The allusion of Pearl Jade White Jade Soup:
It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was defeated in Huizhou, Anhui and fled to the Xiuning area. He was so hungry that he ordered his followers to look for food everywhere. A follower found some leftover rice, cabbage and tofu hidden in a haystack by some fleeing people. Since there was nothing else, the entourage had to boil the leftover rice, cabbage and tofu in water and serve them to Zhu Yuanzhang. Unexpectedly, the taste was very delicious. Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy after eating it. When asked, "What kind of delicacy is this?", the attendant replied smoothly, "Pearl (leftover rice), jade (cabbage), white jade (tofu) soup." After turning defeat into victory, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the army chefs to cook a large amount of "Pearl Jade White Jade Soup" to reward the three armies. Since then, this method of "soup rice" (porridge) has been widely spread among the people.
Original text of cross talk
The stand-up comedy I am talking about today is not what is happening now. What about Duozan's affairs? Anyway, this is not that far away from now, only more than 600 years ago.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, there was Zhu Yuanzhang, who later became the emperor, namely Zhu Hongwu. Zhu Yuanzhang gathered his troops to revolt. Planning to overthrow the Yuan Dynasty, he led Chang Yuchun and Hu Dahai to cause a riot in the martial arts field in Beijing. They were outnumbered, defeated in Beijing, and their brothers were separated. Now, let me just say that Zhu Yuanzhang fled alone. He ran for two to three hundred miles. He was cold, thirsty, and hungry. He couldn't hold on anymore. He saw a small ruined temple in front of him. . Hey, let’s rest in the temple for a while! When I got here and hit the horse, I fainted and didn't even know it. After a long time, two beggars came. These two beggars lived in a small dilapidated temple here. They ordered a lot of dried dumplings, leftover pancakes, and a pot of leftover mixed vegetables and vegetable soup. Go to the entrance of this temple and take a look: yo! Why is there a person lying here? Take a look at this man's appearance: he has a long head and a long chin. Why does he look like a donkey? Come over and feel the heat on your body. It's important to save people! They took it to the temple.
When they arrived at the temple, they found some branches and rotten firewood to light a fire to warm the house, and then crossed their legs for Zhu Yuanzhang to let him relax. After a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang woke up slowly, but he was still confused. He thought he was fighting with Chang Yuchun and Hu Dahai at the martial arts field. The confused one called Chang Yuchun, "Hey, Brother Chang Xian!" This one was called Brother Chang Xian, and the two beggars were stunned when they heard it! The beggar said: "Hey? Huh? That's strange! I don't know him, how did he know that my surname is Chang and I am called Xiandi?" Zhu Yuanzhang called again: "Ah, come!" The beggar was also puzzled. "Yo? He also knows my last name!" Look at this cleverness.
"Ah, what's the matter with you?" "I'm hungry!" Oh, this man is not sick. He said in his heart: The feeling of hunger is not very pleasant, because we two brothers often deal with this hunger. It's nothing else, come on, it's important for us to save people. "Well, he's hungry. Let's give him this pot of leftover soup." "That needs to be heated too!" "Yes!" I found three small bricks, a casserole, and lit the fire. . "If you just give him vegetable soup, he won't be full!" "It doesn't matter! I also want some glutinous rice and gaba!" "Yeah!" Put it in the casserole! "Hey!" He said, "Okay, I still have half a piece of sour tofu here." Put it in the pot too! There is also some cabbage gang, poop, plop and throw it into the pot, and two rotten spinach, it’s all together! After a while it got hot, so I brought the casserole over.
Where is Zhu Yuanzhang? I was cold, thirsty, and hungry. Although the smell of sour tofu was there, I couldn't smell it, so I drank the leftover soup with a "gul-dong-gul-dong" sound. Hey, what should be done is that he was overtired on the road and had caught a cold, but he didn't know it. Now, as soon as the pot of hot vegetable soup was poured out, he was sweating. His cold was gone and he felt energetic. I asked these two people, "Oh, what are your last names?" What do these beggars mean? Are you kidding me? It’s been a long time and I don’t know your last name? "Didn't you call me? My surname is Chang, Brother Chang?" "Oh, yes, yes, yes." Zhu Yuanzhang vaguely agreed, "Then what is the name of this pot of soup you two made for me?" They are so angry for begging for food! He said in his heart: How can Zahe vegetable soup have a name?
