Li Nanshan, Wang Qi, Tian Feng, Limin, Yun Tiankong and other Dongbang candidates also received invitations from the Tingyuxuan Poetry Concert this time and came to Tingyuxuan together.
I just didn't expect that I would encounter such an unpleasant thing just after I came in. Someone actually despised the students from Dongbang. Wang Qi immediately stood up and said in an extremely unhappy tone.
"Brothers~"
"I am Xu Wenyuan from Shaoxing Prefecture, Zhejiang Province, and this is Zhang Fu from Ningbo Prefecture, Zhejiang Province~"
Hearing Wang Qi's words, the other party smiled slightly, and then introduced himself politely.
"Wang Qi in Xiahe~"
"Nanyun Li Nanshan~"
"Nanyang Tianfeng~"
"Jiaozhi Ruan Wenjie~"
Li Nanshan, Wang Qi and others saw each other introduce themselves politely, and several of them also introduced their names one after another. After the introduction, everyone looked at Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao.
"Uh, I'm Jingji Zhushou~"
"Liu Chao, Changli County, North Zhili~"
Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin were slightly stunned, then after thinking about it, they casually said a false name.
"It turns out they are Brother Zhu and Brother Liu from Beizhili~"
After everyone introduced each other, they also bowed their hands and saluted each other. Although Xu Wenyuan and Zhang Fu seemed to look down on Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin from Beizhili, and even looked down on Li Nanshan, Wang Qi, Tian Feng and others from Dongbang, but After all, he is a scholar, and he is a scholar. Poems, books, etiquette and music, and the word "ritual" cannot be abolished.
"Just now, Brother Xu and Brother Zhang seemed to have a lot of criticism for our scholars in Dongbang because of their good deeds?"
After being polite, Wang Qi looked at Xu Wenyuan and Zhang Fu and said.
"Yes, do you look down on our scholars in Dongbang?"
Tian Feng also said that he was not tall, and he was long and dark, with prominent stork bones, which was not in line with the aesthetics of the Ming Dynasty people. When he wore a long gown, he gave people the impression of being a monkey.
"It's not that we look down on the scholars in Dongbang~"
"We are just stating a fact. When it comes to talented people and beautiful women, it is naturally our land south of the Yangtze River that has the most, followed by the north. As for the places outside the two capitals and thirteen provinces, the level is worrying."
Xu Wenyuan said calmly, although his tone was very tactful, but everyone is a scholar, how could we not hear the contempt in his words.
This can be regarded as a tradition of the Ming Dynasty.
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, candidates from the north of the Ming Dynasty could not pass the exams from the south. In the first imperial examination after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, scholars from the south dominated the exams, which led to the "North-South Ranking Case". From then on, the Ming Dynasty's The imperial examination was divided into South Ranking and Northern Ranking.
The southern scholars despised the northern scholars. This happened in almost every imperial examination.
In almost every poetry competition and the like, candidates from the North and South Lists inevitably compete with each other. The talents from the South are very talented, but they often don't pay attention to the talents from the North.
Now, since the Dongbang was established in the last imperial examination, the students on the Dongbang were naturally at the bottom, so they have always been despised by both southern and northern scholars.
"Master leads me to practice on my own~"
"How can you look down on us because of our region?"
Hearing Xu Wenyuan's words, Li Nanyun immediately said angrily.
He is a genius with a strong learning ability. Although he is not a Han Chinese, his knowledge is still quite good. Otherwise, he would not have become Jieyuan of Nanyun Province.
"That's right, that's right~"
"Although we are taking the Dongbang exam, but we study hard, we may not be much worse than you. Like Brother Li, you are the Jieyuan of Nanyun Province. You beat many students in Nanyun Province and won the first place. You are rich in knowledge, how can you be better than you?
worse?"
Tian Feng and others also followed suit.
"Ahem~"
"It's all about talking and not practicing fake tricks. Who doesn't know how to brag?"
"In my opinion, everyone should compare themselves with each other. Which one is higher and which one is lower will be determined naturally."
Zhu Houzhao on the side looked at the people in front of him, and immediately became energetic, lest the world would not be chaotic, he suggested.
"Yes, yes~"
"Let's compete, who is afraid of whom~"
"That's right, we should compare with each other, so that we can know who is higher and which is lower. Although Jiangnan has many talented people since ancient times, not everyone may be great."
Upon hearing Zhu Houzhao's proposal, Li Nanshan, Wang Qi, Tian Feng and other scholars from Dongbang immediately shouted and nodded.
As for Xu Wenyuan and Zhang Fu, they looked very confident and smiled and said: "Brother Zhu is right, we want to compare."
After saying that, the two of them stood at the door. Whenever someone came in, they immediately went up to ask, and then told them about the competition proposal of the few people just now.
