Chapter 57: The First Imperial Examination of the Tang Dynasty
As soon as the list of tribute students in the Ministry of Rites came out, it was a major event for Li Xingzhou.
The rest of the time, he just needs to prepare for the exam with peace of mind.
I personally went to Xuanren Gate to see the list and confirmed.
He handed over the three bowls to the bear and the persimmon.
Li Xingzhou was officially grounded and concentrated on reading and practicing the piano in the back garden.
After reciting poems every day, Li Xingzhou put down the scroll.
In the retreat, you can either practice the piano with Wei Hanshuang, or listen to Wei Hanshuang's piano.
Holding the wine cup, looking at the bright moon in and outside the window, the bamboo shadow, and the breeze passing through the window slightly blowing the placket.
There's always a day and a night.
It's like an illusion in the world of chatting.
Winter and spring, cold and summer change.
There are more and more scholars going to Beijing, Luoyang and Luoyang are becoming more and more lively, autumn goes to winter, and time passes day by day.
Li Xingzhou is hidden in the house, accompanied by piano and books.
I don't know if there is Han, no matter Wei and Jin, in the blink of an eye, the new peach changes the old charm, but it is the good day of Chinese New Year's Eve.
Chinese New Year's Eve is snowing heavily, and the whole Luoyang is wrapped in silver, which is beautiful.
There is still a month before the scientific examination, as a later generation, Li Xingzhou knows the importance of sprinting, and in the next period of time, he suddenly returned to the years before the college entrance examination in later generations.
After all, the future generations have always been engaged in this, and he does not suffer from it, after really sinking in, every time he gains something, he is happy.
During the three-day Shangyuan Festival, Luoyang City can be described as a carnival in the city, and Li Xingzhou is still guarding the green lights and yellow scrolls, enjoying himself.
As the scientific expedition approached and the atmosphere was tense, Luoyang Shilin began to slowly pass on some new news about Li Xingzhou.
Last year, Qinghe Li Xingzhou first rose like a comet. After the Ministry of Etiquette announced the list of township tribute students, his people hid at the same speed as when they rose, and it was really fluctuating between ups and downs.
To tell the truth, Shilin has never met a person who behaves like this in so many years, and the scholars are extremely interested in this rarely seen Li Xingzhou.
Many people even rated him as a popular candidate for this course.
Because of this, these new news about Li Xingzhou spread quickly.
Poems such as "rare characters" have been known to everyone in Shilin within a few days, and even spread to the imperial city.
Qinghe Li Xingzhou's lawsuit between his brothers and others also spread quickly, but it was the people in the market who liked to hear about it the most. The evaluation of this matter is also the same as that of Qinghe, one opinion in Shilin, and another completely different opinion among ordinary people in the market.
After a few months, Li Xingzhou once again stood on the cusp.
It's just that the previous time he took the initiative to go to the top of the tide, but this time he was pushed up.
When Li Xingzhou, who was preparing for the exam, knew about this trend, it was less than five days before the scientific examination.
It's hard to have a good way to deal with this kind of thing, let alone in such a short time?
At this point, it's too late to do something.
Entangled in such a thing at such a joint moment, the slightest carelessness will mess up the mentality, affecting the upcoming scientific expedition, after some quiet consideration, Li Xingzhou decisively decided to ignore it.
After all, the exam is based on the paper, and if you don't perform well in the exam room, what's the use of even if you can eliminate this trend?
If you perform well in the examination room, what is the use of this trend?
Li Xingzhou only cares about this scientific expedition and the official position after the scientific examination. As for Shilin's wind review, it's still the same sentence:
No matter how you comment, no matter how you look at me, I am myself!
Just when this trend against Li Xingzhou evolved to its strongest, the period of scientific research arrived.
On this cold spring morning.
Li Xingzhou, like thousands of other candidates, came to the gate of the Gongyuan with an examination basket containing pen, ink, paper, inkstone, food, water, and three candles.
Immediately after a series of inspections.
Li Xingzhou walked into the examination room of the college entrance examination again after 1,300 years.
It's just that this time the college entrance examination is the Tang Dynasty version.
Needles could be heard in the Gongyuan where thousands of people gathered.
The deliberate light footsteps of the examiners as they walked could be heard far, far away like summer thunder.
When he first got the question, Li Xingzhou was still apprehensive.
When you see the most important title of the poem and its limitation on the rhyme.
Why is Li Xingzhou determined?
I can't help but look up to the sky and howl.
The sky has eyes, and there have been many troubles since entering Beijing this time.
The difficulties of seeking a place for the township tribute students are compensated at this moment!
The genre of the poems examined in the Tang Dynasty Jinshi examination was fixed as rhythmic poetry.
In addition to the genre, there are also strict rules on test questions and rhymes.
Speaking of which, this time Jinshike's poem title is actually not easy to write.
Generally, scholars have a headache when they get this topic 100 percent.
The reason why Li Xingzhou was so excited that he wanted to look up to the sky and roar.
It was this extremely treacherous poem that he had seen.
In the college entrance examination room, I suddenly encountered a question with a score high enough to affect the future admission results, but it was extremely difficult.
It's just that you've seen and done this question on very obscure sources before.
What does it feel like?
That's certainly ......
It's cool!
In the 300-year Tang Dynasty, the imperial examinations were held for at least 200 years.
However, in the past two hundred years, there are few famous works in the Jinshi scientific examination field in which almost all banner poets except Li Bai have participated.
