Chapter 71: Don't be a chef for the prince
Shangshi Bureau Feng Yu tasted it and couldn't help but be surprised. I never thought pork could be so delicious.
While Feng Yu of the Shangshi Bureau was surprised, Li Chengqian said with a smile: "The pork that the nobles don't bother to eat, I didn't expect it to have this taste, right?" ”
During the Tang Dynasty, pork was considered an inferior food. In aristocratic circles, no one will ever eat pork.
If any nobleman eats pork, he will definitely be laughed at by other nobles. They may even be excluded and isolated.
So when Li Chengqian said the word pork, Li Shimin's face couldn't help but change.
Then he opened his mouth and asked the Emperor Feng of the Shang Food Bureau: "Why is there pork in the palace, don't you know that this is a despicable thing?" ”
"Your Majesty, there is pork in the palace. It's just for the people to eat, not for the emperor and the nobles. ”
"I must have taken the pork by mistake in a panic just now, and I asked the emperor to forgive me." Feng Yu of the Shang Food Bureau hurriedly spoke.
In fact, this is the hands and feet of the Shang Food Bureau and secretly doing it. In order to make Li Chengqian embarrassed in front of Li Shimin.
After all, this pork is not as good as mutton, and if it is not cooked well, it will have a great earthy smell. Unless it is removed from the flavor with a lot of pepper.
However, the Shang Shi Bureau deliberately did not let people bring pepper. Because in this way, the dishes made will never be delicious.
After all, in the cognition of the Shangshi Bureau, the condiments in the world are just salt, sweet and sour. Who would know that Li Chengqian still has countless condiments in his hands.
And the reason why the Shangshi Bureau dared to do this was that he felt that he was a pampered prince. It's impossible to recognize lean pork.
But I didn't expect that now Li Chengqian would be able to break through the mystery in one word. This can't help but be up and down in the heart of the food bureau.
Who is Li Chengqian, and how can he not see the doorway. So he said with a smile: "Did it unintentionally, or did it deliberately." You must know more in your heart than this king. ”
"What does His Royal Highness King Xian mean by this, could it be that this official feels that his life is long, and he can't ask for death here with the emperor?" Feng Yu of the Shangshi Bureau asked Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian glanced at Fengyu of the Shangshi Bureau meaningfully, and then said to Li Shimin: "Father, there is no distinction between high and low ingredients in the world. It's just a matter of how good the chef is at cooking. ”
"If you are a good chef, even green vegetables and tofu can be burned to the delicacies of the mountains and seas. If he is a mediocre person, even if he is given delicacies from the mountains and seas, it will be useless. ”
"His Royal Highness King Xian's words do not dare to agree, since ancient times, people have been divided into three, six, nine and other high and low. Everyone's identity is different, and the ingredients that should be eaten will naturally be different. Shang Shi Bureau said solemnly.
"The king came to ask you, people are divided into three, six, nine, and so on. Then why do you have to eat your mother's milk when you are just born? Li Chengqian looked at the Shangshi Bureau and asked.
"This, this ......" The Shang Food Bureau was stunned for a long time, and he didn't say a thing for granted.
Li Chengqian pursed his lips disdainfully, and then said to Li Shimin: "Father, it is precisely because of this kind of class thinking in people's hearts that the polarization between the family and the poor family has been caused. ”
"As the so-called prince and general Xiangning have a kind, how can they be judged as heroes by their origins. At that time, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was just a scoundrel. It's not the foundation that has created the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years. ”
"Well, today I and your queen mother will taste this pork you made. Is it as you said, there is no distinction between high and low ingredients. Li Shimin said with a laugh.
Then he picked up the chopsticks and put a piece of pot-wrapped meat in his mouth, which was sweet and sour in the mouth. What made Li Shimin eat was full of fragrance.
So he hurriedly handed the chopsticks to Queen Changsun and said, "You can also taste it, this pork made by this kid is really not ordinarily delicious." ”
Empress Changsun took the chopsticks and put a piece of pot-wrapped meat in her mouth. After eating, I couldn't help but nod my head in praise.
"Father, in fact, eating a little more pork is good for people's bodies. This pork has a certain effect on fever, thirst, thinness, kidney deficiency, postpartum blood deficiency, dry cough, and constipation. ”
"And it also has the effects of replenishing deficiency, nourishing yin, moisturizing dryness, nourishing liver yin, and moisturizing the skin. It also has a special effect on urination and thirst. Li Chengqian opened his mouth and said to Li Shimin.
"Your Royal Highness, this pork is said to be miraculous by you. So why did the aristocracy scoff at it? Shangshi Bureau Fengyu asked Li Chengqian.
"How can a person who doesn't even understand the function of ingredients make a diet that nourishes the body. A man like you is not worthy to stay in the palace as a royal cook. Li Chengqian said with a cold face.
When Feng Yu heard Li Chengqian's words, he just wanted to open his mouth to argue. But I heard Li Shimin say: "Wang De, send him out of the palace." ”
Li Shimin's sentence directly pronounced the end of the Shangshi Bureau's career as a royal official. Although this Shangshi Bureau Fengyu is just an imperial chef, after all, he is a five-grade official.
Then Li Shimin drove everyone out of the Lizheng Palace, and then asked Li Chengqian: "I want to know something, I hope you can tell me directly." ”
"If my father has something to say, as long as his sons and ministers know, they must know everything and say everything." Li Chengqian said to Li Shimin with a smile.
"As the saying goes, the son is the father, I know very well what you used to be. But now you are all three religions and nine streams, this is not like the original you. After Li Shimin finished speaking, he was ready to eat another piece of pot-wrapped meat.
But at this time, Li Shimin found that there was no longer a piece of pot meat on the plate. And Empress Eldest Sun and Su Wan were wiping their mouths.
Seeing Li Shimin's embarrassed expression, Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Father, if the experience in the dream is also an experience." Erchen can be called an old monster. ”
Now Li Chengqian has perfected the furnace of dreams. Anything that cannot be explained, he can explain with a dream experience.
"Whatever the reason for you to understand this, it is given to you by God. I hope you can make good use of them. Li Shimin said to Li Chengqian after putting down his chopsticks. Then he pointed to the ingredients on the table.
Li Chengqian naturally understood what his father meant. So he hurriedly started to make four dishes and one soup for Li Shimin.
These four dishes are palace fried chicken, scallion fried mutton, vinegared cabbage and a plate of pot wrapped meat. After all, the meat in the pot just now is still unfinished.
In the end, Li Chengqian made another bowl of Northeast special vegetarian stewed soup and placed it in the middle of the four dishes. Then he smiled and said, "Father and Queen Mother can taste it." ”
Li Shimin just wanted to move his chopsticks, but suddenly he seemed to feel that something was missing. After reading it, you will know that there is nothing else missing, but it is indispensable wine. Then he ordered Wang De to fetch wine.
However, he was stopped by Li Chengqian, and then directly took a fine porcelain vase and handed it to Li Shimin with a smile on his face.