This one said: "Hey? If he wants to ask, let's give him a name." "What's the name?" "Just tell him it's called 'Pearl Jade White Jade Soup'." "Stop talking nonsense! Where did the 'Pearl, Jade and White Jade Soup' come from?" "Hey, of course there is." "Yes? Where are the pearls?" "Pearls, we are so mushy and crumbling, so aren't they pearls?" "What about this jade?" "Jade, cabbage leaves, isn't that jade?" "What about jade?" "Ah, my half piece of sour tofu doesn't count?" "Yes, yes. Our name is 'Pearl Jade White Jade Soup'." "Okay, that's a good name. Thank you both. I'll see you later." After saying this, he left the temple gate, mounted his horse and left.
After a few years, Zhu Yuanzhang really overthrew the Yuan Dynasty. In Nanjing, Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, that is, Zhu Hongwu. What if he becomes emperor? After becoming the emperor, he is no different from other emperors. Every day she eats delicacies from the mountains and seas, wears silks and satins, and marries someone from San Gong Liu Yuan. It is true that the emperor has his own way, and his ministers are obedient. Whatever the emperor said, the ministers had to follow suit. Even if the emperor said the coal was white, no one would dare say it was black. Those who speak evil and disobey orders will be killed! That's it.
Whatever the emperor wants to give to a minister, the minister must take it home and offer it to the ancestral hall for display. Even if the emperor gave a minister a piece of papyrus, the minister would have to frame it with yellow silk and offer it to the ancestral hall as a way to bring glory to his ancestors and show off his family. The imperial gift of toilet paper was so powerful.
After Zhu Yuanzhang had been the emperor for several years, he was tired of the same routine of eating, drinking and having fun. Suddenly, for a few days, I felt uncomfortable, lazy, and sore all over. Why did I feel like this? After thinking about it: Huh? This feeling is just like the feeling I had when I was trapped in a small ruined temple, so sad. I remembered that that year someone gave me a pot of "Pearl Jade White Jade Soup". After drinking it, I felt refreshed, felt comfortable, and was fine. Now I feel sad again, and I will feel better if I have another bowl of "Pearl Jade White Jade Soup". Yeah, oops, no. No one can do it? Hey, look for these two people, one is named Chang Xiandi, I remember it. After a decree was issued, the prefecture, city, and county posted an imperial list to select two people who could make "Pearl Jade White Jade Soup." One is called "Brother Chang Xian" and the other one is not named.
To put it briefly, I will say that the county where he was in trouble was also posted on the imperial list. Where is this imperial list posted? Opposite the county government office, there is a screen wall, which is attached to the screen wall. As soon as the imperial list was posted, the people, not knowing what was going on, gathered around to take a look. Just as I was watching, hehe, it just so happened that these two beggars were passing by. The two beggars saw that there was a circle of people around here, and they didn't know what was going on. They came over and pulled this person: "Hey, please, what are you looking at?"
This person looked back. They were two beggars, "Go! Let's go! What are you asking about? Ask about the illness in your heart. What's the use of asking? The emperor is looking for two people who can make 'Pearl Jade White Jade Soup'. One is named Chang Xiandi, and the other is not I know what the name is, what are you asking about? Do you know how to make 'Pearl Jade White Jade Soup'?" The two beggars asked. This person said: "Hey! Big brother, okay! The guy who drank mixed vegetables and vegetable soup in the little shabby temple has become the emperor!" This person said: "Is it him?" "Of course it is him!" "Oh, he did it. The emperor is here? Then we have to go and see him!” “Yes, let’s go and see him.”
Tear up the imperial list! "Click" tore up the imperial list. The two people who read the list were the two officials from the county government office. The two servants looked at each other like this: What's going on, the beggar is tearing up the emperor's list? Hey, I was so brave, I flicked the chain, and it was about to be locked. As soon as he shook the chain, the two beggars stared at each other: "What are you doing? Huh? What's going on? Are you saying that you are locked up to make 'Pearl, Jade and White Jade Soup' for the emperor?" When the two beggars heard this, they said, "Hey, there's a fuss. Are you the two "Tang Masters"? "Whose surname is Tang? That's nonsense!" Let him go to the squad room and quickly report back to the county magistrate. What did the magistrate do when he heard this? Are you looking for someone to make soup in my county? Ho! It's time for me to get promoted and get rich. good! He ordered: "Go out to greet him immediately." He quickly put on his new official clothes and lowered his rank to welcome him. The county magistrate walked down the steps and looked across the way. His nose almost became angry. What's the matter? Opposite them stood two beggars: their faces were muddy, their clothes were in tatters, and their feet were bare. They stood there with their hands behind their backs, looking at the magistrate as he stepped down the steps, and nodded to the magistrate with a smile. The county magistrate is so angry. You two are the only ones who can show your face. We still have two bowls of noodles left here. "How brave! Come on, lock him with a chain and escort him to the capital." Escort him into Nanjing City.
