The palace of the Shu Han Dynasty is not very majestic.
Its predecessor was the Prefecture Mufu built by Liu Yan and repaired by Liu Zhang.
When the former Lord Liu Bei established Shu, he settled there by himself and did not add any residences. After he became the King of Hanzhong, he did not dare to build a palace, build a chariot, or use Xuanmu to pray to the sky. In July of that year, he waited for the title of Emperor to be honored, and then sent troops.
Expedition to the east, never to return.
Later, Emperor Liu Chan came to the throne, and Prime Minister Zhuge Liang took charge of affairs, advocating the Qing Dynasty and denouncing extravagance.
On the grounds that Yizhou was exhausted, the imperial palace only built a two-way three-way gate of Yingtianmen outside to show the majesty of the emperor.
Therefore, the daily life of Emperor Liu Chan was very boring.
Although there is no need to worry about state affairs, I am tired of being in this palace all day long, and everything I see, hear and enjoy is boring day after day.
Fortunately, the prime minister arranged for him to have many close aides, and most of them were of similar age or old friends from his father's generation, so that he could talk about interesting things, or act as his eyes and ears, and seek out fun outside the palace to relieve his fatigue.
For example, after a meal with the common people in the capital, the Prime Minister praised Zheng Puzang, who was famous in Qiao Zhou Dynasty, for interesting stories, so he sent his young companion Pang Hong out to follow his footsteps.
Today, I am even more happy.
In the small pavilion with flowing water in the palace, Emperor Liu Chan held a small banquet for his attendants.
Scenes like this were a daily occurrence in the palace.
There was no need to worry about state affairs, and these attendants and visitors also had their leisure time. In addition to accompanying the emperor in reading and reading the official documents and memorials annotated by the prime minister, it was also customary to accompany the emperor to relieve his fatigue.
There were not many people at the banquet, only four of them, all of whom the Emperor was familiar with.
There were two attendants, Guan Xing and Zhang Bao; there were two visitors, the young companions Huo Yi and Pang Hong.
Well, there is a reason why Guan Xing and Zhang Bao, who have just passed the weak crown, occupy high positions despite being relatively young.
Zhang Bao is the eldest son of the late chariot and cavalry general Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei had two sons and two daughters. Zhang Bao was the son of his first wife, and the other children were all descendants of the Xiahou family. The eldest daughter was first adopted as the crown princess, and then the emperor Liu Chan ascended the throne and was made queen.
Therefore, the imperial court recorded Zhang Fei's old merits and regarded Bao as a relative, and specially promoted him to serve as a servant, and he was allowed to go out and go to the emperor.
Similar to Guan Xing, he was the second son of former general Guan Yu.
Guan Xing was well-known for his talent and learning at a young age, and was favored by Prime Minister Zhuge Liang.
After the emperor Liu Chan was established, the imperial court recorded the merits of his father's generation and the heroic sacrifice of his eldest brother Guan Ping for the country. He was ordered to be promoted to the title of Hou Tinghou of the Han Dynasty and promoted to the position of minister, and he and Zhang Bao served the emperor together.
It is also a continuation of the legend that when the late lord Liu Bei was still young, Guan and Zhang followed him and stood behind him all day long.
Today's banquet is not to predict state affairs, but to observe the text.
Zheng Pu's banishment of guests has caused a storm in the city. When the emperor Liu Chan heard that Pang Hong happened to be attending the meeting, he couldn't help but become interested in the banquet. He asked Pang Hong to tell the reasons to his heart's content, just for his daily entertainment.
When Pang Hong recited the "Inscription on the Humble Room", he couldn't help but admire the elegance and broadness of the parallel prose.
He also learned that Pang Hong had copied his article and returned home, so he asked him to go home and fetch it. On the pretext of appreciating the article, he held a banquet and invited his surroundings to enjoy it.
Everyone dared not disobey.
However, when Pang Hong took it and presented it to him, the emperor Liu Chanfu became displeased when he saw it.
Because the parallel prose "Inscription on the Humble Room" was actually copied on fine silk.
Immediately, he frowned and sighed, "Master, today Yizhou is exhausted, and the expenses in my palace and the prime minister's house are simple and simple, but you are so extravagant that you use fine silk to record books? Moreover, the writing is a humble room,
It was actually written on a silk scarf. Which one is ugly? Which one is extravagant?"
