There is a home in the depths of the white clouds

Chapter 467

When Emperor Xianzong came in, they just finished talking about the matter, and after paying respects one after another, Emperor Xianzong did not shy away from Wu Youwei, so he asked Wantong what was the matter?

"Your Majesty, in recent months, the sons-in-law have kept themselves safe and treated the princesses a lot better, and two princesses are already pregnant." Wan Tongdao: "Also, the children sent away by the sons-in-law are now dead. They are all familiar with their new home, and they don’t miss their original home, and their new home soon moved to another place, and I have already cleaned up everything, and I promise that no one will find out their whereabouts.”

Wu Youwei felt a little uncomfortable listening to this kind of thing. With him present, is it really okay to listen?

Emperor Xianzong didn't see anything outside and said to Wan Tong: "Very well, send someone to keep an eye on the son-in-law. Shang Ming said that someone is also inquiring about the glass factory recently. It is probably because they saw the glass pieces in the telescope. .”

"There is also the Hot Weapons Workshop. The Firearms Bureau has sent more people to protect it. In recent years, firearms have become more and more famous, and many vassal states are ready to move." Emperor Xianzong suddenly laughed when he thought of something funny: "But The border trade is indeed good, and the north has been peaceful for two years.” In fact, it is peaceful only because no one has attacked the border cities of Ming Dynasty, because those border cities have established mutual markets.

Just like Wu Youwei's original proposal, "The prosperity of the world is for profit, and the chaos of the world is for benefit." With common interests, those tribes naturally maintained the peace on the border of Ming Dynasty.

If he wants to touch the border cities of Ming Dynasty, Ming Dynasty will close the exchange market. People on the grassland need things from Daming, and for various needs, how can it be possible for Daming to close the exchange market?

Whoever moves Da Ming is the common enemy of everyone, and without Da Ming sending troops, they will destroy each other by themselves.

And Daming imported cattle, sheep and horses from the grasslands. Similarly, they got cloth and cotton from Daming to keep out the cold, salt to replenish their physical strength, sugar and tea, etc.

Especially white sugar, rock sugar, and Wu Youwei even offered toffee, so the imperial court bought some milk powder on the grassland, and then got rid of the smell when they came back, mixed it with sugar and made it into toffee, and sold it at a higher price!

Not to mention the people of Ming Dynasty like it, even the nomads on the grassland like it!

This formed a virtuous circle. Whoever destroyed the trade environment, Daming would not trade with him. A few tribes were restless and paid the price of extermination for this, while other tribes would be honest.

Garthlan didn't know what mood he was in now, anyway, Mandokule was now majestic.

So under such circumstances, Daming took the initiative to attack, but all the horse bandits and robbers were wiped out by the border generals.

There are not only military merits, but also trophies to take.

Especially now that they have taken back the Hetao, Emperor Xianzong felt ashamed, at least he took back what was lost in the hands of the late emperor.

His prestige in the army is also increasing, which makes Emperor Xianzong very satisfied.

Some of the things they said, Wu Youwei knew, some didn't know, and he just took it as listening to the government. After the two of them finished talking, Emperor Xianzong asked Wu Youwei why he came here?

Because he knew that under normal circumstances, this Zuochunfang University scholar would not even go to court, and only cared about the Crown Prince and his Tao Wen Academy.

"Your Majesty, these are the final exam results of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." This was also the first time Wu Youwei had shown the Emperor the Crown Prince's exam papers.

That time in Xia Tian, ​​he just gave the little prince a chance to adapt, but this time he sent it to the emperor: "As a parent, please have a look at the emperor."

Emperor Xianzong said enthusiastically, "Just like your Tao Wen Academy?"

"Your majesty...know? H Wu Youwei was taken aback, Tao Wen Academy is so powerful that even Emperor Xianzong knows about it?

"I know, I know!" Emperor Xianzong said: "Your examination method is good, many people have learned it, and the number of places in the imperial examination has increased over the years."

