"Your Majesty, the courtiers are brave, please give the second song!" Zheng Siying said loudly, regardless of whether Li Hetong agreed or not, he opened his mouth directly, "The joy of wine and happiness in today's dynasty, the joy of diplomatic relations between the two countries, should be remembered with poetry, and we will enjoy peace together!" This second song will sing today's banquet, congratulations to me on having a guest!"

"Guangchi Hui mu, Qi Wan Jiaotai. The emperor loves it, and the emperor says it's a tour. Yuluan Xu Yan, Cuifeng returned lightly. The other hall is wide, and the palace cave is opened. The introduction is the year, and the year is also yang. Obey the body, and the body will also prosper. In vain, he was ashamed of Wenzi. (Note 1)

The smoke and cool platform are cheering again. "Talented Woman Through the Ages", "Wenchang Immortal" and other praises, one is more amazing than the other.

"Good poetry. The words are exquisite, with the style of ancient sages, and they are more skilled than the previous one. Li Jingting still praised lightly, which attracted everyone's exploration between him and Zheng Siying, and became more and more interesting.

However, the envoys of Tubo and Nanzhao laughed.

This poem is an ancient rhyme. It is really "painstaking" than the previous one, but it is also more difficult to understand, and the gentlemen of Dawei have to ponder twice, not to mention the envoys who barely understand the difference between poetry.

Tang Yao could be heard in the last song, but this one was in the clouds.

The smoky platform laughed and commented coquettishly, but a few envoys were stunned and stared, but no one took the initiative to explain, even Emperor Li He turned his head and laughed with Wang Jian, and didn't seem to see it.

So the embarrassment of one side of the table was particularly abrupt in the whole banquet. The envoys of Tubo and Nanzhao finally couldn't hold their faces.

"This is a poem. Stirring around, no one understands the meaning. It's not as good as my Tibetan girl, who sings well with a small mouth. The Tibetan envoy raised his tone and shouted dissatisfied.

The air was cold, and laughter froze.

The hundred officials looked at each other, their faces were full of contempt, but no one stood up, or Zheng Siying raised his chin and said arrogantly: "The envoy doesn't know, my Great Wei is a state of etiquette......"

"Of course I know this! If it weren't for the etiquette of Mu Da Wei, how could we have trekked through mountains and rivers to come to court?" The Tubo envoy became more and more unhappy, and said with a gloomy face, "Since it is a state of etiquette, you should know how to treat you!

"Let your lord rest easy. The true meaning of the poem is explained by the girl who ordered Si Ying. Emperor Li He said unhurriedly.

"Explain?Tian Khan really can't wait for me to be a doll?" Nanzhao envoy threw the spoon heavily at the bottom of the bowl, and there was a piercing sound, "Or is it true that Dawei is really a Ru Mao drinking blood in my southern Xinjiang?"

"My family lives in Yanmen Shen, and there is an idle cloud to the Yunnan Sea. Tulu Tulu Duan Anu, Shi Zong Shi Xiu and slaves. The clouds are sparkling and there are no people, and the color of the reed flowers cannot be changed. The meat screen sits alone and thinks carefully, and the Xishan Iron Wind is chic. (Note 2)

Li He's eyes changed slightly: "Dare to ask the envoy, what is the name of this poem?"

"Bang Duan Gong"!" Nanzhao's envoy stood up and shouted.

Bang Duan Gong. The sound is like thunder.

Especially the word Duan Gong, which made people who hadn't heard of it before all chuckled in their hearts.

Decades ago, the political situation of the Great Wei Dynasty was undecided, and there were still green forest heroes in southern Xinjiang. At that time, the royal Liang Wang, who was guarding Nanjun, could not hold it, and it was fortunate that Duan Gong, the leader of the Nanzhao tribe at that time, helped to keep the peace. In order to thank Duan Gong, King Liang married his daughter and passed it on as a good story.

But later, because of his meritorious conquest, Duan Gong's influence in Nanzhao expanded day by day, faintly overpowering the royal Li family, causing the suspicion of King Liang, and finally secretly killing Duan Gong. (Note 3)

And now, the envoys of Nanzhao are not bad, and they borrowed this past story and sang poems, and the warning in it is a little cold.

The temperature of the veranda suddenly dropped. Xin Yi thought of the birthday of the envoy in the past, and his heart was also cold.

This mess really came.

Li He grimaced, staring at the envoy gloomily, and the envoy did not shy away from glaring at Li He, and there was a fine wind and snow under the eyes of both of them.

"Tian Khan, we admire the prosperity of Great Wei, and we have traveled thousands of miles to show repair. A piece of sincerity, the sky can be seen. But if someone doesn't take this piece of heart seriously, I'm not a temper licking the soles of people's shoes. The envoy of Nanzhao paused word by word, and his tone was cold-

"I have the sincerity of Duan Gong, and I only seek the sword of King Wuliang of Great Wei. ”

The air in the veranda was almost freezing. The timid official trembled, and Zheng Siying, the initiator, was even more blue and white.

People's hearts are full of flesh, and the floods that burst the levees start from a small mistake. An elegance has risen to the height of the country, and it is not faintly in the limelight.

