Lu Xu proposed, Zhang Zihua made a decision, and others coaxed, but no one asked Xu You if he was willing. He is a commoner and has no family to rely on, so no one cares about his attitude, just like a dog, you have to give you bones, and you have to suffer the whip, what the dog thinks in his heart, it doesn't matter!

Gu Yun also had no objection, but his starting point was different from Lu Xu and others, he had confidence in Xu You, not to mention ten people on poetry, even fifty people, what about a hundred people? Talent is like an awl placed in a cloth bag, slightly oppressed by an external force, it immediately emerges sharp, and it can't be stopped.

In the eyes of others, this is a humiliation to Xu You, but in his opinion, this is a rare opportunity for Xu You!

Soon, Lu Xu picked out nine people from the high-ranking disciples on the third and second floors, and no one on the first floor was selected, and then said to Zhang Zihua: "There is one more person, I want Dazhongzheng to personally order the general!" ”

"Say it!"

"Zhuji Zhang Mo!"

Zhang Zihua smiled: "I guess it's him!" Okay, come on, summon Zhang Mo upstairs! ”

The entourage standing on the side was about to go, and Zhang Zihua said again: "Wait, didn't Lu County Order present the poems of five people, let them all come up, I'll see you!" ”

After two levels of crossing the river and watching the pot and chanting poetry, the Lu Hui finally set five people to present, which is one of the ways to promote talents. After all, there are too many people participating in the Yaji, there are nearly twenty people in the gate valve family on the second and third floors alone, plus twenty-two people on the first floor, there are as many as forty people, and Zhang Zihua can't ask them one by one. Therefore, two levels were set up in advance, brushing out the unqualified, indiscriminate, and lacking urgency, and then selecting the outstanding five people from the people who had cleared the customs, which could enter Zhang Zihua's field of vision, and it could be regarded as giving those ordinary scholars and poor disciples a chance to advance.

To put it in layman's terms, this is called "leaving no talent behind", which is the purpose of the imperial court to set up a central official!

"Dazhong is inviting Zhang Mo, Hu Xin, Ji Ying, Tan Le, and Ji Yutang to go upstairs for dinner!"

The voice came out, and the lobby on the first floor was immediately boiling, but if it was in the building when it rained, who didn't want to go up to the third floor, be judged by Zhang Zihua, and glorify the ancestors?

"Hu Langjun, congratulations, congratulations!"

"Linhai Hu Clan, starting from Lang Jun, will shine!"

"In the future, I hope to remember our old friends......"

Hu Xin is a cripple on the first floor, and the characters who stand at the top have always been generous, and there are many fox friends around him. There were four or five people taking the lead, even if some people were pretentious, but they were not good at behaving too differently, and everyone congratulated one after another, patted Hu Xin's sycophants, and the scene became lively. Even Ji Ying, a broken son who has not been taken care of since he went up the mountain, has gathered two or three people around him, although it is not as flattering as Hu Xin, but it may not be the intention of saving a good fate, maybe it will be used in the future?

As for Zhang Mo, he has long been famous, and there are not a few people around him, but he doesn't pay attention to anyone. It's not that I'm unkind, but I'm a little hesitant now, can I go upstairs?

Dazhong is invited, it is impossible not to go, he has not yet reached the realm of indifference to fame and fortune and despise the powerful, otherwise why would he come to participate in the Yaji? But if he went, he would inevitably meet the person he didn't want to see very much.

Originally, in accordance with the practice of previous years, Zhongzheng asked questions at will, and all the scholars stepped forward to answer in turn, and then Zhongzheng stepped forward to answer each other's character, and the words that entered the eyes were concise and concise, and the products were promoted; If you don't see it, you can barely comfort two sentences, go back to study more, and continue to work hard in the coming year. And as long as he stays on the first floor honestly, and is clearly distinguished from the people on the second and third floors, he can avoid the embarrassment of sudden encounters, even if he goes upstairs to answer questions, it will only take a moment, and he doesn't have to be in the same room for too long...... Who would have thought that Zhang Zihua would make an exception and invite them upstairs to dine together......

"Zhang Langjun, please, don't let Dazhong wait for a long time!"

Zhang Mo was helpless, and followed Hu Xin and others upstairs, and saw that there were ten low tables in the middle of the hall, with pen, ink, paper, and inkstones in the corner of the desk, and the futons were lined up, not like a meal, but like the annual examination in the college. He was thinking about Zhang Zihua's intentions, and then when he looked up, he saw Zhang Dan standing in the crowd!

