Living Leisurely in Tang Dynasty - Chapter 155

For Chang’an candidates, the Chunwei tribute test is still early, and there is still a lot of entertainment before the test. This year, the test has a new rule. The paper must be copied by name. That is to say, the scoring examiner does not know who you are when reading the article, and only ranks the article according to the level of the article.

According to the practice in previous years, the imperial examination candidates considered a lot of things, such as background, fame, and talent. If there are any outstanding results in the past articles, the examiner will give extra points when he settles the order!

This year, I don’t know who gave the idea, but it turned into a transcript of the name. People who wanted to participate in the poem meeting to write some poems and send some articles to the examiner to leave an impression before Chunwei disappeared. The candidates who came to Chang’an were all dumbfounded, and in the end they could only turn the poem meeting into a simple poem meeting, and the visit into a simple visit, and they stopped thinking of taking shortcuts.

As a result, this year’s Chang’an has been very calm and peaceful, with the New Year approaching, and the streets and alleys are filled with the taste of the year. Li Yuanying thought that she might be going to the fief soon, and she thought about taking his mother Liu Baolin out of the palace to see her in Chang’an, where she had been in the fief for more than ten years.

When Liu Baolin was sent to the palace, she was still young, and she didn’t dare to do anything on the way. She didn’t have the opportunity to see the prosperity of the capital. Later, she stayed in the palace and never had a chance to go out. They are leaving Chang’an soon, and Li Yuanying wants to take Liu Baolin out to see!

Li Yuanying knew that if he discussed with Liu Baolin, Liu Baolin would definitely not say that he wanted to go, because Liu Baolin always tried his best to live as if he didn’t exist, so as not to be noticed. He went directly to grind His Majesty Li Er and said that he wanted to take Liu Baolin to the temple to make incense.

His Majesty Li Er thought that it was not a big deal, so he agreed.

Li Yuanying enthusiastically planned a route before going to talk to Liu Baolin. Liu Baolin knew that Li Yuanying had arranged everything and had obtained the permission of His Majesty Li Er, so Li Yuanying could only take her out of the palace happily. Of course, she asked people to carefully prepare the fences for the female family members to go out, so that they could not be caught in the wrong place.

The city of Chang’an was very lively a year ago. Not only was there a crowd of people on the streets, but the market was also very lively. Li Yuanying urged Liu Baolin to get out of the car and walk, but Liu Baolin couldn’t help him, and got out of the car wearing a curtain. The moment she stepped on the bluestone street, she felt as if she had returned to the world.

The last time I walked on the street was more than ten years ago.

The mother and son walked for a while on a relatively less busy street. Li Yuanying said to Liu Baolin: “When we go to the fief, you can go to the streets whenever you want, mother.”

Liu Baolin said: “What’s good outside, I still like to make you more delicious.”

Li Yuanying took Liu Baolin for a stroll on the street, and soon turned to Wei Zheng’s house, and did not see any other places to pull Wei Shu out to accompany Liu Baolin to the incense.

Wei Shu didn’t know that when Li Yuanying said that Liu Baolin was coming, she felt a little nervous. Li Yuanying encouraged her: “Don’t be afraid, they say that ugly daughter-in-law will also see in-laws, not to mention that you are not ugly!”

Wei Shu was nervous, but after Li Yuanying’s persuasion, he turned into anger. What is this talking about? Is he so comforting?

Wei Shu was led by Li Yuanying out of the door, and Li Yuanying was sent to Liu Baolin’s carriage. Liu Baolin took her by the hand and let her sit down, saying that Li Yuanying was ignorant. It was really abrupt to come to the door so abruptly, it shouldn’t be.

Liu Baolin was as kind as ever, and Wei Shu’s little anxiety was gone, and he spoke to Liu Baolin openly. When they arrived at the gate of the temple, they were still chatting happily. Li Yuanying shouted outside: “Here it is!”

There are many powerful wives and family members who come to the monastery to offer incense. The Buddhists do not have so many avoidances. Liu Baolin no longer wears the curtain and only takes Wei Shu’s hand into the incense.

Li Yuanying saw that Liu Baolin was holding Wei Shu, with no part of his own, and hummed twice, reluctantly taking on the responsibility of a man and sending them to the Buddhist temple where only female relatives were allowed to enter and leave to pray for incense.

Liu Baolin drove him to play by himself.

