Chapter 7 Preparations
Coming out of Cining Palace, Guangxu took a deep breath. It's too hanging.
In the first year of Guangxu, Cixi wanted to choose the palace supervisor by herself, Rong Lu played, non-ancestral system, and resentment. Therefore, the old lady resigned from her job for ten years as soon as she held a grudge. Guangxu gambled that the old lady held a grudge. Waiting for the old lady's hesitation, Guangxu can say: If you don't know how to say that the ministers will discuss it again. When the time comes to the court, while the ministers accuse each other, it can be said that he will personally lead the new army. to block the mouth of Youyou. Today, the matter is done, but today he was not left to finish eating and let him go back first. I don't know if the old lady is suspicious. I can't take care of it anymore.
Out of the Summer Palace, walking on the way back to the Palace of Nourishing the Heart, Guangxu was still in a good mood. After so many days, the work was not wasted, and the matter of the new army was finally able to be done according to its own ideas. Thinking of Li Hongzhang, he said that he would enter Beijing. Then he asked: "Little Kouzi, how long has Qi Yide been gone?" It's time to come back today. In addition, the maid you are looking for has been found, and you can't ask for the illiterate. ”
"Back to the emperor, Qi Yide has come back, and I heard that things have been done. and the maids are waiting outside the Heart Cultivation Palace. ”
In the Palace of Heart Cultivation, when Qi Yide took out the cannonballs stolen from the Beiyang Naval Division, he frightened Kou Liancai. When Qi Yide removed the warhead, even Kou Liancai said: It's too much.
"The emperor is wise, this is a minister stolen from the ammunition depot of the Beiyang Naval Division. As the emperor said, there is really sand-mixed ammunition. Qi Yide took out a list: "This is the person who has been found by the minister to be related to this matter." ”
Guangxu took it and looked at it, picked up Zhu Pi and marked a few names. Hand it to Qi Yide: "Except for the ones I crossed out, recopy them, I will be useful tomorrow afternoon." ”
"Have you done everything I told you?"
"Your Majesty, rest assured, everything is in order."
Guangxu nodded: "Go and get five hundred taels of silver and distribute it to the brothers." I will definitely reward those who have merit. Don't let the list be exposed. As my personal guard, you will know some confidential things, not only do you have to keep them secret, but it is also your duty to ensure that the secrets are not leaked. After you go down, think about what to do with this errand, and you can draw up a charter as well. ”
"I understand."
"Kneel down, little Kouzi, look at the person you're looking for."
"Heads up." Kou Liancai stood in front of Guangxu with three maids.
What is beauty, this is beauty. These beauties are all ten ** years old, with delicate melon seed faces, skin like snow, beautiful eyebrows and phoenix eyes, red cheeks, and a youthful and lively atmosphere around their bodies. This is pleasing to the eye, and Guangxu is in a good mood for a while. It's no wonder that bosses have to hire beautiful secretaries, beautiful women not only help improve work efficiency, but also make people feel relaxed. That's true. The little Kouzi on the side looked at the smile on the emperor's face, and knew that he had found out the emperor's preferences.
Guangxu looked at it and suddenly found that one of the maids was frowning at him, Guangxu's face changed, and he pointed at the maid: "You." Get out. "Poor. You are not asked to work, not to be favored. It doesn't matter what the maid's expression is: "You two come here, Xiao Kouzi brings paper and pen." ”
Guangxu didn't ask, took the paper and drew it on the paper. After drawing for a while, Guangxu looked at the clothes he had drawn on the paper. He said to the two maids, "This is the new military uniform I imagined, look at the painting." If you want to make ready-to-wear garments, what do you need to modify? ”
"The emperor is really a hero, and the new military uniform designed is so outstanding, the emperor must be heroic when he wears it." One of the maids blindly praised it, but Guangxu still didn't know his own level, and a mechanical person could design what good clothes.
"Your Majesty, are you sure you want to make such a dress?" Another maid asked.
"Any questions?"
"Your Majesty, please forgive the slave and maid for bluntly saying that if you follow this picture, you can't make clothes." The maid looked up and saw Guangxu make a gesture to continue, and then explained a lot of precautions for making clothes. Guangxu nodded frequently when he heard this, as if this was the case. He didn't understand it anyway. Wait until the maid is finished. Guangxu also smiled embarrassedly.
Guangxu pointed to another maid: "Little Kouzi, let her go back and forth from where." Then he turned to the maid and said, "No, my painting is not so bad." I'll tell you more about it. ”
In fact, the suit painted by Guangxu is based on the suit, modeled on the clothing of senior German officers during World War II, black tweed material, all buttons, including belt buckles, are made of gold, and long riding boots. After Guangxu communicated his design ideas with the maid, he asked, "How can you understand?" Can you make it? ”
"You can do it, but it may take a little longer."
