Chapter 41: The Confucian Banquet
There are Huai'en's letters there, and Kong Hongtai and Liu Daxia regard Chang Feng as their own.
Not everyone has the courage to resist the traitorous party and protect the prince. The two even had a hint of admiration for Chang Feng.
Kong Hongtai warmly invited Chang Feng: "The ancestor worship ceremony is approaching, and there are too many chores at home. I plan to go to Tai'an Mansion with Governor Liu, climb Mount Tai, and hide and relax. ”
"Chang Baihu is the first to come to Shandong, right? How can you not climb Mount Tai? Why don't you go together? ”
Chang Feng is trying to go to Mount Tai to investigate on the spot to see how to create a disaster.
Chang Feng arched his hand: "Thank you Yan Shenggong, it is better for your subordinates to be respectful than to obey your orders." ”
Kong Hongtai said again: "It's almost noon." Hundreds of households will stay together to eat. ”
Being able to eat at the same table with Yan Shenggong is the supreme honor of all Ming officials!
Everyone knows that Yan Shenggong has an arrogant temperament.
The person he doesn't look down on, no matter how high the grade is, he won't give face to a meal.
Last time, the governor of Shandong went to the Confucian Temple to worship, and when the sun was approaching, he wanted to stay in the Confucian Mansion and taste the world-famous Confucian Banquet.
Yan Shenggong refused to be thousands of miles away: "Lord Futai is busy with official business. Please come back. ”
Kong Hongtai invited Changfeng to try a hundred households to eat, not for anything else, but for Ya Zhongyi.
Kong Hongtai naturally didn't know that Chang Feng protected the prince, and nine out of ten was out of selfishness.
The three of them entered the dining room of the Confucian Mansion.
The former residence of the saint is very particular about eating. The food system is a branch of the ritual music system advocated by the Confucian sage.
Therefore, the daily diet of the Holy Princes of the past dynasties is comparable to the palace banquet.
The beautiful maids of the Confucian Mansion began to serve the food elegantly.
The first course is yellow bream.
Chang Feng took a bite, and a smile appeared on his face when he had eaten delicious food.
This is much better than the pig's head meat on Donkey Hangzi Street!
Chang Feng couldn't help asking: "Dare to ask Yan Shenggong, Lord Liu, I don't know what the name of this dish is?" ”
At this moment, Chang Feng, to use the allusion in the later "Dream of Red Mansions", is really like "Grandma Liu first entered Cybertron, and Optimus Prime tried clouds and rain for the first time".
Kong Hongtai stroked his beard and did not speak.
Liu Daxia is honest and self-controlled, and spends his days in Tai'an Mansion with green vegetables and tofu. As soon as there was a gluttony in his stomach, he ran to Confucius to fight his teeth.
He is more clear about the diet of Confucius than the Holy Father!
Liu Daxia explained: "The name of this dish is yellow finch bream. Take a three-month-old male yellow finch and remove the claws and wingtips after slaughtering. ”
"Soak and wash with twenty years of Shaoxing wine. Then disembowel the sparrows, dry them, and remove the moisture. ”
"Then use orange peel, green onion ginger, red yeast rice, sweet rice wine, pepper, fine sea salt, and water to make a marinade."
"Add the yellow finch to the marinade, marinate for 2816 days."
"When eating, take the yellow finch out of the marinade and wash it again with the best daughter red. The scorching sun was exposed to an hour and a moment. ”
"Use the finest rapeseed oil and cook until it is 60% hot. Put the yellow finch in and roll it twice. ”
"Take out the top drawer and steam it for a moment. This yellow finch bream was made. ”
Liu Daxia's words stunned Chang Feng.
Confucius is such an ordinary side dish, but it is so complicated to make. It is worthy of a 2,000-year-old family raised by millions of acres of land.
Liu Daxia added: "If you want to talk about the various dishes of the Confucian banquet, I am more familiar than Yan Shenggong!" I am a poor official, and whenever I have time, I will come to fight the autumn wind of the Holy Father. ”
Kong Hongtai said: "The poor officials of the Ming Dynasty are more difficult to find than rare. I wish you would come to my house every day to fight the autumn breeze. ”
After eating sixteen dishes, the first delicacy of the Confucian banquet came up.
It was an ordinary-looking longevity peach. The name is "a product of longevity peach".
