Today, all the officials gathered at the Ministry of Justice, which was a rare event in recent years. The Ministry of Justice naturally had to provide a good reception. The Ministry of Justice's kitchen also showed its best skills. The four dishes and one soup seemed simple, but they were made with great care. Not only were the ingredients exquisite, but the cooking was also very delicate.
Chicken marrow bamboo shoots are fresh, tender and refreshing.
Pao Ding uses fresh bamboo shoots transported to the capital from the Grand Canal in the south of the Yangtze River. He cuts them into evenly thin slices, adds freshly picked mushrooms from the foot of Mount Yanshan, and adds chicken chunks boiled in hot oil and topped with a broth made from chicken bone marrow, all simmered over low heat.
Rouge goose breast is delicious in color, aroma and taste.
The chef uses a large goose raised by farmers, salts it for two nights, and then cooks it. The meat is rouge in color, hence the name Rouge Goose. Add a pot of apricot wine, and it is the most delicious.
The remaining dishes, such as Gathering of Dragons, Emerald Jasper, and West Lake Silverfish Soup, are also carefully cooked with a combination of meat and vegetables for a balanced nutrition.
Zhu Ping'an didn't have much of an appetite at first, but after taking a bite of the chicken marrow bamboo shoots, his taste buds were opened up, and he ate them happily with Liu Dadao and Dachui.
In this world, besides beautiful women, the most important thing that you cannot miss is delicious food.
Soon, Zhu Ping'an had eaten up all the four dishes and one soup on the table. At this time, the officials at other tables had only eaten the tip of their plates.
Several self-righteous officials nearby couldn't help but look at Zhu Ping'an eating with Liu Dadao and others.
A top scholar actually eats at the same table with a bunch of peasants! How shameless!
When he saw that Zhu Ping'an and his friends had finished all the four dishes and one soup on the table, he shook his head again and again.
Zhao Daying was also paying attention to Zhu Pingan.
At first, Zhu Ping'an was in a daze and refused to eat. Zhao Daying laughed at him in his heart. Now he is scared and tells Zhu Ping'an that it is too late.
However, the next second.
The style of the painting changed suddenly, and Zhao Daying was caught off guard, his mouth becoming crooked.
What kind of bullshit worries can't eat? Zhu Ping'an has a good appetite and almost ate the plate. He ate like a whirlwind and finished all the dishes in no time...
But this is not the end.
"Please continue the meal."
After all the dishes were served, Zhu Ping'an straightened his clothes and asked the servant standing nearby to serve more food. Zhao Daying's face turned green with anger when he heard this.
Continue the dish?!
Why don't you eat to death, you bastard!
Eat it!
After today, you will have to eat prison food, which is not as delicious as today's food. So just eat it well! There will be a time for you to cry!
More food?!
Others looked at Zhu Ping'an with strange eyes. It was fine for an official to eat with peasants, but he was so pathetic as to ask for more food...
However, no matter what others thought, Zhu Pingan remained calm and ate and drank as usual, without affecting his appetite at all. Even when the messenger came to refill the dishes, he was still calm and praised the cooking skills of the chef in the Ministry of Justice's kitchen.
interesting.
Yan Shifan, who was surrounded by many stars in the distance, glanced at Zhu Ping'an, smiled slightly and shook his head. If it weren't for that memorial, Yan Shifan would have wanted to win over Zhu Ping'an.
After lunch.
Before the officers who were supposed to go to the Ministry of War to take the heads of the prisoners arrived, several more officials came to the Petition Court. One of them was Xu Jie, who had been promoted to the cabinet some time ago, and there were also Zhang Juzheng and others.
Xu Jie walked in with a big smile on his face, and exchanged greetings with Yan Shifan and others. Xu Jie was popular with people, not only did the neutral party and the Li party greet him, but many people from the Yan party also came to greet him. In the past few months, Xu Jie often went to Yan's house, paid homage to Yan Song like a junior, played chess with Yan Song, drank tea, exchanged feelings, and his relationship with the Yan party was like a honeymoon.
"The student has met the teacher."
Now that Xu Jie had arrived, Zhu Ping'an naturally couldn't sit still. Seeing that Xu Jie had almost finished chatting with Yan Shifan and the others, he straightened his clothes, stood up, walked up to Xu Jie, and greeted him respectfully.
"Well, Zihou, you've come at the right time. I was talking about you. Come closer and let me introduce you to some senior scholars. You are young and reckless, and you are immature in many ways. You need to learn more from these seniors." Seeing Zhu Ping'an coming over to pay his respects, Xu Jie smiled and nodded. He waved to Zhu Ping'an to come closer and introduced him to several officials nearby.
Every time Xu Jie introduced someone, Zhu Ping'an naturally greeted them respectfully one by one.
Of course, the officials in Yan's party did not treat Zhu Ping'an well. They made sarcastic remarks such as "We can't accept the gift from the top scholar", "Your student has a really good appetite", "Forget it, how can we be qualified to teach the top scholar".
In response, Xu Jie kept smiling.
"My fellow brothers, this is my incompetent student Zhu Zihou. He is inexperienced and may easily go astray. If Zihou makes a mistake, you don't have to give me face and should punish him accordingly. Who else but you can take on the responsibility of nipping the problem in the bud?" Xu Jie added when introducing Zhu Ping'an to the nearby officials.
The general meaning is: My student is not a good student, you should beat him and punish him. Preventing bad behavior from happening is everyone's responsibility.
Although Xu Jie said this, everyone knew it in their hearts. Xu Jie's introduction of Zhu Ping'an to everyone also showed everyone an attitude.
This is similar to parents introducing their children to teachers and friends around them, saying, "My child is quite naughty. Teachers, please take care of me. Don't be polite to me. Beat him when he deserves to be beaten or scold him when he deserves to be scolded. Don't be polite to him if he makes small mistakes. But if he makes big mistakes and you can't control him, beat him to death without any mercy."
But in reality, he introduced me as his child, can you not give him face?! Can you just beat him or scold him
If you dare to beat me to death, try it!
On the surface, it seemed like an insult and a derogatory remark, but in fact, there was a hidden sense of protection in it. Xu Jie explained to everyone the relationship between Zhu Ping'an and himself, which was a hidden sense of protection.
Introduce it to everyone.
This is an unspoken rule, equivalent to a formal notification relationship. If Xu Jie pretended not to make it clear, everyone would pretend to be confused; now that Xu Jie has made it clear, everyone has to consider Xu Jie to some extent.
Especially officials with deep connections know more about the inside story. Xu Jie was favored by the emperor for his Qingci the other day and was awarded the Feiyu suit. The key sentence in this Qingci, "transform a tiger into a dragon", is said to have been written by Zhu Ping'an. Zhu Ping'an's Qingci in the imperial examination and palace examination were also very outstanding. Xu Jie is not blind, so how could he give up such a talented disciple so easily? Apart from anything else, based on Zhu Ping'an's Qingci skills, even if he cannot be trained to be his right-hand man, it is good to keep him to write Qingci in the future.
"Brother Zisheng, why are you here today?" Yan Shifan narrowed his one eye slightly and asked with a smile.
"Oh, Donglou, you don't know. There is not much to do in the cabinet today. After handing over the Ministry of Rites in the morning, the elder gave me half a day off. I happened to pass by here on my way home. When I heard about the petition today, I decided to go home and I had nothing to do, so I came here to join in the fun." Xu Jie replied with a smile, calling Yan Shifan's name familiarly.