As I said before, the diet of the Southern Song Dynasty had reached its peak in ancient times, with a wide variety of dishes, and the names at that time were also a little different, such as steamed buns, which were actually called cooking cakes at that time, noodles were called suo cakes, and baked cakes were called hu cakes.

When Yang Jing first arrived in the Southern Song Dynasty, he was also surrounded by these titles, and often couldn't eat the food he really wanted to eat, but now he is gradually getting used to it.

The people of the Southern Song Dynasty generally had two meals a day, the first meal at ** o'clock in the morning, and the second meal at four or five o'clock in the afternoon.

But these are the rules of the poor family, Zhong Mingding's rich family, in addition to these two meals, there is also breakfast, supper, etc., the Song people love food, and there are many people who eat four or five meals a day.

Large restaurants are generally open at dinner time, starting at seven or eight o'clock in the morning, serving the first meal after nine o'clock, resting at noon, and opening again in the afternoon, but not at night.

Of course, when the hotel is closed at night, you can also go to some entertainment venues, and there are also a variety of food.

And if you want to eat something at noon, it doesn't matter if the restaurant is not open, there are a lot of small stalls and vendors on the street, you can eat some snacks and other things.

Whether it is a restaurant, a restaurant or an entertainment venue, there is almost no business at six or seven o'clock in the morning, with one exception.

That is the breakfast stall on the edge of the imperial city of Lin'an City, they usually get up in the middle of the night to prepare, and their customers are also a special group of people, that is, the officials of the imperial court.

These court officials had to get up at three or four o'clock in the morning, because they had to rush to the morning court, and when they arrived at the edge of the imperial city, three or five people got together, ate some exquisite breakfast, predicted the content of the court meeting, chatted about family life, and discussed last night's merry affairs with a bad smile, which was also a way for colleagues to communicate with each other.

Moreover, the nightlife of the Song people is very rich, and it is the real beginning of officialdom communication after the dispersal of the government, lingering in various entertainment venues, leaving a little bit of dirty little secrets between each other, so as to be able to shorten the distance faster and enhance the relationship.

This is why there is a saying, that is, they have been through the window together, carried a gun together, and prostituted together, so they are called iron buddies.

It can be seen that the officials of the Song Dynasty are also painful and happy, and they can only rest for one day after ten days of work, which is called the ten-day holiday, and they can only have a holiday on big festivals, so they go to work every day, and they go to the merry house after work, and they have to get up to go to the morning court before dawn the next day, and there is no time to sleep.

Although Yang Jing wears many hats, in fact, there are not many opportunities and times to go to the court, because Zhao Yun has been seriously ill and has only recently recovered, and Yang Jing is responsible for treating him, and he constantly has secret errands.

Yesterday, Zhao Yunsheng was fortunate to visit Longshan Temple and participated in the birthday celebration of the Empress Dowager Yang, and her mental outlook and physical condition were not bad.

So he has no excuse to be lazy anymore, today is the first early court after Shen Ke recovered, Yang Jing originally wanted to enter the palace, but now it seems that he can only participate in this court meeting.

Yang Jing's mansion is Qin Hui's former residence, and it was also taken over by Yang Jing, in the past, many people went inside to pull wild, which was simply smelly, and some people avoided it, and some people said that there were evil ghosts and the like.

In addition, the place was remote, so Yang Jing went out early, and when he arrived at the imperial city, the officials had not come to eat breakfast.

Fortunately, Chen Mi is leading, otherwise Yang Jing is really boring.

I ate a piece of soup at the stall, the piece of soup at that time was not called a piece of soup, but called a dumpling, as for the dumplings, there was no such thing as dumplings at that time, the dumplings were called wontons, and the real wontons, the Song people also called dumplings.

Thinking of these names, Yang Jing also had a headache, lifted the lid of the steaming pot, and ordered a few things, anyway, one hot is worth three fresh, plus small dishes such as sauerkraut that make people drool, Yang Jing also ate sweaty.

Although there is no such thing as chili pepper, but if you want to eat spicy pepper, there are dogwood, soy sauce and the like, so at least you won't suffer if you eat it.

