Don't be a prince

Chapter 2 and Four

Only then did Li Chengqian know what burden Zhang Yun was talking about, a wealthy family?Don't even think about it, the five surnames and seven hopes must be mixed in.I thought these guys would retreat in spite of difficulties, but in the end they stopped playing shady tricks and played shady tricks?

Seeing Li Chengqian's unsightly face, Li Gang sneered and said, "What boy, do you think the old man will fail?"

Li Chengqian shook his head: "No, my disciples naturally know your knowledge, but there is no shortage of talents in this field among the wealthy families in this economic society. If they fight with each other, you may not be able to withstand it. Even though you are a senior, you can't stand it A bunch of underdogs are bullying you, aren't you?"

Hearing the disciple's flattery, Li Gang's face softened.Little did they know that in the eyes of Yang Du and others, all this was indeed a naked provocation.This old man is clearly showing off his apprentices with his brothers.

asshole!This old man will select one or two to pass on among the students tomorrow, and I will not let you, an old man, be better than the former!

"Wheel fighting is inevitable, and even if they don't use wheel fighting, the old man is not sure of winning in terms of economics. If I really want to say, the old man is on the same level as the patriarch of the Hao clan. As long as the old monsters in their clan come out, the old man It might be defeated."

Although the five surnames are annoying, the most indispensable thing in their ethnic group is people, um, talents.They were able to gain the respect of the world, the respect of the imperial court, and the fear of the royal family because of their huge heritage.And the foundation of the aristocratic family, the most indispensable thing is people.

Yang Du also frowned, and pondered: "Lao Li's words are not to admit cowardice. I used to discuss knowledge with an elder of the Wang family five years ago. At that time, many juniors were in front of me. Otherwise, I would not be able to step down at that time.”

When Yang Du said that, everyone was surprised.

Lao Yang originally belonged to the Yang family, although he was a distant relative of the royal family, but in the Sui Dynasty, he used the cheapness of the Tian family to read a lot of books, and his knowledge was recognized by everyone as inferior.Even he almost couldn't get off the stage, let alone them.

Seeing that all the great Confucians looked worried, Li Chengqian smiled: "Gentlemen, are we taking it for granted? Since the aristocratic family has a profound background, why do we have to compare with them? Can't we compare literary talents?"

Li Gang glanced at Li Chengqian, said hey, "Boy, it's poetry. Do you think we are their opponents? Don't look at their names, but know that there is no shortage of good poets in the clan!"

This time, Li Chengqian's laughter became more confident: "Gentlemen, I feel that we may not be able to win, as long as..."

After listening to Li Chengqian's words, several old gentlemen also laughed, and Yao Silian smiled meanly: "Although the old man is editing the Liang Shu, we also want to record the stories of our Tang Dynasty. When the Liang Shu is finished, the old man will put this The matter is recorded in the Tang book, and it should be well publicized. After all, it is a big event in the prosperous literary world, so how can it be done without thick ink and color."

Hearing Yao Silian's words, several great scholars couldn't help laughing out loud. As long as it is a history book written by Yao Silian, even if it is a Tang book, future generations will definitely follow it. Then such an embarrassment... a grand event in the literary world, really want to Famous through the ages.

Yang Du looked at Li Chengqian distrustfully, frowned and said, "I don't doubt the prince's literary talents, but..."

Before Yang Du finished speaking, Li Gang said leisurely: "Old Yang, how about it, do you want to gamble again, the old man's house has not been lived in for a while, I'm afraid it's all dusty, and I need a cleaner."

Yang Du really paid off the last bet.Although it's just a joke between the old people, as long as the bet is established, even if the head is on the ground, it must be completed.

As soon as he was about to agree, he was held back by Chen Sidao.

Old man Chen knows the old bastard Li Gang too well. As long as he says that, he must have confidence.

I just don't know how he has such confidence in the prince. Although the young is better than the blue, but the 11-year-old surpasses the 80-year-old, is it possible?

After finalizing the things to be done, the bell rang for the end of the recess time, and several old gentlemen who had classes hurried to the classroom.

Pushing the old man out of the meeting room, Li Chengqian smiled and said, "Master Li, this disciple will return to Chang'an right now, and ask Father for orders!"

Li Gang nodded. The old man felt that Li Chengqian, who was able to write "The Story of the Youth of the Tang Dynasty", might really be able to handle it.

Li Chengqian didn't even eat lunch when he arrived at the college in the morning, so he went back to Chang'an.

