Zhu Yuanzhang is a very thrifty king, and his food is very simple. According to historical records, Zhu Yuanzhang's recipe is: the staple food is Wowotou, porridge is corn porridge, and vegetables are either garlic or vegetables. The generals who followed Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world ate the same food as Zhu Yuanzhang.
What they thought was that they often followed Zhu Yuanzhang in the war, and they made a lot of contributions and worked hard, which also led to a rich life now. They also forgot those hard days and began to compare with each other, which also produced a bad phenomenon, that is, corruption, which was the most intolerable place for Zhu Yuanzhang. After all, corruption is Zhu Yuanzhang's taboo.
So when Zhu Yuanzhang took advantage of the queen's birthday, he reminded his generals that all the dishes cooked at the banquet were vegetarian dishes, and the generals didn't know what it meant, so they all sat and dared not move chopsticks. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang spoke and said, You are used to eating big fish and big meat. It seems that these dishes are not to your taste, so they are served again.
At this time, three kinds of meat dishes were served, bird's nest, rabbit meat and dog meat, which reminded Liu Bowen that these dishes respectively represented: birds are exhausted, a good bow hides, a cunning rabbit dies, and running dogs cook. Liu Bowen was also scared by his own ideas with a cold sweat on his face. He couldn't sit still any longer, so he told Zhu Yuanzhang that he was unwell and walked first.