The Secretariat Menxia Province at noon was very quiet, and the majesty of the empire center was everywhere.

Li Xiao originally thought that lunch was eaten in the imperial city, but he was taken to the forbidden area. The so-called forbidden area is naturally the palace of the inner palace.

At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the court continued the three provinces and six ministries of the Sui Dynasty. At that time, the central core of the court was the Secretariat, and the left and right Pushe was the natural head of the prime minister. Even the central deliberative body of the court was located in the Secretariat, which was called the Political Affairs Hall.

However, now, the center of the court has been changed to the subordinate of the Secretariat.

Although the two provinces of Zhongshu and Menxia also have yamen in the imperial city like the Shangshu, the yamen there are called Zhongshu and Menxia's other provinces. The place where the prime ministers discuss matters is actually introspection during the ban.

Therefore, now people are accustomed to calling the Secretariat of the Central Secretariat as the inner leader and the Shangshu Province as the outer province.

Staying in the palace rather than working in the imperial city shows the importance of the center. Although the prime ministers' introspection of affairs is only in the court before the palace rather than the harem.

But after all, it was in the ban, and it was not easy to get in and out. The prime ministers discussed matters during the ban, so the emperor specially provided them with lunch so that they would not be able to run back and forth.

The working meals of the prime ministers are called hall meals, also called hall meals, because they used to be eaten under the corridor of the Political Affairs Hall, so they are also called hall meals.

Only the prime minister is qualified to eat this meal, and the specifications are extremely high, starting at least eight dishes, and the sumptuous ones are even unbearable to put on chopsticks.

Compared to the prime ministers' cafeteria, although other officials also have work lunches, it is very simple.

Li Xiao didn't care about this kind of gallery meal, but the emperor had an edict, which was a kind reward, and several prime ministers also wanted to see him and asked him, so he, the newly appointed corn eunuch, had to come.

Even if he had no intention of being a corn eunuch.

But in this era, thunder and jade dew are all the kindness of yours, and you can't help it.

People in the Tang Dynasty generally used to eat two meals, one meal early and one dinner late, and there was no food at noon. However, the nobles were always exceptional. The nobles had already started three meals in the Spring and Autumn Period, and even the monarchs had four meals and five meals.

The more meals you eat, the higher the status, just like the color of clothes you wear, the number of rooms you live in, and the height of the gatehouse you have to have corresponding status to enjoy, otherwise it will be a transcendence.

Officials are the elites of the times, so they can naturally eat three meals.

Under the introspective porch, there were people from the imperial kitchen who had already brought the porch to the porch.

Each prime minister had a table and a cushion. There were seven dishes and one soup on the table. There were meat and vegetables, and the dishes were made very exquisitely.

There are eleven prime ministers in the court, and not all prime ministers are introspective and discussing matters in normal times. There are several prime ministers present on the same day, so they prepare a few clerks.

Occasionally the emperor would accompany the prime ministers to eat here.

Only in a very rare time did the six ministries, nine temples, twelve officials who came to the center to discuss matters, and were specially given to the emperor to have a petite meal.

But what surprised the people in the imperial kitchen today was that today the eleven prime ministers were introspectively discussing the matter, but the emperor did not stay to have dinner with the prime ministers, but he gave one person a special meal. What was even more strange was that this person did not participate in today's discussion.

"Who is this person's origin?"

"I heard it was the corn eunuch that His Majesty had just awarded him."

"What prison?"

"The corn supervisor is from the sixth rank." An imperial chef sighed. From the sixth rank, this level is higher than the boss of their imperial kitchen.

"Can you get a cafeteria meal from the sixth rank?" Another man was a little puzzled. When was the cafeteria so valuable? How many six ministers and the generals of the Twelve Guards had no chance to eat it.

"This person is extraordinary. I heard that His Majesty and the Prime Ministers have been talking about him all morning."

"What's the origin of this person?"

"I don't know, I'm pretty young anyway. When I'm delivering food, take a closer look and come back to tell us what it looks like."

When Li Xiao arrived, the galley meal was already on.

In addition to the eleven prime ministers, today, the chief of Yongzhou Yan Liben was also given a special gift from the emperor to enjoy the gallery.

Apart from this person, Li Xiao knew only Li Ji. After all, Li Ji had had a few free meals at his house. As for the other prime ministers, he didn't know any of them. He just thought they were tall, short, fat and thin, but they were all wearing purple robes and goldfish bags, and they were really stupid enough to tell who was who.

Anyway, I don’t know each other, so I’m too lazy to guess.

His eyes swept away first, and saw that there was an empty seat, so he hurried over.

The meal was already arranged on the table. I glanced at it and found that it was indeed quite rich. There were seven dishes and one soup, some fried, some boiled, some stewed, some roasted, and even some stir-frying and cold dishes.

A plate of fried wild vegetables with green oil and oily fields was filled with some garlic, and it smelled like it was fried with vegetable oil, which was very fragrant. The cold dishes were folded ear roots. This dish was his specialty to Lijiazhuang. Later, he taught it to Dabiao and became one of the special cold dishes of Lanxi Lizhuang Hotel. Unexpectedly, they all came to the Danei Palace.

