The most tense thing about this Luming Banquet is writing poetry. After the poetry is finished, you can enjoy the banquet with peace of mind.
Cui Xie breathed evenly, first grabbed a chopstick and steamed the fish to settle his shock, and listened to the poems written by the people behind him while he ate. The ninth person at the table behind him did not compose a four-character poem, but directly recited a seven-character poem of "The Holy Dynasty Gathers All Heroes"; A new figure, just beginning to show his strength." At first glance, Qi Yan was changed into it, and it was not much stronger than him.
Cui Xie became more and more at ease. After eating the fish, he extended his chopsticks to other dishes.
Roasted mutton is a leg of lamb produced outside the mouth. The skin is crispy, the fat is white as fat, and there is a charcoal fire underneath to keep warm. The fat is forced out and splattered on the bottom of the plate. The lean meat is full of fat, fresh and tender, completely No fishy smell. Venison is not as tender as mutton, but brushed with sauce and grilled on an iron plate, it has an aroma that mutton does not have. The meat is more lively, firmer, and tastes good. The fried chicken tastes like Sichuan and Shu, the oil is red, and the stir-frying ingredients are mixed with sesame peppers and chili oil marinated with Zhuyu. The taste is spicy and slightly sour, and it tastes quite memorable.
He couldn't help but ate a few more chopsticks of chicken, drank rice wine, and listened to people chanting poems one after another. When someone recited a good poem, the governor and the examiners also toasted it, drank a cup with the good sentence, and even edited it in person.
Shuntian Township selected one hundred and thirty-five candidates. Among them, there are some who are quick-witted and can sing excellent works, and many are lacking in talent and unable to revise poetry. There are even a few who are purely for eating and drinking. When I came here, I didn't even prepare a poem beforehand, and it was my turn to get up and say "ashamed" and "not enough poetry".
Cui Xie was amazed by the sight, and only then did he realize that not all of Daming's talents were able to speak out and take pleasure in poetry. He wasn't even at the bottom, he didn't give the people of the Celestial Dynasty, he didn't embarrass his teacher!
He became more and more at ease, and raised a glass to persuade the two people in the same seat to have a drink.
After eating a few rounds of wine and a soup, an official from the courtyard suddenly came in and reported that the palace had given imperial wine and dishes.
The eunuch in the palace passed down the imperial decree and gave palace-made dishes such as white-fried goose, iced duck, white-roasted pork, lychee pork, and orange-stuffed crab, as well as grapes, kumquats, dates, pears, red and white soft pomegranates, etc. The wine was fresh and fruit, and another palace servant came with a few royal wines with safflower attached.
The waiter who came to pass the order watched someone pick up a few large dishes and send them to the examiners' seats. The rest was ordered to be distributed by the table, but he pointed out a fried goose that was the same as the examiners and sent it to Cui Xie's seat, smiling. Persuade him: "Cui Juren's grievances are known in the palace. The emperor has very high expectations for you. I look forward to your success in the future. I hope you will stick to your duties and don't be disappointed by your temporary ranking."
Cui Xie didn't even know what grievances he had suffered, but if the emperor could say this, he had to quickly thank him, and assured the servant: "Cui Xie must study hard and live up to the grace of God."
The maid nodded and smiled: "Cui Juren is good if he has a heart. If we go back home, we will reply to the emperor."
After the palace servants left, the eyes of all the people fell on him, Teacher Li gave him a look of approval, and after returning to his seat, he said loudly: "Today's gift shows the mighty kindness of the emperor, and everyone will be more gracious in the future. Study hard, work hard to repay, and live up to the court's grace and what you have learned!"
Therefore, instead of writing Luming poems, I will make Xie En poems instead!
Cui Xie felt lucky to have escaped the catastrophe. He ate the fried goose given by the emperor with ease, and watched the talented people behind him pondering new poems.
The people at the same table and the next table did not have the heart to listen to the poems, so they poured wine to congratulate him and praised him as "Jane is in the heart of the emperor". Cui Xie asked them to drink several glasses of wine, said a few words of humility, and sighed helplessly in his heart - what a low-key person he is, but the emperor wants to spoil him, and it is so embarrassing to make such a fuss.
After Lu Ming's banquet was over, his fellow villager Lu An and several other congratulations took him to congratulate him, and then bid him farewell, saying that he had been away from home for a long time, and his heart was like an arrow, and he would try to come back to Beijing next year.
Cui Xie earnestly held back for a long time, and Lu Juren finally spit out the truth: "There is a Luming Banquet on the fifth day of the first day in the county, and we are in a hurry to go back, so let's keep it simple. Anyway, we will try it next year. reunion."
That's a good reason...so good. Cui Xie couldn't persuade him any more, but he grabbed Shen Zheng and Xu Liyan and asked, "Can the two brothers come together when they have an exam next year? Our "Six Talents Reviewing the Three Kingdoms" has come to an end, and I want to invite the six brothers We will hold a poetry writing session together, and I will focus on you, and ask readers who love our version of the Three Kingdoms to meet you and write a poem for them... Also known as foreign talents and celebrities, we all know that we have six not inferior Jiangnan in Qian'an. talent?"
