If we want to compare vertically, now ordinary people can eat ice cream, pepper, soy sauce and many other foods and seasonings that ancient emperors could not eat. Does this mean that the people now eat better than the ancient emperors? I don't think so, because these are all the effects of the progress of the times and the improvement of technology, that is, the ancient royal family could not enjoy these things, not because they couldn't afford them, but because they didn't have them at that time.
To evaluate the emperor's eating habits, we should look sideways. I remember that there was a saying in Yongzheng dynasty that Empress Dowager Cixi raised everything in the world, but we can think about its rich food, not to mention that Empress Dowager Cixi felt that there was nothing to eat at a meal 100. Can ordinary people reach this level now? !
Nowadays, the seemingly abundant food eaten by ordinary people is not as good as that eaten by ancient emperors.
The ancient emperors ate whatever they wanted. As long as there were birds flying in the sky, reptiles on the ground and people in the sea, there was nothing that the emperors could not eat.
It can only be said that people can eat what the ancient emperors could not eat. Of course, what the ancient emperors ate was not affordable for everyone now. At that time, there may be people everywhere with stunts, or now they have become protected animals, which is incomparable. However, we must know that the ancient emperor existed above all people. What he could not eat was fresh ingredients and information that was not available at that time, or he could not transport it because of inconvenient transportation at that time. There is no comparability between modern people and ancient emperors, so there is no need to make such a meaningless comparison.
Although you are the emperor, the menu of every meal is all kinds of delicacies, but you also have to look at people, such as the frugality of Emperor Taizong, so his menu is actually very light, but Zhu Yuanzhang is different, and his menu is extremely luxurious. However, the famous health emperor Qianlong's menu is biased towards medicinal diet. So even if the emperor eats it, it is divided into individuals.