Yang Jing ate happily, and the royal street began to be lively, and some officials came to the imperial city in horse-drawn carriages and ox carts.

Of course, it is not possible to ride horses in the royal street, but the carriage is still possible, but the Song Dynasty has always lacked horses, and many border armies have never had tall horses, they are all some southern ponies, and even the ponies are few, so they can only use ox carts, and they can walk steadily, and they are more elegant.

In fact, all dynasties and dynasties have strict rules for the mounts of officials, such as the Son of Heaven driving six, the princes driving five, etc., all of which are clearly recorded in classics such as Zhou Li.

In ancient times, there were regulations on officials riding in sedan chairs, and if they crossed the rules, they would be impeached by the supervision of the imperial history and the speech officials, but the status of the scholars and doctors of the Song Dynasty was already two or three stories high, and the emperor was relatively easy to speak, so this aspect was not too strict.

What Yang Jing didn't expect was that in addition to him, the first person to come here was the elderly Dong Huai!

This old minister is also really admirable, even if he is already a courtier, he is still strict with himself, and he can be called a model of civil and military officials.

Seeing that Yang Jing was earlier than himself, Dong Huai was also quite pleased, after all, he had a good impression of Yang Jing, and earlier he had thought of using his connections to let Yang Jing study in the Guozi Prison and get a mixed background.

You must know that an official like Dong Huai, who has a clean sleeve, rarely goes through the backdoor relationship, and he was able to break this example for Yang Jing, which also shows his appreciation for Yang Jing.

However, because of the case of Yang Zhen and Dong Dengzhou, he and Xu Fo also had a misunderstanding of Yang Jing, and later thanks to Yang Jing, he and Xu Fo retained their official position.

"Lord Yang is so early, this is really embarrassing for the old man..."

Dong Huai didn't take a carriage, but came on a walk, anyway, his mansion was not far away, so he had to exercise in the morning.

But after all, he is old, and after walking for such a while, his forehead is also slightly sweaty, and his breathing is not very smooth.

"It's only this morning, Dong Xianggong is like this every day, so it's really admirable..."

Although Yang Jing felt that the title of Xianggong was a little awkward and embarrassing, it was much more convenient than calling those eunuchs father-in-law and husband.

The titles of the Song people are also a little different, the royal titles are more friendly and easy-going, but some titles must be paid attention to.

For example, as I said earlier, the word Miss cannot be called casually, because the word Miss in the Song Dynasty already referred to those women who had lost their feet in the Qinglou, and calling Miss was equivalent to scolding.

There is also a girl, this word Yang Jing has not paid attention to, and it is also commonly used, but it was not until earlier that Feng Ruochen reminded Yang Jing, in fact, girls are often used in the Qinglou, ordinary people are generally like the Tang Dynasty, when they see girls, they are generally called Niangzi, or Little Niangzi.

This lady is the same as Xianggong, not referring to husband and wife, Xianggong is the honorific title of the prime minister or some officialdom bosses, such as Yue Fei, can also be called Yue Xianggong, and the lady is not a wife, but a young girl.

As for the titles of man and old man, it is best not to call them casually.

Yang Jing didn't know much about folklore, but after coming here for so long, he still couldn't change his words, and sometimes he inevitably made some innocuous jokes.

Dong Huai saw that Yang Jing was so humble, and praised him again, and he was also a lot more relieved.

Because talents who only know how to do things but do not know how to communicate can only continue to make enemies in the officialdom, and ultimately cannot get enough opportunities to display their ambitions and ideals.

And Yang Jing is actually not an arrogant and arrogant person in terms of dealing with the world, let alone ignorant or old-fashioned and withdrawn, with a friendly smile and a charming temperament, among the younger generation, I really can't find a second one.

For Yang Jing's admiration, Dong Huai naturally wouldn't think that Yang Jing was patting his ass, the official family named the person who asked him to bring a knife to guard, why should he pat him Dong Huai's ass, and besides, Yang Jing is not a sycophant, otherwise his official position and status would not be limited to this for a long time.

