The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 1743 "Climbing Yueyang Tower"

Zhang Zongshi sighed softly: "Zhang Longxiang, finally got the dog food."

Many scholars present looked at Zhang Zongshi in surprise. These words were an insult to Zhang Longxiang as Qingjun's dog. However, if you think about it carefully, Zhang Longxiang is not a virtual saint, but a scholar in the literary world. The Hall of Ceremonies will not pursue him. If Zhang Longxiang becomes a great Confucian, After Zhang Zongshi said this, the Lidian sent people to investigate.

After Zhang Zongshi finished speaking, he realized that he had made a mistake and laughed at himself: "Even Zhang Mingzhou had to hand in a certificate of surrender when he came to Shengyuan Continent. I also wanted to learn and handed in a certificate of surrender to the Governor."

Everyone smiled. They originally thought Zhang Zongshi was abrupt, but when he laughed at himself, they thought it was nothing.

"It seems that the governor's meeting before the cultural conference will be interesting."

"Qingjun is indeed ruthless. He suffered a loss when he met Fang Xusheng for the first time. He immediately caused trouble the second time he met Fang Xusheng. Zhang Longxiang is now an official in the Qing Kingdom. Qingjun will not know how to ridicule Fang Xusheng. ”

"This is a great move to kill many birds with one stone. Since Zhang Longxiang is an official of Qingguo, as long as Wenbi defeats Fang Xusheng, it means that Qingguo has defeated Jingguo. Previously, Fangxu Shengwen defeated Qingguo. Everything will disappear."

"It's broken!" Zhang Zongshi suddenly shouted softly, with a serious look on his face.

"Brother Zhang, what's wrong?"

Zhang Zongshi looked worried and said: "Since Zhang Longxiang has joined the Qing Kingdom, after this competition with Fang Xu Shengwen, no matter whether he wins or loses, he can go directly to the north to fight against the grass barbarians, and then follow Fang Xu Sheng's letter of war and let Fang Xusheng will decide the outcome of the battle with him."

"Brother Zhang can think of it, and the officials of the Qing Kingdom can also think of it. This matter is very likely to happen!"

"For the demon world, Fang Xusheng is still more important than Zhang Longxiang. If both of them arrive in the north of the Great Wall, the barbarians will definitely kill Fang Xusheng first at all costs. Zhang Longxiang will be relatively safe."

"Yes. I have long heard that the Left Chancellor's party once tried their best to force Fang Yun to go to the north to fight against the demon barbarians. However, it is said that many pavilion elders in the Holy Court were dissatisfied. One pavilion elder from aristocratic family even lost his temper and cursed Liu Shan, and finally left Xiang Dang had to give up."

"There are such rumors. This arrangement for Fang Xusheng to be the governor of the two states is also the idea of ​​many elders in the Holy Court. Many people from aristocratic families also contributed, and they don't want Fang Xusheng to go to the north to fight to the death with the grass barbarians."

"Sigh... Now we can only hope that Zhang Longxiang still has a conscience."

Zhang Zongshi stood up, cupped his hands to everyone present, and said, "I'm worried about Fang Xusheng. I really can't sit still, so I'll go to Yueyang Tower in advance."

When everyone heard this, they felt sad. Just before, Zhang Zongshi believed that Fang Xusheng would win.

Seeing Zhang Zongshi leaving, some scholars followed him one after another.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the originally bustling Wenyouju became deserted.

The restaurant owner took a look, handed the restaurant to the waiter, and took a carriage to Yueyang Tower.

Amid the flow of people going to Yueyang Tower, the Qiguo people from the "Zhenglou Society" kept talking and laughing, constantly discussing what happened in Baling City.

"Li Fanming, you are not kind!"

"What's wrong with me?" Li Fanming asked as he walked with the big rabbit on his back.

The big rabbit lay on Li Fanming's back and took a nap on time. He snored quietly and his ears swayed slightly.

"You are obviously a member of the Zhenglou Society, but you helped Fang Yun to shout for Nie Changju to get out of Xiangzhou. Without you, I think it would have taken several days for Nie Changju to be accused."

Li Fanming laughed dryly and said, "I couldn't help it. I will pay attention next time. I will definitely pay attention."

One person laughed and said: "I hope you won't be able to help yourself when Zhang Longxiang competes with Fang Xu Shengwen."