So soon, there were three groups at the door, the scholars from the south list, the scholars from the memorization list, and the scholars from the dongbang group, all gathered together, and they looked at each other with the smell of gunpowder.
The competition between literati is naturally much more elegant.
Although the scholars in the south despise the scholars in the north, the scholars in the north despise the scholars in Dongbang, and the scholars in Dongbang are unhappy with the scholars in the south, they are still Brother Li, Brother Wang, and Brother Zhang.
The name comes and the name goes.
"Brothers~"
"Today, I happen to meet friends through literature, and Ting Yuxuan also planned it carefully~"
"There are nine small pavilions around the small lake in front of you. Each small pavilion has a corresponding test. As long as you pass the test, you can go to the next small pavilion."
"After passing all nine pavilions, you can go to the attic of the island in the center of the lake to listen to the music of the oiran of the Yuxuan family."
Xu Wenyuan looked at the many contemporaries in front of him and suggested with a smile.
"Okay~Okay~"
"Let's compete, who is afraid of whom~"
"That's right~"
When everyone else heard this, they all shouted out in dissatisfaction.
There is no one who is first in literature and second in martial arts. They are all scholars. Naturally, they will not be convinced by anyone. Unless they compete with each other, it will naturally be difficult to be convinced.
Liu Jin looked at the scene in front of him and immediately smiled happily.
Suddenly, I remembered the scene of participating in the poetry meeting when I was taking the imperial examination. It was so similar, except that at that time, the scholars from the Northern and Southern Rankings were competing with each other. Now there are more scholars from the Eastern Ranking.
Many scholars soon walked towards the first pavilion.
The test here in the first pavilion is not difficult, it is a pair.
The first couplet reads, "The sun and the moon shine together and never set, and the territory of thousands of miles is free to gallop!" It is a very simple couplet, but if you think about it carefully, it is not simple.
Because the sun and moon represent the Ming Dynasty, they never set, and coupled with the territory of thousands of miles, this is to say that the territory of the Ming Dynasty is vast. At the same time, it is also said that on the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the sun and the moon never set, and it is an empire where the sun never sets!
This is very in line with the situation in the Ming Dynasty today. It is not that easy to counteract the lower line.
"Old Liu, it's up to you~"
"I can't stand it."
Zhu Houzhao touched his nose and felt a little embarrassed. If he couldn't answer the first question, it would be a huge shame. He had no choice but to quietly ask for help from Liu Jin.
"Heaven and earth have been co-owners for eternity, and hundreds of millions of people praise Heaven's grace!"
Liu Jin thought for a moment and then quietly said to Zhu Houzhao.
"Haha, not bad, not bad~"
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately laughed happily and quickly passed the first level with the second line that Liu Jin came up with.
As for Liu Jin himself, he casually thought of another second line and passed the first level very quickly. Looking at the first pavilion again, most of the talented people were able to pass it easily, but there were still some from the East List.
Where are the scholars meditating hard?
Obviously, there is indeed a big gap between the level of scholars on the East List and those on the North and South Lists.
Especially those scholars from minority tribes, because they have only studied Han culture for a short period of time and their level is limited, they are stumped by simple pairs. They think hard one by one, but they still can't come up with a good second couplet.
However, there were also people who impressed Liu Jin. Li Nanyun from Nanyun Province, although he was not Han Chinese, his skills were quite high. While everyone was still thinking hard about the previous steps, in less than ten minutes, he had already completed
After passing four or five levels in a row, there was a strong tendency to rush to the attic of the island in the middle of the lake in one breath.
This speed is so impressive that even many talented people from the south couldn't help but marvel at it.
You must know that the questions in this pavilion are getting more and more difficult. Many talented people from the south have been stumped and have been unable to pass.
Li Nanyun, a scholar from Nanyun Province with a tall nose and deep eyes, blond hair and blue eyes, was able to come up with the answer so quickly. In the blink of an eye, he was about to approach the attic of the island in the middle of the lake. How could it not be surprising?
“Interesting~”
Seeing Li Nanyun pass the difficulties so quickly, Liu Jin couldn't help but laugh and showed a strong interest, so he also led Zhu Houzhao to quickly pass the obstacles and headed towards the attic of the island in the middle of the lake.
Get ready to meet the top scholars from all over the Ming Dynasty at the Huxin Island Pavilion to see the level of these scholars, and of course, to see if there are any talents worth cultivating.
Although these traditional talents are very good in literary talent, they are all standard products produced by large Confucian factories. It is difficult for them to make breakthroughs. Their thoughts are quite restricted, and they do not know much about other aspects of knowledge.
When it comes to running a country, more practical talents are needed rather than talented people who just shout empty slogans.