The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 67 Delicious Pig Food

When Zhu Cihong came to the outer city, the situation had been completely controlled by the troops sent by Jin Yiwei and Zhou Yuji.

This porridge point is a vegetable market, and I saw thousands of people squatting on the ground with bowls, men, women, children, women and children.

Of the dozens of cauldrons on the side, several of them had fallen to the ground, and porridge was spilled everywhere.

"Kowtow to Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!"

Seeing His Majesty approaching, everyone hurriedly bowed down.

Zhu Cihong, on the other hand, had a sullen face, and when he came to the cauldron, looking at the food spilled on the ground, his heart was filled with anger.

"Who did it?"

"You have let me down so much. In order to keep you from starving, I have racked my brains and tried my best, but what about you? Not only are you ungrateful, but you also blamed me!"

"Your Majesty, calm down!"

"The emperor's kindness is great, and the grassroots are grateful, but your majesty, this, this is not porridge, it is clearly pig food..."

"That's right, Your Majesty, this pot is full of rice bran and wheat bran. It's so rough that it's hard to swallow. Someone must have stolen the rice noodles. I hope Your Majesty will find out!"

A few merchants kneeling in front of them said boldly, and others also called out their grievances.

For a while, the scene was a little commotion again.

"It's nonsense, why is this pig food? Those refugees could eat it for more than a month. If it were you, it would be pig food, hard to swallow?"

"Do you know that there is a famine in the northern provinces now, and countless people starve to death every day. Those victims don't even have to eat grass roots and bark. How can this rice bran and wheat bran be serious grains? You guys I don’t know how to be blessed while I am in the midst of blessings.”

Zhu Cihong scolded with a black face, in order to take care of the stomachs of these people, each of these pots is made of [-]% rice bran, [-]% wheat bran and [-]% rice, which is much better than the refugees who only have a handful of rice in a pot. It is also more than enough for refugees.

Facing the emperor's scolding, everyone lowered their heads, not daring to refute.

"Li Ruolian, serve me a bowl, and I want to see if it's pig food, if it's really hard to swallow."

"His Majesty…"

Li Ruolian was startled, it can be seen that His Majesty's attitude is firm, so he had no choice but to pick up the bowl and scoop up half a scoop, but Zhu Cihong shouted: "scoop more, fill it up!"

"It's Your Majesty!"

Li Ruolian had no choice but to bite the bullet and scoop a few more spoonfuls until it was full, before handing over the bowl full of sticky omnivorous food with both hands.

"Your Majesty, be careful."

Seeing that His Majesty wanted to eat such rough food himself, the kneeling people all raised their heads and stared straight up, opening their mouths wide, showing shock.

However, Zhu Cihong blew on the bowl twice, and a musty smell came to his nostrils.

As for the aroma of rice, it doesn't have the slightest bit, it really can't even compare to the pig food from the previous life.

But he knew that the thousands of people at the bottom of the Ming Dynasty almost ate this kind of food. If they wanted to be full, they could only do so in the so-called prosperous times. In times of disaster and chaos, there is no such thing as rice bran and wheat bran. .

After cooling down a bit, Zhu Cihong gritted his teeth and took a bite. The mouth was rough and rough, with a bitter taste, but fortunately he swallowed it forcefully.

Although it was unpalatable, and the esophagus felt a little tingling every time he swallowed it, but Zhu Cihong seemed to be eating delicacies from mountains and seas, and he ate them with relish.

After eating, he took the handkerchief handed over by the eunuch at the side and wiped his mouth, as if he still had something to say.

Whether it was the common people or the Jinyiwei around, the soldiers were dumbfounded. Could it be that this food is really so delicious?

"Well, it's not bad. How can it be as bad as what you said? It's just that there is a little less salt, but everyone has to understand the difficulties of the court. After this difficulty is over, I promise that everyone will have a better life in the future. Days, the price of food and salt in the royal store will never be raised indiscriminately."

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

After hearing this, the people kowtowed again.

Then one of the merchants boldly said again: "Your Majesty, the grassroots also know the difficulties of the court. Your Majesty's difficulties, as long as they can eat, it doesn't matter what kind of grass they eat. It's just that my wife has been pregnant for several months. How can this kind of food nourish my body?" what!"

"Your Majesty, my son has just turned three months. Such rough things are really... hard to swallow!"

Some common people also joined in one after another, and at the end they shed tears.

