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Chapter 5 What the Emperor Eats

Zhu Youxiao suddenly remembered something again, and turned to tell the eunuch, "Please invite Master Sun and Master Yuan to attend the afternoon court."

It was Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli, the famous officials in the late Ming Dynasty, who made Tianqi called "teacher" but not famous.

Now, Sun Chengzong's official position is the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, assisting in the management of Zhan Shifu.At the same time, as the concubine of Zuo, Sun Chengzong was also responsible for giving lessons to Emperor Tianqi, also known as "Lectures on Sutras".

Yuan Keli, as Zuo Tongzheng's acting Tongzheng envoy, became Emperor Tianqi's attendant teacher.

In the first year of Tianqi (1621), Donglu attacked Liaodong, and Shenyang and Liaoyang fell successively. Yuan Yingtai, the governor of Liaodong, committed suicide.

Later, Fang Zhenru, the censor, asked Sun Chengzong to replace Cui Jingrong as Minister of the Ministry of War. The ministers of the court also believed that Chengzong knew about military affairs, so he recommended Sun Chengzong to add a servant to the Ministry of War and preside over the defense of Liaodong.

But Emperor Tianqi didn't want Sun Chengzong to leave the lecture hall, and he didn't agree with it the second time.

As for Yuan Keli, although his reputation is not as great as that of Sun Chengzong, Zhu Youxiao knows that his teacher is quite awesome.

Now, Zhu Youxiao has invited Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli to attend the court meeting, so that the teacher is familiar with the side affairs and is ready to entrust him with important tasks.

First of all, Zhu Youxiao aimed at Zhang Heming, the current minister of the Ministry of War.

Wang Huazhen fell into Guangning, and Zhang Heming was largely responsible.If it wasn't for his extreme trust in Wang Huazhen, a mediocre man, who held back Xiong Tingbi everywhere, the battle of Guangning might not have been a disastrous defeat.

After Zhu Youxiao arranged everything, he stroked his forehead and pondered for a while, before ordering Wang Tiqian: "List all the list of Liaodong officials and generals, and I will see it tonight."

"Slave obeys the order." Seeing that Wang Tiqian still had an errand, knowing that the emperor still used him, the anger in the morning was over.

Zhu Youxiao snorted and tapped again: "Remember, you are my servant."

Wang Tiqian was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "The emperor's lesson, the slaves will always remember it, and dare not..."

"Okay, let's go on an errand!" Zhu Youxiao waved his hands impatiently, "Let me be quiet for a while."

"Yes, yes." Wang Tigan kowtowed again before getting up to do some errands.

Checks and balances are necessary, even if you want to use Wei Zhonggou to bite people, you can't let his family dominate.In charge of the harem will be the newly appointed queen Zhang Yan, not Wei Zhonggou and Keshi.

Therefore, all the eunuchs and maids in the harem cannot be subdued by Wei Zhonggou, and can be ordered by him at will.As for the Hakka family, Zhu Youxiao has also thought about it, just find a chance to send her out of the palace.

Leaning in the chair, Zhu Youxiao's eyes were half closed, thinking about his life.After finally becoming an emperor, he naturally had to enjoy it, and he couldn't just live for seven years.

You must never sit on a boat, and stay away from rivers, lakes and seas, even small water bubbles.

As long as the life is not short, it should be no problem to work in the position of the emperor for decades, right?
Well, there are only three concubines now, which is not enough!Based on our masculinity, at least we can turn over cards for a month without repeating the same thing, and that would be a flattering thing!
In the wild thoughts, Zhu Youxiao didn't know when he entered a state of being in a daze, half asleep.

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Wei Zhongxian was going to deliver the decree in name, but after he ran out, he handed over the mission to the trusted eunuch. He hurried to Xian'an Palace and met the old friend, Mr. Hao Ke.

