in terms of food, the emperor's food is not as spicy as people think, and perhaps it is not as good as ordinary people's homes. Why?

First of all, "unsustainable" food can't be eaten

The ancient science and technology were not developed, and there was no greenhouse cultivation technology at that time. If the emperor wants to eat winter bamboo shoots in summer and fresh broad beans in winter, the feeding eunuch may lose his head if he can't get it. Therefore, those fruits and vegetables that are only available for one or two months a year are generally not available to the emperor.

furthermore, the emperor's folk food tastes terrible. As we all know, delicious food is often hidden in various corners of the people. If the emperor wants to eat it, can he still find it? The key is that eunuchs have already blocked out those folk foods, and he can't see them at all.

During the reign of Emperor Qianlong, Yangzhou salt merchants became famous all over the world for their delicious food, and it also reached Emperor Qianlong's ear. When he went to the south of the Yangtze River, he really wanted to taste the skills of salt merchants. But it didn't taste anything different after eating for a long time. It turned out to be a ghost of eunuchs-all the dishes were added with a spoonful of sugar, which made the taste strange. How can it be called delicious? The eunuchs are afraid that long live the grandfather will still want to eat after returning to the palace, but if he can't do it, his life will be in jeopardy.

Secondly, the "face project" is too troublesome.

Puyi wrote in "My First Half of Life" that nothing consumes more manpower, material resources and financial resources than eating. There is a set of terms about the emperor's eating, which must not be wrong. Meals are called "meals", meals are called "meals" and meals are called "meals". When it was time for dinner, the emperor ordered, "Pass the meal!" " The little eunuch in front of him said to the eunuch in hall of mental cultivation, "Pass the meal!" Such a road passed down, and before the echo disappeared, a procession like a dowry had already walked out of the imperial kitchen. This is a team composed of dozens of well-dressed eunuchs, carrying seven dining tables, holding dozens of red lacquer boxes painted with golden dragons, and heading straight for hall of mental cultivation. Entering the Ming Temple, the little eunuch with white sleeves took it over and set it up in the East Nuange ... However, the dishes cooked by the imperial kitchen were just for show, because as soon as the emperor called for the meal, they were served immediately, and it was too late to make them. Those dishes were prepared in advance and then kept on the stove for ostentation and extravagance. This dish is basically unpalatable, and the emperor doesn't like it.

So, Puyi basically eats food from the Empress Dowager and the Toffees. (Ps: Even if it's cooked now, we all know that the building area and layout of ancient houses, the effort of waiting for the food to arrive at the emperor from the imperial kitchen, the fried spring rolls, the steamed buns that have just been cooked, and the kebabs that have just been baked ... are already cold! )

Third, you can't eat more when you eat alone.

As a foodie, the desire to eat more delicious food is definitely a part of "delicious food". But the emperor's favorite dishes can't be eaten as much as he wants. The Qing court has a family law of "eating only three spoonfuls of vegetables". It is also said that the two dishes eaten by the emperor cannot be served for several months; The emperor has eaten three mouthfuls of food, and it is impossible to serve it in his life. He is afraid that people will know what long live the grandfather likes to eat and poison it! (I'm not afraid of 1 thousand, but I'm afraid in case, the silver product test and the eunuch's taste can't guarantee food safety 1%. Alas, in fact, every bite the emperor eats is also leftovers eaten by the little eunuch ...)

Besides, the emperor usually eats alone, unless he holds a banquet or invites his concubines to eat together. But when the concubines come to accompany the meal, they must also follow the gift of the monarch and the minister, and they are serious and boring.