The Tang Dynasty was the most glorious and prosperous period in Chinese history, with brilliant culture, abundant martial arts, and a healthy and vigorous social atmosphere, which was envied and admired by future generations.

The poems, ancient texts, novels, and music of the Tang Dynasty all shine through the ages, among which Tang poetry is the most outstanding and proud of the world.

The poets of the Tang Dynasty were known as "Li Du", and the most famous "Li Du" should be Li Bai and Du Fu in the Tang Dynasty, followed by Li Shangyin and Du Mu in the late Tang Dynasty.

Du Mu, known as "Little Du", has a well-known seven-character quatrain "Bo Qinhuai":

Smoke cage cold water moon cage sand

Night park Qinhuai near the restaurant

The merchant girl does not know the hatred of the country

Across the river, he still sings the flowers of the backyard

In Du Mu's era, the power of the Tang Dynasty has been declining from the peak of prosperity, but people are used to living a peaceful and happy life, and they are not vigilant in times of peace.

When this night of the water and moon is hazy, Du Mu took a boat tour, accidentally moored on the bank of the Qinhuai River, heard the bustling restaurant near the left, came to the bursts of singing and dancing to rise to the level of the glamorous music, I can't help but think of the Southern Dynasty monarch Chen Houzhu, who composed the "Yushu Houting Flower", and suddenly aroused the poet's heart of the sad feelings of the times, so he chanted this song "Bo Qinhuai" that has been sung for a hundred generations.

The Qinhuai River is the ancient capital of the south, the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Eastern Wu of the Three Kingdoms, the subsequent Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the Song, Qi, Liang, Chen and other six dynasties of the Southern Dynasties all built their capitals here, which was called Jianye at that time, also known as Jiankang.

These six dynasties are all partial to the left of the river, to talk about the metaphysical Zen as the fashion, to boast of wealth and wealth as the ability, to let go of the obscenity as the elegance, to the power of the valve for the high Yue, completely forget that there is still the ancestor of the old country in the north, half of the rivers and mountains.

Such a drunken gold fan, sheng song Dadan, flashy and arrogant, whitewash the peace, later generations sighed as "six dynasties gold powder".

Chen Shubao, the queen of Chen who "sang the flowers of the back court across the river", was the last emperor of the Southern Dynasty.

His uncle Chen Wu Emperor Chen Ba first usurped Liang, the beginning of the establishment of the Chen State, it was a new Cheng funeral turmoil, not only the land was ruined, the cultural relics were damaged, the reserves were empty, and the local marshals supported the army and divided the territory, and the rebellion began, and the country was extremely unstable.

Fortunately, at that time, there was Northern Qi in the east and Northern Zhou in the west, and they fought against each other, and there was no time to take care of the south, so Chen was able to barely gain a foothold in the south of the Yangtze River.

After Chen Baxian, the throne of Chen passed through Chen Shubao's uncle and cousin to Chen Shubao's father, Chen Xuandi Chen Xuan.

During the reign of Chen Ji, the Northern Zhou of the Northern Dynasty destroyed the Northern Qi Dynasty and unified the north.

Yang Jian, the minister of power in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, immediately usurped the throne of the Yuwen clan and established the Sui Dynasty as Emperor Wen of Sui.

Yang Jian has always had the ambition to dominate the world, and he entrusted the responsibility of Ping Chen to the famous generals of the Great Sui, Han Baohu and He Ruobi.

Han Baohu out of the town of Jiankang northwest of Luzhou, He Ruobi out of the town of Jiankang northeast of Guangling, the two towns across the river to the border of the Southern Dynasties, from the capital of Chen Guo is only more than 100 miles away, forming a giant crab double chela trend, eyeing Chen Guohu.

After Chen Ji's death, Chen Shubao became the heir. At this time, Chen's national situation was already precarious and declining. Uncle Chen is good at poetry and writing, romantic and romantic, since the military affairs are difficult and difficult, he simply puts the government and politics behind him, and only travels to the forbidden garden with the six palaces and three or five cronies every day, and eats wine at dusk.

Now, Chen Shubao is sitting in the Jiankang City of the Six Dynasties, in the Guangzhao Hall of the jade bead curtain, on the finely cut tortoiseshell mat. He was so happy that he wrote a "Yushu Houyuan Flower" to remember the prosperity and beauty of "the moon is full of nights, and the Qiongshu is new".

He immediately ordered the musician to play the reeds and strings aloud; He also ordered the palace people with jade lips and beaded sleeves in brocade clothes to dance to the music.

He himself reclined on the throne, with the beautiful woman's plain hand on his shoulders gently rubbing his back, and the words of his close ministers singing praises in his ears.

Chen Shubao was feasting five ways, drinking three rounds, seeing all the coquettish colors, tired of listening to Cheng Huan's words, and feeling quite bored in his heart, suddenly an inner servant rushed in and knelt in front of the banquet: "Princess Lechang asks to see, and now she is waiting for the decree outside the palace." ”

Chen Shubao was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately passed it on.

