Lin Xuan nodded. With Li Tai's temperament, it was very possible to compose a poem in praise of his mother to please Empress Changsun.
Anyway, he organized the poetry meeting and he also came up with the title.
Li Tai can prepare in advance, but others can only act on the spot. Li Tai is likely to dominate.
When the news of the poetry meeting spreads out, the people will also praise Li Tai greatly.
Li Tai can not only please Queen Changsun, but also gain a reputation.
Even if Li Tai did not originally think of praising his mother as the title, when this saying spread, he would choose to use the title of praising his mother when he heard it.
"Zichu, please help us write a poem in praise of our mother. If it's not the title then, it's okay if we don't come up with it." Cheng Chumo said.
Lin Xuan said speechlessly: "Then I will write a poem for you, but I will say something ugly beforehand and you are not allowed to reveal that I wrote this poem."
"I said Zichu, everyone else wants to be famous, why do you always want to be low-key." Li Dejiang said with some confusion.
Others also looked at Lin Xuan doubtfully.
They were young and frivolous, so they were naturally a little surprised by Lin Xuan's low-key approach.
Lin Xuan smiled bitterly. Let's not say that he can't write poems. Let's just copy them. There aren't many poems in his mind.
If you get rid of some unusable ones, you may be able to become famous with the remaining ones, but what happens after you use them up?
"Anyway, if you reveal that I wrote the poem, you will stop coming to me in the future." Lin Xuan said seriously.
"Okay, okay, don't worry, I won't expose you. Write it quickly." Cheng Chumo said.
Lin Xuan told Chun Yue to prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and started writing.
Regarding the poems praising his mother, he really remembered one and the only one.
"Good poem, good poem!" Cheng Chumo praised loudly.
"Then tell me, what's so good about this poem?" Lin Xuan asked.
"Uh!" Cheng Chumo didn't know what was good about it.
Lin Xuan rolled his eyes and said, "You must memorize this poem by heart. You cannot take these words with you."
"Zichu, why don't you give me these words?" Cheng Chu said with a silent look on his face.
"Why give it to you? You have already received the word Zichu before, so you should give it to me." Yuchi Baolin said unhappily.
"Okay, if you want the words, I can write them for you later, but you can't take the words away, at least not until the poetry meeting is over." Lin Xuan said.
If they were allowed to take this word away, given their character, everyone might know it before the poetry meeting is even held.
Cheng Chumo and others smiled and memorized the poem honestly.
Although they don't like reading, the number of words in the poem is not many, so it didn't take much time to memorize it.
"Zi Chu, thank you very much. Just wait for the news about us winning the championship." Cheng Chumo laughed.
Lin Xuan rolled his eyes and said, "Don't be too happy too early. What if someone asks you what the meaning of your poem is?"
"That's right, Zichu, please tell us the meaning of the poem." Cheng Chumo said quickly.
Lin Xuan told them the meaning of the poem.
"Zi Chu, we all remember it. You ask someone to bring that hot pot and we celebrate." Yuchi Baolin rubbed his hands and said.
Only now did Lin Xuan understand that their main purpose was not to ask for poetry, but to eat for free.
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"Ding~, congratulations to the host for successfully signing in, and a reward of one hundred catties of corn."
Lin Xuan was stunned. He never expected that the reward for signing in at the beginning of December would be the corn he wanted most.
Corn is also known as corn, corn cob, corn, pearl rice, etc. It is native to Central and South America and is an important food crop in the world.
Compared with traditional rice, wheat and other food crops, corn has strong drought tolerance, cold tolerance, barrenness tolerance and excellent environmental adaptability.
Although corn is no longer the main food in later generations, most of it is used to feed livestock.
But when corn was first introduced to China, it has always been a staple food.
Compared with the potato yield of several thousand kilograms per mu, the corn yield is about 1,200 kilograms per mu.
Converted to the weight of the Tang Dynasty, it was about seven stones per mu.
Although the yield of corn is not as high as that of potatoes, corn is more important than potatoes.
