Marquis Lumen gnashed his teeth and said with thunderous tongue: "Don't panic, fellow soldiers! After repelling the barbarians, we will change our route to Ganzhou, prepare for a day, and then move forward!"
Fang Yun nodded. Lu Menhou was indeed not stupid. He had already seen that the barbarians would continue to attack. Instead of forcing the march according to the original plan, it would be better to go to a nearby city to rest first, and then contact the King of Chu and the ministers in the court through the Holy Temple to discuss a better plan again, or wait for reinforcements.
After days of marching and fighting, the soldiers were a little tired. When they heard that they could go to a nearby city to rest, their morale was greatly boosted.
After a brief battle, the barbarians retreated, leaving behind many corpses of their generals and commanders.
After burying the dead on the spot, the army rested for a while, changed direction and headed for Ganzhou.
At night, the army finally arrived at the foot of Ganzhou City, within the protection area of the holy temple. Everyone completely relaxed and rested, and each camp even held some entertainment activities.
The prefect of Ganzhou Prefecture led many officials to comfort the troops and improve their food.
However, everyone seemed to have forgotten that there was a Marquis of Zhujiang named Zhang Longxiang, and that man was left alone in the carriage.
When the visit was coming to an end, the prefect of Ganzhou, who had a close relationship with an old general of the Zhujiang Army, smiled and said, "I heard that the Marquis of Zhujiang is also in the army. The city has prepared a banquet for you. I think we should invite him to come with us."
Wei Changxian smiled and said, "Marquis Zhujiang disturbed the morale of the army and has been confined by the Marshal. I think we should not invite him. He will understand military discipline only after he suffers a little."
The Hanlin scholar at the side echoed: "The Zhang family can almost be said to be a family with two rebellious families. You can rest assured to let him enter Ganzhou, but we are not."
The prefect of Ganzhou looked embarrassed and looked at Marquis Lumen.
Marquis Lumen said amiably, "Marquis Zhujiang is staying in the army to study the strategy of pacifying the barbarians. I cannot bear to disturb him, so I think we should just forget it. In a few days, I believe he will surely devise a military strategy to restrain the barbarians, so we will wait for him. Let's go."
"What Lu Menhou said is true."
All the generals in the army followed the governor of Ganzhou to the city of Ganzhou, where a grand banquet was held. Scholars from all over the city came to participate in the banquet.
For the human race, all banquets are literary gatherings, and all literary gatherings are inseparable from poetry and prose.
Because of the military order, there was no wine at the banquet. Many scholars found it extremely boring, so some scholars proposed to write poems to praise the army and the King of Chu to boost the morale of the Lumen Army. Everyone agreed.
Many young scholars in Ganzhou City are eager to try their best to write poetry in order to gain a reputation as a writer.
After half an hour of preparation, scholars in Ganzhou City began to compose poems one after another.
Poem after poem appeared at the literary gathering, and the atmosphere of the gathering became increasingly enthusiastic.
Just when the literary gathering was at its most lively, a voice as powerful as thunder spread throughout the city.
"Beyond the mountains, there are green mountains, beyond the buildings,
When will the singing and dancing of Dongjiang end
The warm wind intoxicated the tourists.
I mistook Ganzhou for Liuzhou."
As soon as "Zhang Longxiang"'s voice came out, the banquet fell into silence.
Liuzhou is located in the south of Chu State. It was a rich place in the past, but it was conquered by barbarians long ago.
The Dongjiang River flows through Ganzhou and is the source of the Pearl River. It has always been prosperous, with many tourists and a constant flow of flower boats and pleasure boats.
Many scholars present were stunned and all looked at Lu Menhou and the prefect of Ganzhou. The intention of this poem was too obvious.
Many people have been pondering this poem in their hearts.
There are green mountains in the distance and towers nearby. When will the mellow music of Ganzhou in Dongjiang stop? The warm spring breeze makes the passing tourists intoxicated, and they simply regard the comfortable Ganzhou as the rich and prosperous Liuzhou in the past!
