Across the Red Mansion: Qingwen Upgrade Road

Liang Jiugong glanced quietly at the side, and whispered in Kangxi's ear, "Your Majesty, isn't this the letter that Elder Brother Shi sent over last night? The words are all the same."

Kangxi slowly unfolded the painting in his hand. The modern meticulous painting was very realistic. It was actually a picture of Lao Shi and Qingwen and their party eating dinner when they stayed at a farmhouse.

There was a circle of people sitting on the big earthen kang, Qingwen and Lao Shi sat next to each other in the first place on the right, two old people with missing teeth sat on the top, and there were also a young and honest rough man and a juicy The young daughter-in-law and children, big and small, were fighting and eating rough meals.Everyone has a smile on their face, so simple and clean.The whole painting exuded a rural flavor, but it made Kangxi's eyes blush quietly.

Min Yue was originally happily waiting to share with Kangxi his experience in raising a good daughter, but he vaguely saw that his master was jealous.The handsome middle-aged uncle is a little at a loss, this is not his own silly son or cute girl.What do you do when your master is crying?

Min Yue was struggling, but Liang Jiugong winked, made gestures, and whispered, "Draw, talk about painting, my lord, draw~~~"

If he could make a sound, Liang Jiugong's voice must be a long and fleshy voice, similar to the curvaceous "official~~~" of the white lady.Haha, I wonder if Liang Jiugong also has such an invisible hobby?It's not bad to draw a long voice, isn't it?

Min Yue's eyes were bright, but he understood, and immediately there was a flattering smile on his handsome face that people couldn't bear to look directly at.Liang Jiugong nodded in satisfaction, but his eyes never looked at Min Yue.At this time, Min Yue is really known as the God of War on the battlefield. For the sake of the hero in his heart, he should not watch it.

No matter what others think, Min Yue is very grateful to Kangxi in his heart.Facing such a great sage, please be flattering.After all, he is a good minister, and he will not harm the country.

"Your Majesty, do you guess where the Ten Brothers painted it? The slave's good girl said in the letter that if the slave can come out and draw the food they eat in it, when he comes back, he will make ice cream for the slave. It is summer. The must-have dessert is the best way to clear away heat.”

Min Yue imagined the appearance of ice cream, licked the corners of his mouth greedily, and looked at Kangxi expectantly with his big shining eyes, "Long live, these food slaves and their own boys have not guessed it all night.

When Fu Jing went out this morning, he copied two of them and took them to the Ministry of War to see if his colleagues could guess them.The servant is taking a rest today. Fortunately, the Lord Long Live called.Long live Lord is the most knowledgeable about ancient and modern times, Xu Xiaocai will definitely know about these, right? "

Kangxi looked at the painting and listened to Min Yue, thinking, "This slave will give me a high hat, although I like to listen to it very much. But, what is this thing?"

Min Yue stood and watched Kangxi lost in thought, but Kangxi just didn't speak, and Min Yue's feet were a little numb.Quietly raised one foot slowly, and was caught by Kangxi at a glance.

Kangxi slightly raised his right hand and pointed to the stone bench beside him, "Sit here, let's take a look together. There are not so many rules here in the Royal Garden."

Min Yue thanked him by patting his sleeves with a smile, stepped to the stone bench and sat down, pointed at a bowl of green vegetables in the painting next to Kangxi and said, "Long live Lord, Fu Jing said that this dish looks like it was eaten in Penglai Village Mustard greens. I did eat it once when I was in Penglai Village, but it was carefully prepared by a good girl, not as monotonous as in the painting."

Kangxi frowned, "What is mustard greens?" Min Yue immediately put on an expression that you don't know, Kangxi picked up Qingwen's envelope and knocked Min Yue on the head, "What is that expression? What, you How dare a slave look down on me?"

Min Yue touched his forehead, which didn't hurt at all, and said quietly: "Long Live Lord, slaves don't mean that, you are overthinking. Besides, slaves are all generals, so you can't think about decent things in front of so many slaves." How to punish slaves? This knocking on the forehead is only done to children, and my good girls are not willing to be knocked on the forehead by me. It is said that the more you knock, the more stupid you will be, and you will not grow taller. "

Kangxi was choked hard, and knocked on Min Yue's forehead again, "Then get more and more stupid! I am the emperor, and the world is mine, and I am right for this reason. Don't worry, as long as I don't allow you to become stupid , you are the smartest. Don't listen to Qingwen coaxing children, you are also an adult, why can't you deal with your shrewd daughter?"

