When the Louvre meets the Forbidden City

"Ama, why are you making things bigger and bigger!"

Nalan Chengde couldn't help shaking his head when he heard his father say that the emperor ordered that the poem-tasting and dissertation activities held at Lord Wei's mansion be changed to the palace, thinking that his father was no worse at asking for trouble than he was.Originally, he only planned to go to Mr. Wei's house to be careful with a few kind words.This is good, make a little bit of trouble bigger and bigger.

Mingzhu ignored his son's complaints and just replied, "So, the emperor really likes Mr. Wei very much. I just mentioned it casually in front of him, and the emperor became interested. He has to deal with countless things every day. He is so busy with government affairs, that he is willing to take the time to listen to what Mr. Wei wants to comment on poetry and grammar with you, which shows how much he cares about Mr. Wei's affairs. When you and Li Qin go to the imperial court tomorrow to deal with Pay attention to your sense of proportion, don't be too patronizing to show off your talents and learning in front of the emperor, if you compare Master Wei too badly because of this, then you will really offend people."

Nalan Chengde agreed, "Ama don't worry, the child knows."

In the afternoon of the second day, Nalan Chengde entered the palace together with Li Qin, the second son of his good friend Li Ji's family, and was taken directly to the Jingguanzhai next to the imperial study as soon as they arrived.

The Jing Guan Zhai is casually and exquisitely arranged, not as luxurious and heavy as in the main hall, but rather leisurely and elegant, very suitable for His Majesty to relax.

Nalan Chengde and Li Qin followed the little eunuch into the room respectfully, the emperor was already sitting inside, and there was a person standing beside him who was slightly bent and whispering in his ear, it was Mr Wei Xiaobao and Mrs Wei.

Both Nalan Chengde and Li Qin lowered their heads and lowered their eyebrows, not daring to look carefully. It seemed that Master Wei suddenly moved aside, not knowing what was going on.

Before thinking too much, the two went up to kowtow, Kangxi smiled and said, "Excuse me, I heard from Mingzhu yesterday that Wei Dutong wanted to invite the two of you to the mansion for a talk, to make friends through literature, I think it's interesting, so I just Let you all come to the palace and tell me. I have long heard that the eldest son of the Mingzhu family is outstanding in literary talent and famous in the capital. Mr. Li is also from a scholarly family with a long history of education. Everyone should not be cautious today, just talk about it casually. "

Nalan Chengde and Li Qin were modest together, they both said that the rumors were too good, I two are not knowledgeable, today I dare to make a fool of myself in front of the emperor, the emperor must not think that we are not knowledgeable later.

Without saying a word, another eunuch announced, "Your Majesty, Prince Yu and Prince Gong have arrived!"

Kangxi stopped talking to Nalan and Li Qin, and said, "Show them in."

There were two young men of similar stature and appearance, who were dressed in dark yellow dragon uniforms, walked in quickly, saluted Qian Qian, and said, "Greetings to the emperor."

The visitors were Kangxi's elder brother Fuquan and younger brother Changning.Both identities are not low. Fuquan was named Prince Yu in the sixth year of Kangxi, and Chang Ning was named Prince Gong in the tenth year of Kangxi.

Fuquan was one year older than Kangxi, and Chang Ning was three years younger than him. Kangxi was about the same age as these two brothers, and they had always had a friendly relationship with each other.Seeing the two of them coming in, he said with a smile, "Second Brother, Chang Ning is almost flat." He also ordered Liu Jinzhong, "Give the two princes a seat."

Fuquan got up and looked around, and said to Kangxi, "Recently, major events have happened frequently, and the emperor has devoted himself to state affairs. Open, I am willing to do something else. Chang Ning said last night that it is rare for the emperor to have a good mood, even if he does not sleep, he will rush to memorize a dozen or twenty poems and essays to come to the emperor to join in the fun."

Kangxi laughed and scolded, "Nonsense, Chang Ning always likes to be lazy at ordinary times, and only rushes when he needs to use it. He also makes excuses to make fun of me. You should also read more books on weekdays."

Chang Ning replied with a smile, "What the emperor taught me is that I will remember it."

From his mother, Nalan Chengde and the royal nobles in front of him are aunts, nephews and cousins. Li Qin also came from a family. Let's laugh together.

Wei Xiaobao had no expression on his face, standing beside Kangxi and listening to their jokes, he felt that today's palace gathering was not as good as he expected.

Wei Xiaobao entered the palace a little earlier than these people, came to see Kangxi first, and naturally used his usual hand kissing ceremony when they met, but the handshake time was longer than usual, and the kiss was more passionate.

