While everyone in the Hall of Wende was so frightened that they knelt on the ground, Zhao Yuansi, the emperor of the Wei Dynasty, angrily grabbed the armrest of the dragon chair and refused to let go.
He naturally understood what the eighth son of the emperor, Hongrun, wanted to express in that strange poem: Anyway, I, Hongrun, have never thought of becoming the crown prince. You guys are kidding me. I’m going back to sleep.
Although Zhao Yuanxi did not include the eighth son Hongrun in the list of candidates for the crown prince because of his age. Furthermore, the eighth son Hongrun actively hinted that he would withdraw from the fight for the throne, which was also conducive to the stability of the royal family and greatly reduced the risk of future fights for the throne.
The intensity of this is a good thing for the clan and the country.
But the problem is that Hongrun hinted at withdrawing from the competition for the crown prince in such an understatement, which made Zhao Yuanci find it difficult to accept.
That is the throne, the position of the Emperor of the Wei Dynasty. Why did you, Zhao Hongrun, abandon it so casually? Just like discarding a pair of worn-out shoes?
What Zhao Yuansi couldn't let go of the most was the word "haha" in that strange poem, which sounded like a great sarcasm to the Emperor of Wei!
It seems that the real meaning of that poem is: Hahaha, I, Zhao Hongrun, disdain things like the throne, so you can just go and fight for it while I go back to sleep.
Yes, disdain!
Zhao Yuanxi, the emperor of the Wei Dynasty, felt the disdain in the sentence "Haha", which was what he couldn't bear the most!
After all, the throne of the Wei Dynasty is the inheritance left by the ancestors of the Ji family with the surname Zhao. All the emperors and clans of the past dynasties have worked hard for the inheritance of the ancestors. Why is the throne so insignificant in your eyes, Zhao Hongrun? Does this mean that the inheritance of the ancestors is in your hands?
Not worth mentioning in your eyes?
"Arrogant! Arrogant!" Zhao Yuanci slapped the edge of the dragon chair and cursed angrily: "Tear up that traitor's strange poem for me!"
The little eunuch who was reciting the poem was about to tear up the paper on which Hongrun had written the strange poem. Suddenly he heard someone in the palace shouting urgently: "Don't tear it up!"
The young eunuch was stunned when he heard this, and when he looked up, he found that the person calling him was actually the sixth son of the emperor, Hong Zhao, the famous royal "Qilin'er" in the capital.
Seeing this, Zhao Yuanci was also puzzled and looked at Zhao Hongzhao, the sixth son he loved most among the princes, with confusion.
Hongzhao bowed his hands and said, "Father, can you give that poem to your son?"
Before Zhao Yuancai could speak, Hongxuan, who had a close relationship with Hongrun, couldn't stand it any longer. He lowered his voice and said angrily: "Brother Sixth Emperor, what do you mean? Are you going to let my eighth brother continue to cause embarrassment?"
Zhao Hongzhao smiled slightly when he heard this, looked back at Hongxuan and said: "What does it mean to continue to embarrass? The Eighth Emperor's brother's poems, although strange in style, are full of charm. In my opinion, they are extremely well written. What do you mean to continue to embarrass? More
What does it mean to continue to be embarrassed? ...The free and easy mood in the poem is so high that you, the young Ninth Brother, cannot understand it."
Seeing that Zhao Hongzhao was not trying to add insult to injury, Hongxuan was relieved, but he was a little dissatisfied with what the sixth brother said. He secretly muttered: What are you pretending to be? You, Zhao Hongzhao, are only five years older than me.
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Zhao Hongzhao's words stunned the great scholars in the palace, and even the Emperor of the Wei Dynasty, Zhao Yuansi, was also surprised.
Zhao Yuancai waved his hand to call everyone in the hall to level up, and then asked with an expression: "Hong Zhao, do you think your eighth brother's strange poems are good?"
"It's not good, it's excellent!" Zhao Hongzhao shook his head and commented: "My father must have been angry because of that last line, but in the eyes of the emperor, the last line of that strange poem is the highlight of the whole poem.
Pen! Whether it is the sentence "Everyone in the world thinks that a prince is good, but it is also difficult to be a prince", or "I have risen before the concubine has risen, and I have not slept before the concubine has fallen asleep", it is not as good as the last sentence "Haha, let him go"! Especially
The word ‘haha’ is simply a stroke of genius, with extraordinary connotations and endless aftertaste. No matter how many thousands of words it is, it is difficult to express the full meaning of the two words ‘haha’.”
Looking at Zhao Hongzhao's intoxicated and aftertasteful expression, all the academicians in the palace were speechless. Even Zhao Yuanxi, the emperor of Wei Dynasty who was angry because of this poem just now, couldn't help but savor it carefully.
