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[Large-scale documentary: "Li Shangyin Loses Money"]

The moment he saw the title, Li Shangyin had a question mark on his head. What happened to him? He even made a special title.

You have to know that the last time this voice was heard was from Empress Dowager Cixi.

Friends around him also looked suspicious. Although his friend's family had fallen on hard times, he was smart and talented since childhood, and there was no news that he owed any money.

[Li Shangyin would never have thought that he would be on the hot search in 2024 - Li Shangyin, you are kidding me.

A question in today's teaching qualification examination asked: How many strings does a harp have?

A.25 roots

B.50 roots

C.30 roots

D.45 roots

As soon as they saw the title, the clever college students immediately thought of Li Shangyin's "The brocade harp has fifty strings, each string and each pillar reminds me of my youth."

So they chose 50 without hesitation.

Just when everyone thought they had it figured out, they were told the correct answer was 25.

It turns out that the poem was written by Li Shangyin to mourn his deceased wife.

The "fifty strings" here means the broken strings (one string becomes two after it breaks), if the string is not broken, then there are 25 strings. 】

I see, he's been blamed. The historical Li Shangyin is now in a dilemma. He didn't expect that the poems he wrote would be so widely circulated in later generations. But when he heard that this was a poem to mourn his deceased wife, didn't it mean that his wife would die before him!

Now, he, who loved his wife dearly, could no longer sit still and thought about going home quickly to discuss it with his wife and see a doctor.

Li Shimin, Zhu Yuanzhang and others thought, well, this is another news of a man's wife's death. You know, when they heard that their wives died before them, they were very sad.

Many people are dumbfounded when they see the test questions in later generations. Are they so simple?

There are also options to choose from, which is simply free points!

The students thought about the long homework they had every day and the difficult test questions.

The old masters also looked at the questions of later generations and felt that they were too simple and should be made more difficult.

[Okay, okay, now it becomes “The brocade harp has fifty strings for no reason, prepare to retake the exam in the second half of the year”.

A college student said: When I first thought of Jinse Wuduan Fifty Strings, I was hesitant. Later, I thought of Fifty Strings Transforming the Sound of the Frontier, and I was so happy. I thought this question would be easy to get points, but I didn't expect it would be life-threatening.

But it doesn’t matter. Most people got this question wrong, so that’s the same as not getting it wrong.

In this regard, the two Kunxing critics MacArthur could not help but say: Jinse has fifty strings for no reason, and you have deceived me for many years; the teacher qualification examination costs 70 yuan, Li Shangyin, give me back my money! 】

Okay, Li Shangyin is the second person who has been chased for money by later generations across thousands of years.

In this regard, I would like to say that this is because later generations were not rigorous and did not examine the questions carefully, so how can we blame him?

When Xin Qiji of the Song Dynasty saw that there were poems written by himself, a kind smile crossed his weathered face. He never expected that the lyrics written by himself, a great military general, would be preserved to later generations.

However, the Song Dynasty is now unable to hold on any longer, and two lines of tears flowed down.

He did not blame the government, but the homes of the people of the Song Dynasty were slaughtered by the Jin people, and his desire to serve his country had nowhere to go.

It was so miserable. He wished the court would not be so pro-peace so that he could expand the territory and recover lost territories like Han Xin and Huo Qubing. However, the current emperor was neither Emperor Gaozu of Han nor Emperor Wu of Han, and he himself was wandering around and was repeatedly demoted.

"The brocade harp has fifty strings for no reason, and Daiyu bombards the Grand View Garden."

"This is a work written to commemorate his deceased wife, but it was used as a reference, and it turned out to be completely wrong, hahaha."

"Li Shangyin: What does it have to do with me [squinting smile]"

"It's all groundless."

"But the key point of his poem should be the last line: 'This feeling can be recalled, but it was gone at that time.'"

……

Everyone looked at the drastically revised poems and realized that people in later generations could really do anything.

