The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 129

On the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month, this day ushered in the joy of the Queen Mother Zhou's housewarming.

Half a month after the Qingning Palace was built, Zhu Youtang also wanted to show his filial piety after drying out the smell, so that before the Chinese New Year, his imperial grandmother could live in this well-built palace.

Zhang Zhou was also invited to attend the ceremony that day.

The emperor and his wife also attended, and Zhu Houzhao followed. Zhu Xiurong was left in the Kunning Palace just because he was young. With the addition of eunuchs such as the Minister of Rites and the Imperial Priest, there were hundreds of people accompanying the Queen Mother Zhou when she moved. There are so many people.

"Emperor, you are determined. In just a short time, you will renovate the Qingning Palace."

Empress Dowager Zhou stood at the gate of Qingning Palace, smiling at Zhu Youtang.

Zhu Youtang said: "It's all because of Bingkuan's hard work, and the Qingning Palace was completed under his supervision."

"Okay." The Empress Dowager Zhou looked at Zhang Zhou who was not far away, nodded slightly as if she was also satisfied with Zhang Zhou, "Emperor, if you have meritorious service, you will be rewarded."

"What the imperial grandmother said is very true. Grandson will help you in!"

Zhu Youtang looked very filial, and personally helped the old lady to walk inside.

When Empress Zhang saw this scene, although she didn't directly express any expression, Zhang Zhou had already noticed the impatience and disgust in her eyes.

This woman, whoever her husband treats well will be jealous of whom.

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Inside Qingning Palace.

As soon as everyone came in, they noticed something different.

Zhu Houzhao shouted: "Why is it so warm here? It's so hot, take off your clothes!"

With that said, Zhu Houzhao took off his coat and threw it to Liu Jin who followed him.

Zhu Youtang said with a straight face: "Don't mess around."

Zhu Houzhao ignored it, and ran directly to the radiator hanging on the side, looking curiously at it.

The Empress Dowager Zhou was also very happy and asked, "Emperor, is this the heating you mentioned earlier?"

"Yes, the emperor's grandmother." Zhu Youtang personally came to inspect the situation two days ago, and he took up the task of explaining the specific situation, "Look, the emperor's grandmother, the hot water flows in through the copper pipe next to it. It's very hot."

The Empress Dowager Zhou went over to try it herself, put her hand on it, and quickly retracted it: "It's a little hot."

The newly added heater in the palace, who is responsible for heating the water, dare not slack off at all, as long as it can be heated as hot as it can be.

Zhang Zhou followed in, guessing that the temperature inside the room was soaring to thirty degrees, while the outside was freezing below zero. The temperature contrast was so great, it was no wonder that Zhu Houzhao had to take off his clothes as soon as he came in.

"Open the window and let the air in."

The Empress Dowager Zhou couldn't bear it herself.

She couldn't just take off her clothes like her great-grandson, she had to do it in another way.

Afterwards, Xiao Jing hurried over and ordered to have some windows on the side opened.

Empress Dowager Zhou said: "It's really not easy, Emperor, if you do this, won't the firewood be wasted?"

Zhu Youtang looked at Zhang Zhou with a smile, and then turned around and replied, "Don't worry, Grandmother, I asked, this is more economical than using charcoal for heating, and it is even less than half of the previous materials."

In the past, charcoal was used for heating, and the air was directly heated by the temperature of the charcoal fire, but now it is enough to use ordinary charcoal to boil water, and the utilization rate has also been improved.

"That's fine."

The Empress Dowager Zhou knew that what her grandson admired now was governing the country through diligence and thrift, and she could not take the lead in wasting.

And Zhang Zhou's move not only made her feel warm, but also fit the theme of royal frugality, so she was of course happy.

Zhang Zhou thought to himself, how much is that bit of charcoal worth?This set of copper pipes alone is enough to burn charcoal for more than ten years...