Seeing Li Xiao being so rude, Li Ji sat down on the side, staring at the dishes, and couldn't help but turn black.

This kid is really ignorant. No one here is an important official in the court. Not to mention official positions or titles, but in terms of age, they are all Li Xiao’s grandfathers.

"Li Xiao, why don't you come here to pay homage to you guys."

Li Xiao smiled and stood up, walked to Li Ji, bowed down, "Xiao greets the Duke of England."

Then he turned to pay homage to Yan Liben, "Go to Changshi Yan."

He didn't know who he worshiped and didn't know anyone later.

However, Li Ji was very helpful at this time and said there, "It's really a countryside and village. I've never seen the world. Come on, let me introduce you to you my husband."

Changsun Wuji, Chu Suiliang, Yu Zhining, Han Yuan, Lai Ji, Yuwen Jie, Xu Jingzong, Li Yifu, Cui Dunli, Du Zhenglun...

They are all prime ministers and ministers of the current dynasty.

Many people's names Li Xiao have heard of in later generations. For example, Changsun Wuji, whose names are only one surname different from Zhang Wuji's brother, is also an extremely awesome person. The emperor's uncle, especially Empress Changsun's brother, and his father is General Changsun Sheng who killed two birds with one stone. He has read some novels, which all say that when Brother Changsun Wuji was old, he became a generation of old and obscene.

As for Chu Suiliang, well, one of the four great calligraphers in the early Tang Dynasty, no matter how they were, or how they were, at least, Mr. Chu’s calligraphy is unique.

There are also Xu Jingzong and Li Yi's mansion, which seem to be the awesome prime ministers of Wu Zetian when he was in power.

There is also Lai Ji, whose father was a famous general in the Sui Dynasty, Lai Hu'er, and he also had an extremely awesome brother Lai Shierlang, and he also had a younger brother who was also an older brother. It seemed that he also became the prime minister later. Both brothers were prime ministers, which was amazing.

What is particularly amazing is that the two brothers are prime ministers, but they do not rely on family relationships. After all, although their father was Duke Rong of the Sui Dynasty, Lai Hu'er was from the Chen Dynasty in his early years. Later, when he was young, he killed his enemies and swam across the Yangtze River to join the Sui army. He went to battle and made contributions until the Duke of the State. However, he died with Emperor Yang, and his other sons were also killed.

The Lai Ji brothers were only a few years old at that time, but they escaped because they didn't follow each other. Since then, the Lai brothers became orphans and their family has fallen into decline again. Later, they only made their way through studying. It was true that they could strive to become prime ministers.

Yuwen Jie seems to have some relatives with Yu Wenhua and should be Du Zhenglun, who should be the original family of Du Ruhui, who was in the early years of his plan to make Du offense?

In short, there are really few people who are simple. They look at the harmony, but Li Xiao knows in his heart that these people are obviously divided into two parties.

On one side is the Guanlong veteran school headed by Changsun Wuji, while the other group is the Shandong upstart faction headed by Li Ji.

History has proved that in the end, the upstart faction led by Li Ji overwhelmed the veteran faction and successfully seized power in all directions. Unfortunately, Wu Zetian finally seized the highest power, and few of these people seemed to have a good end in the end.

Even a man who was a strong martial artist like Li Ji ended up fighting against Wu Zetian because of his grandson, which implicated him in a coffin. Even the surname Li was given, and he was deprived of his surname and restored to Xu. He had a son who was loyal to Wu Zetian and was eventually given the surname Wu?

I wonder if Li Ji, who had already been dug up the coffin at that time, would be so angry that he would die again after he knew about it.

Fight, this is the struggle at the top.

It can be said that it is a power struggle between the emperor and the ministers of Guru, or the Guanlong noble group and the Shandong powerful group. This is a line struggle.

Although Li Xiao was much more premonitioned, his little body did not want to interfere.

Whether it is Changsun Wuji or Li Ji, they are all veterans and ministers, and they are all prime ministers. Crushing him to death is like a bed bug to death.

"You are Li Xiao?"

When I met Changsun Wuji, the old man looked at him condescendingly. I have to say that Changsun Wuji's attitude was very unpleasant and looked down on others too much.

But Li Xiao was right to think about it. Who is Changsun Wuji? Taizong's brother-in-law, the emperor's uncle, a hero of Xuanwu Sect, an important minister of Zhenguan, and a minister of the current dynasty and the head of the prime minister.

He was old and had a high position and was in power. He also heard that the corn he made seemed to have caused Changsun's unhappiness.

A small countryside, perhaps in Changsun's eyes, the so-called corn is just a scam, and Li Xiao is just like those scammers in the world.

Throughout history, there have been countless scammers in the world, and Changsun has seen so many. But he never thought that this time, he would not meet a liar.

"I'm in the lower house, Li Xiao, pay homage to the Changsun Prime Minister."
Chapter completed!