Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 336 The Carp Disturbance
Later, the historian wrote down today's situation in the small notebooks they carried with them.

In the autumn of the second year of Yonghui, in July, Guisi, all officials and scholars of rites were ordered to discuss the Mingtang system, and Gaozu was matched with the five heavenly emperors.Taizong was matched with five emperors.

As for the emperor's dinner, I'm sorry, for the historian, this is just a trivial matter, and it is not worth recording at all.

After discussing the Mingtang system, it was already noon, and everyone felt hungry. Everyone was waiting for the emperor to speak for dinner.

"That's the end of the discussion today. I hope everyone will handle this matter well after they go back. The Taiwei, the ministers, and the kings asked about this matter, so you can have an explanation." Li Chengqian said.

"No!" The courtesy officer and the bachelor saluted.

"It's getting late, so you stay and have a meal with me. I have asked the Food Bureau to prepare the meal." Li Chengqian said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Everyone saluted and thanked, full of joy, you must know that eating the emperor's meal is not that easy.

"Let's pass on the meal!" Li Chengqian said to Wang Quan who was beside him.

"No!" Wang Quan took the order, turned around and shouted, "Chuan Shan!"

Immediately, a eunuch ran out, and soon a group of maids and eunuchs brought today's lunch and placed it in front of everyone.

When the dishes came, everyone was dumbfounded when they saw it!

Three dishes, one soup, standard three dishes and one soup.

It's all fish meat, and it's all carp meat. How can they eat it?
In the Tang Dynasty, there was a ban on the consumption of carp, and once it was released, it would be punished.

For a while, everyone didn't know what to do.

Li Chengqian picked up the spoon, scooped up the fish soup in the bowl, blew it lightly, and then drank it into his mouth with a sip, his taste buds were immediately wrapped in the deliciousness of the fish soup.

Li Chengqian picked up the chopsticks, and when he was about to pick up the fish to taste, he felt that the atmosphere in the hall was not right.

Looking up, everyone was sitting quietly, but no one moved their chopsticks. In the past, this group of people had already started to move, but now they are so quiet.

Li Chengqian also noticed that Wang Quan's expression was not very good!

Li Chengqian had a black question mark face.

"What? Are these delicacies not to your liking? Why is no one using chopsticks? What's wrong with you, Wang Quan?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Everyone! It's my servant's negligence. This servant deserves death. Please punish this servant!" Wang Quan suddenly fell to his knees and shouted loudly.

After hearing this, Li Chengqian's face became even more black with question marks!
"What's going on?" Li Chengqian asked, listening to Wang Quan's tone, combined with everyone's expressions, he felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell.

"Everyone! The slaves didn't explain clearly that the Shangshi Bureau actually made dishes with the red scorpion and served them to the officials and scholars."

"These are the negligence of the servants, who violated the prohibition, and please punish them." Wang Quan said, Datang banned eating carp, but he committed it knowingly, and these should not be severely punished.

When mentioning the prohibition and the red carp, Li Chengqian remembered that since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there has been an express prohibition prohibiting the killing and eating of carp.

Even if the carp is caught, it must be released immediately. If someone dares to sell it, it will be beaten for 60 slabs.

Because the surname of the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was Li, which has the same pronunciation as the word carp for carp, eating carp is equivalent to saying that you want to eat "Li".

In ancient times, in order to maintain the dignity of the hierarchical system, when speaking and writing articles, the names of the monarchs or relatives were not directly spoken or written to show respect.

This is to avoid using the name for personal attacks, offending the monarch or the transcendent status of relatives, so it must be replaced by other words.

For example, Li Hu, the grandfather of Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty, in order to avoid his name, stipulated that all words related to tiger should not be spoken or used.

For example, the toilet was originally called Huzi, but it was forbidden to call it so, so it was changed to Mazi. It's called a big bug.

Even the carp has to be called Chi Shigong. Of course, the emperor can still call the carp a carp. This is the emperor's privilege, and others don't even think about it.

Throughout the Tang Dynasty, only the emperor and the clan within three generations of the emperor could eat carp, and everyone else was forbidden to eat carp.

Of course, in fact, everyone secretly eats carp behind closed doors. Generally, no one will care about it. As long as you don’t eat it blatantly, no one will do anything to you.

These ceremonial officials and bachelors have also secretly eaten carp in private, but now they dare not eat carp in public and openly.

What's more, in front of the real emperor, eating carp is even more forbidden, unless they are frantic and not afraid of death, otherwise, if they borrow their courage, they will not dare to eat it.

It's not worth it to put your own future in it for a bite of food.

What if, after they finished eating, the emperor remembered this matter, how about taking the opportunity to punish them?

They don't want to put themselves in jail just because of a meal.

"Your Majesty! There is a ban in the Tang Dynasty, forbidding the people of the country to eat Chigonggong, and anyone who catches and kills it will be severely punished." A ceremony official stood up and said.

"Of course I understand this ban. My Tang Dynasty really forbids the people of our country to eat carp. Today, I actually invite you to a whole fish feast, so I allow you to eat carp with me." Li Chengqian said.

As the emperor, he still has this small right.

Even Li Chengqian had a whim, and later, he could use carp as a reward for the ministers.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The ceremonial officer and the bachelor saluted to thank you!
With Li Chengqian's words, they can safely and boldly eat carp in Liangyi Hall today.

"Get up! I don't blame you for this!" Li Chengqian said to Wang Quan.

"Thank you!" Wang Quan said in gratitude.

He was scared to death just now, if the emperor blamed him, his life would be over.

"From today onwards, I will issue an imperial edict. From now on, all officials will be entertained. Anyone who has made contributions to the Tang Dynasty will be rewarded with carp." Li Chengqian said.

As long as Li Chengqian's edict is issued, it will be an honor for anyone who can eat carp in an open and honest manner.

It's like being able to enjoy the Taimiao after death.

After Li Chengqian finished speaking, he called everyone to have dinner together. With Li Chengqian's golden words, everyone was free from any constraints, and they all let go of their stomachs and ate and drank to their heart's content.

In this way, being able to eat carp in an upright and unscrupulous manner in front of the emperor is enough for them to brag about for a lifetime.

After lunch, the ceremonial officials and scholars left, and they had to complete the matter of the former emperor's sharing with the five emperors.

Li Chengqian sent Wang Quan to Zhongshu Province to draft an edict to reward officials with carp.

This edict was quickly passed. Although it was still impossible to eat carp in a fair manner, at least it had a good start.

They can get rewards from the emperor in the future, and they can eat it once in a fair manner.

(End of this chapter)