Suddenly heard Wang Ying turn the topic to calligraphy, which made many new scholars on the scene puzzled, they had never heard of this kind of operation in the previous Luming Banquet.

"Is Shen Jieyuan's words good? Why has even Lord Wang heard of it? ”

"I don't know, but Lord Wang himself is a master of calligraphy, and he also said that Shen Jieyuan has the legacy of Master Shen of Hanlin, and he must not be far behind."

"You are really less knowledgeable, it is said that Shen Yichen's "Sword Like a Rainbow" was made on the spot at the Yingtianfu Flower Appreciation Parade, and the one-handed pavilion body was shocked by the ministers and official ladies!"

"Oh, and such things, what is the feedback from the official ladies?"

The appeal of pure calligraphy is far less attractive than the lace news of Childe Beauty.

Even some of the new imperial examiners who claim to be defenders can't help but prick up their ears, wanting to hear whether Shen Yichen and the official ladies have had a romantic past.

"Of course, Fang Xin secretly agreed, but Shen Xie Yuan ran to the Beijing Division, and I don't know how many young ladies want to cry in the boudoir."

"Really?"

It may be that these words are a bit too outrageous, and the new imperial examinees who hear it will be suspicious.

"How can I, Liu, be a liar? Wait a minute, you can just look at Shen Jieyuan's words. ”

With this rumor, there are more people looking forward to Shen Yichen's calligraphy, and everyone present is looking at him, wanting to see how amazing it is.

I saw that at this time, Shen Yichen stood up and saluted Wang Ying: "Since it is the order of the young uncle, the students dare not disobey." ”

"However, the students have also admired the calligraphy of Shao Zongbo for a long time, and they learned that the adult's penmanship is beautiful, flying and round, and has the style of nostalgia."

"So the students are brave and want to use cursive to write, and please ask Shaozong Bo Yazheng!"

When Shen Yichen's words came out, the ministers present showed surprise, wondering if this kid had floated?

Because compared with Shen Yichen's calligraphy fame, Wang Ying was the real calligraphy master in the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Ying's calligraphy attainments are extremely high, especially the first-hand cursive can be called the best Ming, in this era even compared with the Tang Dynasty calligraphy master, known as the "grass sage" Huaisu.

You must know that Huaisu's status in the cursive writing industry is almost equivalent to the status of Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan in the calligraphy industry, and Wang Ying's strength is naturally self-evident if he can obtain this kind of praise.

It is too well-known that for a long time, there was an endless stream of people looking for Wang Ying to write inscriptions everywhere. Even the emperor saw such a scene, and gave Jin Chuan a special hand to tie his hands, so as not to be overwhelmed.

So at this stage, Wang Ying is basically in a state of washing his hands in a golden basin, and only when the Son of Heaven needs to write, will he open Jin Chuan to create.

To describe it in the Internet language of later generations, that is, although my brother is no longer in the rivers and lakes, there are still legends of my brother in the rivers and lakes.

A hairy boy came out today, and he actually wanted to show cursive in front of Wang Ying, isn't this an axe in front of Guan Gong?

So the new examiners discussed again, but this time the reputation was much worse.

"I heard that Shen Yichen's Taige style is quite good, could it be that cursive writing also has some specialty?"

"I guess I know that Shao Zongbo is good at cursive writing, and I want to compliment and pat the horse's ass, but in my humble opinion, I'm afraid I have to pat it on the horse's leg."

"Why bother, just show what you are best at, it's too much."

In many cases, the person who knows you best may be your enemy.

Compared with the other new imperial examinees present, Sun Shaozong found someone to carefully inquire about Shen Yichen's past in Yingtian.

I know that he has never openly written cursive, let alone attained anything. Originally, Sun Shaozong faced Wang Ying to change the topic, and he was still thinking about how to find a breakthrough, didn't he send it to the door?

So before Wang Ying could reply, Sun Shaozong preemptively said: "Uncle Shaozong, the student has also heard about Xie Yuanlang's calligraphy, so it's better to let him show it, and it can also open our eyes." ”

If you interject in such a way as an ordinary person, it is estimated that several ministers will not like it. However, Sun Shaozong's background was too strong, and none of the officials present did not know his identity, so they had to acquiesce in this behavior.

