3. Song Huizong cleverly captured Zhou Bangyan
Song Huizong had not seen Li Shishi for ten years. When they met again, Li Shishi already had someone he liked, and that person was Zhou Bangyan. (It cannot be said here that Li Shishi likes to change his mind. Who knows whether Li Shishi likes Song Huizong or because he is the emperor and has to serve him. Obviously, the latter is more likely)
When Zhou Bangyan and Song Huizong The achievements in the history of Chinese culture are the same, but in terms of age, Zhou Bangyan was already in his 50s at that time, so he was not young.
But since ancient times, a talented man has paired up with a beautiful woman. The two of them have liked each other, and they have also responded to this sentence: "The beautiful woman is interested in the village man's beauty, but the pink girl has no intention of the prodigal village."
What does this sentence mean? What? A beautiful woman means a villager is pretty, which means that if this woman loves you, she will think you are pretty playful even if you are a farmer in the village. But if this girl doesn’t love you, even if you are a romantic talent or a scholar, no matter how good and delicate you are, she will still think you are not good enough!
So no matter how old Zhou Bangyan is, Li Shishi is still love him. I love you, you love me, if you fall in love with each other just by looking at each other, that's fine, everything else is other people's business.
Zhou Bangyan often chatted with his master, drank wine, and recited poems.
After Zhou Bangyan finished writing the lyrics, Li Shishi sang. The two were very happy spending time together.
But now that there is this tunnel, it is inconvenient. Earlier it was not easy for the emperor to come to Master Li's place. He had to change into night clothes and bring people over secretly at night. He could only come here occasionally. Now that there is a tunnel, he can come three times a day whenever he wants.
However, when Huizong of the Song Dynasty came, Zhou Bangyan could not come again, because his colleagues were enemies. How to explain it when they met? Li Shishi couldn't say.
Zhou Bangyan could no longer visit Master Li. He was very angry. It was said that the emperor came to see Master Li every night. Sometimes Master Li would drink and chat with the emperor, and Zhou Bangyan would stand outside the wall wearing a cotton coat. He would take a walking stick and stamp on the ground outside, and he could stamp on the ground all night long. He would talk nonsense and curse in the streets to express his inner dissatisfaction.
But Song Huizong also really liked Li Shishi. For Li Shishi, he almost emptied the treasury. In the short few years from 1200 to 1125, the reward given to Li Shishi alone was no less than ten thousand taels of gold.
Zhou Bangyan hated not being able to go to Master Li's place. It was not until the autumn of this year that he finally got an opportunity.
Huizong was ill. The emperor couldn't come, but Zhou Bangyan was so beautiful that he died. He was very happy to see Master Li again.
Unfortunately, Li Shishi and Zhou Bangyan were preparing to stay together for ten days. Unexpectedly, the emperor would struggle to get off the ground on the sixth day and went to see Li Shishi at night.
When he was about to leave the imperial office, the emperor also took a big orange. The oranges were tribute from Jiangnan. The transportation conditions at that time were limited. After the tribute was brought up, the rotten ones were removed and there was nothing left. It's more or less good, just like the fish that were sent from Zhenjiang to Beijing as tribute to Qianlong. Because the fish will die when they come out of the water, no matter how many fish are sent to Beijing as tribute, there may only be three or five left after picking and picking.
The emperor chose the biggest orange, followed the tunnel and came to Master Li. As a result, when Song Huizong came, it was unfortunate that Zhou Bangyan was also there, which would lead to his death.
In the past, the emperor would have sent someone to say hello in advance, but now he just likes to drop by, running from one room to another and coming through the tunnel. There is no need to say hello specially.
So, when the emperor came out, Li Shishi and Zhou Bangyan were chatting in the room.
"Uncle Zhou, you have caused a big trouble. The emperor has entered the gate." Mother Li rushed in like crazy.
Master Li hurried out to greet the emperor. Zhou Bangyan had no place to hide this time! He had no choice but to hide under the bed.
After the emperor entered the door, he took out the orange, and then took out a knife to cut the orange. The sword he took out was the Bingzhou sword, and Bingzhou is now Taiyuan, Shanxi. At that time, Bingzhou's knives and scissors were the best, so the emperor used Bingzhou's knife to cut oranges, and then took a small dish and put some Wu salt in it. Wu Yan is a kind of loose salt noodles produced in the Jianghuai area. This salt is of high quality and not that salty.
