The imperial diet of the Tang Dynasty began after Tang Taizong extended the time of the imperial meeting. Later, in order to show that he was in the same line as his ancestors, the diligent sons of heaven continued to prolong the time of the court meeting, and the court food system also flourished.

In the heyday, the specifications of the four or five officials' morning food were two liters of rice, two liters of noodles, one and a half liters of wine, three points of mutton, two melons (this depends on the season), seven dishes, and a number of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. You can also take home the unfinished morning food, which is called "food tail".

The funds for the food system were issued by the Ministry of Household to the Ministry of Rites, and then the Ministry of Rites and Rites were sent to the Taiguan Bureau, which then snowballed by lending to the people, which was originally a big fat shortage. However, later Xihu invaded Chang'an, the prestige of the imperial court declined, and Guanzhong reduced production year by year. The snowball couldn't roll, and it melted. The size of the morning eclipse has dropped again and again.

In the nearly 20 years since Qiu Shiliang was in power, there were even a few nests, a bowl of mutton soup, and a pot of seasonal vegetables to deal with the past. Adding an oily hu cake during the New Year's festival can kill a group of Nanya officials.

When these royal housekeepers pushed the wooden dining cart into the Xuanzheng Palace, the eyes of the palace officials were straight.

Roasted into a rosy black beef, a deep orange wild boar, a crimson two-headed witch sheep, a fried golden mandarin fish, a sea bass cut into rice paper as thin as rice paper and as white as snowflakes, a mountain of Wufu cakes, a lamb soup steaming with emerald lettuce, and a colorful platter of fresh melons, fruits and seasonal vegetables form a magnificent picture of delicacies.

The officials of the Nanya are like looking at a peerless painting, forgetful, intoxicated, and do not know where the world is.

The aroma of wine wafted in, and the royal housekeepers walked neatly and neatly, and came to the palace before the officials sat down in an elegant and high-spirited manner, and put the flat food table in their hands before the collapse. The dining table has been neatly arranged with food plates, wine cups and dendrobs. The smell of wine comes from the dendrobium.

The officials' eyes lit up with excitement. The aroma of the wine coming out of this wine is the Xishi dialect that has been no longer brewed on a large scale for a long time. Now the best liquor shops that brew the Xishi dialect are all in Pingkangfang, the place with the highest prices in Chang'an. Although these officials are not without money, it is impossible for them to sell alcohol at a high price every day to get drunk.

The butlers picked up the dendrums, and with elegant movements, poured a full amber Xishi dialect for the officials, and respectfully placed it in their most convenient position. Then he picked up the food table and lined up in a neat line, came to the dining car in the center of the main hall, and cut the meat and put it on the plate with skillful hands.

To the surprise of the officials, these butlers cut different parts for different officials. Older officials were given soft and juicy tender meat, while younger officials were given crispy and chewy ribs, and the butlers were also very particular about the ingredients of the barbecue according to the origin and temperament preferences of different officials.

Guanzhong, Shudi, and Hunan officials will have a little more pepper and Han pepper in their barbecue sauces, while officials from Jiangnan will have a light taste and a little more sweetness in the accessories.

When the barbecue is finished, the housekeepers continue to serve seasonal vegetables and fresh melons and fruits for the officials, and the colorful fruits and seasonal dishes are processed by the housekeeper first, cut into pieces, inserted with wooden sticks, and can be eaten with raised hands, and there is no need to gnaw on the skin, making the mouth full of liquid, and the food is indecent.

When the stewards had done all this, they stood behind the officials in silence.

"Zhongqing, drink to win!" above the chairman in the center of the main hall, Emperor Kaicheng held up the wine cup and laughed loudly.

"Wishing the saints a long life!" the officials above the main hall couldn't wait to drink until their glasses were dry.

Duan Chunrui gritted his teeth and raised his glass to win. In fact, he was not strong enough to drink, and he was often ridiculed by his colleagues for it. According to modern medical opinion, he was slightly allergic to alcohol.

But today, Emperor Kaicheng was happy, and he disagreed with Emperor Kaicheng when he played the right game in the court. Now Emperor Kaicheng raises a glass, and he doesn't drink with him, which is a big disrespect. Once Emperor Kaicheng is displeased, he will be investigated at any time to clear the obstacles. For the sake of his official position and future, he gritted his teeth and poured the whole glass of wine.

But to his surprise, the wine was not intoxicating at all, just sweet and delicious. He smashes it, smashes it, it's sugar cane juice!

He turned his head in shock to look at the butler behind him, only to see the royal butler nodding at him.

It turned out that the housekeeper knew that he was not strong enough to drink, so in order to avoid making a fool of him, he secretly replaced the Xishi dialect with sugarcane juice for him.

"This door technique is so magical, it is so subtle!" Duan Chunrui burst into tears, it was too intimate.

If such a butler can have it sold, he will have a dozen!

After the other officials above the main hall drank into their chests and abdomen, they were excited, talking and laughing loudly, indulging in eating and drinking, and it was not lively. Emperor Kaicheng held the wine cup and came to the front of the important officials of the six departments of the three provinces, pushed the cup and changed the lamp, talked and laughed and had a graceful demeanor, showing the demeanor of the hero.

The ministers of the hall ate happily, and also opened their hearts, and Kaicheng Emperor talked about state affairs, instructing the country, under his guidance, little by little aroused ambition, for the future of the government to speak freely, there is a rebuke Fang Xuan.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the housekeepers helped the well-fed courtiers to take away the empty food plates, wine cups, and wine dendrobs, and served them the mutton soup that was still warm and fragrant.

The officials drank the warm mutton soup, and they all felt that they were in the immortal class, and it was nothing more than that.

