The spring afternoon has a good time, not only Li Chen is drowsy, but even a group of officials who are eating in the corridor or under the cornices are enjoying themselves. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This group of court officials was sitting in the corridor outside the Xuanzheng Palace, and some people were eating, as if they were savoring. Some people have long been fed, squinting and basking in the sun comfortably, and some are chatting. They're not lazy, they're having lunch. This also has a name, which is called Langxia Food.

Eating under the corridor, to put it simply, is the lunch provided by the imperial court. This is not an ordinary lunch, it is a lunch given by the emperor after the last dynasty, sympathizing with the hard work of the courtiers.

Since the time of Taizong, there has been this custom, and after the end of the early dynasty, the emperor would have a meal with his courtiers. The great leader, the wise emperor, the first emperor of the ages, Taizong Li Shimin, sympathetic courtiers get up early in the morning and come to the court.

For the sake of Chaoyi, you have to drink less water and eat too much. When he arrived in the scattered dynasty, he was already hungry, the emperor was in the palace, and he would soon have something to eat, and the courtiers had to rush home, so he gave a lunch and enjoyed it with the courtiers.

Each person has a place, and the food is not very rich, and it is full, but it tastes good. I can only say that it would be good if I wouldn't go home on an empty stomach, after all, there are a lot of things to go to, and I have to be in a hurry and take care of the deliciousness, which costs a lot.

However, what to eat at this kind of banquet is secondary, it is mainly a kind of show-off, and we also have the status to be able to dine with the emperor. That's a lot of face.

It's just to put it bluntly, saying that it is eating with the emperor, that is, the officials are self-congratulatory, like those who are not qualified to go to the court, and there are some small people showing off. In fact, the emperor would really dine with them.

This meal is not delicious, not to mention whether it is good or bad, because it is still in the palace, it has just dispersed, and those imperial histories are also there, with them staring, be careful not to make mistakes. Otherwise, you will have your little shoes to wear at any time.

And the reason why these courtiers look very comfortable, because Li Chen is particularly down, to the effect that the meal should be in a happy mood, so from the next day, the imperial history should not be stared, and at this moment it will be dispersed, which makes the courtiers shout that the emperor is wise, and there are people staring at him even when he eats, how uncomfortable.

Not to mention whether the food under the corridor is good or not, anyway, Li Chen eats simply, but the emperor also has to worry about losing his honor and being recorded by the historian, and all the officials are unwilling to eat in this situation, let alone the emperor. Therefore, most of the emperors under the corridor are not involved, and few are willing to find trouble.

"Ah, it's delicious." , a court official who chewed slowly and swallowed slowly, finally finished the meal, and said with satisfaction, "This corridor is getting better and better." "Isn't it, the income of the imperial court has doubled, there is a law for the salt reform, and there is this tax reform, the results are good, and the income is rising." ’

Recently, there have been some changes in this corridor, and there will be some changes according to the season. In the summer, when the weather is hot, I will eat a kind of cold noodles. It's not the kind of cold noodles that modern people eat. If you are not unfamiliar with Japanese culture, you should know that Japanese people eat soba noodles that are soaked in cold water before eating.

If the reader still remembers that Li Chen opened a theater in Xufu, there is such a flowing surface. When the noodles are placed in running water, they flow in front of everyone, and the person who wants to eat them picks them up by themselves, and that's it. So, that's not Japanese-style food, to be precise, it's Tang-style.

In the summer, there are cold noodles, and in the winter, there will be hot soup cakes, which is a bowl of hot mutton noodles. But don't expect how much mutton there is, the total amount of a day is three sheep, even if it is three cows, so if you divide it into one point, there will not be much meat left.

In addition to winter and summer, during festivals, it is necessary to go to court or give a feast. There will be sweet rice porridge on the Cold Food Festival, and there will be pancakes on Renri and March 3. On the fifteenth and thirtieth day of the first lunar month, there will be elk cakes, and in May there will be zongzi. On the seventh day of July, Qixi Festival is also the day of drying books, there will be chopping (the same as clumsy) cakes, September 9 is Chongyang cake, and the day of November is yellow rice soup.

Well, this is not created by Li Chen, in fact, it has been there for a long time. It's just that with the sharp decline in the income of the imperial court, even the food under the corridor is becoming more and more inferior, and these are gone.

In addition, there is always a well-fed and supported imperial history, staring at you like a thorn in your back, and it is no wonder that more and more people are looking for excuses not to eat this meal. The emperor ordered that neither one nor two should be allowed to desert, and they must stay and finish eating. Otherwise, if this matter gets out, I will lose face.

