Tang's dining table

Man is a very strange creature.

His external performance is largely brought about by his position. As long as he is given a position, he will make his behavior match his position in a short time.

A person may be submissive when he is a small person, but once he becomes a county magistrate the next day, believe me, he will be able to master the position of county magistrate well within ten days, regardless of whether he is a qualified county magistrate or not. Ling, at least, he acted like a county magistrate.

This simple identity change is a piece of cake for people like Lou Shide.

In addition to Zhan Shifu, Li Hong's East Palace also had Menxiafang, Shugenling, Pusanqing, left and right guards, guests of the prince, and a library. However, overall, it was still for the education of the prince, and within the scope of the East Palace. Mainly transaction processing.

In addition to the departments and officials provided by the imperial court, there are also the prince's ministers, concubines, Xian Ma, Sheren, Zhan Shi, and family ministers.

Once the prince gets married, the court must also provide the prince with six officers, eunuchs, and concubines to arrange the inner court. In this way, the prince's East Palace becomes a small court.

Li Hong placed a heavy bet on Lou Shide and directly gave Lou Shide the position of Jialingcheng, making this eighth-rank official overnight become a sixth-rank official in the Tang Dynasty.

Lou Shide, who had a round belly, walked into the East Palace with carefree steps. After lingering there for half a day, he wanted to run away in panic...

He had never heard of or seen such a poor prince.

In the huge East Palace, the money bank was empty. The only things that could fill the warehouse were peppers, onions, beets, cabbage and a small amount of grain.

Just when Lou Shide was thinking about how to leave the East Palace and find his own way out, he met Prince Li Hong.

When I saw the prince, he was eating. When Lou Shide came in, the prince immediately stopped eating and warmly invited him to eat together.

Such behavior should have been very rude, but when Lou Shide saw the prince's honest eyes and the enthusiasm from his heart, Lou Shide accepted the invitation and took a seat.

The prince's lunch was very simple, a portion of mutton stewed with onions, a portion of fried tofu, a portion of cabbage stir-fried with chili, and a portion of cabbage soup.

The food we eat is double rice steamed with white rice mixed with millet.

The prince very enthusiastically pushed the only meat dish on the table, mutton stewed with onions, in front of Lou Shide. He poured the cabbage soup on the rice, which was very delicious.

These things cannot be faked. The sweet look of the prince's food cannot be faked.

Lou Shide watched the prince finish several dishes, and finally poured the cabbage soup into the rice bowl, soaked a little bit of rice in the cabbage soup and ate it cleanly.

The prince finished his meal, and of course Lou Shide also finished his meal. He followed the prince's example and ate all the meat and vegetables.

People in the Tang Dynasty did not talk when eating together. Of course, this was not the case when eating at Yunshi, because Li Hong talked the most nonsense when eating at Yunshi.

Lou Shide looked around, looked at the dilapidated appearance of the East Palace and sighed: "His Royal Highness, the expenses are too simple."

Li Hong said with a smile: "What Lou Lingcheng said is very true. King Gu is not a person who advocates simplicity. However, the East Palace is like this now, and King Gu has no choice but to have a good reputation for simplicity."

Lou Shide turned slightly to Li Hong and said: "Wei Chen heard that the prince had a fiefdom when he was four years old. Even if the management is not good, it will not be short of His Highness's expenses. However, what Wei Chen saw and heard today is different from The legend doesn’t match up.”

Li Hong said with a smile: "The Guwang's fiefdom is rich and produces a lot every year. It's a pity that our Tang Dynasty has a huge territory, and there are always places where people are in trouble. So when Hebei suffered a disaster, the Guwang's fiefdom produced a lot." We have gone to rescue the victims, there is a drought in Longyou, and the output of the Guwang fiefdom is gone... In short, as long as there are places in the world that need relief, the output of the Guwang fiefdom will be used to support it."

Lou Shide frowned and said, "How can this be so?"

Li Hong waved his hand boldly and said: "There is only one person in the East Palace now. As long as there is money and food to pay the salaries of the officials, the lonely king will be satisfied."

Lou Shide was somewhat moved by Li Hong's words and couldn't help but remonstrated: "Your Highness is the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty. If your dignity is insufficient, you will not be able to make your ministers obey. Even if Your Highness has a heart to love the people, he will not be able to obey." You should behave in a moderate manner and never damage the prestige of His Highness the Crown Prince by aiding the victims.

As time goes by, those who take away His Highness's fiefdom and collect interest will get more and more aggressive. As long as there is a disaster, they will immediately take advantage of His Highness.

In this way, in their eyes, His Highness is no longer the lofty prince of the Tang Dynasty, but they will only think that His Highness is weak and can be bullied. "

Li Hong smiled and said: "This is nothing, as long as the money and food can be used for the people, the lonely king has no complaints.

