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Beginning with Emperor Jiajing, the imperial meals of the Ming emperors were not entered by the imperial dining room, but were served by the eunuchs on the left and right. In order to please the emperor, the eunuchs did as much as they could. Then the eunuch asked the court officials for money in the name of providing food to the Son of Heaven.

This move was scolded by the officials at the time as a move of the beetle, the Son of Heaven is the lord of ten thousand times, jade food and ten thousand families, but in the food to be left and right private support. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial banquet was extravagant, and a dish was worth ten products. What is the difference between our emperor and Tang Xuanzong doing this.

But as far as Lin Yanchao knows, the royal family's imperial food is not extravagant to this extent. In general, several emperors were still relatively frugal. The little emperor's father, Emperor Mu Zong, wanted to eat donkey intestines one day, so he had to order the eunuch to prepare it. Then Emperor Muzong said that if he ate a donkey's intestine once, he would kill a donkey, which was too extravagant and wasteful, so he ordered not to eat it.

In fact, the imperial meal is just sumptuous, but extravagance is not to be talked about.

But even so, Lin Yanchao is still looking forward to it.

Hearing Lin Yanchao's inquiry about what dishes he had, the internal official said with a smile: "Mr. Lin doesn't know, the imperial meals are all presented to the Son of Heaven first, and then the dishes are distributed to the speaker." However, if Lin Zhongyun has any preferences, he will tell us in advance, and he will prepare it for you separately next time. “

Lin Yanchao suddenly realized, it turned out that this was the case, that is, the Son of Heaven picked first, and then picked the courtiers after picking them, which is not bad.

Lin Yanchao said: "It's okay, then I'll sit and wait for a while." “

After a while, I saw more than a dozen people wearing gauze masks carrying gold boxes and coming out of the East Warm Pavilion of the apse.

The internal official instructed these people: "Open the lid and show it to Mr. He, Mr. Lin." “

He Luowen said lightly: "I don't need to, just take Lin Zhongyun to see it." “

So more than a dozen firefighters held the gold box one by one and opened it in front of Lin Yanchao.

There are more than a dozen kinds of food in the imperial diet, three or five kinds of tea, and the fire person brought it to Lin Yanchao.

In order to enter the palace and speak, Lin Yanchao also rushed from his home to the Forbidden City before dawn. Looking at these meals, Lin Yanchao felt that he was really hungry.

Seeing that Lin Yanchao hesitated and did not make a decision, the internal official asked: "Mr. Lin, I am still worried that the food is cold, and our family will immediately warm it up." “

"No need." Lin Yanchao immediately refused, the meal was still steaming, where was it cold.

After Lin Yanchao gave a few words, the fire man took out the food in the gold box. On the table in front of Lin Yanchao were Yujing rice, sausage and fragrant rice porridge, three steamed radish rolls, two red date cakes, egg noodles, sea cucumber snowflake soup, and sugar cymbals, catechu and tea, which were served after the meal.

Lin Yanchao is a southerner, he likes light food, what sprinkled noodles, camellia noodles will definitely not choose.

Looking at the table full of food now, Lin Yanchao's index finger moved.

Yujing rice is lotus root lotus seed rice, the reason why it is called Yujing, is that after the lotus root is cut into pieces, the piece looks like a tic-tac-toe, and the lotus root color is close to jade. Lin Yanchao couldn't help but think of Han Yu's poem, which is that the Yujing lotus at the head of Taihua Peak blooms like a boat. Yujing rice is just such a small cup, with lotus-colored brocade porcelain, small and delicate enough to eat a few bites.

As for the radish steamed rolls, the red date cake is also Lin Yanchao's big love.

Sea cucumber and snowflake soup is delicious and nourishing, steaming. As for the egg noodles, Lin Yanchao asked the internal officials to cover them first, and kept them to fill their stomachs last.

Lin Yanchao picked up the soup spoon and scooped a sip of the sea cucumber snowflake soup, which was neither hot nor cold, and the salty soup entered the mouth, just to dispel the chill and fatigue.

