[Folk Story] Zheng Banqiao's "Four Dishes and One Soup"
When Zheng Banqiao was a magistrate in Fanxian County, he specially arranged "four dishes and one soup" to welcome the visiting magistrate. These four dishes are: Qinglong lying on the beach, snow-white skin trembling and jumping, one green and two white, crispy goose eggs. One soup is: Mambo Wu Dong Wan Li boat.
Originally, Zheng Banqiao heard that the county magistrate was a "gourmet". When a sheriff goes to a place, the first thing he does is to eat. He must hand in the menu and ask his permission before eating.
Zheng Banqiao hated the prevailing corruption in society at that time. As a county magistrate, he never took money from the people and pocketed his own money, so he was praised by the people as a "clean and honest" good official. Of course, he won't follow suit and entertain his boss warmly. Frowning, the plan came to mind. Why not tease this adult? So I wrote the above recipes and sent them to the magistrate for a look.
The magistrate's adult was amazed to see that there was not much food, but he had never heard of it, let alone eaten it. People say that Zheng Banqiao has three unique skills in poetry, painting and calligraphy, and I think he is also quite accomplished in diet. Thinking of this, I was full of love and blurted out, "OK, OK, let's do it."
When the food was served, the magistrate looked around and almost didn't bend his nose. The four dishes are: a plate of spicy cucumber, a plate of vinegar soaked vermicelli, a plate of shallots mixed with tofu, and a plate of fried soybeans; And the "Wan Li ship with a door moored in Wu Dong" is even more interesting: a bowl of egg soup with half an eggshell floating on it. Magistrate adults want to attack also have no excuse, see Zheng Banqiao aside is still very respectful and enthusiastic, already. His clothes upset his stomach. Without even moving his chopsticks, he stormed out of the county government and went home.
Zheng Banqiao knew that he had offended his boss. Although he feels that his country and people have a clear conscience, these corrupt officials will not give him "good fruit" to eat in the future. He simply "tore up the top scholar's robe and took off his jobs" and went back to Yangzhou to do his "poetry and calligraphy".