Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

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In the confrontation of words, you come and go, Wu Meiniang attacked the city and conquered the territory, and Xiaozhuangzi was defeated.In the end, the guy's eyes were red and he was about to cry from anger.

She looked at Li Zhi for help, and said, "Your Highness, you know my personality best. Wu Meiniang has slandered my reputation so much, you have to make the decision for me."

"This..." Li Zhi looked at Wu Meiniang, then at Xiao Zhuangzi, and said in embarrassment: "How dare Xiao Wang say that Master's wife is wrong? Let's talk... let's talk... You provoked this matter first, We don't take it for granted."

Seeing that Li Zhi could not count on him, Xiao Zhuangzi put his hope on Guo Ye again, and said, "Qin King is a thousand years old..."

Guo Ye hurriedly said: "I've always been a person who helps relatives and doesn't help others. Now that I strictly abide by neutrality, it's already my greatest support for you. Besides, a good man doesn't fight with a woman, so what's the difference between you and Meiniang?" ?”

Xiao Zhuangzi rolled his eyes and said, "To tell you the truth, although Xu Hui and I have no affair. However, the relationship between our family and the Xu family is indeed good. If I help you to say something nice in front of Xu Hui, you The chances of winning are still pretty good.”

Guo Ye said: "How many times have I said that I am not interested in that Xu Hui at all!"

"Hmph! Hypocrisy!" Xiao Zhuangzi said: "Aside from being good-looking, what else is good about Wu Meiniang? Is it worthy of your maintenance? In my opinion, she is not worthy of giving Xu Hui a pair of shoes. Don't you help me now Speak, it will be too late to regret after meeting Xu Hui."

Guo Ye shook his head, and said: "Xu Hui is only able to stand out in front of Meiniang because of his literary talent. But in my eyes, literary talent is not worth a penny, but it's not much worse."

"Vulgar! I really misjudged you." Xiao Zhuangzi said with disappointment on his face, "I thought King Qin was a hero in the world, but after hearing what you said, I realized what it means to be famous. "

"Why do you say that?"

"Based on what you said just now. How can literary talent be so unbearable in your eyes? You are so ignorant! When I talked to you, I really... really... played the piano with a cow. You are a reckless man who fights and kills!"

Guo Ye said: "Little Zhuangzi, don't be in a hurry, listen to me. If you want to talk about worldly talents, we will first recommend the two ways of civil and military. Let's not talk about martial arts, just talk about literature. Of course, the literature dealing with political affairs and criminal lawsuits is very important. But obviously, your so-called literature is not these."

He paused for a moment, then continued: "Mr. Xu Hui, to put it bluntly, is nothing more than poems and songs. I have a good comparison about poems and songs."

"Compared to what?"

"It's like human eyebrows."

"Erows? What do you mean?"

"Good-looking eyebrows are of course a good thing. But ugly eyebrows, or even no eyebrows at all, what will happen to people? It's not good, it's just ugly, and it won't kill people, and it won't cause people's health. .”

When Xiao Zhuangzi heard this, he was not angry, but thoughtful.

He asked: "According to what you said, literary talents are really useless. But the imperial examination for scholars, the Jinshi department is the top one. And the Jinshi department mainly examines poetry and poetry. How do you explain this? Is it possible?" Are all the princes in the court less intelligent than you alone?"

Chapter 2024 Break up

Guo Ye smiled and said, "Xiao Zhuangzi, what you said is biased. It is true that the Jinshi section is the most expensive in the imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty, but the Jinshi section is not only about poetry and poetry. The Jinshi section mainly Examination of classics and current affairs policy, poetry and prose are just additional tests."

Xiao Zhuangzi said unconvinced: "Of course I know this, but whether you can win a Jinshi or not depends on how well you write poems and prose. You have to admit it?"

Guo Yedao: "That's because it is difficult to distinguish between the study of classics and current affairs policy, so at the end, poetry and prose are used as an additional test. To put it bluntly, if a poem is well done, it shows that this person is extremely intelligent. But when it comes to poetry and prose How important it is, that's not necessarily it."

"Excessive words!" Xiao Zhuangzi said: "Thousands of years later, who will remember those emperors and generals? Who cares about how the people lived in those years? Only poetry and songs can be passed down through the ages! Intention."

Guo Ye shook his head and said, "It's not just poems and songs that can be passed down through the ages. For example, the Suiren family drilled wood to make fire, the Chao family built wood for their nests, and Shen Nong tasted hundreds of herbs. Haven't these been passed down through the ages?"

"Those people are all ancient saint kings, how can they be the same?"

