sinovels Chapter 465 Spicy Cabbage
Chapter 465 Spicy Cabbage
Xiao Mingde had a great time playing with Wantong's grandchildren, running around in the two yards, Wu Youwei chased after him with his rice bowl in his hand: "Don't run away, you brat, hurry up and eat!"
In the end, I grabbed the little guys to sit down obediently, and shared a small bowl of rice with four dishes and one soup: "After a stick of incense, if you still run away, you won't be given food."
Only then did the little fellows calm down, and Wantong supported the tree trunk and smiled: "Fortunately, the little prince is not like this."
"If he is like this, he will not be His Royal Highness." Wu Youwei sat at the dining table panting: "Let's have dinner later!"
On the Mid-Autumn Festival, before they eat, there are moon cakes from the palace.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the people sent by the Ministry of Industry to investigate came back.
That day of Yihao was the Great Court Meeting, Emperor Xianzong asked the little prince to attend, and Wu Youwei followed.
In fact, the court meeting on that day was a good thing to report the world's good harvest, but it was involved in a bad thing, that is, the flood problem in Jiangxi, which was finally investigated.
The official from the Ministry of Industry who was sent said: "The embankment is indeed made of blue bricks and cement, but it is not high enough to meet the standard height. The saved cement was sold by local officials at a high price to a few rich households to repair their own embankments. It is also because There was not enough cement, and the dikes they repaired themselves were not of good quality, so...the water overflowed the dikes, and their private dikes were washed away...”
No one expected that this would be the result!
The dams are made of real materials, but they are thinner and shorter than the regulations. In this way, the dams in Jiangxi have persisted for three years. How many times have they been blocked in three years? The second big flood hit, until this year, the water was too big, the dam did not collapse, but it was flooded by the water....
And Jin Shen, the servant of the Nanjing Ministry of Criminal Affairs who was dispatched there, was almost injured by the local officials who were sent by the local officials to pretend to be refugees and robbers because of his careful investigation. , to protect him.
The process is extremely thrilling.
"All the officials involved in the case were given heavy punishments. All the families involved in the case were all ransacked. All three clans were sold into slavery. Three generations of five clans were not allowed to take the imperial examination. Nine clans...had to confiscate half of their property. Emperor M Xianzong said fiercely: "Dare to buy things from the government in private, you are not small.
Presumably, the government would not be taken seriously at ordinary times, but this time let them know that the majesty of the imperial court should not be violated lightly. "
The sentence was too heavy, but all the elders in the pavilion nodded, thinking that this is the best way to deal with it, the little prince stood there and said: "Then father, can you release Lord Mou Feng?"
"Yes, Mou Feng Aiqing is upright and clean. He was framed by others. He was promoted to a higher level and rewarded with a thousand taels of silver. It is shocking; there is also Jinshen Aiqing's play, which is also allowed." Emperor Xianzong finished punishing people and began to praise up.
Mou's salary is promoted to a higher level, and he is rewarded with a thousand taels of silver.
Jin Shen's play agreed, and also rewarded him with a thousand taels of silver.
This result is very normal, but some officials have a bad face, because their relatives are also involved, and they have to find a way to mobilize them and remove them.
When Mou Feng was released, his family members came to pick him up, but he still couldn't figure out what was going on: "I... am out of prison?"
Throughout the ages, since there was a prison, I'm afraid he is the first person to come out so easily, right?
"Then how do you want to get out?" Mou Kan, Mou Feng's eldest brother, said, "Hurry up and go back with me, parents are waiting at home!"
"Is the two elders okay?" Mou Feng is not afraid of hurting his brother, but he is afraid of hurting his parents.
The brothers are young and strong, but the second elder is getting old.
Especially his current mother is not his own, but a stepmother.
His biological mother, Leng, had passed away many years ago, and his stepmother, Li's younger brother, Mou Qi.
Elder brother Mou Kan has the same father and mother as himself, while younger brother Mou Price has the same father and half mother.
"Okay, everything is fine. Even my father is worried about you, and my mother is sighing all day long. I am very happy to hear that you are fine." Mou Kan whispered: "Mother is fine, look at other people's stepmothers, you can make me feel better." How many of the children in the front have passed the imperial examination?"
