Capital.

As the days of the scientific examination in the 15th year of Hongzhi's Renxu year became closer, the entire capital began to become very lively again. Scholars from the Ming Dynasty gathered together, and naturally there was a lot of literary and artistic competition between each other.

At the same time, like in previous years, the brothels, Chuguan, restaurant, teahouse, inn, hotel, etc. in the capital also hold various literati events at the same time.

You should know that the most famous restaurant in the capital, Wangyue Tower, was quickly famous for holding such a poetry meeting, and became the most famous restaurant in the capital.

The prosperity of the capital city and the germination and development of capitalism have also driven the prosperity of the entire capital city's business. Naturally, more and more businesses have held various poetry meetings to attract these scholars to come and compete in literature. If one or two masterpieces that have been famous throughout the ages can appear, it can also make their industries famous.

The Wangyue Tower in the capital is naturally the leader. The boss is willing to spend money, and the reputation of Wangyue Tower is here. There are also many scholars coming to Wangyue Tower. Almost every day, there are people here to drink, talk big, write lyrics, etc.

As for the famous brothels and Chu Pavilions in the capital, like the most famous flower-house in the capital, they also spend a lot of money to hold various poetry meetings every night.

While holding a poetry meeting, the courtesan competition was also held at this time. The courtesans selected were specially used to hold these scholars who came to Beijing to take the exam. There was a meaning that being rich but not easy to use. Only with literary talent could one be able to enjoy the beauty. It also made many scholars with cash very excited, almost every day, attracting a lot of popularity.

As for other large and small merchants in the capital, they are rich, powerful and want to improve their reputation, they naturally have to spend a lot of money to attract scholars to come to their place to drink tea, drink wine, write poems and lyrics, and so on.

Merchants without any strength dare not be lonely. Many inns and hotels are also indispensable to spending money to ask for an upper couplet, and then someone will come to check the lower couplet. This is a discount for the upper and lower couplets, such as food and accommodation exemption during the imperial examination.

Some merchants have launched some riddles, such as puzzles, and they will receive rewards, discounts on purchases, etc.

The entire capital is immersed in the festive and lively nature of the imperial examinations, and can be seen everywhere. Groups of scholars are also entering and leaving the bustling and lively places in the capital with their heads raised.

In the Ming Dynasty, scholars were symbols of status and status.

If there are scholars and poor scholars, those who can pass the imperial examination and come to Beijing to take the imperial examination will be truly juren.

Even if these juren fail this exam, they will still be an official position. No matter how bad they are, they can enjoy the preferential policies of scholars. Their lives are far beyond what ordinary people can compare to.

If I could go to high school, I might have achieved success in the future.

Therefore, the old and young men in the capital have become accustomed to these scholars' nostrils, and the status of scholars is indeed not comparable to ordinary people.

Because of the arrival of these scholars, it became even more lively and noisy, and all kinds of news came out every day.

What's the story of a certain juren today? After everyone carefully read it, they immediately applauded and praised it.

What if the lady from a certain mansion meets a poor scholar tomorrow. They will meet each other for a lifetime. The poor scholar promises to propose marriage immediately after high school this time.

Someone got a bounty of thousands of taels of silver when he was looking for a purchase by a certain merchant the day after tomorrow, which made people couldn't help but envy and jealous.

The day after tomorrow, the rich man set up a ring at his doorstep. As long as he has not married and is less than thirty years old, he can go to the ring. As long as he can beat his daughter, he will marry his daughter to the other party and give him a wealth of wealth.

In short, there are so many things that the Ming Dynasty Morning Post was no longer popular for a while, and sales were on the decline because everyone was too busy watching the fun in various places and chatting with people about the anecdotes that happened yesterday.

On this day, another grand poetry meeting was held in Wangyue Tower in the capital. Any scholar who participated in the imperial examination in the Renxu year can go to Wangyue Tower to attend the poetry meeting.

Well, in order to attract everyone to attend the poetry meeting, Wangyue Tower provides free wine and delicacies, eat and make whatever you want, as long as you go.

This naturally attracted many scholars to attend poetry meetings at once, with free wine and delicacies, and the best Moon Tower in the capital, so a fool would not go there.

The entire Wangyue Tower also turned down all business and specially organized this poetry meeting.

The six-story moon-watching building, the first and second floors on the ground floor, everyone can watch the poetry party. The battles above will pass on the news at any time, which has attracted a large number of guests.

