Kinderman took a sip of tea. The tea was fragrant, but the taste was well known to anyone who drank tea for the first time...
For example, Her Royal Highness the Queen was very puzzled, how could this bitter thing be called a polygonum? Why did the people of the Tang Dynasty regard it as a treasure?
Kinderman couldn't help but take two more sips, and finally there was a hint of sweetness in the bitterness. The emperor naturally used good tea to entertain guests, but it was a pity that the people of Silla could not enjoy it. The bitterness in the mouth was really difficult to remove.
Tea is not as magical as what is written in books. Drinking good tea will immediately make you feel refreshed. Only those who are used to drinking it will know its benefits.
Especially since the aristocrats of the time were all carnivorous animals, tea could relieve greasiness and have the effect of digesting and transforming qi. Regular drinking of tea is indeed beneficial to physical and mental health.
Otherwise, he would not be welcomed by the barbarian people in the grassland. They would not be able to eat many vegetables, and tea would become a must-have for them.
Grassland people generally cannot afford the expensive and good tea from the Central Plains, so tea foam became the first choice, and later evolved into tea bricks, which were cheap and practical.
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Kinderman quietly clicked her mouth, but the taste was still not good. It was very similar to medicinal soup, but much lighter than medicinal soup. She had some doubts, but she was quickly put to rest.
She felt that she had not yet understood the taste of tea. Maybe people in the Tang Dynasty drank tea because they wanted to find something out of the bitterness?
Her admiration for the Tang Dynasty made her try her best to find convincing reasons for this, and she quickly rose to the spiritual level of philosophy. She is very similar to some people later, isn't it?
This thing is called tea. You should bring some when you go back and let all the ministers taste it to see who can taste something. Master Cui and King Li can also ask about it and they will definitely learn something.
Thinking of this, she came back to her senses and secretly cried out that she was stupid. She was in the Tang Dynasty now, why would she go back and ask? But now was not the time to think about this.
"Thank you Your Majesty for the gift. It really quenches your thirst..."
Seeing how she didn't dare to say anything bad, but couldn't say anything good about it, Li Po couldn't help but laugh, and the atmosphere relaxed.
"The queen of the night invites you to accompany the bright moon, and in the morning she orders you to face the morning glow. It has washed away all the people of the past and present and disappeared. How can it be praised when you are drunk."
The emperor composed a poem again, and all the ministers who were standing in the palace quietly turned their faces and sipped it. It was more intoxicating than the fragrance of tea and wine. There was not even a word for tea in the poem, but it talked about the beauty of tea. It was so elegant.
It makes people want to take pictures and be amazed.
That's right... Your Majesty seems to always like to compose poems in front of women, which is inappropriate.
On a whim, Li Po started copying documents again. After copying, he felt a little embarrassed. He secretly confessed his guilt and said with a smile: "There are many good things in the Tang Dynasty. I hope you can get all the benefits from here.
It would be best if you can feel that your trip was worthwhile when you return.
If you feel that the Tang Dynasty is not as good as Silla, then tell me, and then I might go to Silla to have a look and see what is so outstanding about you."
Kinderman laughed so hard that his eyes almost disappeared from laughter, "If His Majesty said this, I don't know whether to say that the Tang Dynasty is good or bad. I am very willing to welcome Your Majesty's arrival in Silla."
A harmonious conversation is always indispensable without laughter and laughter. What Ji Julang recorded in the record is that the emperor treated the king of Silla very kindly.
Kinderman truly appreciated the poetic talent of His Majesty the Emperor and gave the Emperor dozens or hundreds of praises in his heart.
Of course, due to the fierce war between Silla and Tang Dynasty in recent years, some ancient poems, lines, and even articles from the emperor and the Central Plains were introduced to Silla.
The nobles of Silla rushed to read it, which means that the atmosphere of war on the peninsula is getting stronger and stronger. Otherwise, the trend of Silla learning the culture of the Tang Dynasty would be even more enthusiastic.
Furthermore, due to the increasing number of matters dealing with the Tang army, the popularity of Chinese language has begun to take shape in Silla. Of course, this is not much of a problem for the nobles of Silla.
Their characters and language are mixed with some Central Plains fonts and ancient pronunciations. A large number of books are also written in Chinese, but they invented some pronunciations themselves, which actually sound very similar to the local dialects of the Central Plains.
Speaking of this, Silla was actually influenced by some tribes from Liaodong, such as the Fuyu people, the Shiwei people, the Xianbei people, as well as the culture from the Central Plains.
As long as you study a little deeper, you will find that their civilization is fragmented, and you can see the shadows of others everywhere. On the contrary, their own things are not systematic, and they cannot continue for a long time.
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It was under this situation that the poems of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty were introduced to Silla. For example, Jin Deman read the Sapphire Case, Tong Guan Guan, and the song "Joining the Army" that was the first to be circulated was the most popular song of the Hwarang disciples of Silla.
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With these foreshadowings, Her Royal Highness the Queen can appreciate the beauty of poetry from the Central Plains...
