The guards of crossing, please serve

discussion.

Continue to adopt the strategy of procrastinating as long as you can and letting everyone figure it out on their own. In less than an hour, Ran Mingyuan dismissed these people.Sitting in the study in a good mood, after two days of busy work, he is still not used to being idle all of a sudden.

Bracing his head in a daze, letting his thoughts wander here and there... Ran Mingyuan suddenly had a whim, and asked Shen Qing: "Qing, I am acting as an agent of the government, does the whole country have to listen to me?"

"Well, yes." Shen Qing looked at him, wondering if he had any strange thoughts.

"Well, it would be a pity if these 20 days passed without a hitch. It would be better to do something big and be famous in history." Ran Mingyuan pulled up Shen Qing's sleeves and said with a smirk: "Let's help that cunning emperor by the way. Spend some of the money in the treasury."

On the second day, the imperial court issued a notice that all orphans, orphans, and widows registered in the local government register can go to the government to receive five taels of silver per person. After the distribution is over, anyone who is found to be corrupt and break the law will be executed.

As soon as the announcement came out, the whole country was boiling.Ordinary people have never heard of the good thing of giving out money suddenly in peaceful days, and they were skeptical at first.For this reason, Ran Mingyuan personally went out of the palace and delivered the silver taels to the hands of ten lonely old men.

In the next two days, the scriptures describing the people's delight and gratitude to the emperor continued to fly in from all over the place. Ran Mingyuan sat cross-legged on the ground and read them carefully.Although the literary talents of these officials are not very good, and they repeat those idioms over and over again, it is rare to find something fresh, but Ran Mingyuan still looks more and more proud.

"Qingqing, he said that I have a kind heart!"

"Qingqing, he said that I have a bodhisattva heart!"

"Qingqing, he said that I am deeply benevolent!"

……

Shen Qing was sitting at the door of the study, taking out the bones from the raw chicken wings.This is a meticulous job, it is necessary to take out the bones without destroying the shape of the chicken wings, but every time he settles down, he is startled by a loud cry, and he does not know whether to laugh or cry for a long time. chicken wings.

Of course, the emperor's secret letter also followed.

The letter was not long, and at the beginning of the letter, he falsely praised Ran Mingyuan, and then listed the names of several officials, asking Ran Mingyuan to investigate whether these people had any corruption.

"The people who were difficult to deal with in the past are now thrown to me. This emperor is really cunning..." Ran Mingyuan muttered and read, and when he saw the last line, his face changed drastically.

The letter reads: "I will take my darling to visit your mansion, and ask the two housekeepers for the board and lodging expenses of the three in the palace."

"It's over, he will definitely demand a lot of money to repay me for bleeding the treasury." Ran Mingyuan gritted his teeth and complained angrily: "This old fox, why is he so scheming, asking me to pay and help him investigate corrupt officials and save money?" The hearts of the people who come here belong to him in the final analysis.”

Shen Qing took Ran Mingyuan into his arms, patted him on the back to comfort him, and secretly smiled: I really found a big treasure, why is it so interesting to make a loss-making business!

Ran Mingyuan ordered people to investigate, and found two corrupt officials in the capital that day. They thought that the emperor was not around and Ran Mingyuan was just a show, so they didn't even destroy the evidence of corruption.

The evidence was solid, Ran Mingyuan didn't procrastinate this time, and beheaded at Caishikou the next day.

Compassion for the people and helping the poor, eradication of corruption and corruption, these are good deeds that please people's hearts.In addition, the officials of the household department ordered people to encourage the people, and the people's love and trust for the Daning royal family suddenly increased.

The caring people in the capital took this opportunity to pay tribute to the royal family for their treasures, but Ran Mingyuan sent them all back without leaving any.Since then, the reputation of Prince Ran who only loves the common people and does not value wealth has been widely spread among the people, and he has established an incomparably glorious image no matter in the temple or in the rivers and lakes.

"Anyway, it won't fall into my hands, so why leave it to that old fox." Ran Mingyuan only told Shen Qing his true thoughts in private.

Breaking my fingers, it is already the sixth day since the emperor left.

Ran Mingyuan spends one hour a day approving memorials and meeting ministers, and the rest of the time, he eats, sleeps, and plays, so he still lives a leisurely life.

Seeing the sun rising to its highest point, Ran Mingyuan didn't see Shen Qing enter the kitchen all morning, so he couldn't help asking curiously: "Qing, what do you have for lunch?"

Shen Qing's expression was mysterious: "Today at noon, let's eat something different." After speaking, he greeted Xiao Quanzi's father-in-law and ordered the dishes to be served.

The next moment, two tall eunuchs moved in a large clay pot.The clay pot was as tall as half a person, and its diameter was as long as a human's arm. The two eunuchs exhausted all their strength to move it to the table, and placed it on the ground with great care. The veins on their faces and hands burst out. .

"What, what is this?" Ran Mingyuan asked dumbfounded.

