In the last years of the Xia Dynasty, tyrants had no way and the people did not have a good life.
"I must slaughter this tyrant!" In the pale moonlight, an angry man sharpened a black pig-killing knife.
Tonight, he's going to use this knife in his hand...
Make a bowl of yellow braised chicken rice. After all, at this time, he was not yet capable of killing Xia Jie, the last monarch of the Xia Dynasty.
His name was Yi Yin, and he would later become the prime minister of the Shang Dynasty. But now, he was just a cook in the Xia Dynasty's vassal State of Xin.
If you want to overthrow the Xia Dynasty, you must have a strong backer. Yi Yin's mind flashed the name of a prince: Tang, the soup of the Shang Kingdom.
Why would you think of soup? Perhaps the word "soup" has an innate appeal to the cook.
And Tang, like a huge husky lurking in the darkness, he had the strength and the most likely to bite Xia Jie's throat.
The "Chronicle of History" said: "Yi Yin, the name ah heng." Ah Heng wanted to dry the soup for no reason, but for the sake of the Concubine of the Youxin clan. ”
Yi Yin "wants to dry soup", not that he wants to burn, but that Yi Yin wants to join Atang Ge's society, but he is suffering from no chance. So he moved his chicken and became a servant with the marriage of the Xin clan, and "married" into the Shang Tang Group together.
Marrying in is only the first step, and you must be able to talk to the soup. And if you want to talk to Tang and get the right to speak, you must first take the position. As a cook, Yi Yin deeply understands that if you want to fix a person's heart, you must first fix his stomach.
The Chu Ci says: "Yi Yin Shi Shi, the soup of the bird is cooked by karma, and the soup is done." ”
Yi Yin exhausted all his life's learning and used the black pig killing knife in his hand to make a bowl of swan soup for Brother Tang.
The world melted—and the bowl of soup shook Atango's esophagus and stomach wall intensely. Brother Atang wiped his lips and announced that he had summoned the cook.
After that, there is the allusion of Yi Yin's "negative Ding said soup". The "Chronicle of History" says: "(Yi Yin) bears the burden of Ding Li, and speaks of soup with taste, to the king's way." ”
Yi Yin came to Brother Atang with a wok cutting board on his back, bent down and raised his hips, and introduced himself: "Wu Nai Yi..."
Brother Atang glanced blankly, "Nai Yi Wu... Tell me directly, what other delicacies will you make? ”
Yi Yin cleared his throat and reported the name of the dish: "The lips of the orangutan, the soles of the badger, the trout of the Dongting, the sturgeon of the East China Sea, the ru vegetables of Kuncang, the flowers and fruits of Shoumu, the yunhuachi of Yanghuachi, the cress of Yun Mengze..."
Brother Atang couldn't stop his index finger and asked Yi Yin if he could get these ingredients for him to eat:
"What can I do?"
This was exactly the answer That Yin wanted. Looking at the hooked Brother Tang, Yi Yin said with disdain:
"The kingdom of kings is small enough to have it, but it can be possessed by the Son of Heaven."
It means that your country is such a big place and does not have these high-end ingredients. Only when you have made Tianzi can you ask for what ingredients and what ingredients.
Yi Yin saw Brother Tang's face confused, and then said:
"The Son of Heaven shall not be forced, but shall know first." The Taoist stops the other in himself, and the son of heaven becomes the son of heaven, and the son of heaven becomes the taste. ”
This means that to be the Son of Heaven is not to be forced, but to first understand the way of benevolence and righteousness. Only when you have the way of benevolence and righteousness can you become the Son of Heaven and become the Son of Heaven, then the delicious food is ready.
After listening to it, Brother Tang fell into contemplation: I was speechless when he said that he was so reasonable. Na Xia Jie not only let me eat and drink with the sauna, but also ordered me to stuff money and stuff grain and stuff women every year, when I was wronged. If I take the place, plus I can enjoy so many foods, it is really a little exciting, hehehehehe
Brother Atang was convinced that the cook in front of him could help him, so he made up his mind: to overthrow the Xia Dynasty.
And then there's the best chapter.
With the talent of a cook, Yi Yin incorporated the way of cooking into the art of war and made a big dish to destroy the summer in one fell swoop.
To make a dish, you must first understand the ingredients.
Yi Yin used the bitter meat plan. He had Brother Atang shoot Yi Yin with an arrow, and then pretended to flee to the Xia Dynasty and worked as a spy for three years.
