Eating under the corridor was provided by the government office and was an integral part of the rituals of the early dynasty, so there were quite strict etiquette rules in the process of eating under the corridor, and officials who had behaviors such as "sitting and losing etiquette and making trouble" would be fined for one month.

After eating in the corridor, the officials all returned to their departments to take care of their official duties, and if "the hundred divisions were fine, they would be released in the afternoon", and the entire court would be over.

In Yantang, there are strict regulations on the grade and specifications of food under the Baiguan Gallery, the difference between the four seasons, and the addition of festivals. According to the record of "Tang Hui Yao", in the second year of Tang Ruizong Jingyun, the imperial court issued an edict that "the permanent staff officer is more than five grades and the staff is provided with one hundred plates, three sheep, Yu Ci Zhongshu is enshrined under the official and supervises the imperial history, Dr. Taichang, one hundred officials and six ginseng days, festivals add a mouthful of sheep, winter months to make soup cakes and millet noodles, summer months cold Tao powder porridge, jujubes, chestnuts, lychees, peaches, pears, pomegranates, oranges, persimmons, etc.", the officials below the six grades participate in the Langxia food, and there are also additional meals during the festival, "cold food plus porridge, the seventh day of the first month, the third day of March plus pancakes, the fifteenth day of the first month, Cakes are added on the day of obscurity, rice dumplings are added on May 5, cakes are added on July 7, cakes are added on September 9, and corn is added on October 1.

The difference in the level of food given under the corridor and the amount of food provided show the difference in the treatment enjoyed by officials due to different grades. When officials participate in the Langxia Dinner, in addition to eating, they also have to "gather for food and comment on official affairs", so in addition to solving the actual needs of officials, Langxia Dining is also a means of urging officials to "discuss political affairs". In addition, because there are strict rules such as the arrangement of the position of official products, the order of food tasting, and the concession, it can also play a role in restraining the behavior of officials and maintaining the ruling order. Moreover, through dinners, officials can also connect with each other and achieve unity and cooperation among colleagues and superiors and subordinates.

Originally, the food under the corridor was given by the saints, but there should be too many court officials, and it is impossible to eat under the corridor of the Xuanzheng Hall or Hanyuan Hall, right? Therefore, the money was simply distributed to the government departments and let them arrange their own arrangements, so this caused differences in the dishes between the government departments.

First of all, the gap between the rich and the poor between the various government departments, such as the rich household department and the honest ritual department, the Ministry of Rites does not deduct the food and silver money of the saint is good, so can the household department subsidize some of it?

Then there is the issue of the style of the chief officials of the various government departments, such as Song Jingshangshu, how can he care about such miscellaneous matters? He is also honest and square, and he is not demanding about food, and Cui Tai of the Ministry of Industry is from the Cui family, and he is used to eating and drinking, although he only has one lunch, but he also has a lot of requirements, and his subordinates are naturally doing their best, resulting in the Langxia food of the Ministry of Industry being unique among the six departments.

Today, with Song Jingshangshu's special instructions, the directors of the Ministry of Rites naturally understand that they can't fall into the name of the Ministry of Rites, right? Naturally, the meal was much more abundant than usual.

Of course, the chief officials of the government departments do not need to eat in the corridor with their subordinates, and most of the subordinate officials now eat in the house, who wants to eat to enjoy the wind and sun?

Dugu Xinci counted them as guests of the Ministry of Rites, and the food and drink were also carried to the side hall.

"And a roast leg of lamb? Not bad, yes, the craftsmanship is passable" Dugu Xinci began to chew unceremoniously, and also commented heartily.

"Do you know how to respect the elderly? This good dish needs to be used by some older people first," Wang Hui Shangshu taught.

"Hehe, you wait first, you wait first, Dr. Cui won't impeach a certain person because of this, right?" Dugu Xinci smiled at the imperial historian Cui Yinfu.

