Wu Guogong's Mansion and Liuguang Garden were built by Liu Hui with huge sums of money. It only took three years to complete. The exact amount of money spent on food is still a mystery. We only know that at that time, thousands of craftsmen and coolies were recruited to work day and night.
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Truck after truck of stone, wood, and tools were transported in, even crushing the pavement of the two long streets outside Wu Guogong's mansion. In the end, the government had to spend a sum of money to repair the road, but it also earned a "
The reputation of "being kind and charitable".
After spending so much manpower, the Liuguang Garden was built to be magnificent and resplendent. At the same time, Liu Hui also had the idea of "building a nest to attract phoenixes" in building such a garden. After its completion, he began to attract Shilin people
Student, master of economics.
Liu Hui's "virtuous reputation" among scholars is illustrious, not only because of his status as a prince, but also because of his contribution to the literary and poetic circles, and he was highly respected by traditional Confucian scholars and officials.
He sent invitations, and most of them were refused. Confucian scholars from all over the world gathered together, and Liuguang Garden became a beautiful scenery in Luoyang City in a short period of time. There is no more prosperous literary spirit than this, and the reputation of Wu Guogong Liu Hui also became more and more famous.
Loud.
Although Liu Hui has been active in the past few decades, he has basically achieved nothing in terms of politics and people's livelihood, and has even caused some negative consequences. However, Liu Hui's reputation has always been "spotless". A large number of literati and poets,
Using ink as clear water, he constantly helped Liu Hui wash his face.
Up to now, Liu Hui's Liuguang Garden has ninety-eight scholars, and most of them are "talented scholars" with a certain background and reputation. Not everyone can see the dignified Duke Wu. With his arrogance and talent, even ordinary people can see him.
No, those who can have a place in Liuguang Garden must have a "skill" that catches Liu Hui's eye.
At the same time, there is another common characteristic among those guests, that is, most of them are politically frustrated people. Either they are dissatisfied with the current political environment and talent selection policies of the court, or they simply failed to pass the imperial examination and are unwilling to settle down.
When it comes to taking the hard and highly competitive path of becoming an official, there are really only a handful of people who truly come here because they are like-minded.
Basically, every month, Liu Hui would hold a banquet for guests in Liuguang Garden. It was really a grand gathering of poetry and prose, and also a social gathering. In addition to the guests at his house, there would also be many literary giants and Confucian scholars who were close friends with Liu Hui.
Everyone, even some who held important positions in the imperial court, received invitations to attend the meeting, and those who were delighted to see it even left some works behind.
As a result, the "Liuguang Club" soon became as famous as the Peony Poetry Club. There were many scholars talking and laughing, but no white people came and went. Naturally, the scale cannot be compared with the former. After all, the brand was hatched more than 20 years ago.
, great influence.
But in terms of talent, Liu Guanghui is higher, and the quality of the works produced is also superior to many. Let alone others, Liu Hui and Li Yu, the "King of Poetry" and "Emperor of Ci" from the north to the south, are the only ones left.
He wrote a large number of popular poems and songs.
There is always some hypocrisy in the writings of Confucian scholars, and this is vividly reflected in Liu Hui. He also has singing stages, dance pavilions, and wine and meat among wealthy families. In the case of Chu Duke Liu Shu, he was engaged in large-scale construction, extravagant and lewd, while in Qi King Liu Yun, he was known for his extraordinary and obscene skills.
It is insulting to be polite, but when it comes to Liu Hui, it is spring and snow, elegant and noble
The atmosphere of the recent Liuguang meetings has become more harmonious and lively, and the reason is very simple. Liu Hui has become prime minister, which is both in name and in real life. Even some ministers who were relatively cautious in the past have put aside their reserve and actively participated in the meetings.
, chatting, singing and dancing with the "streaming scholars".
The poems and articles he wrote have also changed. The most representative one is a long narrative poem with an equally long title: "I heard that His Highness Wu Gong paid homage to the Prime Minister and was so happy and drunk that he composed a composition to congratulate me." This is a poem by a man named Li
A scholar from Jiannan wrote it in front of the audience, which attracted a round of applause. He praised and complimented Liu Hui so much that it was enough to make people sick. The writing style is so unrestrained that it can be called the pinnacle of contemporary "Xikun style".
Then this Li Dan's reputation suddenly went "out of the circle". Many people praised him for his literary talents, but more people despised him and flattered him. At the same time, there was no shortage of envious people. Because it didn't take long for Li Dan to be the first to be the public servant.
A government official completed his status change and was promoted to a supervisory censor. No one would believe that there was no instruction from Liu Hui behind this.
Liu Hui raised so many people. In addition to inviting names for his works, cultivating some usable talents was obviously one of his purposes. Within a few months of entering the Political Hall, as many as ten people were released from Liuguang Garden as officials.
