Chang'an Imperial Palace.

Yijing Garden, this is a royal garden in the palace, covering an area of 30 acres, surrounding the mountains and water, moving flowers and trees, the scenery is unique.

Now that it is the height of summer, the land of Guanzhong has also begun to get hot, but the palace is lined with greenery, the lotus leaves in the lake are spread out in pieces, and the wind is blowing, with a faint fragrance, and there is also a trace of refreshment.

The buildings in the palace are grouped, between the pavilions and pavilions, the clouds and trees, the smoke and reeds, the pink walls and tiles, the grass and the trees, the pavilions and the pavilions, all have been carefully carved, the scenery is beautiful, and there is a kind of royal style.

Today, Luo Zhaoyun instructed the imperial dining room to build a pergola in the Yijing Garden, and set up dozens of tables of banquets next to the lake.

The left and right servants of the first rank of the official rank, sitting at the same table as the prime minister of Ping Zhangshi, including Gao Shilian, Zhu Liang, Xin Gongyi, Qu Tutong and others.

The next six books and the governors sat at a table.

After that, the Huangmen Shilang, Neishi, and Shaojian from Menxia Province, Neishi Province, and Secretary Province sat at a table.

After that, there were also the servants of the six departments, the officials of Jiuqing, large and small, and all the officials above the six grades in the capital were called to participate in the banquet arranged by the imperial court.

Many officials of the fifth or sixth rank felt a special honor, and it was absolutely a great grace for the emperor to be able to enter the palace to participate in the feast personally entertained by His Majesty.

"This time, Xia Guan can also have the honor to taste the royal meal, which is really a blessing for Sansheng."

"That is, Your Majesty's personal hospitality, it must be a sumptuous delicacy, after a while, don't patronize it, remember the name of the dish, go back and talk to the family, describe it, that is also a proud thing."

Some low-grade officials whispered a lot of discussions, and it was difficult to hide their excitement.

They are all looking forward to today's royal feast, how many dishes will be on the table, what the taste will be, remember the appearance, and then go out to show off, and show off with their children and grandchildren: as a father, he has eaten the royal kitchen and has been personally entertained by His Majesty.

This is what many officials of the fifth or sixth rank think, after all, they can usually sit down with the emperor and have a banquet, and the opportunity is still very rare.

"Your Majesty has arrived—"

"Greetings to Your Majesty, long live long live!" The ministers left their seats and stood up to welcome Luo Zhaoyun's arrival.

"Zhong Aiqing, let's get even." Luo Zhaoyun and Yan Yuese sat on the main seat of the banquet, watching two or three hundred officials kneeling there to ask for peace, and waved their hands to let everyone get up.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The officials sat back in their seats, their eyes fixed on the emperor, waiting for the opening remarks.

Luo Zhaoyun felt the eager gaze of the civil and military officials, and said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, you must be curious, why I set up a banquet today, it stands to reason that the treasury is empty, the south is at war, the Yellow River and Weishui are broken, thousands of miles of Zeguo, millions of refugees, these are all difficult situations faced by the imperial court, and they should not be drinking and feasting here." But since I have arranged it this way, I must have had my intentions. ”

"First of all, many of you here have followed us to fight in the south and the north, and have made a lot of meritorious contributions, which are worthy of hospitality. In addition, everyone was sent in their own duties, fulfilled their duties, ate and stayed overnight for the new imperial court, did their best, and stabilized the operation of the new imperial court. ”

"Moreover, everyone has never eaten the dishes at today's banquet, you and I are both eating it for the first time, and I thought that there are good things, and they should be shared with civil and military officials." After Luo Zhaoyun said these words, he saw that many officials showed curious eyes, and their faces were full of expectation and excitement.

That's right, when these officials heard Luo Zhaoyun's praise, although they didn't name names, they were almost covered, and everyone felt that their faces were golden, as if His Majesty was talking about him.

Especially the new dishes, which have never even been eaten by His Majesty, and this is the first time to taste them, and it is a great honor for them, the officials, to be able to enjoy them at the same time as His Majesty!

Not to mention the officials of the fifth or sixth rank, even the first-rank officials, Gao Shilian, Xin Gongyi, Chu Liang, Wen Yanbo and others, all felt relieved and satisfied.

They seem to have seen the appearance of a benevolent monarch, and when they had new dishes, they didn't taste them themselves, and directly feasted hundreds of officials and shared them with officials above the sixth grade in Beijing, which is what a noble Ming monarch and benevolent lord can do!

Emperor Wen, who was frugal and diligent in the previous dynasty, couldn't do it!

Not to mention Emperor Yang, compared to His Majesty today, it is simply stupid and brutal.

"What kind of dish is it, is it the offering of the Western Regions and the tribute of the Fanbang?"

"It's possible, it must be a tribute from Fanbang, or it's rare for us to see."

At this time, even the second- and third-rank officials were aroused with curiosity and kept guessing.

"Your Majesty is benevolent and sage, and Dahua will be stable for a long time." Fang Xuanling took the opportunity to shout a slogan and sang praises, and the rest of the officials also shouted loudly.

Luo Zhaoyun glanced at Fang Xuanling, and secretly praised this person for his flexible mind, and at this time, he didn't forget to give him a holy announcement.

"Alright, the hour is about to begin, let's have a feast!"

"Whoa!" Zhong Quande, the chief eunuch, nodded, and then ordered a banquet, and then, Zhong Dingsheng thought about it, and the sound of silk and bamboo strings played.

Immediately afterwards, a line of goose yellow plain skirts and fluttering clothes appeared in the open space in the middle of the table, dancing.

This is the repertoire of the banquet, attracting the attention of civil and military officials.

Suddenly, there were palace maids holding plates, floating over, and began to serve the food.

The copper pot pot, as well as the authentic pig-killing dishes, are placed in the pork bones, head meat, shredded meat, pork belly, pig blood sausage, sauerkraut white meat, etc., the groove under the copper pot, there are also a few pieces of charcoal, after the heat is transferred, the pot begins to gurgle and churn gently.

"Damn, what is this?"

The officials were completely dumbfounded.

Such a hodgepodge of Raushzi, what is the blood sausage? How did this cabbage change color?

What kind of meat is this, not like beef, not like mutton?

Moreover, the dishes that come up one after another are also very peculiar.

Fat sausage, roasted pig's trotters, fried pork liver, cold pork ears......

It's really uncommon, and even many people have never seen it, because some noble children, dignitaries and nobles never eat pork at home, so they are really confused when they see these liver sausages and pig ears.

When the wine was also presented and filled by the palace maids, Luo Zhaoyun raised a glass of wine and said with a smile: "Come, today's monarchs and ministers have a banquet, you don't have to be polite, taste such a delicious delicacy in the world——"

"Thank you...... Your Majesty. The officials were amazed, but there were also some people from poor families who seemed to recognize it, and it seemed to be pork and pigs in the water!

Can the aristocracy eat these things? The emperor also eats this?

Under the speculation of some officials, Luo Zhaoyun drank the wine, held silver chopsticks, picked up the pig-killing dish on his table, ate a mouthful of blood sausage first, and chewed a few times, but the taste was not bad, and it was rare to be able to eat this in the Sui and Tang dynasties.