But it’s okay, just treat it as helping me cultivate talents.

Zhang Zhou used the matter of making copper pipes to contact the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry. These people can not only help cast copper pipes, but also cast other metal fittings. Zhang Zhou can be said to have discovered a group of talents that he can use. , with Xiao Jing threading the needle, these people have been able to help him complete the research and development of some castings.

It's a pity that these people all eat the emperor's food, and the craftsmanship has been passed down from generation to generation.

Craftsman households cannot be separated, nor can they change jobs.

Many people have long wanted to leave the artisan households, and Zhang Zhou also thought that he could take advantage of this in the future to attract this group of people, solve the problem of household registration transfer, and give high salaries, which will surely attract the top group of people.

"Father, it's really nice here, and my son's East Palace also needs to be heated..."

Zhu Houzhao heard his father's introduction there so well, plus he thought that he was shivering with cold and smoky at night, so of course he wanted to do something.

"Bullshit!"

Zhu Youtang was showing his filial piety there, and there was a fool here telling him what it means to be unfilial.

The Empress Dowager Zhou said with a smile: "Emperor, don't blame the crown prince, he is a child with a straight temper... Come here and let the Ai family have a look."

"Ok."

Zhu Houzhao pretended to be innocent and cute, and ran to the old lady.

Even Zhu Houzhao knew that this emperor's grandmother doted on him even more than his parents, so she could just pretend to be cute and coquettish in front of the old lady.

Empress Dowager Zhou touched her great-grandson's head, and said with a smile: "Ai's family is getting old, and when Ai's family is gone, you will live here, okay?"

"Uh..." No matter how mischievous Zhu Houzhao was, he could tell that this was a question that could not be answered casually.

Zhu Youtang said: "The emperor's grandmother is a thousand years old."

When it comes to longevity, there are not many years to live, but it can only be said to live for thousands of years.

The Empress Dowager Zhou sighed: "One must know the destiny, and one cannot force it. Now the Ai family is surrounded by four generations, and is satisfied. The only luxury of the Ai family is to see the prince grow up in the future, to see the prince get married and have children. Let the Ai family live together for five generations..."

Hearing this, Zhu Youtang and his son didn't respond.

On the other side, Queen Zhang's expression changed instantly.

As an outsider, Zhang Zhou could see it most clearly. The old lady didn't say a word about Empress Zhang, the granddaughter-in-law, but beat Empress Zhang "to pieces".

Aijia can't persuade you husband and wife, don't count on you husband and wife, count on the head office of the great-grandson, right?
Zhu Youtang seemed to be unable to hear anything, and said with a smile: "Grandmother must be able to see it. Prince, why don't you hurry up and pack the cushions for the Empress Dowager? Bingkuan, come and sit..."

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A seemingly harmonious family, four generations of grandparents and grandchildren, although one generation did not show up, it is considered a gathering.

Zhang Zhou felt that he shouldn't have come to this kind of place.

But looking at the royal family, especially the open and secret fight between the grandmother and the granddaughter-in-law, Zhang Zhou also found it quite interesting.

After the Empress Dowager Zhou sat upright, she finally took off her cloak.

Because it is too hot.

After that, it seemed like gossiping, chatting with his grandson, basically ignoring Queen Zhang.

Immediately, a seemingly "unusual" topic was introduced: "... Aijia heard that recently, a talented woman appeared in the capital, and wrote a poem that was widely read. Luoyang paper is expensive for a while!"

"is it?"

Zhu Youtang said in his heart, since I am the emperor, I naturally wouldn't know about such things.

As soon as the Empress Dowager Zhou stretched out her hand, Jiang Lu, who was next to her, took out a piece of paper from her bosom, and the Empress Dowager Zhou motioned to hand it to Zhu Youtang, saying, "Look, Emperor, the Ai family never thought that Daming could produce such a talented woman." It’s a must to pour tea, at that time I only said it’s normal’, just this sentence, it’s comparable to Li Yi’an!"