Then Lin Yanchao finished the Yujing rice in a few bites, picked up the fragrant rice porridge, and then picked up a radish steamed roll. He Luowen, who was sitting at another table with Lin Yanchao, maintained the demeanor of an official and was ** clean. He took a small silver spoon and took a bowl of steaming goat's milk, wiped off the milk skin, and picked it up spoonful.

was so cautious and cautious, as if he was afraid of goat's milk, the slightest touch on the official robe.

After half a ring, He Luowen had already finished drinking the goat's milk, and the internal official served wet wipes, and he wiped his lips little by little.

"Lin Zhongyun!"

Lin Yanchao put down the jujube cake on the chopsticks, wiped his mouth and asked He Luowen: "He Yude, what do you mean?" ”

He Luowen looked at the Wenhua Hall and said slowly: "Lin Zhongyun, the first time you enter the lecture today, you need to remember that when you enter the lecture, every sentence is in line with the way of the ancestors, and you can't say something because the saint likes to listen to something." ”

Lin Yanchao knew that He Luowen was reminding himself that he did not follow the set of the lecturer and preach with the Son of Heaven. Although he said it very tactfully, he pointed out that Lin Yanchao was catering to the holy will, and he specially picked up what the emperor liked to hear.

But Lin Yanchao had his own ideas, so he said: "Xie He Yude mentioned something, and the lower officials thought that it would be easier to explain the way of the ancestors in mundane matters." ”

He Luowen frowned when he heard this: "How subtle is the way of the sage, how can Lin Zhongyun be good at it and blend it into the story." ”

He Luowen's words were slightly heavier, but after all, the other party was the chief minister, and his qualifications and official position were far above him, so Lin Yanchao couldn't contradict what he said.

So Lin Yanchao was silent and did not speak.

At this time, the two internal officials walked out of the warm pavilion to He Luowen, and Lin Yanchao said in front of him: "Mr. He, Mr. Lin, long live the lord saw that there was a Yunnan tribute chicken trace dish on today's imperial meal, and I thought that the two officials had never eaten it, so they ordered me to wait." ”

Lin Yanchao and He Luowen stood up together to thank them.

The internal official smiled and said: "Long live the lord to give food to the minister, this is not easy to grant grace, most of Mr. Lin gave a lecture today, which made the dragon's heart happy, so long live the lord pushed the food." ”

Lin Yanchao was a little disapproving, the emperor gave it to me after eating, how unhygienic it was. But I have to thank the 'push to eat and eat'. After the internal official left, He Luowen didn't say anything. The little emperor obviously appreciated Lin Yanchao's speech very much, so he supported him, what else could he say.

Lin Yanchao finished the meal and drank half a pot of tea before he was satisfied.

A moment later, the Son of Heaven announced in the temple that the two continued to speak.

The two of them got up together and entered the Wenhua Palace, and the officials on the side cleaned up the dinner table, and they were also talking about the two.

One person: "Mr. He holds the etiquette of a Confucian minister, every drink and food is in line with the etiquette, impeccable, no wonder Long Live Lord praised him as a model for his ministers." As for Mr. Lin......"

Several internal officials all laughed, and one said: "Although I don't see the nobility and solemnity of the ministers, but I don't look like a person who pinches the shelf, and it should be easier to speak." ”

"I think it's reasonable, which of the two of them will be more appreciated by the Lord Banzai?"

Everyone laughed at each other when they heard this.

At this time, Lin Yanchao and He Luowen had already entered the corridor.

The daily lecture is divided into morning lecture and afternoon lecture, the morning lecture will be the four books and five classics, and the afternoon lecture will talk about the general understanding of the festival, that is, the history, and the Son of Heaven will tell the facts of the rise and fall of the past dynasties.

After Lin Yanchao stood still, he felt that Zhang Siwei seemed to have glanced at him intentionally or unintentionally.

Lin Yanchao remembered Zhang Siwei's advice, which was precisely to ask him to use historical events to euphemistically admonish the Son of Heaven when he was talking about history.

This is the crux of today's daily lecture. (To be continued.) )