The Red Chamber: Hang Qin Keqing at the start

Chapter 39 [039] Shi Xiangyun messed up the mandarin ducks, Zhang Juzheng's first assistant wanted to return to the court
Jia Tanchun laughed and said:

"I heard that Feng Ziying, the son of General Shenwu, is interested in Sister Yun. Feng Ziying has both martial arts and can be called the son of a general. He can be regarded as a rare good son-in-law."

Shi Xiangyun blushed with embarrassment, pushed Jia Tanchun lightly, pouted his mouth and said in reproach:

"Third sister, don't mess with the mandarin ducks. I have never met Feng Ziying. How did he get involved with me?"

Wang Xifeng joked with a smile:
"I've also heard that the son-in-law Wei Ruolan also seems to be interested in Sister Yun. Sister Yun must seize the opportunity and don't miss this beautiful son-in-law."

Shi Xiangyun grabbed Wang Xifeng's arm, shook it a few times, and said with an annoyed smile:

"Second sister-in-law Lian, just let me go. As the saying goes, 'one daughter does not marry two husbands', if you and the third sister continue to arrange me, I am worried that my reputation will be damaged, and I will not be able to marry in the future."

Wang Xifeng stretched out her index finger, poked her forehead lightly, and said with a playful smile:

"Sister Yun, is she ashamed? Are you in a hurry to get married?"

As soon as these words came out, there was a burst of laughter around.

When the laughter stopped, Li Wan looked around the crowd and said:
"Let's get back to business, comment on Brother Qiang's poems, and I'll read them to everyone."

As he spoke, Li Wan picked up the poem written by Jia Qiang and recited:

"The koi leaps into the sky and leaps over the dragon gate, and at night the drizzle floats in the lake as a basin.

Wasted half a life, a beauty and an old woman, half human, half ghost, half soul.

The clouds clear, the fog disperses and the sun rises, and the snow melts in spring without a trace.

The secular world wants to stay in the original heart, and the heart is determined to spend the morning and evening. "

After reading, Li Wan smiled and said:

"The language of this poem is bold and majestic, this is the poem that a man should make!

Next, everyone will analyze this poem according to the order just now, but since this poem is written by Brother Qiang, he cannot analyze the endlines by himself. Who of you is willing to analyze the endlines? "

After the words fell, Lin Daiyu just wanted to speak, but Xue Baochai stood up first, and smiled generously:
"I am willing."

A trace of displeasure flashed in the depths of Lin Daiyu's eyes, but she just curled her lips and didn't say anything.

Li Wan laughed and said:

"Okay, then Miss Bao will analyze the tail couplet. Next, let's follow the original order, with Sister Yun analyzing the first couplet and the second couplet first."

Shi Xiangyun smiled heartily and said:

"The meaning of the first couplet is that the koi leaped over the dragon gate, citing the allusion of the fish jumping over the dragon gate. At night, there is a drizzle from the sky, and the lake on the ground is just a suitable basin to catch the rainwater.

The couplets in the couplet mean that when you were young, you squandered your youth and wasted years, and unknowingly, you are no longer youthful, and your beauty is half old, so that you end up in a state of inhumanity and half your life.

Just like the white crabapple, even though it is beautiful and full of vitality when it is in full bloom, there will always be a day when it will be turned into mud and dust.

The moral of this couplet is to alert the world, don't waste your time and do nothing, the young and the strong don't work hard, and the old is sad. "

Li Wan laughed and said:

"Sister Yun's analysis is very good. Next, Baoyu will analyze the neck couplet."

After thinking for a moment, Jia Baoyu smiled and said:

"The neck couplet means that after the clouds clear and the fog clears, the sun rises slowly, spring comes to the earth, and the snow that stretches for thousands of miles melts away."

Xue Baochai went on to say:

"Weilian means that although the world is full of complicated desires, you must still keep your original heart and never forget your original heart. Even if you are alone, you must take care of yourself, and live a stable life with perseverance and tenacity."

