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Ancient China is very particular about avoidance, the emperor's surname emperor's name, ordinary people can not use, when using is exquisite, for example, when writing to lack a stroke. Or that before the Qing Dynasty prince ascended the throne, several of Yongzheng's brothers were called Yin, Yin, Yin, yin, yin, yin,
This avoidance is to appear so mysterious and noble to the royal family. Let's take another example, for example, the Ming Dynasty, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is surnamed Zhu, so all the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty, you can't find anyone with the surname Zhu, Zhu is the national surname, this national surname can only be used by the imperial family, or given to those generals who have merit, Mu Ying can give the surname, Zheng Chenggong can give the surname, you eunuch you do not deserve the surname Zhu.
And do you know that this kind of avoidance may even be transferred to animals, for example, it was said that in the Tang Dynasty, because the emperor's surname was Li, so the folk could not eat carp. Then some people have to ask, then the emperor's surname was Zhu during the Ming Dynasty, and the people of the Ming Dynasty were not allowed to eat pigs?
On the one hand, when the Ming Dynasty was first established, Zhu Yuanzhang himself was from a very humble origin, and he may not pay much attention to this. At the same time, he also knows the suffering of the people, the people point to eat some pork to supplement some high-quality protein, you no longer let the pigs not let the pigs kill, then is not the trouble?
Moreover, after Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, a group of literati and inkers also told him that you are now the emperor, you have to pay attention to your origins, and we recommend that you posthumously recognize Zhu Xi, the great Confucian of the Song Dynasty, as your ancestor, so that you seem to have a special style. Zhu Yuanzhang said that there was no need, I was from a poor background, there was no need to go to other people's relatives.
So in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the people raised pigs and ate pigs as usual, there was nothing to hide, but later Zhu Yuanzhang also felt that you said that the folk always said that catching pigs and killing pigs, as if it was not good to catch me and kill me, he said that it had to be like this, let's change the name, the folk try not to call pigs, you can call it Yan, or you can call Wanli hum a vernacular.
So did the Ming Dynasty really never forbid the killing of pigs, nor did it, the Zhengde Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, we know that it was the very interesting, and absurd emperor, he was interesting enough to give himself an official position, once on a whim to crown himself as a general soldier, and later on this basis, he constantly superimposed his official positions, and the marquis was knighted, and he almost usurped his own emperor's throne.
This Zhengde Emperor, it just so happens that he also belongs to the pig, as a result, in the 14th year of Zhengde, once when eating, Zhengde suddenly remembered this matter, my own surname Zhu I still belong to the pig, the result of the world's people raise pigs every day to kill pigs to eat pork, this is not a curse on my good death, so Zhengde issued an order on a whim, from then on everyone in the folk can not eat pork, who eats pork is a big rebellion, light distribution of 3000 miles, heavy beheading Lingchi.
As soon as the Zhengde Emperor issued this order, in a short period of time, the whole country hunted a large amount of pork, many piglets did not dare to hold, did not dare to raise pigs, for a while the price of pigs also fell sharply, this policy was implemented for a few months, just in time for the next year's spring to be sacrificed.
We know that when the ancient Chinese sacrifice, pork was a major product, when Qianlong knew, he must have been made the prince by his father, that is, after he went to sacrifice on behalf of Yongzheng, Yongzheng came back and gave him a piece of sacrificial pork to eat. Therefore, the officials of the Ming Dynasty's ceremonial department said to the Zhengde Emperor, saying That Your Majesty the Emperor, you see this, we must use pork for this sacrifice according to the ancestors' regulations, and you will not let you kill pigs all day long and do not let you eat pigs.
There is no way, the Zhengde Emperor can only say privately, or you secretly get a pig, I will not pursue you, the loss has passed less than a year, Zhengde will have no life, he died this order was completely canceled, otherwise if Zhengde lives for more decades, let the people do not eat pigs, do not raise pigs and do not kill pigs, really form a habit, where else do the Chinese people go to find high-quality protein.
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