"The Cabinet of Ministers has issued an edict, with a jade pillar and the Minister of the Prime Minister's Affairs Office. I hereby express my gratitude."
"Your Majesty Yuzhu, I accept the order and thank you for your kindness." After Yuzhu knelt down to receive the order, he had another extremely important part-time job.
The imperial dining room is divided into four parts from a large level.
One is the "Outer Imperial Dining Room", located outside Jingyun Gate, also called the "Imperial Tea Dining Room".
The meals of the princes and ministers staying in the palace, the officials of the South Study Room, the guards of the Three Banners, the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the eunuchs and the maids of honor were all handled by the outer imperial dining room.
In layman's terms, this is the Dazhao Dining Room, where you can cook enough food for dozens of people in one large pot. Just eat enough, and it won't make you feel too comfortable.
The other place is the "Royal Dining Room of Qianqing Palace", also known as the inner imperial dining room, which is dedicated to serving the emperor's meals. Its total number of people has exceeded 500, and it is continuing to increase.
There is also a special small royal dining room for the empress dowager and the concubines of the palace masters, also known as the "empress' dining room".
Only the emperor's women who are concubines or above and the lord of the first palace are qualified to be called "empresses". They all have their own small dining rooms.
The empresses generally call themselves "this palace" and are called "the empress of such and such palace" or "the master of such and such" by the eunuchs and maids.
For example, the eunuchs generally call Concubine Tong "your master" or "your master's son."
In some historical dramas, eunuchs actually call ordinary concubines "master's empress". This is because they don't understand the rules, and the historical consultant will spank them.
Mistress, this is a special title for the queen. If the eunuch dares to scream randomly, he will definitely lose his head.
The last place is the dining room in the royal garden or the emperor's palace.
Yuzhu, the general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was originally in charge of the imperial dining room, but now, all the dining rooms are also under his jurisdiction.
From the first year of Kangxi to the present, Yuzhu is the first noble relative to take charge of all the four imperial kitchens.
It can be seen from this that the emperor's trust in Yuzhu is self-evidently extremely heavy.
Zhang Tingyu has always had opinions about Yuzhu. However, his thoughts are very deep and he has never revealed them.
The main reason for this view is that Zhang Tingyu believed that the reason why Yuzhu won the first prize was because of Jinshang Youxi's auspicious light.
Nowadays, Yuzhu has many part-time jobs. Among them, the most enviable one is the Prime Minister of the Dining Room.
The old emperor entrusted the safety of his meals to Yuzhu. What else can be said about this trust?
In the past, when Yuzhu was only a walker in Nanshufang and commander of the infantry, some people dared to think about impeaching him with a memorial.
Now, even if I borrow 500 more courage from these people, I wouldn't dare to do it.
The closer the jade pillar is to the emperor, the greater the damage caused by the backlash.
Today, Yuzhu is in charge of the old emperor's two main meals and two to three snacks a day.
This means that Yuzhu and the old emperor will meet no less than four times a day.
How can I get a black record?
After the impeachment memorial is handed over, as long as it can't kill Yuzhu, then just wait for bad luck!
"Hengchen, thank you for your hard work." After Yuzhu put away his decree, he invited Zhang Tingyu to sit down and drink tea.
Zhang Tingyu has always been cautious, but when Yuzhu asked him to sit down, he really didn't dare to refuse.
"Thank you for the seat in the small hall." After repeatedly declining, Zhang Tingyu leaned against the chair with only half of her buttocks, looking extremely respectful.
When Yuzhu heard Zhang Tingyu call him Xiaozhongtang, he couldn't help but smile. He had too many part-time jobs, and Zhang Tingyu was actually quite embarrassed.
Let's call him Bu Tang. The jade pillar has a noble title.
Let's call him Juebu, Yuzhu is also the Prince Shaobao.
Let's call him Gongbao again. For Yuzhu today, it's not very respectful.
Only Xiaozhongtang is a more appropriate honorific.
This kind of flattery actually comes from Zhang Tingyu. Can you imagine how powerful Yuzhu is?
Zhang Tingyu never accepted red envelopes, and Yuzhu had no intention of stuffing money into him.
Before leaving, Yuzhu ordered someone to pack two taels of Biluochun and forcefully gave it to Zhang Tingyu.
Zhang Tingyu didn't have a bad habit of accepting gifts. He really didn't want to accept them.
However, Yuzhu did it very cleverly.
It’s just two taels of Biluochun. No matter how expensive it is, how much is it worth?
If Zhang Tingyu refuses to accept such a small amount of tea, does he want to fall out with his immediate boss?
When Yuzhu personally escorted Zhang Tingyu out of the door, Zhang Tingyu seemed to have just remembered it and reminded him: "In the small hall, in the garden, I still count on you to come and arrange our dinner today."
Well, Yuzhu understood it instantly.
What Zhang Tingyu means is that I will accept two taels of tea from you and send you a kind reminder. From now on, the two taels will be settled and no one will owe anyone anything.
The Zhang family in Tongcheng has always kept a low profile, so no one knows how much money the Zhang family has hidden away.
However, Yuzhu had something in mind. The Zhang family was located in Tongcheng and had nearly 10,000 acres of fertile land. This was the reason why Zhang Tingyu had always insisted on being honest.