Kangxi practiced cloth library all the year round, and had to hold a pen to write a lot of characters every day, so there were calluses on his hands, the shape of his hands was good, and his fingers were slender, but when he touched them, he felt like two men's hands.There is still a big gap between the delicate and soft hands that Wei Xiaobao has always favored.

After suppressing a little disappointment in his heart, Wei Xiaobao then bent down and leaned against Kangxi's ear and whispered a few compliments that he always said to his lover in the past.Considering that the person in front of him had a particularly honorable status, Wei Xiaobao deliberately screened out the words when he spoke, and tried to speak with deep emotion and solemnity as much as possible.

Kangxi thought it was very fresh, so he listened calmly first, and when Wei Xiaobao said, "...I miss you day and night, your figure is like a beautiful moon, making it hard for me to fall asleep..." It was really disgusting Unable to take it anymore, he raised his hand and slapped Wei Xiaobao's buttocks hard, "I miss you so much that I can't sleep, so I went to the palace to ask you to see me, don't talk about it, just talk and don't practice!"

Wei Xiaobao was hit hard suddenly, startled, quickly stepped away, covered his buttocks and stared, if Nalan Chengde and Li Qin hadn't happened to come in to kowtow and disturb him, he might immediately blurt out and accuse His Majesty of being frivolous Faux pas.

Today, everyone was called into the palace by Kangxi in the name of discussing poems and proses and learning. After a few words, we got back to business. Prince Gong first said, "Speaking of which, Rong Ruo's poems are famous in the capital. After reading two poems, I really thought of the beautiful lines, and the lingering fragrance was full of fragrance. When the emperor is free to study, he should have been invited to the palace to accompany him." Their cousins ​​also did not see each other, and they directly used Nalan Chengde's expression when talking. The words match.

Kangxi was immediately interested, "Oh, which two are they? I'm too busy to care about these things recently."

Prince Gong had been prepared for a long time, and took out a folded piece of golden flower and jade paper from his sleeve, opened it and handed it to the little eunuch serving in front of the imperial court, and said with a smile, "Please take a look, Your Majesty."

The little eunuch presented it to Kangxi, and Kangxi picked it up to look at it. Sure enough, two poems were copied on it, and he read it softly:

Germany is also crazy ears,

Accidentally, in the country of Zichen Jing, Wuyi Mendi.

If there is wine, but to pour Zhaozhou soil, who would be willing to do so,

If you don't believe it, you will become a confidant.

Blue eyes and singing are not old,

Wipe away all the heroes' tears.

Don't you see, the moon is like water.

You must be intoxicated tonight

And by him, Emei's rumors, the past and the present are the same taboo,

What's the point of asking about life experience, just let it go with a sneer

Thinking about it, repenting from the beginning,

A day's heart expects a thousand kalpas,

Later life, fear of guitar life,

However, the promise is heavy, you must remember!

Praise said, "Sure enough, it's sonorous, and it's good to say 'Of course, you must remember!'"

Looking down again, he smiled and said, "The next song is graceful."

Dial the lamp and the book is full of red paper,

Still boring.

The jade leak is far away,

In the dream, the cold flowers are separated by the jade flute.

A few stalks of bamboo are pruned and it rains in the third watch,

Ye Ye Xiaoxiao.

To pay the autumn tide,

Don't miss Pisces to Xieqiao.

Kangxi read the Tao carefully, and said to Nalan Chengde, "It's really good, and your talent is not in vain."

Nalan Chengde bowed to thank His Majesty for his compliment.

Kangxi looked at Wei Xiaobao, who had been silent all this time, and asked, "Wei Dutong, today's incident was caused by you, why didn't you say anything, tell me, what do you think of these two poems?"

Wei Xiaobao didn't understand most of it, he just grasped a few words he could understand clearly, and asked, "Your Majesty, what is the jade leak? Why do you say that the jade flute is separated from the cold flowers in the dream?"

Kangxi sneered, "Chang Ning, explain it to him. Explain it from the beginning to the end. I guess Wei Dutong didn't understand a few words."

Prince Gong Chang Ning accepted the order with a smile, knowing that Kangxi was teasing this little courtier, and others were unwilling to offend Wei Xiaobao easily, for fear of trouble if they offended him, Prince Gong was not afraid, so he made fun of it and explained Nalan's two poems straight Bai Ming, even a five-year-old child can understand it.

Others heard him interpret "the moon is like water" as the moon shining on your body, as if you were showered with a basin of water and wet your whole body, ensuring that there is no place that cannot be taken care of; There were three bamboos planted in the yard, and they couldn't help laughing, trying not to laugh because of Wei Dutong's face.