When Kangxi talked about Qingwen, he was a bit talkative. His favorite courtier became a daughter-in-law, his innocent son became a wife-slave, and the dignified and noble concubine always regarded his future daughter-in-law as his own daughter. love.

This was all Qingwen's fault, but the child really did nothing wrong, even if she wanted to take the opportunity to punish her, she couldn't catch it.Min Yue couldn't hear anyone saying that his good girl was not good, even the emperor would have to make an excuse, although maybe this excuse was very weak.But it can be considered courageous, not many people in the Qing Dynasty dared to stand up to Kangxi.

"Your Majesty, what the good girl did was right, why should I deal with her? Besides, the good girl is very filial, and will send all good things to the palace to honor you. Why don't you like her?"

Kangxi really has some headaches, everyone is like this, it is really not that the family does not enter the house.The imperial concubine, the tenth old Fu Jing and this old boy are all like this, no wonder they got together early.

Thinking about it, Qingwen's current family background has a lot of entanglements, and she can still control it if she gives it to the tenth son. If it's given to another son, it's really hard to say.It's rare for the royal family to have true love. Let such a wonderful family get together and make trouble on their own, and then just watch the fun.

Rubbing her sore forehead, she waved her hand and said, "Okay, Qingwen is a good person, I know it all. Let's talk about this dish. Look where you've been talking, you can't grasp the point at all! You also do things like this on the battlefield?"

Min Yue curled his lips in dissatisfaction, but did not answer.Just talking about mustard greens, "Penglai Village is near Xiaotangshan, and there are a lot of wild vegetables. During the Chinese New Year, the good girl made a dish of mustard greens with ham and garlic, which was delicious and smooth. The fragrance is overflowing. Mustard is a kind of wild vegetable that common people often eat, and most people use it to make boiled mustard."

Kangxi's eyes flickered slightly, "You mean this is a wild vegetable? People in the capital also eat wild vegetables?" Min Yue looked at Kangxi with some concerns, but this was the responsibility of the king, and he only talked about things.

"That's true. This kind of wild vegetables are also the rations of the common people. Since the spring, the common people have started to collect wild vegetables, then dry them and store them, and use them to satisfy their hunger when there are no vegetables in winter. The good girl also said that the capital is already very good, at least The standard of living in the imperial city is not bad, and the exorbitant taxes are not so serious. This is the way to the south of the Yangtze River. I really saw the people's sentiments. Many people live on wild vegetables. There were only three houses where the good girl and the others stayed. Children, the oldest is only 15 years old, and the youngest is five years old. The food at home is barely enough for one meal a day, and it is thin porridge, and the rest is cooked with wild vegetable soup without salt."

Kangxi's Danfeng eyes widened, he had never heard of such a thing.I used to think that wild vegetables were needed to survive the disaster, but I didn't expect the people to use wild vegetables as a staple food.

"Is this true? Why didn't you mention this in the old ten's letter?" Min Yue was also taken aback when he saw the letter. In the hearts of soldiers like them, eating wild vegetables would only happen when there was nothing to eat.

Kangxi was very generous to these Eight Banners soldiers, and there was no shortage of white rice.Moreover, Min Yue has been active in the north, he only knows that the south of the Yangtze River is rich and prosperous, but he doesn't know that the people in the south of the Yangtze River also want to eat wild vegetables.

"Long Live Lord, how do you know that Elder Brother Shi didn't say anything in his letter?" Min Yue didn't know that Elder Brother Shi's letter was intercepted by Kangxi. Yue felt that Kangxi would not send someone to monitor such a family letter.

Unexpectedly, Kangxi, who is awkward, likes to use this method to inquire about the privacy of his sons. It can only be said that the future Yongzheng Lord is really blessed.The words are too succinct, even the letters from home are usually "everything is well, you don't need to worry about it", such words are as precious as gold.

Kangxi, who loves to read his son's little privacy, dislikes Yinzhen's letters the most, they are nothing new, they are really ice cubes.When the future Yinzhen knew about this, he let out a sigh of relief, and proudly gave his younger brother and brothers standing below a triumphant look.Look, this is the reason for my victory, you can't think of it!