Zhu Youtang took the paper and looked at the words and sentences on it, feeling a little confused.

Zhang Zhou was observing Queen Zhang.

Old lady, do you want to make it more obvious?
Your grandson doesn't understand anything about men and women, but can your granddaughter-in-law understand?No matter how talented she is, can't you tell that you intend to praise this talented woman and recommend it to the emperor...

"Ai's family doesn't quite understand, you give it a taste." The Empress Dowager Zhou still had the heart to ask.

"What poetry, can my son read it?"

With the mentality of a bear child, Zhu Houzhao felt that wherever he went, he should be the focus of attention. As a result, he wanted to join in the fun when he was talking about talented poets.

In Zhu Houzhao's opinion, isn't it "flying down three thousand feet, sharing the beautiful beauty for thousands of miles"?
I also know poetry!

After reading it, Zhu Youtang nodded and said: "It's very good, there is sadness in the gracefulness, but I don't know why she has such a mentality."

It is difficult for ordinary people to understand.

A little girl who has never been out of the court, has never experienced the hardships of the world, let alone experienced national hatred, family hatred and lover death in vain. How could Li Qingzhao write such poems with his mood?
Looking at the poem, it seems that I like to drink alcohol. Is it really to imitate Li Yi'an?
The Empress Dowager Zhou said: "This woman is the daughter of Lin Hengda, the Imperial Priest of the Northern Kingdom. Coincidentally, she came to the palace a few days ago, and Ai's family saw her in the back garden of the palace. She was born with a beautiful face, a gentle appearance, and a gentle and elegant appearance..."

All I have to say is, Your Majesty, why don't you bring someone into the palace as a concubine!
Aijia has passed the test for you, it’s okay!

"Grandmother, can we talk about something else?"

Empress Zhang finally couldn't help it, and interrupted the Empress Dowager Zhou's further in-depth discussion on this matter in a "pretty polite" tone.

Empress Zhang interrupted suddenly, which made the scene somewhat awkward. Even Zhu Youtang didn't expect his wife to be so straightforward, and then he seemed to be belatedly aware that the emperor's grandmother was trying to help him protect the media.

The Empress Dowager Zhou's complexion was instantly gloomy like the black cat hiding in the dark behind the room, and her pupils seemed to have a black line that could burst out sparks at any time.

But because her grandson was still there, she couldn't have a seizure.

Zhang Zhouxin said, here we come.

After waiting for a long time, I finally saw this scene of the struggle between the grandmother and the granddaughter-in-law. No matter how awesome and filial your filial piety is, even if you have no mother and no conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, this is not the case.

Be a filial son and grandson, but also want to improve the relationship between husband and wife?
Do you think you are a saint?

Taking advantage of this moment, Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "Your Majesty, may I show this poem to my ministers?"

Zhu Youtang seemed to have finally found the steps, forced a smile and said, "Grandmother, Bingkuan's poetic attainments are not low, and a peach blossom poem was widely circulated in the capital earlier. Bingkuan, show me!"

Speaking of asking Dai Yi to pass the paper to Zhang Zhou, he also gave Zhang Zhou a look of "hurry up and resolve the embarrassing situation".

Zhang Zhou took the paper, glanced at it and then put it down, and said, "In my opinion, this poem is a bit of a moan."

Empress Dowager Zhou frowned and looked at Zhang Zhou and said, "Bingkuan, why do you think so?"

Zhang Zhoudao: "The second young lady of the Lin family has never been out of the court and has never experienced the world. How can she have such a deep understanding of life and death? I think this poem does not seem to be written by a woman, but it seems to be written by a man who misses his dead wife. Experience, how do you say 'at that time'?"

"you……"

The Queen Mother Zhou listened, although she felt that Zhang Zhou's words made sense.

But she was still a little annoyed.

Who did you help?

(End of this chapter)