Li Yuanying was very scornful of this act of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, but she didn’t have the face to say that she was still a child. She could only wander around in the temple alone, and finally went to the front to listen to the monk telling stories. The monks have a set of methods to keep the believers. Those who like the quiet will lead them to the secluded Buddhist temple and the temple, and those who like the liveliness will leave them in front of them to listen to some Buddhist stories, which are generally referred to as “vulgar teachings.”

Today, the temple is talking about Mulian saving his mother. Mulian’s mother fell into hell, and Mulian went to rescue after all the hardships. What the masses love to hear is of course how terrible the **** is, how thrilling and tortuous the process of saving his mother by Mulian is. The monks in this monastery are very familiar. Let the pilgrims listen very deeply.

Li Yuanying also listened with gusto, wondering whether to add some sesame oil money, but heard someone come over to see him: “Your Highness.”

Li Yuanying turned her head to see that it was Su Qiniang and Xinxin who had come. Both of them are currently engaged in the music business, and don’t have to think about anything every day, just concentrate on thinking about new songs and dances.

Li Yuanying wondered: “Are you here to offer incense?”

Su Qiniang said: “No, we heard people say that the vulgar talk here is the best, and I came here to listen to it, but I didn’t expect your Highness to be here today.”

When Li Yuanying heard it, she understood that they were here to steal the teacher. Whether it’s singing, dancing or vulgar speaking, there must be strengths in attracting people, and it would be great if you can learn from their strengths. Li Yuanying affirmed their willingness to learn: “Then you guys study hard.”

Xinxin gave Li Yuanying an idea: “The monastery can talk about vulgar talk, and Fengtai Building can also have more than singing and dancing.” Li Yuanying asked them to compose poetry and essays. They have already done this, but after listening to the vulgar talk for a few days, Both he and Su Qiniang had vaguely new ideas, and wanted to learn the teaching in Fengtai Building. Said gratifyingly, “We want to try to tell your Royal Highness’s “Han Zi’s Fables”, and then look for some new stories and tell them later.”

Of course, Buddhist stories cannot be told in the restaurant, so they plan to start with the stories written by Li Yuanying, which can be regarded as preaching to the people the truth in the book.

Li Yuanying agrees with their whimsical thinking: “If you want to try, try it. If there is a shortage of stories, I will let you tell a few.” They all said that there is no doubt about the use of people. Since Li Yuanying has given the music team to the two People, they will let them do it.

Su Qiniang happily thanked Li Yuanying. Seeing that Li Yuanying had lost interest in the popular teachings here, Su Qiniang suggested: “I heard that there are scholars in Houshan at the conference. Would you like to see it?”

Li Yuanying wondered how long Liu Baolin and the others would have to worship or talk, and when they heard that, she led Su Qiniang to the back mountain.

Sure enough, there were scholars at the essay meeting in Houshan, and there were still a lot of people.

Li Yuanying has always liked lively, and suddenly quickened his pace. I don’t want him to hear someone complaining as soon as he approached: “I really don’t know who made the idea. Jinshi has to be transcripted this year. Wouldn’t it be useless if I waited so hard to practice calligraphy for many years? Those lazy people are taking up benefit.”

This is complaining about the newly released transcripts this year.

Li Yuanying waved her hand to stop Su Qiniang and stood there preparing to overhear a few words. As a result, on this topic, everyone complained a lot. Some felt that their good calligraphy was buried, some felt that they might be able to make a name for themselves before Chunyu, and some felt that they were being guarded by being a villain. In short, no one feels good.

Li Yuanying heard this and decided not to play with these people, lest these people find themselves to settle accounts. This idea was given by Wu Mei. He thought it was feasible. He also found a system to improve the entire operation process of the name transcription, sorted it out and handed it to Kong Yingda.

This method is not only for cheating, but also for party formation. Fortunately, the Jinshi degree is actually not very conspicuous. The imperial court selects more professionals, such as those who engage in Confucianism, Mathematical Studies, and Law Studies, and so on. There are very few candidates for the Jinshi degree.

It is a pity that the system told Li Yuanying that in the future the Jinshi Science will become the mainstream, and even the children of the family wanted to get a Jinshi gilding, but his imperial brother wanted to use the imperial examination to suppress the idea of ​​the family. The new approach is called “the same year” for the same subject, and the examiner is called “the master”. With such a heavy relationship, they have a natural alliance!

