Chapter 158: Tournament Warm-up
Xiao Feng lost his position! Yan Party officials celebrate with their crowns! Although he only lost a sesame mung bean petty official from the seventh grade, this is the first time he has lost an official after Xiao Feng's rise, and he has been constantly adding officials to the knighthood before.
What's more, although the people in the middle school are small, they are walking in the cabinet. Although he has no right to block Yan Song's decision, he can constantly harass and raise opinions from the side.
For Yan Song, Xiao Feng is like a mosquito that can't be killed or driven away, and it will fly to his ears at any time every day to buzz for a while, which makes people upset and irritable.
The point is that you can't guard against him yet, in case you take it lightly, he comes up and a needle, although it doesn't hurt, it's guaranteed to make you itch for days.
Now it's okay, the ears are clear, Yan Song smiled when he entered the cabinet, and he even looked at Xu Jie.
There are many officials in the Yan Mansion, secretly giving gifts, and those who come to the door in a grand manner, sweeping away the coldness and haze of the past few days.
Most of them congratulate Yan Shifan for getting a lifting background, and wish him the title of the Spring Gold List and the champion of high school.
Yan Shifan wasn't too excited about this, it stands to reason that it's just a matter of time or time.
But there were more people to congratulate, and he gradually became happy, and he also had a new idea, which could disgust Xiao Feng fiercely.
He arched his hand at the officials, who usually didn't look at each other very seriously, and announced loudly.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I have always regretted that I entered the officialdom early because of my father and failed to pass the imperial examination. Long live God's grace today, I have the opportunity to make up for this regret, I am really grateful, and I will do my best to disobey God's grace. I heard that Wen Xuan Zhenren has never passed the imperial examination, and he was a scholar before, and he was given the Jinshi background in long live. Now that the people of Zhongshushe are gone, why not also re-enter the dragon gate and try their edge? If Wen Xuan Zhenren didn't dare to end up, wouldn't it make people guess that he had no literary talent, so how could he be the teacher of the two princes? These words were soon spread by well-intentioned people and became popular in the capital.
In particular, strict party officials were the most energetic and desperately advocated. For a while, the readers in the capital were all sensational, and they didn't expect that they would have the opportunity to compete with Yan Shifan this year, let alone know if even Xiao Feng would end up in person.
These two are known as the smartest people in the world. Another "Good Song", which has few works, and "Good Song Notes", which has been passed on to the outside world, are all famous works praised by thousands of people.
The sentimental poem written on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, although the level is not as good as the first two, but the true feeling has also touched many people.
These two people ended up together, and the pressure on the world's scholars is indeed not small. Even Zhang Juzheng couldn't sit still, and hurriedly ran to Xiao's Mansion to inquire about first-hand news.
"Brother Xiao, Yan Shifan openly issued a war letter, will you face the battle?" Xiao Feng smiled faintly: "I don't want to be an official, what are you doing in the imperial examination?" Besides, Banzai removed my official position, and did not take away the Jinshi birth he gave me. I went to participate in the imperial examination with a group of people, did I have enough to eat? Zhang Juzheng was surprised, he didn't expect Xiao Feng to be so unpopular, how did this answer feel a bit like a scoundrel?
"Brother Xiao said this, I'm afraid that those people with ulterior motives will seize the handle and damage Brother Xiao's image." Xiao Feng laughed: "What image do I have." If someone attacks me with this, you can help me get them back. Zhang Juzheng nodded: "What words?" ”
"Since Yan Shifan is so ambitious, when Long Live didn't deprive him of his official status, he didn't forbid him to participate in the imperial examination, why didn't he go to participate?" Zhang Juzheng was stunned for a moment, and then laughed too.
After Xiao Feng's reply reached the outside, people's opinions were polarized. Those who support Xiao Feng say that Xiao Feng is free and easy, indifferent to fame and fortune, which is exactly the style of a Taoist person.
Those who oppose Xiao Feng, led by Yan Dang, angrily accuse Xiao Feng of being an embroidered pillow.
In any case, there is still an important competition in the capital before the Spring Festival. Although the importance of this game in the Ming Dynasty is far less than that of the imperial examination, and it may not even be paid attention to outside the capital, but in the capital, from the perspective of the people, it is really a major event that everyone has been looking forward to.
This is the Beijing God of Food Competition, and the common people pay more attention to this competition than the imperial examination. After all, there are few scholars among the people, and the imperial examination has nothing to do with them.
