In the following days, Gao Yiming found that there would always be more soup on his table every night, I don't know what it was made of, it was not difficult to drink, but he always faintly drank a medicinal smell, but he thought that this soup tasted like this, so he didn't care.

What he didn't know was that every time he finished eating, the palace lady who served him to eat would be called to the palace by the queen for questioning.

"How is the emperor's appetite today? Did the emperor drink the soup boiled in this palace? ”

"Hui Niangniang, the emperor still ate two dishes, one meat and one vegetarian, the meat dish is spicy chicken nuggets, the vegetarian dish is cabbage vermicelli, and the emperor ate two bowls of soup you sent."

"It is so good, that you have to live and serve."

"Yes! Empress. ”

"There you go."

Such questionings are staged every day.

There was nothing to do this day, Gao Yiming came to the imperial dining room leisurely, and saw that there were two chefs busy inside, and he quietly walked in. When one of them saw that he was plain, he asked, "Who are you, and what are you doing in the dining room?" ”

"Oh, I eat the food you cook for me every day, and I've never met, so come and see, listen to the accent You're from Sichuan, how long haven't you been home?"

"Oh, you eat the food we cook every day, then you are also on an errand in the palace, the rules in the palace are big, I don't ask you where you are on an errand, you look simple and think that you are also from a poor background, the emperor is a good person today, considerate of his subordinates, we can take turns off all three of us now, you can take a look at it, but you can't move anything, something goes wrong, you and I can't afford it."

"Okay, you're busy, I'll just stand here and take a look." Watching the chef cook, this is Gao Yiming's problem in the night market stall, he used to be alone in Shanghai, no relatives and no reason, the fireworks of the night market made him feel at ease, and the shouting of the night market chef made him feel less empty.

"Will my brother go back to his hometown to take a look?"

"This round of rest is also unique, since entering the palace, I have hardly returned to my hometown, and I heard that it is now occupied by bandits, so I dare not go back."

"Huh! They are not bandits, they are all ordinary people who are dissatisfied with the court officials. ”

"Alas! Little brother, don't you dare to say that, you want to kill your head if you say this. ”

"It's not that serious, what are you going to eat at noon today?"

"The rules set by the emperor are two dishes per person, one meat and one vegetable."

"It's a lot easier now, isn't it?"

"Yes, but now it's called eating, a lot of the food used to be wasted, and what's even more annoying is that a chicken costs five taels of silver, but now it's okay, there are fewer people eating, we can buy things ourselves, and it's not a little cheap."

"I know what you said, so we need to streamline the staff, and it's better to work more for the young and strong."

"What you said is insightful, no wonder you entered the palace at a young age to work as an errand."

"It's just a mouthful of rice, by the way, I looked around, and I didn't see any soup you cooked."

"Our emperor hardly drinks salty soup, so we never prepare."

"Oh!" Gao Yiming wondered, who made the soup he drank every day: "Are you responsible for delivering the emperor's meal every day?" ”

"No, someone is in charge, hey! You can't inquire about this, you have something to do, let's leave quickly, Manager Han is coming soon, let him see you here, and he should say that ours is not. ”

"Is Mr. Han Han Han Zanzhou, is he very strict?"

"Why don't you understand the rules, how dare you call Manager Han by his name, go quickly." The imperial chef went out to pick people up.

Gao Yiming was decisively invited out by the imperial chef after mixing a little food, he was not angry, and walked happily towards the imperial study, all of which was seen in the heart of the queen who was hiding not far away, and the worry in Zhou Hou's heart was even worse, when will the emperor be able to mingle with his subordinates, is it possible to return to his ancestors?

Coming to the imperial study, Gao Yiming waited for Han Zanzhou to deliver the meal with a straight face, his meal was personally responsible for Han Zanzhou, this kid was not small, he dared to stuff his meal, he had to ask clearly.

didn't let him wait long, Han Zanzhou came in with a food box, and Gao Yiming saw the familiar soup casserole again.

Quietly watching him lay out the meal, Gao Yiming sat down at the table and began to eat, and suddenly he asked: "The imperial dining room knows that I don't drink soup, and you make this soup every day?" ”

Gao Yiming's cold words frightened Han Zan, and he quickly knelt down and said: "Back to the emperor, it was the queen mother who personally selected materials and burned the fire every day, and spent four hours boiling. ”

"Oh, get up, do you know why the queen did this?"

"The slave doesn't know, I'll ask."

"Oh, no need, you go and tell the queen and Yuan Guifei, so that they don't have to work for me, if there is anyone in their family in Nanjing, just say that I give permission, you can visit them at any time, or ask them to come to the palace." Since Chongzhen has been taken away, there is no reason not to take care of his daughter-in-law, you must know that the woman who was divorced by the emperor in ancient times can only be lonely in the cold palace for life, this matter Gao Yiming can't do, first eat and drink well, and then solve it in an orderly manner.

Han Zan Zhou saw that Gao Yiming was not angry, and immediately got up and went to pass the decree, but Queen Zhou didn't listen to him, and still sent him soup every week, and Gao Yiming didn't insist that she not do it, but the smell of medicine made him feel uneasy, so he almost didn't drink it later.

This made Han Zanzhou bitter, in order not to disappoint the queen, he didn't dare to tell her that the emperor didn't drink soup, and every time he said that he drank two bowls, he could hide it for as long as he wanted.

More than a month later, it was the last day that Gao Yiming stipulated that the downsizing of personnel must be completed, and this day was the Great Dynasty Meeting.

The Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Punishment all told the Ministry of Officials about the downsizing of their yamen, and the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Punishment basically followed the line drawn by Gao Yiming and completed the goal, but the Ministry of Officials, which had only reduced the number of more than 700 people in half a day, to 100 people.

This is equivalent to slapping the face in front of hundreds of officials, such a key department, Gao Yiming still expects them to lay off employees in the national government, this girl, with this attitude of dealing with errands, don't make jokes about the more streamlined and more people in the end.

In a fit of rage, he dismissed the secretary from his position, and for the sake of the old man's age, Gao Yiming asked him to go home to retire, and ordered Shi Kefa to serve as the secretary of the ministry and complete the staff reduction within half a month.

Shi Kefa happily accepted the order, and it only took ten days to reduce the remaining more than 600 people in the official department to 411 people, Gao Yiming was greatly satisfied, and entered Shi Kefa as a scholar of Wenhua Palace.

At this time, Wang Chengen also completed the settlement of Yangzhou salt tax and returned to Nanjing.

Looking at Wang Chengen, who had lost a lot of weight than at the beginning, Gao Yiming was very touched: "These days, you have worked hard!" ”

"In front of the emperor, I don't dare to call it hard, and when I see that the emperor is now healthy and victorious, the slaves are so happy! Long live the emperor, long live! ”

"Get up, I recognize your ability to do things during this time, and I call you back this time because there is an important matter for you to do."