Fenghou

This is hard to hear. You are not convincing others with your talents, but caring from the inside.

Xu Xiantu couldn't hold back, he coughed heavily, "Please be quiet! Everyone listen to me before making a judgment."

The atrium gradually became quiet. I'm afraid there is only Lu Xiu here, and everyone else has doubts. After all, only Lu Xiu read this poem, and even Li Qingzhao showed surprise.

Xu Xiantu continued: "The poem written by General Chen is called "The Farmhouse". It is the only poem on the farmhouse in the back house. Read it to everyone, and let everyone listen to it, whether it can be listed as the first."

Xu Xiantu cleared his throat and read aloud:

Mo Xiao's farmhouse is full of wine and drunk, and he stays with chicken and dolphin in good years.

Mountain darkly, vista.

Xiaogu follows Chunshe, and the clothes are simple and ancient.

From now on, if Xu Xing leisurely by the moon, knocking on the door every night with a stick.

"Okay! What a mountain and river, there is no way out, and there is another village with dark willows and flowers!"

All the literati present were literati who knew the goods. When this poem came out, everyone was convinced and the applause was extremely enthusiastic.

Xu Xiantu smiled and waved to Chen Qing, and Chen Qing walked out. He was really ashamed and copied a poem to please the beautiful woman, but he didn't expect to get No.1. He didn't like this kind of fame.

Chen Qing stepped forward bravely, bowed and saluted, "See Grand Scholar!"

"General Chen, can you tell us where the scene in this poem is?"

Chen Qing said with a wry smile: "This is my childhood memory. I saw in Qinzhou that the villages along the way were ruined and deserted. I miss the past very much, so I wrote this poem!"

The atrium was very quiet. Chen Qing's words were a bit disappointing. Xu Xiantu laughed, "General Chen is concerned about the country and the people. It is admirable. The poem is well written. No.1 is what everyone expects!"

Shen should see that Lu Xiu looked at Chen Qing with tenderness and love, and secretly screamed in his heart that something was wrong. His only advantage was writing, and he used his literary talent to overwhelm Chen Qing's martial arts. Now Chen Qing's poems are also overwhelming him. It's really hard to win a beautiful woman's heart, and you can't admit defeat like this.

Shen Gai looked to his friend Liu Huan for help, and Liu Huan nodded knowingly. He came to his uncle Liu Jin, a scholar, and whispered a few words to him.

Liu Jin glanced at Shen Gai with a half-smile, of course he also knew about Lu Yihao's marriage proposal to Chen Qing, and now Chen Qing has overwhelmed Shen Gai, which is quite interesting.

Liu Jin coughed lightly, and said with a smile to Zhang Jun: "I think propositional poems limit the talents of the three of them a bit. Why don't we let them go and let the three of them write poems and inscriptions on the spot, how about it?"

Liu Jin's suggestion won the approval of most of the literati present. After all, it was a bit embarrassing for a general to win the first place in the poetry competition. Before Zhang Jun could express his opinion, everyone cheered together, "Good! Good suggestion!"

Zhang Jun glanced at Chen Qing, seeing Chen Qing's proud expression without any fear, then looked at Lu Yihao, Lu Yihao nodded slightly.

Zhang Jun got up and said with a smile: "Yesterday, the government gave me a pearl, which is as big as a walnut. Then we will use this pearl as a prize, and ask the three of you to compose a poem to express your ambition. There is a stick of incense for a limited time." !"

Zhang Jun took out a large pearl that was extremely round and radiant, which was as big as a walnut, and put it on a plate. Everyone looked at this pearl with envy. One must know that a pearl can be as big as a sparrow egg. , it is already rare, this one is as big as a walnut and so round, it is simply a rare treasure in the world.

The three young people came off the stage again, Xu Xiantu smiled and said: "This time you are not restricted, you each write a poem or a poem, although there is no restriction, but you can't write obscene and flamboyant poems."

There was another burst of laughter in the atrium, Xu Xiantu waved his hand, "One stick of incense for a limited time, you all start preparing!"

