There was a sudden commotion among the officials. Some were disdainful, some were puzzled, and some seemed to be listening to heavenly scriptures.
Seeing this, Lao Zhu didn't mean to blame at all, and continued: "He also gave this situation a name, food and clothing problem."
Then he asked Xue Xiang, who lowered his head and pondered, "What do Xue Aiqing think?"
When Xue Xiang heard the strange word "food and clothing issue", he already knew who the emperor was asking, and he also understood the emperor's thoughts.
Then he sighed: "This is a wise saying, but I am not as good as me. Food and clothing have indeed been related to the rise and fall of dynasties since ancient times, but it is too difficult to completely solve the problem of food and clothing, and it is almost impossible to achieve."
Shaking his head, he sighed: "I'm afraid that even during the reign of Zhenguan and the prosperous Kaiyuan era, it was impossible for everyone in the world to have enough food and clothing."
Seeing that Xue Xiang was so righteous, Lao Zhu's attitude towards him suddenly improved a lot. He smiled and nodded and said: "It is certainly difficult. But a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. We cannot travel a thousand miles in one step, but we can take the first step from now on."
After saying that, he pointed at the seafood in front of him, "Aren't you dissatisfied with me treating you to four dishes and one soup? Today I will treat you to meat and have a banquet!"
Lao Zhu gave an order, and the eunuch on the side passed a microphone, transmitting Lao Zhu's decree from the Fengtian Palace to the ears of all officials.
Han Du sat on the floor, impatient to wait for a long time. With a hungry stomach and a plate full of fragrant seafood in front of you, this feeling is simply a torture.
When Lao Zhu gave the order to hold a banquet, Han Du was no longer polite. He stretched out his hand and swallowed a garlic scallop, making a sound of satisfaction.
I was so hungry that I ate seafood, which actually made it even more delicious.
In the Fengtian Palace, Lao Zhu ate a piece of oyster. When he looked up, he saw that all the officials were motionless and none of them had anything to eat. His face suddenly darkened, "My dears, why don't you eat?"
"If the emperor wants to give a banquet, even if it is four dishes and one soup, I will not say anything. But why does the emperor use these pickled things to humiliate the ministers?" Li Shuzheng, the Minister of Rites, asked.
Li Shuzheng still knew what these were.
Some time ago, Han Du's eating of kelp, scallops and oysters caused a stir in the capital. It happened that Li Shuzheng was very dissatisfied with Han Du's deviant attitude as an official. I heard about the rumors about Han Du and asked someone to ask about it, so I knew something about it.
Although the things Lao Zhu prepared for the officials this time varied according to their rank, two of them were scallops and oysters.
Under the influence of the culture of "never getting tired of fine food", things like scallops and oysters are served to the table with strange-looking hard shells. In the eyes of the scholars, there was no difference between eating this kind of food and barbarians who drank their hair and drank their blood. Naturally, they felt that the emperor was humiliating them.
With a gloomy face, Lao Zhu stared at Li Shuzheng and said: "Didn't I just say that? If you want to be a good official, you must find a way to solve the problem of food and clothing for the people. What should you do if you want the people to have enough food? ? Then naturally we have to find a way to give the people enough food. But there is a limited amount of food in the world. If we eat one more bite, the people will eat less. But conversely, if we eat one more bite of these seafood, we can save more for the people. A mouthful of food.”
Lao Zhu paused, looked away from Li Shuzheng, and looked around at the officials.
He said sternly: "You usually talk about doing it for the common people, but when you say this, you all look pitiful. Now I want you to save a mouthful of food for the people, and not starve you, but also give you meat. Aren’t you all willing?”
Uncle Li's face turned red as he was being taught a lesson.
There is no way, who makes these people talk too much on weekdays? In order to let Lao Zhu's ideas go according to their wishes, they usually open their mouths to the common people and shut their mouths to the common people. It seems that if Lao Zhu does not follow their wishes, he will be sorry for the people and the common people.
Now being turned over by Lao Zhu, Li Shuzheng was speechless and speechless for a moment.
He moved his mouth with difficulty and said: "Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to do it, it's just that who can eat such a thing?"
Lao Zhu's eyes widened, and with an angry bang, he slapped his palm on the imperial case.
He stood up and shouted angrily: "Why can't you eat? As long as it doesn't kill people, as long as it can fill the stomach, what can't be eaten? When people are hungry, they eat grass roots and bark. How can they eat?"
Li Shuzheng immediately fell silent. He really knew that if he said anything else, he would completely anger the emperor. It's just that I don't agree with the emperor's words in my heart. They are scholars, scholars of agriculture, industry and commerce, how can they be compared with those mud-legged people?
Lao Zhu glanced back and forth, and happened to see Han Du enjoying his meal outside the hall.
Han Du has not been polite at all since the eunuch announced the banquet. Firstly, he is very hungry. Not to mention his favorite seafood at this time, even a bowl of white rice can be eaten sweetly by Handu. Secondly, the royal chef’s skills are good and he mixes various seasonings well. It's not any worse than Han Du doing it himself, and it's very appetizing.
The people on the left and right, seeing Han Du's reborn appearance as a hungry ghost, couldn't help but lean away, trying to get further away from Han Du.
After Han Du ate for a while, he realized that everyone around him looked hesitant and no one took action. He asked in surprise: "Why don't you eat?"
One of them was so arrogant that he didn't even bother to respond to Han Du's greetings.
Proud brother.
Han Du silently complained in his heart.
The other person was a little older, and although he didn't like Han Du's food appearance. But as people grow old, they can't pretend to be deaf and dumb when facing Han Du's kind greetings, so he smiled and said: "I'm old, I'm afraid I can't bear these things."
Is it good for the elderly to eat seafood?
Han Du thought he didn't know how to eat, so he picked up a piece of oyster from in front of the old man and wanted to feed it to him. "Try it, it tastes very good. And this is good food. There are many benefits to eating it."
When the old man saw that Han Du was about to hit him in the mouth, he was so frightened that he waved his hands to refuse. It would be absolutely impossible for him to eat this thing as brutally as Han Du did.
Han Du saw that the old man refused to eat, so he had to put it down with a look of pity. But now that I had all the oysters in my hand, there was no reason to return them, so I asked in a low voice: "Can I eat them?"
"You eat, you eat, you can do whatever you want." Seeing that Han Du finally let him go and dared to have any objections, the old man quickly followed Han Du and said.