What did Zhu Hongwu think? He was happy. Someone tore up the imperial list and found the soup maker. Oh, great! Summon immediately. The county magistrate escorted two beggars to the Jinluan Palace. As for the seventh-rank magistrate, this system existed in the Ming and Qing dynasties: he was not qualified to see the emperor, so he had to be specially summoned. He also had to go to the Ministry of Rites to speak ceremonially, kneel three times and kowtow nine times, how to kowtow, and how to speak. That's all. Where is the rich man in this county? I don't understand it at all, and I didn't even go to the Ministry of Rites to explain the etiquette. When I went to the Jinluan Hall, I knelt down here, and I was completely frightened. Nothing else, just shivering, trembling, frightened, and just trembling. But the county magistrate secretly took a look at these two beggars, and the rich county man was puzzled. What do you mean by two people begging for food? See the emperor kneel three times and kowtow nine times? He didn't kneel, but stood there smiling and nodding to the emperor. The county magistrate took a look: Ah, these two people are like this to everyone they dare to meet? hey-hey! Isn't the emperor angry?
The emperor is not annoyed. When he saw it, it turned out to be the one who gave him vegetable soup in the small ruined temple. He was so happy! I'm so happy. When I saw this attire, I secretly complained about the county magistrate. I said to myself: Why is this county magistrate such a waste? Why don't you put them both in nice clothes and come to see me? You are such a verbose person in shabby clothes, let the ministers of civil and military affairs and the emperor's relatives see that the emperor knows beggars, where can I put my face? He quickly picked up the words and stood up. Your Majesty, how often do we stand up when we see someone? Now he stood up and said, "Oh! Haha, dear ladies, why are you pretending to be dressed like this to see me?" Why are you pretending to be like this?
He didn't understand two beggars, "No! Are we always like this?" When the emperor heard it, OK! What I said was in vain. He's always like this. "Now we are mixed up. Did you see that we put an extra iron chain on it?" This one is locked. The emperor took advantage of the topic and threatened the county magistrate: "You stupid thing, how dare you! Why did you lock the person who made me the 'Pearl Jade White Jade Soup'? Ah? This is unreasonable! Come on, push him out and kill him!" That’s it.
The county magistrate was kneeling there, good guy, kowtowing like a chicken rushing to break rice, and trembling like a tiger eating the grease from a tobacco bag. Shivering. The two beggars looked at the magistrate and were delighted! The two beggars looked at each other and said: "Ouch, hey, this is interesting, don't kill him! This is a toy! Ah, long live! For the sake of both of us, let him die, because I will do it for you "Pearl Jade White Jade Soup", there are not enough people, and we need a boy to buy ingredients." The emperor heard this and said, "Okay! Go buy ingredients!" The county magistrate has become a boy.
Three hundred taels of silver were allocated in the treasury, and an imperial dining room was set up. Within three days, 200 portions of "Pearl Jade White Jade Soup" could be made. Why do you do so much? Your Majesty, we are going to have a big banquet for all the ministers. That means - I can't eat the good food alone, everyone has to taste it.
When the three people arrived at the imperial dining room, the county magistrate knelt down in front of the two beggars, "Thank you two old ladies for saving your life!" "No thanks!" "Can you buy something?" Yes, you two old ladies give your orders!" "You buy this, one hundred catties of spinach, two hundred catties of cabbage, three hundred pieces of tofu, four hundred catties of brown rice, two buckets of mixed vegetables, and four ladles of water for brushing. , Go!" What did the county magistrate want to do when he heard this? "Two old ladies, how do you buy this?" "Don't talk nonsense. You can buy whatever you are asked to buy. If something is missing, the soup will not be to the emperor's taste. Let me ask you!" "Hey, yes! Buy it."
It took me a long time to buy it back. "Two old ladies, we have bought everything. As for the two buckets of miscellaneous vegetables and vegetables, we don't have them. Because we can't use the ones from outside, we have to use the ones from the dining room. It's in our imperial dining room, the master said. "One bucket of vegetables and vegetables comes out one day," the two beggars said, "Oh? I'm afraid one bucket won't be enough for the emperor." "Don't ask!" La, no!" "No?" "No, the chef said that there are several buckets, because they are not from the first few days, so they cannot be used. Listen, "Oh, it's from the first few days? Hey, that's good! The emperor will eat it before it tastes good! I want that! Both barrels must be from the first few days!" "Hey, hey!"
