Let’s talk about Liaozhai at the beginning, I scared all the fans on the Internet to death

"I……"

"Teacher Jiang Ning, you just want to make us angry to death."

After listening to Yuan Zhen's story, everyone felt that their hearts were even more blocked than before.

What infatuation.

This is nothing but infatuation.

This is simply a scumbag.

But it's hateful.

Such a scumbag is still very talented, and his poetry writing is awesome.

then.

What is this called?

Write the most affectionate poems and be the baddest man?

"Don't be angry, everyone."

Jiang Ning smiled: "Actually, although Yuan Zhen is a bit scumbag emotionally, this is just based on our modern views. At that time, it was very normal for men to have three wives and four concubines, and some had dozens or hundreds of concubines. There are so many. Not to mention, a high official like Yuan Zhen. Moreover, Yuan Zhen still had some political achievements when he was an official. Therefore, Yuan Zhen is a bit scumbag, but overall he is still good. "

"Go away, Teacher Jiang Ning, you deliberately made us angry today."

"No."

"You have."

"Not really."

"Since there really isn't one, let's talk about another poet who can make us feel relieved."

"Tell us more?"

I looked at the time and saw that an hour had passed.

According to previous plans, Jiang Ning's live broadcast today will probably last about an hour.

But judging from everyone’s looks, if the broadcast ends like this today, it will really end badly.

After thinking for a while, Jiang Ning said: "Well, let's talk about one more poet today."

side said.

Jiang Ning once again drew a scholar on the drawing board.

This scholar is called Li Shen.

"Perhaps you don't know much about this scholar. His name is Li Shen. His great-grandfather once served as prime minister, but he declined during his father's generation. His father died when he was young and he was raised by his mother. Because of the decline of the family, Li Shen Li Shen has experienced the hardships of ordinary people since he was a child. Once, Li Shen went to the farmland and saw that the people worked every day and night, but they still didn't have enough to eat, didn't wear warm clothes, and some even starved to death. Then, After he returned home, he wrote two poems, "Two Poems of Compassion for the Farmers."

【Sow a grain of millet in spring and harvest thousands of miles of grain in autumn.

There is no idle land all over the world, and farmers are still starving to death. 】

This is one of them.

The meaning is also very simple.

You see, there are so many farmlands in the Tang Dynasty, and so many people are working hard. They don’t dare to delay even one day, and they don’t let these farmlands become wasteland.

But what would that change?

Those who work day and night will suffer the consequences of starvation.

This poem is also an extremely famous poem in the previous life.

even.

Basically everyone has studied it.

I even started learning it when I was young.

Even more.

In the previous life, a 3-year-old child could recite this poem.

same.

Such a poem has always been cited by countless famous writers because of its profound philosophical and satirical effects.

"Well, finally I see a normal poet."

"Yeah, before Song Zhiwen, no matter how talented Yuan Zhen was, I didn't dare to be interested in him. Li Shen is better, he set his sights on the common people."

"Yes, poetry should describe the common people, instead of always writing about love, affection, hate and so on."

"Brother, don't say it so quickly. What if there is another reversal then?"

"What's the opposite? If you can appreciate the hard work of the people, your character is absolutely fine."

"Yes, if this could be reversed, I would never recite poetry again."

have to say.

This song of sympathy for the farmers instantly attracted the favor of the public for Li Shen.

In this regard.

Jiang Ning did not explain, and continued to share another song of compassion for farmers.

【It's noon on the day of hoeing, and the sweat is dripping from the fields.

Who would have thought that the food on the plate is all hard work? 】

Like the previous one, it is also a classic among classics.

This poem not only praises the hard work of the people, but also warns everyone not to waste food.

Because every grain of rice on your plate came from the hard work of ordinary people with countless sweat.

Finished sharing the second song.

The live broadcast room was crowded again.

"Look, I knew Li Shen was a person who cared about the sufferings of the people."

"You are still reversed, brother. You can't see a few reversed poets and think that all poets have poor character."

"Yes, I like this Li Shen. He is simply speaking for the common people."

How could he not be liked by such a poem that describes the hard work of ordinary people?

However, Jiang Ning still didn't explain much here, but continued to tell Li Shen's story.