Mou Kan was already a young man when Leng Shi passed away. His stepmother Li Shi was indeed a gentle and virtuous person. She gave birth to a young son and didn't think about what to do to their brothers, but still at home.
Mou Kan passed the Juren examination but failed the Jinshi examination, so he found an academy to teach in his hometown, and he didn't have to pay taxes on the land at home.
Mou Feng passed the Jinshi examination, and the family was happy.
Mou Price is still a Juren, and he plans to take the test in two years.
In fact, the Mou family is already very good, the parents are harmonious, and the brothers are united.
Just like this time, the whole Mou family followed Mou Feng to the capital.
"I see." Mou Feng followed Mou Kan back home, but unexpectedly, his temporary home was Jinshi Lane.
Mou Feng was promoted to a position in the Ministry of Officials, and he gave up the courtyard here, and the Mou family returned to their hometown to live. Before leaving, stepmother Li felt that Mou Feng was working in the capital, and it was obvious that he would not let it go outside. So he proposed to buy a yard here: "The whole family lives here. In the future, his younger brother will come to the capital for a test, and there will be a place to stay."
Father Mou thought it was good, so he agreed.
So Mou Feng also had a place to stay in Beijing, and spent half of his family's savings to buy him a large courtyard with three entrances and two cross courtyards.
Wu Youwei and the others had another family they could associate with.
But after Mou Feng knew that there were people in the court who spoke for him, he gave each family a bundle of old bacon, spicy smoked sausage, and brown sugar cakes, which are special products in Chongqing, their hometown.
The rest is gone, such a little thing is not even considered a gift, let alone a bribe.
When Wu Youwei was drinking tea with Li Dongyang and the others at Pinyuan Tea House, Liu Daxia said that Mou Feng was the one: "Know how to advance and retreat, and understand the rules."
If he gave a slightly heavier gift, it would mean that he had bribed, and the censors would definitely not let him go.
If he doesn't give it, he will be a little ungrateful and have a bad reputation. In the future, if he encounters something in the officialdom, who will intercede for him?
So, this guy is pretty good.
"Yes!" Wu Youwei said, "It would be great if he could be a censor."
Guaranteed to be "iron and impartial".
"He is also very good in the official department, and he can take a good look at the promotion of the official department." Li Dongyang said: "And if he does a good job in the official department, he may return to Yushitai at some point. The capital censor is already old, and he is expected to become a scholar. At that time, if he is transferred back...he will just take over..."
It turned out that he was a person with great prospects, and the official department was just a springboard for him.
Wu Youwei understood.
Liu Daxia is very interested in the postal service, especially since the postal service first arranges disabled soldiers, so he is even more interested.
Talked about some postal matters, drank a pot of Dahongpao, ate some snacks and left.
In September, the autumn was crisp and clear. Wantong and Wu Youwei took leave on the seventh day of the lunar new year and returned to Moling Mountain Villa. On the day of Double Ninth Festival, they climbed together.
"That's great!" Wu Youwei looked at the distant scenery: "Climb together."
In the south, they cannot climb together every year, because Wantong will send troops to Jinghai.
Well now, when they come back, they can climb high and look into the distance together!
"En." Wantong stretched out his hand to stroke his broken hair: "There is news from the south that Wang Zhi and Zhang Lun are about to hit Japan."
The two of them, Jinghai, are more relaxed than Wantong. With the increasing maturity of the navy, the number of joint combat exercises is increasing, and their cooperation with each other is getting better and better.
"It's better to call there." Wu Youwei said: "By the way, that Taiwan, have you seen it?"
"It's just a Taiwanese government, and it's surrounded by small fishing villages." Wan Tao said, "It's similar to Shanghai County, but now it's occupied by the navy. It's a good place. It really is a good place."
"It was called 'Treasure Island' in later generations. "Wu Youwei said: "It's a very prosperous place. "
Wantong nodded: "Not bad."
He has been to that place, and if it is developed, it is indeed good.
