Qin Mubai closed the invitation and asked: "Second brother, why did King Wei want to entertain guests for no reason? How did he know that I was back from vacation?"
"You are so big now that you are attracting attention. It is not easy to know that you are back. Yesterday, your appearance at the No. 1 Wine in the World was enough to let the King of Wei know the news. I don't know how many of the officials and scholars who drank and entertained there were Wei.
The king's retainer." Qin Bin said, "As for the reason for the invitation, Brother Yu seems to have heard that the king of Wei wanted to invite all the Confucian scholars and talented men to play Qu Shui Shui Shang."
"Qu Shui Shui Shang? How funny! It's summer, what's the Qi Shui Shui Shang?" Qin Mubai couldn't help but laugh.
Qushui Shangqing is an ancient custom that has been spread since the Jin Dynasty. According to legend, Wang Xizhi, a famous calligrapher in the Jin Dynasty and the internal history of Kuaiji, together with 42 relatives and friends Xie An, Sun Chuo and other people, held a drinking ceremony and composed poems after praying for women in Lanting Pavilion.
The activity of "Qingshui Shang Shang" has become a legend through the ages. This Confucian and elegant custom has been handed down to this day. At that time, after Wang Xizhi and others held the ceremony of cultivating the harvest, they sat on the ground on both sides of the clear stream in Lanting Pavilion and placed the glasses filled with wine on the
In the stream, the water slowly floated down from the upper reaches and passed through the winding stream. Whoever's cup swirled or stopped in front of him had to compose an impromptu poem and drink.
In this game, eleven people each wrote two poems, fifteen people each wrote one poem, and sixteen people were unable to write a poem, and each was punished with three drinks of wine. Wang Xizhi collected everyone's poems, used silkworm cocoon paper, and rat
He had to write a preface with a stroke of his pen, took advantage of his excitement, and wrote the world-famous "Preface to the Lanting Collection".
The current emperor, Li Shimin, fell in love with Wang Xizhi's calligraphy, which triggered a calligraphy craze in the Tang Dynasty. As a result, the elegant entertainment method of Qu Shui Shui Shang also spread among today's Tang Dynasty officials and literati. However, Qu Shui Shui Shang
It is usually held on the Shangji Festival in March of Yangchun, and now it is already the summer solstice.
"This stupid brother doesn't know either." Qin Bin shook his head and smiled, "I heard from the guests that in March this year, King Wei was ordered to accompany His Majesty the Emperor in the palace to discuss the compilation of "Kuo Di Zhi".
Therefore, I missed this year's Qushui Shang. So I took advantage of my free time to make up for it. The King of Wei had a very close relationship with many literary talents, and the Qushui Shang had always been an important way for him to communicate with each other. He must not have wanted to waste it!
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"I see..." Qin Mubai shook his head and said with a smile, "I am a martial artist, and I have only met the King of Wei once. Why did you invite me? Isn't this just to embarrass me?"
"Third brother, do you really understand, or are you just pretending to be confused?" Qin Bin smiled, "It's already obvious, King Wei just wants to trap you!"
Qin Mubai chuckled lightly: "Then go! Reciting poems is definitely not good for me anyway, so just go and see the excitement. The King of Wei is so generous with his invitation. If I don't go, I won't slap him in the face? Just two.
Brother, I want to ask - how is your relationship with King Wei now?"
Qin Bin smiled calmly: "It's not like you don't know my father's teachings. Although Brother Yu met the King of Wei every two days at Hongwen Hall and Wude Hall, he rarely spoke, let alone friendship. As for the King of Wei, it seems that he also
He ignored me, a school secretary with less than half a talent and a low official position. The reason why he invited me this time was mainly because he wanted to invite you through me, right? Haha, Brother Yu is getting rich with you."
"Haha, isn't it just a matter of eating and drinking? ----Second brother, please wait a moment. I'll leave with you after my younger brother changes his clothes."
Soon after, the two brothers packed up their clothes, left their home in a carriage, and headed for the Palace of the Prince of Wei.
Wei Wang Li Tai can be said to be the most favored prince by the emperor today, even far more than Prince Li Chengqian. In the past few years, Emperor Li Shimin, who has always advocated frugality, has continued to personally allocate funds to Li Tai to repair the mansion, and the money and silk he usually provides are almost
To keep pace with the East Palace. For this reason, many veterans gave their opinions and advice to the emperor. However, Li Shimin, who had always been open-minded and accepting advice, remained the same and favored Li Tai. In addition, Li Tai himself was indeed somewhat capable, so '
His talents in civil affairs and governance are unparalleled by ordinary princes. In recent years,