"A certain impeachment of you, will you go to the Imperial Historical Observatory to rely on? When you arrive at Yushitai, you still have to take care of the food, and you don't do this kind of loss-making business," Dr. Cui Yinfu also smiled.

"Ha, Dr. Cui is reasonable, you wait to eat quickly, in a few days, this kind of good ingredients such as lamb legs will not be available" Dugu Xinci urged everyone.

"The leg of lamb is gone? What do you mean? "Wang Qiu Shangshu of the household department is puzzled.

"Hey, you and the others are all old ministers, and you don't know anything about such a simple thing? What is the saint's eastern tour for? Feng Zen? What should I do before I do it? Do you still have to fast? What to do in fasting? Will Feng Taishan need to be slaughtered? "Dugu is merciful and despises everyone.

"Will Mount Tai be slaughtered? yes, why didn't you think of it? It's good to say, it's okay to have vegetables on weekdays, but Cui Shangshu is hard? Wang Huishangshu said with a smile.

"Uh, how many months did it take to stop slaughtering?" Cui Taizhishangshu was really a little stunned.

"Do you still want it for two months?" Dugu Xinci is also uncertain.

"That's been four months, and it's really a bit difficult," Cui Shangshu muttered to himself.

"Hehe, what's the hard time? Cutting off slaughter is not about cutting off meat? Hey, that's a big deal? Cui Shangshu, how about a certain partnership to do a business? Dugu Xinci tempted.

"That's right, it's just that it's not allowed to kill, and the dry goods prepared before the edict are still edible" Cui Taizhi's Shangshu smiled happily, and said suspiciously, "Far Eastern Hou said that it was a big deal?" But what does it have to do with it? ”

"Wise, what's the point of eating some dry bacon every day? Want something fresh? A certain class builds a freezer to freeze the pre-slaughtered pork and mutton, and when the time comes, isn't it almost the same as fresh? "Dugu Xinci is very whimsical.

"Now that it's summer, the weather is getting hotter day by day, how can fresh pork and mutton be preserved?" Cui Taizhishang shook his head.

"The mountain people have their own clever plan, your Ministry of Industry sent people out of the land, collected live pigs and sheep to slaughter, so-and-so, out of this freezing method, so-and-so is also responsible for helping you sell, how about benefiting half of one person?" The lonely-hearted lion opened his mouth widely.

"If it can really be frozen for three or four months without breakage, do you still need to sell it? It would have been snatched up a long time ago, "Cui Tai's book is not stupid."

"Do you agree? Wait for you to go to the treasury, and tomorrow you will get ice cubes, well, this fund is also half of a person? Uh, what do you do? Want to get involved? No problem? You wait to look at the money, and wait for the dividends when the time comes? Dugu Xinci shouted.

"That person took out the coffin book and bought the shares, if the fresh meat is not stored properly and rotted, it can not be sold, and if you lose money, you need to return the coffin book" Wang Huishangshu immediately followed up and finalized the strategy of making sure that he would not lose money.

"Do you care about your coffin? If you are one, who else wants to buy shares? Well, a certain to 100,000 guan as the principal, a certain out of 50,000 guan accounted for forty percent, the 10,000 guan is considered to be the labor cost to the Ministry of Industry, you and so on, but after the share of dividends is "Dugu Xinci shares that are easy to master."

"You only account for 40% of 50,000?" Cui Taizhi's Shangshu also admired the courage of this obviously profitable Far Eastern Hou.

"So-and-so doesn't care about things after giving money and ice cubes, and you wait for yourself to find someone to take care of it" Dugu Xinci is also a hand-shaken shopkeeper.

"Well, anyway, the first tyrant of Yantang has silver money, and a certain two thousand yuan" Wang Qiu Shangshu shouted.

"A certain is also out of 2,000 runs", Wang Hui Shangshu also gave a specific number.

