February 15th.
In Chang'an Imperial City, beside Chengtianmen Street and outside Shangshu Province Gate, there were crowds of people and bustling people.
Different from the later Ming and Qing Dynasties, the six departments in the Sui and Tang Dynasties were actually subordinate agencies of the Shangshu Province, and the Ministry of Personnel was no exception.
The list was released today, and the list was posted directly on the wall facing Chengtianmen Street in Shangshu Province... There was no roll call for later generations.
Most of the crowd were candidates taking the exam, but there were also many relatives and friends of the candidates... Of course, they were all children of extraordinary families. How could ordinary people enter the imperial city?
Among them, the one who attracts the most attention is Li Shan, who is standing on the outside, surrounded by seven or eight people... They all heard that Li Shan failed and came to comfort him. Wang Renbiao and Li Kai were naturally there, as well as Fang Yizhi, Du He, Chang Sun Chong, and Li Zhaode had already pushed to the front to see the list.
There was no roll call, but there was still a ranking. A name was mentioned by several people and spread throughout the crowd in a short time. Countless eyes were cast on the young man standing far away.
On the steps, Feng Lun, the Minister of Civil Affairs, looked at Li Shan with mixed emotions in his eyes. He wanted to do something, but he didn't expect everything to fail.
Feng Lun was not sure whether the young man did it on purpose. After all, as early as the seventh day of the first lunar month, the sage issued an edict that Chen Shuda, Duke of Jiang, and himself should preside over the imperial examination.
If he had done it deliberately, he would be considered a great talent if he could write the song "Spring River with Flowers and Moonlight Night" within a month.
"Huairen, you are the leader of the Jinshi Department!" Li Zhaode squeezed out of the crowd and shouted.
Li Shan was a little confused. Didn't he fail the exam?
Why did it suddenly become the top one?
Although he was a little confused, Li Shan kept a gentle smile on his face and put his hands behind his back, looking very dignified.
"congratulations."
Li Shan glanced sideways, raised his hands and saluted, "Thank you very much, Brother Fujia. I'm very happy. I'm just lucky."
There are a total of nine people taking the Jinshi examination. Eight of them passed the exam before. Now that he is on the list, it means that Sun Fuga must also be on the list.
Sun Fujia looked indifferent, shook his head and said: "I have already read this masterpiece, and I truly deserve it."
Although he doesn't know how it went from being at the bottom of the list to being at the top of the list, Li Shan feels that... "Moonlight Night on the Spring River" is indeed well-deserved.
After a few words of greeting, Li Shan had a strange feeling in his heart. No one in this subject took the Xiucai subject, and the Jinshi subject was always higher than the Mingjing subject, Mingshu subject, etc., which meant that the Jinshi subject was ranked first That’s the number one pick.
I remember that the first number one scholar in China recorded in history was this Sun Fujia next to me... I'm sorry.
The list was released, and everyone was talking about it. Everyone was a child of aristocratic families, and they had all read the article "Moonlit Night on the Spring River" for the first time. Not everyone had a good impression of Li Shan, but in the face of such a masterpiece, they really had nothing to say. .
Lu Chengji of Fanyang Lu family raised his hands in salute and said with a smile: "I have heard about Li Huairen for a long time. Such a poetic talent must be passed down to the world. Please give me advice in the future."
Li Shan kept being humble, thinking that Lu Zhaolin was one of the four heroes of the early Tang Dynasty, and he didn't know whether he was born or not at this time.
This was not the first time that Li Shan and Lu Chengji had met. They had met twice before at Li Kai's home. The Li family in Longxi mostly married the Lu family in Fanyang. Li Kai's sister married into the Lu family, and the eldest brother married a daughter of the Lu family.
Everyone was chatting, and Sun Fuga stood aside, thinking about the poem "Spring River Flowers and Moonlight Night" that he had just seen two-quarters of an hour ago. The poems are divided into nine groups, each group uses a rhyme, and each group must change the rhyme and intersect with each other. ...It looks like a show off, but in fact, the artistic conception is advanced layer by layer, which is extremely clever.
