The poetry meeting in Prince Jing's Mansion came to an end, but the waves caused by this poetry meeting caused aftermath in the bottomless waters of Kyoto.
The result of Fan Xian's first public appearance in Kyoto seemed a bit unsatisfactory. Perhaps even Fan Xian himself could not have imagined that it would be such a result. Mr. Fan originally thought that he could shock everyone by throwing out a poem at will, but Unexpectedly, he met Lu Ze.
These two people actually composed a poem that is exactly the same through the ages.
No one doubts that this poem was written by someone else. After all, no one outside the literary world could write such a sad poem.
This seems to be a poem that can only be written after experiencing the baptism of life. Therefore, Lu Ze did not think of taking this poem as his own, and directly attributed the source to the mysterious old man. Fan Xian thought The purpose of shocking the audience with this poem only failed.
The most cruel thing about Lu Ze's move was that to a certain extent, he cut off Fan Xian's future path to fame through his poetry.
This echoes what Lu Ze said to Fan Xian.
"This poem was written by you, but it was not written by you."
Just like what Lu Ze said to Li Yunrui before, you must pay attention to methods to deal with Fan Xian.
Her Royal Highness the Princess did not know Fan Xian's true life experience at this time, and just wanted to ruin Fan Xian's reputation as much as possible.
In the original work, after Fan Xian became famous with his poetry in Kyoto, Li Yunrui invited Zhuang Mohan, a literary master from the Northern Qi Dynasty, to completely defeat Fan Xian in the poetry column. However, he did not expect that Fan Xian's poetry level was that high. The "highness" made Fan Xian famous as a great poet.
And with such a careless move, Lu Ze completely cut off all possibilities.
Nowadays, the literary style is prevalent in Kyoto during the Qing Dynasty. Even if Fan Xian writes more stunning poems and songs in the future, people will doubt whether such poems are actually written by him.
Lu Ze spent a long time in Prince Jing's Mansion that day.
After chatting with this uncle for a while, Lu Ze discovered that it was true that Prince Jing loved farm work, but in fact it was a helpless move.
At that time, Prince Jing watched everything between Emperor Qing, Ye Qingmei and the eldest princess from beginning to end, including the tragedy in Taiping Villa and the bloody night in Kyoto, so Prince Jing became discouraged in these years. , just immersed in the few acres of farmland in the house and not interested in worldly affairs.
That night, King Jing called his son, who claimed to be a romantic, over.
Li Hongcheng looked a little uneasy. He didn't know why this old man was so angry. As soon as he walked in, his father opened his mouth and started scolding stupid pig. Li Hongcheng knew that these two words were his father's mantra, so he could only smile bitterly: "Why is father angry again?"
Prince Jing thought about what he said when he got along with Lu Ze this afternoon.
The old prince sighed softly: "The poetry meeting you organized today is actually for Chengze to win over the literati in Beijing, right?"
Li Hongcheng nodded in agreement.
He also knew that he couldn't hide this from his father.
Although my father works in the fields all day long, his thoughts are more delicate than many people in the capital.
"Chengze will never be able to defeat the prince."
The prince was immediately shocked: "Why did father say this?"
The old prince said calmly: "My intuition."
Li Hongcheng: "..."
The old prince slapped his son on the head and started to curse again: "I told you not to get involved in royal affairs, but you son of a bitch just didn't listen and spent all day visiting brothels with those bullshit literati."
At this time, Li Hongcheng just remained silent while being beaten.
After a long time, the messy-haired prince said quietly: "Father, have you forgotten that we are also members of the royal family? You can stay at home, but can I, my son?"
Prince Jing's figure suddenly stooped, and his face finally showed a bit of age.
"That boy from the Fan family has entered the capital."
"From now on, the murky waters of Kyoto will only become more difficult to see through."
"who
How can we know what the future of Qingguo will be like? "
...
"Guo Baokun."
"You should change your position in the future. You can be a palace editor, but forget it as the prince's companion."
Lu Ze spoke softly to Guo Baokun in front of him. The latter was happily pouring wine for Lu Ze. After listening to Lu Ze's words, his smile suddenly froze and he quickly saluted Lu Ze.
Mr. Guo's voice was slightly trembling: "Your Highness...did I do something wrong?"
Lu Ze waved his hand and took a sip of the jade wine in the cup: "You are not wrong, but I no longer need a companion at my age."
Guo Baokun was the palace editor and the prince's companion, a junior official of the eighth rank.
The reason why he was able to live such a smooth life in Kyoto was partly because he had a father who was the Minister of Rites, and partly because of his relationship with the prince. Although he was the prince's companion, he was actually his playmate. It was okay. When I was there, I introduced the fun and new things in Beijing to the prince.
And right now, Lu Ze doesn't need any playmates at all.
At this time, Guo Baokun was still immersed in deep sadness and didn't know what he had done wrong.
Guo Baokun quickly left in despair. Lu Ze stood in the private room on the top floor of the Yuanshi Residence, looking at the beautiful moonlight in the capital.
Lu Ze naturally had no interest in Guo Baokun. What he was really interested in was his father Guo Youzhi, the Minister of Rites. Everyone in the capital knew that the Minister of Rites belonged to the prince's party, but in fact, the person that Lord Guo really worked for was the eldest princess.
The relationship between Lu Ze and his aunt Li Yunrui is extremely complicated, which is also a headache for Lu Ze.
But he knows that power must be firmly in his own hands.
The Ministry of Rites is in charge of many matters such as sacrifices, etiquette, and imperial examinations in the Qing Dynasty. In modern times, it is estimated that it is a large collection of various departments such as the Ministry of Education + the Ministry of Culture + the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Although the Ministry of Rites has relatively small actual power in the Qing Dynasty, its real use is not Small.
Especially when Fan Xian, the illegitimate son, came to Beijing.
Lu Ze needs Guo Youzhi, the minister, to truly stand with him, not Li Yunrui.
Not surprisingly, after returning home, the devastated Guo Baokun will tell his father about being kicked out of his position as the crown prince's companion. This naive and somewhat cute Mr. Guo actually has some redeeming qualities. , at least heartfelt enough.
It's a pity that Lu Ze is not Li Chengqian's stupid prince who only thinks about his bed.
His opponent was never the second prince, and Lu Ze did not regard this second brother as his opponent. His opponent in this world was Wu Zhu behind Fan Xian, the wheelchair-bound dean of the Overwatch Council, and even Maybe it was Emperor Qing.
This poetry meeting's competition with Fan Xian is just the first step in Lu Ze's plan.
He raised his head and looked out the window at the bright moon hanging in the dark night sky.
Lu Ze murmured to himself: "The night in Qingguo... is so beautiful."
