Great Ming National Teacher

In the army, meals are served on time for three meals a day. Because of drill problems, some soldiers missed lunch, and the cafeteria aunt reserved them for them to eat after the drill. The group of people from the city did not have special arrangements. I only brewed two large buckets of tea and bought some pastries for preparation, no matter whether civil servants, military officials, eunuchs and maids, whoever is hungry will eat it.

At this time, only ordinary little eunuchs and maids don’t dislike it, and others don’t touch it, especially the civil servants. They all pay attention to using purple sand teapots and white porcelain tureen when drinking tea. Even the water for making tea needs some kind of rainwater and snow water. Li Yunya prepared such two big buckets, and the tea leaves have already been soaked in them, so where can I get them?

After Li Yunya washed his clothes to dry on the balcony, he brought Zhu Youjian back to chat. He took some oranges and apples and placed them in a large fruit plate on the coffee table. There was a wooden sofa in the room, and the two sat side by side on the sofa. Li Yunya peeled oranges for him.

"You can still eat oranges at this time of year." Zhu Youjian's saliva secretion increased, "There are such small oranges on Fengyuan Star."

Li Yunya peeled a small-leaf orange and gave half of it to Zhu Youjian: "Try it, this one has a stronger taste, sweet and sour."

After eating two oranges, Li Yunya took out a fruit knife and peeled the apples. His knife skills were good, he peeled off the skin of the apples, and finally joined them into a whole. Li Yunya cut the apples in half and still shared the food.

Apples were not introduced to China until the [-]th century. Zhu Youjian took half of one and took a bite. The taste was different from any fruit he had eaten in the past. The taste was crisp and sweet, and he fell in love with it immediately: " What kind of fruit is this? Is it also a fairy fruit from Fengyuan Star?"

"This one is called Ping An Guo, or apple for short. An apple a day will prevent me from getting sick. Eating it is good for my health. I brought it here. The seeds have already been planted by farmers. In two or three years, you You can eat the apples we are planting now."

Zhu Youjian finished eating half an apple. Seeing that he was still hot and his fair face was flushed, Li Yunya took out an ice cream and said, "Come and eat this to relieve the heat." The reason why he didn't take it out as soon as he entered the door, I was afraid that Zhu Youjian would ruin his stomach if he ate directly. With apples and oranges at the bottom, it would be better.

Li Yunya delivers couriers in summer, often walks under the poisonous sun, often eats ice cream, and buys a box whenever he encounters delicious food. He eats enough for one person and the whole family is not hungry. He has no plans to start a family and have children, and has no special savings. It is a habit to spend when you need it. There are already a lot of various ice creams in the space, only one or two sticks are missing, and the whole box has not been opened yet.

He tore off the ice cream paper and taught Zhu Youjian to hold the handle of the ice cream. Zhu Youjian held the ice cream in front of his eyes and observed it carefully, feeling its coolness: "Is this ice?"

"It's not ice, it's snow, you'll know it when you eat it."

Zhu Youjian took a small bite on one corner, his face was full of surprise: "It really is snow, is this made of a lot of snow?" He felt that piece of ice cream melted quickly in his mouth, "It's very sweet, and it's still delicious. Yes... are these mung beans?"

"Not bad, you can still taste the taste of mung beans."

Zhu Youjian swallowed the ice cream: "Mung beans can dispel the heat. I used to drink it in the palace last summer."

The two chatted while eating ice cream, and talking about the training of soldiers, Zhu Youjian became excited again. During the military parade at noon, the scene of thousands of people going forward made his blood boil: "If all the soldiers and horses in my Ming Dynasty are like This kind of army, why don't you worry about building slaves, why don't you worry about the stability of the country!" He said ambitiously, "Yunya, how about I ask you to go to Liaodong to help me train soldiers? At least, the troops on the nine sides should be like this."

"No." Li Yunya had no choice but to pour cold water on the emperor, "My soldiers are all paid for with money, including their monthly salary, military uniforms throughout the year, daily board and lodging and other expenses , 5000 people, 60 taels of silver a year!"

"Ah?" Zhu Youjian choked on the ice cream and coughed continuously, Li Yunya patted him on the back.

"Your Majesty!" Several eunuchs rushed up from downstairs, and it was Cao Huachun who led the way. He saw Li Yunya sitting side by side with the Emperor, patting the Emperor's back with his hands, and the eye-catching "couple outfit". It made Cao Huachun feel a little weird, how could an emperor be so close to his courtiers in history?Look, look, he is still holding a water glass to feed the emperor—Cao Huachun entered the palace at the age of 13. He is proficient in poetry, calligraphy and painting. A few bad words immediately appeared in his mind, but he didn't dare to think about it. .

Seeing the panicked appearance of this group of people, Li Yunya put down the water glass, smiled and said to Zhu Youjian: "See, you coughed and scared a group of people."

Zhu Youjian felt a little ashamed, he was a young and strong boy, just at the age of being lively and brave, he was just taught from a young age, to keep his emotions calm, to be mature and stable, and so on There are a lot of rules, but he is very dissatisfied with Li Yunya's description of a sick beauty who is powerless, as if she can be blown down by a gust of wind.

