In the scorching summer, the sun bakes the land of Jiangnan like a furnace, and after the rainy season, it is the hot stage, and the weather is like a steamer, hot and stuffy.

There were few pedestrians on the street, even if it was a large tree with thick shade, it was just as wilted and listless in such a hot weather.

Fortunately, the smallpox crisis in Runzhou was lifted, and the people did not have to worry about the impact of the plague, and they were at home to escape the heat.

"Three cylinders!"

"Kong!" A woman's voice rang out, and then she continued: "Nine! ”

"Don't, it's all corner cards, it's too picky." A woman complained.

"Fifty thousand!" A delicate voice rang out.

"Again—"

The voices of several girls sounded in the hall of Su Mansion, and the four daughters of Peng Jingqing, Liu Monong, Zhou Jiamin, and Ling'er played mahjong made of blue and white porcelain, and had a lot of fun.

This is what Su Chen came up with, so that the Bai family's ceramic workshop can be cauterized, the look and feel are good, like jade, very exquisite, and can let the girls pass the time at home.

The essence of mahjong is a four-person domino game, which originated in China at the earliest, is a favorite game invented by the ancients, evolved from a card game called "horse tag", the card game was produced in the Ming Dynasty, and it is rumored that there were sixty cards in a deck at that time. In the fight of cards, each of the four houses takes ten cards, then takes the cards and discards in turn until the winner finally appears.

Su Chen proposed the design of mahjong, which is a more mature model in later generations, there are one hundred and twenty cards, removing sixteen wind cards and eight flower cards, only arrows, Wanzi cards, Suozi cards, tube cards, etc., it is easy to get started, after he took it out, a brief introduction, and the women have already understood.

This kind of game is a good thing for women to pass the time, Su Chen used this killer feature in order to keep Zhou Jiamin, and let Qinqing, Ling'er and others accompany her to play cards, which quickly attracted her, indulged in it, and couldn't think of "Beijing".

Su Chen did not lose his mind with playthings, but in the study, carefully reviewed the scrolls, the subset of classics and history, he did not have much confidence in the imperial examination, and he wrote articles by himself, but it was also beneficial to be able to learn more about the anthology, especially when Xu Cainu often came to accompany him, annotate and explain, and discuss with each other, which was of great help to him to chew books.

"Bai Juyi, whose name is Lotte, is known for his satirical poems, and in his "Celin" written for the imperial examination, he put forward the viewpoint that "the king does not do the affairs of his ministers", such as 'the ministers do the king's way, the government is autocratic, and the king's affairs are chaotic, and the dictatorship and chaos are also the disadvantages'; he advocated that the monarch 'the king should do what he wants, and only choose his people', and especially emphasized the importance of the prime minister......

Xu Qingwan explained to Su Chen the application of many of the Tang Wenxuan's articles in the imperial examination.

"it....." Su Chen muttered to himself, feeling that this word was very powerful.

Xu Qingwan continued: "In the Middle and Tang dynasties, Han, Liu, Bai and other literary circles proposed that the articles of the two Han Dynasty were flashy and unrealistic, that the Confucianism of the two Han Dynasty focused on etiquette and theology, and that the scriptures of the two Han Dynasty adhered to the law of the family teacher, which was not enough to emulate, and should even be abandoned. Therefore, they surpassed the Han Dynasty and chose pre-Qin Confucianism as the direction of their return, so there was Han Yu's Taoist doctrine......"

Su Chen nodded slightly, he roughly turned over these when he was studying, the ancient literature movement in the Middle and Tang Dynasty was represented by Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan, and it was launched against the literary style of the Six Dynasties, and the basic content included two aspects: "Wen" and "Dao".

