[Red House] Ban'er's Road to Imperial Examination

"Brother Yue, what do you mean?"

Xue Baochai, who had always been calm, couldn't help becoming anxious. Wang Yue smiled slightly and said, "I wrote a few poems, and asked some aunts to help me correct them."

"Of course, of course, as elders, we naturally have to help."

Tanchun took a deep breath, barely restrained the smile on her face from being too revealing, then walked up to Wang Yue, took the paper, and under the fiery eyes of all the sisters, she opened her mouth and said: "First First, Wang Zhaojun’s pipa is out of the fortress, hey, it’s this one?”

After all, Lin Daiyu had contact with her father in some official affairs, and she was a little more sensitive. When she heard this question, she asked, "But the court raised the matter of marriage again?"

Wang Yue nodded and said: "The south has not been peaceful in the past few years. The Nan'an Palace sits on the border between Qianxiang Kingdom and our Qing Dynasty. It has been fighting back and forth for more than ten years. The Ministry of Households has long been clamoring that it can't take it anymore. It also coincided with a three-month drought in the northwest this year, and the food there could not be counted on this year. Therefore, someone in the court proposed to send a princess to marry each other, so as to ease the tension between Qing Dynasty and Qianxiang Kingdom. relationship, so as to ease the financial pressure on the court.”

"Then why did you write three poems, one against, one in favor, and one impartial and neutral?"

"Someone in the court raised this proposal, and naturally there will be some people who object to it. Although we candidates also have our own opinions, what should be written depends on the opinion of the examiner. If the examiner disagrees, you can write a letter of approval. , then basically there is no play, so I can only follow the examiner's wishes, and at the end of the day, we must remain neutral and impartial. This year's government exam is in charge of the exam by Song Pingzhang, the magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture. I don’t know what the chief examiner means? So I can only prepare three poems in advance, and if it’s really not possible, I can only choose the middle one.”

If Jia Baoyu heard Wang Yue's words, he would definitely scold him for slandering and flattering her, but these sisters can understand that they all need to please Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang in Jia's family, so they naturally know that as the people below, they can't do it. To have their own attitude, everything depends on the meaning of the above, so they agree with Wang Yue's choice very much.

Among these sisters and sisters-in-law, Li Wan just smiled and watched from the side. She didn't want to interfere in this kind of thing. Unlike these little girls who are not yet married, the family is naturally more relaxed about them. She is married to be a daughter-in-law Since her husband had passed away early, it is natural to be cautious in everything. She can just watch this kind of thing, and it is absolutely impossible to intervene.

Although Yingchun and Xichun are also very interested in this, they also know their own background. Naturally, their poetic talent is not as good as that of Xue Lin. Compared with their sister Tanchun, they are naturally inferior. This kind of thing Naturally, they just watched.

Both Tanchun and Xue Baochai felt that they were talented, but they chose to be daughters, and their talents could not be displayed.I usually read and write poems in private, and I never thought that I could be on the list even if I took part in the imperial examination with my own talent. Now I just gave them the opportunity.

Brother Ruoyue can use their poems to answer the exam papers and stand out from all the men, isn't it a testament to their talents.

Lin Daiyu herself is also conceited about her talent. When the imperial concubine asked everyone to write poems, she wanted to display her talents and amaze everyone, but she didn't want the imperial concubine to check Baoyu's homework intentionally. She only gave one poem to each of the sisters, and Baoyu wrote the rest. In the end, I wrote a song for Baoyu, but it was full of meaning. Now that the opportunity is presented to her, she must give full play to her talent today and help Brother Yue.

Thinking of this, Lin Daiyu's heart was burning. She briefly glanced at Wang Yue's poems, and felt a little disdainful in her heart. She was about to write down her own, so that he could see that her talent was not inferior to that of men.

But she never thought that just as she raised her hand, Xue Baochai privately tugged at her sleeve.

Lin Daiyu stopped the pen in her hand, turned her head and glanced at Xue Baochai, and saw Xue Baochai beckoning her to take a look at Wang Yue, Lin Daiyu turned her head and saw Yue brother talking to Tanchun with a smile Noticing this, Lin Daiyu was still wondering why Xue Baochai insisted on letting her see Brother Yue. She was about to ask, but suddenly she understood what Xue Baochai meant.

Although Brother Yue said that he wanted them to correct it, he naturally meant to let them revise it. It would be fine for them to help revise Brother Yue's poem.