Poetry meeting
Just, let the six of them write poems for people
Really talented people like Guo Yong are not bad, how could they write so many amazing poems!
Lu Anlue calmed down, but Xu and Chen shook their heads and waved their hands unconfidently.
Cui Xie persuaded: "It's not too much, just write your commentary on the poems of the Three Kingdoms on the title of the book "Three Kingdoms" they bought, and you can write the same thing. Readers just want to collect a copy of your calligraphy. That's all. People who have read the Six Talented Men’s Commentary on the Three Kingdoms a lot look forward to seeing their brothers, and it’s hard for my brother to be asked to appear in the Imperial Prison every time!”
The students and people who came with him didn't think it was a big deal to watch the fun, and they also persuaded the three talented people with him, persuading them to have some activities in their minds, but they didn't dare to accept it directly, and only said that they would go back and discuss with the three.
Those three juren will have to go to Beijing for the exam next year, and as long as the two who failed are willing to come, half of the success will be done.
Cui Xie already saw the dawn of success in one eye, and said passionately: "A talented person must have a high reputation, and we Qian'an people are not weaker in knowledge than others, otherwise how could so many people be recruited this year? The six brothers will not For yourself, and for our reputation as scholars in Qian'an!"
Everyone told him to speak with enthusiasm, and decided that he would go to Beijing a month earlier in the coming year, and stayed at the Cui family to prepare for the exam and prepare for the opening poetry meeting.
After negotiating the matter, Cui Xie went home and asked people to hire carriages and horses to prepare the dishes that were cooked by the host. The next day, he went out of the city for ten miles to send his fellow villagers home.
For some reason, they hadn't seen each other for a night, and everyone's expressions were a little wrong. Cui Xie here is earnestly persuading everyone to take care of their health. When he comes early next year, those people in turn persuade him to let go and let go of his arms, and don't keep displeasure in his heart.
Cui Xie asked in confusion, "I'm not unhappy. What's wrong with my brothers?" happy
Everyone saw that he didn't seem to be hiding his grievances, so they tentatively asked: "You really don't know, you should have been ranked above Ou Shizhen in the test, but it was only suppressed because you were Li Xueshi's disciple. of?"
Because the Son of Heaven gave special dishes and asked the eunuch to pass on a message, saying that he was "wronged", all the people who attended the banquet went back to ponder for a night at night, and they figured out the inside story. Not only the geniuses in Qian'an had this idea, but they also listened to the analysis of the inn neighbors, and after the analysis, they spread it out.
Ou Zheng, who overwhelmed Cui Xie and became Fang Jingkui in the Book of Songs, also felt the pressure of Xie Qian. Sadly, he also lives in Beijing like Xie Qian. He cannot go back to his hometown to hide from shame. When he comes back after half a year, he can only study behind closed doors at home.
And Cui Xie was a little embarrassed when he heard about it - he is not a famous essayist like Wang He, and is the number one among the examiners. Isn't there still controversy about those two essays? Maybe Ou Zheng's article is better than him!
We must find out the articles on the township examination and print them into the latest and most fashionable collection of essays this year.
He firmly denied this, sent his fellow villagers back, and immediately went to tell Teacher Li what he wanted. Teacher Li immediately saw through his true meaning and said with a smile, "Don't you just want to print a set of ink and ink sets to match your set of notes? You don't have to be so righteous and awe-inspiring when you go to the ceremony room of Shuntianfu to copy the scrolls by yourself!"
Cui Xie's face was not blushing and his heart was not beating. He thanked the teacher and said that he wanted to participate in the exam next year. Li Dongyang said: "It's okay to go to the viewing field, but whether to participate in the palace exam depends on the popularity of your article at that time. Otherwise, my Li Binzhi's disciple will fall into the top three, and you will have a difficult future, and I will be ashamed."
Although Mr. Li was afraid that he would be embarrassed, but if he was afraid that he would fall into the top three, didn't he feel that his article would pass the test with certainty
People have to learn to see the essence through the phenomenon!
Cui Xie smiled happily, bowed his hands and thanked: "The student will do more policy questions in the future, and strive to take the middle test in one fell swoop. I will be ashamed if I don't teach the name of my mentor."
When he got home, he first wrote a few letters and reported the good news of his pilot test to his father and grandfather's family. He also asked the shopkeeper Ji to allocate money and hired someone to go to the ceremony room of Shuntian Prefecture to copy the ink and print it in a rush. The article chosen by the two was published to wash away the grievances for Ou Zheng.
Because of the rumors in Beijing, this year's autumn test was sold very well. Even people who didn't need these papers bought or copied them. They took their articles to study and discuss, and divided Cui Dang and Ou Dang. , pinch hard for some days.
