Royal chef... selection contest
When such a name was announced by the emperor himself, it spread like wildfire in the capital in an instant, and countless owners of restaurants and dining houses were shocked by it, and the guild halls in various provinces and prefectures were also in an uproar.
Over the years, many people knew about the activities of the Imperial Kitchen, which were all controlled by the Guanglu Temple and some old masters at higher levels. Therefore, after the Emperor cleared out the people from the Guanglu Temple and the Imperial Kitchen, many people hoped that the old system could be changed. However, no one expected that the change would be so thorough!
Many chefs were so happy that they cried, especially when they heard that the emperor would reward the imperial chefs in the imperial kitchen with a bronze medal and send them home in glory after they retired.
Although chefs who are good at cooking are very popular these days and will definitely have no worries about food and clothing, if they work in the homes of high-ranking officials, ministers, and princes, they will still be ordered around and treated as inferiors. When they get too old and can no longer work, they will be replaced. But look at the drastic changes that the emperor has made to their treatment this time. How can the chefs who have always been regarded as inferior not be excited
Some were happy while others were sad. When the chef world in the capital was about to explode, in the Shuntian government office, Duke Qin Zhang Chuan, who had just received the detailed plan for the Imperial Chef Selection Competition from Lu Sanlang, could not help but stare at the detailed activity plan and security plan in a daze.
The word "security" was not a new concept to him. As a noble who was supposed to protect the emperor, he remembered that when the late Emperor Ruizong first ascended the throne, the nobles also had the duty of guarding the palace. Wasn't it also for security? But even for a common man like him, the Duke of Qin, it was the first time to see these two words combined with ordinary people.
But after carefully reading the trend of theft, kidnapping and even assault cases in the capital during festive occasions such as the Lantern Festival listed by Lu Sanlang, he finally put away his suspicion and became serious. So Zhang Chuan, who always believed in trusting people, summoned Song Tuiguan and handed him Lu Sanlang's plan, which he had not yet finished reading.
Then, he said with a smile: "Since the previous case of the Imperial College's frame-up has been concluded, the mastermind behind the scenes does not need to be dealt with by the Shuntian Prefecture. Magistrate Song, you should not have too many things to do for the time being, right?"
Having met two superiors in a row who valued him very much, it was impossible for Tui Guan Song to say that he was not at all grateful for such a favor. However, what puzzled him most was that there were quite a few officials in the Shuntian Prefecture Yamen, but both Wang Jie and Zhang Chuan treated him like a hardworking ox who was willing to work hard without complaint.
Wang Datou's philosophy is, follow me, do it! As for Zhang Chuan's purpose, go for it, do it well, I'll block it if there is any problem! Although both of them can be classified as good bosses, and the comments given to him are also very good, but without exception, both of them control him like a spinning top. At this moment, he took the plan and hesitated and dared not look at it.
He was afraid that he would get into big trouble after taking a look. However, just because he didn't look at it didn't mean Zhang Chuan wouldn't say anything.
"The Imperial Kitchen is short of people, so the Imperial Chef had to be selected. The Emperor said that he wanted to hold a selection contest. Although it was a bit of a whim, just like the fairness of the imperial examination, if it can prevent the Imperial Kitchen from repeating the same mistakes in the future, this kind of selection is also desirable. Because the Emperor promised to allocate the money from the inner treasury this time, the old men in the court can't stop it. Too many people are implicated by a rotten Guanglu Temple."