Since there were not enough people, we borrowed two chefs from the imperial kitchen and brought miscellaneous dishes. The three of them stood here and said, "Two old ladies, please tell us what we are going to do?" "What are we doing? You?" Ask the chef in the imperial kitchen to say, "You go and cook the rice first! Ah, come back and cook the rice. "Can you tell me, can the master of the imperial kitchen cook rice?" "Nonsense! How can he cook the rice of 'Pearl Jade White Jade Soup'?" "Yes! Don't listen. Let me tell you, when making soup, don't wash the rice! Don't put it into the pot and simmer it!" ! Let’s go to the sticky rice gaba!” “Hey, it’s gone!” "Two old ladies, what do I do?" "You, get this cabbage and spinach!" "Yes." The county magistrate couldn't stand it anymore, "Two old ladies, what do I do?" "Ahem, you This guy has no eyes, what are you doing?" "Hey, the tofu is diced, is it sliced?" "It's better to just break it up! Let the brush soak in the bucket. You can't put the bucket in a cool place, you know? "How long does it take to dry it?" "It doesn't matter how long it takes." "
When the three people heard this, what were they doing? This person said: "We will do whatever he asks us to do, just wait." That one is making rice, and this one is making tofu. Regarding the difficulty of chopping vegetables, I spent 80% to 90% of the cabbage price, so I wanted the tender cabbage heart; as for the spinach, let alone the rotten one, I didn’t even want it if there was a little bit of yellow on the edge of the leaves, so I chose the tender spinach. . After choosing a little, I got a bucket of water and was about to wash it, so that the two beggars could see it. The two beggars looked at each other like this: "You are so full! Why do you wash this unnecessary thing?" "What don't you want? This is not cabbage heart, baby spinach!" "Nonsense, cabbage heart, baby spinach!" What to do! "Pearl Jade White Jade Soup" is not needed. "Then what do you want to use?" "Just the cabbage and the rotten spinach." "Then I will wash this. "Don't wash it." "Don't wash it." "Don't cut it!" "What do you want to do?" "Okay, okay!" After they were all broken into pieces, they set the bucket up in the sun to bask in the sun. What month are you in? It's mid-July, how hot is that day? It bubbled up after a while. It took a long time for the chemical reaction to take place, and sour gas and stinky smell came out! The sour smell is overwhelming. The dry rice gaba was done, and the vegetables were soaked. The three of them stood there in a daze at the pile of things: glutinous rice gaba, cabbage gang, rotten spinach, two buckets of mixed vegetables, and brushed tofu soaked in water.
The county magistrate couldn't hold it any longer, "Two old ladies, should we make soup for the emperor or not? What should we do?" The two beggars were delighted when they heard this, "Humph, what are you busy with?" What are you doing to make soup for the emperor? Look!" He pointed at the bucket of soaked tofu, "Look, isn't this 80% done with the 'Pearl Jade White Jade Soup'? At the beginning of the banquet, pour it into the pot, heat it up, and then serve it. When the emperor drinks it, we are waiting to claim the reward." When the county magistrate heard this, he said, "Are you still planning to receive the reward? That's a good thing.
Do you still want to receive the reward? "The one said: 'You can't say that. How about we try it?" He got a spoon, scooped up some soup, and put it in his mouth. "Okay, it's interesting!" The one said, "You can't just taste the soup, you have to try the tofu." He fished some crumbled tofu from the bottom of the bucket, and said with a bang in his mouth, "Okay! It tastes good, it tastes good!" "What kind of fun is this? Three people are afraid.
On the third day, oh! The inner courtyard of the palace was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and it was magnificent, and a banquet was held for all the ministers. Good guy, there is a big banquet for the ministers at the fifth watch, but at the third watch, all the civil and military officials are present. Why go so early? He had to be early. He didn't go to court that early every day. Why did he go early today? Hey, hey, the emperor gave me a banquet. Everyone plans to try what this "Pearl Jade White Jade Soup" tastes like. I’ve never drank this before! All gone.
The civil and military officials left early, but the emperor has not gone yet. What are they all doing? Bragging and flattering each other. "Brother Nian, have you ever drank 'Pearl Jade White Jade Soup'?" "No. Have you ever drank it?" "Neither have I. Although I have never drank it, I heard it from my father. My father heard it from Prime Minister Xu Da. Yes. According to Prime Minister Xu Da, this 'Pearl Jade White Jade Soup' is extraordinary! It is said that it contains pearls, seafood, phoenix liver and dragon marrow. It is a rare treasure in the world. It has been steamed and refined for a long time to make this soup. . Today we have received the emperor's favor and tasted it for ourselves. Hey, our ancestors are indeed very virtuous. "You said this is not unlucky. He has never heard of what the pot water and stinky tofu are. Tasty. Compliment each other.
