Datang romantic little landlord

Ouyang Xiu's "Oil Seller" can be passed on for thousands of years, so it goes without saying that the literary talent is natural. The key point is the timing of Li Wangyou reading this article, so everyone has to think about it.

Li Er and Fang Xuanling, including Hou Junji, thought that this article was written by Li Wangyou after being provoked by Hou Junji, otherwise how could it be so appropriate?

This misled Li Er and the others, and they were even more amazed by Li Wangyou's talents.

For a moment, without thinking, to recite such a handed down work, what kind of terrifying talent is this?

On the other hand, Cheng Yaojin didn't think much about it, he laughed and said, "Wow, hahaha, it's a good one, but you are familiar with it. It's wonderful, it's really wonderful, Ziyou, your talent is really unparalleled in the world!"

Hou Junji's face suddenly changed. Isn't this ironic that he is good at shooting arrows, but he is just familiar with it?

And those officials who participated in the birthday banquet couldn't stop laughing, discussing this "Oil Seller" in low voices, and admired Li Wangyou's quick wit and talent even more.

The look in Hou Junji's eyes became more and more strange, and there were constant chuckles among the crowd, as well as the phrase "I don't have him, but I know you well."

This made Hou Junji even more angry, but he didn't have that literary talent, so he could go back, so he could only pretend that he didn't hear it, and sat back to his table, burying his head in drinking.

Even the winner of the final shooting salute belonged to him, and Hou Junji didn't show any smile on his face when he received the imperial horse rewarded by Li Er. "There is no other, but you are familiar with it" six words.

Li Wangyou didn't care about it, and together with Xiao Yu, he laughed and went to receive the penalty wine, and drank it with his head raised.

Once disturbed by Li Wangyou's "Oil Seller", Hou Junji, the winner, was like eating flies, but he still had nowhere to vent his anger, feeling aggrieved and uncomfortable.

After the shooting ceremony was over, Li Er and his officials returned to the Tai Chi Hall and officially started the birthday banquet.

The birthday banquet began at noon, and the court envoys from each state and county, on behalf of each state and county, presented Li Er with a tribute mirror and a bag of dew.

In the Tang Dynasty, it was very important for the local governments to contribute tribute mirrors.

The copper used to cast these bronze mirrors has been extracted hundreds of times in order to ensure its purity, which is called hundred-smelted copper.

The craftsmen designed exquisite patterns for the "Hundred Refining Mirror", cast them on the back of the mirror, and then carefully rubbed them with jade shavings and gold paste to polish the mirror surface bright and clean.

The production of these hundreds of refined mirrors is time-consuming, laborious, and expensive. The cost of almost every bronze mirror is no less than a hundred copper coins.

Among the tribute mirrors, Yangzhou tribute mirror is the most famous, also known as Jiangxin mirror.

And Bai Juyi once wrote a poem praising Yangzhou tribute mirrors, "Hundreds of refining mirrors, melting rules are unconventional, the sun is placed in a strange way, Jiang Xin waves are cast in the boat, and at noon on May [-], the powder gold paste has been ground and turned into a mirror. A piece of autumn Tan water, the mirror will be presented to Penglai Palace, and the governor of Yangzhou will be named himself."

Li Wangyou couldn't figure it out either, because Maotang people liked mirrors so much, not to mention these bronze mirrors, in his opinion, were just ordinary.

The tribute mirrors paid by these states are all placed in the Tai Chi Hall for all officials to appreciate and play with.

In front of Jiang Xinjing, where Yangzhou paid tribute, the most officials gathered to enjoy it, and from time to time there were bursts of exclamation from the crowd.

But in Li Wangyou's view, even the Jiangxin mirror that Yangzhou paid tribute to is nothing more than mediocre, but the carved patterns on it are more exquisite.But when it comes to the role of the mirror itself, these bronze mirrors are nothing to praise.

Li Wangyou even felt that Li Er used a copper basin to catch the basin of water, and the appearance of the water in the copper basin might be much clearer than these bronze mirrors.Li Wangyou even thought maliciously, whether the poor Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, His Majesty Li Er, the Weiguangzheng, has never looked at his own face carefully since he was born?

Thinking of this, Li Wangyou couldn't help laughing out loud, causing all the officials around to look sideways, wondering what happened to Uncle Hu County?

On the other hand, the envoy of the Yangzhou court, who stood aside with a proud face, was stimulated by Li Wangyou's laughter.

"May I ask Uncle Huxian, what is wrong with Jiang Xinjing, which I paid tribute to from Yangzhou, that made Uncle Huxian laugh?"

Li Wangyou was stunned, what are you talking about?

I'm so meow laughing at myself, it's none of your business?

