Moreover, most emperors like to recite poems in front of courtiers without judging the technical level of their poems, which not only shows their views on culture, but also makes ministers admire them again and again.
I remember once, Zhao Kuangyin's harem concubines gave birth to a son for him, while Zhao Kuangyin's children were few. He was overjoyed, ordered an amnesty and gave a banquet for officials. At that time, the moon was rising, and everyone accompanied Zhao Kuangyin to drink for fun. After three glasses of wine, Zhao Kuangyin felt a little groggy. Seeing the moon hanging high in the sky, he somehow became poetic.
Touching his chin, shaking his head, he sang a poem "Jueju": "I didn't leave Qian Shan ink at the bottom of the sea until I reached the middle of the sky." Hearing this, the courtiers cheered and waited for him to continue.
As a result, Zhao Kuangyin said these two words, so I won't talk about it below. After all, he is a military commander with limited literary talent.
Ministers also dare not debunk the truth, hurriedly said the emperor you drunk, go back to rest early, please Zhao Kuangyin back to the bedroom.
Maybe you think that talented people can make perfect sentences soon. After all, the Song Dynasty is a dynasty with a prosperous culture, and there is absolutely no shortage of talents. But it's an emperor's poem after all. Who dares to go on casually?
It's good to be satisfied, but what if the emperor is not satisfied? I'm afraid my head is in danger. Zhao Kuangyin's first two sentences were really clever, so after 400 years, no one dared to answer.
Until 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself in Yingtianfu, with the title of Daming and Hongwu, which is the Ming Taizu we are very familiar with.
Zhu Yuanzhang is a "grassroots" emperor. He grew up farming, herding cattle, being a monk and begging, and really didn't read any books.
However, he is very studious. Through unremitting efforts, he also read a lot of books and wrote poems from time to time, although the level is not too high.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was also the founding emperor, was very excited when he heard about Zhao Kuangyin's half poem that no one could pick up in those days. He wants to try it himself. After reading the two poems, he thought for a moment and said, "Hold on to this ambition and make peace in every battle."
Obviously, Zhu Yuanzhang added the fact that he fought many battles to establish the Ming Dynasty in this poem. After listening to it, the ministers of the Ming Dynasty praised it as much as the ministers of the Song Dynasty hundreds of years ago.
Then, Zhu Yuanzhang named it Poetry about the Moon.
Of course, later scholars actually looked down on Zhu Yuanzhang, saying that it was just a doggerel, and the dog's tail continued to mink. However, there is no uniform standard for poetry. Different people have different opinions, and everyone needs to judge for himself.