novelhk Chapter 179
Chapter 179
"General, we came here with our troops. Luoyang can't do anything to us." Zhang Ji said loudly, "I don't believe those high-ranking officials have necks harder than swords."
Of course Dong Zhuo knew it, but at that time his army was not the only one in Luoyang. Or, since they knew what Dong Zhuo was going to do, they might transfer other people.
"Is there any other way? We have to fight them!"
"We can also find some down-and-out scholars and make up some nursery rhymes to see who the people actually believe."
A few days later, another nursery rhyme was circulated on the market: There is a man at the west end and a man at the east end. When a deer walks into Chang'an, it will encounter five difficulties.
All kinds of opinions appeared at once.
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Later in time, Cao Cao had already become the prime minister. He could guess who came up with this nursery rhyme, and it must have come from those aristocratic families.
At the same time, he was also aware that if he became prime minister, he might be criticized for some nursery rhymes, so he had to be nice to the aristocratic families and not let them oppose him.
Sui and Tang Dynasties
At this time, a nursery rhyme called "Peach and Plum, Don't Talk Floods" was also popular. Everyone had actually known the power of nursery rhymes for a long time, but after seeing the sky curtain, they still felt that they had underestimated it, so they quickly found their literary men to interpret this nursery rhyme.
You must lean towards your own side.
In this way, the people will trust themselves more.
The first two nursery rhymes are about destruction, but the following one is more interesting. It was during the Jianwen reign of the Ming Dynasty, when a nursery rhyme circulated: "Don't chase the swallows, chase the swallows as they fly high, soaring high into the imperial capital."
【Guess what this means.】
Qing Dynasty
Several emperors felt that this was already very obvious. It was referring to the Jingnan Campaign of Prince Yan. If Zhu Yunwen had not pushed too hard, Prince Yan probably would not have rebelled!
wrong!
The emperors suddenly realized that if the Prince of Yan did not want to rebel, who spread this nursery rhyme? It must be that the Prince of Yan had long harbored rebellious intentions and was testing Zhu Yunwen's reaction.
This political tactic must have been the work of Yao Guangxiao in black.
Ming Dynasty
Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned black. He was taking his sons to watch the sky curtain, but he didn't expect to eat the melon himself.
"Old Four, what a great trick! You even made a nursery rhyme out of it."
Zhu Di looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's face and the stick in his hand, and silently retreated to the back.
But he kept muttering in his heart, what's the point of this nursery rhyme he made up? Didn't his father also have the same idea as Mo Dao Shi Ren, who had only one eye, and instigated the whole world to rebel against the Yellow River?
The things they do are much greater than mine!
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[Most nursery rhymes before the Ming Dynasty were political nursery rhymes. These nursery rhymes were not composed by children, but were sung by them.]
[After all, the imperial court had no way to punish a child for his crimes.]
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, authentic nursery rhymes emerged. These rhymes had no political connotations and simply recorded children's lives or innocent language.
[For example, this one: New Year is coming, sugar melons are offered to the Kitchen God, girls ask for flowers, boys ask for firecrackers...]
In the late Qing Dynasty, a missionary from America named He Silan collected over 150 nursery rhymes popular in the Beijing area, added English translations and pictures, and compiled them into a book.
Qing Dynasty
Emperor Qianlong was somewhat surprised. "These missionaries were doing this? Weren't they all studying astronomy?" It looked like this book had certainly been passed down to later generations.
Then there would be no need to trouble He Silan in the future, as he could do it himself. When the children of the future recite nursery rhymes, they might even mention him.
"Come here, find an editor from the Hanlin Academy immediately."
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After reading this article, Qi Cheng was quite impressed by the people who wrote the nursery rhymes. These nursery rhymes were both subtle and easy to understand.