Chinese pay attention to eating, attach importance to dinner, and now the enterprise company will hold an annual meeting at the end of the year; but do not underestimate the things on this dinner table, many things are negotiated at the dinner table, the dinner table culture is not only a simple eating and drinking, but also not just the exchange of food and wine, its essence is the contest between people, between meals, a contract of hundreds of millions may be negotiated; in the eyes of politicians, the dinner table culture is a must to change history and write legends. If you really eat just stupidly, then you are really stupid, and what you may eat at a meal is your future.
Today we will take a look at the epic meals in Chinese history, and how those political bigwigs used a table of meals to play with history.
The bravest meal is the meeting of the pond
People in attendance: King Xiang of Qin, King Wen of Zhao, lin Xiangru
In 279 BC, the State of Qin wanted to take the State of Chu in one fell swoop, in order to avoid worries, it pretended to propose to reconcile with the State of Zhao, but in fact, at the banquet, it did not give the State of Zhao face, and even put forward the request that the State of Zhao take 15 cities and pools to the King of Qin Heshou, the two countries intersected, the most important thing is reciprocity, as soon as they opened their mouths, they wanted 15 cities and pools, where is the diplomatic talks, it was simply a clear robbery, and at this time, Lin Xiangru of the State of Zhao showed his diplomatic means and proposed that the State of Qin send Xianyang to the King of Zhao as a birthday gift.
Under the strength of Lin Xiangru, the Qin state did not get any benefit in the end, and at the same time avoided the humiliation of King Zhao. Lin Xiang is like a weak Zhao to a strong Qin, not humble or profane, and go all out to safeguard the dignity of the country. This meal can be called "the bravest meal".
The most dangerous meal is the Hongmen Feast
Participants: Liu Bang, Zhang Liang, Fan Duo, Xiang Yu, Fan Zeng, Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Bo
Since ancient times, we have used the Hongmen banquet to describe the ill-intentioned dinner, which shows how many crises are contained in this first Hongmen banquet. This dinner game between Liu Bang and Xiang Yu can see the final ending of the two. At this time, Liu Bang seemed to be already in Xiang Yu's pocket, and His father Fan Zeng repeatedly signaled Xiang Yu to issue an order to let the ambushed sword axe be manually knifed, but Xiang Yu hesitated. Fan Zeng summoned Xiangzhuang to dance the sword to help the banquet, hoping to take the opportunity to kill Liu Bang. Xiang Bo also drew his sword for Liu Bang and danced, covering Liu Bang.
It was also Xiang Yu's hesitation that gave Liu Bang the opportunity to escape, and the end of Chu Han was determined from then on.
The most domineering meal game - cooking wine on heroes
People in attendance: Cao Cao, Liu Bei
Cooking wine on heroes, if you just talk about dreams, there is no comparison between friends and classmates, secret competition, this is probably the most yearning wine bureau among friends. In fact, he saw Liu Bei's forbearance from this liquor bureau.
Cao Yue: "A hero who has great ambitions, has a good plan in his belly, has the opportunity to cover the universe, and has the ambition to swallow the heavens and the earth." Xuan De said, "Who can do it?" Fu pointed his finger at Xuande, and then pointed to himself, saying: "Today's hero, only the king and the ear!" Xuan De was shocked when he heard this, and the spoon he was holding in his hand did not feel that he had fallen to the ground. It was raining and thunder was coming. Xuan De Nai calmly bowed his head and picked up the sword: "The power of a shock, and even this."
When he was a teenager, he looked at the Three Kingdoms and felt that Cao Cao was the most heroic, and after middle age, he looked at the Three Kingdoms, but felt that Liu Bei was the real hero, and his lifelong dream was to become an emperor, and he worked hard for this dream all his life until he sat on the emperor's throne. Although at this time, both of them have not yet become the leaders of the world, but from the dialogue between the two people, it can also be seen that these two people are definitely not things in the pool, especially Liu Bei's sentence: "The power of a shock, even here", which brought the "forbearance" of a big hero to the extreme, and judging from what he did afterwards, it was also his spirit of "forbearance" that made him the lord of the Shu kingdom.
The most pitting meal - the heroes of the crowd
Participants: Pang Tong, Zhuge Jin, Huang Zhong, Zhou Yu, Zhuge Liang, Jiang Gan, Lü Meng, Lu Su
The Battle of Chibi can be successful, and Jiang Gan is the most critical person among them. Jiang Gan boasted about Haikou in Cao Cao's camp, saying that he and Zhou Yu were old acquaintances and invited himself to be a lobbyist in Zhou Yu's camp. After arriving at the Eastern Wu camp, Zhou Yu feasted on a feast, asked each of the generals to accompany him to drink until the evening, put the counterfeit letters of Cai Mao and Zhang Yun in the tent, and the two slept together, after Zhou Yu pretended to be drunk, Jiang Gan secretly read the letter, thinking that he had found a big traitor in Cao's army, and hurriedly returned to Cao Camp with the letter to report Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, who had eaten and crawled outside, and Cao Cao killed them in a fit of anger. After Cao Cao reacted, the heads of the two had already landed on the ground.
