Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2014 In the palace and outside the palace (卌[-]) is tricky
"The imperial physicians checked the rest of the wine and found nothing abnormal. But... the emperor's vomit seems to contain drug residues that conflict with the wine."

After saying this, the six assistant ministers looked at each other in blank dismay, and finally the chief assistant Wang Jiaping asked on behalf of everyone: "It seems that no one in the cabinet has heard that the emperor has been sick recently. I don't know where this 'drug residue' comes from?"

Having said that, in fact, everyone has some guesses in their hearts.The emperor of the Ming Dynasty, especially the reason for the death of the first emperor, is known to everyone, so if you put it in perspective... Could it be that today he also secretly took the medicine of tiger and wolf but was embarrassed to let the outer court know?It seems very likely.

However, Chen Ju sighed, and said: "The so-called 'drug residue' here is not because the emperor's dragon body is not in good health, but because the imperial concubine saw that the emperor is busy with state affairs recently, so she found some medicinal recipes from Guangdong, Guangxi and other areas. , and then ordered the Shangshi Bureau to prepare and pay tribute to the emperor to enjoy."

Hearing that it was the medicinal diet recipe provided by Concubine Zheng, Gao Yushi frowned slightly, Shen Yiguan was shocked, while Wang Jiaping's face was livid, and asked without hesitation on the spot: "Emperor's diet has its own regulations, and these recipes have not been verified. , how can you give it to the emperor to eat at will! The people in Shangshi Bureau are really daring, if it is found out that today's change is due to unclean recipes, according to the old man, one of these people counts as one, and everyone deserves to be punished!"

Zhao Zhigao didn't know whether he wanted to persuade the Wang family to hold back their anger or something, so he quickly smoothed things over, saying: "Yuanfu calm down, this matter may not be easy to find out for a while, but it may not be the responsibility of the Shangshi Bureau's family. The supply over there should also be checked.”

Well, it's fine if you don't try to smooth things over. At any rate, it only involves a Shangshi bureau. Now that Shanglinyuan is involved, it's not only a matter of the inner court, but even the outer court will be implicated!Where are you from?
Ladies and gentlemen, here we must explain the food supply system of the imperial palace in the Ming Dynasty.There are two sets of yamen in the imperial court management in the Ming Dynasty.The management institutions of the Outer Court include Guanglu Temple and Taichang Temple.The inner court belonged to the eunuch's yamen, and there was the Shangshi Bureau, which belonged to the female official's yamen.

Since ancient times, the diet of emperors has been specially managed by some people who are good at cooking. It goes without saying.Let me explain separately here. First of all, the responsibilities of Guanglu Temple mainly include sacrifices, banquets, wine, and meals.

Guanglu Temple is affiliated with the four departments of Daguan, Zhenjiao, Fine Wine, and Palm Wine.The offerings of high officials for sacrifices, palace meals, festive feasts, and feasts for Tibetan envoys; thing.

The animals, fruits, and vegetables used by Guanglu Temple in charge of the imperial meals were all taken from Shanglin Garden.If there is not enough or no Shanglinyuan, you can also buy it in the private market.

During the Hongwu period in the early Ming Dynasty, Xu Xingzu was the Minister of Guanglu Temple. In the imperial edict of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang's appointment, he said that "the world's industry cooks Yun, and his five flavors are all the same. It can be said to be capable and good."It can be seen that the officials of Guanglu Temple who were in charge of the royal diet in the Ming Dynasty sometimes chose people who were proficient in cooking.

Taichang Temple is mainly in charge of sacrifices, rituals and music.All food activities related to sacrifices, such as the preparation of sacrifices, are in charge of Taichang Temple.

Both Guanglu and Taichang temples have many kitchen servants to prepare for the cooking needs of imperial meals, various banquets of the imperial court, and sacrificial food.In terms of the division of labor, the duty of the cooks belonging to Guanglu Temple is to "give meals", that is, to be responsible for the food in the palace and various imperial banquets; For sacrifices", that is, the cooking of all sacrificial food is the responsibility of the cooks of Taichang Temple.

However, the key point is that the ingredients used in these two places are theoretically provided by Shanglinyuan.

The Shanglin Garden in the Ming Dynasty was in charge of gardens, gardens, livestock, tree species and other affairs.There are four departments under it: Liangmu, Fanyu, Lin Heng, and Jiashu.Liangmu is in charge of raising cattle, sheep, and pigs; Fan Yu is in charge of raising geese, ducks, and chickens; Lin Heng is in charge of fruits, flowers and trees; Jiashu is in charge of growing melons and vegetables.

Shanglinyuan is also in charge of a very large land, from Baihe in the east, Xishan in the west, Wuqing in the south, Juyongguan in the north, and Hunhe in the southwest, all of which have pastures and vegetable fields of Shanglinyuan.There is land to be raised and land to be planted to provide food for the palace.