Fang Yizhi in the crowd was also thinking about the poem "Spring River with Flowers and Moonlight Night", but he learned about it last night. For a rare occasion, his father Fang Xuanling did not deal with official duties in the study, but spent a long time reading this poem.
Originally a beautiful song composed by Chen Houzhu, it has been reborn, completely new, and more thought-provoking. It unfolds from the five characters of spring, river, flower, moon, and night, scattered and invisible, but gathered together by fate, which is fascinating.
"Such an excellent work is admirable. The list is released today and it will soon become famous all over the world. I wonder if there are any new works?"
A sharp voice sounded, and Li Shan turned around to see a handsome young man. Li Kai behind him whispered: "Qinghe Cui."
This is one of the situations that Li Shan least wants to see. Why did he refuse to become famous for his poetry before? It was because he was afraid of encountering similar things... Not to mention enemies like Qinghe Cui, maybe Li Dewu would do something wrong. !
But since he has embarked on this path...well, he must have been forced to embark on this path, Li Shan naturally has to make some preparations...but today this is a small matter and can be easily solved.
What Li Shan is most afraid of is... if he encounters any poetry meeting, the topic composition is considered luck, and the rhyme is determined, it will be really unreasonable every day!
"I don't have any outstanding talents." Li Shan raised his voice and said, "But there is an old poem, which is useful."
Li Yiyan said loudly: "Please Huairen come and sing."
"In the past, I couldn't boast about being sordid, but now I have no limits to my dissolute thoughts."
"The spring breeze brings joy to the horse's hooves, and I can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day."
Some people nodded, some pondered, and some shook their heads slightly... Compared to the song "Moonlight Night on the Spring River", this one is much more ordinary.
Only Li Kai and Wang Renbiao had feelings for each other. Being on the imperial examination list was Li Shan's decision to become an official the year before. The so-called "nasty past" vaguely pointed to the experience of being abandoned by his father.
To be honest, Li Shan's poem is not considered a masterpiece at this time.
It is said that poetry expresses aspirations, and masterpieces that can be praised and recognized will definitely arouse emotions. The imperial examination in the early Tang Dynasty did not have as high a status as that in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. If you won the Jinshi, you would not be as ecstatic as Meng Jiao.
The Qinghe Cui family member sneered and said, "I saw all the flowers in Chang'an in one day. It's early spring and the chill is still there, so how can we see such a grand scene?"
Li Shan made a bow and said with a smile: "I saw all the flowers in Chang'an in one day. Is it true that only flower beds are in full bloom in Chang'an?"
"Everyone, please send troops to Pingkangfang!"
The scene was silent for a moment, and then burst into laughter... Indeed, in the entire Chang'an City, are there any flowers more beautiful than Pingkangfang?
"This is an old poem... What was Huairen's intention when he wrote this poem?" Lu Chengji laughed and said, "Unexpectedly, I am also a member of the same group!"
"As the saying goes, an old horse knows the way. Today I ask Brother Zigou to guide you so that you can enjoy the magnificent scenery!"
"It will definitely make Huairen forget to leave!"
Everyone left the imperial city and headed to Pingkangfang with great interest. Among them were mainly Jinshis from the Jinshi Department and many of Li Shan's friends.
Seven of the nine Jinshi went, but the Cui family of Qinghe did not go, and neither did Sun Fuga... Li Shan remembered that this person had served as the Minister of Dali Temple during the Zhenguan period.
"This is the most famous place for southern music," Lu Chengji, an old horse who knows the way, pointed to a place. "Huairen can compose a poem and let the musicians sing it..."
Li Shan looked at it carefully and frowned slightly, it seemed a bit familiar.
The next moment, the middle-aged woman who came out happily shouted: "I don't expect to see Mr. Li again!"
Lu Chengji looked at Li Kai, then at Li Zhaode, Li Yiyan, and Li Qian, and finally his eyes fell on Li Shan's face.
He is actually a regular customer!
Are you still asking me to lead the way? !
