Three days after Xiao Feng's death, undercurrents began to surge in the capital.
Yan Shifan was very honest. He neither sent anyone to harm Xiao Feng's people nor did he do anything extraordinary. Instead, he kept reading and actively preparing for the exam every day.
After all, spring is about to begin. If it weren't for the Tatars making such a fuss, this would be the busiest time in the capital.
It took Jiajing three full days to calm down and be able to receive the courtiers who asked to see him.
The courtiers really had no choice. Spring was coming, and this was a major event for the court and even for scholars all over the world. There was absolutely no reason why it should not be done just because Xiao Feng died.
According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial examinations were in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and now the Minister of Rites is printed by Xu Fuyin, a member of the cabinet. Ge Lao was also in charge of six ministerial books, which began to rise in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty.
Jiajing cheered up, listened to Xu Jie's arrangements for Chunwei, nodded, then thought about it and added something.
"This year's spring is a troubled time, and the imperial court should pay more attention to it and take heart to promote the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty.
In my opinion, in addition to the candidates taking the examination in each locality, the local academic administration and each county will recommend an outstanding scholar to take the examination as a candidate, which will be regarded as a favor. "
Yan Song raised his head in surprise, and even Xu Jie, who never raised his head when seconding opinions, raised his head and looked at Jiajing: Kai Enke?
You must know that Enke is not opened often, usually when there is a big event, a happy event or a tragic event.
Long live the throne, a wedding, and the establishment of a prince are great joyous events; if the emperor or the queen mother passes away, they may also be entrusted with the intention of praying for blessings.
But why should Enke be opened now? Could it be that having a good conversation with the Tatars is considered a happy event? If not, combined with Long Live's "prosperous Ming Dynasty", this is someone's spoken word...
After all, Yan Song was scheming. He knew that Jiajing was still in a bad mood at this time and Xiao Feng was dead. This idea was a piece of shit for Airong. Just give it to him, not to mention that he would definitely not say it explicitly.
"Long live the Holy Ming, the Tatars have caused disturbances. In many places, officials have not had time to enter the capital. The number of people will inevitably decrease, making it difficult to demonstrate the prestige of our Ming Dynasty.
It is indeed appropriate to call him Enke by complementing him with top-notch academic talents, which shows Banzai's kindness to the students. "
Jiajing nodded to his old friend, feeling a little more comfortable. Yan Song really knows what I want. Xiao Feng is gone. If Yan Song continues to dissatisfy me, I will not be able to live my life.
The first person to encounter trouble was Liu Ruyun, the outermost member of Xiao Feng's circle of relatives and friends.
Originally ranked according to the circle of relatives and friends, it was generally accepted that Lao Dao would probably be ranked at the outermost, because after all, he had done something that was embarrassing to Xiao Feng before.
What's more, the old Taoist is a man. Xiao Feng likes women more than men. This is also recognized by everyone.
However, the old Taoist is guarding Xiao Feng's tomb in the World View, and is guarded by the Forbidden Army and the Jinyi Guards. As long as he doesn't take the initiative to go out and cause trouble, who can cause trouble for him?
Therefore, Liu Ruyun, who ranked behind Lao Dao, was the first to bear the brunt. Yan Niang and Liu Ruyun are in a similar situation, but Yan Niang has Eunuch Chen's support after all.
Even if Xiao Feng is gone, the tacit understanding between Chen Hong and Huang Jin has not completely disappeared, so Yan Dang does not dare to deal with Yan Niang first.
The people in Taibaiju first spread the word that Liu Ruyun's food was filled with secret medicine. Although it could make the food extremely delicious, it was harmful to the human body!
People just pretended not to hear it and just continued to eat it. So what if it is harmful? It can cause no harm. The key is that it tastes really good!
Then Taibaiju found out that it didn't work, so he made the harm more concrete: this secret medicine is harmful to men and can make men unable to do it.
