As we all know, litchi changes color on the first day after it leaves the tree, smells it the next day, tastes it on the third day, and changes color on the fourth day and the fifth day. How did the Qing emperor get rid of this fruit preservation barrier?
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As we all know, during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Yang Guifei loved litchi very much. In order to satisfy his appetite, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang ordered the postman to ride a fast horse and deliver litchi to Beijing at a speed of thousands of miles. As the saying goes, "the princess laughs in the world of mortals, and no one knows it is litchi." The result is very sad. Yang Guifei later committed suicide, which is a sad mark for this litchi case.
The twelfth emperor of the Qing Dynasty claimed that there was no bad emperor. Since there is no bad king, it is impossible to learn the method of transporting litchi that "wastes people and money" in Tang Xuanzong to solve the appetite.
At the beginning, the Qing emperor enjoyed bottled candied litchi, but candied litchi belongs to the category of preserved fruit, which is totally different from fresh litchi.
In order to enjoy fresh litchi, the emperors of the Qing Dynasty also wanted to transplant litchi from the south to the capital. However, after checking the history books, I realized that this trick of transplanting litchi had been tried in the Han Dynasty. But the transplanted litchi was either withered or acclimatized, and none of them were picked.
People will find a way. In the second year of Yongzheng, the Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang wrote to Yong Zhengdi. The main idea of this throne is:
When I visited the producing area of litchi, I found a good way to transport litchi without losing its taste, that is, to use potted small litchi trees. After litchi blooms in April, potted litchi will be loaded on the boat immediately, and then transported directly to Old Tongzhou by Fujian waterway.
Two months later, just in time for the lychee fruit hanging on the lychee tree to ripen, the lychee on the tree can be sent to the Forbidden City for the emperors and concubines to enjoy.
According to the historical records of the Qing Dynasty, a batch of litchi potted plants were sent to the Forbidden City in 25 years. Forty lychees are ripe, but there are many concubines in the palace. How should this little litchi be distributed?
Empress Dowager Cixi was very careful and gave two lychees, and the remaining ten concubines could only get one lychee. Imagine that people can take the train directly to Fujian and other places to eat litchi. How happy is that?
Much happier than a harem concubine who eats at least one litchi.
Potted litchi really solves the big problem that litchi can't be trafficked for a long time, and it is also a very clever way. Because it was shipped, it didn't need much manpower, and it wouldn't be the place where historians criticized the court. But do potted litchi taste the same as litchi in Fujian and other places?
Shen Chu, a former political scholar in Fujian, received this pot of litchi in Beijing one year. He said: its taste is not as good as that of Fujian Zhongyuan.
The emperor ate litchi, so much, but the litchi he finally ate in his mouth didn't taste like the place of origin. Think about it, it's really sad enough. Modern people are eating delicious litchi delivered the next day, so we should cherish happiness.