With the lead, Wei Kangshangshu of the Criminal Department also produced 5,000 Guan, and Cui Yinfu, the imperial historian, also produced 2,000 Guan, and finally even Yuwenrong Shilang also produced 1,000 Guan, Xiao Song's Shangshu of the Military Department was 2,000 Guan, and Li Chaoyin, the Qing of Dali Temple, was 2,000 Guan.

"Song Shangshu, you have some problems, right? If you don't borrow money from you, how about two cents of interest? "Dugu is kind and pampered Song Jing's book.

"A thousand runs, a thousand runs, a thousand runs, there are still some" Song Jingshangshu saw that a good gallery food had a big business with a principal of 100,000 yuan, and he was very helpless, but it was not good to look different.

"This is 77,000, the Ministry of Industry can pay 23,000, and afterwards it will be distributed according to three into three" Dugu Xinci instantly gave a dividend plan.

"How much profit do you think you can make from this business?" Wang Hui Shangshu is still not at ease.

"Is it okay to add a zero to you?" Dugu Xinci replied casually.

"Add zero? What do you mean? ”

"You wait for 2,000 guan, and it is still certain that it will become 20,000 guan in four months" Dugu Xinci's words still convinced everyone.

So everyone was even more happy to eat, and they had already left the situation of the Taiji Hall behind.

"Don't forget to pay taxes," Song Jingshang did not forget to advise.

"The household department sends people to manage the accounts, and directly transfers the profits to the household department, how much can the commercial tax of 30 taxes and one be? A certain dividend is an after-tax profit dividend? ”

"Do you say that the method of keeping it fresh is reliable?" Wang Hui Shangshu is still struggling.

"What did so-and-so do before?" Dugu sighed.

How much did you do before? The crowd slandered, eating, drinking, and having fun.

"You used to be a great magician," Song Jingshang glanced at him.

Everyone's eyes lit up, this is a great magician? Is it easy to keep the fresh meat from rotting for half a year with the means of a warlock, and just use the methods of a warlock to do this kind of business? It's a bit overkill, right?

"Spells can't be used to serve something, so what's the use of spells?" Dugu Xinci saw through the kindness of everyone and simply exposed it.

"Okay, if you are happy, you will go to the storehouse tomorrow, and it will be wide and shady?" Cui Tai's book was relieved.

"It's bigger, it's best to store millions of catties"

"Where is that big storeroom?"

"And don't you want to store it all in one place? How many more places to find? ”

"Oh, that's no problem"

"Well, you are looking for a good place, go to the Shengdaofang to find Wang Wulang and them, search for more pigs and sheep, and let them be slaughtered and stored."

"A certain self-dedication," Cui Taizhi Shangshu said with a smile.

"Put this down in advance, wait until the council hall to drink tea, there are some things that need to be discussed," Song Jingshang said when he saw that everyone had put down their chopsticks.

So everyone went back to the council chamber next door.

Let the officials bring tea, and Song Jing's book will be as straight as the theme.

"The saint toured the east to seal the Zen, sent a certain number of people to stay, although the saint left Beijing, everything should not be stagnant, and many affairs still need to be continued."

Everyone nodded, and Song Jing continued, "The affairs of the past half a year have been sorted out, and the major events are nothing more than the repair of the canal, the martial arts system, the inventory of hidden households, and the second half of the year's Wenju Changke, autumn tax collection, and the first three things to be discussed first."

"The repair of the Cao Canal is already underway, the eastern section is led by Wannian County, and some will not interfere, and now the western and middle sections have not yet started. Song Jing began to roll call.

"There are preliminary procedures, and Wen Yuren has already set a general strategy, why don't you ask him?" Cui Taizhishu replied.

"Then go find him and ask" Song Jing nodded, calling someone to find Wen Yu.

"Are there any problems in the western and middle sections of the Cao Canal?" Song Jing asked again.

"There are a lot of difficulties, but it can be said that there are many difficulties" Cui Shangshu smiled bitterly.

"What are they?"

