For such a major event that would affect the entire bureaucracy, the basic plan was actually in his hands just now?
Did you actually read such an important document just now?
Yang Xiu felt dazed for a while.
"Long article, is that really the new system that His Majesty wants to replace the imperial examination system? Is it called the imperial examination?"
"Well, it's true. His Majesty handed it to me personally. I plan to see it myself first, and then show it to everyone in the cabinet, and then we can discuss it together."
Chen Qun nodded and said: "This internal examination of the Ministry of Personnel is actually a drill for this new system. Your Majesty is making preparations in advance. We also have to give some practical and effective opinions. After the new system is implemented, we will definitely have a better understanding of the current situation of the Han Dynasty. It’s very beneficial.”
"Then I'll take a closer look later."
Yang Xiu touched the stubble on his chin, nodded and said: "This level of new system reform will definitely cause a great response. I just saw the exam session. Your Majesty plans to divide the exam into three sections? This may be a bit too strict. Well, this time, it’s just an exam.”
"Your Majesty also has his own ideas, and there are not too many people taking the exam this time. If there are too many people in the future, it will be inevitable to take three exams to select candidates."
Chen Qun smiled and said: "Okay, stop talking. Let's go to eat first. After eating, you can watch it slowly. Then we will discuss it. By the way, there is also that part of the government affairs. You can help me deal with it, otherwise I will Don’t even think about going home tonight.”
"It's easy to talk, it's all trivial, I..."
Yang Xiu suddenly froze and looked at Chen Qun: "Shall I help you handle your matter? How can I help you handle it?"
"Didn't you agree? I put the part of what you promised on your desk."
Chen Qun said with a smile: "Why, you Yang Dezu, who keeps your promises, also want to break your promises and get fat? I never thought that you, Yang Dezu, would be such a person who breaks your promises and gets fat. If other colleagues know about this, then..."
"Breaking promises and getting fat?"
Yang Xiu was immediately furious: "Yang Dezu has no talent, but he also knows that he will never do anything to get rich by breaking his promise! I will definitely do what I promised! Just leave those things to me! If you don't finish all these things, you will be left to your own devices!" "
"That's good."
Chen Qun squinted his eyes and walked to the canteen with a smile, joined the hungry army of rice cooks, and began his lunch journey.
The place where they wanted to cook was naturally the newly built Central Canteen of the Third Reich.
The layout of the central dining hall of the Third Reich Palace was different from other places.
It was a particularly spacious and tall palace complex with several different palaces, including a canteen specially used for people to eat, a warehouse for storing various ingredients, and a resting place for the canteen staff.
In addition to these buildings, there is also a wider space that has been opened up as farmland for growing vegetables, and there are even ponds for raising fish. The vegetables and fish raised are used as ingredients for the large canteen. It can be said that Make the best use of everything.
The facilities in the entire canteen can be said to be comprehensive and very lively.
In this way, at meal time every day, hungry officials arrived here in groups. Entering from the main entrance, they were greeted by a rather grand main palace. There was a plaque hanging on the main entrance of the palace that read [ The first canteen].
There is a path on the left and right sides of the first canteen. The path on the left leads to the second canteen. The path on the right leads to the third canteen. There is another path next to the second canteen and the third canteen, which converge to the final structure of the fourth canteen. into a standard diamond-shaped structure.
In the cafeteria, a skylight will be opened on the top floor for lighting. When the sky is still bright, there is no need to light up the lights. The cafeteria is also bright and can be seen all the way.
If it is a rainy day or at night, the lights will be lit in the cafeteria for everyone to eat and drink. The bright candlelight is quite expensive.
In addition to the roads, the large space between the four canteens is filled with trees, flowers and plants. In spring and summer, it is full of greenery, with the occasional chirping of insects and birds, which is quite pleasing to the eye.
Among the trees and flowers, there are seven or eight pavilions with sun and rain protection. There are stone tables and stone benches inside, which can be used for digestion after meals, resting, and chatting with friends.
Some people who like peace and quiet will choose to take a small pavilion with their friends to use as a private restaurant. They can sit in the pavilion and talk with friends while eating, which is quiet and elegant.
However, because the seats are limited and it is very popular, you often need to come in advance to grab a seat, otherwise you will have to wait for the next meal to try your luck.
Being able to enjoy daily meals here is a very lucky thing for some small officials and officials, not only because they can eat and drink for free here, but more importantly, the predecessor of this central canteen is called the West Restaurant. garden.