606 Copper as Mirror

Li Wangyou was too lazy to respond to the dissatisfied questions from the Yangzhou court emissary, so he turned around and planned to leave.

The envoys of the Tang Dynasty were usually assassins or other senior local officials, who mainly represented the states and counties to participate in various ceremonial activities of the court, responded to the examinations of local officials, brought local tributes to Beijing to participate in the imperial examination, and conveyed the opinions of the state and counties.

This envoy of the Yangzhou court is Yangzhou Biejia, an official under the fifth rank.

Seeing that Li Wangyou was about to leave, the Yangzhou court envoy still refused to let him go, and raised his voice and asked: "Dare to ask Uncle Huxian, but what is wrong with the Jiang Xinjing that I paid tribute to from Yangzhou, which made Uncle Hu laugh? Uncle Huxian correct me one or two!"

His words naturally attracted the attention of many people in the hall, even Li Er who was above the imperial steps cast their gazes to find out what happened.

Li Wangyou didn't want to be troublesome at first, but his laugh just now had nothing to do with Jiang Xinjing, who was paying tribute from Yangzhou.

However, the intransigence of the envoys from the Yangzhou court made him a little annoyed.

Li Wangyou turned around and smiled indifferently: "This Jiangxin mirror is very good, very good, with exquisite workmanship. On this suanni mirror, four suannis surround the mirror, with different postures and unique charms. It can be said to be a cast mirror Guangling City , sent out in a water chestnut flower box. But..."

He praised earlier, but heard the Yangzhou court envoy nod repeatedly, thinking that this was Li Wangyou's words of apology in disguise.Especially the phrase "Casting a mirror in Guangling City, hair in a box of water chestnut flowers" made him twitch his brows with joy.

But Li Wangyou followed up with this "but", which made the smile he just showed froze again.

"But what?"

Li Wangyou raised his eyebrows: "But you seem to have forgotten what the bronze mirror is for."

"Huh? What does Uncle Huxian mean by this?" Yangzhou Chaoji envoy was not sure.

Li Wangyou was about to answer that the most basic function of the mirror was to illuminate people clearly, but when he was on the verge of speaking, he suddenly saw Li Er on the imperial steps, and couldn't help but feel mischievous.

"Using copper as a mirror, you can straighten your clothes; using ancient times as a mirror, you can know the ups and downs; using people as a mirror, you can tell gains and losses." Li Wangyou said seriously: "You still don't understand, what is the use of bronze mirrors?"

What he said was purely a spoof.

Because the "original author" of these words is Li Er himself on the imperial steps. These words were said by Li Er after the death of Wei Zheng in the 17th year of Zhenguan. In the end, Li Wangyou shamelessly told him plagiarized in advance.

Yangzhou Chaoji envoy was taken aback by Li Wangyou's words.

Hu Xianbo's words seem to be very forceful.Taking copper as a mirror, taking history as a mirror, and taking people as a mirror, the generalization is quite thorough.

And all the officials watching the excitement around were also shocked by Li Wangyou's words, and they all began to lower their heads to ponder the meaning.

Li Er, who was above the imperial steps, walked down the imperial steps quickly when he heard the words, excited: "Okay! Ziyou's words have reached my heart! With copper as a mirror, you can straighten your clothes; with ancient times as a mirror, you can know Ups and downs; using people as mirrors, you can see gains and losses, these three mirrors are really wonderful!"

Li Wangyou snickered in his heart, isn't Li Er talking nonsense?This is what you said yourself, I just said it for you in advance.

"Mi Tuo, bring a pen and paper!" Li Er recited it several times, but still felt that it was not satisfying, so he immediately greeted Mi Tuo, brought a pen and paper, and wrote the words in his own hand.

"Okay! Ziyou's words are very kind! Mi Tuo, frame this picture for me and hang it in the Lizheng Palace. I want to ponder it every day and save myself three times." Li Er continued to order.

Seeing that Li Er admired Li Wangyou's words so much, all the officials in the hall showed admiration.

This county uncle Hu is really amazing, he can attract the sage's attention with just a few words, he really is a genius.

As for his words, since Li Er admired them so much, they were naturally kept firmly in mind by the officials, and they planned to ponder them carefully after returning home.

Li Wangyou didn't expect that he was just playing tricks on Li Er, "pirating" what he said in advance, and pretending to be a coward...

Li Er finished admiring his handwriting, waved Mi Tuo to put it away, and then looked at Li Wangyou with a smile: "Ziyou, don't talk about yourself, since you said that using copper as a mirror can straighten your clothes. Then I ask you, what's wrong with Jiang Xinjing, who is paying tribute from Yangzhou?"