blenderwars Chapter 428 Another Year of Poetry Meeting
Chapter 428 Another Year of Poetry Meeting
Chapter 428 Another Year of Poetry Festival
Lin Xuan nodded. With Li Tai's temperament, it is very possible to write a poem praising his mother to please the eldest grandson empress.
Anyway, he organized the poetry meeting, and he also proposed the topic.
Li Tai can prepare in advance, but others can only act on the spot, and Li Tai is likely to dominate.
At that time, when the news of the poetry meeting is spread, the common people will also greatly appreciate Li Tai.
Li Tai can not only please the eldest grandson empress, but also gather a wave of prestige.
Even if Li Tai didn't expect to use the theme of praising his mother, and this kind of saying spread, he would choose to use the theme of praising his mother when he heard it.
"Zichu, please help us write a poem in praise of our mother. If it's not the title at that time, we don't have to come up with it." Cheng Chumo said.
Lin Xuan said a little speechlessly: "Then I'll help you write a poem, but I'll say my ugly words first, and you are not allowed to reveal that I wrote this poem."
"I said Zichu, others want to be famous, why do you always want to keep a low profile." Li Deju said a little puzzled.
Others also looked at Lin Xuan suspiciously.
Their age was just when they were young and frivolous, so it was a bit strange for Lin Xuan to act so low-key.
Lin Xuan smiled wryly, not to mention that he doesn't know how to write poems, let's just copy them, and he doesn't have many poems in his mind.
Get rid of some unusable ones, and rely on the remaining ones, maybe you can become famous, but what about after you run out?
"Anyway, if you reveal that I wrote the poem, you won't come to me anymore." Lin Xuan said seriously.
"All right, all right, don't worry, I will definitely not expose you, so write quickly." Cheng Chumo said.
Lin Xuan ordered Chunyue to prepare pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and started to write.
He really remembered one poem in praise of his mother, and it was the only one.
"Good poetry, good poetry!" Cheng Chumo praised loudly.
"Then tell me, what's so good about this poem?" Lin Xuan asked.
"Eh!" Cheng Chumo didn't know what was good.
Lin Xuan rolled his eyes and said, "You memorize this poem by heart, and you can't take this word with you."
"Zi Chu, why don't you give me this word." Cheng Chu said silently.
"Why did you give it to you? You have already got Zichu's first copy before, so you should give it to me." Yuchi Baolin said unwillingly.
"Okay, if you want words, I can write them for you later, but the words cannot be taken away, at least not before the poetry meeting is over." Lin Xuan said.
If they are allowed to take this word away, with their personalities, maybe everyone will know about it before the poetry meeting is held.
Cheng Chumo and the others smiled mischievously, and honestly recited the poem.
Although they don't like reading, the number of words in the poem is not many, and it didn't take much time to memorize it.
"Zi Chu, thank you very much, you just wait for the news of our victory." Cheng Chumo laughed loudly.
Lin Xuan rolled his eyes and said, "Don't be too happy, what if someone asks what your poem means?"
"That's right, Zichu, tell us the meaning of the poem." Cheng Chumo said hastily.
Lin Xuan told them the meaning of the poem.
"Zichu, we all remember, you ask someone to bring up that hot pot, let's celebrate." Yuchi Baolin rubbed his hands and said.
Lin Xuan now understands that their main purpose is not to ask for poetry, but to eat.
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"Ding~, congratulations to the host for successfully signing in, and a reward of [-] catties of corn."
Lin Xuan was stunned. He never thought that the reward for signing in at the beginning of December was the corn he wanted most.
Corn is also known as corn corn, corn cob, corn, pearl rice, etc.Native to Central and South America, it is an important food crop in the world.
Compared with traditional grain crops such as rice and wheat, corn has strong drought tolerance, cold tolerance, barren tolerance and excellent environmental adaptability.
Although corn is no longer used as the main grain in later generations, most of it is used to feed livestock.
But when corn was first introduced to China, it has always been a staple food.
Compared with the yield of several thousand catties per mu of potatoes, the yield of corn per mu is about [-] catties.
