The Great Qin Empire---Qin Li

Shangsi Festival is one of the few festivals in Qin that does not prohibit drinking in groups.

In Lantai Palace, the pavilion for drinking and banqueting is built on a winding circular canal. The young men and women who gathered also sat beside the canal, and asked a servant to go to the upstream and put the empty Yuchang into the water. The flat Yuchang was like a wobbly boat, floating gently on the water and drifting towards the people below.

The sound of ding-dong-dong sounded, and everyone selected one person to turn his back to the crowd and hit the copper chime with copper chopsticks, and then suddenly stopped. At this time, the person in front of the Yuchang had to pick up the cup...

Everyone looked and saw that it was Tang Jue, the son of the thief Cao, who was the first to be hit.

Tang Jue was familiar with laws and codes, but he was only roughly familiar with poetry and books. He secretly cursed his bad luck, picked up the wine cup, poured a full cup of pale yellow millet wine, and glanced at the girl Huang Shang who was sitting opposite him.

"This wine and this poem, to the lady of the Jin family!"

"The north wind is cold, the rain and snow are heavy. Be kind to me, and walk hand in hand with me!"

Who would have thought that when these words came out, they were met with a burst of laughter from everyone.

"What are they laughing at?"

Hei Fu didn't understand, he had understood the rules of the game, similar to the passing game in later generations, the person who got caught had to write a poem. Of course, it was definitely not a simple poem, the men and women who were dating would take the opportunity to write poems to express their love, and confess in public... Yes, this era is so unrestrained, and there is no shyness in feelings.

And the poem just now did sound like a love affair, except that the north wind and rain and snow were not quite appropriate, what was the problem?

Feng Jing tilted his head and told Hei Fu: "Although this is a poem from Bei Feng, and it also contains the word wind, it actually talks about the tyranny of Wei State, and a man and his friends invited to flee together."

"You've done a bad thing."

Hei Fu shook his head. It turned out that there were so many details in the poetry of this era, and it was really complicated. He felt a little sympathetic to Tang Jue. Hei Fu had a good impression of this guy.

In this way, not only Tang Jue was embarrassed, but the woman also bowed her head and kept silent.

Tang Jue's love confession ended in failure. Because he was not good at studying, he lost a clown, was fined a cup of wine, and went to replace the person who struck the bronze chime.

When the knocking sound stopped again, by chance, the person who picked up the wine cup was the girl in yellow clothes who had just been confessed to by Tang Jue!

But she picked up the wine cup, hesitated for a while, and then washed it in the clear water beside her. Her disdain was obvious. Then she filled it with millet wine and aimed it at Heifu...

Heifu was shocked, and then he found that the girl's target was Feng Jing beside him!

"This wine and this speech, to Mr. Feng!"

In the surprised eyes of everyone, the girl shyly chanted: "The wind is rustling and the trees are rustling. I miss you and worry about you!" Then she drank the wine in one gulp, and her face flushed.

Heifu knew from the words of others that this was a sentence from "Mountain Ghost". The love of a girl chasing a boy could not be more obvious.

"What a bloody love triangle!"

This scene was so exciting. Heifu looked back and forth between Feng Jing, the girl in yellow clothes, and Tang Jue, and found it quite interesting.

Tang Jue turned around and saw this scene and was petrified on the spot.

The woman in yellow clothes stared at Feng Jing firmly, expecting his reaction.

Feng Jing was always polite, so he stood up and toasted the woman in yellow clothes with a glass of wine. The woman was so excited that she covered her mouth with her hands, fearing that she would scream out in joy. She thought her confession was accepted.

"Mr. Feng's spring has arrived." Hei Fu smiled.

Feng Jing shook his head and whispered, "I will reject her after this party."

"How cruel."

Hei Fu was joking, but Feng Jing asked back, "Zuo Bingcaoshi usually only reads military laws and decrees, never reads poems or books, and doesn't know Chudi Ci or Fu, so what are you ready to say and to whom? Do you want me to help you?"

"No need."

Hei Fu's smile disappeared, and he said lightly, "I have thought about what to do, I just hope Mr. Feng will not think I am reckless and rude later!"

Feng Jing's eyes were slightly surprised, but at this time, the jingling sound of the bronze chimes stopped again!

"This wine and this speech, to the lady of the Ye family!"

As the organizer of this drinking party, Qi Xia picked up the wine cup, glanced at Hei Fu vaguely, and then pointed the full wine cup at the county governor's daughter Jin opposite!

"I will travel with you to the Nine Rivers, and the wind will blow and the water will surge!"

...

"It is actually from the daughter of the county magistrate."

Feng Jing's expression became interesting, and he whispered to Hei Fu: "This is a line from "He Bo". It is not only appropriate for the scene, but also for the mood. What do you think the daughter of the county magistrate will do?"

But he was more looking forward to Hei Fu's reaction.