Let's turn the topic back first. The senior officials of Guanglu Temple were in charge of the imperial kitchen, which was originally the law and system of the Ming Dynasty.But in fact, the imperial palace drinking in the Ming Dynasty adopted a set of dual management methods, that is, outside the Guanglu Temple, the female officials in the palace and some supervisors and bureaus in the eunuch system were also responsible for managing or arranging the catering in the palace.

For example, there are six bureaus for female officials in the palace.Among them, the Shangshi Bureau is responsible for the food and beverages provided to the emperor, and they have a complete set of food and delicacies. If there is food to be offered to the emperor, it must be tasted by the Shangshi Bureau's Shangshi first.

Shangshi Bureau has four divisions under the jurisdiction of the Department of Dining, Department of Brewing, Department of Medicine, and Department of Food.In charge of cooking and cooking, in charge of food, in charge of wine, liquor, and drinking, in charge of medicine, in charge of medical prescriptions, and in charge of firewood and charcoal.In addition, it is necessary to be very clear: Shangshi Bureau also has a food doctor.

To put it a bit bigger, the eunuch's yamen in the Ming Dynasty had twelve supervisors, four divisions, and eight bureaus, known as "24 yamen".Among them, the "Shangshan Supervisor" is in charge of imperial meals, eating and banquets in the palace.

Under the Shangshan Supervisor, a member of the admiral Guanglu eunuch was set up, who was responsible for coordinating and supervising the intrauterine food in charge of Guanglu Temple.The Wine and Vinegar Noodle Bureau is in charge of eating wine vinegar, sugar sauce, flour and beans in the palace.In addition to the 24 yamen, there is also a supply warehouse for the inner government. Among them, the imperial wine room, imperial tea room, and sweet food room are all related to imperial food or intrauterine food.

All in all, the supply of the emperor's food in the Ming Dynasty was not the responsibility of the so-called "imperial dining room" that appeared frequently in film and television dramas, but a system with a complex division of labor.As for what the emperor ate for a certain meal, it often depends on which department the emperor chooses to eat.

However, although the rules are complicated, the emperor is also a human being after all, and he will have his own preferences, so often an emperor will have the habit of choosing by himself, which will actually cause the emperor to request meals from a certain yamen all the year round.

For example, when it comes to Zhu Yijun, he seldom eats food from Guanglu Temple, and generally asks the Shang Food Bureau headed by the female officials in the palace to provide his own meals.

But here comes the point. Although the Shangshi Bureau provided the emperor's meals, the ingredients were not provided by themselves, but provided by Shanglinyuan.The Shangshi Bureau usually writes a list of the ingredients needed for cooking one day in advance and sends them to Shanglinyuan. Shanglinyuan chooses the ingredients from all its own ingredients, or goes to the private market to buy them in advance and then send them to the palace. .

All in all, what Zhu Yijun ate was provided by Shanglinyuan and made by the Shangshi Bureau.Of course, as I said just now, food for the emperor needs to be tasted, so the chefs in charge of cooking and the female officials specially set up by Shangshi Bureau must try the meals that will be provided to the emperor in advance.

Recently, it has not been heard that any royal chef or female official of the Shangshi Bureau was poisoned, so Wang Jiaping could not just accuse the Shangshi Bureau of poisoning the meals provided to the emperor. Mainly blame Shangshi Bureau on the grounds of "violation of regulations".

The Shangshi Bureau is an inner court yamen, which is in charge of female officials, but in the final analysis it is under the jurisdiction of the first yamen in the inner court, the Supervisor of Rites.According to the Ming system, the inner court and the outer court are not affiliated with each other, so the biggest advantage of accusing the Shangshi Bureau is that it will not burn the fire on the outer court.

Chinese dynasties have had a "good tradition", which can be regarded as some kind of ancient political correctness, that is, "everywhere is wrong, scold eunuchs"-no matter what bad things happen in this country, scolding eunuchs can never be wrong.It doesn't matter if you are wrong, because no one will be stupid enough to jump out and say that you are wrong.

Why?Because it is said in the "Book of Filial Piety Kaizong Mingyi": "The body is hair and skin, and the parents dare not damage it."

You and other eunuchs "mutilate their bodies in order to get rich and honor", even if they say go to heaven, they are still unfilial people in Confucian society.So scolding is useless, just bear it.

This is called political correctness.

Wang Jiaping is neither a member of the School of Reality nor the School of Mind, he is a stickler for traditional Neo-Confucianism, so in his cognition and practice, the first reaction when faced with such a thing is to scold eunuchs first. .

However, Gao Wushi felt that Wang Jiaping's attitude was easy to understand, but Zhao Zhigao's reaction was very strange.

