He is indeed the first chef in history who knows how to season. He is very good at cooking and also very good at business. He opened the first private restaurant in China.
This Yi Ya will definitely have a bright future if he becomes a chef or a businessman, but he is very ambitious.
Yi Ya wants to enter the court and become a minister trusted by the king.
For this reason, he gave full play to his cooking skills and gave Qi Henggong a feast for his taste.
Yi Ya also gained the trust of Qi Henggong, and became a popular person around Qi Henggong with his good cooking skills.
The most famous story of Yi Ya is that he cooked his son and presented it to Qi Henggong.
Yi Ya took the initiative to do this. It is hard to imagine how cruel a father could do such a thing.
The reason was that Qi Henggong lamented that he had eaten all kinds of delicacies in the world, but he had never tried human flesh, which was a pity.
Yi Ya quietly prepared to cook human flesh.
But the meat offered to Qi Henggong must be the best.
So he turned his attention to his 4-year-old son.
Duke Heng of Qi unknowingly ate human flesh soup and praised the deliciousness of the soup until he knew it was the meat of Yi Ya's son.
Qi Henggong naturally felt very uncomfortable, but he was also moved by Yi Ya's "loyalty", and later he used Yi Ya in an important position.
How did Yi Ya beat Duke Heng of Qi so violently?
He controlled the government when Duke Heng of Qi was critically ill and trapped Duke Heng of Qi in the harem. No one gave him food or drink. In the end, Duke Heng of Qi starved to death.
How could a person like Yi Ya be a kind person who could even attack his own son?
Qi Henggong just misjudged the person and mistook Yi Ya's scheming heart for a child's heart, which ultimately led to a bad end.
In general, Yi Ya can indeed be called the God of Cooking, but he is also famous for his cruelty.
Yi Ya is good at cooking. If Qi Henggong used him to develop the economy or become a cook, it would be considered a wise use of people.
Because Yi Ya is not a scholar and does not have the loyalty of a scholar.
He is good at seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages.
Therefore, when Duke Heng of Qi was seriously ill, he immediately looked for opportunities to support the new emperor and abandon the old emperor.
Qi Henggong's fate was caused by trusting Yi Ya too much.