Objectively speaking, under the influence of Confucianism for many years, there are indeed some Han officials who are unwilling to make money even though their families are not well off.
However, although these so-called honest officials are not greedy, most of them are clean-blooded people who only know how to talk.
After sending Zhang Tingyu away, Yuzhu went back to his room and hung out with Qian Yinglan for a while, then changed into official uniform and boarded the car to Changchun Garden.
The dining room in Changchun Garden actually has quite a bit of overlap with the internal dining room in the Forbidden City.
The master of the inner dining room, Shang Shanzheng, was born in Shangsanqi, and was always with Kangxi.
When Kangxi was in the palace, he was the Shangshanzheng of the inner dining room. When Kangxi arrived at Changchun Garden, he transformed again and became the Shangshanzheng of Changchun Garden.
There was no way around it. The old emperor had his own eating habits. Deku knew this very well and had always made good arrangements for it.
The jade pillar was still a few hundred feet away from the door of the dining room, so Deku ran over with a smile on his face, and asked him to say hello.
"Little Deku, please be in peace with Xiao Zhongtang." A dignified fourth-grade official actually calls himself a junior, which can be said to be extremely humble.
In the past, Deku was also very polite to Yuzhu, but he was mostly perfunctory and did not dare to offend, and was not as respectful as he is today.
There is no other way. The county magistrate might as well take charge now. Who is Yuzhu who is now Deku's immediate boss?
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As the saying goes, when a new official takes office, Deku is afraid that Yuzhu will mess around.
With Yuzhu's favor, even if he messed around, who would dare to put the shit basin on his head?
Don’t you want your brain anymore?
However, if something goes wrong in the kitchen, someone will have to take the blame.
At that time, Deku could only ignore his conscience and find some eunuchs or cooks who had no strong backers to take the blame.
Yuzhu came here today with the intention of lighting a fire first.
The so-called gentleman's fussy style of staying away from the kitchen is completely lost on Yuzhu.
The large kitchen was almost overcrowded with vegetable cutters, vegetable washers, meat cutters, fish killers, handymen, and surveillance workers.
When Yuzhu walked to the door of the big kitchen, Deku hurriedly raised his voice and shouted loudly: "Prime Minister of the Dining Room, the small hall is here!"
Good guy, after this voice was shouted out, the whole big kitchen came to a complete stop. The chefs with no taste or class put down the vegetables, meat and fish in their hands, knelt down on the spot, and saluted Yuzhu.
There is no other way. When ordinary people meet an official, they are not allowed to kneel down.
Yuzhu glanced at Deku calmly, his heart as clear as a mirror, this guy probably wanted to give him a blow.
The cunning thing about these cunning officials in the Ministry of Internal Affairs is that they strictly abide by the regulations and rules, and take advantage of everything, so that you can't find any fault.
The actual effect is that it secretly stumbles you and makes you suffer.
Yuzhu knew in his heart that Shang Shanzheng's oil and water was really too great.
To put it bluntly, assuming that Deku is not too greedy, he can earn at least 300,000 taels of silver every year.
The profit here is the contribution made, gray money or black money, and the pure profit generated.
When Yuzhu is an official, he has always had a basic principle: no matter how much black money you make, it has nothing to do with me. However, the errands assigned by me must be done properly.
After Deku showed his ability to deceive people, he bent his waist deeper for fear of provoking Yuzhu.
Well, at first glance, it looks like an extremely difficult bad thing!
Of course Yuzhu knew, and Deku was obviously worried that he would take away the power to purchase supplies.
As we all know, the most lucrative job in the kitchen is purchasing power.
Yuzhu said gently: "Everyone, get up. You are busy with your own business. I will discuss something with Deku."
"Hey." After the chefs got up, they ran to wash their hands one after another, which caused another big chaos.
Yuzhu is an extremely mature old bureaucrat. Naturally, he will not get angry on the spot.
To put it bluntly, getting angry randomly is a sign of incompetence and will only be looked down upon by others.
After leaving the big kitchen, Yuzhu told Deku alone: "Prepare some candles and slightly deeper plates..."
Yuzhu's meaning is actually very clear, which is to prevent the dishes from getting too cold.
The specific method is to use the small flame of a candle to slowly heat the water in the dish to ensure that the dishes on it are not completely cold.
It's midsummer now, and it's impossible for the dishes to get cold so quickly.
However, Yuzhu's method is to get a head start when new officials take office.
As long as Kangxi saw the dishes heated by candles, he would definitely know that in the middle of winter, he would no longer need to eat cold dishes.
In the officialdom, how to use novel means to make a good start and quickly attract the attention of the big boss is actually an extremely profound knowledge.
However, Yuzhu is very familiar with these serious or informal methods.
"Isn't this not good?"
What Yuzhu did was obviously beyond Deku's ability to understand, and he instinctively wanted to refuse.
"Lord De, I must remind you that this is an order, not a discussion." Yuzhu fell into the trap calmly.
Deku also knew that if he fought with Yuzhu on the spot, the only one who would suffer would be himself.
However, if something goes wrong during the operation, hey, who will suffer?
"Hey." After Deku figured it out, he readily accepted Zha Qian's life.
Yuzhu knew clearly that Deku was overjoyed, but he just pretended not to know, turned around, and walked away lightly.
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