Cui Xie returned to the first place in honor of the champion, and boasted a few streets. When he arrived at the door of Cui's house, the neighbors in the next few streets and rows were alerted, each brought gifts, and rushed to the Cui's house like a tide to celebrate his neighbor's success. champion.
In the past, there were often champions parading around the streets, but the champions were all from the south. Most of them lived in guild halls and hostels, and they left when the excitement was over. It had nothing to do with them. But this time the champion was a local resident in the capital, or they were neighbors separated by a few doors and alleys. It was a great honor to fall on their heads.
In the future, the Zhuangyuan Archway will be erected on this street, and the people who come and go will be able to claim to be people from a certain family under Zhuangyuan Street, Zhuangyuan Lane, and Zhuangyuan Archway!
The neighbors were quicker than Cui's family to gather money to invite a gong and drum team, bought incense candles and firecrackers to hang outside his house to honor the gods, and prepared exquisite gifts at home, put on the best clothes, and went to Cui's house to celebrate.
The Cui family now not only has a champion, but there are also several jinshi living there, all of them are Wenqu stars! They don't usually see a few jinshi, so it's good to take this opportunity to gain friendship and get a touch of literary spirit. What's more, they have already thought that the young champion of the Cui family is only nineteen years old this year, and has not yet married. There are sisters, daughters, granddaughters, nieces in the family... Unmarried, the two are the right match, and they are talented and beautiful.
Although Cui Xie had always refused to marry when he was elected, but this time he passed the exam as the champion, and their officials were not allowed to deal with Shangguan and lower officials. Maybe they wanted to marry again
Didn't he act in all the dramas, if he won the champion, he would have the prime minister and his teacher marry his daughter
It doesn't matter even if his wife married the daughter of a high-ranking official, they would rather give a daughter to be a concubine to such a beautiful and gentle champion. How can the official daughter have a good temper? They are such beautiful and beautiful daughters, who are gentle and careless, and have neighborly friendship with the Cui family. If they accompany the family to send some money and shops, even if they are concubines, they can win favor from the big women...
If Wan Shoufu and Chief Yin knew what they were thinking, they would have to vomit blood.
Not to mention that their daughters have reached the age of holding children and grandchildren, and it is impossible for them to remarry. Even if there are granddaughters and grandnieces of the right age at home, they would rather stay as the eldest than marry into the Cui family!
What will Cui Xie be like if he is the champion again, and what can he do if he gets the Sacred Heart again
Such a family of father and son offended the two elders, does he still want to go to heaven? Holy favors such as Yang Yiqing are not yet in front of the cabinet, champions such as Xie Qian and Wang Hua are not yet compiling books in the Hanlin Academy, and talents such as Wang Hao are not the same as being cut off by the old merchants... The current imperial court Here, literary talent is not the capital, and the grace is not dependent. These great scholars are the people who hold the power in the court. If you want to kill a small champion, it is as easy as searching for something!
Wan Shoufu was still trapped in the regret that he read the book and read the enemy to the top spot, and said unabashedly to the three elders Liu, Yin, and Peng: "Didn't Li Dongyang live in the Hanlin for more than 20 years? Let them continue to be raised by their masters and apprentices, and I see that a new champion of Yikeke will come in 20 years later, where can he stand as a champion of Chenghua for 23 years!"
Yin Zhi told him to play twice in the exam, and he was deeply hated, frowning and said: "But this son is deeply favored, and he needs to be less favored by something. Otherwise, how can the adults and me suppress it, as long as there is a middle order , didn't he get up?"
He himself entered the cabinet on the basis of the central decree, and he knows the power of the holy favor - even if he looks lost and can't get up again, as long as the emperor thinks of such a person, a central decree can also raise him to a high position.
Seeing that the two elders were so troubled, Peng Hua said: "What is it worth worrying about the elders? I am still serving as a Hanlin bachelor, not to mention that Cui Xie is just writing a book according to the rules, that is, his hands and eyes are open to the sky. I want to demote him to be a prefect in Yangzhou like Jiao Fang? It's just a matter of a few articles to toss him, the two adults will wait for two months for him to visit his relatives and show his tomb. The holiday has passed, and I officially entered the Hanyuan, so I will naturally take care of it!"