Since the Jinshi Division does not have a name, the examiner can refer to the past articles of the scholars for the ranking. Therefore, the Jinshi Division has become a trend to invest in the examination. Nobles have blue eyes. In addition to cultivating their own nephews and nephews, aristocratic families can also rely on the imperial examination to attract talents. It was originally a way for the court to select talents, but gradually became a way for “masters” to select talents.

Knowing this, Li Yuanying passed the method of name transcription to Kong Yingda, and also mentioned the term “Emperor Protege”, indicating that His Majesty Li Er could be the prestigious examiner. Since the master is so good, why let someone else be it? Naturally, let his emperor be the best!

Kong Yingda had finished reading it at the time, and partly agreed with Li Yuanying’s thoughts. He was quite vehement with the emperor’s protégé, and felt that Li Yuanying might be suspicious of the imperial gilding. However, on the whole, Kong Yingda felt that this method was feasible, and after thinking about it, he called back and asked Li Yuanying to delete it and submit it directly to His Majesty Li Er.

His Majesty Li Er is a bit narcissistic. Although he is an immediate world, he feels that he is also well-read and highly educated, so he naturally fell in love with the term “Student of the Son of Heaven” at first sight. This is a good idea, all the talented scholars in the world should be his students!

His Majesty Li Er asked people to change the statutes of this year’s Jinshi Division on the spot, and the other divisions are for selecting professionals, so it is still the same!

In fact, His Majesty Li Er felt that if the students of other disciplines strongly demanded that they be students of Tianzi, he would not be unacceptable. Fortunately, seeing Kong Yingda’s face turned dark, with an expression of “I really want to spray you” and “I’m going to spray you anymore”, His Majesty Li Er cleverly swallowed the words that were about to be spoken, and barely improved the grade one.

Li Yuanying saw that these scholars didn’t like the idea of ​​transcribing their names, and didn’t want to play with them, so she took Su Qiniang and the others away. At this time, someone noticed that Li Yuanying was coming and going, and reminded others to wake up. The scholars saw Li Yuanying leading people away, and they couldn’t avoid discussing—

Someone said: “That’s not King Teng?”

Someone said: “Look at the woman next to me, is Su Qiniang?”

Some people said: “I’m coming and going, don’t you look down on us?”

After the conversation started, those who knew the rumors gave the attendees a popular science, about what King Teng was so clever and talented, what King Teng Jinwu hid Jiao’e, what King Teng went to the countryside to meet a widow, and the newly released King Teng Love the prince and daughter, in short, don’t look at King Teng’s young age and the people lingering in the flowers! It is said that he will also take the Jinshi exam this year, saying that he can be called a romantic talent if he is admitted to the Jinshi!

Someone asked: “Didn’t it mean that King Teng and Wei Taishi’s granddaughter made a marriage?”

The person carrying the rumors naturally said: “That’s how it is!”

The tone sounds quite envious.

Isn’t it? I want to marry the granddaughter of the Wei Taishi family, who is famous for being upright and upright, and dare to mess around with flowers. But Taishi Wei closed one eye to this, as if he had never heard of it at all, it was amazing!

Li Yuanying didn’t know that he had become the envy of everyone. He thought that he had walked enough, so he let Su Qiniang and the others busy themselves, and went to the Buddhist hall to pick up Liu Baolin and Wei Shu by himself. On the way out of the temple, Li Yuanying angrily talked to Wei Shu about those scholars, and criticized dissatisfiedly: “They really have no vision!”

Wei Shu nodded and said, “It’s not that everyone is as smart as you.”

Li Yuanying was exhilarated with praise, and his tail was immediately raised up high. He talked to Wei Shu about the many disadvantages of unnamed transcripts, which he had heard from the system before, and now they are not ashamed to sell.

Liu Baolin was happy to hear Li Yuanying and Wei Shuchou chat together, and he was also happy in his heart. Her son’s temper is like this. He has to follow the hair and make him happy. He can say anything. The prospective daughter-in-law can get it right, and the two should have no problems getting along with each other in the future.

After a trip to the palace, Liu Baolin’s life has not changed much, but he has more hope for the future in his heart. The son is filial and more and more sensible; the daughter-in-law has a good temper and can get along with her again, so what can she worry about? Just wait for the family to live together peacefully!

The only thing to worry about is probably because his Majesty Li Er still doesn’t want to let Li Yuanying go to Fan. Fortunately, seeing Li Yuanying’s recent joy, his Majesty Li Er seems to have loosened it!

