Through internship, I learned about the various factions within the gourmet chaebol, which are very complicated.
"After the internship is over, it will be the campus festival, and the top ten will also appear. The autumn selection is equivalent to the Chunin exam. Everyone shows their own strengths, and the protagonist also sees a higher realm. At this time, stronger enemies appear.
, the top ten have top-notch resources, not only their cooking skills, but their exploration of cooking skills has reached an incredible level. Unfortunately, the top ten are people with both talent and political integrity after being trained by the nobles, and their virtue has surpassed their talent."
Duran said: "Is it a virtue-based approach, a merit-based approach, or a combination of both ability and moral integrity? Interesting."
Virtue is a very interesting concept in Central Plains thought, and it is also a very important concept. Because Xiqi destroyed the Shang Dynasty, it was the lower level that conquered the upper level. Although King Wen of Zhou was imprisoned in the Yin and Shang Dynasties for seven years, King Zhou of Shang finally gave King Wen of Zhou an ax and axe.
Bow and arrow, let him return to the west to implement the ruling on behalf of the Yin Shang. So theoretically Xiqi is the subordinate of the Yin Shang.
Xiqi's own strength is no match for the Yin and Shang Dynasties, so there is no legal support for Xiqi's destruction of the Shang Dynasty. If Xiqi can win, can other princes attack Xiqi in the same way?
Xiqi needed a theory to support his actions. At that time, everyone was looking at destiny. And the greatest destiny was in the Yin Shang Dynasty. If Xiqi also said that he was destined to defeat the merchants, everyone might not believe it.
So we can’t talk about destiny, we have to talk about virtue. And we say that destiny will change with the change of virtue. In the past, Yin Shang was virtuous, so destiny was in Yin Shang. Now, Yin Shang has lost its virtue, so destiny has changed and no longer protects Yin Shang.
Instead, he turned to Xiqi. Virtuous people could replace the Yin and Shang Dynasties. Later, when the King of Chu aspired to conquer the Central Plains, the Emperor of Zhou also said that the world depends on virtue and not on Ding.
But here comes the question, what exactly is virtue?
Virtue in the "Book of Changes" is actually family laws and regulations, which is how to make oneself abide by Zhou rites. But after the collapse of rites and music, virtue was given a new meaning, and benevolence and righteousness also belong to virtue.
Then the world was unified, and virtue became the main criterion for recommending talents, but the power of interpretation was still in the hands of the nobles. So many critics appeared, and the only thing they did was to evaluate talents. Cao Mengde and Zhuge Liang were both criticized by them at that time.
Highly praised by famous critics.
With these evaluations, talents were widely informed. At that time, there were even various books that specifically evaluated talents, based on their appearance, their behavior... and there was also the "Yuedan Review" activity that specifically commented on talents.
So what exactly is virtue? For the nobles at that time, virtue meant whatever they said was whatever they said.
Later, Cao Cao proposed meritocracy, which was a challenge to that time. The result also failed, and in the end it was meritocracy. However, when virtue reached the ninth level, it was no longer just the nobles who had the final say, the court would also send people to join them.
Evaluation, one mouth becomes two mouths.
After the imperial examination, talent became more and more important, alongside virtue.
"The chefs at Totsuki Academy need virtue, and virtue is the mouth of a noble. Soma Yukihira is very much like Cao Cao. Although he has talent, he needs to be recognized by the nobles." Dulan knew that talent alone would not be enough in the island country.
, there are many stories of geniuses being bullied in the island country.
Why? Because geniuses only have talents and no virtues. No matter how many talents a genius has, as long as he has not received the moral education of the nobles, he is just a barbarian, not even a human being. It is natural to be bullied. To be precise, this is not called bullying.
This is called enlightenment.
Only when you are educated can you be considered a human being.
Only talent cannot be used by nobles without being educated. Therefore, talent alone is not enough, you must also be educated before you can be used by nobles.
"Although my previous competitions have made them realize that the so-called food evaluation is completely unreliable. Sometimes it compares with the taste of the food, and sometimes it compares with the overall evaluation. It is just a mouthful to say what it is. But I want them to fight against this kind of evaluation.