Seeing that the emperor's father wanted what he wanted, Li Chengqian wrote a piece of paper with a sly smile and sent it to the college's printing shop, and asked the prince who had just recovered to full capacity to post the notice everywhere.

People in Chang'an are used to seeing the government's news from time to time, so they don't ask about what is updated in the column.Peasants who don't even know how to write their names are not interested in words unless it is something very important, but at that time there must be people who can read and pass them on to each other.

The common people don't care much, but nobles, aristocratic families, and officials pay special attention.The one who won the Tai Chi Hall now is now the one who has completely secured the position of the Ninth Five-Year Lord, and the people below all have to act according to his face.

They thought it was the emperor who issued another announcement, but when they saw the beginning, they were stunned.

"Too... the crown prince taught?"

"What's going on, the prince actually sent out the prince's teaching?"

Foolish people would only think that it was the prince who issued the Prince's Teachings, but smart people knew that the Crown Prince had not been involved in politics, and if he wanted to send out the Prince's Teachings, he must have obtained the emperor's consent.In other words, even if this is the teaching of the prince, it can be regarded as the meaning of the emperor.

Once again, the rich and powerful families gathered in Chang'an, and when they heard that the prince had taught them, they immediately ordered their children to read the content.

Zheng Cuan, the head of the Zheng family in Xingyang, came to Chang'an this time with the purpose of promoting the family's reputation.

The stupid Cui family of Qinghe was defeated by the crown prince during the locust plague, and that miserable bastard Cui Bei went crazy in front of the court. Not only the Cui family of Qinghe, but also they were all affected. A "can't afford to lose" reputation.

The most important thing in a famous family is the clansman, but the face of the clan is more important than the lives of the clansmen.

After the original Patriarch went back, he was revoked. Now that he has become the Patriarch, no matter what, he must get back the position that the previous one lost!

Just when he was holding the teacup and was about to crush it, the clansman who went out to check on the Prince's Sect came back.

"Reporting to the Patriarch, the Prince taught that the academy is unwilling to discuss the scriptures with the aristocratic family. They admit defeat. If they really want to discuss, they should not use the big to bully the small, or the more to bully the less. The academy has just been established, and the most important thing is the lack of classics. The aristocratic family should not I don't know about this kind of thing, but now I insist on a competition, I don't know what it means.

The prince's teaching also said that although the academy does not compete in scriptures, if it is in poetry and songs, they don't even need to send great Confucianists to appear on the stage. Only the prince alone can destroy my family.On June 23, the crown prince set up a ring in front of the academy gate. Not only aristocratic families, but also ministers of civil and military affairs, even old peasants in the countryside can challenge him.If they are defeated, the academy's signboard can be taken away. "

"Just the prince alone? Hehehe, my family is really underestimated! So what about poetry and poetry? It's just a small way! Zheng Jiang, pass on the decree of our patriarch. Among the members of the Zheng clan in Chang'an, those who are proud of their strengths in poetry and poetry will come. The old man came to the mansion, and after the old man tested them face to face, he took them and smashed the signboard of the academy! It’s forgivable for heaven to do evil, but it’s self-inflicted, you can’t live!”

Zheng Jiang saw that the head of his family was smiling horribly, so he couldn't help seeing the prince clearly.

Flashy kid! You are only 11 years old, dare to be so rampant, let's see how you end up!

The same thing happened in various mansions in Chang'an.When they learned that the prince had put down the arena to challenge the entire wealthy family by himself, they were all furious, and swore to make the prince look good.

On June 23, it was the midsummer season. Since the early morning, horse-drawn carriages had been rushing out of Fangshi and out of Chang'an City.There are only one car or two, it is too much if there is an endless stream!

The citizens of Chang'an who didn't get the chance to walk the streets were about to open their mouths to complain, but suddenly saw the imperial army, and immediately moved to the two sides with their buttocks between their legs.Sure enough, not long after, His Majesty's imperial chariot also passed by.

My God, what day is it today?Why are all the nobles going crazy, and His Majesty the Emperor is also going crazy?

Ordinary people naturally don't know the truth, but whoever has the status doesn't know, today is the day when all kinds of literary figures come to the academy for appointments.

The court meeting will not be held, the emperor ordered the suspension of the court for one day the day before, ordering all civil and military officials to go to the academy, and those who are talented and learned can come to the court casually, so as to teach the crown prince what is humility.

Naturally, the courtiers would not take this sentence seriously. Judging from the fact that several speech officials were fleeing from afar, the emperor was obviously for the crown prince. Even such a major event as the killing of the Japanese envoy was ignored.Today's resignation from the imperial court is not so much that you can't miss such a grand event, but that the emperor is going to support his son.