The entourage quickly started to arrange, brought the table, spread rice paper on it, prepared pens and inks, and one of the entourage lit a stick of incense.

The three of them began to think about it. Although they said that there was no limit to the subject matter, each of them had a ruler in their hearts. For example, today is a birthday banquet, so it would not work to write about Su Dongpo's "Short Pine Hill", and Li Qingzhao's "Desolate and Miserable" It doesn't work either.

Zhao Wenxin looked at his father Zhao Ding, Zhao Ding quietly picked up a birthday peach, Zhao Wenxin immediately realized that his father asked him to write birthday poems.

However, Shen Gai saw an incense burner on the steps. It was a birthday gift sent by the government. He had to take this opportunity to pay respects to the government!

Chen Qing looked at Lu Xiu, who said he couldn't please women, he was right to listen to the opinions of the beautiful women at critical moments.

Lu Xiu smiled sweetly, suddenly her face turned frosty, she turned her palm into a knife, and slashed down with one palm, Chen Qing only felt a chill on his neck, he understood what Lu Xiu meant.

Chen Qing walked to one of the tables and wrote a poem with a pen in his hand. Of course, it was not his original work, but just borrowed.

As the stick of incense went out, Xu Xiantu shouted, "It's time, stop writing!"

All three of them stopped writing and stood aside.

Xu Xiantu said with a smile to everyone: "Today, everyone present will judge together. I will show the poems of the three and see who can win the championship?"

The entourage fixed the rice paper of the three people with a wooden frame and displayed it to everyone.

Zhao Wenxin wrote "Congratulations on the Birthday of Zhang Xianggong's Mansion"

The land is full of outstanding talents and loyal and good, and the auspicious mist is full of dragons and tigers.

Heaven wants to rejuvenate the gods to descend to the mountains, and the world general Jiajing Bisheng Shang.

He Geng Zaobao Plum Blossom Letter, Shoujiu first flies to the cypress leaf cup.

Smile refers to the mountain and the south into a belt, and the long eyebrows and the country are long.

This birthday poem is nominally Mrs. He, but between the lines it is flattering Zhang Jun.

I can only say that it is okay, the layout is not high.

What Shen Gai wrote was "Partridge Sky: Records of the Old Days in Zhongzhou"

At dusk Yingxiang confronts Yuhui.There are piles of palace flowers and road brocades.The sound of whips passed by the Tianjin Bridge, and the shadows of fans opened in front of Xuande Building.

Play Shun music and enter the Yao cup.Noisy cars and horses on Tianjie.The king likes to have fun with the people, and comes from all directions.

As expected of Tanhua, the writing is a bit level, it seems to be flattering the late emperor, but between the lines it is praising the present day, this flattering is full of potential for officialdom.

But this kind of behavior is a bit contemptible. This is not the birthday of the emperor. This guy is obviously taking advantage of Xiangguo's birthday to flatter the emperor. He has little respect for Zhang Xiangguo.

In comparison, they are all flattering, and Zhao Wenxin appears to be kinder than him.

At this time, everyone's eyes fell on Chen Qing's poem manuscript. Everyone's first impression was that the handwriting was very good.This handwriting alone is no worse than the first two. One must know that Shen Gai is Tanhua, and Zhao Wenxin is the No. 17 in the Jinshi Department of the previous session. They are all quite talented, but Chen Qing is only a general, and his calligraphy can be compared with them.

Chen Qing wrote "Pozhenzi·Qin Chuan Xing", which fits his identity very well.

When drunk, he turned on the lamp to watch the sword, and dreamed back to blow the horns. Eight hundred li points burned under his command, fifty strings turned over, and the battlefield fell into the autumn.

Ma Fei's Lu Feikui, his bow like a thunderbolt. However, the monarch did things in the world and won his last name. Poor white happened!

As soon as this poem came out, the atrium was amazed immediately. The classic phrase of "the mountain is heavy and the river is full of doubts, there is no way out, and the willows are dark and the flowers are bright in another village" has already made everyone sigh. Now there is another impassioned army poem, which is even more impressive. The blood is surging, as if returning to the desolate northwest, where the drums are rumbling on the battlefield.

