Li Zaixing picked up the tea bowl and only took a symbolic sip, with no real interest. On the way, he had already tasted the so-called tea, including the sencha method vigorously promoted by the tea saint Lu Yu, and he was basically loveless.

Du Fu likes to drink tea very much, and he doesn't even care about his image. Fortunately, Li Zaixing didn't feel any poetic light from the first time he saw Du Fu, and he was no longer surprised.

"Why don't you drink it?" Du Fu drank three cups in a row, only to find that Li Zaixing was not interested in tea, and hurriedly said: "The tea in this Bodhi Temple is very famous, don't you want to taste it?" ”

Li Zaixing smiled with a disguised smile: "I am used to drinking tea boiled in mountain spring water in Hanruo Temple, but I am not used to drinking this well water tea." ”

Du Fu was stunned for a moment, and smiled to himself: "This tea was originally made by zazen monks, and the respected teacher is a great virtue in the hidden world, so he is naturally good at making tea." There is also a famous mountain clear spring to cook tea, of course, the taste is excellent, but I have seen some laughter. ”

Li Zaixing raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows. Du Fu was probably very depressed in the Bodhi Temple, and he usually didn't have much chance to drink such tea, but today he was a little out of shape, he was full of food and tea, and his self-esteem began to trouble again. He hurriedly diverted the topic and said to Lu Hu: "Ah Hu, you and Zhiyuan are making tea here, and Brother Du and I will go and enjoy the other paintings." Brother Du, please! ”

Du Fu got up and walked forward with Li Zaixing. After they finished admiring Wu Daozi's "Picture of a Ritual Bone Immortal", they came to a side hall, Du Fu held a lamp, illuminated the murals on the wall, and laughed softly: "Brother Xian, do you know whose masterpiece this is?" ”

Li Zaixing took a closer look, he didn't have much research on painting, at best it was intuitively good-looking and not good-looking, for the painters of the Tang Dynasty, he only knew Wu Daozi, no way, the name of the painting saint was too loud, even a layman had heard of it. Other painters, his eyes were black, Du Fu said so, he had to humbly ask for advice.

Du Fu chuckled: "This is the painting of Jinshi in the ninth year of Kaiyuan." ”

Li Zaixing is still confused, which master is the Jinshi in the ninth year of Kaiyuan?

Du Fu saw that Li Zaixing hadn't guessed it yet, and further reminded: "This person's poetry name is no less than Brother Taibai." ”

Li Zaixing smiled awkwardly: "I grew up in the mountains, except for Brother Taibai and Brother Du, I know only a limited number of poets. ”

Du Fu felt bored, touched his head, and said with a wry smile: "Speaking of this person, I am naturally not worth mentioning, even Brother Taibai is probably a little inferior." Wang Wei Wang Maha, you've always heard of it, right? ”

Li Zaixing was stunned for a moment, and then scolded in his heart, what is the origin of this Bodhi Temple, not only Wu Daozi's paintings, but also Wang Wei's paintings? Wang Wei knows that no matter how uneducated people are, they also know that "the desert is lonely, and the sun sets on the long river". Yes, it seems that he is also good at painting, but not as famous as the poem.

"Wang Wei is still a jinshi in the ninth year of Kaiyuan?"

"Not bad." The smile on Du Fu's face faded, and he was a little more bitter: "Just now Brother Xian said that I was a late bloomer, in fact, I also knew that this was Brother Xian's words to comfort me." I'm thirty-nine this year, and I'll be forty next year, but I don't see any hope of becoming a big thing. My father and ancestors have all passed away, and I can't enter the government from the shade, but I should have passed the imperial examination many times, but my knowledge is shallow, and I have been stumbling for many years, and I have gained nothing. But what about Jinshi and the first, this Wang Maha became famous as a young man, and he became the first, but now he is only afraid of regrets. ”

"Why is that?"

"Hehe, I'll tell you about Wang Majie, so that you can have a more direct impression of the imperial examination."

Wang Wei became famous as a young man, and at the age of 20, he can be said to be a genius. Jinshi is not so easy to test, as the saying goes: thirty old Mingjing, fifty young Jinshi. Twenty years old is definitely a very rare thing. After Wang Wei won the Jinshi, his career was still not smooth, the reason is very simple, he offended a person, a person who was kind to him.

When today's sister, Princess Yuzhen.

Princess Yuzhen was originally Wang Wei's Bole. Wang Wei participated in the imperial examination a year ago, failed to pass, and was later introduced by King Qi, showed his talent in front of Princess Yuzhen, was favored by Princess Yuzhen, and was recommended to participate in the examination, and he passed the first place that year. With the care of Princess Yuzhen, he was awarded the official position of Taile Cheng after that. Taile Cheng is under the eighth rank, which has exceeded the standard of Jinshi and the ninth rank usually awarded to the ninth rank official, it should be said that this is a very good starting point.

"However, he didn't do it long before he was demoted." Du Fu smiled bitterly: "The reason is ridiculous, it is said that it is the maid dancing the yellow lion, and he, as Taile Cheng, was implicated." In fact, the reason is that he was proud of his youth, and then he was newly married. ”

Li Zaixing looked at Du Fu in surprise, and said in his heart that this poet not only does not have the aperture of the poet, but also has a bit of gossip. That's right, you just say that Wang Wei is Princess Yuzhen's good look. As for it, a great poet as famous as Li Bai would actually be the male pet of Princess Yuzhen?

