In ancient feudal society, the emperor was the most noble being. However, in the world of one surname, there will always be a day of replacement, which is a helpless historical cycle law. The king of the fallen country is a fate that no one is willing to bear, except for a very small number of people who have no heart and no lungs, even the worst emperor will inevitably cry with sadness. Among them, the talented ones, such as Li Yu, sighed: Qing Jun can have a few sorrows, just like a river of spring water flowing eastward.
However, not all the poems of the fallen kings are so bleak, at least the works of the Yuan Shun Emperor when the overall situation has been determined, it can also be regarded as a dashing departure, allowing people to see a decent background.
Emperor Yuanshun's name was Bo'erJin Torthu Timur, which means "iron pot" in Mongolian. As the name suggests, he has worked very hard during his long reign, appointed many talented people, and reformed many shortcomings. However, because the accumulation of disadvantages is too deep, in the end it is still a lack of skills. The peasant army surged and eventually destroyed the once mighty Yuan Empire and drove the Yuan Shun Emperor to the north of the desert. Although the national name "Yuan" is still in use, it has actually ceded the status of the Zhengshuo Dynasty. This pot is really the Yuan Shun Emperor to carry.
When Xu Da and Chang Yuchun's Tiger and Wolf Division approached Yuan Dadu, Emperor Yuanshun's defeat was already decided. Zhu Yuanzhang had ordered that Emperor Yuan be treated kindly, hoping that he would surrender. Emperor Yuanshun rejected this proposal and insisted on fleeing, and before leaving, he brought this poem to Zhu Yuanzhang's emissaries as a reply to Zhu Yuanzhang:
"Answer to the Lord":
The emissaries of Jinling crossed the river, and the desert wind and smoke opened together.
Wang Qi sometimes rests on its own, and the Emperor's grace is not revealed.
I believe that the sea has returned to the Lord, and I also like that Jiangnan has a handsome talent.
Returning sincerely upset, Chunfeng first arrived at the Phoenix Terrace.
Objectively speaking, there are still many historians who doubt the authenticity of this poem. They believed that after Emperor Yuan Shun escaped, he still remembered the Central Plains and organized forces many times to try to counterattack. Therefore, the emotions revealed in the poem should not be possessed by Emperor Yuanshun. However, Xiao Jue believes that people's feelings change at any time, and the strong counterattack after that does not represent a strong smile after being discouraged and disappointed at this time.
In addition, the poem was copied in the hands of many literati at that time. Lang Ying's "Seven Revision Drafts", "Scissor Victory Wild News", Chen Yan's "Chronicle of Yuan Poems", and even the "Imperial Selection of Yuan Poems" included in the "Four Libraries" in the Qing Dynasty are also recorded, but the versions are different.
The success of this poem lies in the fact that Emperor Yuan Shun endured a huge hatred of subjugation and still showed a state of mind that was not humble and unobtrusive. In the first sentence of the poem, the mood is long and evocative. "The emissaries of Jinling crossed the river, and the desert wind and smoke opened together", it was Zhu Yuanzhang's emissaries who crossed the river to Dadu, so that the smoke of war gave way to a road, and there was a brief tranquility. You know, although the second half of Emperor Yuanshun's life was self-abandoned and indulged in pleasure, there was not a day that he did not spend in panic. This sentence is not only realistic, but also a long-lost peace that makes him breathe a long sigh of relief.
In the next sentence, Emperor YuanShun does not describe the emissaries' intentions in a positive way, nor does he depict the situation in which the two sides are at loggerheads. He swung a stroke and wrote out his true feelings: "Wang Qi sometimes rests on his own, and where the emperor's grace is not revealed." As a modern person, he is still willing to confess his fate in the haze, not to mention the superstitious Mongols. Emperor Yuanshun believed that when the wang qi had a beginning, there would be an end to this day, and sooner or later the qi number of the emperor's pulse would be abandoned by the heavens.
On this day, Emperor Yuanshun also had to admit that "he believed that the sea was returned to the Lord, and he was also happy that there were talents in Jiangnan". As a loser, although he lost almost all the chips, and even would be nailed to the pillar of shame for posterity to laugh at, emperor Yuan Shun still said very gracefully, now I know that this world will still belong to the Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, and I congratulate Jiangnan on the birth of such talents.
In the text, Emperor Yuan Shun exudes sour sorrow. In the last sentence, he no longer held the pipa and half-covered his face, and bluntly rejected Zhu Yuanzhang. The meaning of "Returning sincerely upset to say that the spring wind will first come to the Phoenix Platform" is not complicated, and he is willing to leave, hoping that he will not come to persuade him to surrender.
Although this poem is not as emotionally abundant as Li Yu's poem, its artistic technique is also slightly straightforward. However, under such emotions, Emperor Yuan Shun could still maintain his due demeanor, take a dignified stance, and be a master.