Xiao Feng lost his official position! Officials of the strict party cheered! Although he was only a minor official from the seventh rank, this was the first time Xiao Feng had lost his official position since his rise. He had been constantly promoted to higher ranks before.
What's more, although the people in Zhongshushe are young, they are walking in the cabinet. Although he has no right to block Yan Song's decision, he can always harass and offer opinions.
To Yan Song, Xiao Feng was like a mosquito that couldn't be killed or driven away. It would fly to his ears and buzz for a while every day, making people upset and irritated.
The key is that you still have to be on guard against him. If you take it lightly, he will come up and give you a needle. Although it won't hurt, it is guaranteed to make you itchy for several days.
Now it was better, his ears were clear, Yan Song smiled when he entered the cabinet, and even looked at Xu Jie with a lot of pleasure.
The Yan Mansion has even seen an influx of officials, some secretly giving gifts and others grandly visiting the house, which has swept away the desolation and gloom of the previous days.
Most of them congratulated Yan Shifan for getting a high school diploma, and wished him the best in the gold medal list in the spring and the top prize in high school.
Yan Shifan was not too excited about this matter at first. Logically speaking, it was just a matter of sooner or later.
But as more people congratulated him, he gradually became happy, and he also had a new idea that could really disgust Xiao Feng.
He cupped his hands and announced loudly to this group of officials who usually didn't look at each other very seriously.
"Everyone, I entered the officialdom early due to my father's reasons and failed to pass the imperial examination. I have always regretted it. Today, long live God's grace, I have the opportunity to make up for this regret. I am really grateful and will do my best to refuse to accept God's grace. I I heard that Master Wenxuan had never passed the imperial examination. He had been a member of Zhongshushe before, and long live the birth of a Jinshi. Now that Zhongshusheren is gone, why not re-enter the Dragon Gate and test his skills? If Master Wenxuan dare not As a result, wouldn't it make people speculate that he has no literary talent at all, how can he be the teacher of the two princes?" These words soon spread among the people who were interested and became popular in the capital.
Especially the strict party officials were the most enthusiastic and advocated desperately. For a while, the scholars in the capital were in a state of shock. They didn't expect that they would have the opportunity to compete with Yan Shifan this year, let alone whether Xiao Feng would end up personally.
One of these two is known as the smartest person in the world. Although the other has few works, the "Hao Ge" and "Hao Ge Annotations" that have been spread to the outside world are famous works praised by thousands of people.
Although the emotional poem written on New Year's Eve was not as good as the previous two poems, its true feelings also touched many people.
The fact that these two people ended up together put a lot of pressure on scholars all over the world. Even Zhang Juzheng couldn't sit still and hurried to Xiao's Mansion to get first-hand information.
"Brother Xiao, Yan Shifan openly issued a letter of challenge, will you fight?" Xiao Feng smiled lightly: "I don't want to be an official, so why take the imperial examination? Besides, Long Live dismissed my official position without taking away what he gave me. I was born as a Jinshi. I went to participate in the imperial examination with a bunch of candidates. I am full of food." Zhang Juzheng was surprised. He didn't expect Xiao Feng to be so lackluster. Why did his answer feel a bit like a rogue?
"Brother Xiao said this, I'm afraid those with ulterior motives will take advantage of it and damage Brother Xiao's image." Xiao Feng laughed loudly: "What image do I have? If someone uses this to attack me, you can help me answer them. One word." Zhang Juzheng nodded: "What words?"
"Since Yan Shifan is so ambitious, even if Long Live did not deprive him of his official status, he would not be prohibited from taking part in the imperial examination. Why doesn't he take part?" Zhang Juzheng was stunned, and then laughed.
After Xiao Feng's reply spread outside, people's opinions were polarized. Those who support Xiao Feng say that Xiao Feng is free and easy and indifferent to fame and wealth, which is the behavior of a righteous person.
Those who opposed Xiao Feng, led by Yan Dang, angrily accused Xiao Feng of making excuses and making an embroidered pillow.
In any case, before the Spring Festival, there is still an important competition in the capital. Although the importance of this competition in the Ming Dynasty was far less than that of the imperial examination, and it may not even be paid attention to outside the capital, within the capital, from the perspective of the people, it was indeed a major event that attracted much attention.
This is the Beijing God of Cookery Competition. Compared with the imperial examination, ordinary people pay more attention to this competition. After all, there are few scholars among the common people, and the imperial examination has nothing to do with them.
