Chapter 1,208 New Year is coming

Su You's reputation for being good at cooking has now spread to North Korea.

Su You also specially prepared chicken soup, meatballs and shredded radish soup for servant Zhao, and asked the wet nurse not to eat barbecue for him.

Zhao Xu was holding a plate and skewers, and stood on the Si Tianjian Star Observation Deck, overlooking the entire imperial city and Kaifeng Mansion: "How can the great country allow the ugly barbarians to despise it!"

Su You said: "Your Majesty, don't be impatient. The foundation has been laid. Their era is gone forever."

Zhao Xu wanted to listen to the advice, but his heart told him that he wouldn't allow it: "Can't we really launch it in advance? I can't wait to send troops now!"

Su You shook his head: "If we send troops now, of course the soldiers will do their best, but they will make more unnecessary sacrifices. Your Majesty, their lives are very precious."

Zhao Xu said: "It's a pity that none of the officials in the palace saw the approaching battle. Only Zhang Fangping, who has become an official, came to the table, but he asked me to stop my troops and be quiet."

"It is said that a good soldier is also a lustful person. Wang Shao caused trouble in Xihe, Zhang Dun caused quarrels in Meishan, Liu Yi was suppressed and reappeared in Annan, and Li Xian's army returned from Taozhou."

"It is also said that in the past few years, public and private affairs have been in embarrassment, and the internal government's accumulation over the years has been wiped out. The savings from state and county taxes have been exhausted, and the official salary can only be enough to continue. The southern suburbs have been rewarded for a long time. .”

"It is also said that when ministers try to speak to the king, because they are disgusted and stop them, it will be easy to do something; if they greet them and suppress them, it will be difficult to achieve success. He also asserts that if he sees the harm of using troops one day, he will definitely mourn. He regretted and blamed the ministers on the left and right without saying a word. Saying that he is about to grow old and die, and seeing the late emperor underground is an excuse!"

Zhao Xu became angrier as he spoke, and turned to look at Su You: "There are rumors in the capital that this article was written by Da Su. You are his elder, do you know about this?"

"Your Majesty, calm down." Su You handed Zhao Xu a bowl of chicken soup and vermicelli: "I know this."

After he finished speaking, he paused: "Because I asked him to write it."

Zhao Xu had just taken a sip, and now he sprayed it all under the observatory with a pop: "You, you, you... why is this?"

Su You said: "If you don't keep it secret, you will lose your country. We built Luocang and transported a large amount of grain. It is not possible to completely cover up these things."

"Therefore, I asked your majesty to use Xiangzhou to supplement Xiongzhou and Zhejiang Province to supplement Mizhou, and at the same time ordered Da Su to write this article, just to confuse the public."

"Your Majesty can write a letter to refute Duke Zhang, saying that the Song Dynasty's food preparation was only for the relief of people in disaster areas, and asked him not to think too much about it."

After speaking, he spread his hands and said, "We are indeed right. The grain from Xiongzhou and Mizhou is indeed used for this purpose."

Zhao Xu smiled and shook his head: "But the total in Hebei is only 300,000 shi, and the first batch of Shaanxi roads has 700,000 shi. You are a liar."

Su You didn't take the blame and said with a sly smile: "It's only qualitative but not quantitative. This is what Fan Deru taught me. I just follow the gourd and draw the ladle."

Zhao Xu rolled his eyes at him: "The Su family is famous for their unruly appearance. With so many things on their minds, it's better to worry more about the court meeting."

"You are the leader of the ministers this year, and I have never experienced it a few times before. The Prime Minister's impeachment has violated the rules, and even I can't protect you."

Speaking of this, Su You made a sad face: "How about your Majesty spare me this fate? I'll be able to do it after I become a clan brother. This year's meeting will be a big deal. I'm really a little scared..."

Zhao Xu glared at him: "How can the rank of seniority be passed around at will? Why do you want to be a noble in the imperial court?"

Su You had no choice but to hand over his hand: "That Chen... After that Chen goes back, he will practice more..."

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In December of the third year of Yuanfeng's reign, Bianjing City was immersed in an eager anticipation of the upcoming festival.

According to rumors, this year’s Chinese New Year is going to be really lively.

In the past, in December, things in the yamen had basically stopped. Officials often fished and were dragged by their families to go quietly to Wan Xingji to buy new year's goods.