Looking at the word "Daiyu" in the work of Cao Xueqin from the Qing Dynasty, is it his work, but the Grand View Garden is also included in it.

How could Daiyu, such a weak woman, pick up artillery like a soldier? The scene is so beautiful that I dare not imagine it.

Poets of all dynasties thought of the bizarre thoughts of later generations and their unreserved behaviors.

It’s over. What will happen to my poems in the future?

The textbooks are for teaching and educating people, and they should not be changed in any way, but the memes on the Internet sometimes really inspire them.

The emperors were not very interested in these news, but they could still watch the fun.

But if I fail this exam, can I retake it?

If they fail the exam here, they can only start from the beginning and pass the selection again and again.

……

The sky was filled with rosy clouds, and what could be seen were the vast streets of the capital city standing on the land, a prosperous scene.

【Tang Dynasty

"The Tang Dynasty will always be the spiritual homeland of the Chinese people"]

"I wish to give His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Tang a title of Heavenly Khan!"

This sound opened up a beautiful picture of the prosperity of the heyday of the Tang Dynasty.

The emperors also looked up at the sky, seeing the prosperous Tang Dynasty that was blessed by heaven to all nations.

The people of the Tang Dynasty were proud of it. No one could rival the Tang Dynasty and no one dared to offend it, so they were not afraid even when facing the surrounding foreign countries.

[The Tang Dynasty began in 618 AD. After more than a hundred years of accumulation, from the "Zhenguan Governance" of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin to the generation of Emperor Xuanzong, everything reached its peak.

The streets were prosperous and the countryside was wealthy. The population grew from more than two million households at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty to about nine million households. The national strength was unprecedentedly strong, and the entire society was filled with a sense of peace and tranquility from top to bottom.

All of this originated from a series of institutional construction in the early Tang Dynasty. After the improvement of the three-province and six-department system, a new organizational structure was established.

There was a system of rights that checked and restrained each other, and the power of the imperial authority was strengthened. The military system inherited from the Western Wei Dynasty continued to be used, and the imperial examination system finally matured in the Tang Dynasty, continuously supplying talents for governing the country and maintaining peace.

The political system of the Tang Dynasty fully accumulated the institutional advantages of ancient China since the Qin and Han Dynasties. With this strong foundation, the Tang Empire was high-spirited and prosperous.

"The Reign of Zhenguan" Li Shimin murmured, but he was delighted when he realized it. This was the praise given to the Tang Dynasty under his rule by later generations. Hahahaha, his Tang Dynasty was worthy of the admiration of all dynasties. The prosperous Tang Dynasty! The prosperous Tang Dynasty!

The ministers around them were also very proud. They believed that the Tang Dynasty would become more prosperous and glorious under their governance, and the people of the Tang Dynasty would live and work in peace and contentment.

At this moment, Wei Zheng looked at the energetic, proud and arrogant Li Shimin and pretended not to see him. Anyway, the Tang Dynasty was getting better, but this emperor still needed to be criticized.

Thinking of the memorials I have drafted in the past few days, I will take advantage of my good mood today to present them to Your Majesty.

The First Emperor looked at the bustling street and exclaimed that it was worthy of being the representative of a prosperous dynasty, with clear politics, wise monarch and prosperous economy. This is what a great country should have!

But one cannot help but feel regretful when thinking about the decline of such an unprecedentedly prosperous dynasty.

As later generations said, the only one who could destroy the Tang Dynasty was itself. No one could control the change of dynasties and the passage of time.

But he still envied this dynasty. Thinking of the young man who joined the army and was granted the title of King of Qin, he cheered loudly: "If I have a son, I hope he will be like Li Shimin."

He was able to achieve great military exploits at a young age, was good at both civil and military affairs, was a wise and not blind emperor, and was good at listening to the opinions of court officials. Isn't such a person exactly his ideal successor!

When I see the imperial examination, I have some understanding that it should be used to select talents, but I still need to ask clearly how it is implemented.

So, the First Emperor asked in the emperor group chat how the imperial examinations were held in later dynasties.

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