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- Bang! ——The morning bell of the Bell and Drum Academy rings.

"Open the gate."

Torches surround the gate of the city, and after checking the door amulet, they take the key to unlock it. The gatekeeper and his sergeants work together to open all the gates of the capital, and the imperial officials and horses living in the suburbs of Beijing enter with lanterns.

At dawn, Tongshi Sheren climbed up the Zhuque Tower and called down, "Under the door, on the first day of the first month of the second year of Jinghe, from the age of Xinsi, all the divisions will be closed, and Jinwu can't help the night, and the special switch will be on for three days."

The butcher entered the inner capital from Zhuque Gate and stopped at the entrance of a shop selling roasted meat, "Madam Qin opened her business so early?"

"It's Zhengdan today, I want to celebrate it, sell out earlier and close the store earlier to go home for reunion," the woman opened all the doors, clapped her hands and glanced at the butcher, "Your burden will be empty in time to come, But met a big buyer?"

"Isn't it? The sun is coming out from the west today. I have been a butcher in the capital for more than 30 years and I have never seen people in the palace come to buy pork. They only want the heart that no one will eat, and they have to eat it." Little, you say it's strange or not."

The woman was not very surprised, "Maybe those people are used to eating delicacies from mountains and seas for a change."

The butcher happily patted his thick waist, and the sound of copper coins came out, "It doesn't matter whether he is a newcomer or not, anyway, we have money to make money." Then he walked into the porridge shop next to the roast meat shop with empty loads , "Shop, let me have a bowl of white porridge, a steamed bun, and a pancake."

"Okay." The waiter took out a bowl of porridge with a spoon, and put steamed buns and pancakes on a plate, "Guest officer, would you like porridge and pancakes?"

Following a few mouthfuls of grunts, the butcher wiped his mouth and took out a few copper coins from the money bag and spread them on the table. The new copper coins were engraved with the Chinese characters Jing and Tongbao.

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The royal kitchen in the hall is located on the east corridor gatehouse opposite the Ninghui Hall. There are [-] caterers in charge of the banquet in the kitchen. By Zhengdan, the number of imperial guards has increased from two to four. The aisles leading to the Ninghui Hall are arranged as entrances and exits on both sides of the guards.

A few guards in front of the Huitong gate stopped the servants and palace people entering the palace, and the cook took out a waist amulet engraved with yin and yang carp from his waist, "We are from the imperial kitchen." Gebe opened it and took a look, "Isn't the palace not eating pork?"

The cook then smiled at the guard, "Who knows, I've been working in the imperial kitchen for so many years, and this is the first time I've received this dish, and I dare not ask the orders from above."

"Okay, let's go in." The guard waved his hand inward.

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——Ningshou Palace——

The personal envoy was sent out of the palace by Xiao Youqinghou a long time ago. Several palace officials from the Bureau of Shangfu stood at a loss on the side of the bedroom. Since Xianzong left, the empress dowager has never put on any makeup. Now Called them over but kept silent, the palace people didn't dare to ask questions.

Xiao Youqing sat in front of the mirror stand and stared at the small Buddha statue carved by Ambergris without moving, and then turned his head to stare at himself in the bronze mirror. The Huafa that he had not seen before has gradually grown.

【"Scholars die for their confidants, women are for those who please them."] The voice in memory lingers in my ears, so many years have passed and things have changed.

"Come here, don't miss the time for the Spring Banquet."

Several palace people immediately bowed and said, "Yes."

After grooming and changing into the court dress, Xiao Youqing walked out of the cabinet and asked the servant waiting outside the curtain, "Have all the ministers arrived?"

"Already almost all are waiting in front of the Daqing Hall."

"Where's the kitchen over there in Dianzhong Province?"

"As ordered by the Empress Dowager, I added a meal to the ministers attending the banquet, and prepared another meal to the Palace of Funing, but..." Zhao Ping hesitated, "Officials are always frugal and don't want to waste..."

Xiao Youqing stepped out of the main hall with his hands in his hands, "everything is renewed, and the new year must look like the new year."

While talking, the nurse, the palace servants and the servants brought the Crown Prince out of the side hall, with his small head propped on the crown of travel, Zhu Mingyi was wrapped in a thick layer of cotton velvet jacket, Xiao Youqing glanced at it and said: "Take him to Funing Hall to greet the emperor first."

"Yes."

