Rise From the Humble

Today, a group of officials gathered at the Ministry of Punishment, which is a rare major event for the Ministry of Punishment in recent years. Naturally, the Ministry of Punishment had to provide good hospitality. The kitchen of the Criminal Department also showed its special skills. Four dishes and one soup may seem simple, but they put a lot of thought into it. Not only the ingredients are exquisite, but the cooking is even more exquisite.

Chicken marrow and bamboo shoots, fresh and delicious.

Cooking Ding uses fresh bamboo shoots transported from the south of the Yangtze River to the capital from the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, cut into evenly thin slices, paired with mushrooms newly picked at the foot of Yanshan Mountain, chicken pieces rolled in hot oil, poured with chicken bone marrow soup, and boiled over low heat. .

Rouge goose breast, delicious in color and fragrance.

Pao Ding takes the goose raised by the farmer, pickles it with salt for two nights, and then cooks it. When cooked, the goose meat turns rouge color, so it is called rouge goose. Add a pot of stuffed apricot blossoms, and it’s most delicious.

The rest of the Dragons Gathering, Jade Jasper, and West Lake Whitebait Soup are also carefully cooked, with meat and vegetables combined, and nutritional balance.

Zhu Ping'an didn't have much appetite at first, but after taking a bite of chicken marrow and bamboo shoots, the taste was opened up. It tasted delicious together with Liu Dadao and Sledgehammer.

In this world, apart from beauty, food is the most important thing.

It didn't take long for Zhu Pingan to finish the four dishes and one soup on the table. At this time, the officials at the other tables had just eaten the top of their plates.

Several high-minded officials nearby looked at Zhu Ping'an, Liu Dadao and others eating together and couldn't help but look sideways.

A top scholar actually ate at the same table as a group of idiots! It's so polite.

When they saw that Zhu Ping'an and the others had eaten all the dishes on the table with four dishes and one soup, they shook their heads even more.

Zhao Daying is also paying attention to Zhu Pingan.

At first, Zhu Ping'an was in a daze, and Zhao Daying was laughing in his heart. Now that he knows it, he is scared. I tell you that Zhu Ping'an is too late.

However, the next second.

The style of painting suddenly changed. Without any mental preparation, Zhao Daying's mouth turned crooked.

What kind of nonsense is it that you can't swallow your food? Zhu Ping'an has such a good appetite that he almost chewed the plate. He eats like Feng Juan Can Yun, eating three times, five times, five times and two dishes, and then the disc is gone.

But it's not over yet.

"Excuse me, please continue."

After the dishes were gone, Zhu Ping'an straightened his clothes and said to the waiter standing nearby to continue the dishes. Zhao Daying's face turned green with anger when he heard this.

Renewal? !

Why don't you fight to death, you bastard?

Eat it!

After today, it's time for you to eat prison food. Prison food is not as good as today's rice. Just eat it! There are times when you cry!

Want more food? !

Others looked at Zhu Pingan in a strange way. It was enough for an official to eat with Ni Legzi, but he still asked for a refill in such a hopeless manner.

However, no matter what others think, Zhu Pingan takes it indifferently and eats and drinks when he should, without affecting his appetite at all. Even when the officer came to refill the dishes, he still had time to praise the cooking skills of the kitchen waiter in the Criminal Department.

interesting.

Yan Shifan, who was surrounded by stars in the distance, glanced at Zhu Pingan, smiled slightly and shook his head. If it weren't for the memorial, Yan Shifan would have wanted to win over Zhu Pingan.

After lunch.

Before the officers who went to the Ministry of War to pick up the heads had arrived, several more officials came to Chen Qinggong Hall. One of them was Xu Jie, who had just been promoted to the cabinet some time ago, and there were also Zhang Juzheng and others.

With a smile on his face, Xu Jie walked in and greeted Yan Shifan and others. Xu Jie was very popular. Not only did the neutral party come to see Xu Jie with Li Dang, but many people from the Yan party also came to see Xu Jie. In the past few months, Xu Jie often went to Yan's Mansion, paying homage to Yan Song like a junior, playing chess, drinking tea, and exchanging feelings with Yan Song. His relationship with Yan Dang was like a honeymoon.

"The student has met the teacher."

When Xu Jie came, Zhu Ping'an naturally couldn't sit still. Seeing that Xu Jie, Yan Shifan and the others were almost done talking, he straightened his clothes, stood up, walked to Xu Jie, and greeted Xu Jie respectfully.

"Well, Zihou came just in time. I'm talking about you. Come here and introduce some senior scholars to you. You are young and reckless, and you are immature in many things. You still need to learn more from several seniors." Xu Jie Seeing Zhu Pingan coming to salute, he smiled slightly and nodded, beckoned Zhu Pingan to come closer, and introduced several nearby officials to Zhu Pingan.

Every time Xu Jie introduced someone, Zhu Ping'an naturally greeted them respectfully.

Of course, none of the officials in the Yan Party gave Zhu Pingan a good look, saying, "We can't stand the gift of the No. 1 scholar," "You student has a really good appetite," and "That's it, how can we teach the No. 1 scholar?" Such cynicism.

In this regard, the smile on Xu Jie's face remained unchanged.

"Brother Nian, this is my incompetent student Zhu Zihou. He is not very experienced in the world and can easily go astray. If Zihou makes a mistake and goes astray, you don't have to give me face. He should be beaten and punished. Du Jianfang Who else is responsible for this small responsibility!" Xu Jie added later when introducing Zhu Ping'an to nearby officials.

The general meaning is: I am a useless student, you should be beaten and punished, and everyone is responsible for preventing the slightest change.

Although Xu Jie said this, everyone understood it in their hearts. Xu Jie was able to introduce Zhu Ping'an to everyone, which also showed an attitude to everyone.

This is similar to parents introducing their children to teachers and friends around them. Why is my child more naughty? Teacher, why don't you bother to be polite? I'll hit you when I need to, and I'll scold you when you need to be scolded. Don't be polite if you are naughty and make small mistakes. If you make big mistakes and you can't control them, you will beat them to death. Don't be merciful at all.

But actually, he introduces you to me as my child, can you not give him face? ! Can you hit me and scold me as you please?

If you dare to beat me to death, try it!

On the surface, it looks like he is scolding or belittling, but in fact, there is a kind of implicit protection inside. Xu Jie showed everyone the relationship between Zhu Ping'an and himself, which is a kind of implicit maintenance.

Introduced to everyone.

This is an unspoken rule, equivalent to a formal informing relationship. If Xu Jie didn't make it clear, everyone would pretend to be confused. Now that Xu Jie has made it clear, everyone has to worry about Xu Jie.

Especially officials with relatively deep connections know more about the inside story. Xu Jieqian'er won the favor of the emperor because of his Qing Ci and was rewarded with a flying fish suit. The key sentence "turning a tiger into a dragon" in this Qing Ci is said to have come from the man in front of him, Zhu Ping'an. hand. Zhu Ping'an's Qingci in the previous examinations and palace examinations were also very good. Such a high disciple, Xu Jie is not blind, how could he give up so easily. If nothing else, just relying on Zhu Ping'an's Qingci skills, even if he can't train him into a right-hand man, he might as well keep writing 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 something. There are not many things in the cabinet today. After handing over the etiquette department in the morning, the cabinet minister gave me half a day's leave. I happened to pass by here when I went home. After hearing today's statement, I didn't even want to go home. So I stopped by to join in the fun." Xu Jie replied with a slight smile, calling Yan Shifan's name familiarly.