This Cui Xie is not Li Dongyang, he is famous in the world, and he has been in the Hanlin Academy for decades, and there is not a single word in the article that can be caught. Although this man cheated the champion with two articles, he heard that poetry has always been poor. If he were asked to compile a collection of Tang poems and pick his faults from here, I am afraid that even the Son of Heaven would only think that he was incompetent, and how would he protect him
After he figured it out, the two patriarchs turned their anger into joy and waited for him to deal with it.
Liu Ji has an in-law relationship with the Wan family, and has a long-term friendship with Liu Jue, the second assistant, and thinks more deeply for them: "This Cui Xie has not been married yet, I'm just afraid that he will be able to form a good in-law relationship, with the help of his father-in-law. Transferred to another department…”
Although the four of them are already the most senior people in the court, not everyone buys their tents, such as Qiu Jun, the imperial guard, Geng Yu, the imperial censor, and Li Yu, the right attendant of the Ministry of Personnel—if you want to recruit such a nineteen-year-old The champion is Yu Meng, who can't find a daughter, granddaughter, or niece
He has to cut off his way of marrying the daughter of a high-ranking official.
Wan Shoufu glanced at Liu Ji and said approvingly: "Youzhi's remarks are very true, I forgot that he is not married yet - according to the old man, he is still unwilling to be married at this age, so he must be taking his marriage for the price. And to sell, I must marry a minister, a high-ranking official, or marry a daughter of a prince or a noble like his master."
But they didn't expect to let the emperor recruit him as his concubine, and now it's too late to rely on marriage to cut off his future. I can only think of ways to tell him that he can't marry a daughter of a high family.
This has to be handled by the official of the Ministry of Personnel, Mr. Wan Ge.
He narrowed his eyes and said sullenly: "His father is my student, and I know very well that he wants to return to the center. In this case, I will give him a chance and ask him to choose one of his own and his son's future... "
Several people agreed on this matter, and then went to the Ministry of Rites to attend the Enrong Banquet with their noses pinched to see the scenery of Cui Xie Da Kui in the world.
Not only the four cabinet scholars, but also the deputy chief examiner Wu Kuan, the same examiner of the seventeenth room, the reading officer of the palace examination, the promotion officer of the conference examination, the supervisor, the receptionist, the seal, the transcription, the collection, the list, the printing, and the supply. , Ming Zan and other officials must participate. The military attaches such as Jin Wuwei, who is responsible for inspections on and off the field, and Jin Yiwei, who is responsible for the inspection of the palace examination, also participate.
The one sitting in the chair presiding over the banquet was the most virtuous among the military attachés, and was the British minister Zhang Mao, who presided over the prince's enlistment, canonization, and personal greeting.
Officials below him all have a table of two, while the jinshi have a table of four, and the second place and the third flower are shared by two people. Only Cui Xie, the champion of the world today, is the most honored and distinguished among scholars. I usually sit at a separate table with the British official who is the chairman of the stage.
Zhang Mao looked at the handsome and talented people in the new division below, and said with a smile: "Today, the sage gave a feast of grace and honor for you, the new scholars. Before you use the feast, everyone should think about the grace of the sage, the country will cultivate it, and it will be slaughtered in the future. Do your best to serve the country.”
He didn't say this by himself, but on behalf of the emperor to give advice to all the scholars. After he finished speaking, he started the imperial edict, read out the saint's praise to all living beings, and gave the meaning of feasting and honoring.
Cui Xie led the jinshi to bow down to the decree, and the civil and military officials also went out and knelt down, waiting for Zhang Mao to announce the decree and sat down again, and then joined the table together. The dishes on the table are all carefully prepared dishes by Honglu Temple. Although they are not as exquisite as those in the palace, there are also fresh fish and meat, as well as peach blossom vinegar, bamboo shoots and roast chicken and stir-fried male duck loins given by the palace.