Ou Zheng was studying behind closed doors, but he didn't get involved very much in this turmoil, but Cui Xie had to study in the Guozijian, and he couldn't avoid it if he wanted to. Just after returning from the instructor's duty room at noon, I heard a voice shout from a distance, "Cui Hezhong!"
He subconsciously responded and looked up, but a few scholars were arguing with books, and there were many people watching outside.
When he agreed, the onlookers all looked at him, and a few others shouted "Cui Hezhong is here", "It's just right", "Tell him to talk about it himself"... Run over to grab him and ask him to do it himself Comment on which of his and Ou Zheng's articles is better.
From his own point of view, of course he wrote it well, but it is difficult to say so in front of others, so he still has to comment on the merits of the two articles, and then be humble and say that Ou Zheng's article is "a strong pen, Lingyun, and a heroic spirit." , I have to learn from him.
With a few words of modesty, he quickly dissuaded all his classmates, and returned to Chengyi Hall with a few classmates who were arguing for him. Among these people was Zhang Zhaichang, who was in his 40s, and regardless of his age and frailty, he actively quarreled and commented with others to maintain their reputation as a sincere and talented person.
Cui Xie pushed Ou Zheng to be the first, but he seemed to have suffered a loss, commenting on the two articles ramble, and patted him on the shoulder and said, "No matter what others say, I think your article is the best. With Fa Cheng, he might be able to pass the entrance exam this time because he must read the imperial examinations you made."
Several classmates who pushed his article said so, Cui Xie was a little embarrassed, and a little proud, and said with a sullen face: "Wen is not the first, Wu is not the second, the examiner has his own criteria for picking up articles, I am here. The result is slightly lower, it must be slightly inferior in that aspect.”
The eighth place is higher than he could have imagined. Besides, he will try again next year, and then he will be admitted to the jinshi. Who cares where he ranks
He thought about it himself, and let go of his body. This discussion gradually subsided, but it gave him a reputation for generosity.
Zhang Zhai looked for him alone after the incident. He first praised him for his good writing and readability. He also said that the books he compiled would definitely benefit scholars all over the world... As he was talking, he suddenly asked hesitantly, "Hezhong, can you? Would you mind my two unworthy sons? They have also been in school for a long time, and they are all smart, but they are a little naughty and refuse to study hard."
In fact, Cui Xie didn't have time to teach the students by himself, but he had some experience with the bear children. After pondering for a while, he asked, "I don't know which book the two of you have learned. Is your husband usually strict?"
Zhang Zhaichang sighed slightly: "I was afraid that even one of my supervisors would not be able to hire any good teachers, so I sent them to study at Cuiwei College outside the city. I have often advised them to work hard in the past two years, but they don't know how to pay attention in the academy... "
Not only did he not know his intentions, but he was even less fond of reading than his father. After all, he was admitted as a scholar, and after so many years of Kogon, he was admitted to the Imperial College, and then he began to mess around. Those two children didn't like to read since they were young, and they are ten years old. They have never touched the Four Books and Five Classics. .
Listening to the ages of the two children, Cui Xie touched the tip of his nose and said, "It's not too late, my younger brother and I didn't like to read when we were young, and we didn't wake up until the 14th or 15th year. I really like reading, and I can do the questions without anyone’s attention.”
Cui Heng, such a bearish child, became honest after two or three months of imprisonment, and now he can read books consciously. I don't understand, but there is an attitude. But this is someone else's child. He didn't dare to attack directly, so he asked tentatively, "How does Brother Zhang teach his children on weekdays?"
He recalled the scenes of the father and son getting along with each other, frowning slightly, and sighed helplessly: "Their mother and sister are all protected, how can I manage them? Besides, I usually study in prison, and they are in the academy on the holiday. , even if you want to manage it, you can't even meet, those two boys are so spoiled by the housewife!"
Cui Xie also has a heart: "Sure enough, the child can't be used by his mother, he has to ask his husband, father and brother to beat him more... Only by teaching him can he become a good person."
He coughed and said solemnly: "Brother Zhang, I am very strict with children. Those who are disobedient will be locked at home and asked to copy books. Sometimes they will cry and I will not let them go. If Brother Zhang is willing, he will send his children for a few days during Chinese New Year, and I will ask them to study with my younger brothers."
What's so strict about copying books in a closed room, and beating with a big stick is also a caring teaching from Mr. Zhang Zhaichang immediately turned his worries into joy, bowed his hands to him, and gave a deep salute: "As long as He Zhong is willing to teach those two children, he will be killed, and we can only blame them for not making progress! Another day... that's all. In two days, I will call those two ignorant boys back to the city and come to your house to apprentice!"
Cui Xie hurriedly declined, because he was young and weak, he did not dare to be this teacher. Zhang Zhaichang said very firmly: "I have only taught them one word and they are teachers, not to mention that teaching people's character is much more important than teaching. You have to decide on the names of teachers and students, and you can play... Keke, good teaching. them!"