This time, Xu Xiantu was no longer polite, and he said loudly: "I propose that "Broken Time" win, and if you have any objections, please raise your hand!"

There was no sound in the atrium, no one raised their hands, even Liu Huan wanted to protect the interests of his good friend, at this moment he had nothing to say, Shen Gai was full of despair, he had no intention of staying any longer, turned around and quietly left the Zhang residence.

Shen should know that Chen Qing must have conquered Lu Xiu's heart as soon as the song "Broken" came out.

Chapter 264 Selection

The hustle and bustle and heat waves of the day have disappeared, and there is a cool breeze at night, which gradually calms people down.

Lu Yihao paced back and forth in the study, he was really in a dilemma.

Today Chen Qing performed very well, with responsibility and courage, and even drove the golden man who everyone feared out of the palace.

Not only that, he also showed a transcendent literary level, a poem, a word, established his reputation as a Confucian general.

Lu Yihao's heart was a little bit moved again. With such a great talent as his grandson-in-law, why worry about the future of the Lu family?

But the only thing that worried Lu Yihao was Chen Qing's ambition.

Lu Yihao also grew up in the Northwest since he was a child. He knows very well that the isolation from the imperial court in the Northwest can easily lead to warlords wanting to separate themselves, just as Liaodong’s isolation from the Sui and Tang courts eventually led to the Anshi Rebellion, which also gave birth to Khitans and Jurchens. .

Chen Qing, a military general who was excluded from the civil service system, also hated the system of civil service in charge of the military. Once he seized military power and controlled local government affairs, with his ambition, would he be willing to be manipulated by the court like Wang Yan and Liu Ziyu?

This is Lu Yihao's vision of the prime minister, far-reaching and penetrating.

But on the other hand, once Chen Qing enters the civil service and becomes a part of the civil service, then he may become a defender of the civil service system. With his achievements and courage, it is inevitable to worship the prime minister.

The Lu family was very lucky to have such a grandson-in-law.

Lu Yihao's heart to repent of the marriage was a little shaken again, but it was only shaken, not completely cancelled.

The key is the appearance of Shen Gai, which really moved Lu Yihao's heart. Shen Gai is the direct son of Wu Xing Shen's family. From the time when he crossed the south in clothes and the founding of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Wu Xing Shen's family gradually became a big family in the south of the Yangtze River, so that the empress of the Tang Dynasty and the biological mother of Dezong Shen Zhenzhu He was born in the Shen family of Wu Xing.

This big family has lasted for hundreds of years, and until today, it has become one of the largest famous families in the south of the Yangtze River.

The current Song Dynasty is the Song Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River, which is essentially the same as traveling south in clothes. The status of the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River gradually became more important in the court.

Lu Yihao's biggest shortcoming now is that he does not have the support of the big Jiangnan family, which makes him unstable. If he marries the Shen family, it will just make up for Lu Yihao's biggest shortcoming.

Therefore, marrying granddaughter Lu Xiu to the Shen family has become one of Lu Yihao's two must choices.

On one side is Chen Qing, the proud son of heaven, and on the other side is Shen Gai from a Jiangnan family. Lu Yihao is really in a dilemma.

At this time, the eldest son Lu Jin said at the door: "Father, the two uncles have arrived!"

Lu Yihao hurriedly said, "Let them in!"

After a while, two middle-aged men came in, they were Lu Yihao's second brother, Lu Datong, and third brother, Lu Qingshan, both of whom were from the imperial examination, one served as Shaoqing in Guanglu Temple, and the other had just been appointed as the governor of Fuzhou.

"I invite you here so late, mainly because I can't get an idea on something, and I want to hear your opinions!"

"It's a rare opportunity to help big brother solve problems!"

The three brothers sat down, and a maid came in to serve tea. When the maid left, Lu Yihao sighed and told the two brothers about the difficulty of choosing a son-in-law.

Lu Datong smiled and said, "Are you in such a hurry? It doesn't hurt to observe and observe."