As for Silla's own poetry, it is simply...can only be described in one word.
The poetry of the Silla people is now somewhat deformed. Most of it is in Buddhist language. This is related to the prosperity of Buddhism after it was introduced to the peninsula. It is obviously influenced by Goguryeo and Baekje.
The other part is about love poems, where men and women write little poems to express their friendship or express their feelings alone, and they are not popular on the stage.
Literary people in the Central Plains pay attention to a poetry book that expresses aspirations, feelings, events, objects, etc., which creates fertile soil for the development of poetry.
The Silla people did not have that background, and their pronunciation was wrong. The poems they produced were very similar to those later prose poems. It sounded OK, but in fact it was just about concise words, rhymes, etc., and there was no beauty at all.
Compared with the poetry of the Central Plains, he is like a beggar standing in front of a wealthy person, pitiful.
For example, looking up at the bright moon and looking down at the hometown, this sentence is simple, clear, straightforward in meaning, and vivid in the image, which can arouse the homesickness of visitors from other places, and thus it can be sung through the ages.
But what would those "poets" say later? When I looked up and saw the full moon in the sky, it reminded me of the autumn leaves in my hometown...
It sounds okay and can resonate with me, but it is forgettable. In the eyes of some real people, I am afraid I will add that it is a vain moan, a pretentious thing, and I have goosebumps all over my body.
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It can be said that the poetry of the Central Plains was a powerful tool for the Central Plains at this time, an advanced version of Chinese and those articles, and the essence of the Central Plains civilization.
Anyone who can understand the beauty of Central Plains poetry will lose the most basic resistance, because it means that he has penetrated deep into the core of Central Plains civilization, and there is no possibility of escape.
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Kinderman is in the early stages of this state, not yet terminally ill, but already irreversible.
She has a good memory and has dabbled in the poetry of the Central Plains. She has recited it silently in her mind several times and firmly remembered it. With her skills and age, she cannot digest it in a short time. She is still unable to appreciate the artistic conception of wandering clouds and wild cranes.
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Li Po himself was also a good guy, he copied things quickly, but he never got into it.
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At this time, Li Po saw that the little queen of Silla was smiling happily, and without much nervousness, he asked her some more about her daily life and experiences in Luoyang.
Kinderman picked up some good words and said some good things. They were generally the feelings that foreigners should have when they first come to the Tang Dynasty. There was nothing surprising about them.
At this time, the people of the Tang Dynasty were different from those imagined by later generations. They were not so confident. The northern princes who surrendered to the Turks were a good example.
In the long-term struggle with the northern grassland tribes, it was sometimes strong and sometimes weak, and there were not many periods when it had an absolute advantage. On the contrary, for a long time the Central Plains dynasty paid tribute to the grassland empire.
In addition, the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Jie, Di and Qiang invaded the north, which had a major impact on the civilization of the Central Plains. It once confused the self-perception of the Central Plains people. It was not until the former Sui Dynasty that there were some signs of rectifying the chaos. Unfortunately, the Second Sui Dynasty
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After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the upper class nobles experienced the baptism of war, and the remnant forces of the Xianbei and other tribes suffered heavy losses. National integration was gradually completed, and Li Po's ruling situation also promoted the process of returning to the orthodoxy of the Han family in the Central Plains.
In other words, the Tang Dynasty at this time was at the critical point of quantitative change leading to qualitative change. People's morale was about to rise, and a major external victory was needed to commemorate and sublimate it.
Old enemies like the Turks and Goguryeo are very suitable. As for Tubo, Japan, Baekje, etc., they are all necessary paving the way to the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty.
Outsiders like Kinderman can only see the surface. The kind of dynasty that appears in the Central Plains and dominates the world and dominates the barbarians only occurs once in hundreds or thousands of years. It is rare to encounter but not to seek.
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The topics were all light-hearted, His Majesty's words were soothing, and his witty remarks were frequent under his concern, making Kinderman feel like he was talking to an elder close to him.
When Li Po finally asked about the balance of power in Silla, Kinderman could no longer be cautious and answered almost everything.
It can be said that Li Po has not been the emperor in vain for all these years. With the rhythm of his words, he has already glimpsed another realm. Even old foxes like Pei Ju and Feng Deyi can handle him, let alone the young Queen of Silla.
Your Highness.
From Kinderman's answer, coupled with the evidence of reports from Du Fuwei, Cui Dunli and others, Li Po could clearly grasp that Silla's political situation was stable and no one saw Kinderman as a young man.
Women, stir up trouble and want to take their place.
This also gave him some understanding of the nature of the Silla people. Silla had been established for many years, even more than the previous dynasties in the Central Plains.
This is probably directly related to the customs of the Silla people and their temperament. Otherwise, if a woman is in power in the Central Plains, it will definitely trigger countless bloody battles.
These are good or bad for Datang. Judging from the current situation, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages...
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"I plan to launch an army to attack Goguryeo this year. Silla should have been prepared for it, right? What do you think of the timing of this battle? What are the chances of winning?"
