Li Chao returned home, washed his hands, put on an apron, killed an old duck, and was just about to stew an old duck for Cui Yingying to make up for his body, but the king's servant came, and the emperor was invited.
Li Chao squatted on the ground to pluck the duck's feathers, before killing the duck, Li Chao poured some rice wine on the duck, at this time the duck's skin was red, and the feathers were easier to pluck.
However, this is an old duck, and it is not the time to change the moult at this time, so the duck is full of hard hair, not much small fluff, and it is much easier to deal with.
"Let me make this duck first," Li Chao said with a smile, and he was also an old acquaintance with the king's chamberlain.
As an inner eunuch from a high position in the third rank, the royal chamberlain is generally called a eunuch in the palace.
Eunuchs, this is not something that can be called without eggs, in the Tang Dynasty, those who can be called eunuchs have a very high status.
There are nine temples and five supervisors in the Tang Dynasty, the Shaofu Supervisor separated from the Taifu Temple, the Changqiu Supervisor of the Inner Temple Province, the Guozijian of Guozixue, the Supervisor of the Temple, and the Dushui Supervisor, known as the Five Supervisors, plus the nine temples of Taifu Province, collectively known as the Nine Temples and Five Supervisors, plus the three provinces, six departments and twelve guards, which are all familiar to everyone.
The Inner Service Province was originally called Changqiu Temple, and then changed to Changqiu Prison, and now it has been changed to Inner Service Province.
It is generally said that the center of the Tang Dynasty is three provinces, six departments, nine temples, five prisons and twelve guards, but in fact, the imperial court has a total of six provinces, in addition to the three provinces of Shangshu, Zhongshu and Menxia, there are also the palace province, the secretary province, and the internal service province.
These three provinces under the Shangshu Zhongshu Gate have the heaviest powers and responsibilities, and they are the real center of the imperial court.
The three provinces of the secretary's palace are actually equivalent to the internal service institutions.
For example, the secretary of the province is mainly responsible for the royal collection of books and classics, and is also responsible for some writing work.
The palace province is responsible for the emperor's life affairs, and there are six bureaus: Shang Food Bureau, Shang Medicine Bureau, Shang Yi Bureau, Shang She Bureau, Shang Tby Bureau, and Shang Yuan Bureau.
The province of internal service used to be called the Inner Servant Temple, Changqiu Temple, etc., and there were also six bureaus, responsible for managing the internal affairs of the palace.
There are two eunuchs and two young eunuchs in the inner province, and sometimes in order to distinguish the young eunuchs, the eunuchs are also called eunuchs.
The remaining four eunuchs, the chief eunuch in the prison is also called the chief eunuch and the chief eunuch, but the chief of the inner eunuch is called the eunuch.
Therefore, eunuchs are the same as Xianggong at this time, which is an exclusive title and represents a special position.
Xianggong, specially known as the prime minister, eunuch, and specially known as the eunuch of the inner province from the three products.
"Xiang Gong is very interested, and he wants to cook the soup himself."
The eunuch said with a smile, in front of Li Chao, he would never put on his stand as the head of the palace eunuchs.
"Madame suddenly wants to drink duck soup, and she has to simmer it herself, what can I do."
Li Chao smiled and continued to pluck his hair.
The duck feathers that had been poured with wine were plucked very well, and the large white feathers were plucked off.
Eunuch Wang dusted the dust in his hand over his shoulder, lifted the robe and tucked it into his belt, squatted down, and plucked his hair with Li Chao.
Eunuch Wang saw Li Chao carefully put aside the plucked hair, "This hair is still useful."
"Of course it's useful, when you look at the eunuch, you just haven't gone through the people's suffering.
This duck feather chicken feather is a good thing, the chicken feather can be made into a feather duster, the dust is the best to use, and the feathers of the big rooster can also decorate the hat.
As for duck feathers, duck feathers are a good thing, the hard feathers on the outside can be used as pens, and writing is also very easy to use, simple and cheap.
The wool in this can be made into a duck down quilt, the duck down quilt is quite comfortable, and a duck can't get much duck down, but if it is a small amount of money, it can be made into a hemp duck down quilt or duck down jacket, which is quite warm. ” There are merchants in the bazaar who specialize in collecting chicken feathers, duck feathers and yellow skin in the chicken gizzards, and some merchants who go to the countryside also collect these, as well as the turtle king eight shells, the bezoar dog treasure, those are all good things, keep them, you can change the needle and thread brain or something.
If you meet the dog Bao Niu Huang, you can still make a fortune.
For ducks that have been raised for more than three years, stewed soup is the most delicious and nourishing.
Li Chao knows the practice of many kinds of ducks, stewed duck soup, roast duck, plate duck, cured duck, air-dried smoked duck, etc., but his wife wants to eat duck soup, of course Li Chao makes duck soup.
"I still think the roast duck is delicious, the duck skin is crispy, take the dough and put some shredded radish and other rolls, dip some sauce, that's really a must.
Li Kee roast duck tastes particularly authentic, and every time I leave the palace, I have to take one back.
Eunuch Wang said with a smile.
"That is, the kind you eat must be the most expensive, with lychee trees and bagasse roasted from Lingnan, fragrant and sweet, the heat of the roast duck, the ingredients, even the side dishes, sauces, and even the method of dough cakes, are all passed down by my own hands, how can it be bad?"
When the hot water in the basin cooled, the duck feathers were plucked clean.
Li Chao washed the duck, took it to disembowel, cut the duck open, and then took the casserole, and put it in the pot with other soup packets.