Chang Feng thought: This should be the staple food at the Confucian banquet.
The beautiful maid gave Chang Feng a piece.
Chang Feng took a bite, where is this Shou Tao? Refreshing and glutinous, sweet but not greasy. The sweet aroma is refreshing.
Chang Feng smiled again on his face as he had tasted the beautiful food.
Liu Daxia smiled: "The first time I ate a longevity peach, it was exactly the same as your expression." ”
"This peach is as particular as the yellow finch bream. First, use low heat to fry the sorghum caramel and half dry. ”
"Take the Gongtian yam at the foot of Mount Tai, steam it in the drawer for two moments, and chop it into mud with a wooden knife."
"The yam puree is neutralized into the hawthorn cake, green plum powder, red silk, and jujube paste, and the group becomes a longevity peach, and the upper drawer is steamed for two moments."
"Finally, add sorghum caramel to cold black tea, dissolve it at a low cremation, make a sauce, and pour it on the longevity peach."
Chang Feng was dumbfounded again. No wonder Master Confucius said in the Analects that "you don't get tired of eating, and you don't get tired of being fine"!
The children and grandchildren of his old man are really very particular about eating.
However, on a table of delicacies, Kong Hongtai didn't use chopsticks much.
After a while, a maid walked up to Kong Hongtai.
What do you say about this maid? Hey! It's ditched and lost, and the legs are long and protruding, and it's so beautiful that it's bubbling.
The maid had a tray in her hand. In the tray is a pancake, a green onion, and a bowl of yellow sauce.
Kong Hongtai picked up the green onions, dipped them in yellow sauce and spread them evenly on the pancakes, and then skillfully rolled up the green onions with the pancakes and chewed them in large gulps.
The dignified saint is the most fond of pancake rolls and green onions!
You must know that Yuan Shao's "four worlds and three dukes" during the Three Kingdoms were already extremely noble.
The Confucian family is "sixty-one and sixty princes and one king". Kong Hongtai is such a noble person, but he loves pancake rolls and green onions?
Kong Hongtai finished devouring, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and explained: "Chang Baihu laughs. The Confucian banquet is for you distinguished guests. ”
"I don't really like to eat myself. Or this pancake roll with green onions is refreshing. ”
Chang Feng is very good at speaking: "Yan Shenggong does not forget the teachings of Confucius. Zi said: Eat loosely, drink water, bend the humerus and pillow, and enjoy it. ”
The translation of this sentence is, just eat coarse food with cold water, and use your arms as pillows, and you can enjoy yourself.
Kong Hongtai was surprised: "Chang Baihu is a martial artist of Jinyiwei. Do you even know the words in the Analects? ”
Chang Feng was a little embarrassed: "When I was young, my father also forced his subordinates to study. However, his subordinates are sparse, not the material for reading. The county tried three times but did not get on the case. ”
Kong Hongtai said: "Studying is not about how far you can go in the imperial examination. It depends on how to read and how to use it. ”
At this moment, the beautiful maid who was waiting for Kong Hongtai to eat pancakes knelt down for Kong Hongtai with a "poof".
The maid burst into tears: "Master, this is the last time the slave will serve you dinner." ”
Chang Feng said in his heart: In the capital, which high-ranking official doesn't have a leg with the beautiful maid in his own house? Thinking about it, this beautiful maid must be the forbidden belly of Yan Shenggong without a name.
Chang Feng is still young. I have seen a lot of indiscriminate in Jinyiwei, but I don't believe that there are really saints in this world.
Kong Hongtai hurriedly said, "Nian'er, get up quickly." I forgot, you're going to leave tomorrow and marry your crush, right? ”
"You entered the house at the age of six. served the Kong family for eleven years. The Kong family has never regarded you as a slave, only as a daughter. ”
"Your wishful husband, I remember being a scholar from a poor family? I will give you twenty acres of land, which will be regarded as a dowry from my mother's family. ”
"With twenty acres of land, it is enough for you and your husband to live a good life."
"You tell him that he has to keep reading books and that there is no end to learning. But don't be obsessed with the imperial examination. ”
"Scholars, once you win the lift, you become an official. Good people become evil spirits! ”
Chang Feng didn't see the reluctance between men and women from Kong Hongtai's eyes, only one father's love for one child.
Kong Hongtai's last sentence made him even more deafening.