You must know that Zhao Hongzhao was born with a unicorn. Although he was young, he was as talented and knowledgeable as those great scholars. The poems he wrote were highly praised by scholars. Even the late Shilin scholar and former Hanlin scholar
Wang Linzong, the Grand Historian of the Academy, also exclaimed: Is there anyone who knows this right from birth?
Regardless of whether this rumor is exaggerated or not, it is undeniable that Zhao Hongzhao, the sixth son of the emperor, is known as the most outstanding talent in Daliang, the capital of Chen. His reputation among scholars is far superior to that of the other princes, even the bachelors of the Hanlin Academy.
, and dare not claim to be qualified enough to serve as Qilin'er's lecturer.
And the Emperor of the Wei Dynasty, Zhao Yuancai, loved this son very much because of his talents. Otherwise, at the age of eighteen, Zhao Hongzhao would have left the palace and established a palace long ago, and there would be no need to stay in the palace. The Emperor of the Wei Dynasty
The reason why she kept her son in the palace was simply because she couldn't bear to have him leave her side.
Not to mention, after being analyzed by Zhao Hongzhao, the Qilin'er, Zhao Yuanci once again tasted that strange poem, and really realized some of its free and easy meaning. As Hongzhao said, the word "haha", aside from the trace of ridicule
Regardless of the meaning, there really is an artistic conception of "Thousands of words are not enough to explain it".
Originally, Zhao Yuancai thought that in this strange poem, only the sentence "I have risen before the concubine has risen, and I have not slept before the concubine" is the most outstanding, but now I feel that this sentence is really not as good as the two words "Haha"
Character.
Of course, I don’t know that everyone agrees with the words of His Highness the Sixth Prince, but more people disagree. For example, those bachelors, they don’t think there is anything outstanding about that poem. The whole poem has a weird style, with the upper and lower sentences
It doesn't rhyme very much, and the number of words in each sentence is even weirder. There are four characters, six characters, and seven characters. The whole thing is a mess and makes no sense.
But they didn't talk too much. Maybe in their eyes, Zhao Hongzhao was just trying to smooth things over. After all, Zhao Hongrun's strange poem made the emperor furious. Now that he can expose it and ignore it, who would be stupid enough to take it seriously?
In this regard, Zhao Hongzhao could only shake his head. He could only say that these people were not sophisticated enough to understand the inscrutableness of his eighth brother's poems.
While carefully folding the piece of paper and putting it into his sleeve, Zhao Hongzhao was thinking about when to visit the eighth brother. No matter what others thought of it, this novel style of poetry really interested him.
The commotion caused by the poem "Insane Ode in Wende Palace" was exposed by Zhao Hongzhao, and everyone in the palace just pretended that it had not happened.
But because of this incident, Zhao Yuanci gradually became interested in his eighth son, Zhao Hongrun.
He suddenly wanted to read Zhao Hongrun's "The Wealth of Nations" to see if the eighth son was really as outstanding as his favorite son Zhao Hongzhao said.
However, he didn't dare to let anyone read it again, lest anything go wrong again.
Therefore, the Emperor of Wei took advantage of the convenience of checking the talents and academic achievements of several emperors, and slowly walked to the examination paper of Eighth Prince Hongrun, and pretended not to care and picked up the other paper on it.
But after just one glance, the Emperor of Wei frowned.
This time it is not about whether it is written well or poorly. The reason is that "The Wealth of Nations" by Bazi Hongrun is really too simple. There are only four words in the whole article, "The people are rich and the country is strong."
It's simply a perfunctory work.
"That nonsense!" Zhao Yuansi couldn't help but mutter angrily, secretly thinking that his most beloved prince, Zhao Hongzhao, was probably mistaken. How could this eighth son Hongrun look like a talented person? He was clearly a fool.
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But just when Zhao Yuansi was angrily preparing to leave the eighth son Hongrun behind and go to accept the examination papers of the other princes, he suddenly seemed to realize something, picked up the piece of paper and read it carefully again.
"A prosperous people and a strong country?"
After reading it carefully several times, Emperor Wei was stunned.
You must know that the common saying in the world is "the country is rich and the people are strong", but what Bazi Hongrun wrote is "the people are rich and the country is strong". Although it seems that the order of the two words is just changed, the meaning has changed.
It's totally different.
But he didn't delve into it any further. He muttered "That's nonsense" in a low voice to confuse the eyes of the rest of the people in the hall, and quietly put the piece of paper into his sleeve.
Because those four words are closely related!
Most of the people in the palace laughed secretly because of the "nonsense" words of the Emperor of Wei, thinking that the eighth prince Hongrun had written some embarrassing article, but few people noticed that Zhao Yuanci put the piece of paper into the sleeve of his dragon robe.