As for the third floor and above, it is a dedicated area for scholars. As long as the third floor is a scholar who takes the exam in the current subject, you can go up there. However, on the fourth floor, you need to face an extremely difficult pair to be able to get on the fourth floor. This is also a small test on the side of Wangyue Tower.

The more you go up, the more you need to be literary, talented, incompetent, and not even match your partner. Then just eat and drink on the third floor.

The same is true on the fifth floor. Not only do you have to meet a couple, but you also have to write a poem on the spot. Only in this way can you go up to the fifth floor and participate in the poetry meeting on the fifth floor.

As for the sixth floor, it is not something that can be easily reached by one person. Not only is there a very difficult pair to match, but you also have to write a pretty good poem on the spot.

The operation of Wangyue Tower naturally attracted a large number of scholars. After all, there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts. No one would think that they are worse than others. They all wanted to come to Wangyue Tower to try it, and at the same time they also saw how many talented scholars there were in the same period.

Kang Hai and Li Tingxiang also made an appointment to Wangyue Tower. Both of them were famous talents, one from Shaanxi and the other from Henan. They met on the way to Beijing for the exam. They were both in their twenties and they got together all of a sudden.

"Brother Li, this Moon Tower is quite overwhelming. It seems that it is not easy to go to the sixth floor."

The two came to Wangyue Tower. At this time, the entire Wangyue Tower was surrounded by scholars. Scholars from all over the world gathered together, in groups of three or five. When they met acquaintances, they wanted to chat with each other and then introduced their friends to each other. So although the poetry meeting had begun, everyone was basically still on the first floor and the second floor, and had not started climbing the tower.

Because it takes a while for everyone to get to know each other, in the entire Wangyue Tower, Brother Li, Brother Liu, Brother Wang, Brother Zhang, etc., they keep calling each other.

"Kang Hai from Shaanxi and Li Tingxiang from Henan are here. They are the favorites for the No. 1 pick this time."

Someone also said with a smile when he saw the two of them coming.

Kang Hai and Li Tingxiang are both famous talents, very famous in their respective prefectures, and they were also generous and glorious in the autumn exam last year.

"If you want to talk about this top scorer, it will definitely be our talented man in the south this year. The top scorer in the 12th year of Hongzhi was Liu Jin from Northern Zhili, and the top scorer in the 9th year of Hongzhi was Zhu Xizhou from Yangzhou Prefecture. It is also our turn to the south."

"I heard that this time, Sun Qing from Yuyao, Zhejiang is very talented and knowledgeable, so he is very likely to be the top scorer this time."

A talented man from Jiangnan shook his head slightly and said.

The imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty have always been divided into two categories: North and South. The talented people in the south have always looked down on the talented people in the north, and there is the imagination of the south to despise the north.

All of them are divided into the north and south. If they take the exam together, it is estimated that the talents from the south will beat the talents from the north.

"It may be possible that there is still an Eastern List this time. Maybe the talents from the Eastern List won the championship. I heard that North Korea and Japan have also sent some literary talents to come here."

"The four provinces in Nanyang, plus the three provinces in Liaodong, grasslands and Western Regions, are counted as many talented people on the eastern list, and maybe someone will win the championship."

Someone looked at the North Korean talented men gathered here in Yuelou, Japanese talented men and talented men from Nanyang and other regions.

"Are you going to laugh at my big teeth?"

"Even they can win the championship, I am written with the word "King" upside down."

"Brother Wang, the word "wang" is written upside down, and it is still the word "wang..."

"Then I will write it sideways. Anyway, they will definitely not win the championship. You don't look at who they are. I heard that when I was in Nanyang last year, there were no scholars, as long as they could recognize words, they would take the exam if they wrote a few words."

"Many people used to be accountants, crew members, and some were old scholars who could not get into Juren no matter how they were taken. What's more, some aliens who could not memorize the Four Books and Five Classics, and they were also admitted to Juren."

"There are also those talented men from North Korea and Japan. Although I heard that a few of them are indeed very talented, how could they compare to the talented men from the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty?"

"So, if someone can win the championship, I will write the word "Wang" upside down."

"Brother Wang, is the word Wang written upside down or the word Wang~"

"I'll just write it horizontally~"

"Look, there are hundreds of talented men gathering here. At that time, most people will be able to compete on the first, second and third floors to see who knows more words."
Chapter completed!