In the end, Kangxi couldn't bear it any longer. He laughed and waved his hand to stop Prince Gong, "Okay, Chang Ning, you should give me enough time. Wei Dutong is a military officer, so he is really not very knowledgeable, but you don't need to tease him like this."

Wei Xiaobao heaved a sigh, Prince Gong's explanation was actually suitable for his level, if he took his face into consideration, he might not be able to understand it if he said it more tactfully, after he understood it, he felt that these two poems were beautiful and vivid, touching Heartstrings, sincere praise, "It's so well written! It's beautiful!"

Several people thought that he must be somewhat ashamed, but they didn't expect this reaction, and they couldn't help being a little surprised. They all thought that if it wasn't for his thick skin, then he had really cultivated his stomach.

Prince Yu Fuquan saw that Wei Xiaobao was indeed quite young, he looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, and his stature had not yet grown up. He stood there in a small official uniform and praised Nalan's poems well, his appearance was exceptional. It's weird, but I still want to tease him.

Then he continued, "It turns out that today's gathering was Wei Dutong's idea, so Wei Dutong should not be too humble. Just saying 'good' is not enough, and you should come up with some ideas?"

When everyone heard it, they all pursed their lips in joy, thinking that he couldn't even understand what he was listening to, and just now he was being misunderstood by Prince Gong, so what can he say now?

Kangxi wanted to stop him, Wei Xiaobao is a courtier after all, it's okay to have fun, but don't mock him in public, "It is said that Wei Dutong is a general, Yu Wenmo is not very proficient, why are you still holding on to him, second brother. "

Prince Yu smiled, knowing that Kangxi was very protective of this little courtier, so he didn't say any more.

Wei Xiaobao said, "I don't dare to say I have a high opinion, but I also have some ideas. It's just that you may not agree with them."

When Prince Gong Changning heard the great joy, he hurriedly said before Kangxi could stop him, "Tell me, maybe we agree."

"Poetry is an expression of people's inner feelings. As long as it can shake people's hearts and move people's hearts, it is a good work. Our poems are all exquisite and elegant, and they sound good, but sometimes it's good to express them warmly and directly. "

Chang Ning didn't quite understand, "How to be enthusiastic and direct, please give me an example."

Wei Xiaobao was a little embarrassed, "How to do this. I can't write a whole article for a while."

Chang Ning thought he was talking nonsense, and refused to let it go easily, "Then you can say a few words, for example, when parting, describe the sorrow of parting, what should you say?"

Wei Xiaobao thought about it, "I can say

Take all that is wonderful about you,

Take away your pain and your joy,

Ruthlessly separated from me.

We will never see each other again! "

Chang Ning was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect him to answer every question, and then asked again, "What about the time of regret and sentimentality?"

Wei Xiaobao pondered, sorry and sentimental?That's hope lost!It can be said like this:

"Hope hastened into the sea.

As if the bright sun had set,

The aspirations that had lighted my way had vanished like smoke. "

Chang Ning and his second brother Fuquan looked at each other, a little silly, thinking what is this, why does it sound like that, Fuquan then asked, "How do you sing about mountains and rivers?"

Wei Xiaobao thought hard again,

"I heard the silvery mountain springs singing,

Trees and roses also raised their buds and were ready to open. "

"What about ambition?"

This is a bit troublesome, Wei Xiaobao thought for a while before he came up with a short paragraph,

"A young man jumped into the world,

Spread wings that are not afraid of anything,

Carefree, carefree, unrestrained,

Just revel in your own dreams.

He flew with all his might, showing off that...a picture. "

Kangxi picked it up for him, "Show great plans!"

Wei Xiaobao nodded hurriedly, "Yes, it's a grand plan, thank you Your Majesty, I can't remember this word," then waved his hands and said, "Please don't ask, I can't think of it."

Chang Ning slumped his shoulders, raised his eyebrows and stared at the other people and asked, "Is this considered poetry?" Everyone looked at each other, thinking that of course it wasn't, but it sounded quite interesting.

Kangxi shook his head slightly, "You can figure it out!"

"When I went to Luocha Kingdom, I heard them make poems like this, so remember some of them."

It turned out to be like this, and several people thought in their hearts, no wonder, this Raksha countryman's poems are quite interesting, thanks to him being able to understand and remember.

From this, I remembered that this person went to the Raksha country alone when he was young, and had some friendship with a regent queen there, and finally brought back the Raksha messenger.Can't help but put away a little bit of contempt for him.He secretly thought that if he was not a man of humanities, he would not be a martial artist, so it was natural for him to be in such a high position in his teens.