The actions within, such as Hongyu, the second son of the emperor, "King Yong", Hongjing, the third son of the emperor, "King Xiang", and Hongzhao, the sixth son of the emperor, "Kilin'er".
I have to say that after reading Hongrun's sentence "The people are prosperous and the country is strong", the other princes' "Wealth of Nations" made the Emperor of Wei feel a bit boring, whether it was the normal sage theory or the more domineering "using force"
Strategies to Strengthen a Country," or discussions on the pros and cons of imperial policies, no matter how brilliantly written they are, they still make the Emperor of Wei feel like he is falling behind.
The sixth son, Hongzhao, who was most favored by Zhao Yuansi, also wrote the most outstanding essay on strengthening the country, commenting on the pros and cons of various policies of the imperial court. But even so, it was not as good as the eight-character Hongrun's article of only four words.
Of course, even so, in this imperial examination, Zhao Yuansi still selected the sixth son Hongzhao's article as the most outstanding, and asked the princes and bachelors to circulate it to each other.
After all, Zhao Yuansi felt that it was not appropriate to bring up Bazi Hongrun's four-character "On Strengthening the Country".
But there is one thing that the Emperor of Wei has determined, that is, his eighth son Hongrun, just like his sixth son Hongzhao said, is indeed talented!
After the imperial examination, the Emperor of the Wei Dynasty rewarded several princes with outstanding articles and also rewarded the great scholars of Zongxue who taught them knowledge. After that, Zhao Yuanci made them retire one after another.
Sitting on the dragon chair in the Hall of Wende, with only the eunuch Tong Xian waiting beside him, Zhao Yuansi couldn't help but take out the piece of paper and read attentively the four words "The people are prosperous and the country is strong" written on the paper.
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I don't know how long it took, but the eunuch Tong Xian reminded him in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the time has come. It's time to move to Chui Gong Hall."
"Hmm." Emperor Wei nodded.
The Chui Gong Hall is the palace where the emperor of the Wei Dynasty handles government affairs and approves memorials. It means "governing by hanging the arch". It probably means that the first emperor of the Wei Dynasty hoped that his descendants would do nothing. This Wei Dynasty was also too peaceful, so it was called the Chui Gong Hall.
The palace where the emperor handled state affairs was named Chui Gong Hall.
But in fact, all the emperors of the Wei Dynasty, as long as they were wise and wise kings, were almost exhausted and vomited blood in this Chui Gong Hall, so this name is actually quite ironic.
When Emperor Zhao Yuansi of the Wei Dynasty moved to the Chui Gong Hall, there were already three ministers in the palace helping to review and approve the memorial. These three ministers were Zhongshu Ling He Xiangxu, who was sixty years old, Zhongshu Zuo Cheng Lin Yuyang, who was in his prime, and Zhongshu Ling He Xiangxu, who was in his prime
Shu Youcheng Yu Ziqi.
These three officials from Zhongshu Province assisted the Emperor of Wei in approving memorials and memorials. They were not palace ministers. They could be understood as the personal staff of the Emperor of Wei. Although their authority was not as high as those of ministers and generals, their status was transcendent.
After all, this was an official of the Zhongshu Province and the "inner court ministers" of the Emperor of Wei. Most of the key policies that required careful consideration were discussed and concluded by the Emperor of Wei with these "inner court ministers".
Of course, for some government affairs involving the six ministries, the Emperor of Wei would also summon the six ministers to participate in the internal dynasty.
As for the daily morning meeting, it was actually a routine for various ministers to report their work status to the Emperor of Wei and other colleagues, or it was a show for some political needs. The meeting that could really decide the national policy of Wei was set up by the Emperor of Wei.
"Inner Dynasty" in Chui Gong Hall.
Because of the transcendent status of the Inner Dynasty, the memorials and memorials submitted here are basically related to the major events of the entire Wei Dynasty. For example, if the border guard is harassed by the enemy and cannot swallow the bad breath and wants to fight back, this
It is not the Ministry of War's control over such a major event that would provoke war between the two countries.
The memorial of the border guard will be submitted to Zhongshu Province, which is the Chui Gong Hall, and will be decided by the Emperor of Wei himself. If the emperor says to fight, then fight. If the emperor says not to fight, the guard will have to endure it.
This tone.
As for disaster relief and grain distribution, such urgent matters will not be submitted to Chui Gong Hall. The Ministry of Revenue under the Shangshu Province will handle the matter on its own. Officials from the Ministry of Revenue will immediately order the mobilization after receiving the urgent official document from the local magistrate.
Food relief, otherwise if even this kind of thing had to go through morning or inner court, the victims would have starved to death.
Therefore, the government affairs handled in the Chui Gong Hall are basically those that are not very urgent, but are related to the rise and fall of the Wei Dynasty's national power for a long time in the future, that is, national policies. For example, digging canals, building imperial tombs, increasing and reducing taxes
, or things like establishing diplomatic relations or forming alliances with other countries.