On the banks of the Weishui River, the Forbidden Army, Zuo Wuwei, and the Crown Prince personally inspected the venue. Everyone who entered the venue had to be searched.

Li Chengqian was sitting on the temporary wooden arena. The so-called arena was just a wooden platform slightly higher than the ground.The things on the platform are very simple, just two chairs facing each other, and two table cases juxtaposed together.

The chairs prepared for the later students in the warehouse were moved outside by the diligent early students.At this time, it doesn't matter whether you are a wealthy family or a minister of civil and military affairs, the seat is the same.The only difference is that the emperor and the old gentlemen of the college are all old gentlemen. Making hard benches is not good for the old waist, so they all sit on fur sofas.

This time, there were a lot of onlookers, all of whom came to watch the excitement. Those who were not of sufficient status could only stay outside the encirclement of the imperial army. Even so, they couldn't help stretching their necks to see what His Highness the Crown Prince looked like.In the past, the prince was only known to be kind and benevolent, but now the prince is still challenging those bearded old scholars at such a young age, he really is a young hero.

While everyone was waiting, the emperor's car, Shanshan, arrived late.

When the emperor entered the arena, everyone naturally had to salute.Without the later broken problems, even the common people just bowed and saluted.The emperor didn't go on a formal trip, and he didn't put on a show, so naturally he didn't need to pay respects.

After getting off the imperial chariot, Li Shimin smiled and was invited by Li Tai to sit on the judging panel.

When the emperor took his seat, all the people sat down again.

The emperor appeared here, and he didn't know whether it was good or bad.

After taking a sip of tea, Li Shimin looked around and saw that there were many famous scholars from Luoyang and other places, so he nodded.These people are extremely upright people, presumably very credible.first launch.. ..

Everyone present was almost gone, so Li Chengqian walked onto the ring and saluted slightly: "Everyone, I am the prince of Tang Dynasty alone, and also the vice president of Zhenguan College, but today I just appeared as the vice president of Zhenguan College. Here. I heard that many people feel that the teaching strength of my academy is insufficient, and they are suspected of misleading students. Originally, it was Master Li who set up the ring here. However, Master Li is too old, and his disciples do his best, so today is a lonely Let's set up a ring here. If you come to challenge, if you can't even beat an 11-year-old kid like Gu, let alone challenge Master Li, which is a joke!"

As soon as the words were finished, a guy with the appearance of a servant came out and entered the ring without hesitation.

Based on the principle of friendship first, Li Chengqian completed mutual courtesy with him.

"His Royal Highness, the villain is a servant of the Wang family. I heard that you set up the ring. Anyone can challenge me. I wonder if the villain is qualified?"

Looking at the clear calluses on this "servant"'s hand, I don't know what kind of work he did in the Wang family to grind out the marks like holding a pen.

However, the status of servants is also interesting, and the nobles are not idiots. Since Li Chengqian set up the arena as Li Gang's disciples, they can also use their own "servants" to fight.No matter who it is, it doesn't hurt to lose, and it doesn't matter if you win...hehe.

Even so, some people couldn't help but reveal the true identity of the servant.

"He's still a servant, bah. This old man knows him. He should be Wang Qiao, who is a direct descendant of the Wang family. He has volunteered to go to the world and learn from the one from a hundred schools of thought. I heard that this man's literary talent is unusual, and he is from the old family in the Jiangnan and Jin Dynasties. , no one can stop him."

"The crown prince was originally Taishi Li's disciple, so it's quite normal to stand in the ring like this, and it's a good thing to fight for the master, but it's a bit deceptive for the Wang family to do this!"

...

Ignoring the discussion in the room, nodded, Li Chengqian said: "Since Gu said that anyone is allowed to come, naturally it has nothing to do with identity. I don't know this servant, what project are you going to challenge Gu?"

The servant of the Wang family showed a row of white teeth: "Since His Royal Highness lets you decide, why don't the two of us compose poems together! Since the project is selected by the villain, the crown prince is invited to come up with the title of this poem."

However, Li Chengqian shook his head: "It's so inappropriate. If Gu is a proposition, it will inevitably fall into the shoes of others. It is said that Gu has found someone to prepare the poems in advance. How about..." Li Chengqian looked at the room, according to the outside With the signal given by Zhang Yun, his attention fell on Wang Ying, the new head of the Wang family.

"Why don't we let the old man come up with the question."

Ah.