Dong Huai smiled, ordered some food, sat down next to Yang Jing without a shelf, and watched Yang Jing sip the soup with a smile.

"Young man, it's a blessing to be able to eat..."Dong Huai saw Yang Jing's eating appearance, and only felt that everything Yang Jing ate was fragrant, as if he was thinking about the past, and he couldn't help but sigh so emotionally.

Yang Jing put down the empty bowl, took out the champa to wipe his mouth, then touched his stomach with satisfaction, and smiled at Dong Huai: "Lian Po can still eat several big bowls, Dong Xiang envy me for what I do..."

Dong Huai also smiled, and when he saw that he hadn't served it earlier, he lowered his voice to Yang Jing and said, "Do you know what the official family wants to say this morning?"

Yang Jing couldn't help but get serious, because Dong Huai was the privy envoy and right minister, and he was the chief steward of the Great Song Dynasty, usually speaking, he would know the content of the early dynasty a day in advance, after all, sometimes it was necessary to organize some people to support the decisions of the official family.

In the history of the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty, His Majesty the Emperor is not necessarily a word, and in many matters, the emperor cannot have the final say alone, and civil officials have the right to refute and argue, and even have the right to dismiss His Majesty's decision, which is not uncommon.

Yang Jing thought that Dong Huai had the heart to remind him, so he leaned his head and waited for Dong Huai to speak, but Dong Huai was a little dazed, and said to Yang Jing: "The old man asked if you knew about the issue of the early dynasty, what did you do so closely!"

Yang Jing also couldn't cry or laugh: "Dong Xiang doesn't know?"

"The old man knows and asks you what you are doing!" Dong Huai was also happy, and explained to Yang Jing: "This is the first morning dynasty after the official family recovered from illness, the official family was too tired to go down the mountain yesterday, and it was late, I couldn't enter the palace, I know it, I thought you would know..."

Dong Huai didn't have much hope, but he didn't expect that in fact, Yang Jing really knew today's issues, at least Yang Jing knew one, and that was to let him go north!

Of course, Zhao Yun is only afraid that for the sake of prudence, he will conceal that the killer of Hongqi has become a traitor and a leading party, and wants to assassinate Li Tingzhi and open the breach in Huainan from An Fengjun.

And Yang Jing should go to Anfeng Army in the name of inspection, or patrol the border supervision army, which is a good excuse.

No matter what kind of excuse it is, in fact, it is inseparable from the support of Dong Huai, as long as the official speaks, Dong Huai responds and echoes, I believe that Yang Jing will receive much less resistance.

Because Dong Huai is not only the prime minister, but also the privy envoy of the Privy Council in charge of all affairs, Yang Jing wants to patrol the border, so he naturally needs the consent of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War.

"Don't hide it from Dong Xianggong, the lower officials do know something..."

"You know?" If you change the past, or say this sentence differently, Dong Huai may not believe it, but it is Yang Jing who speaks, Dong Huai was slightly stunned, and he was relieved.

"The official family... Actually, you want me to go north..."

"Going north?"

"Yes, it's only been three or five days, has Dong Xianggong ever heard of Li Tingzhi of Quan Zhian Fengjun?"

Dong Huai heard Yang Jing mention Li Tingzhi of An Fengjun, and immediately became serious, after all, he is the assistant in charge of the whole government, how can he know nothing about the importance of An Fengjun!

"I'm afraid that Dong Xianggong will make a statement in the court, here's the thing..."Yang Jing didn't hesitate too much, so he told Dong Huai all the information about Su Yuexi, and of course, he also explained to him the attitude of the official family.

If Dong Huai didn't know in advance, maybe he would have to stand on the side of the officials, but now that Yang Jing has mentioned it, and it is the meaning of the official family, he will know what to do.

"Don't worry, the old man will support you, those opponents are all short-sighted, only greedy for the small profits in front of them, but they don't know how to be prepared for danger in times of peace, sooner or later it will be bad..."

Dong Huai said this, which can be regarded as reassuring Yang Jing, and Yang Jing is more confident about going north this time.