Chapter 020: West Lake Poetry Club
On the shore of West Lake, there are many restaurants and teahouses near the lake, among which the largest one is called West Lake Restaurant.
The name "West Lake Restaurant", although not charming enough, is also a five-storey pavilion, in the entire Hangzhou Mansion is one of the best restaurants, it is said that the owner behind this restaurant is one of the six grain chiefs of Qiantang Zhao Yuanwai.
The credibility of this statement is still very high, and it was Yang Qing who proposed the poetry competition this time, but it was the Qingfeng Poetry Society that chose the venue. And the two leaders in this poetry club are Su He and Zhao Peng.
is the son of Zhao Yuanwai, of course, he will choose to hold a poetry meeting in his own restaurant.
As for Su He Su Ziyang, he was born in a scholarly family, and I heard that he is the descendant of Su Dongpo, a famous lyricist in the Northern Song Dynasty------ anyway, their Su family said so, as for whether it is a real descendant of Su Shi, it is impossible to test.
Some people like to recognize their ancestors indiscriminately, and it is normal to be separated from each other, and they have experienced many branches of various families, and they have experienced wars in the Northern and Southern Song Dynasty and the end of the Yuan Dynasty------
The Su family has a family history, and Su He's father is a squire and a big man, and he is famous. In the Su family, there are three people, and in the past few years, there have been many talents among the young generation of the Su family, and several of them are considered to be famous in Hangzhou.
From this point of view, it seems that Su He is really likely to be the descendant of the Dongpo monks?
Regardless of whether the matter is true or not, Suhe today is known as the "Little Dongpo". To be able to get this title, in addition to being involved in the relationship with Su Dongpo's descendants, his attainments in poetry are also inseparable, of course, the most important thing is that he recognizes a good ancestor.
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The poetry meeting was held in the afternoon, and the students of the two poetry societies had also sent out invitations all over the place, inviting friends from all walks of life to come to this poetry meeting and witness the ------love and killing of each other?
After the members of the two families arrived one after another, some of the scholars who drank flower wine on the flower boat painting boat also reluctantly bid farewell to the West Lake boat lady and went ashore to participate in the poetry meeting.
The fifth floor of the top floor of the West Lake Restaurant was covered by the Qingfeng Poetry Society today.
At this moment, in the spacious banquet hall, countless literati dressed as Confucian scholars poured in, and soon reached the grand occasion of gathering together.
The banquet hall is not small, in the middle is a long table, on top of which are the four treasures of the study, all the things to be used when writing poetry are readily available, and the surrounding is full of seats. The small table in front of the seat is full of a variety of drinks and snacks.
However, there are too many people from the counties under the jurisdiction of Hangzhou today, and some of the people who received the invitations even brought a friend with them, so the seats are naturally not enough. Those who came later, naturally, only had the share of standing.
Today's poetry meeting is undoubtedly a grand event for students, but it is not a mandatory rule that only Xiucai can participate, as long as you have an invitation in your hand, you can be seated.
Of course, if the old men have to come to join in the excitement, everyone is also unanimously welcome, and they are entertained with delicious food and drink. But in the eyes of the people, this is just a small fight among young people. Therefore, among those who are here today, the highest status is only the student.
It's not that I'm worried that the appearance of the lifter will affect the balance between the two sides, because today it has long been stipulated that others can only drink and watch and evaluate, and the person who composes the poem must be a member of the two poetry clubs. Although it is not explicitly said that people cannot participate in the poetry competition, the meaning is similar, and there are currently no members of the two poetry societies who are above the fame.
At this moment, everyone in the hall gathered together in twos and threes, sitting or standing, all talking and laughing with each other in a low voice, and talking about the victory or defeat of today's poetry meeting.
Most people naturally tend to think that the Qingfeng Poetry Society can win, after all, Su He is known as Xiaodongpo, how can the poems produced be bad?
The few people who are biased towards thinking that the Cloud Stopping Poetry Society can win are because of Xu Xiong, the head of the trial case.
Although everyone understands that Xu Xiong's poetry is not as good as Su He, his poetry is also very good, but slightly inferior to Su He. Perhaps, today Xu Xiong can really make a good poem and surprise everyone?
At this time, the focus of everyone's attention has long ceased to be on the poetry competition between the two poetry clubs. This poetry meeting has now evolved into a contest between the first and second places in the college examination!
But in any event like this, the finale character always doesn't appear until the end, and the people who lead the charge in front of him are all small minions, so they don't have much to look at. However, everyone knows that the good show is ahead, and everyone is patiently waiting for the final battle between the head of the hospital examination and Xiao Dongpo.
It is said that poetry and literature are not separated, but there are not many people who really take care of both the eight strands of current literature and poetry. For the sake of fame, the literati can only concentrate on studying how to write Bagu Wen, and it is not of much significance to be distracted from the poems.
Poetry can be famous, but after all, it is a small way, and entering the imperial examination is the right way. If you can't pass the exam, it is difficult to be recommended as an official, no matter how famous you are. At that time, the emperor will ask, since you are famous, why can't you even pass the township exam?
Say it's unfair to the imperial court?