People were immediately frightened. After all, most of the people who can enter Zuixian Tower to spend money are men, and they are all rich men. What do rich men fear most?
Especially members who use co-branded cards to spend money, most of them will go to Chunyan Tower to have a good time after drinking and eating at Zuixianlou. Under Taibaiju's constant brainwashing propaganda, men began to make up their own minds.
"In this way, it seems that after eating and drinking at Zuixian Tower, I then went to Chunyan Tower, and I felt a little overwhelmed!"
"It seems that the more you eat, the more tired you feel and the less you want to move. The little peach blossom fell asleep last time..."
"That's because you two ate too much. It's what happens when people eat too much! Look at me, after eating the food and wine in Zuixianlou, I'm still as energetic as ever!"
"But what Taibai Ju said can't be groundless. After all, we don't know what secret medicine is used in Zuixianlou?"
As a result, the members' worries were taken advantage of by a small group of people with ulterior motives, and they vigorously demanded that Zuixianlou reveal the secret recipe of ingredients and prove it to be harmless, otherwise they would refuse to recharge and consume again!
Liu Ruyun panicked. She firmly believed that the MSG Xiao Feng gave him was harmless to humans, but she couldn't tell her the formula. In fact, she didn't know the formula very well.
But if they don’t make it clear, members won’t top up or spend money. If this continues, not only will their own business collapse, but Chunyan Tower’s business will also be affected!
Although Jin Yiwei heard about this, there was nothing they could do. This is a commercial competition, and it's not a dirty trick. They can't control it, let alone report such trivial matters to Jiajing.
Liu Ruyun quickly told Zhang Tianci that Xiao Feng was gone and Zhang Tianci was the boss, so he had to come up with ideas.
Zhang Tianci didn't panic. He comforted Liu Ruyun, "Hold on, don't panic, we can win!"
From the day you became the God of Cookery, my eldest brother has told me, and now I have finally waited for this day!
Zhang Tianci immediately went to the World Viewpoint. Since Liu Ruyun became the God of Cookery, the business of Zuixian Tower has been booming, and Xiao Feng no longer "refines elixirs" at home, but asked Zhang Tianci to transport all the sea vegetables to Wushi Temple.
He also asked him to purchase a large amount of mushrooms and send them to the World View, which was jointly managed by Taoist Taoist Huo Gong, and of course Tao Zhongwen, who cooperated with Taoist Huo Gong.
Jiajing was meditating in Jinshen Jingshe without even looking at the food brought in by Huang Jin. Huang Jin looked sadly at Eunuch Liu, the food supervisor next to him who looked even more sad.
It wasn't that Jiajing was a successful monk and had entered the realm of fasting, but that he really had no appetite.
Xiao Feng's death was a big blow to him. Firstly, the path to becoming an immortal was even more bleak. Secondly, he found that his feelings for Xiao Feng seemed to be deeper than he originally felt.
Ever since Huang Jin handed Eunuch Liu a small note at the God of Cookery Competition, telling him to rein in his efforts, the relationship between the two has become closer than before, as if they were one of their own.
If Wanzai doesn't eat, the first responsibility must be the supervisor of the food department. Therefore, Eunuch Liu is absolutely worried and it's definitely not fake. He was afraid that if Jiajing went on hunger strike for another two days, he would just pack up and get out.
Huang Jin whispered: "I heard that Liu Ruyun from Zuixian Tower is this year's new God of Cookery. Didn't you go to Zuixian Tower to buy some dishes and try them?"
Eunuch Liu smiled bitterly and said: "Eunuch Huang, you have never worked in the Shangshan Supervisor. Shangshan Supervisor is not allowed to purchase cooked meals outside the palace. To prevent thieves from using some unpredictable chronic drugs, Long live safety is important! "
Huang Jin thought about it. Although everything that Wan Zai takes into his mouth must be tested on humans first, if it is a chronic drug, it may not be possible to test it.
Therefore, no matter how good the chef was, the emperor had no choice but to go out incognito for private visits and eat at roadside stalls.