Frowning, Zhu Youjian waved: "I'm fine, didn't I tell you to wait downstairs? Don't come up without my invitation."

"It's good that the emperor has nothing to do. The slaves are going down to wait." Cao Huachun led the eunuchs downstairs.

"Wait, don't tell others about my situation here." Zhu Youjian only occasionally broke away from the etiquette of this era in front of Li Yunya. In front of everyone, he is still an emperor who agrees with Confucian education. He would feel very uncomfortable in the same "Taoist clothes" as Li Yunya.

After all the eunuchs had retired, Zhu Youjian said to Li Yunya, "60 taels of silver is enough to pay all my soldiers in Liaodong for five months! You only support 5000 people here?"

"Yeah, it's called what you pay for, and good things are naturally not cheap."

"Then... how about sending them to Liaodong to clean up Jiannu for me?"

Li Yunya heard the dissatisfaction in Zhu Youjian's mouth, and even "Zhen" came out. He is really a stingy emperor: "They can't fight now, and the same number of people should not be able to defeat the Liaodong Army."

"Why?" Zhu Youjian was puzzled, "I have seen soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp, they are far inferior to yours."

"An army must go through the baptism of war before it can become a truly strong army. For example, your Imperial Guard has never really fought a war. Even ten of them may not be able to beat a Liaodong army. In today's world, the most powerful is The Houjin Eight Banners and the Guanning Cavalry in Liaodong, they are fighting desperately every day, and they are born out of mountains of swords and seas of blood, which is naturally powerful. Mine are just usually drilled and look beautiful, and when they are put on the battlefield, the effect is definitely not what you imagined so good."

"Ah?" Zhu Youjian was a little disappointed, "Then why spend so much money raising these soldiers?"

"Of course it works." Li Yunya watched him eat the ice cream, brought him a washbasin to wash his hands, cleaned up the fruit peels, washed his hands himself, and continued, "An army like mine is the real army. You What my great-grandfather said was raised by the guards without spending a penny is a group of farmers who cultivate the land."

Li Yunya said that his ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Youjian was very dissatisfied: "The Guards Army is not all without combat power." He listed Ming Chengzu Zhu Di's Northern Expedition to Mongolia, Ming Yingzong's capital defense battle, etc., and complained in detail about the Guards Army The advantage is to reverse Li Yunya's cognition.

Li Yunya smiled and listened to him: "My army is different from yours. We agreed first, give me three years, now one year has passed, and there are still two years left. When the time comes, you will know My army is formidable."

"60 taels a year, 180 million taels in three years, thanks to the fact that you took a lot of money from the eunuchs, otherwise I wouldn't have the money to give you the money to train your troops." Zhu Youjian thought of Yuan Chonghuan from the matter of military pay, "Yuan When the supervisor left, he asked me for money, but the household department couldn't get a penny out of it, so I gave him 50 taels from internal funds. Yun Ya, you should save some money for this money, I'm afraid it will cost you money. It won't be long before I come to ask you for money."

Li Yunya smiled and said: "You have arrested so many eunuchs and copied so many houses, why is the money still not enough?"

"The eunuch..." Zhu Youjian wanted to laugh and say that Li Yunya had scooped up all the eunuch's money, but he knew that this was absolutely impossible, and Li Yunya must have gotten only a small part.

"Accordingly, the money that Wei Zhongxian's internal officials confiscated should go to your internal treasury, and the money confiscated by courtiers like Cui Chengxiu and Wu Chunfu should go to the household department. So, how much money did you confiscate in total? It can't be compared My 2000 million taels, right?"

Not to mention 2000 million vehicles, there is not even 200 million taels!Zhu Youjian frowned, sitting there with luck: "Don't they dare to bully me!"

"I didn't say anything. The two of us agreed at the beginning that I will not ask you for a penny for anything I do. Except for what I got from Wei Zhongxian and the others. If I have no money, I will sell my magic weapon and earn it myself." , I’ll fill in every hole I have. You guard such a big country, and [-] million people are your people, so it’s a little unreasonable to ask me for money instead?”

Zhu Youjian's face blushed and turned white. On the one hand, he was angered by his subordinates, and on the other hand, he was once again ashamed in front of Li Yunya.

"Okay, okay, don't be angry, governing a big country is like cooking small fish, take your time."

The two chatted for a while, and Li Yunya looked at his watch: "It's getting late, we have to prepare dinner. Shall we go down to the cafeteria to eat with the soldiers? Or tell them to call back and eat here? Two rice, two Vegetables, a soup, if you are not used to it, I will make it for you now, my cooking skills are pretty good."

"How does Yunya usually eat?"

"I usually go to the cafeteria to eat with them, and sometimes I make some small stoves myself."

Zhu Youjian had a good impression of this army, and suddenly wanted to taste what they usually ate, and thought, Yun Ya didn't even have special preparations for the emperor's meals, let alone those ministers, they should all have uniform meals They had nothing to say, otherwise they would easily quarrel: "I read that the ancient generals fought with soldiers, and they ate and lived with soldiers. I can't live with soldiers, but I can still eat together. It’s just that I can’t go out, let them get some and send them here to eat.”