and snow?"

"Ah, what do you know about eating and drinking? I have been eating in the kitchen for most of my life, and those dishes are kept warm on the stove and are very soft. If you want to eat, you have to eat what is fresh out of the pot, the dough is just fried and crispy and golden, and the meat sauce is just cooked out of the pot, filling your mouth with the aroma of oil. Oh, you say that being an emperor is good, but it is not free enough."

Emperor Hongbao leaned back and raised his head: "It's almost the end, let me enjoy it."

"His Majesty……"

"You said, I started studying day and night when I was four years old, got married at the age of fifteen, and ascended the throne at the age of thirty. I have never been able to let go of things in my life. I had a lot of free time in Fuliang a few days ago, but now all I see in my dreams at midnight are the idleness of those days." Emperor Hongbao coughed twice: "After the grand court meeting, I will go to Fuliang again, so let me die there."

Tian En shrank his neck and dared not speak, but Hong Baodi knew that he could not say anything, so he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Tian En, remember this."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"After my death, all palace maids will be paid three years' salary. Concubines who remarry or palace maids who marry will receive dowries from the palace. If eunuchs want to leave the palace to make a living, they must first register. After me, the number of eunuchs in the harem will only decrease and not increase. The harem is not allowed to beat or kill palace maids at will. Punishments and rewards are handled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs according to the laws of the Wei Dynasty." After Emperor Hongbao finished speaking, he thought for a moment and said, "The palace will try not to use eunuchs in the future. You go to the Ministry of Personnel to submit a case for a female official in the palace."

"Your Majesty..." Tian En's tears welled up in her eyes: "I hope Your Majesty will live forever."

"Haha, I want to do that, but it's impossible. Everyone will die this day. When the time comes, my funeral will be simple. Don't be too extravagant. As for the burial objects, just some of my daily necessities will be enough. Don't seal the tomb. In the future, tomb robbers will see that there is nothing and won't grind my bones to ashes. And make the tomb bigger, leaving a mouth facing the outside. If there are refugees or disaster victims in the future, they can deal with them in my tomb. At least it's a place to shelter from the wind and rain."

"Your Majesty..." Tian En's hands were shaking: "I'm afraid this is against etiquette."

"Etiquette and law? Then you can add one sentence for me. Xia Lin will take care of my funeral after I die. Ask Zongzheng Temple to talk to him about etiquette and law."

Tian En sighed, while Emperor Hongbao was very interested at the moment: "What a pity! If I had met Xia Daosheng when I was young, it would have been a great pleasure for the world. I would have wanted to fight with him against the thousand-year-old ethics. It's a pity that he was not born at that time, and I am a little old. I can't see it... I can't see it at all."

After saying this, Emperor Hongbao opened the curtain and looked outside with a hint of melancholy. There were vast mountains in the distance and snow-capped roadsides. This was the kingdom he had ruled for most of his life.

He was reluctant to give it up. But he had to give it up. At this point, the only thing he could think about was that no matter what the future would bring, future generations would be better to the country and the people. The rest could only be left to fate.

As for whether the descendants can hold on to this country, that is their business. Isn't the first sentence in Xia Daosheng's "Three Kingdoms" "The great affairs of the world, long divisions must unite, long unites must divide"? The dynasty has lasted for 300 years, whether this hurdle can be overcome or not, it is up to the descendants to decide. If it cannot be overcome, I hope that future generations will treat the Tuoba family well.

When we arrived at the market, we found that it had been open for a while, but its scale had not decreased but increased, and it had become like a permanent market.

Emperor Hongbao was very happy. Although this took up some space in the sacrificial field, it could provide livelihood for many people. He would definitely leave his name in history, but it was unknown whether it would be a good name or a bad name. But at least it seemed to be a good name for now. Although he suffered many defeats and could not handle the problems of the aristocratic families well, he still tried his best after all and did not become like those licentious kings of the previous dynasty.

After getting off the carriage, as he expected, there was already a long queue at the shop selling fried meat patties. He couldn't eat today, so he could only sit there and have some coriander mutton soup and a bowl of noodles.

"Tsk, this old ninth!" Emperor Hongbao was still complaining about the prince while eating noodles: "It's all his fault."

"Your Majesty, how about I go and line up for you?"

"Forget it, forget it. It's not worth it." At this moment, a few cakes were suddenly placed in front of him. Emperor Hong Bao looked up and found that it was Lao Zhang who was also eating cakes next to him. Next to Lao Zhang were Lao Jiu's second son and daughter, the little princess and his iron-tower second brother.