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In the Funing Palace, there was a princess of the Kingdom of Jing who was staying overnight, and Cao Shuyao would go there every day. The servants brought the crown prince in half an hour and then rushed out.

Xiao Youqing hugged him onto his shoulders, "Let's go."

"start."

Civil and military officials waited outside the Daqing Hall in court clothes.

"Do you think this official's illness is cured?"

"The big news is tight, who knows."

"The official family is full of blessings and blessings, so it must be getting better." The officials were nervous about the new emperor's condition.

Immediately, some ministers worried: "I haven't seen the official family for more than a month, and the queen mother will not give you an accurate statement about the official family's illness."

"Isn't it possible that the Queen Mother will attend the meeting at Zhengdan?"

Then there was a commotion, the military general on the right was wearing the same court uniform, but there were very few commentators.

After a time-changing drum sounded, the servant Yushi in the palace led the officials into the palace and was located on the left and right sides of the Daqing Palace. After seeing another chair beside the throne, everything became clear.

— Tart! ——There was the sound of whipping from the Secretary of the Imperial City, and the servant walked to the gate of the main hall and called, "His Royal Highness, the Empress Dowager, and the Crown Prince are here!"

The courtiers held the wat boards and lowered their heads. Above the court hall, the censors of the palace eunuchs inspected the trains, so they dared not speak indiscriminately.

Xiao Youqing carried his grandson into the palace gate, walked from the crowd to the west steps, and all the etiquette remained the same, kneeling down and offering eulogies.

Civil and military officials knelt on the wat, "Her Royal Highness the Empress Dowager, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will last forever."

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After the court meeting, the courtiers went out of the hall in class. The courtiers touched their knees and went to the dressing room to change the court clothes into official clothes. After the hour, they returned to the Daqing Hall for the spring banquet. "I knew it must be the Empress Dowager."

"Even if the tiger's poison doesn't eat its offspring, is it necessary to hold on to the throne of my own son?"

"The last time I saw the official's house," the official walking on the same side shook his head, "I didn't look very good."

"It shouldn't be, the official family is in its prime, why did it suddenly fall ill in the past few years?" Many civil officials were thinking in their hearts, the emperor was in his prime, and the empress dowager was old, even if he controlled the government, There will always be a day of return.

"..." The way the officials walked was blocked by someone, and they all raised their hands and bowed immediately, "I have seen Princess Lu."

Wei Ruhua was accompanied by a group of female officials, and there were also officials from the provincial government. He was not happy to hear the discussion of these officials, and he was even more dissatisfied after adding the titles, "You officials, look at it, the clothes in this house are not The official uniform of the purple gold fish bag."

"..." A few savvy officials laughed and hurriedly turned around and said, "I've seen the Governor of Wei."

Wei Ruhua put his hands behind his back and took a cold look, "My colleagues have this leisure time to chew their unwilling tongues behind their backs, why don't you take a good look at whether you have been loyal to the country and the king and whether you have done anything for the people in the past year, and take a look at it. What's the point of arguing with each other in the court hall every day?"

Several ministers looked at each other, then bowed and said: "I would like to follow the teachings of my husband."

Wei Ruhua led the people past them, and stopped after walking a few steps, "A person's life is only a few decades, whether to worry about the future or live for the present, I think all colleagues have a sense of responsibility." Smart people in the family should think more about them."

Shocked by her words, the ministers repeatedly bowed and said, "Please remember, lower officials."

After some distance was drawn, several officials stepped forward and praised the eldest princess. Wei Ruhua touched his forehead, "They are all people who follow others, waiting for the government to return to the throne when Emperor Gao is in power." What about the benefits of being a civil servant, but the most important..." She lifted up her purple sleeves, "It's still this stuff."

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Meals in the imperial kitchen have been prepared. More than a dozen eaters wearing curving heads and wearing purple round-necked narrow clothes are holding a food box in their right hand, covered with a yellow lid embroidered with dragons, and holding a red ribbon in their left hand. embroidered hand towel.

"Dinner!"

More than a dozen people dragged food boxes and lined up in a neat row from the imperial kitchen to the inner east gate and entered the inner court, followed by more than 20 people holding gold melon boxes. The meals prepared by the Daqing Hall for the emperor were all separate It was prepared to be sent to Funing Hall, but there was one missing dish that Xiao Youqing specially ordered to cook for the ministers.