The emperor cut the big orange into pieces. After cutting, Master Li grabbed some salt with her fingers and sprinkled it on the orange, and the two of them started eating.
That night, the two of them ate oranges, and Zhou Bangyan under the bed could only feel jealous.
But the emperor did not stay that night. Because when it was almost dawn, Master Li persuaded him that national affairs were important and your body had not fully recovered yet. Could you please go back and rest early... something like this.
Finally the emperor finally returned.
After sending the emperor away, Master Li quickly came back and called Zhou Bangyan out. After Zhou Bangyan came out, he picked up his pen and wrote a poem called "Youth Travel".
Word cloud:
The swords are like water, Wu Yan beats the snow, and the delicate hands break the new orange.
The brocade is warm at the beginning, the smoke from the beasts is constant, and they sit opposite each other and tune the sheng.
I asked in a low voice: Who are you going to spend the night with? It's already three o'clock in the city? ?
The horses are slippery and the frost is thick, so it is better to leave. There are only a few people traveling.
Master Li loves this song very much. No matter where there is a party, he likes to sing it when he is happy or unhappy.
One day, when Huizong was with Master Li, he asked her to sing a new song, and she sang this "Youth Tour".
Song Huizong only listened to it as a piece of music at first, but as the old saying goes: "No one is as smart as an emperor, and as clever as a world!"
As soon as Song Huizong heard this word, he felt No, how could this person who wrote the lyrics know about "a knife is like water, Wu Yan beats snow, and a delicate hand breaks a new orange"? This must be the person watching in front of you!
So, Song After Huizong listened to it once, he asked Li Shishi to sing it again. It happened that Shishi liked to sing this song, and the emperor also liked it, so she sang it again. She sang it several times in a row. Li Shishi became happier as she sang. But the emperor heard that there must be an adulterer behind this song!
But the emperor remained calm on the surface, applauded, and asked Li Shishi who the author of this poem was.
Master Li didn’t know the pros and cons at the time, so he told the emperor directly: “This is written by my friend Zhou Bangyan.”
Master Li’s words can be regarded as a gift to the emperor. Zhou Bangyan caused great trouble, and the emperor remembered this name.
After eating and drinking at Master Li's place, Song Huizong called Cai Jing and asked him to check Zhou Bangyan.
The name of a person is the shadow of a tree. Zhou Bangyan was still an outstanding figure at the time, and Song Huizong quickly understood his information clearly.
So Song Huizong ordered Zhou Bangyan to be found guilty and expelled from the capital.
Before Zhou Bangyan left the capital, Li Shishi went to Changting to see him off. It didn't matter that Master Li left. Not long after she left, the emperor came to see her and was waiting for her at Zhen'anfang.
In fact, the emperor felt very sad. When he arrived at Zhen'anfang, he learned from Mother Li that she had gone to see off Zhou Bangyan. When the emperor heard this, he knew better.
He waited until dark before Master Li came back.
When the emperor saw his master, he looked like he had just visited a grave. His eyes were full of tears, his eyes were dark, and his hair was messy.
The two sat together, relatively speechless.
The emperor thought and thought, and finally asked: "Master, when you sent Zhou Bangyan off today, didn't he write a new poem for you?"
Master Li was also disheartened at this time, so he stopped hiding anything and told the emperor directly.
Zhou Bangyan did write a new poem for her, called "Lanling King". This poem has been circulated to this day.
The content is:
The willows are straight, and the smoke is silky and green. On the Sui Embankment, I have seen it several times, and the water is floating in the water to see people off. When I come to see my motherland, who knows the tired guest in Beijing? Changting Road, every year, should have more than a thousand feet of flexible strips.
Looking for old traces leisurely, drinking wine while mourning, leaving the table under the light of the lamp. Pear blossom and elm fire promote cold food. I am worried that the wind is fast with an arrow, and the waves are warm with half a pole. I turn around and count the posts after a long journey, looking at people in the north.
Sadness and hatred piled up! Farewell to the lake, the lake is silent, the setting sun is slowly rising and the spring is endless. Reading the moon and pavilion, holding hands, listening to the flute on the exposed bridge. Thinking about the past is like a dream, with tears falling secretly.
After hearing this, Song Huizong felt unhappy and sour.
Huizong was also generous and recalled Zhou Bangyan. But later, due to some reasons, Zhou Bangyan still wandered away, and finally died in Shangqiu, Henan at the age of 66.
It is said that when Zhou Bangyan died, Li Shishi did not cry. Why? As the saying goes, there is nothing greater than grief. There is no point in crying anymore at this time.
