Chapter 306 The Royal Garden Poetry Club, the two sides compete
Chapter 306: Imperial Garden Poetry Meeting, competition between the two sides
Zhang Jun's eyes were filled with unspeakable excitement. The Northern Expedition! This was the desire of all people with ambitions in the Song Dynasty. However, facing the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom, the Northern Expedition was just an illusory hope. And now, this hope, How could Zhang Jun not be excited that he had a chance to realize it?
These thousand war horses, in Zhang Jun's opinion, were the hope of the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty.
"Yifu, you personally supervise this matter and never allow any accidents to occur. Anyone who dares to interfere in this matter does not need to inform me and will be killed without mercy!" Zhang Jun said word for word.
"Don't worry, sir!" The old servant nodded.
Zhang Jun sighed softly, "In another five or six years, I'm afraid it won't be possible for me to set foot on the battlefield again. However, we still have Shen Tang in the Song Dynasty, and I will be behind him to take care of his home and look after him. He charged forward and took back our land in the north. When the time comes, I will die in peace..."...
Shen Tang didn't know that he had an extra mother-in-law. Presumably, when he found out, he would be extremely grateful to Zhang Jun. With Shen Tang's current strength, he simply couldn't do this, at least if he wanted to give it to Cheng Ru Escape from crime would be as difficult as climbing to heaven. However, Zhang Jun had been ups and downs in the Song Dynasty for decades and had countless disciples and former officials. Naturally, it would be much easier to accomplish this than Shen Tang.
Returning to Xihuatan, he told Li Duo and others to make some preparations. Tomorrow, in this poetry meeting, someone will definitely jump out to make things difficult. Although Shen Tang is not afraid, it is best to be prepared.
On the second day, just after the morning court, Pu Sanzhuo led several minor officials from the Ministry of Rites to greet everyone in Shen Hall.
The group of people left Xihuatan and headed towards the imperial palace again. The Imperial Garden is a garden to the north of the imperial palace. It is usually where Wan Yanyong and his concubines, as well as the princes and princesses, visit, although it occupies a large area. Big, but extremely delicate.
Enter the palace from Yuhua Gate, then enter Youjiahui Gate, then turn north, pass through Xuanming Gate and Xishangge Gate, and walk north for about a quarter of an hour before entering. Go to the imperial garden.
It was already the tenth day of June, and the imperial garden was full of flowers and the water was gurgling! The willows were leaning on the rockery, with four branches hanging down into the Jade Lake. It was quite a scene from the south of the Yangtze River.
Pu Sanzhuo led Shen Tang and his party into the imperial garden. After walking for a while, they saw a group of figures making noise and talking in a pavilion and corridor!
Seeing the arrival of Shen Tang and his entourage, the conversation stopped abruptly. Pu Sanzhuo led everyone through the crowd, only to see Wanyan Yongzheng sitting in the pavilion, waiting for their arrival.
"See Your Majesty!"
Shen Tang bowed and saluted, but Li Duo and others behind him couldn't help but be surprised. The Jin Kingdom was powerful, so the two countries were never on equal footing. That is to say, after Zhao Shen succeeded to the throne and the Northern Expedition began, the Song Dynasty could not help but be surprised. He was a little tougher. Before that, when the Jin envoy went to the Song Dynasty, even the emperor had to lower his rank to greet him. As for the salute? What is that? If he was in a good mood, maybe the Jin envoy would give it to the Song Dynasty. The emperor had a face, and if he was unhappy, he would just nod his head, and the emperor of the Song Dynasty would never dare to say anything.
However, it was different when the Song envoys came to the Jin Kingdom. Although the Song Dynasty did not practice the ritual of kneeling and worshiping, after entering the Jin Kingdom, they had to follow the local customs and worship with the kneeling ceremony.
Seeing that Shen Tang had already bowed, Li Duo and others hesitated for a moment, but that was all they could do.
"presumptuous!"
A golden man wearing a felt hat shouted angrily, "As envoys of the Song Dynasty, don't you know the etiquette? Kneel down!"
Shen Tang sneered, but ignored it. However, with the news that Mingyang gave him, he had already recognized that this person was Jiagu Mo, the censor of the Jin Kingdom. He had always been tough on the Song Dynasty, even if it was against people in his territory. The people of the Song Dynasty did not have the slightest favorable impression. After receiving the emperor's order, he restrained himself slightly. Before that, no one knew how many people of the Song Dynasty died in his hands.
"Okay!" Wan Yanyong waved his hand and stopped Jia Gu Mo's words, "The courtesy of the Song Dynasty envoy is my intention! Shen Tang, please get back on your feet! Today I am not going to the court. I will only talk about poetry. There is no need to say more. present."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Shen Tang and others stood up straight, and a young eunuch brought a brocade basket for them to sit down.
"My dear friends, the envoy of the Song Dynasty is a guest from afar. I have organized this poetry gathering today, firstly, to welcome the envoy from the Song Dynasty, and secondly, to experience the beauty of southern poetry. Don't underestimate this young man. You must know that he is from the southern country. The number one scholar is much better than you guys who only know how to wield swords and guns." Wan Yanyong said with a smile.
When Shen Tang heard this, his heart moved. This Wan Yanyong was obviously really provoking trouble! However, Shen Tang didn't know whether he was targeting them or others.
Sure enough, after Wan Yanyong finished speaking, many of the Jin people present showed angry expressions. In their eyes, they had never looked down on the people from the South. How could they be worthy of His Majesty's praise? I couldn't tell, but today I was going to teach them a lesson.
"Tell me how this poetry meeting should be conducted!" Wan Yanyong looked at everyone.
"Your Majesty!" Najia Gu Mo sneered, "Our Kingdom of Jin is not only unparalleled in martial arts, but our poetry is also incomparable to those rotten literati from the South! Since they have the number one scholar, we will select a few people to compare with them. , let’s see if our Kingdom of Jin is both civil and military!”
"Hahaha, what Jiagu Mo said makes sense! We, the Great Jin Kingdom, cannot belittle ourselves. Shen Tang, what do you think? Do you dare to accept it?"
Shen Tang said lightly: "Your Majesty speaks, and Shen Tang should obey. However, there is no need to select a few people. No matter how the comparison is, as long as everyone present can beat us! Your Majesty will send one person to come forward, and I will envoy twelve people. To deal with it, Your Majesty will send a hundred people to come forward, and my delegation will still have twelve people to deal with it."
"Okay! Based on your courage, Shen Tang, if you win, I will give you a heavy reward!"
Najiagu Mo saw this and said again, "Your Majesty, in order to show fairness, Your Majesty should propose the question and we will deal with it separately. And, Your Majesty will judge the winner or loser!"
At this moment, an eunuch walked up to Wanyanyong and whispered a few words to Wanyanyong in a low voice.
Wan Yanyong nodded and said to Jia Gu Mo and Shen Tang: "Although I am the emperor, I think that my talent and learning cannot be compared with yours. However, I found a person who came up with the topic. This person is very good at poetry. If a question is very familiar, then this person will propose the question. Moreover, this person will also determine the outcome. You can rest assured that this judgment will be extremely fair."
Since Wan Yanyong opened his mouth, Shen Tang and Jia Gu Mo naturally had no objection.
Then, he saw Wan Yanyong take a piece of paper from the hand of the eunuch beside him!
"This competition consists of pairs, poems, and three levels of questions for each other!" Wan Yanyong looked at the paper and said with a smile.