I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 30 The Cake of Resentment and Expectation

I don't know if this should be considered a reward, or if it should be regarded as a reward from the government, or a reward from the prince. Anyway, all the people present were lucky enough to enjoy it. It is a new type of dessert created by the prince. The prince said that this dessert should be called a cake.

It's really delicious.

In the Song Dynasty, the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats shared the world, and even shared food.

"Officials, I think it's better not to mention the cake to your husbands."

When the officials were about to reward the ministers with cakes, the queen spoke out, not to cancel the rewards, but to hope that Xi'er's self-created incidents could be ignored.

Xi'er read the book, and the husbands all suggested that enough is enough.The gentleman is far away from the kitchen, if the princes know that this thing was created by Xi'er, it will be a lot of trouble.

These days, the queen doesn't let Zhao Xi study after school, so Zhao Xi is thinking of ways to experiment with making snacks.

In addition to cakes, he also made bread and pastries.

This kind of food can't be spoiled by servants in the palace... Whenever new dim sum is baked, the servants are the first to enjoy it.

This is not only displeased by the officials, but even the empress feels that Xi'er is in the wrong. Is the food Xi'er made should be enjoyed by those cheap people?

Therefore, fortunately, there are a lot of snacks prepared by Zhao Xi in the palace.

"What the sage said is true, I know."

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In the past few days, Du Yan has been a little worried, because of being pestered by his little grandson.

It has been two or three days since the snacks were rewarded by the government. Although the older grandson wanted to eat it, he didn't dare to speak. The younger grandson has been humming and eating cakes for the past few days.

The servants ran all over the capital, but they couldn't find this new-style dessert called cake.

"Fuxiang, is there any left over for the cake that the government rewarded?"

"Du Xiang, I'm ashamed to say that Yan Guo has been entangled by his inferior grandson these days, and it's all because of the cake."

"My servant has traveled all over Bianliang City, but I have never seen this place to eat. Yan Guo is going to ask His Majesty for some food."

"Together?"

Du Yan and Fu Bi looked at Han Qi who spoke, and looked at each other with joy... It's a strange story for each family to eat together.

They were all late, when they arrived at Wende Hall, they saw Fan Zhongyan carrying a cake...

"The official family..."

"Chen Lin, go get some more cakes and share them with everyone."

Zhao Zhen understood what the queen meant, but he didn't understand why Xi'er didn't let her be rewarded with food.

It's nothing more than food. The rewards over the years have never been so cheap as cakes.

However, Zhao Zhen still listened to his son's words, and smiled inwardly, pretending to be reluctant.

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"Father, is there a sutra banquet in the court recently?"

"Xi'er, the Sutra Banquet is not scheduled. My son is still young, so I can't participate in the Sutra Banquet for now."

Zhao Zhen thought that Zhao Xi was asking about knowledge again, and he was both happy and sad. He was happy because Xi'er was smart and studious, but worried because Xi'er was so monstrous that even the court officials ordered him to stop studying.

"Father, who will attend the sutra banquet?"

"At the time of the Jingyan, those who are above the fifth grade in Beijing, regardless of their dispatch, must listen to the Jingyan."

"Father, can I reward the servants with cakes during the feast?"

Zhao Zhen was stunned, these days Xi'er has been refusing to give a lot of rewards, what's the point this time?

"Xi'er, so what?"

"Daddy, the child has his own mind."

Well, Zhao Zhen didn't think too much about it.

With his little brain, he really couldn't think of what Zhao Xi wanted to do.

"Xi'er, the Dragon Boat Festival is still a regular feast, and it will arrive within ten days. Daddy will reward you with a cake."

Ten days, that is, ten days, Zhao Xi felt that the time was a bit tight, but there were plenty of handymen making desserts in the palace, so there should be time.

It's going to be a toss again, even the queen is surprised, and she will accompany Zhao Xi after school every day.

Zhao Xi first went to the palace wall, found a deserted dilapidated palace, emptied all the things in the palace, and then asked the construction of the imperial dining room to make three large earthen ovens in the palace.

And asked the queen for Wan Niang... This court lady dared to eat two pieces of cake after knowing that it was poisonous, she was a bit courageous.

If he knew that the court lady wanted to seek death, he probably wouldn't think so.

Zhao Xi gave orders one by one, and the entire inner court was in full swing. Wan Niang couldn't hold back the situation at all, so the queen went into battle in person.That is to hang around in the past to let these servants know that there is her behind Wanniang.

Zhao Xi learned about the number of people participating in the sutra banquet from Sun Fu, and asked Liu Yi to buy paper boxes from outside the palace...

Zhao Zhen was very displeased with the banquet, and asked the scholars to tell him how to be a good emperor... I am in my thirties, have been on the throne for more than 20 years, and have been in power for more than ten years. Do I need them to teach me?
Everyone has their own demands and standpoints. Although it is a matter of scriptures, who doesn't carry their own private goods?
The officials held a sutra banquet, but let the ministers enjoy it, and just took this opportunity to preach the New Deal.

The sutra banquet is serious, so of course no snacks and fruits can be placed... Zhao Xi has already prepared it.

When the Sutra feast was over, every minister who left received a cardboard box containing cakes.

It has long been heard that the officials have rewarded the lords with a new type of dim sum, and I can see it today, and they are also rewarded... The red-faced debate on the Jingyan can be regarded as rewarding.

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"Mother, does uncle have merchants?"

Three days after the feast, after school, Zhao Xi suddenly asked the queen this question.

"What's the matter with Xi'er? Just order to buy it, don't contact my uncle's family."

"Mother, my son knows about it. It's just that my family has to participate in this matter, and my son doesn't want to cause trouble for my father. Madam, do the princes in the back garden advise father about business affairs?"

Empress Cao understood now.Xi'er wanted Houyuan to do business with her in-laws.

"Xi'er, what do you want to sell?"

"cake."

This... Empress Cao has always eaten cakes as a rarity, so she thinks it is useful to reward them.A few days ago, seeing Zhao Xi let the imperial dining room build a huge earthen oven, she also did not speak because of Zhao Xi's intelligence in the past.

I didn't expect this... This could be sold.

To be honest, even though she was in the palace, Cao felt that she was not as well-off as she was when she was young.In the huge inner garden, every time you spend, you have to count on your fingers, and you have to look at the colors of the court officials.

"Xi'er, what should I do?"

"Your Majesty, you only need to ask Uncle to take over the house next to the palace wall of the cake house, and the other children have their own concerns."

He does count.At this time in the capital, people kept coming in and out of the dessert shop, asking if there were cakes for sale...

In the past few days, in the various divisions and offices of the court, people would lament about the cake from time to time.Mostly it is a kind of complaint, complaining about the scarcity of official rewards.

It's really hard for the ministers to appeal to the officials... Because they are too hungry, they have to ask for rewards several times, and the ministers can't hold back their face.

Just in the past two days, everyone in Bianliang knew that there was a new type of dessert called cake, and only adults above the fifth grade had it at home...

Utility theory and hunger marketing, these tricks that were played badly in later generations, were copied by Zhao Xi in Song Dynasty for the first time.

Zhao Xi didn't need to think about it to know that the current Bianliang City was already filled with resentment from cakes.

(End of this chapter)