The daily life of the great grandson of Ming Dynasty

In the imperial study room, Zhu Di and Zhu Zhanji, the grandparents and grandchildren, are writing couplets and writing the word "Fu".

For civil and military officials, it is a supreme honor to get a couplet or the word "Fu" written by the emperor himself.This is even more honorable than receiving gold, silver and jewelry.

When Zhu Di was the King of Yan, he would write couplets and the word "Fu" to his subordinates every New Year.However, since Zhu Zhanji knew how to write, the couplets and the word "Fu" written by Zhu Di himself have become worthless. Zhang Yu and the others prefer the word "Fu" written by Zhu Zhanji.

In the imperial study room, there are one large and one small desks.

Zhu Di stood in front of a large desk, writing couplets with a brush.

Zhu Zhanji was standing in front of a small desk, holding a pen in his left and right hands, and writing the word "Fu" fluently at the same time.

Zhu Di saw the word "Fu" written on both hands of his baby grandson at the same time, making it look like he was doing acrobatics, and found it amusing and amusing.

Zhu Zhanji wrote for a while, his hands were a little sore, he temporarily put down the pen in his hand, and took a rest.

Chen Wu immediately brought a cup of tea, "Your Highness, please use tea."

Zhu Zhanji took the teacup and took a few sips slowly.

"Grandfather, you should also rest for a while."

"Okay." Zhu Di put down the pen in his hand and took the hot tea from Ma Sanbao.

After the grandparents drank a few sips of tea, they ate some snacks.

"Grandfather, how much more do you have to write?" Today, Zhu Zhanji has written a hundred "Fu".

"A little more writing is almost enough."

"Okay." Just after Zhu Zhanji finished speaking, he suddenly thought of a good idea, and his eyes became bright immediately, "Grandfather, you said that if I sell the word "Fu" I wrote, can I sell it for a lot of money?" ah?"

Zhu Di couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "How much do you think you can sell for a piece of [Fu]?"

Zhu Zhanji rubbed his chin and said: "If you sell it as the emperor's grandson, you will definitely be able to sell it for a lot of money, maybe it will be worth a thousand dollars."

"Worth a thousand gold?" Zhu Di didn't expect that Zhu Zhanji had guessed it right. He said with a smile, "Are you so sure that the word [Fu] you wrote is worth a thousand gold?"

Zhu Zhanji stretched out the index finger of his right hand and shook it gently: "Grandpa Huang, you are wrong. It's not that the word [Fu] I wrote is worth a thousand gold, but the identity of my grandson is worth a thousand gold."

Zhu Di was a little surprised by what he said. He deliberately teased Zhu Zhanji and said, "Is your status as the emperor's grandson worth a thousand gold?"

"Yes, why is my majestic grandson worth a thousand gold?"

"Then how much do you think you're worth?"

Zhu Zhanji rolled his eyes, and then said solemnly: "At least ten thousand gold."

Zhu Di raised his eyebrows: "Are you worth ten thousand gold?"

"In Grandpa's heart, am I worth a hundred thousand gold?" Zhu Zhanji was stunned for a moment, and then said with surprise on his face, "I am so valuable in Grandpa's heart."

Seeing the joyful appearance of his baby grandson, Zhu Di couldn't laugh or cry in his heart.He reached out and tapped Zhu Zhanji's little head lightly: "Is one hundred thousand gold worth it?"

"Is one hundred thousand gold worthless?" Zhu Zhanji blinked blankly, "Grandfather, I haven't seen one hundred thousand gold yet."

"Look at your worthless appearance." Zhu Di laughed, "You have to know that some ministers embezzled more than [-] gold. Do you think your [-] gold is worth anything?"

"Are you embezzling 10 taels of silver?" Zhu Zhanji was startled, his mouth opened wide.

"When your great-grandfather was alive, some ministers embezzled 10 taels, and even 30 taels or [-] taels."

The young Zhu Zhanji was terribly frightened, "Two to three hundred thousand taels of silver, how many silver ingots do you need?" After speaking, he counted with his fingers.

"That's why your great-grandfather hated corrupt officials."

"However, Grandpa Emperor, corrupt officials cannot be killed." Zhu Zhanji put away the playful smile on his face and said seriously, "Even if all corrupt officials are killed, new corrupt officials will appear soon." As long as People live with greed.Besides, there are few people in this world who can resist the temptation of money.

"Yeah, I can't kill them all." Zhu Di sighed, "No matter how strict the laws are, there will still be corrupt officials."

"Grandfather, that's for sure."

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Zhanji and asked, "Zhanji, what do you think should be done?"

"To prevent corrupt officials?"

Zhu Di nodded lightly: "Well, what do you think should be done?"