"This is a dish presented by the people in the capital to thank you. It's called Wanjia Dazai." Shen Qing pulled him up and walked over, picked up a big spoon, fished out the contents and showed it to Ran Mingyuan, and said, "All the people in the city will eat it." I took the ingredients from home and handed them over to the chefs in the best restaurants in the capital for unified cooking. It took a whole night from the start of the fire to the completion, and different ingredients had to be put in at different times. In order to make this, the chefs, I didn't close my eyes all night."

Ran Mingyuan looked into the earthenware pot. The light brown soup had a golden luster. Although many ingredients were put in, the soup was very clear and smelled very mellow.Even with heavy-smelling ingredients such as pork liver and sheep tripe, there is no fishy smell at all, obviously after careful processing.

The soup was brought over quickly, and it was still steaming hot. The white steam made Ran Mingyuan's whole body warm.

It's a strange feeling in my heart, it's a feeling I've never felt before, like being poked at the most vulnerable place, a little sore and a little numb, but the stamina is very comfortable.

With swollen eye sockets, Ran Mingyuan blinked hard a few times, then turned his head and smiled at Shen Qing: "Qing, this is the best gift among all the gifts I have ever received.".

Shen Qing put his arms around his shoulders: "Most people are the most simple and kind, as long as you treat them better, they will give you the most sincere return."

Well, while drinking the delicious soup, Ran Ming nodded his head heavily: After he goes back, he will do more good things, for example... he will go out of the house to visit the lonely old and the poor every now and then, and ask Shen Qing to do a lot of good things Take the snacks and share them with them; you can also help farmers plant crops, ride buffaloes, drive chickens, and eat the freshest fruits that have just been picked, which must be sweet and crisp... Ran Mingyuan thought about it, and his attention drifted to eating again.

Ran Mingyuan and Shen Qing couldn't drink such a big can of soup.Ran Mingyuan thought of an idea, and sent a copy to all the officials in the capital, urging them to work harder for the people. As soon as he did this, there was naturally another round of applause.

Ran Mingyuan's unintentional thought has since become a practice in the Daning Dynasty.After that, every year on this day, the imperial court would distribute alimony to the widows, the elderly, and the weak, and the common people would present this hodgepodge to the emperor. There was harmony from top to bottom, even after hundreds of years, it was still a good story.

But Ran Mingyuan didn't know yet that he caused another trouble because he did such a great event that was praised by the world.

44

44. The Stranger Asks a Strange Question...

Uh, my nose is itchy, so sore, no, no, ah... ahhhhhhh!

Ran Mingyuan rubbed his nose and opened his eyes dissatisfied.

--what!

"You, who are you?" Ran Mingyuan quickly shrank to the innermost part of the bed and asked loudly.Beside the bed, stood an old man with white hair and a childlike face, holding a white feather in his right hand, looking at Ran Mingyuan with a smile, and said: "Hey, you are the little guy who gives money to the people? Although the emperor is not here, he will give money to me." I left a good thing behind." His voice was a little high-pitched, which made Ran Mingyuan feel goosebumps.

"Who the hell are you, how can you enter my bedroom? Also, I'm a human being, not a thing!" Ran Mingyuan looked at him vigilantly, quietly picked up the pillow with one hand, intending to use it for self-defense.

"Little guy, it's not good to do something to the elderly." The old man snatched the pillow and looked at Ran Mingyuan proudly: "Besides, haven't you learned the four words of respecting teachers and respecting morals? I am the teacher of the current emperor ah."

Emperor teacher?Ran Mingyuan stared at the old man in front of him with wide eyes, and after a while he snorted disdainfully: It doesn't look like it!Even if you are the emperor's teacher, so what, you are not my teacher, besides, the one who can teach that kind of old fox must be a thousand-year-old vixen!

The old man clearly saw the change in Ran Mingyuan's expression, and suddenly became playful, stretched out his hand to touch Ran Ming's greasy face, and said with a wicked smile: "Beauty, why don't you follow me, let's join hands to make the present Your emperor kicked me, I will guarantee you to ascend to the throne of the emperor, how about it?"

"Don't touch me! I don't want to be the emperor! You can find someone else, I just ask you to stay away from me now, thank God." Ran Mingyuan tried his best to push his hand away, raised his head and refused flatly.

When Shen Qing entered the room, he happened to see the old man's hand on Ran Mingyuan's face, as if he was touching him.He couldn't help being taken aback by the huge contrast in their appearance, and immediately stood at the door in a daze.

Ran Mingyuan hurriedly greeted him, Shen Qing came back to his senses, casually put aside the pot of hot water he was carrying, ran to the bedside quickly, and spread his hands in front of Ran Mingyuan.

The old man looked Shen Qing up and down, and he was very calm: "Eh? Oh, you are the great cook next to Little Gadget, I heard that you cook good dishes, and the imperial chef is full of praise."

where is this old man from