"Ah, if you hadn't explained it first, I would have thought it was poison!" During the video link, Emperor Chongzhen was seen talking to Liu Weichao with a smile.
After hearing this, Liu Weichao laughed immediately, then looked at Emperor Chongzhen and asked: "After the spicy feeling subsides, will you feel a good feeling?"
Some time ago, he introduced chili pepper to Emperor Chongzhen, saying that using it as a condiment would make the rice fragrant and his mother would no longer have to worry about her appetite!
Emperor Chongzhen didn't believe it when he heard it, so he wanted to try it. It happened to be planted in the imperial garden, and it was originally just used for ornamental flowers.
Therefore, Liu Weichao reminded him that Emperor Chongzhen asked the imperial chef to use just a little bit of chili pepper. He did not need others to test the dish. He tasted it himself, and it turned out to be spicy.
Of course, this is because he trusts Liu Weichao. If it were anyone else who said this, he would not eat it himself first.
At this time, after hearing Liu Weichao's words, Emperor Chongzhen nodded immediately and said: "Don't tell me, the spicy food made me sweat at first, and then after it was finished, I did have a very...refreshing feeling. I think I can go there in the future.
Put a little bit of chili pepper in the dish!”
Haha, once you get used to eating spicy food, you won’t be able to do without chili peppers in every meal in the future. Otherwise, the food will not be delicious!
Having harmed an ancient emperor, Liu Weichao laughed in his heart.
No, Emperor Chongzhen asked with great interest: "By the way, are there other similar ones? I want to try it too!"
As a Nine-Five Master, it’s okay if you don’t know about the delicious food in the world. Now that you know it, you want to eat it and see it.
Liu Weichao really couldn't remember this for a moment, so he said casually: "I can't think of anything to eat at the moment, but there is something to smoke."
"Suck it?" Emperor Chongzhen was curious when he heard it, and immediately asked, "What is that?"
Liu Weichao heard this and said without thinking: "Cigarettes are tobacco. Didn't you already have them at that time?"
"Uh..." Emperor Chongzhen heard this, thought for a moment and said, "Could it be a foreign thing that was just introduced to the Ming Dynasty? I have never heard of it!"
"Ah! I'm not very clear either!" Liu Weichao heard this and replied, "Then let me check!"
So Emperor Chongzhen waited curiously for a while, and then heard Liu Weichao say with a little surprise: "This tobacco has been around since ancient times. It is said that when Zhuge Liang led his army on the southern expedition, the soldiers were infected by miasma, and the local people sent leeks.
Burn the leaf cloud herb and absorb its smoke to drive away miasma. This is a type of tobacco called yellow flower smoke."
After a pause, he then said: "At your time, the tobacco of my time was originally from South America and had been introduced to the Ming Dynasty. That Ni Zhumo mentioned tobacco in his "Compendium of Materia Medica" in 1624."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen asked with some confusion: "Listen to you, this thing seems to be a good thing, but why didn't you include it when you listed the specialties of South America before? Now the ship
The team has already set off, and it’s too late for me to bring them with me!”
Hearing this, Liu Weichao's expression became serious and he said to Emperor Chongzhen: "I am personally opposed to this tobacco, because smoking is harmful to health, has side effects on the body, and is addictive! So at that time I looked up South America
Although I found out about the specialty products, I didn’t recommend it to you. My idea is very simple, I just don’t want to give you tobacco!”
Speaking of this, he showed a wry smile and said: "But this matter does not seem to be based on my will. Whether I like it or not, I will eventually flow into the Ming Dynasty, and it should be foreseeable that this smoking person will still go beyond
Come more and more!”
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen became serious, and asked a little strangely: "Then why did you let me eat this pepper? After I tasted it, I felt that I wanted to try it again. Is this also addictive?
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"..." When Liu Weichao heard this, he couldn't help but be speechless!
But when he came back to his senses, he immediately replied: "Chili is a usable food and will not be harmful to the body."
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was relieved when he remembered that this was an essential difference. He had been really shocked just now.
He was thinking about it when suddenly, he heard Liu Weichao say to him: "But you also reminded me that everything has two sides. This tobacco is also a medicinal plant and can be used as medicine. On this point, you people in the Ming Dynasty will
Already know. In addition, he is also a good source of money..."
"What?" Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen immediately became energetic and asked immediately, "Is this a good thing for making money?"
After hearing this, Liu Weichao said that he had reached this point anyway, so he told Emperor Chongzhen: "Yes, this tobacco has a very important function, which is to refresh oneself and relieve fatigue, and because it is addictive, once people smoke it
After that, it is easy to become dependent. But relatively speaking, its side effects are not too strong for people, and if you really want to wake up and quit, it is easy to do. Therefore, in my world, the court only states that smoking is harmful to health.