Ignoring everyone's surprised gazes, Wang Ying stood up directly and said, "His Royal Highness pointed at me casually, but I didn't expect to point at this old man, hehe, but this old man won't let others talk, so let His Majesty come up with the question."

After finishing speaking, he bowed his hands to the emperor on the judging panel.

Seeing that the ball was kicked back, Li Shimin smiled: "Mr. Wang will find it on my head, but no matter what, I have prepared it for a long time, come, take a box and some papers, let everyone present Everyone writes a topic, and someone randomly selects it.”

The emperor's method can be said to be fair and selfless. Even the person who selected the topic was a thin peasant randomly selected from the crowd.

Soon, the young farmer took out a piece of paper, and carefully held it to the sergeant, who held the note high and placed it in front of the emperor.

Unfolding the paper, Li Shimin smiled slightly, spread out the note and said, "This topic is quite simple, Chun."

spring?

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, this seems to be a bit simpler.

Sure enough, Wang Qiao opened his mouth almost after walking a few steps: "In spring, the spring breeze blows across the south of the Yangtze River, and the moss grows spots on the steps. The rain of apricot blossoms continues, and the branches are safe."

After reading the poem, there was an immediate applause.

A good five-character poem can be made in a few steps, and its literary talent is not inferior to Cao Zhi's.

It's just surprising that when Wang Qiao started to return the salute, the silent prince over there also spoke.

Moreover, once you open your mouth, there is no end!

"The journey back to the prairie: To the north of Yunzhong City and to the west of the barren mountains, the pasture grass grows low and the clouds are low. Several marmots compete for warm slopes, and some cattle and sheep step on the spring mud. The random flowers are becoming more attractive to the eyes, and the shallow grass can have no horseshoes. My favorite grassland is insufficient, green plains Put on all your spring clothes."

After reading, Li Chengqian still admired his own wisdom a little bit.Although you can't write poems alone, you can learn from them alone!As long as there is a format, just change the words and sentences in it.As for myself who has learned pinyin, it is not too simple to replace one or two words.

After the chuckle was over, but no cheers were heard, Li Chengqian raised his head and saw that everyone, including Wang Qiao, was looking at him in astonishment.

"This...is there a problem with the poem you wrote alone?"

The prince's voice sounded, and everyone in the field came back to their senses.

Today, it really opened my eyes!

In the past, there was Wang Qiao who made a poem in a few steps, and now there is a prince who is a little behind, but it is not at the same level at all!

Although Wang Qiao's poems are good, they are five-character poems, and the sum of four lines is only twenty characters.

And what about the prince?Seven words!There are 56 characters in total! !

That’s all for such a length, the key is not to make random nonsense, it’s all about the prince’s personal experience on his way back from his expedition to the grassland.After listening to the whole process, it seems that I am also in the team returning from the victory, facing the grassland that I hated before, and it is too late to appreciate it.

This....

After recognizing the facts, including several ancestor-level figures who were the "cards" of the family, they all showed shock.

Those who write a pen and think hard and become a poem should be regarded as everyone, such as Cao Zhi and Wang Qiao who can write five-character and four-line poems in a few steps, they should be geniuses;

Yang Du, who was in the judges' seat, was shaking with the hand holding the teacup.Unable to bear the impoliteness, he pointed at the prince and asked Li Gang: "The evildoer you taught?"

Li Gang chuckled: "I don't have this kind of talent, it's nothing more than a master leading me in, and the cultivation depends on the individual. Lao Yang, you can find a direct disciple, but can you find such a monster as the old man's beloved disciple?"

Not only Yang Du, but also the teacups in Li Shimin's hands fell on the table.

I used to think that the prince might be very good at poetry. After the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, he still wanted to find an opportunity to show the boy how good I am.Just looking at it today, it's better not to compete with your son when you are a father.

Ok.

Wang Ying had already planned to accept compliments and show off her family by the way, but now, she sat in front of a chair without knowing it.

It's hard to live up to the reputation!The prince's intelligence is like a monster, it really is not bragging!

Chapter 2 and five have passed!

"it is good!"

Li Gang was the first one to make a sound, why shouldn't his apprentice be silent?Although I was shocked enough, if I didn't know the apprentice's personality, I would really doubt the source of this poem.

With Li Gang's start, everyone naturally clapped their hands and applauded.

Scanning the audience, Li Chengqian returned the salute with a smile, but the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

All the patriarchs and civil servants of the rich families in the audience clapped their hands and applauded, but what are you two, Yuchi Laohei and Cheng Youzi?

Although Wang Qiao came from a family, he was someone who could afford to lose.