This is the legendary story about Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang is a typical representative of the rise of grassroots. Of course, there are many legends about typical figures. Among them, there are many versions of the rumors about "Pearl Jade White Jade Soup".

In the first version, Zhu Yuanzhang was robbed by robbers on the road and fainted from hunger. The beggar saved Zhu Yuanzhang's life. The story happened after Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor.

One time, Zhu Yuanzhang secretly held a beauty pageant in Suzhou, and the news somehow leaked out. Empress Ma was so jealous that she quickly came to kill him.

Zhu Yuanzhang was startled. Under the cover of the guards, he hurriedly fled out of the back door on horseback. He ran around in a panic and met a group of robbers on the road. Since they were dressed in disguise, the robbers did not know that they were robbing the emperor's day, so they naturally did not attack.

He was soft-handed and took Zhu Yuanzhang's horses and clothes away.

(The Tragedy of Zhu Yuanzhang) At that time, he was in a deserted mountain with few people, and Zhu Yuanzhang finally fainted from hunger in a ruined temple.

This ruined temple has been abandoned for many years, and its only function is to become a safe haven for Beggar Qiao Er.

Qiao Er came back from begging and saw someone fainting in the temple. He used some cabbage gangs, spinach leaves, sour tofu and some leftover rice to make a soup. Zhu Yuanzhang, who was extremely hungry, thought the soup was very delicious.

, drank it all, and recovered his physical strength.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked Qiao Er what kind of soup this was and why it tasted so delicious.

At this time, Hou Qiaoer already knew Zhu Yuanzhang's identity. How dare he say that the soup was made from leftover old vegetables and sour tofu, so he had to euphemistically call it "Pearl Jade White Jade Soup".

In any case, Zhu Yuanzhang was very grateful for Qiao Er's life-saving grace, named him Qiao Yi, and arranged for Liu Bowen to recognize him as his adopted son.

In fact, this white jade soup has a strong sour smell, and Zhu Yuanzhang would only find it delicious when he was very hungry.

Later, this white jade soup also gave birth to the story of Liu Bowen's rectification of unhealthy officialdom in the Ming Dynasty.

Liu Bowen used the power of "Pearl Jade White Jade Soup" to rectify the trend of ease and enjoyment in the officialdom. It is said that one time Zhu Yuanzhang fell ill and the food was not delicious. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang remembered the "Pearl Jade White Jade Soup" made by Qiao Yi, but

Before, Qiao Yi was afraid of those who didn't know. One of the ingredients, the tofu, was still sour. Now, even if Qiao Yi had ten more courages, he would not dare to make it for Zhu Yuanzhang to eat again.

His adoptive father Liu Bowen got him a gold medal to avoid death, so Qiao Yicai reluctantly made another dish called "Pearl Jade White Jade Soup" according to the original ingredients and methods. Yuan Zhang took one mouthful and vomited, so he thought Qiao Yi had deceived him with a fake soup.

At this time, Liu Bowen told the truth, saying that the white jade soup was not a delicacy, and it had a sour smell. Zhu Yuanzhang was just deceived by hunger at that time, and the matter came to an end for the time being.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty's officialdom was becoming more comfortable and hedonistic. Liu Bowen had an upright personality and couldn't bear the unhealthy tendencies in the officialdom. So he asked Zhu Yuanzhang to give advice and use the power of "Pearl Jade White Jade Soup" to rectify the officialdom.

(Liu Bowen, first from the right) It happened that at this time there was a Master Chen in the palace who preached Qing Xiu. Zhu Yuanzhang used Master Chen's name to Qing Xiu and gathered all the Chinese and civil officials in the palace garden to practice Qing Xiu in a remote valley for three days.

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Liu Bowen told the officials that after three days, the emperor would be rewarded with rewards for his kindness.

Three days later, the emperor's royal meal reward was also presented. It was this "Pearl Jade White Jade Soup". The ingredients were the same as what Zhu Yuanzhang drank before: cabbage dumplings, spinach leaves, sour tofu and some leftover rice. It was a full bowl of soup.

Pot, the portion is enough to fill you up.

It is said to be an imperial meal, but the taste is not flattering. It has a strong rancid smell that would normally make a person vomit after smelling it.

However, these officials had been hungry for three days and were so hungry that their chests pressed against their backs. They regarded the rancid-smelling white jade soup as a delicacy and rushed to drink it one by one. Even the Prime Minister Li Shanchang drank it.

Several bowls.

Zhu Yuanzhang hosted a banquet for the officials to drink pearl, jade and white jade soup. The purpose was naturally to warn the court officials to be considerate of the sufferings of the people and not to just be greedy for comfort. It can be said that he had good intentions.

In the second version, Zhu Yuanzhang fainted from hunger on the road, and met his wife who gave him soup to save him. Zhu Yuanzhang grew up in a poor family, and later lost his parents. In order to make a living, he went to Huangjue Temple and became a monk.

Soon afterwards, there was a famine, and even Huangjue Temple could no longer stay. In order not to go hungry, Zhu Yuanzhang had to go out to beg for alms.

It's called alms, but it's actually just asking for food, just like a beggar.

At that time, there was war and chaos everywhere, and there was famine. How could it be so easy to beg for food?

Once, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't eat a grain of rice for several days and fainted from hunger on the road. Fortunately, a nearby old woman was patient and cooked some leftover porridge with the only piece of rotten tofu and a few vegetable leaves at home.

After feeding him some soup, Zhu Yuanzhang saved his life.

Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally grateful for the life-saving grace. He thought this soup was the most delicious delicacy in the world. When he asked the old woman what kind of soup it was, the old woman joked that it was called "Pearl Jade White Jade Soup".

(Zhu Yuanzhang) Later, Zhu Yuanzhang defected to his father-in-law's Red Scarf Army. He started as a centurion and after eight years of hard work, he finally founded the Ming Dynasty and became the emperor.

How did Zhu Yuanzhang repay the old woman?

After Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he fell ill once and couldn't eat anything. He couldn't help but recall the "Pearl Jade White Jade Soup" made by his old woman.

He ordered the imperial chef to make a bowl of white jade soup according to the old lady's method in his memory, but it didn't taste the same as before.