He grew taller, his eyebrows and eyes depicted the appearance of a young man, and the contours of his face were somewhat similar to those of his mother. Zhang Mo only saw Zhang Dan once, that was eight years ago, his mother took the Zhu Siyun oil Tongwan oxcart of the Zhang family in Wu County to stop in front of the dilapidated chai gate of the Zhang family in Zhuji, and asked him to go out and talk for a while, Zhang Dan hid behind his mother, revealing a curious little face, smiling and smiling, exuding drooping hair, white and cute.

In the blink of an eye, it's been eight years, and when I look up, it's been fifteen years since I remarried my mother!

"No doubt, no doubt?"

With a slight touch on his shoulder, hearing Xu You's low shout, Zhang Mo came back to his senses from the memory of a little bitterness and sadness, looked at the concern in Xu You's eyes, and his heart suddenly warmed, and said: "I'm fine, but I suddenly remembered all the things before, and my thoughts were confused for a while......"

"That's good, Dazhong is telling you to come forward, go quickly!"

Zhang Mo nodded, walked slowly to Zhang Zihua, and said, "Zhuji scholar Zhang Mo, I have seen Dazhongzheng!" ”

Zhang Zihua said with a smile: "You don't have to see outside, when it comes to seniority, you should call me a fifth uncle!" "He is in the fifth line of the Zhang family, and Zhang Mo's father is counted from the generation of Gaozu, and he should be cousins. However, there are five suits, one strong and one weak, and the affection between relatives has long been weak.

Zhang Mo didn't go to the Zhang family of Wu County to confess when he was the poorest, and now he won't, he is very respectful, but it is only the respect of the younger generation to the elders, and the later generations to the masters, and said: "Dazhongzheng is a virtuous person in Yangzhou for the imperial court today, Zhang Mo only dares to talk about justice, and does not dare to talk about personal affairs!" ”

Zhang Zihua knew his temper and would not feel offended by this, but it was a pity that such a good piece of jade could never be used by the Zhang family, otherwise, with the help of the clan, thirty years later, the Zhang family would no longer have any worries.

"Take a seat first, Lu Xu asked you to be one of the ten candidates for poetry, are you willing?"

Zhang Mo didn't know the reason, and he looked confused. Zhang Zihua motioned to Qiantang County to order Lu Hui to introduce the rules for him, and when he heard that it was Lu Xu's proposal, he embarrassed Xu You with the other ten people, Zhang Mo's face became ugly. He is known as the five-colored dragon luan, and his reputation in Sanwu is not much weaker than Lu Xu, the first talent, and the two are known as Yu Liang for a while, and they are equal. Now such an arrangement is simply deliberately humiliating, putting him in the company of mediocrity, and it has been left behind, spread out, and Lu Xu won without a fight!

"There's no need to compare, I think I'm slightly inferior to Xu Langjun."

As soon as Zhang Mo's words came out, the whole house was shocked!

Xu You's performance is certainly eye-catching, but to say that poetry is better than Zhang Mo is a bit sensational. Lu Xu sneered and said, "Don't doubt that Lang Jun is good friends with Xu You, isn't this a shame for his friend?" It's just that don't forget, Gu Fujun invited the three Wu celebrities all over the place, and even Dazhongzheng came to visit, and the holding of this Qiantang Lake Yaji is not to show the friendship between you and the others, but to promote talents for the country, to seek a life for the surnamed Langjun, empty mouth and white teeth, let Xu You use your reputation to suppress others, is it a gentleman's doing? ”

Zhang Mo frowned slightly, and said: "What Shu Zhilangjun said is not true, although Xu Langjun and I hit it off at first sight, we can't talk about a deep friendship, but we have only known each other for a long time." You say that I have empty lips and white teeth, and I take advantage of the situation to build a bridge for my friends, which is too arbitrary. If you have any doubts, it is better to ask Lu Mingfu, Shicai Mountain is chanting lonely mountain poems, Xu Langjun is instantaneous, and the poetry is enough to surpass me, which can be proof! ”

"Huh?"

Hearing Zhang Mo's words, everyone's eyes turned to Lu Hui, and Zhang Zihua said unhappily: "Lu County Order, why don't the five people you present have Xu You's name?" ”

Lu Hui felt embarrassed and said: "Dazhong Zhengmingjian, Xu You's poems, the talent is acceptable, but ...... But ......"