"Okay, that contemptible person should be the one to open Sun Jingkui's eyes."

When Sun Shaozong talked about Yingtian's past before, Shen Yichen was already ready to get up to fight, but Wang Ying changed the topic and could only temporarily stop fighting.

Now this kid has stood up again, in this case, let you understand what it means to have people outside the people, and mountains outside the mountains!

was originally a humble word, but Shen Yichen accepted it and was ready to advise, which almost made it clear that there was a smell of gunpowder between the two.

Not to mention the new imperial examination present, even the officials and ministers all showed a playful look.

One is a child of a foreign relative of the court, and the other is a son of a popular Xunqi child, these two actually started a confrontation, and they really have a good show to watch.

"In that case, let's offer pen and ink."

Wang Ying didn't say much anymore, Shen Yichen said everything to this point, and he would definitely not be able to end without showing his hand.

You must know that the reason why Wang Ying changed the topic to show calligraphy was because he received Lin Zhen's letter and learned that Shen Yichen's one-handed style was very amazing, so he took special care so that he could show his strengths.

However, compared with the Taige style, Wang Ying, as a cursive master, naturally prefers cursive. So he had some vague expectations in his heart, what is the cursive level of this kid Shen Yichen?

The officials of the Gongyuan quickly sent pen and ink rice paper, and Shen Yichen splashed ink and wrote a poem from Wang Ying's "Quanpo Collection" on the paper.

Everyone present thought that Shen Yichen wanted to show cursive writing, but he was getting an axe in the class, but they didn't know that all this was in the plan!

Wang Ying learned about Shen Yichen through Lin Zhen's letters. On the other hand, why didn't Shen Yichen pay attention to Wang Ying?

You must know that the operation teacher's connections in Beijing have long been part of Shen Yichen's plan, and he did not choose to visit, just because the time has not come, it does not mean that no preliminary preparations have been done.

On the contrary, Shen Yichen has had a detailed understanding and exploration of Wang Ying's life, career experience, hobbies, etc. Even his works, Shen Yichen remembered them in his mind.

Originally, all this was shown when I was preparing to visit him, just like opening up the relationship between Zhou and Xu, and he was dedicated to what he liked.

As a result, he didn't expect Wang Ying to have such a close teacher-student relationship with Lin Zhen, and directly regarded Shen Yichen as his own person. Even the shelves have been set up, just waiting to perform on stage.

If Shen Yichen can't grasp such an opportunity, it will be too incompetent.

I saw Shen Yichen walking on the rice paper, flying naturally. The strokes are like a whirlwind of rain and clouds.

The center of the pen, vertical and horizontal oblique and unstoppable, echoing up and down, the law of one breath is possessed, which can be called the reproduction of Huaisu pen and ink!

The onlookers of the new imperial examination were still questioning and making fun of them at first. When Shen Yichen's pen and ink jumped on the paper, there was only silence left in the audience, as silent as the deep mountains and old forests, and there was no even exclamation.

Even the officials present opened their mouths in surprise after seeing Shen Yichen's words.

I never thought that this young man's attainments in cursive would reach such an astonishing level!

In the end, it was Wang Ying who broke the silence, and he said in an extremely emotional tone: "The back waves of the Yangtze River urge the front waves, and replace the old people for the new." ”

This sentence is equivalent to a final word, affirming Shen Yichen's strength in cursive, and there is no doubt about it!

"Shen Xie Yuan is a great talent, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes today, I really couldn't believe that someone could write such strokes."

"This handwriting is simply Huaisu's bones, how did you do it?"

"There is the charm of Master Shen before, and the muscles and bones of Huaisu are now served!"

"Heavenly geniuses are like this, we can't wait for ordinary people."

Listening to the praise of the audience, Sun Shaozong's face could be said to be pale, he actually knew very well in his heart that Shen Yichen's words must be almost there.

It's just that this kid got carried away and wanted to get an axe in front of Wang Ying, giving himself a chance to find fault, so that Shen Yichen could understand what it meant to be humiliated.

But Sun Shaozong never imagined that Shen Yichen's hand could be so strong, and even Wang Ying admitted that the back waves of the Yangtze River pushed the front waves, instantly making himself like a clown.

