When Zhu Yuanzhang was eating, he found a hair in the bowl and was very angry. How did the officials save themselves?

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"Waiter, waiter, come over and take a look. Why is there a hair in this dish?"

I must be eating out. Many people are no strangers to similar incidents such as eating hair or other foreign objects. After all, hair is small, and during the various processes from preparing ingredients to serving the meal, a little carelessness may cause hair strands to break out. dropped in the meal.

So if you encounter this kind of thing, how will you deal with it?

People with good tempers and those who don’t pay attention to details will quietly pull out their hair and continue eating; people with bad tempers will call the waiter to give them a scolding, and then either leave directly. If you don't pay, you'll have to get a new one.

Of course, it is very disappointing to encounter this kind of thing while eating, but you should stay calm when encountering this kind of thing. What if the hair in the meal is your own, wouldn't it be a joke?

However, this also illustrates one thing, that is, it is not uncommon for hair to appear after eating food. It is normal nowadays when we pay attention to hygiene. So in ancient times, which were relatively backward in all aspects, this This kind of thing will happen more normally.

So how would the ancients deal with this kind of thing?

I think the reaction of the ancients to such trivial matters is not much different from that of today. However, when encountering heroes with bad tempers, good skills, and mysophobia, the consequences are hard to say.

There are not many records of this kind of thing in history, but there are still some. For example, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, ate a hair during a meal.

In ancient times, the emperor was supreme. It was not a trivial matter for the emperor to eat his hair, because although it was a small matter, it would cause serious consequences, ranging from dismissal to death.

The extremely angry Zhu Yuanzhang naturally couldn't bear this incident, and then called the relevant officials to hold him accountable. So whether this incident really existed, how Zhu Yuanzhang handled it, and what was the outcome of the incident? ?

Let’s take a look. Zhu Yuanzhang: I work day and night for state affairs, and I can’t bear to eat until my hair grows.

In our country’s more than 2,000 years of feudal monarchy, there have been more than 490 emperors, including those who were posthumously named emperors. Yes, there are more than 500 emperors, but there are not many emperors like Zhu Yuanzhang who have herded cattle since childhood, begged for food on the street, and became a monk.

Zhu Yuanzhang came from an out-and-out grassroots background, and his family had no background. A natural disaster took away almost all his relatives around him, but it was such a person who eventually became the person who dominated the dynasty. The extent of the counterattack is truly jaw-dropping.

However, although Zhu Yuanzhang did not read many books when he was a boy, he could be called an excellent politician. In order to be a good emperor, he worked hard, and in order to save his subordinates trouble, he was even more capable. Those who work harder will never let their subordinates do the things they can do for themselves. The power they can seize will not be delegated. Therefore, the prime minister system that has lasted for more than a thousand years was "clicked" when Zhu Yuanzhang was cut off. .

When word of the empire reached their old Zhu family, Zhu Yuanzhang decided not to let go. As long as he could think of ways to consolidate power, he did almost everything. The ministers who followed him to conquer the world were even more impressed by him. After sorting it out one by one, I can only say that it is really difficult to have sex with Zhu Yuanzhang.

Every time he thought about this, Zhu Yuanzhang was always proud. Seeing the people around him serving him obediently, Zhu Yuanzhang also felt very accomplished. However, one time during a meal, he ate and lost his hair, which Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't bear.

Zhu Yuanzhang: The imperial chef is not caring about cooking, so call their leader here

It is not a good thing to make Zhu Yuanzhang angry. Even Lan Yu, who fought for Zhu Yuanzhang in the north and south, made Zhu Yuanzhang angry. In the end, there was only an extremely tragic end. Hair fell out after eating. This made Zhu Yuanzhang angrier and angry the more he thought about it. Maybe he felt that the imperial chefs were too careless. If the hair fell out this time, he might not be able to do it next time. What about the poison that fell in?

So he ordered someone to call Guanglu Guanwei over. Speaking of this, many people may have questions. Isn’t the one who cooks the food the imperial chef? Why did he summon Guanglu Guanwei?

In fact, Guanglu official was originally in charge of the palace guards. To put it bluntly, he was the attendant. Later, when he arrived in the Northern Qi Dynasty, he began to be in charge of the catering tent. After the Tang Dynasty, the division of labor became more detailed, and Guanglu official was responsible for it. Si Shan, to put it bluntly, Guang Lu Guan is actually the head of the imperial chef, so if there is a problem with the meal, naturally he has to go to Guang Lu Guan.

After Guanglu Guan heard Zhu Yuanzhang’s call, he naturally did not dare to neglect, and trotted all the way to kneel down in front of Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang was not polite and directly asked Guanglu Guan to come and see for himself. How to explain the hair that came out of the bowl.

Regarding this matter, the people around him were sweating for Guanglu Guan, thinking that it was over and Guanglu Guan's head might have to be moved. But looking at the furious Zhu Yuanzhang, Naturally, no one dared to persuade him. Guanglu Guan: What your Majesty eats is not hair, but dragon whiskers, dragon whiskers

Guanglu Guan doesn’t dare to be careless. He still understands the truth that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. Maybe it starts with him. He already knew what was going on when he was summoned, and he was thinking about ways to survive along the way. So when Zhu Yuanzhang asked him what was going on with his hair, Guanglu Guan thought for a while and replied:

Your Majesty, this is not hair.

Hearing this answer, Zhu Yuanzhang became even more angry. He thought to himself, I am not stupid. I can't see clearly whether this thing is hair. Could it be that this guy is still thinking of "calling a deer a horse" "No?"

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to order people to take Guanglu Guan down to spend the rest of his life, Guanglu Guan said again:

Your Majesty, this is the dragon's beard.

This heavy gasping almost made the surrounding officials gasp in shock. The meaning of this Guanglu official was already obvious at this point. He meant that the hair in this bowl was dragon whiskers. It was Zhu Yuanzhang who accidentally dropped his beard when he was eating.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard Guanglu Guan’s explanation, he stroked his beard a few times with his hands. Not to mention, one or two more strands of his beard were actually stroked. Now that the truth was revealed, Zhu Yuanzhang also It was not easy to punish Guanglu Guan anymore, so he scolded Guanglu Guan a few words and asked him to retreat, and the matter ended like this.

Not to mention, this Guanglu official is really smart, otherwise he would have to move his head this time.

This incident was recorded in the "Qian Wen Ji" written by Zhu Zhishan, a talented scholar of the Ming Dynasty, which said:

Taizu felt healthy after eating, so he summoned Guanglu Guan, and he said: It's illegal, it's like a dragon's beard, because he just stroked the beard and got one or two stems, so he scolded him and didn't ask any more questions.

When Zhu Zhishan was born, Zhu Yuanzhang had only died for more than 60 years, so the story about Zhu Yuanzhang should still be circulating at that time. Since the Dragon Beard incident was recorded by Zhu Zhishan, it is possible that it was fabricated. The nature is not big, after all, Zhu Yuanzhang's cruelty to the founding heroes cannot be covered up by letting Guan Luguan go.

Do you agree with this?

References: "History of Ming Dynasty", "Qian Wen Ji", etc.

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