"The western section starts from Kunming Pond and ends at the Bahe River, there are too many rivers along the way, especially the Feng River and the Wei River, the terrain is quite different, if it is connected by the Cao Canal, I am afraid that the Feng River will be diverted into the river," Cui Taizhi explained.

After a while, Wen Yuren came in a hurry with a document, and he was not much surprised to see Dugu Xinci present.

"Wen Yuren Wailang, the sage named you to preside over the overall repair of this canal, do you have a detailed strategy?" Song Jing waved his hand to sit down, and asked directly.

"This is a certain strategy, please check it carefully" Wen Yulangjun sat down next to Dugu Xinci, and handed the scroll to Song Jing's book.

"Questions?" Song Jingshangshu didn't check the documents, looked at Wen Yu and asked.

"There are many difficulties, first of all, we must solve the matter of diversion of water flow between rivers, secondly, the collection and organization of labor, the third is the distribution of irrigation along the way, the fourth is that the old Cao Canal is lined with rice mills to hinder the transportation, and the fifth is the maintenance cost after repair, if these five can have a proper solution, the construction can be started" Wen Yulangjun opened his mouth and asked several problems.

"Can there be a solution to the diversion of water flow between the rivers?" Song Jing asked.

"The original Cao Canal is extended to the upper reaches of the Wei River, the length of the Cao Canal has increased to three percent, and mostly in the mountains, it is quite difficult to repair, if the bend is straightened, only need to solve the gap between the two rivers, the current policy is to dig a pond and repair the sluice gate in the Feng River, but in this way, the passage of the boat is also inconvenient" Wen Yu's preparation is still very sufficient.

"Ladies and gentlemen, how can this problem be solved?" Song Jing asked other Shangshu.

"Wen Yu Dalang's preparation is still very proper, but he must not be afraid of difficulties in doing things, Xuanzang's westward journey to learn scriptures is still difficult? Does Far Eastern Hou have a solution? Wang Hui, the secretary of the ministry, first encouraged, and then asked Dugu Xinci, who was drinking tea by himself.

The tea of the Ministry of Rites is naturally not as good as its treasured monttop stone flowers, Qujiang flakes, that is, a few cents and taels of tea in the West Market, but it is better than the fragrance, and the boiling water is still accessible to the mouth.

"Ah, build a sluice? No problem, hey, I just said that a certain person will trust the bright moon in his heart, but why do you prefer to shine the bright moon in the ditch? Dugu sighed.

"Let you discuss the matter of Caoqu, where is so much emotion? Hurry up and think about it, and after talking about it, you can drink something" Wang Hui Shangshu was dissatisfied.

"This sluice gate and aqueduct repair are expensive?" Dugu Xinci then asked.

"It's less expensive to repair the aqueduct," Wen Yu replied.

"Then build the aqueduct," Dugu replied, making everyone despised.

"Some of the discussions are about the diversion of the flow of the Feng River, and you say that building an aqueduct can solve it?" Cui Tai's book teased.

"Why can't it be solved? Solving the diversion is nothing more than making the two rivers not meet? Isn't it okay to build an aqueduct? Hehe, what a spectacle? The water is flowing and the water is flowing, and the bridge on the river does not leave, but the water flows," Dugu Xinci said casually.

Everyone looked at him dumbfounded.

"Wen Yulangjun, is the strategy of the Marquis of Far East feasible?" Song Jingshang was stunned for a long time and then asked.

"It should be no problem, no, absolutely no problem" Wen Yulangjun replied immediately.

"What's going on in your head? This kind of bizarre scheme can also be said casually? Are you really from Yingzhou Huaguo Mountain? Wang Hui Shangshu looked the Far Eastern Hou up and down.

"Thou shalt say, duh, thou art the wicked? A certain reply said: A certain is the Monkey King of Huaguo Mountain, "Dugu is kind and happy."

"Okay, this difficulty is solved, let's discuss the second article," Song Jing sighed.

I would have turned my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shone on the ditch

(End of chapter)