Historical Story 51: I don't know that Yan Song has fallen, the big literati invited to watch the play, and the small county made a false alarm

01, the prefect is ignorant and ugly, Shen Zhou plays the prefect

The famous Ming painter Shen Zhou painted a "Spring Map of the Five Horses" and gave it to a prefect in praise of him (in ancient times, Taishou drove with five horses, so "five horses" became a synonym for Taishou. During the Ming Dynasty, Taishou was renamed prefect. In ancient times, local officials had to go to the countryside during spring ploughing, expressing concern for the people's livelihood and advising farming, called "walking spring").

When the prefect saw this, he was not only unhappy, but instead became angry: "Don't I even have an entourage of a hally prefect like me?" “

Shen Zhou knew that he was despicable, so he drew another picture with an entourage for him, and teased him: "Unfortunately, the drawing paper is too short, and only three pairs of honor guards are drawn in front." “

The prefect said happily, "Almost enough." (This article is excerpted from "Ancient and Modern Talks")

02, no poetry to feel talented, do not rhyme but rhyme

During the Ming Jiajing period, a weaving eunuch collected taxes in Hangzhou, but it was difficult to collect them, and he wrote a poem to express his feelings:

The imperial court sent me to Suzhou, and the prefectural and county officials ignored us.

One day, when you go to Beijing, where life will not meet.

The verses are both slang and do not rhyme. A magistrate wanted to flatter him, so he praised, "Good poetry! ”

The weaving eunuch replied modestly, "Although it is not a good poem, the rhyme is good." (This article is excerpted from "Ancient and Modern Talks")

03, Wang Daokun is lonely and unheard, and his friends are gentle and ironic

When Ming Jiajing was in power, one day, Wang Daokun and his friend Jiang Bao and others gathered in Wuhan and feasted at the Yellow Crane Tower. Wang Daokun raised a glass and said: "Sichuan people like Su Shi, the article does not understand a word. This kind of talent should give him an inferiority. ”

The crowd was amazed to know that he regarded Su Shi as a Ming Dynasty man. Jiang Bao was not embarrassed to say anything about him, but only perfunctory him.

A few days later, at the farewell banquet, Wang Daokun said the same thing again, and Jiang Bao couldn't help but smile: "I asked the officials in Sichuan, and I didn't see Su Shiqi in Xiucai, and I thought that I was afraid of the exam and avoided it!" The crowd laughed loudly, but Wang Daokun was still not ashamed. (This article is excerpted from the Ding Collection of Poetry of the Dynasties)

04, the big literati invited to watch the play, and the small county made a false alarm

Wang Shizhen hated the treacherous minister Yan Song's father and son, and specially composed the legend of "Ming Feng" to attack it. Later, wang Shizhen invited the county order to watch this play.

The county order did not know the content at first, but at first sight it was flogging the father and son of the contemporary magnate Yan Clan, and it was written so sharply that it was frightened and rushed to leave the table and flee.

When Wang Shizhen saw the situation, he calmly took out the imperial court document and told the county order to see it, telling him: "The Father and Son of the Yan Clan have fallen!" The county ordered this to settle down and watch the play. (This article is excerpted from "Drama Talk")