'The saint is wise. Just now, the court official casually patted his ass, although Yu Shi didn't stare at it, but there were still colleagues, Chaoyi didn't have to worry about it, but if he said something that shouldn't be said, he would be in trouble.

Isn't it? I heard that back then, I didn't even have to eat this meal. Now, even the chef has improved a lot. A courtier also agreed.

Now this corridor food is no longer something that courtiers avoid and fear. The tax has increased, and Li Chen has not treated the courtiers badly, and the benefits have not increased much, only the previous benefits have been slowly restored, which is already very good.

And the so-called public kitchen is a kitchen dedicated to the meals of hundreds of officials and officials on ordinary days. In the Tang Dynasty, every office unit had a canteen, called a "public kitchen", and the Tang Dynasty court was also in charge of meals at noon.

But after Anshi, the most difficult period of the imperial court's finances, even this public chef couldn't make a fire. I had no choice but to let the courtiers rest the next day. It's to go to work one day, not to go a day, and let the courtiers eat themselves that day. This is very similar to Taiwan, when the economy is in a recession, factories let employees take unpaid leave.

It should be said that when these bosses exploit people, the means are almost the same? Or is it that the Tang Dynasty was slightly better, so there was no unpaid leave?

This is even worse than that of the local government, where the chef relies on the interest on the loan, and some of it is subsidized. In fact, it is also the expectation of many people to go to the local office, in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the local feudal towns were treated in all aspects, and they had surpassed the imperial court, so many people were willing to go to the local area when they had the opportunity. Unlike before, everyone desperately squeezed into the court, even if it was a small official.

'Ah, I don't know when I'll be able to go to the kitchen. Suddenly, a court official said this, which aroused everyone's feelings, and they silently agreed in their hearts.

The so-called hall kitchen is similar to a public kitchen. However, this hall cook has food for the prime minister's use. It's a small stove in the political hall.

The government hall is a place for the prime minister's office and meals. The location is very close to the main hall of the upper dynasty and the emperor's special imperial study. Well, of course, the prime ministers don't use the desk for work, they just use it as a dinner table, this is too unruly, there will always be a place to put tableware.

What about this political hall, since it is a place dedicated to the prime minister, not all cats and dogs can come in and have a mixed meal, and if you can come in, it means that you are also the prime minister, not only a right, but also an affirmation. This prime minister does not necessarily have a high position, it does not mean that you can automatically be called the prime minister if you are a scholar.

Like Li Chen's book of etiquette, he did not hang up the prime minister. One day the emperor is happy, maybe a low-ranking official position will also be worshipped. Well, although this is unlikely, to pay homage to the prime minister, to formally make an edict, to go through a lot of procedures, one has no reputation, wants to ascend to the sky to worship the prime minister in one step, the emperor is willing, and the ministers are still unwilling.

is not only the power and glory, compared to the food under the corridor and the ordinary chef, the food in this government hall is much more delicious. No matter how difficult the finances are, this food will not be small. Don't look at this small stove in the political hall, this food cost is a lot every year, even after Anshi, the most difficult stage, there is no shortage of the prime minister's share.

How good is the food for the kitchen to be? Let's put it bluntly, it's so good that even some prime ministers themselves can't help it, I want to say, we just eat for a few people, and the cost is equivalent to more than ten people eating, or every day.

Therefore, during the Tang Dynasty, there was a prime minister who was often rolling, wrong, Chang Gon, and wrote that he wanted to cut these expenses, and the court was in difficulty, and even hundreds of officials were forced to take unpaid leave, and the prime minister was too extravagant.

As a result, was shot. Those who refuted said that the imperial court provided the prime minister with such a good meal, which was a manifestation of attaching importance to cardinal affairs and treating talents well, and if anyone felt unworthy and incompetent for his position, he could resign, and there was no need to invite him to make a name for himself by cutting public meals.

Well, this is actually what Zhang Wenjun, who served as the Dongtai Shilang (Menxia Shilang) during the Gaozong period, and was used by others to refute him. The prime minister has a good kitchen, which is very good, this has roots, as early as the Gaozong period, that's it, quite a little bit of the style of high salary and honesty in later generations.