"Hey! Excellent men don't wait for others. Any Jinshi is not a sweet pastry. He will snatch it when he comes out. It's rare that Tan Hualang hasn't settled on the marriage yet. I'm afraid that if I delay it, I will be snatched away by others. At least I have to give it to him first." He's a miss."

Lu Qingshan pondered for a moment and said: "Brother said that Chen Qing's ambitions are relatively large, is this recognized by everyone, or is it my brother's own opinion?"

"It's my opinion. If his ambitions are revealed, he will be taken down this time when he enters Beijing. But Zhu Shengfei also wrote a letter accusing him of this, suing the government, saying that Chen Qing did not abide by the rules."

Lu Datong and Lu Qingshan looked at each other, Lu Datong said: "Why don't you ask Xiu'er what she wants?"

Lu Yihao waved his hand, "This is related to the vital interests of the family, and we can't do it according to her ideas, please speak frankly!"

"The little brother just said it straight."

Lu Qingshan pondered for a while and said: "I personally think that Chen Qing's interests are far away, and the risk is very high. Once he really wants to stand on his own as the elder brother said, the Lu family will definitely be implicated. Compared with The Shen family's marriage will have immediate results, and the support of the Jiangnan family will be of great benefit to consolidating the eldest brother's position, and the benefits of this marriage will continue to last for a hundred years."

Lu Yihao nodded, the third brother's opinion touched his heart, he looked at Lu Datong again, "What do you think of the second brother?"

"I still had the previous idea. Since the two men are both excellent, we should let Xiu'er choose by herself. After all, it is related to her life's happiness."

Although Lu Datong's answer was pertinent, Lu Yihao was dissatisfied. He was silent for a moment and said, "Thank you two brothers, I will think about this matter again!"

……

Lu Xiu walked quickly to her grandfather's study. She wanted to talk to her grandfather. Chen Qing came to visit his grandfather the night before, but she didn't know about it. This made Lu Xiu feel a little worried. She worried that her grandfather would regret the marriage.

Could it be because of Shen Gai's existence that his grandfather had other ideas?

In any case, she wanted to talk to her grandfather and let him understand her wish.

"Xiu'er, where are you going?"

Lu Jin, who was standing at the gate of the courtyard, saw his daughter, and he hurried up to meet her.

"Father, daughter and grandpa want to talk to each other."

"Not now, your grandfather has important matters to deal with, another day!"

Since her grandfather had important state affairs to deal with, Lu Xiu couldn't disturb him, so she had to turn around and go back.

She suddenly remembered something, and said to her father: "Daddy, I want to go to the West Lake with my friends the day after tomorrow, will Daddy agree?"

"you alone?"

"Second brother and Amei are going too."

"That's fine! But I'll be back in the afternoon, so don't play for too long."

As long as the second son goes with him, Lu Jin will not object to his daughter going out to play.

"Father, did General Chen come the night before yesterday?" Lu Xiu asked hesitantly.

Lu Jin smiled and said: "He did come, but he didn't visit your grandfather formally, but sent a batch of treasures, which were dedicated to the emperor, so he only stayed for a short time before leaving."

'That's the case, it's my grandfather's fault! '

Lu Xiu thought to herself, then turned and left.

Looking at his daughter going away, Lu Jin couldn't bear it. He has two sons and a daughter. Both sons are weak and gentle, just like himself.

However, my daughter is like a boy. She has dared to think and act since she was a child, and is very naughty. As she grows up, she looks more and more like her grandfather when she was young. She has a strong personality and is not easy to compromise. The frailty and reserve of a girl.

The daughter's personality sometimes gives Lu Jin a headache, but his father regards this granddaughter as a treasure, and loves her more than his grandson.

What Lu Jin is most worried about now is that his daughter obviously likes Chen Qing. If his grandfather chooses the Shen family, how will he reconcile the conflict with his daughter?

……

Before dawn the next day, Chen Qing got up.

Today is the day for his presentation, which was initiated by the Privy Council. He doesn't know who will come. Generally speaking, the level of debriefing made by the state system is not too high, and the deputies are usually involved.