Bean has ointment, which is equivalent to soybean oil in later generations, and fat paste is also a necessity of life in ancient times.

In the "Book of Sheng" written by Pan Shengzhi in the late Western Han Dynasty, it was said that "soybeans, small beans, can not be cured." In ancient times, those who did not do not complete the cure, the beans were raw cloth leaves, the beans had ointment, and the cure was ointment, and the injury was not successful. And the people are governed, so they are also consumed. It can be seen that the people of the Han Dynasty also knew that soybeans could be used to refine oil.

Confucius said that the food is not tired of fine food, and the food is not tired of being fine, and later it became the exquisite eating of the Han people, which has been passed down to later generations. Liu Honggui is the son of heaven of the Han Dynasty, he has not seen any delicacies and delicacies, and he is the second in terms of food knowledge, but I am afraid that no one dares to call it the first at this time.

At noon, Liu Hong stayed and ate with Fuquan and Changqiu Palace, and called the Empress Dowager Dong to taste the new dishes together, which was called a family banquet.

Staring at the dish in front of him, Liu Hong's eyes did not blink, and he secretly said that this locust cooking is really unique.

That's right, this is how he ordered people to make fried locusts according to the method of Fuquan.

I saw a bunch of young insects with a golden color, with freshly sprinkled green salt, exuding a mouth-watering burnt aroma, this is undoubtedly the food that has just come out of the kettle.

"Cauldron" is a kind of utensil, round bottom and no feet, must be placed on the stove or other objects to support the cooking, the kettle mouth is also round, can be directly used for boiling, stewing, frying, stir-frying, etc., can be regarded as the predecessor of the pot in later generations.

Liu Hong couldn't hold back the curiosity and appetite in his heart, so he immediately picked up a little fried locust and put it in his mouth, chewed it a few times and swallowed it. After a while, he opened his eyes and praised with an aftertaste: "The color is golden, crisp and delicious, and the aftertaste is endless. The Queen Mother, the Queen, eat it quickly! ”

Then I picked some of them up and put them in my mouth, and I was completely hooked on it.

Empress Dowager Dong and Empress Song are women after all, although the smell of this fried locust is attractive, but when they think that they are cheap insects, their appetite is immediately lost.

However, as Liu Hong devoured it, he also moved his Adam's apple, but he was skeptical of his words, so he picked up a chopstick, closed his eyes and put it in his mouth......

Soon both of them opened their eyes in shock, and they were surprised by this delicious food, and then they also picked it up and put it in their mouths one after another, after all, people have never resisted delicious things.

After finishing eating, he was also shocked by this delicious food, and praised: "The food is like dried shrimp, but I didn't expect this little mantis to be so delicious in the world." ”

After the meal, after Liu Hong drank a glass of wine, he looked at Fuquan with appreciation and sighed: "It's really good!" ”

In this life, Fu Quan has long been immune to these praises, and he doesn't care much, he still cares about the people of the Han Dynasty being able to deal with the locust plague.

The next day, hundreds of officials discussed with each other, and some of them advised him to kill the locust god without permission, which was a loss of heavenly peace, and he was afraid that the gods would condemn him, and asked the emperor to punish him.

Liu Hong did not accept it, but instead sent a decree to the affected prefectures and counties to deal with the locust plague by the method of "burning and burying the soil", and at the same time informed the fried locusts that the affected prefectures and counties were short of food, so that the affected prefectures and counties could be used to relieve the people. When the ministers heard this, they all said that they couldn't, but the court's clear decree had been issued and it was irretrievable.

This is the case with the bureaucracy, between superstition and the king's mandate, of course, the king's mandate, both ancient and modern.

After all, only by carrying out the king's order can he win the emperor's appreciation, and from then on he will be promoted to become rich, and now Liu Hong has made it clear who will control the locusts according to his will to be appreciated, because except for a few people who insist on not carrying it out, most of the county officials received the order, and immediately organized the people's wives to exterminate the locusts at night.