Li Wan clapped his hands and said with a smile:

"Okay! Next, I will choose the leader of this poetry meeting."

At the same time, in the Hall of Mental Cultivation in Daming Palace.

Dai Quan, the head of the Daming Palace, walked to the bottom of the jade steps, held a whisk in his hand, bowed with fists in his hands, and said:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Chief Assistant Zhang Juzheng, Mr. Zhang has recovered from his illness. He sent someone to send a memorial for His Majesty to read."

Zhu Yijun's complexion changed, he waved his hands, and ordered: "Send the booklet quickly, I'll take a look."

"Yes!"

Dai Quan took out a memorial from his sleeve and handed it to Zhu Yijun with both hands.

Zhu Yijun took it over and took a look, displeasure appeared on his face, and he sighed with some reluctance:
"Zhang Shoufu is back, so I can't be as idle as before. You immediately send an order to the civil and military officials. Tomorrow's court meeting, Zhang Shoufu will return to the court to discuss politics. Let the civil and military officials prepare the memorial and wait for Zhang Shoufu's inquiries."

Zhang Juzheng was a veteran of the three dynasties with a detached status. He initiated and led the "Wanli New Deal", implemented the "One Whip Law", reformed the tax system, and began to levy taxes based on the size of the land.

This reduced the burden of tax payment for the landless people, while the tax payment of landlords, officials and gentry increased, which balanced the tax burden to a certain extent and also curbed land annexation.

Zhang Juzheng rectified the court plan, consolidated the frontier defense, and the treasury was increasingly full.

It's just that the "Three Great Expeditions of Wanli" consumed a lot of military rations and salaries, and almost exhausted the money and food of the treasury.

Although Zhang Juzheng is an old man who seeks the country and has made great contributions, no one is perfect.

Hai Rui, an upright official, said that he was "good at seeking the country, but clumsy at seeking his own life".

Zhang Juzheng is full of unique knowledge, determined to reform, dare to innovate, not afraid of risks, not afraid of threats, he is a capable minister of governing the world.

But at the same time, he is also arbitrary, inconsistent, treats people badly, is greedy for money, lives extravagantly, and lingers in the sensuality of dogs and horses.

In addition to his status as a veteran of the three dynasties, Zhang Juzheng was also the teacher of Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun. Zhu Yijun was in awe of him, it can be said that he was both respectful and afraid.

Last year, after winning the final battle of the Wanli Three Great Wars, Zhang Juzheng fell ill, and Zhu Yijun, without his ear-to-mouth control, finally freed himself and built a new palace at the beginning of this year.

However, now that Zhang Juzheng has recovered from his illness and is going back to the court to participate in politics, Zhu Yijun is of course unhappy, but there is nothing he can do about it.

Zhang Juzheng's power was all over the court, and his disciples and old officials were all over the world. He was loyal and had no rebellious heart.

Zhu Yijun didn't dare to touch him, nor did he want to touch him.

However, Zhu Yijun reckoned that after Zhang Juzheng came back this time, he would definitely scold him again, and earnestly advised him to practice frugality and not to build a new palace.

Zhu Yijun felt a headache when he thought about it, and when he was worried and depressed, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he thought to himself:

"I haven't seen Qiang'er for a long time, when Zhang Shoufu comes back, I can take him to see Qiang'er.

For one thing, Zhang Shoufu's attention can be diverted to Qiang'er, so that he won't keep nagging me.

Secondly, you can also test Qiang'er's talent and learning, and let Zhang Shoufu give advice to Qiang'er by the way. "

Thinking of this, the haze in Zhu Yijun's heart was swept away.

On the other side, in Luxue Nunnery.

Li Wan looked around at the crowd and said with a smile:
"Before I judge the ranking, let's discuss first, who wrote the best poem?"

(End of this chapter)