"Okay, let's not talk about them, let's talk about those who are closer to us, Cai Lun makes paper, Liu An invents tofu..."

Xiao Zhuangzi could understand now, and said: "I'm dying of laughter, you are the one who invented tofu by Liu An. Ask someone, how many people know that tofu was invented by Liu An? I don’t know. Is this also called spreading through the ages?”

"That's because there are too many ignorant people like you now." Guo Ye said: "I can guarantee that after a thousand years, those who invent new things will be deeply remembered by people. As for poetry and songs..."

Having said that, he shook his head slightly, and said, "Just like all walks of life, except for a few top figures, not many people know about it."

Xiao Zhuangzi rolled his eyes and said, "Yo, you can't beat me, why are you talking about a thousand years later? Could it be that you are not only superb in martial arts, but also good at counting?"

"Uh... Even if you don't talk about the millennium later, just talk about the present."

Guo Ye said: "Even if the poems and songs can be passed down through the ages, so what? It's meaningless except to make the court look bright. Let's go to the countryside to ask the old farmers, and go to the East City to ask the businessmen. What they care about is Are the poems and songs good or bad?"

"Those people are vulgar..."

"Vulgar? Heh, what do you eat without farmers planting food? No one picks mulberry and raises silkworms, what do you wear? There are no merchants who work hard to sell them. You sit at home, and these things come to your house by themselves? "

"I... I didn't mean that either." Xiao Zhuangzi also felt that what he said just now was a little too much, and he said arbitrarily, "It's just...just..."

"Just what? Your Majesty has said that the people are like water, and the king is like a boat. Water can carry a boat, and can also cover a week. Your Majesty dare not underestimate the people, so you are smarter than Your Majesty?"

"Of course not."

Guo Yede did not forgive others, and continued: "I tell you, only knowledge that can make people live a better life is true knowledge. Poetry, poetry and poetry are just icing on the cake. Hall of Elegance."

"You...you..." Xiao Zhuangzi was robbed by him for a while, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, tears were about to flow down.

Li Zhi quickly smoothed things over and said, "Xiao Zhuangzi is young and ignorant, don't be as knowledgeable as her."

Xiao Zhuangzi said angrily: "You also help him to speak? Although I can't say enough about him, I also know that poems and songs are definitely not as useless as he said."

Guo Ye said: "It's not useless, didn't I say it? They are like human eyebrows. Although they are important, there are too many things more important than him."

Xiao Zhuangzi pouted, and said, "Hmph, I understand. You have risen to a high position by virtue of your military exploits, and you have become rich in the world by inventing things such as glass and soap, but you don't know anything about poetry, so you deliberately used Belittle poetry and fu to cover up your own incompetence!"

"You guys are still killing your heart!" Guo Ye said: "Okay, I won't argue with you, don't you think poetry and songs are important? Xu Hui is good at this. Just go and marry her? I will definitely not fight with you fight!"

"Hmph, what you say doesn't mean what you say." Xiao Zhuangzi suddenly seemed to understand something, and he no longer looked embarrassed, and said: "You obviously want to marry Xu Hui to death, but you pretend to be disdainful." It looks like a glance. Who are you lying to? You have the guts, until the end, you don't provoke anyone."

Guo Ye embraced Wu Meiniang and said, "With Meiniang by my side, what is Xu Hui? You overestimate Xu Hui's charm. Hehe, I really don't like Xu Hui!"

Xiao Zhuangzi sneered and said, "I hope that after seeing Xu Hui's true face, you can really say that. King Qin Qiansui, let me remind you, there is still time to take back that sentence."

"Joke, why should I take it back?"

"You'll regret it. Let's wait and see!" Xiao Zhuangzi stood up without any speculative words, turned around and left without any scruples about Li Zhi!

Guo Ye shook his head and said, "I don't know which family's grandson it is, this kid is too rude!"

Li Zhi stomped his feet anxiously, and said, "Teacher, why don't you hurry up and chase after him? It's too late to apologize now!"

"Apologize? I didn't do anything wrong, why should I apologize to her?"

Li Zhi sighed and said, "Teacher, do you know who she is?"

"who is it?"

Wu Meiniang chuckled and said, "This person must be Xu Hui."

Li Zhi nodded, and said: "Exactly. Xu Hui's father thought that she had worked in the palace at the beginning. I knew her when I was a child, and she was a good friend when I was young. So she has never been in front of me. Big or small."

Guo Ye was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized that he had preconceived ideas, first thinking that Li Zhi was a man, but after Li Zhi denied it, he immediately thought that this was a young man.