"Well, I know that. The ancient writing movement advocated by Han, Liu and others opposed excessive carving and the form of four or six sentences of duality in language, and demanded that the simple and lively pre-Qin prose be used to replace the gorgeous and rigid prose. In terms of content, it rejects the extravagant and decadent literary fashion of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and requires the implementation of Confucian moral education in the article, the reconstruction of the ethical order, and the text to carry the Tao! ”

Su Chen explained the theoretical knowledge learned from the textbook in an orderly manner at this time, which suddenly made Xu Cainu's eyes light up and showed a look of approval.

Xu Qingwan said: "Mr. Han's "Original Dao", "On the Table of Buddha's Bones", "Original Nature", "Teacher Said", "Study Solution", etc., Yixuan, have you read them all?" ”

Su Chen nodded, he had only memorized "Shi Shuo" before, and he had read the rest of the articles in the past two days, but fortunately, his memory was super strong, and he could memorize it after reading it two or three times, which was the only thing he felt enhanced after crossing over.

Xu Qingwan said again: "However, our official family loves the way of poetry, and is not interested in the ancient literary movement of the Tang Dynasty, he is more fond of splendid articles with gorgeous rhetoric, so you still have to give full play to your talent in writing poetry, and write the articles beautifully, gorgeously and smoothly." ”

Su Chen nodded: "Well, I'll do my best." ”

"It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, how about writing a paragraph now?" Xu Cainu said with a grin.

"Here we go again!" Su Chen sighed secretly in his heart, this Xu Cainu instigated him to write articles if he was fine, testing his writing ability, maybe he was still a little worried about his writing on the one hand.

Su Chen was helpless, and said with a heart: "Okay, I have been reading ancient books every day recently, and I have a feeling for history, so I will write a "Theory of Staying in the Marquis". ”

Xu Qingwan was originally tempting, but she didn't expect Su Chen to be really willing to write this time, so she suddenly raised her eyebrows and said, "Okay, you can write it, I'll watch from the sidelines, and see how you write the prose and prose, and whether you can write smoothly." ”

Su Chen nodded slightly, dipped his pen in ink, and on a blank piece of paper, began to write an article by Su Shi "On Staying in the Marquis":

"The so-called heroes of the ancients will have a festival of excellence. If there is a human affection that cannot be forgiven, the husband sees the humiliation, draws his sword and rises, and stands up to fight, which is not enough to be brave. There are great brave people in the world, who come suddenly without being surprised, and without being angry for no reason. The people he holds hostage are great, and his ambitions are ......far away."

This article is one of a batch of arguments written by Su Shi in the sixth year of Song Renzong Jiayou when he went to Beijing to take the exam and answer the imperial test policy. According to the case of Zhang Liang's acceptance of the book and the case of assisting Liu Bang to unify the world, the importance of the strategy of "enduring small anger and making a big plan" and "raising his whole front and treating his defeat" is demonstrated.

The content of the writing is vertical and horizontal, full of twists and turns, and the writing is eloquent and imposing, which fully reflects the unbridled style of Su Shi's historical theory.

At this time, Su Chen wrote it freely, and he also had the style of Su Dacai.

As soon as the connoisseur made a move, he knew if there was one, and Xu Qingwan was amazed just by looking at the brushwork at the beginning.

It's really okay if you don't use a pen, and you can be amazing when you move a pen!

Xu Qingwan stood aside, quietly watching Su Chen finish writing nearly a thousand words, already moved by this writing and momentum, as well as the ambitions and ambitions in the article, which transcended the charm and grace of the articles of the five dynasties, and had a bold style.

Her eyes were condensed on the manuscript paper for a while, and then she looked at Su Chen's face.

This scene dealt a heavy blow to her heart, and once again cocooned the talented girl's heart and smashed it a lot.

When Su Chen stopped writing, Xu Qingwan was a little stunned and stunned.

"Boom!"

At this time, the thunder outside was gusting, and the weather finally ushered in an afternoon heavy rain, with strong winds and showers.

Xu Qingwan was awakened by this thunder, and in her mind, she couldn't help but think of a poem: "The pen falls into a storm, and the poem becomes a crying ghost...... The ancients were honest and did not deceive me! ”