Chapter Seventy-Four: Imperial Meal
Almost at the same time that Xiao Yu pulled Pei Lin away, what happened in the political hall also reached Li Er's ears.
"That's what the kid really said? Hahahahahaha, Pei Lao Pifu's face must be very exciting, but unfortunately, I didn't see it. ”
"Yes, this kid is really clever and clever, but Pei Sikong is a first-class member after all, so he was lost face by a yellow-haired boy, this...
Li Er snorted coldly: "A fart, if it weren't for the instability of the country, I would have killed the old man alive now and sacrificed Zhaoren's spirit in the sky." ”
Liu Wenjing's death is an eternal pain in Li Shimin's heart, Liu Wenjing and him are not so much monarchs and ministers as teachers and friends, most people in later generations have heard of Fang Mou's decision, but not much of Liu Wenjing, but if Liu Wenjing is still alive, I am afraid that Fang Xuanling will be a killer.
The eunuch said: "Everyone, from this point of view, this kid is quite arrogant, although he is not sharp, but he is full of sharpness, I am afraid it is not easy to control, if anyone is his superior, I am afraid that there will be a headache." ”
Li Er smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, which young man is not frivolous, this son is handsome and unparalleled, and it is not easy to know how to hide the edge, and when I polish him well, he will be a pillar left for Cheng Qian." ”
The eunuch smiled and said yes, patted the fart again, hunched his waist and left.
Li Shimin still felt a little emotional in his heart, today Pei Lin made such a fuss, he really missed Liu Wenjing, and said to himself: "Zhaoren, look at this kid, how similar he is to you when you were young, did you have a spirit in the sky and sent him to my side again." ”
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On the other side, in the political hall.
Although Qin Hao said that he was a little unsure about provoking Pei Lin for no reason, after all, he also knew that Pei Lin was yesterday's yellow flower, and he had Fang Xuanling's thighs to hug him, so he actually let go of his kung fu for a while, but he had a big heart.
In order to enliven the atmosphere, the most important thing is not to let Qin Hao feel too depressed, which is not conducive to discussing with him for a while, Gao Shilian said a few jokes, and let the eunuch serve the food and eat lunch first.
But when he saw a eunuch holding a goldfish talisman coming in from outside, he said with a smile: "Everyone has a will, and the political hall will give the imperial meal today." ”
The prime ministers thanked them one after another, and they were familiar with this, and they didn't have too many tricks, but they made Qin Hao very excited.
The government hall gave the imperial meal, which means that they will eat whatever the emperor eats, but it is not like the leftovers of the Manchu Dynasty, they are all made by the imperial kitchen, Qin Hao can be said to be excited about the royal cuisine to be eaten next.
During the Tang Dynasty, although there was already a big dinner table, many people had begun to eat together in the family, but the general formal occasions still had to be divided, and the political hall was naturally the same, and the palace maids took turns to send dishes to the small table to eat directly, and there was not even a canteen.
Qin Hao asked himself that he was also a senior foodie, and he had never eaten a delicious meal when he came to Datang, even when he was in the Yali of Luoyang County, under the natural disaster, the local people did not dare to eat and drink.
But I saw that the first thing to serve was an appetizing dessert, which was a bit of a French meal, and it was actually a round orange with exquisite patterns carved on it.
There is no doubt that this should be the famous crab stuffed orange, oranges died in the Tang Dynasty, and they were not something that ordinary people could afford.
I carefully dug a spoonful and ate it, only to feel that it was sour, and it was a little sweet, and I didn't even chew some crab meat, and I felt that I hadn't directly thrown the crab into the rice pot to cook the golden porridge, which was purely a bad thing.
Fang Xuanling took out Qin Hao's strategy to calm the disaster, obviously planning to explain this matter by eating for a while, the Tang Dynasty really didn't pay much attention to food and sleep.
"Little Brother Qin, your first plan is to use work for relief, and you can generally understand it, but I don't know why you want to replace food with food stamps, isn't it good to send food directly? This also saves a process. ”
Qin Hao explained: "Food stamps are actually far easier to manage than food, his essence is actually a special currency, and the victims also have to have a little self-esteem, in addition to the subsistence food, there must be some other pursuits, those who work well will naturally issue more food stamps, in addition to the use of subsistence, his remaining food stamps will buy some other things, this will form a small economic group, if the court is ruthless, it can also carry out a certain commission, which is considered a commercial tax, so that the food stamps can also be recovered." ”
As he spoke, after eating the crab stuffed orange, Qin Hao actually used the handle of the spoon to carve two simplified Chinese characters on the skin of the orange: Bad review.
When the palace maid took the crab stuffed orange away, she was very happy to find that except for Qin Hao, those slaughterers didn't eat a few bites, they really listened to Qin Hao's lecture too attentively, although it was Fang Xuanling who asked questions, but everyone listened very carefully.
These leftovers usually go into the stomachs of these slaves and maids, and at this moment, the favorability of these palace maids and eunuchs towards Qin Hao has jumped a lot.
Qin Hao continued: "In addition, the biggest role of food stamps is to stabilize people's hearts, in the year of famine, the family does not save more than a month's rations, the heart is not steady, the disaster victims are like this, and the same is true for the local residents of Luoyang, but if it is replaced by hoarding food stamps, it will be different, as long as the imperial court slightly restricts the exchange, and then guides the people of Luoyang to recognize the value of food stamps through various means, it is completely possible to make the people not hoard food but hoard food stamps." ”
As he spoke, the second dish also came up, it was an appetizer, a bowl of soup in a small jar of good celadon porcelain, and the aroma came to his nose when he opened the lid, this dish he had seen but had never eaten in modern times, Jiutian Wings! I couldn't help but move my index finger, lowered my head and quickly ate the shark fin into my stomach while it was hot.
The eldest grandson Wuji asked: "Is there a big difference between hoarding grain and hoarding food stamps?" ”
Qin Hao put down the soup bowl and exhaled comfortably, and then continued to speak to everyone: "Of course it's very big, for example, we have hoarded 100,000 stone of grain in Changping, if these grains are distributed to the people of Luoyang and the victims of Guanzhong at the same time, each household is only a few liters of rice, and if it is exchanged for food stamps, these victims will be much more down-to-earth when they look at the 100,000 stone grain as high as a hill in Changping, and even many of the richer grains will not be in a hurry to redeem it. In this way, we can temporarily exchange the food of these people for those who are in urgent need of subsistence, which can make the demand for food less urgent and reduce the pressure on the imperial court. ”
Since this food stamp can be used as a temporary substitute for currency, it naturally has a little bit of monetary attributes, and the grain in the regular liquidation is equivalent to reserves.
As he spoke, the main dish arrived, and as soon as the golden tray was opened, the aroma was fragrant, and a piece of fragrant hump was roasted, and after a quick bite, his brows couldn't help frowning.
The hump is particularly fat, and these chefs sprinkled a large layer of pepper to cover the original delicate and layered flavor of the hump, and it tasted as if they were eating a piece of fat soaked in pepper.
This Nima knew that pepper was a good thing in the Tang Dynasty, but there was no need to put it like this, it was really a waste of things, Qin Hao unceremoniously used the handle of the spoon to engrave two simplified Chinese characters on the fat oil: unpalatable.