First, the emperor's dietary standards.
As an emperor, he ate the best food at that time. Every day, the kitchen wastes a lot of food. Whether the emperor eats it or not, they prepare two staple foods every day, which are basically unchanged and need to be supplied regularly. The specifications and styles are the same. How can a person eat the same thing every day?
According to historical records, Emperor Kangxi's daily food consumption is equivalent to: 18 Jin of meat plus 6 liters of rice. But the market weight at that time was quite different from the present weight. At that time, 18 kg of meat was equivalent to 2 1 kg now, and six liters of rice was nearly 10 kg.
Second, the expenditure is large.
Emperor Qianlong spends so much money on his kitchen every year, not because he is a man who eats a lot, but because he eats really expensive. For example, Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty wanted to eat pie fruit, so he cooked it for him in the kitchen. As a result, the people in the kitchen told him that it would cost 50 taels of silver to eat this meal. Hearing this, Emperor Jiajing smiled and said, "You must have miscalculated. You can buy a big box at Donghuamen for 5 yuan outside the palace. " Emperor Jiajing also changed the head of the kitchen, which was simply too much. This money is easy to earn.
After the Ming dynasty, let's talk about the Qing dynasty. Emperor Qianlong also encountered such a thing. One day, Qianlong asked the minister, "What do you eat every morning? What do you eat delicious? " "The minister is also very honest, saying," I have no money, so I can only eat four eggs for breakfast a day. Gan Long was surprised: "I'm too rich to eat four eggs. I only eat three eggs a day. Your family is poor, but dare to eat four eggs. One egg 10 yuan, four eggs 40 yuan. "
As soon as the minister heard that it was broken, he quickly remedied and said, "The eggs you ate were better, that is, 10 yuan was not expensive, but I ate the worst eggs, and I could buy them for three cents."
To sum up, from the above two examples, it can be seen that it is not the emperor's expensive food, but the lack of people's hearts.