The Ke family usually lives in Xian'an Palace. Every day at dawn, they come to Emperor Tianqi's bedroom, and when Emperor Tianqi gets up, they accompany him in front of the car, and they don't return to their residence until dark.What she is busy with every day is the diet of Emperor Tianqi.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the emperors honestly ate the meals made by Guanglu Temple, so Guanglu Temple was a fat job.

"Ming Hui Dian" records: Fansui sent Guanglu Temple [-] animals: [-] in the first half of the year and [-] in the second half of the year.

There are more than [-] livestock. Specifically, there are almost [-] pigs and nearly [-] chickens. Of course, there are so many things that the palace can't eat, so the rest will go to Guanglu. Temple officials pocketed it.

But the "imperial meal" prepared by Guanglu Temple for the emperor is nothing unusual, it's nothing more than big fish and meat, then fiercely roasted, boiled and seasoned.

Many people are familiar with the stuff made according to this method, yes, it is the legendary canteen dish.

In the folk, there is also a legend that the cooking of Guanglu Temple is unpalatable.

"Wanli Ye Huo Bian" records the "Four Unreliable Capitals" that were popular in Beijing at that time: articles from the Imperial Academy, swords and guns from the Arsenal, tea soup from Guanglu Temple, and prescriptions from the Imperial Hospital.

Among them, "Guanglu Temple Tea Soup" was honored on the list, which shows how unpalatable the food of Guanglu Temple is.

Even the folks complained so enthusiastically about the food of Guanglu Temple, how could the emperor endure the deteriorating cooking level of Guanglu Temple?
In addition, since Emperor Jiajing, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were not very happy to go to court, and stayed in the deep palace every day.Therefore, the emperor's meals in the late Ming Dynasty were usually prepared by the eunuch department.

Don't you think it's a little strange that the supervisors and the father-in-laws of the East Factory are so versatile and can cook?

Of course, the fathers-in-law of Dongchang did not cook the dishes themselves, but the chefs under the eunuchs were really in charge of cooking the imperial meals.

The eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty held great power and had no desire to leave their wealth to their children and grandchildren, so they had to spend large sums of money on satisfying their appetites.

Therefore, the eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty were all obsessed with food. The so-called "whenever sits and eats...to eat together to be full, to eat and eat bones...to list fruits, drink tea and sit for a long time, or to strive for excellence."

Moreover, their tastes are tricky, which is not something ordinary cooks can satisfy.

Because of this, the imperial meals hosted by the eunuchs were more in line with the emperor's wishes.So these trusted eunuchs arranged for the emperor's meals.

During the Jiajing period, the supervisors of ceremonies were usually in charge of cooking. In the late Wanli period, there were no supervisors of ceremonies left, so the imperial meals for Emperor Wanli were made by the eunuchs in charge of the Qianqing Palace.

In addition to cooking, there are also institutions such as "Royal Wine Room", "Sweet Food Room", and "Wine Vinegar Noodle Bureau" in the palace, all of which are also undertaken by eunuchs.

The food made by these departments is very famous in the ruling and opposition parties.For example, the pickled melon and eggplant from the royal wine room, and the silk-wort tiger eye candy from the sweet food room are all mouth-watering delicacies.

When Emperor Tianqi arrived, Wang Tiqian, Wei Zhongxian, and Li Yongzhen took turns to undertake the catering in the palace. In addition to the Hakka family that remained unchanged all year round, there were four families in total.

Every family has hundreds of cooks outside the palace, making meals, brewing wine, vinegar, sauce and other things.

In the Qianqing Palace, there are dozens of servants in red clothes in each family, plus the soup bureau, meat bureau, vegetarian bureau, dim sum bureau, dry dish bureau, hand box bureau, cold soup bureau, water meal bureau, feeder bureau, etc. The internal officials of the dining bureau and other places are all dispatched by Keshi.

The meal supervised by the Hakka family was called "grandma's meal", and Emperor Tianqi was very satisfied with it.Especially the "Dragon Eggs" cooked by Ke's own hands, Emperor Tianqi liked to eat them very much, and was "extremely amazed".

(End of this chapter)