Hei Fu did not answer, but saw the blue-clothed girl opposite him smiling and bowing and saying: "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Qi, but I am not yet of age, so I cannot talk about marriage. Mr. Qi should find another Lan Zhi..."

Everyone was shocked. They thought that according to the temperament of the daughter of the county magistrate, even if she did not want to accept, she would have to wait until the end of the party to express it privately. Who would have thought that she would refuse on the spot. Did this make Qi Xia give up early?

Qi Xia's face turned pale and blue, and he could only drink the bitter wine. Then he walked angrily to Tang Jue, who was weakly hitting the bronze bell after a breakup, and told him to go away.

"It's all the fault of Hei Fu, who stole my limelight just now!"

Qi Xia thought bitterly, and after the Yu cup returned to the source, he hit the bronze bell heavily!

"Dong Dong Dong!"

Qi Xia was indeed an old hand who had played this game many times. Although he had his back to the ditch, he could predict its flow rate. He stopped suddenly and looked back, only to see Hei Fu picking up the Yu cup in front of him with a helpless look...

"Let's see how you make a fool of yourself!" Qi Xia was overjoyed!

The men and women beside the ditch also looked at Hei Fu curiously, wondering how he would deal with it. At this party, was there anyone who wanted to confess his love to him?

At first, these women despised Heifu because he was born into a commoner family, but when they saw that he was well-spoken and had the highest title and official position among the crowd, the gap between the two sides was eliminated. In addition, although he was a little dark, he was not ugly and could be considered "ordinary". Several women began to think that if Heifu confessed to them, they could reluctantly accept it...

Then Heifu looked at the wine cup in his hand and said nothing.

"Left Military Officer, it's your turn." Qi Xia reminded maliciously.

"Could it be that you can't say it?" Seeing Heifu's embarrassment, he was very proud in his heart, as if he blamed all the anger of his failed confession on Heifu.

Heifu smiled: "I think this cup is too shallow, not enough for me to drink."

Then, in full view of everyone, Heifu threw the wine cup into the canal!

Amid the whispers of the crowd, he poured the wine into the copper wine jar, drank three cups in a row, sighed happily, and turned back to apologize to the daughter of the county magistrate: "I hope Miss Ye will not blame me. Today, Hei Fu is going to spoil the fun!"

Zi Jin did not expect this and was stunned, but saw Hei Fu said: "I originally heard from Mr. Feng that the young talents of Jiangling gathered here, so I wanted to come and see what kind of people they are. However, after seeing it today, I was greatly disappointed! It's okay for women, but even men are intoxicated by the decadent music of poetry and songs. I don't know which country I am in, nor do I know what year it is today. Is it because the spring breeze in Jiangling is too warm that it blew you all to sleep?"

"What?"

Qi Xia and the others were shocked by Hei Fu's provocation with such harsh words, and immediately retorted: "What does Zuo Bing Cao Shi mean by this? Isn't it that you can't come up with a poem or fu that suits the occasion? Just say it directly, why make the scene so ugly?"

Hei Fu sighed and said: "It's just that the scene reminded me of the comrades who were about the same age as you two or three, but had to brave the arrows and stones and shed their blood in the war against Chu. In the last war, Qin was defeated by Chu, but you didn't prepare your horses and soldiers to avenge the humiliation, but competed with poems and fu, and were complacent. I feel sorry for those comrades who will stay in Chu forever, and I feel sad for Shang Jun who established the law!"

He stood in the pavilion by the flowing water and said loudly: "More than a hundred years ago, our ancestor, Duke Xiao, was determined to strengthen the country and prosper the nation. So Lord Shang entered Qin and assisted Duke Xiao to reform the country and strengthen the country! Lord Shang established the system of ten and five, burned poetry and books and clarified the laws, blocked private requests and fulfilled the public labor, banned people from traveling and promoted those who worked in farming and fighting. As a result, Qin became increasingly prosperous and powerful, and only then did it have today's territory!"

"And what about Song Yu who wrote "Feng Fu" in this Lantai Palace?"

Hei Fu pointed to the eight-zhang high platform and laughed: "When Lord Wu'an went south to attack Chu, he fled east with King Xiang of Chu! Even if Song Yu and Jing Cha's followers made more gorgeous and beautiful poems, they could not stop the Qin army and could not save Chu. Isn't this clear enough?"

"Nowadays, although the ban on poetry and books in Qin has been relaxed, there are many people learning poetry and books in various places, and it is not illegal. But others can compose poems and express their aspirations with words, but I can't."

Hei Fu looked at everyone: "Because I am a Qin official, I have always followed Shang Jun's law and dare not disobey it in public!"

"If you must say something with the word wind in it, then Hei Fu will not use any poems, but say it in a straightforward way that the common people can understand!"

He bowed to the east, to the place where his comrades were buried, and said with a firm look: "I hope that when I lead the children of Nanjun to attack Chu again, I can capture cities and territories like a swift wind sweeping autumn leaves, and end this long war. I also hope that I can do my best to help the king unify the world, so that the six directions will be in harmony and the nine states will be connected!"

