Chapter 0595 The delicacies that Shangshi Monk with a large staff can provide
Liu Jun was speechless due to the rebuke, and said with a dry smile: "Your Highness is right... Then I will send someone to offer a reward right now?"
Li Yuanji nodded without hesitation.
Liu Jun didn't waste any more words, bowed quickly and left Zhaode Hall.
Li Yuanji began to deal with various documents.
At noon, Li Yuanji finished handling all kinds of important paperwork and was about to take a break and eat something when he saw Yu Wenbao appear in the hall with an unhappy look on his face.
Before he had even finished delivering justice to the people, he was told that the officials at Xiuwen Guan were no longer under his control. How could he be happy?
In the past two days, he had helped the people to uphold justice. He had fully experienced the feeling of punishing evil and promoting good, and also fully experienced the feeling of being the great master of Qingtian.
Every time he helped the people get justice and saw them holding the house deeds and land deeds and kowtowing to him with gratitude, he felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart.
Now that he is not allowed to do it, he can no longer feel this sense of accomplishment, and he is completely unhappy in his heart.
So after entering the palace, he ignored the salute and whispered, "Your Highness, what do you mean? You clearly asked me to appease the officials at the Xiuwen Hall, how can you go back on your word?"
Li Yuanji sorted out the documents on the table, glanced up at Yu Wenbao, and asked coldly: "Have you heard about it?"
Yu Wenbao was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head with a guilty conscience, and said in a voice softer than a mosquito: "No... no?"
Li Yuanji snorted coldly: "I don't know, who let you in?"
"ah?!"
Yu Wenbao was completely stunned and dumbfounded.
Li Yuanji shouted coldly: "Why don't you go out and report the matter before coming back in?!"
Yu Wenbao shrank his neck and ran out of the hall in a hurry.
Not long after, the eunuch on duty outside the palace came in to help him report, and Li Yuanji let him in again.
Although this is a bit redundant, rules are rules and cannot be broken. If they are broken, there will be no rules.
After Yu Wenbao reappeared in the palace and paid his respects, Li Yuanji snorted dissatisfiedly and said, "Listen to what you just said, are you looking for me to raise an army to punish you?"
Yu Wenbao quickly straightened his face and said seriously, "I don't dare!"
Li Yuanji snorted coldly: "I'm sorry you don't dare!"
Yu Wenbao smiled coquettishly and subconsciously wanted to scratch his head, but he stretched out his hand halfway and retracted it again for some unknown reason.
Li Yuanji continued: "If you have any other complaints, please tell them!"
Yu Wenbao quickly shook his head and said: "No...no more."
Li Yuanji's expression softened a little, and he hummed: "I asked Wei Zheng to replace you for my own reasons. If you don't understand, you can ask me, but you can't get angry because of it. Do you understand?"
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Yu Wenbao nodded vigorously and said: "I understand, I understand."
Li Yuanji leaned slightly on the circle behind him, and his tone softened a bit: "This time you went to recruit the officials at the Xiuwen Hall, and you did a pretty good job.
Although the methods used are very common, the results are not bad.
So I will mark your merits for you. When I return home later, I will take some silk and satin back and make some autumn clothes for the people at home.
Autumn is about to come, how can the people in your house do without autumn clothes?"
Ancient people were very particular about food, clothing, housing, and transportation, especially the clothing, food, housing, and transportation of dignitaries. They were very particular about what to eat, what to wear, where to live, and what kind of cars to take in the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
Some people even have to distinguish the colors clearly.
For example, the most common colors are spring, green, summer, red, autumn, white, and winter.
For those who are more particular, even the styles of clothes and accessories are classified into different categories.
It’s just that it’s not June yet, and autumn is still some time away, so it’s obviously too early to make autumn clothes.
However, Li Yuanji just wanted to find an excuse to reward Yu Wenbao. What does it matter if it is sooner or not?
Anyway, the purpose of giving a stick and a sweet date has been achieved, so there is no need to care about anything else.
When Yu Wenbao heard this, he immediately relaxed, and as usual, he smiled playfully, "Thank you very much, Your Highness, for the generous gift. I will ask my wife to make autumn clothes when I get back soon, and make two sets for everyone in the house."
Li Yuanji said angrily and funny: "Anyway, I gave you the things. How you do it and how much you do is your business. There is no need to report to me."
Yu Wenbao chuckled and scratched his head, "As long as His Highness is not angry with me, I will do whatever His Highness asks me to do."
Li Yuanji glared at Yu Wenbao and said, "Am I angry with you? I'm teaching you the rules! No matter what you say, you are still from my family. If you don't have the rules, what will others think of me and say to me?
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Yu Wenbao was stunned for a moment, and said a little embarrassedly: "Don't you, Your Highness, not care about this?"
Li Yuanji said angrily: "I don't care about this, but if everyone follows your example, how can I govern the Tang Dynasty and control all the civil and military officials?"
