Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 45
"Why is Your Majesty's face so red?"

"Could it be that you kowtowed too hard in Fengxian Hall?"

"It shouldn't be. If that's the case, why does His Highness Fifth look as usual?"

"Uh...this..."

When Feng Xiandian came out, Zhu Youxiao, who was too drunk to drink, immediately turned red. Fortunately, he was just easy to get on top of, and he was not drunk, otherwise Zhu Youjian would have committed a serious crime.

"Your Majesty, are you okay?"

Seeing Zhu Youxiao's appearance, Fang Congzhe, the chief assistant of the cabinet, came up and said with concern.

"I'm fine, move to a few banquet halls, and after the enthronement ceremony is over quickly, presiding over the court meeting is the most important thing."

Zhu Youxiao also knew that he had lost his composure. He glanced at Zhu Youjian, but saw that his younger brother was looking at his nose, nose and heart with a guilty conscience.

There was no way, he could only explain to Fang Congzhe, he was glad that the taste of mung bean cake overwhelmed the smell of rice wine.

"Since there is no problem, please Your Majesty go to the Great Hall and go to the Banquet Hall now. I will take the ministers to the Wenhua Hall to prepare for the court meeting."

Seeing that Zhu Youxiao insisted that he was fine, Fang Congzhe could only take a step back, and Zhu Youjian, as the prince, didn't need to go to the banquet hall at this time.

The previous time they went, they went as father and son, but now the successor emperor is going to pay homage to the previous emperor, there is no need for him to go as a feudal lord.

So when he saw the officials leaving, he was also ready to get on the elephant and run away, but just as he was about to run away, Wei Zhongxian came over and said flatteringly:

"Your Highness Fifth, Your Majesty has told you to go back to the Eastern Palace to change during the court meeting and wait for him in the Qianqing Palace."

dead eunuch...

Looking at Wei Zhongxian's fifty-year-old face with thick powder coating, Zhu Youjian could only nod his head slightly while being speechless, and then got on the elephant leg against his growling stomach.

"Chengen, hurry up, go back to Xuqin Palace and ask the chef in the East Palace to cook me more food."

"Yes."

Seeing what Zhu Youjian said, Wang Chengen immediately drove Xiang Ren towards Xuqin Palace.

Two quarters of an hour later, when they arrived at Xuqin Palace, it happened that the chef of the East Palace had also finished the dishes.

The two young eunuchs were carrying the sedan chair carrying the dishes, and when they saw Zhu Youjian, they were in a hurry, saluting for fear of spilling the dishes, and failing to do so for fear of being scolded.

"Stop saluting, bring the dishes in quickly, and Cheng En, you ask someone to go to the Ministry of Households to ask when will the money for the repair of the imperial mausoleum be allocated."

Zhu Youjian rushed into Xuqin Palace. Seeing this, Wang Chengen had no choice but to ask someone to go to the household department to ask, and he followed Cao Huachun into the palace.

But after entering the hall, plates of dishes were put on the table.

After all the dishes were on the table, Zhu Youjian had just changed his mianfu, and the eunuch Chuancai also reported the dishes:
"Breakfast meal at Xuqin Palace: Fried rotten goose, stir-fried pork and yellow vegetables, vegetable wormwood soup, steamed pig's trotters, noodles, bean soup, and tea."

Five dishes, one soup, one bowl of noodles, and a cup of tea, which are not rich in the breakfast in the inner court, but Zhu Youjian's own breakfast.

He will not be like the Chongzhen in history, the silly every day cabbage tofu soup.

Saving money will not save an army, but earning money is king.

Therefore, he had told the chef of the Eastern Palace a long time ago, and set the standard for his three meals a day.

His three meals, breakfast, three meat, two vegetarian, one soup, one staple food, one tea.

For lunch, there are four meat dishes, six vegetarian dishes, two soups, one staple food, and one tea.

Dinner includes two meat dishes, four vegetarian dishes, one soup, one staple food, and one tea.

All the dishes are changed every day, without repetition, and there is a cycle of ten days.

In other words, in ten days, in addition to the staple food, he will eat [-] dishes and [-] kinds of tea in turn.

It may seem like a lot, but after careful calculation, his food silver is only six hundred and twenty taels of silver per month, which is seven thousand four hundred and forty taels a year.

Compared with him, Zhu Youxiao's soup and rice in the Hall of Mental Cultivation alone cost more than [-] taels a year. Counting other dishes, it can be said that the cost is nearly [-] taels.

This is considered frugal. His ancestors Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanji, as well as the recent Emperor Wanli, spent at least [-] taels of silver on food a year.

But even so, in terms of eating, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty can be regarded as a slightly frugal royal family except for the Qin and Han Dynasties.

Zhu Youjian would not treat himself badly. As soon as his clothes were changed, he began to eat food with big mouthfuls.

Time is running out. Logically speaking, the court meeting after the enthronement ceremony is at most to confirm the year name starting next year, and there are some other minor matters. The time will not be too long.

So there is not much time for him to eat.

After eating, he still has to go to Qianqing Palace to beg for things with the good emperor brother, and by the way, ask for the money that should be distributed by the household department.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian finished eating the food three times, five times and two times, and rinsed his mouth with tea by the way.

After everything was done, he got up and changed back to his normal clothes.

"Let's go, clean up the palace!"

When he said a word, Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun would be busy.

They made arrangements, and then ordered people to prepare chariots. After everything was ready, they escorted Zhu Youjian to Qianqing Palace.

Coincidentally, as soon as they left the East Palace, they saw the Wenhua Palace disbanded. It seemed that Zhu Youxiao had already returned to Qianqing Palace.

In this way, Zhu Youjian was not in a hurry, and told Wang Chengen to walk slowly, while he was thinking about how to reconcile with the emperor and ask for something.

He thought for a while, the favorite thing about his good emperor brother is to stay by his side.

This thing is the simplest.

It is only [-] miles from Changping to the capital. If he is proficient in horseback riding, the post stations along the way will also be his own people. If he changes horses, he will arrive in the capital in a day at most.

If it doesn't work, he will go back to the capital every five days.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian also had an idea in his heart.

When the chariot arrived at the gate of Qianqing Palace, Wang An, who had been waiting here for a long time, greeted him.

"Your Highness, Long Live is waiting for you inside."

"Okay" Seeing Wang An's initiative to show his favor, Zhu Youjian nodded, and then said:
"Go to Nanjing, help me inquire about the situation there, the more carefully you inquire, the sooner you will come back."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, this servant knows what to do." Wang An bowed slightly, and then led Zhu Youjian into the Qianqing Palace.

Just when they came in, the imperial chef's food had just been served.

"Brother is here? Come and eat together."

Compared with Zhu Youjian's breakfast, Zhu Youxiao's breakfast has five meat and six vegetables, two soups, one side, one fragrant rice, and a cup of tribute tea.

This extravagant breakfast made people's molars hurt, but Zhu Youjian didn't think it was extravagant and wasteful after seeing it. Instead, he didn't salute, and sat directly next to Zhu Youxiao:
"I've eaten. I'm here this time to tell my brother that I want to take a batch of armor weapons from the armor factory."

"Then escort Huang Kao's coffin to Tianshou Mountain tomorrow. The main palace of Tianshou Mountain has also been finished."

"So I want to ask my brother, when will the money from the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry be released, and I will go with Yang to Shizhong when I am ready.

(End of this chapter)