...

Hei Fu's voice echoed in the Lantai Palace and the Liushui Pavilion. Everyone was stunned by his scolding. They had never encountered such a thing before, and their brains did not react for a while. Because Hei Fu's words were so righteous, even Qi Xia could not find a word to refute.

Only Hei Fu was clear in his heart.

This game is naturally disadvantageous to him. He can neither recite the Book of Songs nor understand Chu Fu, let alone pick out sentences with the word "wind" and appropriate to the occasion as confession words. If he is not careful, he will be irrelevant and make a fool of himself.

Of course, Heifu, like all modern people, can recite many Tang and Song poems with the word "wind". What "The tide is flat and the two banks are wide, the wind is right and the sails are hanging", what "The spring breeze is green on the south bank of the river, when will the bright moon shine on me again". Isn't it easy to deal with it?

What's worse, he can blow these poems and lyrics as his own, regardless of whether they are five-character or seven-character, regardless of whether they are appropriate to the occasion, it is hard to say whether he can get praise and make himself a "civil and military" reputation!

However, it would be fine if it was changed to other dynasties, but in Qin, what is the meaning of doing this?

Except to make a group of bored children of nobles and officials exclaim and look at him differently.

Except to make the frontier official who really holds the power of Nanjun sneer.

It has no practical use. It's not that Heifu advocates fooling the people and is proud of being uneducated. The Warring States period was destined to be an era where poetry was not as good as swords. The most respected and greatest poet Qu Yuan had long been drowned in the Miluo River!

Besides, would the only blue-clothed woman who caught Heifu's eye at this party care about the skills of poetry?

Heifu recalled the process of meeting Ye Teng and his parting words.

"If I'm not mistaken, the family learning that Ye Teng regards as the golden rule is not "Book of Songs" or "Book of Documents", but "Han Feizi"!"

Although Heifu has never read "Han Feizi", he has heard that although Han Feizi studied under a great Confucian scholar, he turned away from Confucianism and turned to the teachings of Laozi and Shenzi, and madly advocated the law of Shangjun...

Shangjun's attitude towards poetry and books is the same as Han Feizi's attitude. Ye Teng thinks it is similar, otherwise he would not have mentioned poetry and books in "Yu Shu" and "The Way of Being an Official" that Heifu has read so well, and only strictly enforced the laws and orders!

So, the time travelers didn't even understand the situation they were in, so what kind of poems did they copy!

The laws and regulations of the Qin State, and the conferment of titles for military merits, were made for people like Heifu who don't know poetry and books, let alone poetry and prose. Why should we use our own shortcomings to fight against the strengths of the children of nobles? Just to get into this boring little circle? If he really did that, he would be kicked in the head by a donkey.

After flipping the table and making a scene, Hei Fu felt happy, and laughed at the stunned men and women: "That's all I have to say. I hope you will think about it. I still have military affairs to attend to. Goodbye!"

After that, Hei Fu just left!

As a Qin official, Feng Jing couldn't stay any longer after Hei Fu's disturbance. He had to get up in a hurry, apologize to everyone and say goodbye, complaining in his heart: "This method is really reckless. From today on, Hei Fu, you are afraid that you will become the public enemy of these young men."

And the young man named Tang Jue was discouraged after his confession failed, but was yelled at by Hei Fu. He seemed to understand something, laughed, and left.

After the three left, the winding water continued to flow. Everyone who was still standing there looked at each other in bewilderment. After Qi Xia, Huang Tian and others reacted, they began to slander Hei Fu, unilaterally declared victory, and scolded him for overturning the table when he couldn't beat them.

"No wonder, after all, he is a vulgar commoner, and he can only spoil our fun!"

The women also pouted, thinking that Hei Fu was too much. He was indeed a person who didn't understand romance. The little good impression they had for him also disappeared.

Everyone cursed Hei Fu, but the girl in green sitting at the top seat clenched her fists. She was still thinking about the words Hei Fu had said.

"Lead the young men of Nanjun to attack Chu, like a swift wind sweeping autumn leaves, to end this war? I am willing to do my best to help the king unify the world, so that the six directions are in harmony and the nine states are connected?"

"Today, these two sentences are the only ones that can fully express the tyranny and unstoppable force of the wind in Song Yu's "Ode to the Wind"! This is the real words that are in line with the scene and know the time!"

The wind is born from the earth, rising from the end of the green apple, invading the valley, raging at the mouth of the earth bag, along the Taishan Mountain, dancing under the pines and cypresses, floating and raging, stirring up the hurricane. The sound of thunder, the return of the cave, the stone felling, and the branches killing the forest!

As the fu said, this black man, like a fierce black wind, blew and beat the ignorant young men who were still living in the spring, leisurely all day, and didn't know that the final merit would pass by!

It is obvious who is better!

Zi Jin smiled and nodded secretly, saying, "I can go tell my father that he was right. This Hei Fu is indeed a Qin official who can do practical things! He can be of great use!"