This group of heroes was really the most pitting meal, not only did Cao Cao lose the most important general, but also easily disintegrated the most important troops of Cao Cao's army. It laid the foundation for the victory at the Battle of Chibi.
The most uplifting meal - the Eastern Jin Dynasty New Pavilion Meeting
People in attendance: Wang Dao, Zhou Yan
In the last year of the Western Jin Dynasty, after the Rebellion of the Eight Kings and the Disaster of Yongjia in the Central Plains, a large area of land in the north fell into the hands of the Hu people. The northern shijia clans have moved their families south, and history is called "crossing the river with clothes and crowns".
Although the northerners after the southern crossing have settled down, their longing for their homeland is becoming more and more abundant, and as long as they have time, they will drink wine at the new pavilion on the Yangtze River to express their sorrow. Zhou Yan, a celebrity, sighed: "The scenery is not different, and there are rivers and rivers in sight." "Everyone present felt that they had fallen into the hands of others in their arms, and for a while their home and country were hopeless, and they all shed tears. The leader of the great master Wang Dao said sharply, "When the royal family is jointly fighting and overcoming the Divine State, how can it be a Chu prisoner who is relatively weeping evil!" The crowd was ashamed to hear this, and immediately perked up. This is the world's famous new pavilion society. Later generations often see "different scenery", "new pavilion meeting" and "river" in the poetry and song of lamenting the destruction of the country and the death of the family, which are from the new pavilion society.
The most delicious meal - the noble concubine drunk
People in attendance: Yang Guifei, Gao Lishi
Yang Guifei and Tang Xuanzong met at the Hundred Flowers Pavilion to taste wine and admire flowers, but tang Xuanzong did not come at the appointed time, but spent a good night with Concubine Mei in the West Palace. This made Yang Guifei jealous, a person drank drunk, and as a result, he drank himself high, so he danced to a group of eunuch palace women, thinking about Yang Guifei's beauty and dancing posture, which could be beautiful to Gao Lishi and a group of eunuch palace women.
The most flickering meal - a glass of wine to release the military power
Participants: Zhao Kuangyin, Shi Shouxin, Gao Huaide, Wang Zhenqi, Zhang Lingfeng, Zhao Yanhui, Wang Yanchao
Since ancient times, it is difficult for the founding heroes to die well, mostly the end of rabbits and dead dogs, and the Northern Song Emperor Zhao Kuangyin can be described as the most benevolent emperor, since the Yellow Robe after the Chen Qiao Mutiny, he is also worried that his subordinates with heavy troops will follow his behavior. So in 961, he arranged a dinner party and invited the leaders of the forbidden army, Shi Shouxin, Wang Zhenqi and other military generals to drink.
At the banquet, he bluntly expressed his worries about them, he said: Brothers came out to fight the country, nothing more than for the wealth of land, now that the purpose has been achieved, you will surrender your military power, I will give you wealth and land, go home and retire. As soon as everyone listened, they understood the emperor's worries, surrendered their military powers, resigned and went home. This meal can be said to be the most fooling, but also the most benevolent meal, relying on a meal to solve the crisis, but also opened the Song Dynasty's centuries-old national system of heavy literature and light weapons.
The most luxurious meal - Qianlong Thousand Sorrows Banquet
People in attendance: Qianlong and a thousand elderly people
The Feast of the Thousand Sorrows was held four times in the Qing Dynasty, two times for Kangxi and two times for Qianlong. Among these four times, the highest specification was the second time held by Qianlong, which was a grand banquet, inviting more than 3,000 elderly people over the age of 75. Qianlong also personally poured wine for the elderly over the age of 90. It is said that the oldest man at that time was a 141-year-old man, and Qianlong also joined hands with Ji Xiaolan to make a pair for the old man: "The flower armor is reopened, plus three or seven years; the ancient rare double celebration, and there is one more spring and autumn inside."
After the banquet, Qianlong also rewarded the participants in the banquet, the banquet cost a total of 1 million taels of silver, equivalent to 2% of the annual tax revenue of the Qianlong Dynasty, to convert the income of 15 trillion yuan in 2015, the banquet cost the equivalent of 300 billion, this is the real luxury meal ah.
Dinner has always been an important occasion for talking, and there is nothing that a meal cannot solve. Including the New Year's family gathering dinner, it is also a battlefield for parents to compete with each other, and the competition in the dinner table is everywhere, which reflects not a delicacy, but a contest between people.