Great Wei scholar

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The feast started, everyone watched songs and dances, drank and chatted, and after the Confucianist finished his speech, some strange people appeared and performed illusions, making the feast even more brilliant.

The common people who entered could not take their eyes off it, and the talented scholars also applauded one after another.

Until an hour later.

The banquet has reached the most anticipated part.

On the first day, the Great Wei Wengong will come up with a topic, and everyone can participate in it, and write poems or poems or articles based on the topic.

In the end, the best works will be selected, and there will be rewards from the imperial court, but for the literati in the world, the greatest reward is to appear at the feast.

Poetry on the topic, interspersed with singing and dancing, and some guessing games suitable for the public, made the event extremely lively.

time flies.

Until Choushi, the whole event lasted for five hours.

From the Great Wei Palace, Sun Jing'an fetched the list.

"On the first day of the Taiping Poetry Fair, the top ten literati."

"No.1, Great Wei Bailu Academy, Zhao Anzhi."

"No.2, Chen Guo Jingchen Academy, Li Peng."

"No.3, Sanhe Academy of Jin State, Wang Yangxin."

As one name after another was called out, all those on the list seemed very excited.

No.1 is a talented person from Wei Dynasty, so it makes sense, at least he didn't lose face.

However, among the top ten talents, seven of them are talents from other countries, and Dawei only ranks first, seventh and ninth, which is not a good result.

But fortunately, the number one is Wei's talent after all, so it won't lose face, it can only be said that it didn't meet the expectations.

The top ten talents came out, and the imperial court gave the royal family the four treasures of the study as rewards, as well as the diligent words written by the empress, which was considered a great honor.

Then with the sound of the bell, everyone also left the stage one after another.

Most of the people still linger, after all, they won't be able to come tomorrow, and they have to change a group of people.

After a stick of incense.

The Liyang Palace was quiet, and the dignitaries from the Great Weiwen Palace and the Four Great Academies were still in the palace, and everyone's expressions were not particularly good-looking.

The scene was very quiet, and there was no trace of excitement just now.

"Ten Kingdoms, come prepared."

After a while, Chen Zhengru's voice broke the silence.

After saying this, everyone became more silent.

Because the Taiping Poetry Club is one of the three major poetry clubs in the world, and it is also hosted by the Great Wei. In previous years, seven of the top ten talents on the first day were all great Wei talents.

There were even times when ten of them were all wits from the Great Wei Dynasty.

But this year there are only three, and even if they rank first, they are still slightly partial to one or two. Some people's literary talent is not weaker than him, and they can be tied for the first place, but they are still biased towards Wei. snatched away.

Wouldn't that be a joke?

"I don't expect to have any good results tomorrow, I just hope that I will be the first person in Wei, otherwise, it will be troublesome."

Someone spoke, it was the dean of the four major academies, and his expression was a little heavy.

"Don't be pessimistic. Even if we lose tomorrow, my great Wei hasn't sent Xingyun to play. If he plays, he will definitely be able to overwhelm the crowd."

Sun Jingan spoke without paying any attention to it, thinking that everyone was thinking too much.

"I hope so."

"It's just why Xu Qingxiao didn't come to participate?"

The other party nodded, but also curious why Xu Qingxiao didn't come to participate.

"Hmph, there are rumors among the people that he doesn't look down on the Taiping Poetry Association. What else can such people say?"

Sun Jingan sneered.

After saying this, Chen Zhengru couldn't help frowning.

"Sun Ru, this is just folklore. Although Shouren is a bit arrogant, he is not like this. As a great Confucian, you should know that rumors are limited to wise people."

Chen Zhengru was slightly displeased.

"Whether it's a rumor or not, it's not certain."

"Of course, there may be a possibility."

"He knew that Xingyun would also come to participate, so he didn't dare to fight."

Sun Jingan spoke indifferently.

Having said that, he left directly without giving Chen Zhengru any face.

Chen Zhengru ignored it, and everyone left without saying much.

After a few hours.

The Taiping Poetry Meeting in Liyang Palace has become the number one topic of Wei Wei.

All the common people who participated in it praised the Taiping Poetry Fair to the extreme.

It also attracts countless people to yearn for.

But some voices also appeared.

It is the voice of talented scholars from ten countries.

"Brother Li's poetry at yesterday's event was obviously no less than that of Zhao Anzhi, but Wei Wengong favored Zhao Anzhi for the sake of face. This number one is in name only."

"Although I can understand the actions of the Great Wei Palace, this is a poetry meeting, and it should focus on poetry. For the sake of face, it is really disgusting to deliberately suppress Brother Li."