But Kangxi is depressed now, it's really hard to say that he peeked at Lao Shi's letter, and that he is Lao Shi's pro-Ama, so what if he intercepts his letter?However, looking at Min Yue's eyes that seemed to know everything, I felt a little weak, "Oh, cough cough, that's, that's what the concubine said. Every time the old ten writes to the concubine, the concubine will tell me about it. This, I know that the old Ten didn't say anything about it. Don't change the subject, what else did Qingwen say?"

Min Yue gave Kangxi a tacit look, "The life of ordinary people is very difficult, but the coastal treaty ports are very prosperous. My good girl thinks that if our Qing Dynasty can actively engage in economic exchanges with the outside world, it will not only bring more benefits to the people. More opportunities to make money can also increase taxes. Oh, the good girl also said that although the status of merchants has been low throughout the ages, seventy-eight out of ten of the silver in the treasury has been taxed by merchants. Just by looking at this, you can see how economic development is It's important." Speaking of which, Min Yue was a little thirsty, his eyes fixed on the hot tea on the table.But Kangxi was hearing the point of interest. This was the first time someone dared to say a business-oriented proposal in person. The reasoning was very fresh, but why did this fool stop.

Kangxi raised his head from deep thought in doubt, Min Yue was still staring at the hot tea, and Liang Jiugong beside him was holding back a timid shoulder and sniggering.Kangxi clenched his fist and coughed, "Liang Jiugong, pour tea for Min Yue."

Liang Jiugong responded loudly, quickly poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to Min Yue, "Master Xitara, please use it." Min Yue took it with a smile and took a big sip. Fortunately, the tea in the palace The temperature is measured when it is served, so it is not afraid of being hot.

Min Yue finally relieved his thirst, and asked Liang Jiugong to drink another cup of tea, "Your Majesty, this servant came here early this morning, and he didn't even drink a cup of hot tea. Now he is alive, but what kind of tea is this? "

Kangxi really has nothing to do with this courtier, the circuit of his brain is different from everyone else. "Finish what you said first, what kind of trade is it?" Min Yue nodded with a smile, "Got it, my good girl said that treaty ports must be well managed, especially not restricting exchanges with foreign countries. Although it may cause barbarians to take the opportunity to inquire False and true, but as long as the strength of our Qing Dynasty is the strongest, these little people are nothing to worry about. At that time, they will be frightened by the strength of our Qing Dynasty to come to congratulate. If you just close your eyes and listen, I am afraid it is for the outside The world situation is unclear and lagging behind others. Although the status of businessmen can not be improved for the time being, it is imperative to promote commerce."

To say that although Min Yue is not a big boss, he is only limited to military affairs, and he really doesn't know anything about these economic things.These words were told to him by Fu Jing who read the letter at the time, and thought it was very good, so he remembered it clearly.Now he speaks clearly and logically, and with his own understanding, he speaks clearly.

The more Kangxi heard it, the more frightened he became. Unexpectedly, the young Qingwen had such insights.It's just that such things as opening ports for trade have been banned since the Ming Dynasty. Although the current Guangzhou Thirteen Banks is not bad, Kangxi still dislikes the small tricks of foreign barbarians from time to time.

However, if you really close your eyes and listen, think about the dioramas, clocks, and music boxes in your hands. These are things that the current Qing Dynasty cannot make.Although they are all gadgets, I don't know if there are other weapons in foreign countries.If this is the case, I have harmed Daqing.

"Who is Qingwen studying with now?" Min Yue knew that Kangxi would have to ask about this matter, but the female masters at home were all arranged by the imperial concubine, so he was not afraid of the emperor's investigation. "It's Ziyan and Master Qianyu, good girls like them very much." Kangxi vaguely remembered that these two people were arranged by the imperial concubine, and he had sent someone to check their backgrounds.

"Well, you are lucky. The daughter you have raised is much smarter than you." Although Min Yue didn't understand Kangxi's true meaning, "It's all learned by the good girl herself. This child has suffered a lot since childhood, I know There are many things. In fact, everything this child does is for the good of our family, for the good of the family. Tell me, is the good girl the caring little padded jacket of the servant?"