The divided dynasty of Jiangnan, the establishment and development of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Han Xizai literati naturally liked vocal music

After Li Yu got this painting, his first reaction was that it was an excellent work of art, a great painting, and the second reaction was: Oh, it turns out that Han Xizai spends every day at home drinking! It seems that Han Hee-jae has no political ambitions and will not threaten the imperial power. As the emperor, Li Yu, the stone in his heart fell; As an artist, Li Yu hid this painting in the deep palace and collected it as a treasure. In fact, Li Yu did not carefully understand the painting. Gu Hongzhong faithfully recorded the details of Han Xizai's expression in the painting, and this is the key population to understand this character. Throughout the evening of the feast, Han Xizai entertained all the guests, Sang and danced, and beat drums to cheer up, but there was no smile on his face from beginning to end.

Han Xizai was not only in a bad mood, but also showed a depressed and even heavy heart. A person who immerses himself in the scene every day has a bitter face, which can only show that he is forcing a smile and hiding or hiding something. That is to say, the night feast was not Han Xizai's original intention, but a last resort. Han Xizai spent the day drinking against his will, although he had the side of showing the emperor that he had no political ambitions, and more importantly, he was trapped in party strife and left his eyes to cultivate obscurity with the appearance of self-willed degeneration in order to protect himself. Li Yu is a hairy boy who is easy to deceive, but like Han Zhaozai, a political enemy group that has been in the official arena for a long time and has been fighting for decades is not so easy to deceive.

The Southern Tang Dynasty, as a divided dynasty in Jiangnan, arose in the chaotic era of Tang Wei and was founded by the soldiers of Yixi Fan town and the utilitarian literati. After the establishment of the dynasty, the local scholar group in Jiangnan held real power for a long time. For example, Song Qiqiu, who participated in the establishment of the dynasty, made great contributions, and after dominating the regime, he "Sui Shu Peng Dang Yin self-proclaimed". Chen Jue, Song Qifeng, Chen Jueshan, Wei Cen, Li Zhenggu, Cha Wenhui and others also gathered around Song Qiqiu. These people were closely related, echoing each other inside and outside the imperial court, and were regarded as the "Song Party". However, because the political situation in the Southern Tang Dynasty was quite stable, the Zhongyuan Shi people moved south from the war-torn north one after another and entered the Southern Tang government. Han Xizai and his right servant Sun Sheng were both Zhongyuan scholars who migrated south, in addition to Chang Mengxi, Xiao Yu, Jiang Wenwei, Zhong Mo, Li Deming and others.

It is true that Song Qiqiu and others made great contributions to the establishment and development of the Southern Tang Dynasty, but there were also many handles exposed by monopolizing power, opposing differences between the party and misconduct. The northern scholars were dissatisfied with the "Song Party" and gradually formed a loose political alliance, known as the "Sun (Sheng) Party" or the "Han (Xizai) Party". After the death of Li Fu, the ancestor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, the struggle between the two parties entered its heyday. The Southern Tang Dynasty party struggle has no shortage of major political contents such as state policies and the distribution of power, but the main content is some trivial matters around moral conduct. The gonggongs on both sides slandered and insulted each other for a small matter. Feng Yanmi and his younger brother Feng Yanlu tried to promote a legal policy of human trafficking. Xiao Yu attacked the two brothers in order to facilitate himself to buy more beautiful concubines from the market.

Song Qiqiu wrote a good article with beautiful words, and he especially liked to write inscriptions for people. In addition to the good article, the production of the epitaph also needs good calligraphy to copy the article. Han Xizai was the world's top calligrapher, so Zhu Qiqiu often commissioned Han Xizai to write after drafting the epitaph. Han Xizai was not easy to push back, but every time he copied Song's article, he used paper to plug two nostrils. Someone asked him strangely why he did this? Han Xizai replied unceremoniously: "The text is smelly and obscene." The literati were angry and exposed. The Song Party once corrected the edict and sent troops to attack the Fujian state without authorization, hoping to open up the territory, but the result was a big defeat. After returning, Han Xizai and others took the opportunity to attack. The Song Dang Chen Jue, Feng Yanlu, and others in charge should be punished according to military law, but Zhu Qiqiu begged for them, and in the end the two only cut officials and drove them out of the capital. Han Zhaozhai demanded that the perpetrators be severely punished, and pointed out sharply that Song Qiqiu's henchmen were causing chaos in the government.

Han Hee-jae's opinion was expressed, but no one listened. The Zhu Party remained dictatorial and gritted its teeth in hatred for Han Hee-jae. The strong dragon could not suppress the snake, and the loose alliance led by Sun Sheng and Han Zhaozai was generally at a disadvantage of party strife, and the members of the alliance were either drunk and far away from the political arena; Or indulge in the sound of sound, revel in the Wu yin of Wei Mian, even if it is to give Zhu Dang a trip, he will only steal the land. Han Xizai's literati nature originally had a certain preference for vocal music, and now he simply sang and danced every day as an obscure strategy. Therefore, the scene he let Gu Hongzhong see was not specifically done to hoodwink Li Yu, but to be precise, to avoid the pressure of party strife and incidentally hoodwink Li Yu. The Song Dang was looking at the tiger and was sure to put Han Xizai to death and then hurry up, even if he was ambitious, Han Xizai did not dare to show his face and point out the country.