Anyway, Wu Jie wants to use this competition to make a name for himself, and today's Li Mansion is full of exam-taking moves. Even though the cabinet and the six ministers respected their identities and only sent someone to send a gift list, there were still a lot of middle- and lower-level officials. Some people are clinging to the power of the Li family, while others feel that Li Wei and Li Li's father and son are really difficult, and if they don't come, they are afraid that they will find trouble in the future.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a crown covering a full seat.

Since this is the case, Wu Jie naturally wants everyone to know that the person who wrote the lyrics for Caiyun is himself.

Therefore, as soon as Concubine Li asked about it, Wu Jie made the ins and outs of the matter clear from beginning to end.

Of course, this concealed the fact that the Ministry of Rites did not register herself, so as not to make Concubine Li misunderstand that she had the intention to ask her to help mediate, leaving a bad impression on her.

After Concubine Li heard this, she was pleasantly surprised, and said: "Mr. Shizhen is talented, the poems in "The Story of the Stone" are extremely beautiful, but today I have to compete with a character like Yan Shifan. You can't be so confident unless you have a great work. Being able to hear Mr.'s poems, it seems that the lonely family is worth the trip today. ”

Speaking of this, she smiled again: "When I was gossiping with my father before, I talked about the competition between Caiyun and Xiangyue. At that time, my father was optimistic about Xiangyue and wanted to gamble with the lonely family. Since it is Mr. Shizhen who is behind Caiyun, then, I will bet on Caiyun. ”

"Mr. Shizhen, don't worry, Miss Caiyun has already arrived and is resting in the back."

After speaking, he asked Gui Yuan to show Wu Jie the way, covered his mouth and walked away with a chuckle.

Fortunately, with longan to guide the way, Wu Jie took a few turns in the courtyard, and finally saw a large courtyard and two theater stages, which were the front yard where the birthday banquet was held.

Wu Jie came to the banquet this time to receive a serious post, and saw that he was arranged in a room in the wing room with a heavy gift and cash. There was also an official from the seventh rank and a few people in the same room.

Everyone was not familiar with each other, and after exchanging names, they sat in their seats.

It was already completely dark, and there were many lamps in the courtyard, and it was as bright as day.

Wu Jie was bored, so he stood in front of the window and looked outside.

A colorful shed has long been set up in the courtyard, and the small stove with silver charcoal burning in the shed looks very warm. There are plum blossoms on the table, and in the light, the snowflakes fall softly and softly, flickering, very elegant.

There are several copper stoves with incense curling and sandalwood wafting.

The seats outside are more pleasant than in the house.

Therefore, most people are arranged in the side hall or ear room next to it, and people with status and status sit in the color shed outside.

After standing in front of the window for a while, the scholars who came to the birthday banquet had already arrived, and they walked into the ear room next to them one after another and sat down.

Then, there was also a color shed in the courtyard.

Wu Jie was watching the excitement when he saw Li Li accompanied an old man with gray hair and a middle-aged man in a red official uniform.

The gray-haired old man was wearing a dark blue satin robe, looking like a rich man, and his appearance was very ordinary.

However, the official of the third grade looks very distinctive, this person is not tall, looks a little fat, has a Chinese face, and one eye is white, as if he has a cataract, and when he looks at people, he likes to turn his head to the side.

The third-grade official, that is the level of the deputy hall official of the sixth department, is also considered a dignitary in the court. Moreover, the third-grade officials already have the level of entering the cabinet, even in a place like the capital full of officials, it is rare.

Wu Jie was taken aback, it seemed that the white-haired old man should be Concubine Li's father, Li Wei. I just don't know who this one-eyed dragon is, is it...... Seeing the three of them coming, the people in the colorful shed outside stood up one after another: "I've seen Xiaoge Lao, I've seen Elder Li!" ”

"I've seen Xiao Ge Lao, I've seen Li Lao!"

A faction of flattery.

Even a few people in the room where Wu Jie was located stood up one after another and saluted outside.

…… Wu Jie suddenly realized that this cataract turned out to be Yan Song's son Yan Shifan!

This person is now the left squire of the Ministry of Works, a cabinet minister, and his power is three points greater than that of his father.

Speaking of this Xiao Yan, his fame is very loud, and he is known as the third half-talented man in the Ming Dynasty. Whether it is poetry, articles, or current affairs and politics, they can rank in the top two during the Jiajing period.

Judging from the few poems he handed down, this person's attainments are even higher than those of the seventh son of Jiajing, at least from the eyes of Wu Jie, a modern person.

The old man of the seventh son died of death, and his status in the literary world was not as good as the other. As for Xu Wenchang, in recent years, he has devoted himself to military affairs and has long stopped writing poems and lyrics.

And "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" have been out for many years, and the novel has a low status in the ancient cultural circles.

Therefore, from the current point of view, Yan Shifan has a tendency to be the leader of the literary world in the last years of Jiajing.

It's a pity that he was not born on the right path and did not go through the imperial examination. He first studied in Guozijian before entering the officialdom.

Scholars in the Ming Dynasty paid attention to their background, and because of this, Xiao Yan did not become a literary master.

However, with his talent, the scholars all tacitly acquiesced that he was the leader of the world.

What Wu Jie has to do today is to challenge this de facto Grand Master of the Jiajing Age Realm.

