Jiang Kangchen, who didn't know what earth-shattering event happened in the palace of Xiushui Village, immediately asked to see the Queen after returning to the capital. Knowing that he was back, the Queen summoned him immediately. When Jiang Kangchen came to the Queen's Jingyou Palace, he brought several large boxes with him. Jiang Kangchen knelt down and kowtowed: "The grassroots see the emperor's thousand years old."
"Get up and give me your seat."
Jiang Kangchen stood up, the queen looked curiously at the boxes all over the place, and asked, "What did you bring here?"
Jiang Kangchen bowed and replied: "Wang Shijing and Shao Yunan asked me to bring the new year's goods to the queen. In addition..." Jiang Kangchen hesitated to speak. The queen waved her hands, and the eunuchs and maids in the palace immediately retreated, leaving only one close father-in-law like Mr. An.
Only then did Jiang Kangchen say: "After returning to the emperor, you will be a thousand years old. Wang Shijing and Shao Yun'an will donate all the 3,500 taels of gold they received as a bonus to Dai Zhanxiao, Dai Zhanxiao."
"Oh?!" The Queen was so surprised that she even sat up straight, "Why did they donate so much gold?"
Jiang Kangchen said: "Wang Shijing used to be a centurion under General Dai. He said that General Dai loved his corporals a lot, that General Dai was kind to him, and that the soldiers at the border were extremely poor. General and friends in the army. Now that he has money, he wants to repay the acting general. For this reason, he and Shao Yunan also suggested to the queen to establish a "relief fund". The money donated is used to help orphans, help disabled soldiers, pay for fallen soldiers, etc., and to help those who need help. This is about the preparation and operation of the "relief fund", please take a look at it."
When Jiang Kangchen said what the so-called rescue fund was for, the queen had already become very interested. What Wang Shijing and Shao Yunan did broke his understanding of those two again. In particular, the huge sum of money from the two of them was donated to Dai Zhanxiao, and the empress who came from Dai's family had a lot of affection for the two of them.
Eunuch Zhuo, a close attendant, took Jiang Kangchen's top performance and handed it to the Queen with both hands. The queen quickly browsed through it first, and there was already a lot of interest on her face. After the queen closed the memorial, Jiang Kangchen went on to say: "On this matter, Jiang Kangning, the county magistrate of Yongxiu County, Mr. Cen Yue, Bai Cen, the head of Yongxiu County College, and Kang Ruikang, the president of Baiyue Academy, all discussed this matter together. It is feasible, and should be presided over by your descendants. In addition, several people such as me discussed in the royal residence the feasibility of further economic development in our dynasty, and this is a petition."
"economy?"
The queen is very curious about this new term. Jiang Kangchen handed over another thick memorial. The queen asked with a smile: "Cen is also celebrating the New Year in Xiushui Village?"
Jiang Kangchen immediately said who was celebrating the new year there, and the queen asked: "Then Kang Rui has some impressions, but is he the son-in-law of Du Yushi Zuoyu?"
"Exactly. Dean Kang is a student of Mr. Cen, and he is now the dean of the academy run by Mr. Cen."
"I see."
The Queen did not read the memorial, but said with satisfaction: "Old Cen is not in the court, but he still cares about me, Dayan. You are also doing your best for the court and sharing the emperor's worries. I am very relieved. Wang Shijing and Shao Yun'an is so righteous, and I have accepted it from generation to generation. I will send someone to send the gold to Huxing Pass in person. Regarding the righteousness of the two of them, I will also uphold the righteousness of the two of them. People ask for credit."
Jiang Kangchen immediately said: "Your empress is a thousand years old, the two of them have said that they don't want any rewards, they are willing to donate these golds, one is for the kindness of General Zhan Xiao; the other is to share the worries of the emperor and the empress; third, It is also a little bit of their humble heart as my Great Swallow people."
The empress nodded again and again: "Their heart, I have received it, and I have also received it for the emperor."