The system is difficult. There is no soil for rebellion." "The Sui and Tang Dynasties used imperial examinations to give opportunities to poor families. That is because during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, many poor families had risen and defeated the nobles with armed force. Therefore, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty knew very well that if he did not give
There is no way out, and poor people will not sit still and wait for death. But in the island country, the grass has never risen, and there is no soil."
Cao Mang cannot rise up, he will either be betrayed or disciplined, and cannot shake the rules of the island country's game at all.
Although Dulan has proven time and time again how unreliable the judges are and how inflexible the evaluation of virtue is, there is only one way for the reckless people. Just like in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, poor families such as Cao Cao and Zhuge Liang had to find ways to get evaluations, otherwise everyone would
Don't recognize their talents.
What to do? There is no other route to prove yourself.
"Actually, it stands to reason that Yukihira Joichiro has been living in seclusion for more than ten years. His cooking skills cannot only entertain the neighbors. His cooking skills are so good, and the neighbors have spread the word by word of mouth, so there should be diners from all over the world coming to feast on him. After all, he
His cooking skills can make even a dieting monk give up his practice. With this ability, he could have expanded his store or opened a branch. But in the end, it was still a small restaurant for more than ten years. Why? Because he escaped from enlightenment, so the gourmet chaebol gave him
His ingredients were only enough for him to maintain his shop, but he couldn't expand further, so he was stuck. A good cook is also a skillful woman who can't make a meal without rice, and she can't make nothing for everyone. So no matter how good the cook is, if the ingredients are stuck, it will be
It can make geniuses fall." Dulan knew that if it weren't for Dean Aicai, Yukihira Joichiro might not even be able to open a small shop.
Moreover, Yukihira Joichiro was married into the family and gave up his original surname, which to some extent bowed to the nobility.
He was a genius student back then and won competitions again and again, but before the most important competition, he ran away. In the eyes of the nobles, this was escaping from education. It was obvious that the education was going to be successful, but he escaped and all his previous efforts were wasted.
In the end he chose to be a barbarian.
A barbarian is not qualified to be in the food industry. If the barbarians are allowed to become bigger and stronger, how can the aristocracy maintain its authority?
"So even if Yukihira Joichiro's cooking skills can be made bigger and stronger, he is stuck at the level of a small restaurant. Ingredients, kitchen utensils, stores and other resources are all restricted. Even if he has talent, there is no stage to show off. Unless he goes abroad.
." Duran knew that as soon as he went abroad, the stage would change from a small restaurant to a large hotel.
It is not the geniuses who are bullied, but the geniuses who do not accept education. The nobles and the geniuses have no grudges, so why should they bully the geniuses? But it is different if the genius is a barbarian. To educate barbarians is not just to give gifts to geniuses.
An opportunity is to protect others and prevent others from being harmed by geniuses.
"Joichiro Yukihira sent his son back to the academy and allowed him to receive education. He must have gained wisdom through the experience. He knew that his son also had talents. If he did not receive education, his talent would be over." Duran reasoned: "In fact, it can also be done.
Go abroad, but Joichiro must have been wronged abroad. After all, the skin colors are different. I know that my son will have to go through a lot of hardships if he goes abroad, so it is better to send him to Totsuki Academy for education."
Talent also needs to be shown on the stage. If you stay in a stuck small restaurant, you will only be a third-rate chef for the rest of your life.
Yukihira Souma is also very glad that he came to Totsuki School, saw more cooking skills, and showed his talents in front of more people.
"It's really troublesome. Chefs from poor families such as Yukihiro Joichiro, Yukihira Soma, Hayama Hiro, Kurokiba Ryo, Taku, and Tadokoro Megumi all actively embrace the aristocratic selection system. It's useless even if I show them my shortcomings. Just like religion,
No matter how much dirt there is, as long as there is nothing that can replace religion, religion will always exist." Dulan knew that if the imperial examination did not replace the examination based on virtue, poor families would either rebel or accept enlightenment.
The island country has no soil for rebellion, so it can only accept enlightenment. Unless Duran can open up a third road, a heavenly road that allows chefs to prosper by relying solely on cooking skills.
For example, a gastronomy test, testing four dishes and five flavors, or hunting high-level monsters, allows the chef to accept a hard target assessment, obtain the ingredients by himself, and no longer rely on the evaluation of the nobles.