Speaking of which, although Wu Jie was with the emperor, he was a person close to the Son of Heaven. But because of their identities, except for internal servants like Huang Jin and Chen Hong, many of the senior officials in the DPRK and China don't know each other, and the only one who has seen it is Yan Song.

He was still very curious about Yan Shifan. After all, this man's name is too big. As far as Wu Jie knew, the few green words written by his father were very good, and he was a fierce rival.

Unexpectedly, I met him here.

Wu Jie was curious, so he stood behind the window and looked at it.

Li Li also recognized Wu Jielai, nodded at him, and said with a big grin: "It's here." ”

Wu Jie smiled and arched his hand at him: "I've seen Master Li." ”

"Are you...... What's it called, cough, my last name. Wu Jie was just a small person in Li Li's mind, and if it weren't for the silver, he wouldn't have bothered to pay attention to it.

Wu Jie was about to report his name, but Li Li turned his head and said to Yan Shifan: "East Building, it's here, sit down and watch the play and listen to the music." "He is just a sesame mung bean official, but in front of Xiao Ge Lao, he calls him directly, and he seems to be very affectionate.

made Wu Jie a little embarrassed.

Coincidentally, Yan Shifan and Li Wei's seats were not far from Wu Jie.

The voices of these people sounded unusually clear.

Seeing the compliments of the officials and scholars, Yan Shifan's face was arrogant, and he only bowed his head slightly, showing a majestic face.

However, the father and son of the Li family seemed very proud, so many guests came today, and even the powerful little pavilion elder came to congratulate them in person, which made their father and son feel that there was light on their faces.

Among the two, Li Wei was not from a high background, and Li Li was even more rough and liked to be lively, and immediately talked loudly with the officials in the shed and the celebrities in the cultural circles, and the atmosphere became warm in just a moment.

Everyone talked for a while, and seeing that Li Li was so enthusiastic about himself, Yan Shifan, who had a cold face, also smiled and began to speak.

Today is not only Li Wei's birthday banquet, but also the competition between the old and new two oirans, and everyone's topic naturally shifted to this.

A literati who was familiar with Xiao Yan smiled and said: "Mr. Donglou, today's competition between the old and new Oiran is indeed a wonderful thing worth seeing." It is said that the Xiangyue girl is the confidante of the East Building, but I don't know what new poems you have made for her. Your talent in the East Building must be excellent. ”

Although the social atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty was much more restrained than that of the previous dynasties, celebrities and officials interacted with the Qinglou Mingji as a way of socializing for cultural people.

Speaking of the temple, it is indeed not so good.

However, there are also three, six, nine and so on.

The kind of guy who unties his clothes as soon as he meets, and the rooster to the hen, is only what the peddler's pawn can do. For the scholars, it is very obscene.

The so-called celebrities and Qing people are a bit like celebrities or courtesans in the Republic of China, and they interact with them, mostly poetry and singing, and they have nothing to do with their flesh and skin careers, which is an elegant thing recognized by the upper class.

The person who spoke was Yan Shifan's teacher in the Guozi Prison, and he was quite prestigious in Shilin. Therefore, it is directly commensurate with the character of Yan Shifan.

Yan Shifan smiled rarely, turned his head over, and said, "Poetry and small paths, why worry about it." ”

Although the words are light, they reveal a kind of pride.

"Elder Koge is so confident, it seems that this Oiran battle is nothing to compare with." Someone complimented: "Although it is a little less intense, it is not in vain to be able to hear your new poems." ”

"Yes, who doesn't know that the reason why Miss Xiangyue is so popular is not because there is a new poem every ten days held by Xiaoge Lao." Another scholar interjected flatteringly: "If you talk about poetry, you can compare with Xiaoge Lao, when today's world, there are only Qizi and Xu Wenchang." However, although Qizi is famous, in my opinion, his talent is also average, and he just writes spicy articles. As for Xu Qingteng, painting is naturally very good, and poetry is not as good as Xiaoge Lao. By the way, in that case, this Oiran battle is not to be compared. Could it be that Caiyun also got a new poem, but I think that in this world, I can compare with Xiaoge Lao in poetry, but I haven't given birth yet! ”

The others echoed suit.

Yan Shifan smiled and said: "It's just a competition, it should be a literati collection, and there is no need to distinguish between winning and losing." As for who wrote the new poem that Caiyun sang today, it doesn't matter, and I don't care about it. ”

"Okay, Xiao Ge always doesn't have to take it to heart!" The crowd applauded.

"Yes, it doesn't matter who wrote the new poem, it doesn't matter to Xiao Ge, anyway, he can't compare to you." There is even an official who is full of sycophants.

Another said: "Actually, I seem to have heard someone say whose poem Caiyun is going to sing today, and it is said that she did get a new poem, which is not bad." The author is a person from Shuntianfu, called Wu Jie, as if he won the name of the first person in Jinke Township. ”

"Xie Yuan is very remarkable, the township test is once every three years, this Ming Dynasty is alive Xie Yuan has not a thousand but eight hundred, after understanding the Yuan, he has repeatedly failed to try, and there are many people who can't win the Jinshi in their lives."

"Yes, don't look at this person's fame now...... Well, it's just a little famous in Shuntianfu...... Maybe two months later, as soon as the Jinshi Department comes out, everyone will only care about who won the Jinshi, and as for who Xie Yuan of the township test is, it is estimated that no one knows. ”

"Yes, in less than two months, this man will become a nobody."

"To the late life, he is a nobody."

(To be continued)