The two beggars came out and looked: Yo ho! It's all here. There are still a lot of people, and the emperor has not come yet. The emperor is coming soon. Prepare quickly. "Tum, thump" he ran into the dining room, "Hey! The royal banquet is about to start. Hurry and make it hot again!" "Heat it again? Old lady, what are you putting aside first?" "Whatever! Come." "Click", The cabbage and spinach leaves are cooked first. "Come on, let's eat glutinous rice, mixed vegetables, and soaked tofu in water!" "Boom", it's all folded inside! "Hurry up and make the fire, hurry up and make the fire!" After a while, the soup will boil! Isn't the soup already boiling? No one can stay in that house! It smells sour! Smoky brains. Three people slipped out. After a while, the two beggars also went out - they couldn't stand it anymore. "Oh, how's it going? Let's see, the emperor is out! Hey, Sheng! Duan!" He shouted "Sheng", "Duan"! Well, more than twenty young eunuchs lined up in a long snake formation, each holding a red plate with gold and vermilion paint in their hands. On the plate was placed such a large small bowl of Tuanlong made by the official kiln. What's in the bowl is "Pearl Jade White Jade Soup".
The little eunuch served the soup. All the civil and military officials, including the emperor's relatives and relatives, saw the young eunuch serving the soup, and everyone murmured to each other. "Brother Nian, there are no rules as big as those in the inner courtyard of the palace! Look at the little eunuchs delivering soup. Look at how well-behaved they are. They don't even dare to look at the soup. Look at that. They're all looking to the side. "Shen'er, are you slanting your face?" How about seeing this little eunuch serving soup? He didn't dare to look at her face to face, he couldn't stand the smell. Isn't it like that?
When the soup is brought up, the first bowl should of course be given to the emperor first. Put it on the emperor's table. The emperor seemed a little disgusted when he heard this. I thought: Why does this soup taste like this? It didn't taste like this when I drank it in a small temple. Why does it smell like this now? Startled. Then he looked at the civil and military officials, the emperor and his relatives, all of them frowned and looked at the bowl of soup in a daze, hiding away.
What is the emperor thinking here? I thought in my heart: This soup really doesn’t taste good. If it doesn’t taste good, it doesn’t taste good. Is there any helplessness in it? Ah, I am the emperor, I said this soup is good, how can I not drink the soup I asked someone to make? Then I must drink it. Today, it’s not just me who drinks, everyone has to drink. I asked someone to make the soup! Of course drink it.
The civil and military officials were in a daze. First it was like that, but now it is no longer like this. That means: Just this soup, not to mention the emperor, not even us can drink it. You see, these two soup makers must be cut into pieces by a thousand cuts. I just think so in my heart.
The emperor was very annoyed when he saw their faces turned upside down. The emperor took a look. My heart said; OK! Will you enjoy happiness with me if we co-write it? Can't you bear such a small amount of sin? What are you hiding from? What are you doing? Waiting for me? Just wait for me, come on! Today we are together. He picked up the small bowl and stood up: "Dear ladies, let me drink the 'Pearl Jade White Jade Soup' with me." "After saying this, he picked up the small bowl, held his breath and drank the small bowl of soup. He put the empty bowl there and sat down.
The civil and military officials took a look. But he was frightened. “Brother Nian, the emperor drank. What should we do? "Then what else to do?" Let’s pour it all down together! "They all picked up the bowl of soup. When I put it to my nose, I almost vomited. What should I do? Don't bring it to your mouth, but send it far away. If you send it far away, you still have to find the words in your mouth." Brother Nian please! "This said; "Nonsense! I’ll just ask you not to drink it! Don't talk nonsense, let's drink together! "No matter what you say, after holding your breath, I finally drank the small bowl of soup and put the empty bowl there.
When the emperor saw that all the civil and military officials drank, the emperor was happy! Stand up When he got up, he asked: "Dear ladies, I asked someone to make this 'Pearl Jade White Jade Soup'. You all can drink it. How does it taste?" "When all the civil and military officials heard this, they stood up and stretched out their fingers. Both thumbs picked it up, but they didn't say anything. Why didn't you say something? He still had a mouthful in his mouth.
The emperor saw it and understood! The emperor said: "Ah, my dear friends, please wait until everyone is silent and stretch out their fingers. I already understand what you mean - you want two more bowls for each of you!"
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