"I also heard this story from the older generation in my family." Lu Zheng said, "It should be thousands of years ago, something that happened in the previous dynasty..."
So Lu Zheng narrated the story of Tang Minghuang and Yang Guifei, which of course included considerable artistic processing, highlighting Tang Minghuang's love for Yang Guifei and highlighting Yang Yuhuan's beauty and talent.
After all, for an emperor, the most difficult thing is to be sincere. For a concubine, the most widespread thing is her influence on history.
Don’t you see, the beauties who have left their names in the history of China are all based on the general trend of the world. Xi Shi rebelled against Wu, Zhaojun went out of the country, Diao Chan killed Dong, and Yuhuan killed Tang, not to mention the empress Wu Zetian.
Among so many women, Yang Yuhuan can occupy the position of the four beauties. Among them, the one who helped her the most was Li Bai's "Qingping Diao".
"The clouds think of my clothes, the flowers think of my face, and the spring breeze blows on the threshold and the dew is thick. If I hadn't seen you on the top of a jade mountain, I would have met you at Yaotai under the moon."
Once a poem is published, all other poems are eclipsed.
"Good poem!" Si Lingxi nodded, "There is not a single word about beauty, but beauty is described as exquisite. How come such poems have not been handed down? Anyone who can write such poems is an extraordinary person."
Si Lingxi's eyes flickered, and she was thinking rapidly in her mind, which great poet from the Central Plains in history was more suitable for this poem.
You know, she lived for three thousand years, often traveled to the Central Plains, and also sat and discussed with the literary talents in history. She had personally met most of the most famous poets in the past thousand years.
"Is it Deng Yi? Or Huang Fei?" Si Lingxi asked, "Is it Li Zhenhe?"
"No, that's not right. When they were alive, the history of the story you told didn't match up." Si Lingxi shook her head, "It wasn't them."
Lu Zheng was speechless and trembling...
That's why he didn't want to combine stories with history, because the big boss in front of him had really experienced it. Lu Zheng seemed to feel Si Lingxi's searching eyes passing through the clouds and casting on him.
Lu Zheng was extremely calm and did not answer, but continued to tell the story.
Soon, the story entered the Anshi Rebellion, the capital was in turmoil, and Emperor Tang Ming fled hastily with Concubine Yang. Finally, they encountered a mutiny by soldiers in Maweiyi and had to kill Concubine Yang.
"What?"
"Death?"
"inability!"
"Shameless!"
The angry scoldings of several women came from the hot spring pool nearby.
Si Lingxi was quite calm. Judging from the foreshadowing in Lu Zheng's previous story, it was only natural that Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty ignored the government affairs, the state collapsed, chaos broke out in the border areas, and military generals took power, and entered troubled times.
"It's not unusual for beautiful women to appear in troubled times since ancient times." Si Lingxi said lightly.
Lu Zheng shook his head and sighed, "But aren't those who make decisions all men? Just like Feihong Ji and Li Fei in history, one was dubbed the Charming King, and the other was called the Concubine of Troubled Times, but they themselves I just did my job to please the king."
Feihong Ji and Li Fei were both concubines of the previous dynasties in the history of this world, and their historical status was roughly equivalent to that of Daji in ancient China.
"Times have changed, and the country's decline is caused by population expansion, land annexation, local dictatorship, natural and man-made disasters, court corruption, various interest groups' greedy desires, and other reasons. What does it have to do with a woman beside a king?"
Lu Zheng snorted coldly. The world's evaluation of Feihong Ji and Li Fei was similar to the evaluation of Daji and Baosi in ancient China. Almost no one thought about the problem from the perspective of historical materialism.
"Speaking of which, in the last years of the dynasty, various interest groups have taken shape. As the people's lives became difficult, the popularity of the dynasty decreased, and the dynasty's heritage became weaker and weaker, it became more and more difficult to be the emperor. It is estimated that it is a little lower than the requirements of the founding emperor, so unless It’s just a normal thing for a country to be subjugated if a genius comes from heaven.”
Although this world can be cultivated and has a vast territory, the dynasty lasts longer than ancient China. However, ascension is rare and immortality is difficult. As time goes by, the founding emperors and civil and military officials who became gods after death, as well as the stars canonized by the court, Officials and city gods will be eliminated one by one and replaced one by one. In the end, the imperial court cannot control the local area, and the local governments have different ideas. Under the pressure of all parties, as long as there is some natural disaster as an introduction, then the change of dynasties is just a normal process. thing.
Lu Zheng said calmly, "It's just that those who record history and guide public opinion are the culprits who caused the demise of the dynasty, and maybe they are the founding emperors or even the founding heroes of the new dynasty. Do you think they will criticize us?
No, they will only blame the continuous natural and man-made disasters and the displacement of the people on the emperors in the last years of the previous dynasty and their beloved concubines. In this way, the debts will be wiped out and no one will remember the demise of the previous dynasty. The real reason is that the world is once again singing and dancing, and music and dancing continue.
Then history will cycle until the dynasty declines again, and there will be a rebellious last emperor, or a troubled concubine who charms the king, and will be the one responsible for the chaos in the world... Humph! "
As soon as the words were spoken, the scene became quiet, except for the gentle breeze and the sound of hot spring water.
Lu Zheng turned around and saw Liu Qingyan's beautiful face glowing with light, and her eyes looked up at him with fire.
"Lu Lang!"
"Um?"
Then Liu Qingyan was so excited that she could hardly control herself. She couldn't help but get close to him, and stuffed her mouth into Lu Zheng's mouth with a rare violence from Xiaoxiang Tongue.
"Woo——"
After a while, Liu Qingyan regained her consciousness and hurriedly let go. Her cheeks turned red with embarrassment. She couldn't help but squat down, leaving only her little head on the water, and her eyes didn't know where to look.
"whee!"
"Ha ha!"
"hey-hey!"
However, she suddenly broke the silence just now, and the women laughed twice and relaxed.
but……
Lu Zheng's senses were so sharp, but he couldn't feel the burning gazes coming from the pool next door.
Forget it Shen Ying, what happened to Du Yueyao and Wang Xiaowan? And... Si Lingxi?
Go ahead, what did I say?
Isn’t what I said common sense? Isn’t it an opinion that any ordinary Chinese youth who has received modern nine-year compulsory education can express?
"Master Lu is so awesome!" Yi Xiaoqian was shocked.
Du Yueyao shook her head and sighed, "If Brother Lu is willing to take the imperial examination, he will definitely be able to become a general or a prime minister, and he will become a prime minister in the cabinet."
Wang Xiaowan nodded repeatedly, "Senior brother is a genius in cultivation. He is indeed capable of doing anything. I didn't expect that he would have such insights into the replacement of dynasties."
Shen Ying pursed her lips, and through the mist with her eyes, she saw Lu Zheng's face was as plain as if he was just talking about having a meal of egg fried rice for lunch, and she felt her heart beat wildly, as if she had returned to the time when she had just saved him. Himself, a scene where he treats himself equally with a sincere look on his face.
If it weren't for the wrong occasion, she would have already pounced on him at this time.
Si Lingxi lay quietly by the hot spring pool, calmed down, nodded, and said lightly, "It's a unique insight, not bad."
However, the brilliance in her eyes never dissipated for a long time.
Thanks to Taoist friend 08a and book friend 20220517104859994 for the hundred rewards
(End of chapter)