"It's okay, give you a month. I give you a sign to make things easier for you. This sign can enter and exit the palace at any time. If you don't have it in the palace, you can go outside to buy it or process it on your behalf. Find the little Kouzi to get the money. Also, this is just the first thing, there will be more in the future, you will be very busy. In addition, Xiao Kouzi should tell you that you are also responsible for the accommodation here. Xiao Kouzi, tell the people below that everything is convenient. ”
"Tsk. Be. "Both of them should be there.
"By the way, what's your name?"
"The slave is called Willow Eyebrow."
"Your Majesty, isn't it time to eat?" Kou Liancai asked.
Guangxu passed the meal. A team of dozens of neatly dressed eunuchs, carrying seven dining tables of all sizes and holding dozens of vermilion lacquer boxes painted with golden dragons, came straight to the imperial study. Guangxu sat at the big table and watched the dishes come to the table like flowing water. A large table was set to the brim. To be honest, it's one thing to see it on TV, and it's another thing to see it in reality. Each dish is called exquisite, but it looks like a feast for the eyes. The smell makes people have an appetite. Extravagance is really extravagant, how much does this meal cost? Guangxu picked up the chopsticks and tasted it, sighed in his heart, and sure enough, as the history books said, although the pomp was big, it was much worse than the old lady's.
"Little Kouzi, come and tell me what is so particular about this table full of dishes."
Don't say you don't know, just say the next jump. The Imperial Dining List shall be issued by the Imperial Dining Room several days before the Emperor's meal, and shall be submitted to the Minister in charge of the Interior for approval and then prepared according to the order. The Emperor dined alone. During the meal, the imperial guards pass the food to the imperial dining room, and the imperial dining room puts the food in the dining box or dining table, and the guards carry it to the dining place. The eunuchs arranged the dishes according to the regulations, and after the procedures such as food inspection (inserting silver plates) and tasting meals, the emperor began to use them. During the meal, the emperor sits in the north and faces south, in front of him is a rectangular upper and lower two-layer large dining table, the table is covered with fine food utensils and dishes, the eunuch reports the name of the dish, the emperor has a favorite, the eunuch will put it into the emperor's dishes. For every two meals, 100 bowls of different dishes are served. There are also two "snacks", at least 20 bowls of dishes, usually around 40 to 50 bowls. There are two tables of dishes in Pingshu, another table of hot pot in winter, in addition to various dim sum, three tables of rice and porridge, and one table of pickles. The tableware is painted with dragon patterns and the famous yellow porcelain with the words "Longevity Without Borders", and in winter it is silverware. Drag down to a porcelain jar with hot water. The emperor's standard food for a day includes: 22 catties of plate meat, 5 catties of soup meat, 1 pork, 2 sheep, 5 chickens, 3 ducks, 19 catties of cabbage, spinach, coriander and leeks, 60 radishes, 1 of each kind of melon, 6 catties of amaranth and closed cabbage, 6 catties of green onions, 3 catties of sauce and clear sauce, 4 taels of Yuquan wine, 2 catties of vinegar, 100 catties of milk, 1 kg of emulsifiable concentrate, 1 kg of sesame oil, 1 kg of sesame seeds, 3 taels of Chengsha, 12 taels of white sugar walnut kernels and black dates, and 12 cans of Yuquan landscape. It costs more than 14,800 taels of silver in a month, and 246 taels for a meal, not counting fruits, drinks, etc.
Guangxu was sighing, and suddenly thought of a question. In his previous life, someone seemed to mention on the Internet that when the eunuch saw the dish that Cixi never touched, he would join the imperial dining room to make a dish with paper and put it in the farthest place, and then he could embezzle the money. Guangxu stood up quietly, his eyes looking at the farthest table. At this time, Xiao Xizi on the side said: "If the emperor has a favorite dish, let the servants take it for the emperor to eat." ”
"That's it." Guangxu pointed to the bowl of button meat in the distance. Stand and don't sit down.
Xiao Xizi walked over with the dishes and chopsticks and looked at the button meat: "The emperor's dish is cold, let the servants go to heat it." ”
"No need, it's cold. Fetch it for me. ”
Before the words fell, I saw Xiao Xizi's face change greatly, and said anxiously: "The emperor can't use cold food, if you let Lafayette know that you will take the life of the slave." Minions, this makes people go hot. With that, he picked up the food and walked out.
"Stop." Guangxu walked quickly behind Xiao Xizi, Xiao Xizi didn't dare to look back with the bowl, but kept saying: "If you let Lafayette know that the emperor will eat cold food will kill the slave, the emperor will be gracious." Even Kou Liancai pleaded on the side: "Your Majesty, the hot dish will only take a few minutes." Don't be angry with a meal slave for this. ”
"Really? Little Kouzi, you bring the food to me to see. ”
Kou Liancai took the bowl in Xiao Xizi's hand, felt light, his face changed, and he reached out to touch the dishes in the bowl.
"Tap, don't break me." It seems that the paper dishes are true, and Guangxu plans to show them to the old lady.
Kou Liancai reached out and touched the dishes in the bowl, picked it up gently, and exclaimed, "Paper." ”
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