Zhu Zhanji thought for a while and said: "Severely punishing corrupt officials is necessary. However, in order to prevent official corruption, the treatment of officials can be appropriately improved, such as increasing their salaries, so that they can not only support themselves, but also support their families."

He also said: "Officials have enough money to support their families, so they will not think about embezzling money. If their salaries are too small to allow them to support their families, then they will definitely find ways to get money from other places."

Zhu Di asked again: "What else?"

"Grandpa Huang, you have to develop an assessment system. If officials pass the assessment, they can be rewarded appropriately." Zhu Zhanji felt that people would like bonuses no matter in modern times or in ancient times. "With rewards, officials will actively perform performance. Just like Grandpa Huang, every time you inspect my reading, if I get the answer right, you will reward me with things, which will make me very happy."

Zhu Di felt that Zhu Zhanji's proposal was good, so he nodded and said, "The assessment and rewards you mentioned are good, and I will discuss them with Yang Shiqi and the others." After speaking, he asked again, "Is there any more?"

Zhu Zhanji thought for a while, then shook his head: "No, I only think of so much for the time being."

"I'll tell Grandpa Huang when I think of it later."

Zhu Zhanji nodded: "Okay." As he spoke, he realized that they had taken the topic a little far, "Grandpa Huang, how much am I worth in my heart, is it 50 gold?"

Zhu Di flicked Zhu Zhanji's forehead gently with his fingers, and said helplessly and dotingly: "You are priceless in the heart of the emperor."

"Priceless?" Zhu Zhanji widened his eyes in shock.

Zhu Di said very seriously: "You are a priceless treasure in the heart of Grandpa Huang."

"Really?" Zhu Zhanji couldn't believe it, "I'm really a priceless treasure?"

"Really, in the heart of Grandpa Huang, you are a priceless treasure." For Zhu Di, no treasure can replace Zhu Zhanji.

"I didn't expect that I was a priceless treasure in the heart of the emperor." Zhu Zhanji threw himself into Zhu Di's arms, smiling brightly and happily.

Seeing the ecstatic look of his baby grandson, Zhu Di couldn't help laughing: "It makes you happy."

"Grandpa, you are also a priceless treasure in my heart." Zhu Zhanji said happily while rubbing Zhu Di's chest.

Zhu Di patted Zhu Zhanji's back lightly, and said with a smile: "Then we are the grandparents of the priceless treasure."

"That's not."

The grandfather and grandson got tired of crooked for a while before continuing to write couplets and the word "Fu".

After another hour of writing, the grandfather and grandson stopped.

Ma Sanbao and Chen Wu hurriedly put away the couplets and the word "Fu" written by Zhu Di and Zhu Zhanji.On New Year's Eve, Zhu Di will reward all civil and military officials with the written couplets and the word "Fu".

After writing the couplets and the word "Fu", Zhu Di was going to take Zhu Zhanji to Kunning Palace, but it was snowing.

The Chinese New Year will be in two days, and it is a good sign that it is snowing at this time.

Ma Sanbao reacted quickly and said: "Your Majesty, the auspicious snow heralds a good year."

Chen Wu reacted a little slower, followed Ma Sanbao and said, "Your Majesty, next year will definitely be smooth."

Zhu Di liked to hear this, so he laughed loudly and said, "Well said, the auspicious snow heralds a good year."

"With Grandpa Huang here, the weather will definitely be smooth next year." Zhu Zhanji said, patting the dragon's fart.

"Little dragon fart."

"Grandpa, you squat down and turn your back on me." Zhu Zhanji tugged at Zhu Di's sleeve and said, "I want you to carry me on your back."

"Okay, Grandpa Huang will carry you." Zhu Di squatted down with his back to Zhu Zhanji.

Zhu Zhanji "slammed" on Zhu Di's back.

Zhu Di supported his precious grandson's buttocks with both hands, and carried him on his back.

Zhu Zhanji held Zhu Di's neck with both hands, and pressed his little face against his grandpa's.

Zhu Di walked out of the imperial study with Zhu Zhanji on his back, Ma Sanbao and Chen Wu walked on both sides, holding umbrellas for them.

Zhu Zhanji shook his head while shaking his little feet.

Zhu Di felt the happiness of his precious grandson on his back, "Why are you so happy?"

"Because I am a priceless treasure in the heart of the emperor." Zhu Zhanji became happier the more he thought about it.

"I'm so happy."

"Yes, I'm just so happy." Zhu Zhanji hummed a little tune.

Infected by Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Di also hummed a little tune.

Zhu Zhanji had never heard such a tune before, and asked curiously: "Grandfather, what tune are you humming?"

