[Comprehensive] The days when I pretended to be a meow in the Forbidden City

This, is this a new serialized script?Isn't it based on the end of Han Dynasty?

The little emperor is really inexplicable, but he knows about Brother Xia's writing of the storybook. Before that, he followed up with Brother Xia's updates, and even cut out the tabloid and showed it to the Eight Sage Kings. What did the Eight Sage Kings say at that time?That was mercilessly spraying him as a plaything!

But now he suddenly realized that it was the Eighth Prince who allowed him to read the storybook. Sure enough, it was written by his own son. Isn't it different?

Zhao Zhen was a little aggrieved, but he was really happy that Xia Anran and Zhao Yuanyan could get along peacefully, but after a while, he sorted out his mood and opened this booklet.

The first sentence on the title page is the dialogue between Cao Cao and Liu Bei. When writing this sentence, Xia Anran deliberately changed the font to Hanli, or used the Hanli style used in the official biography. of writing.

The strokes are majestic and sharp-edged, and Xia Anran deliberately used some calligraphy and painting skills at the turning points and blank spaces, making these short lines look full of determination and arrogance.

Emperor Renzong, who was trained by the civil official group, was not weak at all in tasting. He immediately realized that this was Xia Anran's brand-new calligraphy method, so that readers could have the illusion of seeing swords and swords through these fonts.

If there are people who are good at books, they can communicate with their souls. With Renzong's experience, he can faintly see these two peerless talents cooking wine and discussing heroes in front of them. What can be felt should be richer.

Even people who don't know calligraphy can find these words sharp and compelling.

The writing style of this word is really beautiful, but I don't know whether it is a new style created by Brother Xia on a whim?This was Renzong's first reaction, and he soon realized the difference between himself and Xia Anran.

Renzong's calligraphy is also very beautiful, and his paintings are also very good. However, influenced by Confucian education, his calligraphy and paintings do not have a personal style.

This is the requirement of his gentlemen, because he is an emperor, as a qualified monarch, he should be good at accepting advice, like a lump of coagulant, sticking his fellows in the family, the clear stream, and all aspects Taken together, this kind of him doesn't need to be too sharp.

It's better to say that a moderate personality is better.

His nature is like this, and Renzong's cultivation is driven on this road. He feels that his sharpness has gradually been worn away. The person's mental outlook.

Renzong's calligraphy is neat and neat, just like his character, gentle and honest, not sharp.

It's just that at this moment, when he saw the words written by Xia Anran, a rush of blood suddenly ignited in his heart, and he felt that his internal organs seemed to be burning, and he felt hot for unknown reasons.

Such a word... He hesitated for a while, but swallowed the thought of asking Xia Anran for it.

The reason is simple. Words, like paintings, need a momentary inspiration. Even if the same author writes the same words again, they will lose the feeling at that time. Therefore, it can be said that there is no such thing as an identical picture in this world.

If he wants to leave this picture, then the title page will undoubtedly lose its color a lot, and if the script carefully written by his little cousin to describe this scene loses its color because of this, no matter whether it is him or not, God The readers below will regret it too.

So at this moment, Song Renzong chose to restrain his desire to possess. He didn't say anything, and he didn't even continue to look at it a few more times. Based on his experience, if he looked at it a few more times, his behavior would be judged. Notice that although Xia Anran is not here, there are many eyeliners here, and there will always be people who think they are smart and make reckless moves.

His every move fell into the calm eyes of Zhao Yuanyan, who had a warm smile in his dark eyes.

Renzong didn't know that he was being observed secretly. He quickly opened the title page and saw the text. Xia Anran's writing method was not in the order of the timeline. His writing was a bit scattered, as if among countless fragments Grab the most eye-catching points, and a few strokes can outline a person's character.

As an emperor, of course he has studied history, and the history of the end of the Han Dynasty is also within the scope of his study. The private trade market is in chaos, which can be said to be "taking history as a mirror" for the Song Dynasty who encouraged commerce.

Xiandi, who became a puppet and caused the heroes to compete for three parts of the world, for Zhao Zhen, who was named the prince at that time, this period of history was simply incredible.

He was taught since he was a child that as long as he is an emperor and loves the people, then no matter whether he is a courtier or the people, he will give back to the emperor.

When he was the most naughty, he also thought, I have already become the emperor, so what if the courtiers and the people no longer believe in me?With military power in hand, can the people still rebel?