It's not just that the food is good, just a few people eat, or people of the same level eat together, this meal is a lot easier. Everyone is of similar status, they can talk at will, and everything is solved by eating and drinking like this

The chefs of other departments are troublesome, and the chefs of each department have the characteristics of each department. Some worship Manjushri, who represents wisdom. Some have various slogans hanging on the wall, such as articles related to work, or the emperor's holy teachings, such as Dali Temple, the wall is hung with the law, Yonghui law is sparse, this is the Gaozong period, completed. Regarding the laws of the Tang Dynasty, and some explanatory texts, this is the oldest and most complete legal code in China.

The worst thing is the Yushitai, although it is a very enviable yamen, very majestic, and everyone is afraid. But the problem is that they are also the strictest internally, before eating, the supervisor has to give a lecture, everyone has their own place, they are not allowed to move around, and they can't laugh. Eating a meal can make people get gastroenteritis.

However, there is a rule in this political hall, which is different from other public chefs, and other public chefs do not have rules, if someone leaves the table halfway, everyone will stop their chopsticks and wait for that person to come back.

Just wait, it's not a rush anyway. However, what if, just in case, if something goes out to get the prime minister, and he is full of food outside, he comes back, then...

This happened to Shunzong, who was his father. Although Wang Shuwen was not the prime minister at that time, he was favored by the Son of Heaven and allied with another prime minister, Wei Zhiyi, which was considered very powerful.

Once, when the prime ministers were having dinner together, Wang Shuwen broke in and wanted to find Wei Zhiyi, but was stopped by a small official, but the small official was repulsed, and Wei Zhiyi got up and went out to talk to him. Several prime ministers, Du You, Zheng Xunyu, and Gao Ying, stopped their chopsticks as usual and waited for him to come back.

As a result, the left waited, the right waited just didn't come back, and asked the little official to see, but the little official reported that Wei Zhiyi asked for two more meals and ate them with Wang Shuwen. Zheng Xunyu was angry at the moment, immediately got up and left the political hall, and fell ill when he returned home.

'Let's go, guys. Li Deyu got up, and several prime ministers also got up, today is the morning dynasty, so even if you leave early, there is no problem, but several prime ministers still go together, and the goal is the Ayaqi Palace.

Money is earned, of course it has to be spent. This is the thinking of ordinary people, after making money, in addition to the necessary expenses, or what to invest, of course everything else has to be spent. Otherwise, what to keep it for, even if it is to buy some gold to preserve its value, the more money you stay, the less valuable it will become.

It's just that this is what modern people think. Not the ideas of the Tang Dynasty, or rather, not the ideas of the ancient Chinese. For them, having money means keeping it, saving it.

Actually, this idea is not wrong, and it needs to be prepared for emergencies. Natural disasters are the norm in China, basically China has thousands of years of history, and the number of natural disasters that occur is definitely longer than China's history. It can be said that China has natural disasters every year. There is no way, China is big, and these natural disasters are different, and the difference is in size.

Not only natural disasters, but also preparations for war. In a war, there is no money to fight, not to mention the preparation in advance, all kinds of grain, grass, and materials need money. Even the victory over the generous bounty, and the bereavement also cost money.

In this case, not to mention the agricultural people, even the nomads, they don't want to fight if they want to, yes, those khans and chiefs, they don't need to pay salaries for those herdsmen who have been recruited, like fear of heat, they will not give those soldiers any salary, except that he has to be pro-army, others have no salary at all. Since even the salary is gone, don't think about the bereavement pension. They even had to bring their own weapons, food and grass.

Even so, it's not like you want to fight. The herdsmen want to eat, they are recruited by you to fight all day long, unless they win every big victory, otherwise where will they get food and grass, and there will be no pie in the sky.

So, it's not wrong to have money to save. After all, financial constraints have happened more than once in history, and even before Li Chende, they were all worried about money, why did Wuzong destroy Buddha? Buddhism occupies too much land, too much labor, and does not pay taxes. The country was so poor that it killed pigs.

These courtiers, the biggest dream is the rule of Wenjing, think about it, the rice warehouse is full of millet, so much that it is rotten, and the copper coins in the treasury are also put into the string of copper coins and the ropes are rotten. This is so enviable. Not to mention, without the rule of Wenjing, decades of accumulation, how did Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty create a feat through the ages, defeat the invincible Xiongnu, and expand the territory of the Han Dynasty.

In this regard, Li Chen scoffed, money is to be spent, the rule of Wenjing? If he is a descendant and pursues the rule of Wenjing, then China will also be doomed. Wenjingzhizhi, in his opinion, has too many shortcomings. Therefore, he gave this group of prime ministers a good lesson. (To be continued.) )