In fact, "mock exams" are nothing in later generations, but they have epoch-making significance in this era. Many academies have set up rooms for mock exams.

Wu Youwei smiled embarrassedly: "It was just for the imperial examination at that time."

Emperor Xianzong said: "I also heard that your academy takes the exam twice a year. It's true. Recently, the candidates in the north are more successful than those in the south."

The style of writing in the south is at its peak, and of course it produces more talents than the north.

But the capital of Ming Dynasty is in the north. If the north is suppressed by the south for too long, it will not look good.

It’s all right now, and the style of writing in the north has also risen. In the last two exams, the north and the south each accounted for half of the people.

"So, this is my crown prince's final exam?" Emperor Xianzong took it over and looked at it carefully. On it were his son's childish handwriting and immature suggestions.

These four aspects of examination papers include mathematics, physics, chemistry, politics and so on.

Because there are not only questions and answers, but also questions such as filling in the blanks, choosing and measuring.

Emperor Xianzong felt that even if he answered it himself, there must be some questions he couldn't answer, and some questions he had never heard of!

For example, when discussing agriculture, "land utilization rate" came to mind unexpectedly.

He couldn't understand the formula for this utilization rate.

But then he discovered that his son was actually calculating the time required for the crops to mature, and then proposed the "two-year three-crop system".

In fact, Wu Youwei thought of this, but he didn't want to show off too much, so he led the little prince to realize this.

The little prince really thought of this. In addition, the little prince also summed up some ways to prevent and control locusts, such as raising more ducks, geese and chickens. This kind of poultry likes to eat locusts and grasshoppers the most.

As well as the policy of fearing that the harvest will hurt the farmers, although immature, it also made Emperor Xianzong very happy, because his son has the long-term vision that a prince should have.

After reading it, I realized that it was already dark, Wu Youwei and Wantong were already hungry, and Emperor Xianzong himself was hungry, so he asked someone to prepare a meal, and he stayed here to eat with the two of them.

Of course it would be nice to be able to eat an imperial meal for nothing.

Because it was the winter moon and the weather was cold, two pots were served for the imperial meal.

Spicy tea tree mushroom dry pot, sauerkraut stewed lamb pot.

The soup is very special, it is bean sprouts seaweed ribs soup.

Two vegetarian dishes are Kirin Tofu and Nut Spinach.

The staple food turned out to be cornmeal steamed bread!

But Wu Youwei knew the difference after taking a bite. The cornmeal was ground very finely. When it was steamed, egg white was put in it. It had a clear fragrance and was very soft.

Wu Youwei unceremoniously killed twelve of them, and he ate them all on a small plate.

Don't look at the amount of food, but the things made in the palace are exquisite, one is only as big as the palm of your hand, and eating twelve seems like a lot is actually Wu Youwei's usual appetite.

It was the first time that Emperor Xianzong had a meal alone with the two of them. Seeing that Wu Youwei had run out of staple food, he was stunned, then pointed at him and laughed for a long time, and asked someone to serve him another staple food.

"The minister is full." Embarrassed, Wu Youwei stretched out his hand to get another steamed bun. I don't know how the imperial dining room makes this steamed stuffed bun. Why is it so delicious?

Emperor Xianzong was amused again. In the past, when he ate meals with those courtiers, all of them ate very politely, and it seemed like he didn’t dare to eat too much. Youwei and Wantong, the two of them should eat and drink, and they don't see each other at all.

This made Emperor Xianzong very useful. After being in a high place for a long time, he hoped to have such three or five confidants and treat him like an ordinary person.

Wantong had already finished his share, reached out his hand, and silently snatched three of the new Wowotou from Wu Youwei.

Wu Youwei: "...Hey, that's mine!"

"Aren't you full?" Wantong said slowly.

Wu Youwei sped up the speed: "I'm full, but I can still eat two more...."

