Guifei Yang: Didn't I just ate a litchi? Why did you scold me for more than a thousand years?

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Yang Guifei is one of the four most beautiful women in our country. Everyone knows that during the Tang Dynasty, fat was regarded as beauty, and Yang Guifei was a typical plump beauty. The so-called thin people are not necessarily hungry, but fat people must eat, this sentence also applies in ancient times. For example, Concubine Yang, who is very researched about eating. She is very particular about eating lychees alone. "One ride Hongchen concubine laughs, no one knows that it is lychee", this sentence is always recited by poets. The irony is that Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei are greedy for pleasure and disregard the people's suffering.

Guifei Yang: Didn't I just ate a litchi? Why did you scold me for more than a thousand years? - DayDayNews

Today, let’s talk about why Concubine Yang has been scolded for so many years after eating a litchi.

During the Tang Dynasty, there were already many areas rich in lychee. Concubine Yang loved the fruit like lychee. With her pampering at the time, Tang Xuanzong naturally tried every means to get the Bomei smile. At that time, Concubine Yang ate lychees from all over the country. As long as it was a place where lychees were produced, she basically never let it go.

Guifei Yang: Didn't I just ate a litchi? Why did you scold me for more than a thousand years? - DayDayNews

However, due to the different growth environment, the fruit tastes different naturally. Yang Guifei prefers lychees from Lingnan, Guangxi, Guangdong. Even today, the lychees here are the best. But it is too difficult to transport to Chang'an City and maintain a fresh taste. You know, in Chang'an at that time, the price of a fresh lychee exceeded the price of gold of the same weight, so how much did Yang Guifei eat? can not imagine.

During the Tang Dynasty, litchi was the king of all kinds of fruits, "there is no match among all kinds of fruits". Concubine Yang was born in Shanxi, but was actually born in Sichuan. At that time, Litchi was also produced in Eastern Sichuan. Concubine Yang had been eating lychees in Eastern Sichuan since she was a child. Later, she found out that the lychees in Lingnan, Guangxi, Guangdong were more delicious, so Tang Xuanzong ordered Lingnan to pay tribute every year. The emperor said it easily, but he moved his mouth, really wondering how many pawns and horses would be exhausted.

Guifei Yang: Didn't I just ate a litchi? Why did you scold me for more than a thousand years? - DayDayNews

Lingnan to Changan is more than 2100 kilometers, if there is air transportation, it will be much more convenient. But that was the Tang Dynasty, and there was no other way except to speed up. At the speed at that time, running 200 kilometers a day, it would take more than ten days without stopping, but after so many days, the lychee has changed. If the imperial concubine eats spoiled lychees, the people on this line will lose their heads.

What to do? In the post, there were people who ate and drank like a relay race, waiting anxiously for the "last bar" postman to come over. When the person arrived, the postman next to him hurriedly untied the bamboo tube on his shoulder and tied it. After he was tied up on the postman who was waiting on horseback in a hurry, he immediately left. The emergency scene is comparable to important military conditions. But what is in the bamboo tube? The old white-bearded man by the road knows that "the lady wants to eat lychees again!"

Guifei Yang: Didn't I just ate a litchi? Why did you scold me for more than a thousand years? - DayDayNews

There are postmen who fall into the cliffs despite the danger on the narrow mountain road. Rest, the last one is exhausted, of course, the most exhausted are horses. Su Shi described the tense scene of delivering lychees in "Litchi Sigh", you can read it if you are interested.

Before the Tang Dynasty, did the rulers eat lychees? The answer is yes. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty defeated Nanyue, lychees became a necessity for the annual tribute. But the distance is long and the road is difficult and dangerous. If you don't pay attention, you will kill people. And most of them are not new when they are delivered. Therefore, for a long time, lychees have been exempted from paying tribute. By the time of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Gao Lishi went to the concubine's favor, helping her find delicious food everywhere. His family was originally a prominent family in Lingnan, so the trend of paying tribute to litchi rose again at that time.

Guifei Yang: Didn't I just ate a litchi? Why did you scold me for more than a thousand years? - DayDayNews

However, due to the lack of fresh-keeping technology at the time, the tribute to litchi still failed mostly. During the Song Dynasty, Cai Jing thought of a method regardless of cost, which was to move the whole plant. Tang Xuanzong probably didn't think of it at the time, otherwise this mode of transportation might have appeared long ago.

Still talking about Concubine Yang, she loves eating lychees so much that Lingnan doesn't pay enough tribute. She has to choose more from Sichuan. Sichuan is about six or seven days away from Chang'an, which is relatively new. And according to the records of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, to what extent did Yang Guifei eat lychees? From the sour to the sweet, from the green to the red, where to eat, where to eat, eatWhen it's over, ask for it elsewhere. It’s no wonder that you will be scolded for thousands of years.

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