"But what?"

"Still, it's ...... It's a birth poem! ”

Lu Hui was in a hurry, and finally came up with a reasonable reason, and said hurriedly: "Dazhong is electing officials and preparing talents, everyone has an enterprising heart, only Xu You's poems don't eat fireworks, and they are dusty, and the officials think it's not enough to steal!" ”

Zhang Zihua is sophisticated, and he has excellent eyesight honed in the chaotic officialdom of Jinling, and he immediately knew that Lu Hui and Xu You had a disagreement in private, and he must have deliberately made it difficult for him. But then again, everything pays attention to priorities, Lu Hui is the local parent of Yaji today, no matter how unbearable he is, he still has to take care of each other's face. Moreover, Zhang Mo and Ji Ying were taken first, and their poems were above the standard, which was not favoritism. If you take another Xu You, the share of five people, and the Hanmen account for three, it will inevitably cause the unhappiness of those ordinary scholars, which is also a helpless move for the sake of balance.

For the sake of the superiors, you have to be considerate of this difficulty of your subordinates!

"Take the poem!"

Zhang Zihua didn't delve into this matter, Lu Hui hurriedly stepped forward and chanted: "Tiangong wants the snow clouds to fill the lake, and the towers are bright and the mountains are gone." The water is clear and the stone fish can be counted, and the forest is deep and no one calls for birds. The lonely mountain is lonely, and the Taoist is not lonely. Go out of the mountain and look back at the clouds, but see the wild falcon floating map! ”

"It's a good sentence that a lonely mountain is lonely, who is willing to stay, and the Taoist has a mountain and is not lonely!" Zhang Zihua praised the case: "Sure enough, as Zhang Mo said, the poetry is good!" ”

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!

Du Mingyu, who had been silent, suddenly applauded and sighed: "I didn't expect Xu Langjun to be my bosom friend of Daomen!" Taoists have a way, the mountain is not lonely, a good song of the lonely mountain temple, a good Xu You! In my humble opinion, in this poem alone, even the five-colored dragon luan is much worse, let alone the other four! ”

The Tao here, the Tao of the non-Taoist sect, all the people here, except for a few who do not learn and have no skills, are full of poetry and books, listen to Du Mingyu's far-fetched understanding, and put gold on the face of the Heavenly Master, although they sneer in their stomachs, they will not show it.

However, Xu You was valued by Zhu Fayan first, and even cheekily begged him to escape into the empty door, and now he has the sigh of Du Mingyu's bosom friend, especially Zhang Zihua's unstingy praise, who can make the three Confucian, Buddha, and Taoist families who are not on the right path to each other appreciate it in this short half a day, it is like a miracle annihilated in the legend!

Of course, Du Mingyu will not be a shallow and talentless fool, after he finished speaking, he indifferently swept Lu Hui's face, and said: "Lu County Ling said that from this poem, Xu You has a sense of dust, and it is not suitable to win fame in the world, could it be that my Heavenly Master Dao is in your eyes, and you should also live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, and not ask about the world?" ”

The drunkard's intention is not to drink, Xu You secretly said that the show is coming, Lu Hui's body trembled slightly, offending the Heavenly Master, he didn't have so much courage, nor did he have such a big heart, his expression was slightly hasty, and said: "I misunderstood the sacrificial wine, I ...... That's not what I meant......"

"Really?"

Du Mingyu said lightly: "Please allow Dazhongzheng to take one person upstairs!" ”

Zhang Zihua pondered for a moment and said: "Okay, all the sacrificial wine, I hope you will remember that today is the elegant collection of Yangzhou scholars, not the Taiji Hall of Jinling!" ”

The Taiji Hall Buddhism and Taoism were a major event of the year, and Zhang Zihua was secretly warning Du Mingyu not to make too much trouble. Du Mingyu arched his hand and said, "I have my own measure!" Chiba, there you go! ”

The young Taoist chanted, went for about a quarter of an hour, and led one person to the hall on the third floor. Zhang Zihua saw that the man's broken arm was sluggish, and his hair was scattered, and he said slightly angrily: "It's all sacrificial wine, what do you mean by this?" ”

Du Mingyu stood up, walked to the man, lifted the messy hair that covered his face with the tail in his hand, and said: "I just want Dazhongzheng to see how this Qiantang County Commander colluded with the senior monks of Dade Temple, used public weapons for private purposes, indiscriminately used people's power, and lawlessness and all kinds of evil deeds!" ”