The fear made Pang Hong panic for a while, and he quickly confessed his crime before explaining the reason.
It turned out that when he came back that day asking for a copy of the parallel prose, Zheng Pu did not rely on his hand and wrote it himself.
However, his home was newly built and there were no extra bamboo slips to record.
When Liu Yin, who was having a banquet, saw this, he asked his servants to go to the other courtyard where he lived to get it. Liu Yin was a rich man in his family, and he wanted to show his kindness, so what he got was naturally a luxury item.
"I see, I have misunderstood you, Master."
Hehehe, Emperor Liu Chan took the fine silk, spread it along the table, and tasted it carefully.
After a while, he raised his head and said in surprise, "The Zheng family's literary talent is really remarkable! But I don't know, since he used simplicity as an elegant taste in all the descriptions in the article, why didn't he show his humility and ease Chen Xuan's questioning, but instead forced him to give orders?
Zhukeer?"
After saying this, he motioned to everyone to come forward to get the fine silk and circulate it, with a look of novelty on his face and great interest, "Please, wait and see, think about it, and then try to explain the reason for me."
Well.........
The emperor's order is true...
Well, it's really exciting.
Everyone did not dare to neglect, and they all accepted the order verbally.
After it was circulated one after another, Zhang Bao, the older servant, was looked at by everyone.
The meaning is obvious, let him speak first to answer the emperor's question.
This is also normal. Whenever the emperor asks about literary matters and elegant interests, everyone will ask Zhang Bao to answer.
Because his father, Zhang Fei, always respected gentlemen and admired literature, he had been urging him to study since he was a child. Later, Zhang Fei was despised by Liu Ba, a famous scholar, as a soldier. He spoke disdainfully, and even Zhuge Liang couldn't get rid of him. He said: "A real man."
When you are in the world, you have to make friends with heroes from all over the world. How can you talk to soldiers?"
From then on, Zhang Bao was even more under the supervision of his family, and his enthusiasm put some Confucian scholars who were talented but poor in scriptures to shame.
Although everyone is familiar with hundreds of schools of thought, if we only look at literary talent, Zhang Bao should be the leader.
Zhang Bao seemed to be used to this. After a brief thought, he saluted first and then said, "Your Majesty, I have something to think about. If you dare, please try to speak first."
Emperor Liu Chan stretched out his hand to support me and said, "This is a small banquet. You don't need to be polite and restrained. Just say what you say."
"only!"
After receiving the order in a loud voice, Zhang Bao spoke eloquently, "Your Majesty, I thought that the Zheng family's son was writing the "Inscription on the Humble Room". The "humble room" in it did not refer to the small house in Chengdu, but to the mulberry garden of the Zheng family in Shifang! This is because the Zheng family's son has already become an official, and there is "no silk bamboo" in the article.
I am not familiar with the chaos of the ears and the labor of the unrecorded documents; however, I am familiar with his late father's seclusion and seclusion. From this, I can infer that the strong temperament of the Zheng family has nothing to do with the elegance of the text."
"Wonderful!"
After the emperor Liu Chan heard this, he raised his palms and praised, and also raised a cup to invite, "If you put the words of gentleness into it with a whip, it will appear white! All your lords, please drink it!"
"drink."
After drinking, the emperor and his ministers put aside the matter and continued to have fun.
After a while, they dispersed.
After all, the imperial court was in an eventful time, and drinking in the palace was just a matter of elegance; if the prime minister Zhuge Liang heard about the heavy drinking, he would definitely give the emperor a warning.
These four people will suffer even worse and will definitely be punished.
Emperor Liu Chan was known for his generous temperament.
It is rare that those close to these young people are innocently blamed.
Moreover, he and Empress Zhang learned something new and wonderful, and they were eager to return to the ban to enjoy it together.
But when he entered with the fine silk, Queen Zhang was not interested in the parallel prose, but was surprised and inexplicable, "Your Majesty, look at the characters written by Zheng Jiazi, the calligraphy seems to have never been seen before."
"Huh?"
Hearing this, Emperor Liu Chan was also surprised.
When I picked up the fine silk and looked at it carefully again, I couldn't help but murmured to myself in wonder, "My father is good at calligraphy, and he has taught me some of it. However, I have never seen this kind of calligraphy."
After saying this, he lowered his head and frowned in thought.
Immediately, his eyes were burning again, and he turned his head to look outside the palace.