Although the three positions are not high, they all show the "positive" significance of Liu Hui's worship as prime minister.
Wu Guogong can really bring political progress and a leap in the future to these frustrated poets and passers-by. Li Dan was promoted to an official position because of a poem, which is the most obvious example.
The poetry innovation movement advocated by Liu Kai, Wang Yucheng and others is aimed at this kind of people. Among these "comrades", the brightest star is Liu Hui. It can be said that Liu Hui is the most important person in poetry.
In the literary world, he was regarded as a leader by those scholars who came from aristocrats, bureaucrats, and landowners, and supported him in his arguments with Liu, Wang, and others.
This is not only a question of the concept and direction of poetry creation, but also a question of political opinions and policies. The long-lasting peace in the world has allowed the rulers and exploiters to focus their main energy on the common people, and political policies focus more on the working people. This
It would test their conscience too much
As time went by, the contradictions and conflicts between the old and new factions became more and more intense. Wang Yucheng had ups and downs. In addition to the changes in Emperor Liu's likes and dislikes, he was also criticized and excluded by many bureaucrats in the government. With Wang Yucheng's character
It's really hard for people to like him and his ideas.
As for the reform at the level of poetry and prose, although Liu Wang and others have made a lot of efforts and vigorously appealed for it, which has also aroused considerable response, from a higher and broader perspective, there are more people who oppose them and their strength is also limited.
To be stronger, Wu Guogong Liu Hui is just a representative figure who was pushed to the forefront.
This is also linked to the overall social environment and customs. The current Han Dynasty is in the prosperous period of a feudal dynasty, and it is still gradually climbing. It is a traditional "prosperity" in the era of autocratic monarchy.
Although external conquests continued, the continuous victories suppressed the resulting problems. There were external crises, but they were not serious. They were just scratching the surface and could not create real pressure on the powerful Han Dynasty.
Internally, although various problems and ills have arisen during the long period of peaceful development, this has not hindered the overall prosperity of the country. Everyone is still living in a glorious era.
Under such circumstances, it is unrealistic for those in power to put aside their status and consider the common people, to care about the sufferings of the people, and to reflect on the gains and losses of politics. The meat-eaters did not indulge too much in the prosperity of the prosperous times, and did not
It is very rare to fall directly, completely and quickly.
This is the result of the old emperor's continuous encouragement for twenty or thirty years. The southern and northern wars and overseas colonization have certainly caused certain disadvantages to the country, but without these, it is difficult to predict that the Han Dynasty will be the Han Dynasty after nearly thirty years of peace.
What does the upper ruling class look like?
Even Emperor Liu, who used reflection as his motto in the past, gradually lost this habit, and since the death of Empress Fu, he no longer knows what reflection is. Emperor Liu is like this, let alone others, only Liu, Wang and a few other "knowledgeable people"
The vigilant appeal of "people of all kinds" is obviously not enough. It can have a certain positive effect, but it cannot influence the overall situation.
However, although Emperor Liu himself was slacking off, he still supported Liu and Wang's ideas. It didn't matter whether they could be implemented or not, but they had to be publicized. This was also a kind of political correctness.
As a prince, Liu Hui was involved in such a dispute, and he might become a greedy, hypocritical, corrupt, and degenerate representative of the exploiting class in the eyes of future generations. How could Emperor Liu have a good impression of him and have too high expectations for him. Previously
If it weren't for the stimulation of Liu Xu's death and Liu Zhao's modest words, Emperor Liu would never have put Liu Hui in the Political Affairs Hall. The consequences of a lack of moral integrity would be very serious.
In fact, there has always been a problem surrounding Wu Guogong Liu Hui. He raised so many celebrities, had constant banquets on weekdays, and added this magnificent Liuguang Garden. Where did Liu Hui get the money and food to support him?
It is far from enough to rely solely on the annual salary from the imperial court and the manors and land awarded by Emperor Liu. Of course, there are still some reasonable reasons on the surface, such as the government's good management or the huge profits it has made in overseas trade.
, but everyone knows what the actual situation is.
It's just that many people keep it secret and are unwilling or afraid to reveal it. Otherwise, the Tian family's face will be greatly damaged. One thing to say is that in some aspects, the always absurd and unreasonable Lao Jiu Liu Shu has a better bottom line.
At least, he was frank and did everything in the open. But no one knows how much evil Liu Hui hides under his gorgeous clothes and gorgeous poems...
Emperor Liu had many eyes and ears, and the Duke of Wu's house was indispensable for his spies. Even if he did not know everything about the situation in the house, he had some understanding of it. However, it may be because of his literary love for his son, or because of his mother, Concubine Zhou Shu, and his sister.
Emperor Liu had always been more tolerant of Liu Xuan's guilt and turned a blind eye to many things.
However, this tolerance has limits. Liu Hui's memorial touched his bottom line and even brought out the dissatisfaction that had been buried in his heart for many years...