"Zhongqing, I don't know what you think of the two hundred royal housekeepers offered by Lei Aiqing?" Emperor Kaicheng asked loudly with a smile when he saw that the time was almost up.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a word. Duan Chunrui was the first to stand up and bow.

Duan Aiqing sat down and said, this is not a court meeting, there is no need to follow conventions. Emperor Kaicheng said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, I don't know who owns the control of these royal housekeepers?" Duan Chunrui asked in a deep voice.

"Let's talk about this matter Lei Aiqing. Emperor Kaicheng looked at the thunder night on the side.

"Lord Duan, the royal housekeepers are all controlled by the control box, if His Majesty does not give up and is willing to use this royal housekeeper, the control box will be controlled by His Majesty himself. The function of the royal butler will be set by His Majesty himself. Lei Changye said loudly.

"Oh......" The ministers who were eating in the hall nodded in amazement, and countless eyes converged on Duan Chunrui. Everyone's eyes showed a sense of anticipation.

"Your Majesty, this royal housekeeper is really the treasure of the Tang Dynasty. They are not only thoughtful, considerate, decent, and empathetic, but also have all the control to the royal family, and no outsiders can manipulate them, which is more reliable than the unpredictable eunuchs, if it can be popularized to the halls of the Daming Palace, I will never have to worry about it!" Duan Chunrui said excitedly.

"Haha, Duan Qing's family really understands righteousness. Emperor Kaicheng was very pleased, he stood up and looked down at the ministers in the palace, "I have made up my mind, from today onwards, the royal butler will officially replace the eunuch into the court to serve." Tomorrow morning, I will discuss with Zhuqing the distribution of the rights and responsibilities of the housekeepers, replace the eunuch system with the royal housekeeper system, eliminate disadvantages and innovate, and open a new style for my Tang Dynasty. ”

"Long live my emperor, long live!" The ministers of the palace got up at the same time, bowed down sincerely and solemnly, and said in unison.

Lei Changye, who was above the main hall, smiled slightly when he saw this scene. Emperor Kaicheng is the body in the painting controlled by him, plus the royal housekeeper replaces the eunuch, and he is basically in charge of the whole Daming Palace. Although this is suspected of manipulating the imperial court, his purpose is not to be loyal to the imperial court, but to prevent the world from being crippled by big players.

When the big event arrives next spring, at least Chang'an will be ready for it.

In these days of the Tang Dynasty, because the future can be foreseen, the days are worrying, and Lei Changye is looking forward to the arrival of next year for the first time.

The next morning, Chao Lei Changye did not participate, he just subconsciously controlled Emperor Kaicheng to discuss with the ministers the control management and pricing settlement of the royal housekeeper. These royal housekeepers all use the best spiritual materials, and each of them consumes a lot of Lei Changye's jade talismans, how can they be worthy of themselves if they don't sell them for a good price.

If Lei Changye went in person, he would inevitably be forced by the courtiers to make concessions, but he would not go by himself, and it would be more advantageous to let Emperor Kaicheng bargain for himself.

What he didn't expect was that the officials of the three provinces and six ministries didn't care about the food and salary of the Baiyin Yi army, but they were extremely generous in purchasing the royal housekeepers, and almost all of them actively contributed to Emperor Kaicheng. Two hundred is not enough, let's have two thousand. Each steward paid a one-time purchase of 5,000 yuan to the royal family.

These officials may seem generous, but they are in fact very shrewd. In the late Tang Dynasty, there were more than 4,000 eunuchs in the imperial court. Among them, the eunuchs who are in the province of internal service, the privy council, and the lieutenant of the left and right gods need about 460 stones, as well as the vocational field, the public field, the money and the forced labor, and the annual income of each person is far more than 10,000 yuan.

Although the other eunuchs are not so impressive, but the acceptance of bribes from officials has never been prohibited, and the rewards of the concubines and concubines of each palace are also a big head, and together, eunuchs with an annual income of 5,000 yuan abound.

If you can buy out the 2,000 royal housekeepers made by Lei Changye for 5,000 at one time, the expenses used for the royal housekeepers in the court in the future will be a beautiful duck egg. The ministries can arbitrarily divide this vacancy and eat enough every year.

Taking advantage of the arrival of the southeast grain and Bashu autumn salary, the deal was quickly finalized, and the court will have more than enough every year in the future.

The money sent to the door, Lei Changye, naturally did not refuse. He started the workshop again, made 1,800 royal housekeepers, sent them to the court, and received a total of 10 million yuan from the household department.

With this money, Lei Changye controlled Emperor Kaicheng in the painting and approved him to establish the Baiyin Yicong Protector's Mansion south of the Sixth Heng Street of Zhuque Gate in Chang'an. And the silver righteous from the military palace for the military alliance silver righteous from the headquarters of the military alliance, and also as the general helm of the military alliance. Since then, Wumeng has had a permanent presence in Chang'an.

Lei Changye was naturally not satisfied with a mere military protection mansion. With the acquiescence of the imperial court, he spent a lot of money to buy all the barren fang areas in the south of Chang'an City, forming a development zone covering an area of nearly one-third of Chang'an City. He plans to build an airport terminal in the center of this development zone to moth his Flying Fish boat.

Around the airport, Lei Changye set aside a large area for the construction of a large unloading dock. The development zone adjacent to the airport is based on the structure of Luocheng District in Yangzhou, with residential and commercial areas established. In the middle of the business district, Lei Changye is preparing to build a number of inn-style martial arts alliance halls with novel styles to receive martial arts league members from all over the world.

Between these buildings, he planned to build four new-style painting workshops and a martial arts viewing ground.

This will be the second Lei Gong Town of Datang.