The history of the Three Kingdoms told him that once the courtiers and the people no longer believed in him and no longer regarded him as a king, the results he encountered were not much different from ordinary ants.

Although the teacher later told him that it was because of the collapse of the ritual system at the end of the Han Dynasty, the clever little prince at that time quickly thought of Li Tang.

Li Tang is not far away from the founding of the Great Song Dynasty.

The king who once stood tall in Eurasia like a giant, the movement when he fell was still deafening.

What is left to future generations is reflection, reflection, and reflection.

Especially for a relatively stable regime after Li Tang, that is, the Zhao Song Dynasty, Li Tang has always been the object of their research.

For them, studying Li Tang is like teaching you how to avoid stepping into the same quagmire again.

Li Tang was destroyed by war.

Therefore, the Song Dynasty promoted scholar-bureaucrats and demoted military officials.

Li Tang died of luxury.

Therefore, the Song Dynasty derogated extravagance and praised elegance.

Li Tang's Confucianism collapsed.

Therefore, the Song Dynasty brought out etiquette to restrain the people of the country and resist those who did not respect etiquette.

But is that enough?I always feel that something is missing... This comes from Zhao Zhen's intuition as an emperor. He read the history books and always felt that something was missing. This may be the answer that he may need to spend his whole life to find, but now, he seems to be faintly touched. To a little context.

This feeling is very subtle, it is difficult to describe it in words, and it is even difficult to quantify it.

But Zhao Zhen felt that it was an illusion at this time. Could it be because of this book in his hand, could there be any change?

The young emperor had not yet discovered his little cousin's ambitions at this moment.

At this time, the side of Zhao Zhen's hand was writing the scene when the eighteen princes defeated Dong, and Cao Cao accused these princes of only knowing about drinking and not doing practical things.

It is written in the book that although this young man is short in stature, his imposing manner is not weak at all.

In the big tent, he talked eloquently in front of the generals, hoping to impress those people whose brains were filled with their hearts, but it was a pity that they all fell on deaf ears.

So Cao Mengde did an incredible thing.

He used the one thousand soldiers he had recruited to attack the five thousand soldiers led by Xu Rong, which was no less than hitting a stone with a pebble.

At that time, Xu Rong was a strong general under Dong Zhuo, and Cao Cao was just an ordinary yamen who fled from Luoyang in a hurry. This defeat, as everyone expected, was a natural defeat.

The failed Cao Mengde almost paid the price with his life, but he proved that Dong Zhuo's army was not seamless and there was no way to speak of it. He also wanted to declare war on Dong Zhuo on behalf of Cao Mengde. The failed Cao Mengde returned to his army. The hometown continues to recruit soldiers, waiting for another battle.

In fact, among the 18 soldiers and horses, there are many famous people in later generations. The gathering of the princes of the 18 Routes, in the eyes of later generations, is the meeting place of new and old talents. After that, it fell quickly, but some people went straight to the sky.

The leaders of the Cao Wei regime were impassioned, the leaders of the Shu Han regime were still drifting with the crowd among the soldiers, and the founders of the Soochow regime were throwing off their arms and doing it alone.

This scene is the beginning of the Three Kingdoms.

Zhao Zhen changed it while watching it. He changed it very carefully. He always had to read it two or three times before he was sure what the word was and what it meant.

He read and corrected, turning several pages in a short while.

On this day, the two most distinguished men in the Song Dynasty sat around the round table, basking in the sun and lazily correcting Xia Anran's typos, but the person who enjoyed this honor didn't know anything.

Xia Anran was holding her breath and was holding a flower mounter made of fish intestines and squeezing it in a ball of light pink gel. As he moved his hand back and forth, he had to replace it with sharp objects from time to time to poke it inside. , A fat goldfish soon appeared in the middle of the gel.

That's right, it's goldfish again, Xia Anran slammed it down, put away the earthen-made piping bag with satisfaction, changed to a green one and painted water plants inside, and after a while, poured another layer The liquid is capped. Although there is a little mistake in the process, the corners of this goldfish are a little bit open, but generally speaking, the green grass is shining in the peach-colored water, and a goldfish roams freely, which looks quite beautiful.

Moreover, Jinyu Xia Anran used the seasonal cherry jam as raw material, and the green grass was spinach juice... The taste, the taste should be okay.

Hmm... this is art, don't pay attention to the taste of the artwork!

He walked out of the kitchen with the work that he had worked on for half an hour, and walked towards the yard where the Eighth Prince was.

