back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 108
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Suddenly there was laughter like pearls and jade falling on a silver plate from outside the hall: "Your Majesty, if being an emperor is not easy, then what is easy to do?"

Lu Chengqi looked up, and it turned out to be his queen Zhou Zhiruo, who heard his sigh and continued talking mischievously.Surprised and delighted, he said, "Zi Tong, why are you here?"

After Zhou Zhiruo shunned all the court ladies, she lightly walked into the Chuigong Hall with lotus steps, and Lu Chengqi also stepped down from the dragon chair, holding her catkin, only to hear Zhou Zhiruo say angrily: "Your Majesty, you promised your concubine , did you forget?"

Lu Chengqi showed a smile like a big child, which was very suitable for his 17-year-old age, and said: "How could I forget, I promised Zitong that I would accompany you to take care of the welfare home today. I know what I'm busy with, and the cabinet handles everything, but I'm so busy now..."

Zhou Zhiruo lightly rested her head on Lu Chengqi's arms, and said, "You are like this. You are so busy with state affairs that you can't even take care of meals. How can you remember about your concubine?"

Lu Chengqi said "wronged": "Zitong, I have been greatly wronged. I just came back from the Royal University, and you came here before I had a cup of tea... The conscience of heaven and earth, I remember Zitong's matter." Firmly!"

Zhou Zhiruo let out a "puchi" laugh, lightly thumped Lu Chengqi's chest, and said, "Okay, Your Majesty, this concubine is just joking with you. Let's have dinner first. There is no rush for the orphanage. Anyway, Jingzhao Mansion Most of the orphans were taken in."

Lu Chengqi stroked her hair, and said tenderly: "It's all up to Zi Tong to make the decision, today I will entrust myself to you."

Zhou Zhiruo covered her mouth and smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you are too good at joking. If the state affairs are urgent, wouldn't His Majesty rush to deal with them? Well, the courtiers also know that the orphanage is just a small way, and what His Majesty wants to do is to benefit Tens of thousands of people. These things, the concubines can still be clear."

Lu Chengqi didn't know what to say for a moment. As a man, even the ruler at the peak of the Dashun Dynasty, he couldn't give himself a woman for a day. He felt very ashamed.I couldn't help slandering the former owner of this body in my heart: "Hey, you are a short-lived ghost, and you are the one who is so ignorant of treasures. Being able to marry such a wife is a blessing from your previous life! Not to mention knowledgeable and reasonable, you are still a veritable good wife , you should have escaped marriage and fell into the pond, dying!"

Lu Chengqi thought so in his heart, but he was smiling on the surface, as if humans and animals were harmless.If you let those corrupt officials read it, they will be scared out of their wits.This kind of Lu Chengqi is the most annoyed expression in his heart, but he doesn't know that Lu Chengqi's heart is full of tenderness at this moment.

After all, the meal of the royal family is different from that of ordinary people, and it is also different from that of previous dynasties.Since the founding of Dashun, tableware such as cups, plates, chopsticks and chopsticks have gradually become complete, and cooking techniques such as frying and frying have been basically perfected.The habit of eating three meals a day was only formed in the Dashun Dynasty, and the cold drinks that Chinese people like to drink were not available in the previous dynasties, and it was only in the Dashun Dynasty that they gradually became popular.

Just how good are royal meals?Here are a few dish names, you can get a glimpse of one or two: Huacooked Quail, Lychee White Kidney, Gufangzhu, Three Crisp Soup, Sheep Tongue, Germination Tripe, Gizzard, Quail Soup, Tripe , fried belly with mandarin ducks, fried squid, stir-fried squid soup, stir-fried horseshoe crab with eel, goose gizzard soup, stuffed crab, fried jade core soup, fresh shrimp and squid, stir-fried eel, hand-washed crab, squid and fake clams , five treasures, crab clear soup, quail crystal soup, pork belly fake river ray, shrimp soup, shrimp and fish soup, jellyfish, two-color oolith soup, raw clams, blood powder soup... these are the staple foods, There are also melons and fruits before meals, fried with honey, and there are snacks during the banquet, that is, snacks.At the end, there are some evening meals, which must be prepared for the Zhidian officials.