Emperor Xianzong was in a good mood, so he used two more to make Eunuch Wynn think, should Master Wan and Master Wu accompany the emperor to have a meal every now and then?

The two of them bid farewell to the Qianqing Palace together, and today happened to be the fifteenth day. Under the cold moonlight, the two of them walked side by side. The two young eunuchs in front held lanterns to illuminate them, and eight young eunuchs followed behind to see them off.

When they reached the gate of the palace, Wu Youwei gave one of the leaders a small purse, and the leader pinched the purse and knew that it was not gold or silver, but a silver ticket.

"Buy some hot tea and hot soup for the father-in-laws to drink to warm up your body." Wu Youwei was well aware of the truth that "the king of Hades loves little devils." He never despised the servants, and besides, they were also pitiful people.

Those who are in their line of work have practiced their skills, and they not only smiled happily: "Thank you for the reward, University of Wu."

Wantong didn't give it, and no one dared to accept it if he gave it, so they simply pretended not to see it.

There were family members waiting for the two of them outside, and they came to pick them up in a carriage. The carriage was specially made and very spacious. There was a charcoal tank inside, which could be heated to keep warm.

As soon as he got into the carriage, Wu Youwei flattened out, and Wantong had to sit beside him, still a little shy: "Tired?"

"En." Wu Youwei turned over and made room for such a big man, shrunk into such a small space, isn't he aggrieved?

Wantong smiled silently, let go of his hands and feet, and the two of them lay side by side in the carriage. It is beneficial to make this car big.

"Why did you show the prince's test paper to the emperor today?" It seems that there was no previous summer, right?

"Not only today, but every mid-term and final exam in the future will be shown to the emperor." Wu Youwei buried his face in Wantong's chest: "I really want to take winter and summer vacation!"

Wantong wanted to be happy, because this person is very lazy, even if the time for class has been postponed and postponed now, he still doesn't want to get up.

Taking advantage of the moonlight, the two returned home before curfew.

In December, during the Sino-Japanese War of Jiawu, autumn grain was devastated in Mianji.

In the twelfth lunar month, Emperor Xianzong immediately promulgated the exemption of tax and food. Everyone has become accustomed to it. The emperor has not been short of money in recent years, and the household department has not been short of money and food. It should be exempted.

Laba, after delivering the Laba porridge, Wu Youwei really took the winter vacation, and His Royal Highness will be busy preparing for the New Year with his father.

As soon as Wu Youwei was on holiday, he invited Shang Ming to eat pig-killing dishes on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

In fact, what to eat is just an excuse, but Wu Youwei used this as an excuse to invite Shang Ming to eat, because when they were neighbors in the past, since they met, they would eat pig-killing vegetables almost every twelfth lunar month. There is no more chance.

Last year, Shang Ming disappeared, and Wu Youwei didn't invite him. This time, he asked Wantong to check and knew that he had time, so he sent him a message.

Eunuch Shang came as soon as he wore a green coat and a small hat, like an ordinary master, he started to yell after entering the gate: "I told you to put more meat and bones."

"Let it go, let it go!" Wu Youwei rolled his eyes: "You said you don't lack meat, why do you like to gnaw bones?"

Shang Ming likes to gnaw on bones, he doesn't want to gnaw the bones that are easy to gnaw, but he wants to gnaw the meaty bones that are not easy to gnaw like the backbone.

"That's delicious!" Shang Ming stretched his waist after getting out of the sedan chair: "I dare not let people know that our family is okay outside, so it's only here that you can relax."

"You!" Wu Youwei shook his head: "You can't be so cautious, can you?"

"Imprudent can't do!" Shang Ming shook his head and said, "Wang Zhen loved to show off back then, and everyone in the court knew about it, and the troubles were heard from thousands of miles away. As a result, he figured out Wang Zhen's temper, and guessed that he must I will take the emperor back to my hometown for a walk, and I will set up an ambush at the civil castle... Hey, say this

What are you doing?In short, there is no big mistake in being careful. "