To tell the truth, Xia Anran felt that he was already a lover of sweets, and he was the mainstay of the Han civil servants' sweet food army in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but he really didn't have the tolerance for sugar like the Eighth Prince.

The Eighth Prince can drink sugar water with empty mouth!

Just ask if you are good or not!

However, according to Bai Jinxi, the Eighth Prince's character of eating sweets like life is due to the strict control of the family. The Eighth Princess restricts the Eighth Prince's intake of desserts at home, because the Eighth Princess likes to see the Eighth Prince's thin appearance, but the Eighth Prince is very easy to grow fat Meat, and dare not go to the restaurant.

Now the desserts that can be smuggled here in Xia Anran are already the last consolation of the Eighth Prince!

Xia Anran refused this kind of truth, and after hearing it, he almost wanted to cover Bai Jinxi's mouth.

Ahhh, I don't even want to know that the Eighth Prince is a strict wife!The more I know, the quicker I die. How can I face the Eighth Prince who is so handsome and elegant, with a little sharp and sharp eyes?

I have no choice but to pretend that I don’t know what to do after hearing everything.

Even though he said that, Xia Anran still didn't try hard to feed the desserts to increase the Eighth Prince's favor towards him. Although it doesn't look obvious on the surface, this prince is almost 50 years old.

In ancient times, over 50 was already the grade of the elderly, and the human body function declined greatly, especially the type of Eighth Prince who looked weak and weak and couldn't exercise at first sight.

Modern middle-aged and elderly people have also begun to walk or jog at night, but the only way to maintain health in the Song Dynasty is to eat.

In spring, fish meat is plump and delicious; in summer, duck meat is sweet and cool; in autumn, soup is eaten to moisten the lungs and dryness;

Although I haven't seen the Eighth Prince's daily diet, but judging from what he ate when he treated him that day, Xia Anran felt that the eighth Prince's daily food must be relatively heavy, at least heavy oil and salt cannot escape.

If such a body still consumes a large amount of sugar, it is prone to cardiovascular diseases.

He also remembered that the Eighth Prince's lifespan didn't seem to be very long... because in the next seven or five years, there would be no sense of the Eighth Prince's existence.

It's just that he really doesn't remember such out-of-the-ordinary things, so it's better to eat less sweets, the elderly can never be wrong to eat less sweets.

So these days, Xia Anran entertains the Eight Great Kings with some delicate food, but the taste is not too sweet, although the Eight Great Kings often hinted when tasting: this dish lacks some soul, it should be sprinkled with more honey juice, She even sent the honey to the kitchen openly, but Xia Anran accepted it humbly and would never do it again.

As long as you don't do it, you can't find faults. Xia Anran feels that she is the pinnacle of morality among the people under house arrest!

Have you ever seen a person under house arrest who not only cooks and entertains the culprit, but also worries about the culprit's health?

Definitely not. The more I thought about it, the more proud Xiao Xiale walked out quickly. The plate in his hand was made of white porcelain, and the clear jelly was turned upside down at this moment. It's at the bottom of the plate, it's completely covered, it looks like a fish flicking its tail in the plate, it's extremely delicate.

But before he could amaze the people of the Song Dynasty, he was frightened by the people of the Song Dynasty, "Official, official?"

"Huh?" Zhao Zhen, who was so absorbed in correcting his homework that he didn't notice the footsteps, raised his head in response, and saw Xia Anran holding a plate.

The little emperor, who had known from the news that Xia Anran was good at cooking, glanced at the plate in his hand, squinted his eyes for a while, then groaned inwardly, but remained motionless on his face.

He said to Xia Anran with an amiable manner, "Brother Xia can just call me Emperor Brother."

"……Hey?"

Xia Anran's expression suddenly became weird, he glanced at the Eighth Prince, then at the little emperor who was talking to himself again, hesitated for a while, but silently put down the plate, and walked away.

He felt that there must be another content exchange between the two uncles and nephews!

It is better for him not to listen.

When Xia Anran came over again with the wine cup and sake, what he saw was the Eighth Prince who was sitting with a blank expression on his face and the little emperor whose management was not over yet with an incredulous expression on his face.

Is this clear?

Xia Anran blinked, and Zhao Yuanyan stood up first, "Xia Xiaolang, there is something unexpected happening at Ben Wang's house today, let's say goodbye for now."

"My lord, go slowly." Xia Anran's gaze left a step on the plate held by the lord, and silently swallowed the rest of the words.