It's really just like what the other party said, it opened my eyes today!

Not only Sun Shaozong was speechless, but everyone present was convinced. Because facts speak louder than words, and strength proves everything, Shen Yichen's words came out, turning all doubts into jokes.

Articles and poems can all be ghostwritten, but no one replaces them except for on-site calligraphy and painting!

"Everyone, it's ugly!"

In addition to facing Sun Shaozong, Shen Yichen showed an arrogant posture, to the rest of the people, even if he could pretend to be forced to the extreme at this moment, Shen Yichen still maintained a humble attitude and did not get carried away.

Because Shen Yichen knew very well in his heart that he actually couldn't afford to be so praised.

The reason is very simple, what Shen Yichen shows is more based on the work factors of later generations, and it needs to be honed by pixel-level imitation and restoration of books, calligraphy and paintings.

For example, Shen Yichen has started to restore Huaisu's "Xiaocao Thousand Character Text", "On Calligraphy" and other calligraphy, so he can write so similarly.

But detached from the original foundation, Shen Yichen's calligraphy works are dwarfed by the height of everyone, let alone the grandmaster.

Only those who start a sect in calligraphy can be worthy of the name of the grandmaster, and Shen Yichen is far inferior.

However, these are not critical, and Shen Yichen did not think about developing in the calligraphy world, and his current handwriting is enough to become famous.

"Yichen, this official didn't expect that you still have this hand."

Zhou Xu couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, and directly used the title of Yichen.

During this period of visit, Shen Yichen most showed off the pavilion body and discussed the background of calligraphy and painting with Zhou Xu. So this cursive handwriting is also the first time he has seen it.

Originally, I thought that Shen Yichen's high level in the pavilion body was amazing enough, but now it seems that the upper limit of this sub is far more than that.

The speaker was unintentional, the listener was intentional, and Cheng Fu, who had been silent throughout the whole scene, asked casually: "Lord Zhou, are you very familiar with Shen Jieyuan?" ”

In addition to supervising the imperial history, this Cheng Fu also served as the chief invigilator of the Shuntian Township Examination.

You must know that in the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty, the relationship between the outer curtain officials and the inner curtain officials was not harmonious, and the reason was that the outer curtain officials were actually more powerful than the inner curtain scholars.

It's better for Jingguan Hanlin to be the chief examiner, after all, there is the name of "Chu Xiang", and this kind of low-level academic official from other provincial governments is a fart in front of the political secretary and the inspector of the imperial history.

This imbalance in the power of the two sides has led to the fact that it is difficult for the inner curtain officials to compete with the outer curtain officials, and even the authority has been encroached upon by the outer curtain officials.

In the fifteenth year of Chenghua, Zhu Jianshen, the Ming Xianzong, also issued a precept prohibiting the outer curtain officials from encroaching on the authority of the inner curtain officials. But this is useless, and even more outrageous things have happened in the fourteenth year of Hongji.

That is, the external curtain officer pre-determines the admission quota, nominally to prevent fraud, but in fact it is openly bribed and solicited. It is equivalent to selling admission places at a clear price, which is a fight with the Qing Dynasty selling officials and lords.

Based on this environment, the relationship between Zhou Xu and Cheng Fu is not good, so during the whole Luming banquet, the outer curtain invigilator basically didn't say much, and purely went through the motions.

"I do know each other, I don't know what Master Cheng has?"

Zhou Xu, an old pedant, has always been a relatively upright character and doesn't like to hide it.

Even at Wang Zhen's level, he dares to make a metaphor in the concerto, and in the face of the supervision of the imperial history, he will not be hypocritical and wronged.

"I don't dare to talk about Gao Zhi, the official is just curious to ask, and I feel that Lord Zhou's words seem to have a lot to do with Xie Yuanlang."

Being upright does not mean being stupid, and being able to be an official in the DPRK and China for decades without any accidents means that you have basic political literacy.

So Zhou Xu instantly understood Cheng Fu's allusion, whether he had some kind of mysterious relationship with Shen Yichen.

Don't say that Cheng Fu would think like this as an invigilator, when he was in the first session of the township exam, together with Wang Yining, who was the chief examiner, after learning about the relationship between Zhou Xu and Shen Yichen, he thought about whether Cheng Guogong would give too much......

