Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 566
Just because of the difference in the sentence, the meaning of the whole couplet has completely changed, which made many ministers present look surprised.

Even Xiao Yu, who was so angry before, was full of disbelief.

"There is still such a way of judging? No, it should be said that this couplet itself has two ways of judging. Unless I discover these two ways of judging from the beginning, no matter how I do it, I will fall into the trap of the prince. That's how it is. ...So that's how it is!"

Thinking of this, Xiao Yu immediately turned to look at Gao Ming, only to find that the latter was also turning to look at him, and smiled at him.

"A person as talented as Shen Guogong will make mistakes in sentence sentences, let alone other people. This has nothing to do with talent, but mainly with personal consciousness!"

"Personal consciousness?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, everyone present showed puzzled expressions, and Fang Xuanling also stood up at this time, and bowed to Gao Ming.

"May I ask His Royal Highness, what do you mean by awareness?"

"The meaning is very simple, it is my first thought, just like Shen Guogong just now!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming immediately stretched out his palm, pointing upwards at Xiao Yu.

"I invited him to break the text, so he instinctively felt that I had bad intentions. Under this kind of thinking, his first thought would be that the couplet I wrote is not a good couplet. Under this kind of thinking, The first time he saw the couplet, it was broken like before."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, everyone present turned their gazes to Xiao Yu, and seeing these people looking at him strangely, Xiao Yu blushed immediately.

"That's...that's because..."

He originally wanted to explain that this couplet had two meanings, and no matter how it was broken, it would be wrong, but before he could speak, Gao Ming interrupted him with a smile.

"Actually speaking, Shen Guogong's couplets can also be read smoothly, but everyone must know that the couplets are used to stick on the door, so you have to say good things in the couplets, auspicious words, this is the most important thing , otherwise, who would want to post bad things on the door of their own house? Everyone is right?"

Hearing Gao Ming's question, all the people present nodded in agreement and whispered.

"His Royal Highness is right, the couplet shouldn't be a bad word!"

"That's right, even if it's not an auspicious word, it should be a word of state, and definitely not a curse word!"

"It's just..."

Hearing the discussions of the surrounding officials, the smile on Gao Ming's face suddenly became wider, and he didn't speak again until everyone was talking about it.

"Everyone, from this small couplet, we can see that punctuating a sentence is not an easy task, because if you are not careful, you will misinterpret the meaning of the other party. It is okay if this couplet is broken wrong, and there will be no loss. But the notebooks are all important national affairs, and if you make a mistake, it will be troublesome, so it is necessary to use punctuation marks on the notebooks, right?"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, the officials nodded involuntarily again.

"Well, His Royal Highness is right. I also think that punctuation marks should be used in the booklet, just in case!"

"Yes, yes, I think so too!"

"It's just..."

Hearing the discussions around him, Gao Ming then turned his head to look at Xiao Yu, who had an uncertain expression, and squinted at him again with a smile.

"Shen Guogong, what do you think?"

"This... this..."

Xiao Yu didn't expect the slap in the face to come so quickly, and the face was sent up by himself, so he couldn't quibble even if he wanted to, and he immediately hesitated and couldn't speak because he was so ashamed and angry.

However, Gao Ming also knew that enough is enough, so he didn't plan to force Xiao Yu too much. After all, he still needs the other party's efforts to screen the memorials.

So, seeing his faltering, Gao Ming immediately turned around and opened his mouth to the surrounding ministers again.

"Then, the matter of separating the notebooks with punctuation marks, that's it. After going back, each department will pass it on to each other. If it can't be conveyed temporarily, the group that screens the notebooks will be responsible for adding punctuation marks, that's it!"

"Follow the order of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, all the ministers immediately saluted Gao Ming. Seeing this scene, Gao Ming smiled and nodded again.

"Okay, there's nothing else to do today, so let's go back to the court, don't need to shout slogans, during my period of supervision, all etiquette will be kept simple, I hope everyone will do more practical things and play less false, all right, go back to the court!"

After finishing speaking, Gao Ming walked out of the court hall with his hands behind his back. Seeing this scene, all the officials present looked at each other in blank dismay.

"His Royal Highness, what does this mean? What do you mean by being less playful?"

"I'm not too sure about this. It should mean that you don't want vegetarian meals in the corpse position?"

"Well, it's probably like this..."

While the officials were discussing, Gao Ming's side also completely disappeared outside the hall. Seeing this scene, Changsun Wuji immediately stood up and clapped his hands.

"Everyone... fellow colleagues, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has announced his retirement just now, so please don't stay in the hall, let's go!"

Hearing Changsun Wuji's words, all the ministers came to their senses, and then nodded in unison.

"Zhao Guogong is right, everyone should leave!"

"exactly!"

So, while talking with each other, everyone left the hall.

Among them, the most talked about couplet was naturally the couplet that Gao Ming said just now. This couplet looks very vulgar, but because of the different sentence punctuation, it can express the completely opposite meaning, which made many courtiers feel very fresh.

The only one who feels uncomfortable is Xiao Yu. As the loser of the "Couple Incident", although Gao Ming has given him some face just now, it is an indisputable fact that he lost face in the court, so at this moment he is sullen and ready to go out .

But before he could take a few steps, he was stopped by Changsun Wuji.

"Duke Shen, please stay!"

Hearing Changsun Wuji's words, Xiao Yu stopped immediately, then turned around and bowed to Changsun Wuji expressionlessly.

"What advice does Duke Zhao have?"

Changsun Wuji knew that Xiao Yu was in a bad mood at this time, so he didn't care about his attitude, instead he bowed to him with a smile on his face.

"Shen Guogong is serious. This time, I have been entrusted by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. I don't know what Shen Guogong thinks?"

"This……"

Hearing Changsun Wuji's words, Xiao Yu suddenly remembered that he had also promised to screen the papers with Changsun Wuji and others just now, so after pondering for a while, he stroked his beard and nodded.

"Well, according to the old man's opinion, the selection of the booklets should belong to the Menxia Province, so let's follow the practice of the Menxia Province, how about it?"

"This is..."

Hearing Xiao Yu's words, Changsun Wuji immediately thought about it.

(End of this chapter)