However, Zhao Zhen, who was unable to protect this plate of fish agar, and suffered a major blow in his life, was still a little erratic. Seeing Xia Anran brought the wine cup, he subconsciously wanted to drink it all in one gulp, but was caught by Xia Anran. An Ran avoided the past, "Did the official family eat? Drinking on an empty stomach hurts the stomach."

"Well... I ate some."

Zhao Zhen was still a little dizzy, he just got a blockbuster - Xia Anran is really not his cousin!

According to Zhao Yuanyan, although they did replace the little emperor with their third son at that time, they had enough time after all, and it was enough for the prince to send his son to someone who could be entrusted to him. I found that I didn't dare to communicate more, but I still had a certain amount of communication with my third son.

The prince and his wife were also surprised when they saw Xia Anran, they did not investigate this possibility, but the letter sent by San'er later dispelled their suspicion, Xia Anran was really not their San'er.

As for Zhao Zhen's request to restore San Lang's identity, the Eighth Prince also rejected it. His reason was that San'er now lives outside the capital, and if he regained his identity, he would also be bound inside the capital, and he was not allowed to leave the capital unless he was ordered to do so. It's not easy for people who are used to being wild.

Moreover, he also has his own adoptive father and has his own life. Things are already like this, so it's better not to change.

So... it's really an oolong!

But the little emperor was entangled. He really felt very close to Xia Anran when he saw it. He used to think that there was a blood relationship, but now the emperor is very serious and said that he is really not his son... This... What should I do?

Fortunately, Xia Anran didn't call out that imperial brother just now, and it's also fortunate that they said it privately and didn't spread it, but if he is not her cousin, how can it end?

Xia Anran was gathering up his manuscripts. Seeing Zhao Zhen's tangled face, and looking at Bai Jinxi who was standing beside him with a serious face, he soon realized what the two of them were worrying about. He didn't care, but was considerate. I have to comfort the little emperor, "Are the officials worrying about An Ran?"

Zhao Zhen didn't answer at the beginning, but just let out a long sigh. He said, "It's my fault. I let Brother Xia think that he had found his life in vain, and he was so happy just now." He pondered for a moment, "Don't worry, Brother Xia, I will definitely launch the strength, to find your true relatives."

For Emperor Renzong's promise, Xia Anran only smiled slightly, he knew that this was a passionate statement made by Emperor Renzong's guilt for a while, and could not be taken seriously.

He had no intention of going up the ladder, so he just thanked him lightly.

Seeing him like this, the sensitive and fragile Zhao Zhen thought that he was quite disapproving. Thinking about it carefully, Xia Anran's relatives are indeed hard to find. After all, the Imperial City Secretary has not been able to dig out his birth so far. Kind of frustrated.

He didn't even shake the paper fan he was holding. This time, Xia Anran caught his depressed mood, and he quickly comforted him, "The officials don't need to be like this. As the officials saw, Anran's livelihood is mainly based on writing books. , so it’s the same everywhere, not to mention that the government has already given An Ran such a large compensation, aside from that,” he said with a smile, “If you want to live in a lot of houses in Bianjing City, it’s not a small amount of money.”

He had a bit of bitterness on his face, "Since An Ran woke up, I don't know my past. It can be said that there is no past for me. If it is not invited by the government, it will be like duckweed wandering in the world. The government is like this Great love, and looking for family members for An Ran, I am too late to be grateful, how could I feel resentful?"

He was so considerate but made the emperor feel even more guilty. First, this house was actually the place where he used Xia Anran under house arrest. Second, he thought that Xia Anran was his cousin, so he was so generous. If he knew in advance that Xia Anran was the same He has nothing to do with it, and the treatment is different.

Comparing his heart to his heart, if he had suffered these kinds of treatment, would he still be able to treat the person who caused it with equanimity?

No.

Originally, such house arrest is also a kind of protection for the cousin. If his appearance is discovered, the courtiers will definitely force him to deal with it, and it will not last for two days.

But now he is just an innocent person involved, the little emperor is deeply educated in Confucianism, and has learned the knowledge of a king, so he knows that his actions now are completely out of selfishness.

If such a behavior is known, what face will there be?

What's more, Xia Anran is so considerate and considerate, which only makes Renzong feel more guilty. There is a type of person who is the kind of person who is praised by others as five points, but you will feel guilty because you are actually only four points. Unfortunately, Renzong That's it.