This meal, in future generations, can't afford hundreds of thousands, which shows the luxury of the imperial family.The five treasures of mandarin ducks written by Master Jin Yong in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" are the five treasures here, which refer to finely sliced ​​meat. .The Dashun Dynasty protected the farm cattle, and beef was not allowed to be eaten.They also ate less pork, mutton, chicken, duck and geese, and sheep's head was a high-end food, which Lu Chengqi never thought of.

Fortunately, Lu Chengqi is not a person who is greedy for extravagance, and when he heard that the royal meal was so extravagant, he immediately ordered that every meal be served according to the person who eats it.If two people eat, three dishes and one soup, three people eat four dishes and one soup, and so on.What Lu Chengqi wanted was to prevent waste from the source.Lu Chengqi also admired the extravagant and wasteful methods of these people who could cook a hundred and eight dishes even though the emperor and empress were eating together.Eating one chopstick for each dish can last two or three meals.Many dishes are still a big hit, and there is no way to eat them.Only then did Lu Chengqi furiously issue an order, denouncing the extravagance and waste of the Imperial Dining Room.When the cabinet ministers heard about it, they all lamented Lu Chengqi's frugality.

After a meal, both Lu Chengqi and Zhou Zhiruo left the palace in micro-clothes, and went straight to the orphanage.In fact, the orphanage is the orphanage for later generations, but the word "orphan", Lu Chengqi thinks it is disrespectful to these poor children who have lost their parents.You don't know how much the word "orphan" hurts these children. Even if the pain is soothed, when you see these two words and are mentioned by others, you will touch them.In view of this, Lu Chengqi decided not to use an orphanage, but called it a welfare home.

Lu Chengqi hoped that these poor children would grow up to be pillars of the country in the future, and would not forget the cultivation of them by the Dashun court.The word welfare is to let them remember the care given to them by the Dashun court and not forget the country.

Zhou Zhiruo and Lu Chengqi walked side by side on the streets of Chang'an City, just like a newly married couple.At this time, the etiquette and defense were not as strict as in the Song Dynasty in the official history, and many women were not like the Ming Dynasty, where they lived in deep boudoirs and were unknown.The folk customs of the Dashun Dynasty were quite open, otherwise there would not be such a grand occasion of choosing a spouse like the Lantern Festival.

Thinking of those poor orphans, Zhou Zhiruo's loving mother's thread seemed to be plucked again, and said: "Your Majesty is benevolent, set up an orphanage so that these orphans will not be homeless. Also invite Mr. Meng Xue to teach and read, Your Majesty His heart is unmatched by a saint!"

Lu Chengqi also knew how pitiful those orphans were, their parents had died, and some had no choice but to live in their uncle's house, where they were regarded as servants and had no status.Some live on the streets and become beggars.

He said with emotion: "What I do is just my duty. If I don't care about my people, how can they care about me as an emperor? I dare not compare myself to a saint. My heart is only To be able to administer benevolent government to the people of Dashun, the sage treats all people in the world like this, I will definitely not be able to do it."

They spoke in a low voice, as if a young couple were whispering, which attracted the people around them to cover their mouths and snicker.The imperial guards were all driven ten feet away by Lu Chengqi, hanging them from a distance, not letting them get close.

In fact, after successive generations of rectification, the law and order in Chang'an City is still very good, at least the crime rate is not high.The imperial guards were brought out just in case, otherwise Lu Chengqi would think they were troublesome.

Not long after, they walked to the orphanage.The plaque on it was still written by Zhou Yanhua, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment of the dynasty. Obviously, it was to help orphans in the name of the Zhou family, but secretly it was money from Huangzhuang.It's not that Lu Chengqi doesn't want to show off the limelight, but he thinks that it's better to come forward in the name of the queen for such matters, after all, he won't always put his mind on the orphanage.

(End of this chapter)