Lu Menhou had silver hair, his face was a little sallow as usual, and his eyes became even colder.
Wei Changxian, who was standing by, was almost furious. This poem was very ironic on the surface, and even malicious in secret. He was almost pointing at the Lumen Army and even Lumen Hou and cursing: Liuzhou has not yet been recovered, and you are intoxicated by the spring breeze and having fun in Ganzhou. You are simply harming the country and the people!
"Who is this?" a scholar asked in a low voice.
"From the sound, it seems to come from the Lumen Army."
"It should be the voice of Zhang Longxiang, Marquis of Zhujiang. I met him several times in those days. I still remember it." said an old scholar from Ganzhou.
Most of the scholars didn’t understand what was going on. It was hard to imagine that Zhang Longxiang was not afraid of offending the Lumen Army, or even all the scholars in Ganzhou.
A few scholars were thinking that Ganzhou held a banquet to entertain all the generals of the army, but Zhang Longxiang did not come. It was obvious that he was stopped by Lu Menhou and others. They were resentful and naturally wanted to vent it at this time.
But it's too poisonous!
Everyone present fell silent after hearing the poem, while some people secretly watched the show.
This poem is obviously good, and its meaning is profound and incisive. It will at least reach Dafu, and may even reach Mingzhou. It will definitely be circulated among the human race in the future. Many years later, when someone talks about this poem again, they will definitely criticize the current Chu State, and Lumen Hou, as the person involved, will be infamous for thousands of years.
Moreover, many people even suspect that this poem is an allusion to the King of Chu.
Wei Changxian snorted coldly and said, "Zhang Longxiang is arrogant and rampant, which really spoils our taste. I think this poem is mediocre, so there is no need to comment on it. Which talented person will continue to contribute a poem?"
As soon as Wei Changxian finished speaking, someone suddenly said, "The Hanlin Literature List has changed. This poem "On the Lumen Army" has been ranked third on the Hanlin Literature List."
The whole audience was in an uproar, and everyone rushed to grab the official seal.
The discussion boards of various circles of the human race are not completely interconnected, and only a few people can participate in discussions on the discussion boards of various circles. However, the literature boards of the human race are interconnected. As long as there are good poems and articles, as long as the Holy Academy does not hide them, they will soon appear on the literature boards for the human race to learn from.
This poem itself does not name anyone, but it is already very offensive. Now the name is actually "Inscription on Lu Menjun", which is known to everyone. This is Zhang Longxiang criticizing and accusing Lu Menhou!
Lu Menhou's sallow face gradually turned blue.
If Fang Yun disobeyed military orders, Lu Menhou would have ways to punish him, but now Fang Yun was exercising the right that every scholar has, to speak out when he feels injustice and to express his feelings in poetry.
If this poem was not well-written, no one would care if Marquis Lumen wanted to embarrass Fang Yun, but since this poem was on the literary list, not to mention Marquis Lumen, even the King of Chu could not convict him for it.
"How did Zhang Longxiang become so smart?"
"Ten years in prison is enough to change anything."
"Yes, perhaps these ten years in prison will create a great poet for our human race."
"It's not uncommon for Confucius' poems to be listed on the list, but it's not common. At its worst, it was even interrupted for ten years. I didn't expect that before the end of the first month of this year, a poem would be listed. This is a good thing for Confucius's literary community to gain face."
"Indeed! The first line of this poem, 'Beyond the mountains, there are green mountains, and beyond the buildings,' is indeed a good line. As soon as you hear it, you can see the scenery of continuous mountains and endless buildings."
"The second question was asked directly and directly..."
Since it was on the literary list, some scholars in Ganzhou didn't bother to pay attention to Lu Menhou and began to comment on the poem.
The faces of the Lumen Army generals became increasingly gloomy, and Wei Changxian's teeth were chattering.
.(To be continued.)