Jiang Kangchen opened the box containing the gold and showed it to the queen. 3600 taels of gold, 70 ingots in total, one not too many, one not too many. There was an approving smile on the Queen's face.
Then, Jiang Kangchen opened the rest of the boxes one by one. These are the new year's goods (gifts) that Shao Yun'an brought to the emperor and the empress, the two great backers. There are three big boxes full of fresh vegetables, seven big bottles of Guyuan Paste, self-brewed rice wine, rice wine, fermented glutinous rice, peanuts and melon seeds candy snacks of different flavors, etc. There are countless more.
The smile on the queen's face deepened, and she said: "I like the dishes they sent a few years ago. I and the emperor like them very much. I always feel that they are more delicious than the dishes in the palace. It happened that those dishes were all eaten, and they sent them again. over these."
"Back to Qiansui, Shao Yun'an said that you don't eat the leftover Guyuan ointment, eat these fresh ones. These wines are also brewed by Shao Yunan himself. He said that the Queen drinks two or three cups every day, which is good for the body. "
"He has a heart."
The Queen stood up and walked forward to look at the boxes of gifts that seemed ordinary to outsiders, but he felt a different kind of concern.
"Zhuo Jin, you take half of these wines, fermented glutinous rice, and snacks and snacks and send them to the emperor, and the rest, except for Guyuan ointment, divide the other half and send them to the palaces."
"yes."
The queen picked up a wooden box, opened it, and looked curiously: "What is this?"
"A thousand years after returning to the emperor, this is 'Mahjong'. It is a game played by four people. It is also what Shao Yunan thought. Give it to Jun Shi for entertainment in his spare time."
"Oh?" Jun Hou became interested, "Can you?"
"The grassroots know a little bit, and they just learned it."
The queen returned to her seat and sat down, and said: "You are tired all the way back to Beijing, so I won't keep you any longer. You go back and rest for two days before going to Anze. After you finish this mahjong, you go to the palace." Come teach me."
"Yes. The grassroots retires, and the empress is a thousand years old." Jiang Kangchen knelt down to salute, and got up and was about to step down.
At this time, the Queen suddenly said: "You can do things with peace of mind, and don't be disturbed by certain people and things."
Jiang Kangchen raised his head and glanced at the Queen, and nodded in confusion in his heart. He didn't dare to ask what the Queen meant, so he backed away. As soon as Jiang Kangchen left, Zhuo Jin said: "Qiantui, just in case, he is willing to return to the Duke's mansion..."
Qi You, the descendant of the king, put away the smile on his face: "Then he is not worthy of my lord's reuse."
Zhuojin nodded. Dai Qiyou immediately smiled and said: "The emperor complained to me yesterday that the dishes in the imperial dining room were not tasty and not as sweet as those in Xiushui Village. Shao Yun'an brought the dishes today. Hurry up and send these dishes to the imperial dining room , asked them to fry two dishes for the emperor first, and the emperor didn't even eat a few bites for lunch."
"yes."
"The remaining Guyuan ointment from last time, unopened, you send all of them to the General's Mansion."
"yes."
Zhuojin called someone to come in and remove the boxes that should be moved. The queen took two thick memorials and the box of mahjong tiles into the inner room.
As a man, as an ambitious man who had fought decisively on the battlefield, Dai Qiyou never thought that one day, he would enter the depths of the palace and become one of the concubines of the king's harem. Dai Qiyou loved Emperor Yongming Murongkun deeply, and he was embarrassed and troubled by this. He has his own ambitions, but he fell in love with the most unlovable person in the world. For that person, he gave up his ambitions, even his health, willingly took the fruit of pregnancy for that man, willingly stayed in the harem for that man, and was never free.
Dai Qiyou is lucky. His hard work paid off. He got the rarest love and the deepest affection from that man. That man regards him as a treasure, even if his body is broken and unable to bear children, that man still has a deep affection for him, never leaves him, and even pity and love him even more. But deep down in his heart, Dai Qiyou became more and more uneasy. This anxiety came from his inability to help that man to consolidate his country, and from his inability to leave a son and a half for that man.