This kind of language is not heavy, and it is not light, and a similar situation will occur in any township examination, which is often mostly regarded as nonsense.

But once the fermentation spreads widely, it will go in the direction of the famous Tang Bohu fraud case.

I believe that most people know the story of "Tang Bohu points autumn fragrance", but few people know that Tang Bohu was in the eleventh year of Hongzhi of Ming Xiaozong, and he went to Tianfu Township to try to solve the yuan in high school.

At that time, Tang Bohu was a great talent in Jiangnan, and he was still proud of his science, which should have a promising future, and it was almost a certainty that he would be able to pass the Jinshi examination.

But there was an unexpected situation, and he rushed to the exam with him, and made friends on the way. Because he bought off the examiner of the general examination, the family of Cheng Minzheng, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, he obtained the examination paper of the general examination.

Coincidentally, the questions in this year's meeting were extremely cold, and most of the candidates couldn't answer them, only Tang Bohu and Xu Jing answered very well.

In addition, before the exam, the two often visited Cheng Min's government, and it is estimated that their mentality is the same as Shen Yichen's visit to Zhou Xu, thinking that they have a preference for familiar faces when marking the papers.

So in the process of grading, when Cheng Minzheng saw these two extremely excellent answer sheets, he couldn't help but say: "This must be Tang Yin and Xu Jing." ”

This sentence laid the root of the bane, and was reported by others, and Tang Bohu and Xu Jing were both imprisoned. In the end, Xu Jing admitted that he had cheated and implicated Tang Bohu in the water, which became another case of Xie Yuan not being admitted to the Jinshi.

So under normal circumstances, it is almost inevitable for Xie Yuan to take the Jinshi, but there are often many abnormal situations in this world.

Tang Bohu's case, in fact, is very similar to the previous fraud case of the Chengguo Mansion in a sense, it is true, and then the two sides are deeply related and are "sat together".

But Tang Bohu does not have a father who is the prince of the dynasty, and he can suppress the fermented public opinion, so he can only say that no matter in ancient or modern times, he really doesn't fight for his father in life......

"Young talents, in the limelight, why not!"

Zhou Xu didn't mean to hide it at all, on the contrary, he also admitted the righteousness of awe-inspiring!

He is doing right, sitting straight, Shen Yichen's talent is also here, which new imperial examiner in today's Luming banquet dares to say that he can suppress Yuan Yitou?

Even if he had a lot of relationship with him before the township test, what does it have to do with him?

"Master Zhou, don't misunderstand, the official is just curious and asked."

Seeing that Zhou Xu, an old pedant, looked like a small universe was about to explode, Cheng Fu showed weakness.

After all, this is the Luming Banquet, the home of Hanlin, and it will not end well if it is too big.

"Humph!"

Zhou Xu snorted coldly and said no more.

The supervision of the imperial history is known as the supervision of hundreds of officials, but the place of the "storage phase" of the Hanlin Academy is not a vegetarian, if you want to force yourself, you Cheng Fu is not qualified!

I saw Cheng Fu smile disappreciatively, and then looked at He Pingyan, and the two shook their heads slightly under the eye of each other.

Seeing this action, He Pingyan understood. Turning his head and signaling to a new imperial examiner beside him, the latter immediately stood up and said to Shen Yichen.

"Everyone in the world praises Jiangnan as a place where the literary style is at its peak, and today I saw Shen Jieyuan, so that I was in awe and knew that what I said was true."

"However, the Ming Jing is a scholar, and what I read is an eight-strand article, and I am quite curious in my heart, Xie Yuanlang's articles that can win the top spot, what kind of Danqing is a wonderful pen?"

Although the words of this new imperial examiner were respectful, in fact, the meaning behind it was not so polite.

To translate it simply and rudely, it means that Shen Yichen parachuted from the south to the north to try it, and he is suspected of being opportunistic. In addition, good words are not the same as good articles, to take the middle to solve the yuan, to see the true learning of the eight-strand text, he wants to see Shen Yichen's township test article.

As soon as these words came out, they immediately aroused the approval of many new imperial examinees present.