It's like the land collected in the past two years was used by the queen to build a maternal and infant hall. This is truly good governance. As long as this matter is handled well, our Datang Dynasty will survive more mothers and babies.

The lonely king thought that this matter could not be postponed. As for the cost of the East Palace, Lou Lingcheng did not need to worry too much. The lonely king planted a large number of new crops in the East Palace, plus the lotus roots in Qujiang Pond, and he would earn a lot of money in a year... "

Li Hong answered all questions and answered all questions without any concealment, excuse or resentment. His eyes were full of the Tang court and the people of the Tang Dynasty, but not himself.

When the prince was presenting his speech, Lou Shide had already made a preliminary conclusion about the young man in front of him in terms of knowledge, knowledge, and broad mind. If the prince ascended the throne and became emperor, how many people in the Tang Dynasty would still be able to succeed? Ten years of good life.

When leaving the East Palace, the wild grass on the wall, which was originally very unsightly, was inexplicably produced by the north wind, a heroic spirit that would rather bend than bend.

The first meeting with Li Hong made Lou Shide no longer resistant to the fact that he was forced to come to the East Palace as an official.

The most terrifying thing about being an official for a prince is meeting a bastard prince. When you meet such a prince, you not only have to act against your will, but you also have to bear the consequences of what you did randomly under the prince's command.

Now, at least half of the barriers in Lou Shide's heart have been lowered. The prince is a very good young man. Although he is somewhat immature and aggressive when doing things, this is nothing. After all, the prince is only thirteen years old this year. If the prince If everything can be done properly, what use are subordinate officials like them?

The most important thing is that this prince is very good at listening to the advice of his subordinates. He is not the kind of person who is like swallowing an iron rod and is so stubborn that he cannot listen to any good words.

As for the prince's poverty, Lou Shide thought it was a big joke. As long as the prince was willing to say that he was short of money, within half a day, the East Palace Treasury would be full of money.

And His Highness the Prince is indeed poor. The huge East Palace, except for some beautiful things that can be seen from the Prince's bedroom, the rest of the place is old and dilapidated.

Of course, the prince also has a valuable martial arts arena. The value here refers to the various weapons in the martial arts arena, as well as the seven or eight priceless BMWs in the stables.

Lou Shide thought nothing of this. The emperors at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty were all emperors. If the prince of the empire had no understanding of martial arts, Lou Shide would look down on him.

After watching the prince perform martial arts, Lou Shide felt that the prince had really worked hard in martial arts.

As long as the prince can maintain his current state of mind, the Tang Dynasty will have at least a hundred years of prosperity to talk about.

Returning to the mansion, his wife Youshi came up to him and asked, "Did your husband go well on your first day of work today?"

Lou Shide pressed his hands on the jade belt around his waist and said: "It looks good now. The prince can be regarded as a benevolent king."

Youshi said with a smile on her face: "That's good, that's good. I am afraid that I will be confused and make my husband unhappy."

Lou Shide looked at his wife and said sternly: "It's just this once. If you dare to agree to something I don't know about in the future, I will definitely not forgive you."

Youshi said awkwardly: "I was confused for a moment, but I will definitely not do it again in the future. Even if someone comes with a basket of copper coins, I will not agree."

Lou Shide sighed, his wife was good at everything, but she came from a merchant's family and didn't have much long-term insight.

I promised that I would not be bribed by a basket of copper coins, but what if I had a basket of brocade, a basket of gold, and a basket of pearls and gems?

When the time comes, I won’t be able to say that I will be confused again.

Lou Shide wanted to be harsher in what he said. He recalled that ever since his wife got married when he was fourteen, he had served his parents-in-law, helped his younger brother, and taken care of the housework until he sent his parents-in-law away. His younger brother grew up and lived a difficult life. , but never complained.

This made Lou Shide feel that he owed his wife a lot.

How many words came to his lips turned into a long sigh... This was his fate, it was Lou Shide's fate.

The prince gave him a high enough official position and enough courtesy. Lou Shide even firmly believed that the prince could undress and feed his subordinate officials... In this case, he must show that he is worthy of the prince. Otherwise, he would not be a qualified minister.

At present, the first thing that His Royal Highness has to solve is the poverty problem in the East Palace.

To solve the prince's poverty problem, it is definitely not just about making money. It is estimated that the prince does not have much interest in money.

For a place like the East Palace, supplies come first.

In the dead of night, his wife, children, and children were already asleep, but Lou Shide felt as if there was a piece of hot coal stuffed in his chest, which made him unable to fall asleep for a long time with his heart racing.

So, he got up with his clothes on, came to the study, lit the wick, sat at the desk and thought for a long time, and then wrote the first memorial in his life - "I invite Longyou to cultivate the fields". sparse".

See you tomorrow