Wantong turned around and wrote a long letter to Wang Zhi, while Wu Youwei continued to be the little prince's tutor.
And the little prince's food should also be collected, this time it is autumn cabbage and radish.
After Wu Youwei asked the little prince to collect the vegetables, he asked someone to teach the little prince how to pickle the vegetables. The little prince was tired all day, and he only pickled his dozen or so Chinese cabbages, and said with emotion: "I didn't like to eat them very much in the past. Pickled vegetables, it turns out to be such a tiring thing to make."
"Now that you are tired, you can eat the pickles you made yourself in winter." Wu Youwei said, "I have another way, which is to make spicy cabbage!"
"Okay!" The little prince said enthusiastically, "It's ready for the imperial grandmother to enjoy!"
Now with chili, Wu Youwei finally offered his favorite spicy cabbage.
In fact, he has never made it, but he saw his mother made spicy cabbage, but the chili sauce needs red peppers, and now there are red peppers.
The two master and apprentice happily made spicy cabbage for a day, and put it in a dark place to wait for the passage of time.
You can eat it after seven days.
During these seven days, both master and apprentice were absent-minded in class.
Seven days later, the spicy cabbage was ready, and the little crown prince personally brought it to the Qingning Palace. Others sent people to deliver it. The Empress Dowager Zhou ate corn porridge with spicy cabbage, and she was very happy: " It's my grandson who understands grandma's heart!"
The Empress Dowager Zhou is getting old, and the imperial doctors all have an attitude of not seeking merit but seeking no faults. The recipes suggested to her are mainly light, but the Empress Dowager Zhou is already old, and the taste buds of her tongue have degenerated. If she eats the list again, she will lose her taste.
The old lady took a good face but refused to say it clearly, which made the Queen Mother seem very greedy.
It's different now, the spicy cabbage sent by the grandson of the emperor, the cabbage is crisp and fragrant, sweet and mellow, and the taste of pepper is even more full!
It tastes delicious!
The Empress Dowager Zhou was so happy that she ate three bowls of porridge in one go, but the old mother didn't dare to serve her any more: "Empress Dowager, even if you like it, you can only eat these, how about using them tomorrow?"
The little prince also persuaded: "The imperial grandmother has used it well today, and I can enjoy it again tomorrow. There is a jar from my grandson that is specially pickled for the imperial grandmother, and I will send it over tomorrow. Today I just want to see if the imperial grandmother likes it." .”
If you like it, you will naturally continue to send it. If you don’t like it, you can only give it once.
"I like it, I like it!" The Queen Mother Zhou wiped the corner of her mouth: "The grandson of Ai's family is really amazing."
The little prince grinned: "The grandson finally knows that every food is hard-won, and the artistic conception of "Kai Zhipan Chinese food' every grain is hard" in the ancient poem."
"Your husband taught you very well." The Queen Mother Zhou sighed, "I want to reward him."
Although pickling vegetables is the work of women, men also do it among the people. The little prince can understand the artistic conception in the poem "Compassion for the Farmers", and he will definitely sympathize with the hard work of the common people in the future.
Wu Youwei inexplicably got eight altars of pickled vegetables in the palace as a reward from the Queen Mother of Zhou.
Still very puzzled: "What did I do? I was rewarded?"
"Maybe the Queen Mother thinks that you like to eat pickles?" Wantong looked through the eight altars of small pickles and found that they were all relatively common things.
When Wu Youwei was giving lectures in the East Palace, the rewards were delivered to his home, and he could open the altar to eat when he came back.
"Really?" Wu Youwei thought for a while: "I just think that breakfast should be porridge and side dishes."
"Well, you can also have dinner." Wantong turned his head and asked the butler Wanfu: "What are you having for dinner tonight?"
"The pastry made from freshly crushed cornmeal." Wanfu steward said, "There is also red bean porridge made from new red beans."
"Where's the food?" Wu Youwei asked, "What is it?"
"Big goose roasted potatoes." Butler Wanfu said, "There are also nut spinach made from newly harvested autumn spinach."
One cold and one hot, one meat and one vegetable, one porridge and one dry food, this is dinner.