Chapter 881: Dancing and praying for rain
"The official family, Concubine Cao Xian is outside the palace and wants to ask to see the official family." Sun Li hurried back and whispered in Zhao Huan's ear.
Zhao Huan frowned and looked at Sun Li, he knew that it was so troublesome, and he should have let Zhao Ying run.
"Think about why you are not the ancestor of the Great Song Palace, but Zhao Ying is!" Zhao Huan sprayed Sun Li's face and spit on Xingzi.
See? One cry, two troubles, and three hangings, the Wende Hall is not peaceful.
Missing? Cao Xian took a pair of children to the well, and the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty became a big joke in the world!
Holding back their strength to watch the lively people of the Great Song Dynasty, they waited for a revelation from the royal family of the Great Song Dynasty, how could they let it go?
Storytelling, storytelling, scripts, shadow puppetry, and the now popular genre will all blossom!
"Xuan!" Zhao Huan said angrily to Sun Li.
Zhao Ying's appearance was just right, and he appeared immediately, he stood beside Zhao Huan and stared at Sun Li, with fierceness in his eyes.
"Okay, don't stare at it, you slipped away, and he hasn't done anything like this." Zhao Huan said to Zhao Ying with a little impetuousness.
Cao Xian appeared on the Wende Hall with a palace skirt dragging a long tail, and made a big salute timidly: "I have seen Your Majesty." ”
Zhao Huan looked Cao Xian up and down, this gourd-shaped figure really didn't cover it, and when he dressed it up, it was a beautiful landscape. Zhao Huan is more concerned about Cao Xian's dress, such a dressed up, green and purple, with a trace of grace and luxury, which Zhao Huan has never seen before.
Is this preparing to force the palace?
Zhao Huan's face turned pale, and he said solemnly: "The Great Song Dynasty harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and I told you about the matter of the court discussion, which means that this matter has been finalized, and there is no possibility of changing it when it is out of the Wende Palace." No matter what you say or do, you can't change the outcome. ”
"I am the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and I can't exchange the lives of my own people for the lives of the people of Western Xia."
The Great Song Dynasty has money, but the current situation is that there is not enough food, and Zhao Huan will definitely not exchange the food security problem of the Great Song Dynasty for the Antai of Western Xia.
Cao Xian stood up and said without sadness or joy: "The concubine came to see her today, she came for the affairs of the Western Dynasty, but not for the nobles of the Western Dynasty, but for the people of the Western Dynasty. ”
Zhao Huan frowned slightly, tasted Cao Xian's words, and knocked on the table without words.
The courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty and Cao Xian were called by interesting names, and they called the Western Xia Dynasty, not the Western Xia as Zhao Huan said.
It was a matter of ideology, and from the beginning to the end, neither the Song courtiers nor Cao Xian considered the Western Xia's self-proclaimed kingship to be legitimate. Although Zhao Huan, a latecomer, knew that Western Xia had essentially established himself as king.
"Do you have anything to say? The matter of the Western Dynasty. Zhao Huan changed his words naturally, since ancient times, the inherent territory has been a good reason to hold high the stick of legal principles and become famous, and he has no reason to refuse.
In fact, the name of the Western Xia in the Great Song Dynasty was relatively confusing before, and it was not until the last few court meetings that the courtiers were unified when they talked about the affairs of the Western Xia, and the documents on the left and right imperial history were also officially named the Western Dynasty.
It seems that Li Gang told the courtiers in private that it has become a foregone conclusion to take action against Western Xia, this kind of behavior of finding reasons in advance, Zhao Huan very much agrees with Li Gang's united front approach, ideological construction, Li Gang grasped it very tightly.
"Please allow some of the people of the Western Dynasty to enter the Xiaoguan and the Great Song Dynasty as the Song people." Cao Xian leaned down again and said.
"I don't have food to feed them." Zhao Huan explained, but he still disagreed.
Cao Xian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, many people in the Western Dynasty have food, this is also a good opportunity to strengthen my Great Song Dynasty, when the locust plague has not risen, to be able to realize that the locust plague has become a foregone conclusionSocial turmoil, must be a person of insight, but also a person who misses the Great Song Dynasty, at this time they entered the customs with the Song people, and brought their own rations, making a living in the Great Song Dynasty, and they can strengthen my Great Song Dynasty Jiangshan Sheji." When the locust plague starts, the pass is closed. ”
"If the Great Song Heavenly Soldiers occupy the entire territory of the Western Dynasty that day, these people can also return to Guanwai and stabilize the situation in the Western Dynasty."
Cao Xian's analysis from this angle, Zhao Huan felt that there was still a little bit of truth.
However, many people from the Wa Kingdom, Goryeo, and Champa came to the Great Song Dynasty from Tangkou and Jinkou because of the epidemic, and there were some talents among them.
Thinking of the Great Song Dynasty, this sentence also touched Zhao Huan to a certain extent. These people are the backbone of stabilizing Western Xia when they take Western Xia in the future!
Li Renxiao, of course, is now called Zhao Renxiao as the only king of Western Xia who can take a shot for more than 300 years, and his mother, is definitely his biggest helper.
"When I am in the Ming Dynasty, I will discuss it with the courtiers again to see if I can send a recruitment list, Zhao Ying, you write down this matter." Zhao Huan didn't say anything, he had his own limitations, and he wanted to take it out to discuss with the courtiers.
Cao Xian said coldly: "Your Majesty, the concubine asks for a dance and prayer for rain." ”
"No!" Zhao Huan categorically rejected Cao Xian's request! What are you kidding, no matter how bad Cao Xian is, she is also a virtuous concubine of the Great Song Dynasty, where is there a saying that the pheasant dances and prays for rain!
If there is a great drought in the country, it is a means of praying for rain in the Central Plains Dynasty, why use a woman to ask for rain?
Those who are in great droughts will also extinguish the yang and the yin. Hu Chongyin was disgusted with it, and used a witch to dance with a goose. This is the official explanation of the woman who prayed for rain.
And the word witch, in the context of praying for rain, is: Women can do invisible things to dance to the gods, what is invisible to dance? Just don't wear clothes.
Dancing and praying for rain means to lure male gods without clothes, or to lure drought to achieve rainfall.
In Zhao Huan's opinion, it is bullshit logic, Qin Tianjian has written many times to ask for rain, but Zhao Huan has rejected it with the rhetoric that the gentleman is far away from ghosts and gods.
"What if there is no rain for a long drought?" Cao Xian Shi Ran asked.
After a long drought and no rain, the emperor had to issue an edict against himself, and Zhao Huan instantly understood Cao Xian's logic.
If there is a long drought, then the emperor has to stand up and carry this pot, who made the emperor the Son of Heaven? If it doesn't rain, your emperor is responsible.
Therefore, Cao Xian's dancing and praying for rain is not a feudal superstition, but a question of who is responsible.
Qin Tianjian begged for rain but did not rain, it was naturally Qin Tianjian's responsibility, and Cao Xian's dance to pray for rain was Cao Xian's responsibility. Zhao Huan hated feudal superstition, but the people of the Great Song Dynasty needed comfort.
Zhao Huan agreed to Cao Xian's suggestion and prepared for the court discussion, which was a great favor in Cao Xian's heart, and it was too late to repay the grass and tie the ring.
"After a long drought, I'd better make an edict against myself." Zhao Huan shook his head and rejected Cao Xian's proposal, Cao Xian couldn't bear the responsibility of not raining at all.
It stands to reason that witches who ask for rain to no avail will be burned to death, a bad habit that exists in both the East and the West, and is also a global characteristic.
"Your Majesty can't make an edict against yourself." Cao Xian had a smile on her face.
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