West Garden was famous during the Second Empire, and few officials currently serving in the Third Reich knew what the predecessor of the Central Dining Hall was.
Even Chen Qun and Yang Xiu, who had not spent much time in Luoyang before, knew that this place used to be the former emperor's leisure and entertainment place. It was built at a huge cost and was an emperor's private leisure and entertainment place.
This place once gathered all the exotic flowers and plants, rare beasts, gold, silver and jewels, as well as exotic beauties. The world is so vast that any rare thing can be found here. If you can't find it, it only means that the thing is not rare enough.
There is even a swimming pool here. In the past, the late emperor played here every day, drank wine, ate meat, and played with the palace maids. If it was hot, he would take off his clothes and play in the swimming pool with the palace maids. He would be naked and naked, and it would be a blur. If they are a couple of gods and immortals, their joy is boundless, making people envious and fascinated by them.
Then the late emperor died.
After the death of the late emperor, this place was vacant for a time.
During the Jian'an period, Liu Bei completely sealed up the West Garden on the grounds that he was bored with playthings and spending extravagance. It is said that the rare beasts, exotic flowers and plants, as well as gold, silver, pearls and jade were all sold by Liu Bei to high-ranking officials in the capital.
Anyone who likes it can buy it, and the one with the highest price will get it. Because the quality is extremely high and the meaning is far-reaching, many dignitaries are after it. They privately ask Liu Bei to buy it through the back door. Liu Bei sells these things for a lot of money. Liu Bei was used to expand the army.
People at the time had some opinions on this matter, thinking that Liu Bei did not respect the late emperor and the royal family enough. However, later the Empress Dowager Dong issued an edict allowing Liu Bei to do this, and the discussion gradually subsided.
Later, when Liu Bei ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, he felt that it would be a pity not to use the West Garden because of its superior architecture and vast area, so he reopened the West Garden and built it into the central dining hall of the palace.
Any officials or officials who work in the palace can register with the Ministry of Household Affairs in advance, receive meal tickets, and eat here, three meals a day, plus a midnight snack, free of charge.
People who come to the palace temporarily to do business can also show their official certificate and service certificate at the registration office at the entrance of the first canteen, and then receive a temporary meal ticket, and they can have a free meal.
Everyone has also heard that not only the officials eat here, but also the nobles in the harem and the empress dowager have their own small kitchens, so they do not eat here. Even the maids and eunuchs who serve in the palace have separate kitchens here. The canteen is independent of the four major canteens and is often rotated here for meals.
And later, some people said that Emperor Liu Bei also ate here.
However, Liu Bei usually asked people to bring food to his study to eat alone, instead of going to the cafeteria to eat, because he was worried that everyone would be cautious and unhappy after seeing him.
Needless to say, everyone believed that the emperor ate here. Not to mention that this canteen was renovated from the West Garden and was of a very high standard. The dishes in this canteen were just so good. , people felt that it was natural for the emperor to eat here.
The four sub-canteens in the central canteen are also very particular.
Breakfast, they all have the same content, mainly to divert the crowd. The cafeteria provides rice porridge, side dishes, fried eggs, various fried rice, etc., which everyone is familiar with.
In addition, the breakfast canteen will also provide [steamed buns], [steamed buns], and [dumplings] that everyone has never eaten before. It is said that they are also pasta that originated in the army. They were first promoted in the army and received unanimous praise from the army.
These kinds of food have a soft texture and are very special. They taste different from the pasta that everyone is familiar with.
During the Second Empire, the pasta that everyone ate was called pancakes, and they had different names depending on how they were eaten. Those eaten steamed were called steamed pancakes, those cut into slices and eaten in soup were called soup pancakes, and those baked with sesame seeds sprinkled on them. It’s called Hu Cake.
But although these steamed buns, steamed buns and dumplings are pasta, they are not called cakes. The officials don't know how they got their names. They only know that the master chefs in the cafeteria call them so.
The steamed buns have no fillings, just soft dough. It feels good to eat them with side dishes.
Baozi and dumplings are filled with fillings, including vegetable fillings and meat fillings. The fillings are delicious and can be made either steamed or fried. When eaten, the textures are very different.
It's soft when steamed and crispy when fried. Each one has its own merits.
Many people have never seen these foods at first, and they are shocked when they first eat them. Moreover, they cannot be eaten outside and can only be eaten in the cafeteria. Those who like them get up early every day to eat them, or even sleep in the palace. for a delicious and free breakfast in the morning.
When it comes to lunch, each of the four canteens has its own unique features.
