Chapter 1729 The Emperor’s Obsession
After the howling autumn rain, the weather became cooler. The flowers and trees in the palace were withered, and the dead leaves on the trees were fluttering and falling in all directions with the breeze.
Yellow leaves, red walls, black tiles, the solemn and majestic atmosphere of the past has gradually faded, adding a bit of poignant and graceful poetry and painting...
Inside the Dragon Palace.
His Majesty Li Er wears a red-yellow robe with narrow sleeves and a round collar, a black gauze double-winged mantou on his head, a nine-ring belt around his waist, and a pair of Liuhe boots waiting at his feet, making him look like he is attending the court...< br>
Fang Jun entered the house, stepped forward to salute, and said loudly: "I am a humble minister, Fang Jun, and I have an audience with Your Majesty."
His Majesty Li Er raised his eyes, waved his hands casually, and said calmly: "No need to be polite, just sit down and wait for the palace guests to serve you tea."
"Here."
Fang Jun agreed, took two steps forward, and sat down in front of the emperor. He lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes without saying a word.
His Majesty Li Er is in his early forties this year, which is the age when a man's physical strength, intelligence, and experience have reached their peak. Just sitting there normally, he has a majestic and majestic demeanor, a square face and thick eyebrows. , eyes like lightning, full of imperial majesty.
The monarch and his ministers sat opposite each other, but they seemed invisible and did not speak.
The atmosphere in the hall was a little stagnant for a while...
It wasn't until the palace maid brought the steaming tea and put it on the table that His Majesty Li Er waved his hand and said: "Everyone, please step aside."
"Here——"
The maid serving tea and the interior of the store responded in unison, bowed and took three steps back, then turned and walked out.
His Majesty Li Er ignored Fang Jun and poured a cup of tea by himself. He took a sip and narrowed his eyes slightly, as if savoring the taste of the tea. After a long while, he slowly said: "That poem , very good.”
Fang Jun had already drank a lot of water in the Yamen of the Ministry of War, but he was not thirsty at the moment. When he heard the words, he bowed slightly and said respectfully: "Your Majesty is so flattering that I am ashamed of myself to deserve it."
"Ha..." His Majesty Li Er sneered, looked at Fang Jun playfully, and said, "Is there anything else that your Fang Er doesn't dare to do?"
Fang Jun ignored the emperor's ridicule and said seriously: "Poetry expresses aspirations, and songs express eternal feelings. If it does not touch the emotions of people's hearts, how can poetry be sung all over the world? I think of the deep love between your majesty and Queen Wende as husband and wife, Although I have never seen the happy match between the two of them in the past, I can still know the deep and pure love from others. Heaven is jealous of the beauty, Queen Wende is flying to the west, Your Majesty will never lose her beloved, the sadness and longing in my heart will definitely make me sleepless at night, and my heart will gnaw at my bones. I feel the same, and then I will be inspired to compose the next poem. "Remember the Dream" is to comfort Your Majesty from the pain of lovesickness, and to honor the spirit of Queen Wende in heaven..."
Speaking of which, His Majesty Li Er and Empress Changsun have a deep and deep love that is rare in history. This poem sent to him can be regarded as complementing each other.
Brother Dongpo, who could only speak out after suffering for four hundred years, has "stealed" many of his famous works, which have been passed down through the ages. I wonder if Mr. Dongpo will stop at this and lose everyone. .
But it doesn’t matter if you think about it. Su Dongpo was a truly amazing and talented person. Even if he couldn’t write poems, he would still be able to make a stew that would go down in history...
His Majesty Li Er was silent.
He didn't laugh at Fang Jun's flattery, nor did he scold him for going further and further down the road of being a sycophant. He just held the tea cup and was slightly absent-minded.
Fang Jun closed his mouth, feeling a little suspicious. His Majesty was so unusual today that he couldn't figure out what he was thinking at the moment...
It's too much to say and it's wrong, so it's best to shut up.
After a long time, Your Majesty Li Er asked quietly: "Fang Jun, are the gods you said in ancient legends true or false?"
Fang Jun sighed, as expected...
After thinking for a while, he said: "Since it is a legend, it must have been spread for a long time. During this period, it must have been misrepresented and misrepresented. The older the legend, the greater the distance from the truth. This is common sense. From Wei Chen's point of view, gods and ghosts It is nothing more than the imagination of the forefathers, and then later generations can interpret it and interpret it. It must not be taken seriously. "
His Majesty Li Er glanced at Fang Jun and said casually: "The Classic of Mountains and Seas says that there are five mountains on the sea: Daiyu, Yuanqiao, Fanghu, Yingzhou, Penglai. The two mountains of Daiyu and Yuanqiao have drifted away without a trace. Only the three mountains of Fanghu, Yingzhou and Penglai are left...Dongfang Shuo of the Han Dynasty also said that Penglai Mountain faces the northeastern shore of the East China Sea and has a circumference of five thousand miles. Outside, there is a round sea surrounding the mountain. The round sea water is dark, so it is called the underworld sea. There is no wind but the waves are hundreds of feet high, and no one can go back and forth. There is Jiu Laozhang, the palace of Jiuzhen, which is the residence of Taishang. Only Feixian can reach it... …So many classics have recorded that there are fairy mountains and immortals in fairy mountains overseas. Is it possible that they are all made up out of thin air?”