The reason is that this method of examining poetry is too rigid, and the poets are too nervous, so it is normal that it is difficult to have good works.
But there are always exceptions to everything, and although this extremely low probability exception is a rare existence, there are still some after all.
Du Fu did not leave enough classic masterpieces in the examination room of Jinshike.
Wei didn't, Meng Haoran didn't, Gao Shi, Cen Shen, Bai Juyi, Yuan Zhen, Li Shangyin, Du Mu, and so on.
But there is one person who became famous in the poetry world with a scientific examination poem in the examination room, and finally reached the peak of the poetry circle of his time.
Although he later wrote many more poems, many of them were good.
Throughout his life, this imperial examination poem, written in the examination room, is still recognized as one of his most representative works.
This person is the well-deserved leader of the trial altar in the Tang calendar, and Qian Qi Qian Zhongwen, who is the first of the ten talents in the calendar.
In the exam he took, the poem title he gave was "Xiangling Drum".
Whether it's time and space confusion, or butterfly wings.
In short, this exam poetry question, which should have appeared in the Middle Tang Dynasty, actually appeared in advance, and it was worthy of being encountered by Li Xingzhou.
The sky has eyes!
To face this imperial examination with the "scientific examination poem", which can be called the pinnacle of the poetry history of the Tang Dynasty in the past three hundred years, if you still fail the examination...... That's just unreasonable!
Such a possibility simply cannot exist!
Although the exam is far from over, Li Xingzhou is already sure in his heart.
I was in a good mood, in this extremely tense examination room, in the examination room where all the scholars were immersed in hard thinking and did not dare to be distracted a little.
Li Xingzhou even put down the sheep's pen in his hand, raised his head and cast a distant glance with a warm smile into the northern sky.
Good drum clouds and Se, often hear the emperor's spirit.
Feng Yikong danced to himself, and Chu Ke was unbearable.
The bitter tone is poignant, and the clear sound is in the dark.
Cangwu came to complain, and Bai Zhi moved Fangxin.
The flowing water spreads to Xiaopu, and the sad wind passes through the cave.
At the end of the song, no one is gone, and there are several peaks on the river.
Li Xingzhou is indeed unlearned, but he happens to memorize this poem.
In fact, this is also the confidence of him to participate in the imperial examination.
Yes, it doesn't matter if the title is Xiangling Drum Se or whatever.
Li Xingzhou will write this poem.
Compared with the imperial examination after the Tang Dynasty, and even the college entrance examination in later generations, the examination time at this time was the shortest, with early entry and late exit, only one day...... One more night.
When Li Xingzhou walked out of the heavily supervised Gongyuan, the sunset of early spring had not yet completely set.
"The three candles are moving, and the seven turns of the Dan have not opened.
The waning moon is getting lower and less disturbed, and I don't know who is the immortal? ”
The Ministry of Rites ordered: "If the scholar has unfinished the answer sheet during the day, he will be allowed to light three candles" Look back at the Gongyuan, and then look at the three candles that have not been touched in the examination basket.
Xing Zhou smiled leisurely, those scholars in the Gongyuan tonight are afraid that they will have to think about the night.
I had been in retreat for months, but now I have finished my exams. Li Xingzhou completely threw this matter to the back of his mind.
Pulling Wei Hanshuang, who was extremely reluctant to go out, played crazy inside and outside Luoyang City for several days.
Because he was going out to hang around, Li Xingzhou followed the precedent of the last time and asked Wei Hanshuang to change into the green coat and hat.
It's still that the hat is not worn properly, and it will be crooked after a while.
Wei Hanshuang, who should be in the age of loving beauty, is as light and light as ever.
After dressing up properly, after Li Xingzhou was satisfied, he irresponsibly led Wei Hanshuang City to wander around inside and outside the city.
First go outside the city, the world-famous Longmen Grottoes must be to pay homage.
Although it is not a good time to go out, it is also difficult to go up and walk around the mountain known as Lao Tzu's alchemy place and the best burial ground in the world.
Wei Hanshuang walked when he could, and when he couldn't walk, he dragged the corner of Li Xingzhou's clothes, and then Li Xingzhou would stop and lean over, pick up Sister Wei and continue walking.
It's not that Wei Hanshuang can't walk, what is a person who practices martial arts.
It's just a matter of enjoying the feeling.
After shopping outside the city, the lively north and south cities are of course to go, and the White Horse Temple can not be less;
All kinds of special food, especially the restaurants opened by Hu people from all over the world, are also a must-eat.
Eat one after another.
Naturally, the top ten famous wines of Datang cannot be missed.
Drink one ou after another.
This time, what a cool word!
After the scientific examination, there are few people who can have a state of mind like Li Xingzhou, and they can play crazy like him after all.
The other township tribute students are mostly worried and urgent at the moment.
Especially as time passes day by day, and the release period is approaching day by day, but it is not yet time, it is really a tortured person who eats and drinks tastelessly, and has trouble sleeping.
In the final analysis, the results of the imperial examination are really important to the scholars of this era.
, you can soar into the sky, and step into the "official" class of the three classes of Tang officials, good and low.
Since then, she has no worries about food and clothing, beautiful concubines, and endless life romances.
Miss!
Although it will not encounter Su Qin's failure when he said that Qin failed, when he returned home in embarrassment, "his sister-in-law is not cooking, his wife is not weaving, and his parents are not thinking of him as a son".
But the ridicule from the neighbors and relatives and the township party is really uncomfortable.