Zhu Cilang took a glance, and found that there were indeed a large number of women holding small children, and some of them were obviously pregnant, and sighed.

"This is indeed my negligence. How about it? From now on, all pregnant and breastfeeding women, and children under one year old, will have two bowls of polished rice porridge a day, and they will be boiled separately. Those who are really handicapped will not be allowed to pick it up on their behalf. Jin Yiwei will come to the door Delivery."

"Li Ruolian, this matter must be strictly enforced, and no mistakes will be made!"

"The minister respects the will!"

"Your Majesty Shengming..."

"Long live my emperor..."

Those families with pregnant women and children all wept with joy, kneeling down and shouting.

Even those families without these special groups feel that His Majesty is a rare benevolent and good emperor.

The emperor took the lead in eating it, and said it tasted good, and special people were also taken care of, and the news soon spread to all the porridge shops in the outer city.

Everyone has nothing to say.

Knowing that the imperial court was in trouble, they lined up obediently again, pinched their noses and began to eat pig food to satisfy their hunger.

Only then did Zhu Cihong drive back to the palace in satisfaction, but his stomach groaned on the way.

It was obvious that the bowl of rice bran and wheat bran was causing trouble. His precious stomach was not comparable to those refugees, so he was so frightened that he hurried back to the palace.

However, he couldn't resist after all, blushing hurriedly ordered someone to stop the car, and then rushed into a nearby house surrounded by a crowd of imperial guards.

The owner of this house was obviously a dignitary, and the guards and servants who were guarding the gate were all frightened by this scene, and they all knelt on the ground and bowed down.

"Uncle Wu, what... what's going on?"

A beautiful woman and her maid rushed over after hearing the news. Looking at the Imperial Forest Army in the courtyard, she thought that something was wrong, her face turned pale, and she asked tremblingly at the big butler beside her.

"Back... back to my lady, it's... Your Majesty, His Majesty came here suddenly."

The steward knelt on the ground and explained tremblingly.

"what?"

The beautiful woman opened her mouth wide in surprise.

"Then... what about His Majesty?"

"Okay, it seems to be going to the latrine." The steward said in a low voice.

"what!"

The beautiful woman looked astonished, and subconsciously looked towards the hut, just in time to see a young man in bright yellow clothes walking over from there.

It wasn't until the young man approached that the beautiful woman recovered from her astonishment, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "The concubine of Zhongyonghou's concubine, Mrs. Wu and Chen kowtow to Your Majesty!"

"Hmm! Get back on your feet, madam, don't be nervous, I'm just... what?"

As soon as Zhu Cihong raised his hand, he just wanted to find a reason, saying that he was here to check the implementation of the supply system, but he was taken aback, and then asked:

"You are Wu Sangui's concubine? This is the Wu Mansion? So, you are that Chen Yuanyuan?"

"Back... back to Your Majesty, the concubine was indeed called Chen Yuanyuan before."

Chen Yuanyuan knelt on the ground very nervous.

He obviously didn't believe that His Majesty really just came to the latrine, and thought he was here to track down the troubles caused by the servants for the supply.

"Head up."

When Zhu Cihong heard that she was really Chen Yuanyuan, she became curious.

Wanting to see what this legendary confidante looks like, Wu Sangui was so angry that she became a concubine.

Chen Yuanyuan had no choice but to raise her head, just glanced at Zhu Cihong, then lowered her head in fright.

Although it was just a glance, Zhu Cihong could still see her face clearly, secretly thinking that the rumors were true.

This woman really has the appearance of harming the country and the people, and the appearance of overwhelming the country and the city.

Among the women he has seen, in terms of looks alone, perhaps only Huang Aunt Zhang Yan can compete with her.

Thinking of this, Zhu Cihong couldn't help complaining about Chongzhen, it's really wasteful, you don't want this kind of beauty yourself, and don't drive her out of the palace, how much food can she waste by raising her there?
It's a good thing now, Wu Sangui has been cheap for nothing.

But Zhu Cihong is not Li Zicheng's type.

For him, no matter how beautiful a woman is, she is only used to replace the Internet and mobile phones at night, which is completely different from his great career, so he just left after leaving.

"Well, she is indeed a rare beauty. She and Zhongyonghou are both talented and beautiful. I take the liberty of disturbing you today. I hope Madam will forgive me and leave!"

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

It wasn't until the emperor came out of the gate that everyone let out a heavy breath, and some even collapsed on the ground.

(End of this chapter)