Chapter 142: Prince, Let's Eat a Chicken Leg
"Your Majesty, the minister is hungry!" Liu Hongchuan is very straightforward.
There was no way, so I got up early in the morning and stood in the court for a long time, and then pulled back for a two-hour meeting.
Besides, at this point, the two lovely little wives at home must have prepared all the meals and are waiting for him to go back, how can there be such a toss!
"Someone, tell the Shangshan supervisor to pass the meal!" Chongzhen was calm, he liked to see Liu Hong gradually crazy and helpless.
"The emperor won't let the ministers go, but is there anything else?"
You are too lonely here, there is no sister to accompany you, Liu Hong really wanted to give Chongzhen a sentence, but the words were changed when the words came to his mouth.
Chongzhen didn't say anything, leaned less, and a row of small yellow doors entered from the east gate of the warm pavilion with a jade plate of delicacies.
"Someone! Spread the prince to warm the pavilion for dinner! ”
Yes, Liu Honggradually finally knew why Chongzhen didn't let him go.
"The prince is not young anymore, since you are the prince and the prince, you should take the responsibility of this position!" Chongzhen said earnestly.
Liu Hong gradually pursed his lips, he was only five years older than the crown prince Zhu Cihong, what could he teach him?
Who is it? He taught Lao Tzu about the same!
"Come, Youming, don't wait for him, let's eat!" Chongzhen picked up the chopsticks and motioned for Liu Hongjian to do the same.
Since Liu Hong gradually got Youming's expression, the first person to call him was the emperor, which made Liu Hong feel deeply uneasy, the emperor really treated him as his own nephew!
Since the last Hongmen banquet, Chongzhen's internal money has stopped running mice, and the food in the palace has improved a lot, at least it looks like this.
Steamed chicken, roast goose, sturgeon, jade silk belly lungs are all fresh and fragrant, fragrant, and with two kinds of vegetarian dishes, peony head soup, three fresh soup, plus a plate of eight treasure steamed buns, steamed cakes, a plate of pastries.
The Ming Dynasty was not like the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the emperor still had a lot of rules for eating, not allowed to persuade, not allowed to clip each dish more than a few times, not allowed to do this or that, and often had to serve dozens or hundreds of dishes.
It seems that there are not so many dishes, and it can't appear to be noble, not to mention that most of them were made many days ago, and it is estimated that they will grow hair when they lift the lid.
Later, Liu Hong gradually figured it out.
After all, before entering the customs, Jiannu was still in a semi-feudal and semi-tribal system, and there were no rules at all.
With meat and vegetables, with the soup, Liu Hong gradually tasted it, and the taste was not bad, I don't know how many times better than the last stir-fried cabbage.
After a while, the crown prince Zhu Cihong was dressed in a soap-colored cotton robe and wore a crown of heaven to ask for instructions.
"The son of the emperor to meet his father!" Zhu Cihong walked up to Chongzhen and bowed.
The prince is a little too honest, this is the impression that Liu Hongjian had before, this is not good, the emperor is honest, he is not going to be bullied to death by the courtiers.
"Well, sit down!" Chongzhen motioned to Zhu Cihong.
"I've seen Master Liu!" Zhu Cihong listened to Chongzhen's words, but still gave Liu Hong a salute first, which made Liu Hong gradually flattered.
According to the number of etiquette, the courtiers also have to kneel down and salute when they see the prince.
"Cihong, what have you learned today, tell me about it!" Chongzhen took a sip of his wine glass.
Yes, this is the parents checking the homework, and Liu Hong's face is black.
"Back to my father, today Master Sun taught his son Mencius to see King Liang Hui."
"Oh, back and listen!"
The king said, "Oh! Thousands of miles away, there will also be Eli my country? Mencius said to him: "King! Why bother? There is also benevolence and righteousness. The king said, 'Why should it benefit my country?' The doctor said, 'Why is it for the benefit of my family?' The Shishu people said, 'Why do you benefit my body?' 'The upper and lower levels are levied and the country is in danger.
……”
"Father, Mencius means that as a monarch, he should be an example of the world and treat the people of the world with benevolence and righteousness, otherwise the people will inevitably compete with each other, and the officials will inevitably compete for interests, and the country will be in danger!"
"Well, yes, study hard! Don't be frolicking! Let's eat! Chongzhen finally nodded with satisfaction.
Chongzhen opened his mouth, and Zhu Cihong dared to pick up the chopsticks, but only picked the nearest vegetarian dish to eat.
No, this is too facely, like this, how to fight with those ministers who scold people and don't spit dirty words, how to prosper the Ming Dynasty?
"Your Highness, eat a chicken leg! Good for the body! ”
Liu Hong gradually reached out in front of Chongzhen, tore a chicken leg and put it in the jade bowl in front of the prince.
Chongzhen just glanced at it and didn't say much, Zhu Cihong was a little flustered, he had never seen such a brazen oh no, such an enthusiastic and unrestrained teacher.
"Thank you, Master Liu!" Zhu Cihong hurriedly thanked him.
"Well, you're welcome, eat!" Liu Hong gradually looked at Zhu Cihong with a smile.
Zhu Cihong: ......
Before meeting, the young master who had saved his life did not intend to let him go, so Zhu Cihong had to pick up the chopsticks and carefully pick them up and take a bite.
"Is it delicious?"
"Delicious!"
"That's right, Your Highness, if you like to eat, take it back and eat it, this meal is ready for people to eat, why do you have to look ahead and backward in everything.
You are the crown prince, the prince above 10,000 people under one person, not a puppet at the mercy of others, except for the emperor, no one can point a finger at you, you know! ”
Since those old pedants taught you how to be a saint, then Benhou will teach you how to be a bad person!
Zhu Cihong was a little at a loss, which was contrary to the words of the saints taught by all the masters, and he couldn't answer yes or no, so he could only look at Chongzhen.
"Your Majesty, Weichen can't teach the way of the prince and the saint, if the emperor must let the minister be this errand, the minister can only teach His Royal Highness the prince how to behave and be a person who stands up to the sky!"
Liu Hongjian also knew that what he said just now was a bit excessive, so he had to change his statement.
Chongzhen didn't seem to take it seriously, but in fact, he was also thinking in his heart, his life, the first seventeen years were ignored and forgotten, and the last seventeen years were spent worrying about state affairs, arguing with courtiers about state affairs all day long.
Are the words of the saint really right? I treat my ministers with kindness and righteousness, but what do I get? Smarmy? Deceive? Cajole?
Wen Tiren, Zhou Yanru, Yuan Chonghuan, Chen Yan, Wei Zaode...... Countless people flashed through Chongzhen's mind, making him sad, sad, and disappointed.
"Since I have made you the prince and teacher, what you teach is your business, and I will definitely not impose shackles on you! In the future, you can come to the Wenhua Hall every other day, and I will make time for the prince's other masters! ”
Chongzhen drank another glass of wine, as if he had made up his mind.
"Thank Master Liu for his teachings, Cihong has memorized it!" With his father's approval, Zhu Cihong seemed to be a little let go.
Liu Hongjian was also relieved, otherwise he would teach him some astronomy and geography in the future, and tell him that the place where they live is called the earth, which is round, not square, wouldn't it be beaten by Chongzhen?
That's a lot to teach!
Two young people who are only five years apart, plus a middle-aged man in his thirties, are eating silently, silently thinking about the future.
Family affairs, state affairs, world affairs, alas, do not worry!
After lunch, Zhu Cihong returned to the Wenhua Palace, and Liu Hong gradually greeted Chongzhen, and also planned to go home.
But when I walked to the door, I suddenly remembered something again.
"Your Majesty!"