"Looking at the expression of the virtuous brother, I must not believe it." Du Fu had already expected it, and then said: "In February of the ninth year of Kaiyuan, Wang Majie Zhongjinshi, in March, he was awarded Taile Cheng, married in June, and was demoted to Jeju Sicang to join the army in October; In the fourteenth year of Kaiyuan, he abandoned his official position and returned to Beijing to live idlely; In the nineteenth year of Kaiyuan, his wife died, and for twenty years, Wang Majie has not married; In the twenty-third year of Kaiyuan, it was the right to pick up the relics, and the following year moved to supervise the imperial history ......"

After listening to Du Fu finish talking about Wang Wei's career experience, even if Li Zaixing is not very familiar with the official system of the Tang Dynasty, he can smell the smell of power and sex trading, and involuntarily let out an "oh". Wang Wei was demoted because of the yellow lion, it was obvious that he was married, and Princess Yuzhen was unhappy, so she wanted to toss him. Later, why was he promoted again, because his wife died, and he never married. Why not marry? I'm afraid it's not that I don't want to marry, but I don't dare to marry. In other words, what Jinshi is just a pet dog raised by Princess Yuzhen, who wants you to live if you are alive, and if you want to die, you will die.

What about good poetry, good painting, and high musical accomplishment? If the princess is unhappy, she will let you be laid off immediately.

Li Zaixing teased: "This ...... Brother Du is very familiar with Wang Majie. ”

Seeing that Li Zaixing understood what he meant, Du Fu sighed: "Wang Majie and I are also poetry friends, although the friendship is not very thick, it can be regarded as a nodding friend." What's more, I don't say this to slander him behind his back, he is actually a poor man. I'm talking about myself. He looked around and talked about his experience of seeking office.

Du Fu's grandfather had already passed away, and his father's official position was limited, and when he died, he was only a county magistrate, and he was not qualified to bring Du Fu into the official career. So Du Fu only has two ways left, one is to go to the imperial examination by himself, and the other is to interfere with the power gate.

In the imperial examination, Du Fu participated in several times, but failed to reach the first. What made Du Fu feel most depressed was the time in the sixth year of Tianbao, the traitorous minister Li Linfu was afraid that the lifters would say that he was not in front of the emperor, so he didn't take any of them, and he still said in front of the Son of Heaven that the world is governed and there is no sage. His fluttering words shattered the hopes of thousands of people, including Du Fu.

Princess Yuzhen can influence Wang Wei's life and death, Li Linfu can influence the life and death of more people, in front of them, what is Jinshi?

"My friend Cen Shen is a Jinshi of Tianbao for three years, and he was awarded the right to lead the government soldiers Cao to join the army, and after a few years, there is no hope of promotion, in order to find a way out, he went out of the fortress last year, went to Anxi, and went to the Gaozhi Immortal Shogunate to be the secretary, and I don't know if I can come back alive. Another friend of mine, Gao Shi, is nearly half a hundred years old, and only last year he was awarded the title of Qiu Wei, and recently there was a poem to come, saying that he ushered in the send-off, whipped the people, and was physically and mentally exhausted......"

Du Fu chattered and told Li Zaixing what he knew about the career experiences of those Jinshi. This kind of remarks, Li Zaixing has heard Li Mi talk about some before, but now he is more touched by Du Fu, because these people mentioned by Du Fu are all famous poets in later generations, Du Fu himself will not say it, Cen Shen, Gao Shi, that is a famous poet of Biansai, I didn't expect that even if they won the Jinshi, their career is still so difficult.

No wonder Du Fu was not very interested in the imperial examination, and he was bent on interfering with the powerful. It's not that he's willing to fall, it's forced by life. Zhongju sounds very majestic in later generations, but now it is not yet that time, at best, it is just a carrot hanging in front of readers, and it may have the effect of creating a trend, but for now, it is just better than nothing, and it does not play a big role.

Du Fu is like this, let alone Li Bai, his family background is not clear, and he doesn't even have the possibility of giving it a try. No wonder he doesn't think about this at all, and is bent on making himself rich and noble with vertical and horizontal techniques.

"So, this imperial examination ...... It's really useless. ”

"I can't say that it's useless." Du Fu sighed: "For the children of eunuchs, the imperial examination is just a dispensable piece of chicken ribs, but for those ordinary people, this is an opportunity after all, even if it is a small opportunity. Before the imperial examination, ordinary people didn't even have this opportunity. ”

Li Zaixing also sighed: "If it is general, it doesn't hurt, but if it hurts, it doesn't work." ”

"What?" Du Fu asked in some surprise.

"I mean, the career is not smooth, the talented are in a high position, and the talented have no way out, which is a hidden danger." Li Zaixing looked at Wang Wei's paintings on the wall, but he had no interest in viewing them, but had an inexplicable anxiety. This painting, like Wu Daozi, may not last long. The Tang Dynasty is like a firework, it has reached the most brilliant time, and next, it will be turned into ashes. Whether it is Chang'an or Luoyang, it will become a brutal killing field.

Where do I go from here?

Du Fu chewed Li Zaixing's words and sighed with emotion. Li Zaixing's sentence is a vernacular, not profound at all, but it suddenly points to the point. It is really appropriate for him to use medical words to compare the crisis of the imperial court and the human body to compare the country. Isn't the crisis of the country because of the poor way of speech and the poor career of the official? If a scholar cannot find a way out, he will not only fail to serve the country, but will also become a hidden danger to the country. Since Cen Shen can go thousands of miles and enter the Gao Xianzhi shogunate, won't anyone go to Fanyang, which is closer, to enter the shogunate of An Lushan, and make suggestions for him?

Isn't this what Li Zaixing said about the pain of not being reasonable, this pain is probably not a small pain, but a severe pain that hurts the heart and lungs.

The more Du Fu thought about it, the more frightened he became, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became...... On Monday, as usual, ask for recommendations and be on the list!