"Scholars of my generation should seek truth from facts. For the sake of face, the Great Wei Wen Palace is a bit shameless."

There were rumors spreading in the capital that the talents of the Ten Kingdoms were not satisfied with the behavior of the Great Wei Wengong. After all, they believed that Li Peng's poems were better than Zhao Anzhi's.

But condescending to take second place made them very dissatisfied.

It's just that this is the first day after all, and the talented scholars of the ten countries can understand it, so it's okay to complain with friends.

But perhaps because he didn't pay attention to others, he attracted the attention of some great Wei scholars, and there were many disputes at the moment.

There were even literati scolding each other, which attracted some attention. Later, the Ministry of Punishment came forward to mediate, and the matter was pressed down.

Undeniably one point.

The talented scholars of the ten countries were very unconvinced.

Until today's unitary hour.

The second day of the Taiping Poetry Fair began.

Just like yesterday, they first played music and dance music, and then wrote poems. There were corresponding arrangements for each hour, which seemed extremely lively.

Although the talented scholars of the Ten Kingdoms were dissatisfied, they still had to eat, drink, and smile under the grand meeting.

Xu time.

All the poems have been collected, with several great Confucian scholars from the Great Wei Palace as the main ones, and the deans of the four major academies as the assistant. Everyone is also reviewing the poems, and then ranking them.

But today, I encountered exactly the same situation as yesterday.

First fight.

The quality of poems written by talented scholars in the Wei Dynasty and those in the Tang Dynasty is comparable. If we compare them, we can only divide them by their fonts.

But the handwriting of the great Wei talent was slightly inferior, and everyone was a little silent for a while.

According to common sense, it is natural to choose the talented scholar of Wei as the first.

But if you really want to be serious, it is natural that the talented person of the Tang Dynasty is the number one.

If the Taiping Poetry Fair was held in a foreign country, they would not be so entangled, and would directly choose the Tang country.

But here is Dawei.

The Empress has just ascended the throne, and Wei needs to do something to enhance the self-confidence of the people and promote the prestige of the country.

Therefore, to participate in political factors, you can only choose the talented people of Wei Dynasty.

"No hurry, the ones at the bottom of the ranking."

Chen Zhengru asked everyone not to be in a hurry to choose the first place.

Let's talk about it later.

Several great Confucian scholars from the Four Great Academies and the Great Wei Wen Palace nodded and began to rank second to tenth quickly.

After it is listed.

Everyone looked even worse.

Because from the second to the tenth, there is not a big Wei talent.

That is to say, if Da Wei is not chosen as the number one, after today's meeting, it will be reduced to a joke.

"Li Yue's poems seem to have declined in level."

"Zhang Chen's poetry has also declined."

"I thought they could occupy the top ten, why is the quality so mediocre?"

"There is another person, Chen Xinghe, who wrote more than ten poems by himself, and each capital is unremarkable. Why are some people like this attending the banquet?"

Chen Zhengru deliberately found a few poems. These are famous talents in the Wei Dynasty. Not to mention that they can write poems through the ages, but at least there is no problem in being in the top ten. Let's find them. Although the poems are good, they can be compared with their previous poems. , some... fell.

At the level of wit, any slight decline is very important.

Especially the talents of the Ten Kingdoms came prepared this time.

And there is also Chen Xinghe, who has written more than a dozen poems in a row, all of which are very ordinary, and he does not know where his confidence comes from.

"Maybe it's because of nervousness. After all, it's their first time participating in the Taiping Poetry Fair."

The dean of Songyang Academy opened his mouth to explain.

Everyone nodded slightly. There is a possibility that composing poems on weekdays is an elegant work, and it may be even better. But if you really want to compose poems at a poetry conference, you may experience a decline due to inner tension and time constraints. .

As for the talented scholars of the Ten Kingdoms, they are obviously aimed at the Great Wei, and their quality is obviously unusual. Although some poems cannot be ranked in the top ten, they can be regarded as excellent works.

"How to do?"

Someone asked in a low voice.

"Let's choose Great Wei. There is only one person in the top ten. If you don't take the first place, what face will Great Wei have?"

Sun Jingan spoke immediately and made a choice.

As soon as these words were said, everyone hesitated.

They all looked at Chen Zhengru.

The latter seemed very quiet.

He is also hesitating and tangled.

There is no problem in choosing Great Wei No. [-], but I am afraid that the talents of the Ten Kingdoms will not agree.

It's just that if Da Wei is not allowed to be the first, it will cause even more trouble.

"Choose Tang country."

In the end, Chen Zhengru made a choice. Although he was a bit reluctant, there was no other way.