Even Wei Zhaocheng, who had the most resentment against Zhu Jie in the court, now ignored the grievances between the two and concentrated on dealing with the hot pot in front of him, and the entire second floor had fallen into a sea of nonsense.

After a long time, Chongzhen stopped and asked, "Zhu Aiqing, how did you create such a delicious taste?" In my opinion, there is nothing unusual on this table......"

Zhu Jie smiled and replied: "Your Majesty, this delicacy is like a battlefield, it is not enough to have the fierce generals of the three armies, the key is to be the commander, strategizing, and winning thousands of miles away, even if there are no elite generals in hand, it can make the three armies under his command burst out with powerful combat power; The same goes for this delicacy, and a really good chef can make an addictive delight with even a few pieces of tofu......"

Chongzhen nodded and replied, "Not bad, not bad, what is this?" Chafing dish? It's really good, I haven't eaten so many meals in one breath for a long time, your artifact is used to defend the country and defend the Ming Dynasty, I'm not interested, but I'm very interested in this food, how about it, can Aiqing cut her love and prepare some of this dish for me? ”

When the ministers heard this, they were all surprised, everyone knew that the emperor worked day and night for state affairs, and similarly, in order to save a little treasury tax and the consumption of his in-laws, he couldn't wait to eat radish and greens at every meal, but today he actually moved his mind and asked Zhu Jie for hot pot! I knew that the emperor was also greedy, and Lao Tzu had already presented him with the most delicious dishes in the world!

Zhu Jie said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the whole world, is it not the king's land, don't say a dish, even if it is this restaurant, it is not given by the emperor to the ministers?" Without your reward of silver taels, the minister would not have so much money, and if he purchased a restaurant of this scale, he would send ready-made tables, chairs, tableware and dishes to the palace when he returned......"

"Good! Then I'll be ashamed, haha......"

Today, Chongzhen had a big heart, and he laughed from the bottom of his heart after a long time.

"However, the emperor, the minister has a small request, please ask the emperor for permission......"

Zhu Jie said with a smile.

Chongzhen smiled: "When I was going to reward you just now, why didn't you want it?" ”

Zhu Jie said embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, this is the minister's private affairs, how can you open your mouth when you reward it, the minister just left the imperial pen to the emperor, inscribed the plaque and couplet of the restaurant, if the emperor is willing to appreciate the face, this restaurant is going to shine......"

Chongzhen nodded and said, "Okay, today I will meet your request, do you have a name?" ”

"This ......"

Zhu Jie was slightly embarrassed and replied: "Your Majesty, the ministers are shallow in their knowledge, where can they come up with a good name?" Please also ask the emperor to give the name ......"

"Well, such a delicacy should only be enjoyed by immortals in the nine heavens, where can the world enjoy it? To be able to come here, isn't it like a fairy? Since this is the case, let's give the name of You Xianju, come here, and bring pen and ink up......"

Chongzhen groaned, and someone on the side hurriedly presented the four treasures of the study.

Chongzhen waved his hand on the snow-white rice paper and wrote the three big characters of "Youxian Ju", and then, he picked up the pen again and wrote a couplet: The thousand-year-old Longtan steamed amber, and the ancient immortal bridge rose auspicious clouds!

Chongzhen put down his pen and said with a smile: "Bastard thing, I just came to my senses, this is the bureau you set up for me, one meal, I exchanged two ink treasures, this deal, you made a lot of money......"

Before Zhu Jie could speak, Chen Yan on the side said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to say!" ”

Chongzhen was stunned for a moment and asked, "Master Chen, what do you have to say?" ”

"Your Majesty, this Lord Zhu Jie's restaurant dishes are indeed unique in the world, but, in the opinion of the ministers, in Chaoyangmen, such a luxurious restaurant, coupled with the decoration, I am afraid that it will not be possible to take it without tens of thousands of taels of silver, and even 20,000 taels is possible, Lord Zhu Jie has just entered the imperial court, and he has been in the rivers and lakes before, where did he get so much money?"

Chen Yan said in a dark voice.

"Not bad!"

Wei Zhaocheng on the side felt that he had finally found an opportunity to fight back, and with Chen Yan's endorsement, he had nothing to worry about, as the first assistant, Chen Yan was deeply trusted by the emperor.

Wei Zhaocheng echoed: "Your Majesty, the minister has been in charge of the household department for a long time, and he has an understanding of the economy of various areas of the capital, a restaurant here, even if it is cheap, if you want to buy it, it will take nearly 10,000 taels of silver, if you add decoration and purchase furniture, I am afraid that without more than 10,000 taels of silver, it will definitely not be able to get down......

Chongzhen's face turned dark, wiped it, you dogs, this is sincerity to add to my blockage, right, I can't see a happy day!

"Okay, what do you mean? Can't Zhu Aiqing be allowed to have some savings? Hum! ”

Chongzhen snorted angrily and shouted.

"Your Majesty, it's okay to ......"

Zhu Jie smiled faintly and replied: "Your Majesty, now the soldiers of the court are working hard, the military salary is insufficient, the minister first arrived in Tongzhou, only to find that the soldiers in the army can get less than sixty percent of the military salary every month, they still have to support their families, if they can't even support their wives and children, how can they be expected to fight?" It was the minister who thought of this method, hoping to write subsidies to the soldiers, but the minister did not have any extra money in hand, plus the gold and silver rewarded by the emperor, it was only four or five thousand taels of silver, which was far from enough, and in desperation, the minister had to deduct a part from the cavalry, no one deducted a part, which was counted as a share, and after the restaurant made a profit every month, dividends were distributed to the brothers, and the family was subsidized, and the minister contributed 4,500 taels, and the two deputy generals Shu Xinchen and Yang Chengzu contributed 1,500 taels respectively, and the general Xu Yifan contributed 1,500 taels. The remaining 4,000 taels of silver are jointly prepared by 10,000 soldiers, and each soldier has a certificate issued by his minister, and he can receive dividends with the certificate in the future......"

What the?

Chongzhen didn't care about anything else, just because the soldiers were not paid enough to hear it so clearly!

Chongzhen looked at Fang Yuegong and shouted: "Fang Yuegong, you are the secretary of the military department, I once told you that the imperial court allocates military salaries and gives priority to Liaodong and Gyeonggi, and now the soldiers of Gyeonggi can get less than sixty percent of their military salaries every month, how do you do it?" ”

Fang Yuegong secretly complained to himself, he had never been greedy for the silver taels of the soldiers, even if there was some gray income, it was also the filial piety of the subordinates and magistrates, this was the custom, but he didn't expect that Zhu Jie would get out of the matter of the general's salary today, and he really killed himself by surprise!

Fang Yuegong hurriedly whispered: "Emperor Qi, this, this, when the household department allocated military salaries to the military department, more than 10% had already been deducted, and the minister once asked Lord Wei, and Lord Wei said that the household salary was insufficient, and the minister had no way to ......."

"What about the rest of the pay? More than eighty percent and less than sixty percent, but there is still a difference of nearly thirty percent! ”

Chongzhen clenched and shouted angrily.