Chapter 289: The Battle Book of the Kingdom of Qi (I)
The three holy places in the world have different characteristics.
The Shenwu Sect of the Xia Kingdom relied on the deep trust of the royal family to eradicate dissidents and defend the imperial power of the Xia Kingdom, so it was named the state religion.
The Great Snow Mountain of the Tang Kingdom is admired by the world because it is inhabited by the world's first master Mu Jingfeng, and it is a holy place in the hearts of all Tang people.
The construction of the Jixia School Palace of the State of Qi was completed as early as the Warring States Period, and it was located in Linzi, the capital of the State of Qi at that time. The spectacular "Hundred Schools of Thought" is centered on the Qi State Jixia School Palace. During its heyday, the Jixia School Palace accommodated many schools of thought such as Taoism, Confucianism, Law, Fa, Ming, Bing, Agriculture, Yin and Yang, etc., but they dissipated with the destruction of Qi by Qin.
Later, the state of Qi was restored, and the first major thing King Qi did was to rebuild the Jixia School Palace. However, today's school palace is not famous for martial arts, but for Confucianism, known as "three thousand scholars", all of them are Confucian practitioners, with literary style, extraordinary knowledge and consciously superior.
Such a statement is scorned in the eyes of capable people in the Tang Dynasty and the Xia Kingdom. Now Qi is the weakest in China among the three kingdoms, like an old man in the twilight, the rulers are mediocre and incompetent, and the rulers do not want to make progress. If it weren't for the mutual checks and balances between the Tang Dynasty and the Xia Kingdom, and there was no time to pay attention to it, the Qi Kingdom would have been lost in the long river of history. If the people of Jixia Xuegongmen were really experts in governing the country, how could the Qi country fall to this step?
Maybe the art of governing the country is a bit boastful, but when it comes to literary talent, Jixia School Palace is known to the world with its true skills. The country of Qi has always regarded itself as the hometown of culture, and the two most typical representatives are the "Jixia School Palace" and "Fengmen Exquisite Art".
Today, Feng Zhiyao came to congratulate her birthday in person, and she is also a representative of the entire Qi country. Jixia School Palace dragged her to send a congratulatory couplet, which did not mean to show her talent and invite the Tang Dynasty to fight.
So this is not only a congratulatory couplet, but also a war letter.
Oriental travelers are old and refined, how can they not understand what Feng Zhiyao means? But he is a prime minister and a representative figure of the Tang Dynasty. Now that people have come to the door, if he is cowardly, don't fall into the prestige of the Tang Dynasty.
This battle is inevitable.
"The old man is just a birthday, and he is really ashamed to bother the Hongru people in the school palace." Dongfang Yuanxing said, "If there is only Shanglian, this is fine. I don't know how many talented people in the Tang Dynasty are, and it is not difficult to match a pair neatly. “
Feng Zhiyao smiled and said, "Wonderful, wonderful." Zhiyao has long heard that the talented people of the Tang Dynasty are talented and have always had the intention to communicate, but they have never had this opportunity. This time, I just borrowed the treasure of Xiangguo to see the demeanor of the Tang Dynasty. “
This Feng Zhiyao is not a fuel-efficient lamp, he first held the Tang Dynasty genius to the sky, if he can't come up later, wouldn't it be a shame to throw people home?
In the hall, some officials who often regarded themselves as talented people were timid, and hurriedly used the method of urine escape to flash people, fearing that they would be burned later.
Dongfang traveled far away: "Why don't you Feng tell He Lian first?" ”
Lord Xiangguo commanded, and Zhiyao didn't dare to disobey. Smack! Feng Zhilan smiled slightly, the jade palms closed lightly, and after two crisp palm slaps, the two maids presented a piece of rice paper and slowly unfolded it.
Feng Zhiyao took a step forward and read out loud a few powerful characters on the rice paper: "Kyushu wishes the same, a thousand phoenixes send joy, and the immortal pine is famous!" ”
"Good!"
A few people who couldn't see the situation clearly took the lead in applauding, feeling that this couplet was from the Tianxia School Palace, and it was both "Congratulations" and "Xiangxiang", so it must be a good couplet.
Indeed, the content sounds festive and atmospheric, but there are many smart people with bright heads in the audience, and after savoring it, their faces have changed greatly.