"Li Shen finished writing these two poems at that time, and he gave them to his classmates and friends to appreciate. This classmate and friend were Jinshi in the same year as Li Shen, but Li Shen's ranking was much better than him. I saw these two poems by Li Shen Poetry, his friend was extremely jealous. However, he found a problem in these two poems. Then he took these two poems to the emperor and falsely accused Li Shen of the imperial tax system. Didn't you say that farmers will be hungry? Are you going to die? You are saying that the imperial court’s taxes have increased the burden on farmers, otherwise, how could the farmers starve to death?”

"Facing the false accusations from his friends, the emperor quickly found Li Shen. However, Li Shen used his own childhood experience to tell the emperor about the difficulties of ordinary people. After the emperor heard this, he did not blame Li Shen. But after this incident, Li Shen learned about the darkness in the court for the first time. But more darkness was still waiting for Li Shen. After Li Shen passed the Jinshi examination and became an official in the court, Li Shen again Because he was implicated in party disputes, he was demoted from time to time."

"This made Li Shen extremely angry, but he did not just lie down. Instead, he wrote an "Ode to Han Song" to show that he would be like Han Song, not afraid of power. And, During this period, he also advocated New Yuefu Poetry with a group of well-known friends. He believed that poetry should not be meaningless, nor should it be empty, nor should it be just about love and love. It should care about practical matters, care about the people, and write in a way that reflects Works about ordinary people's lives. Under the promotion of him and a group of friends, a New Yuefu movement broke out in the mid-Tang Dynasty, which had a profound impact at the time." As Jiang Ning explained, everyone became more and more interested in Li Shen. I fell in love with it.

This Li Shen was not only talented but also concerned about the sufferings of the people.

At the same time, he is also very upright and has not been knocked down by difficulties.

Even in literature, great achievements have been made.

Poets like this are everyone’s idols.

……

"Teacher Jiang Ning, I forgive you this time."

"I'm finally relieved. Thank you for letting me know about Li Shen."

Yes.

Compared with the previous poets.

At this time, the Li Shen Jiang Ning was talking about was really to everyone's liking.

just.

Li Shen's story is not finished yet.

Jiang Ning continued: "I have to say that Li Shen's will is extremely strong. Although he was framed by the court and demoted again and again. But he did not lie down. Soon, he was reused. And, along the way, He was promoted continuously. First he was appointed as the local governor, and then he went a step further and became the prime minister. Suddenly, Li Shen became one of the most powerful people in the middle Tang Dynasty at that time."

Such a counterattack in life instantly excited everyone.

"Wow, I'm enviable to have been promoted all the way."

"I knew that such a person was destined to rise high."

"Yes, I believe it too. But I didn't expect that he would become prime minister step by step."

"That's necessary. He has been used to seeing people coming from poverty since he was a child, so he naturally knows how difficult it is for people. Therefore, he will cherish his future more. When the opportunity comes, he will rise to the top and become a master. "

just.

Sometimes, when a person reaches the peak of his power, he may be completely different from before.

Seeing everyone so excited, Jiang Ning said: "As Li Shen was promoted step by step, Li Shen's power became more and more powerful. At first, Li Shen did a lot of current affairs for the court, but then slowly, Li Shen became more and more powerful. It started to decay. He became luxurious, such as eating. Every time he ate, he spent about 300 taels of silver."

"Teacher Jiang Ning, how much is 300 taels? Is it a lot?"

"Maybe you don't have much idea about 300 taels. Let me put it another way. At that time, Li Shen liked to eat a dish called chicken tongue soup. Chicken tongue soup is a soup made from chicken tongue, but as everyone knows, How many tongues does a chicken have? If you want to eat this dish, you have to kill hundreds of chickens together."

"I go……"

Everyone was stunned.

Not to mention other dishes.

Just for this chicken tongue soup, his expense was horrifying.

"Teacher Jiang Ning, maybe Li Shen has suffered a lot since he was a child, so when he became a high official, he would be more luxurious. After all, it is impossible for some other celebrities to remain as poor as before."

Some netizens still have a good impression of Li Shen.

He didn't want to ruin his good impression of Li Shen, so he said on the public channel.

Jiang Ning did not refute and continued: "Perhaps, if you just live a more luxurious life, it would be nothing. However, as Li Shen's power grows, Li Shen begins to become arrogant. Let me give you an example. Li Shen has not yet Before he became a high official, he often invited a man named Li Yuanjiang to his home. Because everyone's surname was Li, Li Shen always called Li Yuanjiang uncle when he invited him. However, when Li After Shen became a high official, Li Yuanjiang took the initiative to lower his seniority and called himself younger brother in front of Li Shen in order to curry favor with Li Shen. But Li Shen was still unhappy after hearing this. Then Li Yuanjiang called himself his nephew, meaning Li Shen was still unhappy about being Li Shen's junior. In the end, there was really no other way, so Li Yuanjiang called himself his grandson in front of Li Shen, and Li Shen reluctantly accepted it."