But the people also want to go to the restaurant, so it is very important to know the ranking of each restaurant, which is related to face and lining.
It can be said that the Beijing God of Food Contest is the Daming version of the public-review and Xiaohong-book, which directly determines the traffic of the Beijing restaurant in the coming year.
Therefore, there are still a few days left on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and the chefs of major restaurants have already begun to prepare their hands and practice hard.
For a while, the kitchens of major restaurants were shining with knives, and pots and pans were clanging. Shi Zhenxiang is naturally not idle, he not only practiced hard by himself, but also gathered all his disciples and grandchildren together for a conference.
The name of the conference is: to ensure that the Taibaiju team wins the championship and whoever wins the championship cannot let the drunken immortal building win the championship pledge meeting.
Shi Zhenxiang, the head of the Taibai department, made an important speech at the conference, and the following are the minutes of the meeting.
"Anyone can lose this year, but they must not lose to Drunken Immortal Building! Wasn't her mother's cooking skills better than hers? Defeat at my hands! The top chef industry has always been the world of our men, and the food cooked by women is only worthy of their own men and children! Rest assured, the referee is beneficial to us, everyone just play to their heart's content! Of course, it would be best if the drunken immortal building could retreat from the difficulty! The last sentence was said to his disciples, and it also fully exposed Shi Zhenxiang's weakness.
Although he thinks that his cooking skills are much higher than Liu Ruyun, Liu Ruyun's backstage is Xiao Feng, who knows what kind of moths Xiao Feng will make?
Back then, in the confrontation between Zhang Tianci and Tan Xinren, almost no one was optimistic that Zhang Tianci would win, but in the end?
Zhang Tianci is now the president of the Beijing Chamber of Commerce, where did Tan Xinren go? Therefore, you must not underestimate anyone Xiao Feng supports, because you never know what kind of sudden he will give you.
Shi Zhenxiang's apprentices understood and quickly took action. The Drunken Immortal Building suddenly became lively, and several groups of people ran to eat, which kept Chen Zhonghou very busy.
Because she still couldn't hire a chef, Liu Ruyun naturally had to cook herself. That way, she didn't have time to practice and think about the competition.
Seeing that the competition was going to be held in two days, Chen Zhonghou thought about whether to close the door for two days and let his daughter practice hard, after all, except for the five dishes, the rest of the dishes were not very proficient.
But as soon as the idea was revealed, the eaters stopped doing it and shouted loudly.
"What are you doing? How can there be a restaurant in the world that picks up customers, do you want to bully customers in the drunken fairy building? "This comment is not daring, any era of the restaurant is the service industry, once it is deducted as a big bully in the store, no matter how good the cooking skills are, don't think about having customers.
Don't dare to close down, these people take turns to eat, and the taste is very tricky, and they don't dare to stretch out their hands to scold Chen Zhonghou, all relying on Liu Ruyun's busy feet in the kitchen not to touch the ground.
After practicing food for two consecutive years, Liu Ruyun was almost tired and lay down, and it was estimated that he would not be able to survive the day of the God of Food Competition, so he would have to be tired.
Chen Zhonghou saw that the situation was not good, and he couldn't come up with an idea, so he had to secretly let the young man run to Xiao Mansion for help.
After Xiao Feng listened to the young man's wheezing narration, he habitually picked up the fan and knocked on the palm of his hand. Before he could speak, Zhang Yunqing, who ran into the house with Wangcai next to him, had already raised his eyebrows and shouted angrily.
"This is clearly Shi Zhenxiang's ghost! Brother Xiao, you let Jinyiwei beat him up! "It's the same at this time
Wang Yingxiang, who ran in with Wangcai, shook her head and expressed her disagreement. After all, she is an official eunuch, and she has a higher level of knowledge.
"Brother Xiao has just been punished by the emperor, if you are too high-profile at this time, you will get into trouble." The only one is not to run in with Wangcai, but to chase the two sisters in Qiaoqiao, who is not too interested in the open and secret fighting, but arouses the gluttony.
"It's been a long time since I've eaten Sister Liu's cooking, why don't we eat it!" Xiao Feng helplessly patted Qiaoqiao's head with a fan.
"What hasn't been eaten for a long time, haven't you just eaten it in the Chinese New Year's Eve?" It's only been a few days? But you said to eat ......" Xiao Feng stood up, unfolded his fan and smiled and said to the young man: "You go back, I have a way." ”