"Hehe." The little princess laughed and said, "Father told you yesterday that you wanted to eat some, so the three of us came to line up long ago. Each person can only buy two, and each of us ate one."

"Hurry up and sit down." Hong Baodi pointed at the stool and said, "You kids, eh... Old Nine is really something."

After saying that, he looked at Lao Zhang: "What is this?"

Old Zhang quickly stood up and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, I am Zhang Zhongchun, the humble servant who is also the host of this market."

"Oh! You are Zhang Zhongchun. Good, very good, you look energetic and efficient, not bad." Emperor Hongbao nodded repeatedly: "It seems that you guys have known each other for a long time."

"Of course, I am his savior." The little princess pointed at Lao Zhang and said, "He and my man were almost suffocated to death by the stove in the house, and I was the one who dragged them out."

"Hmm?" Hong Baodi turned his head and looked at Lao Zhang: "Why did you two young men suffocate to death in the house?"

Old Zhang was really embarrassed to mention this. He hesitated for a while and then said, "It was like this... At that time, Xia Daosheng said that he had researched a stove that could heat the house, so we tried it. His broken stove was not repaired well, and it burned out fire poison. I and he both fainted there. Fortunately, the princess saved us and we survived."

“Hahahaha…” Emperor Hong Bao laughed heartily: “Young people are still rough after all. Come sit down and have a meal together.”

After dinner, Emperor Hongbao suddenly asked, "Why is the scale of this market bigger than before?"

The area of ​​the market is actually more than three times larger than previously planned, mainly because many people in the city have nothing to do in the winter and want to do some business to supplement their family income. For a while, there was an endless stream of people coming to Lao Zhang to sign up.

At first, Lao Zhang thought that this was against the rules, but when he saw that there were so many people, he just made up his mind and didn't care about anything else. As long as they were in compliance with the rules, they were all allowed in, and the scale naturally expanded a lot.

When asked by Emperor Hongbao, Lao Zhang was the kind of dumb guy who said directly without even hiding anything: "Originally, there were no such people. The people in the city also wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to make some money, so I let them all go. Although it takes up a little more space, I think it's okay."

"Have you informed your superiors?"

"Can this thing be reported? If it is reported, the people's jobs will be in jeopardy. It's not easy to do business in the cold weather. What I have to do now is to lead people to patrol every day and tell them not to make it dirty and smelly. There are no taboos for the rest. If your majesty comes at night, there are many performers here."

The little princess broke out in a cold sweat when she heard this, and hurriedly stepped on Lao Zhang's foot, but Lao Zhang was completely unaware and instead retracted his foot: "There will be another group of people here tonight, but it will be exciting."

This time even Tian En glared at him fiercely, but Emperor Hong Bao seemed very interested: "That's good, it looks like I will come again in the evening."

After hearing this, Tian En felt like the sky was falling. If something happened to him at night, it would be terrible. This stupid guy really didn't know how to write the word death.

"No." Lao Zhang shook his head. "You can't come here at night. There are many jugglers and thieves here at night. If something happens, it will be all over."

Emperor Hongbao was actually understanding now: "Then the evening should be ok, right?"

"It's okay in the evening." Lao Zhang nodded seriously: "It's also quite lively in the evening, and there are many beautiful girls."

"Hahahaha..." Emperor Hongbao was amused by him again: "You are really a straightforward person. In my opinion, you are more suitable to be a censor in the Censorate."

"I can't do that. The Censorate will file a complaint. I'm the most afraid of being complained. Others can't tolerate any sand in their eyes, but I can only see sand in my eyes."

Emperor Hongbao found him interesting and chatted with him for a while. Although Lao Zhang was not very good at talking, his ability was really top-notch. After chatting with him for a few sentences, Emperor Hongbao felt like he had found a treasure, so he asked, "Who do you think is stronger, you or that kid Xia Lin?"

"No need to think about it, it must be me. I have fought with him for many years, and he can never beat me without weapons." Old Zhang said defiantly: "Being a few years older than him means I am powerful."

Emperor Hong Bao was laughing so hard that he was out of breath, but Tian En was really stunned by his reaction ability. It didn't matter whether he answered that he was stronger than Xia Lin or weaker than Xia Lin, but this was the best answer in the world.

There's nothing wrong with this brain.

(End of this chapter)