Maybe in the future he will realize the troubles this weakness of character will bring in his later ruling career, but now, he is just a young man who is about to turn 20 years old, and wherever he looks, he is also interested in Kudos to him for being such a character.

The only emperor in Chinese history who completely cultivated himself on Confucianism had no idea how much trouble this character would bring him when he was in power.

As he investigated, Xia Anran woke up in a temple. A person who can't remember anything will suffer unexpected disasters because of his appearance. Even so, he has no complaints and comforts himself the culprit.

At this time, in Zhao Zhen's heart, Xia Anran has already set a row of favorability points. If he is not still a little reserved, I am afraid that he will hold Xia Anran's hand at this time and say: Brother Xia understands me.

In addition, at this moment, because of the recent smooth sailing, he is in an extremely happy mood. Even if it caused this oolong, it can't subtract his good mood. With two prongs, Zhao Zhen was excited, and said something. , or a promise that he will never say a few years later.

He promised his next wish

Any wish that does not harm the national system and does not violate morality.

Such generosity, of course, surprised Xia Anran.

Seeing that the surprise on his face was not fake, but there was no greedy and joyful eyes, Zhao Zhen invisibly confirmed his decision even more.

How did he know that Xia Anran was not half happy at this moment, if the emperor was not Renzong but the little emperor of their era, he would immediately have the evil idea of ​​spanking, and then write a long letter , to scold the little emperor for such a reckless move.

How can the emperor's promise be given so easily?

Even if the giver is a pure and kind person, how do you know if there are other people behind him who will use and persecute him?And even the request made by a pure and kind person may not necessarily be given by an emperor.

The risk of this request is too great, so after he endured for a long time, he managed to swallow his criticism, but said to the little emperor, "This reward from the government is too heavy, please forgive me for not being able to accept it." Accept it, An Ran has no falsehood in her heart, I really feel that Your Majesty owes me nothing, on the contrary, His Majesty can allow me to stay in this busy city in Bianjing for a few days, so as to save my accommodation expenses, it is Your Majesty reward."

"One request for this matter...Please take it back, Your Majesty."

In fact, the little emperor just blurted out the request just now, and he regretted it a bit after he blurted out, if Xia Anran made such a request to let him go immediately, would he agree or not?

If he complied, he would definitely spend more energy on guarding Xia Anran.If he hadn't been extremely helpless, he really didn't want to use extraordinary means.

But now, Xia Anran's quick refusal made him feel a little bit embarrassed. If he is a mature emperor, he should go down the slope and let go of the joke just now. If he really has an idea, he will give some compensation later. up.

But the little emperor had just been in charge, and his behavior was still a bit immature. At this moment, he felt a little embarrassed and couldn't come down.

It doesn't matter, brother Xia is not good at making requests, I will just grant him one of his wishes at that time - the little emperor said silently in his heart.

Seeing that the little emperor pursed his lips, Xia Anran naively thought that he had given up his thoughts, so he didn't say any more. In order to change the subject, he asked the little emperor about whether he could feed the young Lord Pang next door. Things.

If Xia Anran didn't mention it, the little emperor would have forgotten that his brother-in-law Pang Yu lived next door.

When he bought the house, he actually wanted to buy the house next door. Of course, he hadn't figured out the price of the house at that time, so he had such ambitions. But the intermediary at the time said that the neighbor was not willing to sell. The emperor was just a little regretful, and after knowing the house price here, he was only embarrassed.

Cough, luckily, luckily I didn't ask... The shy little emperor couldn't afford two sets!

Of course, he didn't use his private power to find out who the next door was. He didn't expect that not long after he arranged Xia Anran to come over, Pang Yu, who was ordered to be locked up and thought about it, would be sent here by his father.

Regarding this matter, the little emperor didn't know whether he bought the house first or Grand Master Pang bought the house first. Anyway, this shrewd old fox still grasped the significance brought by the little emperor's various actions.

Just don't know how much he knows.

But with Taishi Pang's shrewdness, he probably also saw the importance of Xia Anran to the emperor.

Their Pang family was not afraid of Pang Yu's thinking behind closed doors and fines, but what was terrible was that after Pang Yu was released, he was forgotten by the emperor.

Although it is said that there are two double insurances, Grand Master Pang and Concubine Pang, Grand Master Pang obviously feels that it is not enough.

For foreign relatives, the importance of personal talents is limited, but the perception of officials is extremely important.If it is forgotten by the officials, it is a big deal.

