One topic after another was discussed until lunch time came, and there were still three topics that were not finished.
"Let the imperial dining room cook something simple and pass the meal quickly. After eating, we can discuss it later." Emperor Jiajing ordered the young eunuch to go to the imperial dining room to pass the meal.
The court meeting was temporarily adjourned for lunch.
Emperor Jiajing asked the Emperor Shanfang to make something simple, but the Emperor Shanfang didn't dare to make something simple. If they took it seriously, they would have said goodbye to the Emperor Shanfang a long time ago.
The imperial dining room didn't sit in the kitchen all day long without paying attention to worldly affairs. They also kept an eye on all directions and listened to all directions. After receiving the news that Emperor Jiajing summoned a group of ministers to hold a court meeting, they had already prepared meals for the ministers. Prepare, prepare the ingredients in advance, wash and cut them, start the pot early, stew the soup in the pot in advance, mix the cold dishes in advance, and the hot dishes have also been preliminarily processed.
As soon as the little eunuch came to pass on the food, the dozen or so royal chefs immediately opened the hot dishes with ladles, and the dishes were ready in minutes.
Soon, the delicious and fragrant imperial meals were put into food boxes and carried by the young eunuchs to the main hall.
Emperor Jiajing was also dining with the ministers in the palace.
Of course, Emperor Jiajing's imperial meal was much richer than that of his ministers. The ministers only had four simple dishes and one soup, while Emperor Jiajing's meal was ten dishes and one soup.
The young eunuch sent a message to Huang Jin. Huang Jin nodded slightly, walked up to Emperor Jiajing, and whispered a few words.
Emperor Jiajing couldn't help but smile after hearing this, and said proudly to the ministers below, "My ministers, you must taste this bowl of noodle soup. The flour used in this bowl of noodles is the one I personally opened in Xiyuan. The wheat grown in the fields is ground, and the yield per mu reaches two hundred catties."
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I am very blessed today. I asked you why this noodle is so fragrant. Even before the servants opened the food boxes, the hall was filled with the fragrance of the noodles. It turns out that it was planted by Your Majesty."
"Suck, suck, suck...ah, this is the most delicious bowl of noodles I have ever eaten in my entire life. It's so delicious."
"Smells, it really smells..."
After listening to Emperor Jiajing's words, all the ministers below turned on the eating and broadcasting mode. Everyone ate so deliciously that they couldn't stop praising them.
When it comes to mukbang, Yan Song ranks first. He is old and doesn't usually eat much, but he finished a big bowl in three times, five times divided by two, without even a drop of soup left.
"Your Majesty, when the discussion is over, could you please allow me to bring a bowl of noodle soup back for my old wife to try?"
Yan Song wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, left the table and bowed to Emperor Jiajing, licked his old face and asked for a bowl of noodle soup to take home for his wife to try.
"Haha, Wei Zhong is really a model of husband and wife's love. He never forgets his old wife. I have never heard of Aiqing taking concubines and prostitutes. It must be difficult. A bowl of noodle soup. I'm sure. I will reward you again. Ten pounds of flour.”
Emperor Jiajing was very considerate of Yan Song. Not only did he agree to the noodle soup Yan Song asked for, but he also rewarded him with ten kilograms of flour.
Damn it, as expected of the cabinet minister, the ministers below suddenly felt that their own mukbang was too low-level, and they all wanted to imitate him.
"Forget it, you're late. I only cultivated one-third of an acre of land. In total, I harvested more than two hundred and sixty kilograms of wheat, ground two hundred kilograms of flour, and rewarded Weizhong with ten kilograms of flour. I
There are less than two hundred kilograms of flour left, and I still have a huge harem to support, so don’t worry about this flour."
Emperor Jiajing waved his hand to stop the ministers from asking for their favor.
There was a sound of pity underneath.
Soon, Emperor Jiajing finished his lunch and waved his servants to leave.
Emperor Jiajing had finished eating, but the ministers below him had not finished eating, and could not eat any more, so they all asked the servants to remove the food.
Continue the discussion.
One after another, due to different camps, different exits, and different interest groups represented, on every issue, all the ministers were red-faced. Even those who belonged to Yan Song's party also fought fiercely.
The more benefits you get, the less I get; the less work you do, the more work I do...
I have to explain to the people below when I get back.
Therefore, there were fierce arguments in the hall, but due to the strength of the Yan Party, both Li Mo and Xu Jie were at a disadvantage, especially since Xu Jie was currently doing everything he could to please Yan Song and made concessions on some key issues. This also allowed the Yan Party to
There was strength in numbers on these issues, and the issues were passed with advantage.
One after another.
In the second half of the afternoon, the topic of Japanese invasion came up.
"Regarding the current Japanese invasion, if you, ministers, have any opinions, please don't hide them, speak openly. No matter what you say, whether it is right or wrong, I will forgive you." Emperor Jiajing made a melody, allowing the ministers to speak freely.
"There is no other way to treat the Japanese invaders, but to attack hard, encircle and suppress them with heavy troops, and kill all the Japanese pirates so that they will not dare to covet our dynasty."
The officials from the Ministry of War were the first to speak.
"It's easy for you to say, how to strike hard and how to kill all the Japanese pirates. The Japanese invasion had already begun in the Puppet Yuan Dynasty. When the Ming Dynasty was established, the Japanese invasion emerged in endlessly and could not be eliminated. In our dynasty, the Japanese invasion became more and more serious. So far, it has been
It has been hundreds of years. If it had been easier to eradicate it, it would have been eradicated long ago, and why would we be in trouble today?"
Officials immediately retorted.
"Master Ma, how do you think we should solve the Japanese problem?" the official from the Ministry of War said unconvinced.
"We cannot just attack with heavy blows. The Japanese pirates have been going on for hundreds of years, and it has been proved that the Japanese pirates cannot be killed cleanly. We should use suppression and appeasement at the same time, pull out some and hit some." The official proposed to suppress and appease in parallel.
"Why are the Japanese pirates invading our southeast? They are just seeking money. Why don't we open a sea ban and allow sea trade? If we can get wealth through sea trade, why are we licking blood and risking our lives to do what the Japanese pirates do?"
Another official took advantage of this opportunity and boldly proposed the idea of lifting the maritime ban and allowing maritime trade.
However, he was interrupted as soon as he finished speaking, "I'm confused, it's not the ban on sea that caused the Japanese pirates, it's the fact that there were so many Japanese pirates along the coast that we banned the sea. Mr. Wang, you are putting the cart before the horse!".
"Did the Pseudo-Yuan Dynasty have a sea ban? No! Then did they have Japanese pirates? The answer is yes!"
"The Japanese pirates were in chaos in the Japanese country. The Japanese pirates were torn apart, and wars were raging everywhere. The defeated Japanese warlords were Japanese pirates, the displaced Japanese slave people were Japanese pirates, and the Japanese warlords who had insufficient military expenditures were also Japanese pirates..."
"The only way to deal with them is to kill them. One by one, kill one by one, kill a pair by one, until they dare not come again!"
"The Japanese pirates plundered the people, burned, killed, and looted. They committed all kinds of evil and were no different from animals. How can I make peace with animals when I am in court!"
"This is use, just like the Song Dynasty used Song Jiang to win over them and make them bite other Japanese pirates, causing them both to lose. When the Japanese pirates subsided, it was not a matter of words whether to kill or behead them."
A group of officials had different views on how to deal with the Japanese invasion, and the arguments turned into a pot of porridge.