It turned out that Princess Lechang was Chen Shubao's younger sister, who was sensitive, graceful, and had the best character at that time, and she had been very close to Chen Shubao since she was a child.

However, since Princess Lechang married the prince Xu Deyan and moved out of the palace ban, his brother and sister are not as good as they used to be, and they can see each other every day.

Today, it is rare for Princess Lechang to enter the palace, and the brothers and sisters can rejoice, and Chen Shubao is overjoyed.

But seeing that Princess Lechang was dressed in Luo clothes, with a gorgeous waistband, a golden headdress, and pearls in her ears, it was really a glorious autumn chrysanthemum and a spring pine.

She walked into the Guangzhao Hall lightly, and saluted upwards gracefully, really like the moon covered by light clouds, and fluttering like the snow of the wind.

Chen Shubao hurriedly ordered the palace people to help Princess Lechang up and let her sit next to the throne.

Princess Lechang's invitation has been finished, the brother and sister exchanged a few words, and Chen Shubao asked: "The royal sister is idle today, so she has time to come and visit her brother?" ”

Princess Lechang said: "The courtiers miss the royal brother, and they miss the imperial brother every day. ”

Next to the throne, Zhang Guifei, who was wearing a purple ribbon, offered a bottle of alcoholic wine, Chen Shubao took a sip in her hand, and said with a slight smile: "Don't make fun of the royal sister, in this palace and outside the palace, who doesn't know that you have a deep relationship with the horse flounder?" The royal sister added fragrance to the horse's makeup, and the horse raised her eyebrows, and occasionally remembered to be a brother, and entered the palace to talk about it, and she was already satisfied with her brother. ”

Princess Lechang was a little shy when she heard this, and said with a smile: "The rumors of the palace ban, how can they be taken seriously?" The royal brother said seriously. ”

Concubine Kong, who had a green skirt, brought a goose paw and sent it to the emperor's mouth, and Chen Shubao ate it with her hand: "My brother is in the forbidden place, isolated from the outside, what I have heard and heard, if it is not rumored by others, how can I know?" ”

Princess Lechang said: "The rumors are true and false, but the royal brother must choose wisely, and it is the blessing of all the people to go to the chaff and preserve the essence." The courtier's sister entered the palace today, but it was a rumor. ”

Xue Shuyuan, who was covered with a red veil, brought a spoonful of quail soup, and Chen Shubao also drank it: "Since the royal sister moved out of the palace ban, she has seen and heard a lot of interesting things outside, and she must have heard more interesting things than her brother." I have nothing to do, just to relieve my boredom. ”

Princess Lechang said: "Brother Huang, this rumor of the courtier's sister is not an interesting thing. Now there is a lot of boiling outside, and they all say, "The yellow-spotted green horse comes from Shouyang; When the winter weather ends, go to the beginning of the spring breeze. The emperor's brother is wise, this matter must have reached the heavens? ”

Chen Shubao changed his sitting posture and asked Jiang Xiurong, who was holding his back, to come over and rub his legs: "For my brother, this is the first time I've heard of it at this moment. This ballad sounds interesting, but do you know what it says? ”

Princess Lechang said: "It is said outside that the yellow spot is a tiger. Now the Sui general Han Baohu is sitting in Luzhou, and his mount is the green horse. If he comes to commit an offense, he will cross the river from Shouyang. Brother Huang, the younger sister is only afraid of this rumor, and it should be on Han Baohu. ”

When Chen Shubao heard Princess Lechang talk about military affairs, he couldn't help but feel a little troubled in his mind, and he was unhappy several times. He frowned and said, "Royal sister, I'm afraid that you are also too careful." This rumor sounds like a ballad, talking about "the end of winter" and "the beginning of the spring breeze", maybe it's just the weather solar terms, not necessarily Han Baohu. ”

When Chen Shubao's cronies and courtiers heard the emperor say this, they hurriedly followed the wishes: "Your Majesty, please forgive the ministers for saying more." The minister had heard this ballad, but it was just an ignorant child humming it casually, where did it talk about Han Baohu? ”

Chen Shubao was refreshed when he heard this, and his body sat up straight: "Have you heard of it?" Tell me what this ballad means. ”

The courtier said, "The courtier obeys." Your Majesty, please see, the yellow spot is the tiger, and the green skull is the horse, this ballad should be between the Year of the Tiger and the Year of the Horse. This year, the year old Jian Wushen, the zodiac is a monkey. The year before last was the Year of the Horse, and four years ahead was the Year of the Tiger. In my humble opinion, this sentence of "yellow-spotted green horse" is between the year of Renyin and the year of Bingwu? ”

Chen Shubao nodded slowly when he heard this. Another courtier hurriedly continued: "Your Majesty, according to the minister's humble opinion, if it is between the year of Renyin and the year of Bingwu, the second half of this ballad seems to be about the tide of the great river. In previous years, the river swelled, all in late autumn and early winter. However, in the five years between Renyin and Bingwu, the tide was delayed until the end of winter and the beginning of spring, which is in line with the so-called "the end of winter when you come, and the beginning of spring breeze when you go". ”