But people also want to eat out, so it is very important to know the ranking of various restaurants, as it is related to face and dignity.
It can be said that the Beijing God of Cookery Competition is the Ming Dynasty version of Dianping and Xiaohongshu, which directly determines the passenger flow of Beijing restaurants in the next year.
Therefore, there are still a few days before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and the chefs of major restaurants have already begun to gear up and study hard.
For a time, the kitchens of major restaurants were gleaming with knives and clinking pots and pans. Shi Zhenxiang was naturally not idle either. He not only practiced hard by himself, but also gathered all his disciples and grandsons together for a conference.
The name of the conference is: To ensure that Taibaiju team wins the championship and whoever wins the championship cannot let Zuixianlou win the championship.
Shi Zhenxiang, the head of the Taibai Department, made an important speech at the conference. The following are the minutes of the meeting.
"Anyone can lose this year, but not Zuixianlou! Wasn't her mother's cooking skills better than hers back then? She still lost to me! The profession of top chef has always been our men's world, and women do it Food is only given to your own men and children! Don't worry, everyone, the referee is in our favor, just give it your best! Of course, it would be best if Zuixianlou can retreat from the difficulties!" This last sentence is for his disciples. , and fully exposed Shi Zhenxiang's guilty conscience.
Although he thinks that his cooking skills are much better than Liu Ruyun's, Liu Ruyun's backstage is Xiao Feng. Who knows what tricks Xiao Feng will make?
In the confrontation between Zhang Tianci and Tan Xinren, almost no one expected Zhang Tianci to win, but what happened in the end?
Zhang Tianci is now the president of the Beijing Chamber of Commerce. Where is Tan Xinren? Therefore, you must never underestimate anyone Xiao Feng supports, because you never know what kind of blow he will suddenly give you.
Shi Zhenxiang's disciples understood and quickly took action. Zuixian Tower suddenly became lively, and several groups of people ran to eat, making Chen Zhonghou very busy.
Since he still couldn't hire a chef, Liu Ruyun naturally had to cook and cook the stove himself. This way, she would have no time to practice and think about competing.
Seeing that the competition was about to begin in two days, Chen Zhonghou thought about closing the door for two days and letting his daughter practice hard. After all, except for the five dishes, she was not very proficient in the rest of the dishes.
But as soon as this idea came out, those eating stopped and started shouting loudly.
"What are you doing? There is no restaurant in the world that is trying to bully customers. Do you, Zuixianlou, want to bully customers?" This is not a comment that should be taken seriously. Restaurants in any era are in the service industry. Once they are accused of bullying customers, With a good reputation, no matter how good your cooking skills are, you don't want to have guests.
They didn't dare to close the business. These people took turns to come to eat, and their taste was so bad that Chen Zhonghou scolded him so much that he didn't dare to raise his hand. It was all because Liu Ruyun kept her feet from touching the floor while working in the kitchen.
After practicing cooking for two consecutive days, Liu Ruyun was almost exhausted. He probably wouldn't be able to survive the day of the God of Cookery Competition and would have to be exhausted.
Chen Zhonghou saw that the situation was not good and he couldn't come up with an idea, so he had to secretly ask his boy to run to Xiao Mansion for help.
After Xiao Feng listened to the boy's breathless story, he habitually picked up a fan and tapped his palms. Before he could speak, Zhang Yunqing, who followed Wangcai and ran into the house, already had his eyebrows raised and started shouting angrily.
"This is clearly Shi Zhenxiang's fault! Brother Xiao, let the Jin Yiwei beat him up!" At this time, the same thing happened.
"Follow Wangcai" Wang Yingxiang, who ran in, shook his head and expressed his dissent. After all, she comes from a family of officials and has higher knowledge.
"Brother Xiao has just been punished by the emperor. If you are too high-profile at this time, you will get into trouble." The only one who ran in was not following Wangcai, but chasing the two sisters. Qiaoqiao was not too cold about overt and covert fighting, but instead seduced. Got greedy.
"It's been a long time since I've eaten the food cooked by Sister Liu, why don't we go eat it!" Xiao Feng helplessly patted Qiaoqiao's head with a fan.
"Why haven't you eaten for a long time? Didn't you just eat on New Year's Eve? It's only been a few days? But you said eating..." Xiao Feng stood up, unfolded his fan and said to the boy with a smile: "You can go back now , I have a solution."