Xiao Youqing hugged the crown prince and sat on the chair, then got up and walked forward, "The official is not feeling well, so I specially asked the crown prince to give the banquet to all the officials."

"I don't treat my ministers as harshly as the first emperor, and I also won't tolerate everyone like the officials are now. The country has the rules of the country, and the court also has the rules of the court. Monarchs, ministers, fathers and sons, I hope you don't want to be overwhelmed. If you change to a new king, you will forget about all of this."

"Follow the teachings of the Empress Dowager."

"Empress Dowager." The servants from the inner court hurried to Xiao Youqing's side, "Something happened to the official family."

Xiao Youqing's focused eyes trembled slightly, and immediately waved to the purple robe who was at the front row of the prime minister at the banquet.

"Your Majesty." A woman in a purple robe and a jade belt stepped forward.

"I want to go back to the inner court. Your father once familiarized you with the etiquette of the spring banquet."

"I understand." Wei Ruhua bowed his hands to his mother, then walked up the steps and took the child off the chair beside the throne.

Not long after the Empress Dowager gave the wine, she left the Daqing Hall in a hurry, and all the officials speculated, "Is there something wrong with the officials?"

"Officials, the spring feast has just begun." Wei Ruhua squatted down slowly, and the child in light yellow robe opened eyes very similar to his mother and said with a smile: "Aunt."

"Your Highness, be good." Then he leaned into the prince's ear and whispered for a while.

The child who understood but didn't seem to understand stood there for a moment, then walked forward with small steps, put his hands behind his back and called solemnly: "Give us food." The words were not very clear, but the courtiers could understand.

The ministers and workers were surprised by the Crown Prince's actions, and immediately raised their hands and bowed in thanks: "Thank you, Your Highness, for the meal."

The actors from the Jiaofang who sat cross-legged on both sides of the main hall rejoiced with the banquet. The meal disciples entered the hall with plates and placed the dishes in order, and opened the yellow cover with the red towel held in their left hand.

A dish looks like meat, but it's not like meat. It's red in color. It's cut into pieces and placed on a piece of vegetables. It looks very appetizing. "What kind of dish is this?"

Even the old ministers who had been to the banquet for many years couldn't recognize what the dish was. Han Bang stroked the sleeve of his right hand with his left hand, picked up a piece of chopsticks and put it into his mouth.

When the rest of the officials saw the prime minister moving their chopsticks, they also picked up their chopsticks one after another. Han Si lowered his head and smiled and said, "Masters, you are used to eating mutton and delicacies from mountains and seas, but have you ever tasted this pig's heart?"

Afterwards, many ministers were disgusted and wanted to spit it out, but they didn't dare to spit out the food given by the imperial banquet, so they put down their chopsticks and said angrily: "A gentleman doesn't eat fat."

Seeing this, the colleagues at the side tugged their sleeves secretly, just as the sound of plucking the strings came from the side, "Smart people should understand the sound beyond the strings."

Wei Ruhua picked up the Crown Prince and walked down the steps of the palace, looking down and saying: "The Empress Dowager said that the wind of extravagance is brought out from the forbidden, and the reason why the country is rich but not strong is the result of extravagance, so from today From now on, the royal family will take the lead, and the saved funds will be allocated to the people by the Ministry of Household Affairs."

"The Empress Dowager Shengming!"

The author has something to say:

Dining Worker: The name of the craftsman, attached to the Shangshi Bureau of Dianzhong Province (this is different from the Liushang Bureau of Shangshu’s introspection. There is also a Liushang Bureau in Dianzhong Province that is responsible for the emperor’s food and clothing. The former is not called a bureau, while the latter is vacant. The responsibility belongs to Other institutions were not established until the time of Huizong.) The job is to be a cook who is responsible for the meals of the royal family and the banquets for hundreds of officials, with an establishment of [-].

Meal disciple: the name of a public official, served by the imperial chef and Hanlin Secretary Tray Yard (there is a record of them in Tokyo Menghualu, they are called the courtyard family, but only the clothes and other names are not detailed.) The responsibility is to deliver the imperial food and the tray. There are 30 people in the banquet for the official banquet.

Gentlemen don't eat meaty meat (hun four tones and yu two tones) translated from "Book of Rites·Shaoyi", a gentleman should not eat pork.

Pork in the Northern Song Dynasty was very cheap. The royal family and scholars did not eat it, but ordinary people ate it. Most of the forbidden meat was mutton.

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