Emperor Yongming handed over the business of tea and wine to Dai Qiyou, one is to trust him, and the other is to find some things for him to do. Emperor Yongming, who loved his queen deeply, didn't know that he had wronged this person. This person should fly freely on the battlefield or in the court, instead of being locked in the deep palace doing nothing. Since the start of the tea and wine business, Dai Qiyou has indeed been busier than before, and his mood has improved a lot. He can finally do something to share the worries of Emperor Yongming. At this time, looking at the memorial about the "relief fund" in his hand, his blood boiled again. This thing that sounded extraordinarily novel aroused his great interest.
"The Emperor is here—"
Dai Qiyou came back to his senses, put down the memorial and stood up in a happy mood, and quickly went out to meet him. As soon as he walked out of the inner room, he met Emperor Yongming who was walking quickly. Dai Qiyou saluted with a smile: "I pay homage to the emperor."
"Your Majesty, please be courteous." Emperor Yongming supported Dai Qiyou with a smile on his face, "I heard that Jiang Kangchen brought some interesting things back, and I asked them to bring the food to Jingyou Palace. I eat."
"The minister obeys the order."
"Show me what interesting things Jiang Kangchen brought."
Dai Qiyou said with a smile: "The emperor might as well eat the meal first and then look at it. I am afraid that the emperor will not care about the meal after seeing it."
Emperor Yongming laughed loudly: "It must be very interesting for the empress to say that. Good! I listen to the empress, let's eat first!"
Emperor Yongming took the Queen's hand and led him to sit down, and said on behalf of Qiyou: "Zhuo Jin, go and take out that box of mahjong."
"yes."
Emperor Yongming was curious: "Mahjong?"
"Jiang Kangchen brought it back. He said it was something to play with, but I haven't looked at it yet."
Emperor Yongming became interested: "Show me quickly."
Zhuo Jin came out holding the mahjong box, and opened the box in front of Emperor Yongming and the Queen. The mahjong tiles that Shao Yunan gave to the backer must not be casual. Like Rubik's Cube, what he gave was a set of pure crystal mahjong tiles. It's just this material that surprised Emperor Yongming and the Queen. The two reached out at the same time and took out a card. Emperor Yongming looked at the 7 circles (seven cakes) on the card with curiosity. And what the queen holds is a chicken, he doesn't even understand.
Zhuo Jin: "Your Majesty, Chitose, here is a piece of paper that seems to have written something."
The queen reached out to take it, opened it, and saw the words on the top: [Rules of Mahjong]. He glanced at Emperor Yongming, leaned over, and looked at Emperor Yongming together.
These are the mahjong rules that Shao Yunan thoughtfully wrote down. To send mahjong to the backer, you have to tell them how to play. Shao Yunan wrote very detailed. Emperor Yongming and the empress became more and more interested in watching it, and after finishing watching, Emperor Yongming made a final decision: "It is said that Old Weng and the old general on behalf of the old general entered the palace, and said that I have an 'important matter' to discuss with them, and I need two of them. People live in the palace for a few days."
The Queen smiled and shook her head: "Your Majesty, be careful when you say officials."
Emperor Yongming immediately said righteously: "I have to find someone to help me figure out such a novel thing. I can play, I feel better, and I can be more diligent in political affairs. Isn't this a serious matter? Besides, I am really serious. I have something important to discuss with the two elders."
The queen laughed out loud, but he was just saying it casually.
The food from the imperial dining room was delivered, and Emperor Yongming dismissed the court ladies and eunuchs, even Zhuo Jin didn't stay. Emperor Yongming never liked to have other people around when he was dining in Jingyou Palace, and the people in the palace also knew the emperor's habit. Dai Qiyou served vegetables to Emperor Yongming, and said: "The second son of the Hengyuan Hou Mansion went to Chinan Mansion. No accident, he went for new tea and new wine. I heard that his subordinates went to Chinan Mansion. Those two have a relationship."
