On this Mid-Autumn Festival night, the students of Wu State are destined to have no sleep.

The civil and military officials of Wu State who participated in this Mid-Autumn Festival Cultural Festival were also destined to be unable to sleep.

Not because I was too happy, but because I was hit hard.

What should I do if I can't sleep?

drink wine!

Listen to music on the hook!

As a result, every brothel in Dongxu City was overcrowded that night.

It is said that those brothels sold a lot of wine that night, but the literati called many young ladies, but did not let them play or sing.

They were drinking and sighing, and talking to the ladies about the boredom of life.

As a result, the story of Wenhui Tower fell on the ears of the women in the brothel.

They also learned that the poet Li Chenan from Ningguo had a husband named Li Xiaofeng, and they knew that the sadness and frustration of these young people came from a man named Li Xiaofeng.

I also learned that Li Xiaofeng’s poetry is unparalleled in the world!

The song "Water Melody Song, When Will the Bright Moon Come" just fell in the ears of those young ladies. When they heard this song, they lost all sleep!

But it’s because of excitement!

The lyrics were so good that they couldn't express them in words, and it was so good that no one dared to compose a music for the lyrics.

While they sympathized with the students, it was said that each of them also pictured Li Xiaofeng in their minds——

Since he is Li Chenan's husband, he must be older than Li Chenan.

I'm afraid he's in his forties.

It's the age that tastes good.

So, they remembered the name and were very happy.

As for the officials, after they returned to their respective mansions, they were all silent.

Or brew a pot of wine and enjoy the moon, or hold a cup of tea and look at the lotus pond under the moon.

Xia Hua is not the daughter of an ordinary family.

She is the eldest daughter of Duke Xia's mansion!

She directly brushed the prince's face in Wenhui Tower...

Based on what these ministers know about the prince, this man is not a broad-minded master!

Then, His Highness the Crown Prince will hold a grudge in his heart for going to the Xia Duke's Palace. Even if he is still in the East Palace and cannot do anything to the Xia Palace, next autumn, after he ascends the throne and becomes emperor, will he settle the accounts with his queen?

Someone decided to sever ties with Duke Xia's government.

Someone is thinking and taking a look quietly.

Someone also sent the news by carrier pigeon to a distant prince's vassal.

In this way, an undercurrent gradually emerged in the state of Wu.

The most seriously injured person in this cultural gathering was of course Prince Wu Qian.

He originally controlled everything just right, and through this literary conference, he was going to gain the hearts of students all over the world.

However, no one expected that the Xia Hua girl from Tianshan would extinguish the fire of enthusiasm in everyone's hearts with a poem by Li Xiaofeng.

She didn't just pour a basin of water on her, she slapped me in the face with that poem!

She made my words a joke!

She made me look like an arrogant clown in front of those civil and military ministers!

There is no step.

She directly kicked me under the cliff!

After Wu Qian returned to the East Palace, he smashed his favorite Ruyi.

He stood in front of the study window all night under Xiao Guizi's horrified gaze!

at the same time.

Xia Hua's move also made her father, Xia Liu, Minister of War, extremely uneasy.

Duke Xia's Mansion.

The Xia Guogong Mansion in the fifth courtyard is very large.

There are towering old trees in the house, as well as flower gardens of various sizes.

There is also a vast rockery lotus pond in the back garden.

Under the rockery, beside the lotus pond, in the pavilion.

A lantern.

Two old people.

A pot of tea.

The pot of tea has been drunk.

Xia Mochou, Duke of Xia State, stroked his long beard and raised his eyes to look at the old man opposite.

This old man was wearing a dark robe and a dark cloak, but he did not cover his face with a black scarf!

He is a great Confucian from Ningguo and the court is full of flowers!

"I always thought Xi Wei was still alive, but I didn't expect that he had passed away long ago."

Xia Mochou picked up a white jade wine flask, poured two glasses of wine, thought about it, and sprinkled the two glasses of wine on the ground.

"When Yongguo still existed... it was almost forty years ago,"

Xia Mochou poured two more glasses of wine and handed one to Hua Manting, "He and I were only sixteen or seventeen years old at that time, we were teenagers."

"He came to Wu State with students from Yongguo Royal Academy to participate in three Mid-Autumn Festival cultural gatherings. It was at that time that he and I met, not because of poetry, but because we were competing for a girl in a brothel."

Xia Mochou shook his head and laughed at himself: "We were both young and energetic, so we had a fight. We were equally skilled in martial arts. In the end, we shook hands and made peace, and we drank together."

"That's how we became friends."

"At that time, he had extremely lofty ideals."

"He was very good at reading books, but not so good at poetry. He said that he read not to write splendid articles, but to find a different path for the country and even for all countries in the world.

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"We talked by candlelight at night, and he said many things that shocked my ears."

"For example, the Dali Empire, which lasted for thousands of years, was so powerful, but why did it fall apart and collapse from within?"

"For example, he said that the emperors of the Dali Empire... there were fifty-three emperors, and there was an interesting phenomenon during their respective reigns."

Hua Manting looked up at Xia Mochou while holding the wine glass, "What's happening?"

Xia Mochou grinned: "He said that those diligent emperors all left a mark in the history books. They seemed to have established a peaceful and prosperous age one after another, but it happened that the lives of the common people in this so-called prosperous age were...

But it was the most miserable life.”

"On the contrary, for those emperors who didn't want to care about anything and were lazy in their administration, the people's lives were actually better."

Hua Manting was shocked, and Xia Mochou raised her white eyebrows, "Brother, do you think this is unreasonable?"

"For a long time, I felt that Xi Wei's words made no sense, but when I carefully read the history books of that period...and read more unofficial histories, I suddenly realized that what he said was right!"

"Diligent emperors all have several similar problems!"

"I attach great importance to my reputation and always want to be able to control all the ministers and all the people!"

"I always hope that everyone will follow his ideas, and I never want anyone to make other noises or do things that go beyond the rules!"

"In other words, those emperors who claim to be diligent in their affairs like to draw a frame for others. Those who fall outside the frame are considered dissidents and must be killed!"

"In order to make their reputation better in the history books, they also like to fight!"

"I admit that the several territorial expansions of the Dali Empire were all achieved by the personal conquests of the most famous emperors."

"The territory is much larger, but every expedition is like a cold winter to the people!"

"Under their rule, taxes are the highest, but the treasury is the emptiest."

"Contrary to those lazy emperors, the common people were able to recuperate and recuperate, and many capable ministers and generals who will go down in history were born in the court!"

After a pause, Xia Mochou also raised his wine glass and drank a glass of wine with Hua Manting.

"Xi Wei said, this is called governance by inaction... It doesn't mean that there is no governance, but that the emperor did not dictate or set rules for the ministers."

"The ministers' ideas on governing the country are not restrained, but instead they run wild."

"The reduction of various taxes has made people's lives easier, which in turn has contributed to the prosperity of business."

Xia Mochou looked up at the moon and sighed, "He said...this is the flower of freedom that comes from free thoughts!"

"He said that was the beautiful country he wanted."

"Wu State, I'm afraid there will be another diligent emperor, but I am already old. I originally thought Li Chenan could bring Ning State into the realm of freedom..."

"Hey, I didn't expect that he would die young."

"I haven't been involved in world affairs for many years, and the thing that my brother said..."

Hua Manting suddenly interrupted him and whispered: "What if Li Chenan didn't die?"

Xia Mochou was startled and looked at Hua Manting, "...If this is the case, I will be Wu Guo's first Xi Wei!"
Chapter completed!