The first cafeteria specializes in steamed dishes, the second cafeteria specializes in barbecue foods, the third cafeteria specializes in soups, and the fourth cafeteria specializes in stir-fried dishes.
Each canteen has more than 20 windows, and the four canteens in total have more than 100 windows. Different dishes are displayed at the windows. If you want to eat any type of food, you can go to the window of a certain canteen and queue up for food. If you want to eat them all, then go to a few more canteens.
Anyway, all major canteens have plenty of seats, so you can sit down and eat whenever you want, which is very convenient.
Some officials are very smart. In order to eat more dishes, a group of people started a group war. Three or five friends went to different canteens to get food, selected what they liked, and then gathered together to sit and eat together. .
It was as lively as attending a banquet.
It’s similar at dinner, and the same situation is found in the four canteens. However, compared to the large portions at noon, many people find that the dishes in the evening focus on exquisite and rich dishes, which are richer than at noon, but in terms of quantity Not as big as noon.
The master chef in the cafeteria was as generous as his relatives when serving food at noon. He poured all kinds of dishes into the dishes and overflowed. Every one of the officials had their mouths full of oil and their cheeks were as bulging as hamsters. It is a great test for the capacity of the stomach bag and the strength of the masseter muscles.
But at night, the master's hands began to shake, which made the officials serving the dishes frown. Half a spoonful of vegetables could be shaken off for him. Even the staple food was picked and picked, so that the officials wanted to Ask the imperial physician in the palace to give the masters a few injections to cure the trembling hands.
But after all, the food is free. Officials eat at no cost. This large canteen is a welfare for everyone. The emperor pays for it. They are too embarrassed to say anything about the so-called "taking advantage of people with short hands and eating people with short mouths".
They didn't have this kind of welfare during the Second Empire. They had to pay for anything they wanted to eat. They even had to bring their own food to eat. Do you still want to eat so many dishes for free?
At that time, it was more difficult to eat something hot than anything else in the cold weather. On the first day of the first lunar month, I had to bear the cold wind and eat a summer ice drink, which made people stiff from body to soul.
Now that they have such good food and treatment, they are afraid that the emperor Liu Bei will find out about their complaints, and Liu Bei will get angry and start asking them to pay for food.
Good guy, there is food and drink in this central dining hall. There are all kinds of pasta and fried foods that you can’t eat outside. Take care of yourself. If you eat outside, it will cost a lot of money no matter what. And in the palace Eating for free is not a concept at all.
We must maintain this hard-won superior benefit!
Compared with the various types of three meals a day, the late-night snack canteen is relatively simple, because after all, not the majority of people work night shifts, and not everyone wants to have a late-night snack, so only the first canteen is open for late-night snack canteens, and generally Only noodles, wontons and dumplings are provided.
These three kinds of pasta are also quite new. It is said that they were first popularized in the army and were welcomed by the soldiers in the army before being introduced to the imperial court.
Noodles feel similar to the soup cakes that we eat every day, but the soup cakes are thin noodles, not such long noodles.
Officials don't know exactly how the noodles are made, but the noodles are smooth and elastic in the mouth, paired with rich or light soup, and a fried egg. It tastes very comfortable, and that's enough.
After all, no one would thank the hen that laid the egg just because the egg tastes delicious.
However, the excellent taste of this novel noodle has attracted a considerable number of noodle lovers, making them the first noodle fans. In order to eat a bowl of noodles, they would not hesitate to ask their superiors to work overtime or stay behind so that they could eat in the late-night cafeteria. Serve a bowl of noodles.
According to incomplete statistics, noodles-loving Noodlers are the group that has worked the most overtime and stayed behind during this period.
Dumplings are the soup version of breakfast steamed dumplings and fried dumplings. They can also be paired with rich or light soup. Drink the soup and eat the dumplings. This way of eating is welcomed by many people.
If you have a weak stomach, the master chef in the cafeteria will recommend wontons.
Unlike dumplings, wonton wrappers are thinner, and the officials who ate them didn't even know how the masters made the dough so thin.
But it's really delicious and easy to digest. One bite after another, it goes into your stomach after just one sip. It's warm and doesn't feel uncomfortable at all.
All in all, the successful establishment of this large canteen has indeed greatly improved the work enthusiasm and overtime enthusiasm of the officials of the Luoyang court to a certain extent. It can even be said that after the establishment of the large canteen, it was very important for many petty officials to go to work in the palace. , suddenly became something worth looking forward to.
(End of chapter)
