Chapter 11: Falling Flowers and Birds Chaos III
Unlike the college entrance examination, which is determined for life, the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty was often set for life before the examination. Because, the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty had a lot of space, and there was room for human operation.
Different from the imperial examinations of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the papers of the imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty were not sealed, and the examiner knew at a glance who the owner of the test paper was and who was sacred. In this case, the level of poetry and writing on the test paper in front of the examiner is not very important, because this is just a reference. As the examiner, there are many factors they need to consider: such as the prestige and literary name of the lifter, such as the family behind the lifter, and other people's requests.
Of course, the others here are not ordinary people, but some extraordinary people, either powerful or celebrities, or even princesses or princesses, and their recommendations are called "general lists". For example, Han Yu, who has been in decline for eight generations, is a person who is keen on "Tongbang", and the moves he recommends have formed a unique group called "Hanmen disciples".
There are many stories about the list, romantic stories.
In that year's Jingzhao Mansion Examination, the famous poet Buddha Wang Wei was just a talented young man. However, for this exam, Wang Wei is very confident, full of confidence, and it is bound to win. Of course, Wang Wei's goal is not to simply be admitted, he is aiming at the "solution" of that year, that is, the first place. Wang Wei's self-confidence is justified, very reasonable. Because of his talent, but also because he has a relationship, a relationship with heaven.
Wang Wei's relationship is that of a prince, King Qi, who is the King of Qi in Du Fu's "Jiangnan in the Year of the Li Turtle", "It is common to see in King Qi's house, and Cui Jiutang has heard it a few times before". King Qi's name is Li Fan, and Li Fan's father is the emperor, which is Li Dan of Tang Ruizong, but at this time, he has already braided. The current emperor is Li Longji, the emperor of Tang Ming who does not love the country and loves beauties, Li Longji is Li Fan's elder brother and half-brother. You say, is this relationship all the way to heaven?
Wang Wei, who was full of confidence, was poured a scoop of cold water on King Qi's head: First place? You! No play! Because, the position of the head has already been occupied by others. This other person is a man named Zhang Jiugao, this person's literary style is quite reasonable, of course, it can't be compared with the talented Wang Wei. However, Zhang Jiugao has an elder brother who is very good, and the cow is boundless, because his brother's name is Zhang Jiuling. Zhang Jiuling was a famous minister in the Kaiyuan period, and his prestige was not ordinarily high. Don't say that the little examiner, even Li Longji himself, should give him three points of face.
However, if you think that Zhang Jiugao's backstage is his brother Zhang Jiuling, then you are wrong, a big mistake. Because, in addition to his brother, Zhang Jiugao also has a backstage, a harder backstage. This backstage is a woman, of course, not an ordinary woman, because she is a princess, Princess Yuzhen.
If you want to make a ranking of the power of the princesses of the Tang Dynasty, Princess Yuzhen can roughly rank third, and the top two are Princess Taiping and Princess Anle. The reason why she is ranked third is not because Princess Yuzhen is not powerful enough, but because the two people in front of her are too violent, because they are both people who are only a little short of ascending to the throne and becoming the second female emperor in Chinese history.
Princess Yuzhen is the granddaughter of Wu Zetian, the daughter of Li Dan, and the younger sister of Li Longji. It seems that the relationship between Princess Yuzhen and Li Longji should be the same as that of Li Fan, half a catty and eight taels. In fact, it is not, because Princess Yuzhen and Li Longji are brothers and sisters of the same mother, and the relationship is called an intimate one, which is far beyond the reach of King Qi.
Looking at the young genius with a lost face, the merciful King Qi pondered for a moment, and finally came up with an idea, an idea to draw a salary from the bottom of the kettle.
Like King Qi, Princess Yuzhen is a literary young woman who often holds some literary salons and other parties. It is very coincidental that five days later, there will be such a large-scale literary carnival party in Princess Yuzhen's mansion.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the banquet gradually reached the **. Under the call of King Qi, a young man with a jade tree in the wind, holding a pipa in his arms, appeared in front of a group of big names in a chic manner, and a new song of "Yulun Robe" was like "Wushan Night Rain Strings Rise, Xiangshui Qingbo Fingers Born", infected a full of friends, Princess Yuzhen was even more drunk and infatuated, and couldn't extricate herself for a long time.
King Qi came out of the crowd, walked up to Princess Yuzhen, and pretended to be mysterious: "Wang Wei's pipa is not the most wonderful!" ”
"Whose lute is that?" Princess Yuzhen raised her head in surprise and asked impatiently.
"No, it's Wang Wei's resignation!" King Qi said with a smile.
At this time, Wang Wei had neatly taken out the poems hidden in his arms and presented them respectfully.
After reading a few songs, Princess Yuzhen looked surprised. He told his half-brother that she had seen these poems, because they were masterpieces that her son and Zhang Jiugao often read and imitated. I thought that such elegant words must have come from the hands of the ancients, but I did not expect that the authors of these poems could be so young and so chic.
When the time came, King Qi immediately turned the conversation to this year's Jingzhao Mansion exam.
Princess Yuzhen turned her head and asked if Wang Wei had already entered the palace.
King Qi sighed and said regretfully: It's a pity, this year, you have recommended Zhang Jiugao.
Princess Yuzhen smiled lightly and said seriously: I will do my best!
That year, Wang Wei used a song "Yulun Robe" in exchange for the solution that he was determined to get.