Li He's eyes flashed, and he broke the deadlock first, and smiled indifferently: "It's just a poem, isn't the envoy making a fuss?"

Without waiting for the envoy to answer, Li He poured a glass of wine and said slowly: "If my Great Wei has improper hospitality, I dare not say anything." However, the Great Wei and Nanzhao and Tubo have been friends for decades, and they have been trading and sending envoys to and fro, and the people in the frontier have lived and worked in peace and contentment. I hope that the envoys will weigh it more. ”

After saying that, Li He actually stepped down from the throne, came to several people, and raised his wine glass slightly: "Respect the Great Wei and the Southern Zhao State for eternity! Respect the Great Wei and the Tubo share prosperity!"

As the king of the Great Wei Dynasty of all countries, Li He personally toasted, which was definitely to give face, even if it was Turkic or Dongying, there was rarely such treatment.

So everyone could see that Li He realized that it was "inappropriate", and an apology and a benefit to Xiao was considered a remedy. The emperor is like this, no matter how he looks at the barbarians in his heart, the courtiers have to show great respect on their faces.

"Diplomatic relations are eternal!

Everyone immediately put on a kind smile, and there was no trace of arrogance, and they all raised their glasses, and the smoky platform suddenly stepped from the cold winter to the warm spring.

The faces of Tubo and Nanzhao Shichen were slightly slow, and the drinking bottomed out: "What Tian Khan said is reasonable. In the Central Plains, there is a saying that the bell must be tied to the bell. Since the wind is from the poem, then from the poem. How about I continue to ply?"

"That's very good. This fourth poem, who will come to my Great Wei's wheel?" Li He sat back on the throne and laughed loudly, as if the uneasiness just now was just an interlude.

But no one answered. Even Zheng Siying was dumbfounded and shrank in the corner to avoid the limelight.

Someone on the front foot suffered a loss, almost poked out a big mess, and everyone on the back foot was eager to get into the cracks in the ground, who would want to hang his head on the waistband of his pants to pretend to be a hero.

"Brother Xian, take a look. The envoy of Nanzhao looked at the envoy of Tubo and said to the full house of civil and military nunu, "The people present are either officials or foreign women." Who dares to make a head bird. You don't know how harsh Dawei's criminal law is, you will lose your head if you make a mistake in half a word. Like our Nanzhao, everyone is a brother and sister, and the king also loves the people like a son. ”

The envoy's words were sarcastic, pointing out that Sang scolded Huaidi for being strict with the Great Wei etiquette law, but he changed the law to remind everyone that the poetry was not good, and he really wanted to lose his head, so no one squeaked.

The smoky terrace continued to fall silent. Seeing that Nanzhao's sarcasm is becoming more and more ugly.

The envoy's words were incorrect. The ants still spare their lives, and you have nothing to blame. Emperor Li He raised his eyebrows, and his eyes rolled in the field, "There is still one person in the field, who is not an official, not a noble, and not a foreign woman." It's just an ordinary commoner, and you can consult with the envoys. ”

Xin Yi shook the teacup in his hand.

Li He's gaze just locked: "Xin Yi, then ask the envoy for advice." ”

Countless jealous, suspicious, or resentful eyes stabbed over, sandwiching Zheng Siying's cold sword-like one, and Xin Yi, who was targeted by everyone, suddenly felt his scalp tingle.

However, the king's order had to be obeyed. It seems that Li He's pit was really prepared for her.

Xin Yi took a deep breath, Ying Ying walked to the middle of the field, and saluted Li He and the envoys: "The people's daughter Xin Yi pays a visit to the emperor. Meet the Envoy. Please give me advice. ”

exegesis

1. Excerpt from Liang Shenyue of the Southern Dynasty "Three Days of Serving Fengguang Palace".

2. In the creation of Chinese by Mongolian literati in the Yuan Dynasty, the first female poet in the history of Mongolian literature, Princess Agai, appeared. She was the daughter of the Mongol prince of Liang, King Aoqir Huyaga (Bazara Valmi), who guarded Yunnan in the last years of the Yuan Dynasty. This poem is an excerpt from Agay's "Poems of Grief and Indignation". This is an ancient style poem that mixes Chinese, Mongolian, and Yu (now Baiyu).

3. Duan Gong: Duan Gong (Bai Man), who is both civil and military, is the tenth governor of Dali. His wife was Agay. During the reign of Emperor Yuan Shun, the peasant army Ming Yuzhen sent troops to attack Yunnan, and the King of Liang (a descendant of Kublai Khan) was defeated repeatedly. King Liang was very grateful to Duan Gong, and the Yuan court appointed Duan Gong as the governor of Yunnan Province, and married his daughter Agai Xu to Duan Gong as his wife. Later, after the fall of Dali, although Dali set up a governor surnamed Duan, the imperial court sent Mongolian officials to supervise in order to strengthen its control over Dali. After Duan Gong became King Liang's son-in-law, King Liang was suspicious of him and suspected Duan Gong's ambition to rebel, and finally eliminated him. Princess Agai learned that her husband was martyred and was in pain, so she wrote this "Poem of Grief and Indignation".