"I……"

Everyone was choked by this story.

This is too bullying.

Before he became successful, he always tried to please others, but after he became successful, he turned out to be such a villain.

"Well, Teacher Jiang Ning, I feel that General Li Yuan is not a good person. After seeing Li Shen become a high-ranking official, he calls himself brother first and then nephew. It is obviously a bad virtue."

"I also think that maybe Li Yuanjiang was not a good bird to begin with. But at that time, Li Shen was not a big official, so he could only bend down and not dare to do anything. It was not until he became a senior official that he ignored Li Yuanjiang. Or, he knew that Li Yuanjiang had done many evil things, so he deliberately disgusted him."

Everyone still didn't want to destroy Li Shen's status in everyone's hearts, and they found a series of excuses for Li Shen.

Jiang Ning did not refute, but continued: "Another time, there was an inspector surnamed Cui, who was a scholar in the same discipline as Li Shen. One time he came to visit him specially. He had just stayed in the hotel, and the servant met a A fight broke out among the citizens. Li Shen asked the servant what he did, and the servant said that he was the servant of Inspector Cui of Xuanzhou Pavilion. Li Shen actually sentenced the servant and the citizens to death, and ordered Inspector Cui to be arrested. He said, I used to know you. Now that you are here, why don't you come and meet me? Inspector Cui quickly kowtowed and apologized, but Li Shen still tied him up and gave him twenty canes."

"This, this..."

Everyone was desperately thinking of a series of reasons in their minds.

But at this moment, Jiang Ning did not wait for anyone to continue talking. Jiang Ning continued: "When he was young, Li Shen saw the suffering of the people, so he wrote two poems to show sympathy for the farmers. These two poems also won Li Shen a lot of praise. Due to his good reputation, many people thought Li Shen was a good official and spoke highly of him. However, when he became a high official and took charge of the government, he began to impose very harsh orders on the people. The people at that time could not stand Li Shen. Following the gentry's decree, they fled one after another. Someone told Li Shen, look at the people are fleeing, you should think of ways to ease the lives of the people. But at this time, Li Shen could no longer remember the hard work of the people. Instead, have you ever seen someone holding wheat in their hands? The plump wheat is always underneath, and the chaff floats away when the wind blows. Those people who want to escape are like chaff, worthless at all. Since this is They want to leave, what should I do if I leave them?”

"Another time, Li Shen learned that Liu Yuxi was appointed as the governor of Suzhou. In fact, Li Shen had a very good relationship with Liu Yuxi before that. Li Shen warmly invited Liu Yuxi to his house to celebrate. And when Liu Yuxi came to Li Shen's house When he went up, he was frightened by Li Shen. Because when he interacted with Li Shen before, Li Shen was very humble, low-key, and very frugal. But within a few years, when he saw When he saw the hundreds of singing prostitutes in Li Shen's house and the wealth of his family, Liu Yuxi was extremely emotional for a moment. Then he wrote a poem, "A high bun with a palace-style makeup, Du Weiniang singing in the spring breeze. It's commonplace to see messy things. Cut off the heart of the Suzhou governor."

In Li Shen's eyes, delicacies, wine, and concubines were commonplace.

But what.

I, Liu Yuxi, am also the governor.

I, Liu Yuxi, am also a local official.

He knew it extremely well.

To allow Li Shen to have such a life, the money must have come from the wrong source.

"I……"

One by one, Li Shen did evil things one after another.

A group of netizens who had a good impression of Li Shen opened their mouths for a moment, but finally closed them.

"Teacher Jiang Ning, damn it, you are so pure that you are going to piss us off to death."

"Why, why do I want to watch your live broadcast today? My heart hurts so much."

Touching his chest.

Many fans burst into tears.

What kind of poet is this?

Why are these poets so weird?

A man of good character was killed.

Those with poor character became high officials.

Even Yuan Zhen, who seemed infatuated, turned into a scumbag in the end.

then.

The problem is coming.

Is this still my favorite Tang poem? (End of chapter)