Chapter Ninety-Three: The Terminator
The power of the famous article is naturally extraordinary, and I am afraid that only the illiterate rough people will not be able to understand the charm of this article, and it is obvious that everyone here today does not belong to this category.
After Xu Chen finished his silent homework, he smiled at Wang Xian at the top and saluted, then returned to his seat, sat down next to the teacher who was also stunned, and humbly lowered his head again to pick up the melons and fruits on the desk and nibble on them.
The parties came and went quietly like a gust of wind, but what was left was a dead scene, and everyone still hadn't recovered from the shock of the famous article.
Of course, this is a bit exaggerated, only those famous teachers and Confucians are really immersed in the article, and only so many people will retain some pure literary thoughts in their hearts. The rest of the family heads had already reacted except for a hint of shock at the beginning, but what they were thinking about in the next time was what kind of impact Xu Chen's actions would have on today's night banquet.
"Good!good!good! This article can indeed be the preface to King Teng's Pavilion, and nearly a thousand words are really every word!" At this time, the first person who dared to speak out must be the most famous person, that is, the old man who was called Wu Weng sitting at the top, the head of the Wu family, and Wu Rui's father.
"That's right! This article will be famous through the ages!" The person who said this was also a pure literati who only loved the article itself.
Immediately, the specially invited literary giants in the audience also praised Xu Chen's articles, and the scene suddenly became hot.
But the rest of the family heads had different expressions, most of the family heads in Yuzhang County looked at Wan Dezhao, the head of the Wan family, but Wan Dezhao was still as usual and was gnawing melons and fruits like Xu Chen.
And Wan Shijun, the second son beside him, did not show any indignant expression because Xu Chen stole the limelight, and sat there calmly, looking ahead with his eyes intent, and he didn't know what he was looking at. Our second son doesn't care about the limelight, I don't know how much I have since I was a child, and it may not be a good thing. It's just that Xu Chen happened to do them a great favor so much now, and I have to thank him for this!
The heads of the family didn't gain anything from Wan Dezhao's side, so they moved their eyes to Huang Xian who was a little below, only to see Huang Xian smile slightly and drink casually, and the head of the Luo family near him seemed a little happy.
When the local family heads saw the three of them, they naturally knew that the crisis should be temporarily resolved, so they happily joined the team to praise Xu Chen, just like they did when they spread Xu Chen's deeds just now.
The remaining family heads from other places and those local family heads who participated in the formulation of Wang Xian's plan were a little cramped, and they couldn't help but turn their attention to Wang Xian. The meaning is obvious, it's all like this, boss, you don't say a word! What should you do next?
And their boss, Wang Xian, is in extreme depression at the moment......
Wang Xian's original plan was to gather school-age students in the name of the poetry club, and add the name of the imperial examination to avoid worrying that they would not come. And among these students, except for a very small number of poor students, the rest of the vast majority are children of the family, if you just invite such a few young people, you will naturally not be able to achieve your goal. So he directly sent invitations to the heads of each family, and said that each invitation card could bring one person to participate, and with the name of the selection poetry club, the heads of each family would naturally bring out their children who were still knowledgeable in their families.
After all, today's imperial court candidates, the imperial examination has become customized, although the families are dissatisfied, they have no choice but to let their children go to the single-plank bridge. This is also where Wang Xian's confidence lies, as a herdsman official sent by the imperial court, he controls the annual imperial examination recommendation quota, and most of the local families are subject to him.
After all, there are only 10,000 families in Yuzhang County, and the rest of the families still need to rely on their children to seek benefits for their families as officials in the court, and at the same time escort the family. And Wang Taishou, who controls the most important recommendation link, naturally has the confidence to confront the local families, and also has the possibility of dividing and disintegrating them, which is also the advantage of the county system.
Therefore, although Wang Xian has not done much in the past few years, he still has the reputation of righteousness, and he still has the capital to fight, plus there has never been an iron bucket of interest groups, and Yuzhang County is no exception. Although Wanjia is strong in the local area, Wang Xian has already got the answer a few days ago, and there are many allies, such as the Huang family and the Luo family, but there will always be unwilling people, such as Wang Yuan and the small collective around him, which became Wang Xian's best target, and this time Wang Xian has successfully pulled them over.
Tonight's plan was Wang Xian's counterattack against the last Wanjia operation, he had planned to gather this group of young students together and let them start the competition in the name of the selection of poetry clubs, with the pressure of the imperial examination places, although they may have noticed the abnormality, but they also had to participate.
And as long as the competition begins, Wang Xian's plan is half successful, as the saying goes, "there is no first in literature, and there is no second in martial arts." As long as the poetry competition begins, the enthusiasm or anger of young people will be mobilized, and with the appropriate addition of a fire to the childcare arranged in advance, the scene will definitely become popular, and then it may even get out of control.