If brother Yue is open-minded, that's fine, but if he is narrow-minded and feels that he has lost face in front of girls as a man, I'm afraid...

After all, not everyone is Baoyu, and if they think girls are so high, even if they are not as good as them, they don't feel bad, but take it for granted.

Thinking of this, the enthusiasm in Lin Daiyu's heart suddenly cooled down a lot, but modifying a few words, anyone can do it, how can she show her inner talent?

"Sister Bao and Sister Lin also encountered difficulties today. Could it be that this poem is so difficult to write?"

Seeing that the two of them hadn't started writing for a long time, Yingchun couldn't help asking, writing a poem by Wang Zhaojun with their talents is just a trivial matter. Could it be that this matter is too important to hesitate?

"Although this topic seems easy, we can't just write about boudoir grievances like we usually do, but use boudoir grievances to express our aspirations, not to mention that according to Brother Yue's meaning just now, this is to use the past to explain the present, which is another It's getting harder!"

Although Lin Daiyu was unwilling, she still liked Wang Yue very much, so she thought of his face and found a reason.

"What's more rare is that it needs to limit the rhyme, and like an eight-legged essay, it has to break the topic and inherit the topic, start the lecture, enter the topic, start the section, and the middle section, and then need the back section and the section. There are too many requirements, and it is really not easy. Write."

"It's so difficult to write," Xichun exclaimed immediately upon hearing this, "I thought it would be easy, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult. We all prepare like this here. If it's in the examination room, wouldn't it be so difficult?" It's harder to write."

Lin Daiyu changed her mind when she heard this, and felt that it was too easy for her to think. There are many requirements and time constraints for the test post poems. It is difficult to write them out in a proper manner. It is even more difficult!

Furthermore, the imperial examination is related to the future of one's life, and candidates must consider all kinds of things when writing essays, not only the attitude of the chief examiner, but also the decision of the court. This cannot be offended, and that cannot be offended. It is like their boudoir women writing poems Freedom, no wonder Brother Yue's writing is not good.

Even if I think I have the talent of catkins, I am afraid that it will be difficult to write very well when I meet the exam.

Then I think that brother Yue is only eight years old this year. I have never been able to compare with brother Yue when I was eight years old. Besides, if brother Yue can pass the county examination, he must write stereotyped essays well, and he can draw. It is understandable that the poems are not well written.

So Lin Daiyu suddenly became happy again and said: "This test post poem has a lot of concerns. We are afraid that we will not be able to write it. We can only help Brother Yue to change the words. I am afraid that there is not much else we can do."

"There is some truth to what you say. Brother Yue has already written very well."

Tanchun said the same thing, Yingchun and Xichun looked at each other, although they didn't understand why Sister Lin and Sister Bao, who had always been proud of their talents, were so humble today, but seeing Tanchun say the same thing, they couldn't figure it out He also kept his mouth shut and just watched.

After hearing this, Wang Yue couldn't figure out why Lin's sister Xue Baochai and others said that because they were afraid of losing their face. He couldn't help but smiled wryly, he really didn't care about this so-called face.

The imperial examination is not as easy as he thought before. It doesn't mean that you can pass the exam if you memorize all the four books and five classics, it depends on how well the article is written.

In his opinion, stereotyped essays are also simple. Stereotyped essays are like argumentative essays. First, I explain the words of the sages with the sages' books, and then put forward my own point of view. Okay, as long as you remember the rules all the time, put together some allusions, and look more literary, it's not bad.

But when it comes to writing poems, what the hell is that? He was able to write these poems or he racked his brains to write them together, barely reaching the passing line, brilliant?That's a no-brainer.

But Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai and others are different. In ancient times, men were superior to women, and there was a saying that women's lack of talent is virtue, so there are not many talented women who can leave their names in history.

Although Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai are fictitious characters, they are well-known talented women in the history of literature, which is recognized by everyone later.

In the world of Red Mansions, they are no longer fictitious, but real people with flesh and blood, but their talents have not changed.

With such a talented woman by his side, Wang Yue certainly wanted to cheat.

Unexpectedly, they took care of their own face, but fortunately, they were willing to help revise his horrible poems, which was considered to have achieved their goal.Now Mr. can no longer say that his poems are not good!

The author has something to say: After reading everyone's comments, many of them don't like the Qing Dynasty background very much, and hope to change it to a superficial one, so I would like to ask everyone, should we continue to use the Qing Dynasty background or a superficial one?