Tell Hao Qiuyue to stare at the fire.
"First boil on high heat, then turn to low heat and simmer, don't remove the lid, at least simmer for two hours."
After confessing and washing his hands, Li Chao went to change into a purple robe and a jade belt with a beam crown, and a jade sword was inserted in his waist.
"Eunuch Wang, let's go."
Although the eunuch Wang was a eunuch, he had good equestrian skills and was very stable on a large horse.
He used to be an old man in the Qin Palace, and it is said that he had fought with Li Shimin, and he was a very great eunuch.
"Li Xianggong seems to know the meaning of His Majesty's summons" Of course Li Chao knows, isn't it just about to fight.
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The eldest grandson Wuji lost his hand, and now the imperial court has to discuss countermeasures before Tong Yehu is killed.
It is estimated that Li Shimin still wants to fight. chatted all the way, went to Yuliangzhou, and entered Miyagi.
When entering the palace gate, Li Chao dismounted, unsheathed his sword, and walked into the palace.
Although he has been ranked as prime minister and third in the dynasty, Li Chao has not yet received the glory of bringing a sword to the court.
In the emperor's palace forbidden, the security defense is quite strict, and even the ordinary guards have no swords, only the Qianniu guard can hold the Qianniu sword, and the imperial bow and sword.
As for the other guards, they can only hold swords and swords.
The so-called Ban Sword is actually just a lacquered wooden sword.
Li Chao once read the history books, recorded that in the late Tang Dynasty, there were several mutinies in the palace, and once there was a palace mutiny, but after rushing inside, he couldn't find a weapon, so he had to chase the emperor with a knife and a wooden knife, but he didn't kill him, and the palace mutiny failed.
Because the palace is strictly forbidden, if you want to bring a sword into the palace, you have to be licensed.
There is also a special term, called the sword to go to the temple.
You can directly bring a sword into the palace and go to the palace, and you don't need to take off your shoes.
In the normal main hall, you have to take off your shoes at the entrance of the hall, and then enter the hall wearing only socks, and kneel directly on the wooden floor in the hall.
And if you can get permission, you can go to the palace with a sword, wear shoes and wear a sword to see the emperor, and others have to stay outside the palace gate with a sword and take off their shoes outside the palace.
Generally speaking, those who can get the sword to go to the palace are the kind of powerful ministers, and they are extremely respected ministers.
For example, it is the auxiliary minister left by the former emperor, and the three princes and three divisions of the elders of several dynasties who are highly respected or something.
For example, Cao Cao, back then, was not in the court, praised and worshipped, and went to the palace with a sword.
Entering the court does not tend, which means that under normal circumstances, when the minister goes to the court, in order to show respect for the emperor, he has to run in small steps, and if he does not tend, he does not need to run.
Praise and worship without a name, that is, when the courtiers worship the emperor, there will be people on the side of the salute, not calling his name, only calling the official position, and normal people have to read the name.
Of course, there are also horses in the palace, or chariots in the palace, which are special courtesies to the old ministers and important ministers.
Now Li Chao's official position is very high, but it has not reached the point of being highly respected and old and frail, so he entered the palace without entering the court, praising and worshipping the name, going to the palace with a sword, and riding a horse in the palace and sitting in the palace.
At the gate of the palace, he untied his sword, and he had to show his pass card, and even the king's chamberlain had to go through this set of procedures.
After entering, both of them quickened their pace, although they were not running, but they were also walking quickly.
Fortunately, this is not Chang'an, and the palace is not so big, and the time will come in a while.
Li Shimin summoned him in the imperial study, and Li Chao honestly took off his shoes outside the hall and entered the hall wearing only a pair of cloth socks.
He thinks that he can actually get some slippers, clogs in the summer, cloth drags in the winter, and even woolen shoes, isn't it all good.
But think about it again, at this time, many officials have to sit on their knees, and it is better to wear shoes than not to wear them.
Thinking of these things, Li Chao saw Li Shimin.
In fact, Li Chao saw the emperor every day, sometimes several times a day.
It's just that today, Li Chao feels that Li Shimin seems to be a little polite to him.
The emperor has suddenly become polite, which is not a good sign.
Li Chao always felt that this was a weasel giving a New Year's greeting to a chicken, and he had bad intentions.
"I just said that I would give you a few days off and have a good rest, but I called you from home into the palace again, tired of you, sit."
Li Shimin said to Li Chao with a smile, beckoned again, and asked the palace people to pour tea for Li Chao.
"Oolong tea, I know you like to drink this tea."
Oolong tea, which grows on the cliff, is a very rare tea species.
There are very few in Wuyi Mountain, and in the past two years, Li Chao has let people transplant and cultivate, and has made a lot of oolong tea gardens.
But what Li Shimin drank was those ancient tea trees that grew on the cliff and had more than 100 years or even 1,000 years old, and the number of these tea trees was very small, but a few hundred, and Li Chao called them the king of tea trees.
Picking so much tea a year, Li Chao himself can't keep much, Li Shimin has the lion's share here, and the other good friends have one pound and two pounds, and they will be divided.
Li Chao looked at the palace man unceremoniously, and used the kung fu tea skills he learned from his family to make tea for him.
"Wen Yuan, do you think Tong Ye Hu will really go south?"
Li Shimin got straight to the point and asked directly.
Listening to the prince's words, let Li Shimin know that Li Chao is still the one who understands best when it comes to dealing with the Turks.
"Yes."
Li Chao also replied directly. t1706231537: