The most thrifty emperors in the 18th Mausoleum of Tang and Qing Dynasties were reluctant to eat eggs!

In our eyes, when it comes to emperors, we all think that they are rich and live a good life every day. Actually, it's not. There are also some emperors who are frugal, such as Daoguang Emperor in Qing Dynasty. His frugality has been cultivated since childhood, and many people describe him as stingy, which shows how frugal he is. Others say that he is too frugal to eat eggs. Is that really the case?

How was he frugal during his reign? In fact, his frugality was cultivated at an early age. At first, before he became a real emperor, there was only some simple furniture at home, and nothing else, let alone luxury goods. I am as frugal as I am on food. I eat sesame cakes every day. Go to bed at dawn every day, get up at dawn, and don't have to light a lamp.

Later, when I became an emperor, my life began to be more frugal. He gave orders to his subordinates: first, stop paying tribute, which will help reduce the burden on the people; Second, we can't continue to build palaces to avoid waste; The last one is to reduce all the funds of the court every year according to the situation. After this order was issued, everyone's life was very poor, because everyone's economic situation was under control.

Since then, everyone's life has been very poor. Except for eating a little meat on holidays, his meals are very light every day. He is a vegetarian and eats four courses at most. Take the worn clothes to repair, and continue to wear them if they can still be worn. Those noble ladies who love beauty will be miserable. They can't dress themselves well every day, so they wear those clothes every day and rarely change them.

Although he has been thinking about the country, it seems that such savings can fill the national treasury, and everyone's life is not easy. Then the rest of the money was taken away by those officials. At that time, officials were really corrupt officials and needed to take care of many things, so they would directly cut off the tributes of ordinary people. Moreover, their fees in all aspects will increase a lot, and some even charge. For example, the repair price of court clothes can be used to buy new ones.

In addition, it costs 12 to buy an egg in the palace, and only three coppers to buy it on the street every day. So he made a joke. An official ate a dozen eggs at a time. When he knew it, he said, "Eggs are so expensive that I dare not eat them at ordinary times. It is unreasonable for you to eat so many eggs. " Those officials also know what's going on and don't talk because they are the mastermind!

Actually, I feel quite helpless. In order to save some money, an emperor's minister not only did not contribute, but also did some corrupt things. He will feel guilty if he eats one more egg. Ministers hold banquets every day, and the tables are full of good food and good wine. They will also go to those shops to sing and dance, and I don't know how to live.