"Folk songs in Fengyang." Zhu Di couldn't help showing a nostalgic look on his face, "I learned them in Fengyang when I was a child, and I don't quite remember the words."

"It's very nice to hear, Grandpa Huang, you can teach me."

"Okay, Grandpa Huang will teach you."

In the heavy snow all over the sky, Zhu Di carried Zhu Zhanji on his back and taught his precious grandson to hum the folk songs he had learned when he was a child.

This scene is very warm, and Ma Sanbao and Chen Wu don't want to spoil it.When they walk, they will feel light on their feet.

Zhu Zhanji lay on Zhu Di's back, while shaking his little head, he sang loudly the ditty his grandfather taught him.

A gust of wind blew, and Zhu Zhanji, who was singing a minor tune, accidentally sucked in.

"Cough cough cough cough..."

Hearing Zhu Zhanji's cough, Zhu Di stopped immediately and asked with concern, "Why did you cough?"

Chen Wu and Ma Sanbao raised their hands at the same time, and patted Zhu Zhanji's back lightly.

"It's okay, I just want to taste what the northwest wind is like."

Zhu Di was amused by Zhu Zhanji's words: "What does the northwest wind taste like, is it delicious?"

Zhu Zhanji said solemnly: "It's not delicious."

Zhu Di shook his head helplessly: "Naughty."

"Grandfather, when I grow up, I will carry you on my back too."

"Okay, grandpa is waiting."

"In order to be able to move the emperor's grandfather, I will eat more meat." When it comes to meat, Zhu Zhanji thinks of his father, "I also want to help my father eat more meat."

Zhu Di laughed when he heard Zhu Zhanji's last sentence: "Just bully your father."

"Grandpa, I obviously love my dad, how can I bully dad?" Zhu Zhanji pursed his mouth, his small expression looked very aggrieved, "My dad can't eat meat, of course, as a son, I have to help dad more Eat some meat, how filial I am."

"Then you are really a good and filial son."

"Of course I am filial." Zhu Zhanji said with a smile, "Grandpa Emperor, I will be filial to you too."

Zhu Di refused: "I don't need you to help me eat meat."

Zhu Zhanji stretched out his hand and pinched Zhu Di's face and said, "Grandpa Emperor, Imperial Doctor Jiang said that you should be restrained in eating meat, you can't always eat meat, have you forgotten?"

Zhu Di really forgot, now that Zhu Zhanji mentioned it, he just remembered it.

Zhu Zhanji patted Zhu Di's face lightly, and smiled very maliciously: "Grandpa Huang, during the Chinese New Year, I will also help you eat more meat."

"Thank you so much."

"Grandfather, you're welcome, who told me to be your caring grandson."

Zhu Di raised his hand and gently patted Zhu Zhanji's little butt.

Zhu Zhanji patted Zhu Di on the shoulder, and suddenly said very loudly: "Grandpa Emperor, let's run."

"Okay." Zhu Di ran up with Zhu Zhanji on his back.

"Your Majesty..." Ma Sanbao and the others hurriedly chased after him, but they still couldn't catch up.

Zhu Di ran all the way to Kunning Palace with Zhu Zhanji on his back, and the two had a lot of snowflakes on their bodies.

Seeing this, Empress Xu gave them a hard lesson, and then drove them to take a bath.

In the bath, Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Di played a water fight.

Empress Xu heard their grandparents and grandsons playing, came in angrily and scolded them again, and they became honest.

After Zhu Di and Zhu Zhanji finished bathing, Empress Xu made them drink a bowl of ginger soup.

Neither Zhu Di nor Zhu Zhanji likes to drink ginger soup.When they eat vegetables, they will deliberately pick out the ginger.

Under the stern gaze of Empress Xu, Zhu Di and Zhu Zhanji drank Jiang obediently.

Tonight I ate mutton pot.After eating, my body feels warm.

After dinner, Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Di played chess.

Empress Xu sat aside, embroidering things and watching their grandparents and grandchildren playing chess.

It is already a bit difficult for Zhu Di to play chess with Zhu Zhanji now.If he is not paying attention, he will lose to his precious grandson.

Under the guidance of Zhu Xiongying, Zhu Zhanji's chess skills have improved rapidly.

Zhu Di was slightly distracted, and lost to Zhu Zhanji without any surprise.

"By the way, Your Majesty, what about next year's Longevity Day?" The second day of May next year will be Zhu Di's birthday, and it will also be his first Longevity Day after he ascended the throne.According to the rules, it has to be done in a big way, but Zhu Di said before that he will go to Beijing after the end of spring plowing next year.

"Longevity Festival?" Zhu Di was slightly surprised.

Seeing Zhu Di's surprised appearance, Empress Xu said helplessly, "Your Majesty, you will not forget the Longevity Day, right?"

