The school in Chang'an has three places: Guozijian, Hongwen Pavilion and Chongwen Pavilion. Although these three places are all teaching students, the objects they face are very different.

Guozijian is a central government school, which is the highest institution in the ancient education system. During the Tang Dynasty, there were many students sent by Fanbang, such as the envoys from Japan to the Tang Dynasty, who studied in the Guozijian. Compared with the official status of Guozijian, Hongwenguan and Chongwenguan have a bit of the nature of private schools.

Hongbunkan belongs to the Ministry of Rites, and the officials are called Hongbunkan Bachelors, who are responsible for correcting books, teaching students, and discussing the imperial court system and etiquette. The thirty-eight students admitted in each period are all the knowledge and examinations they have learned after the prime minister and the meritorious heroes of the DPRK and China. To put it simply, Hongwenkan is similar to Guozijian, but it is just a private school.

Chongwen Hall is very different, Chongwen Hall was originally a royal library, for the prince to read and study. The emperor hired a teacher to explain the scriptures and the principles of the world to the prince here. Those who can enter the Chongwen Pavilion to lecture on scholars are all Confucians, known as Dr. Chongwen Pavilion. The Tang system stipulated: "Chongwen Pavilion has twenty students, with the royal family, the queen mother, the queen's relatives, the prime minister and the first-class meritorious hero, the person who eats the real seal, and the deacon of the Beijing official from the son of the Huangmen Shilang of the three-grade Zhongshu." In other words, these people who accompany the prince to study are either relatives of the emperor or the sons-in-law of the prince of Yipin, they are the 'team' selected by the emperor for the prince, and they get along day and night to cultivate tacit understanding, and when the prince grows up, they also grow up, inherit the title of their father, and be loyal to the next generation of emperors.

Tang Guan is the youngest son of Tang Jian, and he is not qualified to accompany the prince to study, so he studied in Hongwen Hall. The teachers of Kobunkan include Kobunkan's bachelors, and there are also professors sent by Kunikojian. The current Guozi priest wine is called Kong Yingda, this person is the thirty-first grandson of Confucius, through the Northern Qi, Northern Zhou, Sui, Tang, four dynasties. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and he took refuge in the Tiger Prison. After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin heard of his talent and his status as a descendant of Confucius, so he summoned him to Chang'an to serve as the country's prince and be responsible for education.

Kong Yingda is an old-fashioned person, an old pedant, and in his world, the way of Confucius and Mencius is the truth, and nothing can conflict with it. The scriptures he explained were always word for word, how he said it when he was thirty years old, and how he still said it when he was fifty years old, it was outrageously rigid. Like the mistakes of later teachers, he likes honest and smart students, and dislikes stupid students. Tang Guan is a little different, he is the kind of naughty student who is smart but doesn't work hard, and in Kong Yingda's eyes, he is more annoying than a stupid student.

This time, Kong Yingda came to Hongwen Hall for the sake of Biansai poetry. Li Jing's army is about to triumph soon, as the country's prince of the sacrificial wine, Kong Yingda felt that he should take this opportunity to let the students feel the atmosphere of the side plug, so as not to become Taiping students and lose their vigilance in times of peace. That's why he asked the students to compose poems with the title of 'Biansai', not only Hongwenguan, but also Guozijian and Chongwenguan also left the same homework.

Seven days is enough time for poetry. According to Kong Yingda's idea, even if these students can't make good sentences, they can at least pay a poem and not fail to hand in the paper. But seven days have passed, and six days have passed, and few people have handed in the papers. Especially in Hongwenguan, there are only two people who hand in the papers, and they don't make sense of poetry. Kong Yingda was so angry that he came to Hongwen Pavilion just to see why this group of disciples couldn't write poems!

Unexpectedly, someone handed in the paper as soon as I came. And it was also a naughty volume that impressed him deeply, Kong Yingda didn't expect Tang Guan to write any good sentences, so he spread out the paper and took a casual look, but at this glance, he couldn't take his eyes off.

"What a soldier looks at the border town, and thinks about how bitter it is. In a word, the pain of the soldiers is sincere, touching and heartfelt! ”

After reading the whole poem, Kong Yingda said with a sigh after a while. Another Hongwen Pavilion scholar next to him heard that Kong Yingda had given such a high evaluation of the poems made by Tang Guan, so he leaned over suspiciously, frowned and finished reading the poems, and said, "Master, this poem ...... It doesn't seem to be something that Tang Guan can write. ”

Kong Yingda snorted and said: "Of course it won't be what he can write, you see this poem, it has a majestic bearing and far-reaching artistic conception, which hairy boy can write it." ”

"Could it be Lord Tang......"

"No, it's impossible, how can Lord Tang write for his son, don't guess, call Tang Guan over, and you'll know as soon as you ask."

"Master, wait a minute." The bachelor turned to leave, and after a while, he brought Tang Guan with him. Tang Guanwu was still holding the shelf, he knew the level of Li Mu's "Guan Shanyue", looking at the poems of all the students this time, there was absolutely no one who could compare. So I wasn't worried, just waiting for Kong Yingda to praise it.

"Master...... You call me? ”

"Hmm." Kong Yingda responded, pointed to the poem on the table, and said, "Who made this poem?" "Huh?" Tang Guan's heart suddenly stammered, and his tone stammered a little: "Also, who else can it be, naturally it's the student me." Kong Yingda sank his face and said, "How many catties and taels do you have, can you hide it from my eyes?" You can also write such poems? If you are not a great poet who has read poetry and books, you will never be able to write such poems, you better be honest, no more nonsense, I will tell your father. ”

When Tang Guan heard this, he hurriedly said, "Master, don't look for my father at every turn...... My father is newly married Yan'er, how can he take care of me. Alas! Well, I'll be honest. It is true that this poem was not written by me, but it was not written by a great poet, and the person who wrote this poem was only a short time literate. And he doesn't take poetry seriously, calling it a small way, saying that as long as you know the meaning of the words, it is a poem according to the format, and there is no difficulty at all. This is different from what the master said, and the student was also in a trance, so he used it for the master to evaluate. ”

"Poetry is a trail?" Kong Yingda frowned, snorted coldly, and said, "If poetry is a small road, then what is a great road?" Think it's great to make a good poem? Who is he, the old man wants to find him for a theory! ”

Tang Guan couldn't help laughing and said: "This person is Li Mu, the Marquis of Zhulu, he told me that poetry is a small road, an iron hammer, and a wooden saw are avenues, and he also said that he has no time to ponder poetry, and is busy researching a plow that can speed up the cultivation of land!" "Hah! Vertical son dare! It is insulting to compare poetry with a hammer and a wooden saw! ”

Tang Guan saw that the anger was almost arched, and he added more strength and said, "Master, the student thinks that what he said may be right. Truth be told, the student was just as angry as you were and refuted him. Guess what he said? ”

"What do you say?!"

"He asked me to make a proposition on the spot, and he wrote another poem, proving that it was not difficult for him to write poetry. The student was not convinced, so he asked him to compose a poem on the theme of wine and the moon, and he really made another poem on the spot. ”

Kong Yingda said angrily: "You don't want to praise him, what poems he has made, show them to me!" ”

Tang Guan took out the already copied "Wine to the Moon" from his arms and handed it to Kong Yingda, Kong Yingda hurriedly opened it, did not speak for a while, and his face turned red.