Fang Jun was so worried that he wanted to hit the wall...
It's like asking a college student to explain addition and subtraction within ten to primary school students. There is no sense of accomplishment at all, only impatience.
If you are talking about whether there are really fairy mountains, it is really difficult to confirm this. What if the fairy mountains are a door that breaks through time and space, and behind the door is another parallel world?
But when it comes to whether there are so many fairy mountains on the Bohai Sea, in this era, there is really no one more confident than Fang Jun...
There is a hair!
After thinking about it, I felt that His Majesty Li Er is a very strong-willed person. If I told him simply and rudely, he would not believe it. If he is thinking about such mysterious people all day long, something will happen...
Then he said: "Your Majesty clearly knows that whether there is or not is not decided by the ministers, nor by Your Majesty. The Bohai Sea is so big, with a radius of only more than 4,000 miles. Our navy has hundreds of ships, divided into several groups. "Son, if you go from south to north and east to west, how many islands and mountains are there on the sea? Isn't that clear?"
This is definitely a stupid method.
No matter how small the Bohai Sea is, with the current navigation technology and ship quality, if you want to sail through it, it will not only consume a lot of manpower and material resources, but also take several years.
But although the method is stupid, it is still better than the emperor's random thoughts all day long, right?
What if one day this guy does something stupid out of a hot head, it will really be a headache...
When His Majesty Li Er heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up!
He almost stood up and hugged Fang Jun for a kiss! As expected, this boy has a quick mind and is extremely talented. Countless alchemists in this world have spent their whole day trying to find evidence of the existence of the Immortal Mountain from those ancient books, but no one has ever thought of directly crossing the Bohai Sea...< br>
But then, another melancholy thought occurred to him: "But when Qin Shihuang sent the alchemist Xu Fu to go out to the Bohai Sea by boat, he never returned and there was no news. I was wondering if this fairy mountain was only seen by those who were destined. If there is no immortal root and wisdom, even though the immortal mountain is right in front of you, you still turn a blind eye and pass by? ”
Fang Jun was stunned.
I won’t obey anyone, but I will obey you!
He is worthy of being a man who can become an emperor. Who in the world can match this leap of thinking and broad mind?
You said you didn’t know if there were fairy mountains on the sea, and we sent people to look for them. But then you said that those mortals don’t have fairy roots and eyes, so they know that the fairy mountains are there but can’t see them...
Fang Jun was silent for a moment and asked: "Is your Majesty's idea...serious?"
His Majesty Li Er was puzzled: "Of course it is true. The land of gods and immortals cannot be seen with the naked eye, and that is what it should be. What do you mean by this?"
Fang Jun asked back: "Your Majesty is right, so it is best to send such a person with the fleet. So, Your Majesty, who do you think has immortal roots and who has a discerning eye? Do you think Wei Chen can succeed?" ”
"You?"
His Majesty Li Er looked Fang Jun up and down, and sneered: "Forget it! Do you think that you can write a few poems and study some strange techniques, and you can be called an immortal? In my opinion, This kind of person should at least be favored by God and have great luck. Many difficulties in the world will not exist in front of him.
"Well said!"
Fang Jun stroked his palm and said: "There is someone right now who fits your majesty's description!"
His Majesty Li Er asked curiously: "Who?"
Fang Jun pointed at His Majesty Li Er's nose and said: "Of course a person with such great luck must be your Majesty!"
His Majesty Li Er was stunned, pointed at himself and said: "Me?"
Fang Jun said with determination: "Your Majesty rose up in the late Sui Dynasty, and the world was at war with all the heroes standing side by side. In terms of blood, strength, and current situation, there is no way in this world that it is Li Tang's turn, right?"
His Majesty Li Er nodded subconsciously. He could not deny this. No matter how conceited he was, he could not tell lies with his eyes open. Dou Jiande, Liu Heitai, Wang Shichong, and even Yuwen Chengdu and Xiao Xian were all more likely than Li Tang at the beginning. The tripod determines the country.
In the end, Li Tang clarified that Huanyu unified the world. If anyone said that there was no luck to help him, His Majesty Li Er would be the first to spit in that person's face... (End of Chapter)