At this time, the young eunuch informed that Tao Zhongwen, the real person of Huoxuan, asked to see him. Jiajing nodded and cheered up.
He had lost his appetite in the past few days. The imperial doctors prescribed a lot of things like hawthorn cake and fruit peel, but they were not very effective. Maybe Tao Zhongwen also came to offer elixirs in this area?
Tao Zhongwen walked into the monastery, first saluted Jiajing, then took out a small porcelain bottle and sprinkled a little powder on the four plates of delicate side dishes that were still steaming.
Huang Jin and Eunuch Liu both stared wide-eyed. What is Master Tao doing? Is this how the new elixir is taken?
Tao Zhongwen picked up the silver chopsticks again, stirred it a little, then took a bite of each plate without ceremony, and then handed the chopsticks to Huang Jin.
Huang Jin looked at the chopsticks that were still stained with Tao Zhongwen's saliva, then cautiously took them over and took a bite of each item with the other end of the chopsticks.
In fact, this is redundant. If Jiajing doesn't even believe Tao Zhongwen, then he has no one to trust.
He dared to eat the pills made by Tao Zhongwen in handfuls. If he wanted to poison him, did he need to wait until today?
However, Tao Zhongwen and Huang Jin's operations were all due process, so Jiajing did not express any objection, but frowned at the intoxicated expressions of these two people.
As for what? I usually don’t let you two eat, okay? Look at you, you look like you have never seen the world!
Curiosity aroused, Jiajing stepped off the futon, picked up the chopsticks, and then frowned at the pair of silver chopsticks with saliva on both ends.
Huang Jin was intoxicated by this novel delicacy, and his reaction was a little slower than usual. Only then did he realize it, and quickly got a new pair of chopsticks for Jiajing.
Uh-huh? Running under the sun...
Jiajing hadn't eaten in the past few days, and he was indeed starving. He ate all the food like a storm, then he put down his chopsticks reservedly, sat back on the futon, and accidentally burped.
"What is this?" Jiajing used seriousness to control his embarrassment. How could I burp? Is this what a Taoist does? I'm going to do the cooking if someone else eats grain?
"Long live Hui, this product is called monosodium glutamate. It is an elixir that was jointly refined by Chen and Xiao Feng. It is also a new product produced by Shiguan.
It has been tested in small quantities to ensure it is non-toxic and harmless to humans.
The raw material of this product comes from natural sea products. It has been eaten by me for several months to ensure that it is harmless. I dare to offer it to Long Live today. "
Tao Zhongwen's words were impeccable. When Xiao Feng taught him the method of refining MSG, the two of them had already discussed this rhetoric.
Otherwise, with Jiajing's narrow-mindedness, he might think that there is such a good thing, but you are hiding it and refusing to tell me. What do you mean?
Jiajing obviously agreed with this statement and widened his eyes: "Is this WTO production? Is this Zhang Tianci's business?"
Tao Zhongwen shook his head. People have to repay kindness in return. Xiao Feng gave himself half of the credit for standing up now.
"Long live, Xiao Feng told me at that time that the World View as a Taoist temple belongs to the Ming Dynasty; as a production workshop, it has half of the share capital of Eunuch Huang.
This product is not yet on the market and has only been used in small quantities in Zuixian Tower. Whether to go public and how to manage it, Xiao Feng said it was up to Long live to decide.
Alas, the scene of that day is still in my ears, but people have already..."
Tao Zhongwen's last words were the finishing touch. Jiajing felt sad for no reason as he looked at the plate that he had licked clean.
"This item is not necessary for people's livelihood. Zhang Tianci is an official and merchant, so let him supervise the sales. Supervisor Shangshan can buy some for use first."
Huang Jin lowered his head and thought, didn't I just give him a hundred taels of silver? First he became a shareholder of the blacksmith shop, and now he became a shareholder of the entire WTO view?
Long live, is business so easy now?
Some people died, but not completely...