After that, Song Huizong came less often because he had to be busy with state affairs - the affairs of Jin and Liao were enough for him to worry about every day.
4. A chaste and fierce woman, loyal to the country, and highly respected by future generations.
In 1125, Song Huizong voluntarily abdicated, leaving the world's mess to his son.
When Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty did not become the emperor, he gave himself the title of "Taojun Taishang Emperor", that is, he became the leader of Taoism in Taiyiguan.
Song Huizong's son ascended the throne and changed the country's name to "Jingkang". There is a sentence in "Man Jiang Hong" such as "Jingkang is ashamed, but it has not yet snowed."
Jingkang actually has a very auspicious meaning. I hope the world will be peaceful and everything will be fine. But wishes are wishes after all.
In November of 1126, the world was in chaos, and the soldiers of the Jin Kingdom came to Kaifeng.
At this moment, it was useless to say anything, so the ministers told Emperor Zhao Heng: "Now that the army is approaching the city and approaching the border, all the people in the world are suffering, especially the soldiers guarding the city. The weather is very cold. Your Majesty, do you think you can get some money to make some cotton clothes for the soldiers?"
The little emperor refused to allocate the money. He said, "Go and tell the soldiers. , tell them to be patient!"
In this regard, this little emperor is not as good as Li Shishi.
In the middle of this year, Master Li donated all his savings over the years to prepare for wartime needs.
After doing this, Master Li became a monk at Ciyun Temple.
On the 25th day of the eleventh month of the first year of Jingkang, Bianjing fell.
The head coach of the Kingdom of Jin entered the city and after some burning, killing and looting, Jin Taizong made a request to him, saying: "Go find me a person named Li Shishi and bring her to me." Come.
Everyone in the world praises her for her beauty, I have to see how beautiful she is!"
After being captured, the head coach of the Kingdom of Jin looked at Master Li and was immediately surprised: "She is so beautiful!"
So I changed my clothes according to Master Li's request, took a shower, put on my hairpin and jewelry, and put on my makeup again, and then I went out to meet Jin Taizong with the coach of the Kingdom of Jin.
At this time, there was a man named Zhang Bangchang standing next to the Jinguo coach. This Zhang Bangchang was a traitor.
What no one expected was that the tender-hearted Li Shishi saw Zhang Bangchang immediately after he came out. Without saying anything, I went to slap him in the face and scolded him loudly: "Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of a country! I didn't expect you to be such a vicious villain..."
In this case, No one dared to do anything to Li Shishi, and Zhang Bangchang did not dare to say anything.
After the fight, Li Shishi said with a smile: "Is your Taizong of the Jin Kingdom planning to have me? Okay!" But I'm telling you, he's going to be late, because I'm going to die soon. "
As he spoke, Master Li pulled out the golden hairpin from his head and prepared to insert it directly into his throat to commit suicide. But when he inserted it, he broke the golden hairpin in half.
Master Li is really a fierce woman. She directly picked up the gold tube that was broken in half, put it in her mouth, swallowed it, and committed suicide by swallowing the gold.
Such a fierce woman was affectionate and righteous, and later generations also had many good stories about her. For example, Mr. Shi Naian respected Master Li very much!
Everyone who has read "Water Margin" knows that this Shi Naian is. Mr. Shi Nai'an seems to have some prejudice against women. He writes women either like great men or as prostitutes.
In "Water Margin", Mr. Shi Naian wrote a lot. Women, Mother Yaksha Sun Erniang, Mother Chong Sister-in-law Gu, and Yizhang Qinghu Sanniang, these are the three heroines on Liangshan.
Look at this Mother Chong Sister-in-law Gu, do you think which woman would be called Mother Chong? Such an ugly nickname, isn't it? As soon as you hear it, you can tell that this woman is like a tiger. Not to mention, Yizhang Qinghu Sanniang is a total man! >Of course, "Water Margin" also mentioned several women from the lower reaches of Liangshan, such as Yan Xijiao, Cuipingshan Shixiu's murderer's sister-in-law, and Andaoquan whoring house, etc., they are all prostitutes...< /p>
However, "Water Margin" respects Li Shishi from beginning to end. Whether it is inside or outside the words, or many other things, Li Shishi is written as very benevolent, righteous and moral, although Shi does not write much. , but it can be seen that the word "respect" can be seen in every word between Shi Naian and Li Shishi.
(The story comes from "Guo Lun", compiled on November 8, 2020)