…

After the new year, Li Yuanying was one year older, fourteen like Chengyang.

His Majesty Li Er asked people to set about handling Chengyang’s marriage. Du He was very careful in handling errands recently, and he was not too young. During the New Year, His Majesty Li Er boarded the Lingyan Pavilion. He thought of Du Ruhui and missed it so much. He remembered this marriage that had been delayed for a year or two. He immediately asked Li Chunfeng to choose a good one. Date, set the wedding date on the closest auspicious day after the spring season.

When Li Yuanying thought that his niece was about to get married, she was very reluctant to marry someone else’s house, so he couldn’t take care of it all the time. Fortunately, the relationship between Du He’s family is simple, and he did not inherit the title of Duke of the country. After Chengyang married, he would open his own house with his husband, but he didn’t have to be angry.

Li Yuanying heard that His Majesty Li Er had set the wedding date, and from time to time she ran to Du He to talk about her ideals in life. Compared with the previous test of Du He and Fang Jun with Li Zhi, Li Yuanying is now very upright and even a lot of money-making workers, La Duhe, wants to bring Du He together to make money.

Du He knows how to reciprocate things. After returning, he dismissed all the servants who were waiting. He was clean and tidy, and he determined not to leave any troubles for Chengyang to work hard.

It was not the benefit that Du He greeted Li Yuanying, but Du He watched Fang Jun’s series of encounters, and saw that Li Chengqian and Li Yuanying’s nephew were very close. The emperor and grandson stick to Li Yuanying when they meet. He is not a fool, of course he knows. How to do!

Although Li Yuanying still felt that Du Ha had no outstanding talents, she still reluctantly recognized him as a qualified quasi-hospice.

Chengyang’s wedding date has just been set here, and there is good news from Li Zhi. When he did not come back during the Chinese New Year, he was pregnant because the princess was pregnant. In the beginning of spring, his princess gave birth to a big fat boy. No, Li Zhi sent someone back quickly to send a letter to his Majesty Li Er, and by the way, he asked his Majesty Li Er to give his big fat boy a name.

Li Yuanying didn’t expect Li Zhi to be so efficient. After receiving the news, she ran to His Majesty Li Er a little bitterly and said: “The pheasant slave has a child so soon, and you become a grandfather again!”

His Majesty Li Er listened to his sour tone, and said leisurely: “Yes, I am a grandfather again, and some people are not even a father.”

Li Yuanying said in a loud voice: “I am young, of course I didn’t become a father!” And Sun Shi and the system both told him that it is not good to give birth to a child too early, and it is especially bad for girls, so he was reluctant to give birth to a child so early. ! He said the main purpose he had found, “When Chunwei finishes the exam, let me go to Taiyuan to see my grand-nephew!”

His Majesty Li Er glanced at him and agreed.

Li Yuanying ran away happily, packed up her cheerful mood and completed the final preparation sprint with her friends.

In a blink of an eye, the day when the Gongyuan examinations were started, Li Yuanying and several people came to the Libu Gongyuan to prepare for admission early that morning with their own test equipment. Even though they were all wearing clothes uniformly distributed by the Imperial College, the only three female candidates in the audience were recognized by them all at once, and many people frequently looked at them.

Li Yuanying didn’t care about other people’s eyes since he was a child. Wei Shu and the others were calm and self-conscious. After watching them a few times, they found that Li Yuanying and his party were calm and uninteresting. They even felt disrespectful and stopped watching. On the contrary, there are a few people who are particularly anti-cynic, muttering angrily: “Anyone can come to the test. It’s amazing how powerful and powerful!”

Some of the far away voices were small, Li Yuanying didn’t listen, and there was a middle-aged man in his early forties shouting in front of him as if he was afraid he would not hear him. Li Yuanying is a person who swallows his breath. It’s okay to just take a few glances. Who dares to gossip in front of him, he will stop doing it, rushing to confront the other party: “You say it again!”

That middle-aged son was also a profane, and he said it again, saying that the woman entering the examination room is simply dirtying the sage, and the woman should take good care of her husband and her husband, and don’t show her face or slander the market. Even if a woman has knowledge, it is not used for scientific examinations, it is just to raise children with all her heart!

Li Yuanying hummed: “I think you are not too young anymore. You haven’t passed the exam yet. You must have no talents. I’m afraid that every little lady will come to the exam in the future, let alone you won’t have the chance to pass the exam!”