However, some people obeyed the emperor's order to "conscientiously and diligently" exterminate the locusts, while others wanted to profit from it.

The mansion of Yuan Feng, the head of the Yuan family in Yongheli, covers a wide area and is luxuriously decorated, which can be described as a first-class mansion in Luoyang City.

"The Yuan family is favored in the world, rich and luxurious, not with its family", it has been developed since Yuan An. Because Yuan An served as the third prince and was wholeheartedly loyal to the country, his descendants relied on their ancestor Yu En to be high-ranking officials for generations, becoming richer and richer, and began to violate the consistent style of his ancestors who were honest and upright, and gradually became an arrogant and lascivious family.

At this time, in Yuan Feng's mansion, a conspiracy that once again related to the wealth of the Yuan family was discussed again......

He Jin smiled and said to everyone: "If there is no prince in the country, then the heavens will warn you, and the insect eggs are hidden in the soil, but they fly out of the sky, causing locusts to become plagues, does this not mean that the 'locusts' are out of the abyss?" The emperor of locusts is also the emperor, this is in line with the prince who has not ascended the throne, not to mention that the 'Shi Hou' is raised outside the palace, and the locusts are lurking in the soil and cannot ascend to heaven, so we should exhort Your Majesty to establish the throne of the prince as soon as possible, so as to respond to the omen of the birth of the emperor......"

"Shi Hou" is He Jin's sister He Shisheng's prince Liu Bian, because he was raised in the home of the Taoist Shi Ziyi, others did not dare to call him Liu Bian's real name, so he was called "Shi Hou".

Fuquan dug up locust eggs in the soil, this matter has spread all over Luoyang with the locusts can be eaten, He Jin in order to have a name for Liu Hong to set up a prince as soon as possible, it can be said that opening his mouth is nonsense, and he also wants to say that the locusts in the soil are said to be the prince of the heavens. Who can the prince be?

Liu Hong only had one son born to his sister, and He Jin certainly meant that Liu Wei would become the crown prince.

Of course, everyone present didn't believe this reason, He Jin was Liu Wei's uncle, and everyone knew that this was He Jin's way to get his nephew on the throne.

However, after hearing this, everyone did not say anything, but made their eyes light up, after all, this reason is really good, if Liu Hong can really make a prince, it will be beneficial to everyone.

Yuan Feng, who was sitting on the main seat, seemed to be smiling, and said like a cunning fox: "This is reasonable, if the minister says it, the Yuan family will help the prince at that time." ”

Obviously, as a mature politician, although Yuan Feng helped the He family several times because of Yuan Yu, he never took the initiative to cause trouble, and this time was the same.

Yuan's consistent style is that others take the lead, they cheer behind, success is good, Yuan's gains, failure doesn't matter, after all, Yuan's is a big family, small losses don't hurt their bones.

This is also the reason why the Yuan family has been able to hold a high position in the court for generations since Yuan An, and it is true that there is a legacy of the ancestors, but it is also in vain if there is no certain political wisdom and skill.

How could He Jin agree, he came here so that the Yuan family could do his best, and it was best for the Yuan family to take the initiative to stand up and show his attitude. He knew very well that his nonsense and rigid remarks must be made by people in the court who are highly respected and have the right to speak, so that Emperor Liu Hong can believe this public opinion.

And to say that there are really few people in the court today who are both virtuous and powerful, and Yang Ci, who he recently apprenticed to, is one person.

It comes from Hongnong Yang's family, and is the emperor's teacher, the old genus is innumerable, if it is usually said that Liu Hong will definitely believe it, but now it is different, Yang Ci has a close relationship with himself, everyone knows, if it is like the previous serious begging Liu Hong to establish a reserve, but now use this superstitious remarks to force Liu Hong to stabilize the country, it is difficult to guarantee that Liu Hong will not be suspicious, so He Jin can only come to ask Yuan for help.