Converted to the weight of the Tang Dynasty, it is about seven stones per mu.
Although corn is not as productive as potatoes, corn is more important than potatoes.
Potatoes can be used as food when there is a shortage of food, but in normal times, they can only be used as supplementary food.
But corn is different and can be used as a staple food.
Thinking of the taste of boiled corn, Lin Xuan couldn't help drooling.
Lin Xuan took out the corn, looked at it, and saw that it was all old sun-dried corn, and lost interest in an instant.
Save these for seeds.
How can one hundred catties of corn seeds plant twenty acres of land?
It only takes two or three years to grow, and it can be popularized faster than potatoes.
When Lin Xuan was drooling over the corn, the Furong Garden was bustling with people.
Li Tai didn't respond to the arrival of Cheng Chumo and the others.
Lin Xuan's guess was right, Li Tai really didn't want to use the theme of praising his mother.
But after the rumors of outside speculation reached his ears, he was moved.
With the topic of praising mother, it can not only please the eldest grandson empress, but also get praise from the world, so why not do it?
Therefore, during this period of time, he has been thinking hard, wanting to write a poem with excellent words and touching heart.
Li Tai still has literary talents, and he wrote a poem in advance that he thinks is not bad.
In addition, there were no famous poems praising his mother before this, so he was very confident in his poems.
Usually he would secretly instruct people to mock Cheng Chumo and the others, but this time he didn't.
I kept thinking that when this poetry meeting is over, I will definitely be praised by Li Shimin and Empress Changsun.
Li Tai didn't give instructions, so naturally no one went to trouble Cheng Chumo and the others.
Cheng Chumo and the others did not take the initiative to cause trouble, and quietly waited for the poetry meeting to start.
"This year is the annual poetry meeting again, thank you all for coming to participate." Li Tai said with a smile on his face.
"Your Highness, what is the topic of this year?"
"Yeah, I'm still waiting to show my talents."
"Brother Xu, I remember the poem you wrote last year, so I can barely read it, right?"
"How can you be better than me?"
Li Tai pressed his hand, and the hall became quiet.
"Everyone, some time ago, my mother was seriously ill, which made me very panic. Fortunately, my mother is auspicious. However, I found that there are very few poems praising my mother. Therefore, I set the title of this poetry meeting: Praise Mother." Li Tai said slowly.
"His Royal Highness's filial piety is touching, and it is indeed a model for the world."
"Yes, the grace of nurturing is greater than the sky, so it should be praised."
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As soon as Li Tai finished speaking, there was a burst of approval.
The idea of governing the country with filial piety first sprouted in the Western Zhou Dynasty. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Confucius founded the Confucianism to further expand its connotation, sublimating it to the foundation of human relations and the dimension of governing the country. It was officially established as a basic national policy in the Han Dynasty and implemented. .
The selection method of officials in the Han Dynasty is to promote filial piety and honesty.
Xiaolian, that is, a filial son and an honest official.
In other words, if you want to be an official, filial piety is the prerequisite.
At that time, if a person was rumored to be unfilial, no matter how talented he was, he could not be an official.
Since ancient times, filial piety and loyalty have been interdependent.Filial piety is the premise of loyalty, and loyalty is the sublimation of filial piety. "Book of Rites · Sacrificial Justice" records that "It is not filial piety to be loyal to the emperor; it is not filial piety to be disrespectful to officials; it is not filial piety to be untrustworthy to friends; it is not filial piety to fight Chen without courage." In a narrow sense, filial piety refers to filial piety and support for parents and elders. , while filial piety in a broad sense includes loyalty to the monarch and loyalty to duties, and this is what the ruler values.
Just imagine, a selfish person who can't even be filial to the parents who gave birth to him, how can he be expected to share the worries of the monarch and benefit the common people after he becomes an official?
Loyalty and filial piety can be said to be the commanding heights of ancient morality, and naturally no one dares to refute it.
Coupled with Li Tai's identity, it naturally aroused a lot of echoes.
Li Tai nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Then let's start."
After Li Tai finished speaking, a group of maids came in with pens, ink, paper and inkstones.
(End of this chapter)