"To this day, I miss Xiang Yu and refuse to cross the Yangtze River..."
Liu Bang looked at the famous Yi An layman in front of him, and the first words he said were these two lines of her poem.
He slept late last night, and although he didn't have to go to bed early today, he still got up very early.
No, not long after he got up, Lu Zai said that the woman had arrived.
Li Qingzhao nodded slightly. If the emperor thought these two lines of poems meant something, then he was making too much of a fuss.
Over the years, I have written many things that are more egregious than this.
and……
This poem does not criticize his Zhao family, but refers to his late husband Zhao Mingcheng.
In the third year of Jianyan's reign, Zhao Mingcheng was the prefect of Jiangning. Wang Yi, the commander of his imperial camp, wanted to rebel. Zhao Mingcheng's men had already known about it in advance, and they also informed the prefect of Zhao.
As a result, this man just listened and didn't do anything. Instead, his men made preparations and actually captured the rebellious Wang Yi at night... Everyone was going to report to Mr. Zhao. I found that Mr. Zhao had already put down the rope from the city gate and ran away without a trace.
She loved Zhao Mingcheng so deeply that she felt ashamed and angry after he did such a complaisant thing.
If she really didn't miss him at all, maybe she wouldn't be so angry. The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. It is very suitable to describe Li Qingzhao's feelings for Zhao Mingcheng.
"This poem tells the truth, so-so."
The emperor quickly gave his own evaluation, but Li Qingzhao didn't even show an expression on this evaluation and was noncommittal.
Talking about all the people writing poetry and lyrics in this world...she has a clear understanding of her own level.
No matter what the emperor said or how he belittled her, it could not change the fact that she was the first female literati in the Song Dynasty.
Even removing the word 'female' at some point is not impossible.
"Don't be convinced yet..."
The chamberlain on the side brought two chairs over, and Liu Bang motioned to Li Qingzhao to sit down and talk.
Although he didn't regard this woman as an elder, he saw that she was getting older, and her legs were tired from standing and talking.
Just think of it as showing sympathy to the juniors.
"Lu Zai, am I right?"
Shinobu Toneri did not expect that he would encounter such a problem on his first day in office.
He suddenly felt sorry for Xin Ciying.
"In the official family, the officials have little knowledge and dare not speak nonsense."
This kid didn't even speak to me...
It still needs to be nurtured and cultivated.
Seeing that Li Qing was mute, Liu Bang asked Lu Zai:
"Then tell me, what is poetry?"
"Um..." After thinking for a moment, Lu Zai replied: "Those who enjoy music become songs, and those who do not enjoy music become poems."
"What you can sing is a song, and what you can't sing is a poem, right?"
After hearing this answer, Liu Bang was a little frustrated.
It turns out that what he wrote cannot be called poetry in the strict sense... He also wanted to use "The Strong Wind" to hit this woman.
Lu Zai continued: "That's not necessarily the case. The "Book of Rites" says: 'Poetry expresses one's aspirations; songs sings one's voice; dance moves one's face; the three originate from the heart, and then musical instruments follow them. '"
"Okay, okay..."
Liu Bang was confused by what he heard and stopped him from continuing. He turned to look at Li Qingzhao:
"Li Yian, you also heard it. According to this classification, what is poetry used for? To express aspirations! What is hidden in your heart but not said is your ambition, and what is not hidden and spoken out is your poem. "
Li Qingzhao finally spoke: "The officials have made it clear that what's wrong with the poems of civilian women? What's wrong with the aspirations of civilian women?"
"After all, she is a prostitute..."
Liu Bang complained, and before she could refute, he continued:
"What you are thinking about is Xiang Yu's unwillingness to cross the river. What is there to think about?"
"Then, a commoner's wife should be as ambitious as a government official, and would rather settle in Lin'an?"
How to anger someone quickly?
The method is the same as when you can't judge a person, that is, answer his questions with questions.
This is what Li Qingzhao did, and neither what she said nor the person she spoke to should be allowed to say it just like that.
She just looked at the emperor without any fear.
