Happy Emperor

Batu Prefecture.

"Father, do you want your daughter to marry a tyrant?"

As soon as Baturin returned home, he found his daughter and discussed with her the meeting with the emperor.

But I didn't expect that my daughter would be so disgusted.

"You misunderstood me." Baturin hurriedly explained, "How could that tyrant be worthy of my Jin'er? It's just..."

Baturin sighed, "Now our Batu family still needs this tyrant king, and he seems to be different now than before."

"So father has to sacrifice Jin'er? I won't go to see him." Batu Jin said and left the room without looking back.

In fact, she had never seen Emperor Li, but everyone in Shengjing knew that Emperor Li was just a puppet emperor and a lustful person.

Batujin naturally looked down upon this uneducated and incompetent monarch.

"Oh." Baturin sighed as he watched his daughter leave.

If Emperor Li had not controlled most of Shengjing now, he would not care whether the tyrant was willing or not.

"Master, I have a plan."

Seeing Baturin's sad face, the butler beside him came forward to try to please him.

"Let the fart go."

Baturin was already annoyed, and seeing the flattering look on the housekeeper's face, he became even angrier.

The housekeeper was scolded and didn't dare to say anything more, so he spoke hurriedly.

"Master, since the young lady is unwilling to see the emperor alone, we might as well invite the emperor over."

"Is this your stupid idea?"

Baturin said angrily, "It would be easy to invite him over, but if Jin'er hides away, wouldn't that embarrass the emperor even more?"

"If we, the Batu family, are strictly investigated at that time,..."

"Master, doesn't the young lady like poetry?"

"Yes, so what?"

"Then why don't we hold a poetry competition and invite all the talented people in Shengjing to compete with each other."

"And if we invite the Emperor to come along, wouldn't that allow him to see the young lady?"

"Also, we can say that for the sake of fairness, we ask the Emperor not to reveal his identity. Then..."

After hearing this, Baturin's eyes lit up.

This idea was indeed a good one. On the one hand, it satisfied the requirements of the tyrant emperor, and on the other hand, it could use the mouths of talented people to point out that he had no talent. It was simply killing two birds with one stone.

In this way, the tyrant will have nothing to say.

"Okay, you should do this now, the sooner the better."

After the butler left, Baturin narrowed his eyes and fell into deep thought as he looked at the letter sent by his son.

It will take another month to prepare all the food and fodder.

We will then surprise attack Lin Tianyang. If everything goes well, the three provinces surrounding Shengjing will be under our control.

The most important thing is that the province controlled by Lin Tianyang is a major grain-producing province, so when there is a war, there will be no need to go through the trouble of stockpiling grain.

Relying on the favorable terrain and developing latently for several years, you can achieve hegemony in the future.

......

At the same time, Lin Tian was already dressed in white, sitting in a teahouse in Shengjing.

This teahouse is very famous in Shengjing and even the whole of Daxia.

The reason why it is famous is not because the tea has any unique features, but because most of the talented men and beautiful women in Shengjing would recite poems and compose couplets here, and often talented men would show off their charm and knowledge to win the applause of everyone.

It is actually a place where scholars get together to show off.

"His Majesty."

Lin Tian hadn't sat down for long when An Bilie walked over quickly and called out in a low voice.

"Are you sure Batujin comes here every day?" Lin Tian asked in a low voice.

"Sure..." An Bilie hesitated to speak.

"Don't hesitate, just say what you want to say!"

"Your Majesty, do you want to capture Batujin?"

An Bilie was direct this time and asked Lin Tian.

Lin Tian looked at An Bilie and asked with a smile, "I think I am not worthy of her?"

An Bilie didn't say anything, but just looked at the emperor with some curiosity.

Emperor Li used to only like proactive and skilled women.

When did you start liking talented women?

"That's not what I meant. I heard that Batujin is very arrogant and only likes talented men!"

"That's me!" Lin Tian replied without thinking.

After hearing this, An Bilie's mouth twitched slightly.

He didn't expect that Emperor Li dared to call himself a talented man. How shameless he was.

"Okay, stop wasting time. Go hang up the poem. Then you can leave and don't keep me from picking up girls."

"Yes, Your Majesty." An Bilie didn't dare to say anything more and turned to leave.

Before long, the entire teahouse was in chaos.

"Who is Mr. Lin? I want to discuss poetry with you."

"Arrogant person."

"If you dare to do something but not take responsibility, you are definitely a rat."

Lin Tian sat in the corner, sipping tea and watching all this quietly.

It seems his "poem" has worked.

Just as everyone was looking at the poems and curses hanging in the middle of the teahouse.

After a woman arrived, the men who had been filled with indignation became polite again.

"Miss Batu, I wonder if there are any good works today? Would you be able to appreciate them?"

"Miss Batu, my father, Zhang Erhe, would you be so kind as to have a chat..."

The person who came was Batujin, who had gone out in anger.

After she came in, she ignored everyone and habitually looked up at the poem hanging in the middle.

Nine out of ten people deserve to be looked down upon.

Useless is a scholar.

...]

After humming softly, Batujin's pretty face became slightly gloomy.

She loved poetry all her life, and this poem was obviously mocking scholars, so she naturally felt a little unhappy.

"Who is Master Lin?"

Batujin frowned slightly and asked in a cold voice.

"He must be a coward, not even daring to leave his real name. Why should Miss Batu care about such a person?"

The handsome man who came with Batujin smiled.

Lin Tian simply ignored the handsome man and pushed him aside.

He walked up to Batujin and said with a smile, "Miss, I heard you were looking for me?"

"Are you Master Lin?" Batujin's eyes were slightly cold.

Although the visitor looked handsome, his behavior did not seem like that of a scholar at all.

He wrote such poems, probably just a person seeking fame and reputation.

"It is me, young lady, what advice do you have for me?"

At this moment, the handsome man was quite displeased at being ignored. Without waiting for Batujin to reply, he said, "You wrote this poem and hung it up here. Do you look down on the scholars of the world?"

A cold light flashed in Lin Tian's eyes. This kid has some bad intentions.

He was pushed to the opposite side of everyone right from the start.

"I respect scholars very much." Lin Tian replied calmly.

"You respect scholars, yet you write this kind of poetry?"

Instigated by the handsome man, the onlookers also fired at Lin Tian.

"Since ancient times, those who diligently study poetry and literature should be indifferent to fame and fortune, and serve their country. However, those who are here only show off their literary talent, but have no desire to serve their country, nor do they have outstanding literary talent. In my heart, they are not worthy of being called scholars."

Lin Tian said coldly.

"Arrogant person."

"......"

Everyone present immediately spoke up to refute.

Batu Jin didn't say anything, but just looked at Lin Tian with some curiosity.

"You are too arrogant, don't you? Do you dare to compete with me?"

When the handsome man saw Batujin looking at Lin Tian with some admiration, he immediately challenged him.

As soon as these words were spoken, the onlookers became excited and cheered.

It has been a long time since there has been such a discussion in the teahouse.

Because such poetry exchange is extremely difficult, and requires writing poems on fixed topics within a fixed time.

Even if they can manage to do it, most of them are just doggerel, and some don't even rhyme.

They often become the laughing stock of outsiders.

"I don't have time to compete with you." Lin Tian refused.

He just wanted to chat with Batujin, but he was not in the mood to compete with the poor and corrupt scholar.