Where is this congratulatory couplet? It's clearly a couplet! It's just that there are needles hidden in the cotton, and the irony is hidden in the beautiful congratulatory message, which can be described as extremely ingenious.
Tang An sneered. With his ingenuity, he pondered for a moment and saw the danger of this couplet.
"Boyfriend, why do you have this expression? Isn't Feng Zhiyao's upper link bad? Liu Qingge next to him blinked, not understanding.
"Okay, that's good. These talented people of the Qi Kingdom have all ridden on our heads, but the officials of our Datang Dynasty still applauded others. Tang An looked at the group of people who were still applauding, and his heart was secretly sad. People whip you with big mouths, and you still massage people's hands, isn't this cheap?
Liu Qingge was curious: "How do you say this?" ”
Tang An explained: "Literally, there is nothing wrong with this couplet. Xiangguo's national birthday, the whole world celebrates, and the bird sends blessings, which is a great omen. "Immortal Pine" is a metaphor for the Oriental travel to be old and strong, a lifetime of fame and fortune, admired by the world, yes or no? ”
"yes, isn't that a good pair?" Liu Qian said.
"Wrong, ridiculously wrong. If there is no unification today, how can there be a saying of "Kyushu with the same wishes"? So her subtext is: putting on such a big scene and saying 'the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty' is just for you Tang people to entertain yourself. Tang An peeled off the cocoon and analyzed, "'Thousand phoenixes send joy' contains two meanings. 'Qian' represents the three thousand scholars of Jixia School Palace, and 'Feng' represents Fengmen, which together are the representatives of Qi State. On behalf of Qi Guo, sending 'Xi' is fake, and fighting 'Cai' is true. Use gorgeous rhetoric to cover up the connotation of irony, can you dare to accept such irony? ”
"I see, this Qi people are so insidious." Liu Qinge frowned after hearing this, and said, "What about the last sentence?" ”
"The immortal pine has a reputation, and it sounds good." Tang An said with a mockery at the corner of his mouth: "Dongfang Xiangguo is over the age of old, and those who don't want to serve the old can't turn the time." However, those who have struggled all their lives have never been able to see the unity of the world, and the so-called 'fame and reputation' are all false names, and it is just a joke to pass on to future generations. This birthday couplet is provocative and sarcastic from beginning to end. ”
Liu Tingge suddenly realized. If it weren't for Tang An's meticulous analysis, she would definitely be kept in the dark by false appearances now. I didn't expect that the festive birthday couplet on the surface would hide so many things. But if you think about it carefully, the pair of Jixia School Palace is ingenious, but Tang An can see through it at a glance, wouldn't it be more clever?
With a pair of beautiful eyes and a proud smile, Liu Tingge smiled sweetly and said, "Boyfriend, you are so amazing." “
"I'm more 'powerful' elsewhere, you haven't seen it yet." Tang An smiled coquettishly, saw Liu Qingge's eyes with little stars, and sighed: "Girlfriend, don't look at me like that, I'll be shy." Alas, soft-heartedness is always a shortcoming that I can't change, forget it, I'll reluctantly accept your admiration for the hug! ”
"Nasty!" Liu Qinge scolded with a smile, and then his face was a little sad, and said, "Boyfriend, since you have seen the tricks of the Qi people, shouldn't you come forward?" If a couplet can't be corrected, wouldn't it make them laugh at our Datang people? ”
"Even if you can see it, this situation of Qi is not easy to solve." Tang An put away his smile and said, "This longevity couplet in the Jixia School Palace is divided into two meanings. The first meaning is to see if we can see the irony. If you can't see it, it's not that difficult to neatly align the last couplet, but you will lose the body. The second meaning is that if you can see the irony in it, and you can return the irony they added to us as it is, then you win. ”
"I didn't expect it to be so complicated! So can you win? Liu Tingge's expression was entangled, these scholars are really full of flowers, and they are still boyfriends.
"Do you want me to win?" Tang An blinked and smiled.
Liu Tingge likes to see his confident expression the most, as if the problems of the whole world can't stop him. Yan Ran smiled and said crisply: "Yes!" ”
"Don't worry, don't worry." Tang An picked up his hands, coldly watched Feng Zhiyao, who was full of confidence in the audience, and Dongfang Yuanxing, whose smile gradually solidified, and muttered: "A real master can often make a move at the end, and this is how it is played in TV series." ”