The so-called xingjuan means that candidates in the Tang Dynasty wrote their essays into scrolls before the exam and sent them to the court dignitaries to extend their reputation.
The advantage of writing exams is that you can discover as many talents as possible. There are many people who are not in good condition before the exam and unfortunately fail.
However, if there is a test paper, the candidate's previous ability level will be comprehensively examined, so that there will be no regrets.
There are advantages and disadvantages to this. The advantage is that daily scores + test scores = comprehensive scores, and the evaluation effect is more objective.
But no matter what the policy is, there is room for human manipulation.
Because the documents must be delivered to the dignitaries of the day.
Therefore, if a poor scholar has no one to recommend him, it is impossible for him to get into a wealthy family.
And the person who recommends must also be a senior official within the system. This means that if I recommend your disciple today, you will recommend mine after a few years.
Over time, close relatives got married, and all the children were born with deformities.
The dynasty had no strategy for writing papers, but why were so many scholars scrambling to submit their articles and poems to these officials?
First, the trend has become popular, and everyone is thinking about the good thing of rising to the top in one step. If a big boss takes a fancy to his article and spreads it outside, although he will try to hide his name, his reputation in the literary world will rise, and he will be able to get around even if he does not become an official in the future. A fish in water.
Second, today's situation is special. It's just that the two great figures of the Hanlin Academy are here. The King of Qi and the King of Shu are also here at the Duke's Mansion. If I stand out at this cultural conference and are remembered by these two, then in the future, these two One of the princes will surely ascend to the throne...
Wouldn't that be...
It’s exciting just thinking about it.
Just when it was extremely noisy in front of Lian Yutang. Suddenly, the servants waiting in the palace shouted: "His Royal Highness the King of Qi and His Highness the King of Shu are here!"
As soon as the sound reached everyone's ears, the scene fell silent, and everyone turned their heads to look at the few people approaching from the veranda.
Several plainclothes officials in Lian Yutang also left their seats and stood up to wait.
Those people had just walked to the front of the hall, and before the master Lu Heng could say anything, Qi Wang Zhang Can stepped over and said, "My lords, I have kept you waiting for a long time!"
Several people in the hall quickly bowed and said: "Your Highness, King Qi!"
King Qi smiled and said: "Everyone, get up. My third brother and I are just here to join in the fun. We don't want to overwhelm the guests. No need to be polite!"
Lu Heng, Lu Ji and his son: "..."
Those officials couldn't hear the polite words, so they turned around and saluted the King of Shu Zhang Huan, but the King of Qi had already turned around and said to the scholars in front of the hall: "Today we will only talk about poetry and prose, regardless of seniority. Everyone doesn’t need to salute anymore, it’s too much trouble!”
A group of scholars outside the hall said sincerely: "Thank you, Your Highness, King Qi."
King Qi's move caught all the officials in the hall off guard. They had not yet saluted His Highness the King of Shu. Now that you say this, is this salute still acceptable?
Peng Zheng was behind Zhang Huan, his face was livid, and he was unhappy in his heart, but he couldn't say anything. Speaking at this time would only make everyone think that King Shu was not approachable enough.
But fortunately, Zhang Lan, a lecturer at the Hanlin Academy in the hall, did not take King Qi's words to heart. Instead, he took the lead and bowed to Zhang Huan and said: "Your Highness, King of Shu!"
After hearing this, several officials around him woke up from a dream and followed him to salute.
The King of Shu, Zhang Huan, seemed oblivious and smiled carelessly: "What my second brother said is, don't be polite! Everyone, get up, get up!"
Zhang Can laughed and said: "Okay, okay, everyone, please take your seats. Brother Defu, sit next to me! Uncle, ask someone to set up a chair next to me. I want to have a good exchange of poetry with Brother Defu." !”
You are so embarrassed, you are most afraid of this kind of inexplicable closeness. It is clear that the relationship between the two parties has not reached that level, but you are so domineering. It is very uncomfortable, okay?
Wu Decao whispered beside Xu He: "Liangsheng, this King of Qi is quite good. He speaks and handles everything well. Everyone feels like they are spring breeze. Do you think he is..."
Before he could finish speaking, Xu He glared at him: "If you don't know how to speak, speak less!"
Wu Decao muttered: "I didn't even think about coming. There are people in this courtyard, and I am the only prison student. Do you see the way those people look at me? It's like I'm looking at a ghost."
The supervisors have their own robes, and the examiners have their own custom-made clothes. According to the regulations of the imperial court, this cannot be confused.
However, people don’t always wear [uniforms] on the streets on weekdays, but recently Mr. Xu He went out to do errands. Wu Decao felt that it was more convenient to wear the robe of a supervisor. After all, a supervisor was worthless in front of the public, but among ordinary people, he could Just pretend.
Who knows...
Fell into the crowd of people, splitting in embarrassment...
While Xu He and Wu Decao were sitting on the rockery in the distance, bored, the process of today's literary meeting had already been discussed in the Lianyu Hall.
Anyone who has poetry or prose can first show it to the King of Qi, the King of Shu, and the Hanyuan officials.
After these people read it, they naturally wanted to comment. Otherwise, wouldn’t everyone’s purpose of pretending to be a game be defeated?
Then comes the on-site inspection session.
The questions were given by Zhang Lan, a senior scholar of Hanlin Academy, and each essay was composed of a poem, which tested everyone's ability to answer the questions on the spot.
Of course, this is not mandatory. If you come, you can drink and watch the fun, and no one will care about you when you sing and dance in rap. But don’t you cherish this opportunity to show your face?
The last part is the most exciting.
After two rounds of competition, three people were selected by Zhang Lan, the lecturer, and Zhang Tengxiao, the top scholar in the previous subject. They went to the Lotus Yutang to receive the [Award] from the organizer of the literary conference, the British Gong Lu Heng. The prize was twelve taels of gold!
"A martial artist is a martial artist, vulgar. In this situation, it is really insulting to give out yellow and white things as a lottery..."
The scholars all looked at Lu Heng and his son with disdain, but these people were different from what they looked like. Even those from well-off families were still very moved when they saw these five taels of gold.
At the beginning of the first round, the scholars rushed to hand over their daily poems to the servants of the Lu family.
Wu Decao said to Xu He: "Liangsheng, are you ready?"
Xu He spread his hands: "No!"
"Haha, I knew you weren't here for the literary meeting at all!"
"..."
It wasn't that Xu He wasn't prepared, but that Lu Ji didn't tell him about it at all.
The Lu family was also very depressed. Who would have thought that there would be so many "irrelevant" scholars present? If it weren't for the purpose of catering to the public, there would be no such link at all.
Of course, not only Xu He was unprepared, but also Xie Liangcai and all the people who had received the invitation long ago were unprepared.
They watched with wide eyes as a group of uninvited guys enthusiastically submitted articles. Some of the people who got the invitations were actually panicked.
Soon, the outside of Lian Yutang became quiet again, and all the scholars who brought their travel documents were handed over.
Zhang Lan and Zhang Tengxiao had already started reading.
Including the King of Qi, he also chose some poems and essays to read.