Zhu Di smiled awkwardly: "I really forgot." Zhu Di has no habit of celebrating birthdays.Besides, he has been fighting outside for the past few years, not only did he not celebrate his birthday, he even forgot what month and day his birthday was.

Empress Xu sighed in her heart, she knew that His Majesty had forgotten.

"Your Majesty, this is your first Longevity Day after you ascended the throne. Foreign envoys will definitely come to congratulate you at that time."

When Zhu Yuanzhang was alive, his Longevity Festival can be said to be the coming of all nations, and it was very lively.

When Zhu Di first came to the throne, the foreigners who had good relations with Ming Dynasty did not know about it.Now, all foreigners know that Zhu Di is the new emperor of Ming Dynasty.On his Longevity Day, the Gentiles will definitely send envoys to congratulate him.

Empress Xu said, "Your Majesty, your plan to go to Beijing next year will be postponed."

Zhu Di nodded slightly and said, "Then go to Beijing after the Longevity Festival." The plan to go to Beijing next year will not change.However, if you go after the Wanshou Festival, you may not be able to come back at the end of next year.

"Your Majesty, you actually forgot your Longevity Day." Although Empress Xu guessed that Zhu Di might have forgotten, she didn't expect Zhu Di to really forget.

"Queen, you also know that I didn't have the habit of celebrating birthdays before." Before Zhu Di ascended the throne, most of his birthdays were spent outside, and he was basically at war.

"Your Majesty, you are the emperor now, you must know that your birthday has become very important."

Zhu Di smiled embarrassingly: "I forgot for a while."

Empress Xu has nothing to do with Zhu Di: "Although there are still more than five months before the Longevity Festival, we can still get ready."

Zhu Di nodded and said, "When the court recovers, I will ask the Ministry of Rites to prepare."

"Grandfather and Grandmother, where is my birthday?" Hearing Empress Xu and Zhu Di talking about Longevity Day, Zhu Zhanji thought of his own birthday, "I'm going to celebrate my birthday in two months, don't forget gone."

Empress Xu squeezed Zhu Zhanji's little face funnyly: "If you forget anyone's birthday, you won't forget yours."

Zhu Zhanji was relieved when he heard this.

"That's good." He can only celebrate his birthday once a year, and no one should forget it. "By the way, Grandpa Huang, this is the first time you have celebrated my birthday with me." On his birthdays in the past, Grandpa Huang was fighting outside.On his birthday next year, Grandpa Huang will finally stop fighting outside.

"Yes, Grandpa Huang is celebrating your birthday with you for the first time."

Zhu Zhanji suddenly laughed twice: "Grandpa Huang, then you should give me more birthday presents, and make up for the old ones."

"In the past, although Grandpa Huang didn't spend your birthday with you at home, Grandpa Huang gave you a birthday gift." Although Zhu Di was outside before, every year on Zhu Zhanji's birthday, he would send someone back with a gift.

"That's different." Zhu Zhanji said with a very serious expression, "Although there are gifts, but Grandpa Huang is not here, so you still have to make up for me, Grandpa Huang."

"Okay, Grandpa Huang will compensate you."

When Zhu Zhanji heard this, his small face immediately lit up: "Then I look forward to the compensation from Grandpa Huang."

Zhu Di smiled dotingly and scolded: "Little money fan." After finishing speaking, he asked, "Zhanji, do you want to give gifts for Grandpa's Longevity Day?"

Zhu Zhanji said confidently: "Don't worry, grandpa, I will definitely give you a birthday gift that you like and are satisfied with on your Longevity Day."

When Zhu Di heard this, he immediately became curious: "What gift do you want to give to Grandpa Huang?"

"Grandpa Huang, if I tell you now, there will be no surprises." Zhu Zhanji smiled inscrutablely, "Grandpa Huang, just wait, I will definitely not disappoint you."

"Okay, grandpa is waiting."

"Grandfather, what kind of foreigners will there be during the Longevity Festival?" Zhu Zhanji thought to himself, he has not seen a single foreigner until now.

"Sumatra, Manchuria, Siam, Japan, Cochin, Korea..."

Zhu Zhanji looked surprised: "There are so many foreigners."

Zhu Di touched Zhu Zhanji's little head and said, "When your great-grandfather was alive, his Longevity Day can be said to be celebrated by all nations."

"Grandpa Huang, your Longevity Day will be celebrated by all nations." Zhu Zhanji asked again, "Are all these foreign nations good?"

"Not all are good, such as Wa country."

Zhu Di talked to Zhu Zhanji about some things about Japan, and Zhu Zhanji was very angry.

"Clean up these Japanese people sooner or later."