The male duck's waist is good at nourishing the kidneys. Because the palace likes to buy this thing, the price has been raised for five or six cents of silver for a pair, which is extremely difficult to buy. However, the Enrong banquet consisted of one plate per person, which was enough for everyone to enjoy it for a while. Many savvy scholars laughed deeply when they saw this plate of dishes. After teasing each other and going home, their wives and concubines would have to use it.
Only in the two tables of champion and second place, the kind of joke with a secret erotic meaning can't be told.
Sandingjia is a member of the three rankings of the North and South Middle Schools. Tanhua Liu Chun speaks Southwestern Mandarin, and the two Dingjia, who are used to speaking Northern Mandarin in Guozijian, do not understand the language well, and can't even tell jokes. Fei Hong was born to be a dignified and respectful person, and he didn't like to joke about internal affairs, but Cui Xie—he wasn't married yet!
Among the 350 jinshi in the field, he was the only innocent man without a wife or concubines. He can just ignore this kind of joke proudly, sit in front of the champion's case, and don't join forces with these people!
British father Zhang Mao sat at the top, looked at the meaningful laughter of the scholars below, and looked at Cui Xie, who was clear-cut and unpretentious. When he saw him in the front of the hall in the morning, the idea of choosing a son-in-law suddenly reappeared. He appeared and asked Yin Zhi tentatively: "I don't want to be the champion of Jinke's age... Old man, listen, he doesn't seem to be married yet?"
Yin Zhi was Cui Xie's teacher, and he even kissed his father and son in the field, and he could arrange some of his marriage.
The British public wanted Yin Xueshi Ming Shanchao to take over his words without leaving a trace, and asked this young champion to come to his own home to ask for marriage. Unexpectedly, Yin Zhi asked Liu Ji to remind him that he must not be allowed to climb a good family, let alone a top door like the British Duke, and hurriedly refused to marry him: "Cui Xie is not married yet, However, his father made a marriage contract for him, and the woman is too old to wait for him, so this can't be done."
Zhang Mao gave him a disappointed and unwilling look: "Why did you get engaged? Where is the woman from, is it a small family? It's enough to ask her family to marry another..."
Yin Zhi was afraid that the Zhang family would insist on marrying a daughter, so he had to grit his teeth and praise Cui Xie: "This student is actually a stubborn person, he has always been unwilling to be different for the girl of the family, why should the prince be reluctant? Besides, his father is here Being an official in Yunnan, I also receive a lot of kindness from that family, and I can't quit my relatives just because of this kind of affection."
"It's a pity that I'm one step late, but it's a shame..." Zhang Mao has always envied Cheng Guogong Zhu Yi recruiting Li Dongyang, a domestic Wenzong, as his son-in-law. , or Li Dongyang's student, he took a fancy to it at a glance in the hall, but unfortunately he was still a step behind others.
He shook his head and sighed: "Forget it, I am not lucky enough to choose a son-in-law as the champion, so I had to let the one who took the lead."
Yin Zhi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and glanced back at Cui Xie, only to see that he was sitting upright, his skin was as clear as jade, his eyes were shining, and he was really handsome. Even if he just sat there quietly and didn't say a word, he was more eye-catching than other jinshi, and even more eye-catching than the high-ranking officials in red robes and the burly and handsome Jin Yiwei on the western seat.
If he didn't have such a teacher, and hadn't twice made Yin Ge annoyed by choosing the wrong paper, maybe Yin Zhi would be satisfied with his appearance as the champion.
Too bad there is no if.
No matter why he offended the two elders, since he has offended, Yin Zhi can't make him feel better.
Mr. Yin Ge turned away from him and said to Zhang Mao with a smile, "We are not only giving you a feast and drinking at the Enrong Banquet today, but we should also take a look at the talents of these new scholars for the sage. , can be the master of this official and jinshi, why not ask Cui Zhuangyuan to compose a banquet poem to see his talents and tools?"
Zhang Mao has always admired Li Dongyang's literary talent, and felt that his disciples should have such talent, so he comforted his hand and said, "Exactly! Where is there anyone who doesn't write poetry at the Enrong Banquet? The new champion is the time when the spring breeze is proud and the glory is infinite. , and write a poem together!"