Potatoes can be used as food when there is a shortage of food, but in normal times, they can only be used as supplementary food.
But corn is different and can be used as a staple food.
Thinking of the smell of boiled corn, Lin Xuan couldn't help but drool.
Lin Xuan extracted the corn and looked at it. It was all dried old corn, and he instantly lost interest.
Let's save these for seeds.
One hundred pounds of corn seeds can be used to plant twenty acres of land.
It only takes two or three years to grow, which is faster than potatoes.
While Lin Xuan was drooling thinking about corn, Furong Garden was bustling with people and bustling.
Li Tai had no reaction to the arrival of Cheng Chumo and others.
Lin Xuan's guess was right. Li Tai did not originally want to use the theme of praising his mother.
But when rumors of speculation from outside reached his ears, he became interested.
Using the theme of praising mother can not only please the Empress Changsun, but also gain praise from the world. Why not do it?
Therefore, during this period of time, he has been thinking hard, trying to write a poem that is both beautiful and touching.
Li Tai still had some literary talent, and he composed a poem in advance that he thought was pretty good.
In addition, there were no famous poems praising his mother before, so he was very confident in his poems.
Normally he would secretly instruct people to ridicule Cheng Chumo and the others, but this time he didn't.
I kept thinking that when this poetry meeting is over, I will definitely be praised by Li Shimin and Empress Changsun.
Li Tai had no instructions, so naturally no one came to trouble Cheng Chumo and the others.
Cheng Chumo and others did not take the initiative to cause trouble, and waited quietly for the poetry meeting to begin.
"This year is another annual poetry meeting. Thank you all for coming to participate." Li Tai said with a smile.
"Your Highness, I wonder what this year's topic is?"
"Yeah, I'm still waiting to show off my skills."
"Brother Xu, I remember the poem you wrote last year. I can barely read it, right?"
"How can you be better than me?"
Li Tai pressed his hand and the hall became quiet.
"Everyone, my mother was seriously ill some time ago, which made me very frightened. Fortunately, my mother is a lucky person. However, I found that there are very few poems praising my mother in the existing poems. Therefore, I decided to title this poetry meeting: Praise of Praise.
Mother." Li Tai said slowly.
"His Royal Highness's filial piety is heartfelt and truly sets an example for the world."
"Yes, the grace of raising one is greater than the heaven, and it should be praised."
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As soon as Li Tai finished speaking, there was a roar of approval.
The idea of governing the country with filial piety first sprouted in the Western Zhou Dynasty. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Confucius founded the Confucian School, which further expanded its connotation and sublimated it to the foundation of human relations and the dimension of governing the country. By the Han Dynasty, it was officially established as a basic national policy and implemented
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The selection method of officials in the Han Dynasty was based on filial piety and integrity.
Xiaolian means filial son and honest official.
In other words, if you want to be an official, filial piety is a prerequisite.
At that time, if a person was accused of being unfilial, no matter how talented he was, he would not be able to become an official.
Since ancient times, filial piety and loyalty have been interdependent. Filial piety is the prerequisite of loyalty, and loyalty is the sublimation of filial piety. "Book of Rites: Sacrifice to Yi" records that "it is not filial to be loyal to the king; it is not filial to be disrespectful to officials; it is not filial to be distrustful of friends;
It is not filial piety; it is not filial piety to fight without courage." Filial piety in the narrow sense refers to filial piety and support for parents and elders, while filial piety in the broad sense includes loyalty to the monarch and loyalty to duties, which is what rulers value.
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Just imagine, a person who is selfish and cannot even be filial to his parents who gave birth to and raised him, how can he be expected to share the worries of the monarch and benefit the common people after he becomes an official?
Loyalty and filial piety can be said to be the commanding heights of ancient morality, and naturally no one dares to refute it.
Coupled with Li Tai's identity, it naturally aroused a chorus of agreement.
Li Tai nodded with satisfaction and said, "Then let's get started."
After Li Tai finished speaking, a group of maids came in holding pens, ink, paper and inkstones.