The end of the year is still the season for applying for salaries. Officials are busy reporting to the government and requesting the release of salaries that have not been paid for the past year. The chief officials of various yamen should start to worry about how to provide some benefits to their subordinates.

If it were the Imperial Pharmacy Bureau, the inner treasury, and other yamen that were fat and deficient, the envoys would see Tian'er carrying chickens, ducks, and fish into the yamen, blatantly giving out dividends, and letting the petty officials in the cold yamen gnash their teeth and scold the internal officials.

Taichang Temple and the Ministry of Rites have been sitting on the bench for thousands of years. They hope for the stars and the moon to have a grand ceremony every year, and then they can go to Kaifeng Mansion, the Imperial Pharmacy Bureau, the Third Division and other departments to ask for money to help the bureau. Call two names.

Officials above the official level go to the Ministry of Etiquette to rehearse the ceremony.

Especially those officials who are new to the capital are not familiar with the ways here at all, and not all of them are supported by senior clan brothers like Su Song who are proficient in rituals. They are obviously high-ranking officials, so they are not allowed to bring them to the capital.

The local specialties that come in will be shouted at by the petty officials, which is a great loss of dignity.

The citizens of Kaifeng Prefecture are happy, and the government is the most tolerant during this festival. For some small mistakes, the street patrol class will at most reprimand them, but they dare not go to the Yamen to report them.

At the end of the year, if you have any cases, you have to hold on to them. After the New Year, Kaifeng Mansion also wants political achievements.

If there are elderly people over 70 in the family, or those who are widowed and lonely, the government will take care of them, distribute some millet, and even provide them with oil and meat if they meet the kind-hearted governor.

Speaking of this, I have to praise Xiao Su Tan Hua. When he governed Kaifeng Mansion, he gave him salted eggs and bacon. With just one small change, Xiao Su Tan Hua's reputation in Kaifeng exploded.

How can the average governor expect this? How can a poor family be willing to make a pound of meat in one meal? But if it is not eaten for a long time, it will go bad. If you want to pickle it, you have to buy additional salt, right?

Xiaosu Tanhua’s small modification, five pounds of bacon is enough for a poor family to feed for a year.

How to eat? Let me teach you, sixteen taels is one catty, and five catties is ninety taels. Every ten days, cut one or two taels into pieces and sprinkle them on the rice and steam them together. This is considered a meal of meat.

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If you eat three taels a month like this, you will end up with three kilograms or six taels a year. The remaining two kilograms can be used by the neighbors during the New Year, which is not shameful. After that, it is time for the government to make meat...

After visiting in the first year, Xiao Su Tanhua shed tears when she heard that poor people eat meat like this. She immediately decided not to give out bacon in the future, but to give out fatty meat!

It is said that the oily pork is made by the people of Southwest China. It is similar to bacon, but there is an extra step, that is, it is deep-fried and then soaked in a jar of oil.

This storage method lasts for three years, and the poor family has an extra benefit, that is, in addition to five pounds of meat, there is also more than half a jar of oil!

However, Xiao Su Tanhua refused to let everyone remember him, saying that this was all the grace of the Royal Charity Foundation, but that he was thicker-skinned than other Kaifeng governors, and he could always get away with it even if he was dishonest.

Recently, there has been a big commotion in Beijing. The young master Bian Guan of the Su family and the young master Yanbi of the eldest princess' family have given the official family a sheep to sleep on. It is said that after waking up, they will find that the sheep is giving them to the emperor from the sun.

The official brought down a piece of heavenly fire!

What's the purpose of bringing down the sky fire? It's not like you and I boiling water and roasting meat. It's of great use!

I don’t know how to use it... I know that I still want to chat with you in this free time, instead of going to the official to ask for a share of money and food?

Anyway, let me ask you whether the two young masters are great?!

You must be really powerful, right? The official Long Yan was very happy and prepared to reward the two young masters.

Guess what? Hey, a censor named Xing was so short-sighted that he killed two young masters! What about using tricks to seduce officials, and how about two young masters who are too young and have not entered the official career to deserve rewards?

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So the Duke was stunned and refused the reward to Young Master Bian Gu, leaving Young Master Yanbi to receive it alone. If you ask me, he shouldn't drink the water from the well on the street in Kaifeng Mansion.

Isn’t this also the wonder of Tanhualang’s family?!
Chapter completed!