Wei Chen caught a glimpse of Xu Shizheng's slightly smug eyes in the second seat, and couldn't help frowning secretly.

If it was in normal times, he really didn't want to have such a senseless battle of will with others, so he just laughed it off.

However, at this time, it was at the Luming banquet, where literati from a province gathered, even in order to maintain the dignity of Xie Yuanlang, Wei Chen had to stand up and respond.

At that moment, Wei Chen stood up, saluted Wang Wenqing, and then looked around at everyone and read aloud: "The book is affectionate like an old friend, and the morning and dusk are happy and happy every blind date." There are 3,000 words straight down in front of him, and there is no dust on his chest. The source of living water is full everywhere, and the east wind flowers and willows are new every time. Jin Anyule is looking for a guest, but I don't believe that I have no spring. ”

Wei Chen's voice was clear, everyone listened to it, and the walrus sitting on the top of the head clapped his hands and praised: "Good poem, good sentence Jin Saddle Yule looking for a guest, I don't believe that I have no spring." If you can't bear the loneliness when you are studying, how can you have the scenery of today's entry into the department in one fell swoop? ”

Most of the people present are famous, and they are very familiar with the hard work of this cold window for ten years, especially the dozens of new imperial examination people, who have just climbed out of the hardships of reading and exams, and they still remember it vividly.

Especially those old talents who have failed repeatedly, who have not suffered from the incomprehension of family and friends?

Saying that they are just doing useless work and wasting their family's money in vain, it is better to give up early and have fun in time.

But what's going on now?

By virtue of their study of scriptures and articles, the carp jumped into the dragon gate and became a high-ranking master!

How can such a feeling of infinite scenery be appreciated by those idle people who have lost their minds from playthings?

Therefore, after listening to Wei Chen's recitation of this poem, everyone felt the same way, and there were a few old men who had just been lifted up, thinking of their decades of scientific research career not being understood, and their eyes were red, and they were in tears for a while.

At this point, it is already obvious which of the poems written by Xu Shizheng and Wei Chen is superior or inferior.

Xu Shizheng's poems are nothing more than a style of singing praises to virtue, although the rhetoric is gorgeous, but the emotion is thin and pale.

On the other hand, Wei Chen's poem tells the story of his own mental journey of hard reading, which really inspired him, and immediately resonated with all the readers present.

Comparing the two, the judgment is high, and the fool knows who to choose.

Unconsciously, except for a few Suzhou Mansion scholars who had old friends with Xu Shizheng, most of the scholars who were neutral and watched the excitement fell to Wei Chen's side.

At this time, Wang Wenqing raised his wine glass and saluted Wei Chen from afar and said: "Xie Yuanlang is really a ghost in the poetry world, this official respects you a glass!" ”

After speaking, Wang Wenqing took a shallow sip.

"Thank you, teacher."

Wei Chen held the cup in one hand and covered his sleeves with the other, and drank all the wine in the cup. As for Xu Shizheng, who had provoked him before, Wei Chen didn't even look at it.

Seeing that Wei Chen was in such a big limelight, he was still so determined, and they couldn't help but secretly admire it.

Sure enough, poetry is like its person, Wei Chen's world-renowned and unpersuaded, world-renowned and unfrustrated, they can't learn it.

In such a comparison, it seems that Xu Shizheng, who took the initiative to provoke trouble before, is narrow-minded and has no room for others.

Soon, Wei Chen's "Viewing the Book" was copied several copies by good deeds and circulated to everyone, and everyone admired and commented carefully, without hesitating praise.

Listening to the admiration of Wei Chen by the people around him, Xu Shizheng, who was sitting in the seat, only felt that his face was hot and he was ashamed, if it weren't for the officials here, he really wanted to find an excuse to leave the seat early.

After Wei Chen, the rest of the new imperial examination people also wrote their own poems.

Among these 80 people, there are people like Sheng Changbai and Wang Yaochen who are quick to think and can chant masterpieces, and there are also those who can only write articles and are not good at poetry.

More than two hours later, the banquet was coming to an end, and under the leadership of Wei Chen, the new imperial examination students sang the deer song in unison.

As the last word fell, the sound of Yale gradually weakened, and even disappeared, and the Jiangnan Luming Banquet that God blessed for five years came to an end.

The governor, prefect and other officials got up and left, and before Wei Chen, the new imperial examination people, and the scribes came to distribute exquisite small gifts to them.

As Xie Yuan, Wei Chen not only received the honeysuckle cups and plates that everyone has, but also a silver ink cartridge and a white jade pen holder.

The honor carried by these gifts is far greater than the actual value, and for some generations of families who have produced a person, they can be regarded as heirlooms and served as the goal of future generations.

After bidding farewell to the examiner and the room teachers, Wei Chen silently followed the crowd out, and when he walked to the door of the Fu Ya, he was stopped by a scribe and called him to go over to register and draw a detention.

Wei Chen was confused, and asked the scribe a few words at the moment, and then he understood the reason.

It turns out that the Luming Banquet is not only held to celebrate the promotion of people to the university, but also has an important function, which is to distribute the travel expenses for the examination.

Ten taels of silver, although it is not a lot, but it is enough to support the cost of food and lodging on the way to Beijing to take the exam.

Wei Chen took the money and went out, and Wang Yaochen and several people also followed and chased up: "Xingyun, when are you and Zecheng going to leave for Beijing?" ”

Wei Chen thought for a while and said, "In two months, I still want to go back to Youyang to live for a while." By the way, how did you get your work? ”

Weng Dingfan smiled and said: "After the township test, many scholars knew the name of our Jingxi Society, and many people came to ask me about joining the society. ”

Tang Henian also smiled and said: "Yes, when I talked about the Jingxi Society to hold a community gathering during the banquet, everyone heard that our Jiangning Seven Sons Association would give a lecture at the community gathering, and they were very interested, saying that they would definitely call friends and come to observe and listen that day." ”

Chen Jun scratched his head, and said stupidly: "It seems that our Jiangning Seven Sons have a lot of appeal!" ”

Tao Dazhi glared at him: "What's the matter with you, everyone is here to listen to Xie Yuanlang and Jingkui's lectures!" ”

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Chen Jun was unconvinced: "What's wrong with the end of the list, the eightieth place is also a lifter!" ”

"Alright, alright."

Wei Chen couldn't cry or laugh, so he had to come out to administer justice: "What's there to fight for, what is the ranking of the township test?" To put it mildly, the ranking of the palace test is the most valuable, and the rankings of the boy test and the township test are better to say, but they are actually all goods. ”

"That's just as well."

Tao Dazhi and Chen Jun pondered for a while, and felt that what Wei Chen said was very reasonable. In the final analysis, the township examination is the qualification examination before the entrance examination, as long as you can pass the Jinshi, there is no essential difference between the last place and the first place in the township examination.

Seeing that Chen Jun was happy, Wang Yaochen pouted on the side.

Chen Jun, the last place, is indeed no different from Tao Dazhi's fifty-two place, but the difference with Wei Chen, the first place, is big.

The provincial Xie Yuan not only receives the attention of the whole province, but also occupies the focus of public opinion in the capital when the next year's meeting and palace examination are held, which has an invisible bonus to the ranking of the final meeting examination and the palace examination.

In particular, Wei Chen is also the Xie Yuan of Jiangnan Province, a province with a strong imperial examination, and will inevitably become a popular candidate for the Yuan and the champion in the coming year.

It's just that when these words came out, there was no point in other than striking Chen Jun again, and Wang Yaochen kept silent with interest.