So he sent his son here for confinement.

Undoubtedly, he took advantage of the emperor's attention to Xia Anran, and let Pang Yu show his presence in front of him from time to time. If this happened for a long time, it would naturally be equivalent to showing his presence in front of the emperor.

Little Emperor Jiujiu knows this very well

He doesn't feel bad at all. This kind of small trick without malicious calculation has appeared many times in his life. If everything has to be calculated and calculated, then he is too tired to live. , is always rarely confused.

But even so, he was a little curious about the reason why Xia Anran would ask such a question, and after he understood it, he knew what bad things his brother-in-law had done.

Zhao Zhen knew that Pang Yu was spoiled and raised.

Taishi Pang has two sons. The eldest son ran away from home at a very young age. At that time, Taishi Pang, whose son disappeared suddenly, turned into a wounded lone wolf. Cheng Tai remonstrated, and in the end he made countless enemies before he restrained himself a little under the comfort of his wife and daughter.

Later, Taishi Pang's wife died of illness in the next two years. At that time, his eldest son disappeared, and his eldest daughter had already entered the palace, leaving only the youngest son and two concubines by his side. All the love is betting on little Pang Yu.

Pang Yu was also cute as Yuxue when she was a child, and even Zhao Zhen liked it when she saw her. Pang Yu, who was so pampered and grew up, is naturally like a child who has not grown up. The eldest son of the emperor, the second son of my father, and the third son is my sense of wantonness.

This time, he did something stupid after encountering such calculations. At first, the emperor was extremely angry, but after he was sentenced to a fine, he softened his heart again.

It's just because the people who designed Pang Yu in this way didn't see Pang Yu, they were targeting Zhao Zhen himself, and Pang Yu was just acting on his behalf. The way to make Zhao Zhen's sharpest knife point at his people.

He can't blame Bao Zheng, Bao Zheng. The impartial judgment of the case was originally under his behest. He is only fortunate that he received the information one step earlier, and sent Bao Aiqing at the right time, so that the incident did not happen. developed to a point of no return.

If Chenzhou really killed a large number of people because of Pang Yu's unfavorable disaster relief, then even if he had given orders to Bao Zheng before, Bao Zheng would definitely not show mercy

Thinking like this, the emperor continued to recall the series of punishments he had imposed on Pang Yu, and couldn't help but soften his heart. He didn't say it explicitly, but he also implicitly agreed to Xia Anran's feeding of the little fat man next door.

Before leaving, Xia Anran sent the emperor to the gate, and the emperor did not ask Bai Jinxi to be an escort when he returned to the city this time. He knew that Bai Jinxi lived here, so he felt that there was no need to bother to send his beloved minister to the city again. The officials of the Imperial City Department on the side of the road can escort them.

The thoughtful little emperor was thanked by his beloved courtiers, and felt that although the purpose of what he did today was slightly flawed, the little emperor was satisfied and stepped out of the gate of the courtyard with satisfaction.

Bai Jinxi and Xia Anran bid farewell to the little emperor in front of the door. Seeing the two standing side by side at the door, the little emperor always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't think of it for a while, he just felt inexplicably suffocated.

He stepped into the carriage somewhat angrily.

The author has something to say: ... Seeing how hard you guessed, the author will reveal the answer to you: Xia Miao's body is indeed the son of the Eighth Prince.

Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee laughing put the lid on the pot and run away

Quietly, Mimi said, Renzong's calligraphy and paintings are..., cough, so-so, too neat.

To be honest, whether it is a poet or a painter, people who are too peaceful can't do it, because their works are like lukewarm water, without explosive points, and naturally they can't attract the resonance of readers!

There were many reasons for the demise of the Tang Dynasty, such as military disasters, extravagance, internal strife, infidelity, etc. The huge differences between Tang and Song can be seen that Song really made a lot of efforts to avoid collapse like Tang.

...although it's useless.

Because in the final analysis, Tang’s problems were just a manifestation of these big problems, and even the problems of Tang Dynasty were not solved by Song Dynasty.

For example, Tang Haoshe is shown in gold and silver utensils, but Song looks plain, and people are not allowed to use emerald green, nor are they allowed to wear gold.

But...they crushed the gemstones for painting.

Also engaged in cultural relics collection.Also engaged in kabuki troupe.

Although they looked very upright and didn't even have patterns on their clothes... who said that the literary and art circles save money?

This story tells us that if any circle wants to play well, you can't escape by spending money.