The emperor had spoken, and everyone sat back down.

However, some people still glanced at Yang Fan with curious eyes from time to time.

As the dishes were served one after another and the food and wine were delicious, the previous episode was quickly forgotten by everyone.

The next step is to reward meat. Whoever gets what kind of meat is particular about it.

At that time, it will be obvious at a glance that he has the greatest status in the emperor's heart.

"Zuo Zhuan" records: "The emperor's food is too lao, and he has all three kinds of cattle, sheep and hogs. The princes eat cattle, the ministers eat sheep, the officials eat hogs, the scholars eat fish and roast them, and the common people eat vegetables."

"The Book of Rites" also says: "Princes do not kill cattle without reason; officials do not kill sheep without reason; scholars do not kill sheep without reason; scholars do not kill dogs and hogs without reason; common people do not eat precious things without reason."

This shows that beef and sheep are top-quality meat.

In comparison, beef is more precious, so whoever has beef on the table will be the first-class favorite in the emperor's mind.

Beef!

It is rare for ordinary people to eat it. After all, the imperial court prohibits the killing of cows.

Although Tubo has been conquered, the mountains are high and the roads are far away, making transportation difficult. Yang Fan himself has not eaten for a long time.

Because I was so greedy, I poked Li Ke next to me and planned to ask him if there was any beef left in the palace, so I could pack some up and take it home for my wife to try.

Li Ke quickly said: "We only killed one cow today. There are so many people here. How can there be any left? Don't think about it!"

He only killed one cow, and there were at least hundreds of people here. Li Er must have been stingy.

Although the imperial court was short of cattle and sheep, it was much better than before.

How could such a large group of people evenly kill each other if they only killed one cow?

No wonder Changle said that His Majesty Li's sharing of dishes today showed his status in everyone's minds.

Thinking of this, Yang Fan stretched his neck to see who would get the most beef.

After a while, several strong guards came in carrying a roasted cow.

I don't know if it's because of the spices, but there is a strong smell of spices when I enter my nose, and there is no fishy smell of beef at all.

However, not a single bit of the cattle was left in the water, it was all thrown away. This was simply a waste of natural resources!

Yang Fan secretly despised him.

Beef without offal is not delicious at all!

However, the rest of the people didn't think like him. They all stared at the roasted cow with red eyes, wanting to rush up and hold it and take a few bites.

Seeing this, Xuanling, today's courtesy officer, smiled slightly and said to His Majesty Li Er: "Your Majesty, please share the meat!"

No matter how big a cow is, it is not big enough for hundreds of people to eat at the same time.

What's more, people in this era are all big eaters. Except for a few lucky people, everyone else can only stare.

Therefore, when His Majesty Li Er walked down the steps, almost everyone looked at the emperor eagerly, wanting to see what he would do.

Li Shimin was indeed a good swordsman. When he raised his sword and swung it, the bull's head fell down.

The guard next to him who had already prepared a plate immediately caught it, then divided the cow's head into two halves, walked to Li Jing and Changsun Wuji, and invited them to enjoy it.

This also shows that the two men's status in Li Er's heart is that they are the first people in military and political affairs.

Changsun Wuji and Li Jing quickly stood up and thanked Li Shimin very excitedly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the meat!"

Seeing the two people's happy expressions, Yang Fan held back his breath. Half a cow's head, is there any need to be so excited?

This thing is full of bones. Li Jing is so old that he shouldn’t break one of them!

However, Li Jing ate very deliciously, and his expression looked like the most delicious thing in the world, which made Yang Fan twitch.

Others showed envy in their eyes, especially those from the Jiangnan scholar family, who were almost laughing!

Next, Li Shimin made several cuts and cut off several pieces of meat from the roasted beef. The maids also brought the dishes to the table one by one.

The first ones were given to some older people. These people were old and prosperous, and their status was obviously not low. Emperor Li Er also had to lower his noble head.

Later, Li Chengqian, Li Tai and the older generation of generals also received a piece of meat.

Soon, a cow was divided into only 1/3.

Anyone who got meat showed their joy and joy, eating it with big mouthfuls.

And those who didn't get the beef, like Yang Fan, could only look at others with envy.

It seemed that in the eyes of the emperor, although Yang Fan was very talented, he was still inferior to the princes and founding heroes.

Today's cows only have four hooves, a tail and a small amount of meat for appetizers.

But there are nearly a hundred people among the princesses and princes-in-law. How to divide them, His Majesty Li Er is really in a dilemma!

But I saw His Majesty Li Er cutting off the tail and hooves of the cow, holding them in his hand and looking at them for a long time, as if he was very hesitant.
Chapter completed!