Lu Zai sighed softly. Even though he had persuaded him so many times, Li Yian was still Li Yian after all.
But what neither of them expected was that the emperor was not angry at all.
He didn't even look like he was suppressing his anger.
He just looked at Li Qingzhao and said:
"At that time, no one in Jiangdong was willing to fight anymore. Even if Xiang Yu passes, believe it or not, there will be a lot of Chu people who want his life and go to Liu Bang in exchange for glory and wealth."
"Even if you don't believe it, then from the other side, he clearly has the capital to make a comeback but doesn't use it. If this isn't stupidity, what is it?"
"What you are thinking of is either a loser who has lost the support of the people, or a stupid fool."
"I ask you again, what do you have in mind? What can you say about your aspirations?"
Li Qingzhao learned from Fohai that the emperor was a thick-skinned man and did not like to reason.
Only after meeting him today did I realize that the emperor's strongest skill was actually speaking forcefully.
The black ones were also turned into white ones by him. In this way, she understood why only half of the Song Kingdom was left.
The emperor simply didn't understand that there were many things in this world that were more important than life.
"If the officials think like this, the women of the people will have nothing to say. The right and wrong will be decided by future generations."
There is nothing in this world that is more important than life.
This is what Liu Bang thinks is common sense, so he doesn't think about Xiang Yu like Li Qingzhao does, and he can't quite understand Zhong Shizhong, let alone why the Song people regard chastity as more important than life.
"What I want to tell you is not about Xiang Yu."
Liu Bang stopped the topic. He shouldn't have talked about this with Li Qingzhao.
Just when he heard Xiang Yu's name, he couldn't help it.
Why does it seem from this woman's mouth that I lost to him?
"You may not like what I have to say, but it is the truth."
"You guys don't do farming, don't use swords and guns, you just know how to write poems and recite lyrics, that's all."
"But you want to teach farmers to farm and you also want to teach the emperor to fight. This is crossing the line, you know?"
"According to the way you do things, although the original intention is good, it has no effect on the overall situation, and may even be counterproductive... You must understand this truth."
Hearing the emperor say this was more difficult for Li Qingzhao to accept than hearing him say that his poems were not well written.
"So what the officials mean is that if you don't want to recover the mountains and rivers, you won't allow others to recover the mountains and rivers?"
"As far as the fight against the Jin Dynasty is concerned, how can the local bravery in Lianghuai, Xiangyang and Hanzhong be worse than the Forbidden Army?"
"Aren't the officials afraid of chilling the hearts of the people in the world when they talk like this?"
A person who does bad things with good intentions is actually worse than a person with bad intentions.
People with bad intentions can still be punished if they do bad things.
But when people with good intentions do bad things, you can’t even scold them.
These rural warriors are untrained and unorganized, so the possibility of uncertainty is too great.
Just like Guo Yaoshi's ever-victorious army, one moment it was the basis for the Song State to occupy Yanyun, and the next moment it became the knife that started the Jingkang Rebellion.
When they met the golden man, it was enough to exchange their lives for their lives. Most of them lost their lives in vain.
If he could achieve something with just his passion, Chen Sheng would have become emperor long ago.
"You're so stubborn. It's useless for me to talk to you. Just remember what you said. If I find out about this kind of thing again next time, don't blame me for not saying hello to you in advance."
"You guys are mostly incompetent people."
Liu Bang was not kidding, he was really warning Li Qingzhao.
But seeing the disdainful look on this woman's face, I really felt a little angry.
Just as he was about to have an attack, he saw Yang Yizhong walking over quickly.
When he came, he bumped into the palace maid beside him.
It was rare to see him so anxious, and Liu Bang also became curious.
Yang Dushi bowed to the emperor and saluted. Seeing that there were others here, he leaned against the emperor's ear and whispered a few words.
"Is there anyone else?"
Seeing that Yang Yizhong gave an affirmative answer, Liu Bang turned to look at Li Yian:
"You don't believe what I say? Then I will let you see it today!"
After saying that, he let Yang Yizhong lead the way, and he followed with Li Qingzhao.