Of course, in addition to this, the Zhongshu Province had to assist the Emperor of Wei in supervising the work of the six departments of the Shangshu Province, and reviewing and approving some recent matters submitted by the six departments one by one. If there were any omissions or deficiencies, they would be sent back to each department for review.
They corrected it immediately. Generally speaking, they corrected the mistakes and praised them if not.
Even though it is just a final approval step, in fact the workload is huge. Even with the assistance of officials from the Zhongshu Province, the emperors of the Wei Dynasty were almost so tired that they vomited blood, as if they kept reading all kinds of books every day.
Memorials, memorials, and review of the work of each department.
The work of the entire six ministries involved the entire Wei Dynasty, and hundreds of memorials and memorials were submitted to the Zhongshu Province every day. It is no wonder that the emperor of the Wei Dynasty, Zhao Yuancai, was only forty-two years old and already had gray hair on his temples.
"His Majesty."
Seeing Zhao Yuansi, the emperor of the Wei Dynasty, walking into the Chui Gong Hall, Zhongshu Ling He Xiangxu, who was approving the memorial, Zhongshu Left Prime Minister Lin Yuyang, and Zhongshu Right Prime Minister Yu Ziqi quickly stood up and kowtowed.
"No courtesy." Zhao Yuanci waved his hand, then walked to his own table and sat down.
At this time, the three secretarial ministers in the palace had placed some relatively sensitive memorials and memorials on the dragon table. They were piled high in piles, and there were probably dozens of them at a rough count.
This is not the end yet, because during the process of reviewing and approving the seals by Emperor Zhao Yuansi of the Wei Dynasty, the six departments of the Shangshu Province successively sent people to send the latest seals to Chui Gong Hall, and the three ministers of the Zhongshu Province selected the most popular among them after the preliminary review.
If they are sensitive, submit them to the Dragon Case of the Emperor of Wei Dynasty.
This is a cycle that starts over and over again. Even a wise king like Zhao Yuansi will never be able to deal with all the memorials and memorials on the Long Case. If one day there really are no more memorials and memorials on the Long Case,
That means the Wei Dynasty is about to fall.
After two or three hours of this, the number of twists and turns in the Zhao Yuansilong case has not decreased.
Looking at the piles of seals on the Dragon Case, the Emperor of Wei sighed with emotion: "Everyone in the world thinks that the emperor is good, but little did he know that it is also difficult to be the emperor..."
After hearing this, the three ministers of the Zhongshu Provincial Department stopped writing in their hands, looked at Zhao Yuansi in unison, and praised him one after another.
"Good sentence!"
"What a sentence, Your Majesty!"
Zhao Yuansi stroked his beard, pondered for a while and then chanted: "I got up first before all the officials got up, and I didn't sleep until all the officials had gone to bed. It's not as good as the rich man in Longyou, who is five feet tall and still wearing a quilt."
The three Zhongshu Provincial Ministers were moved when they heard this. After all, Zhao Yuansi's poem could no longer be judged by whether it was good or bad.
The three people left the table and knelt down one after another, shouting: "Your Majesty, Lord of Holy Wisdom, with your Majesty here in our Wei Dynasty, it is really the destiny of our country on a great journey! The blessing of the Wei Dynasty, the blessing of the country, and the blessing of all the people!"
"What are you doing? Get up, get up, I'm just complaining."
Zhao Yuanxi waved his hand to invite the three ministers of the Zhongshu Provincial Committee to stand up. In fact, he was also happy at this moment. After all, he only slightly changed Bazi Hongrun's poem, added a few sentences, and then freely vented the past ten years.
of distress.
"Your Majesty seems to be very interested in poetry today." Zhongshu Ling He Xiangxu said with a smile while stroking his white beard. Although he felt that the style of the poem did not come from the Book of Songs, seeing that the emperor was very happy, he naturally would not talk too much.
"No, I am just..." Zhao Yuanxi was about to say that he was inspired by the strange poem of Bazi Hongrun, when suddenly his heart moved and he took out the piece of paper written by Hongrun "The people are rich and the country is strong" from his sleeve.
, summoned three ministers of the Zhongshu Provincial Department to his side and asked: "My dear friends, what do you think of this sentence?"
The three ministers of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China walked up to the Long Case curiously and glanced at the piece of paper on the Long Case.
"The people are prosperous...the country is strong?"
Suddenly, the three ministers of the Zhongshu Provincial Department looked at each other with slight changes in their expressions.
They looked at me and I looked at you, and no one dared to offend or speak.
It was just four words, but it had such power that it actually made three ministers of the Zhongshu Province remain secretive.