Emperor Yongming had a sneer on his face: "Who doesn't know that I'm so short of money that I can't even pay my salary. The Hengyuan Hou Mansion is so bold that he dares to rob me of money. He really thinks that I won't do it Dare to touch him in the Hengyuan Hou Mansion!"
Dai Qiyou shook Emperor Yongming's hand: "Don't be angry, your majesty, I will not let anyone take away the business of the emperor. As for the Hengyuanhou Mansion, the emperor can do whatever he wants, and the minister and the Dai family will always stand on the sidelines." After the emperor's death."
Emperor Yongming held back the Queen's hand: "I know, no matter what I do, you will understand me and help me."
Dai Qiyou pulled out his hand and stuffed the chopsticks into the emperor's hand: "Let's eat first, I will tell you something that you must be happy about."
"What?" Emperor Yongming picked up the dish obediently and started to eat.
Dai Qiyou said: "Shao Yun'an and Wang Shijing donated all the 3,500 taels of gold in the bonus this time to Zhan Xiao."
The food in Emperor Yongming's mouth almost spewed out, he swallowed it hastily, and was extremely surprised: "I heard that right? The two of them gave Zhan Xiao 3,500 taels of gold?!"
Dai Qiyou nodded, and said with an unexpected expression: "It's absolutely true. Jiang Kangchen brought the gold back. It seems that Wang Shijing used to be a centurion under Zhan Xiao. He said that Zhan Xiao was right. He has kindness, he has money now, he cares about the border soldiers, and wants to repay Zhan Xiao's kindness."
Emperor Yongming's first reaction was: "What do they want?"
Dai Qiyou shook his head: "No. The minister said that he would ask the emperor to grant a reward. Jiang Kangchen said that the two of them did this willingly. One is to repay the favor, the other is to share the emperor's worries, and the third is that they, as the people of my big swallow, do something for the border. Putting aside whether the two of them are sincere or fake, just because they can give such a large amount of money, it shows that the two of them can do great things."
Emperor Yongming held his chopsticks silently, and after a long while, he sighed: "Even if it's fake, it's better than those bastards who only know how to touch my money but can't share my worries at all!"
Dai Qiyou comforted: "It will be alright. The National Assembly of Yan will become stronger. Your Majesty, now Shao Yun'an and Wang Shijing are willing to share your worries. In the future, there will be more people like them who are willing to plan for my Dayan. Everything will be fine." of."
Emperor Yongming put away the anger suppressed in his heart, and smiled joyfully: "I trust my queen. Come, eat the vegetables, or it will be cold."
"good."
Dai Qiyou personally went to get the rice wine that Shao Yunan paid tribute to, and the two of them ate vegetables and drank at the same time, enjoying a rare leisurely time. After eating a bowl of rice, Emperor Yongming felt that it was not enough, so he asked Dai Qiyou to serve him another bowl, and said: "The food grown by the two of them is better than the food in the palace. I thought it was because I was greedy for freshness. Today After savoring it carefully, it is indeed different. Does the Queen feel the same?"
Dai Qiyou nodded: "Indeed. Whether it's food or the rice wine brewed here, they are better than those in the palace. Those snack ministers also like to eat."
Dai Qiyou said: "The minister distributed some to other palaces. The emperor likes to eat, so he asked them to send some often in the future. Our own shop made according to the recipe given by Shao Yun'an is still not as delicious as his own."
Emperor Yongming said: "I have to consider whether to announce them to Beijing."
"Wait a little longer. At least until the supply of tea and wine stabilizes."
"Yes, I listen to the Queen."
Most of the delicious snacks in Emperor Yongming's hands were distributed to officials as rewards. Don't look at it's just peanuts and melon seeds. In ancient times when materials were extremely scarce, these fresh snacks that even the emperor hadn't eaten could be used as rewards. Qi You, a descendant of the king, will specially reward these things to the General's Mansion, which shows how rare these things are. Although Shao Yun'an provided the production method, but after all, it is not as skilled as his. Coupled with cheating magic water, Shao Yun'an's cooking is naturally the best in the whole Great Yan Kingdom.