Zhu Yuanzhang was a rare peasant emperor in the ancient history of China. He was a beggar and a monk at first, and then he was the founder of the Ming Dynasty. His life is very inspiring. Zhu Yuanzhang often lamented when he was sitting in the world. In poor days, he likes to eat light tofu to clear his stomach, but now he can eat whatever he wants, but he misses the poor days more.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang lived in poverty in his early years, he still found his own hobby. According to Mao's records, Zhu Yuanzhang himself loved mutton very much. This is because Zhu Yuanzhang, who was poor in the early days, was obsessed with mutton because of the reward of others after eating mutton. After the Yuan Dynasty was formally established, Zhu Yuanzhang often ordered his chefs to cook mutton for himself.
A mutton dish was popular in Nanjing at that time. The practice of this dish is to choose lambs under the age of full moon as ingredients. When cooking, the chef surrounded the lambs with boiling charcoal fire and let them sweat slowly to death. Finally, the dead lamb is put into a steamer and steamed slowly. The chef saw that the cooking method of this mutton dish was very fresh, and he also prepared a ladle for Zhu Yuanzhang.
After the mutton is roasted, it really smells good. Faced with such delicious food, the chef sent it to Zhu Yuanzhang in a hurry. Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang flew into a rage when he saw that it was roast mutton. He ordered his men to kidnap the chef's son directly, and the chef peed his pants when he saw such a picture.
Later I learned that Zhu Yuanzhang actually wanted the chef to experience the pain of losing her husband. In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, this dish is very cruel, especially the lamb before the full moon. Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to see this little creature treated like this, so from then on, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the prohibition of this cruel cooking method.