After Zhu Houjie defeated Jiang Bin, he began to reorganize the court.
Now that Zhu Houjiu had power in his hands, he no longer needed to be cautious in court and could carry out his own drastic reforms.
Zhu Houjian reorganized the court, removed a group of treacherous officials, and promoted a talented minister. Instantly, the court looked completely different, and all the officials secretly cheered.
In addition, in the palace, Zhu Houyi had only removed a group of guards with Lu Bing's help and replaced them with new guards trained by Lu Bing. As a result, Zhu Houjin's life in the Imperial Palace was much easier, and he no longer had to worry about being monitored like before.
Lu Bing's talent was outstanding. After Lu Bing took over the Embroidered Uniform Guards, he used iron-blooded methods to suppress the Embroidered Uniform Guards. Soon, the Embroidered Uniform Guards underwent a major change of blood, and all the drawbacks left behind in the previous Jiang Bin era were eliminated.
The Jinyiwei now was Lu Bing's Jinyiwei, a handy trump card in Zhu Houjin's hands.
Now, the Heaven Tribute Hall that had caught fire had been repaired, and it was even more magnificent than before. Zhu Houjin brought Fang Qi into the Hall of Heaven's Tribute and immediately felt very comfortable.
At this moment, the beautiful life in the Imperial Palace was beckoning to Zhu Houjin.
While Zhu Houjiu was doing these things, Yang Tinghe was watching from the side. He did not stop Zhu Houjiu, nor did he give any suggestions.
However, Zhu Houzhi and Yang Tinghe both understood that there was an insurmountable gap between them. If they wanted to resolve the conflict between them, they had to go through a bloody struggle.
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"Emperor, it's time to eat!"
"Yes, I know!"
After Zhu Houjie defeated Jiang Bin, his life in the palace was very comfortable. He no longer had to worry about staying in the palace for too long. At this time, when it was time for dinner, eunuchs came over on time to call Zhu Houjie to eat.
Fang Qi was also called out by the eunuchs to eat. When Fang Qi saw the food on the table, she immediately lost her appetite and repeatedly said that she was full.
"Fang Qi, this is the food at Guanglu Temple. You'll get used to it. Come and eat!”
"Uh, forget it. I've had enough of these dishes all day!”
The meals of the Ming Emperor were all prepared by Guanglu Temple. Strictly speaking, the cooking skills of the officials of Guanglu Temple were not bad. When Zhu Houzhen first came to the palace, he felt that the food of Guanglu Temple was very delicious.
However, after eating for a few days, Zhu Houjin discovered a problem.
Although the skills of the officials of Guanglu Temple were not bad, they were very monotonous. Every day, he would toss and turn these dishes over and over again. There was no other dish.
Zhu Houjin was not very picky about food and drink, so he did not say anything. However, after Fang Qi came, she felt that there was no taste after eating for a few days. She said that she could not eat anything else.
"Hey!"
Zhu Houzhen looked at the table full of dishes and felt very helpless. He thought to himself that he was an emperor after all. This Guanglu Temple was too much. The food was really unsatisfactory.
In fact, this was not the fault of Guanglu Temple. This was the rule set by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding ancestor. In order to prevent his descendants from being corrupted, Zhu Yuanzhang decided on the list of dishes in Guanglu Temple.
Generally speaking, although the food cooked by Guanglu Temple was not bad, the dishes were simple and did not have anything to do with luxury.
The vegetables and meat in Guanglu Temple were grown by themselves, and the chefs were trained by themselves. They cooked these dishes every day. Simply put, the Guanglu Temple of Ming Dynasty was actually the cooking skills of a canteen auntie. Although the diners they faced every day were the emperor, the dishes they cooked were no different from the big pot dishes in the canteen.
Zhu Yuanzhang was born a beggar, so he didn't care about these things. However, the emperors of the later generations had suffered, so the emperors of the later generations would usually cook for themselves and eat less or not eat the food cooked by Guanglu Temple.
"Hey!"
Zhu Houzhi pondered for a while and called the eunuch Huang Jin over.
This eunuch Huang Jin was from the Xingxian Prince's Mansion. After Zhu Houjiu defeated Jiang Bin, he knew that the eunuchs wanted to use his people, so he sent someone to the Prince Xingxian's mansion to call Huang Jin over.
Huang Jin had been serving Zhu Houjiu since he was young and was extremely loyal to him. Thus, Zhu Houjiu had promoted him to be his personal eunuch.
"Your Majesty!"
"Mm, Huang Jin, tell Guanglu Temple tomorrow that there's no need to cook anymore!”
"What? Emperor, aren't you eating?"
"Hehe, it's not that I don't want to eat. It's that in the future, all of my meals will be in the charge of you eunuchs!”
"Emperor? This…"
"Pass down the order to select qualified eunuchs from the eunuchs 'residences to enter the palace and specially prepare imperial meals for Zhen. Mm, Huang Jin, I'll leave this matter to you!”
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Zhu Houzhen had transmigrated from the modern era and had once understood some things about the Ming Dynasty's palace. In fact, in the palace, the best chefs were not the chefs of Guanglu Temple, but the chefs of the eunuchs.
Because the eunuchs of Ming held important positions, it was easy for them to earn money. However, when they earned money, they would think of ways to spend it.
Since eunuchs could not marry and have children, and could not leave their property to their descendants, they had to work hard on food. Therefore, the eunuchs were very particular about their food. These guys were all top gourmets.
The eunuchs had little cooks hidden in their homes. These little cooks were very good at cooking, definitely better than the cooking of the canteen aunties in Guanglu Temple.
In fact, starting from the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial meals of the emperor began to be handled by eunuchs. Therefore, Zhu Houjiu's current actions were in line with the historical process.
"No matter what, I'm an emperor. I have to be corrupted. Otherwise, what's the use of being an emperor?”
After Huang Jin received Zhu Houjin's order, he quickly went to gather some cooks from the eunuchs. These eunuchs knew that it was time for the Emperor to expand his power, so they all tried to curry favor with Zhu Houjin and sent out the little chef hidden in their homes.
Therefore, on the second day, Zhu Houjin's imperial cuisine changed. This time, there were still 24 dishes, but both the style and the taste were hundreds of times better than the dishes from the previous two days.
Roasted shiitake mushrooms, panlong vegetables, dried chicken, three dishes, boiled pufferfish, clams with wine grains, roasted venison, belly, frozen fish with ginger and vinegar, raw cooked tiger meat, roasted loach, fermented rot, and so on. Every dish was delicious. They had not even eaten it yet, but one look and they would drool.
"Wow, emperor, why is the food so fragrant today!”
Fang Qi smelled the food outside, and her stomach immediately began to growl. When Fang Qi went out and saw so much food, she was so happy that she didn't know what to do.
At this moment, Zhu Houjin also began to sigh. He thought to himself, Yesterday, he said that he wanted to change the dishes, but today, it immediately changed drastically. He truly felt the privilege of being an emperor today.
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