Kangxi didn't have much free time, so he sent everyone away after a while, "It's a good day, Nalan Chengde and Li Qin are both excellent poets, and the second brother can also match a few sentences, but Changning is worse, don't be lazy, I have to work harder when I get back.”

Prince Gong Chang Ning glanced at Wei Xiaobao, that means there is someone worse than me, brother, why did you single me out to talk about it.

Kangxi knew what he meant, and lightly reprimanded him, "You're worthless, Wei Dutong didn't know how to write and write, and he didn't know how to write poetry at all. You started in elementary school, so why not compare yourself!"

Chang Ning shrank his neck, not daring to say more, "Your Majesty's lesson is, I remember it." He squinted at Wei Xiaobao and smiled, "I feel that Wei Dutong's poems are actually quite good and very aura. Now let's start Work hard, and in time, I'm afraid you can become a generation of talented people just like Rong Ruo."

Kangxi ignored his joke, "That's all for today, you all kneel down, Wei Dutong will stay here for a while."

Everyone saluted and retreated.

Kangxi saw that Wei Xiaobao's expression was a little dull, not as energetic as before, and after those people retreated, he asked gently, "Xiao Guizi, are you unhappy when I say in front of them that you can't write poetry? What's the matter? You haven’t learned it before, so don’t pretend to understand, but the few sentences you created yourself are very good, I haven’t seen Chang Ning and the others, their eyes are straightened.”

"No, I won't be unhappy because of these trivial things." Wei Xiaobao just suddenly remembered the things that happened a long time ago and felt a little touched.

He was, in fact, once a poet.

He focuses on appreciation in literature, and although he also likes writing, he is not the best at it, at least not comparable to his ability to command the army.

But others praised him as a poet, and a great poet at that!

His mood flew back to the place where the war was raging along with the memories.

It was after the arduous battle of Wagram, before which he led the French army to five victories and occupied Vienna, but suffered a crushing defeat at the subsequent battle of Aspern-Essling, and his faithful friend Marshal Lana died in battle. At the moment of the decisive battle on the front line of life and death, he finally turned the tables and won a decisive victory in the Battle of Wagram with his iron will!

That was the pinnacle of his career. From then on, the First French Empire reached its peak, and most of the land on the continent of Europa surrendered under his feet. He became the mighty overlord of Europe!

Become Napoleon the Great, who is as famous as Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great!

The glorious past is still exciting when I think about it now!

He raised his eyes and smiled at the handsome oriental youth in front of him.The young man in front of him is also the emperor and owns a vast land, almost as noble as he was then, but this young man who inherited the throne from his ancestors must not understand his complacent and overlooking everything at that time.

Someone called him a great poet after the Great War. He can't remember who the person who praised him is, but he still remembers those words of praise. Maybe it was a compliment, but many people thought it was very vivid. :

He used his army and artillery as gorgeous rhetoric, he used unparalleled military talent and strong will as grammar and decoration, and used miraculous victories time and time again as fluent and beautiful sentences, and finally created a song that stretches across the world. A splendid poem in the long river of history!

Those poems are so dazzling and enduring, they will be admired by people from generation to generation!

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"What's wrong with you, Xiao Guizi? Are you smiling so strangely?" Kangxi was a little worried, and waved his hand in front of Wei Xiaobao's eyes.

"Your Majesty, it's nothing. I just remembered something from the past." Wei Xiaobao smiled at him and said meaningfully, "I think my poems are not bad."

Kangxi laughed, "Just those few plain words? You should try your best to put gold on your face." Turning around and leaving, he said, "Accompany me to review papers, and I have something to ask you later."

Wei Xiaobao followed, guessing that Kangxi wanted to ask him about his invitation to fight in Gansu, he shook his head secretly, what is the old saying here?By the way, it's a hero who doesn't mention his bravery back then!These words are suitable for him now, he should be his little fool first.The future is long, and he can work hard slowly.

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Quotations from Napoleon: The glory of life lies not in never giving up, but in being able to rise again and again!

The author has something to say: Nalan Xingde's original name was Nalan Chengde, and his character was Rongruo.In order to avoid the name taboo of the prince "Baocheng" at that time, the name was changed to Nalan Xingde.Later, the prince changed his name to Yinfeng, so he changed it back to Chengde.The prince here has not yet been born, so he should be called Nalan Chengde.

The writing time of Nalan Xingde's two poems in the article probably does not match his age at this time, so they are put here because of the plot.

A few passages of Na Xiaobao's poems are excerpted from Schiller's "Hope", with slight changes.