Although the Ming Dynasty did not have the word "college entrance examination immigration" at this time, it did not mean that the literati did not know that the educational resources were unbalanced, and it was more advantageous for southerners to take the examination in the north, otherwise the imperial examination would not be divided into north and south lists.

If it weren't for Shen Yichen's true talent, he would have won the head of the small Sanyuan case in Yingtianfu, and there are several poems that are famous all over the world.

I'm afraid that today it is not only Sun Shaozong who will attack him for the sake of face, but the rest of the new imperial examinees will also isolate and hostile him.

The reason is very simple, Shen Yichen's behavior is, in a sense, to rob the "cake" of the northern lifter.

Now that someone has pierced the window paper, it will naturally arouse the same hatred. Even if he knew that with Shen Yichen's current strength, it was unlikely that he would cheat, but after reading the article, he had a reason to comfort himself.

"In a few days, the "Shiwen Collection" will publish Xie Yuan's article, and all beings don't have to be in a hurry."

This sentence was said by Wang Ying, how could he not understand the meaning behind the article that the new imperial examiners want to see.

But even if you understand, you can't agree. First, he agreed, which is equivalent to conniving at the outside world's doubts about Shen Yichen's "airborne" Xie Yuan, Wang Ying, as a master, naturally has to protect his apprentices.

Another point, this is also a question about the examiner's selection, officialdom is one, maybe I will have to become the examiner next year, and if I don't help Zhou Xu, I don't help myself in the future.

Moreover, the reason for refusal given by Wang Ying is above board, just like Shen Yichen's children's test article was published before, and an article of Xie Yuan's level will be circulated by booksellers all over the world.

Now that the township test has just been released for a few days, it will take time for booksellers to typeset and publish, and they will naturally be able to see it after a few days, so why rush at the Luming Banquet?

Seeing that Wang Ying had spoken, the man who stood up naturally did not dare to disobey Uncle Shaozong, so he had to nod and say that he sat down.

However, an unexpected scene appeared again, Shen Yichen did not sit down, but took the initiative to say: "Uncle Shaozong, Lord Yutang, the township test file is placed in the Gongyuan, why don't you let people take it for your colleagues to watch." ”

Shen Yichen is a person who has experienced fraud in the Chengguo Mansion, and understands that this kind of questioning cannot be suppressed simply by suppression.

The best way is to choose the right time to make it public, what other occasion can compare to today's deer feast?

"Shen Yichen, are you sure you want to do this?"

Zhou Xu asked rhetorically, this kind of self-proof of innocence is unnecessary in his opinion.

"Yes."

In the face of Shen Yichen's insistence, Zhou Xu didn't say much, Xie Yuan's test paper had already been copied several copies, and there was a backup in the Shuntian Gongyuan Academy, just ask a scribe to take it.

Soon, the backup files of Shen Yichen's three exams were all submitted. Zhou Xu didn't say anything, and asked people to move to the notice board and post all the test papers on it, so that the new imperial examination students present could see it clearly!

I saw more than 100 lifters gathered in front of the bulletin board, looking at Shen Yichen's article, and soon there was a sound of exclamation.

"Xie Yuan is Xie Yuan, why can't I think of using the golden mean to solve the problem?"

"It's too strong, the calligraphy of this article is really strong, I'm afraid that Shen Yichen's achievements in the coming days will not only be Xie Yuanlang, but also have the opportunity to impact Zhuangyuanlang!"

"Look at this strategy, every word is substantial, this is to prepare for the Son of Heaven to rule the world in the future."

"In the lower bow, today I understand what it means to be amazing!"

Listening to the happy surrender of the new imperial examination present, a faint smile appeared on the faces of Zhou Xu and Wang Ying.

One is proud of his own vision, and the other is happy for the disciple's vision.

Officialdom is the most particular about a person to go to tea and cool, no matter how beautiful you are today, once you step down in the future, if there is no confidant in a high position, the treatment will plummet.

Lin Zhen's resignation made Wang Ying, the master, lose the biggest potential stock and the follow-up talent reserve.

Today's performance of Shen Yichen means that there will be successors in the future.

The Luming banquet has been carried out here, and it has completely become a personal show of Shen Yichen.