That's tantamount to lighting a lantern in a latrine - looking for death!
Not to mention that the emperor will be unhappy, but the officials don't dare to recommend ordinary students, which is simply making themselves uncomfortable. The emperor really wanted to investigate the case of fraud in the imperial examination, but it was another large unjust case, implicating countless ------
Therefore, it was difficult for the scholars to pay equal attention to the current literature and poetry, so they took the avenue and gave up the path. Therefore, in the early stage of the poetry meeting, there were not too many good poems, most of which were mediocre works.
After more than an hour passed, the poetry meeting gradually entered the climax stage, and it was accompanied by a few good poems, which won a lot of applause.
The talents of both parties were all dispatched, and the poems were written, and soon only the two finalists remained. Everyone knew that the real drama was about to begin, and there was a lot of discussion for a while.
"This Xu Xiong is amazing, the article is very good, and the writing is very mellow and spicy, I have to mention the praise of the great master himself, and the point is the first ------ of the case."
"That's good, but if the article is well written, the poetry isn't necessarily just as good------"
"Since ancient times, poetry and literature have not been separated------"
"In which year did the imperial court take the poetry exam?"
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At the same time that everyone was talking about Xu Xiong, Zhao Peng also wrote a poem on the spot, which was also at the slightly upper middle level, but it was not very good. However, everyone also gave enough face, applauded and shouted a few times, and casually commented a few words, and it was over.
Zhao Peng returned to his seat a little depressed, and honestly, his poem was better than the works of his predecessors, but everyone's hearts were not on it, and they were all looking forward to Xu Xiong and Su He's poems.
"Next time, I must not choose such a time to compose poetry!" He gritted his teeth, secretly swore an oath in his heart, and his still immature face was gloomy.
At this time, Xu Xiong left his seat, came to the middle of the banquet hall and stood still, made a circle to the surrounding people, and said polite words such as "offering ugliness" before lifting the brush and writing the name of the poem on the paper.
"Spring Flower ------"
There are not many people who can really get their hands on poetry, and they are usually prepared in advance and written on the spot. A situation like "100 Psalms on Worship and Drinking" is unlikely to occur at this time.
Up and down for 5,000 years, there is only one Li Taibai in the world!
Xu Xiong's "Spring Flower Watch" has been brewing for several days, and the style is a seven-word quatrain.
"Talented people take the spring to see the flowers, and the poems are praised to people------"
"The east wind is long on the trunk road in February, and a few weeping poplars sweep away the flowers."
The four lines of the poem jumped on the paper and immediately won the applause of the audience. Compared with the previous poems, this poem is definitely a step ahead, and it is only natural that it is well received by everyone. However, this poem is good, compared with the poems that Su He passed out before, it is a little dwarfed, and many discerning people present can see that the Cloud Stopping Poetry Society is afraid that it will lose------
Yang Qing drank a whole glass of wine sullenly, turned his head to look out the window, and then his pupils shrank suddenly.
Shen Tianyou, who was beside him, didn't notice this subtle expression, he only knew that he was not in a good mood at this moment, so he comforted him in a low voice: "Brother Yang, it's just a competition, even if we really lose later, it doesn't matter, at most it's just a loss of face, why do you have to be so distressed?" It's a ------."
"Brother Shen, look at ------"
Yang Qing interrupted him, pointed his finger downward, and asked, "I can't see it clearly, you can help me see, is that person ------ Brother Li?" ”
"Brother Li? Which Li ------ do you mean Brother Zhongqing?!! ”
Shen Tianyou's eyes widened suddenly, and then he also looked down from the window, and following the direction of his finger, he saw Li Qian, who was leading a pair of maids and a little boy walking over here. His face was overjoyed, and he nodded hurriedly: "It's Brother Li!" Brother Yang, let's hurry down and say hello, success or failure is here! ”
"Exactly! It's just ------ wonder if he will agree? ”
Yang Qing naturally understood, after seeing Li Qian appear here, he already had the same idea as his friend, but he was also a little hesitant in his heart, worried that the other party would not agree to his request.
"Why don't you try it?"
Shen Tianyou replied with a smile, and left the table first, Yang Qing hurriedly followed him, and the two of them went downstairs together------
Everyone in the hall was smiling and laughing, and they were all talking about what kind of masterpieces Xiao Dongpo would have today. Zhao Peng sat alone by the window, and after discovering the abnormality of Yang Qing and the others, he couldn't help frowning.
Then he also leaned over and looked down, and couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Li Qian's figure, and then he was happy in his heart: "He actually came over too!" ”
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(PS: Thank you for the reward of [One Leaf Knows the Season].)
Some people think that since it is written about a leisurely life, the protagonist should not make enemies everywhere. In this regard, I can only say that so far there has been no so-called real enemy, I think the enemy should be irreparable contradictions between the two, and you must live and die. If you are an opponent, it should only be one and a half for the time being. Except for Xiao Zhao, there have been no other opponents at present, and there are not many contradictions and conflicts.
The content will be biased towards the flow of life, but I don't think you can eat and sleep all the way to wander around the nonsense flow------ occasionally you have to hit a dozen beanies, and life will have passion! What do you think? ^_^)