"Although Zhang Longxiang's poem was too flattering and my good impression of him disappeared, I still can't wait for the literary comparison between the two."

"Don't be anxious. This kind of thing cannot be rushed. Not to mention that the official start of the literary meeting has to wait for the bright moon to appear. Just talk about Zhang Longxiang's habits. Things between the two of them are not over. How can they be compared?" Yao Zhifu said with a smile.

"Zhang Mingzhou's habits? What's the explanation?" Li Fanming looked at Magistrate Yao curiously.

"Have you forgotten? Zhang Longxiang always likes to write poems one after another. Back then, he fought back against the Lumen Army in the literary world, from "One Title on the Lumen Army" to "Four Titles on the Lumen Army". It is said that the Marquis of Lumen was so angry that he banged the table and shouted Whether it’s over or not, I don’t know if it’s true or not. , on the march of the Lumen Army, Zhang Mingzhou would write a poem to ridicule the Lumen Army wherever he went, so much so that the Marquis of Lumen had to forbid him from writing poetry. Otherwise, he would have been able to compose poems all the way to the two realms. Mountain. So I’m not finished with this.”

Li Fanming said: "My lord, what you said makes sense. I will send a letter to Fang Yun right now to tell him to be careful!"

Magistrate Yao pointed at Li Fanming and smiled at everyone: "Look, this guy is cheating!"

Everyone laughed.

Fang Yun sat in the car, read Li Fanming's biography, smiled, took out Zhang Longxiang's official seal, opened the essay list, and started composing poems.

The people of the Zhenglou Society were joking about Li Fanming, when Magistrate Yao suddenly said: "Zhang Mingzhou has written a poem again! It's called "Climbing the Yueyang Tower", and I'm afraid it has already climbed the wall of Baling City!"

People nearby hurriedly took out their official seals to discuss the list. The top of the list was Zhang Longxiang's new poem, and the second one was "Viewing Dongting Lake as a Gift to Qing Jun".

In the past I heard about Dongting Water, now I go to Yueyang Tower.

To the southeast of Wu and Chu, the universe floats day and night.

There are no relatives or friends, and there are no old and sick people.

The soldiers and horses pass through the north of the mountain, and Pingxuan Tisi flows.

Li Fanming originally read this poem with a critical attitude and wanted to help Fang Yun attack Zhang Longxiang, but after reading it, he was speechless.

The rest of the Qiguo scholars were also shocked. Some even recited it several times in a row. Even Prefect Yao read it in a low voice.

One person said: "The old ones are still the best. Prefect Yao's judgment of people and things is far better than ours. Zhang Longxiang started to climb Yueyang Tower after seeing Dongting Lake. Now it seems that the two poems are connected naturally, but it was difficult for anyone to guess before."

"Everyone, do you think this poem can stabilize the country?"

"This poem has the appearance of Mingzhou. It is still a long way from stabilizing the country. However, it has already surpassed the previous poem "Viewing Dongting Lake and Presenting it to Qingjun". Among the poems related to Dongting Lake and Yueyang Tower in the past dynasties, only Fang Xusheng's poem of the same name "Climbing Yueyang Tower" written when he first arrived in Baling can be compared with it." Prefect Yao answered truthfully.

"Huh? I only paid attention to the poem before, but forgot the title. Since Fang Xusheng also wrote a poem with the same title, Zhang Longxiang's competitive intention has already appeared."

"I remember Fang Xusheng's poem "Climbing Yueyang Tower" is: The tower overlooks the end of Yueyang, and the river is wide and Dongting Lake is open. The geese take away my sorrow, and the mountain brings the beautiful moon. I stay in the clouds and drink in the sky. After getting drunk, the cool breeze blows people's dancing sleeves back."

"The two poems have different styles and are difficult to compare. Fang Xusheng's poems are beautiful and open-minded, with beautiful scenery, beautiful times, and beautiful things. Zhang Mingzhou's poem continues his In fact... if we don't connect this poem with the previous flattering poem, this poem alone is probably slightly better than Fang Xusheng's poem. But if we connect it with the previous one, it seems a little inferior. "

Prefect Yao nodded gently and said, "I think so too, so I think this poem is not good enough to stabilize the country. However, if we don't consider other factors, and don't involve the dispute between the literary society and the dispute between the two countries, this poem is indeed a good poem. Li Fanming, you are very talkative, why don't you say anything now? Come on, tell me."

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