Chapter 116 Quatrains from Huaqing Palace/Du Mu

Du Mu's Qijue is very famous, and his epic poems are also famous. "Guahuaqing Palace Quatrains" is the best of his seven poems about history. The "Anshi Rebellion" was a pain in the hearts of the Tang people. The Tang Empire was so devastated.Tang Minghuang couldn't absolve himself of the blame, and Concubine Yang's family also suffered eternal infamy. Huaqing Palace, on Lishan Mountain near Chang'an, not only has picturesque scenery, but also has famous hot springs, so it became a good place for Tang Minghuang, Yang Guifei and others to escape the cold and summer.This is what Bai Juyi wrote in "The Spring Cold Gives You a Bath in Huaqing Pool, and the Hot Spring Water Washes Your Fat".

Originally, as the king of a country, as a concubine of the emperor, it is not a big deal to escape the summer heat, soak in a hot spring, and like to eat a few lychees, but if you don't even care about the country's major affairs, it will even lead to chaos , is not a small problem. Besides, lychee was originally an ordinary fruit, but because Yang Yuhuan likes it very much, some merchants have called it "guifei fruit" now.Litchi is a tropical fruit, not produced in Shaanxi, and it is extremely perishable. In ancient times, there was no good fresh-keeping technology. It is said that it will be spoiled and inedible after three days of picking.Therefore, whenever the lychees are ripe, they will be transported by special personnel on fast horses, changing horses along the way without changing people, and strive to send them to the palace as soon as possible.Song Su Shi's "Litchi Sigh" said: "Ten miles away, there is flying dust, and five miles away, soldiers are fired. The pits and valleys are in the same book, and you know it's the litchi longan. The speeding car crosses the mountains and the falcons cross the sea, and the leaves are as new as the wind branches. Picking. The beauty in the palace broke her face, and the dust splashed blood for thousands of years." In order to eat a few lychees, so mobilize the crowd and disturb the people, it is no wonder that Du Mu sarcastically said, "When a concubine rides on the red dust and laughs, no one knows it is the lychee."Tang Xianzu's plays in the Ming Dynasty also specially wrote "Jin Guo", which also satirizes Li and Yang.