Everyone is a civil servant. At this time, it is a natural reaction to frame the guilt of the inner court first, but why did you bring Shanglinyuan into it all of a sudden?

Shanglin Court belongs to the Outer Court. Although its political status is basically dispensable in the eyes of the elders, if you want to talk about "bloodlines", they are also serious civil servants... You, Zhao Ge, are always afraid Isn't it really old and confused?

But a strange thing happened. When Wang Jiaping looked at Zhao Zhigao with a surprised face, Shen Yiguan also said solemnly: "That's right, what Brother Suiyang said is very true. I also think that this matter is not trivial. Of course, there must be something in Shangshi Bureau." It’s the fault, but Shanglinyuan and even Guanglu Temple are all subject to investigation. Only in this way can it be regarded as fair.”

Gao Wushi became more and more puzzled. Zhao Zhigao may be confused because of his long-term illness, but Shen Yiguan is in good health and energetic. It is impossible for him to be confused too, right?Then it can only be said... these two people deliberately muddy the water.

The question is, why muddy the water?Could it be that there is indeed a big problem with Shangshi Bureau, and this problem is related to them?
With this doubt, Gao Yushi suddenly thought: no, no, the source of this incident is not the Shangshi Bureau, let alone Shanglin Garden or Guanglu Temple, but the medicinal diet recipe provided by Concubine Zheng Huanggui!Wasn't the cause of the whole incident that Imperial Concubine Zheng gave the recipe to Shangshi Bureau?Therefore, if we want to check and verify, the first thing to check should be the recipe, it is Zheng Huangguifei!
Gao Wushi was suspicious, but he didn't raise this point right away, but thought further: The Mind School had always supported the eldest son of the emperor, Zhu Changluo, so their relationship with Concubine Zheng Huanggui was not good, and they could even be said to be in the same position. Water and fire, otherwise, how could the Zheng family go to the doctor in a hurry and find me, Gao Yushi?
Since the relationship is not good, or even completely hostile, it is clear that the root of the problem lies in the recipe provided by Concubine Zheng, but both Zhao Zhigao and Shen Yiguan turned a blind eye to this doubtful point, and even deliberately stirred up the muddy water. This kind of meaning is to help Concubine Zheng Huanggui cover up her mistakes, why is this?

Could it be... There was a tacit understanding between the Mind School and Concubine Zheng?Even, some kind of agreement was reached?
Gao Wushi took a deep breath, and said to himself: Things are going in the worst direction I imagined... From this point of view, just now Chen Ju said that the emperor had woken up but did not agree to summon the six ministers immediately. There is also a little mystery.

The emperor is a smart man, and his political wisdom, no matter in terms of talent or my influence over the years, can be said to be very good now. Therefore, since he woke up, he refused to summon his ministers immediately, which is obviously a problem of.

When they heard about the emperor's reaction before, everyone thought that the emperor was still weak and didn't have the energy to summon all the ministers immediately. Now Gao Pragmatic is keenly aware that things are not that simple.

Whether the emperor is weak or not is hard to say, but at least he is very clear-headed, and even immediately saw that this matter might involve his favorite concubine Zheng Huang.

Of course, the emperor may not have had time to come up with a perfect way to get out of Zheng Huanggui Concubine's predicament for a while, so he had to use the dragging formula, first "fix" the cabinet ministers outside the Xinuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, and not let the assistants The courtiers had the opportunity to start arranging an investigation immediately.

It's just that in this way, it's a bit difficult for him to be highly pragmatic.If this matter is not investigated, it will not be revealed to the world what the Heart School is doing secretly, and then I have to continue to fight secretly with the Heart School, but I cannot take this opportunity to stop their conspiracy with reasonable and legal means.

But what if you check?It's not easy either.Zhu Yijun is definitely going to protect Concubine Zheng Huanggui to death, this point can be imagined by Gao Yuyu's toes - how Zhu Yijun treated Zheng Huanggui Concubine in history, Gao Yujun knows better than anyone else.

How should I put it... Gao Wushi felt that unless there was an outrageous incident like Concubine Zheng stabbing Zhu Yijun's chest with a knife, Zhu Yijun would never give up on her.

Love makes people blind and desperate, and it doesn't make any difference just because the person in it is an emperor, especially the emperor of the Ming Dynasty—think about the unique one in Chinese history who only married one person Emperor Ming.

Not only that, but it is even very possible that because the target is the emperor, once he gets into a dead end in this kind of matter, it will be even more difficult to extricate himself.

There are at least two manifestations of the emperor's particularity here: First, it is not easy for the emperor to produce the so-called "love", once it occurs, it may be extremely intense.Second, the supreme imperial power gave the emperor the ability to protect the woman he loves, and he will not allow anyone or anything to hurt her.

This is tricky.
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