When the Ming Dynasty was founded, people lived a hard life. Officials, on the other hand, live in luxury and debauchery, which leads to some arrogance. Zhu Yuanzhang, who came up from the bottom of society, knew well the sufferings of the people. If this goes on, the Ming Dynasty will also perish, and it is determined to rectify this luxury.
One day, he ordered a banquet for civil and military officials to celebrate the queen's birthday. Courtiers are very happy, thinking that they can relive the happy times of drinking in a big bowl, eating meat in large pieces, guessing boxing and getting drunk in the war years! But what they never dreamed was that this banquet was something special-the first course was fried radish; The second course is fried leeks; The third is two bowls of vegetables; The last course is chopped green onion tofu soup.
Zhu Yuanzhang praised the benefits of each dish one by one: "Radish goes to the streets, but pharmacies have no business"; "Amaranth is green and long-lasting"; "Two bowls of vegetables are equally fragrant, and the sleeves are cool and cheerful"; "Onion tofu is green and white, fair and upright as the sun and the moon". Hearing this, the ministers suddenly realized.
Zhu Yuanzhang also announced in public: "In the future, all guests can only treat each other with' four dishes and one soup'. This time, the Queen's birthday party is an example. Anyone who violates it will pay a hell of a price. " Since then, the rule of "four dishes and one soup" has spread from the imperial court to the people and become a model of modern clean government.
Classic dishes
1. Steamed catfish with shredded ginger, stewed chicken with astragalus and medlar, steamed lotus root with red dates and purple rice, bergamot jellyfish silk, carrot and crucian carp soup.
2. Crab-flavored mushrooms with Chinese cabbage, rotten fish fillets, Mapo tofu, curry beef brisket and mushroom chicken soup.
3. scrambled eggs with green peppers, shredded Chinese cabbage, fried meat with dried herbs, garlic-flavored chicken wings, and soybean, pig's hand and bitter melon soup.
4. Delicious tofu, shrimp in sauce, steamed perch, scallop evergreen, and beef bone kelp tofu soup.
5. Boiled pork, beef tenderloin with pepper, steamed bass, shredded pork with kimchi, laver and egg soup.
6. Sweet and sour pork ribs, braised duck, Mapo tofu, steamed fish, ham and winter melon soup.