The middle-aged elder son was stabbed by Li Yuanying, angrily said: “This has been the case since ancient times. How can there be any reason for a woman to participate in the exam?”

Li Yuanying had identified with Dr. Ma many times, and was not afraid of him playing sideways, and he did not hesitate to block it back: “According to you, I hadn’t held the test earlier, so when I started the test, did I have to say, “Since ancient times” There is no such thing as an examination in the past. There is no reason why you can be an official by taking an examination.’ Just don’t open the examination, just choose an official like “since ancient times”!”

People in the Ministry of Rites heard the movement and saw that Li Yuanying quarreled with others, and bit the bullet and came over and shouted: “Before the Gongyuan, dare to make noise!”

The middle-aged Juzi shut up.

Although Li Yuanying was a bit unwilling, she still let Wei Shu and the others persuade them to go back. No matter what those people have opinions, didn’t they pass the exams of the Imperial College and get the qualifications of Chunwei? Since they came here dignified, they are not afraid of being said by others.

The scholars passed the gate one after another and entered the Gongyuan for examination. Compared with earlier years, this year’s Gongyuan has made the examination room more decent. Everyone is separated from each other. There is no way to communicate with others, and they can only test their own. Li Yuanying took the seats and sat in her seat waiting for the exam to begin.

The Gongyuan side was calm and the waves were calm, and His Majesty Li Er also learned of the dispute in front of the Gongyuan side.

The three female candidates, Chengyang, Wu Mei, and Wei Shu, were all brought into the Imperial College by Li Yuanying, but it is wrong to say that they were admitted by their status. Their knowledge and articles were learned steadily. The test scores are also clearly recorded, and there is no fraud!

What’s more, one of them is his precious daughter.

His Majesty Li Er and Li Yuanying thought that they both obtained the qualifications on their own, so why not let them take the exam? This middle-aged child has no vision, no vision, no mind!

Since His Majesty Li Er has served as the prestigious examiner, he will not sit idle after discussing the government affairs with Wei Zheng and others. He is going to go to the Gongyuan to inspect and take a look at the young talents of this year in advance to see who are most likely to be his emperor. Protégé.

If you meet Li Yuanying’s bad-hearted brother, you will naturally take a look at it.

His Majesty Li Er made up his mind without hesitation at all, and led Wei Zheng and others to the Gongyuan in a low-key manner. Maybe it’s because there are many new regulations in the Jinshi department this year, especially the “Emperor’s Disciples”, which inspired many people. After one or two of them got the exam questions, they both struggled with writing, and the answers were enthusiastic, but they didn’t pay attention at all. To the arrival of His Majesty Li Er.

His Majesty Li Er is not here to show off his prestige, looking for the past one by one, and he is very satisfied with the mental outlook of these people this year. It was not until after a long tour that His Majesty Li Er saw Li Yuanying who was also answering the questions seriously.

Li Yuanying also didn’t notice the arrival of His Majesty Li Er. He wrote seriously, and the drafts were flickered, and he felt that his thoughts had never been so smooth. He wrote well, and of course he didn’t want to pay attention to anything else, until his Majesty Li Er continued to patrol on Wei Zheng’s reminder, he didn’t find that his emperor brother had come.

Seeing His Majesty Li Er’s face sullen, Changsun Wuji smiled after leaving the Gongyuan: “His Royal Highness Teng wrote with such care, it seems that there will be a good ranking.”

His Majesty Li Er’s praise was very useful to Changsun Wuji, and the depression that was ignored by the bad brother just now disappeared. Of course, he still commented modestly and objectively on the face: “This kid has only been serious for so many years, how can he compare with others who have been studying hard for ten years?”

Fang Xuanling went on to boast: “His Royal Highness Teng is very clever, and he is naturally better than many people after studying hard for a few years.”

His Majesty Li Er’s Long Xin rejoiced, laughed, and led them back to the palace in a good mood.

Wei Zheng didn’t say anything along the way. He felt that Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling were really shameless. He wanted to marry his granddaughter to Li Yuanying without complimenting Li Yuanying, but they boasted the flowers!

The author has something to say:

His Majesty Li Er: I will stop by to see my bad-hearted brother, just by the way!

Little Prince: Concentrate on the exam, I don’t know if you have been here. jpg update!

Note: Please refer to Baidu Encyclopedia and Free Blind Break for content such as the transcript of the book of the emperor’s disciple.