Why does Zhu Houzhao prohibit ordinary people from raising pigs? The reason makes people laugh and cry.

In the fourteenth year of Zheng De, Zhu Zong, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, issued a letter to prohibit raising pigs. History calls it the "pig ban order". Why does Zhu Houzhao prohibit ordinary people from raising pigs? In fact, the reasons behind it make people laugh and cry.

Emperor Zheng De is a very ridiculous emperor, which can be seen from the fact that he built a leopard house for recreation and didn't do his job well. Legend has it that he even once absurdly banned private pig raising for even more wonderful reasons.

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Emperor Zheng De of the Ming Dynasty, named Zhu Houzhao, was an absurd emperor. On his 27th birthday, facing the greetings from officials and the delicious food on the table, he just suddenly became gloomy. Staring at a plate of braised pork, he said to Yang Tinghe, a cabinet official, "Write a pig ban. From now on, it is forbidden to raise pigs nationwide! Who dares to disobey, the whole family will be sent to the frontier! "

"Yes, I obey!" Yang Tinghe saw that the emperor was scowling, and he dared not disobey the imperial edict or ask why, so he had to write down the "pig ban". A walk, Zhu Houzhao angrily left his sleeves and left, leaving Wu Wen Guan Bai to look at the food on the table. Who dares to move chopsticks? After being released, people were in panic, and everyone was afraid of violating the ban and being sent to the frontier to do hard labor.

After returning to Beijing from all over the country, officials who sent private visits reported to Zhu Houzhao. They made unannounced visits all the way, but they didn't hear pigs barking at all, and they didn't see pork in every restaurant. Zhu Houzhao was very happy. Without pigs, ordinary people will encounter many unpleasant things in their lives, especially farmers, who complain a lot.

Finally, one day, Zhu Houzhao found that the food he ate was not as delicious as before, and the vegetables were not as tender as before, so he asked people around him what was going on. A eunuch named Li said, "Emperor, are you going to the countryside?" He is a playful person, so he went to the suburbs of Beijing with eunuch Li anonymously.

There are still uncut crops in the field. Seeing all the crops withered and all the vegetables in the garden died, Zhu Houzhao asked an old farmer, "Old man, why do your crops grow so badly?" Is the land bad, or is the landlord not getting enough rain? "

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The old farmer didn't know the emperor, so he scolded angrily, "The weather is good and the land is good. This year can be said to be a good year. But the emperor somehow lost his mind and was not allowed to raise pigs at once. Guest officer, you are a city dweller and have never planted crops, but you have also heard that' crops, crops, all depend on chemical fertilizers'! The emperor is not allowed to raise pigs. What kind of fertile soil do our people have? The crops and vegetables planted are not only low in yield, but also unpalatable. I think the emperor had better die early. "

"Bold!" A farmer cursed the early death of the emperor. Great! Eunuch Li Zheng tried to put the old farmer to death, but he was stopped.

After a scolding, Zhu Houzhao realized that the pig ban was a bad thing. No wonder pigs have never been banned in past dynasties! It turns out that the relationship between raising pigs and eating vegetables is so close. So he said to eunuch Li, "Go back and tell Yang Shoufu that ordinary people can raise pigs and ask him to write a proclamation, which is probably a pig ban. However, from now on, it is not allowed to call it' pig' and change its name to' dolphin'. " "yes, your majesty."

Two months later, it will be released nationwide.

Fortunately, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away. Since the promulgation of the "pig ban", villagers in remote areas and remote forests far away from towns are not afraid of being sent to serve as soldiers, because the frontier is not necessarily more bitter than the place where they live; As long as they don't behead, they are not afraid to raise pigs, and they are fed thousands of bran to prevent them from becoming extinct. What kind of "dolphins" are allowed now? Isn't this dolphin a pig? They don't like it, but they still call it a pig. Things are scarce, and the value of pigs has risen many times at once, making poor villagers make a small fortune.

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Shortly after the cancellation, why did the emperor ban raising pigs?

It turns out that Emperor Zhu Houzhao of Zhengde was born in 19 1 1 year, so his zodiac sign is "pig". On his 27th birthday, when he saw the pork on the banquet, he suddenly remembered his zodiac sign. He was shocked: isn't eating pork eating him? Moreover, I immediately thought that Daming's world is the New World, and "Zhu" and "pig" are homophonic. Isn't killing pigs and eating meat a world to eat? This is great! So, I was ashamed at once, and immediately asked Yang Tinghe to write "Prohibition of Raising Pigs", which left a joke for ages.

Of course, this was called taboo in ancient times, but it was wrong for Emperor Zheng De to change his name, because pigs were called dolphins in ancient times. For example, Mencius' Pig Ban says that "chickens, dolphins, dogs and dogs don't eat meat in vain". It can be seen that the name of the finless porpoise has existed since ancient times.