As soon as the scene was chaotic, the local family heads had no time to communicate, and once the communication was interrupted, the opponent's defense line could not be established, and with their own perfect preparations, continuous blows would definitely catch the other party off guard. There will be many cracks between the local family forces that are usually in a barrel, and even some contradictions that are usually covered up under pressure may erupt.
Wang Xian has only one purpose in doing this, that is, to take this opportunity to see some of the relationships between the local families in Yuzhang, to see who else is worth wooing, and at the same time to let these less determined people see their own strength clearly, the quota of the imperial examination can remind them that they are in control of the righteous name of the imperial court, and these families around them can also tell them that they are not alone now.
As long as the seeds of the swing are planted in the hearts of these people during this night feast, these people will inevitably hesitate in the battle between themselves and the local family in the future, and these are enough!
Originally, Wang Xian's plan was executed very well, and as soon as the invitation was sent out, although many people noticed the abnormality, they still brought young people here. In this way, all the actors are in place, and the script has already been prepared, just waiting for Wang Xian, the chief director, to start shooting.
The "Fly Worm" family owner at the beginning grasped the timing brilliantly! Not only did he successfully complete the strategic goal of luring the enemy, but he also brought Xu Fan, a famous man, along the way, to reduce his firepower so that he could retreat safely.
Wang Xian, the chief director, was about to be amazed by the shooting! When he was about to take advantage of the victory to chase and let the next nursery play, he didn't expect to be disturbed by Wan Ergongzi.
Originally, Xu Chen's story was over, at most it was an accident, and the script was fine as usual, but who knew that Xu Chen, who was on fire, actually stood up and asked to write an article. This is also a good thing for Wang Xian! It is completely consistent with his own purpose!
After Wang Xian heard this request, he almost fell in love with Xu Chen, a young man! Naturally, he couldn't wait to let him start quickly, as long as Xu Chen finished, the poetry competition would be carried out as scheduled, and those local families would also completely lose the opportunity to defend. But......
But you can't do that! You're talking about throwing bricks and leading jade, but you can't just turn your head and shoot everyone to death! I thought that if you just come to a random article, it will be over, and there is no first place in the article! Even if you do a good article, it is impossible to stop other people's desire to express it! Besides, the article is not a poem, and the poem has few words, so you can always make up a few excellent sentences, but what is the matter with your excellent work of nearly 1,000 words? If you come to such an article, do you still make the next people dare to speak out? If they don't say anything, will Lao Tzu's plan continue!
The good plan was so disrupted by Xu Chen's sudden surprise, and sure enough, as soon as Xu Chen's long grand speech came out, those students who were originally full of ambition and ready to make a good appearance were completely wilted! Even the few students from other counties who had intensified the atmosphere prepared by Wang Xian in advance looked at each other blankly.
Now there is only the voice of appreciation for Xu Chen's works in the field, and even the group of people outside King Teng's pavilion heard such a strange movement in the pavilion suddenly, and they also came to inquire curiously, and then, Xu Chen's works were passed out one by one, and each sentence would attract a piece of applause.
Seeing that his banquet had been completely reduced to Xu Chen's personal show, Wang Xian shook his head with a wry smile, and the current scene was even more popular than he expected. It's just that there is no trace of fire in it......
Of course, it's not completely nothing, for example, our Qian Hong and Qian Dagongzi are now angry, since he was defeated in the hands of Song Ze, Qian Hong has been painstakingly lonely, always thinking that he must find this field. Last time at the Honglou Poetry Meeting, taking advantage of Song Ze's absence, he was already going to win the championship, but he didn't expect to lose in the end to an anonymous song, which can really be regarded as a shame to be thrown home!
Today he was also invited, and he was already planning to have a good show, although Song Ze was also there, but today he had predicted this poetry meeting many days ago, and he was also one of the nurseries prepared by Wang Xian, so he naturally had prepared a number of good poems, thinking that he would definitely be able to make a big show.
But! He was preempted again! And he didn't even get a chance to exit, you say that you are not angry! What is even more infuriating is that this person is still the author of the lyrics of the last song! This is a shame for two times in a row! It is all thanks to this Xu Chen! How can you not be angry when you let our not very generous Qian Gongzi?
It's just that no matter how angry his eyes were, Xu Chen was still gnawing melons and fruits there as if no one was around, and Xu Chen's attitude naturally made Qian Hong more and more angry.
However, when someone is angry, there are also people who are happy, even worshipped. Xu Chen's expression is contrived in the eyes of angry people, but in the eyes of happy people, it is a pampered and unfazed expression.
What Xu Chen hasn't noticed is that there is a vision, since he admitted that he is the author of "Queqiao Immortal", he has been paying attention to him, watching him deal with him calmly, watching him wave with high spirits, and gradually become a little crazy......