, but it is not prohibited, but it is used to become a very large source of tax revenue!"
Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen became very energetic as if he had already smoked, and immediately asked: "Really?"
"I won't lie to you!" After hearing this, Liu Weichao immediately searched and showed Emperor Chongzhen the tobacco tax data over the years. It was obvious that Emperor Chongzhen seemed to be drooling.
Suddenly, Emperor Chongzhen asked Liu Weichao: "Do you smoke?"
"No!" Liu Weichao shook his head and replied after hearing this.
After thinking for a moment, he added: "My dad smoked, but he stopped smoking later and just drank some wine. My grandpa smoked all the time!"
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen touched the little black beard under his forehead and asked thoughtfully: "So, I can still handle the smoking issue?"
"As you wish!" Liu Weichao listened and answered him, but he quickly remembered something and hurriedly said to Emperor Chongzhen, "But there is one thing that you must not let the people of Ming Dynasty smoke. This kind of thing is addictive.
It’s very sexual and very harmful to the body. I can tell you the history!”
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was very interested and said quickly: "Say it!"
So Liu Weichao talked about the impact of this thing on Chinese history.
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen didn't know what he was thinking, so he suddenly asked Liu Weichao: "What do you think if I throw these things to Jianlu to smoke?"
"..." When Liu Weichao heard this, he was immediately speechless. After he came to his senses, he said to Emperor Chongzhen, "I won't hide it from you. On the Internet in my world, when discussing the history of the late Ming Dynasty, some people have
This point of view allows you to use this kind of thing to harm Jianlu. But for me, I don’t agree with it.”
"Why?" Emperor Chongzhen asked a little puzzled after hearing this.
When Liu Weichao heard this, he said seriously: "This kind of thing, in the long history, is critical. You don't want to be criticized by future generations, right? Also, as far as you are concerned now, whether it is military power or national power,
, or economy or something, is it possible that you still can't defeat Jianlu? Do you need to use this method? If you want to be an eternal emperor, do you need this method?"
There are actually many more reasons, but there is no need to mention them. Liu Weichao knew Emperor Chongzhen, so he will only mention one.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen finally nodded solemnly and said: "Yes, our Ming Dynasty is the most powerful country in the world, how can we imitate the practices of the Western Yi!"
After saying this, Liu Weichao was just about to nod when he suddenly changed the topic and immediately said: "But, it's always okay for me to engage in this tobacco, right?"
When checking the information just now, Liu Weichao had already seen that tobacco was already popular in the West, and there were already signs of it in the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, he nodded and said: "Yes, it's just right. I told you these two things in advance, so you can prepare for a rainy day, so as not to cause big problems when you, the government, are not paying attention!"
Whether it is tobacco or that thing, it must be controlled by the government, and its beneficial aspects should be used while the prohibited aspects should be strictly prohibited.
Emperor Chongzhen wanted to be the emperor for eternity. Of course, he obeyed Liu Weichao's words. He would not do things that would be reviled by future generations unless he was forced to do so.
After listening carefully to what Liu Weichao said, Emperor Chongzhen asked for information again.
Liu Weichao saw that he was so positive and reminded him: "With my help, there are many ways to make money. I don't want you to vigorously promote this tobacco thing."
The reason why it has become popular in the West is because of the forced implementation by their governments.
After listening to this, Emperor Chongzhen had sensed Liu Weichao's thinking, so he nodded, and then changed the subject and said: "I have spent the past few years promoting sweet potatoes in the north. Anyway, it does not occupy grain fields, and it is indeed a good solution to famine.
A good supplement. However, potatoes are still lacking enough promotion, and so is cotton. Unfortunately, Wang Qing was sent to Qiongzhou to test hybrid rice. Do you have any other talents in farming that you would recommend?"
Hearing this, Liu Weichao thought for a moment and asked: "Xu Guangqi's student seems to be called Zilong. Do you use it?"
Having said this, he checked it out and then added: "Chen Zilong, he was the one who compiled Xu Guangqi's "Agricultural Policy Complete Book"."
Of course Emperor Chongzhen didn't know this person, so he asked for this person's information with great interest, and then hung up the video communication.
Then, he quietly read the information sent to him by Liu Weichao, and then ordered Wang Cheng'en, the eunuch in charge of the ceremonial department and the governor of the West Factory, to come to see him.
Unexpectedly, if you say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive.
Wang Chengen rushed over first, obviously he had something to report to Emperor Chongzhen.