Yu Wenbao was stunned again and said awkwardly: "I have forgotten that now that His Highness is sitting in the palace, I really can no longer follow my temper like before."
At this point, Yu Wenbao suddenly clasped his fists and solemnly promised: "Your Highness, don't worry, I will definitely abide by the rules in the future and will never disgrace your people again."
Li Yuanji nodded with satisfaction and said: "That's pretty much it..."
Yu Wenbao scratched his head and laughed again.
Li Yuanji did not continue to preach, but said: "Since you are here and it's time for dinner, please eat some with me."
Yu Wenbao suddenly smiled and said, "You're welcome!"
Li Yuanji nodded and ordered the palace servants guarding the entrance of the palace to pass on the meal.
Since the meal was handed down in Zhaode Hall, the meal was not made by Shang Shi among the six nobles in Wude Hall, but by Shang Shi among the six nobles in Taiji Palace.
Compared with the Shangshi among the Six Shang in the Wude Palace, the Shangshi among the Six Shang in the Taiji Palace is obviously larger and can provide more food.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! So they served a total of thirty-six dishes in one go, most of which were steamed, and a small part was grilled.
As for speculation, there is none at this time.
Li Yuanji didn’t invent anything either.
Because he didn't have time. After all, he had only been in Datang for a year and a half. He had not yet tasted the various delicacies of Datang. How could he have the time to invent and create?
Thirty-six dishes were all laid out on a long table at once, which looked very pleasing to the eye, and the aroma of some dishes also smelled very tempting.
It's just that there was a small gap in all the dishes, which made Li Yuanji lose his appetite instantly.
However, he didn't go crazy and yell at who had touched the dishes. Instead, he tried his best to pick the untouched side and ate a few quick pieces.
The reason why the thirty-six dishes were modified was not because the people at Shangshi deliberately let Li Yuanji eat the leftovers, but because there were two Shangshi officers in Shangshi's official staff who did this.
The moment each dish comes out of the pot, they will cook together and taste each dish personally. Only after confirming that there is no poison in the dish do they dare to let others serve it.
This was the first person to help the emperor test poison.
It's just that during the Tang Dynasty, most of them were female officials. Later, they became eunuchs.
In addition, there are also the Si Ling, Si Yao and Si Yi in the Shangshi, who are respectively responsible for the brewing and supply of wine in the palace, as well as the selection and compatibility of medicinal materials for medicinal meals, as well as the taste and color of meals.
Whether the appearance is qualified and other functions.
It can be said that a qualified meal from Shangshi needs at least three or five people to look at it, taste it, and confirm that it is not poisonous and has a good color, flavor, and taste before it can be served.
It is precisely because of this that the meals produced by Shangshi are not only beautiful to look at, but also delicious and non-toxic. They will definitely not be as unpalatable as future generations would guess.
After all, although the delicacies cooked by steaming, cooking and roasting are not as diverse as the fried ones, when the ingredients are of high quality and the cooking skills of the cooks are also excellent, even if you eat them in their original flavor, they are still rare and delicious.
Take the noodles placed on the long table as an example. Each small noodle maker is very lifelike, and they are all decorated with pure natural and pollution-free green vegetables, and some things that can exude sweetness are added.
Steam it and take a bite to make your mouth water with sweet juice.
If it hadn't been left open for a long time, the heat like clouds above had dissipated, and just looking at the vocal section composed of lifelike little people in the mist would be enough to please the eyes.
This dish also has a name, called Steamed Vocal Club.
It includes all the vocal members of the Royal Vocal Club, and the lineup is quite large.
So Yu Wenbao ate very vigorously and boldly, almost covering his head with one mouthful, and he swallowed it all into his mouth in the second mouthful, making him squirt juice.
It can be seen that the food-loving people were careful when providing the first meal to the new ruler of the Tang Dynasty.
So Li Yuanji simply ate a few mouthfuls, and after giving some delicacies that Yu Wenbao didn't like to eat and didn't even look at to the palace people, he said to the female officer serving on the side: "Today's meal is still good."
If those who eat are careful, they will go back and give them some cloth and copper coins as rewards."
Li Yuanji did not say the specific amount of the reward, but Li Yuanji believed that the female officer knew it well.
After all, rewards often happened in the palace. When the nobles did not clearly state the amount of the reward, the person responsible for the reward would not be able to ask again and again.
So gradually, the people who listened to the nobles also figured out a set of amounts responsible for distributing rewards.
If the nobles have specified the amount of the reward, then follow what the nobles say. If the nobles have not specified, then follow the most common specifications in the palace.
"I obey."
The female officer bowed slightly and accepted the order.
Li Yuanji continued to sit at the table, moving his meal at intervals.
You can stop eating, but you can't move, especially you can't leave the table.
Otherwise, Yu Wenbao would not be able to eat it.
This is a kind of dining etiquette, which has been true in ancient and modern times, but few people in later generations pay attention to it.