"Lü Shi Chunqiu" said: "Tang Yu personally shot Yi Yin. Yi Yin Benxia for three years, the reverse report to Yu Bo. ”
During this period, Yi Yin not only collected intelligence from the Xia Dynasty, but also successfully plotted against Xia Jie's favorite concubine, Sister Xi, and completed a mission impossible.
The Bamboo Book Chronicle says: "(Mei Xi Clan) befriended Yi Yin, and died in Xia. ”
Secondly, the difficulty of roasting whole lamb in the whole stewed chicken is too high, and it is still necessary to chop it up first, so that it is easy to get off the pot.
After returning to the Shang Kingdom, Yi Yin knew that he could not move the main body of the Xia Dynasty at present, so he assisted Brother Tang to destroy the Xia Dynasty's vassal states Ge, Wei, Gu, and Kunwu.
Yi Yin used a set of "Little Yi Flying Knives" to cleanly cut the Xia Dynasty, removing its wings and corners.
Now, the best part of the Xia Dynasty has been thrown into a hot pot of boiling water with scallions and ginger.
But when it comes out of the pot, you have to master the heat.
The Sayings of the Yuan, The Conspiracy of Power: "Tang wants to cut down the throne, And Yi Yin said: 'Please stop the lack of tribute, so as to watch it move.'" Anger, the Master of the Nine Yi was cut down. Yi Yin yue: 'No. Pishan's ability to rise to the level of the Nine Yi masters is a sin against me. 'Tang Nai apologized for his sins and returned to his service. Next year, if you don't pay tribute, you will be angry, and you will rise up as the master of the Nine Yis, and the master of the Nine Yi will not be able to afford it. Yi Yin Yue: 'Yes. 'Tang Nai Xingshi, cut and cripple.' ”
As mentioned above, Brother Tang smelled the aroma in the pot a little uncontrollably, and wanted to move the chopsticks immediately. But Yi Yin stopped him: "Hold back, let me taste the soup first." ”
Atang Ge Chrysanthemum tightened: "Why do you want to taste me?" ”
After a false alarm, I learned that Yi Yin's original intention was to test the Xia Dynasty first.
Yi Yin asked Tang to stop paying tribute to Xia.
As a result, Xia Jie became furious and raised the Nine Yi Division, which forcefully advanced into the Shang Kingdom. The enemy army still had thirty seconds to reach the battlefield, and Yi Yin immediately asked Tang Fa's circle of friends to apologize and resume tribute.
The next year, Yi Yin tasted the soup again: the second time he stopped paying tribute.
Xia Jie was furious and raised the Nine Yi Division.
As a result, the Master of the Nine Yis did not move.
Yi Yin realized that at this time, the unpopular Xia Jie had lost a very important function: appeal.
So he breathed a long sigh of relief:
"The heat has arrived, and it's time to serve a pot."
In this way, Shang and Xia launched a great showdown. In the end, Shang Tang stepped on the enemy high ground, destroyed the enemy crystal, and won an overwhelming victory.
Later generations called this history "Shang Tang extinguished the summer".
But I think it's not so much "Shang Tang extinguishing the summer" as it is Yi Yin
Extinguish the summer with soup
Because it is obvious that from the beginning to the end, it is Yi Yin who is behind the sword.
If you think about it, I'm afraid that even shang tang is the ingredient in Master Yi's hand.
Yi Yin, who pays attention to the "harmony of the five tastes", may have first used the "Yao Shun Way" to teach Shang to be "ren", and then used him to neutralize and cover the "mania" on Xia's body.
In this way, Chef Yi finally used the black pig killing knife in his hand to carefully cook a historical legendary dish. His set of tactics, I call it the "Cook's Art of War."
What is the strongest cook?
This is the strongest cook:
The earth is the cutting board
All nations are fish
But today, 3,600 years later, I have been surprised to find that it is not only Master Yi who knows how to "extinguish summer with soup" -
And Master Kong.
Master Kong sour plum soup, adhering to the ancient method of summer saints.
On the ancient street, porters and vendors, holding ice cups in their hands, accompanied by the Beijing flavor shouting "De'er Zhengzheng", knew that sour plum soup was coming.
A bowl of belly, the heat is all gone.
Master Kang will not only "extinguish the summer with soup", but also use dew, use coolness, and drink. This is Master Kong's heirloom drinking series: sour plum soup, sour date dew, kumquat refreshing, hawthorn drink.
Among them, the sour plum soup is drunk to cool the summer, refreshing and greasy; sour date dew, Qingyi is comfortable; kumquat is refreshing, refreshing and cheerful; hawthorn drink, refreshing and refreshing food.
The four great Kongs can extinguish the summer to the sky.